Wu Lian and maid Yunzhi also came forward and grabbed Bai Qiutong together, and Shen Ao was able to escape. However, there was still a sense of intolerance in his eyes, so he had no choice but to make a Bodhisattva song by Wei Zhuang in the Tang Dynasty on the spot. Man·The farewell night at Red Mansion is melancholy.
The farewell night at the Red Mansion is melancholy, the incense lamp is half rolled up in the tassel tent.
When the waning moon goes out, the beauty and her tears say goodbye.
The pipa has golden and green feathers, and the oriole's words are on the strings.
Advise me to return home early, the green windows are full of people like flowers.
Shen Ao wrote a poem on the spot and left a calligraphy treasure to express his feelings. He also told Bai Qiutong that he had a place for the other person in his heart, so please rest assured.
Then Shen Ao turned around and left without any intention of pulling away. This is what a man should do, act decisively. This scene fell into the eyes of the eunuch chief Yan Fu, and he secretly praised it in his heart.
Zhongcheng Hou Shen Yunyi even strode forward, patted Shen Ao on the shoulder and said: "Yes, those who want to do great things must have decisive means. If you can do this, my uncle will be relieved. By the way, you can rest assured. Just go, there is no need to worry about the property in Daliang City, with Mr. Yan and Mr. Yan around, no one can make a decision."
Shen Yunyi expressed his stance here, and Yan Fu heard from the side. He knew that he had to express his stance, so he immediately patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Duke Zhongguo. Marquis Zhongcheng and our family are watching. His Majesty is watching over you, so no one can make any decisions."
Shen Ao knew that this was His Majesty's intention, and Yan Fu said it just to make him feel at ease, so he nodded, "Okay, don't worry, I'll leave everything to you."
The time to say goodbye was not long. When Shen Ao and others left, the city gate had just opened, and the team left the city. At dawn, everyone knew that Duke Zhongguo had left the city. I wanted to see the walking route, but it was too late.
Of course, His Majesty, Prince Qing, Prince Xiang, and the barbarian spies kept watching and followed them out early in the morning. But with Ao Qi and three others responsible for breaking up the rear, the fate of these people had already been doomed. In a good mood, It was just to knock the person unconscious. If he was in a bad mood or annoyed, he would just kill him directly and nothing would happen. Anyway, there was no evidence to prove that it was Shen Ao who killed the person.
Before Shen Ao left Daliang City, he went to the palace and knelt down to worship Concubine Zhao. The concubine and the fifth princess were in tears again. Shen Ao felt very distressed, but this time he had to go out. .The words have been spoken. If we back down now, it will be like giving the handle to the officials. It would be strange not to become the target of public criticism.
Gritting his teeth, Shen Ao left the palace and put all his anger on the barbarians. If these people hadn't been fooled, why would he have gone through all the trouble?
Since the trip must take place, Shen Ao secretly made up his mind that this trip must hurt the barbarians so that they would not dare to mention marriage in the future.
Shen Ao, no matter how skilled the people in Zunxun is, has such confidence. Not to mention other things, the advantages of weapons and equipment are enough to make him confident. In addition, the enemy is overt and the enemy is hidden. He wants to see how the barbarians respond. He wants to Let’s see who laughs and who cries in the end.
After returning to his thoughts, he looked up at the marching speed, frowned slightly and said, "Notify me to speed up the marching."
After saying this, Shen Ao seemed to be thinking about something else, and continued: "Tell those rangers, if they can march a hundred miles a day, each of them will be rewarded with one tael of silver. If they can march a hundred and ten miles, they will be rewarded with two taels of silver." Two pieces of silver, and so on."
When ancient people marched and fought, their speed should be 43-48 kilometers per day today. If the road is easier to walk, it is normal to speed up. Shen Ao set the speed at a hundred miles per day, which is not too high. The more important thing is that Once the reward mechanism comes out, this is the big one and the most stimulating thing.
Among the three thousand knights, how many of them were really influenced by him and listened to his so-called great knights, and how many of them served the country and the people?
Aren't most of them here for the rewards proposed by Shen Ao?
Even so, there is nothing better than using money to stimulate these people. This is a method that targets people's hearts and can also be said to be bewitching.
Money's ability to channel gods is no joke. History has proven that this method works countless times. Even now, after Shen Ao issued the reward policy, it can be clearly seen that the team's progress has begun to speed up.
Among the rangers, a burly man was walking along the ancient river with long strides. There were many people around him who were following his steps. While walking, some people were asking , "Brother Feng, will this young Lord Zhongguo really give us money?"
"If he has money, he should give it to him." Someone in the crowd answered casually.
