December 30th is the last day of the twenty-fourth year of Tai'an.
In the early morning, the heavy snow had stopped, and the ground was completely white, stretching directly to the horizon.
At the southernmost tip of Yuan County, the two mountain ranges on the east and west meet again, leaving only an exit seven or eight miles wide.
This is the defense of Yuanyang Mansion and the main road leading to Gu Meng Mansion.
The reason why this place is called an important road is because the official road passing through it is the main road connecting Longyou and Hexi, and connecting the northwest and the Central Plains.
In such an important place, the royal army stationed in Yuan County naturally stationed troops here.
In this most "remote" place, three military vehicles stand on the hillside, overlooking the official road below.
With the chariot as the center and a radius of about ten meters, there is a trench with a width and depth of about two meters.
In order to dig this trench, the royal army stationed here was busy for a full month.
Although it is a lot of hard work, this has the advantage of ensuring the safety of the station.
At this moment, there are more than twenty zombies wandering in this trench, and there are this number almost every morning.
Around the three military vehicles, simple woodsheds and warehouses were built to store their daily supplies.
On the top of the military vehicle, there are three soldiers on guard, with one subordinate assigned to each small flag.
At this moment, the door of one of the military vehicles was opened, and the commander-in-chief Yang Qing walked out of it.
Yang Qingyang, the general flag, was once listed as a model for the entire army to learn from by Zhao Yanxun. Now it has been raised from a small flag to a general flag.
Moreover, he will not be able to stay in this general banner position for long. In the next round of the royal palace's military expansion, he will be promoted to 100 households. This is almost a certainty.
After stepping out of the military vehicle, the soldiers on duty on the roof immediately stood at attention and gave Yang Qing a military salute.
Taking out the whistle from his arms, Yang Qing blew it hard, and the harsh whistle sounded on the hillside.
There was a sudden movement in several military vehicles. When the sleeping soldiers heard the whistle, they got up all at once.
Three minutes later, thirty soldiers, neatly dressed, stood in front of Yang Qing.
"All of you, stand at attention!"
Just hearing the sound of "pop", all the soldiers stood still with their heads held high and their movements as uniform as one person.
"Brothers, today is New Year's Eve, and we will celebrate the New Year tonight. Do you miss going home?"
Hearing this, the soldiers were a little stunned for a moment. They didn't understand what the commander-in-chief meant by asking this question.
No one at the scene answered, only Yang Qing asked: "I'm so fucking deaf, answer me!"
"think……"
"homesick!"
For a while, the soldiers answered one after another, their voices rising and falling one after another.
"You miss home, and I miss home too, but we have a heavy responsibility on our shoulders. For the sake of our parents, wives and children, and for the prince's great cause of rectifying the troubled times, we must stay here!"
The cold wind blew, and the soldiers' faces turned red from the cold, all their eyes focused on Yang Qing's face.
"So, even today, New Year's Eve, we must stand guard and never slack off!"
"Now I order...the third flag to be responsible for clearing the monsters in the trench!"
"Yes!" the flag officer who was called responded loudly.
"The first small flag is responsible for supporting the third small flag!"
"As you command!"
"Second Xiaoqi is in charge of today's food. Take out the wild boar that we hunted yesterday and give the brothers extra food tonight!"
"As you command!"
After giving the task, Yang Qing suppressed his smile and said loudly: "Disband!"
"yes!"
Then, the soldiers went about their own business according to the tasks he had just ordered.
Although today is New Year's Eve, their life is the same as before. At most, they can only eat enough meat.
I saw Yang Qing walking back to the chariot, sitting back in his seat, and taking out a peace festival from his arms.
His wife made this up for him to pray to God to keep her husband safe.
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In Chengde County, outside the county government office, ten carriages are lined up here.
In the county government hall, Deputy Qianhu Fang lives in the main seat, and standing in front of him is Baimeng Hai.
The magistrate of Chengde County has not yet been appointed, so this place is still under military control. Naturally, Fang Tong will sit in court.
"Meng Baihu, after you sign, you can take away the things outside and be sure to distribute them today!"
Fang Tong picked up the tea cup and said slowly: "Today is the Chinese New Year. Those brothers who are sent abroad cannot be reunited with their families, so at least they should have something good to eat!"
At this moment, Meng Hai had already picked up the pen and signed his name on the official letter.
"My dear brothers, thank you for your understanding!" Meng Hai bent down and cupped his hands.
Fang Tong was an elite member of the Forbidden Army, and later served as the flag general in the Guards Department. His resume can be said to be impeccable.
In addition, his thoughts were meticulous and his actions had his own pattern, which made Meng Hai convinced.
"You are wrong in saying this. It's not that I care about my brothers, but that the prince cares about his subordinates!"
Meng Hai nodded and replied: "Your Majesty loves the people and the soldiers, he is a wise and holy king!"
Next, after the two chatted for a while, Meng Hai walked out of the yamen.
His men were stationed in the city, so they were responsible for transporting supplies to various garrison areas outside the city.
His subordinates have received orders to assemble at this moment, and Meng Hai will send out tasks next.
They set off after lunch, and should be able to finish before dark.
Meng Hai did not have such a big official airs. When assigning tasks, he also set tasks for himself.
After lunch, his men set off separately and escorted the supplies out of the county.
Three hours later, Meng Hai stood in front of the ruins, with the flag officer Mashan behind him. They had completed the transportation task.
The ruins in front of Meng Hai at this moment are his former military camp, where he escaped when the zombies broke out.
It's just that out of a large number of soldiers who were in the army, now he is the only one left alive.
At the beginning, they were about to go to the border to resist the Hu people who might break through the border at any time. Everyone also hoped that the Hu people would retreat in winter and they could live a good year in peace.
"Brothers, I'm here to see you!" Meng Hai said slowly.
"You died miserably. It would be great if you were still alive. I have found a way to survive!"
No one would respond to Meng Hai's words in the ruins in front of him.
Seeing his sad look, Ma Shan behind him also felt uncomfortable, so he stepped forward and said: "Brother, if brothers are still alive, I don't want to see you like this!"
"You have to live well to make them happy!"
Meng Hai nodded. He didn't understand these principles.
With a long sigh of relief, Meng Hai turned around and said, "Okay, it's not your turn to teach me a lesson!"
"Also, go back and get the ten army sticks!"
"Why do you want to lead a military stick?"
Meng Hai said with a straight face: "There are superiors and inferiors in the army. Now that I am wearing armor, I am the eldest brother of a hundred households, not yours!"
"Do you really want to fight?" Mashan said with a bitter face.
"There is no joke in the army. You must fight when you need to fight, otherwise you will not have a long memory!"
Looking into the distance, Meng Hai said solemnly: "Military law is strict, you should change your lax habits, otherwise you will cause big trouble in the future!"
Whenever Meng Hai looked serious, Ma Shan knew that it was useless to argue, and said quickly: "Yes, I obey my order... I will fight when I get back!"
Speaking of this, Ma Shan said helplessly: "I've had a really solid year today!"
Meng Hai walked towards the group of men and said to his subordinates in the distance: "Go back to camp and roast the deer we hunted this morning tonight. Brothers, you have to take care of the meat!"