A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 163 The Strange Woman
When Li Guangheng and Gao Xun came to Shun Township Fort, the atmosphere was in full swing. The soldiers were in a hurry to drill. At first, Li Guangheng and Gao Xun believed that their soldiers and horses were strong. When they came to Shun Township Fort, they would definitely make people look at them differently. When they came into contact with Shun Township Fort After seeing everything inside, all their sense of superiority disappeared, and finally they could only look at everything around them in awe.

They were organized into Gao Shiyin's Ji Zong to practice together. This is the number that Gao Shiyin recently asked for from Wang Dou. In this way, Wang Dou has six soldiers under his command: A, B, C, D, E, and Ji. Horses, but Gao Shiyin himself is always short of men and horses, and he will have to replenish them slowly in the future.

During the intense practice, Gao Xun wrote letters to his wife when he was free, recording his every detail of his stay in Shun Township Castle. He once remembered the Yin Yin teachings of the adults who asked him to read more. He thought writing letters was a good exercise. method, so I keep writing every day.

However, although Gao Xun wrote letters every day, the content of the letter was too nasty, and he was embarrassed to show it to his wife, and the second was that it involved many secrets in the Shunxiangbao army, and it was not convenient for the public, so Although Gao Xun persisted for many years, these letters were buried deep in the bottom of the box.

He would not have expected how much sensation his autographed letters would cause in later generations. At this moment, he just used crooked handwriting to write down his own feelings.

"On the sixth day of March in the tenth year of Chongzhen...my wife Wan (Wan) Rou, her husband was in Shunbao, and a few days passed by in a hurry. She was away from home and often missed herself. I don't know if my children are safe and my grandma is healthy. Family troubles Many, I can only take care of my wife at home, thinking about it every day, I am gradually (ashamed), but the ancients have said that since ancient times (loyalty) and filial piety cannot have both..."

Gao Xun and Li Guangheng were transferred to Shunxiang Fort on February 28, the tenth year of Chongzhen. On the day they arrived at the fort, they were arranged in a barracks, and then took a comfortable hot bath. The factory hasn't opened yet, if you want military uniforms, wait.

The next thing is to eat, one headquarters and one big room, full of steamed buns and rice, oily vegetable soup, and two taels of meat per person.This food treatment made Gao Xun and the others stare. How could they have encountered such a rich meal in Zhoucheng?If you can't eat enough on weekdays, of course you don't want to have physical training exercises.You can eat enough every day, and there is also meat, so it is understandable that all the sergeants in Shunxiang Fort have big arms and round waists. In the next few days, Gao Xun and others generally suffered from diarrhea due to eating too much meat.

They also noticed that a group of people in the kitchen were treated differently. After they took out their badges, the firemen put twice as much meat on their bowls than on their own. Gao Xun asked privately, It turned out that these people were the most skilled sergeants in the army, and their treatment was higher than that of ordinary sergeants, and they could eat four taels of meat for each meal.

The ranks of the Shun Township Army are strict, and the officers at each rank have absolute authority under their own subordinates, and the treatment of each party is also different, which is fully reflected in the aspect of food.These high-ranking sergeants all look proud and sturdy, and the sergeants they meet are all respectful to them, and these people can still sit on an equal footing with officers.The strong in Shun Township's army are respected, and if they want to get good treatment and status, they can only rely on military merit and skills, and there is no other way.

In the Shunxiang Army, there are many strict internal affairs and military regulations. These regulations, whether officers or ordinary sergeants, must memorize Lao Ji.On the day of reciting the back, if you recite it wrong, you will be served with military sticks, and there is no mercy at all.

However, Gao Xun also saw that the officers in the Shun Township Army were not allowed to punish their subordinates casually. If the sergeants made mistakes, they would all be dealt with by the town governor. Private fighting was also strictly prohibited in the army.Although the law is strict, it is not indiscriminate, and it is also fair and strict. This makes the sergeants sincerely admire and can voluntarily abide by military discipline and laws.

