Strange Tale of Qingluan

About two hours later, the two of them arrived at the small fishing village, and Peng Sandun and Zuo Dashu had already led three thousand Shaole men to build a garrison in the small fishing village. , all moved to the new village with these three thousand men, and became their marching needs.

The [-] recruits did not forget the kindness of Li Xuan and Su Zhongming, and prepared a good dormitory for them early on. Once the windows were opened, they could see the sunrise.

When the people of Shaole raised their troops, sunsets were the most taboo, as they had the intention of losing a battle, so the commander's dormitory must never face the sunset.After Li Xuan revealed his identity, his relationship with Su Zhongming was also magnanimously revealed, so the recruits only prepared a room for the two of them.

After Su Zhongming arrived in the village, he was very dissatisfied with the distribution of dormitories, but at that time, all the dormitories had been allocated without leaving any vacant rooms, so Su Zhongming had no choice but to give up.

Afterwards, the recruits were trained, and every time Su Zhongming met the recruits, the recruits would call him "Queen", which made him feel very uncomfortable.When I was in Wen Kingdom, I was the lord of the country, and occasionally I went back to Qingluan City, and I was the lord of the city. I was used to being called "Your Majesty" and "Your Majesty the city lord". After many years of knotting, I still feel that I have suffered a big loss.

After enduring it for three days, on that day, when he was patrolling the cafeteria, he happened to meet Peng Sandun. When the man turned his head, he blurted out 'Queen' without hesitation and smiled all over his face.

It happened to be the time when the recruits were queuing up for dinner. When they heard Peng Sandun's call, everyone turned their heads. When they saw Su Zhongming, they also smiled and called out 'Queen'.

Su Zhongming couldn't restrain himself all of a sudden, and blurted out: "Stop, stop! Listen to me!" With his hands behind his back, he continued, "You guys, can't you be a little imaginative? The word 'Queen' is used on women, That's so majestic! But how effeminate it is for a man like me!"

Peng Sandun was puzzled: "If it's not called 'Queen', what should it be called? We haven't read any books."

Su Zhongming replied: "When I was in Taoxia Kingdom, the palace people of Taoxia Palace all called me 'Master', you can follow suit."

Peng Sandun thought for a while, and felt that there was nothing wrong with calling him 'Master Su', but it was a bit weird to call him 'Master Su' consecutively when calling Li Xuan the 'King', or it was not easy to say, so he said bluntly: "But , you are the king's wife, the king's man...the difference between 'my lord' and 'king' is too far."

After hearing this, the recruits all nodded their heads in agreement.

With one hand on his hip, Su Zhongming said dissatisfiedly: "Who says I'm a wife? Who says I'm the king's man?! Before he came back, he was my subordinate!"

Peng Sandun was taken aback for a moment, then couldn't help but look at Su Zhongming, and asked, "You...you have a lot of background?"

Zuo Dashu stood up and said: "I heard from the king that I lived in Wen country before and grew up in Wen country. Could it be that...you are a nobleman of Wen country, holding military power?"

Su Zhongming smiled, but he put his arm on his chest, pretending to be closed.

Peng Sandun didn't wait for Su Zhongming to explain everything, and made a conclusion: "It must be! Otherwise, the king wouldn't come back now and take us to attack the bastards from the Lechang people!"

Su Zhongming had nothing to do with them, and his own status was precious, but he couldn't tell the whole story here, so he just said: "Don't make wild guesses, practice riding and archery well, and win the battle, thanks to your credit!"

Coincidentally, Li Xuan came from the outside and just entered the cafeteria. Seeing everyone laughing and laughing, he couldn't help being slightly stunned, then became serious, and blurted out: "This is a cafeteria, why is it in such a mess?"

When the recruits saw the king coming, they immediately became more disciplined, lined up, and continued cooking.

Su Zhongming smoothed things over for the recruits: "Everyone just chat casually."

Li Xuan glanced at him, and didn't pursue it, just said: "Zhongming, come with me."

Without saying a word, Su Zhongming followed behind, out of the cafeteria, and walked all the way to the coast.

Li Xuan opened his lips and said: "There are 3000 new recruits, but the armor and weapons brought from the labor factory are far from enough. We need to make up for these things, as well as the military salary..."

