After Fang Qin left, Yan Chi once again summoned all the generals in the camp to enter the meeting hall.
On the high seat, Yan Chi said, "Now the army's morale is initially determined, but it is different from before, so this king summoned you to discuss the next plan."
Mr. Qi was sitting first on the lower left, Chu Feicheng was sitting opposite him, and Zhang Dongxuan was also in the tent. When Yan Chi said this, everyone's eyes became serious, and Yan Chi said, "My king If you want to be king, you will naturally defend the city, and in order to guard against the imperial court, the troops above Shuoxi must be divided into two."
Everyone listened with serious eyes, Yan Chi also frowned slightly and said, "Now Shuoxi has three important tasks, one is to ensure that the White Wolf Pass is not lost, and the enemy does not take a step into the Zhou Dynasty, and the other is to ensure that the imperial court raises troops to come The third is to ensure the livelihood of the people in Shuoxi and prevent the people from suffering."
Yan Chi squinted his eyes, "In the past, we only cared about military affairs. The people of Shuoxi, who lived in Xilin City, were under the control of Xilin City, but most of the tribes in other places didn't even have their household registration. In addition, it is necessary to ensure that Shuoxi’s official governance is not compromised. On this point, this king intends to choose a few people to be the head of the palace and to join the army. This king and Mister Qi have already considered it, and I will explain it to you separately later.”
After a pause, Yan Chi said, "What I want to talk to you now is about dividing troops and deploying defenses. The palace is located in Xilin, and the main camp is in the northwest of Shuoxi, so this king plans to move 30,000 troops to Xilin. Set up a camp in the west and east, here you can defend Mengzhou, Dingzhou and other directions, and the main camp, one is to guard against the enemy, and the other is to check and balance Liangzhou, so, do you have any objections?"
After Yan Chi said this, everyone's eyes lit up!
Those who can stay are those who trust and respect Yan Chi. Although they know that the path Yan Chi chose is dangerous, but the so-called heroes come out of troubled times. If Yan Chi wants to defend himself, he must reform the system. Shuoxi will usher in earth-shaking changes. For a while, everyone's hearts are full of pride, and they feel excited to do a great cause with Yan Chi. One of them said, "Your Highness, if only 30,000 people go to the southeast, Is there a little less? If the imperial court divides its troops to attack, it will definitely not be less than one hundred thousand horses."
Yan Chi shook his head, "In the future, we will focus on the east and west. Naturally, we will focus on the west. The Rong people are naturally brave and accustomed to the cold plateau, but Zhongzhou is different. Shuoxi has the advantage of the terrain, and the soldiers and horses of the imperial court either Those who come from the north or the south, for them, the climate of Shuoxi and the terrain of Shuoxi are already a difficulty, so there is no need to gain an advantage in numbers, and, you and I are both Zhou people, there is no other choice. The king does not wish to go to war with one of his own."
Yan Chi's support of Shuoxi was in the final analysis forced and helpless, and the generals under him also understood this, and nodded in response.
"Currently, the construction of Dongying has not yet started. The king has been choosing a location with Daoist Zhang in the past few days. When the place is settled, the king will first bring 5,000 soldiers and horses back to the west. First, he will go back and forth to the palace, and second, he will supervise the construction of Dongying. Let the soldiers here go to Dongying in two months."
Yan Chi looked at the people sitting in the hall, "You have been in the main camp for many years, you must have feelings for this place, anyone who wants to go to Dongying can recommend himself, if you don't want to go, then the king can only issue a military order. There will be no room left."
"I would like to follow His Highness's instructions. The last generals are all rough people, so it doesn't matter where they go."
After Yan Chi finished speaking, someone said this, and everyone looked at each other and laughed, but they didn't have any intention of fighting. Seeing everyone's calm attitude, Yan Chi nodded, "It's okay, Dongying was first built, and it was natural to suffer in the past. , if there is no one who takes the initiative to go, the king will dispatch it directly later."
Everyone was in the same place, but when they saw the gully in Yan Chi's chest, they understood that Yan Chi had a lot of considerations in choosing this path, and it was definitely not because he was forced to be so disorganized. Objecting, Yan Chi said again, "In the past six months, my father has had an accident, and I am not in the camp. Seeing how sloppy the drills in the camp are, from today onwards, all the drills will be the same as before. We must let everyone not slack off."
Everyone stood up in unison, and they dispersed after a while. They left, and Yan Chi left behind Mr. Qi, Chu Feicheng and Zhang Dongxuan.
