Syndicate Growth Manual

After New Year's Eve, the army set off.

Zhao Chen put on his battle armor again, and drank practice wine with the three armies in the school field outside the city.He raised his wine cup high and said loudly to the officers and men in the audience: "The dog will not retreat—swear not to return home!"

The wine cups of the three armies were raised, and the voices were uniform and powerful: "The dog will not retreat, and I will never return home!" After saying that, he drank all the spirits in the cup and threw the cups to the ground!

After Zhao Chen finished drinking, he raised his long knife and roared, "Let's draw—"

The flags of Zhao's upper, middle and lower armies on three sides were raised high, the cavalry mounted their horses in a flash, the food and grass were in the middle, and the infantry was in the rear, and the long line moved along the official road.

Zhao Gong watched the three armies leave on the city wall, while Liao Ting stood aside in armor.

"Has Madam met Zhao Chen's son?"

Liao Ting bowed his head: "Return to Your Majesty, not at all."

Mr. Zhao was silent for a moment, and said: "You go, you must be cautious when performing the supervisory duties this time, and don't confront Zhao Chen head-on. Everything must be based on his military orders."

"Here." Liao Ting saluted, turned around and strode down the city.

The army detoured to the north and went to Luzhou. Zhao Chen's personal soldiers escorted several carriages and joined the army.Zhao Yuan was in this carriage, and more than two months after his sixth birthday, he left Jiangcheng, bid farewell to Yuan Jue and Zhencheng, Fan Shi, and his four little maids.

Liqiu and Lidong stayed at Shoujia, and Lichun and Lixia followed. When Zhao Chen settled down in the northernmost Huaijun General's Mansion, he had to rely on the two of them to take care of the housework and take care of Zhao Yuan.Fan finally chose to reconcile and leave. She insisted on keeping half of the dowry as a dowry to Zhao Yuan, and took the rest of the dowry to the residence Zhao Chen arranged for her.

Zhao Yuan was wearing a robe lined with fur and thick cotton boots. He was sitting on the front of the carriage, resting his chin on a simple version of the map he had asked for from Jiaxun.They were at the junction of Luzhou and the capital Jiangcheng at this time. Luzhou was further north than Jiangcheng. There were three counties under its jurisdiction: Qi County, He County and Jing County.The city not far away is Qi County, but they did not enter the city, but bypassed it.

Jiaxun straddled the horse and looked into the distance. He escorted Zhao Yuan here ahead of time with his bodyguard battalion. When the army arrived, they would follow Zhao Chen into the army.He looked at the child who was still concentrating on the map, feeling a little worried.

Xiao Langzhu is really too young, the army cannot enter the city, and the daily journey must be at least thirty or forty miles, which can be described as extremely hard work, can he bear it?

Zhao Yuan didn't think about it. After the initial depression, he became excited like a normal boy of this age.Every man dreams of being a soldier, and he was no exception.Originally, he got a general to be his father in this life, but in Jiangcheng, he will basically be a noble official when he grows up. If he wants to take up a military post, it depends on whether his father will go to the military camp for him to grind. Practice...but now!His father also took him with him when he went out to fight!

In fact, as long as he is still with his father, Zhao Yuan doesn't really care about moving.

Originally, if Zhao Chen left home to fight, he must have been worried day and night, but now he doesn't. He took a step back and said that even if his father lost the battle, he would die with him if he died.He heard what Lichun secretly whispered to Lixia. Lichun felt that Jiangcheng was at odds with him. In the past two years, he had been in Jiangcheng several times in distress.

"Da Lang, come in quickly, it's cold outside!" Li Chun leaned out and touched Zhao Yuan's little hand, "Ah! Your hands are cold!"

"Look, we're going to pass through Qi County soon. I heard that Qi County has ear protection hats and sheep's head soup." Zhao Yuan looked at her and smiled. "Your ears are red from the cold, but unfortunately you can't go to the city to buy things."

Lichun looked at him reproachfully and said, "Da Lang is really... dare we go on a tour and miss the food." She sighed as she spoke, "But it's true, it's rare to go there. There are many places, but they cannot enter.”

Lixia waited so long that he almost fell asleep, and now he is awake, and he came out and laughed: "It will be fine when we get to Huai County and settle down. It is close to the grassland in the north, and the customs are different from those in Jiangcheng and Lianzhou. , I heard people say that the women there used to go to the streets alone, and there are several big square markets that sell goods that are different from ours here!"

Zhao Yuan thought for a while, but didn't say anything to hit her.His father told him that all the three counties in Jiangzhou were wiped out by the dog army, especially the northernmost Huai County. Almost two-thirds of the dozens of counties and townships were slaughtered. Hu Jiukong.So when they go to Huai County, even if the streets are cleaned and the corpses are contained, the vitality there will be severely damaged in a short time, and the prosperity will not be there.

"The Lord and the others are here." Jia Xun turned his horse's head and raised his hand to signal, and everyone got on their horses one after another.Not all of them followed Zhao Chen to the north, but there were nearly 200 of them, all equipped with long knives, pointed halberds, bows and arrows, and horses with armor on their heads and legs.

Zhao Yuan rolled up the map and let Lichun put it away, stood up at the front of the car, and looked in the direction of Jiangcheng with his feet on his feet.Sure enough, the cavalry in a row of four dragged a long line, flying the flag, approaching them at a relatively fast speed during the march.

