A gust of wind came out, and Wang Tieniu couldn't help but sneeze a few times. Rubbing his nose, he hurriedly put on his coat. As a notary public this time, I received a list of items to bring before I traveled, and it was clearly written that I would "bring a thick dress that can block the wind". I didn't have a particularly obvious feeling in the city, but when I was moving in the wilderness outside the city, I knew that the contents of the list were not meant to make things difficult for everyone.

The evening wind was so cool that Wang Tieniu couldn't help but want to hurry back to his residence in the Han village. After a day in the field, I drank cold boiled water, so as not to have diarrhea, and this cold stomach urgently needed hot water to warm up. Thinking back to the tension during the day, Wang Tieniu's heart became even more nervous. When the tax police force and the True God Sect Zhuangzi collapsed, the people of the True God Sect heard the tax police demand that they hand over the murderer today, and Zhuangzi handed over the land certificate, and went back to the village with a curse. Not long after, from the watchtower of Zhuangzi, there were a bunch of guys with swords, guns, swords, and halberds, obviously asking the tax police force and the municipal party committee.

Now Wang Tieniu no longer dares to be foolish, if he really entered the village as he thought at that time. At this time, he will definitely be lost in Zhuangzi, and even if he is not killed, the pain of skin and flesh will be inevitable. It can be seen that the negotiators of the previous tax police force judged the situation very correctly. The cool breeze at this time reminded him of the list of carryings provided by the tax police force before they were dispatched, which proved that the tax police force had a very correct judgment.

What will happen tomorrow ......? Wang Tieniu wanted to know.

Hong Nanfeng didn't know what the accompanying notary was thinking. The conditions were difficult when the conditions were tough, and of course it was better to prepare if the conditions allowed. In the early years, the Zhao Guanjia introduced cotton and produced very good cotton cloth. The price of cotton cloth is not low. In that situation, everyone in the Great Song army of the Zhao official family had summer, spring and autumn clothes, and winter clothes. In winter, there are military padded jackets and cotton military boots that reach below the knee. Now the late autumn boots of the tax police force are wool-lined cowhide boots, providing a marching list and wearing more clothes, which are just the standard preparation regulations before the infantry manual is opened.

If he knew what the notary was thinking, Hong Nanfeng would only think that they were too much of a fuss. The crushing victory of the Great Song Dynasty was not only to crush the enemy with weapons and equipment, but also to crush the enemy in an all-round way, including the investment in combat equipment.

At this time, Hong Nanfeng was thinking about the work of the operation, and when he returned to the temporary station, Hong Nanfeng called the cadres of the tax police force and asked for more guards and more sentry posts at night. Everyone agreed to be cautious. The Zhuangzi entrenched by those True God Cultists was too fat, and even the Mongols did not dare to be so arrogant.

After the internal arrangements were completed, Hong Nanfeng called the cadres of the Han villages stationed in the area in accordance with the regulations of the infantry manual, and asked the cadres to tell the villagers not to go out at night. The troops are to enforce a curfew in the village.

The cadres are also from military backgrounds, and after hearing this, they praised and said: "Commander Hong, we suffered the losses of those people back then, and they often came to attack and harass the village at night. Burning wheat straw stacks and destroying fields. You've got it done! ”

Hong Nanfeng looked down on this person a little bit in his heart. The Han people are too easy to back down, and the village cadres may not be a little selfish. If he insisted on suering, he was afraid that the boss would have sent someone to clean up the bad guys a long time ago. Now the village looks like it is retreating, but in fact, after retreating, it has been transformed into a farm, and the whole life is much better than before.

Thinking so in his heart, Hong Nanfeng replied: "You guys cooperate with the curfew. ”

"If there is a war tomorrow, we can also send people to help." The village cadres petitioned excitedly.

"You militia don't have to participate in this." Hong Nanfeng objected.

"I don't think there are many people in the army, we can send a hundred people, at least to help escort the prisoners." The village cadres continued their lobbying.

This suggestion is indeed very practical, but Hong Nanfeng still feels that the village cadres are selfish. The Han militia and the villagers have been dissatisfied with those True God Sect people for too long, and if they have thighs to hug, they can naturally repay their kindness and revenge. Hong Nanfeng replied, "I'll talk about it tomorrow." ”

The troops were prepared in accordance with the regulations for field warfare, and the village militia cooperated with the implementation of a curfew in the village after 8 p.m. Even in Luoyang City, there are not many people on the streets after eight o'clock in the evening. This is especially true at night in the village. Before the time was up, the roads in the village had fallen silent. By eight o'clock, there were only patrolling teams left, but there were more people than usual.

