Qi Xinren is 50 years old this year, he has been in the army for more than 30 years, he has seen a lot of troops, the strength of the army at a glance, the army with strict law and discipline must be a strong army, a strong army is not necessarily strict law and discipline, just rush it, this army titled the Ming Loyal and Brave Corps, there is a shadow of a strong army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

As they continued to walk over, "Stop, who are you?" This is an important place for military camps, and it is forbidden to trespass. As he spoke, the four soldiers at the gate of the camp turned around, and the four spears were neatly aimed at Hua Renze and the others.

"Brothers, don't get me wrong, we are from the Texas government, please tell your General Zhao, just say that the Texas prefect Huada and the Texas Wei commander are visiting Lord Qi."

After taking a closer look at a few people, and then looking at Hua Xinze and Qi Xinren's official uniforms, one of them said politely: "Please wait, my lordship, I will go to report to the Admiral." With that, he gave the other three a glance and ran in.

Zhao Guohua, Lu Qing, Zhang Shun and others were discussing whether to enter Texas, and Lu Qing agreed to go in to visit the Texas prefect and the commander of the Texas Guard, on the grounds that it was a little rude to pass through the door and not enter. And Liu Guangzu, also known as Liu Xiucai, said that it was not necessary, his reason was that the prefect and the commander were of a higher grade than the admiral, and when he went to visit, he had the feeling that the subordinates were meeting the superiors.

To be honest, Zhao Guohua agrees with Liu Guangzu's opinion. And Cheng Chong, Zhan Shun and others each supported one side. While he was thinking about it, the soldiers guarding the gate of the camp came in and said, "Report, the Texas Governor Huada and the Texas Guard Commander Qi have come to visit." ”

"Okay, there you go." Zhao Guohua said.

"Yes." The soldier agreed and walked out of the tent.

Seeing the soldier gone,

Zhao Guohua said: "Since people took the initiative to visit us, we can't be rude, let's go, go out to meet them." ”

After saying that, he straightened his clothes and strode out.

Walking out of the camp gate, when he saw Hua Runze and Qi Xinren, he immediately had a smile on his face, and greeted him with a smile: "The two adults have arrived, and the lower officials have missed the distance, please forgive me." ”

"Don't dare! Can't! Admiral Zhao is too modest. The prefect Hua Runze looked at Zhao Guohua as he spoke, and saw that he was slender, elegant and heroic, and had no rudeness, so he couldn't help nodding secretly.

Looking at Zhao Guohua, Qi Xinren said with a smile: "The old man Dezhou Wei Commander Qi Xinren, I heard that the loyal and brave team fought against the Tartars in Zhuozhou, I admired it, and today I came to see the demeanor of the loyal and brave team. After saying that, he laughed.

"Where, where are the two lords, the two lords deign to come to my humble barracks, it is to lift me up, come on, please go in and drink tea." So saying, he led them in.

"Salute," the four soldiers guarding the camp gate said loudly, raising their right hands and standing in a military salute

"Return the favor." Zhao Guohua raised his hand and returned the salute.

Prefect Hua Runze looked at the appearance of the four soldiers raising their hands and saluting, and asked puzzledly, "Admiral Zhao, what does this mean?" ”

"This is a military salute in my army, and it is a kind of etiquette that can only be done with respect for superiors or guests." Zhao Guohua explained with a smile.

Qi Xinren asked with interest: "Then what do you mean by returning the gift?" ”

Zhao Guohua said: "Kowtowing and kneeling have been abolished in our army, and the subordinates will all perform this military salute when they see their superiors, and the superiors will return the salute to the subordinates." ”

"Oh, I see." Qi Xinren said and nodded thoughtfully, while Hua Runze frowned and did not speak.

Seeing that Hua Runze was a little displeased, Master Bei Sangui was busy playing a round: "Two adults, it's rare to come here, why don't we let Admiral Zhao take me to visit the military camp and see the demeanor of the strong army that can defeat the Tartars." ”

Qi Xinren had this intention, and his words were in his heart, so he agreed with a smile: "What Master Pei said is that Admiral Zhao will not cherish himself with a broom." ”

"It's okay, just watch." Zhao Guohua said with a smile.

Walking all the way, I saw that the camp was neat, the road was smooth, the tents were neatly arranged, the tents were surrounded by drainage ditches, there was no defecation, Qi Xinren opened several tents in a row to check, and saw that the soldiers inside were either sleeping or talking, there was no gambling thing, all the way away, the soldiers who met all raised their hands to Zhao Guohua and others, and Zhao Guohua also returned the salute one by one.

"Woohoohoo", a sound of horses roaring, there seemed to be a lot of horses neighing, Qi Xinren asked: "Admiral Zhao, how many horses do you have?" ”

"About 5,000 horses." Zhao Guohua said.

Hearing this number, Qi Xinren was taken aback, and he said: "It's hard to get war horses, where did you get so many war horses?" ”

"These horses don't need money, we stole them from the Tartars." Zhang Shun interjected.

At this time, Qi Xinren was even more surprised, he had never only had Tartars robbing the Ming army's things, and he had never heard the Ming army robbing the Tartars' things, and he looked at Zhao Guohua inquiringly.

