The Fang family was slaughtered by Ji Qian. The Zhao and Chu families surrendered and were willing to accept Yue Fei's disposal. Yue Fei didn't think too much, and he didn't embarrass the Zhao and Chu families too much, and at the suggestion of Li Bashao, he only expelled the two families from Ying Tianfu.

Because although the reputation of these two families in Yingtian is not good, it is not too bad, and there is no prison in the family that everyone is angry with. If they are destroyed again, it may put everyone in danger in those families who have taken refuge.

And the harvest of copying the three major families was so great that Yue Fei was a little surprised. The three families copied out more than 40,000 taels of gold, more than 100,000 taels of silver, and more than 10,000 copper coins. It is enough to pay 100,000 troops for two years. Although there is not much food, there are nearly 20,000 stones, which can at least allow the soldiers recruited by him to not have to worry about hunger for two years.

Now that the food and salary were available, Yue Fei began to set up a people's protection corps to practice.

Because of the support of Ying Tian's first good Li Bashao, the advocacy of other small and medium-sized family heads, and the support of the people of Ying Tian, it didn't take a few days for the Protector Legion to train and become an army. Yue Fei was unanimously elected by everyone as a group training envoy. Zhang Xian was appointed by Yue Fei as the deputy regimental training envoy.

The initial Protector Corps had a total of 5,000 men. In addition to the 2,000 soldiers that Yue Fei dug up from Liu Hao's department, most of the other 3,000 people were young and strong in Yingtian. Other families also sent their own children to join the army. A few days later, Guo Jin and Li Heng, who had recovered from their injuries, also came to join the army with three hundred Li Mansion family members.

Yue Fei did not refuse.

Guo and Li were appointed by Yue Fei as the banner leader. This is not what Yue Fei meant. It is Guo and Li's own meaning. Guo Jin said directly to Yue Fei, "Yue Tuan training envoy, you promised me to be the flag leader before. Now here I am. Li Heng also came. Our brothers have discussed it. If you don't do anything, you will be the banner leader of the Protector Army. ”

Yue Fei deliberately frightened Guo Jin, looked at Guo Jin with his eyes, and said sternly, "On the battlefield, the flag is the courage of the army." The flag leader must not only rush to the front, but also protect the military flag. If you lose your flag, you will be beheaded. Aren't you two afraid? ”

Guo Jin and Li Heng both slapped their chests with a bang. Guo Jin shouted loudly, "Yue Tuan Lian, please rest assured." As long as I, Guo Jin, am the flag head, no one will want to take away the flag of our People's Protector Army. Over my dead body. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Jin felt that he was a little weak, thought for a while, and said loudly, "Even if I die, the enemy will not want to take away the banner of our Protector Army." ”

Yue Fei stopped teasing these two muddy people. In fact, Yue Fei likes Guo Jin and Li Heng very much, these are two simple men, who can go to the battlefield, they are absolutely not afraid of death, and they don't have to worry about them dragging the flag and running away. So Yue Fei shouted directly, "Guo Qitou, Li Qitou, go out and try the weight of your banner." ”

Seeing the two big men happily walking out of the military tent, Zhang Xian, who was standing beside Yue Fei, said in a low voice, "Big brother, it seems that these people in Ying Tianfu are still not at ease with us." They are willing to let their own children join the Protector Army, they must have the intention of spying on us. ”

Yue Fei patted Zhang Xian's shoulder with his hand and said, "Brother Xian, don't think too much. It's human nature. After all, we are a guest army, and Li Bashao and others are willing to pin their lives on us, but in fact, it is also a helpless move. If the local soldiers don't participate in the chaos, it is estimated that they will set up a regiment training themselves. ”

Zhang Xian said, "Big brother, these people are all children of rich families, and the most inferior ones are also from the middle class, so they can read and write, but I'm afraid they can't fight." ”

