Liu Jian's performance forced Batu to change his original opinion of him, and also left a deep impact on the cavalry troops, such a medium-sized, glasses Sichuan man was brave and resourceful.

Soon after his arrival, Liu Jian concurrently served as deputy chief of staff of the cavalry unit, and soon after his arrival, he was faced with an important problem.

At the beginning, Batu's cavalry team was composed of all the Liangguang people, and the courage and good fighting of the Liangguang people once made such a unit win the title of "wolf soldier force".

However, with the deepening of the war and the progress of land reform, young people along the region enthusiastically joined the army, which also made such a contingent mainly of southerners gradually mixed with many northerners, and the source of soldiers was more extensive.

After crossing the Yellow River, the proportion of northerners and southerners in this group was completely balanced, and the Guangxi people, who had been the largest in number, were soon replaced by officers and soldiers from Shanxi and other places.

With the change in the proportion of soldiers, the contradictions between officers and soldiers from different regions in a team have become more and more prominent: veterans bully new soldiers, and soldiers in different places form gangs...... Such behavior is not only highlighted in everyday life, but sometimes also manifested in battle.

Batu sensed that the morale of the army was unstable, and if it was allowed to develop, the impact and consequences would be unimaginable. It's not that Batu didn't take action to rectify this situation, but the effect was not very obvious.

After discovering this situation, he ordered the officers and soldiers of different regions to be arranged separately, and did not attack in coordination during training and warfare in peacetime, and at the same time, he continued to make speeches in an effort to eliminate such regional differences, but these measures not only did not help, but only exacerbated the situation.

Later, Batu simply issued a death order: gangs and factions are not allowed in the army, and those who violate the order will be engaged in military law. Although the punishment has been harsh for a while, it still can't be changed from the bottom of my heart.

When preparing to attack Suiyuan, Batu's cavalry troops were stationed in the border area more than 200 miles away from Guiyuan, facing Prince Dmuchuk Donrup.

At this moment, Batu felt that he had been able to see King De's appearance in a yellow robe and horse coat, and he really wanted to say to this biggest old man in Guisui in person, "Lord Dewang, don't come to harm!" I, Batu, are back today to take your dog's life! ”

However, just as Batu was reorganizing his armaments and preparing to take the king of De against the remnants of the Mongol kings, something happened in the garrison - a group regional fight.

A brave and warlike army is prone to accidents once it is idle, and the same is true for the wolf army. When there is no combat mission, the troops go out on duty according to their normal schedules. In the Fifth Company of the Cavalry, there is a squad leader who is an old Guangxi soldier, and his qualifications are old, so he often plays scores.

That night, he asked a Shanxi soldier in the team to help him brush his riding boots, but when the Shanxi soldier didn't do it, the Guangxi soldier slapped him in the mouth. This made a Shanxi soldier in the next class see it, they were already familiar with each other, and after seeing his brother being beaten, he stepped forward and punched the squad leader without saying anything.

The Guangxi soldiers were naturally not the opponents of the two tall horses and the western soldiers, and after being beaten, the Guangxi soldiers in the other barracks were unwilling. Originally, in this army, the Guangxi soldiers were the big brothers, but later with the increase of foreign soldiers, especially the Shanxi soldiers, the status of the big brother has been obviously challenged. Hearing that the recruits were still beating the old squad leader, the Guangxi soldiers shouted.

These are all soldiers licking blood on the edge of the knife, all of them have a cannon temper, more and more people gathered on both sides, and some officers and soldiers also took out cavalry swords.

Fortunately, it was later stopped, and afterwards, many people were punished for it, but this incident was like a prism, reflecting all kinds of hidden dangers in such an army.

Batu is worried. After Liu Jian arrived, Batu handed over the matter to him.

Liu Jian stroked his glasses and said lightly, "I'll try it."

After taking on this burden, Liu Jian did not immediately take any action, he first found several officers at and above the battalion level in different regions, and invited them to have a meal of roast mutton and taste horse wine in a hotel not far from the place where the team was stationed.

This is a small restaurant like a carriage and horse shop, the owner of the roast mutton is not Mongolian, but he has been familiar with it for a long time, his roast mutton is exquisite, the meat on the leg of lamb is red and bright, and you can smell the fragrance from afar.

That night, a dozen or so people changed into civilian clothes and rode a tall horse to the restaurant, Liu Jian, who was the east, was wearing a lapel national costume that day, and he had been waiting at the door of the restaurant for a long time. The owner of the carriage and horse shop was sharpening his knife quickly, looking at Liu Jian and them, he quickly peeled and washed the mutton in his hand, and then said with a smile: "Bosses, sit inside."

