Leaning on the carriage, Fang Jie rested with his legs dangling and his eyes closed, which seemed leisurely. The big dog sat on the side and drove the car, and from time to time he took a piece of dog meat that was stewed very badly but also frozen very hard from the oiled paper bag on the side. This big bag of stewed dog meat, as well as the dozens of dog meat buns wrapped in the carriage, were specially made by Du Hongxian, the proprietress of Yunji. That night she was carrying this thing in her hand, and she planned to give it to Fang Jie to make on the way. Dry food, who would have thought that Fang Jie's heavy rest for a few days would make the trip.
But don't expect the food to spoil in the cold weather of this place, as it will be fragrant immediately after heating it in the stove.
Fang Jie's carriage was at the end of the convoy, and the seven carriages in front were all beautiful girls with red sleeves. The front car is Hongxiu Zhao's guard, the second car is Aunt Xi and Xi Canwick, and the old cripple is driving the car.
"At this rate, it will take about four months to reach Chang'an."
Fang Jie, who was asleep with his eyes closed, suddenly said something in a helpless tone.
"I can't miss your exam."
The big dog was chewing the dog meat. It was already cold, so it took a little effort to chew: "The exam at the Martial Arts Academy is at the end of June, and now it's just the first month. Even if you walk for five months, you can't miss it. The Great Sui Academy of Martial Arts every three years The exam is held once, and the selection starts one year before each exam, because Tai Sui is too big, and the candidates in Yong County in the south will have to go on the road years ago, at least six or seven months."
"I'm always afraid of being delayed. I still have to go to the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the yamen of the Ministry of Officials. I don't know if I will be made things difficult."
Fang Jie said with some concern: "I heard that all the officials in the imperial capital have their eyes high, and they look down on people outside the imperial capital the most. It seems that the world of the Sui Dynasty is divided into two parts. One is called the imperial capital, which is unattainable. .One is called other places, and the same is lower than others."
Big Dog persuaded: "You are an examinee in the army, so the Ministry of War will naturally not make things difficult. Half of the students recruited by the Academy of Martial Arts are from the army, and 50% are from the civilian population. It’s embarrassing for the candidates who stole the limelight. Besides, it took decades for Fan Gucheng to produce someone like you. Could it be that you’re dismissed if you didn’t take the exam? Besides, don’t we have money in our hands? Go for a big red envelope of one hundred taels."
"Pooh!"
Fang Jie spat and said with a smile: "Do you think the officials of the imperial capital are bumpkins who have never seen the world? They plan to buy them for a hundred taels of silver?"
"How much money will it cost?"
Fang Jie pondered for a while and said, "It's three hundred taels, right?"
The big dog was shocked suddenly, and couldn't help cursing: "Do you want to drink human blood!"
The two bumpkins, who had never seen the prosperity of the Sui Emperor's capital, were arguing over whether it was three hundred taels or one hundred taels, and their faces were red. Mu Xiaoyao, who was sleeping in the carriage, turned over impatiently, and thought to herself, isn't it just money
The same has never seen the world...
"Big Dog, when you come to the imperial capital, you have to call me Young Master."
Fang Jie opened his eyes, looked at the floating clouds in the sky and said seriously: "I also have to think of a word with some deep meaning, Jue Xiao, Jue Xiao... The one I thought of before was too vulgar. I have to think about it again." A more elegant name. Daquan, help me think about it... Forget it, I know from your name, and you can't help much."
The big dog chuckled, and simply didn't answer.
After thinking for a while, Fang Jie couldn't think of a good name, so he opened the curtain and got into the carriage. Seeing Mu Xiaoyao fell asleep, she sat down and shook her arm and asked, "Miss Xiaoyao, I want a sign."
Mu Xiaoyao woke up suddenly and sat up straight, looking straight at Fang Xie and said: "...you want a whore? Let me just say... you can't go with someone from the red sleeves!"
"what is the relationship?"
Fang was puzzled.
