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Everyone sat for a while, and then they saw Chen Hai coming. Chen Hai was originally the head of everyone, but now he has been promoted to calm down. Although Xu Xingxia and others didn't like him in their hearts, they had to stand up and salute because of etiquette and the relationship between superiors and subordinates.

Chen Hai's expression seemed to be a little strange, as if he had something on his mind. Facing his former subordinates, he barely squeezed out some smiles and said to Xu Xingxia and the others: "You guys sit down for a while, and the wine and food come up for a while, and they are all waiting for the commander of the guard!" ”

Xu Xingxia said quietly: "Didn't Lord Deng go back to Ningxia City?" ”

Chen Hai said casually: "I heard that you exterminated the Tartars, and he came back. ”

Xu Xingxia nodded thoughtfully and didn't say anything more.

Chen Hai seemed to be very busy, so he said goodbye and left in a hurry. As soon as he walked a short distance, someone asked him about it, but it was about the banquet. It turned out that he was actually assigned to be in charge of the kitchen, no wonder he was in such a bad mood. It was supposed to be the work of the girls, but it was disrupted by the Tartars, and Chen Hai was replaced when he was arrested, so it was strange that he was in a good mood.

From this point, it can be seen that Chen Hai is not particularly liked in the eyes of his boss. In fact, how could the person who was assigned to Niujiaodun be the confidant of the boss? That's not a location with oil and water. On the contrary, it is a very dangerous position. Once the Tartars move south, the horn pier will definitely be pulled out.

Zhang Quanfu scolded in a low voice: "Damn, when the Tartars came, they all ran out one by one!" Now the Tartars are gone, and they all appear! What a way of the world! ”

Xu Xingxia looked around quietly, and said in a low voice: "Lao Zhang, don't talk nonsense, be careful that the wall has ears." If there is any scratching, go back and talk about it. ”

Zhang Quanfu swallowed his saliva fiercely and retracted the words behind him. Seriously, he's pretty much scratched, especially after shooting two Tartars with his own hands. He is very disgusted with those bosses who have no ability and are timid. Otherwise, when I was in Niujiaodun before, I wouldn't have been able to pee with Chen Hai.

The supreme leader attending the banquet has not yet arrived, so it is naturally impossible for the wine and food to come up. The table is empty. The four families looked at the empty table, not knowing what to say. On such an occasion, it seems inappropriate to pull a homely bar. If you don't do homely things and say something else, you're afraid that the wall will have ears. After all, most of the military households are relatively small-minded, but they don't dare to offend their superiors.

Dongzi and Niuniu sat beside Xu Xingxia, both holding their cheeks, not knowing what to do. There was nothing to eat, and they couldn't talk nonsense, which was really depressing for the two children. The same goes for other children. Look at their expressions, and you can tell that they are suffering. If they had known this, they would not have come.

Xu Xingxia looked around, stood up, and walked in the direction of the kitchen. After a while, I happened to meet Chen Hai. Chen Hai was reprimanding the people in the kitchen, scolding a few chefs who made temporary cameos. Seeing Xu Xingxia coming, he let go of those people. Xu Xingxia pretended not to see anything, and said quietly: "Chen Zhenfu, are there peanuts or something?" ”

Chen Hai understood people and knew that he was going to get some food for a group of children, so he waved his hand and asked the people in the kitchen to send Xu Xingxia two plates of fried peanuts to each table. After Xu Xingxia thanked him, he returned to his seat, and the children of each family happily ate peanuts. Xu Xingxia also picked up a peanut and chewed it unhurriedly.

Commander Wei made Deng Rubai delay coming, but there were a lot more guests in the thousand houses. These people are basically the families of officers who arrived in Weizhen Fort or Pingyu City. The military households in the guard house are all dragging their families with their mouths, and it is absolutely impossible to be separated too far. The families of the officers are naturally much more gorgeous than Xu Xingxia and the four of them. They all subconsciously stayed away from Xu Xingxia and the others, as if they were afraid of tarnishing their clothes.

The one who likes to show off the most is probably the wife of the king of the hundred households. Relying on the fact that he is Peng Feng's henchman of Qianhu, Wang Shoulu has set his role in the position of deputy Qianhu many times. His mother-in-law is naturally the same. It's just that this mother-in-law was born tall and mighty, full of fat, she is a first-class fighting hand, and she is famous for her fierceness in the mother-in-law's circle. Tonight's officer's family is naturally headed by her.

Since she appeared, the people around Xu Xingxia have been on pins and needles. No way, before, this woman's Yinwei was indeed too powerful, and there were a few of them in the Wang family, and there was no one who was not afraid. If it weren't for Xu Xingxia's very calm appearance, and on this special occasion, several of them would have been unable to help but retreat.

Suddenly, there was another hurried sound of horses' hooves outside, and it seemed that hundreds of horsemen had arrived. Faintly, you can still hear the screams of the military households outside, mixed with one or two curses in the middle, it is estimated that they are not good people. Sure enough, a moment later, someone shouted in a long voice, "Commander Wei has sent Lord Deng here!" ”

Sure enough, it was Commander Wei who made Deng Rubai arrive.

