Chapter 22: Lectures

Early the next morning, Lin Fan got up early in the morning, and according to what he had agreed with Song Mao yesterday, he walked towards the school field in the camp with An Ning Wang Hu.

Song Mao and the others had already organized everyone to assemble in a line and waited there.

Seeing Lin Fan coming, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Your Excellency, all the soldiers of the Wuguan Inspection Department have been assembled, please give me a lecture!" ”

This is said to be a school yard, but in fact, it is a piece of open space that has been simply organized. The eyes were full of broken and muddy, far from what Lin Fan had imagined.

Lin Fan climbed the high platform made of rammed earth and dilapidated wooden planks, and looked at everyone below. He looked at the people below, and Lin Fan only felt a little headache.

I saw that these people were mainly archers, and all of them did not even have the most basic iron armor.

A set of armor is a mess of them, one by one. Whether it fits or not, it is worn on several people.

Even so, most people could only wear tattered cloth armor, and the protective iron inlaid on it was almost corroded and scattered.

This is not the worst, some soldiers even wear inferior paper armor.

Paper armor is extremely lightweight, relatively simple to make, and not as expensive as iron armor.

This armor was mainly used in the southern armies in this dynasty, and even the Ning army in Zhenhaihou was also equipped with many of them.

The protection of high-quality paper armor is not bad, especially when facing long-range weapons such as bows and arrows, it is not inferior to light armor such as leather armor.

However, the inferior armor worn by the soldiers of the inspection department is shoddy for the sake of profit. It's just that it looks like it's on the outside, but it's almost defenseless.

Not only the armor, but even the bows and arrows equipped by the soldiers were mostly inferior wooden bows, which looked to be some years old, and were not much better than the wooden bows made by the hunters in the mountains. As for daily maintenance, it may be inferior.

Melee weapons such as swords, guns, swords, and halberds are even more rusty, the kind that seem to break when touched.

In addition to the equipment, it can also be seen that in order to leave a good impression on Lin Fan, under Song Mao's command and arrangement, they have tried their best to stand in the best queue. However, it still looks crooked.

Even if the queue is not good, those people are even more angry, loose and listless, yawning, as if they haven't woken up.

All in all, the whole team was missing a spirit.

Looking at these people in the audience, Lin Fan was not surprised at all by what happened to the first two inspection envoys.

How can such a group of people have combat effectiveness? The falling flowers and flowing water that are not beaten by others are really ghosts.

Lin Fan was not the only one who had a headache, and the soldiers of the inspection department were also a little surprised to see him on stage.

Song Mao obviously didn't follow the ordinary soldiers below the team, they didn't expect Lin Fan to be so young.

Such a young person has become his own superior, and many people's first reaction is actually unconvinced.

"Why let a stinky yellow-haired boy climb on the heads of the old men?" This is the real idea in the minds of many people.

The sergeants kept talking and talking in the audience, and the scene was noisy.

There were even some soldiers who stared at the young man on the stage with interest, pointing at him, waiting for him to make a fool of himself.

Now Lin Fan and these people below are really tired of each other, Lin Fan took in everything in the audience, and inadvertently frowned.

He knew his disadvantages, and he also knew the concerns of the sergeants, and if he were to be himself, he would not be at ease with a young hairy boy being his boss.

Lin Fan looked at the noisy school field like a bazaar, and didn't drink the noise below; His expression was serious, and he quietly looked around at them.

Now Lin Fan is no longer just the gentleman boy when he was in Jiangyuan Town! Along the way, although the time is short, there are many thrills, and the growth that blood and killing have brought to Lin Fan is unprecedented.

At this time, in Lin Fan's gaze, there was even a trace of murderous aura surging, and at this time, he didn't mind using the means of killing to make an example to deter the people below.

Xu was shocked by Lin Fan's strict killing machine, and everywhere Lin Fan's eyes looked, everyone couldn't help but quiet down. After Lin Fan looked around for a week, the entire school field was silent!

