Chapter 35

"Hands flat, flat, steady, haven't you eaten breakfast! Or did you leak oil last night and drain all your strength in your crotch?! At the same time, on the school field outside the capital, Li Hanqing, who had just been reinstated, was staring at him with a hideous face.

Standing in front of him were more than 3,000 warriors who had just been recruited, all of whom were scolded to the point of disgrace.

Breakfast was indeed eaten, and everyone was given a big bowl full of dry rice. However, two and a half hours have passed since the morning. The second meal of the day was delayed. Now everyone's stomach has already been attached to the back backbone of the chest. Hungry to such an extent, he also made people hold a wooden stick and stab forward repeatedly, isn't this pure foolishness?

None of those who were willing to be recruited to eat food for the newly formed Protector Army of the imperial court were fools. On the contrary, they are all well-known figures in the ten miles and eight towns around the capital. Ordinary people travel broadly, have lofty knowledge, and pay attention to righteousness, can stand on the fist, and can run a horse on the arm. It's just that no matter how thick the arm is, it can't twist the thigh. Suddenly, an edict was issued by the imperial court, ordering those with courage in the countryside to join the army to protect the country and kill thieves. Local officials began to pull people directly according to their fame. 'Aren't you a martial artist?' Aren't you usually known as the timely rain, loyal and filial piety, come and press a handprint, and this new dress will be yours! Wear it to report to the yamen by yourself, and rush to the capital three days later to serve the emperor! If you don't go, if you don't go, it's disrespectful, what are the consequences, you weigh it yourself, and the heroes and heroes who can walk sideways in the folk usually know who they can afford to provoke and who they can't afford to provoke. After much deliberation, except for a very small number of people who fled overnight and fled to the south. Most of them packed up the money they had extorted, dismissed their disciples, and honestly went to the yamen to apply. This walk, Xiao Lang is a passerby from then on.

The full name of the Protector Army is called the Loyal Protector Army. It was a new army that Timur had set up after turning against his own son. The army abandoned the bows and spears that were necessary for the elite of the Great Yuan in the past, and replaced them with muskets and artillery made by the Ordnance Bureau. Each barrel and barrel is made of bronze and comes at a prohibitively high price. But the quality of each musket and artillery has been tested by the six-fingered Guo Shu, and it will definitely not be like the original, exploding at every turn, and the effect of killing one's own people is better than killing the enemy.

It is strange to say that at such a large cost to build a pure firearms army, Dayuan's treasury has not bottomed out this year. The first credit here has to be attributed to the head of the former prime minister who ran away. If he hadn't given up his attempt to eliminate Huaiyang during his tenure, resolutely rested and recuperated, and resolutely imitated Huaiyang's side to open factories and workshops on both sides of the Sanggan River, and vigorously set up pastures to raise sheep, the treasury of the Great Yuan Dynasty would definitely not be able to collect so much tax and silver. As for the second merit, I have to thank the rebellious ministers and thieves who followed the crown prince Aiyu Zhili Dala to rebel, and it was precisely because of the ruthless copying of their family properties in Dadu and Baoding, Shunde, and Yongping that the imperial court had more surpluses. Only then can the pure firearms army that Tuhuan Timur has been excited about for a long time be put into practice regardless of the cost.

As for the chief generals of this army, naturally they can no longer choose the old decay of Ballu Timur and Dingzhu. The former is Hama's brother-in-law, although he has already secretly begun to kill his relatives in a righteous way, but Hama is still not dead, who knows if there will be a break between them. The latter is in power, and if there is military power again, it may become the second Boyan, Totok or Hama. But Tuhuan Timur did not dare to guarantee that he would still have the strength to kill another prime minister in two years.

Therefore, after weighing it repeatedly, Tuhuan Timur made up his mind and handed over the command of the Loyal Protector Army to Harazhang, who had just been recovered from the people.

Naharazhang is the eldest son of the former prime minister, and after his father "died unjustly", he and his younger brother Sambaonu suffered a lot. even once followed the idea of his father's personal scholar Li Hanqing, and faked his death for a long time. It wasn't until some time ago that Hama dismissed the prime minister, and Tuhuan Timur listened to Dingzhu's suggestion and ordered to rehabilitate Zhaoxue for Toto, and the brothers returned to Dadu under the protection of Li Hanqing and Clam Gaoban and others, and thanked the emperor.

Zhao Xue naturally had to compensate. As a result, the clam chapter changed from the son of a sinner to the great Yuan Shen Guogong, Pingzhang political affairs, and the military department. His younger brother Sanbaonu also sealed a Qi county prince and ruled the imperial history. Clam Zhang and Sanbaonu wept with gratitude, and took the initiative to enter the palace many times to thank the emperor. Seeing that the two of them were sincere, and there were indeed no good candidates available, Tuhuan Timur simply granted military power directly, hoping that Harazhang would inherit his father's unfinished business and calm Huaiyang as soon as possible.

The two brothers lit the fire again, and Li Hanqing, Gong Bosui, and Sha Laban, the three brothers and sisters who had accompanied Tokhov to the last journey of their lives, of course, could not be forgotten. So, after more than two years, Li Hanqing, the squire of the military department, Gong Bosui, the counselor of Henan Jiangbei Province, and the Wanhu Shalaban of the Red Army, all of them were reinstated. In view of the current situation of the Great Yuan Dynasty and the abilities of the three of them, Tuhuan Timur specially asked Prime Minister Dingzhu to issue an order, and Li Hanqing, Gong Bosui and Sha Laban all entered the Loyal and Righteous Protector Army, assisted Harazhang and the Sambaonu brothers to train soldiers, rehearse the array, and prepare to make meritorious contributions to the country's killing of thieves.

