One evening a few days later.

On the other side of the Yujiang River in Guiping City, wheels chirping, mules and horses roaring, and the officers and soldiers of the brigade were camping and camping, which was a noisy scene. Although the soldiers were on the way back to their hometown, they were mostly melancholy and tired, without any joy. Even the flags in the team were wrapped in dirty bamboo poles, too lazy to spread.

They were the Guangxi Guards. The former King of Jingjiang and the former No. 1 Guards of Guangxi.

A month ago, their commander Zhao Hongtang was beheaded by the governor for being "co-engagement". The guards in Guangxi also became "criminal army". Their military pay was cut in half, all their military achievements were ruined, and the spoils were even more dissipated. Now, other troops boarded the boats, and when they returned home with a full load, they could only march along the river bank and walked back to Guilin crying.

But today is a special day.[

A military order came, and a new commander was about to take over the escort of Guangxi. It is said that the general made great achievements and was the number one hero in the Xunzhou War. He will lead the remaining troops of Guangxi guards back to Guilin and become their new commander.

But the "Guard Commander" cannot be granted easily. The position is a "membership position", a hereditary military aristocratic title, and even the governor has no right to appoint. However, the governor can be selected for "membership position". After the Ministry of War, the imperial pen will be given a personal order. Everyone knows that the Shang and Zhou dynasties have achieved great achievements and prestige, and he is at least 80% sure.

Moreover, before the formal appointment was made, Shang and Zhou Zuo had the right to appoint this person as a "Camp General" and control the Guangxi guards in advance.

There are rumors that the general was Jin Shiqi.

The officers and soldiers of Guangxi's guards had a complicated mentality towards Jin Shiqi. They hated him, yearned for him, hated him, and admired him!

The so-called "hate" is because they once fought with Jin Shiqi's Liuzhou Water Camp, which was a real battle of life and death! But they also yearned for Jin Shiqi. The whole of Guangxi knew that Jin Shiqi had built a powerful army of the Nandan Guard in one year and led his brothers to flourish and make a fortune. If he came to Guilin, the days of Guangxi's guards would definitely be prosperous.

Even so, they still hid their hatred for Jin Shiqi. The Zhao Hongtang family led the Guangxi guards for nearly a hundred years. The guards will treat him as their master. Zhao Hongtang's death was the commander of Jin Shiqi, so how can people not hate him?

But these soldiers also had a hidden admiration for Jin Shiqi. On the battlefield in Xunzhou and Liuzhou, wherever Jin Shiqi went, they were as bright as stars. Especially a few days ago, an imperial edict specially ordered Jin Shiqi to serve as the governor of the Guangdong Seaway. He was appointed as a general from Guangxi and inland rivers to patrol the seashore, which shows the court's respect and expectations.

Nowadays, the political and military circles of Guangdong and Guangxi do not pay attention to Jin Shiqi, and they all believe that he will become the pillar of the country like Qi Jiguang back then. He has achieved such achievements in his early 20s. He is really a monster!

It's really a contradiction for these generals guarding Guangxi!

At this time, more than a dozen senior military generals guarded by Guangxi gathered on the riverside, waiting for the arrival of the new camp general.

However, a few people quietly walked to a small donkey cart and heard a sharp voice coming from it, "How are you ready?" The curtain was lifted. It turned out to be the eunuch of the right Chengfeng of the Prince of Jingjiang Palace, Eunuch Ling. He sat cross-legged in the car, hunched his old waist, staring at the few military generals outside the tent with his eyes.

"It's all done." The generals whispered, "As soon as he gets ashore, he will go to death!"

Eunuch Ling didn't say a word, he stared at the river. The waves were rolling and the sun shining brightly. Several large ships were sailing. The masts of each ship were hung with the "magpies flag" of Liuzhou Water Camp, and the big ship in front was also wearing a flag of generals. It must be that the new camp was coming.

