"Sir, there are a few captives who want to see you."

Watching the medical soldiers carry the chirping Shi army on a stretcher, Li Dan told Gao Hanzi and Lei Jisheng something else, and then was about to get on the horse and leave, when suddenly Liao Cunguang ran back and reported to him with a military salute.

Li Dan was stunned for a moment, looked up behind him, and saw three or four captives standing far away.

The corners of his mouth moved slightly: "Let them come over." After saying that, he asked Lu Jiu and Mao Xiulu to find an old tree nearby, and he sat on the bare roots with the hem of his cloak on, waiting for the captives to come.

Gao Cang saw that he was free at this time, so he hurried over. "Well, you're okay too?" Li Dan asked.

"The lord taught Shi Dajun a lesson, Gao Cang reflected on himself, he was not ashamed, and he came to thank him!" As he spoke, Gao Cang took a step back and sang a deep sigh.

"A gentleman is also a gentleman! Li Dan is not a saint, if I am wrong, may you also admonish me, encourage each other, and hold each other! Li Dan returned the salute and said.

"Cang, dare not take the order!" After Gao Cang finished speaking, when he saw Liao Er and the others coming, he retired and left.

"You want to see me?" Li Dan greeted the captives with a smile, and when he saw that they were about to kneel, he hurriedly waved his hand. Liao Cunguang, who was next to him, explained to them that the Tsing Yi team did not kneel and salute, but only had to salute.

After a few people hurriedly learned to salute, Li Dan beckoned them to sit on the ground. Then he asked, "Didn't you go back?" Why don't you leave? ”

"I—We want to change our minds." One who looked a little older said.

"Oh, what's your name?"

The man immediately knelt down and wanted to kowtow on the ground, but was pulled up by Liao Cunguang angrily: "Didn't you tell you not to kneel?" Just stand upright like I did and say 'report, my name is so-and-so'. ”

"This ...... Isn't it rude? The man asked, worried.

"Men kneeling to heaven and earth, ghosts and gods and majesty, parents and elders should greet each other with military salutes in the army. If you kneel around like this, won't you delay the warplane?

Besides, the chief and you are only different in position and rank, and there is no difference in personality, everyone is the same comrade, and they eat in the same pot! ”

Li Dan smiled and waved his hand to Liao Cunguang: "Forget it, he's not our person, let's go with him." Then he turned to the man: "Go on." ”

Unexpectedly, the man still stood and gave a military salute, although his legs were a little bent, but he was standing after all. Li Dan returned the salute and listened to him say, "Report...... The commander, the villain Li Chengye, is a scout in the army. ”

"Huh?" Li Dan looked up and down, and suddenly asked in a kind of language that Liao Cunguang and Mao Xiulu couldn't understand: "Are you a fresh person?" ”

"Alas," the other shouted, his eyes widened, and he involuntarily replied in Korean, "how can an adult say something over there?" The villain's father is from Gangwon Province, but his mother is a fisherman from Fujian. ”

"It's not good, this kid is a wolf!" Mao Xiulu shouted, and immediately there was a sound of "brushing" weapons around, Liao Cunguang and other personal soldiers jumped in front of Li Dan to block him, and some put weapons on Li Chengye's neck.

"Slow, slow!" Li Dan laughed, he understood that most people at that time heard that the pronunciation of Korean was no different from Japanese.

Mao Xiulu was born in Fujian, and when he was about a child, he heard the Japanese speak, so he mistook Li Chengye for a Japanese. "He's a North Korean, not a Japanese coward!"

He pointed with his chin: "Besides, he was born in China, and he is not a pure freshman." When the guards returned to their positions and all kinds of weapons were withdrawn, Li Dan's interest in this Li Chengye did not diminish at all:

"You are also surnamed Li, I will give you a face, tell me what you have changed your mind and what requirements you have. But I don't have much time, so you'll have to be brief. ”

"Well, it's actually quite simple, we want to stay!"

"Huh?" Li Dan looked at these people attentively and asked, "Why?" ”

"Your department is very disciplined, and the adults are fair, and they are much stronger than our side, so the villain has the courage to ask the adults to include us and others under their command!" After saying that, this guy still knelt and fell to the ground. The others also hurried to their stomachs.

"I'm very disciplined here, and I have a lot of rules." Li Dan said solemnly: "If you want to join, you have to prove that you are worthy of this green shirt on the battlefield, understand?" ”

"Yes!"

"You guys get up first, I have a question I want to ask you to solve for me."

"What do you want to know? But as far as we know, we naturally know everything and everything we say! ”

"Good!" Li Dan pointed to the east with his hand: "I retreated from the mountain this morning, originally calculated that Long Hui should not chase after him so quickly, but he actually arrived so quickly."

