The soldiers of the vanguard were brave and not afraid of death. In every battle, they were the first to confront the enemy as the vanguard, but at the same time, they also suffered the most serious casualties. As soldiers, it is their nature to kill the enemy on the battlefield and make achievements. The vanguard is dangerous, but it is also the easiest place to make achievements. Many people hope to enter the vanguard. And today, the vanguard has once again made the soldiers of the other barracks jealous. Why can the pioneer army eat mutton, drink mutton soup, and fragrant white noodles? Can they just stare?

Under the leadership of Dai Mingcai, the Yihu Army had strict military discipline, especially the 60,000 horses stationed at Huxingguan. It was absolutely not allowed to drink soldiers' blood and oppress soldiers. So for Dai Zhanxiao's move this time, the other soldiers were very emotional.

There are 7,000 vanguard troops, led by Dai Zhanxiao, and because he is the son of Dai Mingrong, everyone calls him Young Commander, and only outsiders call him Little General or General Wuwei. At this time, the 7,000 members of the Pioneer Army were not arranging for training in the martial arts field, but instead acted as butchers with their own swords. Outside the martial arts field, the soldiers of the other barracks were drooling as they watched the vanguard slaughter the sheep and steam the nest. Dai Zhanxiao was not idle either. After Shi Qiang brought the barbecue ingredients, he set up a fire and wanted to barbecue himself.

"How could the commander allow the vanguard to eat alone?"

"What's wrong with the young marshal today? Why did you take the vanguard to eat alone? Although they are the vanguard, we are all from the Yihu army."

"I heard that Chitose gave the young marshal a lot of money. The person who came yesterday was the inner palace beside Chitose."

"Huh? How did I hear that the young marshal's subordinates gave the young marshal the money?"

"It doesn't matter who sent it, someone sent it anyway."

"Why didn't anyone send money to our general? I've long forgotten what this mutton is."

No one in the entire Yihu Army had the heart to practice, and the smell of mutton wafting from the camp "smoked" their limbs and their saliva was overflowing. After the bodyguard told himself that the mutton was roasted and the mutton soup was cooked, the commander Dai Mingrong, who deliberately skipped lunch, took two jars of goat milk wine and went with a dozen generals who also deliberately skipped lunch. The vanguard's training ground.

The martial arts field was a fiery scene. When the soldiers saw the commander and other generals coming, they stood still. Dai Mingrong asked everyone to continue and brought people to the reviewing stand.

"Father handsome!"

Seeing his father coming, Dai Zhanxiao, who took off his clothes and wore only a short jacket, jumped directly to the reviewing stand. Dai Mingrong looked at the mutton roasting on the fire below and dozens of steaming cauldrons, and asked, "Did you bring all the pots from the kitchen?"

Dai Zhanxiao said: "How could it be. We have 60,000 troops in Huxingguan, and these few pots are not enough. I brought all the pots from the pioneer barracks, but they didn't move the main camp."

"Young Commander, their vanguards eat mutton, but we don't even have to drink soup. This is unreasonable." A general said what everyone felt.

Dai Zhanxiao said: "Uncle Song, it's not that I don't want our Yihu Army to have mutton to eat, but I really don't have that much money. The barbecue sauce was delivered from the capital yesterday. Full."

"What about the other brothers?" The Song general was still thinking of his own soldiers.

Dai Zhanxiao smiled helplessly: "I can only smell mutton."

"You boy!"

"Hahaha..." The underground vanguard soldiers laughed loudly, and the soldiers around watching the excitement (mutton) were so angry (greedy) that their teeth were itchy.

Dai Zhanxiao first served roast lamb to his father and uncles. At this time, Cao Dong brought Jiang Kangchen over, and everyone stood up and saluted. Jiang Kangchen is the Queen's internal official, and the Queen's reputation in the army is very high, so everyone is very polite to Jiang Kangchen. Besides, Jiang Kangchen also sent so much food, grass and materials from the capital, although it has to be distributed to Half of the Flying Eagle Army, the rest is just a drop in the bucket for the 80,000 Eternal Tiger Army stationed here, but this heart is enough for them to be grateful, and even if it is a drop in the bucket, it is better than nothing.

