After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Xiaowu really regrouped. He first promoted his subordinates, promoted them to positions, and rewarded them with gold and silver. The generals were overjoyed, and then Zhang Xiaowu announced the promotion order:
Wen Ruyu was promoted to deputy general of the Ghost Guard, responsible for the training of the entire army;
Promoted Hu Sanwan to Deputy General of the Ghost Guard and concurrently serving as Colonel Sakon of the Confidential Battalion;
Li Yuan was promoted to deputy general of the Ghost Guard and concurrently served as captain of the cavalry battalion;
Promoted to Guancheng to the rank of captain of the Sakon School of Ruishi Battalion;
Li Chuncheng was promoted to captain of the Sakon School of the Jianshi Camp;
Jin Sheng was promoted to Colonel Sakon of the Dead Soldier Battalion;
Zhang Tongming was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel Zuojin of the Security Battalion;
Cao Li was promoted to the rank of Captain of the Sakon School of the Jiashi Camp;
Ni Erchun was promoted to captain of the baggage camp;
Promoted Xia Ming to the rank of Guards Camp Captain;
At the same time, Chen Guanxi was promoted to Colonel of the Confidential Battalion, Feng Kui was promoted to Colonel of Guards Battalion, Wang Huaili was promoted to Colonel of Baggage Battalion, Peng Biao was promoted to Colonel of Ruishi Camp, Xun Bu was promoted to Colonel of Jianshi Camp, and Pei En was promoted
Serve as the Colonel of the Dead Soldier Battalion and so on.
Although the four good generals were transferred away, there is no shortage of strong men in the Ghost Guards. Cao Li, Guancheng, Li Yuan, Ni Erchun, Zhang Tongming, Wen Ruyu and others all have their own strengths and are not mediocre. Xiao Kai and others learned that the military camp
After taking care of the personnel affairs, I felt relieved. It turned out that all the big and small matters in the army were in the hands of the generals, but it was their random thoughts.
On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Xiaowu ordered Wen Ruyu to supervise the training of the entire army. The ghost guards who had been banned for a winter were finally released. However, the first day of running exposed the weaknesses of many people, and only half of them successfully circled the wooden city.
After running for twenty miles, the other half of the people on the peninsula fell down from exhaustion.
Zhang Xiaowu did not blame them, but lowered the standard slightly the next day, turning the twenty-mile long run into a ten-mile run, and gradually increased the number in the following days. After February, the Ghost Guard reorganized the army and reduced the army to ten thousand
In terms of number of soldiers, most of the soldiers who were laid off were physically unqualified or soldiers who were originally from Jincheng. They had no complaints after being laid off, and they just became ordinary people again.
On the eighth day of February, an official document from the Ministry of War arrived belatedly, requiring Helan Zong to lead the Qinglong Army soldiers to immediately rush back to the Longdu Forbidden Army Camp to rebuild the Qinglong Army. In the Epidemic Village, Helan Zong had less than a thousand soldiers left, and they spent a long time
In the winter, I also survived the plague, and suddenly received an order from the military headquarters, and I was very happy.
Helan Zong immediately discussed with Chen Qing in the city. Chen Qing was overjoyed. He still had 3,000 direct subordinates and 5,000 other wounded soldiers. If he added the 1,000 people from Helan Zong, he could barely make up the number of approximately 10,000 people. And these 10,000 people
People are the seeds of the Azure Dragon Army, and the heavy responsibility of rebuilding the Azure Dragon Army falls on them.
However, when Chen Qing gave the order, he was shocked to find that less than 2,000 of the 8,000 injured soldiers were willing to return to Longdu with him. Even his own soldiers were unwilling to return to Longdu with him. As for rebuilding the Qinglong Army, many
People have no interest. After experiencing life and death and years of war, these soldiers have lost sight of their future and have chosen a dull life.
Chen Qing was furious. He pulled over a captain whom he had previously valued and said angrily: "Why did you abandon me?"
