Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 626 Military Supervisor
After Yang Yuan returned to the back house from the front hall, he saw that everyone was happy and in a peaceful atmosphere, so he did not immediately tell them the news that he was going to join the army to Lianghuai, so as not to spoil their interest.

It was not until the evening that Yang Yuan found a chance to tell Lu Xi the news.

Going to the army to serve as a military supervisor was actually less dangerous than Yang Yuan's previous mission to the Kingdom of Jin.

Even so, Luxi couldn't help but worry.

But this young wife has gradually matured as the mistress of the house.

She understood that what she should do most at this time was to take care of the family so that her husband would have no worries.

Just like every time her father went to the battlefield, her mother would just silently pack his luggage.

Now, she finally understood her mother's feelings.

Lu Xi hid his worries and gently comforted Yang Yuan, telling him to just worry about everything at home.

Especially for Yingge who was about to give birth, she would arrange for a midwife to live in the house in advance and be on standby at all times.

That night, Yang Yuan still stayed in the East Courtyard. After all, it was agreed upon during the day, and Luxi was pregnant, so it was time for her to rest and recuperate.

Tonight, the two responsible wingmen, Xiaonai and Hana, rarely appeared indoors.

It seems that Ji Xiang, who has been no less than others throughout her life, really tried her best to have a child.

Like Xue Bingxin, she is a novice and playful girl, and plans to face the fierce battle from Yang's army alone tonight.

Unfortunately, the huge gap in strength cannot be made up by fighting spirit.

At some point, the shoji door was suddenly opened a crack, and a hand stretched out from inside.

The hand was shaking, weakly scratching the ground, calling out hoarsely: "Hana... Xiaonai... save... me..."

Before she could finish her words, a big hand grabbed her ankle and dragged her backwards, and she was pulled back in an instant.

With disheveled hair, Ji Xiang had completely lost the strength to resist and could only play dead and let others do whatever they wanted.

Outside in the maid's room, Duozi bit her thin lips lightly, her expectant eyes a little dazed.

When the red candle was about to burn out, Ji Xiang collapsed on the couch, feeling a little annoyed at her miscalculation.

I deliberately sent Xiaonai and Kanon away today just to increase my chances.

Unexpectedly, this body was not up to the task and was eventually stolen by Duozi.

There was a touch of scarlet color on Duozi's shiny pink thigh, like a flag challenging Ji Xiang.

Ji Xiang began to consider the possibility of letting Duozi become a maid like A'man and Qingtang.

However, based on her understanding of this little bitch, she would definitely not accept this.

If she tells Yang Yuan her true identity later, that would increase her weight in Yang Yuan's heart, right?
Miscalculated, miscalculated...

When Yang Yuan's breathing became more even, he told Ji Xiang that he would be the military supervisor.

"Be a military supervisor?"

Ji Xiang rested her chin on her arm and looked at Yang Yuan with shining eyes: "Xiao Nai, Hua Yin and I will go with you."

"you?"

Yang Yuan's heart was pounding. This Japanese female swordsman also had two female ninjas...

You know what, it really comes in handy.

only……

Ji Xiang said excitedly: "You are the military supervisor, isn't it normal for you to bring a few private soldiers with you?"

It is of course normal to have a few private soldiers and generals. As a military supervisor, he must have a private guard that completely obeys his orders.

Otherwise, if something really happened, he would have no one he could trust to mobilize, so how could he supervise the army?

But, women...

Wait! Yang Yuan suddenly had an idea.

"Okay, I'll take care of this."

Ji Xiang was immediately delighted, and she came over happily, kissed Yang Yuan on the cheek, and said softly, "Erlang, take a rest first, I will help you clean yourself up."

Ji Xiang climbed up weakly, stepped on Duozi's fleshy part with her toes, and said fiercely: "Didn't you hear me? Come out with me."

After taking Duozi to the bathroom, the two girls first took water to clean themselves.

Ji Xiang threatened fiercely: "Don't dream of what you don't deserve just because Erlang wants you.

If you are obedient enough, I will beg Erlang to let you be my maid, understand?"

Duozi said timidly: "Yes, Duozi is all alone, and you are the only one protecting me, so I will naturally obey your orders."

Ji Xiang said with satisfaction: "That's more like it. If Erlang wants to be the military supervisor, I can help him a lot. What else can you do besides lying there?
Don't have any unreasonable thoughts, you can't beat me."

Duozi said aggrievedly: "I don't have..."

"It's fine if you don't."

