The empress saw the hope of reviving the empire from Zhao Yan's confidence, and she felt from the bottom of her heart that she had found a treasure.
"Your Majesty, Yan's eyelids have been twitching a lot lately, and he always feels uneasy without strict guards. Yan needs to go and have a look at the Imperial Guard Camp."
Although Zhao Yan did not believe in ghosts and gods, his keen intuition told him that something big might happen.
The empress's personal army to defend the capital was only 40,000 imperial guardsmen.
According to the classification of soldiers in ancient times, one to three combatants and non-combatants, the Royal Forest Army of 40,000 people can only have the combat effectiveness of the Royal Forest Army of 10,000 people at most.
This is because the Royal Guards are responsible for guarding the capital and protecting the safety of the empress, so they are all heavy armored infantry.
The armor alone weighs more than eighty kilograms. Adding the weight of the weapons, a heavy armored infantryman can carry at least one hundred kilograms during combat.
Although heavy armor effectively protected soldiers, it also had a negative effect of dragging them down.
When marching, you will never wear your armor in full. Even if you are not exhausted, you will march lightly in plain clothes.
This requires a large number of auxiliary troops to assist combat soldiers, including a series of support services such as logistics. The basic configuration is that one combatant requires three auxiliary personnel.
And Zhao Yan's ambition was so lofty that it exceeded the imagination of everyone at the same time.
As Zhao Yan said, food must be eaten bite by bite. He must first form a Mo Dao team of 3,000 people.
These soldiers must come from the imperial guard loyal to the empress.
"Well, I have the same idea. Zhao Lang Chunxiao is worth a thousand pieces of gold in one moment. It's better to rest quickly. It won't be too late to go back tomorrow."
Empress Jiang Lingyue opened the bead curtain with satisfaction, and a rock-solid bed appeared in front of Zhao Yan.
I don’t know how ingenious the craftsman is, so that such a stubborn stone can be given a life full of temptation.
Zhao Yan could not help but tremble, almost losing his balance and falling to the ground.
The sour grapes in my hand were so frightened that they fell out.
He really couldn't stand it anymore. Jiang Lingyue was not only a human empress, but also a Brahmin goddess who could continue fighting all night long.
"Your Majesty, without further ado, Yan's sudden attack will show the strength of the Royal Forest Army."
Zhao Yan didn't even bother to politely excuse himself and ran away in a hurry.
"It's such a hurry. It's a pity that there is a full moon tonight."
Jiang Lingyue looked at the figure that had long since disappeared, and said to herself in the moonlit sky with infinite melancholy.
"Oh my god, luckily I can run fast. Shouldn't I take some tonic?"
Zhao Yan shook his head helplessly. It may be that his body function has declined due to the recent hard work.
Although the Royal Guards Camp is used to protect the Empress, it is still far away from the palace.
Ten miles away from the emperor's army, we saw the Beida camp, where Jiang Lingyue's confidant Zhang Lei was stationed.
Zhang Lei has enjoyed the emperor's favor for generations, and is now in his early thirties, at the age where he can fight.
"My aunt, I'll be here soon. I'll let you know first."
Qinglong had good intentions and wanted to serve as a frontline for Zhao Yan so that Zhang Lei could come out of the camp to meet the country's aunt.
After all, he is here on behalf of the empress, so he must give him enough face.
"No, I just want to see with my own eyes whether Zhang Lei lives up to his name."
Jiang Lingyue didn't know much about military affairs, so she praised Zhang Lei's prowess in front of Zhao Yan.
And Zhao Yan also has the intention of letting Zhang Lei serve as the commander of Modao Formation.
Therefore, it is necessary to understand in advance. The best way is to make a surprise attack and see how he manages the army.
Before a few people reached the camp gate, they felt something was wrong. They heard the noise inside the camp was like a market, and the lights were even more chaotic.
It was incomparable to the military camp in battle order. It gave Zhao Yan the impression that this was not a military camp, but a large-scale trade market.
There were not even sentries on duty at the gate of the camp.
Zhao Yan walked in with his guards in a swaggering manner.
"Sold, sold, a pair of tall deerskin military boots."
"I have red dates from my hometown here, which cost ten cents a pound."
"You're such a slutty kid, let's see if I don't chop you up."
There was a lot of excitement inside the military camp, it was so lively.
"This is the Imperial Guard?"
Zhao Yan frowned, feeling that Qinglong had led him the wrong way and walked into the night market of Emperor Shi.
"Master Guo, yes, Qinglong often comes in and out of this camp, and he is a close friend of Commander Zhang Lei."
Qinglong said affirmatively, but his face was a little confused.
He wanted to take the first step at first, just to give Zhang Lei time to correct himself.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Yan rejected him on the grounds of assault.
After hearing Qinglong's answer, Zhao Yan suddenly withered like an eggplant beaten by frost.
He also thought about relying on the Royal Forest Army to win face for him and build a long-lasting victorious army.
With this virtue, let alone being victorious, Zhao Yan was thankful that he did not defeat the enemy when he saw it.
"What the hell, who called you little lady? Hey, there's a good show tonight."
A drunken man stumbled out of the tent to urinate, and happened to see Zhao Yan's arrogant chariot.
Zhao Yan, who had traveled through time, had not had time to learn to ride a horse, and he could not walk the more than ten miles back and forth.
The empress also felt sorry for him, so she arranged for the proud man to save his energy.
The sight was not good at night, so the soldier mistakenly thought that his daughter-in-law had entered.
Usually, big-headed soldiers gamble, fight, buy and sell, and call prostitutes on donkeys. These are all commonplace, but this is the first time that a proud man comes in like today.
"Brothers, come out and take a look, whose little wife is this?"
As if they smelled the fishy smell, the singles ran out in groups to watch the fun.
There are even some brave ones who want to go over and have a look.
Suzaku was arranged by Jiang Lingyue to protect Zhao Yan personally, so naturally he sat in the same pride as Zhao Yan.
Feeling the threat, the embroidered spring knife in Suzaku's hand had already been unsheathed, just waiting for the daredevil to come and die.
"Don't be reckless."
Zhao Yan knew that he was here to inspect, not to kill.
"Let me take a look."
A daredevil rushes over and is about to lift the pride curtain.
Qinglong did not stop him, but wanted Zhao Yan to see the true virtues of the Beidaying Guards.
In my heart I can only mourn for my friend Zhang Lei.
But before the daredevil had time to lift the curtain, he was kicked out by a fierce kick from inside.
This person was more like a kite with its string broken, flying upside down for more than ten meters before falling hard to the ground.
"Hahaha."
The embarrassing image of this man immediately caused a burst of laughter.
"I don't know martial ethics and hurt people secretly. I'll see if grandpa doesn't kill you."
The daredevil was also tough. He got up from the ground with a chariot, picked up a spear and threw it towards the chariot.
Zhao Yan was so frightened that his face turned green when he saw the flying spear.