Li Zicheng said lightly: "Once you join the Heavenly Mandate Army, the soldiers will also have to concentrate on training, and before completing the training, it is impossible for your department to get many opportunities to fight, because, I don't want to compete with the enemy!" ”

"Competitive consumption?" Qiu Shi was puzzled, "Governor, isn't fighting just a competition and attrition?" One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither......"

"As long as there is a battle, there will be casualties among the soldiers," Li Zicheng nodded lightly and said: "But the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army are more sophisticated than other people's soldiers due to strict selection of materials and strict discipline, so the Heavenly Mandate Army fights and protects itself as much as possible while killing and injuring the enemy." ”

"Subordinates understood!" Qiu Shike's eyes were introverted, and he nodded unconsciously, "What are the subordinates going to do now?" ”

"You immediately go back to the barracks, from your soldiers, as well as the soldiers of the Lintao Guard, select five hundred soldiers from the soldiers, not to exceed the number of people, let alone lack of personnel, start training in the afternoon, remember, you only have half a day's training time now, tomorrow you must continue the eastward expedition with the army, and when the army rests, you can concentrate on training."

"Yes, my subordinates understand!"

"Five hundred households, there must be five hundred household officials, you can only be one of the hundred household officials, the remaining four hundred household officials, you can consider it first, and after I personally inspect them, they can officially become the hundred household officials of the Heavenly Mandate Army."

"Thank you, Dadu!"

"Shi Ke, go, be sure to select qualified soldiers, the Mandate of Heaven Army will never allow the existence of soldiers!"

"Yes, Metropolitan Governor," Qiu Shike wanted to get up, but he was still a little uneasy, "Metropolitan Governor, if General Tao Shen does not let his subordinates choose people from his army......"

"Tao Zhiyong is only a general of Lintaowei, not a general of my Heavenly Mandate Army," Li Zicheng smiled faintly, "Don't worry, I will summon Tao Zhiyong when I bring it back, and the rest of the soldiers will also be compiled!" ”

"The subordinates understand, and the subordinates retire!" Qiu Shike got up from the ground, saluted Li Zicheng, and then left the palace and immediately went to select soldiers.

Li Zicheng called He Xiaomi, "Let Tao Zhiyong come to see me immediately!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

He Xiaomi left the official office and immediately brought Tao Zhiyong, who was promoting the Mandate of Heaven Army along the street.

"Villain Tao Zhiyong, knock on the Metropolitan Governor!" Tao Zhiyong entered the hall and immediately bowed to the ground.

"You don't have to be polite, sit down," Li Zicheng's face was smiling, but his expression was domineering, "General, what is the future going for, have you thought about it?" ”

"The Governor of the Metropolis ......" Tao Zhiyong didn't know Li Zicheng's intentions for a while, so he had to look forward to his eyes, wanting to see some clues from Li Zicheng's face.

It seems that he is an opportunist, Li Zicheng sneered in his heart, but now is the time of war, he is unwilling to kill these soldiers with a knife, and he has no good idea for the time being, so he can only let them follow him.

After the war is over, these soldiers will be disposed of for a long time, and it is best to let them disarm and return to the fields to grow food for the Mandate of Heaven.

"After taking Lintao Mansion, I want to rectify the surrendered troops, I don't know what the general has to ask of me?"

Tao Zhiyong's eyeballs rolled for a moment, and he said slowly: "The Metropolitan Governor, the villain...... The villain wants to ...... Want...... Join the Mandate of Heaven and stay in the barracks......"

Li Zicheng had a calm face and said: "I have asked Qiu Shike to select five hundred soldiers from the Lanzhou Wei and Lintao Guards, and after a short training, they will soon go to the battlefield, and the rest of the soldiers of these two guards, there are about seven or eight hundred households, and they are temporarily controlled by you, how about it?" ”

"Thank you, little man!"

Tao Zhiyong was overjoyed, originally as a general of Lintaowei, there were actually only about ten hundred households under his subordinates, and now there are still seven or eight hundred households, and the number of people has basically not decreased much.

Although after Qiu Shike's selection, the rest are some bad soldiers, but the rotten soldiers are less capable of going to the battlefield, if they are used as auxiliaries to transport grain and grass for the main force, it is a good choice, at least the possibility of casualties is greatly reduced.

Li Zicheng's heart was full of contempt, but his face did not change color, "Your position as a general is the official position of Lintaowei, and when you arrive at the Heavenly Mandate Army, you will have to accept the system of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and like Qiu Shike, you will temporarily receive the rank of 100 households, are you willing?" ”

"This ...... The villain is willing to listen to the arrangement of the adult! Tao Zhiyong was extremely dissatisfied with the rank of 100 households, but after looking at Li Zicheng's face, he remembered that now he was surrendering to the army, and there was no room for bargaining at all.

However, these 100 household titles are really low!

"Since you have joined the Mandate of Heaven Army, you will be your own person in the future, and you don't have to be a 'villain' in front of the Governor of Honto," Li Zichengcai doesn't care what Tao Zhiyong has on his mind, such a character, after the end of the Longyou War, he must be expelled from the army, so as not to damage the name of the Mandate of Heaven Army, "Tao Baihu, these soldiers under you have not been strictly trained by the military discipline of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and they don't need to go to the battlefield for the time being, so they will serve as auxiliaries to escort grain and grass for our army!" ”

"Yes, Grand Governor, subordinates obey!" Although Tao Zhiyong was dissatisfied, how could he dare to bargain in front of Li Zicheng? Besides, Li Zicheng made him an auxiliary general, basically he didn't need to go to the battlefield, and he didn't have to fight with the army of the imperial court, which was his greatest expectation.