Eunuch Ling turned his head again and looked at the faces of the generals one by one with a knife-like look. They were all the Qianzheng generals of the Guangxi guards, and they were all from the Jingjiang faction. They were led by the Zhao family and the Jingjiang royal family was blessed with the grace of Yulu, so they risked their lives to lay out a few interceptions-

1. In the forest by the river, hundreds of musketeers were ambushed, and they just waited for Jin Shiqi to come ashore and then fired them in a volley!

2. If Jin Shiqi came around and buried dozens of kilograms of gunpowder on several small roads waiting for him!

3. If he still can't stop him, when he walks outside the tent, he will be penetrated by the rockets on the mail tower! That is a rocket produced by Zangbao Port, and the quality is very good!

4. If he still doesn't die... how is this possible! Well, in the end, there will be ten dead soldiers rushing out of the central army's tent, and those dozens of grenades will blow you up even if an elephant is thrown out! [

Although it was ready, Mr. Ling still sighed. "This time, we lost badly in Xunzhou, and I have no shame to go back to Guilin. Fortunately, the prince invited the stubborn man to guard Guangxi. As long as he was killed, we still have a chance to make the situation come back." Mr. Ling smiled dismally, "Don't worry, after the matter is done, I will bear the blame alone, and it has to do with you."

Eunuch Ling's eyes were wet and he said sadly: "I will die later to thank Wang for your kindness!"

"Father-in-law!" several military generals shouted in a trembling voice, feeling sad.

"Go, he will arrive soon." Eunuch Ling waved his hand, "You check it again, don't make any mistakes."

At this moment, the big river boats in Liuzhou Water Camp came rapidly. They rushed over with waves and rushed forward fiercely. The bow of the boat hit the sand embankment, like Yang Wei, who was showing off his martial arts. The sailors threw down the anchor and set up the springboard, and someone shouted loudly: "The new Guangxi escort general, come ashore!"

In the forest not far away, hundreds of musketeers were ready; on the farther away, the rocket boxes were also set up. On the shore, more than a dozen Guangxi guards officers came forward carefully, first kneeling down and then looking up, a general stepped out of the cabin happily.

He has iron armor and silver helmet, red robe, green trousers and flowery boots, holding a long stick in his hand, a small shark-patterned leather whip with his waist, a big face turned red with joy, and a white beard flying in the wind.

The officers on the shore all exclaimed: "Why are you?"

"Why can't it be me!" Wang Jiazhen, the commander of the elephant training guard, laughed, "My elephant tramples on the death of Hu Fulong. The Governor appointed me as the first meritorious service in Xunzhou and moved me to the commander of the Guangxi guard! Haha. I'm going to Guilin! Go to Guilin!"

The old man Wang Jiazhen is so happy. He is full of happiness. He was originally a ragged commander of the empty guard. Now he has taken over the richest guard in Guangxi. This is really a smoke from the ancestral tomb.

The officers on the shore were stunned and didn't know how to deal with it. At this time, an old eunuch jumped out of the small donkey cart by the river. He grabbed Wang Jiazhen and hissed and said, "Jin Shiqi, where is he?!"

"That silly boy?" Wang Jiazhen smiled, "He was sent to the elephant taming guard and took my post!"

...

The same day.

A hundred miles upstream of the Yu River, flags fluttered among villages north of the small town of Hengzhou, Nanning Prefecture. The army gathered, and it was very lively. Jin Shiqi, the "Guangdong Sea Cucumber General" came to see his new home.

The Great Elephant Taming Guard is mighty!

Unlike the old man from Wang Jiazhen, Jin Shiqi was not awarded the official position of "Elephant Taming Guard". The governor only issued a document to him to "temporarily lead" the Elephant Taming Guard, which was very low-key. Jin Shiqi knew in his heart that his focus was still the important task of "paying the seas and borders".

But everyone knows that the Governor General reported to Beijing on the "military merits" of his visit. Jin Shiqi has been appointed as the commander of the Elephant Target Guard, and it was only a matter of several months since he was granted the title.

Those who accompanied Jin Shiqi to inspect were also Jin Shijun, Cha Yingcai, Yao Mengyang and other brothers. In addition, there were generals from local brother troops such as Nanning Wei, Xunzhou Wei, and Fengyiwei.

