My years as a soldier

"Since the general thinks it is feasible, then I will ask the general from now on."

Li Muyun took a few steps back as he spoke, and bowed to Lu Sheng again, the distance between the two of them was opened again naturally.

Lu Sheng couldn't smell the fragrance, and his heart itched unbearably.But seeing Li Muyun's serious expression, he had no choice but to put on a serious look.

"Lu Shengding will not disappoint the prince."

When Li Muyun left, Lu Sheng was still reluctant to part.But he couldn't think of any other reason to keep Li Muyun.I had no choice but to send him all the way to the main road of the small city, and when he saw that he was about to leave, he started scratching his head again.

"Your Majesty, your residence in Tongguan has not been decided yet. I'll ask someone to set up an independent tent for you. Otherwise, it would be too wronged to ask you to sleep with those reckless men."

"Oh... You said where you live." Speaking of this, Li Muyun was thinking of Hu Jiuzhang.

"If I can really have a separate camp to live in, that would be great, as it happens that I can also call my retainer to serve by my side. It's just...would it be too much trouble for General Lu?"

"No way!"

Seeing Li Muyun agree to his proposal, Lu Sheng smiled again.

"I'm going to arrange it with someone. During this period, the prince can rest in my barracks where soldiers are recruited."

Hearing his enthusiasm, Li Muyun smiled, but felt quite helpless in his heart.The co-author doesn't plan to leave him alone...

"Then I will listen to General Lu."

Li Muyun responded softly, and Lu Sheng couldn't help but smile.

Hu Jiuzhang slept until night, and then woke up slowly.When he opened his eyes, most of the fatigue on his body had disappeared, only his two calves still felt a little sore, reminding him of the journey from the east that had just ended.

In the barracks in the evening, the candlelight was flickering, and there were more than a dozen people lying around in the room. Outside the barracks, several piles of bonfires were lit. The soldiers who had been trained were sitting around the bonfires, talking and laughing with each other. The atmosphere was very harmony.

Hu Jiuzhang didn't know what to do either, as soon as he saw the bonfire on the ground, he couldn't help but think of Li Muyun.

It was agreed before that as soon as I settled down, I would find him here to meet. I saw him and Lu Sheng together in the gate before, and it didn't seem like there was something urgent to deal with... It's already night, it seems , Li Muyun has never been here.

Hu Jiuzhang sighed lightly, his eyes swept over the campfire.He didn't find Li Muyun's figure, but Gan Ruoshan walked towards the barracks through the crowd.

That square face made Hu Jiuzhang feel dizzy.Those you want to see don't know where you are, and those you don't want to see can't even hide.Hu Jiuzhang frowned tightly, the more he looked at Gan Ruoshan's face, the more irritable he felt.

"Gan Lushuai."

Hu Jiuzhang was the first to say hello, which surprised Gan Ruoshan.He coughed dryly, causing all the surrounding soldiers to cast their gazes in this direction.

"Hu Jiuzhang, is your leg injured? If there is an injury, you have to report it to your superiors before deciding where to go again."

Gan Ruoshan opened his mouth unhurriedly.At first glance, there is nothing to criticize, but Hu Jiuzhang is very clear about the meaning of what Gan Ruoshan said.

There are regiments in the army that specialize in recruiting wounded and sick soldiers, and in a sense, disabled veterans are abandoned children in the army.When encountering a strong enemy, wounded soldiers are usually the first to be sent out to test their knives.And if the military rations are in short supply, the disabled veterans will also be the first to starve to death.Once you enter the wounded barracks, you have to be prepared to sacrifice for other troops anytime, anywhere. Sometimes the wounded soldiers are just alive, which is a burden for the large troops.

"I have an old injury on my leg, but the injury has healed up now, so it's not considered an injury."

Hu Jiuzhang got up and walked out of the barracks, and stood in front of Gan Ruoshan and answered calmly.

"Oh? Then why were you limping when you gathered at the gate in the afternoon? You must pay attention to the facts in everything. If you are not injured, you will take off the bandages on your legs here in front of the big guys. Let everyone have a look. You are the captain of the first team, if you go to battle in the future, the lives of ten people in your team will be tied to you."

"I know that."

