On the New Year's Eve when Han Mochu entered the barracks, after a short and warm reminiscence with Gu Xiu, Han Mochu took out the mahogany ruler from the bag that came with him.

Han Mochu's reason for punishing Gu Xiu is that, as the prince of the country, he doesn't know how to respect himself, and it's important to get along well with the recruits.

But he, Gu Xiu, did not come here to be sent as a recruit after all, but to lead the troops.

The army is the most inhumane place, Gu Xiu completely treats himself as the same as the recruits, and as time goes by, the people will lose their awe of him.If Gu Xiu becomes the commander in the future, there will be people in the army who rely on the fact that they are recruits with Gu Xiu as an excuse to intercede. Such things are taboo in the army.

"Your Highness, as a prince, can eat and live with the recruits, but His Highness must know how to let them remember that you are a completely different person from them. Your Highness must know how to let others remember your kindness, remember your kindness. To be virtuous, rather than blindly messing around with them. If you don’t show your prestige when you should, His Highness’s virtuous actions will become a matter of course in the eyes of others. Besides, a gentleman does not bully the dark room, and His Highness indulges because his ministers are not around. So far, it is for misbehavior, please stretch out your left hand, Your Highness."

When Han Mochu drew the tenth stroke, Gu Xiu made a request that was enough to make him regret it for many days.

He put his right palm and left hand together, and said to Han Mochu who was holding a ruler, "You don't write in the army, why don't you change your hand?"

What Gu Xiu said in the end was that both hands were red and swollen with swollen palms.There is no writing in the army, but in the army you have to carry guns, bend bows, and ride horses.

So many years later, Gu Xiu still can't forget how he reined in his horse, leaped over obstacles, bent his bow and shot at targets with his hands swollen in those days, let alone how he held a long gun with his swollen hands!Gun vs man, long!Every time the gun is bumped, sharp swelling and pain will pierce the heart, and eventually it will be completely numb.

That taste is really uncomfortable.

In those days, every time Han Mochu saw Gu Xiu's pair of roasted pig's trotters, his eyes were tender and filled with regret.But I never asked if it hurts, nor gave me a pinch of swelling and analgesic powder.He reminded Gu Xiu all the time that if he wanted to talk about love and avoid punishment here with Han Mochu, he would always have to reap the fruits of himself.

Gu Xiu knew in his heart that Han Mochu didn't want him to act like a prince and keep himself and those who were about to live and die with him thousands of miles away.It is to remind him that as the prince of the country, he should be different from ordinary people, and he must have the dignity and self-discipline of being born in the royal family.

For lunch on the first day of the new year, mutton flat food was served in the barracks.

Gu Xiu still lined up to receive meals like a group of recruits, but during the meal, Gu Xiu found a cleaner space to sit cross-legged, no matter how strong the clamor in his stomach during this noon training camp was, he would Eat one bite at a time, don't gobble it up.

"Your Highness, why are you sitting here alone?" Xiong Hu hugged a copper basin four or five times larger than ordinary people, and sat down beside Gu Xiu.

"It's nothing."

"Your Highness, why are you eating so slowly today? This flat food is full of mutton, isn't it delicious?" Xiong Hu pulled two dumplings into his mouth in a row, sweating profusely.

"You eat slowly like me, so you won't get burned." Gu Xiu didn't know how to explain it to him, so he could only make an excuse.

"Your Highness, so you are here, and I have been looking for you for a long time." The person who came was Song Yu. Ever since Gu Xiu pushed him out from under the boulder that day, he always appeared in front of Gu Xiu intentionally or unintentionally. around.

At this time, Song Yu was holding a cloth bag in his arms, with an earnest smile on his thin face.

"Looking for me? What are you doing?"

"Today is the first day of the new year. Enzhun's family was visiting in the recruit camp. My mother came to give me some homemade cakes. His Highness rescued me that day, and I always wanted to thank His Highness, but I have nothing in the army. Today is considered a serious gift of thanks, which can be given to His Highness." Song Yu opened the cloth bag in his hand with a smile, and inside the bag were more than a dozen pieces of plum blossom cakes with some steam, and the steam was steaming with the sweetness of red beans and glutinous rice Compared with it, the greasy mutton flat food in Gu Xiu's hand was not so delicious in an instant.

