The scorching sun was like fire, and Chen Sheng and Ju Yiwu rode on the official road from Huailai to Yanqing Prefecture. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since yesterday, along the way, Ju Yiwu has kept his head down, avoiding the eyes of Chen Sheng and the carriage beside him from time to time.

Chen Sheng knew that his friend was thin-faced, and he didn't talk about Sun Pannan's affairs, and the sergeants of the three forts in the carriage were a little afraid of the cold face in the fort, who was often expressionless and had a serious expression, and they didn't dare to make fun of Sun Pannan's affairs.

They were chattering, just talking about the upcoming war in Liaodong, and they were looking forward to and nervous, Chen Sheng understood their feelings, why didn't he come over like this back then?

As a person who has come over and is a big brother, he enlightens and explains from time to time. His prestige in the fort was already high, and at this time he won the unanimous respect of the young people, and many of them looked at his armor and horses with envy.

"If you want to talk about fighting the Tartars, listen to the former Yang team officer,...,"

When Chen Sheng said this, he suddenly rejoiced, there were several cars and horses on the county road next to him, and there were a few people sitting on them, who were not the Chen Xu father and son who he knew?

He rode over and beckoned, "Brother Chen, three virtuous nephews." ”

The men were talking, one of them was in his forties, with a clear face, and the three men beside him all looked a little like him.

Hearing the greeting, several people turned their heads, and Chen Xu's joyful Shandong accent sounded: "It turned out to be Brother Chen Sheng, it's really a coincidence." ”

The two greeted each other and were very happy.

At that time, the two had the same experience in Zhuozhou, and they were a member of the trench heroes, but later Chen Sheng joined the Gaoxun Department, and Chen Xu joined the Logistics Department. Moreover, one of the two of them is in Huailai's Alum Sanbao and the other is in Jiaojiabao in Yanqing, but it is rare to meet each other at this time, and they are both overjoyed.

Chen Xu's three sons also greeted Chen Sheng and called him uncle.

The three of them are actually a few years older than Chen Sheng, but their father is commensurate with his brother, and in this generation, they are inevitably a generation shorter.

Chen Sheng saw that several virtuous nephews were all first-class soldiers, Chen Xu's helmet was fluttering with other waist cards on the black tassel waist, which were also black, and he waited: "Congratulations to Brother Chen, he has become a first-class commander." ”

Chen Xu smiled and said: "The promotion of this logistics department and the baggage battalion is different from other departments, it is still easy, and it is not as good as Brother Chen's military exploits with one knife and one shot." ”

Having said that, looking at his three sons, he still couldn't suppress his pride. Several of his sons, like Chen Sheng, joined the rest of the new army, and their military exploits were also hard-fought and now promoted to first-class army.

Chen Sheng was a little strange why the four of them didn't ride horses, they were promoted to first-class soldiers, naturally there were horses sent down, and after thinking about it, maybe they hadn't learned riding before.

Chen Sheng smiled: "Brother......"

"Ahh

At this moment, more than a dozen horsemen rushed past them, leaving a cloud of dust behind that made Chen Sheng's stomach retract.

The people in the carriage beside him all ate a stomach full of ashes, and they couldn't help but scold.

Chen Shengneng was naturally sharp-eyed as a marksman, and in a short period of time, he had already seen that these people were all dressed in white velvet and trimmed, and the helmet was even more fluttering with black tassels as the first one, and blue tassels were also fluttering. They also wore black and red waist cards around their waists.

What does this mean, they are the first of the best, and they are the first of many high-class skilled sergeants, and they are the officers.

Chen Sheng's eyes were deep: "Who are these people?" ”

Chen Xu was well-informed and said with a smile: "They were all subordinates of the senior staff generals, the first one was called Sun Xuesheng, and the rest were named Zhao Rongsheng, Lai Dexiang, Luo Liangzuo, all of them were very brave. After returning from the expedition, most of them were transferred to the second-class army as the first commander, and Sun Xuesheng was appointed as the commander of the team, and now they are all soldiers of General Zhong's right battalion. ”…,

Ju Yiwu didn't know when he rode over, and said coldly: "So arrogant, so proud." ”

Chen Xu said with a smile: "They are all from Baoanzhou, so they naturally have proud capital, but it doesn't matter, as long as I have made military merits, been promoted to captain, and served as a team officer, it will be a matter of time." ”

For the people of Baoanzhou and other places on the east road, they have complex hearts, envy, admiration, and jealousy. Many people are saying, if the general hadn't made a fortune in Baoanzhou, which round would have these Baoanzhou people be arrogant?

"Who is this?"

Chen Xu looked at Ju Yiwu.

Chen Sheng hurriedly said: "Brother, I'll introduce you, this is my friend ......"

As he spoke, his mind flew into the distance early, and he knew that he was still a long way to go when he became a first-class army, and he was in the army.

