As a nascent regime, the execution of the Black Clothes Army is still very strong. After these two decisions were communicated to all the generals under his command at a public meeting, the recruitment notice and the preparations for the establishment of the new barracks began in earnest.

However, it is quite unexpected, the difficulties encountered in the implementation of these two things are very different from what was expected at the beginning.

At the beginning, most of the generals thought that it must be very difficult to organize by recruiting so many soldiers and horses at once. But that's not the case, the black-clothed army doesn't know how many times they have done it about recruiting troops. So for this kind of thing, the black-clothed army has accumulated quite a lot of experience.

Therefore, although there are a lot of soldiers and horses recruited this time, in the process of implementation, they are in an orderly manner.

And coupled with the reputation and prestige that the black-clothed army has built over time, countless poor people are willing to join the black-clothed army to receive a good military salary. Therefore, it is not a problem for the source of soldiers.

However, compared to recruitment, the establishment of new barracks is fraught with problems.

After all, the new barracks were completely copied by Zhang Shihua from later generations, and there was no precedent for the establishment of the new barracks proposed at the end of the Yuan Dynasty in the 14th century. Although it is said that there is Zhang Shihua as the general guide, when it comes to the specific person in charge, it is completely crossing the river by feeling the stones.

Therefore, after the establishment of the new barracks, Zhang Shihua, who was originally quite idle and spent almost half of the day at home with his family, finally experienced the feeling of being busy with his feet hitting the back of his head again.

During this period of time, Zhang Shihua should not say that half of the day is spent in leisure as before. I don't even have time to go home and sleep. For more than half a month, Zhang Shihua was busy selecting reliable instructors, finding suitable training venues, formulating reliable training plans, and so on.

In short, the hard work can really be said to be not enough for outsiders.

Thankfully, it's all worth it. On the seventh day of the seventh month, the day of the begging festival. The black-clothed army worked hard for more than half a month, not only recruiting more than 24,000 recruits, but also distributing around Xiangyang, and eight new barracks were finally established.

"Lord, this is the report of the new barracks just sent by the adults, please take a look." knew that Zhang Shihua had put all his thoughts on this these days, so after receiving the report, Li Wu also handed it over to Zhang Shihua as soon as possible.

And Zhang Shihua saw this, he had been a little sleep-deprived in the past two days, he took a sip of strong tea to refresh himself, and then turned out the report handed by Li Wu, opened it, and finally couldn't help showing a smile on his face.

"Okay, great. The last batch of recruits has finally been arranged. Fortunately, a large number of military tents were seized from the Tartars, otherwise the tent would not be enough. But it's all gone, and after working for so long, I can finally rest. As he spoke, Zhang Shihua opened his mouth and yawned, and couldn't help stretching his waist.

"Ah Wu, you haven't been home to rest for a long time. Today happens to be the Begging Festival, I will also give you a home, go home and accompany your wife, and strive to create a successor as soon as possible. Looking at Li Wu, Zhang Shihua, who was quite relaxed at this time, couldn't help but joke like this.

Hearing Zhang Shihua's words, Li Wu scratched his head, but he couldn't help but say: "Even so, the last general will thank the lord." As he spoke, he couldn't help laughing.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Shihua shook his head and smiled, so he couldn't help waving his hand to let him back down and give him a leave.

And after he retreated, Zhang Shihua stretched out in the study, and couldn't help but leave the study and step into the backyard.

After all, today is Daughter's Day, Zhang Shihua also has a cute little sister, he, who is the eldest brother, at this time today, why should he accompany his own sister.

And the words are divided into two ends, at this time, not to mention how Zhang Shihua was happy with his family over there, just to say that on the side of Jingmen Prefecture, he finally received the punishment and arrangement of the imperial court in anxiety.

I won't talk nonsense about the specific content of the holy decree issued by the Yuanmeng court, anyway, after this holy decree is issued. On the side of the Yuanmeng court, not only did he take down the Pingzhang who had lost Badulu's hard time to get promoted. He also lost Badulu, who was demoted by three levels from a first-class official, and was directly demoted to tens of thousands of households in the Guide Mansion.

