There is still half a month to celebrate the New Year. As the commander-in-chief, Li Xiao naturally cannot stay at home all day. As a soldier, of course he knows that the commander must always control his troops. Especially the main force under his command, Li Xiao almost every once in a while

I'll go down and have a look.

The troops of the First Division withdrew from Guanzhong and became a famous mobile force in the country. Li Xiao decided to place his station in the capital. The capital is the capital of the country and the heart of the Ming Empire. Once something goes wrong here, it will be very serious.

trouble.

The troops were stationed along the axis of Tianjin Wei and Jixian. Nie Dahu's main brigade was stationed in Huailai on the edge of the capital, and the second brigade was stationed in Xianghe. It formed a horn-like protection for the capital!

The barracks were built three months ago, and are all three-story buildings with water. There is a large playground in the center of the barracks, and an infantry training ground next to the playground. The outermost edge of the playground is lined with poplar trees, which are still there today.

Not high. It is estimated that it will grow taller in a few years, so that the soldiers can have a shade of trees to enjoy the shade after training.

Ao Canghai is very satisfied with Li Xiao's arrangement. The capital is the hub of the Ming Dynasty's northern trains. The transportation is the most convenient in the country, and the material support is also the best in the country. One of his divisions can be stationed in the capital, and one division can be stationed in the capital.

It is Li Xiao's trust in the first division, and the second one also shows the status of the first division in the world.

Li Xiao looked like a veteran cadre in the army and walked into the soldier's dormitory.

"Is it cold in the dormitory?" Li Xiao patted a young soldier on the shoulder affectionately.

This little soldier looked to be less than twenty years old, and the beard around his mouth was still a layer of down. He was patted on the shoulder by Li Xiao, and he was so excited that he shook his head with excitement. He straightened his back and stood at attention and saluted Li Xiao: "Report

Marshal: There is a heater in the barracks, so it’s not cold at night.”

His face was red with excitement, and his young eyes were shining. In this face, Li Xiao saw himself in those days. Once upon a time, when a senior leader came to inspect the army, he patted himself on the shoulder and asked: How is the food in the army?

Like?

At that time, Li Xiao, like the little soldier, stood up straight and said: "Report to the commander: the food in the army is very good."

In fact, how can a group of equally young boys cook delicious meals? They throw the potatoes into the washing tub and rinse them with the faucet, then scrape the skin and cut them. They throw the beans into the big tub and grab a few handfuls with their claws.

Washed.

There was once a guy who was in charge of the cooking class who mistook washing powder for table salt. The dishes he ate that day were all greasy!

What's even more outrageous is that in summer, animals are bathed in the steamed buns pot.

"How is the food in the army? Can you eat enough?" Li Xiao looked at another soldier.

You can tell that this guy is a veteran at first glance. There are two red strips hanging on his shoulders. This belt shows that he has been injured twice!

He was wounded twice and survived, and he did not leave the army. This shows that this guy is very lucky and does not want to be an officer. Normally, anyone who is injured once and returns to the army successfully will be promoted to an officer. For the army,

Veterans who can return to the army after being injured are the treasures of the army. When facing the enemy, they will be calmer than ordinary soldiers.

"Report to the commander, the food is okay. But you are not allowed to drink!" Veteran Youzi was different from the young soldiers. He stood at attention in front of Li Xiao, and what he said made the officers behind Li Xiao very nervous.

"Haha! Drinking is really not something you should do. Your entire army's mobile units and regiments on duty need to go to the train station within an hour after receiving the order, and then be dropped anywhere in the country. You really drank too much

, tell me whether I will take you with me or leave you when the time comes!"

"No!" Veteran Youzi stood at attention again.

"But there are exceptions to this. Our army will organize dinners during holidays. Those who want to drink at that time can have some. There are also holidays, if you are not on duty, you can have some. You were injured twice? Why?

Accepted?"

"When we were fighting in Jinling, a bullet opened a groove in my back. The doctor said that it was scary to see the blood prickling, but actually no bones were hurt. He said I was lucky, if the bullet had missed two inches, I would have been dead.

The second time was when I was suppressing the landlord rebellion in Jiangnan, I was chopped off on my arm with a hatchet. The skin was injured, but it was nothing!" Veteran Youzi had a naive smile on his face, as if these injuries were nothing more than injuries.

Just a story.

"Why not promote me?"

"Commander, this...!" The leader stood up and wanted to defend Li Xiao.

"Report to the commander, I don't want to be promoted. According to the rules, after promotion, you will leave your old army and go to other armies. I can't bear to leave my brothers!" Before the regiment leader could say anything, veteran Youzi rushed to explain.

Li Xiao knew this rule, which was to prevent officers from forming their own power in the army. Every officer who was promoted must immediately lead his own troops to a new company. There are indeed veterans, because they are reluctant to let go of their own.

Brothers, give up the opportunity to be promoted to an officer.

"There is friendship!" Li Xiao patted the veteran on the shoulder again.

For some people, friendship is more important than the status of an officer. They are reluctant to leave their company, and they are reluctant to leave their brothers who have been born and died. But how long can this kind of reluctance last? An ordinary soldier who has a solid camp and a smooth flow of soldiers has served for five years.

This is the limit. When the time comes, I must return to my hometown.

Non-commissioned officers can serve longer, but most of them are between eight and ten years. Of course, after such soldiers retire, the court will give them a large sum of money, which is called a pension.

It was indeed warm inside the dormitory, and the quilt was folded into tofu blocks. Li Xiao touched the quilt and mattress, and the cotton was very thick. There were armed belts on the outside of the quilt, and when he opened the inside of the quilt, there were neatly folded wide and narrow backpack straps.