Out of etiquette, after Jiang Kangchen and everyone saluted each other, Dai Mingrong let him sit next to him. The general surnamed Song still did not give up, pretending to complain to Jiang Kangchen, but in fact he said dissatisfiedly: "Jiang Neiguan, look, the young marshal has money to buy meat for the vanguard, but he doesn't even give us soup. "

Dai said: "Song Shiying, what are you doing sitting here if you don't have soup? What did you eat just now? If you feel sorry for your soldiers, why don't you go get money and buy sheep. I I'm also greedy, but who told me that my soldiers are poorer than Laozi."

Dai Mingrong was silent and concentrated on eating meat. Jiang Kangchen glanced at him and said with a smile, "General Song may have misunderstood. The next time I came here to rhyme with food, grass and supplies is just a matter of convenience. The real purpose is to give gold to General Wuwei. of."

"Give gold?!" The audience was in an uproar.

Jiang Kangchen said: "General Wuwei has a centurion who was injured and returned to his hometown, and his husband and wife are very good at making money. After that person returned home, he always missed General Wuwei and his former comrades, and his husband and wife donated it for him. 3,500 taels of gold were given to the soldiers of the vanguard army. His husband and wife said that the money would not be divided much by one person, so it is better to buy some meat for the soldiers and add some winter clothes, etc., which can be regarded as gratitude to his husband, Tridium Zhong. At that time, General Wuwei and his colleagues took care of him. Because he was familiar with that person, he entrusted him to help him send him to Huxing Pass. After the queen Chitose learned about it, she was very moved, and it happened that Chitose was planning a rescue Fund', I pulled out some silver taels to buy food, grass and materials, and entrusted them to the next one and sent them to Huxingguan. Therefore, it was not General Wuwei who was stingy and reluctant to buy meat for everyone, but the person who specially asked for the gold to give it to him. Vanguard."

After Jiang Kangchen finished speaking, Dai Zhanxiao, who had not left, dragged a heavy box and opened the box in front of all the vanguard soldiers and soldiers.

In an instant, everyone's eyes will be blinded by the golden light.

"Huh!"

"So much gold!"

"Someone really donated so much gold?!"

"That's so rich!"

Dai Zhanxiao said loudly: "3500 taels of gold, not much money, not much money, it's all here. Shi Zhuang!"

"Subordinates are here!"

Shi Zhuang immediately came up from below.

This gold you put in the accounts of the vanguard. After this mutton meal, every soldier in the Pioneer Army has a sheepskin jacket, and you can buy meat, grain, shoes for everyone with the rest of the gold, whatever you need! "

"Yes!"

loser! loser!

Except for Dai Mingrong and Jiang Kangchen, everyone's eyes sparkled like this.

Zhan Xiao said loudly in front of everyone again: "This gold was donated by the husband and wife of a centurion who used to be in the Vanguard Army. This person's name is Wang Shijing, can any of you recognize him?"

"Is it Wang Shijing?"

"Is it Ishii-san?"

"Is that boy Ishii?!"

In an instant, the vanguard was fried, and many of the soldiers around (greedy) also exploded.

Dai Zhanxiao shouted sharply: "Wang Shijing has left the Vanguard Army, but he still thinks about the Vanguard Army and his comrades who are still at Huxingguan. Today, he donated gold to buy meat and clothes for everyone. ; Tomorrow, I don't want to hear anyone going to Wang Shijing to borrow money and ask for money. Once found, military law will deal with it!"

"Follow the commander!"

Dai Zhanxiao's sternness instantly turned into a smile, and he waved his hand: "Eat meat!"

Some of the onlookers couldn't help it: "Young Marshal, give us some soup!"

"Young Master! Let's take a sip to relieve our cravings!"

When one person takes the lead, everyone can't help it. The smell of mutton that fills the sky, how can they swallow the thin rice and wild vegetable soup!

Dai Zhanxiao leaned on his waist: "Why, is one mouthful of soup enough?"

The soldiers onlookers shouted, "Two couples will do!"

"Haha!" Dai Zhanxiao shouted too much: "Today can't be done. Today's sheep must be eaten closely by our vanguard. You want to drink sheep soup, and you will be early next time."

"Young Master! When is the next time!"

"Wait to buy sheep again!"

The other soldiers who thought they had no hope were instantly excited. If it wasn't for the military camp, the generals and other generals were sitting on the reviewing stand, they would definitely rush into the martial arts field to grab mutton and mutton soup. But the young marshal said that next time they will have broth to drink!

Except for Dai Mingrong, the generals on the stage also laughed. Song Shiying is not unhappy anymore, his soldiers can get a mouthful of soup to drink!

