The next day, all the girls left the palace.

Zhao Yan told Empress Dowager Zhang that none of these beautiful girls could touch him on the grounds that Cao Ling'er, the daughter of Yongzhou magistrate Cao Guangshi.

Empress Dowager Zhang had no choice but to look for Zhao Yan again.

...

In a blink of an eye, it was the sixth day of the first lunar month.

According to common practices in previous years, officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty usually only started to sing Mao after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which means they went to work normally.

However, since the Northern Mongolian War Book has been issued this year, there will inevitably be a big battle between the two sides at the end of March or early April, all civil and military officials began to handle government affairs on the sixth day of the first lunar month.

On the fifth day of the lunar month, the 40,000 Shence Army and 10,000 imperial guards outside the city also began to practice. The 50,000 soldiers will go to the border with Zhao Yan in early March.

They are the most elite troops in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The Imperial Guard and the Shence Army were originally of the same origin, but because the Imperial Guards were mainly stationed in Changdan City, the Shence Army was often stationed on the border. Over time, the two became separated.

And a strange situation occurred: they looked down on each other.

The Imperial Guard felt that the Shen Ce Army had a false reputation, so he became timid when he arrived at the border, and his combat effectiveness was completely inferior to theirs.

The Shence Army felt that the Imperial Army had been guarding the imperial city all year round, and there was nothing wrong with it, and there was no understanding of the battlefield and the enemy at all.

Originally, Shen Tuyi and Shence commander Yang Hong discussed that they were training in the same military camp, but the soldiers on both sides were really unable to deal with them, so they had to train separately.

At the beginning of the new year, Zhao Yan did not have many memorials, so he planned to go to the military camp outside the city for a walk.

This time, Zhao Yan chose to visit privately on a private tour, and the only ones who knew about it were Shen Tuyi and Heiwa.

Only in this way can the problems existing in the military camp be discovered more easily.

At noon, Zhao Yan, Shen Tuyi and Heiwa came to the camp of the 40,000 Shence Army outside the city.

The main generals of the Shence Army basically knew Shen Tuyi, so Zhao Yan and Heiwa came to the barracks with Shen Tuyi's help.

As for Shen Tuyi, he went to another place alone to inspect.

At this moment, the soldiers had not yet fully entered the state of cultivation. They were all a little lazy, tidying up tents, armor, weapons, etc.

Zhao Yan and Heiwa were wearing the same military uniform as theirs, walking within the same battalion, and there was no difference at all.

At this moment, someone shouted in the place where smoke was emitting from the front, "It's time to eat!"

Suddenly, the soldiers surrounded them and lined up in a long and crooked line.

Zhao Yan said to Heiwa: "Let's go, let's try the food in the military camp."

Heiwa licked his lips excitedly, and as soon as he talked about what to eat, he was content.

Immediately, the two were in the queue.

There were 500 soldiers in the first battalion, and many of them were not familiar with each other, so Zhao Yan and Heiwa were not afraid of being exposed.

A few years ago, Zhao Yan specifically instructed the wealth minister Kong Moshan to increase the expenditure on military expenditure. The most important point is: every soldier must be fed and eaten well.

When Zhao Yan saw the high bulging food in front of him, he couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

There are three types of staple food: big steamed buns as tall as a hill, steaming rice balls, and layers of fragrant pancakes.

There are four dishes, namely pork stewed with winter melon, fried water chestnuts, braised fish meat, and spicy hot dishes.

Although they are all big pot rice, they are excellent in taste and nutrition, and they are even far beyond the foods of ordinary people in the Dazhou.

Zhao Yan was very pleased. After all, these people were people who fought for the Great Zhou, so they naturally had to treat them with kindness.

At this moment, a tall young man in the front suddenly threw a large porcelain bowl on the ground, and the pork stewed pork ribs inside sprinkled all over the floor.

"My master, I don't eat these cheap pork. I want to eat mutton, eat mutton!" The tall young man said angrily to the chef who was cooking.

Bang!

While speaking, he threw a bowl of rice to the ground.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

At this time, several soldiers behind also began to rush to throw bowls.

Rice, dishes, and steamed buns were sprinkled all over the floor.

"We want to eat mutton, we want to eat mutton! We want to eat mutton!"

From the fair faces of these soldiers, it can be seen that those who call to eat mutton are all rich children.

The chef looked helpless and did not dare to speak. He could not decide whether to make mutton or not.

Zhao Yan's face turned pale.

Just as he was about to stand up, a young man with a dark face in front of him walked out.

"Can you join the army? If you can't join the army, go home. We are here to prepare for war, not for dinner!"

"Oh, what are you? You dare to scold me!" The young man who was the first to throw the bowl walked to the black-faced young man and pointed at his face and said.

"He is Cao Fei, the second son of Cao Wendian, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Because he is not good at writing, he comes here to earn military merits, which is different from us." Someone said in a low voice.

"Boy, I'll make you never see the sun forever!" Cao Fei said with a glaring glance.

Someone came to Cao Fei and said, "Mr. Cao, don't be as familiar with such people. We won't eat at noon. Let's go to Cuixueloo to have a good time. I've finished talking to Hongdu Head."

When Cao Fei heard that he was going to Cuixue Tower, he couldn't help but feel happy.

"Bah!" Cao Fei spat on the face of the black-faced young man, and turned around and was about to leave.

The moment he turned his head, the black-faced young man suddenly kicked Cao Fei's butt.

"waste!"

This kick was extremely powerful and kicked Cao Fei out four or five meters, and then fell heavily to the ground.

Cao Fei's nose was ruptured and his face was covered with blood.

"You...you dare to hit me, brothers, kill him!" Cao Fei covered his nose and shouted in anger.

Immediately, five or six white-faced young men surrounded the black-faced young men and attacked him.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

When soldiers fight, they pay attention to defeating the enemy with one move, and they are ruthless moves.

The black-faced young man obviously practiced, and in less than a moment he threw all six white-faced young men to the ground.

As Heiwa, who had been specially trained by Shen Tuyi, he was amazed after seeing it and his eyes were full of worship.

Zhao Yan's mood relaxed a lot. Although there were scumbags in the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were also brave men like black-faced young men.

Just then, someone shouted: Hongdu is here!

A strong man about thirty years old came to everyone, looked at the several people lying on the ground, and whispered loudly: "You can't even feed them even if you eat. Whoever is involved in the fight, stand up for me!"

At this time, Cao Fei covered his nose and walked to Hongdu's head, and said with a grievance: "Hongdu, my brothers and I are making food. The boy's mouth is dirty and he has knocked us all to the ground with some fists and kicks. You have to make the decision for us!"

Hong Du headed to the black-faced young man and said coldly: "You beat these people?"

The black-faced young man nodded, with no fear on his face.

"Come on, grab him and beat him twenty military sticks, and then lock in for three days!" Hongdu said.

At this moment, a small tone but full of momentum came from the crowd.
Chapter completed!