I wonder why this is? The road for miles was muddy, and I pinched the hours when I pulled down, but you were almost a quarter of an hour earlier than I thought! ”

Mao Xiulu knew that there was such a difference at this time, and looked at Li Dan in surprise, and then looked at the captives in anticipation of their answers.

Unexpectedly, this answer was completely unexpected by Li Dan. "My lord, the villain is a scout, so he can see it clearly, and dare to say it, most of the cattle used by your department should not have a farrier, right?"

"Shhh Li Dan gasped and immediately looked at Mao Xiulu: "You go quickly, call Gao Cang back immediately!" After speaking, he asked Li Chengye about the popularity and training of cavalry on the farrier in the Lou army.

In his previous life, after Li Dan returned to the local area from the army, he studied ancient history while working in the Ministry of People's Armed Forces. After he was reminded by Li Chengye, he suddenly remembered that there was a great controversy about the popularity of the horseshoe in China.

The first is that horseshoes appeared in China very early, and the murals of the Sui Dynasty in Dunhuang, and even the Goguryeo ruins of the Northern and Southern Dynasties have pictures and physical objects of this thing unearthed, so China should have had them very early.

The other believes that the existence of barbarians does not mean that China has them, and that the horseshoe entered the Central Plains only in the previous dynasty. So what's going on? Why is this equivalent to the early Ming Dynasty, in Jiangxi, where horseshoes are not used?

Gao Cang quickly arrived, and after listening to Li Dan's question, he immediately replied that there were indeed many livestock without hooves in the team, not to mention donkeys and mules, even most of the horses, only a few with shoes.

"But all the horses we captured in this battle have farriers!" Gao Cang looked at the captives, and then told Li Dan excitedly. He was a man with a special obsession with weapons and horses, so he had already checked it out.

"Hmm. I heard from them that there was a suggestion from the officers and officers of the surrendered army, so Lou ordered that the horses should be equipped with iron palms. Li Dan said: "This is my mistake, I didn't expect that there was a problem with the shoe."

After returning to Xiulu, you remind me of this, and we should also learn to be smart and hang as many farriers as possible on all the livestock, so as to ensure higher mobility and better protection for the horses. This is definitely a lesson! ”

Although he found a mistake, Li Dan was very happy. He felt that it was worth it to find this big loophole in time! immediately called someone to reward Li Chengye. m.

"You stay with me as a guard, I have a guard who is injured today and can't ride a horse, you come to fill his vacancy temporarily." Li Dan instructed Li Chengye to say.

Gao Cang loves weapons and horses, according to him, the farrier is still used by the people, and ordinary people think that it is good to cut the horse's hooves, and there is no need to spend money on shoes for horses.

Therefore, only the horses of the army and the wealthy families of the high families will carry this thing, and the ordinary people do not need to do this.

Many of the livestock in the Tsing Shirt team are requisitioned and purchased from the people, even if some of them are from the horseback and mouth herding, people will not buy them with a farrier when they sell them, how high the cost is!

Therefore, it can be concluded that the farriers are either from seizures or donations from wealthy families.

It seems that the farrier, in this period when productivity needs to be improved, has not been popularized among the people. This also confirms the view that the use of barbarians is not necessarily common in China.

The notion that as long as there is an excavation in the territory area, it means that the whole of China has been popularized, is wrong.

Now Li Dan understands that although the Zhou Dynasty already has leather wrappings, the real horseshoes should come from the west, brought to the east by the nomads, and then the fishing and hunting peoples in the northeast also accept it, and thus inflict many heavy blows on the farming peoples of the Central Plains.

After the previous dynasty occupied China, it brought this thing to the entire Han cultural region, but due to the rebellion against the grassland peoples, the horseshoe was also rejected as a symbol of alienation.

This is the main reason why only the military, wealthy people, and business travelers think of using horseshoes at present. The secondary reasons are steel production capacity and to reduce the cost of raising livestock.

Li Dan saw that the livestock in his family were all with shoes when he was a child, so he didn't put this matter at ease, thinking that all livestock should be equipped with horseshoes, but he made a subjective mistake!

"Don't hesitate, you helped me find and correct a mistake, and letting you come to me is your reward."

Li Dan comforted the uneasy Li Chengye, and then told him that there were surrendered troops everywhere around him, and Mao Xiulu was still standing guard for Yintuo at the bridge half a month ago! This was a big surprise to Lee Seung-yep.

These are not the only ones who have changed their minds, in fact, they are representatives of more than 40 surrendered troops. In the end, eight of these experienced cavalrymen were happily picked up by Gao Cang, and the rest were all temporarily incorporated into the first company.

