When everyone returned to Bianjing, Li Hao thought that noble disciples like Sun Hu and Chen Xian, who were tired of life in the camp, would gather together to make a scene.
However, unexpectedly, the city of Bianjing was calm all night, and there was no news of any trouble caused by this group of people, which made Li Hao very sad.
But Li Hao didn't have the intention to keep an eye on them later, because he only had two days to visit the houses he knew well in Bianjing.
On the first day after his vacation, Li Hao first visited his elder brother Yan Fu at his home.
Because Li Hao had been staying in the camp a few days ago, he didn't even catch up with Yan Fu's son's full moon wine.
When I had free time today, I came over as soon as possible to apologize and brought over the gifts I had prepared.
However, after a few words of conversation, he saw the child starting to cry. Yan Fu quickly went over to comfort the child, acting like a child slave.
Seeing this, Li Hao simply said goodbye and left, then went to Ouyang Xiu's mansion.
When he entered the mansion and met Ouyang Xiu and Mrs. Xue, Li Hao explained his purpose of coming.
Ouyang Xiu didn't say anything after hearing this, but he just told Li Hao to act cautiously. After all, soldiers are important matters of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival.
He gave a great lecture to Li Haosheng, but was interrupted by Mrs. Xue halfway through.
Mrs. Xue had a worried look on her face, and she pulled Li Hao and told him for a long time, be careful not to overwork your body.
Li Hao could feel her care and love, but he was really afraid of being nagged. After all, he had been nagged by Mr. Wei for a long time when he came back yesterday.
So Li Hao hurriedly asked about Ouyang Fa's marriage, and as expected, he interrupted the topic of Mrs. Xue.
Because this happened to be a happy event for Mrs. Xue, she happily introduced her preparations during these days, and expressed her regret that Li Hao might not be able to participate.
Li Hao knew that the topic was about to turn to him again, so he quickly found a reason to say goodbye and leave.
When we left Ouyang Mansion, it was almost noon, so we went to a restaurant to have dinner, and then went directly to Sheng Mansion in the afternoon.
As a result, when Li Hao arrived at the door, he happened to meet Gu Tingye bringing Brother Chang and Sister Rong to Sheng Mansion.
When they met, Gu Tingye asked the two children to recognize him and then entered the Sheng Mansion together.
Of course, the price of the gift was that Li Hao gave two fine Hetian jade pendants as a gift.
When the two of them came to the door, they realized that they had come just by chance. Both Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang had gone out on business and had not returned, so Sheng Changbai came out to entertain them.
After a few people sat down in the main hall, Gu Tingye explained the reason why he brought his two children to the house. They had already agreed to send them to Haijia to study.
At that time, Sheng Changbai and Haishi will need to take care of them. Today, I brought someone here to get to know him first.
Hearing Gu Tingye's words, Sheng Changbai sent someone to invite Haishi to come out.
After Haishi came out, Sheng Changbai asked Haishi to take his two children to play in the backyard to increase his goodwill.
After Haishi left with his two children, Sheng Changbai chatted with them for a few words.
Suddenly he said with emotion: "It has been seven or eight years since we first met face to face in Yangzhou. That day you were full of pride, always thinking that one day you could regain the sixteen states of Yanyun.
I didn’t expect that today you would take the first step and officially start your journey.
And I heard that your relationship with Marquis Ningyuan has also improved a lot, which is really a good thing. "
After hearing this, Gu Tingye replied: "This time we just eliminated a few bandits, it's nothing.
Just watch, I will definitely lead my troops northward in the future to restore my country. "
After saying this, he stopped answering Sheng Changbai's next words.
Sheng Changbai didn't mind after hearing this, but turned to Li Hao and said, "But compared to you joining the army, my cousin's ability to lead the army is beyond everyone's expectations."
After hearing this, Li Hao replied: "Don't say it's you, I never thought of it myself.
Just because he had the trust of the officials, he naturally tried his best to complete this job, hoping to live up to the divine grace. "
Then the three of them chatted about the situation in the south, and then Li Hao thought about leaving.
But just then Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang walked in from outside, followed by Hua Lan, Yuan Wenshao, and a cute little girl of four or five years old.
So after everyone met again, they all continued to sit down in the hall, and then there was another round of old talk.
But the topic changed at this time, because judging from the meaning behind Mrs. Wang's words, it was clear that she wanted Li Hao to take more care of Yuan Wenshao after the expedition, and to perform more functions while ensuring safety.
Li Hao naturally agreed to this matter. After all, there should be no danger this time. As for the credit, it is naturally not a problem.
After all, Li Hao has found a simple way to get credit at this time, and it won't matter who he gives it to.
However, Li Hao and Mrs. Wang heard that this matter was nothing, but it made Yuan Wenshao feel a little embarrassed, as if he felt that doing so was slightly bad.
Just as he was about to make some moves, he was stopped by Hua Lan who was standing beside him. Then Hua Lan asked Sister Zhuang and Brother Chang behind him to greet him and talk about their relationship.
At this time, Li Hao looked at Hua Lan's behavior, and then looked at Mrs. Wang's previous performance.
Li Hao couldn't help but sigh, the old lady taught him well. This action did not mention any special care from Li Hao, but it also showed that the two families were related.