After arriving at Shunxiang Fort for a few days, Gao Xun was surprised to find a problem. Although the food in Shunxiang army was good, none of them had any food and wages. However, every household of the sergeant had allotted the land so that his wives and children could farm for a living. , The military pension and support for life.

But it is limited to this. If you want to live a better life, you can only rely on killing the enemy and capturing it. This is why Gao Xun found that his general sergeants were elated, and the opportunity to fight is rare.Gao Xun was unbelievable at first, but in the end he was also full of enthusiasm. He was rewarded for his military achievements, and the opportunity to help his wife and children get rid of poverty was in front of him. He secretly vowed that he would make a contribution this time!

Three days after being transferred to Shunxiang Fort, Li Guangheng and Gao Xun's team members also began to practice with the army. Gao Xun was surprised to find another problem. The battalion drills here are also a series of regulations and regulations, and there are some corresponding instructors. Sergeants only need to practice step by step according to the regulations.

Not surprisingly, after a few months, an ordinary young man can become an outstanding sergeant.Here, the role of famous generals seems to be very small. As long as there are these training regulations, these experienced instructors, and enough money, food and equipment, they can continuously train powerful soldiers and horses.

This made Gao Xun feel a little disappointed. He is famous for his outstanding skills in the state city, and he also considers himself quite strategic. It seems that he can't show any advantages here. The team officer Li Guangheng was also a little disappointed. Li Guangheng once sighed to Gao Xun: "Qi Shuai has a saying, if you fight in an upright formation, you will be invincible. I am afraid that the courage of a man will be of no use here!"

Li Guangheng had always been the object of Gao Xun's admiration in Zhoucheng, and even he said so, one can imagine the difficulty of getting ahead in the Shunxiang army.There are strong people here like a cloud, and the army is divided into several circles, low-ranking sergeants, middle-ranking sergeants, and high-ranking sergeants, and the circles that everyone comes into contact with are different.It is extremely difficult for junior and middle sergeants to enter the communication circle of senior sergeants. Only when you show your strength can you be valued and accepted by them.

Who wouldn't want better treatment?Who doesn't want to be admired in the army?Who doesn't want their family members to exhale and raise their eyebrows in front of others?Everyone is eager to be promoted and rewarded. When there is no battle, ordinary sergeants will set their sights on those senior sergeants, not to mention those low and middle sergeants who practice hard. Sergeants with high skills must keep their fame alive and practice hard every day. The competition in the army can be said to be very fierce.

The legendary figure in the army is Wu Zhengchun, under the command of Master Han Zhong, the current President of the Second Division. He was promoted from an ordinary sergeant to a superior sergeant.He was personally bestowed with iron armor and a waist badge by the lord of integrity, and he has maintained the standard of high-level military skills that no one has broken so far.Gao Xun hopes that one day he can do it.

After practice, the army is literate and watching operas, and there are still many military songs that need to be memorized. Gao Xun finally understood why Mr. Morality asked him if he had ever read. mix.However, this kind of life is what Gao Xun likes, this is the real army, the place where Gao Xun has always pursued and longed for in his dreams.

He figured that he was just a mere chief of the first division now, and he would be promoted from the chief of the first to the officer in charge, and then to the general officer. He didn't know when it would take.But he is confident that one day, he will also lead a group of tigers and wolves.But to change, only skills and military exploits are needed, which requires war.Gao Xun finally understood why the Shunxiang Army was so belligerent.

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"My lord, these regulations are so difficult to memorize."

It turned out that a servant in the team secretly complained to Li Guangheng.

Li Guangheng stared: "It's hard to memorize, but you have to memorize it. The old brothers of President Ji have survived like this. Could it be that our newly-built C team can't be spared? Let me tell you, you'd better memorize all these regulations. If I lose my face, I will break your legs."

Another servant muttered, "My lord, now in our Shun Township Army, officers are strictly prohibited from corporal punishment of soldiers. There are regulations on this."

"Hehe, now that I know the regulations again, I'll get out of here..."

