The prime location near the Capital Overpass is one of the most lively and prosperous, with dense population and numerous merchants. Especially at noon, the streets are packed with people, making it difficult to squeeze in. This area can be regarded as a business district or residential area for the middle-class people in the capital, and the atmosphere of the city is very strong. The streets on both sides are filled with various snack bars and gambling stalls, as well as some not-so-high-end antique shops, bookstores, and jewelry stores. There are young waiters at the entrance of almost every store. They roll up their sleeves and raise their voices, singing southern and northern tunes to greet the passing people.
"I'm confused. They practice every day, every day, and don't even let them breathe. Are those generals' heads squeezed by the door?" The person who spoke was a young soldier, with a heavy tone in his tone. Resentful, he was wearing a straight Guards uniform. He was shaking a banana fan in his hand, and he couldn't help but sweat rolling out on his face, running down his neck. But what's strange is that it's so hot. Oh my god, the style buckle around his neck was tied tightly, and the sweat was blocked here, soaking the white collar inside.
There were more than a dozen Guards soldiers around him dressed in the same way as him. They were all as hot as if they had been fished out of water, with moisture all over their bodies, but everyone's uniforms were still straight. Neat and tidy, the group of people occupied the second floor of a snack bar facing the overpass. Those people sitting or standing in the private room looked at each other when they heard the man complaining.
"Kang Xian, please stop talking! It will be troublesome if people hear it. Don't worry about it. It's finally time for my brother to take a break. Come on, let's drink some tea to calm down the anger."
The man named Kang Xian picked up the tea bowl on the table and touched it with the man. He raised his neck and handed it in as if it were wine. The sweat on his face became even more. He threw the tea bowl on the dining table with a clang and said, "Old man." Guo, am I right?"
The person he was talking to sighed, "Kang Xian, you're right But after all, our Guards are well-paid and well-paid, and we are the emperor's own army. I don't know how many people outside are trying to squeeze out their brains." Dive in here, and you won¡¯t be in the midst of blessings that you don¡¯t know you are blessed with.¡±
Kang Xian sneered, "I miss my old life a little bit. Everything is good in the Guards, but there are too many rules. You are not allowed to do this, and you are not allowed to do that. Even the bar is not allowed during the holidays. You're not even allowed to drink, damnBesides, how can there be so many rules and regulations in a soldier's war? You'll have to work hard at that time. Our Guards originally had more training subjects than other armies, but things have been getting better recently. **His uncle, He also added more pressure. If a war was about to begin, the brothers would have nothing to say, but Mao didn't even see anyone, but he locked the door and practiced hard. If he continued to practice like this, his heart would be exhausted. This is not how soldiers are trained! "
Someone stood up and patted Kang Xian on the shoulder, "Kang Xian, it's okay to complain, don't be so angry, it's not good for the superior to hear it!"
"What are you afraid of? Do you think I am the only one in the army who thinks this way? Let me tell you, the sea is gone. Why did those people in the First Army contradict Shangguan two days ago? Don't tell me that you don't know. Second Army You didn't take action on the day the battle with the First Army started? The cavalry army was just comfortable, watching the fun on horseback, and kept cheering!"
"Kang Xian, what eye do you have to see our cavalry idle? I am basically on the horse now except for eating. I have to give the horse a bath every day if I don't take a bath. I have to get up in the middle of the night to feed the horse. These things I won¡¯t even mention it. I now walk with a straight figure and don¡¯t dare to close my arms. My little brother has almost worn out before he has even seen a woman"
Hahaha. . . The crowd burst into laughter.
"What Kang Xian said makes sense, but what's the use of us soldiers knowing it? Aren't those generals working hard to train us? I really don't know how long it will take to get through it."
"I heard that the treatment at the regiment camp has also caught up. At least the military salary arrears are no longer in arrears. How about we just have to turn around?"
"Regiment camp? Whoops? Who are they?"
Why. . . A Guardsman crossed his arms, with a smile on his face, and shouted downstairs, "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here."
Everyone looked down through the windows and saw soldiers from more than a dozen regiments wandering in. They were wearing dirty military uniforms with their fronts open, exposing their chest hair. As soon as they entered the snack bar, they shouted, "Boy, good wine." Bring out all the good meat. Grandpa has a good hand today and made more than ten taels of silver. Don¡¯t be polite to me, brothers. You¡¯ve had enough wine and meat today, and you won¡¯t get home without getting drunk!¡±
Soon there were soldiers from the regiment downstairs, shouting about drinking and drinking.
"Eat a lot of meat and drink a lot of wine. This is the life of a soldier!" Someone in the Guards muttered in a low voice. Everyone sighed and looked at their table. There was a lot of meat and vegetables, but There is not even a bottle of wine. Without wine, this dish will not taste right no matter how you eat it.
The sound downstairs is getting louder and louder, the smell of meat isThe aroma mixed together and floated upstairs, making them more and more irritable as they ate. Finally, someone couldn't help but said, "Let's go, let's change places!"
