northernbook Chapter 284: Each Goes His Own Way and Begins the Expedition (Continued)
Chapter 284: Each Goes His Own Way and Begins the Expedition (Continued)
When the army left Changluo City, the parade formation changed into a normal marching formation.
At this time, outside the city gate, many generals who were going to the expedition were saying goodbye to their family and friends.
In theory, the battalion commander and officers below him were not considered generals, and were not qualified to leave the army to say goodbye to their relatives and friends. However, many of the officers in the student camp were children of wealthy families, and when they wanted to say goodbye to their relatives and friends, none of the superiors would argue with them.
Liu Feiyun also temporarily left the team and came to the city gate to say goodbye to his relatives and friends.
Second uncle Liu Shixiong was the first to instruct: "Yun'er! I have already talked to the colleagues of Master Zuo and asked them to take good care of you! But you have to be more sensible too! Remember to listen more! Watch more! Think more! Learn more! Don't show off!"
Liu Feiyun nodded and said seriously: "I will definitely keep Second Uncle's words in mind!"
Second uncle stepped back, and old man Liu Jingang stepped forward and laughed, "Boy! There's nothing to be afraid of the Northern Wilderness barbarians! It's not like you haven't chopped them down before! Just be more careful! Hahahaha! You look a bit like me back then!"
Work hard! Don’t bring shame to our Liu family!”
"Don't worry, Grandpa! Your grandson won't embarrass you!"
Then, the eldest sister and her husband came forward.
"Little brother! Be careful!"
"Sister! Don't worry! I have already reached the Great Perfection of a cultivator. I am just a little bit away from becoming a human-level master! Besides, I still have two great cultivators and two wooden men to protect me! It won't be that easy for those barbarians to hurt me!"
"Nonsense! The battlefield is not like the martial arts world. Without reaching the heavenly level, no one dares to claim that he can maneuver among thousands of troops! You'd better be extremely careful with me!"
"I know! Sister! Really! No wonder they say that once girls become women, they become nagging!"
"What did you say……"
"Ah...no...I didn't say anything! I was saying that big sister is right! Well said! I will definitely listen to big sister and run away as soon as I see danger!"
The eldest sister Liu Qianqian wanted to say something, but Su Xin hurriedly pulled his wife, indicating that there were others waiting to say goodbye to Liu Feiyun. Liu Qianqian looked back at the two teams of carriages not far away, and then gave up.
"Brother-in-law! Take good care of my sister! Also... before summer comes, send my aunt and my sister back to Anping! This Changluo City... I'm afraid it will be uneasy!"
Liu Feiyun grabbed Su Xin and whispered.
Su Xin was not a fool. He understood after a brief thought. His face darkened and he nodded, saying, "You still don't think it's a good idea... Oh! That's right! It's time to let them leave this dangerous place as soon as possible! Don't worry! I'm not a pedantic scholar! You should take care of yourself too!"
After seeing Liu Feiyun finish saying goodbye to his family, He Jingqing stepped forward alone and took off a amulet from around his neck.
"Put it on! It will protect you from danger and turn misfortune into good fortune!"
Liu Feiyun also took off the black crystal amulet from his neck and handed it to He Jingqing.
"Qing'er! This was given to me by the Emperor. My name is engraved on it! Let it protect you on my behalf!"
The two exchanged amulets and put them on each other. Then Liu Feiyun pulled He Jingqing into his arms and hugged her tightly.
This was the first time that Liu Feiyun hugged a beautiful woman in front of outsiders.
He Jingqing was a little overwhelmed at first, then blushed, but then she stopped thinking about it and let Liu Feiyun hug her tightly, tears streaming down her face!
There were many people around seeing each other off, so naturally some noticed this. Some were ashamed, some were envious, some were blessing, some were jealous, some were disgusted, some were resentful, and so on.
However, at this time, Liu Feiyun and his friend no longer cared about the kind or malicious looks of these people, and were immersed in the happiness of their own world.
"Cough! Cough cough!" The woman's dry cough was heard.
He Jingqing's body trembled, and she tried to break free from Liu Feiyun's arms, but failed. She had to gather the energy in her dantian and exert more strength before she could break free.
Seeing Liu Feiyun's reluctant and reluctant eyes, He Jingqing burst into tears and said shyly: "I am leaving too! Take care of yourself! I will wait for you in Yunzhou!"
After saying that, she hurriedly ran back to the He family's carriage team, jumped on her horse, and started her journey with the team!
"Stop looking! If you keep looking, you will not be able to catch up with your Yunliu Camp. Be careful of being punished by the military law of your superiors!"
The little witch Zheng Tingting couldn't help but sneer when she saw Liu Feiyun still staring blankly at He Jingqing's back.
Even though Liu Feiyun was reluctant, he could only look away and sighed in his heart: "Go to Yunzhou! Yunzhou! That's good! It's farther away from the troubled places and closer to home!"
"Boy! Xiao Ba and I are leaving the capital too! Before we go, I'll give you some healing pills! I hope you don't have to use them!"
Zheng Tingting casually threw a bag of pills over, and Liu Feiyun took it in his hand, feeling that it was very heavy.
"Thank you very much, Senior Sister! I also wish you two, a pair of immortal lovers, to be proud of the world and travel freely in all directions!"
Zheng Tingting nodded indifferently and stepped aside to let her husband, the eighth prince Gu Chengxu, say goodbye to Liu Feiyun!
"Your Highness, why are you coming to me instead of helping His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
"Haha! I'm about to leave Changluo City, why should I get involved in those things! But you, on this northern expedition! You have to be more careful! Be more cautious!"
"Ah! I really envy Your Highness! As for the Northern Expedition! Although those barbarians are fierce, they are just that simple when they really fight."
"You brat! Hehehe!... But! It's not just those barbarians you have to be careful of!"
"Not just those barbarians!? ...Your Highness, you mean..."
Liu Feiyun thought about it for a moment and then seemed to understand something!
"Brother Liu, I'm glad you understand! Okay! We have to leave too! Brother Liu, you should leave as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late and it will be embarrassing for your superiors."
The eighth prince said finally.
Liu Feiyun nodded, bowed solemnly to his relatives and friends, said, "Feiyun is leaving! Goodbye!", then mounted his horse and chased after the large group of soldiers.
The Chen Dynasty launched a massive northern expedition against the barbarians, and the scale of the expedition was truly grand.
The Beijing Army that Liu Feiyun was in was just one of the routes! He was not too sure about how many soldiers and horses participated in this northern expedition.
The court’s propaganda was that there were a million troops!
But Liu Feiyun would never believe this number.
"A million troops! How is that possible? The total number of the imperial guards is less than one million. More than half of them are stationed in the capital, and the rest are frontier troops guarding the borders."
"Each state governor has only one division of troops under his direct command. There are 36 states and 36 divisions, which only have 700,000 to 800,000 soldiers."
"The next level of prefects, the county governors, have a brigade of soldiers under their direct command. There are more than 300 counties.
Although there are more than 300 brigades with more than one million soldiers, their combat power is far inferior to that of the Imperial Army and the State Division! Moreover, both the State Division and the County Brigade have to take on the task of guarding the local area, so the number of soldiers that can be drawn will never be too many!"
"As for the local soldiers of the county government, except for a few border counties, most of them may not even be trained for a few days a year, let alone have any combat effectiveness."
"However, we don't have a million-strong army, but we definitely need hundreds of thousands! Under normal circumstances, these hundreds of thousands of soldiers are enough to deal with a million-strong barbarian army! It's because the barbarians lack weapons and armor and are not good at martial arts!"
Liu Feiyun was riding on his horse, his mind wandering.