Zhang Ji sat on the grass next to a forest, stretched his legs hard, and sighed contentedly. Many of the soldiers around them were like this, sitting or lying down, with their legs straight.

Cavalry have this problem, even if they go down to the ground, they will still involuntarily circle their legs, so it is a comfortable enjoyment to find a place to stretch their legs.

In the past few days, Zhang Ji has been busy enough.

Although the county seat of Suyi is not big, it is still a little difficult to surround and spread the net and hunt down some scouts who report or detect, but fortunately, most of these scouts and messengers are relatively brainless, either to Chang'an or to Tongguan, so they are still busy.

Zhang Ji divided the 800 men and horses into eight parts, and took turns to hunt around Suyi, just like a pack of wolves, and when they saw a lone person, they would kill them directly, and if the other party appeared in a team, they would gather the troops in the rear of the side to hunt together.

Although this tactic can be a good cut off the source of Suyi, but it is very troublesome, if it is not for Zhang Ji's previous experience as a horse thief in Xiliang, and there are many veterans among his soldiers, it will be difficult to complete the order of the general Fei Qian, at most, it is great to set up ambushes on both sides of the official road, and if the enemy goes around the small road, there will be no move.

But as a result, it's too tiring!

Centaurs are all the same, they all need to rest, and even to a certain extent, war horses are worse than people. In other words, war horses have less stamina than humans and are more likely to get tired.

Normally, a person only needs to meet four hours, that is, eight hours of rest, then the rest of the time can be turned into activities, whether it is marching or working, most of them can be supported, and there are still not too many problems under general intensity.

But for the war horse, eight hours of rest, but far from enough, in order to maintain the full physical strength of the war horse, every hour of the day, it needs to be trimmed, at least half an hour needs to be trimmed, let the war horse drink some water, eat some beans, slow breath, etc., plus the rest time at night, the war horse basically needs six hours a day, which is equivalent to half of the time is resting......

Therefore, if you fight for a long time, war horses are more likely to get tired than humans, so you must control the intensity of the battle within a limited range, solve the battle as quickly as possible, and pay attention to the strength of the war horse at all times, which has become the most basic requirement of a cavalry general.

But once on the plains, with a large number of cavalry and can dominate, the control of the battlefield is completely in the hands of the cavalry.

Zhang Ji didn't understand Fei Qian's order at first, but in the past two days, he has killed more than 200 soldiers in a scattered manner, and he has slowly realized something.

In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves was heard, and a group of cavalrymen who had just returned raised the banner representing their own side, and then under the leadership of the cavalry patrolling around, they arrived at this woodland where Zhang Ji was hiding and manicuring.

The leader of the team laughed, then dismounted, untied the four or five heads tied around the horses' necks, and then threw the heads aside in the resentful eyes of the dozen or so cavalrymen behind him, and turned his face to the military judge in the army on the side and shouted: "A little bit! Lots to count! ”

The human head rolled on the ground gurgling, bounced a few times, and the originally somewhat coagulated plasma was also scattered in the vibration, and the purple-black blood in the semi-solid state flowed out of the gap in the neck, staining the face of the human head, which looked extremely weird.

The cavalryman who followed this man not only rode himself, but also led the three horses with ropes, then dismounted and tied his own and the three newly captured horses to the trunk of a tree on one side, and then walked to the side of the horse led by the team, and then reached out to untie the horse feed bag of the team.

The team leader glared and shouted, "Little cub, what are you doing?" ”

The little soldier was not stunned, and directly pushed back, saying: "The horse you captured, of course, use your material to feed!" It's okay to use mine, and the seizure is on my head? ”

The captain laughed, scratched his head with his bloodstained hand, and waved his hand to let the cavalryman unpack the horse feed......

Zhang Ji glanced at it, and couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Black old knife! This habit has not been changed when the team rate! You think it's time to be a chief, you have to take everyone with you now, don't keep worrying about those heads! Look at it, eighty percent of you killed everyone by yourself, and you didn't have a few left...... for your brothers."

was called to be a black old knife, hehe smiled, and said: "Captain Zhang, you don't know, there are only a few...... You said that there are still a few left, so my wife and children are still thinking about adding a few new clothes or something, let a few in the east and a few in the west, isn't it that the mother-in-law in the family has no idea? No, no, no, at least save some friends for my mother-in-law first! ”

A guy with a curved appearance next to him was unraveling some of the silk silk of the side rib iron armor, and then reached inside and didn't know whether to scratch the itch or scratch the lice, and when he heard the words of the black old knife, he raised his head and said with a smile: "The black old knife!" What does the newly married mother-in-law taste like? Good no good? ”

Hei Laodao laughed a few times and didn't speak, but it could be seen from his expression that he was still quite satisfied and proud.

