Neighboring countries look at each other, chickens and dogs hear each other, and old and dead do not get along.

Ordinary people, seeing God's face and throwing food in the soil, have lived within a dozen miles around the village all their lives, and only a few can enter the county seat a few times.

Since ancient times, the imperial power in China has not been lower than that of the county, and the people's understanding of the emperor is far less cordial than that of the elders in the clan.

Such an environment makes many people in a state of ignorance, ignorant of the trend of the world, unaware of their own responsibilities, sitting and watching the changes of the situation, and the loss of their families and countries.

It is precisely because of this that as soon as the squires from all over the country come forward, they can quickly recruit a large number of village warriors to train and defend their hometowns and clansmen, but if the imperial court recruits them to travel thousands of miles to fight in other places, they will need a high amount of money.

Wang Yan wanted to change this state and let the people understand that they were loyal to the monarch and patriotic, and they defended Xia, but there was no such possibility in a short period of time, even if they were more than a thousand brothers who followed Wang Yan at the beginning, they were not loyal to the emperor, but had a deep blood feud with Jiannu, so that they gathered together.

It is difficult to return to their homeland, so they can only follow Wang Yan, the leading big brother, to wander around.

Hearing Wang Yan's words, the brothers of the old camp naturally would not stay in Sizhou, this is not their hometown, and Shandong has no way back, so they chose silver without hesitation.

Qian Yifeng on the side had already prepared the roster, and Wang Yan personally sent the silver to the old battalion soldiers, and he was responsible for writing down each name.

Whether it is military pay or promotion fee, according to the custom, it is first issued to the officer, and then the officer pays it to his subordinates, as for how much the soldiers can get, it depends on whether the officer's heart is black or not.

Li Taizhen's soldiers were overjoyed when they saw that the silver ingots were directly handed over to the old battalion soldiers and fell into their pockets.

Serving as a soldier is to eat food, although this time to stay away from the homeland, but this time the promotion fee is also really attractive, many soldiers hesitated, or chose the money.

Seeing this, the officers under Li Taizhen's subordinates looked unhappy for a while, so much silver, as long as they eat one percent, it is enough for the family to spend a period of time.

Now that Wang Yan does not go through their hands, it is equivalent to cutting off their financial route.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents, many officers under Li Taizhen are not close to Wang Yan, and there are many complaints in their hearts, but at this time, many soldiers have already received silver, and they are not good at turning their faces, so they have to take their share of silver in their hands first, and then make plans.

There were more than 2,000 people in the Zhongyi Battalion, but in the end, only nine of them had never received silver, Wang Yan asked, or said that the old mother was in the hall, or that there was no Ding in the family, Wang Yan paid each of them a month's military salary and dismissed them.

So far, 50,000 taels of silver, 27,000 taels have been used, and more than half of it will be spent at once, but the remaining silver is still a mountain for every soldier.

"See, this is also what you are waiting for!" After distributing the silver, Wang Yan pointed to the remaining silver and said to the army: "This general is a little silver, just wait for you to wait, and exchange the enemy's head for it!" ”

"I am willing to fight with the general, and I am willing to make contributions with the general."

Eating the blood of soldiers is not the work of individual generals, but the entire army of the Ming Dynasty is the same, and it has almost become a routine. Many soldiers under Li Taizhen have long been ******** about this, and now there is a general who does not eat the blood of soldiers, pays real salaries, kills the enemy, and rewards silver, and the hearts of the army can't help but get excited.

"That's it! Now that you have received food, today I will let you and others go out of the camp and say goodbye to their relatives. Wang Yan waved his hand to stop the cheers of the soldiers, and then said solemnly: "But all the troops must respect the military order, and rush back to the camp at noon tomorrow. ”

"We obey the general's orders!" All the soldiers responded in unison.

Seeing this, Wang Yan waved his hand, and the army dispersed.

The soldiers under Li Zhentai were anxious to go home, handed over the silver taels to their families, and said goodbye to their families, while the brothers in the old camp, although they had no relatives, also had their own places to go.

That night, the taverns and green buildings in Sizhou City were full, and the secret prostitutes hidden in the corners and alleys of the streets did not stop all night.

In the west of Sizhou City, at Li Taizhen's house, a large table was also set up by a group of subordinate officers, and there was enough good wine and food.

"Qianhu, some words will be held in my heart for a long time." After three rounds of drinking, the words of the officers were opened, and at this time, Hu Maocai, a hundred guards under Li Taizhen, said with the strength of the wine: "Today in front of everyone, I, Hu Maocai, am not afraid of offending people, I must say it." ”

"Since you've been holding it for so long, then you can hold it for Lao Tzu today." Lee Tae-jeong understood the thoughts of these brothers under him, and instead of going home, they rushed to his house en masse to drink with him, just for today's events.

"Don't!" Seeing Li Taizhen's attitude, Hu Maocai hurriedly said: "Qianhu, the last general will be unhappy for you!" What is Wang Yan, how long has he been in our army, why should he be the garrison of this Sizhou. Qianhu is an old man who followed Xingpingbo all the way from Shaanxi, and his wife and the prince arranged it like this, and they will not accept it! ”

"That's right, this time I sent troops to the south, how can I have to be the master of thousands of households, where is his turn to get Wang Yan!" A group of officers followed.