Yue Fei said with a smile, "Who is born to fight." Brother Xian was afraid that they would not be able to fight, but I was not worried. Whether an army can fight a war is not in the origin of the soldiers, but in the training of the soldiers, the sophistication of the ordnance, and the command of the generals. On the contrary, I believe that as long as these people are well trained, their combat effectiveness will definitely be far greater than that of those illiterate armies. ”

Seeing that Zhang Xian didn't believe his words, Yue Fei asked directly, "Don't you think that the reason why we are different from other big-headed soldiers is precisely because we are literate?" ”

Zhang Xian was still not persuaded by Yue Fei. "The eldest brother is reasonable. But I forgot the important point. We have been practicing martial arts since childhood, and we are agile. Few of these recruits are skilled in martial arts. ”

Yue Fei put his hand on Zhang Xian's shoulder and said earnestly, "Brother Xian, you think too highly of the role of martial arts. In fact, in the face of a well-trained army, individual ability does not play a big role. ”

Zhang Xian said, "But the eldest brother has repeatedly broken through alone, and he will return to the gold, doesn't he rely on martial arts?" ”

Yue Fei looked at Zhang Xian, stopped talking, and walked out of the tent directly. Zhang Xian looked at Yue Fei's back, and suddenly thought that Yue Fei's battle example was not too valuable. Although the Central Plains is big, how many people can be as brave as Yue Feiyue's big brother!

Zhang Xian immediately understood what Yue Fei meant. The two armies are facing each other, and personal martial arts are not enough to be feared. A well-trained army that advances and retreats in a lawful manner can be invincible.

Outside the military tent, on the empty training ground, the scorching sun was in the sky, the scorching sun was like fire, and 3,000 spearmen in armor were sweating and training under the leadership of Wang Guiyue Heng. Everyone's faces were flushed with heat, and the clothes wrapped in armor were dripping and sticking to their bodies.

Wang Gui was wearing heavy armor and standing with a gun, and hot air was rising from his body.

Under his stern gaze, three thousand spears held their spears and made a motion over and over again, stabbing forward, stabbing forward, stabbing again. With this kind of monotonous action to the extreme, Yue Fei ordered them to practice at least two hours a day.

Yue Fei walked up to the new army and looked at the panting new army with his eyes with satisfaction. These young men with fine skin and tender meat a few days ago are now tanned, and there is no difference between them and the children of the peasants.

Wang Gui saw Yue Fei leading Zhang Xian to appear on the school grounds, and immediately shouted, "Stop." ”

In the face of the regimental training envoy and deputy regimental training envoy standing in front of them, the 3,000 new troops were like ordinary people, and none of them stepped forward to salute, still holding their spears and standing there straight.

If other Song generals had seen that these soldiers dared not kneel down to meet their superiors, they would have been beheaded a long time ago. But Yue Fei didn't know how to make a fuss. Because this was the first military rule he made for the Protectorate.

"There is no kneeling in the Protectors."

When the soldier sees the general, he does not need to kneel, he can clench his fists. And when you are wearing armor, you don't even need to do the gift of clenching your fist.

When Yue Fei formulated this military rule, almost everyone expressed opposition. Not only Ji Qian, Zhang Xian and other generals in the army, but even Li Bashao heard about it and came to persuade Yue Fei to think carefully. The reason for these people's opposition is that the general must be dignified and the soldiers must be feared. If the soldiers and generals were put on an equal footing, the generals would have no majesty. And a general without majesty cannot win a battle.

Besides, the other armies have kneeling, and we can't be too unconventional in our Protectorate. A soldier does not need to kneel when he sees a general, just as it is absurd for ordinary people to kneel when they see an official.

Although almost no one supported Yue Fei, Yue Fei insisted on his opinion. The first article of the military regulations of the People's Protector Army formulated by him is that "there is no kneeling in the army." "If there is a general in the Protector who dares to make a soldier kneel, he will be beheaded.