At this time, Lin Fan spoke, and he spoke slowly and in a deep voice, his tone was indescribably cold! "What! You've all said it? Bunnies who can only run away! ”

As soon as Lin Fan's words came out, there was an uproar below, and the crowd was excited, and they couldn't wait to come up and cut him down one by one.

Even Song Mao and a few other people who took the lead didn't look very good-looking, and they didn't know where Lin Fan heard this.

Lin Fan looked coldly at the scene of chaos in the audience, it seemed that he had offended everyone as soon as he came.

With a thud, the sword in Lin Fan's waist came out of its sheath directly, directly penetrating the plank under his feet, and nailed it to the rammed earth below.

Everyone didn't expect Lin Fan to suddenly come to this hand, on the high platform, the bright sword body reflected a cold light, and the killing machine was awe-inspiring. Everyone was stunned on the spot, and suddenly fell silent.

"What, not convinced? Then show your strength and shut me up! I know what you're worried about! You're worried about how this young over-the-top little guy on stage is leading us? And why should the brothers give him their lives? And who knows if he will take his brothers to their deaths? ”

Lin Fan breathed a deep sigh of relief, and then said, "Are you saying that what I said is right? Now, I'll tell you why the imperial court sent me to be this inspector! ”

Lin Fan sneered and sneered loudly: "That's because the court doesn't believe you, because you have been defeated repeatedly and are embarrassed; Because as soon as you arrived at the battle, you fled faster than rabbits, and even abandoned your superiors and killed two inspectors. ”

"The imperial court does not believe that you deserters have the ability to quell the bandits in the entire Yongyang County, and does not believe that you can protect the territory and the people, and maintain the peace of one side."

"Because I don't believe it, no one in the court wants to come. Because no one wants to give their lives to your group of defeated soldiers, and no one wants to repeat the mistakes of the first two inspectors and throw their lives here! ”

"So, don't complain to me about any court injustice here! Could it be that the nickname of the rabbit that escaped was also given to you by the imperial court? This nickname is not only a humiliation for you by outsiders, but also what you have been doing all along, so that you can't hold your head up! No wonder no one else! ”

Lin Fan stared at them with dead eyes, and everyone lowered their heads in shame. Maybe some people still don't think so, but under this general trend, at least no one dares to touch this mold on the bright side.

Lin Fan looked down at everyone in the audience and continued: "Looking at the way you are now, it means that you are not really hopeless!" That's why I'm here! ”

"Because I believe! I believe that you did not leave the cowardice of your own flight as soon as there was a fight; I believe that you are not just greedy for life and afraid of death; I'm sure you won't want to win. And, I'm sure you can win! That's why I came here! Brothers, because I believe in you! ”

When Song Mao heard this, he understood that he would take the lead in making a statement no matter what.

He knelt on the ground with a puff of thought, choked up with a crying voice, and said, "Thank you for your trust, your subordinates will definitely follow your lord to the death!" Never give up! ”

When the rest of the people saw Song Mao take the lead and knelt down, they all knelt down in an uproar, and shouted in unison: "The subordinates must swear to follow the lord to the death!" Never give up! ”

Lin Fan didn't stop him, his eyes swept the audience. He looked at the kneeling soldiers, and after a moment he said, "Brothers, get up!" You must know that neither the court nor I need you to kneel, but to stand up upright! ”

"Yes, sir! My subordinates believe that adults will be able to lead us to do it! Song Mao said passionately with tears in his eyes. Lead the sergeants to their feet.

Everyone stared at Lin Fan together. His words touched the deepest buried longing in the hearts of the sergeants, which was a desire for victory.

Many of them are no longer resigned to their fate and carelessness. On the contrary, an unprecedented light burst out from my heart, the kind of light called hope!

