On May 23, Xiang Xiaoqiang went to the palace to seek instructions from Zhu Yourong to plan a small-scale battle-level real-force confrontation exercise.
This exercise lasts for about 2-3 days. The exercise area is a plain area of about 1,000 square kilometers east of Jiangning County in Nanjing and south of Tangshan. The troop strength of both sides is:
Red side (defender): 3 divisions of ground forces, 12 fighter planes and 9 horizontal bombers in the air.
Blue side (offensive side): 1 division of ground force, 40 fighter planes, 36 dive bombers, and 9 level bombers in the air force.
The participating troops in the exercise are all composed of the People's Guard and the Army Aviation Force.
This exercise is of a research and training nature. The purpose is to study how the attacker can use air-ground coordinated operations and rapid assaults of armored and motorized units to achieve breakthrough, segmentation, encirclement and destruction of the enemy when they are at a numerical disadvantage but have air superiority.
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Zhu Yourong lowered his head and looked at Xiang Xiaoqiang's memorial silently without saying a word.
Xiang Xiaoqiang held his military cap and stood in the middle of the study in a standard attentive posture, without squinting and showing no expression.
He noticed that there was no one else in the imperial study room this time, only him and Zhu Yourong.
Moreover, he noticed with his peripheral vision that although Zhu Yourong's eyes were fixed on the memorial, his thoughts did not seem to be on the memorial.
Zhu Yourong took a deep breath and pinched the bridge of his nose gently.
After a while, she raised her head and forced a smile, and said for the second time:
"Xiang Qing, sit down!"
Xiang Xiaoqiang ignored the chair behind him, still standing at attention, and said coldly:
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I just need to stand."
Zhu Yourong lowered her head again and stared at the memorial indifferently. Then she subconsciously picked up the quill, dipped it in the ink bottle, and signed the last page of the memorial.
Xiang Xiaoqiang said calmly:
"Your Majesty, you should take a look first."
"I...I've seen it," Zhu Yourong raised his head, glanced at Xiaoqiang, then lowered his head and said softly, "I just saw it."
"Your Majesty, you are wrong," Xiang Xiaoqiang said expressionlessly. "A real-force exercise is a big event, which requires a lot of manpower and material resources, a large amount of money, and may cause casualties. Your Majesty cannot just rely on trust.
Sir, since the exercise was suggested by me, we decided hastily. You should at least discuss it with the generals at the headquarters and seek their opinions."
Zhu Yourong was speechless for a moment, raised his head and glared at Xiang Xiaoqiang, held it in for a long time, slapped the quill in his hand on the table, and said angrily:
"I...I trust you? Who said I trust you? I...I have nothing to do with you!"
After saying this, she realized the language error and her face turned red.
But Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't seem to notice it at all, and remained expressionless as he asked coldly:
"Oh? Not because of me? Then I dare to ask Your Majesty why?"
"Xiang Xiaoqiang! Xiang..." Zhu Yourong said with red eyes and gritted teeth, "...you are too presumptuous...why? Because...because...the country belongs to me, the army belongs to me, and all the funds belong to me.
I can spend as much as I like, it has nothing to do with you! Because... I have been very upset recently. Someone happened to come and asked me to hold an exercise. I also wanted to see the excitement, so I approved it when I was happy! Do you think
What does it have to do with you?... It has nothing to do with you at all!"
"Your Majesty, you are crying."
Zhu Yourong was stunned, and subconsciously touched her cheek, and sure enough, a large teardrop fell on her index finger. Her face suddenly turned pale, and she immediately turned around, facing away from Xiang Xiaoqiang.
Xiang Xiaoqiang saw that Zhu Yourong raised his head, his shoulders and back were shaking slightly, and he was holding on to the edge of the desk with both hands, so tightly that his wrists turned white.
After a while, Zhu Yourong turned his back to him and said calmly with a nasal voice:
"Xiang Qing, I have approved your drill... The memorial is on the table, take it over... You can leave."
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Xiang Xiaoqiang still stood there without moving.
His heart was surging, and all kinds of emotions in his chest came together, rising and falling crazily. He opened his mouth and said:
"My exercise? Your Majesty, you call this exercise 'my exercise'?"
"Why, is this still my practice?"
"Of course it's your drill!" Xiang Xiaoqiang shouted angrily, "Do you remember the cigarette box in the shell?"
"What?"
Zhu Yourong wiped his tears and asked, still holding his back.
Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at her and recited while suppressing his anger:
"The king lives in the south of the Yangtze River, and the minister lives in the north of the Yangtze River. I miss you from generation to generation and drink the water of the Yangtze River together. When will this water stop? When will this hatred end? I only hope that your heart will be like that of your ministers, and you will live up to your loyalty...
…The first night I saw you, you burst into tears while reading this poem! Although I didn’t know your identity at the time, I was very moved and felt that such a...such a girl should be carefree.
When I was worried, I was able to shed tears for my country. I was very touched!
"...Really, after I knew your identity that night, I had an idea to do something for you...if...if the Ming Dynasty monarch was not a girl, I would definitely feel that this has nothing to do with me.
, what kind of country and nation, what kind of lost land in the north, this is what the emperor of tomorrow and the government are worried about... But because it is you sitting in the seat, I saw you crying while reading this poem, and I decided that I must do it for you.
Do something so that one day you won’t have to cry because of reading this poem...
"But the funny thing is that when I think like this, I am nothing. Even eating the next day is a problem. I thank you for giving me the opportunity to go to Beiqing to save Qiu Qiu...I thank you even more
You can give me the opportunity to go to Beiqing and embark on the road of success. From then on, I firmly grasped every opportunity and risked my life every time... Fortunately, I finally survived.
To where we are today…
"Why should I? For glory and wealth? Haha, in that case, I will stay in Nanyang as the governor, and enjoy the true glory and wealth in a place where the sky is high and the emperor is far away!... Your Majesty, do you know why? Because I forgot
I can't help but see the way you buried your face in your hands and sobbed softly after reading that poem!... I don't want you to sob like that anymore! I want you to... make you happy...
"If it were Qiu Qiu, I would buy her a diamond ring to make her happy... But for you, Your Majesty, I will make every effort to finally give you a northern empire!"
Xiang Xiaoqiang consciously sensationalized the situation at first, but later he couldn't help but get involved. He choked up in his throat and continued:
"...Your Majesty, this drill is not mine, it is yours... Everything I want to teach you is in this drill... If you don't want me to teach you in class, then I will use the drill to show you
show you."
After saying that, he took two steps forward, took the signed memorial from the desk, then stepped back, bowed to Zhu Yourong, turned around and strode out.
It wasn't until Xiang Xiaoqiang's footsteps disappeared into the distance that Zhu Yourong suddenly turned around and looked at the direction where he disappeared. She suddenly raised a hand, as if she wanted to hold Xiang Xiaoqiang, but slowly lowered it.
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Tears kept pouring out of his eyes, flowing down his cheeks, gathering on his chin, and falling continuously.