Voluntary and non-voluntary, whenever someone says the last two words, there will always be a high respect. The former, however, is more or less mixed with selfishness, which always makes people feel noble.

Few of the soldiers in these years are well-off. In the prosperous era for a hundred years, it is not difficult for ordinary people to survive. In this way, a man who still relies on the tip of a knife to lick blood in exchange for food can be imagined, how can he be the kind of person who is honest and willing to dig food in the soil?

The same is true of the three thousand men and horses under Zhao Feng's command, no, now there are only two thousand six hundred and eighty-one left.

Speaking of which, the troops that Zhao Feng took over can all be regarded as elite. These guys are all veterans who have survived a hundred battles, and who can survive so many years on the battlefield, which one of them can save their lives without a few hands? Those who are good at fists and feet, those who ride and shoot gangs, those who can dig holes, and those who can make holes, are all very human.

People with skills generally don't have a good temper, especially these fighting men.

Since the army was assembled in Shanyang County, these elites who did not belong to each other have become a problem for the main generals. After leaving the original army, there was no one in charge of the head all of a sudden, and it was common for them to violate a few military disciplines.

In these years, I paid attention to a township party, grew up with a bare ass from a young age, and ran to join the army when I became an adult, and I had a good response when I went to the battlefield, and even if I died, I could have a messenger there. A lonely person like Li Lao Er is an outlier.

The generals have the intention to cut off the salaries of these guys, but in order to successfully promote military reform, the ministers of the political affairs hall have already strictly ordered the generals not to treat these "people with lofty ideals" slowly, if the great plans of the ministers are ruined, how can these little generals withstand the monstrous anger?

As a result, these capable elites have really become the masters of the army.

It is said that if a soldier does not obey the general's orders, it will be a big trouble to go to the battlefield. For this reason, the consistent method is that the generals and soldiers agree in advance how much strength they will exert in this battle, how many people will be killed, and then how much reward they can get and how many military merits they can earn, so as to drive them away.

Wang Zhongsi handed over such a unit to Zhao Feng at the beginning, which was really a thought of taking the school examination, or it could be regarded as a small punishment for him refusing the commander's military order in person.

Fortunately, Zhao Feng is also a capable person, and it didn't take long to get along with these arrogant guys. Actually, to put it bluntly, Zhao Feng doesn't have any secrets, it's nothing more than the word bold. In the past, the generals who were sent to lead this group of scattered soldiers, after the first war, would eventually pull a little bit into their pockets, which was just a little different, which was also the default practice of the soldiers.

But Zhao Feng didn't! Not a single cent of the captured was taken, and the soldiers' hard-earned military exploits were never deducted from the heads of their cronies, and whoever should belong belongs to whomever it is. Not only that, but the soldiers under his command were wronged by other troops in the camp, and Zhao Feng was able to directly copy the guy and seek justice for his brother. After such a move, how could these heroic soldiers not fight to the death?

Looking at this action, Zhao Feng looks like he should be a person who has no desires, right, how can he be a simple person who may be a trickster and a motivated guy on the imminent battlefield?

As mentioned above, after the soldiers who volunteered to participate in the war came out of the original army, at the end of the war, they would be permanently removed from the military registration of the government soldiers, and they would be recruited instead, and then they would be assigned to several armies composed entirely of recruits.

However, there is actually a way out for these soldiers who participated in the war. If the soldiers who participated in the war are unwilling to leave the temporarily formed unit during the war after the war, and more than half of the soldiers in the temporarily formed unit are unwilling to leave, then the Ministry of War will officially give this unit a number, so that this temporary unit will be regularized and officially become an army with a recruitment system.

In the past, most of the generals who were sent to take over these "temporary workers" were people in the army who were not treated well by the commanders, and they were eager to send these difficult "plague gods" away as soon as possible. What do you think any promising general would be willing to do such a stupid thing? And these soldiers who voluntarily changed their military status have lost the opportunity to serve for life, and they have only a limited few years left in their military careers, and they are not willing to follow such a general who does not want to see them, whether it is for the sake of killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions, or for promotion and wealth.

But Zhao Feng is different! He can't go back to the Jingzhao Mansion Army, if this temporarily formed army is disbanded after the war, then he, a general, will only have one military rank left, and he will have no real position, and if he wants to wait until the military department to grant a real post, he doesn't know that he will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey. Can a general who has no soldiers under his command still be called a general?

In addition, Zhao Feng is also a person with a flexible mind and careful observation!

Over the past few years of military reform, several regular conscription armies have been set up by the government from the beginning. And now the generals of these pilot armies are all people who are in the heart of the emperor, and within a few years, the grades have risen gradually. Zhao Feng guessed that if he could take the lead in turning a temporary "volunteer army" into a regular army, then this merit would definitely be worth writing about by the ministers of the political affairs hall, and it would be expected to enter the eyes of the saints.

