golden scales

Unexpectedly, just when Zhu Xinkan was about to leave with blood in his heart, an officer with the rank of major walked into the reception.The sleeve of his left hand was empty, obviously disabled from the previous battle.Looking at Zhu Xinkan's face in pain, the major snatched away the refusal statement with the momentum of a thunderbolt.

"Obesity? Obesity is now considered a reason for refusal?" The major turned to the sergeant on duty at the reception desk with a stern expression.

Has Zhu Xinkan ever seen such sharp words from such a strict mouth?Although it wasn't aimed at him, she shrank her head and neck in fright, and didn't dare to breathe heavily.

The sergeant got up and saluted, not daring to distinguish.

The major looked at Zhu Xinkan's arm again, and said: "If someone has a broken arm, they don't want to heal it. They come here to report first. This kind of will is a good seed! But you just because someone's body is a little, a little... a little too big, Is it reasonable to ruin the ambition of a man!"

The major said that the sergeant couldn't tell the truth, just stood silently, thinking to himself: The people who are educated by the training officers every day in the main battle army are really different.But he doesn't know how can there be such loyalty, bravery and passion in this world, where everyone yearns for life in the army?

This person was dressed in silk and satin, with a fat body, obviously from a wealthy family.Another broken hand, apparently trying to avoid military service.Rather than wasting food in the camp, this kind of scum would rather disgust him and kick him out, so as not to damage the image of the army.

The non-commissioned officer felt that he had done nothing wrong, but he couldn't say that the officer was wrong, so he could only continue to remain silent.

The major pulled Zhu Xinkan's arm, looked at it, and said, "Don't worry, this is just a common fracture. It's too common in the military. When it recovers, it will be as if it had never been injured." He paused.He said again: "Fat is not a problem, the new barracks promises to train your fat off! Don't worry."

"Sir..." Zhu Xinkan's lips trembled, as if he had foreseen his own misfortune, this Cheng Yaojin who came out of nowhere clearly wanted to enlist him in the army!

"As long as I am in charge of the Shuntian Mansion Recruit Camp, I will definitely not reject anyone who is interested in military exploits!" The major said impassionedly.

Zhu Xinkan cried out: I really didn't!God, earth!let me go home.I don't want to be the king of the county anymore!

The Ming Dynasty conscripted troops from various counties, and set up recruit battalions in each prefecture for basic drills.When the recruits can obey the orders, they will be sent to the teaching camps set up in various provinces to continue their training, and then they will be divided into three ranks according to various achievements, and each army will come to select candidates.

Generally speaking, the three guards only select top-rank soldiers, and when it is the turn of the marginal troops like the Korean Division, they can only choose from the low-rank soldiers.

even so.Still not enough.

Even in the army, many people are puzzled why Daming is so short of soldiers and picks and chooses during the conscription process.It can only be said that their misunderstanding of warriors is too deep, thinking that warriors only need to be physically strong to fight the enemy.In fact, even in the ancient times with the least tactical content, not everyone had the aptitude to be a soldier.

Courage, robustness, loyalty, obedience.discipline.

These are not innate, nor can they be comprehended by the trainer by chanting a few sentences.It must be polished for a long time to carve out a piece of beautiful jade.

Zhu Xinkan had a plaster cast on his injured arm, and the first few days of entering the camp were relatively easy.Because of Zhu Shenxuan's activeness, he arrived ten days earlier.

Considering his injury, the battalion officer of the recruit battalion allowed him not to participate in the daily running exercises, but just followed other recruits to learn about the glorious battle history of each unit.The epaulet logos of officers and non-commissioned officers, as well as the functions of each department, can be regarded as a preliminary understanding of the new home of the soldiers in the next five years.

Five days later, Zhu Xinkan felt that his injury hadn't improved at all, being wrapped in thick plaster, there was no sign of improvement at all.But the major battalion officer felt this little injury.Resting for so long is enough—"Brother's arm was sawed off, and he only rested for three to five days," he said.

Thus, Zhu Xinkan's miserable life began.

Get up early every day to run, sing, and eat breakfast.Then start the physical training in the morning. Zhu Xinkan has to run fifteen miles when others run ten miles, because the battalion officer said that he needs to be taken extra care of: he is fatter than usual, so he has to increase the amount of training. Barracks out.

Not only did Zhu Xinxin have to endure great physical pain during the physical training, but the tactical drill in the afternoon hurt him both physically and mentally.

Because his figure is bigger than a human target, the instructor likes to pull him in front of everyone, take off his shirt, use a Chinese ink pen to draw on his body the parts to be trained for that day's attack, and ask the soldiers to keep in mind the reaction after stabbing in the correct posture.

Often at this time, the instructor will hit Zhu's heart with a plausible slap in the face, and let him exaggerate his reaction.

"I am Prince Jin! I am the emperor's relative!" Zhu Xinkan shouted several times: "You are disrespecting the royal family by treating me like this!"

"The army only has the rules and regulations, and doesn't know the emperor's relatives." The military judge put on a frosty face: "His Royal Highness is still a prince, and he is no different from ordinary soldiers during training. Zhu Xinkan, you have repeatedly stated your identity." , evading training, I am now punishing you for three days of confinement! And [-] mile laps!"

In the fourth year of Longjing, Zhu Xinkan became the first younger brother of the Ming clan to actually join the army.After the basic training in the recruit camp, Zhu Xinkan really lost a lot of weight, and went to the training camp in Ji Town with a "strong" figure to receive further recruit training.

