It's dawn.

Cao Zhen slowly opened his eyes.

Outside the window, the blue sky and white clouds look like a rare good weather in winter.

Except that this "window" feels a little small, everything is very normal and beautiful.

I had a dreamless night and slept really well.

etc.

Windows, blue sky, white clouds?

Cao Zhen was confused for a moment, and then he remembered that he was not in the government office in Jingzhou, but in the Qiaoqi camp. And the so-called windows were just "windows", that is, the tents were supported by wooden frames.

up the vents.

Because the fire pit is set up in the tent, and it is in a relatively closed space, if the window is not opened for ventilation, it is inevitable that various complicated smells will be entangled with each other...

Cao Zhen was not sleeping alone in the tent. There were resting places for the guards in front and behind the tent. In addition, the soldiers were outside, so body odor and athlete's foot were flying around. Sweat and urine were dancing together. In addition, there were inevitably fleas, bedbugs and the like.

The little goblins get into the bed at night and get all troubling together, so normally, it is difficult to sleep as comfortably as at home in a wild camp.

However, Cao Zhen actually slept extremely peacefully that night.

How is this going?

Before Cao Zhen arrived at the Hussar camp, he had deduced and simulated it in his mind countless times, but what he never expected was that the feeling he brought about on the first night in the Hussar camp was actually

Comfortable?!

this……

Three steps away, the guard who was supposed to be on guard tilted his head and fell asleep on the hay. The drool dripping from the corner of his mouth stained a large piece of the hay under him...

"Wake up!"

Cao Zhen stepped forward and kicked him.

The guard jumped up as if on reflex and reached out to touch the knife. Then he saw clearly that it was Cao Zhen and saluted quickly.

"Why do you sleep so deeply?"

Cao Zhen was a little confused. Could it be because he was too tired from the journey?

Or was Qiusi drugged last night?

Cao Zhen couldn't help but look at his armor.

There seems to be no problem.

"Don't you feel anything wrong?" Cao Zhen asked the guard. Although he could tell by looking at it, Cao Zhen still felt that he needed to confirm.

"Go back to the general..." The guard lowered his head in embarrassment, "I failed to fulfill my duty... Please punish me, general..."

Cao Zhen waved his hand, "It's not a punishment... I usually stay in the military and am always alert. Why did I wake up to the light of day last night? This..."

"The same goes for the little ones..." the guard said with some worry, "However, it seems that since entering Wuguan, my sleep has been much better this night..."

Um?

Wuguan?

Cao Zhen frowned, and then began to think back, trying to find out what caused him to become lazier and lazier, and who was the culprit who didn't wake up until dawn overnight.

When Cao Zhen originally arrived at the Hussars camp, he was secretly happy because Guo Jia had not stayed in the Hussars camp for long before. In addition, Guo Jia was just a counselor and had no control over various trivial matters in the army.

It's not very clear, so even after returning to Xu County, I can't tell you some specific matters in the Hussars Camp. This time I have the opportunity to go to the Hussars Camp in person, which is a great opportunity to understand the reality!

Cao Zhen originally thought that he would definitely wake up in the middle of the night, and even if he couldn't move around, he could still take a peek...

Of course, this matter cannot be blamed on the guards, because Cao Zhen did not tell the guards his plan, and in order to prevent someone from monitoring him, he did not even tell the guards to wake him up in the middle of the night. He just felt that he could usually wake up in the middle of the night.

It was okay to do it once, but I didn’t expect that I slept soundly until dawn.

Cao Zhen suddenly thought of something and immediately pulled the guard's robe with his hand...

"General! General!" The guard was confused and struggled.

"Don't move! Let me take a look!" Cao Zhen pulled open the guard's robe three times, then turned around and looked at it, "Well, sure enough, it is true..."

The guard's upper body was bare, and he didn't know whether to protect his hands in front or behind. He didn't know whether it was because of the cold or some other reason. There were layers of goosebumps on his skin, "General..."

"What are you doing? Just look at it, you can't die..." Cao Zhen frowned and said, "No wonder...don't you feel that there haven't been many insect bites and itching on your body these days?"

The red spots and red spots on the body of the guard that were bitten by insects are obviously much less. Although there are still some marks, they all look old.

"Huh?" The guard was stunned for a moment, and then thought for a moment, "It seems indeed... yes, it seems that the itchiness has not increased in the past few days..."

In an ordinary military camp, it is difficult to isolate insects and fleas. Although it is winter, there are fewer mosquitoes and flies, but fleas and bedbugs are indispensable. Moreover, people and livestock mix and infect each other...

No wonder.

Without the entanglement of these little goblins calling me day and night for more, I will naturally sleep soundly.