In the cheering and screaming, Zhao Rongsheng, who was slender and sturdy, rode his horse all the way along with the original old armor chief and the original armor middle brothers.

Zhao Rongsheng was happy and happy in his heart, and after the battalion, he was promoted as he wished, and was transferred to the White Tiger Battalion of the right guard. What made Zhao Rongsheng happy was that his old elder Sun Xuesheng was transferred to the team as an officer, and he was still his boss.

With a gentle personality, the elder Jiachang who regards his brothers as his nephews in the family has been unanimously supported by Zhao Rongsheng and others, and he is a Shangguan, which is no better.

There are also Lai Dexiang and Luo Liangzuo, several brothers who played well, and they were also appointed as the captain of the friendly league under the team, which made Zhao Rongsheng even happier.

This time, when he went home on vacation, his grandfather was very happy, but he also taught Zhao Rongsheng the opportunity to let his baby grandson have a good relationship with Sergeant Jiazhong.

It is better to make them worship and respect, so that the battle can be strengthened. Although the military discipline of the Jingbian Army is that the sergeants do not dare to resist the orders of the superiors, one is forced and the other is conscious, and the combat effectiveness in the armor is naturally different.

Jiang is old and spicy, Zhao Rongsheng thinks that what his grandfather said is very reasonable, and he is thinking about returning to the barracks, gathering the Jiaye brothers, drinking wine, and cultivating feelings.

Moreover, from the 20th, the army will not be allowed to drink heavily, so while today is still a holiday, drink heartily.

Everyone returned to the barracks, and the sergeants from all over the country had returned one after another, and the barracks were full of accents of all colors. Zhao Rongsheng and everyone together, first led the baby horse to the stable, washed it well, slowly slipped around, then fed hay and bean feed, and finally hung the horse's head to help it digest.

Looking at the old armor chief, brothers, this is the case. In fact, these horses are taken care of by the Logistics Department, but in order to cultivate the relationship with the horses, like Zhao Rongsheng, most of the people in the army take care of them personally.

After finishing the horse's work, Zhao Rongsheng returned to his barracks, took off his armor, took off his long felt boots, put on a pair of bamboo sandals, went to the bathhouse to take a shower, and changed into dry clothes.

The Jingbian Army supplies military supplies, each sergeant wears one set in winter and summer, lined with shoes and socks, but like those first-class soldiers, they have a lot of money, and most of them buy a few more sets of changes by themselves.

At this time, the mandarin duck jacket worn by Zhao Rongsheng was a summer fabric, and there was no cotton in it, so it was quite cool to wear in summer.

He returned to his room, lay down on the bunk, closed his eyes and pondered, thinking about what he would say when his brother arrived.

When it was about to be the unitary, there was a commotion outside the door, and a group of sergeants rushed in, all of them with round collars, red tassels on their helmets, and no red velvet and pompoms on their shoulders, all of them were second-class sergeants.

The first of them was a man of great height, stronger than the average person, but his face was sallow, as if he had been seriously ill.

This person is twenty-five or six years old, with the accent of Beizhili Julu, named Mu Dachang, I heard that he has read books, so he took the word Molin. …,

He hung a red waist card on his waist, but not long ago he was tested in the army, and Mu Dachang obtained the approval of superior skills and became a senior sergeant, so he became a captain in the first class.

The next person with a little white face, who is twenty-one or two years old, is named Han Kaihui, but he is from Xingtai, Shunde Prefecture.

There is also a man named Liu Lie, who is younger than Han Kaihui, but he is tall and strong, with a square face, black face and heavy eyebrows, and he looks quite honest.

There is another person with a dark face, one is strong, but he has an ordinary appearance, his name is Wu Dingguo, and Cui Qi is.

In addition, there were several people, all with ordinary wooden waist tags hanging around their waists.

Seeing Zhao Rongsheng lying on the bed, everyone hurriedly saluted: "I've seen Captain A." ”

"Zhao Jia is good."

Zhao Rongsheng sat up and smiled: "It's good that the brothers know to return to the camp on time!" ”

He said: "The big guys have been together for a while, and I, the first chief, am ashamed that I didn't get together with everyone. In this way, I invite you to eat what you want to eat in the camp tonight, just say! ”

Immediately, there was cheering in the room, and everyone shouted: "Zhao Jiachang is mighty." ”

"Zhao Jia is arrogant!"

Han Kaihui was lively, and first shouted: "I want to eat the bacon slices fried by the big fat pig of Shunxiang Fort." ”

Liu Lie said humbly: "I'll just eat roast duck." ”

Wu Dingguo said with a gloomy face: "I'll eat Yongning's grilled pig face." ”

"I eat ......"

