Chapter 44: Slave Army, Outlaws
On the second day, Chen Lin took a full 6,000 taels of gold (the currency unit of this book is a bit special, please forgive me), ordered someone to follow behind, and went to the West Garden of the Imperial City. If you don't go, you can't do it, as Yang Ci said, this is an official appointed by Emperor Ling himself, and it is said that Emperor Ling is waiting for Chen Lin's six thousand taels of gold to open. Fortunately, as Yang Ci said, all the civil and military officials knew that Chen Lin's official was recommended by others, not to buy it himself, so Chen Lin was not ignored by everyone.
Sure enough, Chen Lin saw from a distance that there were several yellow doors looking at this side in front of the mansion dedicated to selling officials in the West Garden, and when he saw Chen Lin coming, he stepped forward to help with great enthusiasm, which made Chen Lin disdainful. After a while, a Zhongchang attendant walked out, Chen Lin recognized it as Zhang Rang, and now Zhang Rang is very respectful to Chen Lin, after all, although Zhang Rang is more and more favored by Emperor Ling at this time, he is not a powerful eunuch, and Chen Lin does not look at Zhang Rang coldly like others.
Zhang Rang: "Congratulations to my lord, Lord Hexi, originally Gonggong Cao didn't want Gongzi Chen to take up this position, but as soon as our family said it, His Majesty agreed, which is really fortunate." ”
When Chen Lin heard this, he felt disgusted in his heart, he didn't say anything, and he actually invited him to work, and he didn't know if it was true or not. Chen Lin was indifferent: "Oh, thank you father-in-law." After speaking, he secretly stuffed Zhang Rang with gold, hoping that this person would disappear quickly. Chen Lin always has this ability, even in the face of people who don't like it, he can be calm and say things that don't know how to itch.
Zhang Rang was so close to Chen Lin In addition to Chen Lin's kindness, he also thought that after overthrowing Cao Jie and others in the future, Chen Lin would have a buffer in the middle, so that there would not be too many conflicts with the Shi clan. Zhang Rang was extremely scheming, thinking of using Chen Lin as a shield in exchange for time to clean up the power gap in the harem where Cao Jie and other old eunuchs fell.
Chen Lin didn't know about those flowery intestines, handed over the money, took the official seal without hindrance, and turned around and left. Went straight to the Sili Captain's Department, as mentioned earlier, the Sili Captain's Department led an army composed of slaves, and Chen Lin also learned that the number of people in the Division's Captain's Department was uncertain, sometimes more and sometimes less. They are all composed of people who have committed the death penalty, or purchased slaves, and other vicious people, and are bound by military discipline and trained. These people fought bravely and exchanged military merits for freedom, and the Han Dynasty Law Decree said that Si Lijun could be promoted and free after serving in the army for a certain number of years or accumulating military merits. Therefore, this army is very desperate when fighting, and it is difficult for ordinary people to control, and if it is brought well, it is a division of tigers and wolves, and if it is not brought well, it is asking for trouble.
Chen Lin thought all the way about how to lead these five hundred people, and the gold of six thousand taels could not be like Ren Na Henan Governor Sima, who said that he would not do it. Chen Lin must meet Yang Qiu first, Yang Qiu has already retreated from the court, and it is estimated that he is also waiting for Chen Lin. Before Chen Lin could speak, Yang Qiu came over and said: "Bozhi, if you want to come to you, you also know the intention of the official to recommend you for this, don't blame Bozhi." Saying that, he actually wanted to give Chen Lin a gift, where did Chen Lin dare to accept it, and hurriedly held up the yang ball.
Yang Qiu took Chen Lin to calculate Yang Ci Yang family, and he admitted it without subtlety, but it seemed to be above board, even Chen Lin admired this, and hurriedly said: "Where is Lord Yang, Lord Yang is bright and upright, and he is dedicated to getting rid of thieves, Chen Lin is willing to obey orders." Yang Qiu heard Chen Lin say this, hahaha laughed, which made all the officials in the Si Li Lieutenant Department stunned, this unrestrained and smiling captain who was known for his harshness actually laughed, and everyone couldn't help but be a little curious about Chen Lin, a new soldier.
