In the barracks outside the city of Hejian Prefecture, when the eastern sky was still dark, the drums of the morning exercise had already sounded in the barracks, and with the sound of the three-way drums falling, all the soldiers were assembled, according to the rules of the barracks, if the three-way drums are not available, no matter who is engaged in military law, so no one dares to be late.

The huge school field was full of people, but it was silent, no one dared to make any abnormal noise, let alone talk to each other, and even many veterans present still remembered that just a few years ago, when the young general first came, because of the lax military discipline, he beheaded dozens of soldiers in a row, and the bloody heads rolled on the ground, and no one dared to risk his life since then.

Hu Yanqing, who was standing on the high platform of the school field, looked at the soldiers with strict military discipline below, and nodded with satisfaction in his heart, a few years ago he was transferred from the Western Army to the Hebei Army in front of him, and wanted to reorganize the Hebei Army.

Seeing the corruption of the Hebei army into this situation, Hu Yanqing immediately began to rectify, he first disposed of a group of heinous soldiers with iron and blood, so as to establish his own majesty, and then strictly trained the Hebei army under his command with the training method learned in the military academy, as a result of the efforts of the past few years, now the Hebei army has finally recovered a little bit of the appearance of the original strong army, and now there is only a lack of let them go to the battlefield to experience it, and the one who can survive in the end can be regarded as a real strong army.

Thinking of the corruption of the Hebei Army before, and then looking at the disciplined army in front of him, Hu Yanqing also had pride in his heart, but pride was proud, he would not be sloppy in the drills he should have, and immediately ordered the whole army to run with a load. Run along the walls of the river province and come back before breakfast, otherwise everything will not be qualified, and breakfast will definitely be gone.

Hu Yanqing ordered the soldiers below to run along the city wall, and he himself did not rest, but ran with these soldiers. In fact, since he came to the Hebei Army, every time he trains with the soldiers, even if he is sick, but as long as he can get up, he will not be short of a day, and he usually eats and rests with the soldiers. It can be said that now Hu Yanqing has fully established his prestige in the army, and no one dares to question his orders.

Hu Yanqing led his soldiers to run along the city wall, at this time the eastern sky has turned white, the city gate has been opened, from time to time there are people in and out, these people see this running army, many people have saluted Hu Yanqing, because before Hu Yanqing came. The Hebei army outside the city has become a tyrant in Hejian Province, and the people in the city have suffered a lot. But since the arrival of this young general, not only eradicated the tumor of this Hejian Mansion, but also trained a strong army, Hejian Mansion was originally adjacent to the Liao State, and from time to time there would be a Liao army going south to fight the grass valley, but since Hu Yanping came. The annihilation of the small Liao State in the south several times made the Liao army dare not come again, so the people were very grateful to him.

Looking at the people who saluted him, Hu Yanqing also nodded to them, he had heard Zhao Yan talk about it when he was in the military academy. The people are the cornerstone of the country, and the military is born to protect these cornerstones, if a country's army can't even protect its own people, then what use do they have?

Hu Yanqing took his soldiers to run around along the Hejian Mansion shouting neat trumpets, and finally returned to the barracks for breakfast, and then began a day of intense training, Hu Yanqing not only fought a strong war, but also trained extremely strictly, he according to the training method learned in the military academy, the Hebei army formulated the corresponding drills, and at the same time eliminated the weak in the army, absorbing stronger young people to join the army, but unfortunately here in Hebei from time to time there are small groups of Liao army south, but not like the previous Western Army often fought with the Western Xia, Therefore, the current Hebei army is still too lacking in actual combat experience, at least compared with the Liao army on the opposite side, he feels that it is still a little worse.

At the end of the morning training, Hu Yanqing was about to take a break after lunch, but at this time, he suddenly received a report, saying that someone outside asked to see him, and he claimed to be Hu Yanqing's family, which made him stunned, and walked out of the barracks at the moment, only to see a young man older than him standing outside the barracks, and when he saw the other party's appearance clearly, Hu Yanqing was also overjoyed and shouted: "Brother Thirteen, why are you here?" ”

The person who came was Hu Yanqing's cousin Hu Yanyan, who ranked thirteenth in Hu Yanqing's generation, but Hu Yanyan was different from Hu Yanqing and Hu Yanping who entered the army, he never liked to fight very much, but was very interested in reading, which was the same as Hu Yanqing before, and it was precisely because of this that the relationship between the two in the clan was also the best.

However, although Hu Yanyan likes to read, except for Hu Yanqing, who has a very bright brain, the others are not very good, so although Hu Yanyan likes to read, he did not read any famous trips, and finally he could only use the power of the family to enter the Guozijian, and after graduation, he was released as a petty official, and in Hebei, Hu Yanqing has been in correspondence with Hu Yanyan since he came to Hebei, and he once wanted to visit his cousin with the best feelings, but unfortunately he has not had the opportunity because he is too busy. But I didn't expect Hu Yanyan to come in person today.

