The warm days passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, Xiao Jingxuan had been in the house for five days, and it was time to get down to business.
Early on the sixth day, Xiao Jingxuan took his personal guards to Zuo Xiaowei's camp.
Since being assassinated last time, Xiao Jingxuan has also been a lot more cautious. In addition to the twenty personal guards who were with him, Xiao Jingxuan also took the sword of the assassin leader last time as his own.
In addition, everyone is fully prepared to prevent what happened last time from happening again.
After arriving at the military camp, Xiao Jingxuan began to get busy. The hunting ground was held in a mountain forest about a hundred miles away from the capital.
Since it is a royal paddock, there is usually a patrol battalion of about a thousand people guarding it.
Now that the emperor wants to visit the paddock in person, the patrol camp is naturally not enough. According to Xu Ce’s communication with the generals of Jinwu Guard.
Jinwu guards are responsible for all the interior of the paddock, and Zuo Xiaowei is responsible for guarding the outside.
The outermost roads are controlled by the patrol battalions originally stationed there.
This arrangement is not bad. Looking at the map of the paddock, Xiao Jingxuan frowned slightly.
The entire paddock is not large, with a radius of only about a hundred miles. However, Zuo Xiaowei's ten thousand troops alone may not be able to encircle a hundred miles.
Then there are bound to be loopholes. For experts, cliffs, flowing lakes cannot stop their steps.
Xiao Jingxuan summoned the generals of the three battalions of Zuo Xiaowei, and each led the generals to discuss in the commander's tent.
Finally, the entire paddock was divided into north and south parts. The left camp was stationed at various intersections in the south, and the right camp was stationed in the north. The middle camp was mobile and went wherever it was needed.
As for Xiao Jingxuan, Xiao Jingxuan plans to personally lead the personal guard battalion to protect the emperor in case of unexpected events.
Of course, Xiao Jingxuan cannot bring weapons close to the emperor, but it is not a big problem to be vigilant around him.
Xiao Jingxuan looked at the surrounding generals and said: "Okay, then it's settled. Starting tomorrow, all Zuo Xiaowei's troops will set off. After each unit arrives at their position, they must sort out their respective defense areas. Assassins must not be allowed to sneak in."
"The general will obey his orders."
As the generals accepted their orders, Xiao Jingxuan nodded and continued: "Go down."
After dismissing everyone, Xiao Jingxuan fell into deep thought. This is because the emperor is here for himself, and he should respond with various attitudes.
When I was a child, I wanted to get ahead so that I would not be bullied and so that my mother could live a better life.
But, now that I know my life experience, where should I go?
Forget it about becoming a prince. Although he is now the great general of Zuo Xiaowei, the people under his command are either the disciples of noble families or the disciples of various princes.
He might have sold himself at some point. As for the Fengzhou Army, he was beyond his reach. Besides, his time in Fengzhou was too short, and the people under his command might not be willing to sacrifice their lives for him.
Besides, are you really so obsessed with power? Is power really so important? Is this really what you want?
Xiao Jingxuan sat on the handsome seat and thought for a long time. He didn't find the answer he wanted.
Early the next morning, Xiao Jingxuan led Zuo Xiaowei's 10,000 troops towards the hunting ground.
After arriving at the hunting ground, Xiao Jingxuan dispersed the army in his hands and sat in the center of the hunting ground.
After Xiao Jingxuan's army combed the hunting ground twice, the mighty hunting team finally arrived.
The first person to arrive at the hunting ground was the front camp of Zuojin Wuwei.
Due to various reasons, the left and right Jinwu guards were the only two of the twelve guards with only 5,000 soldiers.
Moreover, almost all the Jinwu Guards on the left and right are infantry, without cavalry. Because their duty is to guard the palace and do not need to fight.
Although there are only 5,000 people, the Jinwu Guard is divided into five battalions, and the commanders of each battalion are General Xuanwei from the fourth rank.
Moreover, although the generals of the Jinwu Guard and the generals of each guard are all second-rank, the generals of the left and right Jinwu Guards are of the second rank, and the other generals of the guards are all of the second rank.
The former camp general of Jinwu Guard came to Xiao Jingxuan and saluted and said: "The last general, Zuo Jinwu Guard's former camp commander Zhu Xiaofeng, pays homage to General Zuo Xiaowei."
"Well, you're welcome, General."
"The general has come to set up camp under the orders of the general. I don't know what general Zuo Xiaowei has ordered."
Although General Zhu Xiaofeng was polite, Xiao Jingxuan heard something, that he wanted to drive people away.
Xiao Jingxuan was not polite and immediately said with a serious face: "When will the Chinese army arrive?"
"The general didn't explain this, and the junior general doesn't know either."
"Well, since you don't know, forget it. However, setting up camp is an important task. Since General Zuo Jinwuwei is not here, I have the highest position here. From now on, I will be the supervisor, responsible for supervising the front camp. Go and get busy.
Bar."
"Uh... Your Excellency is the general of Zuo Xiaowei, and the last general is subordinate to Zuo Jinwu Guard. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for Your Excellency to serve as the supervisor?"
"Hmph..." Xiao Jingxuan snorted coldly, and the guards around him pressed their knives with each hand.
Just wait for Xiao Jingxuan to give the order and kill the person in front of him.
Xiao Jingxuan said with a cold face: "Although I am the general of Zuo Xiaowei, the twelve guards are in the same spirit. Besides, I am only supervising the army and have not interfered with military affairs. Why, isn't this right?
