North, border.

When he got up early in the morning, Xiahou walked out of his residence, and every morning he had to go to the camp for a routine inspection, which had become a habit carved into his bones.

A while ago, Liu Boyuan, the original border general from Sanpin, died of illness, and there was no main general in the army for a while.

General Liu has been at the border for more than 20 years, and he is deeply loved by the soldiers, and it is difficult to support the soldiers under such a situation, and General Liu has made great contributions.

Especially since about eleven or twelve years ago, the imperial court has not allocated funds to the border army, and even if there is, it may not be in anyone's hands.

When Liu Chongxin was the most ruthless in the rebellion, not to mention the military expenses and military rations of the border army, what money did he dare not take for himself?

And this kind of deduction was not done by Liu Chongxin alone.

Liu Chongxin is the ancestor of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, for example, if the military expenditure for the border passes is 1 million taels a year, 500,000 taels will fall into Liu Chongxin's hands.

200,000 taels fall into the hands of the officials on the next layer, 100,000 taels on the next layer, 50,000 taels on the next layer, and so on.

Layers of exploitation, and when they reach the border pass, there is only a piece of paper left, and there is not a single tael of military spending and not a single grain of military rations.

General Liu had to go to Jizhou every year to beg Zeng Ling like a grandfather, but fortunately, Zeng Ling also knew that the border was critical, and the imperial court's appropriation could not be obtained, and he still supplied food.

These soldiers at the border pass were able to persevere, relying on their enthusiasm and loyalty.

General Liu also led the soldiers to grow some grain by themselves, although the climate and environment are bitter and cold, and the yield is extremely low, but there is a little bit of it, and it is better than nothing.

After General Liu's death, the whole army wore filial piety, but because he was really poor, he couldn't buy so much white cloth, and he couldn't make so many white clothes, so he had to wrap one around each soldier's arm.

The quartermasters were also uncomfortable, and they wanted to make General Liu's funeral better, but they were overstretched, so there was nothing they could do.

General Liu cried for a long time before he died, hating himself for being incompetent.

After General Liu's death, everyone cried for a long time, hating themselves for being incompetent.

After General Liu's death, the border army sent a document to Jizhou, Zeng Ling was returning from defeat at that time, and he was busy intriguing with Prince Yu, so how could he bother with the affairs of the border army.

sent an article to Youzhou, Luo Geng sent someone to send some bereavement benefits, but he didn't make any arrangements.

In the end, the soldiers discussed, and the court could only rely on themselves regardless of the place or place, so it was decided that everyone would nominate one person to take over the post of general.

Xiahou Zhuo did not participate at that time, and he said that he could not compare with the generals in the army in terms of seniority, prestige and meritorious achievements.

But even he didn't expect that he didn't show up, and he was the one who was elected.

Xiahou Zhuo's popularity is good, but he is good at righteousness, he is brave, he is indomitable, and he treats every border army as a brother.

Those who are not as qualified as him obey him.

Those who are older than him also obey him.

Dozens of generals of more than five grades were in the camp, and everyone wrote down the people they wanted to choose on a slip of paper, and in order to avoid embarrassment, everyone did not leave their names.

As a result, the note opened, and all it was written was Xiahou Zhuo.

Xiahou Zhuo didn't dare to accept it, it was the first time he was so panicked, but dozens of generals above the fifth rank stood outside his door, solemnly lined up.

They neatly saluted a border army salute towards Xiahou Zhuo's house, and shouted in unison...... Meet the General!

From this day on, Xiahou Zhuo became the first border army general who had not been canonized by the imperial court for hundreds of years since the founding of the Great Chu State.

He was not sealed by the imperial court, he was inherited.

Every morning, Xiahou Zhuo would go to the camp and practice with the soldiers, he ate what the soldiers ate, and he lived what the soldiers lived.

In order to help the soldiers get winter clothes, he went to rob the bandits like a bandit, and took his own battalion to fight the bandits and horse thieves inside and outside the pass.

If you have a tael of silver, you will also spend it on the border soldiers.