"No way!" Duozi laughed secretly in his heart.

Seeing her holding a long sword, looking so majestic and claiming to be a female swordsman, I didn't expect that she is so weak.

No wonder you always had Hua Yin and Xiao Nai to accompany you when you served your master. I thought you were so generous, but it turns out it’s because you are such a loser.

Haha...then what do you have to fight me? If a woman wants to conquer a man, she can't use the same methods as men.

What a little waste, my sister Ji Xiang.

Just wait for me to step on you.

……

"I also need to go!"

The next day, when Leng Yuchan heard that three Japanese women could accompany him to the army, he immediately volunteered.

Although Xue Bingxin was envious, she was pregnant and naturally couldn't join in the fun.

"It would be good to bring a few people you really trust."

Lu Xi noticed Leng Yuchan's pleading look and gently spoke up for her.

"The army is a self-contained system. Even if you are a general, a temporary appointment, it will be difficult for the soldiers to support you, let alone being a military supervisor, which the soldiers will instinctively resist."

Yang Yuan thought about it and it made sense. Yuchan was originally engaged in intelligence work, so she could be of use.

Seeing that Yang Yuan agreed, Leng Yuchan was very excited. The two of them started to fall in love when they went out to sea together to capture the Arabs who were both merchants and thieves.

Now it feels like reliving the good old days.

Yang Yuan asked them to prepare first, while he went to report to the Palace Front Division to meet the generals with whom he would be working.

Palace commander Zhao Mi met Yang Yuan in person.

Yang Yuan originally came from the military system.

Anyway, ever since he passed the imperial examination and became the top scorer, the bigwigs in the military system have insisted on this.

When Yang Yuan first passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar, he was a big shot like Zhao Mi, and he would puff out his chest and belly and be proud in front of the civil servants.

In addition, Yang Yuan later became very close to the military system, so he was one of the very few civil servants in the Song Dynasty court who was not rejected by the military leaders, but was relatively close to them.

The military supervision system has existed since the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties and has continued to the modern era. Although its scope of authority and specific forms have been constantly improved, it has never disappeared.

Zhao Mi was afraid that Yang Yuan did not understand his duties as a military supervisor and would show weakness in front of the generals, so he patiently explained them to him.

In addition to monitoring military commanders and recording rewards and punishments, the military inspector was also responsible for transporting supplies, communicating with the various armies, and passing on information between the court and the military commanders.

After hearing this, Yang Yuan said, "Thank you for your advice, Commander. I understand. This battle is of great importance, and the court has been busy lately. It is hard to guarantee that someone will not ignore the overall situation and take the opportunity to make trouble with the food and grass supply. As the military supervisor, I will definitely supervise this matter to prevent the soldiers from worrying about it.

As for specific military operations, Yang Yiyi does not limit the authority of the commander-in-chief of the front army; secondly, he does not limit the commander-in-chief of the front army's methods of using troops; thirdly, he does not limit the commander-in-chief of the front army's strategies of advancing, retreating, attacking and defending. "

After hearing these “three no limits”, Zhao Mi was overjoyed and admired Yang Yuan even more.

What a reasonable "Party A" is! He is worthy of being the top scholar in our army!

Zhao Mi immediately went to the military hall and summoned the leaders of all the troops who were about to go to the front line to see him.

Military drums were beating, and sword-wielding soldiers from the imperial guards stood on both sides.

Palace commander Zhao Mi sat at the desk under the white tiger screen, and there was a seat on the side, which was Yang Yuan's seat.

All the generals entered in armor and their names were called out. After three drum beats, all the generals were present.

Zhao Mi then introduced them to Yang Yuan one by one.

The Lianghuai Campaign was mainly divided into two armies, the Eastern and Western Armies.

On the Huaixi battlefield, Shao Hongyuan, the commander-in-chief of Jiankang, was the commander-in-chief.

On the Huaidong battlefield, Li Xianzhong, the commander-in-chief of the elite army of the Palace Front, was the chief commander.

Under their command, each of them had many generals and officers, including commanders.

In addition, there were large troops stationed in the Lianghuai region, such as Zhenjiang, Chizhou, Ezhou, Jingnan, Xingyuan, Xingzhou and other places.

The strength of each garrisoned army ranged from 10,000 to 60,000 troops, and each had a local commander-in-chief to command the troops.

This time, because of the defeat in the front, the court was eager to recover the lost territory before the emperor returned to Lin'an, so it sent out the three yamen imperial guards to cooperate with the garrison troops to launch a counterattack. Zhao Mi introduced it very carefully, trying to make Yang Yuan understand.

