At the end of March of the ninth year of Chongzhen, the small Yunyang Mansion was overcast, and both the officials and the rogues were worried all the time, because no one knew when the next big war would suddenly break out.

Because of entering Sichuan in time, Zhao Dangshi was lucky to escape the impact of the consecutive defeats on both sides of Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng, and his power continued unabated. But now, integrated into the camp, all actions must be subject to the unified instructions of the superiors, and Zhao Dangshi does not know what kind of impact the next development will have on himself and even Zhao Jian. A kind of sorrow that pervades his heart these days.

After resting for a few days, during this period, King Qi did not come to harass and provoke again, and also sent some armor to the camp as a funding, and Zhao Dangshi grabbed some homeless people to fill the army, and the soldiers who were originally lost in Shizhouwei were slowly replenished and recovered.

Before entering Sichuan, when there were only 500 people, Zhao Dangshi attached great importance to the training of the troops, and the war was endless in the future, but as long as he had time to take a breath, he would not delay the military training of the soldiers for a moment. For training, he doesn't need to do everything himself, but only puts forward two requirements for Hou Dagui, Xu Hui and others, that is, simple and practical.

The soldiers of the Zhao Battalion come from a large number of different sources, and the innate qualities of each person are not the same, relying on a small number of elite people alone has no great effect on the overall operation, and all the soldiers can be neat and uniform, and the coordination of advance and retreat is the top priority. In ancient times, there were rules for the training of soldiers, and Xu Hui was very good at training. After Zhao Dangshi discussed with him, he eliminated the chaff and kept the essence, simplified it as much as possible, and set a preliminary method of military training, trying to ensure that every soldier can quickly master the skills. Facts have proven that this method of training troops is effective.

Under the premise that individual soldiers can quickly master the skills, if they want to give full play to their greatest power, they must be allowed to pass the golden drum and give clear orders, so as to prohibit them on the fly and act in a moderate manner. Zhao Dangshi put a lot of effort into training in this area. However, the soldiers of Zhao Ying's department, except for the hundreds of people who were asked from Li Zicheng before entering Sichuan, were veteran soldiers who were good at fighting, and the rest were homeless, some were defeated troops, and later there were stick thieves and so on. It is really difficult to expect these undisciplined and low-quality soldiers to master the pace and cooperate in a unified manner in a short period of time.

But fortunately, Zhao Dangshi was lucky.

First of all, these people are not a one-time joining, but are constantly absorbed in the flow, so there are hundreds of veterans to lay the foundation, Zhao Ying along the way, each period, the ratio of veterans to recruits has maintained a close to a reasonable level, and there will be no serious decline in the combat effectiveness of the troops because of too many recruits.

Secondly, except for the little red wolf in Hanzhong, Zhao Ying's opponent's strength has always been within an acceptable range. The quality of the stick thieves in Sichuan is extremely low, and they are not trained at all, and they are far worse than the rogue thieves in Shaanxi and Henan, so it is very suitable to train with this kind of enemy and accumulate actual combat experience. Later, although he encountered Luo Shangwen and other officers and soldiers with strong combat power, Zhao Dangshi did not fight in waves. Since Hou Dagui's defeat in the field battle, he has always adopted a conservative combat method, focusing on elastic defense. In this way, even though there were still heavy casualties at the beginning, it was not bad at all, and most of the troops were still preserved.

In the end, it has to be attributed to the desperate training of Xu Hui, Hou Dagui and others. All along, the Zhao camp has always been in danger, in this situation, no one wants to be restrained, everyone took out the strength to spur the training of the imperial soldiers. Coupled with the continuous combat and the accumulation of combat experience, on the day of the confrontation with the Shi Yan soldiers, the Zhao battalion could only be called able to fight.

Most of the elite soldiers came out of nine deaths, although Zhao Ying is not the elite, but at least the cohesion and combat effectiveness have surpassed the vast majority of miscellaneous rogues. Zhao Dangshi is good at reducing combat costs and has a strong ability to adapt to changes, so under his leadership, Zhao Ying has never been seriously hit. Therefore, this group of nearly 6,000 troops who came out of the river in blood can now become the confidence for his words and the backing for his actions.

The weather has been fine in the past few days, and there has been no movement on King Chuang's side, Zhao Dangshi felt that thinking too much was in vain, so he pressed his mind, put down foreign affairs, and focused on internal affairs

For a period of time, in addition to sleeping in his big tent, Zhao Dangshi went to the open space east of the camp the most, because Hou Dagui and other generals often took soldiers to train here, and he could find the deficiencies while observing and improving them. After eating this morning, he paced over as usual, and happened to run into Hao Shaoqi and Qin Jinxiao.

