Chapter 26: Spring River Flower Moon Night

At noon, Kan Ling escorted the carriage out of Sanli of Ye County and watched his mother leave with the carriage. Then he rushed to the port barracks to report to Yanqing.

Zheng Yanqing appointed him as his right entourage, meaning to be his close companion.

Since he is now in the military camp, Yan Qing is just a grassroots officer. Logically speaking, he has not reached the position of escorts. But he is also the Yunqi Weiwei personally appointed by Emperor Yang Guang of Sui. According to the title, it is legitimate for him to have escorts.

Yan Qing was born in Anyuantang, so he followed the commonly used name of Anyuantang: Tiger.

Xiong Dahai is the left entourage of the tiger, and Kan Ling is the right entourage of the tiger.

Including Chen Guang, the "tiger leader" who has followed Yan Qing for the longest time, the tiger entourage formed by Anyuantang ancestors and general Zheng Wei, has begun to take shape. These three people are equivalent to Yan Qing's private soldiers. Their salary does not originate from the court, but is paid by Zheng Yanqing. And their names will not be displayed on the list of the clan group. The greater the contribution of Yan Qing, the higher their status.

This is also the most commonly used method by aristocratic families since the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

On the one hand, Zheng Yanqing was at the port of Ye County, and on the other hand, he took care of and received the supplies transported from various places. On the other hand, he stepped up the training of the clan regiment. He transferred the 200 officers and soldiers Zhou Fashang to him, and merged them with the 300 sect regiments of the Xie family to perform day and night.

Xie Ke has been familiar with military strategy since he was a child, but in comparison, Yan Qing seems to be somewhat deficient.

He is not a person who is good at managing military affairs and is good at dispatching military commanders. Even if he has studied military books for many years, he can at most talk about military affairs on paper.

Therefore, Zheng Yanqing was very conscious of lowering his position.

This 500-man guard army is dominated by Xie Ke and Xie Yingdeng. Yan Qing still acts as the Sima in the army, assisting Xie Ke in giving advice and rectifying military discipline. In Zheng Yanqing's own words, professional matters should still be left to professionals.

In his spare time, he would travel around with Chen Guang and the other two, Huang Wenqing, the magistrate of Ye County, or local celebrities.

Ye County is Laizhou, Shandong Province in later generations.

There are many scenic spots here, but during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the most famous one was Yunfeng Mountain in the south of Ye County. Yunfeng Mountain, also known as Wenfeng Mountain, is more popular, and is called Bijia Mountain based on its mountain shape. The mountains are rugged, the peaks are high, the valleys are secluded, the forests are lush, and the scenery is picturesque.

It is early spring, the pines are dripping green and the flowers are blooming.

The spring peaches on Bijia Mountain are one of the three great sights. Yan Qing followed Huang Wenqing and others to wander the mountains, which was considered free and easy.

However, the most famous scenery in the mountains is also a scene that Huang Wenqing emphasized, which is the Zheng Daozhao Stone Monument.

Zheng Daozhao was a member of the Zheng clan of Xingyang. He was once the governor of Guangzhou, a native of Chu during the Northern Wei Dynasty. He was named "The Holy Hand of the North". He left seventeen inscriptions in Yunfeng Mountain, all of which were located on the cliff. In later generations, Zheng Daozhao's reputation may not be as good as those famous calligraphers. However, his inscriptions were widely circulated. Among them, Japanese calligraphy scholars regarded Zheng Daozhao's inscriptions as treasures.

Huang Wenqing felt that since Zheng Yanqing was a child of the Zheng family, although he did not belong to the same sect as Zheng Daozhao, he was a master of calligraphy and would definitely become interested in the inscriptions in the mountains. In fact, Yan Qing did become interested in Zheng Daozhao's inscriptions.

Later, I simply lived in the mountains for ten days, copying inscriptions and calligraphy, and lived a happy life.

As the days passed, as Huang Wenqing purchased the food, he arrived in Ye County one after another. The 600 shi of military rations he had previously lent to Yan Qing were also returned on schedule. With the food, and with the beginning of spring plowing, the number of refugees did not continue to grow.

Seeing that the military rations and supplies were fully mobilized, and the troops under his command were gradually becoming more and more cooperative, Zheng Yanqing informed Shabei City.

In late February, Zhou Fashang ordered Zheng Yanqing to escort food and grass, and accompanied the sea boat to Shabei City to gather.

At the same time, the Sui army arrived on the bank of the Liaoshui River and launched a fierce attack on Goguryeo...