"Do you remember this? It's just a little effort."

In fact, what happened that day, Gu Xiu only remembers how he refuted General Gao Sheng, and how he won the hearts of the people in the end, leading a group of people willing to accompany him to run around the barracks to be punished.

If it wasn't for this recruit named Song Yu who often appeared by his side these days, he would have probably forgotten what this man was like.

As soon as Gu Xiu put down half of the flat food in the bowl, Xiong Hu who was holding the copper basin snatched it away: "Your Highness, if you don't want to eat, then give it to me."

Seeing that half a bowl of flat food was poured into his huge copper basin by Xiong Hu, Gu Xiu had no choice but to stretch out his left hand to Song Yu: "If you thank me, just give me one."

"Okay." Song Yu answered briskly, picked up a piece of cake from the cloth bag and prepared to put it in Gu Xiu's hand, but suddenly found that Gu Xiu's palm was full of scars, redness, swelling, and blood. Fang Zhengzheng's streaks could not help frowning and asked: "What's wrong with His Highness's hand?"

"It's nothing." Gu Xiu took the dumpling and closed his palms again.

"Your Highness, so you were really beaten last night?" Xionghu swallowed a dumpling without chewing it: "I heard it when I passed by your barracks yesterday. It's strange. Your Highness, you are the prince. Who would dare to eat it except the emperor?" Beat you?"

Gu Xiu opened his mouth and took a bite of the sweet and glutinous cake, but did not answer.

Xiong Hu suddenly brought up his only wisdom, and said loudly: "Is it that fairy-like adult from yesterday? Such a beautiful person, how can he beat someone so hard?"

"That's right, besides, what's wrong with His Highness that deserves such a punishment from the lord?" Song Yu also asked along Xiong Hu's words.

"As the prince's junior teacher, he has the responsibility to teach me strictly, and I'm fine." Hearing Xiong Hu and Song Yu mention Han Mochu intentionally or unintentionally, Gu Xiu's patience was instantly ignited, and soon Immediately there was displeasure.

Han Mochu treated him like this since he was a child, disciplined him when he should be disciplined, and loved him when he should love him, and he has always been single-minded, without any selfishness.

This kind of Han Mochu cannot be discussed by anyone.

Gu Xiu turned over and sat up holding half of the pastry, and looked sideways at Song Yu: "Thank you for today's pastry, you and I are clear."

In the 18th year of Yongxi, the [-]th day of the first month.

An urgent military report was sent to King Gu Hong's desk.

The violence of the sixteen parts of Mohe!Chaos, but finally could not be suppressed.

Those lunatic barbarians from the initial provocation of the border to the current confrontation.

The original garrison of the Tianlu Army, General Sui Ji, defected with his own troops, leaving only 13 of the original [-] Tianlu garrison. The combat power was seriously insufficient and had to retreat steadily.

On this day, the defender Ding Quan and the prince Gu Xiu in the barracks where Gu Xiu was located also received the same military report, along with an imperial decree.

Ding Quan, a loyal military general, was a first-rank official and was the commander in front of the battle. He led an army of 15 in the suburbs of Beijing to go to Mohe.

The seventh prince, Gu Xiu, was awarded the title of General Pingwei, the fifth rank, as the vanguard in front of the battle. The recruit battalion was under the command of the Qingqi Battalion. Together with his deputy Gao Sheng, he was unified under the jurisdiction of Gu Xiu. He will go out with the army from now on, and arrive at the frontline battlefield within twelve days. .

Gu Xiu and Ding Quan received the imperial edict and set off with the whole army non-stop.

Gu Xiu replaced the soft armor used by the new recruits, and replaced it with the gilded bronze armor that originally belonged to the prince. This armor was sent by the order of King Gu Hong. It was a reward from Emperor Shi when he won the first battle.

The heavy armor that belonged to the young man was finally rediscovered after being dusty for many years, and the animal heads on the shoulders and waist were wiped clean as new. Under the cover of the bright lights, Gu Xiu's natural general aura was vividly displayed.

