It was a night in the northern country, the wind was rustling and the remaining snow was blowing, and the cold wind was biting.
In the endless military camp, the bright lights reflected the red faces of the men from the North. The marks on their faces caused by wind and frost were like the marks of the enemy's swords, guns and axes on their breastplates, which were particularly eye-catching.
People were coming and going in the military camp, seemingly noisy but silent. Wine and meat were served like running water, steaming on the table, but the men sitting solemnly at the table did not take a second look.
Beside these banquets, there were several slow-moving long queues of soldiers. They walked one by one, smiling towards the commander's platform.
On the commander's stage, King Zhu Di of Yan and all the generals in the army, as well as the angels sent by the imperial court to work for the army, stood silently in silence, watching the slowly moving team below the stage.
Beside Zhu Di and others, boxes were opened one after another. Inside were bright silver and yellow copper coins. On the other side, cotton cloth and salt were piled up like mountains, all of which were gifts to the soldiers.
"Zhang Baisheng, beheaded to the third level, rewarded nine taels of silver, ten catties of salt, half a bolt of cloth..."
"Chen Gouzi, behead two levels, reward six taels of silver, five catties of salt..."
"He Laoer, beheaded to the third level, with his right hand disabled, rewarded with nine taels of silver, ten kilograms of salt, five stones of polished rice, one piece of cloth..."
The military intercessor read aloud the list of meritorious soldiers on the stage. Several military judges and soldiers of the King of Yan below the stage were distributing money and items to the meritorious soldiers.
That day, Zhu Di chased Boyan Naha's army in a snowstorm, and finally won a complete victory, killing countless enemies. Today is the time for him to reward the three armies.
The long queue under the stage moved slowly, and the soldiers who received the rewards were smiling happily. However, there was no chaos in the team, let alone the sound of people. Even after receiving the merits and rewards, the soldiers and horses of King Yan Zhu Di still advanced and retreated as if in a war.
There is a degree.
"Shen Butang, how are the troops and horses under my command?" Zhu Di said proudly to Shen Shu, the Minister of War behind him.
Shen Shu, who was in his early fifties, was a virtuous minister in the Ming Dynasty who was capable of both civil and military skills. Looking at the soldiers in the camp, he praised, "The command of King Yan is indeed a first-class strong army!" He said with a smile.
, "I have worked many times, and the frontier troops in the Nine Borders are mostly unruly people. When they receive the reward, they often rush forward and shout curses. The year before last, I went to Taiyuan, and the soldiers there were lining up to receive the reward.
, you can fight with your own people!"
"The so-called strong army must be enforced by orders and prohibitions, and ten thousand people are like one person. Otherwise, even if we can fight, it will not last long! The tiger and wolf divisions of Yan Fan are the strongest among all the kings!"
"Budang is ridiculous!" Zhu Di laughed, but the pride in his eyes was undisguised, "I, the son of Peiping, galloping outside the Liaodong Great Wall, rely on tens of thousands of people as one person!" As he said this, Zhu Di's eyes drifted, and he fell.
Among the court angels, there are two others.
Zhu Di had long received the news that Tie Xuan and Xie Jin were both officials of Zhan Shifu in the East Palace, and they also came to Peking to work with the army!
Did the emperor's grandson send them to check the truth?
Zhu Di sneered in his heart, "Thousands of people from top to bottom of the Yan vassal are united, but what can two nerds see?"
Although he is far away in Peiping, he still knows everything about the big and small affairs in Beijing.
Lan Yu was reprimanded by the old man, and now the Chang family is once again in power inside and outside the capital, taking control of the military.
"Why didn't the old man just kill Lan Yu?" Thinking of this, Zhu Di felt a little regretful.
It's not that he's afraid of Lan Yu, it's that he hates this person. Proud people often don't deal with proud people and don't like him.
The same Lan Yu also disliked him, and she often made small talk about Zhu Di in front of the prince.
Moreover, if the old man killed Lan Yu in a rage, it would be equivalent to breaking an arm of the emperor's grandson. He was a veteran of the founding of the DPRK, and few people could be his rivals. Lan Yu was the only patient he treated.
"Find someone to put some eye drops on Lan Yu!"
Zhu Di secretly thought, "It's best to kill him. In this case, in a few years, all the old guys will be dead and there will be no generals in the court. The emperor's grandson grew up in the palace and doesn't know how to fight. Let's see who he uses."
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"If you use a idiot like Li Jinglong, I can beat the crap out of him!"
Standing on the podium, Zhu Di's mind turned over and over again, thinking constantly.
"The army of King Yan is different!"
Later, Tie Xuan whispered to Jie Jin.
"You look like a tiger and wolf warrior!" Xie Jin also said, "But where does it come from that it's different?"
"Look!" Tie Xuan quickly clicked his finger on the soldiers who were receiving rewards in the audience, "There are many barbarians in King Yan's army. These barbarians are the most unruly and untamed, but the soldiers of King Yan's army seem to be one with the Han soldiers.