Another team leader was laying dry kudzu cloth on the horse's back, and then put the saddle back on, and was lowering his head to tie the leather strap on the saddle, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but look up and laugh and said, "Aha! You don't know, I live next door to the black old knife, I know best! On that day, General Zhengxi held a merit ceremony outside the city, and the black old knife was a good one, the waist, the buttocks, round like a bucket! Gee! At first glance, you will know that it is easy to give birth to! I'm telling you, that night, ......."

When the black old knife heard this, he hurriedly pounced, and was about to cover the mouth of the team leader.

The team leader shouted with a smile while dodging, "Haha! Boy! Our dog barked all night! ”

Those who were listening with their ears pricked up on the side also laughed at this time.

There is also a good thing shouting: "Black old knife, I heard that I still brought you a little cub?" Whose surname is it? ”

The black old knife pulled his neck and said: "If you follow Lao Tzu, you will follow Lao Tzu's surname!" ”

Because it is not easy to raise children in the Han Dynasty, the Han people in the Han Dynasty in this year are actually not much different from the Hu people's concepts and attitudes towards children......

It's not a derogatory term, but in this era, as the most grassroots people, it is not easy to have a bite to eat and survive. Whether it is their own bloodline, in fact, for the Han Dynasty people who have the concept of ancestral sacrifice, it is not the most important thing, but after their death, there are still people who can light a stick of incense for themselves, burn some paper money, and pass on their surname, which is the most important thing.

Everyone giggled and laughed, and Zhang Ji just smiled and didn't pay attention to it. Originally, it was repaired here, and it was also to let the tense nerves of the soldiers relax and relax, otherwise they would cut off people's heads with blades every day, and the bloody ones would also be depressed and panicked.

This has always been the case in the army, although the compatriots who fight together are big and young, old and young, but they are like brothers to each other, and what they laugh at each other on weekdays is not nothing, and even because of some things it is not nothing, but as long as they are on the battlefield, then they are still reliable comrades-in-arms, brothers who risk their lives, even if there are some small holidays on weekdays, they are not mentioned.

Because in this era, these perhaps somewhat vulgar men understand a very simple truth, in the battle array, if you don't save others today, then when you need others to help, no one will come to save you......

And the only one who did not participate in the teasing of the black old knife did not laugh, but still squatted on the ground with a strained face, squatting meticulously in front of the human head, the military judge who was checking.

Originally, the military law of the Han Dynasty was formulated with the former Qin, the so-called first-level merit is the most important merit in the army, and there are special personnel for the work of counting heads, but only the first level of the eight hundred can be regarded as the top of the eight hundred, and the rest are like what kind of servant soldiers, like what kind of servitude people, etc., are not counted.

It's a pity that in the late Han Dynasty, with the departure of the Xiongnu, the credit of the head of the head, perhaps in order to suppress these vulgar warriors who rose rapidly because of military exploits, or because of the extremely embarrassed finances, has reached the point where it can no longer be supported, so the head of the merit is gradually canceled.

In addition, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sold the people on a large scale, which led to the depreciation of the title a lot because of this reason, so that the martial and fierce spirit handed down from the former Qin gradually disappeared......

The reward for killing is no longer distributed to each soldier, but nominally to the entire army, in fact, it is equivalent to giving it to the general who commands the army, rather than the small soldier who really faces death.

As a result, the most grassroots soldiers naturally did not have enough motivation to go to the battlefield to win the wealth and status of their families.

Therefore, in the Han Dynasty, during the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the source of soldiers gradually became the recruitment system, and the brave ones were all private soldiers and martial artists raised by the scholars, and the era of martial arts seemed to be gradually disappearing.

In order to cultivate more military families, it is convenient to derive more elite military families, and in order to win over the hearts of the military, it is necessary to re-link the beheading with the military merit, and re-use the military merit system in the former Qin and early Han dynasties......

