In the cowhide tent, the soldier Huang Laoqi looked at his injured leg and sighed, secretly lamenting his bad luck.

Huang Laoqi was a member of the sledding team and participated in the capture of Lin Dan Khan in the Yellow River, during which he was shot by Lin Dan Khan's guards, which hit the kneecap, and was rescued by his companions.

In the battle with the Mongols at that time, the Ming army used artillery to blow up the ice of the Yellow River because of its geographical advantage, and the casualties were very small, and the casualties of tens of thousands of troops were only more than 100 people, and Huang Laoqi was one of them, which can be described as extremely unlucky.

If the arrow is in other parts, it will be fine, and it will be healed after some time after pulling out the arrow, but Huang Laoqi was shot in the knee and injured his bones, the military doctor said that it will take at least two or three months to raise, and even if he recovers in the future, I am afraid that he will be disabled, and it is basically impossible to become a soldier and eat food.

Thinking about the miserable days in the future, Huang Laoqi was sad, he was disabled, he couldn't just be without food, he was limping and he couldn't even farm, he was still young, he was less than twenty years old, I am afraid that he would not even be able to get a wife in this life, how should he live in the future?

For many nights, Huang Laoqi woke up crying in his dreams, and the whole person was sad and sad, without any spirit.

"Boss, you're still in the tent, I said you can't be like this, you should go out on crutches, your leg injury has been more than a month, and the wound should have completely healed." The thick cotton curtain of the tent was lifted, and Hu Xiangui dodged in, looking at Huang Laoqi's languishing appearance, he couldn't help but say.

Hu Xiangui is also a member of the sledding team, and was also injured in the battle, but it was not an arrow injury, but he accidentally hit a stone and broke his leg while skiing.

Now that the affairs of Monan Mongolia have basically ended, most of the Ming troops have been withdrawn one after another and withdrawn to the three sides. There were less than 10,000 troops left in the Hetao, because there were still many Han caravans that did business with various tribes in the Hetao, and the task of the army was to protect the caravan, and the soldiers who were wounded in the battle also stayed behind and withdrew with the army after recovering from their wounds.

After the reorganization of Sun Chuanting and Zhang Shize, the trilateral Ming army has become a part of the Praetorian Guard system, and the military discipline is very strict, and the soldiers stay in the camp on weekdays, except for training, they participate in various collective activities, and it is strictly forbidden to go out on weekdays. However, the control of the wounded barracks is relatively loose.

After all, it was a wounded soldier and he didn't have a weapon, so it was okay to go out of the camp and walk around the neighborhood appropriately.

Because the Praetorian Guards were strictly disciplined, there was no harassment of ordinary Mongolian herdsmen, and because they often sent military missionaries to go deep into the herdsmen to publicize the policies of the Praetorian Guards and persuade young herdsmen to join the Praetorian Guards, the herdsmen gradually lost their fear of the Ming army after experiencing the initial fear, and later even gave birth to some cordiality, and many herdsmen even took the initiative to approach the Ming army.

Around the camp of the Ming army, there were some Mongolian tribes, and Hu Xiangui often went to the tribe to wander around, and when he came back, he betrayed Huang Laoqi, and tried to persuade Huang Laoqi to go out with him many times. Huang Laoqi was sad and not in the mood because of the injury, and he was afraid that going out would make the injury worse, so he didn't listen to him once.

"Alas, you boy, it's just an elm pimple." Seeing that Huang Laoqi was silent, Hu Xiangui couldn't help sighing, turned his head to look at no one, and quietly leaned into Huang Laoqi's ear and said, "It's all my own brothers, don't blame my brother for having good things and not thinking about you, you quietly go out with me this evening, and make sure you have a meat meal, so you can have a good time." ”

"What kind of meat?" Huang Laoqi was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but say, "I said that the general manager said, I will have a meal today, and the beef tube will be full at noon." ”

"You're such an elm pimple." Hu Xiangui shook his head and said, then lay on his stomach and muttered in Huang Laoqi's ear.

"What?" Huang Laoqi was shocked, "How can there be such an immoral thing?" ”

"Hey, what kind of bad customs, this is the custom of the grassland, as long as men and women look at each other, they sleep together, and after dawn, they go their own way, and Mongolian women don't stick to you." Hu Xiangui said as a matter of course.

"How is it possible, what if you have a child?" Huang Laoqi said incredulously.

"If you have a child, the Mongolians will raise it by themselves, and Tian Ding Jiakou will be very happy, as for who is the child's father, no one cares." Hu Xiangui said with a smile.

"How can this be, how can it be like this......" Huang Laoqi felt that his three views had been subverted.

"Hehe, but I know the reason, I heard that this Mongolian place is too cold, it is very difficult to give birth, and there are often wars between tribes, which makes it difficult for the tribal population to grow, so there is this custom, which has been passed down for thousands of years." Hu Xiangui said with a smile.

