In the next ten days or so, Ren Ning fulfilled his promise except for necessary horse training and physical exercise to recover his functions.
Almost every afternoon he spent time in the Eighth Cavalry Battalion helping the cavalrymen write letters home.
So much so that the cavalrymen of the eighth battalion joked with him affectionately and persuaded him to transfer from scouting to the cavalry battalion.
Ren Ning chuckled and didn't take it seriously.
A fortress is a military camp, a place with rules and regulations.
You can't switch arms if you want to. Unless someone above values the soldier's certain talents, it's basically a lifelong tenure.
On this day, Ren Ning was still writing hard in the eighth camp.
The queue in front of him is no longer too long.
Fortunately, the soldiers could not move around at will unless there were special circumstances. Otherwise, once the soldiers from other battalions knew that someone in the Eighth Battalion was helping to write letters home, they would rush in and ask for help.
If that's the case, even if Ren Ning is smart, he still won't be able to fulfill his original promise.
Towards evening, Ren Ning finally wrote the home letter of the last soldier.
He stood up refreshed and was about to stretch.
Wow.
The alley outside the eighth camp suddenly became noisy.
"Back!" Someone shouted excitedly, "The soldiers who went to the grassland last month have returned in triumph. Everyone, go and see."
"Really? Did we win the game? Where is the team now?"
"It's true. It is said that the leading team will return to the fortress soon. Many people have already received the news and have already gone to the west city head to grab positions. If we don't go there, we will have no positions."
"I'm sorry, let's go quickly."
Ren Ning perked up.
He declined the offers of other soldiers from the Eighth Battalion to stay, quickly returned to the scout camp, and reported to Gao Deming.
Then he took the identity badge, turned around and ran towards the tall west city wall not far away.
At this time, the top of the city was already crowded with cheering soldiers, all of them looking westward with smiles on their faces.
Although they did not participate in the expedition, military achievements and other achievements have nothing to do with them. But as long as one of your own people wins the battle, it is always a great joy.
Especially when the soldiers are rewarded tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, the entire fortress can have a delicious meal.
They almost vomited after eating rough rations every day these days.
After arriving at the top of the city, Ren Ning silently glanced in the direction of the Yuma Camp and then forgot about it.
Relying on his flexibility, he managed to get a good position with a wide view and followed the crowd to look west.
The endless grassland was still quiet at this time, with not a single person in sight.
But the sky further away was filled with overwhelming smoke and dust, which said it all.
Less than half an hour later, the ground beneath my feet began to tremble.
Suddenly there was a layer of murderous cavalry on the horizon in the distance, holding countless flags of different colors, overwhelming them towards the east.
Wow!
"It's the brothers who are back!"
"Welcome home!"
"The clouds will surely win! Die, West Wolf!"
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The atmosphere on the top of the city became more intense. Those with flags waved flags, and those without flags shouted loudly. It was a New Year scene.
Ren Ning estimated the number of cavalry with his naked eyes and silently breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that Yun Chui had indeed won the battle, at least he did not lose too many cavalry and horses.
He couldn't help but look behind the team.
However, the queue was very long and the dust raised was huge.
The high-spirited cavalry at the forefront had returned to the foot of the fortress, while the infantry at the rear was still shrouded in thick smoke, making it difficult to see what was going on.
After almost an hour, the situation at the rear finally appeared vaguely in front of Ren Ning's eyes.
It was densely packed with livestock and grain.
He wasn't too surprised and made calculations silently.
The number of livestock, large and small, is estimated to be over 50,000. There is relatively little food and grass, but it is enough to last the entire fortress for several days.
The Yunchui Empire is known as a state of etiquette. When doing things, the court usually pays attention to etiquette first and soldiers second, and persuades people with virtue.
But this is a fortress, an iron-blooded military camp. Talking nonsense is left to the court at the rear, and the generals guarding the fortress are more accustomed to conquering people with battle.
The army marched westward. In addition to driving away the Xiliang people, it was natural that they would not be lenient if they could also take material supplies from the enemy country.
Not only the people of Xiliang are proficient in fighting to support war, but the Yanjie Fortress has also mastered the essence.
Soon Ren Ning's eyes flickered.
He discovered something strange.
There was too much smoke and dust behind us just now, so we couldn't see the situation clearly for a while. Now the situation became clear, and it turned out that there were many long queues mixed in with the densely packed livestock behind.
When Ren Ning Dingqing saw it, she couldn't help crying or laughing.
It turned out that they were all caravans traveling between Yunchui and Xiliang.
He counted the caravan emblems and found that there were as many as fifteen.
If some of the livestock are goods brought back by the caravan, then there will not be much livestock left for the fortress.
Ren Ning's heart suddenly moved.
When he encountered a fire in the grassland, he accidentally broke into the territory of the Lanmang tribe and lied to Youmeng that he was the guard of the Gu family's caravan.
Subconsciously, Ren Ning looked down from a high position, but he didn't find the business flag with the word "ancient" on it, so he gave up.
Ren Ning didn't stay any longer. He quickly got off the city and ran back to the scout camp.
Generally speaking, except for bandits, whether it is the regular army of Yunchui or Xiliang, they usually do not attack the passing caravans.
On the contrary, when the caravan passes by, it is possible to go out and do business with them.
It was getting late at this time, and the caravan could not enter the fortress, so it had to sleep outside.
In this case, the fortress will allow the soldiers to go out and trade with the caravan to exchange what they have.
In the past ten days or so, Ren Ning has helped the cavalrymen of the Eighth Battalion write letters home, and has harvested a lot of useful and useless sundries.
He looked through them one by one, preparing to take them out to see if he could exchange them with the caravan for something.
squeak!
There was a bright light behind me.
Gao Deming made a cold face, opened the door and walked in.
Ren Ning was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed when he realized what he was doing, "So easy? Who is it?"
In the afternoon, when he came back from the Eighth Cavalry Battalion, he once asked Gao Deming to remind him of something.
Now most of the soldiers in the fortress are watching the soldiers returning in triumph, and everything is deserted. Someone may take the opportunity to do harm to the horses in the breeding camp.
Although Gao Deming was not in charge of this matter, he had also heard about the situation in the breeding camp.
With the thought of not being afraid of ten thousand, but just in case, Gao Deming reported Ren Ning's idea.
The stud camp has never found anything unusual, and the fortress almost thought that the mare's tire slippage was due to the hot weather and the lack of care by the trough.
Upon hearing this, he quickly sent someone to keep an eye on him secretly. Sure enough, he caught a sneaky person and found relevant physical evidence on him.
"As for who it is, you don't need to know." Gao Deming snorted and gritted his teeth, "But the fortress will definitely not forget your contribution to Ren Ning. It will be tallied up in a while and it will be charged to you."
"Yes, General." Ren Ning narrowed his eyes and stopped asking.
He watched Gao Deming's cold figure disappear into the background.
Obviously, the person who was caught was an unexpected person, and even Gao Deming was so angry that he lost his composure.
Maybe it's not a good thing that he knows.
It's just a pity that I can't avenge Zhui Feng with my own hands.