Hu Jiuzhang got a little impatient with what he said.He thought that the injury test was an injury test, but what does this have to do with the first team?It's better not to mention that matter in the afternoon, but Hu Jiuzhang's anger couldn't stop rushing to his head when he mentioned it.It wasn't you Gan Ruoshan who made him lose face in the regiment?

"Gan Lushuai wants to see it, so just follow me into the house to see it. There is no need to risk anyone's life. Besides, I am new here, and I haven't met the brothers in the first team one by one. This is Tongguan, and everyone is here for I gathered here to defend Chang'an. If I was really injured, and the injury was so serious that it would affect the battle, then there is no need to come here to join the army, and my life will be wasted."

Hu Jiuzhang is still patient, but Gan Ruoshan is already frowning.

"What do you think? I don't know. I'm asking you to untie the bandages on your legs. Hu Jiuzhang, don't forget that I'm still the brigade commander of this regiment. Didn't you Beiting Army teach me?" But you, in the army, do you have to learn to obey the orders of Shangfeng?"

There was a little fire in Gan Ruoshan's words.Hu Jiuzhang's face changed after being provoked by him.

Soldiers from the Northwest all have one characteristic.They are far less obedient than the government soldiers in the Central Plains. In the Northwest Army, only solid military exploits can win the respect of soldiers.Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible to subdue these perverse and domineering Northwest lone wolves just by virtue of their military positions.

Hu Jiuzhang's hometown is Chengzhou. Although he only touches the northwestern border, he is in the army, and he eats the same way as the old Northwest Army.Gan Ruoshan's style of thinking that he is superior to others from the beginning may work in front of this group of recruits recruited from the Eastern Capital, but if Hu Jiuzhang is to suffer this all the time, he can't stand it at all.

"There is an order from the top, and I will obey it. It's just that I have been in the army all these years, and I have never heard of a brigade commander who insists on examining a person who is not injured."

Hu Jiuzhang dismissed Gan Ruoshan's words.

He has seen many disputes of this level. In the past, in the Beiting, it was not uncommon for the same team to fight directly at the top of the fort.He had never been afraid of fighting, but the group of Central Plains peasants who had just entered the military camp next to him were frightened when they saw Hu Jiuzhang's posture.

After all, Gan Ruoshan is also a brigade commander.Lushuai means official.It's okay for a mere soldier to argue with an official!

There were still some noisy people in the crowd, but now there is no sound.How could Gan Ruoshan bear Hu Jiuzhang's embarrassment in front of such a group of people?After a while, the triumphant Lu Commander was so furious that he put one hand on the handle of the knife around his waist and clenched it tightly, but he didn't dare to draw the knife to greet Hu Jiuzhang in front of these people.

Suddenly a man ran out from the crowd, but he saw that man shrunk his neck, ran to Hu Jiuzhang all the way with his waist bent, and kept pulling his arm.

"Hey, Captain Hu, don't say a few words, don't say a few words!"

Hu Jiuzhang looked down and saw that he was a big brother who was much older than him, with a somewhat kind face.

"Acknowledge your mistake to Marshal Gan, and it's over, ah! It's over!"

The big brother opened his mouth, and several people around him stood up from the ground, as if they were concerned.But most people still hold the mentality of watching the excitement, wishing that these veterans would fight directly.

"What are you doing? Gan Ruoshan! What's going on?"

He heard a stern shout not far away, Hu Jiuzhang looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a burly man in gray and black armor walking towards this side from the path across the street.

It was Wang Zheng, captain of the Eighth Regiment of Tongguan, who came.This person was from the Shuofang army. He probably had just eaten dinner and was still chewing a mint leaf. As he walked, he looked at Hu Jiuzhang.

The Shuofang Army was a frontier soldier in the northern part of the Tang Dynasty. It fought against the Huihe, Turkic and other grassland peoples in the northern part of the empire all the year round. All the soldiers in the army were masters of horse riding.As for Wang Zheng, he also had the appearance of a barbarian.Half of his face was covered by beards, and upon closer inspection, his beards were all curled up, clustered on his chest, looking very mighty.

"Captain Wang, this..."

When Gan Ruoshan saw Wang Zheng, he also had to bow down and report the truth.But Wang Zheng laughed after hearing his report.

