But it is not enough to solve the problem of eating.

The long-term slack of the guard has made Kaipingwei almost lose its combat effectiveness, if it were not for the fact that the Mongols had previously gathered a large army to fight in Liaodong and suffered a big loss.

More than 100,000 horsemen were wiped out.

It is estimated that if you turn your head, Kaipingwei will be swallowed by the Mongols.

After all, this guard: .

It is responsible for guarding against the Mongols in the north of Jingshi, but the Mongols are not vegetarians, and it is impossible to endure being watched by such a small guard every day day and night.

Therefore, from time to time, I will ride a war horse over and hang around a few times.

The guards of Kaipingwei did not dare to do anything to the Mongolian soldiers, after all, on the grassland, the previous owner had always been Mongolians.

Military households fighting cavalry?

Forget it...

.....

A few days later, one day.

"The military department has arrived! Kaipingwei opened the door to receive the text! ”

Calm Kaiping Wei outside, in the distance.

A shout broke the silence of the early morning, and the sound of horses' hooves kept knocking on the land.

"The military department is written.... Open the door and receive the text! ”

Niu Erxi, who was standing on the wall of the Kaiping Guard, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and looked at the source of the sound after flicking off a cloud of black eye feces.

"Shhhhh This smoke and dust looks like a horse... Hit the south to come.. A person.. Broken! Someone from the imperial court has arrived! After Niu Erxi determined this, he hurriedly climbed down from the city wall.

and shouted at the few dilapidated barracks in the guardhouse: "Don't sleep! Someone from the imperial court has arrived! ”

Then he struck the bell by the city wall with all his might.

Knock knock!

The heavy bell rang, and the dozens of guards in the house instantly woke up, and as soon as the bell rang, there must be a big event...

“！ Didn't the Mongols call! Isn't it!? ”

"Quick, get up! The bell is ringing! ”

"Someone's coming! Someone must be coming.. Hurry up! ”

Everyone shouted while waking up the others who were still asleep next to them, and the people who woke up were extremely swift.

Almost as fast as he could, he put the already tattered leather armor on himself.

Niu Er was happy to see movement in the house.

Knowing that the people inside were awake, he hesitated and stood on the wall again, ready to confirm once again who the man from the south was.

But when he just looked around.

The person who sent the message was already extremely close to Kaipingwei, and he saw that the other party had a big soldier written on his body, and he was neatly dressed, and the horses also looked very energetic.

Niu Erxi immediately understood, this must be a herald from the military department from Beijing.

Soldiers from elsewhere.

Even the ones who are directly subordinate can't get this dress..

So he walked down the city wall and decided to open the gate of the guard.

On a fast horse that followed, the soldier who ordered the military department turned over and dismounted, took out the military department document from the letter bag behind him and handed it over.

said: "Can anyone in your guard be literate?" ”

Unexpectedly, Niu Erxi shook his head, since the previous officer of the guard was found out for corruption, Kaiping Wei has not had a new officer for a long time.

Thereupon.. No one can read anymore.

The herald nodded and said: "I am a herald soldier of the Ministry of War, what I bring today is the latest text of the Ministry of War, you go and gather the military households of the Kaiping Guard, everyone must come, I will tell you the content of the court text." ”

Niu Erxi didn't have time to think about it, and he didn't seem to have rubbed his eyes.

There was also a black cloud of gossip hanging from the corner of the other eye.

He turned around and ran towards the inside of the guardhouse.

While running, he was shouting: "The military order is coming!" The military order is here! Come out, everybody..."

After a while.

In a training hall inside the guardhouse, the Taishi chair, which had half of the wood paint off, was the only decent-looking furniture in the entire guardhouse, and was taken out and placed here.

The herald sat in the Taishi's chair, and although he was a little uncomfortable, he didn't say much.

Around, dozens of military households lined up neatly, as if waiting for the military order to let them take their swords and go to the battlefield to fight in the next second.

Unexpectedly, just when the atmosphere gradually solidified, the herald smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth and said, "Don't be so serious... I'm here today to deliver the latest good news to you. ”

Niu Erxi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly secretly doubted in his heart.

Not a military order?

"What's that?"

Everyone is also a little confused?

Heralds, if you don't pass on military orders to fight, what else can you preach.

I only heard the herald of the military department speak again...

"In accordance with the emperor's holy decree: Kaipingwei will all military households from now on. . Disarming and returning to the field, returning to the people's register, the existing soldiers of the guard station will be given a silver two subsidy according to the time of serving as a soldier in the record of the Ministry of War, and less than 50 taels will be counted as 50 taels. Other treatments were carried out in accordance with the requirements of the restructuring of the military department, and three days after receiving the document, the guard was handed over to the first division of the Tianhu Army. ”

Silent.

All the soldiers of the military household were stunned on the spot as if they had been immobilized.

The herald looked up at the crowd, saw that no one spoke, and answered with a smile: "What? Excited and don't know what to say? The emperor's grace is vast, and he has not yet sent a personal letter to receive the troops. ”

At this time, no one dared to believe it, and one of them even took out a long knife directly from his waist, looked at the soldier who gave the order viciously and said angrily.

"You thief!? I'm afraid you're not playing with me, but you're really recruited, who are you! Otherwise, the grandfathers will definitely give you a good relaxation! ”

Where have the heralds seen such a posture.

Suddenly, he was also a little flustered, and the smile on his expression was replaced by embarrassment and panic.

said again and again: "I am naturally a herald of the Ministry of War, and I made a special trip to Kaipingwei to read out the text of the Ministry of War!" Don't get me wrong! ”

Niu Erxi seemed to have reacted.

Raising the same pitch of voice, he said to the herald, "Are you sure? You said you were sent by the Ministry of War, but you have a certificate!? ”

That's when the herald remembered.

He spoke up and said, "Yes! Yes, yes, yes! On my waist, there is a waist card of the military department as proof! ”

When a soldier from the guard heard this, he quickly stepped forward and tore off a bronze waist tag from the herald's waist, turned and stepped back and put it in his hand to look at it.

However, in reality, there was not even a single literate person in the entire guardhouse.

And how can you understand what this waist card represents?

Or Niu Erxi is still clever.

He compared the waist tag with the clothes worn by the herald, and saw that the two soldiers could match the numbers.

Only then did he say aloud: "Hiss... This man seems to have been sent by the Ministry of War, and the words on this waist plate are exactly the same as those on his clothes, and he has also come from the south. ”

Only then did everyone let down their vigilance.