Chapter 41 Sending My Son to the Army
In the hearts of the soldiers of the Kamigawa Army, Xinghe is the only great hero in the world. In the Great War of the Hundred Dynasties, one horse took the lead, slaughtered the enemy's generals, folded the enemy's flags, and entered and exited seven times. At that time, Xinghe was not the generalissimo, the regent. It's just a military general who has a good relationship with the emperor, and since this marshal worships the queen. The war is gone, but there is more desolation.
In the past, Xinghe mingled in the guards of various border passes all the year round, eating, drinking, and Lazar with the soldiers. It made the already unpopular Marshal's Mansion even more desolate, but fortunately during this time, there was a lot more Xingya in the mansion, but it was a lot more lively.
When the officers and soldiers of the Kamigawa Army are idle, they always like to look in the same direction, where there is a city, there is a mansion in the city, and there is a big hero in their hearts. Then I also like to tell some recruits about some old things in the Great War of the Hundred Dynasties.
The Great War of the Hundred Dynasties and the Middle East Dynasty produced many famous generals, but only the generalissimo could be crowned king. If nothing else, let's just say that before the earth-shattering and brutal war, the three major dynasties had already carved up the Eastern Dynasty on the territory before the war. It even sent elite troops known as the elite of the three dynasties, and shouted the slogan loudly: "Destroy the Eastern Dynasties, divide the world into three parts." But in the end, he couldn't step into the border of the Eastern Dynasty until he died.
The battle was so fierce that some of the surviving veterans said after the battle that the cavalry eventually became infantry, and the crossbowmen used their bows as swords...... The swords in his hands are all bladed, and there are countless soldiers and generals who have died in battle.
There is an unwritten rule in the Kamigawa Army that in the event of a war, the Lord must lead by example. Even if the emperor later said that Xinghe didn't have to charge into battle in person, Xinghe still took the lead.
Some disabled soldiers who were lucky enough to survive to be discharged from the army had to go to the barracks gate almost every day, and if they didn't go one day, they always felt empty and uncomfortable. If you can walk around the barracks and touch the Kamigawa sword, needless to say, you will definitely sleep well that night.
In the tavern, business is not very good, and the shopkeeper is a crazy middle-aged man surnamed Jiang and his stupid son.
The middle-aged man surnamed Jiang had to chant one hundred and eighty times a day that he wanted to send his son to serve as a soldier in the Kamigawa Army. At first, some neighbors would laugh at him, saying that he didn't look at his son's virtue, and he would stick out his tongue and lick it without wiping his snot when it ran down, can Kamigawa Army accept it?
But later, I didn't know where I heard the news that this crazy middle-aged man surnamed Jiang had retired from the Kamigawa Army, and his head was trampled on by the enemy's war horse in a war. Luckily, I didn't die, but I just went crazy. Since then, no one has laughed at him anymore, but he still frequents his business.
No, the middle-aged man surnamed Jiang was in the house, and when he heard movement outside, he began to chant again: "In a few days, my son will also turn fifteen, and I will let him go to be a soldier, a soldier of General Xing." ”
His stupid son, thinking that someone had come to drink, got up and walked out, and when he saw someone coming, he opened his mouth. The man motioned for him not to speak, and threw him ten taels of silver and a flask of wine, and told him to go and drink. Once a month the man would come and give ten taels of silver, and he would not give more or less.
The man entered the house, brought a stool and sat next to the man surnamed Jiang, and asked with a smile, "Brother Jiang, is the business okay?"
The man surnamed Jiang didn't look at the man, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, in a few days, I will send my son to be a soldier of the star general, and then I will have to close the door." ”
The man smiled and said, "Brother Jiang, Brother Jiang, they all say that you have a problem with your head, I think your head is very good." ”
The man surnamed Jiang danced and said for a while: "Of course, I don't want you to say that when I was in the Kamigawa Army, I was General Xing's personal guard." General Xing still told us that if we really encounter anything dangerous, let us leave him alone and run away, after all, it is better to die than to live. If he dies, he can still get a better coffin, and we won't get anything out of it. But how can this be, so many guards are dead, and I am the only one who is not dead. General Xing also said back then, if anyone's son wants to be a soldier in the future, then go to him. After a while, I'll go to him. ”
The man said calmly, "Did the general surnamed Xing really say this?"
The man surnamed Jiang nodded and smiled: "Of course, General Xing will never deceive people." I know that I can't be a janissary anymore, but my son can do it, he will definitely take it. My son will soon be fifteen years old, and he will be able to go as a Praetorian guard for General Star. ”
The man patted him on the shoulder, not knowing whether to joke or seriously: "Who said you can't be a janissary, if you want to go, you have to be at least a commander." ”
The man surnamed Jiang was stunned when he heard this, as if he had thought of something, and said: "I can't be it, I can't be it, I have good luck in my life, I begged a mother-in-law before I became a soldier, and I also gave birth to a son." Unlike the old brother with a stump next door, he has no mother-in-law, and he doesn't even have a son, and when he heard that I was going to send my son to General Xing as a janissary, he was angry and envious. No, I'm still angry with me now, and I haven't been here for a few days. When I send my son to General Xing as a janissary one day, I won't talk about it, so that he won't be angry with me again when he hears it. ”
The man next to him smiled and said softly: "That kid in Xinghe is nothing more than a reckless man who can only wield a gun and a stick, as for letting you hand over your own son to him?"
The man surnamed Jiang raised his head suddenly, and his eyes lit up.
In Shenzhou, who dares to say that Xinghe is nothing more than a reckless man?
Out of the generalissimo, who else would dare?
The man surnamed Jiang stood up in an instant, as if he was fine, tears welled up, his lips trembled, and his voice choked: "General Xing?"
The man didn't admit or deny it, but just shouted softly, "Brother Jiang." ”
Ignoring the generalissimo's dissuasion, the man surnamed Jiang wiped his tears indiscriminately and knelt on the ground with trembling legs. Just like the heroic spirit of accompanying the generalissimo to fight for three thousand miles, and the heroic spirit of going deep into the enemy formation, he knelt down and said: "Jiang Yifan, the guard of the ironclad battalion of the Shenhe Praetorian Guard, has met General Xing. ”
There were ten battalions of the Praetorian Guard, and the ironclad battalion bore the brunt of the attack and was known as the first Praetorian Guard.
In the first battle of the wilderness, there were 10,000 people in the ironclad battalion, 8,888 people were killed in the battle, all of them died in the personal guards, and 12 of them were all disabled and discharged.
The current ironclad battalion, although it has the same name, is not the same person.
In fact, in the hearts of these people, they prefer to call General Xing instead of Generalissimo, Regent.
Xinghe helped Jiang Yifan up and said, "It's here, it's been there." ”
Jiang Yifan's face was full of tears, and he shouted at the stupid son outside: "Silly monkey, go next door and help your Uncle He over, just say that General Xing is coming to my house." ”
In the last sentence, there was a hint of pride in Jiang Yifan's tone.
After a while, Jiang Yifan's son walked in with a man with short legs, but the man with the stump seemed to walk faster than the people who supported him.
"He Jiande, the guard of the Iron Armor Battalion of the Shenhe Praetorian Guard, met with General Xing. ”
On this day, Jiang Yifan, who was originally crazy, didn't seem to be crazy, and He Jiande, who had a stump in his leg, didn't seem to be crippled.