Ningxia Pingyu is a subordinate of Ningxia Wei to guard a thousand households, located in the northernmost part of Ningxia Wei, close to the North Great Wall, east, north and west three directions are Tatars, like a wedge deep into the Tatar hinterland.

Due to the importance of the strategic location, as early as the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court set up a sub-guard general as a military supervisor to command the border troops along the Great Wall. Nowadays, the general of the Pingyu Institute is named Xiao Ruxun, a northern man born in a military family, and his literary and martial arts are very outstanding.

Chen Dao and Su Hao took the general order of Zhang Jizhong, the general soldier of Ningxia, and came to Pingyu City to see Xiao Ruxun. Xiao Ruxun looked at the general's order, raised his eyes and looked at Su Hao, who was unusually young, and said lightly: "Since it is the dispatch of the military department and the general order of the general army, you can stay." However, my city is very poor, and there is no good place to live in the city, so I can only ask you to settle it. In addition, I am here in a wild place, and many soldiers do not understand etiquette, so please control your subordinates and don't cause trouble. ”

"Thank you for letting General Xiao stay, I won't cause trouble for General Xiao." Su Hao didn't know why the other party was cold to him, so he could only say something politely.

Xiao Ruxun sneered: "The Su guerrilla misunderstood, I don't worry about what trouble Su Guerrilla's subordinates will cause me anything, I'm just afraid that my unsuccessful border army will cause some trouble for Su Guerrilla's subordinates, and I will ask Su Guerrilla to bear with me when the time comes." ”

Xiao Ruxun's words are obviously a shelf for the border army. The border army of the Ming Dynasty had two characteristics, one was that the conditions were harsh, the living environment was poor, and the two ends of the war were fought in three days, which belonged to pinning their heads to the waistband of their trousers, and the other was that they often had to face the invasion of the northern ethnic groups, so their combat quality was generally higher than that of the inland troops. On the one hand, it is strong, and on the other hand, it is poorly treated, which has developed the temperament of arrogance and resentment in the border army.

Xiao Ruxun said that he was not worried about what trouble the survey camp would bring to the border army. On the contrary, he reminded the border army that it would bring trouble to the Kanyu battalion, which means that the combat effectiveness of the Kanyu battalion is not as good as that of the border army, and if there is a conflict in some trivial matters, it must be the soldiers of the Kanyu battalion who will suffer.

Although Su Hao didn't know much about these things in the army, from Xiao Ruxun's attitude, he could still hear some threats and contempt. Su Hao was fully confident in the strength of the Kanyu Battalion, so he replied neither softly nor hardly: "If you don't fight, you won't make a deal, my battalion is full of Taiping soldiers, and I haven't seen anything in the world." If you ask the brothers in the border army to teach you a lesson, you will also be able to gain some insight. ”

"Oh?" Xiao Ruxun didn't expect Su Hao to dare to take his words, and he seemed to be a little willing to compete, and couldn't help but be a little more interested in Su Hao and his people. He raised his eyes and looked at Su Hao, his face had some warmth, and said: "Su Guerrilla can command a battalion of soldiers and horses at a young age, presumably he has a talent that penetrates the world, and Xiao has to ask Su Guerrilla for advice when he has time." As for the stationing, I will take you to arrange it with the main book of the camp. If there is anything wrong, Director Chen and Guerrilla Su will come to me at any time. ”

After that, he called Liang Feng, the chief bookkeeper of the camp, and asked him to take Chen Dao and Su Hao to the city to find a place for the army to be stationed. Chen Dao snorted haha. thanked Xiao Ruxun, and together with Su Hao, he left the General's Mansion with Liang Feng.

The area of Pingyu City is not large, and it is a city specially built for the garrison. In addition to the soldiers. Mostly the families of military families and military officers, as well as a few foreign merchants. In the past, it was necessary to receive guest troops who came to fight, so there were many idle military camps in the city. Liang Feng accepted Xiao Ruxun's hint. I found a place to live in the camp that looked relatively tidy, and settled more than 2,000 people.

The salaries of the survey camp were paid directly by the military department, and Xiao Ruxun did not need to care about their supplies. After settling down, the logistician personnel of various departments went to the city one after another to purchase food, non-staple food, and other daily necessities, while the remaining officers and men were busy cleaning, repairing doors, windows, furniture, and so on, and all their work was in good order. Liang Feng watched coldly from the sidelines, nodding secretly in his heart, and had some understanding of the quality of the survey camp.

Seeing Liang Feng away, Su Hao smiled and asked Chen Dao: "Chief Chen, why do I think this General Xiao is not very welcome to us?" Let's come to Pingyu City, is it a mistake? ”

Chen Dao waved his hand and said, "The generals of the border army are nothing more than two categories. The purpose of such people is nothing more than hoping that the people above will be promoted to their officials, or not to investigate their corruption and deduction of military salaries. The other type is like Xiao Ruxun, who is arrogant and arrogant, and feels that he is both civil and military, but he is covered with dust, so it is not pleasing to anyone, especially the civil officials of the court like Zaixia. ”

"I'm afraid there is still a traitorous villain like me who is young and arrogant, right?" Su Hao added with a smile.

