"The cunning rabbit dies, the lack of dogs cook; the flying birds are gone, and the good bows are hidden; the enemy's country is destroyed, and the counselors are destroyed;"

Liu Qiao, the commander of the Jinyiwei of the Capital, stood in the study and sighed at the line of words he had just written on the desk. Today, an order was passed down from the palace and Liu Qiao was granted the rank of general and the junior guard. After receiving this order, Liu Qiao was not happy at all, but felt a sense of panic and uneasiness.

"Sir, Your Majesty has just been granted the title of Shaobao. Isn't this a good thing?" Liu Yunzhen said to his father. His father was promoted to Shaobao and promoted to General. Liu Yunzhen was also promoted to Left Military Academy. He didn't understand what his father was worried about.

"If I were just appointing me as the General of the Young Guardian Jin, this would be a good thing." Liu Qiao sighed, "But when my father heard the news, Your Majesty was preparing to be king for Jiye."

"Enjoying the King?" Liu Yunzhen was very surprised and couldn't help but shout. "Even if the third brother is the adopted son accepted by His Majesty, he is just the adopted son with the surname. This dynasty has never had a king with a different surname, how could this be possible?"

"Yes, so the matter of the emperor's appointment as king of Jiye is worrying. Today, Wang Zhixin secretly sent a team of men out of Beijing to Hubei. I found out that they were taking your sister-in-law and nephew into Beijing under the secret order of the factory governor of King Zhixin."

Liu Qiao didn't think it would be a simple matter for the emperor to secretly send factory guards to Hubei to pick up Liu Jiye's wife, concubine and children into Beijing. If it was really just a simple matter, why should we act so confidentially?

"If you want to take it, you must give it first." Liu Qiao sighed, "Some things are not as simple as they appear."

Liu Yunzhen's face changed drastically, "No, everything that happened to the third brother today was given by His Majesty. And the third brother was born and died for the imperial court, fought south and north, and made great achievements. How could he reach that point?"

"The master is extremely good."

Liu Qiao sighed, "Think about it, the imperial court has been unable to defeat the Tartars for many years, but Jiye only used the troops and horses of Liaodong to attack Liao, and left one town to stay. In fact, he only used one town of troops and horses to go north alone, but he could kill the Tartars and besiege the Tartars capital. Think about it, when a minister holds such an elite army, this army does not even rely on the supply of food, salary and equipment on the court, and he has enough self-sufficiency. Is it you, can you feel at ease?"

"Since ancient times, no one can end up with the master's achievements."

When Liu Yunzhen heard his father say this, she could only remain silent.

After a while, Liu Yunzhen asked her father, "What should I do?"

"What else can I do? Even if Jiye now removes military power and retires to his hometown, I am afraid that no one can trust me."

"No wonder the third brother has been dragging him to Beijing immediately this time. It turns out that the third brother has understood this a long time ago."

"You can go through the first day of the New Year, but you can't go on for fifteen. You can't go on forever. You have to go to Beijing sooner or later, and that day will always come. Unless."

He sighed, "This day has arrived after all. I don't know whether it is right or wrong for my father to do this. I hope God bless me and my Liu family."

The capital in July should have been hot, but Liu Qiao felt a cold back.

Liaodong, Lushun.

Nicholas Liu Jinzhong had just received a new transfer order. Ci promoted Nicholas Liu Jinzhong to the right military academy and was transferred to the guerrilla general of the 101st Infantry Standard of the Navy Corps of the Beiyang Navy First Squadron Navy Marine Corps.

Holding this promotion order, Nicholas Liu Jinzhong kept giggling, and his saliva was almost flowing down. With the great contribution he made when he was acting battalion commander of Puhe City, he jumped from the low-level military position of the company coach, the former low-level military commander, to the Bian General. Not only did he surpass the company commander, but he also surpassed the battalion commander and was directly promoted to the Bian General, which was far more than three levels.

"Congratulations, Mr. Biao." Fatty Dong bowed and congratulated him.