Because of his arm injury, Zhu Xinkan's grades in many subjects were terrible, and the three major guards had no chance to enter.In the end, because of literacy, he was selected into the army directly under the logistics headquarters and became a glorious food supervisor, stationed at the mouth of the Krulun River in Hulun Lake.

Here lies the eastern foot of Daxing'an Mountains in the east, and further to the northwest is the hometown of Temujin, Taizu of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.

In December of the third year of Longjing, Xiao Donglou, the Second Guards Army, led an army from Shenyang, clearing out the Mongolian tribes who were not subject to them along the way, crossing the Daxing'an Mountains all the way, and finally arrived in Hulun in May of the fourth year of Longjing after a short rest in Beier Lake. Set up a camp by the lake, and immediately continued to march northwestward, with the front of the soldiers pointing directly at Langjuxu Mountain (now Mount Kent in Mongolia) [-] miles away.

In this vast land, Daming is actually a guest army, and the real master is the Chechen Khan of East Khalkha.

The name of this Chechen Khan was Shuo Lei, and he was the tenth grandson of Temujin, the Taizu of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. Because his father, Molobema, nomadicly lived in the Kherlen River area, no one came to take care of him.He established himself as the Chechen Khan and became the three major tribes of Khalkha together with Tuxietu and Zasak.

Perhaps it is because Genghis Khan's blood has been diluted to the point where it cannot be added.

From Shuo Lei, the first generation of Chechen Khan, there is no trace of Mongolian bravery and warlikeness, only the cunning of a fox on the grassland.

He initially took refuge in Lin Danhan of the Chahan tribe (Chahar) in Monan Mongolia. Later, Lin Danhan was defeated by the Manchurians, fled all the way to Qinghai, and finally died and the country was destroyed.As a matter of course, Shuo Lei, together with Tuxietuhan Gonpo and Zhasakhan Subaba, paid tribute to the gold and white, expressing their surrender.

As the Hulunbeier grassland, which occupies one of the four major grasslands in the world, Chechen Khan has no idea of ​​allegiance to the savages.Therefore, on the one hand, they paid tribute to Shenyang with white horses and camels, and on the other hand, they did not forget to trade with Liao Town, the Ming Dynasty.In the tenth year of Chongzhen, before the Ming Dynasty launched a major counter-offensive, Shuo Lei lured Sunite Mongolia to betray the Qing Dynasty, and sent [-] troops to help the Sunite tribe resist the Qing Dynasty.

This kind of betrayal, which is completely for self-interest, is an excellent vote of honor nowadays.

Shuo Lei sent his son Babu to Hulun Lake to present the horses and sheep of the labor force.I hope to return to the rule of the Ming Emperor and become a foreign vassal of the empire.

"If Shuo Lei is reliable, Hulun Lake will be full of good wine, not water." Cao Ning did not have the slightest trust in this person, not just because of Shuo Lei's bad deeds, which made this scholar hate him from a spiritual level, but also Because Cao Ning personally went to the court of the Chechen Khan on the Kherlen River and met this person.

In Cao Ning's words: Those eyes never stopped in one place for more than a breath.Didi yo kept spinning, and it looked like it was full of bad water.He is always looking for ways to harm others.

Xiao Donglou had trusted Cao Ning very much since the time when he fell into the grass and became a bandit on the mountain, and now he still does.

"But the General Staff believes that the Khalkha Mongols only have [-] soldiers, and now it seems that there are more than [-] for a single Chechen army! If we fight, it will be a big fight; if we don't fight, we have to risk exposing the rear to their noses." Xiao Donglou said helplessly: "Furthermore, Chechen Khan has already sent his son as a hostage, and he is begging for tribute. It's okay if the court doesn't agree, but if the court agrees, how can we fight?"

"That can't be dangerous." Cao Ning kicked the grass under his feet, looked up at the horizon in the distance, and could vaguely see black mountain peaks.

"Sealing the wolf and the Xuxu is bullish. But if the back road is copied, you will only be dumbfounded." Cao Ning said again: "We are not Huo Qubing's cavalry, and we can also pay for food on the spot."

Xiao Donglou once thought that the phalanx infantry was already the most enjoyable unit in the world. It could be said that they were invincible. Soldiers.However, after entering the desert and grassland, I realized that the phalanx left the city, just like a fish landing on the shore, ready to be slaughtered!

The Mongolian cavalry didn't need to charge and break through the formation at all. They only needed to constantly harass the food roads in the rear and cut off supplies, and even the iron-clad army would collapse without a fight.

"In fact, it's already very dangerous now." Cao Ning said: "Our army is thousands of miles away from the nearest stronghold, and there are only some military forts along the way. The reasonable resistance time will not exceed one month. If the three Khalkhas really join forces with the We are facing the enemy, and it will take two or three years just to settle down the road."

Xiao Donglou spat: "It's all the stuff from the General Staff! It's okay to stir up the flames, saying where the Qin Army is and where the First Cavalry Army is. Isn't it teasing our army to rush forward! The most hateful thing is If you don't give me a charter, can this make a smiley face?"

"I have soft ears, and blame others?" Cao Ning sighed, and then said: "Wait a minute, no matter what the Governor's Mansion says, we have to keep our backs. I don't want to be Li Ling." (To be continued. .)

ps: Khan, the link was lost at a critical moment. This month's monthly ticket competition is very fierce!Please clean up the ticket warehouse and see if there are any monthly tickets that can be given to Xiaotang, thank you!

The second one will be delivered later, never until tomorrow~!