choke element

Chapter 325

Xu Yu led more than ten subordinates and galloped along the road from Zhaoyuan to Ye County. When they were about to leave Zhaoyuan County, they registered at the checkpoint set up by the military fort beside the road.

Summer is here, even if there is a sea breeze from time to time, the weather is stuffy and hot.

There should have been one official and two soldiers on duty at the checkpoint.But at this moment, the officials disappeared, and there was only one soldier left.The young soldier who stayed at the gate also took off his armor and military robe, casually threw them on the side of the road, and hid himself in the shade of a tree to doze off.

The weather was indeed too hot, even though he was shirtless, he was still sweating profusely, as if he had just climbed out of the water.When he was called up to interrogate the Fu Xin and Gong Ping of Xu Yu and others, he was also absent-minded, looking dizzy from heat.

His eyes did not scan the words on the certificate, but he kept looking at the shadow of the wooden pole beside him, and murmured to calculate the length of the shadow, probably hoping that the time would pass quickly so that the brothers from the next class would hurry over .

In this kind of weather, it is indeed hard work to stand guard in full armor.What's more, what was put on the side of the road by this soldier was a set of serious willow leaf iron armor, which weighed more than 20 catties.

Xu Yu knew that when the weather was hot outside, in order to prevent the armor from being scalded and damage the skin, a thick military robe had to be worn on the body.The weather is too hot these days, and many soldiers stood on guard one by one. The sweat accumulated in their robes was wrung out and put on the scales, which could weigh one or two catties.

The army of the ordinary Dajin Kingdom is by no means so strict in governing the army, but the Ding Navy is like this.

When you serve as a soldier in Dinghai, you will be given fields, cattle, and good seeds by the military government immediately, and there are so many shady households for you to eat and wear. Wherever you go, the people will respectfully call you military master. Why is this?Could it be because you accumulated virtue in your previous life?
of course not.I gave you benefits, I gave you status, I want you to stand still, and when you are fighting, you will die for Guo Jieshuai without hesitation!

When the general gave an order, the soldiers under him went to the fire and did not dare to resign; is it not enough to bask in the sun and suffer a little bit?
Therefore, the Dinghailing Mansion has previously written a special article to emphasize that no matter it is windy, rainy or snowy, even if there are knives in the sky, the soldiers on duty in the military camps and fortresses must be fully equipped with armor and show their spirits.

Generally speaking, the regular soldiers who are qualified to wear armor are generally old soldiers from the south. If the recruits who join the army in Shandong have no special courage or meritorious service, most of them stay in the position of slaves.Such an order from the military government is also to urge the old soldiers from the south not to slack off, and to set an example for the recruits.

This pawn was a local recruit, so he didn't recognize Xu Ting, nor did he recognize the uniform of the officials in the Recording Department.

In fact, the identities of Xu Yu and the others were written clearly on the public certificates, and this little soldier didn't even look carefully... I guess he didn't study the military regulations seriously, otherwise he might just run back, wishing he could stick his armor on from now on. Body, as your own second skin.

However, Xu Yu did not get angry on the spot, nor did she criticize the pawn.

Back then he established himself in Tangluo, Hebei, and now he is the head of the recording department in the Dinghai Navy, never relying on vicious intimidation, but on the means of intimacy with people.Seeing that the pawn was stumbling back to lie down in the shade of a tree, Xu Yu got off the horse with a leather bag, followed him a few steps and asked him where he could fetch water.

The pawn was not bad-tempered, so he pointed out the way for Xu Yu, took him for a while, chatted for a while, and then returned to the shade of the tree.

Xu Xuan came back with a leather bag full of water, and already knew who this pawn's boss was, and which commander he belonged to.He put on the reins of the horse, walked a few steps, couldn't help shaking his head and said: "A clerk has other scattered business affairs, and was recalled to the camp by Zhang Qian. There is a regular army in charge of this place, drinking privately brewed village wine, and sleeping in the shed Die...before I go to bed, let my family's son wear armor and come out to put on a show."

In Xu Yu's recording department, many officials are old soldiers who have experienced many battles. Although they have retired for various reasons, they still attach great importance to military orders, especially the juniors.

At that moment, someone snorted coldly: "This is a capital crime!"

Another official shook his head and smiled wryly: "There are six checkpoints coming from Zhaoyuan, but Zhang Qian is the only one responsible for the three that are loose. This guy is playing dead again!"

Xu Yu urged the horse forward: "In the town of Xiyou ahead, there is a station for our recording department. Leave a person there, and immediately write a letter and seal it, and issue it to the command and envoys above Zhang Qian, and ask them to give a result immediately. come out."

An official clasped his fists on the horse: "I will be in charge of Xiyou Town, and I will stay to supervise it."

Xu Yu nodded slightly, and the cavalry continued to gallop.

There were more than [-] miles to go, and it was not until dusk that they arrived at Ye County.

The cavalry passed by the stretches of forts and barracks outside the city, watched the soldiers lined up from the camp, stood in positions one by one with flags of different colors, and then shouted slogans under the command of a general , first ran half a lap on the campus field, and then went outside the camp.

"Is this a short-distance training or a long-distance training? It doesn't seem to be so frequent before?" Xu Yu asked casually.

An official replied: "They don't carry bedding or water with them, they only carry armor and weapons. This is a short-distance training. It was originally once every five days. The day before yesterday, the commander-in-chief said that the army has better food these days, If there is no war, it is even more necessary to practice on three days in winter and three days in summer. Therefore, the training has been changed to once every three days. Judging from their whereabouts, they should go to Donglai Mountain and come back."

That is more than 30 miles, and it is not easy to run this distance in the hot weather.

"I see."

Xu Ting looked into the camp again, and saw another gang leader urging a carriage to keep up with the brigade. There were buckets on the cart, which should be salt water.

When Xu Wei first saw this kind of long-distance training in Tangbojian, Hebei, she was very shocked.Xu Yu once thought that only elite soldiers who had been trained so hard could achieve this level, but what they saw in Laizhou now was tens of thousands of soldiers, and every soldier had undergone such training.

It has only been a year since Guo Ning gathered the crowd at the Feijunhe Camp.

In a year's time, there will be no change at all in many places.If you look carefully at it from the perspective of the entire Dajin Kingdom, you can probably only feel that it is worse.Only under Guo Ning's control, everything is constantly changing and making progress. Although Guo Ning's actions are no longer so radical, his subordinates can only become more and more high-spirited.

Xu Yu and the others continued to go to the city, and when they arrived at Jieshuai's mansion, they were still questioned as usual.

Those who came up to investigate were the personal guards of Zhao Jue's subordinates, many of them were experts drawn from various ministries, and some of them were veterans of the defeated army in Hebei.Many of them are old acquaintances and old friends with Xu Xuan's subordinates.But both parties are not negligent in this, and they have checked all the amulets one by one.

In the end, the leader of the guards, the young one, came up to see a man who was being held up by two clerks.

The man's body was tied up, his head was bowed, as if his feet were weak, and he was supported by two people on the left and right, and a big piece of rag was stuffed in his mouth.Ni Yi took a few steps forward, took the pine torch from a subordinate, first looked at the description in the booklet in his hand, then stretched out his hand, and lifted the man's face for comparison.

"That's him? He was caught so soon?" Ni Yi stretched out his thumb and gestured to Xu Xuan.

Xu Yu nodded with a smile.

Ni Yi showed a look of disgust: "Then go in quickly, Jie Shuai is waiting."

(End of this chapter)