There were not many people in the clearing, only dozens of junior officers who were under a hundred in general, and they were like ordinary soldiers, who were neatly arranged under orders and followed the instructions. At the beginning, Zhao Dangshi set up the most important training rules, which was to require military generals at all levels as leaders to not be half a point worse than the soldiers in terms of training intensity, except for Hou Dagui, Xu Hui, Guo Hutou and other middle and high-level military officials who could be slightly lenient because of the complexity of military affairs, other military generals were strictly forbidden to relax. Because he was accustomed to it, Zhao Dangshi hated the corruption and degeneration of the leadership. There is no iron-blooded leader, where is the iron-blooded army? He can't control what happens in the future, at least for now, he won't allow generals to start being lazy because of their promotion.

Qin Jinxiao's loyal road soldiers are very good in personal bravery, which has attracted the admiration and envy of many generals in the Zhao camp, and Hao Shaoqi is no exception.

In terms of force, there are almost no opponents in Zhao Yingli who can match Hao Shaoqi, and he thinks very highly of himself at the beginning and is quite arrogant. But after fighting again and again, he gradually found that his own strength alone was really useless for the improvement of the combat level of his soldiers. He watched Guo Hutou, Yang Zhaofeng and others slowly climb up from the lower floor step by step, so that they stood side by side with him, no matter how big his heart was, he was also a little shocked, and began to reflect on his defects and disadvantages in controlling soldiers and horses in the past.

Zhao Dangshi doesn't care on the surface, the wind is light, but in fact, he observes the changes of every general in the battalion all the time. People will change, he firmly believes this, Yang Chengfu can still change his face because of the touch, why can't Hao Shaoqi? But looking at his previous performances, there is nothing outstanding, but Zhao Dangshi believes that this person can leave a mark in history, and he is by no means a mediocre person, just look at his current conscious request to Qin Jin for filial piety to coach soldiers, which shows that he is still a malleable talent.

Hao Shaoqi and Qin Jinxiao were engrossed in training, and Zhao Dangshi didn't want to disrupt their drill because of his uninvited guest, so he stood for a while and left quietly.

Not long after going around at will, Zhao Dangshi wondered if he should go to visit Lou Niang. Her son changed his name and surname, and in front of all the generals, he worshiped himself as his father-in-law, and became Zhao Yuanzai. After getting along these days, Zhao Dangshi found that his righteous son was very smart, and his temperament was very similar to himself, and he liked it even more, so he was very concerned about Lou Niang's situation, so he wanted to see her current situation.

He walked briskly for a while, and when he was about to reach the rear division of the middle camp, he thought of Zhang Miaobai and Qin Shilu again, and couldn't help but hesitate, the two of them were also arranged in the rear division, and somehow, his footsteps were actually stopped like this.

For this kind of situation, Zhao Dangshi used to scoff at it, but when he really became the party concerned, he had no choice but to find that at this moment, he couldn't help but fall into a situation where there was little wind and clouds and more love for children. The previous killing decisions, in front of the two women, couldn't be used at all. It's not that he's scared, it's that he hasn't figured out how to deal with it yet.

The camp tent was in sight, but he wandered and couldn't make up his mind. At this time, a team of patrolling soldiers passed by, and when the person in front saw Zhao Dangshi, he hurriedly saluted and said, "My subordinates have seen all the envoys." ”

Zhao Dangshi glanced at him, a little familiar, but he couldn't remember his name. The man seemed to see Zhao Dangshi's difficulties, and took the initiative to say: "Envoy, subordinate Bai Wang, is on duty in shifts today, supervising and patrolling the defense and preparation work in the camp. ”

"Oh, yes, yes." As soon as Zhao Dangshi was reminded, he immediately remembered it. Speaking of this Bai Wang, Li Zicheng transferred the old brothers among his 500 people from the head of each battalion, with an ordinary appearance and a low-key personality, but he fought bravely, and in the past few months, he has been promoted to the top 100 because of his merits, and now he is working under Hou Dagui.

Bai Wang said hello, and was about to lead the troops to say goodbye, but after walking two steps, he suddenly remembered something, turned back to Zhao Dangshi and said: "All envoys, Shicai's subordinates passed by the big tent of the Chinese army, and saw Bai Jiang waiting outside the tent, and it seemed that he had something to look for." ”

Zhao Dangshi asked, "What did he say?" ”

His subordinates asked him, but he didn't reveal much, and only asked his subordinates to inform him if they met an envoy on the road. His subordinates looked at him uneasy, and he should have something important. ”

Zhao Dangshi listened to it and secretly wondered. It's been a few days since Bai Jiaolong went out to investigate, and if there was a situation, it should have been reported a long time ago, how could it be delayed until today? After Bai Wang and the others walked away, he completely lost the idea of going to the back office, and walked back to the big tent without stopping.

When he arrived outside the tent, there was no one there, and in his doubts, a figure flashed out of the corner and said, "My subordinates have seen all the envoys." "It's the White Dragon.

Zhao Dangshi glanced at him, saw that his eyebrows were gloomy, and his expression was really different, so he didn't say much, he first withdrew his guards and talked to him.

As soon as he arrived inside, before Zhao Dangshi could ask, Bai Jiaolong's knees weakened and he fell straight to his knees.