"You want a bitch, won't you go to the carriage in front and ask for it yourself? Why don't you come in and tell me? You have at least tens of thousands of taels of silver in your package. No bitch? Leave me alone! I'm going to bed!"
Fang Jie was surprised: "I just want a sign, why are you so angry?"
"Where do you want to go! Don't bother me!"
"Let me go spend money on watch letters... how tacky?"
Fang Jie muttered something, turned around and got out again. Behind him, Mu Xiaoyao said angrily: "The bitch doesn't need money, so you still plan to get it for nothing?!"
Fang Jie was thinking about the word and name in his mind, but he never thought that Mu Xiaoyao would have the wrong idea. Thinking of not being too shabby in the imperial capital in the future, it would be better if the word and name should be more elegant. Although he has memories of two lifetimes, he has no understanding of this strange world. He didn't even know that the characters in this world were different from the history he knew. In this world, only the father can take the name of the child, not even the teacher.
"Forget it, the name Juexiao is a member of the military, and I can't change it even if I want to."
He sighed, and then asked the big dog beside him, "How about I call myself Layman Xipo?"
"Why is it called Xipo?"
"Because there is a very famous man named Dongpo. Besides, we did come from the west. The Langru Mountains to the west of Fangu City, in my opinion, is a slope. From the slope to the west of the Sui Dynasty Come here, call Xipo layman to meet the occasion."
"You are suspected of plagiarism!"
"Plagiarism... He plagiarized from Dongpo and I from Xipo?"
"Otherwise what is it?"
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Fan Gu.
On the fourth day after Fang Jie left, a group of about 200 elite cavalry rushed along the official road to Fan Gu's east gate. Although the armor on this team of cavalry was covered with a layer of dust, it could still be seen that it was exceptionally well-made. Not leather armor, but real chain armor. Not only the chain armor, but also a layer of iron armor that is not too thick but extremely strong. This armor weighs at least sixty to seventy catties.
The knights on horseback were mostly burly and sturdy, so it can be seen that the horses they sat on were not ordinary things. Those knights were strong and tall, and none of them weighed less than one hundred and fifty catties. Coupled with such heavy armor, weapons, luggage, and clothing, if it weren't for a real good horse with such a heavy burden, it would not be able to run at all!
Heavy armor, Mo Dao, iron helmet, red cloak.
Coupled with the golden yellow embroidered dragon battle flag of the Sui Dynasty glowing in the sun, this team of cavalry looked extraordinarily majestic and solemn. Although there are not many people, there is a magnificent temperament like a thousand troops.
It was not easy to see a pure cavalry team in the Sui Dynasty, and it was even more difficult to see such an elite heavy cavalry. Because of the blockade of the Mongolian Yuan Empire, not only the tribes on the grassland were not allowed to sell war horses to the Great Sui Dynasty, even the small countries in the Western Regions were not allowed to have a war horse circulated to the Great Sui Dynasty. Although the Great Sui has a vast land and rich resources, it is the lack of horses and horses that makes the emperors of the Great Sui want to scold their mothers.
So since the founding of the country in the Sui Dynasty, cavalry has always been the dream of all generals.
There were sixteen guards in the Sui Dynasty, and each guard maintained about 50,000 soldiers. Even if it is now transferred to guard Chang'an City, among the more than 300,000 elite soldiers known as the Sixth Army of the Son of Heaven, Zuo Zuowei, You Zuowei, Zuo Wuwei, Right Wuwei, Left Leading Army, and Right Leading Army Not 20,000 cavalry came out.
Even if the light cavalry is like this, there is no need to talk about the extremely difficult heavy cavalry.
In the entire Sui Dynasty, except for the Sixth Army of the Son of Heaven, only You Xiaowei had a heavy cavalry force of 500 men. Even if it was only 500, it took Li Yuanshan, the general of You Xiaowei, almost five years to build it up. There was no shortage of money and food in the Sui Dynasty, and it was not difficult to build heavy armor. The difficulty was to find 500 horses that could carry heavy cavalry in battle.