In Yang Yuan's opinion, both the Eastern Army and the Western Army were composed of three divisions and garrison troops.

However, there was a phenomenon of cross-arrangement of troops from different systems in both armies.

For example, among the Eastern Army, there were some troops from the Western Garrison Army.

There were also some troops from the Eastern Garrison Army in the Western Army.

At the same time, Li Xianzhong, as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Army and the commander-in-chief of the Palace Front Department, some of his old subordinates were now under the jurisdiction of the Western Army.

Moreover, the handover between the old and new emperors, the replacement of powerful officials in the court, and the new government's reforms of the army caused the entire Song Dynasty's high-level military personnel to be in a period of adjustment and turbulence at this time.

The change of military commanders caused by the change of the emperor and his ministers;

The adjustments made by the generals who were attached to powerful ministers such as Qin Hui and Wan Qi Xie after their fall;

There are also adjustments due to the assessment results of the new system reform...

Therefore, will this temporary mixed military composition, coupled with the turbulent adjustments among high-level generals, have a great impact on this battle?
Yang Yuan wasn't so sure.

As a layman in military affairs and someone who did not know much about the Song Dynasty army, he could not express his opinions rashly, otherwise he would immediately come into conflict with these generals.

Moreover, he did not think that he could make any useful suggestions without understanding military affairs or the Song Dynasty army. Simple questioning was meaningless.

No, I have to bring Bei'er with me. There are no great generals in Shu, so Bei'er will be the vanguard...

Yang Yuan greeted the generals with a smile, while thinking secretly.

The other girls were easy to deal with, but I wondered if I could get away with it with Belle's look...

After returning from the Dianqian Division, Yang Yuan went to Nianhua Cottage first.

Bei'er was under the shade of the trees, instructing Li Fengniang on how to march and deploy troops.

Belle was originally a female knight who served as a general in the European army. However, Europe's tactics, methods of warfare, and even the composition of its military forces and the number of its troops were very different from those of the Song State, so there were many differences.

However, the basic logic of war and the basic principles of tactical application are no different.

After reading military books from the Song Dynasty such as "Seven Essentials of Military Classics", she combined the two, learned their strengths and made up for their weaknesses, and then told Li Fengniang about her experiences, which sounded quite logical.

Li Fengniang was the daughter of Li Dao, a general in Yue Family Army. She had been naughty since childhood. She had never learned needlework or cooking, nor had she learned the classics or female precepts. However, she had been exposed to military affairs since childhood.

Therefore, it would be more accurate to say that the master and disciple consulted each other rather than one teaching the other.

Bei'er and Li Fengniang were having a great conversation when Yang Yuan arrived.

"Belle, come with me to Yang's house."

Seeing that Li Fengniang was also there, Yang Yuan did not express his intention on the spot.

When Belle heard this, her face suddenly turned red.

She said hesitantly, "Now... now? Do you want me to prepare any gifts? I have nothing to prepare at all."

Yang Yuan was stunned for a moment, then he realized that she had misunderstood and was going to offer tea to Lu Xi and officially marry into the family.

Yang Yuan suppressed his laughter and said, "No need to prepare any gifts. Let's go. We are in a hurry."

After Yang Yuan finished speaking, he took Bei'er and left.

Li Fengniang leaned on the big sword and said angrily: "Uncle, you are competing with Fengniang for the master again."

"Go, have fun by yourself. If you have nothing else to do, go and keep Ning'er company."

Yang Yuan waved his hand, took Emmanuelle Belle and left.

"I'm not playing, I'm learning the art of war."

Li Fengniang protested angrily from behind, but Yang Yuan turned a deaf ear to her and walked away with Bei'er.

"Erlang, what should I say when I meet Madam Luxi? Do I need to kneel down and offer her tea?"

"Erlang, is it really not impolite not to prepare a gift? Will Madam Luxi be unhappy?"

Bei'er was very nervous and kept asking questions all the way until she entered the Yang Mansion and was brought in front of Hua Yin and Xiao Nai.

Yang Yuan has decided to let them dress up as eunuchs.

Because when I took Fei Yuye and the others to the North Country before, I asked them to dress up as soldiers. They had to disguise themselves every day, which was quite hard.

This time, he brought a few young eunuchs with him as military supervisors and dressed them simply, so he could avoid this trouble.

However, Belle's blonde hair is not a big problem and can be easily concealed. Her blue eyes are also easy to deal with. Just let her stay by your side and try not to have close contact with outsiders.