Mu Dachang coughed: "I eat pig's trotters, it doesn't have to be a brand, it's good to be fat and big." ”

Zhao Rongsheng's face was arrogant, but he secretly complained in his heart, these foodies, I don't know how to be polite, and they order all expensive things. The high roller house is not cheap, and now his pocket is going to bleed heavily.

However, he knew that after the Jiazhong brothers entered the army, although the food was much better than that in the tun, they wanted to eat exquisite small stoves, but they never did.

He waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "Brothers, save me as much as you want, and order all the bargains...... Okay, that's all. ”

He frowned: "Look at you, all of you are covered in stinky sweat, go take a bath." ”

The crowd responded, and one by one they took off their armor and hung it on the armor rack, right next to the weapon rack

Then I took a change of clothes, almost all of them were naked, wearing underwear, smoking bamboo clogs, clogs, and hugged to the bath room to take a bath.

Everyone changed their clothes, saw that it was not early, everyone only wore summer mandarin duck jackets, pinned waist cards, and then hugged Zhao Rongsheng and went to the high-roller residence.

The high guest house is a newly opened restaurant in the right camp area, which is famous for its sumptuous dishes and delicious taste, and I don't know which officer's family opened it. Most of the shops in the barracks are like this, either set up by the families of military families or military officers.

It doesn't mean that the government and business were integrated at the time, that is, in later generations, there were fewer children of officials' families doing business? Wang Dou knew that this situation could not be avoided, so he let it be, but he treated their tax management equally, and those who dared to be shoddy and evade taxes were not vegetarians.

Everyone entered the high-roller house, and the sound of shouting inside, the sound of knives and spoons, and the aroma of wine and meat kept coming.

Smelling the aroma of wine and meat, everyone couldn't help but salivate.

Zhao Rongsheng's eyes were sharp, and he saw that in the corner of the lobby, the former brothers, now Lai Dexiang, the head of the first class of friends, and Luo Liangzuo were beckoning their brothers to eat and drink.

Zhao Rongsheng thought to himself: "Damn, they are all human spirits, and I am not the only one who wants to have a good relationship with Jianei." ”

Lai Dexiang was a lean man, and when he saw Zhao Rongsheng and the others at a glance, he hurriedly shouted: "Old Zhao, this way." …,

Zhao Rongsheng hurriedly led everyone over, and Luo Liangzuo also stood up: "It's just right, everyone fights the table." ”

Unlike Lai Dexiang, Luo Liangzuo is quite obese, similar to later sumo wrestlers, his fat is in stark contrast to Lai Dexiang's thinness.

But don't look at Luo Liangzuo's obesity and flexibility, similar to Sammo Hung in his skills, the Jingbian Army can become a first-class army, and everyone should not be underestimated.

Zhao Rongsheng greeted: "Lao Lai, Lao Luo." ”

But then he saw a person, his face sank, and he sneered: "Deng Yijiao, you are also here?" You, a little official who picks the door, are also willing to invite your subordinates to drink? ”

The one he mentioned was a thin middle-aged man, whose real name was Deng Yibiao, who was a grain collector in Baozhou City. In order to overcharge the surplus, he once practiced hard kung fu on his feet, claiming that he could kick a cow to death with one kick, so few people remember the name of Deng Yijiao.

Back then, Wang Dou went to the state city to collect grain, and he had seen the skill of his feet with his own eyes.

Later, Deng Yibi abandoned the officials from Rong and joined the Shunxiang Army, and he has also made military achievements over the years, and now he has become a captain, and he is in the same team as Zhao Rongsheng.

Zhao Rongsheng's army is called the first class of the second battalion rear B general D team, and the D team also has the second, third, fourth, and fifth teams.

Deng Yibi is the first captain of the top four.

Hearing Zhao Rongsheng's ridicule, Deng Yu looked calm, looked at Zhao Rongsheng and said lightly: "Xiao Zhao, I didn't recruit you to provoke you, you came up and rushed at me, did you look at me unpleasantly?" ”

Zhao Rongsheng slammed his fist on the table, and there was a loud bang: "Damn, Lao Tzu just doesn't like you!" You treacherous little official, how much grain and rice did you ask for Lao Tzu's family back then? ”

"Your bullshit Deng Yu's kick, your feet, are all greeted by Hu Dou?"

This sound shocked the entire restaurant to look at this side, Lai Dexiang and Luo Liangzuo sweated coldly, and persuaded: "Lao Zhao, don't mention the past, now everyone is a part of the Jingbian Army, and we should be sincerely united and united." ”

There was an angry roar from upstairs: "Who is doing a lot of things, don't you want to eat military sticks?" ”

Zhao Rongsheng was stunned, and Han Kaihui and everyone in the armor were also shocked, don't come to eat, eat the military stick, and hurriedly join in the persuasion.

Zhao Rongsheng knew the consequences of the trouble, so he took the opportunity to step down, snorted at Deng, and sat down with a swagger.

