Before dawn, Shi Feng, the county magistrate of Guishan, had mobilized 8,460 taels of silver and 950 s of military ration from the city. In addition, there were also clothes such as coarse clothes and linen for heating and some weapons and armor.

Although the number is not large, it can meet the urgent situation.

Chen Xi personally led most of his troops outside the city. Before dawn, Chen Xi asked someone to transport money, grain and materials to the camp, while he himself waited until dawn before leaving.

Chen Xi stayed in Huizhou Prefecture for a day and two nights. When he came, he suddenly arrived. After that, the case was concluded. After a lot of twists and turns, the case was concluded. In the end, Song Kuang and the bandits were executed. They were still panicked during the banquet at Guishan County Government. However, when he left, he became much more low-key and no one saw him off. He just rode out of the city in a carriage.

Even when he left the city, he had just fallen asleep and was taking a nap in the carriage.

The sky was gloomy and it was March. There was more rain on the ground in Guangdong. Before the army could leave Guishan County, it started to drizzle in spring.

This was also the difficulty that Chenxi had expected before going to war. He did not go to the Xiangtou Mountain bandits personally, but it only took two hours to break through the mountain village. If he encountered a rainy day like today, it would be possible to take ten days and half a month.

The large team followed the official road and prepared to pass through Pingshan, Ebuling to Haifeng.

Chen Xi knew almost nothing about the situation of the sea fleet. When he arrived at the agreed Haimen Station, the infantry and cavalry led by Chen Xi was unable to contact the fleet. The fleet along the way would try to avoid going to war with the bandits.

If there are really a large number of bandits entrenched in the coastal mountains and islands along the way, Chen Xi will divide his troops to attack after taking over Nan'ao Island.

Some of them are very special among the followers.

Needless to say, Yu Niang and her entourage, there is also Jiang Liwei who became a prisoner and the Jinyiwei he brought.

Jiang Liwei's subordinates were not guilty of being guilty because they were not involved in corruption and bribery. The only one who was guilty of Jiang Liwei was the chief official, and the evidence was conclusive and he could not be denied.

Even Yu Niang just pleaded for Jiang Liwei, not exonerated her crimes.

Jiang Liwei was locked up in a prison car and escorted out of Huizhou City. He went north with the army. At this moment, he no longer had the scenery of the past. The prison car had no wooden boards to shelter from the wind and rain, and it was so cold that he shivered. In the end, Chen Xi was merciful and asked someone to find a canvas to cover it on the prison car. However, when the wind blew, Jiang Liwei wanted to find a place to drill. Even so, his whole body was quickly wet. In March, when the spring cold, the only consequence was that the whole body was quickly wet.

On the ninth day of the third month, in the evening, the rain finally stopped.

Ordinary soldiers were rarely treated as carriages. After a day of rushing, they had to camp in wastelands outside the inn, and the conditions were extremely difficult.

After putting down the tent, the ground was wet. Even if the oil paper and canvas were laid, it was still impossible to completely isolate the rain, and it was extremely wet and cold at night.

As the commander of the three armies, Chen Xi could sleep in the inn, which was also a benefit of land marching. He walked on the official road. During the previous southern expedition, even if the fleet docked, it was a barren land. After all, the Ming Dynasty forbidden seas, so it was more difficult to find a complete residence by the sea than climbing to the sky.

After settling down, Chen Xi came out of the room. At this time, inside and outside the inn were busy.

The army with more than 100 households will open a small stove in the inn. The soldiers in the camp set up their camp tents and began to bury the stove to make fire. At the same time, the officers and soldiers in the department also have errands, such as feeding horses and digging and building special toilets as Chen Xi said.

Although it looks messy, it is in order in chaos, and the officers and soldiers perform their duties. Even if they don’t have any errands, they all quickly enter the tent to sleep with their heads covering their heads because they have to take turns to watch at night.