When giving a lecture to the Protector Army, Yue Fei further told the Protector Army that as long as he joined the Protector Army, not only would he not kneel when he saw the generals in the army, but he would also not kneel when he saw the officials under the premise of wearing armor.

Faced with the doubts of Li Bashao and the squires, and in the face of the opposition of Zhang Xian and the generals in the army, Yue Fei simply said, "The Protector Army I want is not a kowtow worm who can only kowtow." The Protector I want is an elite who can dominate the world. Since it is the elite of the world, of course, you must have the pride of the world. ”

In the face of Yue Fei's insistence, everyone had no choice but to retreat.

However, the three thousand new troops were moved by Yue Fei's words. Since Yue Tuanlian sees them as the elite who dominate the world, they will definitely become the elite who dominate the world.

You must know that most of these 3,000 new troops were the children of rich families who fled into the Li Mansion when the Fang Zhao three families were in rebellion, and they not only participated in the battle to protect the Li Mansion that day, but also witnessed Yue Fei's god-like heroic appearance. So I admired Yue Fei from the bottom of my heart.

Although the family asked them to join the army, they just wanted to let the local people of Yingtianfu also have a place in the Protector Army. However, because most of these young people are literate and hyphenated, they naturally have a kind of pride in their bones.

The simple forward stabbing action has exhausted countless people in the past few days. But except for a dozen young people who were too weak to persevere, the three thousand rich people all gritted their teeth and persevered.

They all knew that they could train safely in the camp at the moment, but the other 2,000 Protectors were fighting more than 20,000 rebels inside and outside the city.

It was two thousand people protectors from other places, and it was two thousand people guards who were almost illiterate, but they were not even afraid of death, and they protected Ying Tianfu without regrets. In this case, if they can't even do simple training, how can they deserve the name of the Protector Army?

Seeing that Yue Fei and Zhang Xian had come to the training ground, Wang Gui and Yue Heng stepped forward, hugged their fists at Yue Fei and Zhang Xian and said, "Report to the regimental training envoy, deputy regimental training envoy, all three thousand pikemen are here for training today, and none of them are absent." ”

Yue Fei nodded and said to the two, "You still have to hurry up the training." Although the rebel army in the city was wiped out. But fighting was raging outside the city. The sooner you train in a spear formation, the sooner you can set foot on the battlefield. ”

Wang Gui said, "Report to the Yue regiment training envoy, I think these pikemen can set foot on the battlefield now." Most of the rebel armies outside the city are rabble, not strong armies like the golden dog. They may not be able to outfight our pikemen. ”

Yue Fei shook his head, looked at Wang Gui and said, "Even you yourself don't have to say it necessarily, it seems that you don't have much confidence in them." They've only been training for five days. Send them into battle now, it's not a fight, it's murder. ”

Wang Gui's face changed when Yue Fei said this, and he stopped talking. He just glanced at Zhang Xian, who was standing beside Yue Fei, with a complicated expression, and felt a little indignant in his heart.

Wang Gui has always held himself in high esteem. He has always believed that in terms of the high level of martial arts and the ability to use soldiers, except for Yue Fei, he is by no means inferior to anyone. Wang Gui believed that the reason why Zhang Xian snatched his position as deputy envoy of regimental training was because he and Xu Qing were left in the barracks by Yue Fei in the battle to save Li Zhai five days ago, while Zhang Xian participated in the battle with a thousand infantry and captured Zhao Bancheng.

Now Ji Qian, Xu Qingyue and others are killing on the battlefield every day, and he and the little boy Yue Heng are staying in the barracks to practice, how can they get it if they go on like this. There is never an opportunity to make meritorious contributions on the training ground. Wang Gui now just wants to prove his ability.

Since the establishment of the Protector Army, Wang Gui would ask Yue Fei for war every day, but Yue Fei just didn't allow it. Wang Gui has always had a strange feeling, Yue Fei seems to have been a lot stranger to himself since he was beaten with a military staff.