It's been eight years, it's been eight years, it's been a long time since such a large cavalry unit has passed, and yet, today it unexpectedly ushered in two batches:

The batch of Chenshi: one-color red horse red cloak red rhino leather armor, red long beryllium, equipped with a red lacquer bow, and the word "urging the front" is written on the big silk!

The batch of the time - black robes and black-scale blackboard armor, horses wearing heavy armor, everyone holding Feiyan Lingyun spear, hanging a blade wolf ring head knife on their backs, and the word "Night North" was printed on the flag.

"Brothers, tie up your horses and let us eat and drink!" Lao Liangtou pointed to the earthen house in the distance, revealing a rare smile.

Hearing this, everyone in the Tanma camp cheered, but before they could go in, a shopkeeper came out and said to Lao Liangtou: "I'm sorry, military masters, today the small shop was covered by Hu Ye from Xiying." Speaking of Xiying, Xiao Er deliberately accentuated his tone.

Lao Liangtou frowned and said: "Little second brother, I waited for my brother to travel fifty miles, but the water and rice have not entered, and I am hungry, can I be accommodating?" ”

"This ......" the little second brother hesitated.

"Noise, Xiao Er, hurry up and let them go!" An arrogant voice came from the store: "You open the door to do business, you always come first and come first, right?" ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone's anger rose up, and a few people in the Tanma camp were about to rush in, but Lao Liangtou waved his hand, shook his head, and said softly: "Forget it, don't make trouble, just go to the inner city to find a wine shop." "Anyway, take the lead in turning over and getting on the horse, and everyone can't, so they have to hate and lead the horse and swing the stirrup, and sulk.

Yang Tingfeng saw the angry appearance of everyone, and a few thoughts turned in his mind for a while.

Suddenly, he ran to Lao Liangtou and smiled: "Boss, you and the brothers go to the inner city first, my stomach is a little uncomfortable!" ”

"Damn, it's a lazy person who has a lot of shit and pee." Lao Liangtou sneered, and said with a dark face: "Go, the thatched house is in the stable at the back of the inn, remember to catch up with us early when you're done!" ”

Yang Tingfeng hurriedly slapped himself in the mouth, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, boss." ”

was about to leave, but Lao Liangtou didn't look at him, but only said lightly: "I said Yang boy, don't blame Lao Tzu for not reminding you, don't fucking cause trouble!" ”

Yang Tingfeng was full of excitement, and said haha: "No!" No! It really hurts my stomach! After saying that, he rubbed his stomach and ran towards the hut with a painful expression.

Lao Liangtou shook his head, but now, there was no other way to stop him, so he had to take the people in the Tanma camp and leave slowly.

When the sound of the horse's hooves faded away, and the surroundings fell silent again, Yang Tingfeng sneaked out of the corner of the inn, and the smile on his face disappeared suddenly......

He ran a few more steps along the post road, but he was still not at ease, and ran out of the boss again, only then did he believe that Lao Liang and the others had gone away.

Yang Tingfeng took a deep breath, then unconsciously tightened his fists, turned around and walked towards the Erniang Inn, at this moment, at the door of the inn, slowly walked a sloppy military man, the man was burly, his eyes were ruthless, he was dressed in green clothes, not wearing armor, his dark face was full of cynicism, and a dog's tail grass was floating up and down in his mouth, and he didn't like dirty hands, so he naturally reached out directly and pulled out of his crotch.

On his left shoulder, the soldier carried a large broadsword with a ring head—about six feet four inches long, which looked extremely heavy, and had a blue lacquer handle underneath. Behind the handle stretched a black chain, rusty.

Yang Tingfeng quickly followed the military man, followed him and quietly entered the Erniang Inn.......

The front foot had just stepped in, and the first thing that caught Yang Tingfeng's eyes was a dozen or so wooden tables that were crooked.

The storefront is actually not small, at least, it is not what it seems.

It's just that between the cracks in the eaves and walls, there will be wind, sand and cold air seeping in from time to time, but it will indeed be much better than the outside.

