The military system of the Ming Dynasty was inherited from the previous dynasty, and the central government was the governor's office of the five armies, which was divided into left and right governors, and the local commanders were set up to command the envoys, and the guards were set up under them. The Governor's Office and the Command Envoy of the Five Armies are the highest military institutions in the imperial court and the local government, respectively.

The Metropolitan Command Department and the guards set up in various places were subordinate to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and they were responsible for training soldiers and tuntian in peacetime, but they had to obey the orders of the military department during the battle, and the chief military officer sent by the imperial court transferred and commanded. In the early Ming Dynasty, most of the princes and uncles served as the chief military officers, and after the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the chief military officers were stationed in the localities, and the imperial court sent governors to control them.

From Hongwu to Yongle, the basic responsibility for training soldiers is not responsible for training, and whether to lead soldiers in training should refer to many factors, such as the resolution of the imperial court, the mood of the emperor, and whether the bigwigs of the military department see whether someone is pleasing to the eye.

Therefore, it is necessary for the military attache of the Ming Dynasty to hold "several positions".

Shen Guji's current main position is deputy Qianhu, which is equivalent to the position of a local official, from the fifth grade. The guerrilla generals belong to a complete military position, commanding more than 3,000 people, mainly in the field, and the rank is proportional to the five grades.

At the moment, this field force of 3,000 people is mainly responsible for border patrols, defense in the city, and various lookout piers are horns of each other, once the signs of the Northern Yuan cavalry are found, immediately send troops to warn, a little more fierce, such as Shen guerrilla, it is possible to rush up directly.

Since the beginning of August, the border troops guarding the lookout platform outside the city can see cavalry wearing vermilion jackets roaring and whistling away almost every day, and the Tartars, who are said to come to threshk grass and have a lot of heads, have not been seen.

I don't know if I was frightened by my fierce peers, so I temporarily retreated, or I braked quietly, waiting for the best time.

Sometimes, too "peaceful" days can make people feel nervous, not only the border soldiers who defend the city, but even the strong men who guard the fields and graze every day, carry one or two weapons with them.

Saving one's life is the main thing, in case you are lucky enough to kill one or two Tartars, Yu Ding Tiehu also has merit.

It is not the first time that Shen Xuan's cavalry has passed by the lookout platform guarded by General Meng's banner, and everyone is familiar with it.

Meng Deng looked down on the second floor of the bunker, and saw that two cavalrymen in the team rode forward, raised the water bladder he was carrying, and immediately knew their intention.

"General Banner, do you want to send someone down?"

"I'll go myself." Meng turned around and found Ding Xiaoqi, who was on duty today, that is, the former Langzhong adult, "Prepare water bladders and large biscuit food." And the salted eggs I brought today, send them all down. ”

After the bunker was built, the soldiers on duty basically slept here, and stored a lot of food and water. In addition, Meng tried every means to get the meat to improve the food for everyone, and the four small flags that were later assigned to him also said that Meng Zongqi was benevolent and righteous.

Seeing that Meng was going to send the eggs out of the gang, Ding Xiaoqi stopped him, not because he was stingy, but because he felt that this move might cause unnecessary trouble.

"General Banner, do you want to think about it again?"

Meng smiled and said, "It's okay. It's not that there are no merchants in the city, and we can find out what we can find out if we get it in exchange for it? Emperor Daxing personally ordered that the barren flat land and mountain fields of the border area can be grazed and chopped firewood, and it is reasonable to occasionally get some wild things. Besides," Meng paused, "The little thing we do, Deputy Qianhu may not know the way." ”

"What does the general flag mean?"

"I heard Liu's experience say, the two townspeople in the Xicheng Thousand Households, don't look at the usual inconspicuous mountains and waters, they used to be in the Jinyi Weibei Town."

"Shhhh

Lord Qianlangzhong gasped, his face full of surprise.

Meng pouted, "Ding Xiaoqi, it's over again, smart people don't need to be like this." I don't believe you really don't know about it. ”

"Don't blame the general flag," the former Langzhong arched his hand and sneered, "It's used to it, it's hard to change for a while." ”

As an official, especially in the Ming Dynasty, you must remember one thing, you must not let Shangguan think that you are smarter than him. Even if they know each other, they have to do superficial work.

It doesn't matter if you are capable, it's okay to be self-motivated, but you have to grasp the degree, otherwise you will be like the deputy envoy of the Miscellaneous Bureau who strives for the top, roll up the burden and go home unemployed.

People should be humble, and modesty is a virtue.

This is Meng's words, and it is also an unshakable code of conduct above the temple.

Ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, all universal.

Meng smiled, he found that the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty were actually quite cute, although this cuteness had to be put in quotation marks.

Leaving Lord Langzhong to continue to look out on the pier, Meng personally led people to send things down the mountain.

It was still early, and Deputy Shen Qianhu thought that he would have to wander around outside for a while before choosing to come to him to find supplies, rather than going back to the city directly.

In addition to the bunker, horses and wooden hedges are also arranged on the mountainside, as long as they can increase their own safety factor, Meng Tong's brothers will not be too troublesome. Because of this, Shen Xuan and his cavalry did not go directly up the mountain.

Stepping into the trap set by his own people, is it wrong?

"I've seen a thousand households under the mark!"