Su Zhongming knew it in his heart, facing the sea, he said: "This is the seaside, we can catch more fish during the autumn flood season, and fishing can just train the recruits' physical strength! If equipped, there are only two ways to go, One is to rob the Lechang people's armour, armor and dance weapon warehouse at night, and the other is...to borrow it from the King of Guangling."

Li Xuan replied: "With the current abilities of the recruits, it is not yet possible to use force to rob the five weapons of the armor..."

Su Zhongming simply said: "Then I can only borrow it, and I will go to see King Guangling."

Having said that, two people suddenly came and rushed towards them on horseback.When Su Zhongming heard the sound of horseshoes, he turned his head immediately, but he saw a familiar figure, and he couldn't help being overjoyed.

After Yi Yeqing and Yan Ying got off their horses, they bowed to Su Zhongming, and respectfully called 'Lord'.

Su Zhongming asked, "Why are you here?"

Yi Yeqing took the lead in answering: "My lord has not returned for a long time, and the court was very worried. The queen mother ordered me and Yan Ying to come and look for your majesty, and bring him back to Wenguo."

Su Zhongming felt strange: "But how do you know I'm here?"

Yi Yeqing replied: "I went back to Qingluan City before, thanks to Princess Duo's help."

Knowing that Ah Lin Tianduo used his innate divination power to find out his position, Su Zhongming felt relieved a little, but now he couldn't get out of the situation, so he regretted: "I can't go back for a while now!"

Yan Ying was slightly stunned: "Master, why is this?"

Su Zhongming confessed: "Li Xuan and I are training Shaole recruits! When the recruits are proficient in riding and shooting, they will attack the Lechang people and rebuild the Shaole royal family!"

Yi and Yan were taken aback, and Yi Yeqing blurted out: "My lord! How long is this going to be a war? Wen Guo's court is in a hurry! There will be no king in the court for a day, I'm afraid it's...!"

Su Zhongming was helpless: "I know! But..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Xuan, who had been silent for a long time, interrupted him, and persuaded him: "Zhongming, you should go back with them first. You should not interfere with the affairs of Shao Le Kingdom, and you should not delay Wen Wen's speech." country."

Su Zhongming blurted out: "How can that be done! How are you going to beat the Lechang people with [-] recruits alone!?"

Yi Yeqing thought for a while, then asked Li Xuan: "Li Hou, is it important to attack the Lechang people? Li Hou must take back the throne at this time?"

Li Xuan replied: "I was not in a hurry, but I saw that the people of Shaole were being enslaved by the people of Lechang, so I had to make up my mind to suppress the people of Lechang as soon as possible, so that the people of Shaole could regain their freedom."

After thinking about it, Yi Yeqing asked, "Do you need help with such an important matter?"

Li Xuan replied: "Not only do we need manpower, but we also need military equipment."

Yi Yeqing volunteered: "I'll stay and help!"

Yan Ying couldn't help being anxious, and blurted out: "The Queen Mother ordered us to invite His Majesty back..."

Yi Yeqing replied: "We came all the way and saw some people living in dire straits. They must be from Shaole. You and I can't bear it all the way, shouldn't we rescue them?"

Yan Ying was even more anxious: "But! The country of Wen is also very important!"

Su Zhongming was forced to have no choice but to rack his brains to think of a way. After thinking for a while, he suddenly thought of someone and asked, "Where is He Wukui now?"

Yi Yeqing replied: "When I just returned to Qingluan City, I saw his back in the corridor opposite."

Su Zhongming happily decided: "Send a letter to Qingluan City and tell He Wukui! Wen Country's politics will be presided over by him in advance!"

Yi Yeqing understood, and said 'yes'.

Su Zhongming thought for a while, and added: "Let him see the Queen Mother first, and the Queen Mother will know what to do."

Yi Yeqing nodded, said, "I'll be back as soon as possible," and cupped his hands. After turning around, he mounted his horse and left again.

Yan Ying opened her lips and said, "My lord, since arrangements have been made for the imperial court, Yan Ying also wants to stay and help."

