From the north of the city where Tao Ranju is located to the military camp in the south of the city, it happens to be the two extremes of the north and south of the county, and the distance is not far away, but it is not close, there are about two kilometers.

He Xiaojun and Squad Leader Liu are all powerful people, of course, this distance is not in their eyes, it only took about ten minutes, and they have already appeared in the barracks.

The military camp was built on a piece of wasteland in the south of the county seat at a distance from the dwellings, close to the natural "moat" in the south of the county.

Ningcheng is a small city surrounded by water on both sides and mountains on the other.

The two sides of the water ring of Ningcheng are south and west, and the two sides of the city are surrounded by a wide and turbulent river. This big river, called Tongji River, has become a natural moat barrier to enter Ningcheng from these two sides, just like the moat of many ancient cities.

To enter the city from the south and west sides of Ningcheng, you must cross two earthen bridges that are three stone slabs wide and cross the Tongji River.

The side of Ningcheng around the mountain is the north. To the north of Ningcheng there is a series of endless hills, and between the hills and the city, there is a series of pools connected together.

To the east of Ningcheng, it is the only plain area in the county, and there is only a small hill at the entrance to the city.

The hill in the east of the city is the only commanding height of the county. The location of this hill is quite delicate, if it is placed on the defensive city, there is a big man to pass, and there is no way to open it.

With a geographical feature like Ningcheng, anyone who knows how to do military affairs can see that it is easy to defend, so Platoon Commander Yang and his group of garrisons don't need to spend much effort in defending Ningcheng, just set up a pass in some places in the city that are connected with the outside, and send a few more sentinels.

In fact, a small city of Ningcheng's size should be far from meeting the specifications of the army stationing troops, and the same small city in the surrounding area, and even the prefecture-level city that governed He Xiaojun and their seamounts in later generations, which was much larger than Ningcheng, did not have the treatment of a garrison.

The reason why Ningcheng has such treatment is mainly because of overseas Chinese.

There have been many big names in the overseas Chinese in Ningcheng, and Li Gong, who once served as a clerk by Sun Yat-sen's side, is one of them.

Because of Li Gong, Sun Yat-sen had a certain understanding of Haishan, and also had a certain understanding of the overseas Chinese in Haishan, and it was also because of Li Gong that the overseas Chinese in Haishan donated a large amount of money and materials to Sun Yat-sen's revolution free of charge.

In addition, Haishan is such a small remote place, and it was able to build the country's first private railway with the strength of the local people alone, which became the most successful fundraising in the overseas Chinese community at that time.

After Sun Yat-sen saw that the potential of overseas Chinese in Haishan was so great, he took a different view of Haishan, and in order to unite this potential force and protect the most prosperous small city within a radius of 100 miles, he began to send troops to garrison Haishan to protect the tranquility of this area and the interests of overseas Chinese.

In the successive regimes after Sun Yat-sen, Haishan was assisted by many figures, and as the status of overseas Chinese in the international community became higher and higher, these successive authorities also saw this potential power, so they continued Sun Yat-sen's practice and looked at Haishan differently.

To this day, the Nationalist Government still regards Haishan as a place one level higher than other regions, that is, the county magistrate of Haishan is also one level higher than other county magistrates, which is equivalent to the official level of a local district head.

Of course, these inside information are not known to ordinary people, and He Xiaojun at this time does not know either, and it was not until he became acquainted with County Magistrate Xie of Haishan that he learned this inside story from him.

After following Platoon Commander Yang and Squad Leader Liu into their barracks, He Xiaojun found that their barracks were not small.

The military camp was built in the large bamboo forest in the south of Ningcheng City, and the setting was extremely simple, except for a row of bungalows made of mountain stones, there was only a large open space used as a training ground.

On the training ground of the barracks, there was a group of soldiers at this time, who were conducting the daily routine evening training.

On the way to the barracks, He Xiaojun had already learned about the daily operation of their platoon garrison from squad leader Liu.

This platoon of the Ningcheng garrison has a total of 36 people, in addition to the platoon commander Yang and five logistics personnel, 30 soldiers are divided into two squads to guard Ningcheng day and night.

There are a total of five roads connecting Ningcheng with the outside, and the garrison sets up a pass on each road and sends two people to stand guard, and at the same time, the garrison also sends five soldiers with half a squad to patrol the county seat regularly.

Due to the task of protecting the city day and night, the training of the garrison can only be held in the morning and evening, so there is the scene of evening training that He Xiaojun saw.