Such a rigorous arrangement is not to look like a great enemy, but to allow the resident personnel to have a good rest. The garrison also went to bed early, and the Han village was soon enveloped in silence. Today is the sixteenth, and the moon is exceptionally round. The moonlit village is not dim. Hong Nanfeng went out to inspect the various posts, and while walking on the road, he suddenly remembered something. Pulled out the infantry manual from his pocket.

The infantry manual was a combat regulation compiled by order of Zhao Jiaren, an official of the Great Song Dynasty, and the small book was not thick, and it used the language of military regulations. After opening it, Hong Nanfeng wanted to read it by the moonlight. His last military post was in the Yinshan Theater, and the bright moonlight at this time reminded Hong Nanfeng of the past when he fought in the far north. The Song army took full advantage of the long summer daylight to exterminate the barbarians, and the sky at that time seemed to be a bit like now.

As a result, after exhausting his eyesight, Hong Nanfeng still couldn't see the fine printed fonts clearly. Hong Nanfeng now solved a doubt in his heart, fighting in the extreme north, the troops did not sleep very well. Back to the south of Yinshan, the quality of sleep immediately increased. Even a bright night can't affect everyone, and it seems that the brightness of the Far North at night is indeed greater than that of the Han Land south of Yinshan.

After doing this experiment, which he had thought about for a long time but didn't have time to do, Hong Nanfeng's mood changed inexplicably. He first questioned why he hadn't done the experiment all along, and then remembered that he had been living in the city since he returned from the Yinshan War Zone. It's rare to come out on a mission and encounter such a bright night. Compared with the cold night sky in the fields of Henan, the sky in Jiangnan is much softer. Clouds and so on are very common.

Walking back to the station, Hong Nanfeng lay down and fell asleep, and soon fell asleep. I don't know how long I slept, but I heard a sharp whistle outside, which was the exclusive whistle during the night battle of the Great Song Dynasty, and the sound was extremely sharp. Hong Nanfeng was awakened by the whistle and the sound of footsteps running out of the tent, lifted the quilt, and he also rushed out.

I heard the captains of each team shouting: "Don't mess around, line up, line up!" ”

These experienced captains quickly suppressed the chaos, and with shouts such as "the first team assembles here" and "the second team assembles here", the chaos turned into orderly action. Even so, there is inevitably the sound of collision and pain in the night.

Hong Nanfeng looked up at the east side of the village, and saw that a red fire had risen over there. Not long after, the village cadres were also brought in, although the families on both sides of the village road were also awakened, and the curfew people ordered them not to go out.

The village cadres looked at the firelight and scratched their ears and cheeks anxiously, "Captain Hong, over there is our forage field, and the wheat straw team is over there." ”

After finishing speaking, seeing that Hong Nanfeng was silent, the village cadres shouted: "Commander Hong, it must be those True God Sect who sent people to burn our forage field. That's what they've done a lot before! ”

Hong Nanfeng pondered for a moment, and said to the cadres: "Don't make noise. Let's take care of our own affairs first. If the light is blind, don't lose yourself. ”

The village cadres are not as calm as Hong Nanfeng, but their little arms can't twist their thighs, and the village cadres know Song Jun's military discipline. After encountering the enemy, you must not panic, the Mongolian cavalry loves all kinds of harassment, but they do not have the ability to really kick through the Song army camp. The troops repeatedly told everyone that human physical strength is limited, and the Mongol army also needs to consume energy to carry out night attacks. As long as you don't panic and wait until daylight comes, you can let the enemy pay with their lives.

The current enemy is far less powerful than the Mongol army, and if it moves indiscriminately at night, it is prone to casualties. The village cadres could only hold back their anxiety and obey the orders of their superiors.

It was finally dawn, and the enemy's goal was to harass. Hong Nanfeng and the others did not toss all night, but after checking that there was no enemy invasion, they went to sleep again, and woke up after dawn. The people went to the hay field, where the fire did not spread, and there were three piles of firewood and grass burned.

After seeing the situation of the demonstration, Hong Nanfeng smiled and said to the village cadres: "You call the militia in the village, let's set off together!" ”

"Okay!" The village cadres were overjoyed and rushed to greet the people.

Looking at the three piles of black ash on the ground, Hong Nanfeng's smile turned into a sneer. When I was in Jiangnan, I also encountered hard stubble, but there must be thousands of hard stubble to do it to this point. But he didn't expect that the True God Sect of Zhuangzi, which was hundreds of people, would be so tough, but he could let Hong Nanfeng do it.

