The dazzling sunlight scorched the earth, and the soldiers guarding the gate hid under the awning, but the heat still came from all directions from time to time, both indoors and outdoors like steamers, making people sticky from top to bottom.

The samurai has a strong physical fitness, but it still can't stop sweating on a hot day, Fan Yuzhen's military uniform is mostly wet, and the dry places have just been steamed dry by high temperatures, and there are sweat dirt in some parts.

Tang Daming shouted on the watchtower: "Team Fan, there is a vote of people running over, waving the military flag of the Commander's Mansion. ”

The Commander's Office has non-combat units, and they uniformly use a kind of military flag, the pattern on the flag is a continuous mountain range, symbolizing the backing of all soldiers, and the combat unit is generally called the military flag of the Commander's Office.

Fan Yuzhen wiped her face with a damp cloth and walked to the back of the gate to watch.

The heat from the ground distorted her vision, and the distant scene was ghostly, but she could make out a squad of cavalry running down the avenue.

"From the Commander's Palace? It seems to be someone from the Military Command Department. "She is more experienced than Tang Daming," Iron Hammer! Go and tell Staff Officer Zhang that someone from the Military Command Department is coming. "Immediately arrange for the subordinates to pass it on.

Most of the other captains will interrogate clearly before passing it on, and she is the one who will act when she sees it.

The costume of the military command department is a bit peculiar, and officers of all ranks have shoulder pads and are very high, which is easy to recognize.

The first three of the cavalry in this squad had high shoulder pads, one of them was wearing a general-level military uniform, and the other two were wearing garrison-level military uniforms, which were equivalent to the rank of captain and one level lower than the staff officer's rank of general.

"Please stop!" Fan Yuzhen came to the bottom of the gate to personally verify the identity of this team, which could have been completed by his squadron leader.

The people who came also understood the rules and dismounted one after another, leaving all their weapons on their horses. Front-line barracks are not allowed to ride horses without permission, and weapons are not allowed to be carried with them.

A garrison-level officer with a goat's beard strode forward, handed Fan Yuzhen a waist card, and said, "I am Dai Wenrong, the deputy envoy of the Military Command Department, and over there are Lord Yu Qian and Luo Yan, the deputy envoy. ”

Then he took out two waist cards for Fan Yuzhen to check. Only officers have waist cards, soldiers use military cards, and their own guards come forward to check.

"My lords, please come to the camp. Fan Yuzhen glanced at the waist card and was about to lead the way in person.

"Wait a minute, Lord Yu means to ask you to inform General Ding, and we will wait outside. Dai Wenrong didn't move.

Fan Yuzhen's mouth opened slightly, her eyes looked at Dai Wenrong in surprise, and only after making sure that the other party was serious did she wave her hand and shout, "Tang Daming, you go in and report." ”

This person's behavior is a bit strange, and the reason why the guards of the gate are usually asked to wait for a higher-ranking officer to come out to greet them, but the highest-ranking proclamator among them is only a general, at most the same level as Ding Kui, and even if Ding Kui is inside, he may not come out to greet him.

The military has military rules, in order to avoid an embarrassing situation, unfamiliar officers will send official notices in advance, people want to pick up will naturally explain well, the doorman will let you wait, the doorman does not know just don't want to answer.

Fan Yuzhen sent a hammer to inform Zhang Dingyuan that it was because Ding Kui was not there, and someone needed to receive people in the Chinese military tent instead of Ding Kui.

Because Zhang Dingyuan is also a member of the 75th Division, it does not mean that he is the person with the highest status in the current battalion.

He got the news and rushed to Yuanmen, took the three waist cards from Fan Yuzhen's hands, walked straight to the general-level officer, returned the waist cards with both hands, and said: "Zhang Dingyuan, the staff officer of the 75th Division, has seen Lord Yu. ”

The proclamation made Yu Qian look about the same age as Zhang Dingyuan, with sharp eyes, a round face and a fat body, and at first glance he was a pampered civilian officer.

"There are a lot of military affairs on the front line, and General Ding is so busy that he can't get out, so let's ask Staff Officer Zhang to lead the way. He reacted quickly and immediately found himself a step down.

"Hehe, Lord Yu will know when you go in, please please. Zhang Dingyuan led the group to the Chinese military tent.

When he was about to arrive at the Chinese military tent, Yu Qian showed dissatisfaction, and Zhang Dingyuan explained in a low voice when he saw this: "Lord Yu doesn't know, Lord Ding is not in the camp at this time. ”

"Oh, the envoy has thought about it, so when will Lord Ding return?" Yu Qian's face turned slightly pale, thinking that Ding Kui was sitting in the Zhongjun tent and waiting for him to enter.

"Well, wait for the adults to sit down, and the lower official will explain to you slowly. "Zhang Dingyuan has a headache, Ding Kui is probably still in Nanqiu County, and he will definitely not be able to come back in a day or two.

The authority of the Nanmara Prefecture Theater Command is higher than that of the Military Command Department, and it stands to reason that Yu Qian and others should go to Jiang Xi for the record first, and the theater command will send a message to the border battalion.

However, Yu Qian and his entourage suddenly appeared, and the theater command did not notify them at all, and now there is no war in Nanmara Prefecture, it can only be that they did not go to the headquarters and went directly here.

Zhang Dingyuan had been in the headquarters before, and he saw that Qian and the others didn't seem to be ordinary.

When he came to sit in the tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Dingyuan did not dare to sit in the main seat, and only sat in the guest seat.

