The first thousand one hundred and eighty-two chapters explain
Princess Lu Xiu has been in a bad mood these days. Her husband has been home for less than two months and has to go out again.
Although she understands the hardships of conquering the world, understanding is understanding, which does not mean that she will feel better after understanding.
"lady!"
Yao Mei placed a cup of tea in front of Lu Xiu's table. Lu Xiu nodded, took a stack of words she had written and said, "Although you have made progress in the past few days, I can see that your writing is a bit absent-minded.
I was so serious before, but this won’t work.”
In order to incorporate Yao Mei into his confidant team, Lu Xiu personally became her teacher and asked her to study with his daughter.
Yao Mei lowered her head and said for a long time: "Madam is right, I heard that the master was going to go on an expedition, so I was a little absent-minded!"
"No wonder!"
Lu Xiu nodded and said: "Normally, the prince will not carry his family papers with him when he goes on an expedition, nor will the maids, because women are not allowed in the military camp during wartime, but patrols are allowed during normal times, so you should not think about going on an expedition with the prince."
"I see!"
Yao Mei felt a little disappointed and had a dark look on her face. Lu Xiu smiled and said: "The prince often goes on expeditions, and we are used to it. He is not here. You just use this time to read and write, and you can also learn painting. You have to calm down and don't be half-hearted!"
"
Yao Mei nodded, and Lu Xiu handed the manuscript to her, "I'm not satisfied with your words. I have to write it again. Write it seriously. Don't be half-hearted anymore."
"My maid has remembered it!"
Yao Mei took the manuscript and bowed to leave. Lu Xiu stopped her again, "You can write again tonight. The prince will be back soon. Go make tea!"
"yes!"
Yao Mei left in a hurry, and Lu Xiu sighed, "My husband went to war and disturbed the whole family!"
.......
Not long after, Chen Qing returned to the mansion and went directly to the study as usual.
He has been very busy recently, especially since he is preparing to personally go on an expedition to Shandong Road. There are thousands of things waiting for him to deal with, especially since he has to personally lead the army to go on an expedition, and there will be even more military affairs.
Chen Qing was sorting out documents in the room when his wife Lu Xiu came in with a cup of tea.
"Madam, you are here just in time. I have something to tell you."
Lu Xiu put the tea on the table and said with a smile: "It's so messy, let Qiaoyun sort it out for you!"
"also!"
Chen Qing smiled bitterly and said: "It's already a mess!"
Lu Xiu smiled brightly, walked to the door and said to Yao Mei in the outside room: "Go and invite the second lady!"
Yao Mei hurried away, and Chen Qing smiled and said: "Madam seems to like her very much!"
Lu Xiu rolled her eyes at her husband, "With her here, I don't have to worry about some people sneaking around to hunt for wild food and breaking my rules."
Chen Qing laughed twice and changed the subject: "This little lady is very smart. It seems that Xue'er and Bing'er also like her very much."
"Of course, we go to feed deer and find squirrels together every day. What child doesn't like it? However, I do like her intelligence. As long as I say it once, she will completely understand it, which saves me a lot of trouble.
Strength, husband, why don't you give her to me, and I will give you Chunxi?"
"If you like, I can arrange it by your side. It would be more convenient to have two personal maids."
Lu Xiu curled her lips, "Just make it clear that you don't like Chunxi! I still want Chunxi to be your concubine, but it seems like there is no hope for her."
"I have so many personal soldiers, let her find one she likes."
"Where's Xiaomei, are you going to let her choose a personal soldier she likes?"
"She is still young and it is too early to talk about such things."
The couple was making insinuations while the other was talking about him. Chen Qing was always inferior to women in scheming. Lu Xiu compared Chen Qing's true attitude with Chunxi, who was only half a year older than Yao Mei.
At this time, Zhao Qiaoyun hurried over, looked at the messy documents on the table and said with a smile: "I knew I was going to catch a young man."
"He who can do it should work harder!"
Chen Qing pointed to the hundreds of ultimatums on the table and said with a smile: "These are all handed over to you."
"When will the officials leave?"
"Let's set off from the mansion early the day after tomorrow."
Zhao Qiaoyun nodded, "I'll try to sort it out tomorrow!"