For more than half a year, the soldiers have become accustomed to it, and their commander's name is called

Xiahou Zhuo, on the battlefield, that is their brother who is charging forward, and in life, it is the old father who broke his heart for them.

But Xiahou Zhuo is still like that, he looks like a hanger, and when he walks, he is still as handsome as he is in the academy.

With a pipe in his mouth, he slipped into the barracks, and when he saw a soldier peeing not far away, he glanced over and walked away.

"Brother, you're not as big as me."

The soldier looked back at him, then laughed.

Laugh and salute and shout a general.

When he arrived at the school field, Xiahou Zhuo followed the soldiers to run circles and practice together, and trained the queue formation together.

Wrestling with the soldiers, if he loses, he runs two more laps, if he loses, he cheats, sits on the ground and can't get up, pretends to cry, and after enough trouble, he goes to run two laps.

He let the soldiers know and remember that brotherhood is love, and military discipline is another matter.

The war drums sounded, and the soldiers began to change their formations with the sound of the drums, some of these formations were thought up by Xia Houzhuo himself, and some of them were improved by him.

Just as I was watching the soldiers change their formations, a soldier on duty ran over, saying that someone was looking for him outside the camp, a young man who called himself Li Qi.

Xiahou Zhuo's face changed significantly, and then he screamed and ran outside with his girl.

The soldiers looked at the general like this, and they were all a little confused, and the general at this moment was like a child.

Running outside the camp in one breath, Xiahou Zhuo saw Li Qi standing at the door at a glance, not looking at the camp, while I looked at the distant peaks outside the camp.

Xiahou Zhuo passed quietly and silently, walked lightly to Li Qi and stretched out his hand, raised his hand, rounded it, and slapped it towards the back of Li Qi's head.

The palm of his hand stopped when it reached Li Qi's head, and then gently fell on Li Qi's head, and with a breath, he rubbed Li Qi's hair into a mess.

"It's good to give some face."

Li Qi's head was rubbed back and forth, and he said helplessly: "I have now reached the age when I should pick up girls, and my image is very important." ”

Xiahou Zhuo laughed: "Oh, it's not this head that picks up girls." ”

Li Qi was stunned, looked back at Xiahou Zhuo, and then asked, "Is the border army culture so unruly?" ”

Xiahou Zhuo laughed and came up with a bear hug.

After a while, they separated again, because he suddenly came to his senses, and Li Qi suddenly came here to look for him, maybe something big had happened.

"Something's wrong?"

Xiahou asked.

Li Qi said: "It's not a big deal, do you have food?" Eat first. ”

Xiahou Zhuo believed it as soon as he heard this, it is indeed not a big deal, if it is really a big matter, Li Qi still has the heart to eat?

"There's nothing good to eat."

"Just take care of it."

Three moments later, in the camp, in Xiahou Zhuo's military tent, Li Qi killed seven nests bigger than a fist in one go, and ate a large plate full of pickled radish strips.

"It's comfortable."

After Li Qi was full, he slowly exhaled a breath, looked at Xiahou Zhuo and said, "When you are full, come and beat your legs." ”

Xiahou Zhuo kicked over, and Li Qi had already run to the other side.

Li Qi explained the intention in detail, as well as the current situation in Jizhou City, but he only said a word about Prince Yu's death.

After Xiahou Zhuo heard that Prince Yu was dead, his expression changed significantly, how could he be undisturbed.

"Are you going to take the Yanshan camp?"

Xiahou asked.

Li Qi nodded and said: "Brother Yu's idea back then was right, he couldn't compete with the government at that time, so he could only base himself on Yanshan, and I am the same now." ”

Xiahou Zhuo said: "I'll order soldiers and horses to help you." ”

Li Qi said: "No, your soldiers are not used to fight this kind of battle, as long as you take down the soldiers and horses of Daizhou Pass and Xinzhou Pass as soon as possible, and the border pass is stable, which is more important than anything else." ”

Xiahou said: "Since you have decided to enter the game, these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are very important to you. ”

Li Qi shook his head: "Those tens of thousands of people are given to me, and I use them to fight my own people, stay on the border, guard the country, and fight foreign enemies." ”

Xiahou sighed: "A guy like you enters the game to fight with those guys who have no bottom line, I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing." ”

Li Qi smiled: "Good thing. ”

Xiahou Zhuo asked, "What's good?" ”

Li Qi lowered his head and said: "This northern border, after I take it, I will farm the land, raise pigs, and grow vegetables, and send it to you...... When you are at the border, you should not just eat wotou pickles. ”

Xiahou was stunned.

