"Easy does it, Liu Zi! What's with the great force, you little scamp!" Zhang Feng lay in the tent, his buttocks almost exposed.

  Lao Gu said, "You have to press down harder on the medicine, so that all the medicinal properties can be fully absorbed into your wound. This way it will heal faster!" Xiao Liu Zi said with a hint of schadenfreude, and the hand that was applying the medicine to Zhang Feng couldn't help but add a bit more force.

  "Hiss......" Zhang Feng suddenly inhaled a mouthful of cool air, turned his head and glared at Liu Zi, this kid must be taking advantage of the situation to retaliate against him for being strict during training.

  "Zhang, you said you were impulsive back then, but it's all right now. The Iron Mountain gang wasn't executed, they were just sent to the Vanguard Regiment as a suicide squad. You ended up taking all those beatings for nothing." Chen Hua laughed with a smile on his face, hugging his arms and looking at Zhang's embarrassed expression.

  Zhang Feng, however, remained silent after hearing this. Since our dynasty occupied the northern Great Wall, we have been constantly harassed by the Mongolian cavalry. Just at the beginning of this year, the current emperor organized a northern expedition to weaken the vitality of the Northern Yuan.

  Don't think that the previous dynasty's retreat to the grasslands without resistance is a sign of weakness, they are just severely weakened by internal strife, and their military strength still exists, especially in large-scale cavalry warfare, which has always been a weak point for my Ming army.

  The vast grasslands, a horse galloping across the plain. Under the premise of no obstacles, my mighty army tomorrow will find it difficult to resist the Northern Yuan's well-organized cavalry charge formation. And then the vanguard camp appeared, they were a motley crew of convicts, deserters, and evil merchants, they were the obstacle for my Ming army to counter the Northern Yuan's iron knights, also known as human walls.

  No armor on the body, no horse under the crotch, only a long gun in hand. Their combat order is only one: "Charge!" Only by constantly charging forward, if there are those who retreat, they will be beheaded on the spot. Therefore, after entering the Vanguard Camp, people either become madmen or fools. Madmen don't care about their lives, fools don't know what life and death mean. Only in this way can one better become a human wall of flesh for the Ming army.

  Those who entered the vanguard camp had few chances of coming out intact. The imperial court, in its benevolence, left them with conditions for leaving the camp: beheading ten levels of enemies and winning five battles would allow them to leave the camp guilt-free and obtain a good reputation.

  To know that ordinary Ming army soldiers can kill ten levels and become a hundred households, but if they want to win five battles with ten levels each time, there are only a few people who can do it. Adding the harsh combat conditions of the vanguard camp, Zhang Feng does not think that Tie Shan and others can persist until the fifth battle and still be alive...

  So Chen Hua was right, in the end he still got nothing but a beating, not only did he fail to save Tie Shan and the others, but also left a bad impression on Qian Hu Da Ren who had some good feelings towards him. No superior likes an unorthodox subordinate, and no Qian Hu would appreciate a soldier who dares to barge into the commander's tent.

  Especially in the eyes of the mature and serious Qiufu, soldiers should follow military orders first, if there are those who do not obey, they will be severely punished, and naturally Zhang Feng will be classified as one of the disobedient people...

  But Zhang Feng and the others didn't know that not killing Tie Shan was already a result of Qiu Fu's efforts to mediate, as for being sent to the Vanguard Camp, it was an order personally given by the Commander-in-Chief of the Zhongxunwei Garrison. As for the disposal of several mountain bandits, a dignified Commander-in-Chief didn't need to ask for the opinion of a small Thousand Households.

  After all, Tieshan and his men killed a hundred households in the middle of Yingzhou, and Yang Ting still wants to save face. If it weren't for giving face to Prince Yan, they should have been beheaded as soon as they entered the camp. Now, being able to fight for a way out is already not easy...

  The order to return to Beiping has been issued, and the soldiers of the two guards are busy preparing for departure. This time, both sides can be said to have no winners in the suppression of bandits. Although Zhang Feng and his team brought back the main intelligence this time, after all, it was a political affair and not a military achievement. As warriors, they compared each other on the battlefield, killing enemies, capturing flags, and beheading generals.