Chen Dao nodded: "It's good to change it with this self-knowledge, very good." ”

With that, the two of them laughed together. Su Hao became a guerrilla general at an age of less than 20, which is indeed a bit shocking, but his position was earned by his own talent, so he is not afraid of the cold eyes of others. Xiao Ruxun was cold and even contemptuous of him, he didn't feel annoyed, but felt that Xiao Ruxun was ridiculous. Chen Dao knows Su Hao's experience and talent very well, and naturally understands Su Hao's thoughts.

Besides, Xiao Ruxun sent Chen Dao and Su Hao away, and seeing that there was no other official business, he changed out of his official uniform and returned to the back house. Mrs. Yang Shulan served him hot tea and asked with a smile: "Husband is smiling, but what interesting things have you encountered?" ”

Yang Shulan was born in a famous family, and his father Yang Zhao served as the governor of Jiliao in the early years of Wanli, and later served as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department. Xiao Ruxun originally served under Yang Zhao, and Yang Zhao took a fancy to his talent and background in a military family, so he married his daughter to him. Although Yang Shulan is a woman, her talent is not inferior to Xu Mei, and Xiao Ruxun will tell Yang Shulan a lot of government affairs, which will be regarded as a topic of conversation between the couple on weekdays.

Hearing his wife's words, Xiao Ruxuan smiled and said: "I did encounter an interesting thing just now, the military department sent a director to accompany a guerrilla general who looked less than 20 years old, and brought a battalion of soldiers and horses to Pingyu City, saying that he would stay for some time. I wondered, maybe it was the son and nephew of a powerful minister's family who wanted to mix up some qualifications at the border. ”

"Hasn't my husband met this kind of person many times in the past? Husband won't be touching the nail on someone again, right? Yang Shulan asked. She was a little surprised that in the past, when Xiao Ruxun encountered this kind of thing, she would be very annoyed when she returned to the back house, but this time she was smiling, there must be something abnormal.

Xiao Ruxun said: "I did give him a nail, so that he should not be rampant, and be careful of provoking my border army." Guess what's wrong with him? ”

"The son and nephew of a powerful minister like this, when they hear this kind of words, they are afraid that they will be scared and run back overnight, right?" Yang Shulan said with a smile, she herself came from a powerful family, and she still has some understanding of the virtues of the people around her.

Xiao Ruxun said: "This is what makes me interesting, hearing my words, not only is he not annoyed and not afraid, but he also said that he doesn't know each other if he doesn't fight, and hopes that my border army can help him teach his subordinates a lesson." ”

"Didn't he understand what his husband meant?" Yang Shulan asked.

Xiao Ruxun said: "No, this person looks very smart, and when he answered my words, his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, which made me feel a little surprised." ”

"Oh, what's this person's name, whose nephew is it?" Yang Shulan asked.

Xiao Ruxun said: "This person's name is Su Hao, I can't think of any minister surnamed Su who has such an old son and nephew." ”

"Su Hao?" Yang Shulan frowned, "Why do I seem to have heard of this name?" ”

"When you say that, I think the name is a little familiar." Xiao Ruxun also remembered, as if he had heard of this name somewhere.

Su Hao has also been a rising star in the military and political circles in the past two years, although his background and position are not very prominent, but his design of telescopes, the invention of contour maps and his actions in Zunyi, Huai'an and other places are quite legendary, and he is somewhat famous among officialdom and scholars. However, Xiao Ruxun and Yang Shulan are located at the border and are closed to information, so they were a little stunned when they heard the name Su Hao at first glance.

"Husband, what are the characteristics of the soldiers and horses brought by this person?" Yang Shulan asked.

Xiao Ruxun said: "It's a little different. I heard him say that his unit was called the Survey Battalion, and that he had been ordered by the Ministry of War to go to the border pass to survey and map the map, and you said that the map of this pass had always been surveyed and mapped by the border army itself and submitted to the Ministry of War, so how could there be ......?"

Speaking of this, Xiao Ruxun suddenly slapped the table lightly and said, "I remember, this person seems to have presented a map to the military department, which was quite appreciated by Wang Shangshu." ”

"By the way, when my husband said this, I also remembered that the last time my father sent someone to deliver something to my husband and wife, the messenger talked about it. It seems that my father is also quite interested in this person who donated the picture, and this person seems to be named Su Hao. ”

"Maps?" Xiao Ruxun patted his head, "Isn't it just a map, even if it is drawn more finely, what can it be." Wang Shangshu and his father-in-law both praised him, could it be that the map he drew was different from the past? ”

Yang Shulan said: "In this way, this person is really not a powerful minister's nephew, but a guerrilla general with his own ability." If he doesn't look like he's 20 years old, then maybe he really has a bright future, and the husband should not be too contemptuous of him. ”

Xiao Ruxun said: "I didn't expect this section, but I just saw that he was a little bold, so it was not a shame to ask Liang Feng to find them a better camp." As for whether he wants to make friends with him, he still has to live in Pinglu City for a few days anyway, and I will wait for me to observe it. Didn't he say it himself, if you don't fight, you won't know each other, maybe we really have to fight to get to know each other. (To be continued......)