Chapter 13: The Mule Army

On the fifth watch of the second day, Tong'an suddenly woke up and was about to sit up, and it was time to get up and practice guns. The body was a little disobedient, tilted to the side, and then a headache hit, as if his head was about to explode, and all his internal organs were about to vomit. I drank too much yesterday, this is the first time in my life that I got drunk, and I didn't have a chance to get drunk before. Tong An rubbed his head, he drank the fourth bowl of wine last night, and he didn't remember what happened after that, and he didn't know how he came back.

Stumbled up, picked up the black snake gun and was about to go to the yard, and his legs and feet didn't obey the call, so low the threshold, he didn't even step over, he fell and gnawed on the ground, and threw the black snake gun out of the way. Before Tong An could get up, the contents of his stomach rushed to his throat, and he struggled to crawl into the yard, and it would be difficult to clean up if the house was dirty.

When Tong'an was turning over the river and the sea, his father handed over a scoop of water. I don't know when Daddy was standing behind him, holding the snake gun that was thrown out, and was wiping the dust on it with his sleeve.

"Dad, I, I was last night, yes, why did you come back?" Tong An couldn't even speak.

"You're embarrassed to ask, you were personally sent back by Tian Gongzi last night, and you vomited his clothes." Daddy looks like he hates iron but not steel.

"Ahh Tong An was a little surprised, he was just embarrassed, and he threw people on Tian Gongzi.

"Hey, what's this? Tian Gongzi said that it was given to me by the shopkeeper of the Shendian Building. "Daddy has a small porcelain vase in his hand.

"What kind of tiger deer paste is this, it cures leg pain." Tong An had a headache and couldn't remember the name of the ointment for a while.

"Why did the shopkeeper of this Divine Mansion send me something? I'm a little citizen, he won't pick me up in a basket. If it were at you, you had just become a soldier, and there was nothing left. If it's Okita Childe, this one is a bit petty. Daddy was playing with the small porcelain vase in his hand, and his heart was full of questions.

"Dad, isn't it just an ointment, you can use it if you want to, and if you don't want to use it, you can put it aside, and it doesn't take up any space." Tong An thought it was funny, but he didn't want to tell the truth at that time. Whether it's being kicked out by the guys, or making things difficult for the guys, it's not a glorious thing, and when Dad knows, he can't help but scold.

"Is that a matter of ointment? Ah, the shopkeeper gave me ointment, why didn't he give it to you? I just asked Tian Gongzi to give it to me. "Daddy is still struggling with this ointment, which is not like his usual style.

"Dad, wasn't I drunk at the time?" Tong'an is uncomfortable to death, and he doesn't want to entangle this with his father.

"You're drunk, so won't he send it another day? If you were this shopkeeper, would you ask Tian Gongzi to bring things to others? "Daddy is angry and counts his uncompetitive son, and he doesn't have a brain to do anything.

"You say so, it's true, this shopkeeper personally sent us back last time, and this time he asked Tian Gongzi to bring it to us, this is unreasonable, he is a big shopkeeper of the Shenlou, why do you still care about us poor people?" Tong An finally got his senses.

"One more thing, Tian Gongzi said a bold idea last night, he wants to train elite soldiers, and a few of you are the beginning." Dad hesitated, but still told Tong'an.

"What does it mean to train elite soldiers? How many of us are elite soldiers? Tong An's head hurt even more.

"This Tian Gongzi is courageous, strategic, and thoughtful, and this Wei Bo may have to rely on him in the future." Daddy rarely praises people, but this time he really didn't hesitate to say anything.

"Dad, what did he tell you this? He won't still think you're the Black Snake Kang, I told him in the teaching field, you are not the Black Snake Kang. Tong An rubbed his head and looked at his father obliquely, this Tian Gongzi thought that his father was Wu Snake Kang.

"He asked me why I thought of getting you a mule to practice your gun." Daddy smiled, and smiled meaningfully.

"What did you say? It doesn't mean that our family is poor and can't afford to buy horses, right? "Tong An is really afraid that his father will cry poor in front of Tian Gongzi.

"I'll be so spineless, I don't know why I chose a mule, do you think I'm fooling you by getting you a mule? You conscienceless, I don't know what to do. "Daddy is really angry, his own hard work, this kid doesn't know anything.

"Dad, Dad, don't be angry, I'll just say that casually. What the hell did you tell Tian Gongzi? "Tong'an is very curious, Dad doesn't say that he is poor and can't afford it, what else can he say.

"What can I say, tell the truth. That is, although the mule is not as fast as a horse, it is more powerful than a horse and can carry weight, which is suitable for heavy cavalry who do not pursue speed. Just like the camel soldiers of the Western Regions. The mules still eat less, and the same forage can last longer, which is suitable for heavy cavalry charges. "Daddy is right, I never thought about these before, it turns out that the use of mules is still so great.

"Dad, why did Tian Gongzi ask you this?" Tong'an is a tendon, and it can't turn this corner.

"Then don't you need to ask, he doesn't want to form cavalry, he can't get horses from the north at the moment, he can't think of other ways." After Dad finished speaking, he went back to the house with the black snake gun, and he knew that he couldn't practice the gun today.

"Dad, he's not going to get a few of us mules to use as horses, will he?" Tong An was shocked, and the wine woke up for a few minutes, he could count on Tian Gongzi to get a horse to ride, and his marksmanship should be practiced quickly, maybe he would have to go into battle one day.

"You have to ask Tian Gongzi about this, I don't know." Daddy snorted without replying.

After breakfast, I was about to go to the school field, but I received a messenger from Tian Gongzi to rest at home for a day today, and see you at the racecourse outside the city tomorrow. It just so happened that I was still very uncomfortable at this time, my head was swollen and painful, and I was still a little shaky when I walked, and I couldn't do anything if I went to this look, so I still had a good rest at home.

Raising his leg and about to cross the threshold, he suddenly remembered one thing, did he ask whether he had asked last night whether they were town soldiers or state soldiers. As soon as his brain was a little distracted, he couldn't keep up with his steps, and he didn't cross this threshold, so he fell and gnawed on the ground.

Whether it's a town soldier or a state soldier, a pawn can't use a horse, right? Forget it, I have a headache, let's go back to the house and sleep beautifully.

On the third day, Tong An arrived early, and he wanted to see if there were mules or horses in the racecourse. There are all military horses in this horse farm, there are about dozens of them, Tong An tried his best to look at them, but he didn't see the mules, and the stone in his heart finally landed.

Tian Gongzi led everyone through the stables, came to the stable at the base of the wall, pointed inside, and said, "Your mounts are all inside, go in and choose for yourself." ”

As soon as Tian Gongzi's words landed, everyone rushed in, all wanting to grab a good horse. The light in the stable was not very good, and Tong'an saw that a horse was tall and mighty, and the saddle was relatively good, so this one was it, and he pulled it out excitedly. As the light got better, he found that the horse's sideburns were shorter, and when he came out of the stable, he looked at it, with long ears and narrow hooves, and short sideburns, could this be a mule, and involuntarily asked: "Is this a mule or a horse?" ”

"It's a mule or a horse, you don't know if you pull it out and slip around." Tian Gongzi joked here, Tong An's heart was half cold, Dad might as well say that the family is poor and can't afford to buy horses, what kind of mules are suitable for heavy cavalry, so that in the end they really become a mule army.