Li Taizhen was not without ideas about the position of Sizhou garrison, and he also felt that Wang Yan was going to suppress him, so as to grasp the minds of the thousand men and horses under him, but he didn't want to go toe-to-toe with Wang Yan.

This is not because he is afraid of Wang Yan, nor is he unambitious, but because all this is Mrs. Xing's order.

Li Taizhen is different from Li Chengdong and other old men of Gao Jie's department, he has followed Gao Jie for a shorter time, which is also the reason why his status cannot be compared with Li Chengdong and others.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, there was a great drought in the world, the land of Shaanxi was thousands of miles away, and Li Taizhen's hometown also had a ******, and his family starved to death on the way to escape the famine, but he was rescued by Mrs. Xing and recommended him to be a small leader under Gao Jie's account.

Mrs. Xing is a member of Gao Jie's family, and Li Taizhen has always wanted to repay the favor in his heart, but it is difficult to approach, so he has to work hard in Gao Jie's camp.

Born in Orion, he is a good hand at pathfinding and reconnaissance, and he has worked hard all the way to the position of a thousand households.

To this day, Mrs. Xing may not remember that she saved him at the beginning, but Li Taizhen always remembers that kindness in her heart.

Wang Yan killed Xu Dingguo, he was the benefactor of the Marquis of Xingping, and his appointment was made by Mrs. Xing, so although Li Taizhen had some complaints in his heart, he would not violate Mrs. Xing's order.

There are also the old battalion men and horses under Wang Yan who are quite elite, and the men and horses under him, he himself knows very well that if there is really a conflict, Wang Yan will not be a problem at all to annex them.

"For me?" The echo of many officers made Li Taizhen frown, and he didn't want to turn his face with Wang Yan because of his subordinates. "I think it's for your wealth!"

Li Taizhen didn't know about eating soldiers' blood, he didn't eat it himself, but his subordinates were filial piety from time to time, which was a secret rule. As long as his subordinates are not too excessive, he will not care, but if it affects him, it is a different matter.

"Thousands of households, brothers are dragging their families, it's not easy!" Li Taizhen's words made everyone embarrassed for a while, but he still said: "Besides, the salary has always been issued by the officer, this is the rule, why should he Wang Yan destroy it!" ”

"That's right! This time to fight in the south, the brothers have to let their families worry! Since the truth has been broken, everyone simply said: "Since Wang Yan doesn't think about us, and we don't recognize him as a general, you can call the shots for us!" ”

Everyone, you say a word, everyone says that they want to make Wang Yan look good, Li Taizhen is depressed in his heart, people have a thousand elite horses, a hundred elite battles, what do you do to make people look good.

The audience said more and more outrageous, even if there was still the intention of kidnapping him to oppose Wang Yan, Li Taizhen's face couldn't help but become more and more ugly, and finally smashed the wine glass on the table angrily.

Seeing that they could only hear a "bang", the wine splashed all over the ground, and they were all stunned.

"For the sake of everyone being old brothers who have been getting along for many days, I remind you not to provoke Wang Yan, otherwise you will bear the consequences." Li Taizhen said angrily, and after speaking, he ignored everyone and turned to leave.

"Brother Hu, what should I do?"

"How do I know!"

"All the back!"

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but look at each other, without Li Taizhen's support, they also knew that they couldn't fight Wang Yan, and finally had to leave helplessly and return home.

At noon the next day, Wang Yan stood on the school ground early wearing armor and carrying a sword at his waist, with a group of officers behind him and more than 2,000 soldiers of the loyal battalion in front of him.

At this time, the shadow of the flagpole on the side became shorter and shorter, and in the Zhongyi camp, there were still six people who had not returned to the camp, and they were all hundreds of households under Li Taizhen.

The army stood on the school ground, Li Zhentai stood behind Wang Yan, his face couldn't help but get colder and colder, looking at Wang Yan's posture, he still didn't understand there, this was to establish military prestige.

Time passed little by little, and the 1,000 soldiers to whom Li Taizhen belonged couldn't help but start talking in a whisper, and Wang Yan didn't scold him when he saw this, and waited until the flagpole was gone, and then shouted: "Where is the military judge?" ”

"The end will be here!" In addition to managing materials, Qian Yifeng also became the military judge of the Zhongyi Battalion, and as soon as he heard Wang Yan's words, he immediately responded with his fists in line.

"This general ordered you, immediately lead the general to guard, arrest those who have not returned within the time limit, Hu Maocai and other six people back to the camp!" Wang Yan pressed the war knife in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Before the time, you must complete the military order!" ”

"Whoa!" Liu Shun also came out and responded in unison with Qian Yifeng.

Seeing this, Wang Yan waved his hand, and the two of them immediately retreated to the side, and then led a hundred guards, turned over on their horses, and walked all the way.

People who are in the army, all families are registered, and Wang Yan is not afraid that they will run away. Of course, those six people didn't expect to run, they had resentment in their hearts, and they felt that if they didn't make trouble for Wang Yan, it would be good, where did they think that Wang Yan would take the opportunity to get rid of them.

Looking at the hundreds of cavalry galloping all the way, the soldiers who were still talking quietly on the school field slowly quieted down, and a solemn aura spread on the school field.