There is a huge map on the long table on the left side of the meeting hall. Yan Chi is looking at the southeast direction of West Lin City. Mr. Qi smiled while watching, "Now that Daoist Zhang is here, we must choose a Feng Shui map. Nice place."
Zhang Dongxuan followed Yan Chi all the way this time, and gained more knowledge. He waved his hands, "Your Highness is destined to win, no matter where you choose, it doesn't matter." Of course, Yan Chi didn't really let Zhang Dongxuan look at Feng Shui, Zhang Dongxuan may be really powerful in Taoism, but he is very taboo about these things when he marches and fights. The reason why I mentioned it just now is to calm people's hearts, and Fengshui also pays attention to the right time, place and harmony. , Yan Chi discovered the merits of Feng Shui, so he asked Zhang Dongxuan to discuss it together.
Soon, several people decided on the location, and the location of Dongying was also chosen in a plain depression with the back of the hill.
After finalizing these, Yan Chi discussed with Mr. Qi about the history of Prince Rui's mansion and the candidates to join the army, and spent some time calling these people over to inquire one by one. After a few days of busy work, all these trivial matters were sorted out. , and in the past few days, the shouts and killings in the main battalion were loud, and the morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted by the martial arts drills, and the haze of the past half year was swept away at once!
In the past few days, Qin Wan wandered around the camp from time to time, and went to the wounded soldiers camp to visit the wounded soldiers who fought with Lin Xugui's troops that day. The word spread slowly, and Xu Ziang and others also returned to the main camp from the White Wolf Mountain camp, and everyone knew Qin Wan's care for the wounded soldiers. Because of Qin Wansheng's beauty, Qin Wan's reputation as a living Bodhisattva spread, so that when Qin Wan arrived at the wounded barracks, the wounded soldiers were always very obedient, and they no longer dared to complain about suffering when they drank the medicine. No matter how painful it was during the medicine, no one dared to swear, and no one dared to show a rude and rude side in front of the princess, wishing to stay sick for a longer time, so that the princess would come to see everyone every day.
After being so busy for many days, everything in the camp was in order, and the soldiers were determined. Seeing that everything was back on track, Yan Chi ordered people to prepare to go back to Xilin.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, Qin Wan was instructing Bai Ying, "Let's keep the medicinal materials brought earlier in the camp, even though there is no war for the time being."
When Bai Ying heard the words, she hurriedly responded, and when Yan Chi entered the big tent, Qin Wan came up to her and said, "I want to write another letter to Yue Ning, okay?"
The last time Qin Wan wrote a letter in Bailuzhou, now two months have passed, and I think the letter has already arrived in Yue Ning's hands. At that time, Qin Wan hadn't arrived in Shuoxi, and now he is almost settled, so he wanted to talk to Yue Ning To avoid worrying her, Yan Chi smiled and said, "Naturally, you write. Once spring begins, the road to the north will be much easier, and the letter will be in Yue Ning's hands soon."
Qin Wan laughed, and hurriedly prepared his pen and ink, while Yan Chi said, "Yue Jia left Shuoxi at the end of last year. Before leaving, he rescued the two Shuoxi generals captured by Lin Xugui."
Qin Wan raised her head, she had been here for several days, she naturally knew a little about Yue Jia's affairs, but she didn't know very clearly, and hurriedly asked, "How will he go back?"
Yan Chi reassured, "It's nothing. He should be temporarily in the patrol camp. He has nothing to do with our affairs and won't be implicated."
Yan Chi seemed to know what Qin Wan was worried about, Qin Wan nodded when he heard the words, "It's just right, I also asked about this in the letter, now that we have settled down, if Yue Ning wants to send us a letter, we can accept it .”
Yan Chi responded, "Just send the letter to Xilin."
Qin Wan explained in the letter that although it was only a short letter, Qin Wan wrote it for half an afternoon and handed it over to Yan Chi, who ordered someone to send it to the capital quickly, and two days later , Yan Chi took five thousand soldiers and horses, and set off for Xilin City with Qin Wan.
It takes two days to walk from Shuoxi's main camp to West Lincheng, and the road is still difficult to walk during the period. Even so, the landscape has also undergone some changes.