Nodding, Zhao Guohua took everyone to the horse pen, looking at the majestic and tall war horses, Qi Xinren walked over, observed carefully, and saw that the horse's buttocks were branded with a unified mark, which was different from the mark of the Ming army at a glance.

"Admire! Admire! Qi Xinren gave his thumbs up and praised repeatedly.

When I walked to the cooking place, I saw 100 soldiers wearing white hats and aprons around their waists being busy, washing vegetables, cutting meat, cooking rice and steaming steamed buns, and stir-frying.

"Admiral Zhao, do you give the soldiers such good food every day?" Pointing to several large wooden basins full of braised pork and a cage of white-flour steamed buns, Qi Xinren asked in surprise.

Zhao Guohua nodded and said, "Our food standard is two dishes and one soup a day. One stir-fried meat, one stir-fried vegetables, and one bowl of vegetable soup, these are two dishes and one soup. ”

"Is this an officer's meal?" Master Pei Sangui asked.

Shaking his head, Zhao Guohua said, "No." This is the standard of the whole army, starting with me, to the soldiers who cook, everyone is the same. ”

The sound of a few inhalations of "hiss" turned out to be a few commanders and commanders who came with them inhaling, and the officials and the big-headed soldiers ate the same food, which surprised them too much.

The prefect Hua Runze didn't believe it a little, so he looked at his master Bei Sangui and blinked a few times.

Bei Sangui understood, so he smiled and said: "Admiral Zhao, after walking these roads, my stomach is a little hungry, I wonder if I can eat in the loyal team?" ”

"Very welcome. As long as you don't dislike our rough food. Zhao Guohua said with a smile.

After walking for a while, Zhao Guohua took everyone back to the tent.

When I entered the tent, I saw a row of tables lined up, chairs on both sides, and a map of the Ming Dynasty hung behind the seat in the middle. On the table was a neat row of water glasses, and the whole tent was simple and neat.

"The conditions are simple, and please don't laugh at them." Zhao Guohua said as he let everyone sit on the chairs.

Seeing that everyone was seated, Zhao Guohua ordered to make tea for all the adults.

Soon, several soldiers walked in, one carrying a bag of tea and the other carrying two large kettles.

I poured the tea and walked out respectfully.

I took a sip of tea, the taste was average, and the tea was not good. Everyone is used to drinking good tea, and this kind of tea is obviously not used to drinking it, and they glanced at each other, and when they saw Zhao Guohua drinking it with relish, everyone had to swallow it.

At this time, a soldier walked in, raised his hand and saluted: "Report to the general, it's time to eat, do you adults eat here, or go to the room to eat?" ”

"Let's go and eat by ourselves." The prefect Hua Runze interjected.

Qi Xinren said: "That's it, let's take a few more steps, maybe the food will be more fragrant." ”

When the group arrived at the room, they saw that the soldiers had lined up several long lines, each of them had two large bowls, one bowl was steamed bread or rice, the top was vegetables, and the other bowl was vegetable soup, some squatted on the ground to eat, and some took it back to eat, the scene was very lively.

Zhao Guohua walked over with Hua Runze and others.

After finishing the meal, Zhao Guohua took everyone back to the handsome tent to eat.

Everyone sat around the table, Qi Xinren said while eating: "Brother Zhao, my brother has opened his eyes today, you are really suitable for soldiers to eat the same food, you can sit at this point, brother admires!" I really admire. ”

Zhao Guohua smiled faintly: "Only when we share weal and woe, and the officers and soldiers are the same, can an army have cohesion, and such an army will be an iron army that cannot be defeated or dragged down. Between the words, a heroic spirit sprang out.

When the civil and military officials in Texas saw it, they had a heart to make friends.

That night, Master Pei sent a big red invitation signed by the prefect Hua Runze and the commander Qi Xinren, inviting Zhao Guohua and his officers to a banquet in Dezhou City the next night.

Zhao Guohua accepted the invitation and said with a smile, "Thank you two adults on my behalf, we will definitely go tomorrow." ”

"See you tomorrow!" Master Pei said, happily saying goodbye and leaving.

In YX County, Yang Degui was thinking about things in the yard when he got up from a nap, and in the past few days, he was very depressed because his stepwife Shen Yufeng was pregnant.

Thinking that she had a leg with Yang Rui, Yang Degui really couldn't figure out who the child in Shen Yufeng's belly was.

"It can't be Yang Rui's evil seed, right?" He thought to himself.

For Yang Rui and Shen Yufeng's adultery, he is still haunted, he never imagined that he would be cuckolded by his son Yang Rui, when he thought of this, he still secretly gritted his teeth.

If it weren't for the fact that the Yang family had to rely on Yang Rui for support after he died of old age, he would have sunk that son in the pond a long time ago

"Master, it's not good, Zhao Manzi went north to fight the Tartars, not only did he not die, but he was also promoted to the rank of official for meritorious service......," the housekeeper Yang Fu said, and ran in in a panic.

After being stunned for a while, Yang Degui said: "This person is gone." As he spoke, he angrily raised the cup in his hand, and then with a "snap", the cup fell to the ground, and the broken porcelain pieces splashed everywhere.

"Master, is this Jurchen Tartar of Liaodong really so terrible? It can't be blown out, right? Yang Fu asked cautiously.