The official office of the East Palace guard camp is located in the former residence of a large family in Ruyang.

When the city of Ruzhou was broken, it is said that the head of the family scolded the thief and died, the children and nephews were slaughtered, and the wives and daughters were taken captive, leaving only such an empty house. After Zhu Cihong arrived in Ruyang, he took a fancy to the proximity of the house to the city gate and his temporary residence, so he asked the state official to requisition it and erected a monument for the family, which was also regarded as the merit of human ethics and education.

If Xiao Mo didn't live in the barracks, he would spend the night here, and he knew the house well, so he ordered someone to arrange a spacious hall as an official room, receive the captains who came and went, and arrange the marching and stationing matters. Although he only has a five-rank guard in the imperial court system, the civil officials who come and go know that he is the real person in charge of the guard battalion, and they have to contact him for anything to ensure that His Royal Highness the crown prince lives safely and happily in his own one-acre and three-third of land.

"Colonel, it's time." The orderly soldier reported to the door.

Xiao Mo stood up, held the belt around his waist, shook his military uniform, and glanced at the Taixi table clock on the high table. He has become more and more aware of the time now, and always unconsciously looks at the clock. Sometimes he even wanted to have one for each officer under his command, so that the execution time of the military order could be more detailed.

Five minutes before noon, and eleven o'clock in the hour.

The official room has long been filled with officials of various departments and bureaus in a step-by-step manner, and the stars on their shoulders are from high to low, without the slightest difference. Although in Zhu Cihong's design, there may be a situation where military ranks and military ranks may be related to each other, that is, they may all be generals, some are majors, and some are captains.

However, now that no one has military merits, this gap has not been revealed. It is precisely because of the lack of military merits that these top men who have risen out on the training ground want more and more to prove themselves with a bright military exploit.

Both humans and horses are extremely competitive animals. Horses can't stand to be overtaken by other horses. I'd rather run to the death than fight. It's the same with people, although the front may be an abyss, but a group of people are running forward, and the person who runs in front may fall first, but for the infinite scenery, there are still people who hold back their strength to surpass everyone.

And the army with these two as the backbone. You can imagine how unwilling to lag behind.

The cramming indoctrination of the instructor, as well as the slogans that must be learned first when you are the first to read and write-"To be a soldier is to go to the battlefield", "To kill the enemy, and seal the wife and son"...... Such consciousness is imperceptible day and night, and it has long filled the East Palace guard camp with the belief of winning.

"Commander-in-Chief Xiao of Qian!" The orderly signed up loudly: "Up! Courtesy! ”

"See Command!" The people stood up and saluted.

Commander Wei is a third-rank rank, and Xiao Mo actually only has a fifth-rank rank, but it does not prevent him from crossing the ranks to enjoy this honor. He marched to the throne of the Lord Tiger under the gaze of the crowd, which was already covered with a sheepskin. Xiao Mo faintly felt that the East Palace system seemed to be incompatible with the imperial court system, for example, the prince did not have a chief military officer, and he did not send a general with a seal, but he made a commander who could not be touched. It seems to have another meaning.

— but it doesn't matter.

Xiao Mo calmed down and drummed up the spirit of the dantian: "All the gentlemen are loyal and brave people, I won't talk nonsense about boosting morale." If the morale of any department is not high and they have the intention to avoid war, they might as well say it now, and they could have sent him to guard the grain and grass. Xiao Mo said, his sharp gaze swept over the faces of all the captains, and he saw that all his faces were full of perseverance and expectation. Only then did he continue to say: "If you don't talk about it now, after the military order is issued." You have to go to the soup and the fire! Who dares to frown, the general will know him, but the military law can't recognize him! ”

"Willing to die!" The crowd shouted in unison.

Xiao Mo's heart relaxed slightly, and he spread out his notebook, which contained the task assignment and defense division of various divisions and bureaus. These contents have been copied by the military scribes in the form of military orders, and as soon as they are read here, they will be distributed to the ministers. Then take back the receipt, which is considered the proof of the issuance of the military order. In Xiao Mo's own small book, there are also references to the results of various divisions and bureaus in training subjects, and the deep impression they give people on weekdays, etc., to ensure that he uses good steel on various blades.

- As long as the right people are in the right places. It has already stood in the land of immortality.

Xiao Mo remembered the prince's words, Zuihou checked the military order herb in his hand once, and blurted out a series of military orders, and everyone who was called forced to press it and get up happily to receive the order.