"Humph, there are more rich people, but how many of them look up to us? They are all stingy and stingy."
"Yes, yes. One time I was really hungry and walked to a large house to beg for something to eat. But Fei Dan didn't get anything and was even beaten. If I hadn't happened to meet Brother Feng, , I’m afraid my life would have been lost a long time ago. These rich people are stingy.”
Everyone in the crowd was talking to each other, and when he heard it in the ears of the burly man, his eyes were also a little confused. But his eyes glanced into the distance, and when he saw there were still a few When many ranger teams were striding forward, he still strengthened his confidence and said, "It doesn't matter, let's trust him for once. What if we can't keep his word and rob him?" ?”
The person who spoke, with confusion in his eyes, was Feng Wanli, the elder brother Feng among the people.
Feng Wanli, with his secret strength, and his righteousness, who has never done anything to save his friends, have made him quite famous. At least among the rangers, few people don't know his name. .
It seems that those people who are talking around him are all people who have benefited from him a lot and are willing to take him as the leader. This time, they listened to his words and signed up to join the team. Take a walk on the wild ground.
Feng Wanli's prestige is not small, and many people are willing to listen to him. It was precisely after he heard that he could get money by hurrying up that he chose to believe it. Everyone followed him and accelerated the pace. In fact, the Three Thousand Rangers Among them, there are many leaders like him, and one of them who is almost as famous as him is the person Feng Wanli has been paying attention to just now. That is Sun Fuhu, the leader of another group of rangers.
Sun Fuhu has the same martial arts prowess as An Jin, the same righteousness, and his background is not bad. I heard that his ancestors once served as officials. On the way to office, they encountered bandits, because there were not many They used money to buy a road, but they were all killed in the end. Sun Fuhu survived only because Sun Fuhu was still in his infancy and was not considered a threat.
Not only that, the second master of the bandits also took a fancy to Sun Fuhu. He not only adopted him, but also taught him kung fu. When Sun Fuhu became an adult, when the bandits were drunk, he killed all his enemies. Only the second master was left. One person, facing his old adoptive father, did not choose to kill him. Instead, he gave him a settlement fee and blasted him out of the mountains as a way of repaying his kindness.
After that, Sun Fuhu burned down the village, became a knight-errant, and performed chivalrous and righteous deeds. Especially those bandits who liked to rob people, and I don't know how many he killed. His reputation gradually emerged. out.
Perhaps because his ancestor was an official and had served for Da Qian, what Sun Fuhu always wanted to do was to restore the glory of his family. To this end, he went to the yamen several times to apply for military service. It was a pity that he had a record of being a bandit, and no yamen were willing to do so. With such a person, he can only be a ranger. When he joins the team this time, he also hopes to perform well so that he can win the attention of Duke Zhongguo and become a official official.
Among the three thousand rangers, Sun Fuhu was also the first to respond to Shen Ao's order. It was precisely because of his lead that everyone speeded up their pace, wanting to see if this young Lord Zhongguo could really do what he said. It’s not really about sharing money and benefits with them.
Feng Wanli knew the history of Sun Fuhu. The two had fought against each other more than once, and they were indistinguishable. Now he regarded this trip to the barbarian land as a competition. He wanted to see who could last longer in the end. , who can make more contributions.
Of course, not all of the three thousand rangers are good, and there are some who are just trying to be good. They just want to join because they have nothing to do to see if there are any opportunities to make a fortune, but in fact, their own strength is mediocre. Now it seems that As everyone's pace began to speed up, some people were exhausted and some couldn't bear it anymore. Then they started to desert and fell behind the team.
For such people, Shen Ao just glanced at them and stopped paying attention to them. There was no war yet, no life or death, just a rush and he couldn't bear it. Such people couldn't point their fingers at them to do anything, otherwise there would be The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.
"Master, do you want to give these people to..." Ao Qi also saw these people who wanted to be deserters, and was a little angry, so he made a beheading gesture.
"No need. Killing such people will only dirty your hands." Shen Ao shook his head. He is not a murderer. Besides, these people are Han people, but they are just impure-hearted. Not fatal.
As the old saying goes, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds. All this was within Shen Ao's expectation, and it is not anything new.
Of course, when it comes to going to the battlefield, if there are still people who want to escape, the nature will be completely different, and they will be like deserters. Such people must be severely punished, and even given the harshest military law. After all, The morale of the army cannot be affected by just a few people, as that would be really his fault as the leader.
Shen Ao had no intention of taking any measures, so more and more idle rangers began to fall behind. After a whole day, before they camped for the night, after counting, there were at least two hundred people who had escaped.