Are you doing something evil by obstructing me like this? Believe it or not, I will kill you right away, and your general will still thank me."
Zhu Xiaofeng looked at the personal guards beside Xiao Jingxuan, knelt down quickly, and said respectfully: "I don't dare. It is best to have a general as the supervisor. I am afraid that I will tire the general."
"Huh, back off."
"Yes, I will obey your orders."
After watching Zhu Xiaofeng retreat, Xiao Jingxuan sighed. It seemed that the influence of martial arts was not as great as he imagined.
When the various tents were erected in the hunting ground, Xiao Jingxuan's cavalry also returned.
As the cavalry began to patrol around, Xiao Jingxuan finally felt a little relieved.
Although Emperor Jia'an organized hunting every time to improve the martial arts of the nobles in the court, because Emperor Jia'an was not good at riding and shooting, and he drank too much, he did not play every time.
As the big tent was erected, the following people and horses also arrived one after another. The servants, female envoys, cooks, etc. were the first to come to the paddock under the protection of Zuo Jinwu Guard Zuoying.
Immediately afterwards, as Zuo Jinwu Guard's army arrived, the emperor finally arrived.
Although Xiao Jingxuan had met Emperor Jia'an at the previous court meeting, now, with the backdrop of these ceremonial guards, he looked even more majestic.
At the front of the ceremonial guard was a cavalry group of more than a hundred people, each wearing iron armor and a red cloak. They had swords on their waists and quivers on their backs. They were really heroic.
Behind the cavalry are a pair of spearmen. Behind them are archers, sword and shield soldiers.
After the army, there is the ceremonial guard. The front of the ceremonial guard is composed of four carriages, each carriage is pulled by four horses of the same coat color.
These carriages are very particular, and they are called guide carriages, egret carriages, Luan flag carriages, and evil carriages.
After the carriage are various bands, mainly including drums, big drums, cymbal drums, festival drums, snare drums, Yubao drums, etc., as well as wind instruments such as flute, Xiao, Jia, Changming and Zhongming, large horizontal blowing, 筚篥, etc.
Jin Zheng and other percussion instruments, the entire band consists of more than 750 people.
After the band is the flag array, which consists of various dragon flags, military flags, flags, and banners.
There were also a lot of people in the flag formation, more than 800 people. Behind the flag formation was a dragon chariot surrounded by many guards.
The dragon chariot is pulled by six pure white horses. The carriage is inlaid with gold, silver, jade, precious stones and pearls, and is also engraved with dragon and phoenix patterns, showing the noble and luxurious style of the royal family.
After the dragon chariot, there was a team of palace ladies. There were also several carriages in the team, which should be the concubines of the harem.
However, judging from the ceremony, it seems that the Queen did not come, because the phoenix chariot was not in the procession.
Behind the team, in addition to the band and flag formation, is the rear army of Zuo Jinwu Guard.
Seeing such a long queue and such extravagant pomp, Xiao Jingxuan was shocked and a little disgusted.
It was just a hunt, and nearly 20,000 people were dispatched. It was really a waste of people and money.
It is estimated that the consumption this time can add 5,000 cavalry at the border.
Xiao Jingxuan finally met Dugu Chi, who was known as the number one master in the army. This man was the legitimate son of the head of the Dugu family, Dugu Qianshan, the brother of Queen Dugumin, and the biological uncle of Prince Yang Yongcheng.
This man looked to be in his forties, with a small beard and piercing eyes.
Dugu Chi came here with Lu Weihai, the chief internal officer. Seeing the two people coming, Xiao Jingxuan quickly dismounted.
Although he didn't know these two people, Xiao Jingxuan could still see clearly the armor and clothing.
After a few people exchanged pleasantries, Xiao Jingxuan also knew the purpose of their visit.
There are too many people hunting. Zuo Jinwu Guard alone cannot complete the security mission.
You must know that the eldest prince, the prince and the king of Jin have all arrived at the paddock. They have a lot of subordinates, plus the various princes, eunuchs, eunuchs, and Zuo Jinwu guards are a bit overwhelmed.
Xiao Jingxuan cupped his hands and said: "General, father-in-law, I am not the last general to shirk responsibility.
The paddock is too big. I have sent the left and right battalions of Zuo Xiaowei to guard the intersections, and the middle battalion is also guarding there. Now I only have 340 people from the personal guard battalion. I really can't help.
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Xiao Jingxuan doesn't want to get involved in this kind of thing. None of these powerful people are easy to mess with. There is no need.
Eunuch Lu smiled and said: "General Xiao is worrying too much. The Jinwu Guards will naturally be responsible for the trivial matters in the camp. It's just that the emperor still needs a master guard like General Xiao, so we can rest assured."
I came, and it seems that I planned to take this opportunity to meet.
Xiao Jingxuan pondered for a while and said: "The general has no shirking responsibility. Everything depends on the father-in-law's orders."
"Don't dare, don't dare..."
The few of them chatted for a while and then left.
Seeing the two people separated and going their separate ways, Xiao Jingxuan fell into deep thought. It seemed that these two people did not come together.
The next day, Eunuch Lu sent someone over to arrange errands. The Personal Guard Battalion and the Jinwu Guards were jointly responsible for guarding the perimeter of the emperor's camp. Xiao Jingxuan and Dugu Chi accompanied the emperor.
After hearing this arrangement, Xiao Jingxuan did not refuse. After calling Xu Ce in and giving some instructions, Xiao Jingxuan went to the camp to report. This chapter has been completed!