The sound of horse hooves sounded on the long street, breaking the tranquility of Tongchang County.
Farming in Tongchang has ended, and most of the people are in the city. They still have a lot of work to do, but they are more stable than outside the city.
Perhaps because they have experienced too many hardships, the surviving people do not like to watch the fun at all.
Those who had no work were resting at home, and those who were working were working at home. There were not many people to be seen on the streets.
The soldiers on horseback finally stopped outside the military camp in Tongchang County, and then entered the Qianhusuo Yamen all the way.
"There is a military order, please Xu Qianhu to take it!"
The minor officials on duty inside received the soldiers who had sent the order, and then sent people to invite Xu Hong from Qianhu.
Xu Hong was playing knife in the school grounds, not far from the Qianhu Office, so he arrived at the Yamen lobby in a few minutes.
The soldier who delivered the order took out a sealed bamboo tube, handed it to Xu Hong and said: "Xu Qianhu, military order from the Privy Council!"
Xu Hong opened it immediately, read it carefully, and said, "Go and answer, I will make arrangements!"
"yes!"
After the messenger left, Xu Hong sat on his Qianhu official chair and ordered: "Go and call Hu Baihu!"
"yes!"
Xu Hong is the official of Qianhu, and he directly manages four Baihu offices. Hu Baihu is the person he values the most.
Ten minutes later, a member of the household came into the lobby.
"This is a humble job, sir!"
"Yang Ping, look at this!" Xu Hong handed over the military order in his hand.
Hu Yangping took it in his hand. He was not very literate, but he could barely understand it.
"The Privy Council has asked Tongchang to garrison troops, and allocate troops from a hundred households to garrison Andu. I plan to let you lead the team!"
"But...these people transferred are not menial subordinates!" Hu Yangping expressed doubts.
"That's right, the troops mobilized come from hundreds of households. Do you know why they are mobilized in this way?"
After thinking for a while, Hu Yangping replied: "The general banners of the transferred ministries are all training in Yuanyang!"
After the last food transportation accident, Zhao Yanxun transferred more than 100 people from the general banner and small banners from the entire army for training. Naturally, some people from the Tongchang garrison were also transferred.
Xu Hong continued: "Bringing these people to fight, do you know that this is a great good thing!"
While Hu Yangping was thinking, he heard Xu Hong continue to say: "These officers who participated in the training must be promoted first, but this time they are sent to fight first. This meaning is very clear!"
"After this battle, these people will inevitably be promoted. You just take this opportunity to move up!"
This level is easy to understand. After listening to Xu Hong's story, Hu Yangping nodded repeatedly.
"After the prince deploys troops this time, the area actually controlled by the prince's palace will have to expand, and it is imperative to expand the army... When the time comes, the position of deputy chief of Qianhu will be vacant. Don't you want to take a step further?"
Therefore, Xu Hong gave himself the opportunity for promotion, which made Hu Yangping very grateful.
"Thank you for your support, sir!" Hu Yangping said solemnly.
Xu Hong nodded, and Hu Yangping was on the right track.
"There are only three days left. Go gather your troops now and lead the team to set off early tomorrow morning. We must get to Andu County before dark!"
"Yes!" Hu Yangping said solemnly.
When the military order reached Tongchang, several other counties also received the order, and each of the chief and deputy officials sent their own troops.
This time, 600 troops were mobilized from various garrisons to go north. In addition, the Yuanyang garrison and the palace guards participated in the battle. Zhao Yanxun wanted to defeat Zhu Jinzhang in one fell swoop.
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Yuanyang, the two thousand households stationed here, also quickly completed their assembly after the military order arrived.
They are a nearly full Qianhu Office, led by Fang Sheng and Wang Cheng respectively, and will also be the main force in this battle.
Their assembly speed was indeed very fast. From the time the military order was delivered to the completion of the entire army assembly, it only took ten minutes for the two thousand-household stations. This is proof that the usual training is in place.
