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Chapter 25: Deploying Soldiers

After the news of Ling Hua's relapse of his old injury came out, Ling Yunyang, who had been busy for many days, threw away the matter at hand and hurried to Duanjing Hou Mansion.

When Ling Hua discussed the issue of sending troops with Xiao Zhen, only Ye Rui and Sun Qiaoyan were present. After coming up with a general plan, Ling Hua hurriedly left the palace in order to rush to transfer military salaries and food, Ling Yunyang naturally didn't know.

After rushing into the door, he grabbed the butler and asked immediately, "How is my sister? Is he getting a high fever again?"

The housekeeper shook his head quickly, "Fourth Master, don't worry, the young lady is not serious, she is very good."

Ling Yunyang didn't believe it. Why did he hear that his old injury relapsed?

The housekeeper didn't know what was going on. Anyway, when the young lady came back, although the rosy complexion she had recovered earlier disappeared and she looked a little tired, she didn't look like she was sick.

He could only say to Ling Yunyang: "The fourth young master, I don't understand very much. You can tell if you go and see it with your own eyes." After he said that, he saw Ling Yunyang strode towards the inner courtyard and quickly grabbed him, "The fourth young master, the young lady is in the study."

Ling Yunyang paused, wasn't he in the inner courtyard? Then it wasn't that his old injury had relapsed. It seemed that something had happened. He turned around and went to the study room again.

Ling Hua was summoning the managers of many shops in the capital to explain the matter. After hearing the news that Ling Yunyang was coming, she said directly: "Let the fourth brother wait for a while."

Ling Yunyang patiently waited in the tea hall for half an hour before the managers left before he saw Ling Hua. He asked Ling Hua directly: "What happened? Why did you say you were sick?"

Ling Hua looked at him, "There should be someone coming soon. Fourth brother, don't worry, wait a while, and I'll talk together when everyone is here."

Ling Yunyang frowned, but still sat down patiently.

After about two more cups of tea, Shen Yian, Xu Zizhou, Cui Yanshu and Zhang Yanting entered Duanjing Hou Mansion. The four of them all brought gifts. Ling Hua was sick, so it was normal for them to come to visit him.

When Ling Hua saw that everyone was together, he told the four of them about the military development matters discussed with the new emperor. At first, Ling Yunyang had not reacted yet. When Ling Hua said that she personally led the troops three days later, his face changed immediately. He stood up and firmly opposed it, "No. Your injury has not healed yet, how can you lead the troops? Isn't this a nonsense? If you want to lead the troops, I will lead the troops."

Ling Hua knew that her fourth brother would object. She stood up, reached out and pressed his shoulder, and asked him to sit down, "What are you anxious about? Listen to me."

Ling Yunyang looked like "No matter what you say, you can't convince me."

Ling Hua took out the trick that convinced Xiao Zheng, broke it apart and analyzed the pros and cons of the matter. Then, seeing that Ling Yunyang still had disagreements, he said to him: "Fourth brother, don't worry, Doctor Zeng is following me," he said to him. After saying that, he looked at Cui Yanshu, "Yanshu is with me too."

Cui Yanshu had no objection. He felt that he had no effort in Caojun for the three years, but he did not work in vain. He helped the helm to resist the bloody storm. At this critical moment, the helm really promoted him. In fact, he knew that Ling Hua should have no problem leading his troops. He asked him to follow him, so that he could be promoted quickly. Otherwise, although the advanced emperor promoted him and sent him to the Ministry of War, there were many dissatisfied officials in the court. After the new emperor ascended the throne, even if he wanted to use him to promote him, he could not be promoted too quickly, otherwise the court officials should transfer this dissatisfaction to His Majesty. After all, there were not many opportunities to make great contributions in the court. There was only one place that could make his official position quickly, that was in the army. Now that we were going to raise troops to fight, the helm probably felt that this was an opportunity to promote him.

With Doctor Zeng following, Shu Hefeng Xiyu came back from Jiangnan with half of the secret guards, his own secret guards, plus 150,000 soldiers and horses, and the soldiers and horses of Lingshan Caojun fell behind to support him. He really didn't think this battle could not be fought.

Sure enough, Ling Yunyang said dissatisfiedly: "Brother Cui is powerful and capable, but he is a literati and has no eyes when fighting. He can't protect you even if he follows you."

"But Yan Shu is very smart. He has cooperated with me in the canal transportation for many years. When fighting, he not only looks at the army, but also his brain."

Ling Yunyang was angry, "Are you saying that your fourth brother, I have no brains? Why can't I go?"

Ling Hua glared, "Of course you can't go. You're going. Who can help His Majesty stare at me and stop making trouble? Yanshu just came to the capital and was not very familiar with everything in the capital. He still needs to get along with the court officials. It's just right for him to follow me, but you are different from the fourth brother."