"You, what are you doing here?" Zhao Dangshi said this, but he didn't help him. Bai Jiaolong is known as a tough guy, and he didn't look like this when he beheaded He Shihui that day, he couldn't say it, it must have been a very important matter, "If there is a situation, just say it." ”

"A subordinate is a capital offense!" Bai Jiaolong gritted his teeth and said first, and then "bang, bang" knocked three heads heavily, and blood came out of his forehead.

"It's not up to you to decide whether the death penalty is a death penalty or not." Zhao Dang snorted coldly, turned around and sat down on the top chair, his eyes were like knives, which made people shudder.

Seeing Bai Jiaolong walking to the front on his knees, with endless pain on his face, Zhao Dangshi couldn't stand it, and frowned: "What's wrong?" Straight to say, don't mother-in-law. ”

Bai Jiaolong said prostrately: "Liu Weiming wants to rebel." ”

When Zhao Dangshi heard this, he stood up in shock and said, "You say it again!" ”

Two tears were left on Bai Jiaolong's cheeks, and he said again in a wailing voice: "Liu Weiming rebelled, his subordinates didn't know people, and he actually introduced such wolves for Zhao Ying, and the crime should be military law." ”

Zhao Dangshi quickly stabilized his mind after being shocked, and ordered: "You and Liu Weiming brought troops to join the army, it is not recommended by you, there is no need to take the blame here." Rise up and tell me what happened. ”

Bai Jiaolong refused to live or die, and Zhao Dangshi persuaded him several times to no avail, so he could only kneel and speak.

"The subordinates were ordered to go out to investigate the military situation a few days ago, and when they returned after reporting yesterday, Liu Weiming asked someone to invite him, saying that he had prepared wine and food in the tent. Military discipline in the camp, you can't drink without a reward, and your subordinates don't want to go, but they can't stand Liu Weiming's strong invitation. I know that he and I have been brothers for many years, and it is not good to save face......"

Zhao Dangshi waved his hand and said, "I know this, don't worry about this matter for now, you go on." ”

"At Liu Weiming's place, his subordinates were uneasy, and they didn't dare to drink more or stay longer. Ben saw that he had nothing important to do, so he wanted to leave. Unexpectedly, Liu Weiming grabbed his subordinates at this time and said something. ”

"What?"

The specific subordinates couldn't repeat it, in short, he scolded him first...... The envoy scolded Mr. Hou Qian and Mr. Xu Qian, and then said that he had connected with the sweeping king, and he would abandon Zhao Ying and join the past. ”

"Sweeper?"

"Yes. His subordinates didn't believe it at first, but when they heard his swearing, they couldn't help but believe it. I think about it, how powerful I am Zhao Ying, I know Liu Weiming's temperament, no matter how bold he is, he doesn't dare to say this kind of thing casually, and there is a way out of ten to really retreat. ”

"What do you say?"

At this time, Bai Jiaolong's whole body trembled slightly, and he didn't know whether he was scared or excited: "My subordinates have received great favors, and they will not agree." But at that time, the subordinates caught a glimpse of the figure outside the tent flickering, and knew that Liu Weiming had already laid an ambush, maybe as soon as the word 'no' came out, his subordinates would hack him to death with a knife, and they would not be able to come here again. After a pause, he secretly observed Zhao Dangshi's face, and then continued, "Therefore, my subordinates temporarily agreed to cooperate and made a bloody alliance with him, so that they were able to escape." ”

Zhao Dangshi's face was pale, and after listening to him, he didn't say anything after thinking about it for a long time. Bai Jiaolong's face turned purple, and he didn't dare to say a word, so he bowed his head and knelt down.

When the catastrophe came, they flew separately, although Bai Jiaolong and Liu Weiming have been old brothers for many years, their choices are different. Seeing Bai Jiaolong's performance like this, Zhao Dangshi would not think that his words were lying. On the contrary, he had heard Liu Weiming's complaints on weekdays, but he didn't expect Liu Weiming to become so fast. People's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, Zhao Dangshi thinks that he has done the best treatment of Liu Weiming, and he is no longer satisfied, he can only say that he is too greedy.

The foreign aid that Liu Weiming is looking for is the king of neatness, and Zhao Dangshi will not be so worried. However, although the Zhao camp is strong, it is only a few thousand in the end, and it is unrealistic to block the sweeping king with the most powerful troops.

"How did Liu Weiming get on with the sweeping king?" Bai Jiaolong's head was a mess, looking at the ground sluggishly, and he was in a trance, Zhao Dangshi suddenly asked.

"This, this subordinate does not know. Liu Weiming only said that he had a connection with the sweeping king, and he was very strict in other aspects, and he couldn't hear anything about the truth. ”

Zhao Dangshi was silent, and as he expected, Yunyang Liukou moved his whole body, thinking that he had just offended a small nine dragons, but now, even the sweeping king was alarmed.