"Your Highness, is it heavy?" Han Mochu held the heavy battle helmet in both hands, and put it on Gu Xiu's head firmly. The falcon-patterned forehead could not hide the heroic spirit between Gu Xiu's brows, and only matched the youthful look. His expression became more resolute.

"It's not heavy." Gu Xiu propped up his armor and stood in front of Han Mochu, his brows raised slightly: "Master, why do you want to wear armor?"

At this time, Han Mochu was also fully armed with silver-plated iron armor, with a long sword on his waist, a long bow on his back, and a long plain velvet cape on his shoulders.The tightly tied forehead lifted the corners of the eyebrows slightly, making the whole person look majestic and heroic, without the slightest trace of the gentle and elegant bookishness of usual days.

"Since you are with the army, there is no reason to shrink back. Since you are with the army, you must protect Your Highness." Han Mochu unfolded the bright red orangutan felt cloak, buckled it on the lotus shoulder buckle on Gu Xiu's armor, and held it with both hands. The length of the stick that Gu Xiusu uses every day!Gun, said in a serious voice: "Your Highness, please go out of the camp and mount your horse."

After Gu Xiu changed his clothes, he held a long sleeve!Gun stepped on the well-trained horse, fifty gold, and Han Mochu also stepped on the horse and stood beside Gu Xiu.

It was completely dark at the moment, and the soldiers outside the camp were holding torches and waiting for the review by the new general Gu Xiu with their heads held high.

Gu Xiu stepped lightly on his horse's belly to the front of the team, looked around, and looked at the serious faces under the torch.Among those faces are young people who have been with him day and night in the past few months, some young people in their prime, and some middle-aged people in their 50s and [-]s who have experienced vicissitudes. The deputy general Gao Sheng who is invincible in the face of recruits is also among them. .

Gu Xiule stood in front of the crowd and asked loudly: "This time, we are going to fight against Mohe, are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid!" Everyone shouted in unison.

Gu Xiu looked at the crowd resolutely: "On the battlefield, the sword has no eyes, and everything is changing rapidly. Who has no parents, who has no wife and children, and there is something in his heart. You and I are both flesh and blood, why are you not afraid?!"

There was a brief disturbance in the originally neat team. Gu Xiu's words seemed to move the hearts of a few people in the crowd, and this emotion gradually infected the people around them. Disrupted.

"Actually, not only you will be afraid, but I will also be afraid. Like many of you, I am on the battlefield for the first time, and my hands have never been stained with blood. I am afraid that I am not qualified for the post of general! If you are not careful, you will all pay the price because of me!" Gu Xiu changed the subject and said in a more earnest tone: "But what about fear? Now the Sixteen Departments of Mohe have rebelled and burned and killed on the border Looting, all kinds of evil. If we let it grow stronger, then one day those Mohe barbarians will invade Bianjing and stretch their long knives to the necks of our relatives! At that time, we will not even have a chance to be afraid. It can only be slaughtered by others."

Gu Xiu's words calmed down the tumultuous team once again. The soldiers pursed their lips tightly and tightly held the weapons in their hands. Listening to what the Jin Jia general said to them before the battle, their blood boiled.

"So, we must fight! We must fight for ourselves! We must fight for our kin! We must fight for our descendants! We must fight for our territory! We must fight for our people! We must fight for our country!" The knife cut through the palm of his right hand, and then he clenched his fist and squeezed the blood onto the ground beside him: "I, Gu Xiu, swear here today that I will live and die with you in this expedition!"

Gu Xiu's blood completely ignited the fighting spirits of those generals, and everyone shouted hoarsely: "Live and die together! Fight for the country! Live and die together! Fight for the country!"

General Gu Xiu!Holding the gun high, he shouted loudly: "Ask your troops to march!"

Standing next to Gu Xiu at first, Han Mo felt a sense of pride in his heart.

Gu Xiu really deserves to be a young man from a military family, and he is a general who leads an army in his bones.

Gu Xiu's deafening pre-war speech made him almost forget. Gu Xiu was born in March, and he will only be fifteen years old in 58 days.

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