"What's wrong with such a trivial matter?"

He didn't know who he was talking to, both Hu Jiuzhang and Gan Ruoshan bowed down in front of him, but Wang Zheng kept grabbing the leaves from the cloth bag on his waist and putting them in his mouth.

"Are you the new Hu Jiuzhang?"

Wang Zheng's eyes fell on Hu Jiuzhang.

"Yes."

"Okay, tomorrow you can go to the Military Affairs Sima for an injury check, right? You've been busy all day, you don't feel too tired and panic, come on, what should you do!"

Wang Zheng dismissed the matter in a few words, Gan Ruoshan didn't dare to continue pestering when his immediate boss spoke, and only waited for Wang Zheng to leave before turning around with a dark face and leaving.

Seeing that Gan Ruoshan failed to provoke and had a bad meal, Hu Jiuzhang's mood was not much better.He snorted softly, turned around and went back to the barracks. Before rushing up to pull his big brother, he didn't leave, but spoke earnestly beside him.

"Hey, Captain Hu, you're new here and you're not familiar with this place. It's true that Lvshuai Gan's attitude is not very good, but he treats everyone like this, and everyone understands it. Your temper is too aggressive, and it will really irritate you in the future Without him, I'm afraid I will suffer a big loss when I go to the battlefield in the future."

"Heh... If he dared to do something like this on the battlefield, he would be dead standing here now."

Hu Jiuzhang disagreed.

"Those of us from the Northwest have this temper. It's just a few quarrels. It's no big deal. I think you are too nervous."

"Hey... old man, I was originally a farmer on the edge of Luoyang City, so I don't know the rules in the army. But anyway, don't we have to live under Commander Gan? Although some things are not so pleasant, we Just be patient, it's over, it's no big deal."

"Hey..." Hearing what he said, Hu Jiuzhang couldn't help sighing.These words reminded him of the old man Wang who drove sheep for Luo County Cheng in his hometown. His leg was broken by someone, and he went to work for others in a humble manner.No matter how persuaded by others, he refused to fall out with his official master, guarding more than 60 sheep, but he starved to death during the famine five years ago.

Hu Jiuzhang didn't know how to comment on Old Man Wang, but he knew that if it was him, he would never do that.

"Brother, I understand what you mean, but I have my own way. I just thank you for coming out to persuade me, but I don't know how to call it?"

"Oh, my name is Xu An, and I'm in the first team. It's good for Captain Hu to call me Old Xu."

"Oh... yes." Hu Jiuzhang responded aloud, although he was smiling, but his appearance was really not happy.

He couldn't imagine what a person like Lao Xu would be like when he stood on the battlefield.And if this team is composed of farmers who keep their own way like Lao Xu, Hu Jiuzhang really doesn't know what to do with his team...

After returning to the barracks, Lao Xu introduced the situation of the Eighth Regiment to Hu Jiuzhang very enthusiastically. From what Lao Xu said, he seemed to be very familiar with Tongguan.Hu Jiuzhang also listened casually. It wasn't until Lao Xu talked about the general guarding Tongguan that Hu Jiuzhang suddenly became interested.

"Old Xu, do you know General Lu Sheng?"

"Oh, you talk about him." Xu An said, with a mysterious smile slipping from the corner of his mouth, "You can ask him, Captain Hu. I heard that this little general Lu has a habit of breaking his sleeves. Every time you march, you have to find a handsome man in the local area and bring them back to your tent to favor you."

Having said that, Xu An lowered his voice.

"Captain Hu, I don't know if you noticed when you were in the gate. The little general Lu immediately got a handsome scholar. That should be the new friend that General Lu found for himself in Tongguan. Eh... this general It's just different! You can do whatever you want, unlike us."

Old Xu said all with emotion, but Hu Jiuzhang didn't answer for a long time.

Xu An was about to speak, but Hu Jiuzhang suddenly stood up, turned his head and ran out of the barracks, startling Old Xu.

"Hey, Captain Hu, where are you going?" Old Xu looked bewildered.

"Go find someone!"

There seemed to be some anxiety in Hu Jiuzhang's voice, but he had already disappeared into the night.