Song Mingyue

Chapter 178
Zhao Quan, the housekeeper of the Zhao Mansion, has been extremely busy these days, mainly ordering and collecting dry food.

First of all, I ordered [-] Hubing and [-] Noodles from several pastry shops nearby. These are used to make dry food, contain very little water, and can be stored for a long time without deterioration.

Then there is the collection of dried beef. In the Song Dynasty, it was not allowed to slaughter farm cattle, so beef at that time was already scarce, and dried beef was even rarer. For this reason, the Jinyiwei of Qianlongying also mobilized.

There is no way, the task given by Zhao Hao is two thousand catties of beef jerky, it is really difficult to collect so much in Bianliang City alone.

Although it is necessary for the young master to bring some dry food for a long trip, Zhao Quan does not understand why he has to bring so much dry food. This is simply the weight of three or four hundred people for more than a month.The young master went on a mission to Liaodong, and there were government receptions along the way. When he arrived at the Bohai Sea, there were naturally officials who arranged for a big boat to pick him up. The food on the boat had to be all, so why would he use it for himself?

Doubts are doubts, and the son's order is naturally to be carried out.

In addition, before leaving, I bought hundreds of jars of good wine, and bought hundreds of leather wine bags and filled them with wine.

I feel that your son's trip this time is not like a business mission, but like taking a caravan of hundreds of people to go to the city outside the Great Wall. There are thirty carriages for the food alone. The cost is [-] guan.

……

I have been busy preparing for more than a month, and the day of my mission to Liaodong will arrive soon.

In order to prevent the team from being too large and slow on the day of departure, Zhao Hao asked Liang Lie and Li Hong, two confidant house slaves, and twenty capable Jinyi guards to escort thirty carts full of supplies on the road, and left Bianliang City one day in advance .

In the early morning of the next day, Dongfang had just revealed its fish belly. At the north gate of Bianliang, the defenders who had been on duty all night on the top of the city yawned, and slowly lifted the Qianjin gate, and then slowly opened the inner gate.

Knock da da~
A Biao cavalry came slowly, attracting the attention of the defenders.

Banners like clouds, swords and halberds like forests, horseshoes like rain...

The Song Dynasty was always short of horses. In those days, a seven-foot war horse was as eye-catching as a mid-range car.However, those who came were all seven-foot-five horses, just like high-end cars such as BMW 5 Series or Mercedes-Benz E Series.When the defenders saw more than [-] horses with a height of about [-] feet [-] coming out of the line, they were full of shock even though they were well-informed.

Among the banners, a "Song" character fluttered high and high, fluttering with the wind. Under the banner, a slender boy straddled an eight-foot white horse, dressed in a splendid war robe, and wore a Heroic cloak, wearing a red tassel sun-shading iron hat, and a long sword hanging from his waist, coming forward proudly. It is Zhao Hao, the commander of the Jinyiwei of the Song Dynasty who is about to go to Liaodong.

Behind him followed closely Wu Song, Fang Baihua, Liang Hongyu and more than [-] Jin Yiwei, and behind him was Lu Zhishen leading more than a hundred elite soldiers from the imperial army, while Han Shizhong and Yang Keshi led two soldiers. Hundreds of white pole soldiers opened the way ahead.

Needless to say, the six famous generals in history, whether it is the old guards or the famous white stiles, are the elite of the elite. Accustomed to the indifference and murderous aura of life and death, such a group of soldiers and horses walking on the street, watching them from a distance, will make the defenders on the top of the city gasp, only to feel a murderous aura sweeping over, covering the The entire North Gate of Bianliang.

In addition to their powerful combat effectiveness, their equipment is also equipped with elite equipment. They all wear mountain-pattern armor, which is bulkier than the starter armor.In addition, everyone carried a large crossbow on their backs, and two pots of long arrows hung beside the saddle.

Zhao Hao recognized that crossbow, and that crossbow was the king of all crossbows—the Great Song God Arm Crossbow with a range of three hundred steps!

The production process of this kind of crossbow is extremely complicated and time-consuming, and the process is extremely difficult. Among the soldiers and horses of the entire Song Dynasty, there are no more than a thousand. In order to protect Zhao Hao's safety, Tong Guan and Lao Zhong spared no expense. .

Three generals with a force of 94 or more, plus three generals with a force of 85 or more, and more than 65 elite soldiers, most of whom have a force of around [-], and they are all king-level soldiers.Whether it is Lao Zhong's guards and forbidden army originally from the Western Army, and the white stile soldiers were first formed by Lao Zhong, the three hundred elite soldiers are considered Western Army soldiers and horses, and they all know each other well, and they all fought side by side in the Western Xia campaign.With this kind of combat power, even if you encounter an ordinary cavalry unit with twice the strength, you can just charge forward. If it is just ordinary infantry, even thousands of people can't stop Zhao Hao from advancing.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, but Zhao Hao wants to be a hero, a hero admired by everyone, so he has to put himself in the sea of ​​swords and fire. Only such elite soldiers can ensure safety along the way.

A group of people walked out of the north gate of Bianliang in a mighty manner, and went straight to the pier by the Bian River, where several official ships were waiting by the pier.

As soon as I arrived near the pier, I heard someone shouting loudly from behind: "My lord, please stay here, my lord, stay here..."

When Zhao Hao raised his head suddenly, he saw a group of chariots and horses galloping towards them, about a dozen people, approaching in the blink of an eye, and stopped slowly dozens of steps away.