Shabei City, also known as Jin County, Liaoning Province, later generations.

Located between the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, the coastline is winding, the harbor is connected, and the tidal flats are vast. This is the relay station for the navy to attack Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo. Five hundred sea boats are stored in the harbor, with flags waving and colorful flags flying, covering the sky and the sun. Thirty thousand straits of slingers, 30,000 crossbowmen, that is, more than 10,000 sailors and clan groups drawn from Jiangnan, nearly 80,000 people are ready to go and waiting for military orders at any time.

It was already the end of February when Yan Qing arrived in Shabei City.

The navy's front and central troops have set out and attacked Haipu.

Later, there were about 20,000 soldiers, and Zhou Fashang was in charge of command. Yan Qing and Xie Ke sent the food, grass and supplies to the granaries and immediately rushed to the military tent to report.

"Shishou Zheng Lushu, Mr. Xie, you are here just in time."

Zhou Fashang was very happy to see Yan Qing and Xie Ke, "The general has led his troops across the sea to attack, and I will lead the troops to fight ten days later.

Now, it’s time to hire people, you two come and correct my thoughts.”

When Zheng Yanqing heard this, his heart couldn't help but feel sank.

Does Lai Hu'er still don't want to see him?

Previously, he brought Zheng Xing, Mai Zizhong and others to Shabei City first, so it was reasonable to not meet Zheng Yanqing. Then, he left Yanqing in Ye County, and even the navy oath-taking meeting did not allow Yanqing to attend, which was a bit too much.

Now, even though he knew that Zheng Yanqing was escorting the baggage, he led his troops to sea.

This was obviously an extremely rude act. If he hadn't been extremely disgusted with Yan Qing, he would never have done such a thing.

Obviously, he asked Zheng Yanqing to report to Shabei City after he calculated the time. Yanqing had the position of Yunqiwei, and was also a famous scholar in the scholastic world. Lai Hu'er used this method to neglect Zheng Yanqing and even marginalize him... That's right, Zheng Yanqing did not want to participate in this war, but it did not mean that he could accept Lai Hu'er's degree of contempt.

When did he suffer such neglect after becoming famous for his vocabulary chanting in goose style?

Thinking of this, Zheng Yanqing's brows frowned into the character Sichuan, and a layer of haze suddenly appeared with his beautiful face.

Zhou Fashang couldn't see Yan Qing's unhappiness, but he had no choice but to come to Hu'er to listen to Zheng Xing's one-sided words. Feng Zhidai also slandered many times after arriving in Shabei City. Mai Zizhong didn't like to talk behind his back and was also free and easy. But this does not mean that he would stand up and speak for his beloved rival. In particular, Yan Qing elopes with Pei Cuiyun, which has severely damaged Mai Zizhong's feelings.

At this time, if he doesn't stand up and put down the wrong things, he is already a real man's mind.

As a result, Lai Hu'er's sense of Zheng Yanqing became worse and worse. In his eyes, Zheng Yanqing was just a young man who was successful and arrogant and arrogant because of his talent. Especially Yan Qing had a conflict with Feng Zhidai in Ye County, and even broke into the Feng army camp, killing dozens of village heroes in the Feng family, which further confirmed Zheng Yanqing's arrogance. Lai Hu'er didn't like him.

Although Zhou Fashang defended Zheng Yanqing, he had no choice but to come to Hu'er to have a deep prejudice.

He could only try his best to alleviate this embarrassing situation. After all, he was just a deputy general manager, and he was just a deputy who came to protect the other party and could not make the decision.

If it weren't for the purpose of waiting for Zheng Yanqing, he would have set out with the army long ago.

Zhou Fashang knew very well. Not to mention that Zheng Yanqing was young and energetic, even if an adult was neglected, he would probably not be able to accept it. Yan Qing performed very well. If he were a real young man, he would have led the clan group and said goodbye without saying a word.

If that were the case, coming to Hu'er would have offended people!

"Zheng Lushuai, the manager came to see you personally when you arrived.

However, due to the urgent military situation, the Liaodong side had already started war, so he had to lead his troops to cross the sea and prepare to attack Pyongyang. Before leaving, the general manager entrusted me to express his apology to you and appointed you as the army of Cangcao. After fifteen days, he would cross the sea with the army and camp on the west bank of the Jiangba River.

These days, you will stay here and check the supplies, food and food.

After fifteen days, follow the army to attack and converge on the west bank of the river dam. At that time, the general manager will personally receive you."

As the name suggests, the Warehouse was the chief officer who guarded the warehouse.

