If you keep making noise, I won’t stand it anymore!

Two flowers bloom, one on each side.

While the Liuzhou government was busy arresting and interrogating the spies who had infiltrated, Situ Yixu led 20,000 troops and marched quickly to Guazhou. This was the fourth group of troops to be recruited.

"Young Master, look..." Da Wu pointed at the crooked team in front and exclaimed in surprise.

Situ Yixu has two children who grew up together - Dawu and Xiaowu. They are brothers, and their parents are servants of the Situ family. This time, he brought the two brothers with him to the expedition, and took care of his daily life and some errands along the way.

In order to save time and get to Liuzhou Prefecture as quickly as possible, Situ Yixu declined the invitations of the city lords and commanders of various prefectures along the way, and only sent people in advance to notify them to reorganize the 3,000 selected troops and horses, and gather and recruit them at the post stations set up in various prefectures.

The team also took the opportunity to rest for a night at various post stations and set off early the next morning.

Ever since he received the secret order from the palace the night before departure, and was told to meet the five people who joined before departure in his grandfather's study the next day, Situ Yixu knew that this trip would not be smooth. He just didn't expect that some people would jump out so impatiently so early.

"Whoa..." Situ Yixu pulled the reins in his hand, and the people following closely behind him also reined in their horses and looked in the direction that Dawu pointed.

I saw a group of people standing or sitting scattered on the open space in front of the post station. There was no discipline at all as far as I could see.

Seeing the gray and white hair mixed in, Situ Yixu couldn't help but chuckle. Although the order to mobilize troops conveyed by the eunuch did not explicitly state that strong young men with combat experience were needed, any government official with a discerning eye would not seek trouble at this time.

But there are still some who are blind, right? Situ Yixu saw the postmaster hurriedly coming out of the house, and laughed again, saying, "Let's go and meet them." After saying that, he got off his horse first and met the postmaster who was walking in front.

"Your humble servant greets General Situ and all the gentlemen." The postmaster bowed.

The postmaster of Guazhou was named Si. He was a middle-aged man in his forties, of medium build, with darker skin than those who came from the capital, and he spoke neither hurriedly nor slowly.

Situ Yixu glanced at him, not wanting to argue with him any further, and asked directly, "Have you prepared the food and fodder?"

Upon hearing this, Si Yicheng was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly replied: "Yes, I immediately led people to start preparations after receiving the order, but..." He raised his eyelids, secretly glanced at Situ Yixu, and then said: "But time is short, please forgive me for any inconvenience."

Situ Yixu glanced at him, snorted softly, and said as he looked past him, "Thank you for your hard work, Si Yicheng. Please send someone to invite the two captains to continue the conversation."

"Yes, I'll send someone over right away." As he said this, he winked at the servant following behind him, and quickly followed Situ Yixu and others into the lobby of the post station.

According to Haoyue's barracks organization, there are 20 groups and two captains for people.

Before the postmaster ordered people to serve tea to everyone, two men in their thirties walked in from the lobby door. They each held a booklet two fingers thick.

Glancing at the six people sitting in the hall, he immediately saw the young man sitting in the main seat in the middle. One of them had a quick gleam in his eyes, and then he followed the other man and ran to salute, "Liu Yi and Wang Wei greet the general."

"This is the list of 3,000 men from Guazhou who will accompany you on this expedition. Please take a look." The older captain Liu Yi said as he held the book in his hands above his head with both hands.

Situ Yixu turned around and winked at Da Wu who was standing behind him. After he took the two people's roster, he said, "Captain Liu, Captain Wang, please stand up and sit down to talk."

"Thank you, General."

After the two of them sat down and the tea bowls were served, Situ Yixu continued to instruct, "I believe you two are already aware of the reason for this expedition. This general has no other requests, only two."

As he spoke, he glanced at the two people sitting in a precarious position below him, picked up the tea bowl in front of him, took a sip and said, "A soldier's duty is to obey orders. Please remember this and convey it to the soldiers under your command. I hope you can take them out and bring them back safely."

Hearing this, the two men's expressions were moved at the same time. No matter what little plans they had in their hearts, as soldiers, no one understood the weight of these last two sentences better than them.

"Second, we are very short on time for this trip," Situ Yixu's eyes turned stern, "Please take good care of your soldiers. If you encounter any stragglers, you will have to accompany them back from where you came from!"

"Yes!" The two stood up together and responded with fists clasped.

Situ Yixu glanced at the two of them again and softened his tone: "Have a good rest tonight and go out with the captain tomorrow morning."

After the two men walked out of the lobby, Situ Yixu turned his head to the two people who were looking through the roster, "Sir, is there any problem with the roster?"

One of them glanced at Situ Yixu and opened his mouth to speak but stopped.

"If you have any questions, please let me know, sir."

"We just took a quick look at the two lists. It's true that there are 3,000 people, but one-third of them are over 40 years old, and nearly 300 are over 50." One of them sighed and spoke up.

The others took a deep breath when they heard this. If the soldiers over fifty were military strategists or generals, they could still be used, but ordinary soldiers were just there to add to the count on the battlefield. The most important thing was that Haoyue had not yet reached the point where he needed to mobilize soldiers over fifty to go to the battlefield.

Situ Yixu's face darkened, and he looked at the other three people sitting there, "Will these three hundred people slow us down?"

"If you're in good health and everyone takes good care of you, there shouldn't be any problem." One of them thought for a moment and replied.

"If anything unusual happens, just put it in the nearest post station. The post stations along the way can accommodate it." Another one added.

"Then it's settled. Da Wu will inform the two captains and the postmaster, and we will set off for Yuzhou tomorrow morning as planned. Please keep an eye on these people on the way." At this point, Situ Yixu paused, snorted coldly, and then said, "As for the other accounts, we will settle them in detail later."

In the study of an official residence in Guazhou City, someone sneezed violently.

At the same time, in the study of Yuzhou government office adjacent to Guazhou, the city lord and the captain were both looking sullen and speechless.

"Is this really okay?" The captain asked a little uneasily, looking at the silent city lord.