Transferred him to the north and asked him to assist Huaidong Marshal Lu Shanzhi in his crusade against Sesame Li in Xuzhou.

However, although he was demoted three levels in a row, his hard work for nearly ten years came to naught. However, he is still very happy in his heart, at least the Guide Mansion is also on the front line of the thief. The court also gave him a chance to make amends.

Of course, what makes Badulu even happier is that his opportunity was actually won by the current right prime minister.

As for why Tokhtar wants to help him as an outsider? It is said that it is because with the continuous erosion of the situation of bandits in various parts of the Central Plains, the Son of Heaven's opinion on the detachment of the prime minister has become bigger and bigger. So much so that not long ago, under the provocation of the Son of Heaven's favored minister Hama, the Son of Heaven was summoned to escape, and he was angrily reprimanded in public, "You have said that the world is peaceful, and now the Red Army is half of the universe, what should the prime minister do to treat him?" ”

This is directly said to be off and sweaty. Therefore, in order to secure his position, Tokhoff gave birth to the idea of leaving Beijing in person to go to Xuzhou to beg for thieves.

And it was at this time that the news of the defeat of Badulu reached the court again. The imperial court originally wanted to take heavy responsibility for answering Badulu who won first and then lost, but Totoku thought that Badulu was still a general above the passing line. Therefore, he used his authority to reduce the punishment for answering the loss of Badulu, and transferred it to the Guide Mansion, so that he could be used as a help for his own thief.

So in the case of defeat, he answered that Badulu was lost, but he caught the line of detachment in a daze.

Therefore, after receiving the punishment from the imperial court, he was ashamed and brave, and once again became confident in answering Badulu, and he couldn't help but take his son and brother, and 500 elite soldiers, and left Jingmen Prefecture by water.

After all, it is necessary to make a big circle from Jingmen Prefecture to Guide Mansion, even if you take the waterway, it is estimated that it will take more than 20 days to reach Guide Mansion if you lose Badulu.

If you don't act earlier, delay the trip, and can't catch a ride like Xuzhou, wouldn't the loss of Badulu be even greater.

So just like this, when Zhang Shihua was busy training recruits, he had been fighting with Zhang Shihua for several months, and he was also an acquaintance's answer to Badulu, so he didn't say hello, and left Jingmen Prefecture in a low tone.

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In the blink of an eye, another twenty days have passed.

At the end of July, Tokhtar finally asked the overseer to go to Xuzhou and began to fight the most glorious and brutal battle of his life.

At the same time, in the south, another rebel army that Zhang Shihua kept an eye on, Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui, finally suffered a bone-wrenching defeat, Hunan Marshal Deputy Envoy Xiaoyun lost The Hague and the governor Wuyan Sizhong defeated his East Road army in one fell swoop, and recovered Baoqing Road.

The general went straight to his base camp, which was the Qizhou Road where his capital was located.

In this regard, Xu Shouhui was naturally terrified. Although it is said that because of the reason of being the emperor, the entire rebel army in Jiangnan is dominated by him Xu Shouhui. But these guys, who are far away and don't listen to the announcement, have no effect at all when they reach the moment of crisis.

Therefore, in order to resist the rebellious army of the imperial court, Xu Shouhui couldn't help but gather soldiers and horses, and a big battle broke out in Jiangnan with Xiaoyun Lost The Hague, Wuyan Sizhong and others.

But because this battle is not over in a moment, the outcome of the battle is not yet known.

However, compared with Xu Shouhui, the leader of the rebel army in the south, in the north, Liu Futong, the nominal leader of the rebel army, is still developing well these days.

Although he experienced a big defeat not long ago, fortunately, this defeat also woke up Liu Futong and made him face up to the gap between himself and the Yuanmeng court. No longer thinking about such unrealistic things as smashing Huanglong, but began to fight steadily, annexed the entire Anfeng Road and Xiaobanluzhou Road, and gradually extended his power to Yangzhou and Huai'an, which are rich places.

But at this time, let's not talk about them first, just talk about Zhang Shihua's side, after 20 days, the eight new barracks where Zhang Shihua saw the ceremony are finally on the right track.

