The army meandered westward, and before noon, it was almost to Yanqing City. （）

This area of Yanqing is one of the earliest places to recruit people to guard the town in Xuanfu Town, and there are many people, and most of the villages are named after the camp. What Zhangshan Battalion, Dongmen Battalion, Hujia Battalion, Zhuojia Battalion, Wang Hua Battalion, etc., etc., there are seventy-two battalions.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, the army along the Qingshui River, all the way to the west, the land of Yanqing, is a place where the ecological environment of Xuanfu Town is relatively good, the vegetation can be maintained one by one, relatively speaking, the bare mountains, the yellow grass and trees, and the dry rivers can still be seen everywhere.

The continuous dry early weather in the Ming Dynasty could not have had no impact on the land of Yanqing.

The official road is dilapidated, full of dry loess, and the brigade of people and horses stepped on it, a piece of dust, fortunately there is no wind, otherwise it would be really fatal.

Different from the previous dead silence, the construction of large-scale construction projects and road reclamation in various places has begun, and the large-scale construction of the Dingguo General has begun. From time to time, I saw piles of people piling up on the roadside and riverside, including military households and civilian households.

The men were still ragged and yellow-skinned, but unlike before, they now had hope on their faces and looked at the marching army with reverence. Gao Shiyin and the others were very happy to see it, and felt that it was worth it to suppress the bandits and the people.

The army passed through Yanqing Prefecture City and did not stop, and Zhao Rongyuan, the spear sergeant of Renbu Ding, also strode in his own team. The road conditions were not good, so Gao Shiyin's army was spread out in a marching column of long snake formations.

Zhao Rongyuan's equipment is a typical pikeman equipment of the Shunxiang Army, a pair of iron armor, weighing about 30 catties, plus a waist knife and a spear. In addition, there are kettles, blankets, small tents, dry food and other equipment insertions. In the past, the Shunxiang army had to carry all these things on their backs when they marched, but now they have horses, armor and other things on the horses to carry them, so that everyone can march with great ease.

In the Shunxiang army in the past, due to the lack of armor sensitivity, the soldiers often changed their armor, and sometimes they were recorded after a few months of wearing it on their bodies. Just like before last year's battle, in order to gather the armor of the soldiers who went out to fight, all the armor of the remaining sergeants was recorded, and they were only wearing mandarin duck battle jackets.

Fortunately, in the battle in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Wang Dou suppressed the bandits in a lot of armor, so the armor of this sergeant was often routined after reorganization. Barring any incident, until they retire, they were given armor and weapons, as well as horses.

The Shunxiang Army has established relevant regulations, which need to be properly kept, and if it is lost, the sergeant and the officer will be punished accordingly. If there is any damage, send it to the bureau, hang the camp head, team, and name, and it can be easily replaced in a few days.

But if they are killed or wounded in battle and retire, the armoured horses can be passed down to future generations. This is a great encouragement to the officers and men of the Shunxiang Army.

Zhao Rongchen and the other soldiers were very excited to have their own horses, and they scrambled to ask the veterans of the cavalry how to take care of the horses. Gao Shiyin's thousand headquarters also pulled out the relevant veterinarian horses from the battalion headquarters to teach the sergeants how to care for the horses.

But although there are horses, it is not a matter of time and a half to learn to ride horses, and most of the marching troops are on foot.

Zhao Rongkun led his horse, equally cautious, lest it have some damage. His spear was inserted in the saddle case, just as later cavalrymen placed their carbines. There is also a waist knife hanging from his waist.

Summer is coming, so he is wearing a newly haired summer coat, which is also a mandarin duck battle jacket. Narrow sleeves placket, red cotton cloth, bright color, very eye-catching. Looking at the soldiers in the team, all the concubines are like this, a piece of bright red.

Now that the Shunxiang Army has been regularized, proper arrangements have been made for the supply of military supplies, and each sergeant has a set of winter and summer clothes, lined with shoes and socks, and can apply for replacement if they are damaged.

Due to the battle, Zhao Rongkun's red hat on his head on weekdays was replaced by an eight-petal hat and an iron-pointed helmet. Cotton shoes were also replaced with wire mesh boots. On his iron helmet, red tassels fluttered, but the old army armor chief in front of him had black tassels fluttering on his helmet. In front of the team, on the helmet of the team officer, the red, black, blue, green, and purple tassels on the blue tassel helmet were fluttering, as well as waist tags, military uniforms, and different signs on the cloak, representing the Shunxiang Army entering the Zhengqi Seventh. Although this allows the enemy to see at a glance the composition of his own army, Wang Dou believes that the advantages of the relevant adjustments outweigh the disadvantages.

Yesterday, he defeated the superior veteran of Zhong Xiancai's subordinates, and Zhao Rongyuan has been promoted to a high-class technical sergeant. Last night, Zhao Rongchen was excited and didn't sleep well all night, and the heat receded slightly.

He looked at the other waist cards on the waist of the first chief in front of him with some hot eyes, and on that waist card, there was a circle of black borders and two red edges, representing his military rank as a captain, as well as the identity of a sergeant with the same superior skills. Think about when you will have such a waist card.

Zhao Rongyuan glanced at the looming waist card on the front team officer......

People's hearts, not enough snakes to swallow elephants, to return to Shu, don't blame Zhao Rongyuan for being greedy enough.

In the system of the Shunxiang Army, no matter how much people do not seek fame and fortune, they will become ambitious. Military merits, qualifications, and military sergeant skills in peacetime are all considerations for promotion, and when you are promoted to the top, you have decisive authority over your subordinates, and the relevant treatment is completely different.