If something really happened, how could Li Hao help outsiders instead of helping his own family?
However, this question only flashed through Li Hao's mind. When he came back to his senses, he thought that this was the first time he saw Sister Zhuang.
He quickly searched around on his body and found a jade pendant to give to Sister Zhuang as a meeting gift. Of course, Yuan Wenshao helped his girl refuse.
At this time, Gu Tingye on the other side also took out a pendant and wanted to give it to Sister Zhuang. After a lot of entanglement, he finally let Sister Zhuang accept it after Sheng Hong's persuasion.
After sitting for a while, Li Hao and Gu Tingye said goodbye to everyone in the Sheng family.
The next day, Li Hao had no other acquaintances in Bianjing to leave, so he stayed at the house peacefully to comfort Mrs. Wei and told her not to worry.
Early on the third day, Li Hao was about to bid farewell to the Wei family.
Because Li Hao had to go to the Privy Council early in the morning to collect the expedition documents, and then return to the camp to check whether all the preparations and matters required before the expedition were completed.
When Li Hao went out, Mrs. Wei still held Li Hao's hand tightly and refused to let go. After all, since Li Hao was born, except for the last time he returned to Yangzhou and left Li Hao alone in Bianjing, they had never wanted to separate. It's been such a long time.
But staying in Bianjing, the Wei family knew that Li Hao was safe, but now it was different this time. This time they sent Li Hao to the battlefield.
Although Li Hao said that this was a very relaxing outing, after all, he was going to be on the battlefield. As a parent, how could he really feel at ease?
But in the end, under Li Jian's persuasion, Wei finally let go of Li Hao's hand.
So Li Hao said goodbye to his parents and embarked on another journey.
After receiving the expedition documents from the Privy Council, Li Hao rushed back to the western suburbs camp.
When Li Hao arrived, he saw that Xu Ning had arrived early and was making arrangements to order food, grass, and weapons.
Seeing Li Hao coming, Xu Ning stepped forward to report: "This time the food and grass supplies allocated by the Ministry of War have arrived. I roughly counted the amount and it matched the official documents of the Ministry of War. Moreover, they were all allocated in full without any deductions. "
After hearing this, Li Hao was very happy, because as a rule, some points would be deducted from the normal salary allocation, which showed that he had benefited greatly.
After listening to the report, Li Hao asked Xu Ning to do his work first, and then went to help after he had settled down.
So with the division of labor and cooperation between the two, at three quarters of noon, all the supplies were counted.
At this time, Gu Tingye also happened to arrive at the camp, so after lunch.
The three of them discussed the division of labor, with Li Hao taking charge of the Chinese army's tent and waiting for the others to come back to camp.
Xu Ning and Gu Tingye went to inspect each battalion to ensure that there would be no problems and that the army could set off normally tomorrow.
Li Hao waited in the big tent around Yinshi, and then one after another his noble disciples returned to the camp.
To Li Hao's relief, no one dared to make any mistakes this time, even the latest one came back before 00:00.
When everyone arrived, Li Hao ordered the camp to be closed at the fourth quarter of Yinshi, and then asked all the generals to come to the big tent to discuss matters.
Of course, they say they are discussing things, but in fact what should be discussed has already been discussed.
The main purpose of this conversation was to calm some restless people, and to reiterate the importance of this trip south and the disciplinary issues, and to warn everyone not to cause any trouble, otherwise the punishment would be merciless.
The conversation was finally coordinated by Yang Wenyuan, Li Yixing, and several private helpers, bringing the conference to a successful conclusion.
Li Hao thought that the effect had been achieved, so he asked everyone to go down and rest quickly.
Finally, it was the day before the expedition. At five o'clock, a messenger blew the trumpet to wake everyone up. Then it was time for everyone to wash up and have breakfast.
At Chen time, Li Hao ordered everyone to gather in the school grounds and perform the customary ritual of worshiping the military god and the military flag before setting off for the expedition, which is also known as "祃 sacrifice".
The process is to inform the gods about the conquest during the sacrifice, and then sacrifice cattle, sheep, and pigs to the gods, and smear the military flags and war drums with the blood of the animals, which is called "provoking flags and drums" to pray for the help of the military gods. Of course, Li Hao later learned about this The military god mentioned is Huangdi.
After the sacrificial ceremony, the swearing-in ceremony followed. Li Hao stood on the stage and informed the soldiers of the purpose and significance of the expedition, exposed the evil intentions of the traitors in the south, and emphasized the discipline and style of the expedition south. The next step was to read out Troop dispatch document issued by the Privy Council.
When the swearing-in ceremony is over, this process is over.
So Li Hao announced the departure of the army and ordered the generals to lead the troops in order and set off south one by one.
After this order was given, the team of 2,500 people neatly arranged into several columns according to the affiliation of each ministry, and set off.
After all the regular soldiers walked out of the camp, five hundred auxiliary soldiers followed behind, carrying all the food, grass and baggage.
After everyone left the camp, Li Hao and Gu Tingye led people to inspect the barracks again. When they found that there were no problems, they quickly caught up with the team and walked to the front.
At this time, far away from Bianjing and with a pile of Shangxian above his head, Li Haofang felt that the sky was high and the sea was vast.