To put it nicely, it is called a grain supervisor; to put it bluntly, it is a manager who guards the warehouse.

In history, the person who is famous for the grain supervision officer was probably the one who was beheaded by Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period when he attacked Yuan Shu... I will raise your wife and children, so don't worry. You don't have the opportunity to make merits on weekdays, and when you encounter trouble, you are a scapegoat.

Zheng Yanqing's face was even more gloomy.

He intervened and saluted: "I will obey the order."

Zhou Fashang smiled bitterly in his heart, but his face was still kind and pleasant.

"Zheng Sicao has worked hard all the way, so let's go down and rest first."

Yan Qing and Xie Ke were dismissed from the military account.

After leaving the camp, Xie Ke suddenly said, "Yan Qing, let's go back."

“Where to go back?”

"Of course I'm going home... I heard that the man who came to protect his son and respect the wise and the nobles was a famous man. Now it seems that it's better to meet him than to be famous.

Since you and I arrived in Ye County, it has been three months in a flash. Not only did he not summon him, he has made things difficult for you and me everywhere. Instead of doing so, why should you and me stay in this ghost place? Si Cao joined the army... Humph, you and I have become the chores for him to guard the warehouse."

Zheng Yanqing smiled, "If we leave now, I'm afraid we will be looked down upon by him in the future.

Si Cao is Si Cao, at least he gave us a military position... Brother Xie, how can you be wrong with the loss of your horse? But this time, you were implicated by me."

Xie Ke smiled, "Brother, what are you saying? You and I fought in Baique Temple in blood, but the friendship of the robes is not enough to cause any burden. I was not interested in these things. If my father hadn't had great expectations, I wouldn't want to come here and suffer this grievance."

After saying that, he looked at Zheng Yanqing and couldn't help laughing.

After the two returned to the camp, Yan Qing ordered the troops under his command to step up their rest.

In fact, there was nothing to rest. It was just like when he was in Ye County, he trained troops and rectified military disciplines. At the same time, Zhou Fashang sent another 600 naval troops, plus the previous 200 officers and soldiers, and gathered a group of troops and appointed Zheng Yanqing as the lieutenant to take charge of the Chief Cao.

In short, Yan Qing has 1,100 people under him.

But from the bottom of his heart, he was not willing to take over the 600 naval army. The government army and sect regiment under his command had already been properly trained. Now, the 600 people seem to have increased their troops and their powers increased. But in fact, his combat power has been weakened a lot. He didn't have two months to train these guys and tie a thousand soldiers together. In desperation, he had to order to disband the 200 official army and re-organize. But in this way, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among some veterans and even cause a camp roar.

But Yan Qing is not afraid!

On the third day, he was promoted to the tent at the hour of Mao and counted the troops.

After killing twenty-seven soldiers in a row, the bloody head was hung above the big flag in the camp, so that the troops under his command could be safe immediately.

In the past, when Zheng Yanqing was in Xingyang, he started a massacre.

He will not be ruthless in dealing with these veterans.

Zhou Fashang was also amazed at Yan Qing's iron-fisted method. He originally thought that Yan Qing would encounter trouble in managing these veteran gangsters, but now it seems that he was too worried... So on the eighth day after Yan Qing arrived in Shabei City, he led his troops across the sea and went to Haipu.

Seven more days later, Yan Qing led his troops and horses to escort food, grass and supplies, and boarded the ship.

The Yellow Sea is vast and far less turbid than later generations. The Five-Tooth Battleship is on the sea, cutting waves and heading towards Haipu. Zheng Yanqing stood on the deck of the building and looked into the distance, but saw the vast sea, with white waves and blue waves churning, and the scenery is spectacular.

Walking on the sea and breathing the fishy air, your whole heart will be broader.

Xie Ke stood beside Yan Qing and sang softly: "Looking at Jieshi in the east to see the vast sea... My brother, in front of these magnificent scenery, he can appreciate the heroic spirit of Wei Wu. If you can drink and sing in this scene, it will definitely be a great pleasure in life. Haha, Isn't there any poetic excitement in front of these scenes?"

Yan Qing smiled, "There is no poetic interest, but there are indeed two words of emotion."

"Oh? I hope to hear it carefully!"

Zheng Yanqing was silent. After a long time, he suddenly sang with a strong aura: "I can't see the ancients in front of me, and I can't see the coming from behind. I miss the vastness of the world, and I cry out alone."

This was done by Chen Zi'ang, the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty, who was not well received in Youzhoutai.
To be continued...