It's mainly her facial features, which people can notice without staring at her particularly hard.

So Yang Yuan brought her here and asked Kanon Yazawa and Konami Tsubakiya to try their hand at disguise to see if there was any solution.

Only then did Belle know why Yang Yuan suddenly pulled her here.

After several years, Belle is still very excited to return to the battlefield.

She was afraid of losing this rare opportunity, so she ignored Yang Yuan's teasing and quickly dressed up, dressed as a man, and stood in front of Yang Yuan and others.

Yang Yuan narrowed his eyes and looked at Belle, who was dressed in men's clothes. Her golden hair was temporarily covered by a hat. Looking at her facial features, her nose was a little pointy and her eye sockets were deeper.

This is actually easy to deal with. The Miao and Yao people in the south and the Qiang and Hu people in the western regions all have similar characteristics.

It's just that her facial features, that unique European style, are more...

"It doesn't seem to be a big problem."

Hanane looked at it carefully and said, "Through the art of disguise, it can be adjusted completely. It's just that I have to do both the removal and the application of makeup."

Yang Yuan made the final decision: "Okay, you two will be my personal guards and stay in my tent."

Xiao Nai coughed lightly, tugged at the corner of his clothes, and whispered, "Master, my disguise skills are not worse than Sister Hanane's."

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "Then you two should put makeup on Bei'er now, and I'll see the effect."

Huayin and Xiaonai took Belle downstairs and dressed her up carefully.

Yang Yuan met a makeup imitating expert on the Internet in later life.

Her face can be made up to look like anyone's.

From a completely Chinese woman, she turned into a realistic Britney Spears, Beyonce, or Taylor Swift...

Even some male stars.

Hanane and Xiaonai just wanted to make some slight adjustments to Belle's exotic facial features to make her look more like a Han Chinese, which was countless times easier.

It takes the makeup blogger two hours to disguise himself as another person each time.

The adjustments that Hanane and Xiaonai made to Belle were flawless in just half an hour.

"Very good, Belle, you come with me and be my...chief secretary!"

So, when Yang Yuan rushed to the Imperial City with the imperial edict and the order, five "eunuchs" followed him.

White face without beard, delicate eyebrows and eyes, fresh skin and tender flesh...

Han Jiansong, the deputy chief of the Imperial City Administration, who was actually in charge of the affairs of the Imperial City Administration, became even more respectful to Yang Yuan after seeing this.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin really favors this Yang Qianxian. Is he the person transferred from the palace to serve as his personal attendant?
Maybe he is someone from the mysterious "Baolong Temple".

"Yang Qianxian, according to the regulations, the military supervisor can lead the guards of the two capitals. What do you think..."

"Then follow the rules."

"Okay, then I will draw troops from the First Guard to the two cities for you, and then accompany you to the military arsenal."

There are about a hundred people in a city. Under the city head, there are military leaders, ten generals, a secretary, and escort officers.

The two capital guards are a "guard company" of two hundred people.

At that moment, Han Jiansong selected the troops from the two capitals, equipped Yang Yuan with twenty horses, and then accompanied Yang Yuan to the armory of the Ministry of War.

After the Ministry of War verified the imperial seal and the order from the Regent, they distributed weapons and armor to the troops according to the number of people Yang Yuan brought with him.

Yang Yuan's troops were a guard, not for fighting on the battlefield, so they were not equipped with spears, halberds, bows and crossbows.

Apart from the sword he carried with him, he only had armor.

The armor distributed to Yang Yuan was the mountain-pattern armor made of the finest grain.

This is a set of black lacquer armor with mountain patterns and a phoenix-wing helmet, the helmet is inlaid with exquisite patterns.

The belly guard is shaped like a heroic animal head, which is extremely gorgeous.

The armor plates on the chest, back, abdomen and legs are connected as a whole and braided in a cross shape, which looks very cool when worn.

After Yang Yuan put it on and stood there, he looked like the most handsome Erlang Zhenjun.

The six "little eunuchs" looked at Yang Yuan at this moment, and their big eyes like black grapes suddenly became wet.

Wait, six “little eunuchs”?
"Master Erlang" took a closer look and wondered when this girl Yuye had sneaked in.
Long-legged Yuchan quietly took a step back and tried to hide.

But she is the tallest among the six girls, so where can she hide?

Therefore, she could only smile ingratiatingly at Yang Yuan, revealing a pair of beautiful dimples.

(End of this chapter)