Ling Yunyang choked.

Ling Hua ignored him and said to Shen Yian, Xu Zizhou and Zhang Yanting: "Mr. Shen, Lord. Xu, Lord. After I leave Beijing, I will leave the capital to you. Even Sun Xiang and Zhao Jiang and Zhao don't know about this matter. You have to hide this matter. I am sick today. Three days later, Yan Shu will also get sick. It is not surprising that one or two people in the court will be sick. As long as you hide it, you don't have to hide it for too long, half a month is enough. I am planning the time and half a month should be able to arrive in Youzhou."

Shen Yian nodded and took the lead in expressing his opinion, "Don't worry, I dare not say it, I can still hide it for half a month."

Xu Zizhou also nodded, "Don't worry, the helm commander, we will do our best to help Your Majesty stabilize the capital. If you are marching outside and have no eyes on your sword, you must pay attention to safety."

Although Zhang Yanting felt that she was more suitable than Cui Yanshu and going to the army, Ling Hua also said that she and Cui Yanshu had worked together in Caojun for three years, so she suppressed what she wanted to say and expressed her opinion, "Don't worry, the helm."

Although Ling Hua was still a little worried, the most important thing was that she wanted to suppress Youzhou and took the initiative first, and she didn't care about the capital. However, Xiao Zhen was not a waste of time in recent years. He was good at tolerant and knew how to judge the situation and know how to advance and retreat. Being a king was enough. The only shortcoming was that the death of the late emperor was too sudden and he could not achieve a smooth handover and arrangement of the old and new, but he was not afraid of this. In the past few days, the basic situation has stabilized.

The capital city has been checked from the palace to every palace and street. Now it has not been closed yet, and will continue to look upside down. Not only do we have to dig out the hidden stakes from the palace, but we also have to dig out all the hidden stakes buried in the capital city. Although the noise is more disturbing and turbulent, it is harder to cut the mess.

Although Ling Yunyang still disagreed, everyone had already expressed their opinions, and Ling Hua had made up his mind and His Majesty had made a decision, and there was no point in his opposition. He could only shut up and warn her hard, "I tell you, you are not allowed to be injured again, otherwise..."

Ling Hua quickly answered the conversation, "Otherwise, I won't be able to coax you well for the rest of my life, I understand."

Ling Yunyang: "..."

Everyone: "..."

When the empress dowager heard that Ling Hua was sick, she immediately became anxious, "Are you still fine in the morning? Why did your old injury relapse? Hurry up, the Ai family is going to go out of the palace to see her."

Madam Sun quickly stopped the empress dowager and whispered: "Before the young lady left the palace, someone sent a message, saying that there were important things to be arranged and needed to avoid the eyes and ears of the people, so she said she was sick and left the palace. When the person came to pass the message, there were many people in Changning Palace, and the old servant did not tell you immediately."

When the empress dowager heard this, she felt relieved and nodded, "It's better if the old injury recurs."

Since there are important things to arrange, it must be a very important thing to avoid people's eyes and ears. Ling Hua didn't say it, so she didn't ask. Anyway, she was old and the sudden death of the emperor was too great to deal with her, and now she didn't have much energy.

On the day Ling Hua said he was sick, except for a few people close to him, the rest of the people who went to Duanjing Hou Mansion to visit him were all closed to thank the guests.

Three days later, Wangshu, Hefeng, and Xiyu returned to Beijing with secret guards, and Ling Hua was ready. When he stepped out of the mansion with his people, he suddenly remembered Zhou Chen and Zhou Ying who came to celebrate his birthday in Liangzhou. She thought for a while and felt that she should take them out of Beijing, so she sent someone to the Zhou family house to call Zhou Chen and Zhou Ying.

Zhou Chen and Zhou Ying came to Beijing to celebrate their birthday. Something happened to the birthday party. Now they are still waiting to listen to the order.

Zhou Chen and Zhou Ying were also very anxious these days. Thinking that the steward is now sick, His Majesty didn't know when he thought of letting them leave Beijing. The situation in Beijing is too chaotic. The new emperor is so busy that he doesn't touch the ground every day. They dare not disturb him, but at the same time they are worried about something in Liangzhou.

While they were waiting anxiously, they heard Ling Hua ask them to pack their bags and go to the city gate. They were overjoyed and quickly packed up a few clothes and hurried to the city gate.

It was late at night. When they arrived, Ling Hua had arrived. Seeing that they were coming, he didn't say a word, but waved his hand to signal them to follow.

At this time, the people who changed shifts to the city gate were the New Emperor. There was no noise at the city gate. The group quickly and silently left the city, without disturbing anyone who should not have known.

After leaving the city for thirty miles, he went to Xishan to count 150,000 soldiers and horses. In the middle of the night, Ling Hua took 150,000 soldiers and horses and took a shortcut and left the capital.
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