Wang Mafu had already put the topography of this piece in his mind, and every time Xiao Mo reported a garrison point, he could connect it in his mind. Seeing that the key points in the mountains and fields were divided into those bureaus with many miners; Immediately afterwards, the important tasks of the city defense were also dispatched; zuihou is the two divisions that have always been at the forefront of the comprehensive assessment, and he is Xiao Mo's personal guard, and he is likely to be the main attacker in this battle......

But there is no task for Wang Mafu.

He was even removed from the division by Xiao Mo alone, but he didn't receive the task for a long time.

"Wang Mafu!" Xiao Mo said sharply.

"Here!" Wang Mafu seemed to have a spring under his buttocks, and it popped up with a thud.

"You are in guerrilla operations with the pro-guard of the military department." Xiao Mo finally sent the task.

Wang Mafu was stunned for a moment, and then found that Xiao Mo's gaze became sharp, and then he realized that the entire fluency of receiving orders like flowing water had been broken by himself. He hurriedly stood up and said, "Obey the order!" ”

Xiao Mo glanced at him again, quite a bit of a warning, and then let him go, and said: "Everyone knows that military law is ruthless, if anyone dares to ignore military law, this general will not be able to follow his personal feelings!" ”

"I wish to be broken to pieces, and never let down the emperor's grace!" Everyone responded in unison.

They lived at the bottom of the society, and they passed by death day and night, and when they heard about the recruitment, they came enthusiastically, and they didn't care about life and death for a long time. At the beginning, some people wanted to eat and drink and then run away, but the barracks are a furnace, since they are here, how can it be so easy to leave? What's more, the prince fed and drank well to support them, and all kinds of "torture" training sharpened them, and after three months, it was like being reborn.

At least in the chanting of slogans, it is simply better than blue, and even those instructors who were born in the inner palace have to admit that the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the front waves die on the beach.

Everyone came out of the official room, and the secretary of the right military department outside had already come to find someone to issue military orders. Wang Mafu quickly got his own, and went to the head of the Health Bureau with a dead face, and found that the content on the military order was really different. The pro-guard bureau acted with the main formation, fighting and killing the enemy, but his own was a "guerrilla operation with the pro-guard", and he did not even kill the enemy.

Wang Mafu tried his best to hide his loss, and suddenly saw Xiao Tugeng with a more bitter face, and he didn't know what kind of mentality he was holding, so he stepped forward and said, "Brother Xiao, what is your task?" At the military meeting just now, Wang Mafu was waiting for his task with all his heart, and he didn't notice Xiao Tugeng at all.

Xiao Tugeng saw his former "roommate" coming over, his face became more and more ugly, he clutched his military order tightly, and said simply and clearly: "Defend the city." ”

Xiao Mo put all the main forces in the field, and even asked the auxiliaries of the Left Army Department to build two additional earthen forts to observe the enemy's situation. The focus of the battle is to fight a decisive battle in the field, and I am afraid that the defending troops will not see the shadow of the thieves at all! Xiao Tugeng was depressed in his heart, and he had a strong sense of loss in his heart.

- This is almost the treatment of the Left Military Department!

There was no general manager in the left military department, and now it was thrown to the old man Wu Fu to manage the belt, stay behind to guard the grain road, build fortifications with the auxiliary soldiers, and repair the city wall...... Sure enough, it's a motherless child like a grass. The divisions and bureaus of the Left Military Department are also self-aware, and the few leaders don't speak loudly, but Xiao Tugeng is not the Left Military Department!

- We are the Firearms Bureau of the Central Military Department! The only bureau that is not named after a number!

Xiao Tugeng couldn't restrain the gap in his heart: We are our own!

"Which city to defend?" Wang Mafu asked the bottom line.

"Ruyang! Ruzhou! White sands! Xiao Tugeng almost gritted his teeth and squeezed the words out of between his teeth, and never wanted to talk to Wang Mafu again. He originally had a good impression of this cowardly and almost doomed Lu Chai stick, but now he found that this guy has become more and more hateful, and people want to smoke him when they see him.

"Defend three important places! Brother Xiao really got the prince's reuse. "Wang Mafu is out of place.

Xiao Tugeng turned around and left, scolding in his heart: Reuse a hairball! There are so many people in the bureau, what firepower is there in three places! The great firepower that the prince has always emphasized is fired intensively and destroys the enemy in pieces! When it comes to Xiao Mo's hands, he dares to divide his troops!

For a while, Xiao Tugeng suddenly discovered that Xiao Mo was a rammer who didn't understand fart, and remembered that he had even admired him, which was as disgusting as swallowing a fly alive. He squeezed out a mouthful of phlegm and spat heavily on a nearby tree. (To be continued......)