Su Zhongming was very happy, and simply said: "The recruits are being trained now, what is missing is the trainer! You are good at riding and shooting, you have to teach the recruits well!"

Yan Ying immediately bowed her hands and accepted the order: "Yes!"

At a quarter o'clock the next day, 3000 recruits were awakened by the crisp sound of knocking pots, hurriedly dressed and washed, then rushed out of the dormitory, and gathered on the coast together, with no more than three cups of tea in between.

When all the people held their heads high and stood straight, waiting for the trainer to drive them, when they saw a man and a woman approaching slowly, they all stared at each other in amazement.

The man looked tall and powerful. Although he was wearing a commoner coat, he wore an old long sword on his waist.The woman, dressed in a man's commoner clothes, was neither soft nor weak, she looked like a woman, and her physique seemed to be quite strong, and she also wore a long sword on her waist.

Yan Ying opened her lips first: "From now on, we will be responsible for training you!"

Yi Yeqing answered, "My surname is Yi, and her surname is Yan. General Yi and General Yan are fine."

Peng Sandun in the queue blurted out: "General! I have a question!"

Yi Yeqing said generously: "What's the problem? Let's talk about it as soon as possible."

Peng Sandun said: "The two generals are both from Wen Kingdom, aren't they?"

Yi Yeqing smiled slightly: "Your guess is quite accurate."

Peng Sandun said again: "Then, what is Master Su's identity? Can you tell us?"

Yan Ying replied: "Master Su is the lord of General Yi and I, and his official position is higher than that of General Yi and me. The rest has nothing to do with you Shaole, so don't ask too many questions. The most important thing for you is to learn how to ride and shoot well." , train your physique, and then kill the enemy!"

Yi Yeqing answered, and said seriously: "Listen to me!"

The three thousand recruits immediately became serious and waited for orders.

Yi Yeqing said again: "Run around the coast fifty times before three quarters of the Mao hour! If anyone falls behind, they won't have breakfast! You understand, let's start running!"

The three thousand recruits all responded with a "yes", and started to run barefoot along the beach, and ran to the far end. Facing the waves, letting the water splash, running forward without looking back, sweating like rain in the dry autumn, just like midsummer.

At this time, Su Zhongming was busy packing his luggage in the dormitory. Li Xuan entered the room slowly, looked at the busy figures in the room, and opened his lips and asked, "Are you really planning to go to Guangling to borrow armor and five weapons?"

Su Zhongming turned his head, just glanced at Li Xuan, and continued to be busy, while continuing to pack his bags, he replied: "Then what can we do, it's a waste of time and manpower to transfer troops from Wen Kingdom."

Li Xuan thought for a while, stepped forward, held down one of his hands, and persuaded him: "Don't go, I believe we have the ability to capture the Lechang people's armory and five weapons storehouse!"

Su Zhongming was stunned for a moment, straightened his waist, and said in confusion: "Didn't you say that the recruits' ability is not enough..."

Li Xuan replied: "Now that Ah Qing and Yan Ying are here, there will be more ways to train the recruits well. After the recruits learn how to ride and shoot, we will raise our troops to attack the Bingjia five-armor storehouse."

That being the case, Su Zhongming had no choice but to let go of the idea of ​​going to Guangling Kingdom alone.

Although he is not good at riding and shooting, he is not good at training recruits, but Su Zhongming goes to the coast every morning to watch the recruits being trained quietly from a distance.

These [-] recruits ran [-] times back and forth along the coast every morning, stood in a row and were attacked by the tide [-] times without being shaken. Swordsmanship, horsemanship practice once every three days, every day is very exhausting, there are many people with sore muscles and bones, and many bruises, but in order to attack the Lechang people and take back everything in Shaole, the recruits have no complaints or regrets.

Every day Li Xuan saw the recruits go through so much hardship, but he saw Su Zhongming so leisurely as if he was on vacation. He was afraid that he would become like a fattened pig day by day, so he didn't let him live like this. Whenever he had free time, he dragged him to the open field, and went with him He practiced swordsmanship together and made a rule that he would not let him leave within two hours of practicing swordsmanship.

Su Zhongming was very dissatisfied, but when he heard about Shangyuan Hexiang's swordsmanship, he gritted his teeth and let him "roulin".

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