"See for yourself..." Cao Zhen threw his robe to the guard, "Wuguan, Wuguan... the two methods of water and fire are so effective? Not only that... there was almost no noise last night..."

The hussars camp is a cavalry camp. Compared with the dense infantry camp, the intervals are naturally wider and the area is also very large. However, the people are relatively easy to control. No noise is strictly prohibited after the curfew, and the war horses are hungry.

They can bark. Even if they are not hungry, they will get into a mood even if they see other war horses having food but not themselves. Therefore, the noise in the cavalry camp often comes from the war horses...

At the same time, because large animals excrete a lot, Cao Zhen has been to Cao Jun's own cavalry camp, and it is always full of the smell of feces and urine. However, in the hussar camp, it cannot be said that there is no smell, but it is lighter than Cao Jun's cavalry camp.

a lot of……

"This...maybe the hussar moved his horse farther away?" The guard didn't think much of it.

Cao Zhen shook his head, "It's more than just that..."

Even if you are not a descendant of a noble family and do not know the important military strategies, as long as you stay in the army for a period of time, you can generally explain everything in the military based on experience, but it is not easy to do it.

To know these things, everyone knows that if you want to control the sound of war horses, you need to take care of them in time. If you want to control the smell of excrement, you need to clean them in time. These things are like using water and fire to repel insects in Wuguan. See

It sounds very simple, but if you insist on doing it, do it every day, do it well, and don't be lazy, it will be difficult to reach the sky.

Most people like to be lazy, and among all things, you can be lazy without being taught. What’s more troublesome is that laziness is contagious. As long as one or two succeed in laziness, soon there will be a large number of laziness.

Scolding, whipping, and various punishments can solve the problem temporarily, but soon, as long as you don't keep an eye on it, it may relapse at any time...

"Tsk, tsk..." Cao Zhen couldn't help but sigh, "Hussars... are indeed well-deserved..."

This is not Cao Zhen's false flattery, but Cao Zhen himself knows that for most people of this era, being in the wild is never an easy task.

In the Han Dynasty, many civilians would flee to the mountains when they could not survive. Although it seemed that they could rely on the mountains to eat, open up wasteland in the mountains, pick fruits, dig roots, etc., if you did not consider the problem of tigers and leopards, it seemed to feel good, and there would be no tax collectors to collect them.

There is no tax, and there is no intrusion from outsiders, but in fact, nature has never been gentle to humans at all.

The reason why human beings have lost their respect for nature is because they have lived in a human circle since childhood. Once they leave this protective circle, nature will immediately slap them hard. If human beings want to fight against nature,

Individual strength is very weak, but if gathered together, a combined force is formed...

Just like now.

Cao Zhen reached a corner of the tent, opened it a little and took a look, "Sure enough..."

Insect repellent powder was sprinkled in the corners of the tent, and it looked old and new, so it was obviously not just sprinkled once.

Although these are small things, they ensure that the soldiers have a good sleep in the field, and good sleep also ensures that the soldiers can have sufficient physical strength. You must know that the soldiers do not spend a day or two in the field...

In Cao's camp, even Cao Zhen couldn't guarantee that his tent could be as good as the current hussars, let alone the ordinary soldiers of Cao's army.

Or is this just a special case?

Cao Zhen frowned and thought.

"General Cao..." At this moment, someone's voice came in from outside the tent, "But you're up? My lord invites General Cao to dine with you..."

When Cao Zhen arrived yesterday, it was already getting late, so this was Cao Zhen’s first official meeting with the Hussar...

Cao Zhen couldn't help but straighten his robes, then walked out of the tent, followed the escort of General Hussars, turned around the small camp, and walked towards the central tent area.

There was smoke everywhere in the camp.

Under the leadership of the hussar guards, Cao Zhen finally set foot in the core area of ​​​​the military camp.

The sun is just right, and the golden light pours down, bringing a rare warmth in winter.

On the side of the winding silver light belt in the distance, there are soldiers fetching water upstream, and soldiers washing horses downstream, occasionally splashing bits of broken jade light.

Further away, I don’t know whether they are preparing to leave camp for patrol, or the cavalry who have returned are lining up to take stock...

Everything seemed to be in order, but Cao Zhen didn't know why, but he always felt that something was wrong.

What's wrong?

Cao Zhen moved forward slowly.

The soldiers who can be near the core area of ​​the Chinese army's tent are naturally stronger and more capable. This is the same whether they are Qiusi here or Cao Cao's subordinates.

only……

Although Cao Zhen was reluctant to admit it, in terms of overall appearance and behavior, the soldiers in the Hussars Army were obviously of a higher level than Cao Jun's own...

The generals from Kansai showed that the ancients were honest and never deceived.
To be continued...