The army in which Zhang Xuan served was the 27th Mansion of the Xiaoguo Army, which was located in the garrison camp of the Xiaoguo Army.

The Xiaoguo military camp is the most spectacular military camp that Zhang Xuan has ever seen, the military camp is distributed on the bank of the Sanggan River, stretching for nearly 30 miles, and the tents are arranged neatly and orderly, and there is no edge in sight.

The 100,000 Xiaoguo army was composed of a total of 32 prefectures, and the garrisons of each prefecture were about 100 steps apart.

There are about 3,000 soldiers in each province of the Xiaoguo army, which are configured as one main and three deputies, Xiongwulang will be positive, and there will be three Wuyonglang will be deputies, each Wuyonglang will command 1,000 soldiers, and Xiongwulang will not be directly in charge of the soldiers, but is responsible for carrying out the orders of Xiaoguo General and conveying the instructions, and the actual military power is in the hands of Wuyonglang General.

This is also the consistent tradition of the imperial court official system, the main position does not ask about the details, only in charge of the strategy, for example, the six departments of the real power of each ministry is not Shangshu, but the deputy squire, Shangshu mainly participates in the discussion of major military and political affairs of the imperial court.

Another example is that the person in charge of supervising the real power of the Imperial History Observatory is not the main imperial historian, but the deputy imperial historian, this phenomenon abounds, and continues to later generations, and often the people who are arrested for committing crimes are deputy positions, and the reason is here.

In addition to the Xiongwu Lang general, there is also a long history in Xiaoguo Mansion, who is responsible for handling trivial clerical affairs in the mansion.

The Xiongwu general of the 27th Mansion of the Xiaoguo Army is called Sima Deheng, a native of Fufeng County, Guanzhong, about 30 years old, and he was also born in the Beishen Mansion like Zhang Xuan.

Sima Deheng is tall and burly, but he is very smooth and shrewd, and he is familiar with the way of officialdom, and he learned that Zhang Xuan was personally appointed by His Majesty the Emperor. The direct promotion from an ordinary guard to a martial arts general surprised him very much, and he didn't dare to despise it.

What shocked Sima Deheng even more was that Zhang Xuan was accompanied by Pei Ju, the secretary of the ministry, who came to take office, and he did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly led the civil and military officials of the government out of the camp to greet him.

Yang Guang asked Pei Ju to accompany Zhang Xuan to take office, and there is another layer of deep meaning. It is also related to some unspoken rules of the Sui army.

In fact, the Sui army is the same as the officialdom of the Great Sui, there are many factions, but the origin is a hero, even if you have great ability and great achievements, if you are born poor and have no background background, you will never have a bright future.

Therefore, many talented and capable people take the initiative to join wealthy families in order to get ahead. Seeking refuge and being willing to become a domestic slave of a wealthy family, this is how the most typical Yuwen Thirteen Taibao came from.

Yang Guang didn't want Zhang Xuan to be co-opted by other wealthy families in order to get ahead, so he lost his loyalty to the Great Sui Dynasty, so he asked Pei Ju to accompany Zhang Xuan to take office and add a special identity to Zhang Xuan.

"I have something to tell you."

When he was about to arrive at the gate of the barracks, Pei Ju looked at Zhang Xuan and said unhurriedly: "The origin of the Xiaoguo Army is very complicated, not only the general's faction is complicated. And the sources of soldiers are also strange, you have to be mentally prepared. Try to say as little as possible, you know what I mean? ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I understand what Pei Shangshu means!" ”

"Good! We're here. ”

The carriage stopped in front of the camp, Pei Ju took Zhang Xuan out of the carriage and walked to the gate of the camp, Sima Deheng had already led dozens of officers to kneel down on one knee and salute. "Humble Sima Deheng, see Pei Shangshu!"

"General Sima, please get up, generals, please get up!"

Pei Ju smiled and invited everyone to get up, and introduced Zhang Xuan to them: "This General Zhang must have known that the Holy Lord personally appointed him as General Wu Yonglang, and the military headquarters was the twenty-seventh mansion. I hope you will take care of it in the future. ”

Sima Deheng patted his chest, "Please rest assured Pei Shangshu, there is a humble position, no one dares to embarrass General Zhang, Shangshu, please come in!" ”

Sima Deheng smiled and invited Pei Ju and Zhang Xuan into the military camp, and everyone greeted Zhang Xuan one by one.

"Where is General Zhang from?" Inside the big tent, Sima Deheng asked Zhang Xuan with a smile.

"I grew up in Hanoi in my ancestral hometown, Chang'an."

"What a coincidence, I'm also from Chang'an, and we are actually fellow villagers!" Sima Deheng laughed a little exaggeratedly as if he had discovered some secret.

"What about Ma Changshi?" Pei Ju saw that there was a long history missing in the big tent, so he couldn't help frowning and asked.

Sima Deheng's face was a little unnatural, as if Pei Ju was talking about a person who he hated very much, and he only said after a while: "This person has never been a superior, don't say that Pei Shangshu is coming, I'm afraid that even if the saint comes to him in person, he will not be able to make a score." ”

"General Sima, who are you talking about?" A cold voice appeared at the door of the big tent.