However, what Dai Zhanxiao said was that this meal was only enjoyed by the members of the vanguard army, but in fact, the soldiers who were given the meat by the vanguard army went to the crowd to watch the "mass" with their bowls in their hands. Everyone laughed at the robbery, and for a while there were bursts of laughter and "scolding" in the entire Yihu army's barracks. The soldiers on the stage each ate a plate of roasted mutton, and stopped eating after drinking a bowl of mutton soup with meat. There were 80,000 soldiers in the army, and even a mouthful of soup was not enough for dozens of sheep. One of the generals, including the commander Dai Mingrong, rejected the roast meat and broth offered by his subordinates. He pushed out his share, feeling very sad and grateful for Shao Yunan's righteous deeds.

Dai Mingrong looked at the soldiers below, regardless of whether they were the vanguard or the main force, and said, "Our Dayan's soldiers are hard; but our Dayan's soldiers are also blessed. Today, Wang Shijing donated 3,500 The two golds buy meat for the comrades. Tomorrow, each soldier will be more concerned about the Yihu Army he once belonged to. The queen Chitose is planning a 'relief fund', what is a 'relief fund'? In the future, we will Even if our soldiers are disabled or dead, they can also get money for help. They will not be impoverished because they are disabled, nor will their orphans, widows and mothers be cornered because of their death. Our soldiers can be more brave on the battlefield. No more worries!"

"General! Is this true?!" All the generals present stood up.

Dai Mingrong looked at Jiang Kangchen, Jiang Kangchen stood up and saluted everyone, and said solemnly: "This is true! The food, grass and materials brought by the humble this time were purchased by Chitose with the silver taels allocated from the 'relief fund'. One part of all the silver in the fund comes from private donations, some from the private treasury of the emperor and Chitose, and some from business income. This time, Chitose almost took out all the silver in the rescue fund to Yihu Army and Feiying The army buys food, grass and supplies. Chitose said that the imperial court will have money in the future, and the soldiers will have food, grass and military salaries. In the future, the relief fund will not only help the soldiers who were disabled and died due to war, but also help the families of these soldiers. , to help the elderly without children and the orphans who have lost their parents. As long as the people in need of assistance in Dayan are all within the scope of the assistance fund.

Of course, the premise of the rescue is that the fund has enough silver taels, which requires a process that may take a long time. But I believe that there will always be a day when we, Dayan, will become a prosperous country where the old can be supported, the young can be taught, the poor can be depended on, and the poor can be helped. "

"Okay!"

Generals on stage.

"Okay!"

Soldiers in the audience.

Dai Mingrong excitedly saluted in the direction of the capital: "For my prosperous country, our officers and soldiers will not disgrace the entrustment of the emperor and Chitose, and guard an inch of land for my Dayan, and the minister will wait for the arrival of this prosperous age at the border. Kneel down, "Long live my emperor, long live! Long live the queen! Thousand years old, thousand thousand years old!"

All the generals and soldiers knelt down, Jiang Kangchen knelt down, and Zhanxiao knelt down, and kowtowed to the location of the capital: "Long live my emperor, long live! Long live my queen!

Jiang Kangchen, who was lying on the ground, was shaken by such a scene and burst into tears. What he said just now was said by Shao Yunan when he mentioned the meaning of the rescue fund. But at this moment, kneeling on the cold ground of Huxing Pass, his heart has never been hotter than before. He is suddenly full of hope for such a prosperous world, and even feels that such a prosperous world will not be too far away.

He suddenly felt how pathetic his past self was. Only lamenting the injustice of fate, lamenting the bullying of her mother-in-law, and lamenting why brother Xi is sick. Look at these soldiers who are so difficult to drink broth, what can he lament, can be sad! He left everything to Wu Jian to face it alone, and the only thing he did was to avoid it. Unwilling to fight, unwilling to find a way to solve his situation, Wu Jian said that he could not protect their father and son, he was also a man, how could he protect Brother Xi and Wu Jian.

Jiang Kangchen vigorously wiped away his tears, looked up at the direction of the capital, and was extremely grateful that he could meet Shao Yunan. At this moment, in the arduous Tiger Walk, he was redeemed.

This day, Jiang Kangchen's heart underwent a drastic change, and this change directly changed his destiny in the future. On this day, the prestige of the Yongming Emperor Murong Kun and his descendant Qi You, who originally had prestige in the army, was even higher in the army than ever before.

