Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 4 Violation of Military Regulations
When Ji Dong ran over, there were not many people in the courtyard of Nuo Da.A dozen torches lit up the place.

There is a chair in the middle, on which sits a bearded military general, about 40 years old, without a hat, with his hair pulled back, and a cowhide armor suit.

Standing next to him was a man with a cowhide helmet on his head, a cowhide armor, a belt, a waist knife, and cowhide combat boots.

Ji Dong recognized it at a glance, this is their chief banner Wang Jian.

Seeing Ji Dong running over first, a trace of astonishment flashed in Wang Jian's eyes, his eyes fell on his ill-fitting clothes, and he regained his composure.

The 16 frontier soldiers arrived soon, and the last one to come was that Zhang Hua, who appeared out of nowhere and spat out a chicken bone.

These frontier soldiers were a little surprised when they saw Lin Yi, especially Zhang Hua cast a puzzled look at Lin Yi.

Ji Dong didn't say anything, he felt awkward with his ill-fitting clothes.Because Zhang Hua is a big man with a water snake waist, a full 1.8 meters.And Zhang Hua is less than 1 meters tall, with a thin body, and the difference between the two is half a head, so Lin Yi wearing Zhang Hua's armor is similar to singing in a big show.

"I hope nothing will happen." Lin Yi thought of the failed bath by the river before going to bed, and said silently in his heart.

But it is very difficult to get all the guards.Before these 18 frontier soldiers arrived, there were a total of 112 military establishments in this institute, but now there are more and more deserters, and now there are only 69 people left in the entire [-]-household institute.

The reason why there is a distinction between guard soldiers and frontier soldiers is because of the military system of the Ming Dynasty.The Ming Dynasty implemented the guard system, and the chiefs of the guards were generally hereditary. They were only responsible for stationing troops in the guards, not leading the troops to fight.

In case of war, the imperial court assigns the generals and deputy generals to participate in the guerrilla and other generals who lead troops to fight, and go to the guard to order troops.After the battle, return the soldiers to the guard.

It took more than ten minutes before and after this assembly, procrastinating, some of them were walking slowly with their trousers in their hands, without any resolute qualities of a soldier. All the soldiers are in disarray, and they look like fools.

Ji Dong couldn't help being surprised, such a lazy team, with such a slow response, where's the fighting power?If the Tartars want to come in, it's strange if the whole army is not wiped out.

This is the regular army of the imperial court?Even those local minions who occupy the mountains as kings are probably better than them.No wonder the Ming army lost battles, not only the Tartars, but also the peasant army like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

But these two officials seem to have been used to it for a long time, and they are no strangers to it.

Now the frontier soldiers and guard soldiers have merged together, only in form.

A total of more than 80 people stood in three rows.

"It's so late, what's the matter?" A soldier rubbed his eyes impatiently.

"Who knew?" Another yawned.

After the general flag counted the names, let the head of the hundred households give a lecture.

At this time, a soldier of the head of a hundred households ran over, holding a piece of armor in his hand, and put it beside the head of a hundred households.

Ji Dong recognized the armor at a glance, it was the one he threw by the river, it was broken, and he was going to commit a crime tonight!

Ji Dong's heart tightened all of a sudden, the girl must have complained to her father who was the head of the hundred households, and now Ji Yi also deduced that she was the only daughter of Zhang Baihu.Because there are no villages within ten miles, and no girls will come here to take a bath alone when it gets dark.There is only one girl in the institute, she is Zhang Xiaoying.

She must have said that someone peeped on her taking a bath and molested her. Now Ji Dong also knows that this was a feudal era more than 300 years ago. This matter is serious and serious. Peeping on the daughter of her immediate boss taking a bath is probably a matter of military law. See Come tonight, I will be miserable.

Ji Dong's heart was pounding like a drum.

"Damn it, whose armor is this?"

The centurion's name was Zhang Cheng, with a Shandong accent, and his mouth was not clean. He pointed to the armor on the ground, and as he spoke, he stood up with a whip in his hand, his eyes staring like buns, and looked at the soldiers.

In the end, all eyes fell on Ji Dong, who was too frightened to look up, and stared at his inappropriate attire.

The scene was terribly quiet, and Ji Dong could hear his own heartbeat beating.

"No one will admit it, right? I have repeated orders. The river below is a draft river. You are not allowed to take a bath in the river. Who the hell is going to take a bath tonight? Stand up for me. I will whip him 300 lashes!"

Ji Dong's heart skipped a beat, and he quarreled for a long time, isn't it a matter of peeping?What a false alarm.So that Zhang Xiaoying did not file a complaint?Maybe he didn't see who it was at the time, the little girl was frightened, and she didn't have time, right?Thank goodness...