In this system, you can't work without effort. Wang Dou believes that the strict hierarchy in the army can stimulate the enterprising spirit of the army to the greatest extent. After all, trampling others under your feet is the root of the inferiority of the entire human race, and it is also the driving force for the progress of human civilization.

It is a good thing to divide the ranks, and the most important thing is to keep the promotion channels smooth, so that the inferior will be lowered, and the capable will be promoted, and the army will always maintain its vitality.

The army marched along the official road, and in the past, the Shunxiang army could walk dozens of miles a day wearing armor, not to mention having horses to carry armor and insert weights. Therefore, on this day, Gao Shiyin's army marched more than a hundred miles, entered the boundary of the security and defense land before sunset, and arrived at a place called the North Third Battalion.

This is a local fort, not far away is the security guard of Mayukou Fort, along the northeast of the mountains past, is the Xuanfu Town Branch Patrol Road North Road Chang'an Station. The bandit "Tian Bawang" and others are entrenched in the mountains of this area.

The smoke rose from the cooking, the aroma of the broth was permeating, and the sergeants gathered in a pile to talk and laugh loudly, eating and drinking the fried rice and fried noodles they carried with them on the broth.

At present, the Shunxiang Army does not have special firefighters in each team, but only a few firefighters in the headquarters who are responsible for the supply of hot water and hot soup to the whole army, in order to streamline the administration of the army. In this kind of temporary expedition, the sergeant can carry a few days of dry food fried noodles, and there is no need to transport a large number of grain and rice rollers, so as to improve the mobility of the army.

"Tomorrow's crackdown on bandits is just a matter of peace with a drum."

Zhao Rongchen also chatted around with the brothers in Jia, his commander was a veteran who had experienced a series of wars in Tongzhou, Julu, Pinggu, etc., and was just an ordinary pikeman before. After the war, he was promoted to the rank of first captain. is in charge of Zhao Rongchen and other first-class recruits.

Although they have been in the army for more than a year, they have never been on the battlefield, and in the eyes of veterans, they will always be new soldiers.

"It's not fun to fight bandits, you have to fight, and you have to fight with boots to be interesting, the knife is bloody, and it's happy!"

The veteran's tone was lazy, but what he said always made people's blood boil, and Zhao Rongchen and the others liked the most on weekdays, and they also talked about the battle of the giant deer with the captain of the armor. Imagining the tragedy of the battlefield at that time, Zhao Rongkun always had a warm blood in his heart as if he was about to spurt out, and he only hated that he was not there at that time.

"The battle at that time was so miserable!"

The veteran is reminiscing about the past again: "Governor Lu died in battle, General Mingwei died in battle, General Wude died in battle, and all my brothers in Jiain also died, leaving me alone......"

The old soldier's tone was calm, but the sadness in his words could not be concealed, and there was a deep scar on his face that made his face look a little strange. But he is in the armor. Several recruits are very reassuring, they have been on the battlefield, and veterans with rich combat experience are always reassuring.

Zhao Rongkun clenched his fists and hit the ground desperately, causing a big pit to appear in the underground soil, and he was so excited that he was like this.

He shouted: "Hate, I didn't have to fight last year, otherwise Lao Zhao and I would have cut off a few heads." ”

Although last year's battle was full of enthusiasm, a few recruits in the armor returned to reality, and they were still a little worried: "Sun Jiachang, will we be in danger this time to suppress bandits?" ”

Although I have been practicing for a long time and have never been on the battlefield, I will always be a little nervous instinctively.

As soon as the words of a few people came out, Zhao Rongchen said angrily: "Lai Dexiang, Luo Liangzuo, a few of you, are afraid of some bandits, how can you fight with shoes in the future?" What you said really disgraced the face of our Shunxiang Army. ”

Those few people couldn't hold back on their faces, and said nonsense: "Lao Zhao, you can't say that, the sword and gun have no eyes, it's good to ask Sun Jiachang for advice, and you don't want to see the casualties of the brothers, right?" ”

Although Zhao Rongchen is in his early twenties, he usually calls himself "Old Zhao" with a big grin, and the brothers in Jianei also call him so.

Watching a few people arguing, Sun Jiachang laughed gently, and his eyes looked at the few people under his command, just like a father looked at his sons who had won the battle for red necks. In fact, he is only in his thirties, but after many battles and many lives and deaths, it is like seeing through red dust.

He can understand the feelings of the brothers in the armor, who is not afraid if he has never been on the battlefield? Wasn't it the same back then?

He said: "Tomorrow's battle, there will be no danger, those bandits, there are not even a few archers, arrows and birds." Our army is sharp, and we can defeat them from afar, and perhaps we don't need pikemen brothers to fight, and the war is over. ”

"Kill insects with a knife!"

At this time, this is also the opinion of Gao Shiyin and others, and the intelligence department that was detecting near the "Tian Bawang" cottage did not accept itself at night and joined Gao Shiyin's army. According to their intelligence, the Shunxiang army came so quickly, they didn't react at all, and they were still drinking in the race, unexpectedly that a catastrophe was coming.

Gao Shiyin's army arrived at the North Third Battalion and immediately set up a defensive line to separate those who might be snooping. It was the locals who reported to the bandits, not to mention that these people would be shot by the Shunxiang army gathered around the cottage at night. Even if they reported successfully, they did not understand the combat readiness of the Gao Shi Yin Department, and made corresponding protection, but it was useless.

Even if they are well protected, Gao Shiyin doesn't care, he is a superstitious person who believes in force. In his opinion, his army has outstanding combat power, and it is as simple as crushing an ant to kill the cottage and killing "Tian Bawang" and others.

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