At the counter, there was a groggy bookkeeper, half-asleep, and he didn't wake up until Xiao Er called several times.

In the depths of the inn: eight archers in the form of men occupy the two round tables at the back, these people are wearing two crotch silver breasts, mink finger guards, a crest of the cage on their heads, a green tassel tied behind them, a bronze sword with feather ornamentation at their waists, a bamboo longbow on their backs, and a painted quiver at their waists.

Inside the quiver, thirty three-edged heavy arrows exuded a cold and cold air.

For the arrival of the sloppy soldier, everyone raised their glasses and toasted.

The man knew that these soldiers were soldiers of the Martial Shooting Battalion, and Di belonged to Han Tianwei, the 'Left Governor' of the Western Battalion of the Zisai Border Army, and was under the command of Sui Liangzai, the "Marquis of the Martial Shooting Army".

On the three square tables in the right corner, there are also thirteen military men, dressed in fishing and inlaid two-plate armor, full of beard, wearing a cooked steel poor strange helmet, sprinkled with a handful of green tassels, shouldering a pair of fine iron wrist armor at the wrist, and a pair of fine iron wrist armor at the wrist are shiny, and there is a vermilion lacquer secret iron grid beside them.

(Vermilion Lacquer Secret Iron Grid Chopping - a standard spear of the Purple Border Army, which can be used to assassinate or sweep multiple performance weapons)

"Hah! It's Hu Ye here, come on, brothers, give up a seat! The speaker was a tall middle-aged soldier in the center, even sitting, a head above the others, no different from the rest of the men in his attire, except that he wore a large red brocade cloak, with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and was slightly older than the others.

Seeing the sloppy man coming in, he was very enthusiastic.

This man, Yang Tingfeng has some vague images, it seems that his name is Lu Yizhen, and he belongs to the West Battalion of the Zisai Border Army with the martial arts battalion, and is currently the "Spear Commander".

Saying goes:

There are male and female animals in the forest, and double flying colored birds are divided into mandarin ducks.

There is yin and yang in heaven and earth, and the purple border army is divided into east and west.

Zisai Xiongguan, with an army of 100,000, naturally has a complete military and political system.

It is bounded by two beacon towers in the east and west of Zisai, and is divided into two base camps, each camp of about 40,000 people.

It's easy to tell where they belong by looking at the color of the tassels on their heads

The color is also very recognizable: blue in the west and red in the east.

In addition, some special units such as the "Tianji Battalion", "Urging the Front Flying Cavalry", "Yebei Iron Cavalry", "Trapping Tiger Warriors", and "Yulin Urging Annihilation" are directly under the Governor's Mansion of the Border Army and are under the direct command of the old marshal Geshu. And these minority mercenaries such as Liangzhou Jianyong, Wuhuan Ranger, Yanshan Feicai, etc., are not within the scope of the Zisai border army's control.

And Yang Tingfeng's "Tanma Battalion" was originally a direct subordinate unit of the Governor's Office of the Border Army.

However, three years ago, after several high-level reforms in the Zisai military circles, it was decided that the Tanma Battalion would be allocated to the East Battalion of the Zisai Border Army, and in wartime, the personnel would be incorporated into the combat unit.

However, considering the particularity of the Tanma Battalion, administratively, it is still subordinate to the Governor's Office of the Border Army, the General of the Three Armies, General Tan Hu Yan

Therefore, strictly speaking, the members of Tanma are not completely controlled by Dongying.

In the Zisai border army, the eastern and western battalions have equal status, but in fact, they do not distinguish each other.

Dongying has jurisdiction over the boundaries, guarding the beacon tower and the mutual market of Zisai.

The officers and soldiers of the Xiying are responsible for the security of the six military towns in the Huaihuang Desert and the monitoring of the leaders of the Bayon, Wuhuan, Xianbei, Qianhu, Di and Qiang tribes.

The two parties have different responsibilities and do not interfere with each other.

However, whether it is Dongying or Xiying, after being in the country for a long time, it is inevitable that there will be suspicions and hidden competition.

