The preparations he made may take a month or even several months to be effective.
There was only a team of confidants with no more than fifty people beside him.
There are familiar faces in the team, Jian Shisan, Long Shanshan, Mo Zhu, Bai Feng, etc...
What's more important is Liu'er, an expert in dealing with poison.
Bai Song informed Liu'er of the information obtained. After Liu'er's speculation, the source of the enemy's bravery was most likely caused by some kind of poisonous insect.
Without Liu'er on this trip, Bai Song's confidence would be reduced by half.
Bai Song did not let his family see him off. When he arrived outside the city, a team of dozens of people arrived at the agreed place.
It was not only the Bai Song Dynasty but also Hou Junji, the Minister of Household Affairs, who took orders in the critical moment.
Hou Junji was originally Li Jing's former kinsman, so Hou Junji can be regarded as Li Jing's student.
Li Jing trusted Hou Junji more than the average person, and would only let this most trusted student go to support him when he encountered the most dangerous situation.
Hou Junji mobilized three thousand elites to gather outside Chang'an City. They were also his most trusted group of people.
More troops will meet outside the city of Yunzhou where Bai Song once passed. This temporary increase of 50,000 troops is already the maximum that the Tang Dynasty court can achieve.
Hou Junji was surprised. He never thought that Li Jing would think of Bai Song in such a critical moment.
Shouldn't Bai Song be a young master? He's just a scholar, so it's just a matter of teaching.
Why did he join in the fun of leading troops to fight?
Li Jing asked Bai Song by name, which shows that Li Jing placed Bai Song in the same important position as him.
This made Hou Junji a little unhappy.
Fortunately, Bai Song was only a military advisor in name only and did not have any position there, so there was no need to take him too seriously.
Hou Junji arrived at the meeting place earlier.
Seeing Bai Song slowly coming with dozens of people, General Hou was not polite.
"Mr. Bai, you are late."
"General Hou, I have a lot of things to do at home, so I have been delayed for a while."
"When you are in the army, it is not like being in the East Palace. When you are in the army, you must know that there are many military orders. You must arrive when you say you will arrive. If you hesitate for a moment, you will delay the military plane. If you make a bad move, you will be beheaded.
Today is Mr. Bai's first offence, so I won't pursue him any further, but if he does it next time, don't blame me for being unkind."
Bai Song cupped his hands and smiled, not caring at all.
The army was moved, and the Bai Song people and others followed the army.
Because the Bai Song family has a strong financial background and only has a few dozen people, everyone is equipped with good horses, so it is easy to accompany them all the way.
Not long after leaving, a man came to Bai Song on horseback and said, "Bai Song, you have been doing well recently."
"Lu Yao...are you also going with the army?"
"Thanks to the general's love, I naturally want to go out and gain experience."
The two of them looked at each other and said nothing more. Everything was left unsaid.
The team entered the grassland from Yunzhou, and after ten days, they joined the 50,000-strong army.
During this period, everything seemed to be calm and nothing would happen. In fact, Bai Song discovered some bad signs.
That Hou Junji always set traps for Bai Song, and seemed to want to make Bai Song make mistakes, so that he could use the principles of military law to punish Bai Song.
Bai Song was unhappy, and even made everyone accompanying Bai Song unhappy.
In the past, the Bai Song Dynasty would definitely have used the same method to fight back, at least to make Hou Junji lose face in front of the army.
But this kind of pretentious moment meant nothing to Bai Song. He knew nothing about the future during this trip, but it seemed even more inappropriate to start an internal fight at the beginning.
Fortunately, the emperor's decree only asked Bai Song to follow Hou Junji to Yunzhou. As for the itinerary after entering the grassland, it was not determined.
So Bai Song chose to withdraw temporarily and let Hou Junji enter the grassland first.
On the pretext that he had orders from Li Zhan, he waited for the members of the Secret Zhao Division, and then followed the Secret Zhao Division people into the grassland for secret operations.
Hou Junji had no objection. He was just unhappy with Bai Song. Seeing this boy teaching the prince in the East Palace every day without doing anything, he always felt that the favor that such a boy received was a bit too much. As an old minister, he was not as good as a boy.
It's somewhat unbalanced.
Bai Song proposed to stay in Yunzhou temporarily, and he naturally agreed. It would be best if he never came to the grassland.
Ten days later, dozens of people from the Bai Song headquarters were stationed in Yunzhou City.
The governor of Yunzhou arranged accommodation for the Prince's Young Master's team overnight, and served them with good wine and food, which brought the last bit of comfort to the Bai Song team's grassland life.
The Mi Zhao Si will indeed gather in Yunzhou City, but when the people from the Mi Zhao Si will show up, the Yunzhou governor does not know.
The secret mission operations have always been the most confidential, and the governor only received intelligence, but no specific information.
Bai Song stayed there for three days.
Just like when they went to Yizhou three or four years ago, Jian Shisan and Long Shanshan followed Bai Song inseparably, acting as the most loyal guards.
They live in a separate house with no outsiders.
Bai Song has been playing chess these days, playing against himself. While playing chess, he will read some books on the art of war and try to make up for the tactical details as much as possible. He doesn't know if he will use them in the future.
Bai Song felt a little uneasy in his heart. When he integrated into the 50,000-strong army of the imperial court, he truly realized that everything he had experienced before was nothing.
Deep in the grassland, what I saw was just a battle between thousands of people, and there was no fighting at all.
In Chengdu, we went deep alone and made a desperate move, and we didn't see any scenes of war.
Until this time, knowing that I had to truly be a military advisor and command tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people to fight, I couldn't eliminate the anxiety and uneasiness in my heart.
Only playing chess and reading can give Bai Song some peace.
While Bai Song was immersed in the game, Jian Shisan suddenly spoke, that girl in black robe has been guarding you outside the wall for three days.
"What?" Bai Song was stunned.
"The girl in black robe, she seems to want to see you, but she keeps avoiding you. It feels very strange."
Bai Song looked at the courtyard wall, then stood up.
As soon as there was movement, there was a burst of chirping sounds outside.
Bai Song ran out a few steps and shouted: "Stop hiding."
Behind the rockery in the flower bed, Liu'er, dressed in black robe, walked out slowly.
Seeing Liu'er, Bai Song felt a special feeling in his heart. He could feel the depression and entanglement in Liu'er's heart, the feeling of wanting to see but not daring to see her. It seemed that he could completely see through this little girl hiding in the darkness.
Same.
"Come here." Bai Song shouted.
Liu'er didn't say anything. When he came to Bai Song, he lowered his head slightly. Because he was short, all he had left for Bai Song was a black hat.
Although he couldn't see Liu'er's face, Bai Song could feel the other person's heartbeat, as if he would be very nervous when seeing him. He seemed to be able to see the other person's blushing and shy face, but also looking forward to it.