"Now Staff Officer Zhang can tell the envoy when General Ding will return? Yu Qian glanced at Lu Ying on the side.

Ding Kui is not here, but his personal soldiers are also responsible for the guards of the Chinese military tent, and today it is Lu Ying's turn and a few personal soldiers with relatively recent information.

Zhang Dingyuan stubbornly said: "That's the case, my family has gone on a secret mission, and I don't know when I can come back, and I may have to bother you to stay here for a few more days." ”

"What secret mission?" Yu Qian's two eyebrows twisted together, "You hurry up and call him back, I have an important military order for him." ”

In fact, he didn't say that everyone knew that if it was not an important military order, there would be no proclamator, and a simple military order could be conveyed with a piece of paper.

"Because the stakes are so high, we don't know Lord Ding's secret mission, and we don't know how to contact them, so the following officials speculate that they should be able to come back in three or five days. Zhang Dingyuan was not very satisfied with Qian's attitude, and completely regarded himself as a subordinate.

"What? After leaving for so many days without reporting, General Ding is suspected of violating military regulations. Yu Qian's face was full of anger.

Zhang Dingyuan was very calm, and said without humility or arrogance: "The secret mission is not something that my level can know, but there are people of sufficient level in Nannuma Prefecture who know it. ”

Yu Qian asked sharply, "Who?"

"Jiang Shuai, if Lord Yu wants to listen, you can go to the theater headquarters to meet the commander-in-chief, and you will definitely get a definite answer. ”

Yu Qian was speechless at this time, and the meaning of the people was obvious: if you go to the headquarters to meet Jiang Xi first, then you will be able to know Ding Kui's whereabouts, and you will not run in vain and not see anyone.

Although he was a general, he could not command anyone in the border barracks, except for what he brought, so he could only stay in the barracks under Zhang Dingyuan's arrangement, and wait for Ding Kui to come back before announcing the military order.

News of the arrival of the herald soon reached Nanqiu County.

Liu Yu proposed: "My lord, the situation has not yet reached the worst situation, the future direction of the Ding family may as well be considered in the long run, and now we should first communicate with the military order department and send the envoy away." ”

"Isn't it just an order, let Wei Tong Yi take the order as I am tomorrow, he can't rely on not leaving, he must go to the headquarters to report to the headquarters to transfer troops across the war zone.

This Yu Qian is really interesting, he went directly to my camp, do you want to supervise me to carry out the order?" Ding Kui didn't care too much.

Compared to dealing with the herald, the future of the Ding family is much more important, he has to plan all the plans, and there is no time to return to the barracks.

The next day, "Ding Kui" rushed back to the border camp in time, and Yu Qian finally didn't have to stay in this hot place for longer.

"Lord Yu has worked hard, I should send a message before I come, I am here to wait for you. "Ding Kui" was quite polite, and walked out of the tent for more than a dozen steps to greet Yu Qian and the others.

Yu Qian looked at "Ding Kui", a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he said: "Lord Ding is busy with military affairs, and you have to carry out secret missions during the armistice, and you are much harder than me." ”

"Where, a large number of troops from my country have entered Zhongwangzhou, I can't put my safety on the integrity of my country, and the necessary precautions must not be less. ”

“......”

The two said as they walked side by side into the Chinese military tent.

Without waiting for the host and guest to sit down, Yu Qian said: "Without further ado, the envoy will read out the military order now, and Lord Lao Ding will show his waist card and seal letter." ”

Before reading a military order, it is necessary to check the identity of the person receiving the order.

This step is usually omitted, and it is rare for someone to pretend to be the commander in the barracks, and even if someone does pretend to be the commander, it is the commander's order, and it is inconvenient for you to expose others on other people's territory.

"Ding Kui" was stunned for a moment, and Zhang Dingyuan next to him hurriedly said: "The seal should not be moved lightly on the front line, for the safety of the army, the subordinate officer feels that it is not appropriate to use the seal." ”

Yin Xin can mobilize the army, Ding Kui carried it with him and did not give it to anyone, but the waist card was left in the camp, and he could not use it when he returned to Nanqiu County.

"Lord Ding, Staff Officer Zhang, I hope you don't embarrass the envoy, showing the waist card and the seal letter is a necessary procedure, the envoy is only for inspection and will not use it, how can it endanger the safety of the army? Hurry up and take it out, could it be that you don't have a sealed letter? Or is this Lord Ding not Ding Kui at all!"

Yu Qian stared at "Ding Kui", suddenly took a step forward, and reached out to grab "Ding Kui"'s arm.

Everyone in the tent shouted together, "Bold!"

"Ding Kui" dodged sideways, pressed his palm on Yu Qian's shoulder, and said, "What do you mean by this? Did the Military Command Department send you to my camp to spread wild?"

Yu Qian shook back, took a wrong step with his feet, stood firm, and sneered: "Hehe, I happened to have learned the disguise technique, I can't say that I am proficient but it is enough to see your disguise, where are you Ding Kui, I saw you when I left the Zhongjun tent yesterday, you should be a personal soldier!"

The atmosphere in the tent froze suddenly, Zhang Dingyuan and the others didn't expect that the envoy still had this ability, and he didn't give any face, and exposed the fake Ding Kui on the spot.

"Come on, take down this person who is pretending to be Ding Kui! Who gave you the courage to pretend to be the commander of a regular army division. Yu Qian had an excited expression on his face.