Zhang Xuan had already felt the tension in the big tent, and he looked towards the door of the tent, only to see a tall and thin middle-aged man entering, wearing a military uniform that did not fit well.

This middle-aged man is Chang Shi Ma Xunwu, as Pei Ju said, because the Xiaoguo Army has not been formed for a long time, all major forces are meddling in the appointment of major officers, and the source of generals is very complicated.

Due to the imbalance of interests, there are many contradictions in various military offices, some of which are harmonious on the surface and compete in secret, while the 27th military government where Zhang Xuan is located, the contradiction between the chief general and the long history has been made public, and it is jokingly called 'two horses fighting for the groove' by the soldiers.

Ma Xunwu ignored Sima Deheng and stepped forward to salute Pei Ju, "My subordinates are counting the materials in the warehouse, I don't know that Shangshu has arrived, I am a step late, please forgive Shangshu!" ”

"It doesn't matter! Anyway! ”

Pei Ju smiled and waved his hand, and introduced Zhang Xuan to him again, "This is the newly appointed general of the third battalion of the Holy Lord, and I will ask Ma Changshi to take care of him in the future." ”

Zhang Xuan hurriedly got up and saluted Ma Xunwu, and after a few words of greeting, Pei Ju smiled and said, "Let's start the inauguration ceremony!" General Sima, Ma Changshi, two please! ”

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Under the witness of Pei Ju, a simple inauguration ceremony was held in the big tent, Pei Ju immediately took his leave, and Sima Deheng personally took Zhang Xuan to his camp.

"Our twenty-seventh military government is divided into three battalions, which are in charge of three Wu Yonglang generals, Song Yunyao of the first battalion you should have seen just now, the second battalion and the third battalion Lang will be currently vacant, and I will serve for the time being, hey! I am as busy as a ghost every day, and I look forward to the court quickly appointing Lang to save me from fire and water, and today I finally look forward to General Zhang! ”

Sima Deheng patted Zhang Xuan's shoulder and laughed.

Zhang Xuan really couldn't get used to the flattery of this top boss to Pei Ju just now, he asked with a faint smile: "May I ask General Sima, how many battalions am I in charge of?" ”

"Over there, Third Battalion!"

Zhang Xuan looked at his fingers and saw three large tents in the shape of 'Pin', and the third battalion was the one in the lower right corner.

At this time, Sima Deheng saw that there was no one left and right, so he lowered his voice and asked, "May I ask what is the relationship between General Zhang and Pei Shangshu—"

"Pei Shangshu and I only met for the first time today, but I used to be King Yan's bodyguard."

Sima Deheng pretended to suddenly realize, "It turns out that General Zhang is from the Yan Wangfu, no wonder!" ”

Zhang Xuan's old bottom, they have already figured it out, how can they not know? He laughed, "What a coincidence, I am also from the Beishen Mansion, and we will be all the way in the future." ”

His attitude towards Zhang Xuan was also a little more encompassing, and he enthusiastically introduced the situation in the military palace to Zhang Xuan, and they came to the third battalion after a short time.

More than a dozen lieutenants and brigade commanders rushed to meet the new general, and two other soldiers, Bing Cao and Cang Cao, also came to meet him.

Zhang Xuan belongs to the middle-level officers, commanding a battalion of about 1,000 soldiers, and the following is divided into four regiments, of which three regiments are combat soldiers, each regiment has 300 people, and the fourth regiment has more than 170 people, they are logistics troops, including military craftsmen, material transportation, grooms, gang leaders, and so on.

The commander of the regiment is the captain, below the captain is the brigade commander, under the brigade commander is the team leader, and below the team is the fire commander.

Zhang Xuan secretly regretted it in his heart, he knew that he could be promoted, so he shouldn't have let Chi Gong and Cheng Yanjin leave, with him here, he could hold this army tighter.

Sima Deheng said goodbye with interest, and in the big tent, dozens of middle and low-level officers gathered in one tent, waiting for General Lang's first lecture.

Zhang Xuan himself is a soldier, he has the military temperament of another era, his demeanor is majestic, and his voice is deep and confident.

"In Xia Zhang Xuan, the character Yuan Ding, from today on, I am the third battalion general, I don't have any tirade today, just eight words, I hope you will firmly remember, 'The military discipline is strict, and the rewards and punishments are clear!' Remember? ”

Everyone bowed down together and agreed, Zhang Xuan glared, "I can't hear it, let's talk about it!" ”

"Humble, remember!" The crowd shouted in unison.

Zhang Xuan nodded, "It's better to say more than to do more, I'm going to patrol the camp now, but the ugly words are said in front first, the new official has taken office three times, I hope you don't crash into the wind!" ”

Everyone agreed again, Zhang Xuan got up and walked outside the tent, and Liu Ling, who joined the army, hurriedly followed a few steps and accompanied Zhang Xuan to the military camp.

In Zhang Xuan's impression, the soldiers of the Sui army should be brave and good at fighting and strict military discipline, otherwise how could they defeat the Turkic iron cavalry.

But he was a little surprised by the scene in front of him, only to see the soldiers everywhere lazy and untidy, some with their clothes open, some bare-chested, some hiding in the shade to sleep, and no one paid attention to him when he arrived, and he didn't even lift his eyelids.

Suddenly, there was a commotion from a large tent not far away. (To be continued......)