After all, a group of more than a hundred people left Beijing for the north before the first snowfall in the divine capital. Most of them were young monks, and only a small number of them were elderly. Most of the young people chose to ride horses instead of taking cars. Firstly, this was because
Many people have never left the divine capital in their lives and want to see what is happening outside the divine capital. Secondly, the journey north is too dangerous and not many young people can stand it.
As a result, the carriages at the end of the team looked particularly abrupt, but several of them drove out from the academy by the South Lake, and the other carriages contained real big shots, so even so,
Not many people complained too much, not to mention that their current thoughts were not on these carriages.
The distance between Shendu and the Northern Territory is not close, but it cannot be said how far away it is. But on this road, it is not necessarily dangerous to say that it is not dangerous.
When discussing how to go, some officials once advocated letting these young people go on their own, but they were quickly opposed by other officials. The reason was simple. They said that these young people were the real leaders of the younger generation in the Liang Dynasty. If
If we get stuck on the road before we reach the northern border, the loss will be immeasurable.
This statement is quite reasonable and well-founded, and it is difficult for anyone to refute it.
The official who just put forward the opinion quickly proposed that Shendu send an elite cavalry to escort them all the way to ensure nothing went wrong. However, this opinion was also not adopted. In the end, after discussion, it was decided to let Tianyuyuan and the Ministry of Punishment as well as the Ministry of Justice.
The monks of the guarding envoy lineage escorted the team. Of course, due to the intervention of the academy, the team leader this time was naturally chosen by the academy. The academy did not randomly assign monks to accompany them, but sent two Wangyou strong men in one go.
Among them was even a close student of the dean, Wei Xu, who was known as the most famous scholar in the divine capital.
In this way, Wei Xu naturally became the leader of the group, and with him escorting them, no matter what kind of wind and rain they encountered along the way, they probably wouldn't be that worrying.
After all, this Mr. Wei had presided over the Wanliu Club as early as that year. His prestige was sufficient, and his level was naturally higher.
Xie Nandu's carriage was arranged behind the young monks on horseback and at the front of all the carriages. Except for the Xie family's appearance at that court meeting, she would be at the banquet hosted by the second prince or the banquet organized privately by the other monks.
, I couldn’t even see her. As for Chen Chao, he had an average reputation among the young monks here, and they didn’t take the initiative to invite him. However, he did go to a gathering of young people from the Guard’s lineage afterwards.
It's just that at the banquet, not everyone welcomed the young warrior. After all, at this age, he was deeply favored by the emperor, and he was about to walk step by step towards the seat of the guardian, so he was inevitably jealous of others.
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It's just that Chen Chao didn't care much about this. As mentioned before, if there are too many lice, don't be afraid of being bitten, and if you have too many debts, don't worry.
Whether these people are cold-eyed or jealous, it is just an emotional issue in the end, but if they really want to take action, Chen Chao will not show mercy and will kill them if they need to.
In the carriage, Xie Nandu flipped through a topographic map of the northern territory and said softly: "After Emperor Taizu Gao ascended the throne, he had a great deal of interest in the demon clan in the north.
I was very wary, and at that time I was thinking about building the Great Wall in the north. It was just that the world was just settled, and it was not that easy. However, I gritted my teeth and put my focus on the north. After Emperor Taizong came to the throne, the country gradually stabilized, and for the north
Management has paid more attention to it. Changgan Pass, known as the three major passes in the North, was built during the Taizong period. After Emperor Lingzong came to the throne, the Great Wall in the North was completely completed, and only then did it look like what we see today."
Bored, Chen Chao took out a book, opened it, covered his face, and said to himself: "You haven't seen the Great Wall yet? Then you started telling me about it."
Xie Nandu ignored him and just said to himself: "It is said in the military manual that the soldiers and horses move forward before the food and grass are used. Before going to war, if you don't know the weather and the right location, what else is possible except defeat?"
Chen Chao leaned on the side of the carriage and joked: "What a pity. Before we set off, both sides had sent back all the soldiers on the Mobei Plain. Otherwise, based on my friendship with the guardian envoy, I could give you some money.
Get a cavalry army of several thousand people and let you take it to Mobei to fight with the opponent and see if you can return with a big victory."
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Xie Nandu smiled, shook his head and said, "It's not interesting. A small-scale victory or defeat does not affect the overall situation."
Chen Chao grabbed the book covering his face and asked: "Do you really want to serve as a general and lead the northern border army as a woman?"
"It's too small."
Xie Nandu shook his head and said, "You might as well think about it even more outrageously." Chen Chao opened the curtain and took a look, all the way north. It was still late autumn when he left the capital city. A few days ago, he could occasionally see the autumn leaves on both sides of the official road.
Susu, if you walk a few days further north, you can see the frost-killed grass on both sides of the road.
Now he looked out the window, and saw that the outside was withered, and there was faint snow falling. Chen Chao stretched out his hand to catch a snowflake, but the snowflake melted instantly in the palm of his hand.
Chen Chao waved his hand and water splashed on Xie Nandu's face.
Xie Nandu was not annoyed, just stretched out his hand to wipe it away, and said calmly: "Things are not that easy. As a woman who wants to be a general in the north, the criticism from the government and the opposition alone is a big problem."
"When the time comes, I will kill each one with one knife. No one dares to say who I will kill." Chen Chao said with a smile.
???????????????Xie Nandu said: "You know it will be better if you become this general."
Chen Chao asked curiously: "When did you and I make the decision in Daliang Dynasty?"
Xie Nandu said nothing.
Chen Chao said with a smile: "I had a conversation with His Majesty before I left the capital, and I mentioned you. Maybe you can really become a general in the future."
Xie Nandu said calmly: "What happens today may not be certain in the future."
Chen Chao sighed and said, "Why are you so annoying to the scenery?"
Xie Nandu ignored him and just continued to read the topographic map of the North, which he had read a lot and most of the contents were already familiar by heart.
Chen Chao stretched out his head and looked at the scenery in the north. Although it was not the real northern border now, it was already a chilling scene, which was very different from the scenery he had seen before when he traveled south.
Chen Chao thought for a while, took out the sachet that had been in his arms, lifted one end, and watched it shake.
Chen Chao felt heavy.
Compared with one person and one country, it is really insignificant.
But how could a country not be composed of countless individuals?
There is already a county city vaguely in front of us.
Chen Chao looked at the county town and remembered for no reason what Emperor Daliang said in that county town.