"I said, boss, haven't you been worried that you won't be able to find a wife after returning to Daming after you are disabled, if you want me to say just stay, the women in the tribe are all your wives, and you want whichever you want." Hu Xiangui laughed.

"What wife?" At this moment, the cotton curtain was lifted again, and Xiao Chengxian, the chief manager, walked into the tent.

"Haha, I'm joking with my boss." Hu Xiangui hurriedly stood up and said with a smile.

"Put the total!" Huang Laoqi also hurriedly struggled to get up from the collapse.

"It's not convenient for your legs to lie down." Xiao Chengxian raised his hand and said, "Boss, I have good news for you, after repeated reviews by the prison guards, it has been decided to report you to the first-level beheading." ”

"Huh?" Huang Laoqi suddenly grew his mouth, "I, I didn't kill the Mongols." ”

"You didn't kill, but after you fell with an arrow, the ice blade was thrown out of your hand, and it happened to hit a horse's leg, and the Mongolian cavalry fell down on that horse, and was killed by our army, and after review, it was decided to count half a beheading for you, and the brother who directly killed the Mongols heard that you were injured and disabled, and he generously said that he would not behead the credit, and after the review of the overseers, they decided to count the decapitation on your head." Xiao Chengxian explained.

"Ah, this, this." Huang Laoqi's lips trembled, such a big pie fell from the sky, he was so excited that he didn't know what to say.

"Okay, old man, with this decapitation skill, you don't have to be afraid anymore after you retire." Hu Xiangui was full of envy.

"Hu Xiangui is right." Xiao Chengxian nodded, "According to the rules of my Praetorian Guard, soldiers can return to their hometowns to serve in the armor after retiring due to injury, and now that the trilateral armor has just been established, you have made war achievements, at least there is no problem in being a leader, by the way, don't you be literate?" ”

Huang Laoqi nodded hurriedly: "Yes, Mr. General, I went to Weixue for a few years when I was young, and then I couldn't afford to study anymore because of my poor family, because my two elder brothers died one after another, so I took over my father and entered the border army." ”

"Well, if you are literate, you will be promoted quickly in the future, and if you study more after retiring, you may be able to become a security chief in a few years." Xiao Chengxian said.

When he became the chief of security, he was regarded as a real court official, and the brocade guard and military position of the eighth grade were recorded in the ministry. Although the first head also enjoys the treatment of the nine-rank military attaché, he has not been recorded in the Ministry of Officials.

"Thank you, thank you." Huang Laoqi was very happy and said busily.

"Haha, don't thank me, thank Your Majesty if you want to thank you. It was the Praetorian Guard established by His Majesty who gave us a high salary and a good salary, so that even if we were injured and retired, we would not have to worry about not living a good life. Xiao Chengxian said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Huang Laoqi turned around and knelt down in the direction of Beijing, and kowtowed solemnly. If you become a security chief and become a court official, where do you worry about not being able to marry a daughter-in-law, and where do you have to worry about having a bad time in the future?

"What about me, Mr. I, how will I be resettled after I retire?" Hu Xiangui's eyes were hot, and he hurriedly asked.

"You?" Xiao Chengxian glanced at Hu Xiangui up and down, "Your injuries were not suffered in battle, and you have no combat merits, but if you retire, you can also find an errand in the armor protection, but don't think about being the head of the armor directly." ”

"That's right." Hu Xiangui pursed his mouth, he can't be an official, what's the point of being an errand boy.

"But you just broke your leg, this leg injury has been recuperating for more than a month, it should be almost better, you can return to the barracks to continue to serve as a soldier in some time, you are not the kind of serious injury that the old man is, he will not be disabled, what kind of service? If you work hard in the army, you may be able to become a chief in a few years, so that you can also become an official after retiring in the future. Xiao Chengxian said.

"Okay, Mr. General, I'll do a good job." Hu Xiangui nodded and said.

"Take good care of your injuries, and in a few days, we will return to Datong." Xiao Chengxian said another word to Huang Laoqi, turned around and walked out of the tent.

In fact, the dispatch of troops to Hetao was the first battle after the reorganization of the trilateral army, and at this time, the three towns of Yansui in Datong, Xuanfu had just been reorganized, and the original border army was deposed, and the young and strong border army was recruited into the Praetorian Guard, and the time was only more than a month.

In a month's time, I had just gone through the queue training, and I had just familiarized the newly recruited soldiers with the rules of the Praetorian Guard, but they hurriedly pulled out to fight, and the expedition to Hetao and Jiannu to fight, to be honest, it was Sun Chuanting and Zhang Shize at the beginning, and they both beat the drum in their hearts.

Among the 50,000 troops on the expedition, Lu Xiangsheng only had three battalions of 9,000 Praetorian Guard veterans in his hands, while Zhang Shize had 10,000 veterans of the Yansui Army in his hands, and the rest were newly recruited border soldiers.