Zhao Chen saw his son from a long distance away. Although he was wearing a dusty coat, his small face was like a peeled egg, so conspicuous in the sun.The little thing was holding onto the carriage, with an impatient look on his face, thinking that he hadn't seen his son for three days, he couldn't help holding the rein, kicked the horse's belly lightly, and drove the horse out of the group and galloped away.

"Father!" Zhao Yuan didn't expect himself to be so excited. He didn't feel it when he didn't see him. When he saw his father just now, he suddenly felt that he was thinking a lot.

He pouted his buttocks and climbed under the car. Before he could climb down, his body rose into the air and fell into the familiar embrace.

"Have you been obedient these two days? Have you eaten obediently?" Zhao Chen hugged his son tightly with one hand, then sat him down in front of him, touched his son's small face and looked carefully, "The swelling has disappeared a lot, and the corners of his mouth have also disappeared. It's scabbed." He carefully stroked the corner of his son's tender mouth with his rough thumb, distress and resentment flashed in his eyes.

Zhao Yuan touched the cold and hard armor on his chest with a small hand, and said enviously: "Father, is there mixed with iron? I see that you are wearing a very light sample paper..."

A certain father reluctantly grabbed his son's paws: "Don't touch it, it's too cold outside, and the armor will stain the skin when it's frozen... It's true that the armor is mixed with iron, which is much lighter and harder. "

Zhao Yuan nodded. His father's personal guard camp had some people doing it. It seems to have achieved some results. In fact, the world's master blacksmiths have already grasped the knack of making steel, especially the introduction of iron from foreign countries. In his opinion, it is a kind of steel, and the weapons forged are all invincible.

Zhao Chen said again: "Let me take a look at your teeth, how can you leak air when you speak?"

Zhao Yuan opened his mouth immediately, the corners of his mouth were scabbed, and the pain was no longer there, but Jia Xun pulled out the half-broken tooth later, the pain was half dead, and one side of his face was swollen for two days.Zhao Chen looked at it, and there was a small reflection in the lower two tooth cavities. It can be seen that even if there is no accident at that time, these two teeth will not be able to survive for a few days, and the upper front teeth have not responded yet.

"Speak less during this time," he touched Zhao Xiaoyuan's face, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "When you grin your mouth, there is a big hole, like an eighty-year-old woman."

"Father!" Zhao Yuan gritted his teeth, but he couldn't help but feel even more frantic.

Zhao Chen laughed loudly, hugged him and covered him with a cloak, turned his horse's head and returned to the team.At this time, Jia Xun had already led his troops into the first echelon, firmly protecting Zhao Chen and the others.

Along with him in the first echelon are the commanders of the upper and lower armies, as well as the supervisor Liao Ting.At this time, civil and military positions can be hereditary as well as titles, and it has become a custom to take the children of the family to the army to try to gain prestige. The commanders and adjutants saw that Zhao Yuan had no objection, but were surprised that Zhao Chen was so ruthless. When he was younger, he was brought into the barracks, and he went to the front line with him.

"General, if you can be ruthless, Mr. Xiao Lang won't be a pussy in the future!" Wei Hong, the military commander of the Shangjun, patted Zhao Yuan's head through the horse with a loud voice, and almost hit him on the horse's head. He couldn't help laughing, "... ...But it's a little smaller, it's a little smaller."

"Uncle, with your strength, no matter how big you are, you can't stand it!" The officer on the side rolled his eyes and mocked.

Wei Hong stared at him immediately: "What are you shouting for? Call me military commander!"

Shangjun Zuo Weijie murmured a few words, and retreated a few steps behind his horse.Wei Hong laughed dryly, and explained to Zhao Chen: "That's my nephew, he changed defenses with me at several checkpoints all the way, and was promoted to the rank of army officer last year. Sigh, the family is too used to it, so I don't feel at ease if he doesn't keep it by his side... But he is a good player in training, he is a good seedling!"

Zhao Yuan squinted at this "Xiong Zhuang" uncle, my god, this is the legendary "Wang Po sells melons".If you want to praise your nephew, just praise it directly, and if you want to praise it, you must suppress it first.

Zhao Chen smiled and patted Wei Hong on the shoulder: "I heard that your uncle and nephew are famous, the military discipline of the Wei family is strict, and all the children are good! I heard that you are a good gun, and it is difficult for seven or eight people to get close , When I set up camp, I will have a good experience!"

Wei Hong burst into laughter immediately, and the laughter spread from the head of the line to the end of the line: "The general ordered, I dare not disobey!"

This is the beginning of barracks communication!Zhao Yuan looked at his father in admiration, so who said that the general has to be cold and domineering?If it really wants to be like that, I am afraid that few people will obey when the order is given.After all, there are many thorns in the army, and there are many famous generals in ancient times, all of whom are surrounded by them. Even if it is a general, it is very unfavorable to fight if they cannot regain their subordinates, or at least have good relations.

As soon as the two got acquainted, Wei Hong started talking nonsense, crackling endlessly.

"... Dalang has a bad head and good bones, but he is too weak! When he goes to the place, he will practice boxing and legs with a certain one. When his body is strong, a certain one will teach him how to use a long spear! My nephew wants to learn, Helplessly, it’s not suitable, I still cried with me a few years ago hahahaha—”

Zhao Yuan and Wei Jie rolled their eyes together.