I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up
Chapter 537 Siege
Chapter 537 Siege
"There are actually a few roast chickens in this bag! The food is really good!" An old Guard said in surprise after opening his food bag.
"Roast chicken? What a good stuff!" the person next to him said enviously.
"Come on, we are all brothers. When we come across good things, we naturally have to share them together. Come on, share it among everyone." The old Guards soldier was also very generous and threw the roast chickens to other people in the carriage.
After saying that, he tore off a chicken leg and handed it to Guan Dali who was sitting opposite him.
"Thank you, brother!" Guan Dali took the chicken leg without hesitation and started to eat it with the white flour bun.
Although the chicken drumstick was already cold, Guan Dali still enjoyed it and finished it quickly.
After this, the atmosphere in the carriage became more harmonious.
"Brother, what's your name? Which year did you join the army? I saw that you participated in the Battle of Yingzhou and even the bandit suppression in Taihang Mountains." Guan Dali's eyes swept across the old soldier's chest. He could tell an old soldier's experience from the various commemorative medals. Guan Dali had wanted to talk to this old soldier for a long time, and now he finally found the opportunity.
"I was a soldier in the ninth year of Zhengde, my name was Xia Songshan. In the tenth year of Zhengde, I went to the Taihang Mountains to suppress bandits in the middle of winter. Then we bombarded Shunde Prefecture. Jiang Bin was leading the team at that time. I didn't expect Jiang Bin to be so ambitious." The old soldier became more and more angry as he spoke.
"Brother Xia, I know about your anti-bandit campaign. The place where you are suppressing bandits is not far from where we are. It was because of your campaign to suppress bandits in our place that I later signed up to join the Guards," Guan Dali said excitedly.
"Is that so?" Xia Songshan showed a surprised expression, "That's great! Hahaha!"
The atmosphere between the two people became more heated.
"I retired after participating in the Yingzhou battle. I was seriously injured at the time. The Royal Group assigned me to the Ministry of Railways, and later I went to Neiqiu Railway Station. I didn't expect that I would be called up one day."
"I retired too early. It's a pity that I couldn't sweep across Mongolia and the Western Regions with Your Majesty!" Xia Songshan said with a sigh.
His eyes swept across Guan Dali's chest, where a commemorative medal of the Battle of Mobei was hanging.
"Brother Xia, I still feel regretful. I hate myself for not being born a few years earlier so that I could join the Guards and miss the Battle of Yingzhou. The Battle of Yingzhou was the toughest battle. Later, when we reached Mobei, the Mongols were completely defeated. They collapsed at the first blow, like a parade." Guan Dali also said.
Their conversation aroused the interest of the people around them, and the surrounding veterans also joined in.
They chatted and talked more, and soon they talked about family.
"I have a son and a daughter. I plan to send my son to the Guards in a few years." Guan Dali said with a smile.
"How are you doing academically? If you are good at studying, you will have a bright future in the Royal Group."
"It's hard to join the Guards now. The staff hasn't been increased for many years. There are only so many vacancies for retired soldiers every year. So many people are scrambling to get in. The requirements are becoming more and more stringent."
"Yes, several of my nephews failed to join the Guards."
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At this time, Xia Songshan showed a proud smile: "Haha, my eldest son joined the Guards last year!" "Ah, how did he get in?" Guan Dali asked curiously.
"How did you get in? The Guards don't accept cowards. I have always used the standards of the Guards to teach my son at home, and I have trained him a lot." Xia Songshan said proudly.
There were voices of admiration from all around, which made Xia Songshan even more proud.
Guan Dali was also inspired after hearing this, but he soon thought of a question: "Brother Xia, where is our nephew stationed recently? Is he stationed in Hetao? Or Liaodong? Or is he on an expedition to Jiaozhi?"
A trace of gloom flashed across Xia Songshan's face, but he still said, "He is stationed in the capital."
The carriage suddenly became quiet. Everyone realized what this meant, and many people looked in other directions uncomfortably.
Guan Dali opened his mouth to comfort Xia Songshan, but he didn't know what to say.
Xia Songshan also sensed the change in the atmosphere around him, and immediately raised his voice and said, "That brat is too dumb and stupid. He was actually coerced by Jiang Bin to cause trouble. When I see him in a few days, I will definitely give him a few slaps in the face and make him reflect on himself. Hahaha."
Everyone felt uncomfortable when they heard the hearty laughter of the elder brother Xia Songshan.
"Young people nowadays can't fight like they used to. They all want to save face."
"Yes! We still have to reason with each other first. If reason doesn't work, then we can fight."
"I have a friend."
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Everyone wisely avoided this topic.
They stopped and walked along the way, and arrived at a temporary station thirty miles outside the capital on the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month. It was only three days since Guan Dali received the conscription order.
Under the current weather conditions, this station cannot be seen from the top of the city wall. There are 7 temporary stations like this around the capital, guarding all the important roads leading to the outside world.
There were mountains of various supplies at the station, and old guards wearing various guards uniforms kept walking out of the trains. The station soon became a sea of red. Today was the peak time for the old guards to arrive in the capital.
Soon, Royal Group staff guided the arriving Guards to their bases.
Guan Dali and his men were stationed in a place called Baimiao Village, a small village with only five or six hundred people. Now all the women, children, the elderly and the weak in the village had been sent to the rear, leaving only the young and strong men as laborers for the Old Guards.
Now, 2000 old guardsmen have crowded into this small village. Many people have to live in each house, but even then, there is not enough space, because more civilians have been ordered to rush over.
So many tents were set up in the village. Fortunately, the laborers brought various warm clothes and quilts, as well as a lot of coal. There was enough coal, so living in the tents was not particularly difficult.
This village is just a microcosm. All the villages within fifty miles of Beijing have been requisitioned by the Royal Group. The elderly, the weak, women and children in these villages have been relocated to cities and villages controlled by the Royal Group on the return trains.
Zhu Houxuan had no choice but to do this. Almost all the old guards accepted the call-up. In order to maintain this large army in this severe cold weather, Zhu Houxuan also needed to recruit 600,000 or 700,000 civilians as auxiliary troops for the old guards. By then, there would be millions of people gathered around the capital. In order to solve the housing problem of these millions of people, Zhu Houxuan had to do this.
(End of this chapter)
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