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Xie Jin thought about it and curled his lips and said, "The army is all robes, so naturally they are one! And among the border troops, there are no clear distinctions like those in the south!"
Tie Xuan said again, "Look at the generals under King Yan! Just now, when Shen Butang was reading the imperial edict, he took pity on their armor and asked them to disarm and listen to the order. Shen Butang was the imperial envoy and the Minister of the Ministry of War.
, but none of the generals under King Yan responded. Even after listening to the imperial edict, it was King Yan who said thank you, and they thanked him!"
Xie Jin thought about it and said, "They are the people of King Yan, so they naturally listen to King Yan!"
Tie Xuan Gu Jing Bu Bo's face, muscles twitching, "Xiao Jie, you should read more military books!"
"Old Tie, there is no military book in the world that I haven't read before!" Xie Jin said displeased.
"You..." The muscles on Tie Xuan's face twitched again, and he finally said no more.
"Although strong, the vassal king has such a strong army, what if the central government is weak?" Xie Jin continued in a low voice, "It is not a blessing to the country!"
At this time, Zhu Di shouted loudly on the stage.
"Wang Mazi!"
I saw Yan King Zhu Di shouting loudly, walking to the front of the commander's platform, and yelling at a soldier who had just received the reward, "I'm telling you, if you take the reward, go whoring and gambling, I'll chop your head off."
leg!"
Under the stage, the soldier named Wang Mazi was not afraid, and replied with a smile, "Your Majesty is a thousand years old, I am not afraid of having my legs chopped off, as long as you keep the middle leg for me!"
"Hahaha!" The generals on the stage burst into laughter.
"I'll cut off your middle one so that you can't hold your head up for the rest of your life!" Zhu Di also laughed, and then said with a hatred of iron, "You have been fighting with me for more than ten years, and there is a knife in his mother's hand.
You can’t even save two taels of silver. You are already over thirty, and you still have a mother to support at home, but you don’t even have a daughter-in-law. You have spent all your hard-earned money on the women selling batches, are you ashamed?”
"I can't hold it in without a wife!" Wang Mazi shouted aggrievedly, "Chitose, I also want a wife, but no one is with me!"
"Give this money to your mother and let her save it for you!" Zhu Di thought about it. "If you perform meritorious service again, I will find a maid in the palace to give you!"
"That's a good relationship!" Wang Mazi jumped three feet high and held his chest twice with his hands, "Qiansui, I like big guys!"
"Beat your sex!" Zhu Di scolded with a smile, "I'll give you a nanny later!"
"He is the prince of Yan, and he is also the commander-in-chief of the border troops. He can lower his body like this, which shows the skill of commanding troops. And the soldiers respect and love him, and treat him like brothers and sisters, which shows the military spirit!"
Tie Xuan's eyes were bright and he whispered.
Xie Jin pondered for a moment, "Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to manage Yan Fan like a bucket!"
At this time, Zhu Di turned around and smiled at Shen Shu, "Let the whole department laugh!"
Shen Shu cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty loves his soldiers as much as his sons, what's so funny about him!"
"That guy is a ruthless man. He is good at charging into battle, but privately he is a knives." Zhu Di said with a smile, "The silver rewards over the years have ranged from 1,000 to 800, but he can't keep a single one, and he still owes 1,000. Butt famine!”
"Most of the brave soldiers in the army are like this!" Shen Xu said with a smile, "But my lord, you are too kind to him, and you even choose a wife for him in the palace!"
"Having said that, he has followed me through life and death, so we can't leave him without a trace!" Zhu Di looked at the audience and the soldiers who returned to their positions after receiving the reward to eat and drink. "These people are my king and the Ming Dynasty. It is the barrier of the Central Plains. In my heart, it is comparable to the Great Wall!"
After the rewards were distributed, the dishes on the table were already cold.
However, King Yan did not speak, and no one at the banquet made a move.
On the commander's platform, King Yan's soldiers enshrined bowls of white rice in front of the tall statue of the god.
The statue has a long beard and wide eyes, showing no anger and self-importance. It is the statue of King Yue that is most worshiped by the soldiers in the army.
Zhu Di held a bowl of hot wine in his hand, came to the statue, looked at the white rice with incense on it, and looked solemn.
"This first bowl of wine is for my dead brothers!" Zhu Di tilted the wine bowl in his hand, and the clear wine fell to the ground, "Your Majesty, King Yue, please bless my brothers who have passed away, reincarnate as soon as possible, and ride horses with me again Liaodong!”
"A thousand years old, my lord!" the soldiers cheered and shouted in the audience.
"The second bowl is for my disabled brothers!" Zhu Di took a bowl full of wine, "With this king here, I will not let you have food and clothing worries!"
After saying that, Zhu Di raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
"Your Majesty, a thousand years old!" cheered, even louder.
"This is the third bowl!" Zhu Di took another bowl and laughed loudly, "Let's drink it together! Finished!"