When passing by Nanshu City, Li Hebai was going back home to see Li Hezhu, whom he had not seen for a long time, and at the same time hang up the new plaque.
"Lao Ren, Lei Er and Xiao Gang have been disturbing your house for so long." Li Hebai extended an invitation, "We are now at the door of my house. Come in and have a sip of tea."
Lei Er winked at Ren Ning and said, "Old Ren, my mouth is dry from the rush, how about we do as guests please?"
Ren Ning calculated the deadline for returning to camp, nodded and said: "Let's go, but we can't stay too long."
"This is natural." Li Hebai also wanted to lead the team back to Zhennanguan, so he knew Ren Ning's worries.
Nanshu City, North Gate.
Li Hezhu had already received news about his brother and was waiting anxiously at the city gate. As soon as the team approached, she raised her hands high in the carriage.
"Sister!" Li He responded with a smile and raised his riding crop.
Li Hezhu responded, looked at Ren Ning in a blink of an eye, smiled like a flower and said: "It turns out that General Ren is here, congratulations on the promotion."
"Same joy!" Ren Ning responded with a smile.
Ahem!
Lei Er and Xiao Gang next to them coughed wildly, "Miss Li, didn't you see that we are such big people?"
Li Hezhu was stunned.
She finally noticed the two of them and immediately blushed, "It turned out to be General Lei and Young Master Xiao. I didn't pay attention for a moment..."
cough!
Li Hezhu coughed and looked at Xiao Gang.
"I heard that the second young master got married some time ago. Congratulations. It's a pity that I was not in Xingji City at that time, otherwise I would have been able to see the beauty of my younger siblings."
Xiao Gang laughed loudly, "There will be a chance in the future."
Li Hezhu has already been to the Imperial Capital once. Since there was a first time, there will definitely be a second time. It was only a matter of time before he met Xiao Gang's wife.
Everyone chatted and laughed before going to the guerrilla general's house.
After burning incense to worship their ancestors, the Li siblings happily replaced the new plaque on the door amid cheers of congratulations and firecrackers.
After resting for a night, everyone continued south to return to camp the next day.
As for the rubber business, the Gu family's caravan has come to take care of it, so there is no need for them to interfere.
After entering the forward camp, before Ren Ning could put down his luggage, a messenger came to the door.
"General Ren, General Wei invites you to come."
Ren Ning responded and hurried to the Chinese army's tent without any time to think.
There were not many people in the big tent, they were all middle and high-level generals of the Starfall Legion.
Ren Ning glanced around, but did not find Guan Luping.
He saluted and was about to hand over the results of the three trials of Nanfeng officials, but Wei Junqian had already handed over a secret report.
"This is the latest news from the Imperial Capital. It was rushed here from eight hundred miles away. You have been on the road during this period, so you may not know it yet. Let's take a look first."
Looking at Wei Junqian's livid face, Ren Ning's heart skipped a beat and he quickly took it and opened it.
After reading a few lines, his expression changed drastically.
A large-scale epidemic broke out in Yanchuo Fortress, and the general of the fortress, General Huo Zheng, died of the epidemic...
The worst outcome ever predicted happened, even worse than their previous predictions.
After reading it quickly, Ren Ning stood at attention and said, "I don't know what the general has ordered, but Ren Ning will go all out and swear to the death to complete the mission."
"Sit down first." Wei Junqian motioned for him to sit down.
Ren Ning hesitated for a moment and had no choice but to return to the vanguard camp and sit down.
Seemingly seeing Ren Ning's doubts, Wei Junqian explained to him, "General Guan is not in the Yingshan camp now. He returned to Xingluo County earlier."
The Xingluo Legion has a reserve (blood) battalion of 70,000 people stationed in its native Xingluo County. These soldiers are usually trained, and when necessary, they can make up for the casualties of the main force of the legion.