The man upstairs was still yelling: "Damn, the rabbit cubs are all turning against the sky, if you don't restrain it, it's terrible!" ”

But I heard someone laughing: "It's okay for the children to call a few times." It's Lao Li, after you became a team officer, you are even more arrogant. Last time, I bought dozens of catties of bacon and ham for my subordinates, what's the matter, I have to pay for the brothers in the whole restaurant today, right? ”

The old Li yelled: "Pay a fart, go home and eat yourself." ”

The whole restaurant was laughing.

Zhao Rongsheng remembered that he had a treat, and the brothers in Jianei liked to eat and drink, so they just came up.

Several Jiajia people formed a big table, just eating, drinking, talking and laughing, and when the wine was hot, everyone was excited when they talked about the upcoming war in Liaodong.

Luo Liangzuo slapped the table and suddenly staggered to his feet.

His face was flushed, and he took the lead in singing the military song "Man Jianghong" of the Jingbian Army: "Angry hair rushes to the crown and leans on the railing, and the rain rests." Raise your eyes, look up to the sky and roar, and ...... fiercely"

People are fat, generally have a wide vocal range, Luo Liangzuo has a special strong voice, a song, he sings in the style of Pavarotti.

Listening to him sing, Zhao Rongsheng and others were enthusiastic, and they all slapped the table and sang together: "Thirty merits, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moon,...... Jing Kang is ashamed, and it is still snowing. When will the courtiers perish? Drive a long car, step through Helan Mountain's lack of ......"...,

The other people in the restaurant were infected, and they also slapped the table and stomped their feet in the same voice, and for a while, the whole restaurant was full of Jiang Hong's voice.

Wu Dingguo and Liu Lie didn't know what to think of, they shed tears and shouted loudly: "Kill slaves, kill slaves!" ”

On June 20, the 14th year of Chongzhen, the atmosphere of the military camp in the western suburbs of Yongning City was calm, and the troops went out to enter the final preparations.

The packages of each man with the army, the tents and bedding, the winter clothes, etc., were all put into the baggage wagons of the battalions, departments, and generals, and all the belongings of the sergeants were all put in order.

Early in the morning of the 21st, Zhao Rongsheng woke up and listened to the drums outside, but it was not yet midnight, but he didn't wake up, and a carp got up.

He put on his long felt boots, and went to the armor rack to take his armor, which was one and the same as a coat.

Then Zhao Rongsheng slowly buckled the copper buckle, took the belt and buckled it, picked up the waist knife and hung it.

At this time, everyone woke up slowly, Han Kaihui was more sleepy, rubbed his eyes and said, "Zhao Jia is early." ”

Zhao Rongsheng looked at everyone who rubbed his eyes and raised his waist, and he understood a little bit of the mood of the old captain who looked at each of them that day, the brothers in the first division were like their own children. After serving as the first chief, I realized that the burden on your shoulders is not light, and you have to be responsible for the life and death of the brothers in the first place.

He snorted: "It's not early, let's all get up." ”

Han Kaihui sat up and saw that Zhao Rongsheng had hung the knife behind his waist again. Although the Jingbian Army does not need to cut off each person's head now, this kind of dagger is used in many places, and everyone in the army is really lacking.

Seeing that Zhao Rongsheng went to take his arm again, Han Kaihui said: "Captain A, I'll buckle it for you." ”

Seeing Han Kaihui put on his arm for himself, Zhao Rongsheng moved his arm and said, "Brother Han, are you nervous?" ”

Han Kaihui said with a smile: "Chief Zhao Jia, you are about to go on the expedition, it is impossible not to be nervous." ”

Zhao Rongsheng looked at Han Kaihui, this guy is handsome and handsome, he is really a handsome man, I heard that his family is in Xingtai, he was also a rich man, and his life is still passable, and there are several sisters in the family, all of whom love him very much, why do you want to join the army?

He sighed in his heart and said, "It's okay, just wait until you kill someone and see blood." When the time comes to the battlefield, don't be nervous, usually skill, and give full play to the five achievements. ”

Zhao Rongsheng finally put on a hat and helmet, punched and kicked his legs, moved his body, and finally urged everyone to get up, after washing, everyone went to the general canteen to eat.

Today's food is very rich, but many second-class soldiers are a little unpleasant.

The first-class soldiers, on the other hand, looked calm, ate a hearty breakfast, and praised the good food.

After the battalions had eaten, it was about the same time, and when it was approaching, suddenly a sharp cannon sound came from the Chinese camp.

In Zhao Rongsheng's room A, everyone in the first room was waiting anxiously, and everyone was shocked when they heard the sound of cannons.

Zhao Rongsheng, who was sitting quietly with his eyes closed, opened his eyes suddenly, his blood was boiling, and he roared: "Assemble!" ” 。 ）