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In a recruit camp five miles south of Xiangyang City, Zhang Shihua looked at Li Erniu, a thousand households in the new barracks who had followed him since the beginning of the inspection department, and couldn't help but listen to him report to himself with a smile on his face A series of situations in the recruit camp these days.

"Well, Erniu, after listening to what you have said so much, I am now going to see the training of that group of recruits. Why, come with me, how about showing me the way? And after Li Erniu finished his report, Zhang Shihua took a sip of tea, and then looked at Li Erniu and couldn't help but say so.

When Li Erniu heard Zhang Shihua's words, he didn't think much about it, and he agreed at the first time.

"Lord, look at the big school field in front of you, this is where our recruits are trained. Now, except for the three hundred men who patrolled and guarded, all the remaining recruits are there, please. ”

"Okay, then let's go and have a look." Saying this, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but walk towards the school yard surrounded by everyone.

And the recruits and instructors trained on the school site naturally saw Zhang Shihua at this time, and some of the smart people also guessed Zhang Shihua's identity.

So seeing Zhang Shihua walking forward, these people couldn't help but become extremely excited and excited. However, under the angry eyes of the instructors, this group of guys who understood what military regulations were naturally did not dare to mess around. Therefore, at this time, they still follow the orders of their respective instructors, or stand in a military posture, or practice with each other in pairs, and do not dare to slack off.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but nod silently. "Yes, Erniu, you did a good job. At first glance, there are indeed some rules. ”

"Haha, the Lord is serious, this is really a matter within the general's share, and I dare not do my best. You see, the teams in front of us are the three best benchmarks in our battalion, why don't you take a look? Hearing Zhang Shihua praise him like this, Li Erniu couldn't help but be overjoyed, and took the initiative to offer a treasure to Zhang Shihua.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua nodded silently, and couldn't help but walk towards the three benchmark teams that Li Erniu said under the crowd.

"The lord has arrived!" After walking in, a high-voiced guard couldn't help but sing like this.

Hearing this singing, the three veteran instructors in the vicinity couldn't help but immediately shout at the top of their voices: "Everyone, stand upright, salute!" ”

"Subordinates meet the lord!" When the three hundred recruits heard this, they knelt on one knee on the ground, looking at Zhang Shihua in front of them, and couldn't help but shout.

"Lord Qi, the first recruit battalion A team 1, the first recruit battalion A team 2, the first recruit battalion A team 3, are in drill, please instruct the lord." The three instructors, who were still standing up straight even if they knelt on one knee, couldn't help but shout so loudly at the first time.

And hearing them roaring like this, Zhang Shihua, who seemed to have seen the military camp film of the later generations, couldn't help but smile dumbly, waved his hand to them and said loudly: "Okay, get up, take a rest first." ”

"Yes! Everyone, stand upright! There was another shout, and the three hundred people stood up in unison.

"Take a break!" At a loud roar, the three hundred people stood up again, and they all made a breathless appearance.

"Well, Tang Mu, Yang Tao, Shen Qi, all three of you come here." Seeing that the three hundred recruits all made a little rest, Zhang Shihua waved his hand at the three instructors, and couldn't help shouting their names and calling them over.

"Hey, Ah Wu, I remember that these three boys all went out from under you, right?"

"Haha, lord, you have a good memory. These three were out of the pro-guard team, and now they seem to have been promoted to platoon commanders. ”

"I became a platoon commander, I was selected as an instructor, and I became a benchmark in the new barracks. Okay, I said you three boys are doing well! Zhang Shihua, who was in a good mood, looked at the three of them and couldn't help but joke like this.

And when the three of them heard Zhang Shihua's words, they naturally looked extremely excited. So much so that after Zhang Shihua said this, the three of them smirked, but they didn't know what to answer.

"Haha, it's all the blessing of the lord, it's all the blessing of the lord." Finally, after smirking for a moment, Tang Mu, who was a little more clever, couldn't help but reply like this.

Hearing Tang Mu's words, Yang Tao and Shen Qi also nodded in agreement, their faces full of excitement.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua shook his head with a smile, and couldn't help but say again: "Okay, since you have all been set up as a benchmark by Erniu, then you can also show me the results of your training these days, let me see." ”

"Hey, my subordinates obey!" The three of them smirked and answered in a loud voice.