Chapter Eighty-Nine: Not Returned

The recruitment of the Beiwei Army is in full swing, just like the situation in the examination room in later generations, the candidates inside are working hard, and the relatives outside the door are stretching their necks in anticipation, hoping that their son can be successfully admitted.

After a full day of physical fitness tests, there were those who walked out of the gate one after another, those who were knocked out, those who were driven out by the soldiers, and those who fell directly due to physical exhaustion. Of course, there are those who rejoice in the successful admission.

"Lord Wang, this time the recruitment of 10,000 troops, you look at whether the army configuration is used, and those sons, and those sons, subordinates suggested that they should be independent of the army, after all, they are all from extraordinary backgrounds,"

Li De sat on the big tent and shook his head and said, "I don't think I need to, since I have joined my back army, then we must be mentally prepared, wait for today's physical fitness test to be completed, rest for a day, and start the ring battle tomorrow morning, the old rules, the capable are the mediocre, and the skills are not as good as the people, so I will start with the big head soldiers, the back Wei army is different from other armies, we do not engage in specialization, except for the commander, it is a small soldier, and everyone is treated equally." Let Jia Yi do a good job of supervision, and those who dare to break the rules will be punished severely. ”

Ma Zhou then said, "Lord Wang, now that I have expanded the army to 10,000, I want to supply the corresponding supplies, horses, and declare to the imperial court, in order to maintain the mobility of the army, you require everyone to ride horses, and the subordinates want to recruit 3,000 more people in addition to 10,000 people, thinking that the baggage soldiers can be used to guard and transport auxiliary forces in wartime, and when the army is reduced, they can also immediately replenish the soldiers to ensure combat effectiveness." ”

Ma Zhou's idea is not a reserve, Li De said, "Ma Changshi thinks well, just according to your wishes, recruit 13,000 people, and those 3,000 people will be organized into reserves, and train together with the Beiwei army to ensure that the army has enough combat power. In this way, healthy competition is formed in the army, which stimulates the soldiers to train harder. What do you see? ”

Su Dingfang, Ma Zhou said, "Lord Wang's method is good, I don't think anyone wants to be compared, I have to be the first army in the world, so those soldiers must be practicing desperately." We don't have to rush ourselves to move. ”

Li De said, "Since both of them think it is feasible, then I will bother the two hosts to recruit and select them, and I will go into the palace to report to the second brother, and I will recruit an additional 3,000 people." ”

On the other side of the camp. Cheng Chumo grabbed a team and scolded, "Yang Datou, you said you haven't found those people yet?" What do you eat? Ahh

Yang Datou, who was silently reprimanded by Cheng Chu, was a team member under him and said with a wry smile, "Captain, I don't know if I am humble, Tiezhu and a few of their fellow villagers said that they came back from winning the battle, and they made meritorious contributions and had a rich reward, just went home to pick up their relatives, and they will definitely come back on time, I also want to be a happy event, so I let them go, I know that they haven't come back for so long, this is a missed return date, and not returning to the camp on time is a big crime to be beheaded, Captain, you should think of a way, they are all brothers who have lived with me on the battlefield, I can't just watch them be found and beheaded. Captain"

Cheng Chumo said irritably, "What do you want me to do, this will not return after the deadline, and the military law will deal with it, do you think General Su or the prince will let them go for the sake of your marriage." Naïve, in short, military law is like a mountain. Thou shalt not violate,"

Yang Datou said, "No, captain, I beg you, give me two days, just two days, I will definitely bring them back, and ask the captain to open the net." ”

Cheng Chumo shook his head and said, "Yang Datou, it's not that I'm ruthless, I'm also a robe that I mixed with them from the battlefield, I originally violated the military law by helping them hide it, but now it's been two days, and they haven't returned to the camp yet, and I can't help it." This matter can't be contained, so it's better to report it to General Su as soon as possible. ”

Li De was about to go back to Chang'an to find Li Shimin, but he heard Cheng Chumo's voice at the corner of the big tent, and happened to hear the conversation above. walked over and saw that it was Cheng Chumo and a soldier of the Back Army,

Li De stepped forward to interrupt them and asked, "Cheng Chumo, what's going on." ”

Cheng Chu Mo saw that it was Li De who immediately saluted and said, "Humble Cheng Chu Mo, I have seen the prince." ”

Yang Datou saw that the prince was coming, lowered his head and bowed, "Humble Yang Datou, I have seen the prince"

"Well, what are you guys doing here. What do you say, paper can't hold fire? ”

Cheng Chu saw that Li De had heard their conversation, so he had to honestly report the incident to Li De. "That's the way it is, please decide"

Li De turned his head and asked, "Yang Datou, do you know where their hometown is?" Why didn't you return to camp on time? ”

Yang Datou said, "Back to the prince, the Tiezhu people are all from the same village, their hometown is Duling County. This time, he was allowed to return home to visit relatives, and he also gave a reward, and I heard Tiezhu say that there was a beloved woman in his hometown, and he happened to go back to propose a late marriage, and he must have rushed back to the camp the day before yesterday, but he didn't expect to see them come back after two days, and he didn't see someone send back to deliver the message. That's why I asked Captain Cheng to help me hide this matter, but this matter is not about Captain, if you want to punish me, you can punish me alone. ”

Li De said, "What is the crime of failing to return within the time limit, you must know in your hearts, Cheng Chumo, as a lieutenant, knows that he does not report the crime, and Yang Datou shields his subordinates, which is also an unforgivable crime, but this person has not come back to find out, this king will not wronged a person, nor will he indulge a person,"

"Cheng Chumo, Yang Datou"

"Humble Duty"

"This king orders you to bring your men and horses, you can go to Duling to capture the iron pillar and a few people back to the camp, and this king will deal with it, and if you resist and do not obey, you will be beheaded immediately."