This Elephant Taming Guard is really a big deal!

According to the records of the Huang Book of the Yingwei City, one-third of the entire Hengzhou City are the government offices and barracks for the elephant taming guards; according to the picture album, a total of 400,000 acres of land in the north, east and south of the city of Hengzhou City are all military fields for the elephant taming guards. But when Jin Shiqi stepped onto his new territory and inspected everywhere, he kept saying: "It's so miserable!"

Outside Hengzhou City, the government offices for the elephant guards have long been abandoned. The walls of the broken Huandu are covered with vines, and the broken bricks and tiles are covered with weeds. Several stone tablets have been overturned and sunk into the soil, covered with moss and wild flowers. The brothers of Jin Shiqi stepped into it and ran towards them. Several foxes rushed into the cave, and another group of wild birds flew into the sky...[

My younger brother Shijun couldn't help but praise: "Brother, this is a good place to hunt!"

There are also the military households who trained the Elephant Guard, with only more than 200 households left, scattered into a few small villages. They are all small thatched houses sparsely in the forest, and a few children are rolling in the garbage and sewage. There are several houses with tiled roofs in the village, which are the Zhongjun Hall, the ancestral hall, and the former residence of Commander Wang.

Mr. Wang received the military order from Xi's relocation to Guangxi. On the same day, he stuffed the official seal of the elephant guard into Jin Shiqi's arms, and then took his wife and two old slaves to the bed and put them on the boat. He didn't even close the door, and that house was nothing.

Jin Shiqi stood outside the village and sighed again: "It's so miserable!"

General Li, the commander of Nanning Guard, was the one who took the lead in jumping on Jin Shiqi's ship to buy arms first a year ago, and couldn't help but feel sad, "General Jin Gan, did you really volunteer to train the Elephant Guard?... Didn't you be plotted by others?"

"Of course." Jin Shiqi smiled, "General Li, I, Jin Shiqi, never do a money-losing business, and this time I am full of confidence." He pointed his hand at the desolate and bleak scenes, "I dare to make a bet with you. Jin will make this place rich and not let Zangbaogang be allowed within five years, do you believe it?"

"Five years? I don't believe it!" General Li laughed, "With your talent, I guess three years are enough."

Everyone was talking and talking, walking all the way to the east of the city. The gravel path was circling in the fields. As soon as they walked around the city, they saw a large temple standing by the river in front of them. They saw a majestic stone beast in front of the temple gate guarding, with a hundred steps of bluestone steps up the mountain. The white walls above were hidden by the golden roof, and the fog was flying.

I really dare not imagine that there is such a majestic temple on the bank of this small Jiangcheng, which seems to be moving from the sky!

Jin Shiqi guessed that it was the "Fubo Temple".

The temple worshipped not the gods, Buddhas and Holy Lords, but Ma Yuan, General Fubo of the Han Dynasty. He was also the ancestor of Ma Chao. If Ma Chao was on the idol line, his ancestors, the old general Ma, was a real powerful faction. He first followed Emperor Guangwu to make achievements in founding the country, and then volunteered to fight east and west. He twice hanged his seals to the south to Jiaozhi, which was the Annan of that year. He made great military achievements for the Han Empire to expand its territory and pacify the southwest. Therefore, he enjoyed the temple and received incense for generations.

Jin Shiqi had long heard of the Fubo Temple in Hengxian, and even the guards and sacrificial priests who were his elephant guards. This time, he would of course have to visit him.

Cai Jinghuan, the commander of Xunzhou Guard, said, "Nephew Jin, you should be dedicated to this temple. This time you went to the border to conquer the 'Fu Bo'." The rest of the people also praised: "Fu Bo first, and there will be Jin Fu Bo in the future!" "Brother Jin, this Elephant Temperor is your blessed place!" "What rank is General Fu Bo? Is there any commander?"

Jin Shiqi smiled and invited several generals to go to the temple to worship.
Chapter completed!