  The plan to exercise the troops failed, and the first show of the fire brigade also had no chance. These six thousand soldiers came this time as if they had come for a military parade drill. Except for a few patrol teams who had shown their swords, everyone else was already on their way back to the Beiping camp before the tense excitement of war had dissipated.

  This time, ordinary people who came down from the mountain were ordered by the Beiping authorities to move with the army to Beiping, in order to expand the population of the fiefdom under the King of Yan.

  Zhu Di, who was quite disappointed with this campaign against the bandits, could only rely on some common people to comfort himself. It's worth noting that the north has a vast territory and sparse population, plus the migration of people before the Northern Yuan withdrew, resulting in his own fiefdom as the King of Yan not having enough households to fill the quota, and he had to rely on other prefectures and counties to make up for the shortage. This made him feel unbearable, so this time being able to get these 200 extra households was a small consolation.

  On the day of the great army's departure, Tie Shan brothers and some captured captives were slowly leaving the camp gate with chains and shackles on their feet, heading north. Their destination was Gubeikou, the garrison of Miyun Houwei. It is said that the military situation there is slightly tense at present, and the northern Yuanyang is knocking on the door without stopping.

  At this moment, Tie Shan doesn't seem to be rushing towards the death line. The three of them are chatting and laughing freely because Qiu Fuqian had promised that those mountain households would be properly settled.

  Suddenly, Tie Shan turned around and saw Zhang Feng standing alone at the camp gate looking at them. With great difficulty, he stretched out his arm and waved vigorously, shouting "Bao Er" loudly.

  The wind was very strong at this time, and the voice of Tie Shan was blown away by the wind, and when it fell into Zhang Feng's ears, only a single word "bottle" was left. He nodded knowingly and responded with a powerful swing of his arm.

  Tie Shan smiled relievedly, waved his hand and turned around to continue on with the group. The only thing that had been weighing on his mind, Xiao Pingzi, now had a new home where someone trustworthy would take good care of her...

  "Let's go, it's almost time. Lord Qianhu is about to give the order to depart." Old Liu appeared behind Zhang Feng and patted his shoulder, saying slowly.

  Zhang Feng wiped his eyes, and he didn't know if it was because of the strong wind that made him tear up...

  ……

  When they left, they were in high spirits, but when they returned, they were depressed and gloomy. This time, Qiu Fu did not order them to continue marching quickly, so everyone did not suffer again, and Zhang Feng's buttocks also avoided a second injury.

  The slow-moving troops took twice as long to return within the borders of Beiping, with Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng riding side by side at the front.

  "Sir, it seems our training plan didn't quite work out this time. These new recruits still haven't seen bloodshed, and I'm afraid they'll be a lot of trouble later on." Zhu said with a hint of worry.

  "That's also helpless, now the northern region has many troops deployed everywhere, plus there are fewer people, so there aren't many mountain bandits to practice with. We can't ask King Wang to lead a campaign against the bandits in the south, can we?" Chu Fu said helplessly.

  Zhu Neng also had no way out, now he could only wait and see what happened next. If they really had to go into battle, he hoped it wouldn't be a big production, or else he was afraid his subordinates would make fools of themselves.

  "It turns out that this time was not without gain, and the various flags and households can be said to have gained experience. Moreover, there is a young man named Ma Liu who discovered the location of the enemy's food storage, it seems like he has a natural talent for scouting. In the future, we should take good care of him, perhaps he will be of great use someday."

  "But... shouldn't Zhang Feng be the one who gets the credit this time? How could you forget him?" Zhu Neng said with a furrowed brow, full of doubt.

  "Hmph! Don't mention him, I was going to let him keep the remaining trial hundred households as a reward for this achievement. Who knew that this guy would disregard military discipline and sneak into the central army's headquarters to plead for those people? You know what I dislike the most is this kind of soldier." As soon as Zhu Neng mentioned Zhang Feng, Qiu Fu changed his expression, originally full of expectations for Zhang Feng, but unexpectedly he was a stubborn person.

  Zhu Neng listened to his superior's words and curled his lips in disdain. This superior was good in every way, but too rigid and old-fashioned. Having a few soldiers like Zhang Feng under him made Zhu Neng secretly happy. As long as they were capable, even if they made some small mistakes, it didn't matter. If everyone was a goody-goody soldier who followed the rules, then what opportunities would there be to achieve great merit?

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