However, during the last expedition to Nanfeng, Wei Junqian had already transferred 10,000 people from the reserve camp. Therefore, Guan Luping returned this time to command the remaining 60,000 people to respond to all directions at any time.
After all, Guangxin County is located at the southern end of Yunchui, and it is extremely far away from the imperial capital Xingji City, Yumu County to the north, and Yanchui Fortress to the west.
Relatively speaking, Xingluo County, located in the central and western parts of the country, is much more convenient.
"Here, I will appoint..." Wei Junqian suddenly stood up.
brush!
The other people in the big tent also stood up suddenly.
"...Ren Ning is the deputy general of the forward battalion! Assisting the former deputy general Chu Jinding in taking charge of the tenth forward battalion."
Got promoted!
Ren Ning was stunned for a moment, and quickly stood at attention under the complicated eyes of others.
"Thank you, General, for your trust! Ren Ning will live up to the trust of the legion and the general, and will do his best to assist General Chu in leading the forward battalion! He will bring glory to the legion!"
"Very good. I definitely got the right person." Wei Junqian nodded with satisfaction and personally brought the new sword over to Ren Ning.
He encouraged Ren Ning with a few pleasant words and patted Ren Ning on the shoulder: "You are covered in sweat and stinking, go back and wash up and have a rest. We will talk about the rest later."
Ren Ning returned to the forward camp in a daze.
The promotion order came quickly, and everyone was in an uproar.
It's not that I object to Ren Ning being their leader. After all, the Legion is a place that values strength. Everyone saw Ren Ning's ability in Nanfeng's first battle and there was no room for dissatisfaction.
However, less than two years after this guy joined the Starfall Legion, he had already risen through the ranks and directly became one of the six generals of the Legion.
It's simply faster than riding on Kunpeng.
After resting enough, Ren Ning called Lei Er and Xiao Gang, who were also full and rested.
"You should also have received the news. I have just been promoted to the rank of forward deputy general. So the Qian Commander of the Fifth Battalion is vacant. If any of you are interested in becoming the Qian Commander, I will tell General Chu."
Lei Er shook a few beans in his mouth and shook his head decisively, "I still like to charge into battle. If it's too troublesome to grow up, don't come to me."
Ren Ning nodded, not surprised.
Lei Er was once a personal guard of Guan Luping, but later he demoted his rank and went to the fifth battalion in order to go to the front line to kill the enemy.
Xiao Gang was eager to try: "General, I am very interested. But do you think I am really qualified?"
Ren Ning glanced at him angrily, "What's okay? Have you forgotten who your ancestors are? The prince of the country who stands on horseback!"
It is because of your timid descendants that the dignified Xiao Guogong's Mansion has gradually fallen into the current Zhongqin Bo's Mansion.
Xiao Gang reacted and suddenly blushed with embarrassment.
He snapped to attention and said loudly: "Go back to the general, I will definitely be qualified to serve as a thousand-year-old commander."
"Okay! This is decent!" Ren Ning patted Xiao Gang's shoulder with satisfaction and turned around to go to the forward camp tent.
When he came back again, the appointment letter and the new order flag of the fifth battalion's commander had been handed over to Xiao Gang.
Looking at the big word "Xiao" on the command flag, Xiao Gang stood blankly for a long time, the Xiao family's ancestral silver gun in his hand creaked loudly, and finally strode towards the fifth camp.
whee!
"It looks like Uncle Zhongqin's mansion can be saved." Lei Er smiled.
Ren Ning glared at him: "You still care about others and don't make plans for your own future?"
hey-hey!
Lei Er just smiled and didn't answer.
On the battlefield, he was extremely ferocious and killed many people. His accumulated military achievements over the years had almost reached the level of fifth rank, and he could soon establish himself as a general.
However, when Xiao Gang and his cousin got married before, Yingpan had mentioned helping Lei Er find a bride, but he declined.
"Just take care of yourself!" Ren Ning shook his head and didn't waste any more words.