Li Guangheng scolded angrily, and the soldiers of the C team scattered immediately, and all of them gritted their teeth and memorized the regulations.

Li Guangheng glanced at Gao Xun, who was silent next to him, in annoyance. Li Guangheng had a good impression of this small banner officer who was transferred with him, and was originally under the command of General Chi Dengshan. How's it going?"

Gao Xun stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, Team Leader, I am reciting it carefully. I believe that after a month's inspection, I will be able to memorize it by heart."

Li Guangheng nodded: "That's good."

He was about to say something when he suddenly heard a woman's cold voice: "Master Gao, the little girl only wants to join the army to suppress bandits and serve the country by killing bandits. Why doesn't my lord allow it? Give Yue'e a reason!"

Then I heard the woman's voices chattering: "That's right, even if we are not allowed to recruit and kill thieves, we have to give a reason. What is it like to be so silent?"

"Even if it comes to Mr. Ethics, you have to give us an explanation."

"what happened?"

Li Guangheng frowned. Given the strict military discipline of Shun Township, how could there be a woman's voice in the martial arts arena?
As he went there, the sergeants of Team C who came down from the city also swarmed over to watch, and Gao Xun also curiously followed among them.

However, he saw six or seven women standing in front of Mr. Gao Shiyin, the chief officer of Ji General, all of them holding spears and shields, staring at him with perverted eyebrows. The first woman was about twenty years old, with a beautiful appearance, but Her face was cold and frosty, she held a shield in her left hand, a spear in her right hand, and she was actually wearing a pair of leather armor.

"Who is this woman?"

Li Guangheng was very puzzled, he didn't know Xu Yuee's name when he first arrived at Shun Township Castle.Look at those soldiers from the original Team A and Team B of Shunxiangbao in Ji Zong, all of them have weird expressions on their faces, but they are far away from Xu Yuee and the others, talking in low voices from time to time.

Looking at Xu Yuee in front of him, the flesh on Gao Shiyin's face twitched from time to time, his mouth was parted, and his expression was quite distressed. Just now the sergeant reported that Xu Yuee and some people were begging to see him. He didn't think about it for a while, so he let Xu Yuee and others come in Thinking that she had created such a big problem for herself as soon as she came in.

A few years ago, Gao Shiyin saw Xu Yuee strangle his son to death with his own eyes. Since then, Gao Shiyin has had feelings for Xu Yuee, especially after he had a son, he stayed far away from Xu Yuee.In Shun Township Fort, Xu Yue'e had always kept strangers away, and no man dared to provoke her. She didn't expect this guy to join her army and go out to suppress bandits together?
Seeing Xu Yuee staring at him, Gao Shiyin felt uncomfortable all over his body. He suddenly thought of a reason, forced a smile, and said in the most gentle voice: "Miss Xu, it's not because I don't allow you to join the army to suppress bandits, but because you are a woman." , it’s inconvenient to follow the army.”

Xu Yue'e said indifferently: "What's wrong with the girl? If anyone thinks that I, Xu Yue'e, are not skilled enough, just come up and compete."

She looked around at everyone with contemptuous eyes, and the surrounding area was completely silent, only the sergeants of Team C were discussing: "Who is this woman, it's so strange."

Yang Tong coughed, and secretly said beside Gao Shiyin's ear: "Brother Gao, I think it's fine, this little lady Xu is from the same town as your lord, and her skills are indeed outstanding. Our Shun Township regulations don't stipulate that women can't serve in the army, just Let her fill the team."

Gao Shiyin frowned: "Forget it, let her join the army, it's really troublesome."

He summoned Li Guangheng majestically: "Master Li, your team C is just short of sergeants, and Xu Xiaoniang and others are all outstanding in skills, so let them fill your team."

Li Guangheng's eyes widened: "What, put a few women on our team?"

His sharp gaze swept over Xu Yuee's body, and he shouted: "If you want to join the army and fight, you need to pass my test, so the management team will personally test your skills."

(End of this chapter)