Li Qi slowly exhaled a breath and said: "I will raise pigs for you, Yu Jiuling has the true inheritance of Mr. Li's pig raising, raising fat pigs, and there is meat every meal." ”

Xiahou Zhuo was silent for a while, then raised his hand and rubbed it on Li Qi's head again, and said to himself: "What a fucking stupid...... Others want this Jizhou, they want to be a prince, they want to fight for the world, you are good, you want to raise pigs......"

Li Qi looked out the window and said: "I will raise pigs and vegetables for you first, and in the future I will raise pigs and vegetables for the people of the world. ”

Xiahou Zhuo laughed, his eyes slightly reddened.

"I'm leaving."

Li Qi got up and said: "I rushed here to tell you about the border pass, you arrange it as soon as possible, those soldiers who guard the border pass will become cannon fodder for his ambition in the hands of the golden armor, and become your people, they are at least the masters who stand up to the sky." ”

Xiahou Zhuo nodded: "Then let's go, if you need me, send someone to find me." ”

Li Qi snorted, turned out all the silver tickets he was carrying, and handed them to Xiahou Zhuo: "It's not much, and I can barely add hundreds of new quilts to the soldiers, it's going to be cold." ”

Xiahou Zhuo raised his hand and patted it on the mouth, snapping.

While patting, he said, "It's warm." ”

Li Qi said: "Let's go, take care of yourself." ”

Xiahou Zhuo said: "You should take care of yourself, I'm the boss here, they all listen to what I say, you ......"

Xiahou Zhuo wanted to say that as long as Yu Chaozong was alive, you would not be the boss, but he couldn't say this.

He raised his hand to help Li Qi tidy up his clothes, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, you have really grown up, when you become the boss, remember to send someone to tell me, I will set off firecrackers for you at the border gate." ”

Li Qi smiled and nodded, and turned to leave.

Xiahou Zhuo followed Li Qi all the way to the outside of the camp, Li Qi got on the horse and said to Xiahou Zhuo: "Go back, I won't live in Jizhou in the future, Yanshan Camp is not so far from here, I will come when I have time." ”

"Get out of here."

Xiahou Zhuo waved his hand: "Hurry up, I see that you are annoying, smelly and shameless to eat my plate of pickled radish strips, and you still want to come?" ”

Li Qi laughed and urged the horse to rush out.

Xiahou Zhuo's shout came from behind him: "Take care, lose your son!" ”

Li Qi raised his hand and shook it, and responded loudly: "Got it, Tiezhu!" ”

Xiahou Zhuo raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, and his subordinates asked, "Is the general crying?" ”

Xiahou Zhuo said: "Fart! ”

After a while, he snorted: "Yes, Lao Tzu is crying, what can you do?" ”

Turned around, stuffed the pipe into his mouth, but there was no tobacco in the pipe, and walked away with the pipe behind his back, this pipe is the relic of General Liu, who used to always carry this pipe to inspect the barracks.

Xiahou Zhuo of Hanger Langdang.

Take a few steps and turn back.

Far away, Li Qi's shout was heard.

"Tiezhu, wait until I raise pigs to raise you in the future."

Xiahou took a sip: "Phew! ”

Then laugh.

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[Briefly explain to you the recent update, everyone knows about family affairs, probably because there are more things to sleep less, and I am anxious, so the cervical spine is uncomfortable and vomits a few times, and I will go to the bone in the past two days, the effect is good, and I will go every day, but there will be no problem with the update. 】