It was December, and the weather was getting colder and colder. Zhao Hu still remembered that when he was young, the winter was not so cold. He was very strong at that time, so he dared to run outside with only a few clothes on. When he came back, he did not get sick, but he would be scolded by his mother.
But in recent years, the weather was getting colder. Zhao Hu obviously did not dare to continue doing what he did when he was young. It was purely making trouble for himself. As the chief commander of tens of thousands of troops, he had to put on some act.
On the way, he led the Azure Dragon Camp to open the way for the whole army. It was a heavy responsibility, and he did not dare to be careless. In addition, the recent incident with Li Wenyuan had reminded all the generals in the army, so Zhao Hu did not dare to be careless.
At noon, the army had two hours to eat and rest. Zhao Hu ordered the army to stop and bury the pots on the ground to cook. To get rid of the cold, he also asked the cooks to add more chili.
While the cooks of the army were cooking, Zhao Hu dismounted from his horse and gave the order to the sentries to search for the enemy and check out the situation. Only after the sentries had left did he relax and prepare to eat.
"Old Zhao!"
When Zhao Hu went to the cooks to get something to eat, he met Deputy General Qi Dayong who came on a horse.
"Old Qi?"
Zhao Hu looked at Qi Dayong's happy face and did not know what had happened.
To be honest, Qi Dayong was also a stupid person. When the army carried out the literacy campaign, Xiao Ruxun and Yuan Huang thought the names of the main generals were not very good, so they decided to change their collective names to symbolize the beginning of a new life.
Many people changed their original names, such as Little Five, Little Six, Little Seven, and Little Eight. Only Qi Dayong did not want to. Yuan Huang gave him a good name, Jin Guang, but this guy was not happy. He insisted that the name given by his grandfather before he died should not be changed, so everyone let him be.
However, although he had a straightforward personality and looked a little rash, he was not careless when it came to fighting. In fact, he was quite a genius. In the Azure Dragon Camp, Zhao Hu was in charge of leading the charge and breaking through enemy lines. Qi Dayong was the one who had a lot of clever ideas when it came to planning the battle.
Therefore, Zhao Hu often told others that although this fellow looked silly, he was actually full of evil tricks and was not a good person.
She didn't know what this rascal had done, but his face was full of joy. He got off his horse and rushed over with a paper bag in his arms.
"What's wrong? Why didn't you lead your troops from behind and come here instead? "
Zhao Hu looked at the paper bag in Qi Dayong's arms.
"Just now, Luo Rong came to visit me and even showed off to me that he had a capable subordinate who dug a hole in the river and got a few baskets of fresh fish. So, I made a bet with him and won a basket of fresh fish. I'll send you a bag and let's stew it. How about it?"
Zhao Hu's interest was piqued.
Generals naturally received better treatment. Their meals were also better than the average soldier's. However, it was winter and they were still marching, so they didn't have many opportunities to eat fresh fish. Now that there was a chance, Zhao Hu naturally didn't want to let it go. He kept praising Qi Dayong that he was full of evil tricks and that he was not a good person.
The two of them immediately asked Huo Tou to cook the fish and then stew a pot of fish soup. They sat on the ground and ate it.
Alcohol was not allowed in the army. Xiao Ruxun had strict control over alcohol. If someone was found to be secretly drinking, he would be whipped 50 times and chased out of the camp. As a general, he didn't dare to do so.
However, it was also a good thing to be able to drink hot fish soup.
"Phew ~ It's really comfortable. This soup is really comfortable. The weather is getting colder and colder the further north we go. I don't know how we're going to live in the future."
Zhao Hu sighed.
"What do you mean how we're going to live? Our good days haven't arrived yet! When we get to the capital and kill Shen Yicheng, it will be our good days, right? "
Qi Dayong looked at Zhao Hu with a smile. "Last time, Mr. Yuan Huang said that the commander-in-chief intends to restore the real power of the commander-in-chief of the five armies. Old Zhao, what do you think?"
"What do I think? Of course it's a good thing. The commander-in-chief of the five armies was originally the territory of us martial artists. The World Guards Institute should also be under the command of us martial artists. It's just that it was later taken away by the Ministry of War. Now that we have killed Shen Yicheng, of course we have to take back the commander-in-chief of the five armies. Of course we have to make our own decisions.
Not only do we have to take back the military power, but we also have to take back the money and food. Otherwise, the money and food will be in the hands of the Ministry of War. Our balls will be in the hands of the Ministry of War. We will have to fight wherever we point. The military officers in the past have had enough of those people's bullsh * t. Look at how many military officers have killed civil officers and surrendered along the way. "
Qi Dayong drank another mouthful of fish soup.
"Of course it's a good thing. This is indeed good. However, Old Zhao, along the way, you also know how rotten the World Guards Institute is. If we continue to make trouble with the commander-in-chief of the five armies, are you not afraid that such things will happen again in the future?"
Zhao Hu looked at Qi Dayong.
"What do you mean?"
Qi Dayong approached Zhao Hu and said in a low voice, "Don't you think that the marshal seems to want to cripple the World Guards Institute?"
"Cripple the World Guards Institute?"
Zhao Hu furrowed his brows. "Why do you say that? Did the marshal say anything about this? "
"He didn't say it explicitly, but when the marshal and Mr. Yuan talked about taking back the commander-in-chief of the five armies, he didn't mention the World Guards Institute at all. I feel that the marshal deliberately didn't mention the World Guards Institute. The marshal must have seen the shortcomings of the World Guards Institute. What's the point of keeping something that will collapse with one touch?"
Qi Dayong lowered his voice.
"But the World Guards Institute is an ancestral system of the Daming Dynasty. It won't be that easy to cripple it, right?"
Zhao Hu's interest was also piqued.
"It wasn't easy at first, but now that we've fought from the south to the north and turned the Daming Dynasty upside down, those World Guards Institutes have basically all been destroyed and haven't been rebuilt since. Isn't this a sign that the marshal doesn't intend to keep the World Guards Institute? This is the perfect time to cripple the World Guards Institute! "
Hearing Qi Dayong's words, Zhao Hu suddenly felt that there was a lot of hope in this matter.
"But if we cripple the World Guards Institute, what will we replace it with? Tang has the prefectural army, Song has the imperial army, and Daming has the World Guards Institute. If we cripple the World Guards Institute, we'll have to replace it with a new one, right? Shouldn't the marshal discuss this matter with the Emperor? There's no point in us working hard here, right? "
Qi Dayong shook his head.
"That's not the case. If the marshal really wants to cripple the World Guards Institute, it's hard to say what we'll do in the future. Moreover, the marshal's words don't have a say in whether the World Guards Institute can be crippled or not, right? Right now, the marshal seems to be above everyone else with military power, but when we reach the capital and those stupid civil officials once again occupy high positions, the situation will be different. "
Zhao Hu suddenly realized something.
"Old Qi, just say what you want to say."
Qi Dayong finished the fish soup in his bowl in one gulp and then looked around. He lowered his voice and said to Zhao Hu, "When we reach the capital and kill Shen Yicheng and restore the Emperor, where will the marshal go? Where should we go? Have you thought about it? "
Zhao Hu's brows creased.
"Naturally, the marshal will think about this matter and then tell us. There's no point in us caring about this, right? But we've made such a great contribution, the Emperor won't not give us some benefits. At the very least, there shouldn't be a problem for the commander-in-chief, right? "
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