The big camp next to the capital, at this moment, there are constantly pulling wine and all kinds of livestock vehicles in and out, the imperial chef in the palace was specially summoned by Yang Su today, thousands of jars of wine piled up into a hill, the camp is not lively at the moment to kill sheep and cattle, Yang Su wants to reward the three armies will naturally not be stingy, of course, wine and food are essential.

Compared with the lively scene next to it, the soldiers of the remaining two guards in the four guard battalions on the school field were all drenched in cold sweat and did not dare to raise their heads!

They knew that the emperor sitting on it was looking at them expressionlessly, and the school field was full of pro-army of the Son of Heaven standing eyeing at them, as long as they dared to be a little disrespectful, then they would immediately fall to the ground today.

Time passed little by little, Yang Su looked at the sky, stood up and ordered, "The hour has come, from now on, all those who have not arrived at the barracks will be taken down by me and directly ask for their guilt!" ”

When the soldiers on the school heard this, they all had relatives in their hearts, thinking that the emperor was really here this time! But they didn't have a chance to worry about that group of colleagues anymore.

"Is there anyone with the two guard commanders?" Yang Su asked.

"The last general!" A guard commander who stayed in the camp hurriedly responded in a row.

"Point general! it! Yang Su spat out four words.

"Yes!" The commander of the guard gave each other a bitter look, but he did not dare to disobey the order.

After a series of roll calls, most of the generals of the two guards were not in the battalion, and even the commander of the first guard was not in the battalion.

The soldiers formed a phalanx to exercise, the number of people could not be hidden, and more than 5,000 soldiers were missing, Yang Su was expressionless, where did he not know the truth of the matter in his heart, most of the generals were not there to have fun, and the soldiers were definitely eaten empty pay when they were not there.

It was already a common practice for the generals of the Ming Dynasty to eat empty salaries, and most of the generals not only ate empty salaries but also cut the soldiers, exploited most of the soldiers' salaries, and then vigorously cultivated their families, directly turning the army into their own private soldiers.

The four guard battalions have long been decayed, but they pay a little more attention to the eating appearance than the three major battalions in the capital, and the two guards add up to more than 11,200 people, and only half of the people are paid, and this situation is actually relatively good!

"Those generals who didn't come, Jinyiwei will be dismissed and investigated on the spot! But there are more than 5,000 soldiers missing, can you explain it to me? Are they all deserters? If you can't hand over 5,000 heads to me today, I will use your head to make up the number! Yang Su shouted a reprimand to the commander.

"The emperor's last general has never deducted military salaries, and this matter is not because the last general wants to do this, but really has to do it! This military salary has never been deducted, and the last general can only get less than half of the salary each time, how can he afford to raise so many soldiers, and let alone raise so many burdens, it is better to train some elite soldiers to be useful! The guard commander said righteously.

Yang Su was hit by this, but his heart looked up at this commander, he was not afraid of the unruly martial arts, he was afraid that they were as timid as a mouse, and looked at him carefully, Yang Su found that the person in front of him was tall, his face was mighty, and his cultivation was also easy to complete, but he didn't expect that this forbidden army was also made of materials!

"The elite you have trained me gather in the camp every day to gamble, and even openly summon women into the camp! That's what you call the elite? Yang Su asked rhetorically, pointing to the gambling equipment that had been searched and the group of women who were held by the Jinyi guard.

The commander looked hesitant but did not open his mouth to argue.

"Just now you dared to tell me that you didn't deduct your military salary, you trained me as an elite soldier, why don't you open your mouth now?" Yang Su asked.

This sentence made the conductor's face turn red, but he always lowered his head and did not speak.

"Why don't you argue, tell me a good story!" Yang Su asked again with a serious expression.

"Your Majesty, the last general risked his life to say that those soldiers are not our guards, and Commander Huang has indeed not deducted the salaries of our Wei brothers, and they have always been paid on time. Please don't punish Commander Huang! A junior colonel couldn't help but kneel down to defend Commander Huang.

"Your Majesty, the last general can also guarantee it!"

"Your Majesty, Commander Huang is a good person, and he has not deducted any salary!"

A group of generals knelt down to defend Yang Su, and thousands of soldiers in the school field also knelt down to plead for Commander Huang.

Yang Su looked coldly at the soldiers present, and just when everyone was worried, he suddenly laughed out loud and pointed at the Huang Commander and asked, "You have some ability to make the soldiers die for you, what is your name?" ”

"The commander of the guards makes Huang degong!" Huang Degong knelt down in surprise and replied.

Huang Degong, Yang Su heard this name and tried to think about it, only to find that Huang Degong was also a famous general in the late Ming Dynasty, he is still only a guard commander, but then the officials will be Taifu, Zuo Zhuguo, and the Duke of Jingguo, although the officials of the Southern Ming Dynasty are not worth much, but they can also see this Huang Degong's ability.

Huang Degong had incomparable courage and strategy when he was young. When he was twelve years old, his mother once brewed wine, and he secretly drank it. His mother blamed him, and he smiled and said, "It's easy to compensate you." At that time, the military of Liaodi was very anxious, so he took a knife and mixed it with the officers and soldiers, and when he ran to the battlefield, he killed two heads of the enemy, and after winning the reward, he got about fifty taels of silver, and went home to offer it to his mother, saying: "I use this money to make up for the wine I stole and drank."

After that, it was even more impressive, and the most commendable thing is that although Huang Degong was rough and brave, uneducated, and not flattering, he was loyal and patriotic, and he was the only one in the four towns of Nanming who was truly loyal to the Ming Dynasty. After the Qing army went south, Emperor Hongguang fled into the Huang Degong camp in Wuhu, and the Qing soldiers divided their troops to attack, and the Huang Dequan army fought with the Qing soldiers in Digang. At this time, Liu Liangzuo, one of the four towns in Jiangbei, shouted for surrender on the shore, Huang Degong angrily reprimanded him, and was suddenly shot through the throat by an arrow behind him, Huang Degong saw that the general trend had gone, so he took out a knife and committed suicide.

Yang Su didn't expect that he would take the opportunity to rectify the forbidden army on this trip, but he actually found a good general from it, which was really unexpected!

"Cheng'en, go and spread my will, order Dongchang to thoroughly investigate the matter of prohibiting the army from withholding military supplies, and all those who embezzle military salaries will be investigated and dealt with by me!" Yang Su directly ordered the disposal of the eunuchs of the Imperial Horse Prison.

smiled at Huang Degong and the others: "Wait for everyone to get up!" The deduction of military salary is my negligence, it is not your fault, you can use the remaining military salary to train the elite for me, I will instead credit you! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Huang Degong was pleasantly surprised, he originally thought that he would have to be punished for the crime of not reporting today, but he didn't expect that the emperor not only did not punish him, but wanted to give him credit, which made him full of gratitude to Yang Su!

"Your Majesty, when the army arrives outside the camp, do you want them to enter the camp?" The brocade guards guarding the gate of the camp came to report.

"No, I'll go out myself!" Yang Su vetoed.

As soon as the number of people and horses exceeds 10,000, they can't see the edge at a glance, not to mention that there are now more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians outside the camp, if they wait for them to line up and enter the camp in order, then I don't know when they have to wait, Yang Su can't wait.

Yang Su stepped on the horse, and the brocade guard next to him hurriedly stepped forward to open the way.

Yang Su turned around and greeted Huang Degong: "Huang Degong, you go out with me!" ”

"The last will obey!" Huang Degong happily accepted the order, took the horse from the Jinyi guard beside him, turned over and followed behind Yang Su.