Xu Wei led more than ten of his 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, and even if the sea breeze blows from time to time, the weather feels muggy and hot.
There should have been one official and two soldiers on duty at the checkpoint. But now 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 robes and threw them casually on the roadside. He hid in the cool shade of a tree and dozed off.
The weather was indeed too hot. Even though he took off his shirt, he was still sweating profusely, as if he had just climbed out of the water. When he was called up to interrogate the letters and certificates of Xu Jin and others, he was absent-minded and looked dizzy from heat.
His eyes did not scan the words on the official certificate, but he kept looking at the shadow of the wooden pole on the side. He murmured to calculate the length of the shadow, probably hoping that time would pass faster so that the brothers in the next class could come over quickly. .
In this kind of weather, it is indeed hard work to stand guard with all your armor and stomach intact. What's more, what the soldier put on the side of the road was a serious set of willow leaf iron armor, weighing more than twenty kilograms.
Xu Jin knew that when he was outside on a hot day, he had to wear a thick military robe to prevent his stomach from being burned by the sun and damaging his skin. The weather is too hot these days, and many soldiers stand down from their posts in shifts. The sweat accumulated in their robes is weighed out and weighed one or two kilograms.
The military of the Great Jin Kingdom is never so strict in military management, but this is the case with the Ding Navy.
When you serve as a soldier in Dinghai Navy, you will immediately be given fields, cattle, and fine seeds by the military government, as well as so many shelters for food and clothing. Wherever you go, the people will respectfully call you "junye". Why is this? Is it because you accumulated good deeds in your previous life?
of course not. I am giving you benefits and status to ensure that you are ready for the enemy and to die for Guo Jieshuai without any hesitation when fighting!
When the general gives an order, the soldiers below him will go to bed and fight without daring to quit. Is it not enough to bask in the sun and endure a little hardship?
Therefore, Ding Haijun Mansion had previously written a special article stressing that no matter it is windy, rainy or snowy, or even if a knife falls from the sky, the soldiers on duty in the military camps and forts must be fully equipped and alert.
Generally speaking, the regular soldiers who are qualified to wear armor are usually veterans from the south. If the recruits who join the army in Shandong do not have special courage or meritorious service, most of them stay in the position of subordinate. This order from the military government is also to urge the veterans coming from the south not to slack off and to set an example for the new recruits.
This soldier was a local recruit, so he didn't recognize Xu Jin or the clothes of the clerk.
In fact, the identities of Xu Wei and others were clearly stated on the official certificates. This soldier didn't even look carefully... I guess he didn't study the military regulations seriously, otherwise he would have rushed back, wishing that his stomach would be sticky from now on. On your body, treat it as your own second skin.
However, Xu Jin did not get angry on the spot, nor did he accuse the pawn.
Back then, he established himself in Tangluo, Hebei Province, and now he is the head of the Recording Department in the Dinghai Navy. He has never relied on vicious threats, but on the means of communicating with people warmly. Seeing that the soldier was staggering back to lie down in the shade of a tree, Xu Jin picked up a leather bag and dismounted, followed a few steps and asked him where he could get water.
This little soldier didn't have a bad temper. He showed Xu Jin the way, took him for a while, chatted for a while, and then returned to the shade of the tree.
Xu Jin returned with a leather bag filled with water. He already knew who the soldier's boss was and which commander he belonged to. He got on the horse and reined it, walked a few steps, couldn't help but shook his head and said: "A clerk had some scattered official duties and was recalled to the camp by Zhang Qian. There was a regular soldier in charge of this place. He drank the privately brewed village wine and slept in the pavilion. After you die...before you go to bed, let your servants wear armor and stomachs and come out to show off."
Many of the officials in Xu Jin's Recording Department are veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time. Although they have retired from the army due to various reasons, they still attach great importance to military orders, especially when they don't see juniors messing around.
At that moment, someone snorted: "This is a capital crime!"
Another official shook his head and smiled bitterly: "There are six checkpoints from Zhaoyuan, but only the three checkpoints that Zhang Qian is responsible for are loose. This guy is seeking death again!"
Xu Quan urged the horse forward: "Ahead of us, in the town of Xiyou, there is a station of our Recording Department. Leave a person there, write a seal immediately, and send it to the Commander of the Capital above Zhang Qian, asking them to give the result immediately. come out."
An official clasped his fists on the horse and said, "I am in charge of Xiyou Town, and I will stay to supervise it."
Xu Jin nodded slightly and the cavalry continued galloping.
With more than sixty miles left, it was not until dusk that we arrived at Ye County.
The cavalry passed by the stretches of fortresses and barracks outside the city, watching the soldiers forming columns gather from the camp, taking their positions one after another with flags of different colors, and then shouting slogans under the command of a general. , first ran a half circle on the campus, and then headed outside the camp.
"Is this a short-distance or long-distance training? It doesn't seem to be so frequent before?" Xu Jin asked casually.
An official replied: "They don't carry bedding and water with them, and they only carry armor and stomach 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 is eating better these days. Instead of fighting, we have to practice Sanjiu in winter and Sanfu in summer. Therefore, training is changed to once every three days. Judging from their whereabouts, they should run to Donglai Mountain and then come back."
That is more than thirty miles, and it is not easy to run with a helmet and armor in the hot weather.
"I see."
Xu Jin looked into the camp again and saw another bandit urging the carriage to follow the group. The carriage contained buckets of water, which should be salt water.
Xu Jin was shocked when he first saw this kind of long-distance training in Tangbojian, Hebei. Xu Jin once thought that only specially trained elite soldiers could achieve this level, but now what he saw in Laizhou was tens of thousands of troops, and every soldier had undergone such training.
It has only been a year since Guo Ning gathered the crowd at the Xiangjunhe camp.
In a year's time, nothing will change at all in many places. If you look at it carefully from the perspective of the entire Great Jin Kingdom, you can probably only notice where it is worse. Only under Guo Ning's control, everything is constantly changing and progressing. Although Guo Ning's actions are no longer so radical, his subordinates can only become more and more high-spirited.
Xu Jin and others continued to go to the city. When they arrived at Jieshuai's Mansion, they were still being interrogated as usual.
Those who came up for interrogation were Zhao Jue's personal guards. Many of them were experts drawn from various ministries, and some were veterans of Hebei's defeated army. Many people are old acquaintances and old friends with Xu Jin's subordinates. However, neither party was negligent in this matter, and checked every correspondence carefully.
At the end, the leader of the guards, the young man, came up to see a man being held by two clerks.
This man was heavily tied up and his head was lowered, as if his feet were weak. He was supported by two people on his left and right, and his mouth was stuffed with a piece of rag. Ni Yi took a few steps forward and took the pine torch from one of his subordinates. He first looked at the description in the book in his hand, then stretched out his hand and raised the man's face for comparison.
"That's him? He was caught so quickly?" Ni Yi stretched out his thumb and gestured to Xu Jin.
Xu Yan smiled and nodded.
Ni Yi showed a look of disgust: "Then go in quickly, Commander Ji is waiting."
