When the news of the recall of meritorious soldiers to Beijing to sacrifice prisoners conveyed by the cabinet reached Xiao Ruxun, Xiao Ruxun had already taken the army to rest in Datong for more than ten days.

The tens of thousands of soldiers who went out to conquer Saibei have completely recovered from the tense atmosphere of blood and fire, and they will not open their mouths to kill and kill, nor will they open their mouths and close their mouths to behead and make meritorious contributions, and they have slowly returned to the state before the war.

But since they are still under Xiao Ruxun's command, and since Xiao Ruxun is still their governor, they will not let them change back to their original appearance so quickly. The army, which returned to daily life, under Xiao Ruxun's suggestion, carried out extremely rich daily activities instead of training.

For example, in the Zhennan Army, an all-army competition that was as important as a sports competition, each army selected the best soldiers to compete with each other, and the winners could receive various rewards.

Such customs are not absent in other armies, but there is really no army like Zhennan Army that institutionalizes and standardizes him, and the Zhennan Army is the only one with the scorpion tail.

Knife competitions, shooting competitions, shooting competitions, horseback riding competitions, etc., the competition of many battlefield skills competitions makes the whole army have fun, not only soldiers, but also officers and generals.

Not only was the reward of the silver taels very attractive, but the satisfaction and pride they felt after winning was also the reason why they could not help but accept this kind of activity.

These competitions are a competition for individual ability, but at the same time, they are also a competition for the degree of military training, and at this point, the Zhennan Army, which has the highest training degree in the whole army, is in the limelight.

Although the number of people is small, almost every project can get a place, more than 40 competition items, the soldiers of the Zhennan Army won twenty-six first places, Xiao Ruxun stipulates that each first place can get a reward of fifty taels of silver, which makes many soldiers get rich quickly.

The other armies are red-eyed, there is no way, they just can't do it.

It's obviously a very ordinary military training project, you can't say that the Zhennan Army cheats, Xiao Ruxun, the unique training and competition project of the Zhennan Army, has not come out yet, this training project that the entire Ming Army should carry out, your skills are not as good as others, who is to blame?

Military generals don't compete with soldiers, and it's embarrassing to be unclear about the superiority and inferiority, so the generals compete with the generals, and Xiao Ruxun is the arbiter to convince everyone.

The winner's reward was one hundred taels of silver, twice as much as the soldiers, and there were fewer competitors, which seemed easy, but much more competitive.

For example, the Liaodong military generals under Li Rusong, counting Nurhachi's Jurchen cavalry, the force value is off the charts, and the other military generals except for the officer corps of the Zhennan Army are pressed to the ground and rubbed.

The Taiyuan generals lost ugly, Dong Yiyuan felt that his face was gloomy, and he personally went down to compete with the Liaodong military generals, watching his subordinates lose three battles in a row, Li Rusong felt that he had no face on his face, so he also personally went down to fight with Dong Yiyuan, and the two of them fought a wonderful one.

In the end, Li Rusong was even more fierce and defeated Dong Yiyuan, Dong Yiyuan lost his temper, and gave up one hundred taels of silver.

Li Rusong smiled proudly.

Thanks to these competitive events, the soldiers did not get bored, and while renovating the Great Wall, they also spent a very fulfilling time, and they could eat a full stomach every day, and everyone felt that if military life was like this, there should not be so many deserters.

Unfortunately, such an idea is just an idea.

Everyone, including Li Rusong, knows that the time of separation will still come.

Finally, on May 2, the will of the imperial court reached the camp of the Ming army to kill Hukou, and the governor of Datong, Fang Shoushi, personally accompanied the cabinet officials to the camp of the Ming army to announce the edict of His Majesty the Emperor to recall the meritorious soldiers to Beijing to participate in the ceremony of sacrificing prisoners.

The emperor officially announced the recall of meritorious soldiers to Beijing to receive rewards.

Everyone's heart is full of excitement and sorrow.