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The first division is the main division, and everyone is issued a backpack. However, the habit of large backpacks is still retained. The three horizontal and two vertical fighting styles have evolved into many types, and the most classic one is one dragon. But that kind

The new recruits will be easily beaten loosely, and they will be scattered after running around for a while.

The soldiers wear olive green military uniforms. The difference between officers and soldiers is that officers have four pockets, while soldiers only have two.

After the New Year, the army will fully implement the military rank system. Each soldier will have a new collar flower, military rank on the shoulder, and cap badge on the hat.

The cap badge is a five-pointed star with the word "81" engraved in the middle. Ao Canghai asked eight times what "81" means. Li Xiao always smiled mysteriously and refused to tell him. These days, Li Xiao has already revealed the origin of the military emblem.

I have listened to many versions.

Some versions are so exciting that when Shunzi told Li Xiao, Li Xiao's jaw dropped. Sure enough, the imagination of the officers, soldiers and people who eat melons is endless. The stories are so reasonable and exciting that even later Internet novels dare not

Write like this.

So much so that Sun Chengzong asked about it once later, and Li Xiao smiled the same mysterious way without much explanation. As a result, the legend became more and more magical.

Surrounded by a group of officers, big and small, Li Xiao was surrounded in the middle like stars holding the moon. When he stood at the door of the company and waved goodbye to the soldiers, some junior officers would raise their hands and shout: Long live the commander!

Then all the soldiers raised their hands and shouted: Long live the commander!

Li Xiao smiled, some scenes were so similar that it was hard to tell the difference between the past and the present!

The images in memory continue to overlap with reality, and people will have serious illusions. This is a kind of confusion in time and space, and perhaps those who travel through it will understand it later.

Meals were prepared in the canteen of the regiment headquarters, but Li Xiao refused to eat. Instead, he found an ordinary company. When Li Xiao walked in, the soldiers were eating. When he saw Li Xiao coming in, he shouted: "Stand up!"

All the soldiers stood up, and the sound of tables and chairs scraping against the ground was very harsh.

"Sit!" Li Xiao stopped the company commander who was planning to make a good move and ran over to report.

"I'm here to eat. Give me a bowl of rice and I'll eat with you." Li Xiao pressed the company commander's shoulders and sat down next to him.

The company commander's face had turned the color of pig's liver, and he looked at his regimental commander, neither standing nor sitting down.

"Sit down!" Li Xiao pulled the company commander to sit down and pointed at the regimental commanders and battalion commanders: "You all can find a place to eat."

So all the battalion commanders joined the soldiers one after another.

But these little soldiers had to prepare bowls and chopsticks for these officials. They only dared to pick up the rice and did not dare to hold out their chopsticks to the vegetables.

There is nothing we can do about this. The huge gap in status cannot be bridged by superficial approachability. In fact, many times in the army, the distance between officers and soldiers is deliberately widened.

The military is a place with extremely distinct classes, and superior officers must maintain a sense of dignity and mystery.

Li Xiao believed that before he came in, the cafeteria must have been full of the sounds of swallowing food and slurping, but now, all the young men have turned into ladies. They chewed the rice with their mouths closed, trying to keep their lips tight.

Tightly pressed together without making any sound.

Li Xiao knows that this is a kind of torture for them. Now everyone is uneasy and hopes that this torture will pass as soon as possible. As long as Li Xiao walks out of the cafeteria, everyone here will breathe a sigh of relief.

But as long as Li Xiao leaves and has dinner with the Marshal, they can talk about it for the rest of their lives. Many years later, when they drink with their juniors and see them holding wine glasses to toast, they will brag: I was with the Marshal back then.

Eating, that scene is really...!

There are not many dishes, only four.

According to the rules of the army, there are six plates of pickles in the morning. The staple food is steamed buns and rice porridge!

At noon, we eat rice. Among the four dishes, there must be two meat dishes and the remaining two vegetarian dishes. Dinner is the same as breakfast. Except for New Year's Eve and banquets, it is like this almost every day for 365 days.

This arrangement is to take care of soldiers from different places. Soldiers from Shandong and Hebei like to eat pasta. Soldiers from Liaodong like rice. Shandong and Hebei produce wheat, and Liaodong produces more rice.

Seeing Li Xiao coming, the cooking team hurriedly added a spoonful of vegetables.

The cooking squad leader was frightened when facing Li Xiao, but Li Xiao had no choice but to praise him for his good workmanship.

This bastard copied it, and the food he made was obviously no different from pig food, but after being praised by the commander, his worth immediately skyrocketed.

Li Xiao didn't speak, and neither did anyone else. The meal was eaten in silence, and the cafeteria looked like a ghost.

After lunch, Li Xiao followed the example of the soldiers. He walked to the faucet and washed the rice bowl and chopsticks himself. Then he handed the rice bowl to the cooking squad leader and walked out of the cafeteria with his hands behind his back.

Those regimental commanders and battalion commanders, no matter whether they finished eating or not, just wiped their mouths and hurriedly covered it.

Just as he walked out of the cafeteria door, a man suddenly came out of the cooking class dormitory. He walked up to Li Xiao, knelt down and kowtowed without saying anything.

The straight gun was drawn out, but Li Xiao stopped him quickly so he didn't get angry. This bastard saved his life!

"Who are you?" Li Xiao saw this guy wearing a shabby military uniform and thought that there was an unjust case in his army. Unexpectedly, such a thing happened to one of his own men, which made Li Xiao very angry.

"Boy Cheng Tiezhu, I have a grievance to report to the commander-in-chief." The guy kneeling on the ground stopped kowtowing and knelt straight on the ground.

At this time, the regiment commanders and battalion commanders rushed over. When they saw Cheng Tiezhu kneeling on the ground, their faces turned pale!

"Commander...!" The leader's voice was trembling.
To be continued...