With such a big benefit, how can you sit idly by and ignore Zhao Feng?

The investment today is nothing compared to the benefits in the future!

Thinking of this, Zhao Feng's heart became hot again!

"Brothers, rush with me!"

Zhao Feng took the lead as always, the moat that was originally three feet deep was now full of debris, the dirty water was floating with broken wooden planks and broken limbs, the blood that had long been blackened attracted countless flies, and the white and fat maggots were happily enjoying a rare feast.

Zhao Feng didn't pay attention to what was under his feet, after the flying bridge was built, he held a shield in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, and jumped to the opposite bank after only two steps.

With a swing of his sword, he swept away the two bows and arrows that were thrown at him, and Zhao Feng rolled on the spot, staggering the rain of locust-like arrows that followed.

The bow and arrow landed on the shield and made a "Duoduo" sound.

"Wang Shuwen, the mouse in the south corner has been handed over to you, are you sure to take it down for Lao Tzu?" Zhao Feng held his shield and yelled loudly behind him.

"Boss, let's take a look! This time there will be two big holes in his head!" is called Wang Shuwen, the man who bet against Li Laoer.

Li Lao Er and Wang Shuwen are the two commanders under Zhao Feng, one person leads a thousand people, and his ability is naturally first-class, otherwise it is impossible to control this group of unruly guys. Originally, there were three commanders, but one was killed in the battle a few days ago, and in a hurry, he couldn't choose a person who could serve the public, so he simply divided the rest into the hands of the two.

For the rest, Li and Wang are fine, but Wang Shuwen's literary crepe name makes Li Lao Er very unhappy. Obviously, a man with five big and three rough eyes has to take a name like a showman, this is not selling dog meat on the head of a sheep! So, Li Laoer, who has a real heart and a more realistic name, consciously changed his name. The name "Wang Da Stick" is naturally more real than Wang Shuwen!

So, under the gaze of our real Li Lao Er, Wang Shuwen, whose name is not very real, slowly stood up, and a huge longbow was held in his hand, and an arrow that was three points longer than an ordinary iron arrow was placed on the bowstring.

The bow was full quickly, Wang Shuwen didn't look at it, but only sneered at the south side of the brick-covered city wall, and the long arrow broke through the air.

A cold black light pierced the evening sky, and a meteor swept less than two miles away, passing through the cracks in the diamond rubble.

"Bang!", as if exploding, the pile of bricks and gravel on the south side of the outer city wall of Yangzhou scattered in all directions.

Naturally, it wasn't a real explosion, and a Chinese character hidden deep in the rubble covered his right eye with his hands, wailing and shaking off the bricks on his body.

The huge pain made the eight-foot-tall man jump around in pain, but he couldn't run far, and the man fell to the ground with a bang.

Until the moment of confusion, the man's mind was still wondering: "How did I get discovered by the enemy?"

The rebel snipers were successfully killed, and the danger of Zhao Feng and his party was instantly reduced by half!

It's this annoying shooter, I don't know how many good players have been killed in the past few days, and the short-lived commander under Zhao Feng also died at the hands of this person.

"Rush!" Zhao Feng once again took the lead, and the guards around him held huge shields to protect the left and right.

Behind him, the rushing car and the ladder quickly rushed towards the city wall.

After such a few days of unremitting attacks by the official army day and night, the city wall of the outer city of Yangzhou has long been dilapidated, and most of the female wall has been destroyed, and the archers who have lost their cover have immediately become the live targets of the official and military archers. The two towers that were the first to be attacked were also smashed into ruins by a car after successfully delaying the officers and soldiers for a day, and the rebels in Yangzhou City had no time to repair them under the fierce fighting situation.

This time, the focus of Zhao Feng's attack was on a gap in the north of the outer city wall, which was smashed by the catapults of the official army this afternoon. In just one hour, it was only enough for the rebels in the city to fill it with a little soil.

In June next year, Ge Shuhan was defeated by thieves and closed the door, and Guozhong ridiculed Xuanzong Xingshu. Ding You, to Ma Weidun, the six armies do not advance, please punish the Yang family. So Zhu Guozhong gave the concubine to commit suicide. The chariot will be dispatched, and it will be left behind to proclaim to the people. The crowd wept and said: "Reverse Hu Beien, the Lord is sown, the ministers were born in the sundae, the world is the Tang people, I am willing to work hard to fight for the thief for the country, please recover Chang'an from the prince." Xuanzong heard this and said: "This apocalypse is also." "It is to order Gao Lishi and Shou Wang Mao to send the prince's inner man and the royal service, and leave the military stable and horses from above. Ling Lux proclaimed: "You are good to go! The people are hopeful, and they should be careful not to disobey it." Don't take me for granted. And Xirong Beidi, I taste it, the country is difficult today, it will be used, you will be reluctant!"