I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 530 The Old Guard
"Stop crying, stop crying." Guan Dali said helplessly.

Guan Li finally stopped crying after a while: "Master, there are so many retired veterans in the Guards, it doesn't matter if you are missing. Let's not go."

Guan Li looked at Guan Dali with eager eyes.

Guan Dali's face darkened. "Although we are farmers, we also know what loyalty is. We should act according to our conscience."

"When I was in the army, my salary was always paid in full. There was never a shortage of it. One time, His Majesty personally handed it to me. The combat bonuses were never deducted."

"Later, I retired due to injury and my legs were broken, but His Majesty still didn't forget me, a disabled person. He arranged a job for me and never missed the disability allowance for twelve months a year. He also sent people to visit us during festivals and holidays. Did he never miss the rice, flour, grain and oil he sent us?"

"Your Majesty is in trouble now, and I am of use to you. You summoned me, and now you say it doesn't matter if I'm missing? Is it really nothing?" Guan Dali said.

Guan Li's face showed shame
"Your Majesty has never lacked anything for a useless person like me. How could I lack anything now? I will never be able to live with it in my life if I do," Guan Dali asked in a raised voice.

Guan Li lowered her head and said nothing.
"Take off your clothes, I'll alter them for you and make them fit you. It will be done in no time." Guan Li said in a low voice, and then tears started to fall.
Guan Dali drank the cold wine in the wine pot in one breath. Although the wine was a little cold, his heart was extremely hot.
He wore a fitted military uniform, carried his packed bag, and walked to the door, his wife and two children were watching him silently.
Guan Dali stopped, turned around and walked to Guan Bei, put his hand on Guan Bei's shoulder and said, "After Dad left, you are the only man in the family. You have to protect your mother and sister, understand?"

"I know!" Guan Bei nodded vigorously.

"Remember! Your name is Guan Bei, which means Bei in Mobei and Beihai. You must become a man who stands tall and upright. You must be stronger than anyone else!" Guan Dali said, patting Guan Bei's shoulder.

Guan Bei kept nodding his head. This was the first time he knew the origin of his name.
Guan Dali then hugged his daughter tightly, nodded to Guan Li, and then pushed the door open and walked out.
A donkey cart was already waiting at the gate of the courtyard. Guan Bei had just called this donkey cart.
Many villagers in Guanjia Village received the news and came to the gate of the courtyard, silently watching Guan Dali in his gorgeous dress.
Guan Dali smiled brightly and greeted his neighbors enthusiastically. Under their enthusiastic gazes, he tried to control himself so that he would not look as lame as he was walking, and he held his chest high to make the badge of honor on his chest more dazzling.
He didn't seem to be heading to a battlefield, but rather to a grand party.
After the greetings, he put his luggage on the donkey cart and sat on it.

The driver whipped his whip and the donkey cart started to move slowly.
Guan Dali bid farewell to his family and gently placed his hand on his chest. He felt a chill. It was his medal of honor and the tears left by his wife when she was altering his clothes.
Below that is his hot, beating heart.
He stared at the ice and snow in the distance, muttering, "My comrades! How are you?"

The weather was very cold, but his heart was extremely hot.
"Among the Three Kingdoms warriors, Zhao Zilong is the most courageous. He showed his heroism at Changban Slope."

Guan Bei and others at the entrance of the village heard the singing voice getting farther and farther away, and watched the fiery red figure disappear in the wind and snow.
Tangshan Industrial Zone.

Ma Desheng looked at himself in the mirror, adjusted his collar and the medal on his chest, smiled with satisfaction, and then saluted himself in the mirror.

He glanced at the neatly folded police uniforms on the table and walked out of the office without hesitation.
Everyone outside the office looked at Ma Desheng in surprise.
"Team Ma, what are you doing?" a young policeman asked in surprise. "I have been summoned by His Majesty and decided to go to the capital to fight for His Majesty!" Ma Desheng said proudly.

"But...but after you leave, what will happen to our criminal police team?" asked the young policeman.

"Isn't Deputy Captain Liu here? I think the place where I am most needed is Beijing," Ma Desheng said indifferently.

The young policeman was speechless for a moment.
"Cavalry, we are ready, let's go!" A dozen people in Guards uniforms walked in, their chests shining.

"Okay! Let's go!" The cavalry smiled and waved.

The group walked out.
After they left, the young policemen began to discuss:
"Am I dazzled? The one on top of the cavalry's chest just now is the 'First Class Hand-to-Hand Assault Medal'?"

"You are not seeing things. That is a 'First Class Hand-to-Hand Assault Medal'!"

"Damn! I've only seen that medal in a museum."

"I've heard that the cavalry is very powerful, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful! First, you have to kill at least ten enemies in close combat. Close combat! It's too powerful!"

"The cavalry is too fierce!"

The public security system is one of the systems that has the most retired Guards veterans, so there are suddenly many more people wearing Guards uniforms in the Tangshan Industrial Zone Public Security Bureau building.
The Tangshan Industrial Zone is also the area with the most retired soldiers of the Guards, because there are many factories and mines here, and the Royal Group has arranged many retired soldiers here.
So the streets that were deserted a few days ago suddenly had many more people wearing Guards uniforms, and their uniforms were quite different.
The Guards have been established for 16 years. During these 16 years, the style of the military uniforms has been changed seven or eight times. The changes in the military uniforms also witnessed the historical changes of the Guards.
Today, on the streets of Tangshan, you can find all kinds of Guards uniforms from different periods, and the veterans greet each other as if they were dressed up for a party.
The streets of Tangshan were not just filled with guardsmen, but people were all wearing thick clothes and walking out of their homes to go to their respective posts. Suddenly, the streets became bustling with people.
"Why is it so lively today?" Ma Desheng stopped a passerby dressed as a worker and asked.

"His Highness has issued a general mobilization order to all units of the Royal Group and told us what happened in the capital. All units must now enter a state of emergency and support the Old Guards and the battle in the capital at all costs." The worker said quickly.

"Old Guards" Ma Desheng savored the name and smiled, "I like this name."

(End of this chapter)