The fact that Xu Qingmo met Meng Hetong was not hidden from Ning Yuanhou. Ningyuan Hou sighed, feeling a little unhappy, but he had no choice but to touch Mrs. Xu's belly and sigh: "You must be a boy. If it’s just a girl, old men like your father and I can’t afford this!”
Then he was kicked out by Mrs. Xu who wanted to have a baby girl.
Marquis Ning Yuan was in a bad mood. He was stunned after a day of training in the army, tossing a group of new recruits to the point of whining and complaining. Xu Yanquan stood aside and watched, stunned and did not dare to say a word.
"The God of Killing is the God of Killing. He doesn't distinguish between friends and foes when he torments people!" Recruit A rubbed his sore and swollen legs with despair on his face.
"I used to think that General Xu was already very cruel, but from this point of view, he pales in comparison to this big man!" Recruit B sighed, "Isn't this the one who will discipline us in the future? !”
"Why, I thought General Xu was unconscionable before, now you know what he is?" Recruit C mocked.
"It's all good. Whether it's Mr. Marquis or General Xu, they are both the best. You know, the soldiers they brought out are the ones who come back the most! The hardships we endure now are all to save our lives in the future!" The new recruits! A quickly said, "This time the military training is suddenly strengthened, it is probably going to be a war again. If we endure more hardships, we can save our lives in the future!"
"Yes, yes. When we join the army, we want to make achievements. We don't just want to finish our military service and then go home to have wives and children on the kang! Then at least we have to save our lives!" Recruit B Nodding, "I don't know how many people wanted to join the Xu family army at the beginning. One reason was that the treatment was good and there were many opportunities for meritorious service. The other reason was not because they could win the battle and there were many people who survived!"
Speaking of this, it is inevitable to look a little sad.
Xu Yanquan, who was passing by during the ward round, heard their discussion outside the door. He was silent for a while, and then walked in: "One or two of them still have the energy to chat here. It seems they are not tired enough!"
Several recruits quickly stood up and stood upright in the center of the room.
Xu Yanquan took the roll call and called out the names one by one. His voice was very cold, but it made these recruits dare not even breathe.
"How did the soldiers under my command get out one by one? How did they come back to me? Not only did they come back alive, but they came back well without missing arms or legs. So you must at least have the ability to protect yourself. At least I can keep my head, hands and legs on my body, and I don’t want to use a cart to push you back." Xu Yanquan looked at the few people standing in front of him coldly, "Do you understand?"
"Understood!" The reply was full of energy, full of the strength of a young man.
Xu Yanquan nodded with satisfaction, then put his hand on a recruit's head: "You are using the crossbow well. Report to the crossbow camp tomorrow."
The recruit was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Okay!"
Xu Yanquan turned around and left without saying anything more, but when he was about to leave the camp, he still looked back deeply.
In fact, what they said is right. In a while, these people will embark on a journey to Northern Xinjiang.
This is not the first time that Xu Yanquan has gone to northern Xinjiang to fight, but for these teenagers, they are about to leave their hometown and go to a far away place, and their lives and deaths are unknown!
As a general, Xu Yanquan knew very well that every war was bound to have casualties, and those who survived were often those who were strong enough, so whenever he was training new recruits, he would use the strictest requirements. They, because only in this way can they all come out of the battlefield alive and intact.
This is a cruel fact, but it is also a reality that they must know.
The eldest prince of Northern Xinjiang was imprisoned, and the emperor sent someone to deliver a letter asking them to protect Princess Zhaoyang no matter what. However, it was obvious that Northern Xinjiang did not care about the warning sent by the emperor. The person they sent back turned out to be Zhaoyang. Princess Yang’s bellyband!
The emperor was furious and rallied his troops all night, counted the food and fodder, and prepared to attack northern Xinjiang.
Naturally, some civil servants who opposed the war came out to talk nonsense. At the beginning, the emperor just listened and said nothing. As they talked, when the civil servants and military generals had almost quarreled, the emperor slowly opened his eyes and looked. Looking at the group of civil servants who were really blushing, he sneered: "All the dear friends here have wives and daughters, right? Since you understand the righteousness so much, why not send your wives and daughters to Northern Xinjiang? How about in exchange for peace for the people of the world?"
There was silence for a moment.
Ning Yuanhou, who was standing aside and watching with cold eyes, very inappropriately, sneered in this silent moment.
The emperor glanced at Ning Yuanhou: "Does Ning Yuanhou have something to say?"
"I don't have much to say. After all, I am a seven-foot-tall boy, but I still can't give my wife and daughter to the people of Northern Xinjiang as slaves in exchange for peace! I have been through life and death for many years, not to protect these people even myself. They are useless even their wives and daughters can't protect." Marquis Ning Yuan sneered, "Your Majesty, why don't you give these people to Wei Chen, and Wei Chen can take them to the border to see if they see these people fighting, So scared that you peed your pants?"
Marquis Ning Yuan's sarcasm was so full that the civil servants who had just been arguing about not being able to fight immediately shut up, their faces turned livid and ugly, and they hid in the corner without saying a word.
The emperor looked at the civil servants who lowered their heads and stopped talking, and frowned slightly, with disgust in his eyes: "Why don't you talk anymore? Didn't all of you just understand justice? Could it be that your daughter is a daughter? Isn’t my daughter a daughter?”
The emperor said these words lightly, but with full murderous intent, frightening the group of people to the point where they all knelt down: "Your Majesty, forgive me!"
"I know what you are thinking. All you think is that sacrificing one person to bring peace to the world is a cost-effective deal! But this kind of peace is too despicable. Did our ancestors and emperors conquer this world just to make us so despicable? Are you living in this world?" The emperor looked at the opposing civil servants, his eyes becoming more and more disappointed, "I think you are all stupid because of reading. You are used to enjoying the glory and wealth at the feet of the emperor, and you have forgotten what it means to take it from. People, have you used it for the people?"
"I am terrified!"
"What a fright!" the emperor yelled angrily, "Two, seven-foot tall men, in order to protect themselves from war, let a weak woman bear the heavy responsibility of peace in the world. In this case, what else do I want you to do! "