This day, the soldiers of the Yihu Army were like New Year's Eve. No, it should be said that I am happier than the Chinese New Year. In the evening, Shi Zhuang and Shi Qiang, as well as the lieutenants of other battalions, all dispatched to collect the sheep. Pigs are better! Everyone eats meat if they have meat, and drinks soup if they don’t. For 3500 taels of gold, you can buy a lot of sheep and a lot of meat in the bitter cold land of Huxingguan. The next day, Dai Mingrong ordered Dai Mao to lead an **** team of 500 people to **** the other half of the grain and supplies to Kuye Pass. When he was about to leave, Dai Mao asked awkwardly, "Master, let's keep the wine for more." After speaking, he covered his head and ran away, because the master glared at him and was very fierce.

"Father, this goat milk wine is really delicious." Dai Zhanxiao licked his mouth, which was also exchanged for an angry glare from the handsome father. With no outsiders, Dai Zhanxiao stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Dad, Brother Kang Chen said that this wine was made by my younger brother. If we meet my younger brother, do we want to drink as much as we want?"

Dai Mingrong: "Aren't you afraid of Wan—mistaken?"

Dai Zhanxiao shook his head violently: "It's not wrong, it's not wrong. Such a powerful person must be my younger brother. Even if it's not biological, you can recognize your adopted son."

Dai Mingrong slapped his son away with a slap: "I recognize someone as a younger brother just to have a drink. Are you still a general! Nonsense!"

Dai Zhanxiao rubbed his head, and then came over, serious: "Dad, when will you send a letter to my little father?"

Dai Mingrong said: "You have to be careful about this matter. After thinking about it, it is more appropriate for Jiang Neiguan to bring this letter back." Although he is in Xiushui Village now, he seems to have been loved by the emperor, and he is Cen Yuebai again. Jiang Kangning's adopted son, Jiang Kangning's adopted brother, Jiang's internal officials said that Eunuch An also recognized his husband and wife as nephews. This was learned by Chitose, and my father thought that Chitose would make arrangements for me on behalf of the family. My dear, it's going to cause people to criticize."

Dai Zhanxiao frowned: "If he is really a younger brother, why should we recognize him? Could it be that my Dai family is not as good as a county magistrate, a master?" Even a eunuch? Dai Zhanxiao only said this in his heart, and Eunuch An was also Uncle Qiansui's valet.

"Nonsense!" Dai Mingrong glared at his son, "Do you think Jiang Kangning is just a magistrate? Do you think Cen Yuebai is just the president of the academy? Let's not mention it, just say 'he'. With his ability, you Did he really think he would care so much about his background? If he really cared, he would have asked Jiang Kangning and Cen Yuebai to help him find relatives. Who is behind Jiang Kangning and Cen Yuebai? Let the emperor, let Qiansui help him find relatives! But he doesn't. This is enough to show that he has no such thoughts at all! You don't know anything except that you can fight, you can't compare to him!"

Dai Zhanxiao pouted: "What do I compare to my own brother. In terms of war, he will definitely not be able to compare with me."

Dai Mingrong gave his son another stare: "You are not allowed to say anything about this! Even your uncle and cousin, you are not allowed to talk about it. This matter is left to Chitose and your grandfather to decide, remember!"

"I know." But Dai Zhanxiao was very dissatisfied, "I recognize my brother just because he is my brother, not because he is a celebrity in the emperor's eyes!"

"I ate a belly of meat yesterday, so don't hurry to practice!"

Dai Zhanxiao stood up, tidied up his clothes, and strode away. Dai Mingrong rubbed his forehead and sighed. There are some contradictions in his heart. He hopes that "he" is his long-lost son, and he does not want such a capable "he" to be his son.

The curtain was lifted, Dai Mingrong raised his head, and immediately lowered his face: "Why are you back again!"

It is the Dai Zhanxiao who has returned. Dai Zhanxiao walked in, walked over to his father, and whispered, "Son forgot to tell you one thing."

"Say!"

"Brother Kang Chen said that 'he' committed suicide."

"what?!"

Dai Mingrong was shocked and slapped his palm on the bookcase.

"The Shao family forced him to marry, and the Wang family forced him to break off the marriage, so he committed suicide."

Dai Mingrong's eyes widened.

Regardless of whether he is my brother or not, I will count the gold he donated to the Front Army, and I will treat him as my brother. "Leave this sentence, Dai Zhanxiao left. Dai Mingrong's fists clenched slowly, and after a long time, the guards outside heard a loud bang from inside the commander's tent.