Chapter 14                                                             �

Seeing this, Zhou Mengchen finally revealed his thoughts and said, "Forget it, I will lend you a tiger skin. Are you willing to worship me as your teacher?"

When Qi Jiguang heard this, a trace of excitement appeared in his eyes. Without saying a word, he fell to the ground and said, "Disciple, pay homage to his mentor."

For Qi Jiguang today, this is great news. This teacher alone is worth a thousand. With the great Ming Dynasty, the nobles and nobles of martial arts, Zhou Mengchen would not say anything else. Just a fifth-rank official from the Ministry of War is the existence that Qi Jiguang needs to look up to.

That's the Ministry of War, a specialist in the military officer. With this teacher in the Ministry of War, Qi Jiguang will not be smooth sailing in the future, at least he will not be killed by others, and he will not know how to die.

This is his advantage.

Of course, we have to make a decision quickly. Zhou Mengchen cannot regret it.

But for Zhou Mengchen, it was so exciting to think about it that he couldn't sleep.

History will give people a fair evaluation. During the Jiajing period, the clouds were turbulent, but only a few people could remember the name. Although the great figures such as Yan Song and Xu Jie had a place, there were two people who were better than the great figures at that time. One was Hai Rui and the other was Qi Jiguang.

Zhou Mengchen was so anxious to decide the title of master and apprentice, and there was a vague urge to be snatched from his heart.

Zhou Mengchen helped Qi Jiguang up and said, "Today is not the time to speak. Now you are my disciple. With this name, if you can't suppress the people below------"

Qi Jiguang said, "Please don't worry, my teacher, I will definitely arrange the people below."

In fact, Qi Jiguang was very confident when he was young and was very confident in doing seven things and saying five things. But without Zhou Mengchen's name, Qi Jiguang might not be able to suppress the people below. Now that he has gained benefits, he naturally has a lot of confidence.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Go quickly. It's almost dawn."

After seeing Qi Jiguang go down, Yang Jisheng said, "You actually took a warrior as your disciple?"

Zhou Mengchen was filled with joy. At this moment, he suddenly felt that this time was not so dangerous. After all, Qi Jiguang was in the team? The luck of the God of War was there. How could something happen? It was just that this mentality was difficult to explain to others. He could only say seriously: "Let's use it for now."

Zhou Mengchen said to Yang Jisheng: "Brother Yang, I will leave the family matters to you. I don't know what the situation is going on this time, please give me a message."

When Zhou Mengchen went out, no one could take over the affairs of the Ministry of War. Zhou Mengchen was worried that once he left, his basic foundation in the Ministry of War would no longer be there after he came back. Only Yang Jisheng stayed.

Yang Jisheng said, "Don't worry, I'm in everything." He paused slightly and said, "Or why I'll go for you."

Zhou Mengchen said: "No need. After all, I agreed in front of Lord Ouyang."

Yang Jisheng wanted to say something, but he glanced at him and said, "My brother and sister are here. I'll go and see if the supplies are all ready?"

As soon as Zhou Mengchen turned around, he saw Li Yunzhen holding a food box and standing not far behind him with Xiaohuan.

Zhou Mengchen hurried over and said, "Why are you here?"

Li Yunzhen said, "I'm here to deliver food to you." Li Yunzhen opened the heavy food box. Zhou Mengchen saw a pot of soup inside, and it was still steaming. Li Yunzhen scooped a bowl for Zhou Mengchen and took a sip. It was thick white fish soup like cream. The taste was very good and appropriate, just like Zhou Mengchen was afraid.

Li Yunzhen opened the lower part again, but there were a few home-cooked side dishes.

Zhou Mengchen felt hungry at this time. From the busy evening last year to now, he just drank a few sips of water and didn't even eat a bite of steamed bun. Now, after taking a bite, he felt a sense of softness all over his body, as if all the cells in his entire body were shouting at Zhou Mengchen in unison. They were too hungry.

Zhou Mengchen swallowed it voraciously and swept it away. It was liquidated in almost a short while.