"No armor, there are horses......" The military judge who had inspected the heads stood up, put the two heads to the side with his feet, and said, "But there are only three horses, so they can only be counted as three heads!" Black old knife, if there is no problem, I will count! ”

The soldiers who came out from Suyi to report the news, in order to reduce the burden of the war horse, in order to run faster, and in order to run longer, so they are generally not armor-piercing, as for the two more heads, it is not that these two are not soldiers, but these two were shot at the beginning, and then the war horse they rode ran away, and after killing the three people behind, it was a little impossible to find the horse......

"Hey! Bad luck! That's it, that's it! ”

The old black knife stepped forward, kicked the two worthless heads aside, then lowered his head, reached out and pulled out a hemp rope from his neck, and then took off the two small thin copper pieces that he had carried close to him, strung together, and handed them to the military judge.

The copper sheets are all products of Huang's workshop, and the thin sheets forged by hydraulic power are the unique nameplate system of Feiqian's soldiers.

Although it was inevitable that he was a little unhappy, he didn't say anything more. Hei Laodao also knew that it was not that the military judge wanted to embarrass himself, but because military discipline was military discipline, and if he could make a discount and make a discussion, it would become a deal, not military discipline.

Seeing that the black old knife also agreed, the military judge took the two copper pieces tied with hemp rope from the black old knife, and then pushed aside the copper sheet that marked the personal information of the black old knife, took another small copper sheet, and used the knife to add a new three-level head to the copper sheet.

According to the military merit system that Fei Qian is now implementing, an ordinary recruit can be converted into a regular soldier as long as he beheads a soldier, that is, the enemy's armored pawn, and the military rations and salaries will no longer be discounted.

If it is a third-level decapitation, or you can change the first-level military merit, or you can change the position of a captain in the army, or exchange it for money and goods, etc., of course, the higher you go, the higher the number of decapitation levels required for promotion. Like Hei Laodao has achieved the level of team rate, the credit of third-level decapitation basically can't help him improve his level, but it's really just like what he said, he can exchange some money to subsidize the family of his mother-in-law who married him.

The military merit lord is linked to the number of exempted fields at home, and the difference between ordinary fields and military merits is basically doubled, so these families have divided some fields, and they naturally remember these heads, this matter, everyone understands, so when the black old knife personally killed the scout and obtained the head, and did not give it to his subordinates, he was naturally slightly despised by his soldiers, which is the reason.

The team rate is still counted as the first level, and the length of the tun long song or something that goes up is no longer counted as the individual's head, but mainly based on the number of the first level of the entire team to calculate the individual's merits.

If a soldier gets a few heads, he can reduce a large burden on his family, and he can reduce some field endowments, but if he gets these old knives, he can only exchange them for money......

After the military judge finished carving the mark, he took out the bamboo slips used in the army to count meritorious service in front of the black old knife, and added the record of the black old knife to it, which can be regarded as completing the overall process.

"Okay, chop off the head, bury it."

The military judge returned the bronze medal to the black old knife, then called his men, pointed to the head and said, then turned to the black old knife and the others, and shouted loudly, "Say it again, the head can only be cut off after the war!" Those who cut off their heads in battle, and those who robbed their heads, were first whipped thirty! And then you will be killed! ”

"I know, I know, I shout every time, don't you bother......" The black old knife muttered quietly while taking the bronze medal and putting it on his neck.

The military judge was expressionless, and said to the black old knife with a straight face: "If you don't say it, if something happens, you will behead someone, and replace it with you, do you say it?" ”

The black old knife laughed twice, then turned around and shouted again: "Everyone heard it!" Only after the war did the head be cut! Those who cut off the head in the battle, and those who robbed the head, are all the first ones to whip thirty! Recidivists are beheaded! ”

Looking at the black old knife like this, the military judge's stiff face loosened slightly.

The black old knife sat next to Zhang Ji, looked at the copper piece happily for a while, and then stuffed it back into the collar, turned his head and said to Zhang Ji: "Captain...... These scattered things are not enough to stuff the teeth, when will you do it? ”

Zhang Ji squinted his eyes, basking in the warm winter sun, and said lazily: "Want to catch a big one?" Let's say okay first, when you really want to fight, if you kid stare at the head and make a mistake, Lao Tzu will be the first to cut you! ”

"Hehe, how can this be! Captain rest assured! The black old knife smiled a little embarrassedly.

Zhang Ji snorted, and then said slowly: "It's almost, it's just the matter of the past two days...... Don't ask, you'll know then...... Go and take your brother to make a good living, there is hot soup boiling in the clearing in the woods, go and drink some, and then rest and rest, and in three hours, it will be your turn to keep vigil today......"