Just as he was about to leave, the captain in charge of commanding the troops came over with a frown, "Senior Hong, I don't think it's right." ”

"What's wrong?"

"If you are here to demonstrate, how can you only attack these three piles of wheat straw that are not easy to cause fires? Do they really think that burning these three piles of straw will scare us? "The captain also has a lot of experience in suppressing anti-tax gangs, at least the anti-tax elements in Jiangnan will not do this.

"What do you mean?" Hong Nanfeng frowned.

"Could it be someone else?" The captain asked.

This made Hong Nanfeng very unhappy, what did the people in the village do this for?

…… Probably to have a chance to intensify the conflict. They do have the possibility.

Hong Nanfeng's expression regained his calmness, and he said indifferently: "Even if it wasn't those people who did it, we have to exterminate them!" ”

The captain was stunned for a moment, he blinked, and then smiled, "That's right." I mention this because I can't help but want to talk about it. ”

"You're a good reminder." Hong Nanfeng replied. The captain is from a reconnaissance unit, thoughtful, and has strong observation skills, and is a good helper of Hong Nanfeng. Zhao Guanjia informed the whole army that when the Song army crossed Yinshan to conquer the enemy, it had been 600 years since the last time the Han army had a stable stronghold north of Yinshan. This is a completely new realm for the Great Song Dynasty, and what is needed is the shrewd and capable reconnaissance troops of the captain, who are well-informed, as the eyes of the troops.

After the troops finished breakfast, more than eighty men had already been sent out from the village. When these people heard that they could follow the troops to take revenge, they all looked in good spirits. Hong Nanfeng asked everyone if they had breakfast, and the group looked at each other, and immediately someone said that they hadn't eaten.

Hong Nanfeng called the village cadres and told him to take everyone to the army for a meal first. Looking at the village cadres with happy faces, Hong Nanfeng explained with a straight face: "You also know the discipline in our army, if someone takes the opportunity to burn and rob indecent women at this time, they will be killed!" ”

The smile of the village cadre disappeared in an instant, and he hurriedly responded: "I know, I know." ”

"You go and explain the discipline of the troops to those people, if some of them do those things, don't blame the troops for enforcing discipline." After finishing speaking, Hong Nanfeng asked again: "Have you ever seen the enforcement of discipline?" ”

The new Song army created by Zhao Guanjia has strict military discipline, but no matter how strict the military discipline is, it is not done by mouth. Those who seriously violated military discipline were publicly executed after a public trial, and if the local armed forces who claimed to be "righteous soldiers" did not obey the military discipline of the Song army, once the people came to complain, the Great Song Dynasty would also arrest them and execute them after a public trial.

After listening to Hong Nanfeng's reminder, the village cadres immediately remembered the executions they had seen with strict military discipline, and they couldn't laugh anymore. The reason why the new Song army was able to completely wash away the name of 'thief with army' that had been worn on its head for more than 300 years in 20 years was not to kill those who dared to call it a thief with a butcher's knife, but to use strict discipline to cleanse the black sheep in the army. Although the number of Song troops killed by the Song army was not more than that killed by the enemy, that number was enough for the Song army to know that military discipline could not be desecrated.

The village cadres didn't have time to talk to Hong Nanfeng more, so they went straight to the villagers who were happy to eat public dinner.

Looking at the back of the village cadres, Hong Nanfeng's expression was serious. In the past, in the era of 'thieves with the army', officers were at most reprimanded in person for the misdeeds of their subordinates, or even just two sentences of reprimand. No one expects them to do anything. Officers and seniors at all levels of the New Song Army established by Zhao Jiaren had to take responsibility for the misdeeds of their subordinates. If it is light, it will affect the future. The middle is demoted, basically cutting off the possibility of promotion. In the worst case, he will be directly dismissed, and all the hard work in the past will be turned into water.

At that time, 'Taiwei Zhao' made it clear that the army is not a bandit, and the army must have morality beyond ordinary people. In the future, the Song army will be the army of kings, and the people who think that they are just here to fight and can win the battle are by no means the people that the Song army needs in the new era. Those people are just those who sell their abilities in exchange for glory and wealth. For the Song army in the new era, these people are just as scourge as the enemy. The reputation of all the thieves with the army is because these thieves became officers of the Song army.

As a member of the Great Song Society, Hong Nanfeng didn't understand these things for a long time. When he understood, he was convinced.