Chapter 40: The Bird's Hand

After a sumptuous dinner, Winter Dog patted his full belly and returned to the barracks dormitory with a satisfied face.

"I'm so full."

"yes, I've never eaten beef before I grew up."

He replied to the dog in the same dormitory, perhaps because both of them had a dog in their names, so after being assigned to the same team, the two quickly became acquainted. A winter dog and a dog leftover, all of them have cheap names, and both of them only have this name, and they don't have big names.

Tonight's wine and meat were all rewards from the local squires, including a cow. The squires said that the cow had fallen to its death, and therefore was not guilty of slaughtering the oxen. But whether it was really a fall to his death or not, no one cares.

Winter Dog and Dog Left, both of whom used to be from Taiping Township in the north of Macheng.

Macheng has Xianju, Taiping, Tingchuan three townships, originally there was a Xiaogan Township, which was later withdrawn. Of the remaining three townships, Xianju Township is the most affluent, located in the southwest of the county, all of which are open plains, close to the capital and provincial capitals. The next class is Tingchuan Township in the southeast, which is somewhat mountainous, but it is not bad. Only Taiping Township is basically mountainous, with very little arable land and barren land.

The local people have been poor for generations, and they mostly rely on hunting, charcoal burning, etc. to make a living, and they all say that the poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, and the people of Taiping Township are indeed strong, and it is a place where bandits often occur. However, there are only a few people who really have the courage, and most people have just been honest and honest all their lives to survive in the poor mountains and bad waters.

Gou Yu and Winter Dog are both hunters and can shoot good arrows, so they are recruited into the team. Although they are hunters, they are very good at keeping the prey they catch for themselves, and they are all bought for money and food. Growing so big, I haven't even eaten pork a few times, let alone such a valuable food as beef.

"It's the right place to be here." The winter dog touched his belly and lay on his bed, full of happiness. That day, he had come to the county town to sell some accumulated animal skins, but when he saw the recruitment, he heard that the recruitment conditions were so good, and he was a township soldier, so he immediately signed up. Then I tested all the way, and I was admitted and selected.

On that day, he went back as required and asked a guarantor to help him make a guarantee, and immediately got seven taels of silver, a piece of cloth, and another set of clothes. When he returned home, when he handed over the seven taels of silver to his father, his father and the family touched the silver over and over again.

By the time he returned to the county seat, the family had already used the money to tell his eldest brother, who was almost thirty years old and had not yet found a daughter-in-law, a family affair. For only five taels of silver, a family from a neighboring village immediately agreed to marry their sixteen-year-old daughter into their family.

The situation of the dog's rest is similar, seven taels of silver, which can already change their family situation. His mother had been bedridden all the time, and with this money, his mother finally had the money to hire a doctor for medicine.

As they were talking, Cai Yuan, the leader of their army, walked in. Winter Dog knew that this Cai Wu Commander was the sworn brother of their flag president, and he was also the brother of the team leader. In fact, in his heart, Dong Gouzi felt that this Wu Chang's ability was not necessarily better than his own, and this Cai Wu was long and white and tender, and it was said that he was still a prisoner. However, since the other party is the general brother of the flag team, it is normal for him to be the captain of the army.

"Everyone, go to bed early, and start practicing early tomorrow morning." Cai Yuan said to his four soldiers.

Everyone was very interested in undressing and lying down to sleep.

At this moment, a trumpet sounded, and the winter dogs all sat up, not knowing what it meant.

"This is the lights-out signal, and as soon as the lights-out horn is blown, the lights must be turned off immediately and you must not speak again. Turn off the lights and go to sleep! ”

The lights were blown out, and the winter dog had to lie down and sleep. But I was so full for dinner that I couldn't sleep. I wanted to get up and eat, but when I thought of Cai Wuchang's words, I didn't dare to disobey the order, so I had to lie on the table and savor tonight's sumptuous meal.

I don't know when he fell asleep, and then he was woken up by a trumpet.

Cai Wuchang had already gotten up and was standing beside his bed bending over and patting his face.

"Wake up, get up."

Winter Gouzi opened his eyes and was met by Cai Wuchang's white and excessive face.

"As soon as the horn blows, a pillar of incense must be washed."

Winter Dog hurriedly sat up and began to put on his socks. After getting out of bed, he walked to the well with the dog left, taking the wooden basin and towels and other newly issued items. The three teams of the right banner have all gotten up, and everyone is lining up in front of the well to fetch water and wash.

After washing up, I returned to the dormitory, and then a series of different horns sounded.

"This is the drill number, the!"

Followed Cai Wuchang out of the dormitory, and then joined the other soldiers of the banner outside, the team leader Zhang Xiyu had also stood there with the team's firefighters and waited, and a team of twelve people lined up in a long line to the playground of the right banner.

At this time, the sky was still bright, and the three teams of soldiers from the left banner had already arrived at the front playground.

Winter Dog secretly looked around in the queue and found that Mr. Qi was standing in front of the team wearing an armor full of yellow nail bubbles today, wearing an eight-petal iron-tipped helmet with a bright red helmet on it, and behind Mr. Liu Qi, there was also a two-foot square red flag with a line of words written on it.

However, he didn't know him.

In winter, the dog knew that this Liu Qi was originally a martial artist of Weiwuxue in Huangzhou, Fucheng, and the son of Xiwan Xiucai in this county, and he was good friends with the Chunjiang son of the Li family on the dam. The prince of Chunjiang established this horse team, and Liu Qi served as his deputy, and at the same time served as the flag general of Zuoqi. He is the real second-in-command of the horse team.

