On the evening of the same day, Chen Dajin and Yan Siyin looked at Liu Renyu's face, and did not ridicule Huaiqing for being attacked by thieves at the banquet, and blamed a group of civil and military officials in Shanxi, because they ate this meal very well in the evening.

After eating wine and dinner that night, Xu Dingchen considered that it was late and Liu Renyu and others were tired from the journey, so he asked Liu Renyu and other generals to live in their own mansions, but Liu Renyu resolutely shirked on the grounds that he had to return to the barracks to sit in town.

Xu Dingchen felt that Liu Renyu's move could be regarded as sharing weal and woe with the soldiers, so he agreed, but he stressed to Liu Renyu that he must go to the governor's yamen early tomorrow morning to discuss the encirclement and suppression of the thieves, and Liu Renyu casually said that he would come on time at seven o'clock in the morning.

As soon as Liu Renyu said this, Xu Dingchen suddenly had some doubts, Liu Renyu immediately changed his words and said that at the end of the day, the first time of the hour, Xu Dingchen nodded and signaled that he knew.

Chen Dajin and Yan Siyin, the two fathers-in-law, were both supervising the army, so they naturally wanted to attend the meeting, so they also agreed to hold a meeting at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning to discuss the plan to suppress the thieves.

Liu Renyu, who was a little drunk, and his generals said goodbye to Xu Dingchen, Chen Dajin, Yan Siyin, Cao Wenzhao and others, and then left the city and returned to their military camp.

They came out of the city and walked for a while in the direction of their own military camp, when they suddenly heard a voice: "Who is coming?" Then he saw a group of horsemen with torches rushing towards him, and surrounded him and the others.

"Who's coming? Good question, Liu Renyu, the chief soldier of Yansui. Liu Renyu knew at a glance that it was his own horse, so he replied with some jokingness.

"I don't know if the big marshal is going back to the barracks, and the little ones are waiting for the marshal to ask the marshal to forgive his sins." Only then did the Jingbian Fort army see clearly, it turned out to be their own commander, and now they were embarrassed, so they naturally hurriedly apologized.

"Oh, my good sons, what are your crimes, think of that thief, if you take a knife and a gun, you are a thief, and if you lose a knife and gun, you are a people, and you are out of nowhere, it is difficult to ensure that there are no thieves in this Taiyuan City, I am very happy that you are so cautious, who is your team?" Liu Renyu asked the captain of the team with a smile.

"If you go back to the marshal, the small ones are the cavalry under General Liu Renjie and Liu, and they are on duty at night." The captain replied.

"Oh, it turned out to be your subordinates, it's good, reward them well," Liu Renyu turned his head and said to Liu Renjie with a smile.

"Yes, Marshal." Liu Renjie saw that his subordinates were doing things neatly, so he also gained a little face, and he agreed to be very neat.

"Big marshal, don't dare to ask for this kind of reward, the little ones are all done in accordance with the requirements of the infantry army's discipline, this is all the rules, do things according to the rules, it is not a great achievement, not an inch of merit, how can you receive the reward, please take back your life." When the captain saw that Liu Renyu wanted to reward himself without saying a word, his first reaction was not to thank him happily, but to sing such a play.

"Dashuai, the small ones have not made any achievements, and they dare not accept your reward, so please take back your life." The eleven members of the captain's command said in unison.

"Yohe, the soldiers of our family are really good, and they all have their own independent opinions. Okay, I'll listen to you, if I don't reward you, you will be on duty at night and guard the perimeter cordon for my army, how about it? Liu Renyu said with a smile.

"Yes, Marshal." The captain first replied loudly, then raised his chest and shouted to his men: "Sons, go to the night for the commander." ”

"Yes, captain, go on night duty for the commander." The captain's men all responded, and went straight on patrol.

"Hey, interesting, let's go."

Liu Renyu then took his subordinates along the way, passing through five clear posts, five secret posts, and two trenches before returning to his own Chinese army tent.

"Marshal, what do you think of the defense arrangement of this barracks?" Li Jiye asked Liu Renyu with a smile.

"Vice Marshal Li, you didn't say that the defense you arranged was solid, even a few of us walked in so troublesome, if the enemy wants to come in, I'm afraid that there is not even a door, this town is very satisfied." Liu Renyu replied to Li Jiye with a smile.

"Dashuai, it's good if you're satisfied." Li Jiye said with a smile.

"That's it, gentlemen, it's not early today, let's rest first, and tomorrow we'll go and discuss with them how to suppress the thief." Liu Renyu commanded his subordinates.

"Yes, Marshal." The generals of Jingbian Fort agreed, and then went back to rest.

Early in the morning of the second day, that is, at five o'clock in the morning, before the sky was dark, the Jingbian Fort Army lit a bonfire to illuminate the temporary school yard in accordance with the usual practice, and began to exercise in earnest.

The training method of the Jingbianbao army was still so unique, and by the time they practiced until half past six, the sky was already numb, and the Ming officers and men on duty in Taiyuan City found that the newly arrived Shaanxi Army not far from the city was training early in the morning, so they watched it with great interest for a long time.

If when they first started watching, they still had a bit of curiosity in it, and after they watched it for a long time, the admiration in their hearts could no longer be suppressed.

Damn, no wonder they are the strongest army in Shaanxi, and they have never suffered defeat since they became an army, and the amount of training in almost an hour is almost enough to catch up with their training volume in a month.

Liu Renyu, Li Jiye and other generals trained with their subordinates for a while, shook their spirits, finished their muscles and bones, and then took a few entourages and went straight to the governor's yamen in Taiyuan City.