"Haha, I haven't seen you for a few years, Brother Qing'er, you have become tall and mighty, where is there still a little fat man's appearance, I almost couldn't recognize Brother Wei just now!" Hu Yanyan also laughed when he saw Hu Yanqing, he was older than Hu Yanqing, when Hu Yanqing entered the military academy, he left the capital to become an official in other places, so he has not seen Hu Yanqing in the past few years, and now he suddenly saw a burly man come out, if it weren't for the other party's appearance is still a little familiar, I'm afraid he can't believe that the person in front of him is Hu Yanqing who is holding a book every day.

Hearing this cousin's ridicule, Hu Yanqing also laughed, he has indeed changed a lot in recent years, sometimes even he can't believe the changes in himself, but this change is a good thing for him, he used to like to study and want to be a civil official, but now he has become a military general, but this is also more in line with their Huyan family's family style, if they can personally recover the land of Yanyun, it will be better, after all, it is their ancestor's lifelong wish.

One of the three joys of life is to meet old acquaintances in other places, not to mention that they are cousins with deep feelings, so Hu Yanqing is also very excited, please Hu Yanyan enter the military camp at the moment, although Hu Yanyan is a civilian official, but after all, he is from a general, when he enters the military camp, he sees that the interior is heavily guarded, and the soldiers he sees are also energetic and strong, and the military discipline is extremely strict, which makes him praise Hu Yanqing, and even patted him on the shoulder and said that the ancestral training of recovering Yanyun will be handed over to him.

Hu Yanqing took his cousin to his residence, and when he learned that the other party had not eaten because he was in a hurry, he immediately ordered someone to prepare a meal and send it, but he didn't have a small stove here, and he usually ate and lived with the soldiers, so what he sent was today's noon meal, which looked very simple, which made Hu Yanqing a little embarrassed and said: "Thirteenth brother, don't dislike it, I only have food from the military camp here, and in the afternoon I will invite you to go to the largest Qingxiao Building in Hejian Mansion to have a wine banquet, where the food is very famous, Even some of the delicacies in the capital have been learned, and although the taste is not very positive, it is also a rare delicacy. ”

"Haha, what are you as your thirteenth brother, I sue you, I haven't even been able to eat a piece of meat in the past few months, and it's really rare to have meat here with you!" Hu Yanyan didn't have any dislike, but stared at the meal in front of him and swallowed his saliva, then picked up the chopsticks and stuffed a piece of braised pork into his mouth, praising while eating, this braised pork came out of the military academy, and now it has almost become a standing dish in the barracks canteen, which also made the demand for pork in the Great Song Dynasty greatly increased, and many people even began to raise pigs as their main livelihood.

After Hu Yanyan finished speaking, he began to gobble up, as if the food in this military camp was very delicious, but Hu Yanqing knew that although the meals in the military camp were not short of meat, they were all big pot dishes, and only one braised pork was not bad, and the other dishes were not good at all, and he also knew that Hu Yanyan was very picky about food when he was in the capital before, and he didn't eat food unless he was hungry, but now the other party is like a starving ghost, which makes Hu Yanqing begin to wonder if the person in front of him is his cousin?

Hu Yanyan swept away the food in front of him like a strong wind, and even the vegetable soup was poured into the rice by him to eat, and finally asked for a glass of water and poured it into the rice bowl and stirred, and then drank it dry in one go, this time Hu Yanqing was really frightened, and was stunned for a while before he spoke: "Thirteenth brother, you ...... You haven't eaten in a few days? ”

"I haven't eaten for a few days, I just haven't eaten lunch." Hu Yanyan said with a smile, he knew that Hu Yanqing must have been frightened by his appearance, but after experiencing the previous incident, he swore that he would never waste a grain of food again, so he had to eat it all every time he ate.

"But you ......" Hu Yanqing still didn't understand, but he didn't know how to ask.

But at this time, Hu Yanyan sighed and explained: "Brother Qing, the drought here in your Hejian Mansion is not very strict, but the county seat where I work is thousands of miles away, and the people in the county have almost no harvest, in order to help the people, I took out all my own gruel, and my wife and children at home followed me to drink gruel for several months, and thanks to the grain brought from the south by His Royal Highness King Yue, the people under my rule will not starve to death!" ”

Hearing Hu Yanyan mention the previous drought, Hu Yanqing finally understood why his cousin had changed so much, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed at the moment, but at this time, Hu Yanyan's expression suddenly changed and said: "Brother Qing, I came here this time for my brother, there is a big thing to tell you, as for how to deal with it, it depends on your opinion!" (To be continued......)