"Tao Baihu, I will not raid your mansion, property, and population in the city, it is still your private property," Li Zicheng's voice was a little cold, and said: "But the land that has been invaded must be taken out and redistributed, and in addition, since the date of joining the Heavenly Mandate Army, if you are any more deductible and greedy for food and wages, the military discipline of the Heavenly Mandate Army will not be merciful!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

"Tao Baihu, although your department is an auxiliary soldier, but you must also strictly abide by the military discipline, I hope that after you go back, you will carefully study the military discipline of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and I will also send you an instructor at the appropriate time to assist you in training soldiers in accordance with the way of the Mandate of Heaven Army!"

"Yes, Grand Governor, his subordinates will be strict with the soldiers!"

"That's right," Li Zicheng finally smiled, but the smile was very faint, "Tao Baihu, go down, use the afternoon time to train the soldiers well, so that they can initially master the military discipline of the Heavenly Mandate Army, even if they can't memorize it, at least they have to know the roughly!" ”

"Governor, subordinates retire!"

After Tao Zhiyong left, Li Zicheng pondered alone for a while, then left the palace with his own soldiers and walked to the street of Lintao.

The city did not fall into chaos, at least it was better than Li Zicheng imagined, maybe the people in Lintao City, in the tug-of-war between bandits and officers and soldiers, have seen a lot, and their mental ability to bear it is stronger.

The soldiers patrolled the main streets in groups of three or five, and preached the military discipline of the Mandate of Heaven to the passing people, and although there were not many people, they did not appear to be afraid when they encountered soldiers.

Although the Mandate of Heaven Army occupied Lintao City, the soldiers did not disturb the people, let alone trespass on the people's houses, but aroused their curiosity.

Some civilians even gathered around the soldiers and listened to them tell the military discipline and ideas of the Mandate of Heaven, the story of the battle between the Mandate of Heaven and the Mongols, and the future management of Lintao City.

For these people, it doesn't matter who occupies Lintao City, they don't even care at all, what they care about is whether their taxes will increase after the Heavenly Mandate Army enters the city, and whether the garrison in Lintao City will change their methods to show them food and wages like the officers and soldiers and thieves in the past.

The Mandate of Heaven has shown the people a completely different army, at least for the time being.

But the people did not fully believe the propaganda of the soldiers, and since ancient times, how could there be such an army?

Even the literati who have read books and have some insight have never heard of the existence of such an army, without food for the people, what will the soldiers eat? Without the people's money, what will they pay for their salaries?

Not many people believe that the Mandate of Heaven Army is what the soldiers propagandize, as long as they do not loot themselves into a corner, like the previous officers and soldiers and thieves, then it is a great luck, "everything is for the people", "let all the people have food, clothing, housing, and land", that is unimaginable!

However, it seems that the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven are more amiable than the officers and soldiers and thieves, and they do not look vicious......

Li Zicheng walked around the street for most of the time, and he already had a plan in his heart, the people first met the Heavenly Mandate Army, and it was already good to be able to basically accept the Heavenly Mandate Army, so that they could fully understand and trust the Heavenly Mandate Army, that was impossible, and time must be allowed to speak.

After lunch, Qiu Shike and Tao Zhiyong each went to train their subordinate soldiers, while Li Zicheng released the auxiliary soldiers of the 100th household, walked the streets and alleys, and went deep among the people to publicize the military discipline of the Mandate of Heaven Army to more people, and used the method of concentrated bombing to let the people fully understand the Mandate of Heaven Army.

The auxiliaries also asked the people to supervise the Mandate of Heaven army in the city, and if any soldier violated military discipline, he would be severely punished.

Throughout the afternoon, the city of Lintao seemed to be fried, no matter whether the people trusted the Mandate of Heaven Army or not, at least they saw that the Mandate of Heaven Army was different from the previous officers and soldiers and thieves.

Li Zicheng did not expect the people to accept the Mandate of Heaven Army immediately, as long as they had a good impression of the Mandate of Heaven Army, so that after the main force of the Mandate of Heaven Army left Lintao City, the city would not fall into panic, and it would not affect the people's farming and normal commercial activities in the city.

At night, Li Zicheng had just turned off the lights and lay down, and before he fell asleep, He Mi hurriedly entered the camp tent, "Metropolitan Governor, Liu Qianhu and Li Qianhu sent an urgent message!" ”

"Oh?" Li Zicheng rolled over and got up, "Xiaomi, palm lamp!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" He Xiaomi twisted the fire fold he was carrying, lit the lamp and candle, and the big tent was suddenly bright.

Li Zicheng took the message, unfolded it, and then frowned, as if he had encountered a rare problem.

He Xiaomi was puzzled, "the governor of the capital ......"

Li Zicheng put down the message in his hand and said: "Yunshui and Shuangxi have already won Guanshan, and ask me if my next move is to go east out of Guanshan and threaten Fengxiang and Xi'an, or to sweep away the counties to which Gongchang Mansion belongs first." ”