Zuo Qi stood still on the front playground, and then a sound of footsteps came from the side, and Mr. Bai Chunjiang Gongzi came over with the two flags of Zuoqi and Zhongqi.

The three flags are all together.

Li Chunjiang and Liu Jun stood together on the small earthen platform in front.

"All stand upright!" Liu Jun shouted loudly.

Winter Dog is a spirit, and on the way from Macheng to Queen City, they have learned some of the simplest queue knowledge. At that moment, he hurriedly stood with his chest up. Each team is exactly a horizontal row, and the winter dog stands in the middle.

Then he saw Liu Qi standing on the high platform and said loudly, "Today is the day when our nine-headed bird and horse team was officially established, and now, please Li Bai to give the team flag." ”

Winter Dog saw that Chunjiang Gongzi took a folded red flag from Liu Qi's hand, and then handed it to the four flag bearers of the middle flag. The four flag bearers took the team flag, unfolded it, and one person led the corner of the nine-headed bird red flag, and walked to the middle of the platform with a solemn expression, where a three-zhang high flagpole had already been planted.

There is also a pulley and a rope on the flagpole, and the flag bearer threads the flag to the rope, and then the drummers of the middle flag blow the trumpet and beat the leather drum, and the flag bearers slowly raise the nine-headed bird flag to the top of the flagpole.

The nine-headed bird flag fluttered in the wind on the top of the high flagpole, and the winter dog suddenly felt that the flag was so beautiful, with a phoenix with nine heads, what a magical phoenix.

"Now, ordnance!"

Several tall military prisoners, dressed in black, stood beside the two commanders of the horse team, with boxes of ordnance and equipment behind them. Each time a name is called, the named Xiangyong stepped forward, and then the son of Chunjiang and Jiye personally awarded them the ordnance.

"Zhang Donggou!"

"Here!" Hearing the chief call out his name, Winter Dog shouted meaningfully.

"Zhang Donggou, come forward."

Winter Gouzi stepped forward a little nervously, climbed onto the high platform, and stood in front of President Li Bai and President Liu Qi under the gaze of more than 100 people in the team.

I saw Mr. Liu Qi's sharp eyes looking him up and down, and then said loudly, "Zhang Donggou, from today onwards, you have been assigned to the Left Banner A Team Zuowu Bird Gunner, and now, you will be given the Bird Gun Equipment." ”

Then one of Liu Qi's family members began to hand him pieces of equipment, and another person registered and sang next to him.

"A long knife, a bird gun, a cane, a tin turtle, a gun cover, and a lead bag."

"Another medicine is thirty, three dollars for each gunpowder, three hundred, and six taels of medicine, a total of six catties. Three hundred leads, five arquebuses, and one coconut scoop. ”

"A pair of cotton armor, a pair of net boots, and an eight-petal helmet."

"A backpack, a belt, a short sword, a pair of dragon scale face armor, and a pair of beast mouth throat armor."

"A war horse! A pair of saddles! ”

There are a lot of things, and Winter Dog never thought that he would become a bird soldier, let alone that he would have so much equipment when he was a bird soldier. The table was almost full, and at last a tall and majestic horse led it.

He reached out and touched the knife, it was not an ordinary waist knife, but a two-handed long knife.

This is an extended version of the Qi family knife, and the Qi family knife is changed from the Japanese knife, similar in shape to the Japanese knife, the light blade is enough to have five feet, the handle is also one foot five inches long, the knife is six feet five inches long, weighing two catties and eight taels. This is the standard melee weapon for the Birdman.

In the end, the table belonged to his equipment, and the gunpowder and lead were not directly issued to him for the time being, but were kept by the flag. The rest of the equipment was drawn and collected by him, such as armor, birds, long knives, etc.

There are several types of armor alone, and there is an eight-petal bright iron helmet on the head, and a bright red helmet tassel on it. There is also a face armor dragon scale face specially designed to protect the face, using cowhide as a mask and inlaid with copper scales. There is also a beast-like throat guard that protects only the throat, and an axillary armor that protects the armpit. Then there is the cotton armor, which has several parts, including body armor, arms, iron mesh skirts and net pants, and iron mesh boots and arm armor.

The winter dog was dazzled, originally he thought that when he entered the countryside to eat food, he would just send him a bow. But I didn't expect that there was so much equipment.

There is also the bird gun, weighing less than ten catties, but he is completely unfamiliar with this firearm, he has never used it at all, and he doesn't know how to use it, and there is a kind of fear in his heart, he heard that when the bird gun is fired, the sound is like thunder, and it will release fog, and even heard that the bird gun often blows up the chamber and kills and cripples the gun.

Therefore, when he looked at the bird, his heart was not excited, but fearful.

But he liked the horse very much, a very tall and majestic horse, and he never thought that he would one day have a horse of his own, or a war horse.

"Zhang Donggou, the weapon is the soldier's second life, and the war horse is the rider's brother, from now on, you are a glorious bird cavalry of the nine-headed bird cavalry, take good care of your weapons and treat your war horse well!"

Winter Dog looked at the equipment that belonged to him from now on, swallowed his saliva, raised his chest and raised his head, and replied in a loud voice. When he shouted this yes, he felt an inexplicable excitement and excitement in his heart.

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