At this time, Chen Qing took out an exquisite sandalwood box and placed it on the table. He opened the lid and found twenty-four tiger talismans and command arrows. Each tiger talisman was equipped with two command arrows. If you look closely, there were twenty silver talismans.
Small tiger talisman and four large gold tiger talismans,
Chen Qing said to Lu Xiu: "After I go out, there will be 100,000 troops in the Guanzhong area, 80,000 other state soldiers, and 20,000 troops stationed in Jingzhao City, which are directly subordinate to my Huben Guards. These 20,000 people will not have a chief general.
It is divided into four armies, each under four commanders. The military headquarters is responsible for their regular schedules, and the 20,000 people are divided into twenty battalions. For example, if there is any abnormality or emergency, tiger charms must be used to mobilize them."
Lu Xiu smiled and said: "I understand, twenty small silver tiger talismans represent twenty battalions, and four large gold tiger talismans represent four armies."
"The truth is correct, but first you must be able to use it. If someone steals it, it will be meaningless if you don't know how to use it. Who do Xuanwu, Zhuque, Qinglong and Baihu represent respectively? And who are the commanders of the twenty battalions? What are their respective
There is no indication on who the leader belongs to, so you can’t combine them. For example, if you want to mobilize a battalion, it’s useless to just take a small tiger talisman. It has to be combined with the big tiger talisman of its boss, but if you don’t know who corresponds to whom,
You are helpless."
"Sounds so complicated!"
Chen Qing handed a pamphlet to Lu Xiu and said with a smile: "All kinds of detailed orders are in it. You should keep it close to your body, including the tiger talisman."
Lu Xiu put it away. She knew that this was actually the power of the prince. When the prince was young, the princess would act on his behalf.
"Where are the 80,000 state soldiers?"
"The state soldiers are the commanders of the military. You generally don't need to interfere when carrying out the instructions of the Internal Affairs Hall. But if more than 10,000 state soldiers are mobilized to come to Beijing, your signature and seal must be approved."
"I know, it's still the same as before."
"Yes! It has not changed. In fact, the state soldiers are not a concern. The key is the 20,000 tiger guards. They defend Jingzhao, which is the most important. When I am here, I am the commander. When I am not, the prince is the commander, and the princess exercises power on his behalf.
.”
Lu Xiu thought for a moment and said, "What if the tiger talisman is really stolen?"
"It doesn't matter if it is really stolen. The princess can go to the military camp to declare the tiger talisman invalid, and then use the princess's handwriting, stamp the seal of the princess and the crown prince on it, and the tiger talisman will be useless. This can only be used in emergencies."
"I know, I'll keep it and no one can steal it."
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While Chen Qing was telling his wife to prepare for the war, far away in Jinan Prefecture, Wanyan Wushu was also preparing nervously for the war.
He has also been quite troubled in the past few months. After the failure of threshing the grass, almost the entire army of 20,000 was destroyed. He could accept the defeat of Wanyan Aru. More than 10,000 people were attacked by the main force of 30,000 Western troops. They were unable to retreat and were defeated. Very soon
normal.
However, Wanyan Digunai's defeat was unacceptable to Wanyan Wushu. I don't know why he was so stupid that he actually wanted to use 6,000 cavalry to sack Yangzhou. In the end, the army was completely wiped out and he himself became a prisoner of war.
Wanyan Wushu was very passive, but Digu was a Jurchen noble and could not ignore it. He had to negotiate with the envoys of the Song Dynasty. He first rejected the plan of replacing Haizhou with Digu, and finally bargained and exchanged 3,000 war horses for Digu.
Gu Nai.
But Wanyan Wushu also learned about the Song Dynasty's intention, and they wanted to seize Haizhou.
Wanyan Wushu really despised the Song Dynasty for being stupid and actually exposed their strategic intentions during the negotiations.
"Your Majesty, Li Dutong is here!"
I saw a man galloping towards me on horseback. He jumped up and dismounted in front of me. It was Li Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the capital. He came from Haizhou after receiving an urgent order from Wanyan Wushu.
"I am humble enough to meet you, the prince!"
Wanyan Wushu thought highly of Li Cheng and regarded him as his right-hand man. He smiled and said: "Li Dutong has had a hard time on his journey. Let's go! Let's go to the commander's tent to discuss it in detail."