"I want to go down and beat them up!" Kang Xian said solemnly.
There was silence upstairs, and everyone who was originally depressed seemed to be ignited by something. They suddenly became alive, and there seemed to be a cool breeze in the air. Everyone looked at each other, with smiles on their faces, and nodded, so everyone remained silent. They stood up, took off their upper body military uniforms, folded them neatly and placed them on a chair. They were all wearing white shirts. They began to roll up their sleeves and folded their armed belts in their hands.
"Kang Xian" At this time, someone hesitated, "Do you really want to start a fight?"
Kang Xian chuckled, "Although our Guards have many military regulations, there is only one prohibition against fighting! Besides, I get angry when I see those soldiers in the regiment. Damn, their skins are dirtier than rags." , you dare to come out and embarrass yourself! Just use them to vent your anger!"
Everyone upstairs laughed loudly, shook the armed belts in their hands with both hands, and rushed down. .
"General Zhao, I brought the people back to you, but as we agreed, the injuries on their bodies were not caused by our Shuntian Mansion. In fact, they have stirred up a hornet's nest. Many soldiers from the regiment and camp are on the overpass today. They are the Pao Ze brothers in the army, so of course Hehe, but privately I still admire these brothers. They beat less people and beat more people, and they are not inferior at all"
Zhao Dongxu's face was extremely ugly, he tried his best to smile, cupped his fists and raised his hands: "Hong Captou, someone Zhao has taken note of this, I will definitely treat Hong Captou to have a drink someday. Is there something going on with Hong Captou?" If someone like Zhao can help, he will definitely help."
"How dare you, how dare you, a villain is nothing but fodder. If you say so, you are just trying to kill a villain. But" Mr. Hong rubbed his hands and smiled.
"If you need anything, Mr. Hong, just ask."
"General Zhao, the damage to that shop is really not small. Although the villain still has some dignity on the street, but"
Zhao Dongxu took out ten taels of silver from his arms and handed it over, "Hong Baotou, these ten taels of silver will be given to the merchant by Lao Hong Baotou on Zhao's behalf. If it's not enough, you can tell me."
"That's enough, that's enough." Mr. Hong smiled and put the money away. "General Zhao, you also know that under the emperor's feet, the law is very strict, and it is the most benign place. Although the merchants and villains can still suppress it, they will be smashed if they are smashed, but you are making trouble like this every three days. Hehe It's not easy for a villain, General Zhao. Even if these things are reported to the Long Live Lord, your face will not look good, isn't it? Do you think you should treat your subordinates more Hehe .¡±
"Thank you very much, Mr. Hong will give me some advice."
"General Zhao, that villain has just returned. There is still a lot of things to deal with in the capital. I will say goodbye every day."
Zhao Dongxu turned around with a gloomy expression. Kang Xian and others were all injured to varying degrees, and some even had their eyes and throats sealed.
"Thirty military sticks per person, canceled vacation for half a year, cleaning barrack toilets for half a year"
"Yes, General!" No one begged or explained. After saluting, they silently turned around and returned to the camp.
Zhao Dongxu walked slowly towards his barracks. He met a few familiar officers on the way and smiled at them and gave them some instructions. But the moment he entered his barracks, he couldn't control his anger. He grabbed the tea bowl on the table and threw it to the ground. How could this happen? How could this happen? !
After a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on the camp bed, put his fingers in his hair, and closed his eyes in pain. Wang Ping took his newlywed wife to the south for their honeymoon. He is now the acting commander-in-chief of the Guards. In this position, he was one of the few Guards generals who knew that the Guards were about to have a life-or-death battle with the Mongols.
According to Li Dong's instructions, the Guards began to increase the intensity of training, practicing day and night. However, within half a month, he could clearly feel that something was wrong with the soldiers of the Guards. The soldiers looked at the officers in a different way. Instead of being in awe, he felt a strong resistance. He could no longer remember how many times he had contradicted his superiors in the past few days. This was never allowed to happen in the previous Guards. The superiors' orders must be ignored without hesitation. Reserved execution.
Zhao Dongxu began to look through various military books, hoping to find the answer in them, but there was no answer. They talked about how to make soldiers obey orders and prohibitions, that is, to use strict military laws to make soldiers subconsciously obey the orders of their superiors, and even Mentioned killing people to establish authority! But. . . No, hitting a military stick is okay, but killing someone? Why. . . Although Ci does not control soldiers, they are all his own brothers, who are stirring up trouble in the same pot. There is no issue of principle, so he really can't give this order.
So he can only hope that this is just a chance phenomenon, and it will be fine after a while, but. . . Things seemed to be getting worse and worse, and they were starting to get out of control. More and more people were fighting in the military camp. There was no reason at all. They just didn't like each other, and often the cause was just one or two people, and a fight broke out. Hundreds of people were fighting. Whenever the Guardsmen on vacation entered the city, they would fight with people over trivial matters. Guang Hong sent three groups of people back to him. At first, Zhao Dongxu was so angry that his teeth itched with hatred. Turtle son, you are so energetic, okay, let¡¯s train more and see if you still have the strength to fight? But. . . Still so.