What, drinking water in the river, not allowing you to take a bath in the river, why didn't I know about this?It may be that I have been recuperating for a while, and I don't know the rules here. It is said that I can't go to the river to take a bath, but the river is flowing, so what's the problem?But she, Zhang Xiaoying... Lin Yi didn't dare to think about it anymore.

But at this time, Ji Dong felt a lot more relaxed, even if he admitted that he had taken a scapegoat and admitted that he went to the river to take a bath, so what?It's not enough to kill him for this, right?

"Lin Yi, come out!"

Lin Yi was thinking wildly about being called, so he had no choice but to stand up. At this moment, more than 100 eyes of the whole institute were focused on him.

"Don't think that if you don't admit it, Ben Baihu doesn't know. This armor is yours. There is a name on it, and the evidence is as solid as a mountain. What else do you say?" Zhang Baihu pointed at him with a whip in his hand, and shouted .

Ji Dong was completely stupefied now, and secretly scolded the original owner of this body as a bastard, why did he put his name on the armor?

"Fucking boy, I've been in this camp for generations. For so many years, no one has dared to break the rules in the camp. You are also the first one. Because you are a frontier soldier, I must whip you 300 times. !"

Zhang Baihu was furious, and striding towards Lin Yi with a whip in hand.

Ji Dong could have found a reason to commute his sentence, such as saying that he didn't know, or that he was a first-time offender, so he shouldn't be an example, begging the masters of Baihu to show his respect, and so on.

But Lin Yi's face was as firm as iron, his eyes were as bright as a torch, and he didn't say a word. He knew that there were no exceptions to the discipline of soldiers, and there was no reason.

All the officers and soldiers looked at it like this, some didn't care, some glared at it with the expression of mourning their misfortune and angering their indisputable expression, some gloated at their misfortune and whispered.

"Master Baihu wait a moment!" No one expected Zhang Hua to shout at this moment, even Lin Yi was taken aback.

Seeing that Zhang Hua seemed to have put in a lot of effort, "The young one has a sympathy to report back. Lin Yi has been recovering from his illness for a while, and the young one is responsible for serving him during this time. The small one hasn't had time to tell him the rules of the institute." .”

Ji Dong felt a sense of gratitude in his mind. He didn't expect this guy to be conscientious. At this moment, only he dared to intercede with him. He was a bit chivalrous. It seemed that he was right that he didn't kill him in the first place.

"Since that's the case, you're exempted from joint and several liability. I only whipped him two hundred lashes today. It's none of your business."

"Thank you for your kindness, my lord." A smile appeared on Zhang Hua's narrow face again.

It turned out that this guy was afraid of being jointly and severally responsible, and thought he was a hero, but no matter what, he lost a hundred lashes to himself, and he was still grateful to him.

Zhang Baihu raised his whip high again, Wang Jianyi of the General Banner frowned and said, "Your Excellency, show mercy."

Zhang Baihu turned his head and looked a little impatiently, "Damn it, you want to protect the calf?"

Wang Jian quickly cupped his fists and saluted, "My lord, I don't dare to be humble. Lin Yi deserved his crime for violating the regulations, but he has not recovered from his injuries. With the 200 lashes, he will either die or be disabled. Before he was injured, he killed two tartars, and he has made military achievements." , was pierced through the heart by an arrow from the Tartars, and took his life. For the sake of these, I ask you to hold your hand high and spare him this time."

Zhang Baihu hesitated for a moment, looked at Wang Jian, and then at Lin Yi, "This... well, in this case, the 200 lashes are also exempted, but this matter cannot be counted, and he will be fined for carrying water for ten days , The water for the whole institute is covered by him alone, starting from tomorrow. In addition, I think this kid's injury is almost healed, and he went to take a bath in the river again. He ran really fast just now, and let the two of them Go back to the barracks."

This is tantamount to saying that the special treatment for sick numbers has been cancelled.

"Thank you sir for your kindness." Wang Jian said and gave Lin Yi a look. Does that mean you still don't thank him?

"Thank you Lord Baihu, thank you Chief Banner."

Then it was announced that they were disbanding, and each of them went back to sleep.

The turmoil finally passed, and Lin Yi heaved a sigh of relief when he returned home. "Oh, brother, why did you get up and run to the river to take a bath..." Zhang Hua complained for a while, moving back to the barracks meant doing a lot of chores, and he would no longer be so free and free.

However, Ji Dong was very happy, the peeping incident was not a failure at last, so it's nothing to pick a few days of water.But what happened next, Ji Dong realized that his thinking was a bit simple.

(End of this chapter)