The soldiers in Taiyuan and Yulin are very clear that Xiao Ruxun is gone, I am afraid that it will be difficult to come back, and the next time everyone meets, I don't know when it will be, and I don't know if there will be a chance.

Xiao Ruxun will leave here and go where he is supposed to go, and everyone will return to their place and start their lives again, and everyone may never see each other again in this life.

Xiao Ruxun announced that the previously selected meritorious soldiers would set off on May 4, and the Zhennan Army and the Liaodong Army as guest troops would also leave at the same time, and the Taiyuan Army and the Yulin Army would also return to their original stations.

For the vast majority of people, separation is two days away.

In the last two days, Xiao Ruxun raised the food standard to the best for everyone, he could eat meat, eat dry rice and drink broth every day, and he could see him every day, and he tried his best to let himself appear in front of the soldiers all the time.

He encouraged every soldier not to forget this journey, to be a brave and warlike soldier, and if there is a northern captive, he will go up and cut him with a knife, and do not let down his courage.

The time of separation is approaching little by little, and on the evening of May 3, Xiao Ruxun held a grand celebration banquet, which is said to be a celebration banquet, but in fact it is a separate banquet, a separate banquet between comrades-in-arms who have been honed on the battlefield.

Fang Shoushi took Sun Chengzong to the banquet together.

Seeing the scene of many soldiers hugging their heads and crying, and even some high-ranking officers hugging their heads and crying, Fang Shoushi and Sun Chengzong had their own feelings.

"If there is such an army guarding the border of Datong, why worry about the northern captives! It's a pity that there is only one such army, and only one person can bring it out. ”

The Fang Shoushi drank the porridge and sighed with a sigh.

"This is the elite division, the real elite, if there are 100,000 such troops in the Ming Dynasty, there are still opponents in the whole world?"

Sun Chengzong also sighed.

"It's a pity that there is only one Xiao Zhennan, and there is only one such army, and Xiao Zhennan's return to Beijing this time can be described as uncertain, and I don't know what the ending will be."

After listening to Fang Shoushi's words, Sun Chengzong hurriedly asked, "Didn't Shen Ge Lao reply to Dong Weng?" ”

"Nope."

Fang Shoushi shook his head: "According to what I think, he won't reply to me, I'm just an old man, not in his eyes at all, there are other more important things in his eyes, people are soft-spoken, if I was born in Hanlin, it must be different, but unfortunately, I am not." ”

Fang Shoushi looked at Sun Chengzong, and said with a smile: "Childish rope, if you have ambition, you will take the top three, no matter how bad it is, you must also be selected as a Shujishi and enter the Hanlin Academy. ”

There was a strong sense of helplessness in the words of the Fang Shoushi.

"Dong Ong ......"

Sun Chengzong didn't know what to say.

It's just that these days, Sun Chengzong himself is also thinking and imagining.

What he saw was so different from what he had always envisioned.

This night is destined to be a sleepless night.

In the early morning of May 4, the soldiers of the Ming army got up early, and the Huotou army prepared the last breakfast.

There is no feast in the world, it is a matter of time or time, but it is not so easy for a general who can really be respected by the soldiers and give the soldiers a sense of belonging.

Although many soldiers cried and their eyes were red, Xiao Ruxun still had to leave.

"Governor Xiao, in the capital, it can be said that there are difficulties and dangers everywhere, this time when you go back, you must be cautious! Shen has always been feminine but ruthless, this time you have committed his taboo again, at this critical moment, he will not give up, you must be careful! ”

Fang Shoushi can only say this, do his last effort.

Of course, Xiao Ruxun also knew that when he went back this time, he might encounter some unexpected things.

But no matter what, he's going to go back and face those challenges head-on.

"Thank you Fang Gong for reminding me, I have remembered all this, but, no matter what he Shen has always wanted to do and what he thinks, I only do what I should do, do it above board, and do it impeccably, even so, what am I afraid of?"

After that, Xiao Ruxun bowed, turned over and got on the horse, and shouted: "Let's go!" ”