"Sir, there are people waiting outside to watch. You can go in and rest first. This ghost weather is not like March, but it is like the cold winter months!" Jing Yuelai said with concern.

Chen Xi waved his hand: "I am leading the army outside, how can I just care about my own enjoyment and ignore the lives and death of the soldiers of the three armies? Let's go and follow me to the camp to see!"

Jing Yue and his personal soldiers entered the camp with Chen Xi.

When the officers and soldiers saw the governor and governor coming in person, they all stood up and saluted.

The soldiers with more than 2,000 people were not very big, and the soldiers did not have the conditions to bathe and change clothes. They were dirty all over the body after a day, but no one was concerned about those things at this moment. It was not easy to have food and hot water on the way to the battle.

"Don't get up, do your business."

This sentence is the sentence wherever Chen Xi goes. Many soldiers don’t understand his words and need someone to translate them.

This is also an inconvenient point when Chen Xi led the army to fight. His officers and soldiers came from three provinces, and the Chinese language has always been profound and profound. There are many people on this side of the mountain who can't understand what the other side of the mountain said. The soldiers of the army rarely read and don't have much knowledge, and they may not even understand the official language.

Chen Xi patrols the camp and finally arrives in front of Jiang Liwei's tent.

At this time, Jiang Liwei was still wearing shackles. He was just now helped off the carriage by the soldiers, and he seemed to be in a state of disgust. He didn't even notice Chen Xi's arrival.

Someone brought a pot of hot soup into the tent. Jiang Liwei didn't say anything, picked up the pot and started pouring it into his stomach. It looked so miserable that even Chen Xi couldn't help but look at something else when he saw it.

After the person walked away, Jing Yue said disdainfully: "I'm going to be the polite security guards in the Jinyiwei North Town Fushi. It seems that this is the case."

Chen Xidao: "That's because his bad luck fell into my hands. If he returns to the capital, even some senior officials of the third and fourth rank in the court will give him three points of thin air. Otherwise, when the court is scepter, some officials will die in the palace gate."

Jing Yue didn't know much about the Ming Dynasty's factory guard system, and only knew that these people had great power, but they didn't know how big it was. What Chen Xi said was the unique court stick system of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor could directly treat any civil servants who were disliked by them. Most of the executors were Jinyiwei, and occasionally the Dongchang factory guards were implemented.

After Chen Xi finished patroling the camp, he sat down at the main tent of the army, and ate some hot soup rice delivered by the leading soldiers, which was a shared joy and sorrow with the soldiers. When he returned to the inn, Chen Xi couldn't help but itched his throat. He coughed several times in a row, shook his head and sighed, "I didn't expect that he would get sick shortly after leaving Guangzhou."

Jing Yue said: "Sir, you have worked so hard, it's best to have more rest."

Chen Xi nodded.

It was raining and the weather was heavy during the day. He felt very uncomfortable now and wanted to go back to the room. Before he could reach the door of the room, he saw Yu Niang in men's clothing waiting there. Chen Xi did not give her a chance to speak. He waved his hand and signaled not to mention it. He wanted to excuse Jiang Liwei, but there was no door.

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The next day, the army set out before dawn.

Chen Xi dragged his exhausted body out of the inn and heard the howling of wolves from the wilderness in the distance. At this time, Lingnan was not completely developed, and the policy of changing land to the land intensified the conflict between officials and the people. Even the road was not peaceful. Wolves were a trivial matter. The biggest danger was the bandits. However, no matter how brave the bandits were, they did not dare to fight head-on with the official army.

These days, thieves are very aware of this. They are always thieves. No matter how tough they face the army, they can only avoid them.

Chen Xi looked at the sky and saw the dazzling star in the night sky, proving that it would be a good weather next. The carriage over there had arrived. Chen Xi waved his hand: "The weather is good, I'm riding a horse."

Jing Yue hurried over and persuaded him: "Sir, you got sick yesterday, so it's better to take a bus."