Since it was still dawning, Li Dan decided to move on, with a small number of men staying behind to clean up the battlefield and assist the locals in burying the bodies, while the main force headed west.

That night, they camped on the hill southeast of Xiagaoxuan, and sent an engineering platoon to check on Xiagaoqiao, and at the same time sent people along both sides of the Cen Gang River to look for signs of the convoy.

Suddenly, a team of thousands of people came, scaring the villagers of Shanggao and several surrounding villages, and they didn't know who came.

I heard that he was a scholar, but Li Dan did not refuse. It was a tall and thin young man, wearing a moon-white dark striped robe and swaying a little on his body, which obviously did not match his own figure.

When he entered the door, he shook off the fan, and said loudly: "The king is here, do you want to benefit the people, and you want to hurt the people?" ”

There was silence in the room, and even a pin could be heard. Xiucai was embarrassed, looked around, and saw that everyone in the big tent was staring at him like a monster, and then a tall young man smiled first and broke the atmosphere and said:

"This brother, we are not strongmen, how can the king of the mountain say?"

"Yes, just because the team is camped on the mountain, you can't say that you are the king of the mountain, right?" A big swarthy man next to him said with a smile, and everyone immediately burst into laughter.

"Then, then, you are not an official army, and you are not a strong man, so who are you?" Xiucai blushed and stammered.

"Brother Tai came all the way in, didn't you see the words on the banner in front of the tent?" Li Dan asked strangely.

"This mountain is full of trees, and you may not see it." Reggie was born to play the round.

"Yes, yes, plus Xiaosheng only looked down at the road, even if he walked in, he really didn't notice that there was a pole flag in front of the door. Beg for forgiveness! "Xiucai is serious.

Several people who did not have official bodies in the tent dodged away and refused to accept his salute, Li Danxu raised his hand and said: "Don't blame those who don't know, why should Brother Tai be like this." ”

"Eh, the etiquette cannot be abolished." After Xiucai finished speaking, he suddenly arched his hand seriously: "If the gentleman has a mistake, he will change, and the gentleman will wait!" ”

Without waiting for everyone to react, he turned his head and went out, stood under the flag and opened his mouth wide to look, swallowed and spat and bowed his head to come in, but he came to Gao Hanzi and gave a deep salute: "Xiucai Wang Pei, give a salute to the experience!" ”

Gao Hanzi was stunned, and everyone laughed again. The black man held back a smile and touched Wang Pei's sleeve and reminded in a whisper: "Xiucaigong, it's wrong, there, there." ”

Wang Xiucai looked at it in astonishment for a long time, and then looked at everyone's expressions, and then came to Li Dan: "Dare to ask, but Li experienced it in person?" ”

"Exactly. The following is the experience of the Xuanfu Division of Jiangnan West Road, and Li Dan, the training envoy of the Raozhou regiment. ”

"I really have eyes and don't know Mount Tai, forgive my sins, forgive my sins!" Wang Xiucai made a series of moves, and after Li Dan appeased him, he asked him to sit down, and ordered everyone to sit down as well. Then asked: "Xiucai is here, why is it here?" ”

Wang Pei hurriedly told the village that he had not slept well last night, and that he had entrusted himself to come for a night, and brought ten sheep, ten jars of wine, and five baskets of fish and bacon to the army.

Li Dan nodded: "Thank you for your kindness, but this year's spring is a big flood, and then it rains a lot, presumably the harvest of your land is not as good as in previous years, right?" ”

Xiucai sighed and said that this is indeed the case, this year's harvest is only 60% of previous years, at most 70%. The village was already panicked, so suddenly the hearts of the army were even more fluctuating.

Li Dan expressed his understanding: "I was ordered to lead a regiment to train a department to deliver grain and grass to Shangrao, and the military capital returned. Yesterday, the pursuers were defeated at Huang Nixuan, and the rebels were almost completely annihilated, and they will only be spared.

Today, the garrison is here to wait for the rear team to follow, and then the whole army will cross the river to the west, so I am just passing through your place, please forgive me if there is any disturbance. ”

Wang Pei hurriedly jumped up and stood up when he heard the word "order", and hurriedly said when he heard him say this: "It turns out that the experience is to act on orders, but it is to go deep behind enemy lines with a lone army, which is respectable and respectable!" ”

Li Dan smiled and asked him to sit down, and then said, "Your Majesty ordered me to go because the headquarters had walked through Shangrao once at the beginning of this summer, and I was more familiar than others.

However, this hornet's nest was also touching, and there were many injuries in our team. I don't know if you might help one or two? ”

"What do you need, but tell me. Although the local area is barren and remote, we will do our best to worship! ”

"First of all, I plan to recruit nurses from the third or fifth doctors to take care of the wounded, give them medicine and change their straps. This person is not limited to men and women, but he must have the heart of a bodhisattva and be willing to learn the way of military medicine.