Liu Jian waved his hand: "Don't call us boss in the future, we are all revolutionary teams, just call comrades."

The shopkeeper laughed, and then chanted: "Comrade, comrade......"

Ten minutes later, a succession of such officers arrived. After the meeting, these officers exchanged a few words of greeting after meeting, and then consciously divided into two parts according to the region, and neither of them wanted to sit with the other.

Liu Jian sat in the position of the owner, he unbuttoned the collar of his shirt, then took off the big-brimmed hat on his head and put it on the table, and then said with a smile, "What? Are they all big girls? Come, all sit down! It's all brothers in the trenches, what's the twist and turn? We are having a brother's gathering today, and I have already reported to Commander Batu, and it does not violate the "Minutes for the Soldiers", Jia Daman, you sit down. ”

Under Liu Jian's Zhang Luo, all the officers sat down sparsely.

"Come, this is not a barracks, don't be restrained, pour all the wine" Liu Jian finished speaking, and poured wine into the bowl in front of him, and the officers sitting around the table also poured all the wine unceremoniously.

Sitting next to Liu Jian were Shanxi officer Jia Da Man and Guangxi Officer Lu Haoming, both of whom were the commanders of the cavalry regiment, but Jia Da joined the army a few years later than Lu Haoming.

"The people of the grassland say that friends have good wine, and today we will sit together and feel the atmosphere, come, and bring up the wine bowl in our hands!" Liu Jian's words with a Sichuan accent are very penetrating, and the mellow and sweet aroma of wine permeates the room.

"!" The porcelain bowl made a crisp thudding sound, followed by the gurgling of wine in the throat. The steaming hot pot with the mellow and sweet horse * wine on the grassland is a rare delicacy, these officers are all bold and cheerful, and soon the several jars of horse * wine on the table will see the bottom, and the officers present are also blushing and thick-necked.

The wine is still open. Under the influence of alcohol, the originally restrained officers became arrogant, and their speech and behavior became more casual.

Liu Jian, who was polite and polite, seemed to have nothing to do, he picked up the wine bowl and said, "Serve the wine again." The guys in the restaurant brought Ma * wine again, and the wine bowls in front of them were filled again after a while.

"We are all comrades from Tiannan and Haibei, I don't know the rules of drinking in your places, just follow our hometown, everyone drinks one by one, I will take the lead first" After speaking, Liu Jian picked up the wine bowl and touched the wine with everyone one by one.

When it was the turn of Jia Dazi and Lu Haoming, the two did not hesitate to pick up the wine bowl and touch each other's bowls. The exchange of drinks made the atmosphere stronger.

"Do the math, we have been an army for many years, from the border towns in the south to now spanning most of China, and I think everyone here has the same traces of various wars as I am. Around us, there have been countless comrades-in-arms who have fallen, and there will definitely be one in the future, maybe one of you and me, why are we throwing our heads and spilling blood like this? ”

Liu Jian tapped lightly on the table, and the officers around the big wooden table listened carefully, although they were all drunk, but their minds were still quite clear.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Liu Jian smiled and continued: "You want to engage in regional confrontation? Let me do the math first, Commander Batu is a Mongolian, I am a native of Sichuan, and there are officers from Guangxi and Shanxi in the headquarters alone. In that case, it will be miserable, we Sichuan people are very few in the cavalry troops, it seems that I will definitely be beaten, haha."

Jia Dazi and Lu Haoming, who were next to Liu Jian, were ashamed after hearing this, Lu Haoming wiped his tears and said: "Chief of Staff, don't say it, I know we shouldn't have a small temper!" ”

Syllable! Liu Jian suddenly slapped on the table, and the horse* wine in the wine bowl on the table was shaken and waved.

"The enemy is now! What are the troops stationed here for? Two hundred miles away, King De's cavalry troops were already ready, and during the preparation for war, you actually had idle infighting? Ask yourselves, are you worthy of your brothers who have fallen beside you? Is it worthy of the people who died for this battlefield? ”

Liu Jian's words were so powerful and loud that the officers present all lowered their heads after hearing this, and some of them shed tears under the influence of alcohol.

"Don't cry! Come, all stand up, take up all the wine in front of you, we have drunk this bowl of wine today, and the past will go with him, and we all puff up our chests and be a man! Remember, our cavalry is the proudest type of troops, and the cavalry must show the spirit of a man, and we must take the lead in fighting to Suiyuan and take back the Mongolian steppe, do you have confidence? ”

"Yes!" The officers shouted in unison.

"Come on! Dry! ”

"It's done!" The porcelain bowls collided together, and a crisp sound sounded.