"No, you should ride a horse when you get sick. You have to be pounded in the carriage for two days, and the bones will probably fall apart." Chen Xi said, and asked someone to bring the horse, jump onto the horse, and walk with the soldiers of the three armies.

After riding a horse for a whole morning, Chen Xi was in a state of trouble and had to return to the carriage honestly in the afternoon.

Yesterday it was raining and rainy, but today it was sunny and the temperature rose sharply. The strong contrast between the front and back made the officers and soldiers unable to stand it. By noon, the officers and soldiers couldn't help but untied their clothes and took out the inner layer of clothes and put them into their bags. However, it doesn't matter how much they wear inside, but the outer layer of military uniforms must be used.

It's still March, the temperature is not too cold or too hot. If it's really winter or winter, it's a lot of suffering just by marching, let alone a battle on the battlefield.

When it is hot, you have to drink water. The next day, you basically walk along the Xijiang River. When soldiers are thirsty, they can go to the riverside to fill water. When they are resting at noon, the soldiers of Chenxi licensed soldiers take turns to take a bath in the shallows in Jiangyou. It happened that the weather was hot, and after washing, they could change into clean and refreshing clothes.

Of course, I can't wash my clothes at this moment because I have no place to dry it after washing, but there is still a veteran who washes his close clothes and hangs his clothes on it when he is marching.

By the afternoon of the march, many soldiers followed suit. From a distance, they didn't look like a marching force at all, but seemed to be a group of scholars carrying book baskets to take the exam, with colorful clothes hanging, and most of them carrying patches.

In this era of extremely backward productivity, it is not embarrassing to have patches in clothes. The most important thing is that there are no holes. Whoever has more patches in clothes and the sewing tight needles is a kind of honor, which means that your mother and daughter are good at being a woman.

Veterans like to compare this, but those new recruits don't, because many of them have not married or have children. If their clothes are torn, they either make up for them by themselves, or they are the old lady at home, sisters-in-law, sisters and other female relatives to help. Even if the sewing is good, it does not mean that they can marry a good woman in the future.

Chenxi has the best treatment. He will not go to the river to take a shower. When he is resting at night, he will provide him with a separate bathtub and hot water.

There were no civil servants and no eunuchs in the army. Chen Xi had a great position in the army. Even if he was "corrupt" someone else would take it for granted. After experiencing the wars before the New Year, no one could shake Chen Xi's position in the army. Even those generals and schools liked to get close to him for nothing, hoping that Chen Xi would pay more attention to them, and perhaps they could be reused in the future.

On the night of the tenth day of March, the army did not station around the inn, but instead slept overnight in the wilderness. The soldiers cut through the thorns to sort out the open space. In addition to building tents, they also had to dig toilets, drainage canals and warning trenches. They also had to set up tripping ropes and fences on the outer edges to prevent the enemy from attacking the camp at night.

The most lively evening is the time between the meal and the rest. There are bonfires in the military camp everywhere, soldiers are sitting in front of the fire with weapons and listening to the veterans bragging, mostly about women.

They also wanted to talk more about their experiences on the battlefield, but unfortunately, even veterans were just sleek in dealing with people. They themselves did not have much experience on the battlefield. The only decent resume was to follow Chen Xi to pacify the bandits a few years ago, which was their most proud thing.

Chen Xi sat quietly in his big tent. At this moment, he felt extremely lonely. He missed his wife and children at home, and the tenderness of Hui Niang and Li Jin. However, what he felt most disappointed in his heart was that he was in such a closed era.

Chen Xi originally thought that he had adapted to the life of the natives of the Ming Dynasty, but whenever he calmed down and was lonely around him, he still remembered all kinds of things in his previous life.

Although he was alone in that life, his advantage was that he had developed information, learned a lot of knowledge and was fulfilled in his heart. He did not expect that he would learn and use it in this Ming Dynasty.

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