There is a way that the new official takes office with three fires. Although Harazhang himself is a son-in-law and has not even learned one-tenth of his father's ability to take off the saddle, Li Hanqing, Gong Bosui and Sha Laban have gained a bit of true inheritance because they have been following Yu before and after taking off the saddle all the year round. Seeing that the two brothers were at a loss, the three of them discussed, and simply worked for the commander directly and took over all the affairs of the army. From daily training, maintenance of military discipline, rewards and punishments for personnel promotion, to food and grass supplies, and weapons distribution and reserves, all of them are handled by hand.

In this way, the two brothers, Clam Zhang and Sanbaonu, can be regarded as relaxed. The "righteous soldiers" who had just been forcibly conscripted into the army at the bottom were unlucky. Although they are usually in the streets and alleys and the countryside, they are also ten figures, but compared with the elite soldiers under the tent who got rid of the back then, they are not enough to see at all. What's more, Li Hanqing still has the heart to compare them with the elite of the Huai'an Army, and vows to make Zhu Butcher's blood debt repayable.

So, throughout the winter, in the school field outside the capital, there was a ghost crying wolf every day. Li Hanqing firmly believes that Ci is not in charge of the army, so he doesn't care about the casualties and losses during training. Anyway, with the expansion of the city and the rapid increase of pastures, there are more and more "heroes and little heroes" who have nothing to do inside and outside the city. During the training, more than a dozen died, dozens or even hundreds were disabled, and soon the local government could make up for the "recruitment". The local officials of Zhongshu Province are also willing to send all the "thorns" under the autonomy into the army. Anyway, whether they stay in the end, or die or are disabled during training, it is impossible for these people to go back to the countryside, which is invisibly equivalent to maintaining local peace.

But just strict training may not be able to create an invincible hero. In the days after Totok's death, Li Hanqing spent some time settling the two brothers, Clam Zhangzhang and Sanbaonu, and spent most of his other efforts traveling around and increasing his knowledge. He not only disguised himself as a Taoist priest and observed the Huai'an army at close range, but also secretly went to Hezhou, Chizhou, and Bianliang. After some summing up, he came to a conclusion. In addition to strict training, clear rewards and punishments, and sharp weapons, an army also needs to make the vast majority of the team believe that what they are doing is righteous and that their commander is leading everyone to do the right thing. And the justice in the eyes of Li Hanqing is by no means the same as Zhu Tuhu and others. The justice in the eyes of Zhu Butcher, Zhu beggar, Liu Futong and other "thieves" is "expelling the Tartars", but the justice in the eyes of Li Hanqing is "exterminate the traitors and bandits, and restore peace to the world!" ”

And the way to support him Li Hanqing himself to believe in his own justice, or to find ways to convince others that they are on the side of justice, is to repeatedly compare the "peace and prosperity" before Zhu Tuhu and others rebelled with the "chaos and poverty" after Zhu Tuhu and others rebelled, so that everyone in the loyal and righteous national protection army believes that the reason why their lives are getting worse and worse and why they are forcibly conscripted into the army is not because of the improper decree of the Dayuan court, but because Zhu Tuhu rebelled, causing the court to have to spend most of its money and energy to deal with the traitors. There is no ability to maintain the place anymore.

As for examples of tranquility and abundance, it is also easy to find. Even in poor places, there are people who have lived a prosperous life, and with the rise of workshops and pastures in the past two years, there are many people who have suddenly fallen into the middle of the family. Purposefully picking out these examples, and then polishing them, it is not difficult to prove that Zhu Tuhu and his Huai'an army are the root of all evils.

"Who made everyone have land and can't plant! Who made everyone unable to go back to their homes? In the howling north wind, Li Hanqing suddenly stopped drinking. Instead, he raised a tin horn and asked questions in public. Every sentence was frozen into a white mist at the mouth of the iron horn, fluttering and lingering.

"Zhu Butcher, Zhu Butcher, Zhu Butcher!" The clam squad stood at the front of the line with a number of family members, taking the lead in raising their arms and shouting.

"Zhu Butcher, Zhu Butcher, Zhu Butcher!" The surrounding Protector soldiers looked at each other and had to follow in a loud voice. Zhu Tuhu is far away in Huaiyang, and his image is very illusory. But if they don't shout loud enough, they will have to continue to stand on the school ground and freeze, but this is a reality that is close at hand.

"Who is it that has made all the money so that the women of all the people can't wear new clothes? Who is it who controls the north-south water grain transportation route, so that everyone's children can't have enough to eat? Who made wool sky-high and turned good land into pasture?! ”

"Zhu Butcher! Zhu butcher, Zhu butcher! This time, there was no need for the clam class to take the lead, and all the soldiers responded in unison.

Those Huaiyang people are so hateful that with a thin piece of mirror, they can exchange the wool of the whole ship. And for every dozen more sheep, there is an acre of good land to be turned into pasture. As a result, tenants who have lost their livelihoods and are displaced are everywhere. If they can't find anything to do in the black-hearted workshops in the city, the whole family will starve before the winter passes.

"Who stole everyone's money? Who forced the imperial court to increase taxes again and again? Who is it that leaves the brothers with no land to plant and nothing serious to do? Unconsciously, Li Hanqing was moved by his own carefully concocted lies, and tears welled up in his eyes.

"Zhu Butcher, Zhu Butcher, Zhu Butcher!" In all directions, the cries of grief and indignation rang out in one place. The heroes and heroes who were forcibly conscripted into the army picked up the wooden fake muskets and stabbed forward, as if in the whistling north wind, there were hidden enemies who they did not share.