Lin Fan looked at everyone's expressions again, and continued: "Hehe! Having said that! I know there are still some of you who don't believe in my ability to lead you to shame. There are even some people who are willing to fall, thinking that our inspection department is neither a soldier nor a civilian, and it is okay to investigate and arrest thieves; If we go to suppress bandits, we are not a formal official army, and it is natural that our combat effectiveness is low. ”

"Huh! You say, "Am I right?" But, in your hearts, can't we even beat a small bandit? Or are we inherently deserved to be looked down upon? ”

"Brothers! No, the more they look down on us, the more we have to make an appearance to show them! ”

"You say, 'Why do they look down on us?' Is it because the equipment is better than ours? If so, that's good! I personally went to the county seat to find Mr. Gao, and I went to the county to ask for you, to beg! If you can't do it in the county, go to the state capital, and you must ask them to give us new armor and weapons. From now on, what the officers and soldiers have, we will have, or even better than them! ”

"What else? You said they trained more than us, so they are better than us! Then now you look at these two people around me, let me introduce you first, the two of them are An Ning and Wang Hu! ”

"As for the two of them, you'll know later; You have to remember that from today onwards, they will be in charge of everyone's training. If any of you are not convinced, you can go down and try the two of them, and if you win, it is not impossible to let you be an instructor! ”

"And besides! Pick it up! Lin Fan asked someone to come up with a tray.

"Do you know what this is? This is a silver ticket of five hundred taels! Starting from this month, our inspection department will hold a competition every month. Led by the team, each team must participate, and the team that gets the first place will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. ”

"As for what you have won, how will you divide the money? Don't ask me, you have the final say! ”

"In addition to the squad competition, there is also an individual competition. Anyone who thinks that he is superior in martial arts can participate, and the first place will also be rewarded with ten taels of silver. In addition, the team or individual who wins the most times each year can also be given priority promotion. ”

"How, do you want this money? If you want to, go for it! I don't believe it, we're going to be worse than everyone else! ”

Ten taels of silver is by no means a small amount of money for ordinary soldiers in the Inspection Division. The food and salary of the inspection department is not as good as that of the official officials and soldiers of the imperial court, and this money is almost equivalent to the military salary of ordinary soldiers in the inspection department for a year.

This money can be said to be very tempting to them, so as soon as Lin Fan's words fell, the cheers of the soldiers rang out. One higher than the other, one higher than the other.

The cheers passed through the barracks of the inspection department and spread into the distance, alarming several cattle herding babies who were herding cattle.

They glanced curiously in the direction of the Inspection Division, not understanding what was happening. However, in view of the unpleasant reputation of the inspection department in the past, they were afraid that something would happen, and hurried the cattle home.

Lin Fan waved his hand to stop everyone's momentum of continuing the carnival, and said with a smile: "Everyone remembered what I said just now?" But I'll put the ugly things in front of me, and I'm not just doing these things to give people money, but to win battles. ”

"In the future, I don't want to hear the nickname of the runaway rabbit again, whether in training or on the battlefield, if anyone dares to give me greed for life and fear of death, slippery and slippery! Don't blame me for being unkind, when the military law comes, I don't want to be stained with the blood of my brothers, you must not force me! ”

Everyone was a little frightened by Lin Fan's bloody words, and they didn't know how to respond for a while.

Song Mao, the deputy inspection envoy, was also stunned for a moment, and only after coming back to his senses did he say: "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates know that my lord's hard work is for our good!" Subordinates must take the lead bravely to report to the adults! ”

Everyone else also reacted at this time, and they all followed Song Mao to salute, but they were a little more sincere than just now.

Lin Fan asked them to get up and said slowly: "Let's all get up!" Just remember! Alright, let's all disperse! Brother Song, tell the kitchen, cook more delicious food today, and treat the brothers! ”

"Yes, sir!" Song Mao said.

"Quick, the adults said that they were all gone, and besides, let's eat more meat today!"

When everyone heard Song Mao say this, they all laughed, and they all dispersed.

Lin Fan's eyelids jumped when he saw this, but he didn't say anything!