According to our rules for non-commissioned officers here, the monthly salary is one or two or four dollars of silver, three meals, and all meals and food and lodging. "After speaking, one finger and one point of enlightenment:

"To be an apprentice to the little master of Xingwu, those who are willing to stay after three years of teaching can be promoted to the head of the medical team, and those who are not willing to stay in the team can take a sum of money to return to their hometown to practice medicine.

I asked Mr. Lei to write a notice, and I asked Xiucai Gong to take it back to the villages and post it, if you are willing to apply, please uncover this notice and find the master of the green shirt team. ”

"That's easy to say!" Xiucai immediately agreed: "But ......, Lord Fang Cai said that there is no limit to men and women?" ”

"Well, in fact, it is easier to take care of the wounded, assist the doctor in the battlefield rescue or stop the bleeding and bandage the woman's hand is light and gentle, and it is easier to calm the wounded, calm them and dispel their fear." After Li Dan finished speaking, he understood what he was worried about, and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, if it's a woman, I'll let them go on their own, take care of their own daily life, and arrange their own guards. And when they come, they are non-commissioned officers, and their rank is higher than that of ordinary soldiers. There is also a law on the team not to harass or endanger women, and violators will be punished immediately! ”

"Got it."

"The other thing is that I don't know if there is a blacksmith in your land? I have a lot of horses here, and I need to build a farrier. ”

"You can ask about this, but recently there is indeed a blacksmith with two children, who specializes in shovels, shovels, rakes, pickaxes, axes, and other farm tools, or knives, scissors, iron needles, and also farriers.

He beat the hooves of my mule, but I don't know where he has gone now, and the students sent people to look for it. ”

"Good!" Li Dan was very happy: "If he is willing to join the army, I will give him one or two taels of silver per month according to the example of a junior non-commissioned officer, and it is also food and accommodation!" Saying that, Li Dan suddenly wondered: "Xiucai Gong seems to know a lot about farming?" ”

Wang Pei was embarrassed, blushed and said: "I really don't hide it from adults, in fact, students are better at farming, such as seed selection, composting, seedling raising and so on."

A few years ago, after winning the Xiucai, he was keen to travel around and seek advice from rural farmers, but this sage book was lazy, so he did not participate in the township examination of this department. Adults laugh! ”

"It's strange that Xiucai Gong always walks with his head down, thinking that he is used to looking at the rice in the paddy field." Shi Dajun teased, and everyone laughed.

Li Dan saw that he didn't seem to care, and laughed self-deprecatingly, and said with some liking in his heart: "We will rest here for three days at most, and we will return to the road after detecting the enemy garrison in Xing'an County." ”

"What are you worried about in Xing'an?"

"If there's a large group of bandits there, it could be a threat." Gao Hanzi explained.

Wang Xiucai stroked the short beard on his chin, looked up, thought about it, shook his head and said, "I don't think adults have to worry about Xing'an. ”

"Oh? Why? ”

"The students just came back from there, and there aren't too many bandits in the city."

This sentence attracted everyone's attention, and Shi Dajun immediately asked, "What is Xiucai Gong doing there?" ”

"Oh, the student ordered a batch of clay pots with seeds and rainproof tarpaulins from the shopkeeper Sun of the grocery store, and it was strange that he had not been able to send them for a long time, so he ran to him to inquire, so he went to the county seat, and only then did he know that the city had been occupied by bandits.

However, according to him, the bandits came first with about 2,000 men, and for some reason two days later left about 500 men, and the rest retreated. The students were not interested in any of this, and only thought about transporting their things home on a mule cart before the rain, so they hurried back. ”

"Sir, there are not many thieves, why don't you give us 300 soldiers, and the stone will take the city back for you?" Shi Dajun's eyes lit up with excitement, and he immediately jumped forward and shouted.

Gao Hanzi just wanted to scold, Li Dan waved his hand, smiled and said, "The stone is in a hurry to make meritorious service to meet the military stick he remembers, right?" Shi Dajun saw that he was broken, and laughed awkwardly. Li Dan went on to say:

"But our mission is not to capture the city, we have to put the task first at all times, and you forgot?" Shi Dajun stuck out his tongue and quickly shrunk his neck and sat back.

Wang Pei looked at Shi Dajun and said to Li Dan: "My lord, do you want to go to Geyang through Xing'an?" The students have a plan, Guan Bao let the defenders in the county town shrink inside and dare not come out, and your army can pass safely without spending a single soldier! ”

"Oh? Please tell me about it! Li Dan immediately became interested.

Some people died, but not completely......