Of course, this is also due to the emergency collective testing carried out by Zhao Yanxun. This irregular testing system can keep the army in a state of combat readiness at any time.
Outside the South City and the North City, after the two armies were assembled, they set off towards their destinations in accordance with military orders.
Like other garrisons from various places, they also have to go north to Andu to prepare for the attack on Liaoping.
At the court meeting, Zhao Yanxun said that the north and the south would advance together, and he did not break his promise.
The two hundred-household offices of the Guard Department, led by Liu Enfu and Wang Zong respectively, have already embarked on the journey south.
It is indeed much more reasonable for the royal guards to do such a difficult task as opening up territory and rescuing people.
And this also means that for Zhao Yanxun, Zhu Jinzhang in the north is not a big threat.
The reason why he mobilized a large number of troops for the Northern Expedition was actually more to train troops and verify the combat effectiveness of these ordinary armies.
At this moment, Zhao Yanxun was returning from Nancheng. He had just personally observed the Nancheng army gathering, and he was quite satisfied with the speed.
His next agenda was to go to the Wangfu campus, where the closing ceremony of the training class would be held.
These grassroots officers drawn from the bottom will be the backbone of the future army, so Zhao Yanxun spent a lot of effort to train them.
The vast majority of officers are loyal, but there is no guarantee that a bastard like Wang Baokun will not appear. The purpose of training is to reduce such situations as much as possible.
Riding in a sedan chair, Zhao Yanxun returned to the palace.
At this time, he was wearing regular clothes. He had to go to Jinshen Hall to change into a python robe, and then go to the school grounds to attend the closing ceremony.
When he walked into the palace gate of Jinshen Palace, he saw someone kneeling in front of Jinshen Palace.
When the man heard the movement behind him, he glanced behind him, then immediately turned around and kowtowed: "My lord, Gao Zheng'an, I'd like to kowtow to the prince!"
Walking up to Gao Zhengan with his hands behind his back, Zhao Yanxun asked in a deep voice: "What are you doing here?"
"Reporting to the prince, I want to invite you to fight!"
"Asking for a fight? We have our own arrangements on how to fight. Why do we need you to ask for a fight?"
Because of his previous reckless advance in Qinggong, Gao Zhengan, who was originally the garrison deputy Qianhu, was idle and has been training new recruits in the Privy Council for several months.
But he is a person who can't sit still and is unwilling to be ordinary.
This time the palace was engaged in external warfare, it was an opportunity for him to make a comeback, so he appeared outside Jinshen Hall and had been kneeling for half an hour.
Gathering up his courage, Gao Zheng'an continued: "Your Majesty, I have made mistakes, but Your Majesty has also said that no one can make mistakes without being a sage. Please give me a chance to make meritorious deeds!"
Before Gao Zhengan, Wang Cheng was kicked out of the Thousand Household position, and he was able to reinstate the meritorious official. This was a great stimulus to Gao Zhengan.
How could he, a direct descendant of the palace who was born as a bodyguard, be no match for an "outsider" like Wang Cheng?
The scene was silent and time passed. When Gao Zhengan was already a little desperate, he only heard Zhao Yanxun say: "I'll give you a chance to make meritorious service. How capable do you think you are? How many soldiers can you command?"
This question should be answered carefully. After Gao Zhengan thought about it again and again, he raised his head and replied: "I am currently serving as a bodyguard of Si Baihu. Please, Your Majesty, let me become a Baihu!"
From the position of Deputy Qianhu, he was voluntarily demoted to Baihu, which shows Gao Zhengan's determination.
But at this time, Zhao Yanxun walked away directly.
Just when Gao Zhengan was confused, he heard Zhao Yanxun, who was walking away, loudly said: "Then I'll give you a chance!"
As soon as these words came out, for Gao Zhengan, it was like a sudden burst of rain after a long drought.
"I... thank you for your grace!" Gao Zheng'an turned around and kowtowed three times to Zhao Yanxun who was walking away.