Fortunately, Jiannu didn't know the details of the Ming army, and saw that it was Sun Chuanting Zhang Shize who led the troops, and was attacked by the sled soldiers on the back road, Huang Taiji did not dare to retreat in a hurry, if Huang Taiji really fought to the death, it was very difficult to say whether the battle would be won or lost.

However, after this battle, this Praetorian Guard recruit has been trained and has become a veteran, after all, war is the best way to train soldiers.

Since it was reorganized into the Praetorian Guard, naturally everything was in accordance with the rules of the Praetorian Guard. The current Xuanfu Datong is basically the same as that of northern Shaanxi, the original military household system of the guard station was canceled, and the military household was changed to the people's household, and then the armor was protected. In the future, it is necessary to abolish the guards, establish prefectures and counties, and appoint liuguan to manage them, so that the county-security-first, three-level system will ensure that the orders of the imperial court can reach the villages directly.

The state and county officials were appointed by the imperial court, and the chief of the guards was held by officers and soldiers who had retired from meritorious service, and they were given military posts of eight grades and nine ranks, which not only strengthened the control over the localities, but also solved the worries of the officers and men of the Praetorian Guard.

In the three sides, there were originally a large number of landlords who controlled most of the military fields on the three sides, but now, after the fiasco of the conquest of Montenegro, these generals and landlords were questioned and liquidated, and most of the military fields were returned to the hands of the imperial court and redistributed. Therefore, there are no big warlord landlords in the trilateral military town, and according to the rules of the Praetorian Guard, there will be no more soil for warlord landlords in the future.

People like Huang Laoqi and Xiao Chengxian are all vested interests in the Praetorian Guard system, and they will naturally support the current system and the emperor who brought them all this in the future. Therefore, Xuanfu Datong will be the same as Yansui in the future, and it will become the basic plate of Zhu Youzhen.

In the future, health schools will be set up on the three sides, modeled after the schools under the Academy of Sciences, and a large number of their own readers will be trained.

After another five days, the troops who remained in Hetao really left the Hetao and returned to Datong Town. And with the army left there were dozens of tribal nobles, all of whom were the sons of the tribes Taiji, who would follow the army to Datong first, and then be sent to Beijing City to participate in the reward ceremony. Then the sons of these tribal leaders will stay in Beijing as hostages, knowing that after the death of the original tribal leaders, these people will be allowed to return to the grassland to inherit the tribal throne. After many years of life in Daming, these princes will naturally be imperceptible, and they will naturally turn their hearts to Daming, which is also a kind of assimilation, of course, this is also a later story, at least these princes this time, are ignorant of all this.

In the team, Bayan Mur rode on a horse, and glanced at the Ming officers and soldiers around him with jealousy from time to time. Bayanmur is the son of Taiji, a tribe of wild donkeys in Chahar, and he is also the candidate to go to Beijing to accept the reward on behalf of his father.

In fact, Bayan Mur was very resistant to returning to the Ming Dynasty. In his opinion, the Mongols are the descendants of Genghis Khan, all of them are eagles in the sky and lone wolves on the ground, while the Ming people are house sparrows in the trees and pikas on the ground.

However, he was only a fifteen-year-old boy, just a son of the leader of the wild donkey tribe, and he did not have any say in the affairs of the tribe, so he had to follow the orders of the wild donkey Taiji, that is, his father, and follow the Ming army out of the grassland.

Along the way, Bayan Mur was always reluctant, he secretly held his own thoughts, and regarded this trip as an opportunity to peek into the interior of the Ming Kingdom, so he kept paying attention to the situation of the Ming army all the way.

In Bayanmur's view, although the Ming army's queue was neat, it was nothing more than that, and it was not as good as the Mongol warriors in terms of riding and archery. The Ming army relied on a large number of victories to force the Mongols to submit.

In fact, Bayanmur did not have a concept of numbers, he just instinctively thought that the Ming army was large, but it was not clear how many there were.

It wasn't until he entered the side wall and saw the castles and "prosperous" cities within the side wall that Bayan Mur was really shocked, and he really realized the gap between the wild donkey department and the Ming Kingdom for the first time. In fact, what he saw was just the situation in the border town of Datong.

And from Datong to the east, the more prosperous, the more densely populated, and when they passed the Juyong Pass and arrived in the Gyeonggi area, the dense population made Bayan Mur really realize how big the Ming State was, and how much the population was.

And when he saw the majestic city wall of Beijing, Bayan Mur was already shocked, looking at the prosperity of Beijing, he no longer had the superiority of Genghis Khan's descendants. Looking at the brightly dressed Mingren, and then looking at the dirty leather robe on his body, all he has is a deep inferiority.

ps: Thank you for the book swallowing demon worm for rewarding 100 yuan, no one has rewarded for a long time, moved.