Zhao Dongxu rubbed his eyebrows. If the commotion continues like this, he really doesn¡¯t know how to face the commander. Should he talk to the commander about this? Zhao Dongxu hesitated.
Suddenly, Zhao Dongxu remembered what Wang Ping once told them. No matter what happens in the future, no matter what difficulties you encounter and you can't solve them, go to the commander. Don't think about those messy things. Will the commander doubt your ability? Yeah, don't think about that. As long as everyone remembers one thing, always pretend to be the boss in your heart, and nothing else matters.
Yes, go find the commander! Zhao Dongxu stood up suddenly.
Zhao Dongxu asked to see Li Dong, so he naturally encountered no obstruction. He entered the palace unimpeded and saw Daniel sitting on a chair enjoying the coolness. There were a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables on the table next to him.
"Daniu, you are so free!"
"Oh, it's you. Do you want to eat peaches? They were just brought in."
"I won't eat anymore. I have something to do with the commander. Hey, this guy is very handsome. Who is he?" Zhao Dongxu asked the boss, pointing to a Mongolian standing like a nail at the door.
Daniel picked up a peach and took a bite. He pointed at the man and said to Zhao Dongxu, "Agudam!" Then he pointed at Zhao Dongxu and introduced to Agudamu, "Zhao Dongxu!"
Zhao Dongxu smiled and nodded at Agudamu. He was a little confused. Why did he change the person? He was still a Mongolian. Wasn't he Zhang Hu before? But he stopped his doubts and thought that he still had business to do. "Daniu, Is the commander here?"
Regarding the issue of substitution, it is quite complicated. Zhang Hu and Hongliu are already married, and Li Dong is embarrassed to let Zhang Hu stand guard for him all day long, while leaving Hongliu to guard the empty room alone, so Li Dong asked Zhang Hu to be responsible for the deployment The work of the palace guard is no longer responsible for standing guard, so Da Niu will definitely be too busy alone. Just when he was worried, Chen Xin sent Agudamu to the capital to protect Li Dong. Of course, Chen Xin also had his own Xiao Jiujiu is a newcomer to Li Dong's camp, but he can't see Li Dong once a year, and he comes from a bad background. He is afraid that someone around Li Dong will give him little shoes. This kind of thing happened often when he was managing the Island Group. When encountering someone, after much deliberation, it would be better to arrange someone of his own beside Li Dong. At least he could be prepared in advance for any movement. After inspecting Agudamu several times, Li Dong also liked this straightforward Mongolian man. He also heard that this man was a close disciple of Bao Er, so he let him fight Da Niu for a few times. In addition, in order to show off to the bald army, Agudamu successfully took over Zhang Hu's job.
"Here! My brother is discussing things with his husband. They seem to have gotten into an argument. They don't want anyone to listen. But my brother said you can go in directly when you are here."
Zhao Dongxu took a step forward, then stepped back, and asked Daniel with a smile, "Don't you need to search me?"
Daniel smiled and walked over, "Let me look at your hand." Zhao Dongxu was stunned, and stretched out his right hand inexplicably. Daniel put a wet peach stone into his hand, "Throw it for me." I lost it." Zhao Dongxu suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, and took the peach core into Li Dong's study.
"Why didn't you search his body?" Agudamu asked Daniel.
Daniel wiped his hands on his clothes, then picked up a cantaloupe and stuffed it into Agudamu's hand. "These are my brother's brothers. They will not harm my brother. I believe them!"
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In the past few days, Li Dong has been discussing details with Wang Shouren, and his plan is being improved. However, Wang Shouren resolutely opposed Li Dong's recent new opinions. The two sides were arguing, and then Zhao Dongxu came in.
"Commander!" Zhao Dongxu was about to salute, but when he looked at the peach core in his hand, he put it down in embarrassment.
Li Dong smiled and looked at the peach core in his hand, "What? You finally came to me and brought a gift?"
"Haha, Commander, do you want this gift? There are many more on the ground outside. Can my subordinates pick them up for you?"
"Go away!" Li Dong scolded with a smile, "You are not staying in the military camp, why do you think of coming to me? You don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. Tell me, what's the matter?" Li Dong felt that Zhao Dongxu came to him sincerely. Happy.
"Commander, the Guards are in trouble.??, my subordinates are at a loss and come to ask the commander for advice! "Zhao Dongxu looked at Li Dong calmly.
The smile on Li Dong's face became brighter and he nodded without asking what was going on. "Let's stay and eat together and chat while we eat!" Then he turned to Wang Shouren, "Sir, don't be angry. Come and have a meal with me." Bar!"
The redness on Wang Shouren¡¯s face had not receded yet, so he hesitated and said, ¡°I obey your order!¡±