Lao Zhong, Xiao Zhong, Jin Chongyue, Xu Churen, Wu Min and others personally led the crowd to see them off, Zhao Hao's heart warmed, and he hurried forward to greet them, other generals also came forward to pay their respects when they saw Lao Zhong and Xiao Zhong coming.

Everyone exchanged pleasantries, and the old man waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Bring it over!"

Following a burst of responses, a dozen or so soldiers unloaded large suitcases from the carriage, carried them over, and placed them in front of Zhao Hao and the others.

Mr. Zhong opened one of the boxes, and there was a colorful thing inside. The old Zhong took out a thing, but it was a grimace mask, painted colorfully, painted face, fangs, extremely ugly and vicious. He held it in his hand It's not great, but it looks terribly creepy on the face.

Master Zhong said: "Although these masks are just decorations, they may be able to win by surprise at the critical moment. I hope that you will praise my Great Song Dynasty and come back safely!"

Zhao Hao looked solemn, and bowed respectfully to this enthusiastic old general to express his gratitude.

At this moment, there was another sound of horseshoes and commotion in the distance, making Zhao Hao unable to help but look up and was stunned.

Not far away, Zhao Fujin came galloping on his horse like a gust of wind, followed closely by seven or eight eunuchs on horseback, yelling "Emperor Concubine stay step", but Zhao Fujin didn't pay attention at all, just galloped on horseback .

The 14-year-old little loli, dressed in a sky blue dress, was lying tightly on the horse's back, with a cloud-like hair fluttering in the wind, and the jewels on her head were shining brightly in the sun, like a gorgeous cloud Generally, come floating.

Zhao Hao's expression was shocked, Zhao Fujin was obviously not very proficient in riding skills, if he was not careful, he might fall off the horse, so he hurried forward.When the horse was approaching, he flew up, dodged the galloping horse's hooves, grabbed the rein and pulled vigorously, the horse's front hooves were raised high, and it came to an abrupt stop.

Zhao Fujin on the horse also fell down in response to the sound, Zhao Hao hurriedly moved forward, hugged Zhao Fujin's body, and then slowly put it down.

"Why did you sneak out of the palace again?" Zhao Hao's expression was a little annoyed and a little distressed.

Zhao Fujin's mouth narrowed, and tears flowed down his face: "Brother Hao, I want to follow you to Liaodong..."

Zhao Hao looked at that pretty face like a pear blossom in the rain, and felt something melted in his heart. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't know where to start.

At this moment, those eunuchs who were chasing after him got off their horses one after another, rushed to Zhao Hao and Zhao Fujin, knelt down on the ground, and cried out in tears, "My lord, the emperor can't do that!" Go together, or the little ones will all die!"

Zhao Hao waved his hand, and the eunuchs slowly stood up.

Zhao Hao turned around, grabbed Zhao Fujin's shoulder, stared softly at Zhao Fujin's extremely beautiful little face, and said with a smile, "Sister Diji, can you beat the drum?"

Zhao Fujin was full of doubts, and said timidly: "Daddy taught me a little bit."

Zhao Ji is really versatile, even this...

With a bright smile on Zhao Hao's face, he let go of the hand holding Zhao Fujin's shoulder, turned around and pointed to the city gate in the distance, and said with a smile, "Well, on the day Brother Yu returns in triumph, Sister Diji will be at the gate of the city. How about beating the drums in person to welcome you?"

A bright light ignited in Zhao Fujin's eyes, and he said, "Okay...no...I want to go out with Brother Hao as an envoy to Jurchen!"

Zhao Hao's voice became softer, and he said in a low voice: "There's no reason why the Empress Dowager is going to a foreign country... Sister Diji is in Bianliang City, so don't let Brother Yu's Jinyiwei be bullied, how about it?"

There was a pitiful look in Zhao Fujin's eyes, and he looked closely at Zhao Hao's face, as if he couldn't see enough, and wanted to imprint his face in his heart so as not to forget it.

After a long time, Zhao Fujin responded in a low voice: "All right..."

Zhao Hao smiled, patted her head lightly, and said with a smile, "Let's go back."

After finishing speaking, he turned around resolutely and stopped looking at Zhao Fujin.

Zhao Fujin finally boarded the horse again, and under the guard of a group of eunuchs, he walked slowly towards the north gate of Bianliang, turning his head three times at a step...

Seeing that Zhao Fujin had entered the north gate, Zhao Hao was about to look away, but he saw a large group of people rushing out of the northeast side gate of the north gate, heading straight for the pier.

There are hundreds of people!
"Chen Dong, an imperial student, and 230 of his classmates, feel the loyalty of the young master, and come here to see the young master off. I wish the young master a triumphant return!"

Looking at the scholar in his early thirties and the many students behind him, Zhao Hao felt relieved.

Scholars and literati, this force seems weak, but to him, it is extremely important, because they represent the hearts of the people to a large extent and dominate the direction of public opinion.

As the flute and drum sounded, so did the singing, tragic and generous, it was hundreds of students singing farewell to the prince of the Great Song clan... Although Zhao Hao was a little moved, he was also a little dumbfounded.

Bian water is not easy water, and this young master is not going to stab Wanyan Aguda...

Finally, after all the students sang, they also left slowly. Zhao Hao also let out a long breath, and slowly boarded the deck of the official ship.

Just when Zhao Hao was about to give the order to lift the anchor to cross the river, he saw a group of men and horses galloping towards him, shouting loudly to stop, and he was stunned again.

When he saw clearly the chariots, horses and flags of the comer, his expression changed again, and he hurriedly disembarked to meet them.

Prince Zhao Huan came to see him off!
(End of this chapter)