The generals of the Jingbianbao Army all have pocket watches in their arms, and the time can be accurately located, Liu Renyu said that it is better to arrive at 7 o'clock in the morning, and it is better to arrive 15 minutes earlier according to the convention, so he and his subordinates arrived at the Shanxi governor's yamen at 6:45 in the morning.

However, when they arrived at the Yamen of the Shanxi Governor and prepared to hold a meeting on the matter of suppressing thieves immediately, they found that except for Xu Dingchen, who had a strong sense of responsibility and had already gotten up and waited for them in the Rijian Hall, the rest of the people had not yet arrived in the Rijian Hall.

said that it was seven o'clock, and it was normal that the other generals had not yet arrived, after all, as long as they were on time, and Xu Dingchen appeared in the Rijian Hall early, but Liu Renyu was not very surprised, because Shanxi was his Xu Dingchen's land, and he Xu Dingchen didn't worry about it, so who else could worry about it.

"Xu Junmen really got up early! Yesterday the time set for discussing the suppression of the thieves was seven o'clock, that is, at the end of the hour, at the beginning of the hour, why did the other officials, colleagues and the two fathers-in-law not arrive, but you arrived here early. Liu Renyu and his generals first greeted Xu Dingchen, and then Liu Renyu smiled and said to Xu Dingchen.

"This court is the governor of Shanxi, and it is responsible for guarding the land and suppressing thieves, how can it not be hard, but Liu Zongzhen and your generals also came so early, and this court is really surprised." Xu Dingchen retorted and praised Liu Renyu.

"Xu Junmen, our army will get up at five o'clock in the morning, that is, at the beginning of the day, and the last general and others will also follow the soldiers to drill, and then come to you to discuss the matter of the thief." Liu Renyu replied.

"Yes, this court heard that your men and horses started the drill early in the morning, and the practice was very hard, but this court would like to ask you, do you Jingbian Fort military drill every three days, or every five days?" Xu Dingchen heard that the soldiers on duty at the head of the city saw the Jingbian Fort army training early in the morning, and he asked casually out of curiosity.

When Liu Renyu heard this, he couldn't help but show a meaningful smile, and said with a smile: "Xu Junmen, if our army is not fighting, it will be a drill every day, and the time of the drill is two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon, every day, never stopping. ”

"Mr. Liu's words are true!?" When Xu Dingchen heard this, his eyes suddenly widened, and he closed his mouth in surprise for a long time.

"How dare the last general deceive Xu Junmen, our soldiers practice every day, naturally they are strong and strong, even if they are wearing three layers of heavy armor, they can walk freely, and they are also skilled in killing the enemy in front of the battle, so that they can win all battles, Xu Junmen, don't you say?" Liu Renyu didn't want to be modest anymore when he got to this point, so he said what was in his heart very directly.

"The soldiers and horses under Mr. Liu's headquarters are actually wearing three layers of heavy armor, this, how is this possible? Our soldiers here are extremely poor, and they are almost out of clothes, and your Jingbian Fort Army still has three layers of armor! Xu Dingchen became more and more surprised at this time.

"Junmen, do you know, now the imperial court has some financial difficulties, the soldiers led by the last general, the food and salary are all self-raised, and the last general has no way, so he can only use the methods learned in Taixi, to build carriages, glass mirrors, soap, and reinforced concrete, so as to raise so many subordinates." Liu Renyu replied.

"It turns out that the four-wheeled carriage that is all the rage in Taiyuan now, glass mirrors and soap are the products of Liu Zongzhen, so it's no wonder that Liu Zongzhen you have silver to raise the army, no wonder they can perform every day without mutiny, alas, it's good to have money!" Xu Dingchen saw that a military general could have so much money, but he was always in a situation where he had no money to use, and he couldn't help but be a little discouraged and couldn't raise his interest in doing things.

"Dare to ask the military gate, why sigh?" Liu Renyu asked.

"Liu Zongzhen didn't know, this hospital took over the burden of the governor of Shanxi from the hands of the Song army, and originally planned to do his best to suppress the thieves, who knew that as soon as he came, he encountered the soldiers asking for wages, and the hospital went to the treasury to see, it was empty, and he couldn't get the money anyway, and those soldiers were not good, so they only said that they couldn't see the money, so they went to the thieves.

This court had no choice but to send people to collect additional taxes, planning to put away the next three years, it was this method that was used to reluctantly pay the silver of the official army in my Shanxi to suppress thieves, and now Liu Zongzhen's army has arrived, and there are as many as 5,000 soldiers alone, but this salary and silver this hospital does not know where to get it. Xu Dingchen originally thought that there were only a few thousand people in the Jingbian Fort Army, but he didn't think that the other party would come with more than 10,000 people, and this food and salary was really not enough, so he said this.

Liu Renyu listened to Xu Dingchen's words, and smiled indifferently: "Xu Junmen must not worry, the last general has always brought his own grain, grass and military salary to fight with his troops, and the last general brought troops to Shanxi this time, no matter how long he fought, he did not need Shanxi to provide military pay and food, the last general said this, can the military gate be satisfied?" ”

This is really a send-off! How could Xu Dingchen not be happy.

"Mr. Liu's words are true!?" Xu Dingchen's tone changed, and he asked urgently.

"If you say half a lie, you are willing to accept military law!" Liu Renyu said with a smile.

"Good, good, good, Hong Zhishuai is really blessed, with a cadre like you as an arm, no wonder the thieves in Shaanxi are all pacified, even Lin Dan Khan is deflated, good, good, now my people in Shanxi are blessed." Xu Dingchen felt that there was no need to levy more taxes, which was really a blessing for the people, so he smiled very happily.