Compared with the dead wood and snow fields seen from Liangzhou to Shuoxi, when walking west to Lincheng, you can occasionally see greenery. Although the terrain is still separated by horizontal ridges, the climate seems to be much cooler. After a day, what Qin Wan saw suddenly became much flatter. Hengling was also a low hill. Occasionally, smoke from villages could be seen. Most of the people here were dressed heavily and wore fox fur, and their skin was also toned. They are dark, compared to the rumors that the people on the Shuoxi Plateau also have barbarian blood, most of them are rude and unreasonable, but most of the people Qin Wan met on this journey are simple and simple, and the team of five thousand horses is not far above the snowy field. It's not small, but the strange thing is that the people of Shuoxi are not afraid of the Shuoxi army. On the contrary, seeing the Shuoxi army camping and resting by the roadside, some people will take the initiative to send cakes and food, which shows that the Shuoxi army is in the hearts of the Shuoxi people. What a noble justice.
Qin Wan walked all the way to see it, and learned more about this land. Two days later, at nightfall, Qin Wan and his party arrived outside Xilin City.
In the distance, under the unique navy blue night sky of Shuoxi, the Xilin City in the distance looks extraordinarily magnificent and gorgeous. The city walls here are also made of huge Shuoxi red stones, although they are similar to the gates of Zhongzhou. There are also buildings with flying eaves, but because of the lack of meticulous neatness and delicacy, they are a bit more eclectic and unrestrained, and they do not lose their beauty. It is like a gorgeous fortress that cannot be broken through thousands of perfections. This sense of thickness and hardness is incomparable to those carved beams and painted buildings in the capital or the south. Qin Wan took a breath before, and was suddenly moved by this city.
The team got closer and closer, and gradually, the blurry outline became clearer. Qin Wan could even see the soldiers standing above the city gate. They held long spears in their hands and wore heavy uniforms. Armor, standing on the tower, like a warrior in ancient times, Qin Wan was puzzled, Yan Chi said, "There are five thousand patrol troops in Xilin City to maintain the normal government, and these people are also from the Shuoxi Army Yes, every two years, there will be a new rotation of patrol troops."
Qin Wan was stunned, and when he got closer, Qin Wan realized that there were many people standing under the tower. Yan Chi raised the curtain to see it, and said, "It's Xilin City Commander who is here to welcome you."
Qin Wan took a closer look, and sure enough, the first person standing at the gate of the city was wearing a red official uniform, which was a fifth-grade official uniform.
The carriage rattled, and arrived outside the city gate in a short time. The Xilin City Commander came up with all the officials of Xilin City behind him, and immediately knelt down in the snow and saluted. Yan Chi came down in person. Che helped everyone up and introduced Qin Wan, which was another salute.
After seeing the ceremony, the Xilin City Order said, "The villain has waited for His Highness for a long time, for fear that His Highness will be trapped on the road."
Yan Chi smiled and said, "It's safe to come all the way, how about it, how is the city?"
Xilincheng Ling is an old man who looks to be over half a century old. His hair and beard are all grey. When he speaks, there is a hooting sound in his throat. Don't worry, everything has been properly arranged. Right now, everyone in the city knows that the old prince was murdered by the emperor. Now, everyone is looking forward to your return. The palace has been cleaned up. There are people watching in front of the palace every day. , everyone will be at ease when you come back."
Yan Chi nodded, "You did a good job, I'm sorry to trouble you, is there something wrong in the yamen?"
Xilincheng Ling hurriedly said, "Two people have resigned. These two people's family is in Mengzhou. When they came here, they were squeezed out there. They dare not stay after this accident."
"It's human nature to let them go."
Xilin City Commander nodded, "That's right. Anyway, everything in the city is fine right now. Your Highness doesn't have to worry. It's already late. If His Highness comes during the day, the common people will block the road to welcome you."
Yan Chi naturally didn't want to see that scene, but it was better seeing the silence of the night, "It's just right now, let's go into the city!"
In this way, a group of people just entered the gate of Xilin City. Once they entered the city, the city was different from what Qin Wan imagined. No two, the rows of houses and mansions are neat and orderly, although most of them are made of stone, which is not exquisite, but in such a place, it would be very abrupt to move the water pavilions and flower terraces from the southern country. , there are not many people on the market, but there are still colorful lights not far away, and there are naturally lively places that are not at night. Qin Wan kept lifting the curtain of the carriage and looked out. The more he looked, the more he felt that this city Don't have a style.
Going north along the main road in the city, you will find the most magnificent Prince Rui's Mansion in the city. It is completely built according to the capital's organizational system. Although Prince Rui's Mansion is not the most noble in the capital, it is the only one in Xilin City. Yes, as soon as the carriage stopped in front of the gate of the mansion, Qin Wan heard Fu Ling's excited voice outside!