The dispute between the East Camp and the West Camp has actually lasted for decades, and he Yang Tingfeng knows this.

Moreover, during this period, a major event happened.

It was precisely this incident that completely lowered the relationship between the officers and soldiers of the two battalions to a freezing point.

Speaking of which, that was in the first half of the year before.

Zisai coincided with a locust plague, and most of the crops were eaten, and the people were struggling to make a living for a while.

As the saying goes, disaster is not a one-way street.

In the second half of the year, the border passes encountered another drought rarely seen in a century, and the grain harvest failed severely.

For a time, the entire three northwestern provinces and six towns were starved and corpses were everywhere, and an unprecedented famine swept in.

This famine soon spread to the border army.

However, the relief food from the imperial court has not yet arrived.

So, Geshu Lao Shuai urgently ordered that from him down to the ordinary soldiers, the salaries of all border soldiers should be halved.

The surplus grain will be distributed by the army to the people of the Zisai border area to alleviate the pressure of food shortage.

However, such an approach only serves as a temporary relief, but does not solve the actual problem.

And, there's an even bigger trouble that comes with it.

That is, morale!

These 100,000 border troops, externally, must not only be on guard against the invasion of the blood wolf barbarians at all times, but also have to monitor the movements of the leaders of the Hu people in the six towns at all times.

Internally, some old and weak sergeants still need to help the displaced people reclaim wasteland.

The ration was forcibly halved, but the task was aggravated. Even, even the military attachés below the fourth rank of the imperial court often complained that they could not eat enough, and the situation of the low-level soldiers can be imagined.

The country is weak, the old teachers and the people are tired, the people are displaced, and the morale of the army is more and more scattered.

However, that year, the Qianligelgong grassland ushered in a mild climate, abundant precipitation, and lush grasses, which greatly increased the "blood volume" of the grassland nomads.

It was also in that year that Huo Yixuan, the leader of the Blood Wolf Barbarian Clan, who had not been born for a hundred years, closely united the "loose" alliance of more than 100 tribes under his own banner

A shrewd diplomatic and military strategy, coupled with years of recuperation.

For a time, the entire Gelgong grassland area can be described as a bow and hard horses, with countless cattle and sheep, and the strength of the blood wolf barbarian has reached its peak.

However, it was against such a dangerous and troublesome environment that Dongying actually withheld Xiying's ration of grain and grass without permission.

Even the grain transport officer who went to Dongying to discuss the law was beaten out of shape, and the grain soldiers were injured by hundreds of people.

This time, it completely angered Xiying.

Han Tianwei, the commander of the western camp, immediately sent troops to surround the main formation of the eastern camp, and almost wiped out the Canglong battalion, the elite vanguard of the eastern battalion.

If it weren't for the old marshal Geshu who came forward to mediate the two sides in time and waited for Zisai, I am afraid it would be a civil war between the border troops.

Yang Tingfeng heard from the mouths of some Dongying veterans about the horror of that infighting.

That chaos, although mediated, still caused huge human damage.

The eastern and western battalions, without exception, shed blood and died.

After that day, the two sides were almost in a state of death.

They were not originally from Dongying, and they didn't want to get involved in this East-West dispute.

However, 'people are under the roof', and the code of conduct sometimes has to be biased towards the side of Dongying.

Besides, the inn's junior was yawning, and he couldn't help but be startled when he heard it.

Xiao Er scolded secretly in his heart. Glancing at the scream, he immediately changed his smiling face, hung the dirty rag on his shoulder, and hurriedly ran over to pat the dust on the soldier and said, "Yo, it's Hu Ye, please, please." ”

The sloppy military man smiled coldly, directly slapped the shopkeeper, and scolded: "I said black dog, what about Jin Erniang?" The sun is burning your buttocks, and you're still blowing out the lights and pulling out the candles in the room? Go and call her down to Lao Tzu to accompany Lao Tzu to have a drink! Hurry—"

The shopkeeper touched his red and swollen cheeks aggrievedly, responded tremblingly, turned around and ran to the second floor of the inn......