With the help of the Wei family, more than 1,000 soldiers outside the city finally pretended to be a caravan and entered the city smoothly, and Scar, another commander of the Shenwu Army, also came to meet Zhao Fan with the beard.

As the name suggests, a long scar slashes half of his face, at first glance, it is very scary, especially when he laughs, if he sees it in the middle of the night, it may be able to scare children into crying.

But this guy is definitely a ruthless character, according to the bearded man, the scar on Scar's face was left when he fought with the Yellow Nest bandits, and in that battle this guy led a team of 100 people to fight with the 800 bandits for two hours, and wiped out the enemy army alive, and Scar, as one of the few survivors of that battle, the scar on his face became his souvenir.

Looking at the more than 1,000 soldiers in the compound, although they were a little malnourished and had yellow muscles and thin muscles, they still straightened their waists one by one, and their eyes were like torches to accept their own review, Zhao Fan suddenly felt a little emotional.

Compared with the aristocratic troops and young master army of the Shence Army, Zhao Fan obviously appreciated the ragtag army in the eyes of everyone in front of him, and in them, he felt an indomitable momentum, which was definitely not produced by exercise, but by fighting with real swords and guns on the battlefield.

In fact, those soldiers who can't keep up with the rhythm have long been eliminated in battles, and the rest are veterans who are physically strong enough and have a certain sense of fighting.

In the communication with the bearded man, Zhao Fan learned that the Shenwu Army was not a descendant force, although the Shenwu Army in the early years was also one of the six armies of the Northern Ya and was part of the Praetorian Guard, but after the Anshi Rebellion, the Shenwu Army gradually lost its status and became a marginal role.

After the downfall, the Shenwu Army began their difficult road of survival, although the establishment has not been completely abolished, but they have been completely reduced to a marginal army, facing various problems such as incomplete establishment, shortage of personnel, lack of materials, incomplete equipment, and insufficient food and salary.

But it is such a force, after the Huangchao Uprising, it actually broke out in adversity with amazing combat effectiveness, repeatedly winning more with less, and playing the demeanor of a Tang Dynasty soldier, I don't know how many people who were originally going to watch jokes were shocked.

It's a pity that the Shenwu Army's outstanding military exploits did not change their situation, but once put them in a worse situation, the Shenwu Army was not defeated by the enemy on the battlefield, but was almost buried in the hands of colleagues, as the so-called tree shows in the forest, the wind will urge it, after a series of political struggles, the Shenwu Army has also become a victim of it.

Even General Lin Shouren, the commander of the Shenwu Army, led the pro-guard army to die bravely when covering the retreat of Zhao Fan's cheap brother, otherwise Zhao Fan really wanted to meet this heroic figure.

He suddenly remembered his cheap brother Tang Xizong, why did Xizong leave him this miscellaneous army in the eyes of others, instead of the central force of the Shence Army? Maybe it's because Xizong knows that in fact, the Shenwu Army is the real combat effectiveness of the troops, and again, most of the people in the current Shence Army are eunuchs, and the actual controllers are also eunuchs, so it may not be beautiful to leave it to yourself.

Later generations did not have a high evaluation of Xizong, but at this moment, Zhao Fan felt that maybe this was not the case, Xizong was still a very thoughtful and ambitious person, but the environment decided that he could not do much, which was a very helpless reality.

……

"Lord Wang!"

"Lord Wang!"

Bearded and Scar stood at the head of the line, giving a military salute and shouting.

"Lord Wang, the people have arrived, there should be 2,002 people, but there are 1,871 people!" The bearded man glanced at the soldiers, nodded with satisfaction and said to Zhao Fan.

"The other soldiers, they..."Looking at Zhao Fan's somewhat puzzled expression, the beard said a little down, "The other soldiers all had an accident when they were looking for the prince..."

Zhao Fan only felt a tremor in his heart, glanced at the bearded man a little apologetically and said, "They are all heroes, I am proud of them!" ”

"Get me pen and paper!" As soon as the words fell, Xiao Tao beside him immediately came up, laid out the paper on the table, and took out the inkstone to grind the ink.

Zhao Fan took the brush, wrote an IOU with a stroke of the pen, and handed it to Wei Ruqian beside him, "Qian'er, in the name of King Shou, I borrowed 100,000 yuan from the Wei family for military expenditure, hoping that the Wei family can help." ”

After speaking, he bowed deeply to Wei Ruqian, and the soldiers below couldn't help but be in an uproar when they looked at this scene, and their eyes became a little disdainful when they looked at Zhao Fan, and even the beard and scar frowned.

The ancestors once said that a gentleman does not bend his waist for five buckets of rice, not to mention that a prince in Tang and Tang would make such a big gift to a female businesswoman Jia for a little money, which is really incomprehensible.

Wei Ruqian hurriedly stepped forward, supported Zhao Fan, and said softly, "Lord Wang, why are you so troubled, the concubine agreed." ”

With a wave of his hand, he beckoned Steward Liu over, and said a few words softly, Steward Liu nodded, and then turned to leave.

In an instant, a man brought in many large boxes, Zhao Fan walked up the mountain, opened the boxes one by one, and saw pieces of silver lying quietly inside, which were flashing with an attractive luster.

When the soldiers saw so much money, there was a commotion, and some people were a little nervous, but under the suppression of the beard and scar, they quickly regained their calm.

"Lord Wang, there are not so many copper coins and concubines for the time being, there are 100,000 taels of silver here, which can be worth 200,000 copper coins, which is used by my Wei family for bulk trading." Wei Ruqian looked at Zhao Fan, who was a little puzzled, and explained softly, but did not take Zhao Fan's IOU.

Zhao Fan couldn't help but be relieved when he heard this, it turned out that the Tang Dynasty also used silver, but it was not as common as in later generations, probably because of the problem of silver production.

"Thank you Qian'er, I borrowed this money from the Wei family, and I will definitely pay it back in the future." Zhao Fan glanced at Wei Ruqian gratefully and said very seriously.

Ignoring Wei Ruqian's refusal, Zhao Fan forcibly stuffed the IOU into her hand, and reincarnated to everyone, "Soldiers! In order to save me, one hundred and thirty-one brothers, for various reasons, died heroically here, and they died because of me! ”

The bearded man glanced at Zhao Fan with some puzzlement, you are a person who has just taken over this army, and you don't have any foundation, why do you suddenly mention this? Isn't this looking for trouble for yourself?

Sure enough, as soon as Zhao Fan finished speaking, the eyes of the soldiers who looked at Zhao Fan began to be full of hatred.

is the person in front of him, for him alone, one hundred and thirty-one brothers who live and die together day and night are buried here, just because he is the prince, but the life of the prince is life, and the lives of those brothers are not lives?