Li Yunzhen brought another food box and said, "I didn't know what to prepare for on the road for a while. So I asked Bianyifang to get a few ducks. Although the ducks were cold and not delicious. But I asked the store and said that it would be simmered on low heat for a while, and it would also taste seventy."

Zhou Mengchen grabbed Li Yunzhen's hand and said, "How did you know?"

Zhou Mengchen just reported peace to his family. As for other things, he didn't have time to do it.

Li Yunzhen said: "So much noise. Even my brother was alarmed. Why didn't I know?"

Zhou Mengchen was preparing to not only bring some supplies, but also ask Li Shizhen to send some surgeons. If Li Shizhen could go there, it would be the best. But if Li Shizhen couldn't go there himself, let Li Shizhen find some people to go there.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Don't worry. This time it's just escort supplies, there is nothing else, and nothing will happen."

Li Yunzhen just looked at Zhou Mengchen gently and said, "I know." It was just a gentle trembling in her eyes, but she was saying, "I'm worried. I'm afraid."

Zhou Mengchen couldn't say anything, but just gently hugged Li Yunzhen and said, "Don't worry, it's okay."

Then Zhou Mengchen was moved and his eyes lit up slightly, but it was white in the east. Before the sun had jumped out from under the horizon, it had already knocked its light into the clouds and illuminated the sky to the east. According to time estimates, it has not been long since the sun rose.

When the sun rises, it is when the city gates open.

There is not much time left for Zhou Mengchen.

Zhou Mengchen had no choice but to get up and send Li Yunzhen away. Then he turned around and returned to work. He just looked at the ducks in the food box. How could he have kung fu? He asked Zhou Dazhuang to send the entire food box to Qi Jiguang, the new disciple.

Before dawn, Zhou Mengchen made the final count.

Before the first beam of sunlight hit the city gate, the Beijing city gate slowly opened with a squeaking sound. Zhou Mengchen led more than a thousand carriages, a team of more than 3,000 people, and left Beijing from Deshengmen to head north.

Deshengmen is the north gate of Beijing and an important city gate leading to the border. From here to Yongning Pass, there is a straight line of about 100 miles, but the problem is that the first half of the journey to Yongning Pass is mostly marched on the plain, but a distance from Yongning Pass is within the mountains.

The mountains are the most difficult to measure. They cannot be measured by simple distances. Moreover, the passage after Yongning Pass is actually not too smooth. Because this is not a big barrier, it is not a big road that passes through. The real big road is to Juyong Pass.

Zhou Mengchen didn't know whether he could achieve his goal. He arrived at Yongning Pass in one day and one night.

However, when Zhou Mengchen left the Beijing city gate, he saw a very ordinary picture of the Beijing morning market.

I don’t know how many carrying poles, fresh vegetables, other ingredients on the roadside, as well as breakfast spots with soy milk and fried dough sticks and various snacks. These people even complained about Zhou Mengchen’s large group of people leaving the city in the morning, occupying the time they should have entered the city.

The reason for this is that the spread of messages takes time.

Many people still don’t know about Yongning Pass a hundred miles away.

Secondly, the people do not believe that there will be Tartar soldiers at the city. The last time such a thing happened was after the Tumu Fort change, and it has been peaceful for many years. Many people have had the inertia of thinking. They think it was just a false alarm.

Zhou Mengchen looked at this situation.

For a moment, I didn’t know whether to sigh at the ignorance of the people or to lament that I had a heavy responsibility.

Although Zhou Mengchen did not seem to have an important mission, everyone knows that Zhou Mengchen's mission is not explicitly stated. Nonsense, does a single batch of food, grass and supplies require a fifth-rank official from the Ministry of War? It is nothing more than the Ministry of War, and even the cabinet does not actually believe in the army at Yongning Pass. They are worried about deceiving superiors and concealing subordinates.

This is not an exaggeration. It was almost common in the Ming Dynasty.

When using troops, you should not use too fierce means. Send a civil servant of high rank to supervise the war and investigate the situation and report it. However, there is also the responsibility to ensure that Yongning will not have any accidents.
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