"Obedience"

After Li De ordered Cheng Chumo to arrest people, he rushed to the palace to report to Li Shimin on the issue of increasing the quota.

"Come and gather", Cheng Chumo gave an order, took a team of people under his command, turned over and rushed out of the camp and rushed towards Duling.

Cheng Chumo thought to himself, looking at the posture of the prince, he wants to kill chickens and monkeys, these bastards don't let me catch them, they dare to violate military law. He also had to be fined for his labor. With a whip on his angry hand, he sat down and galloped up, urging the team to speed up.

Du Ling, outside the courtyard of a large family.

"Hmph, a group of mud-legged people dare to play tricks with Young Master Ben. The person that this young master has a crush on, can still fly into the sky, someone will beat me, and beat me hard. ”

"And you, remember it well for Young Master Ben, this is the end of going against me, don't think that if you rely on your own brute strength, you dare to come and rob people, and you don't ask, who is the biggest in this Duling County. Blind your dogs. ”

A large group of people gathered outside looked at the prince brother angrily, not that no one wanted to say a fair word but did not dare to say it, this huge Duling County except for Du Ruhui Du Xiangye's family of high-ranking families, this family is the strongest, the family is huge, there are big officials, and there are also concubines in the palace, this head alone is scared to death.

On a wall outside the gate, several more men were stripped of their shirts and hung with their hands tied. As the boy's words fell, a family member next to him stepped forward with a leather whip, threw the whip at the men, and whipped them.

"Pap-Pap-Pap-Pap"

The crisp sound of the leather whip, a whip and a whip on a few men, suddenly hit the skin and flesh, the surrounding onlookers were timid and did not dare to look, the bold were full of indignation, but unfortunately there was a group of people with weapons around, so that everyone dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

Everyone admired a few men, they were all beaten and bruised, but they gritted their teeth and didn't scream, this is the real man, everyone applauded them silently.

Seeing that the humiliation and whipping were so humiliating, Brother Gongzi didn't let these people bow their heads, and he lost his temper and said, "Yo, it's all hard bones, it doesn't hurt, right, it's good, get salt, and see if you can take a few more hits." ”

Zhao Tiezhu spit out a mouthful of blood to Brother Gongzi, and said, "You'd better kill me, otherwise I won't let you go if I die, even if I die, I want your whole family to be restless." ”

Brother Gongzi laughed and said, "There is no way for the living to take me, and I will be afraid of you as a dead man, don't be in a hurry, I want to concoct you well, whoever lets you dare to go against me if you are a pawn of the Wei army, don't think that you have the support of the Wei Wangye, but it's a pity, you are a mud leg, a big-headed soldier, and you are lucky not to die on the grassland." You still want to find the prince to call the shots for you, tell you, even if the prince is here, this son is not afraid. ”

Zhao Tiezhu and the others were stunned and gritted their teeth and glared at Brother Gongzi, hoping to eat him alive.

"Why, wide-eyed and hating me, I'll be afraid haha, there are many people who hate me in this world, how old are you. When I finish torturing you, I'll give you a ride, by the way, Xiaocui, I will help you take care of her, that cute little beauty is still waiting for me to comfort her, haha, come on, continue to fight me, it won't work out. ”

Brother Gongzi raised his feet and entered the door, and the sound of leather whips sounded behind him.

"What a sin. Poor Tiezhu came back from the army, and before he got married, he was robbed by the bully,"

"That scourge, whoever is worried about him will rob it by all means, how can we fight in the soil to fight a big family as big as his family."

"If you go on like this, the iron pillar will be killed."

"Who's going to save them?"

Just when everyone was calling for help, a burst of shouts came "Stop"

The crowd turned their heads in the direction from which the sound came, and a group of brightly armored and menacing troops rode tall horses and rushed at a high speed.

Cheng Chumo took the lead, picked up the bow and arrow, aimed at the family who was raising the whip, and shot it with an arrow.

That Ding was about to whip Zhao Tiezhu, and as soon as he raised his hand, he was shot through the head by Cheng Chumo with an arrow. Those who die before they react can't die again.

The big guy saw that the army was coming towards Zhao Tiezhu, and automatically got out of the way. Cheng Chumo, raised his head and the soldiers turned over and dismounted, pulled out the horizontal knife, and said with an angry face, "Whoever dares to torture me with a back to the military, surround them for me." ”

The soldiers behind Cheng Chumo formed a military formation with horizontal knives, forcing the surrounding family members together and surrounding them.

Cheng Chumo went up to untie the hands of Zhao Tiezhu and the others, and lowered them from the wall.