You Xiaowei has managed the Northwest for so many years, and only then has he collected these five hundred high-quality war horses from various sources. Even at the risk of being blamed by the imperial court for causing war, four years ago, he robbed the envoys from the Tusi Kingdom in the Western Regions who had come to see His Majesty the Sui Emperor. On one side, hundreds of war horses were all pulled away without a single hair left.
Li Yuanshan did this, and he knew it was impossible to hide it from the emperor. In fact, the emperor understood what was going on when he heard the cry of Prince Natus. He was so comforting, and also rewarded a lot of silk and satin porcelain. Then His Majesty the Emperor wrote a personal letter scolding Li Xiaozong. After Li Xiaozong read it, instead of panicking, he laughed.
"Idiot! I managed to trick a few envoys from small countries in the Western Regions to come to see me. You robbed the first one when I came in. How dare you come in later? You idiot, don't you wait for them to leave? Rob again?!"
These five hundred heavy cavalry are the personal soldiers of General You Xiaowei Li Yuanshan.
Therefore, when the defenders of Fangu City recognized these heavy cavalry, they immediately opened the city gate and let them pass without even looking at the token that the captain took out. Because the Mongolian Yuan Empire lacked iron, they were reluctant to build heavy cavalry. Besides, the prairie people always thought that cavalry should be fast. Although cavalry in heavy armor were amazingly powerful, they could not compare with light cavalry in terms of speed.
The cavalry captain who led the team didn't bother to talk to the defenders at all, and went directly into the city to the general's mansion.
When they arrived at the gate of Li Xiaozong's general's mansion, the soldiers guarding the gate immediately stepped forward to stop him. The school lieutenant didn't bother to answer, he casually threw his badge to the gatekeeper, got off his horse and strode into the general's mansion. A lieutenant of the heavy cavalry has become so arrogant and domineering. The rumors that the You Xiaowei and the others are all rebellious seem to be true.
When Li Xiaozong heard the voice coming from the study, he gave the captain a cold look: "Even if you are a captain under the command of the general, have you forgotten the military law of the Sui Dynasty? Why don't you give a military salute when you see this general?" ? Before the imperial court’s punishment comes down, this Fan Gu Chengya will still be me.”
The school lieutenant was stunned for a moment, then he snorted coldly and gave a casual military salute: "Back to the left and right, the general is here in person."
Li Xiaozong turned pale with shock, his heart tightened suddenly.
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The stove in the study was removed, because what General Li Yuanshan disliked the most was the charcoal dust that floated up. He has something wrong with his nose, and it makes him uncomfortable to smell it. This problem was not common in the imperial capital, but it became more and more frequent after arriving in the northwest because of the cold weather. But I couldn't smell the charcoal, so I was in a dilemma.
Li Yuanshan, who was dressed in ordinary heavy cavalry uniform, looked at the arrangement in the study, with a slight dissatisfaction on his brows.
As General You Xiaowei, he would be held accountable for leaving the court without authorization. Although he is domineering, he is by no means reckless.
"Do you know why I came here?"
He looked at a picture of a tiger descending a mountain hanging on the wall, and asked in a flat tone.
"Because Wu Peisheng died."
Li Xiaozong, who was kneeling on the ground, answered very simply, but this sentence can already represent all the troubles. What corruption of ink, what the military opened a casino, these things are nothing compared to Wu Peisheng's death.
"wrong."
Li Yuanshan looked back at Li Xiaozong, and his tone was a little more angry: "It's because you are not clean enough! Since Wu Peisheng must die, he must die thoroughly! There are so many people in the army who know about this, why don't you kill him?" ? There is Fang Jie, why is such a disaster not eliminated?"
Li Xiaozong smiled wryly: "I have lost the morale of the army."
"The morale of eight hundred soldiers is nothing!"
Li Yuanshan snorted and asked, "Do the people in the city know the truth?"
"I don't know."
"That's okay... Slaughtering the city is a little troublesome after all."