"Happy and happy together, Dong Qianzhong." Nicholas Liu Jinzhong hurriedly bowed. Fatty Dong turned out to be the quarantine officer in the Nicholas Company and participated in the defensive battle of Puhe City. At that time, he was the only officer in the city with the same rank as Nicholas. He took the initiative to give up command to Liu Jinzhong, and was responsible for the logistics of defending the city, which was also considered a great contribution. After the war, he was promoted to the quarantine officer in the battalion.

"Where is Lao Zhang?"

"Old Zhang has been promoted to the artillery battalion commander, and I don't know where I am happy now."

When it comes to Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive.

Johnson and Zhang Jingde's face flushed and ran over excitedly as if they had drunk alcohol.

"What are you two doing here? Come with me."

"Where to go?" Liu Jinzhong asked.

"Of course we're going to stab the Nine-Headed Bird. We're now considered the official Nine-Headed Bird, and we can tattoo the Nine-Headed Bird mark." Johnson and Zhang Jingde said excitedly.

When Dong Xian heard this, he shook his head and said, "That can't be messy. Only the oldest team members are qualified to be messy. Since the Jiutou Bird was established in Yunyang Town, this mark has been no longer thorned."

The old players of the Nine-Headed Bird all had tattoos on their chests, arms, and tiger’s mouths on their left hand. Many members with slightly lower qualifications only had tiger’s mouths, some only had chests, and some only had arms.

The number of Nine-Headed Bird tattoos and the position of the tattoos all represent the qualifications in the Nine-Headed Bird Army. But later, after Nine-Headed Bird officially opened the town, it no longer had the mark of Nine-Headed Bird. I was not allowed to prick it. Not long after Dong Xian first joined Nine-Headed Bird, the son of a military officer in the town outside their military camp thought Nine-Headed Bird tattoo was very awesome, so he asked someone to tattoo one himself. As a result, the old team members with this tattoo in Dong Xian camp found out, caught the guy back, and forced the red-burned iron to brand the Nine-Headed Bird tattoo on the arm.

Even in the army of Nine-Headed Birds, private tattoos are not allowed, and even more so, the mark of Nine-Headed Birds is not allowed. It is a glory, and it is only the glory of the veteran team members.

"You don't know yet, Mr. Chu said that the three towns in Liaodong and Beiyang Navy, whether they are new or old members, as long as they are willing, they can be marked with the nine-headed bird mark."

Dong Xian was stunned for a moment, "It's really possible? We can do it too?"

"Everything is OK, all of them are OK. Except for our four towns, in Huguang Town and the regiment training army in the two lakes, it is said that they can also tattoo the nine-headed bird. Go quickly, there are long queues there. I chose a guy with great tattoo skills, so let's find him tattoo. I didn't think I was qualified to stab the nine-headed bird, but in the end, the nine-headed bird became a small family bird."

The sudden release of the tattoo order, and the military camps of the towns of the Jiutou system immediately became boiling. In the Jiutou army, the Jiutou Bird's tattoos have always represented the old birds and glory. Those soldiers who did not have the Jiutou Bird's tattoos, even if they were in official positions, were sometimes unable to be tough in front of the old birds.

The thing that old birds with tattoos like to do most is to show their tattoos on purpose. Some guys, even in the middle of winter, often deliberately bare their shirts in the barracks during rest, just to show off their nine-headed bird tattoos.

I don’t know how exciting these actions have been to those officers and soldiers who have no nine-headed bird tattoos, especially in summer, when everyone sees the senior officials of the Chu State Duke and the nine-headed birds, they all have nine-headed birds on their bodies, so don’t mention the envy.

Unfortunately, the Chu army has forbidden to tattoo again for a long time.

No one expected that the Duke of Chu opened this ban at this time. Although it did not force everyone to stab the nine-headed bird, it was just to let those who were willing to stab it, who would not want to?