As the people who led the troops, Platoon Commander Yang and Squad Leader Liu did not participate in the training because they drank alcohol today, they immediately threw themselves into the training of the soldiers after saying hello to He Xiaojun.

Judging from the behavior of Platoon Leader Yang and Squad Leader Liu, He Xiaojun knew that the two were not only conscious people, but also people who knew how to lead troops. Of course, generals must take the lead, otherwise, how can they be respected by soldiers?

After He Xiaojun saw this situation, he hesitated for a moment, and also joined Squad Leader Liu and their lineup and participated in the training of the troops.

Da Niu saw that everyone had joined the training, so he had to reluctantly join the training.

After He Xiaojun joined the training, Platoon Leader Yang, a veteran soldier, quickly saw his skills, as Squad Leader Liu said, in terms of military skills, he had surpassed most of them in the army.

In order to have a deeper understanding of He Xiaojun, after the queue training was completed, Platoon Commander Yang went against the norm and did not practice according to the previous projects, but went to the sparring of stabbing and fighting.

The results of the investigation of He Xiaojun surprised Platoon Commander Yang.

He Xiaojun defeated five soldiers in one go, and they had already done it within three or two moves. In the sparring of fighting, He Xiaojun was even more powerful, knocking down seven people in one go, and they all won within a few moves.

Platoon Commander Yang, a veteran of Youzi, saw in He Xiaojun's sparring that he was not only stronger than ordinary people, but also more flexible than ordinary people. The same action, when it comes to his hands, can be played to the fullest.

In the sparring of fighting, Platoon Commander Yang also saw that He Xiaojun knew martial arts.

Later, when he saw Da Niu also use the same moves to knock down the soldiers, and the moves were more proficient than He Xiaojun, Platoon Commander Yang knew that He Xiaojun's martial arts should have been learned from Da Niu. However, in terms of the use of moves, Platoon Commander Yang believes that He Xiaojun is more flexible than Da Niu.

The same move, used in different places, will receive completely different effects. Platoon Commander Yang saw that He Xiaojun's experience in this regard was far beyond his martial arts master.

Strong body, flexible skills, first-class reactions, familiarity with military skills, all these are the standards of a good soldier, if Platoon Commander Yang is not from Squad Leader Liu, he is sure that He Xiaojun has not been a soldier, but he must suspect that this young man in front of him is a veteran who has been mixed into the team since childhood.

In that era of war and chaos, there were many warlords on the hills, and the people's life was difficult, and many people ran to become soldiers at the age of thirteen or fourteen in order to stutter, so there were not a few people like He Xiaojun who became veterans at his age.

After the training, Platoon Commander Yang personally checked that the people who were soldiers must have marks on their bodies, such as the marks on the shoulders that carried the gun, the marks on the index finger and so on, and found that these did not appear on He Xiaojun, so he determined that he had not been a soldier, and couldn't help but be amazed at his performance.

After finishing the training and taking a cool shower on the well next to the barracks, Platoon Commander Yang summoned He Xiaojun, squad leader Liu, and Da Niu to sit in the open space of the barracks and let them recount in detail the battle of Chen Village to suppress bandits.

In fact, at the beginning, Platoon Commander Yang was not optimistic about He Xiaojun and Squad Leader Liu's suppression of bandits this time, after all, the gap between the forces was too big.

Even if Platoon Commander Yang was sure that his soldiers could withstand two bandits, there were still twenty or thirty bandits who had no one to top, so he didn't believe that with a few villagers in the village who had not undergone formal training, he could withstand the remaining twenty or thirty bandits.

Platoon Commander Yang: The main task of their garrison is to garrison the county seat, and when there is a bandit situation in the locality, they only send a small part of the troops to assist. And the bandits are all coming and going like the wind, and they often have slipped away before the arrival of the army, so there are not many opportunities for the garrison to engage the bandits head-on.

It was because he didn't fight the bandits much, and Platoon Commander Yang naturally wanted to learn more about the situation of the bandits, the only opponent of their garrison now.

What's more, this time, Chen Cun still won a big victory in suppressing bandits, and with absolutely weak troops and weapons, he cleaned up a group of dozens of bandits. What soldier is not interested in the example of a big victory? Platoon Commander Yang is certainly no exception.

At the same time, Platoon Commander Yang not only got a bonus in this big victory, but also got the county government's request for credit from his superiors, which was a matter of fame and fortune for him, and of course he was interested in knowing the process of this big victory, and fortunately, he had an explanation in front of his superiors.

He Xiaojun spent the night in the barracks in the first half of the night telling Platoon Commander Yang about the process of suppressing bandits.