Meng and the others put down their things and saluted Shen Xuan, who was dressed in a cyan military attache uniform.

Deputy Shen Qianhu is very strong, rarely wears armor when he goes out on patrol, a military attache uniform, a long knife, riding on a horse, handsome as a bamboo, but the momentum is as sharp as a knife.

Shen Xuan motioned Meng to get up, jumped off the horse, took the water bladder, unscrewed the lid and drank it in a big gulp, the crystal water line slid down the jaw along the corner of the mouth, and disappeared into the neckline, Meng lowered his head, why is he so good-looking? Isn't this a blatant attempt to make a mistake?

He absolutely didn't admit it, but at this moment, a poem by Emperor Jiajing that had been famous for thousands of years suddenly popped up in his mind, I and the general broke their battle robes or something, it was really too evil.

It must be admitted that men are visual creatures, and there are few exceptions.

It's the same with Meng.

Shen Xuan's cavalry was divided into several groups, defending or patrolling the city in batches.

If 3,000 people run around on the grassland together, clearly telling the neighbors, I'm here, I'm looking for you, and if you find it, you will definitely beat you and can't take care of yourself, are you running or stubbornly persevering?

Those who have the ability to think basically do not choose the latter.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the territory of the frontier was extremely wide, Shen Xuan took only more than 300 people, and the others were scattered everywhere, and occasionally they could meet the cavalry sent by other garrisons and Liaodong guards.

If you are lucky, you may be able to meet the prince of Liao. The prince of King Ning also often led troops out to wander around, and was said to be the same fierce man as King Ning. When you start a battle, you go into battle shirtless, the gods block and kill the gods, and the Buddhas block and kill the Buddhas.

Is it incredible?

The prince of Yan Wang is limited by his physical condition, and there is no way, the other sons are all skilled in bows and horses. The nine vassal kings and princes who guarded the north, as long as they were not crooked, could basically handle them.

At first, Meng also thought this thing was incredible, but if he thought about it carefully, he was not incomprehensible.

History is true, but history books are written by people.

Not surprising.

The emperors of the middle and late Ming Dynasty were indeed mavericks.

Water bladders and food were distributed, and the cavalrymen dismounted one after another, taking turns drinking and eating. The buckwheat cakes, carefully removed from the chaff, are still hot, and they taste extraordinarily fragrant. This is nothing, Meng took out dozens of salted eggs is a bit amazing.

"All rely on the reward of the deputy thousand households."

Meng's smile was sincere, and his tone was even more sincere.

He didn't lie, the salt was rewarded by Shen Xuan, and he swallowed it alone, and distributed it to his brothers, and each person's share was really limited, so he simply exchanged the most refined animal skin for dozens of eggs, and a jar of pickled ones, everyone could eat it.

Shen Xuan didn't refuse, nor did he ask Meng where the egg came from. However, the soldiers were surprised on their faces, eggs were a rarity in the side plug, not one per person, basically one small bite per person, and it was considered satisfying.

"Meng Zongqi."

"Mark it in."

"It's a good move." Shen Deputy Qianhu can make people covered in ice when he is cold, but at this moment, there is a smile on the corner of his mouth, which makes people feel like a spring breeze.

"Thank you."

was praised by his boss, and he should be grateful if he didn't cry, and he learned a lot from the former Langzhong adult. Moreover, with Shen Xuan's words, even if there is not enough food to eat in the future, it should be no problem to focus on the old business...... Right?

As he spoke, the cavalrymen had finished resting and mounted their horses.

Shen Xuan sat on the horse, trimming his eyebrows and handsome eyes, a gentleman was brilliant, slightly less aggressive, like a piece of rare jade.

"Meng Zongqi has merit, it can be continued, and it is not enough to try a hundred households."

The words fell, the whip was raised, and the cavalry galloped away as they came.

Meng stood in place, scratching his chin, trying a hundred households is useless?

Is Vice Chino-sama saying that he is doing very well, and if he continues to work hard, he will be promoted again? Maybe you can still try a hundred households? In that case, it will really break into the military attache system of the Ming Dynasty.

However, this may seem familiar.

Meng raised an eyebrow on one side, and thought about it carefully, the Yongle Emperor in history once wrote such a verbal check to Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han. What did Emperor Yongle say? It seems that "the prince is not in good health".

So does he believe or not?

Regardless of whether he is promoted or not, if he wants to set foot on the big ship of Jingnan and resolutely follow the future Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty to embark on the golden road of rebellion and rebellion, he should really take the olive branch handed over by Shen Deputy Qianhu, right?

As a small shrimp, there are shortcuts that don't go in vain.

Even if you want to be cannon fodder, you have to be a cannon fodder with style and ideals.

Meng stood in place, his eyes narrowed slightly, his expression was unpredictable, and the few border soldiers standing next to him did not dare to make a sound, and always felt that it was better not to disturb Meng Zongqi at this time.

However, Meng Zongqi is like this now, it really looks like he is about to attack a fat chicken......

Just when Meng was planning for the future, he rode a fast horse and galloped outside, and the knight immediately brought the latest edict of the imperial court, and the whole family of the guards of Zhaoxingzhou, Yingzhou, and Kaiping was exempted. Those who are single in the world's guards will be put into the people.