In other words, Deng Rubai was also unlucky, and not long after returning to Ningxia City, he received a report that there were only thirty or forty Tatar cavalry. He regretted it right away. He regretted that he had not stayed at Fort Weizhen, and commanded Ruoding's town to guard there. There are only thirty or forty people in the Tartars, and he is a guard commander, and he runs whatever he wants, and he makes the military households below look down on him in vain.

Of course, the military households below are all ants, and their opinions are completely irrelevant. Even if they cursed him Deng Rubai behind his back at night, it would not have the slightest effect on him. However, the views from above have to be carefully considered. As a dignified guard commander, he was actually frightened by thirty or forty Tartars, and if the news spread, he would definitely be laughed at by the people in the war system. If the chief officer and the governor knew about it, if they didn't get it right, they would have to look down on the guards a little bit.

Although it is said that in Ningxia Town, no one has long expected the Weisuo army to really fight, and even the imperial military department basically excludes the Weisuo army when considering the war. However, as a member of the Wei Army, especially as the commander of the Wei Army, Deng Rubai didn't want to receive so many white eyes after all, didn't he? Every time you meet a soldier or general, you have to be humiliated, such a feeling, no one wants to taste it often, right?

Moreover, this is also seriously related to the issue of the distribution of money and food next time. Li Guozhen, the chief military officer, has been thinking of a way to deduct the money and food of the guards and replenish them to the soldiers. The meaning of Governor Li Maohui is similar. If the time comes, the governor and the chief officer will come and say, "What do you want to do with so much money and food, it will be a tragedy." There is not enough money and food, and he, the commander of the guard, is still under a lot of pressure.

When he was hesitating, Deng Rubai received news that the attacking Tartars had been wiped out by Xu Xingxia and them. Deng Rubai was overjoyed, thought about it carefully, and felt that he still had to go back to Weizhen Fort and wipe his ass clean. As long as you wipe your buttocks clean, everyone's eyes will focus on Xu Xingxia's body. When the time comes, if you use Xu Xingxia to make a fuss, you can humiliate the war system, and you can also fight for more money and food from Li Guozhen with confidence.

Since he wanted to wipe his ass clean, Deng Rubai didn't mind making the momentum a little bigger. Not only Deng Rubai went and returned, but also the two Wei commanders Jiang Junfei and Zhao Hanping, and the four Wei commanders Pan Haihua, Zhou Yi'an, Qin Huiwen, Cao Shiyu and others also came. In other words, the high-level of Ningxia's avant-garde have all been dispatched.

The age of these conductors and commanders is even older than Deng Rubai. Deng Rubai seems to have no energy, but they are even worse than Deng Rubai. No way, military households are hereditary. A non-commissioned officer is a non-commissioned officer, and an officer is an officer. When they were born, they were destined to be officers, so naturally they would not work hard, and they were basically mixed up every day. It seems that Qi Jiguang was born to command affairs, but he is both civil and military, there are too few and too few, and they are almost rare.

This is exactly what Xu Xingxia criticized the most.

You say, how can an army be regulated like this? There's no incentive system at all! Lao Tzu is the commander of the guard, and in the future, his own Lao Tzu and grandson will all be the commander of the guard, such a system is a joke. Maybe the founder of the country still knows how to fight, but when it comes to his own sons and grandsons, how can he still know how to fight?

People who don't know how to fight, didn't you deliberately look for death when you put him in the position of an officer? Not only did he deliberately seek death, but he also had to bring the entire guard to find death together! I don't know what Lao Zhu thought at the beginning, and he actually came up with such a perverted system.

The officers were all occupied by hereditary military households, and even if they did not have any military exploits, they were all officers. Unless you make a big mistake, you can't afford to be downgraded. As a result, there were simply no redundant officer posts vacant. Even if it was vacant, it was filled by their son. How can the meritorious people below be promoted? Those who have military merits cannot be promoted, and those who have the ability cannot become high-ranking officials, can the guards not be defeated?

In fact, there is nothing wrong with the establishment of the guards. The establishment of small flags, general flags, 100 households, 1,000 households, guards, capital divisions, and the governor's offices of the five armies can also be applied on the battlefield. In the era of cold weapons, commanding ten people is indeed a bit much, and it may not be completely estimated, but it is not completely impossible. The key is that officers at every level should have a certain command ability and be able to assume corresponding responsibilities. In other words, officers at every level must not have waste, and they must not be indiscriminately filled.

Obviously, in order to do this, the hereditary system must be abolished. It is necessary to implement an incentive mechanism for those who are capable and those who are mediocre. To put it simply, those who have the ability come up, and those who don't get out. When it comes to the troops, it's even simpler. All positions must be fluid. Whoever has the ability will go up. Those who can fight wars will be promoted and rich. If you can't fight, go home and pick up your wife and children.

If this set is implemented, Xu Xingxia dares to guarantee that what he sees today is definitely not this scene. What he saw would be a commander who could fight well, a group of officers who were screaming and only wanted to create military exploits. Their average age is at least twenty years lower. The reason is simple, only by fighting a war can they show their level. Otherwise, go home and pick up your wife and children. And to fight, a group of old men can't do it.

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