Tattoo is actually a very painful thing. After all, piercing the skin on the flesh and blood body, and there is no anesthetic available. But what everyone values ​​is the glory represented by the tattoo. Everyone wants to paint their flags on their bodies.

The tattoo was very painful, but Nicholas Liu Jinzhong, Johnson, Zhang Jingde and Dong Xian were still excited to get the tattoo. Nicholas tattooed a nine-headed bird mark on his left chest, right tiger's mouth, and arms, and even finally used a good Japanese knife to make the superb tattoo artist tattoo a larger nine-headed bird pattern on his back.

It was midsummer. The officers and soldiers of the Chu army who had the nine-headed bird mark started to be naked all day long, wishing they would never wear clothes and expose their tattoos all day long.

Liu Jun led Fu Shan and other Chu generals to walk through the military camp. He also barely wore his upper body and exposed the nine-headed bird tattoos on his body. Liu Jun's tattoos were different from everyone's. In addition to the tattoos on his chest, arms, and tiger's mouth, he also stabbed a new nine-headed bird on his back in full color that occupied the entire back.

"Nine-headed Bird!" Liu Jun shouted to the Chu brothers who were also tattooed with the sashimi.

"Brother!" The Chu army in the camp clenched their fists and waved their arms, and tapped the nine-headed bird pattern on their left chest with the nine-headed bird tattoo from the tiger's mouth with the right hand.

Nine-headed bird, brother. A short word represents a group of brothers who share life and death and fight side by side. Although they are not biological brothers, they are better than biological brothers.

Liu Jun looked at everyone's enthusiasm and excitement with satisfaction. This was the result of his desire to release the tattoo ban. Several tattoos seemed simple, but they pulled the Chu army closer together.

"Fu Shan, Wang Qian, Cai Yuan, you three guard Lushun, Zhenjiang and Denglai. I will go to Beijing to meet the saint. The Beiyang Navy happened to escort a batch of food and grass to Tianjin and go along the way." Liu Jun explained.

Wang Qian said to Liu Jun, "Next, we will always be in a high-level alert state to ensure that we can be dispatched at any time to deal with emergencies."

Liu Jun nodded to him knowingly.

Some things need not be explained clearly, but can be understood. With their coexistence over the past few years, there is still a tacit understanding.

In the 14th year of Chongzhen, one morning at the end of July, Liu Jun finally left Liaodong and returned to Beijing under the order.

A group of governors and civil officials from Liaodong also came to Beijing to report their duties, while military generals remained in Liaodong.

Fu Zonglong stood on the wharf, looking at the countless warships and transport ships in Qingniwa Port, his brows were frowning and unable to drive. He turned around and looked behind him. Teams of soldiers were coming from the wharf, lined up in neat rows, holding flags and carrying backpacks.

The front is the 30,000 newly formed Denglai Town Army that is about to go to Denglai, and behind is the Beiyang Navy Marine Corps with as many as 30,000 people.

"Duke of Chu will bring these troops into the capital together?" Chen Zhenhui asked Li Chunjiang next to her.

Li Chunjiang's expression was solemn.

"The 30,000 Denglai Town Army is going to enter Denglai, and the other three outsiders are going to follow the ship and carry out the navy's escort grain ship mission, just walk along the way."

"For the escort of the grain transport ship, 45,000 people from the Beiyang Navy town need to be dispatched together?" Chen Zhenhui chuckled, "Walk along the way, who can believe it?"

Hou Fangyu shook his head, "Mr. Jiye's move is playing with fire. Why don't you persuade him? At this time, he brought tens of thousands of navy troops to the capital. Is it a pity that the officials of the court do not impeach him or what?"

Mao Xiang slowly said, "Did the navy really just plan to send Duke Chu to Tianjin by the way? After arriving in Tianjin, will they happen to go to Beijing again?"

Everyone looked at Mao Xiang like a ghost.

After a long time, Li Chunjiang said to Mao Xiang with an unhappy expression, "You can eat randomly, but you can't talk randomly. Duke Chu is not that kind of person!"
Chapter completed!