The captain cried: "Marquis, the Qinglong Army is over. There will never be another Qinglong Army. When we go back to the Central Plains, we will be just another Xuanwu Army, guarding the walls of Longdu City all day long. Big guys.
Let’s discuss it. Let’s stay, marry, have children, continue our descendants, and defend the northernmost territory of our Holy Han. Sir, we all want to put down roots here, and we are all willing to stay and live.”
"Stay and live?" Chen Qing sneered, "Stay in this place of the Fourth War? Stay in this northern part of the Great Wall?"
The captain said: "Sir, to tell you the truth, we stay here because there is the ghost general Zhang Xiaowu. With him here, the wooden city cannot be broken and the northern part of the Great Wall cannot be chaotic. When we return to Longdu, we are all worried about what will happen to us.
We are afraid of being ostracized, and we are also worried about being hurt by hidden arrows. We...we were once the prince after all."
Chen Qing was dumbfounded. They were all once the prince's confidants, but now the emperor was the prince's mortal enemy, the fifth prince. He couldn't even guarantee that he would end up well when he returned to Long City. He could only cry and laugh before turning around and walking away.
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The captain knelt down on one knee and cried: "I wish your lord, the military commander, peace and prosperity!"
Wealth and safety are unknown for the time being, but the six thousand soldiers of the Qinglong Army would rather stay in the north of the Great Wall and be common people than go back and continue to be the Forbidden Army. This has cast a shadow on the journey of Helan Zong and Chen Qing back south.
There are still 1,100 people in the Helan Sect's headquarters, 2,100 Jincheng soldiers in the city, and 3,200 soldiers. The ghost guards provide food and horses for them. The total army rations are 8,000 dan, 200 war horses, and 100 pack horses.
Helan Zong expressed his gratitude to Zhang Xiaowu and others, and said: "I am very grateful for the care I received in the past. The general is still so generous today, which really makes Helan feel extremely grateful. If we are destined one day, Helan will definitely get drunk with the general."
stop."
It was also the first time that Zhang Xiaowu met He Lanzong. Although the two had been neighbors for four months, due to the plague, the two parties did not meet until they said goodbye. But this did not prevent Zhang Xiaowu from admiring this red-faced man. He only felt that He Lanzong
He is a man worth getting to know. He
He took out a letter from his arms, put it into Helan Zong's hand, and whispered: "Marquis Helan, I have a piece of information here that may be useful if Murong Yan does not let go of the Qinglong Army soldiers when you pass through Lianglang Pass.
If he lets those more than 7,000 soldiers go, you can burn him."
He Lanzong frowned and said, "Why?"
Zhang Xiaowu waved his hand and said nothing. He turned around and looked at Chen Qing. Chen Qing stepped forward and said, "General, I cannot thank you enough."
Zhang Xiaowu laughed and said, "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law."
After Zhang Xiaowu turned around and left, He Lanzong opened the letter and read it with Chen Qing. The two were shocked. The news was no less than earth-shattering, because the letter recorded the secret of Cao Yan's death. In order to monopolize the power of the Wolf Guard
, Murong Yan colluded with the Tianhuo Sect and poisoned Cao Yan.
"This news, could it be that he used our help to frame Murong Yan?" Chen Qing muttered.
Helan Zongdao: "There is this reason, but the other reason is probably to help us. Look at the back of this letter, which is the property in Lianglang City. 80% of the property in the city belongs to his Murong family. This Marquis of Yingchuan is really
He regarded Lianglangguan as his family property, and over time, Lianglangcheng became the kingdom of the Murong family, he was the king, and the residents of Lianglangguan were his subjects."
Chen Qingdao: "No wonder he wanted to poison Cao Yan. No, even if it's not Cao Yan, as long as anyone becomes the guard of the Two Lang Pass, there will only be one end, death!"
Helan Zongdao: "You and I cannot use this information unless absolutely necessary, otherwise it will lead to death." Chen Qingshen agreed.