Yang Qiu said: "This official knows that Bozhi has some military experience, but this division of the army can not be compared with the county soldiers and the Henan forbidden army, but no matter where the martial arts in the army prevails, Bo Zhi must be prepared, and now this division of the army, even the official can not be fully controlled" Chen Lin was shocked in his heart, Yang Qiu wanted to be stern and ruthless, and even he said that he could not fully control the division army. After Yang Qiu finished speaking, he sent someone to lead Chen Lin into the office, and each department of the Lieutenant Department of the Division had an independent office, and the place where Bing Cao was engaged in the office also had an independent room, but the barracks were in another place, not far apart. Chen Lin got to know all the relevant civilian officials such as his subordinate chief Bo and various adjutants, all of whom were ordinary people, and did not arouse Chen Lin's big idea. But after Yang Qiu took office, he ruthlessly rectified the internal affairs, and the people who stayed were finally people with some skills, not wine bags and rice bags.
After basically understanding the official duties of Bing Cao, Chen Lin asked people to take them to the barracks, this is the second time Chen Lin has entered the barracks, the first time is when he was the governor of Henan, Sima, he was also in Luoyang, and he also led 500 people. Chen Lin heard loud shouts from a distance, and when he got closer, he saw clearly that a group of people were gathered in the barracks and school field, and the two in the middle were bare chests and breasts, and they were wrestling shirtless, both of them were stout men with scumbags on their faces, and they had several terrifying scars on their bodies, which made the dark body even more hideous.
The two stared at each other shoulder to shoulder, both wanting to push each other down, but the strength of the two was not far apart, and no one could help the other. One person shouted, circled his fist and punched the opponent's armpit ribs, the other party seemed to know this, his body flashed, his bow and feet were mixed, and his entire huge body jumped up like a flea, bent his hand out of his elbow, and blasted into the opponent's face......
Chen Lin saw the two fighting, but every time he made a move, he was fatal, and he showed no mercy, turned his head and asked the civilian official next to him: "This is the case in the army, can it be regarded as a private brawl?" The civilian official replied: "Other military camps are counted, but they are not counted in the border army and the division army." Only then did Chen Lin understand what Yang Qiu said, it would be difficult for the army to surrender in this way, and if it was not good, he would be half-paralyzed. Therefore, there are few times when civilian officials lead troops, but there are also times when civilian officials bring out strong troops, military attaches lead troops and serve people with bravery, and civilian officials can only rely on military discipline to restrain the army.
The civil official continued: "My Han Si is under the capital of the important land, and even the armies of Luoyang, Henan and other places can be collectively called the 'Sili Army', which is the Sizhou slave army. However, the only ones who really have the name of 'Si Li Army' are under the command of the Captain of Si Li, and the others are either called the Henan Forbidden Army or the Luoyang Forbidden Army and so on. Once, after Lord Taiwei Duan saw Si Lijun, he described it as 'extremely heavy killing'. ”
This time, Chen Lin really couldn't imagine that he Duan Jiming didn't know how many Qiang people he slaughtered on the border of Liangzhou, and he actually said that others killed extremely heavily, it seems that this division is really not simple. Chen Lin remembered Si Lijun's statement that he exchanged his military merits for freedom, and hurriedly asked the civilian officials. The civil official laughed: "That's right, it's just that no one in Si Lijun has had this opportunity for nearly twenty years." Twenty years ago, during the reign of Emperor Huan, Zhang Biao, the captain of Si Li, Zhang Huyong, actually subdued Si Lijun and won the support of Si Lijun. Zhang Huyong led 1,800 Sili troops to break through the 40,000 army of the general Liang Ji Liang Bozhuo, and helped Emperor Huan kill his relatives, and the remaining 400 people in the department were all pardoned and freed, and it has been 20 years now. ”
When Chen Lin heard that there were 1,800 against 40,000 and that there were still 400 left, he was shocked in his heart. Chen Lin looked at the military camp in front of him, this group of people who had died thousands of times would definitely not lose to Zhang Huyong's soldiers, and Chen Lin was stubborn again: These soldiers, Chen Bozhi wanted. Chen Lin hurriedly asked: "There are only five hundred people here, what about the others?" ”
The civil official knows everything: "There are nearly a thousand other people, but they have to know the rules more than this battalion, not as reckless, fierce and unruly, led by Lord Yang himself." Chen Lin thought to himself, it turns out that the most elite soldiers of the Han Dynasty are right in front of him, regardless of how fierce and unruly you are.
The civil official didn't know Chen Lin's thoughts, and kindly reminded Chen Lin: "Lord Chen, in fact, the commander of this Sili army has always been not in the barracks, and only when the order comes, will he lead the Sili army to battle." Although Si Lijun is arrogant, he listens to the general's orders, so Lord Chen doesn't need to think about how to get close to these people. ”
Chen Lin basically understood the situation of Si Lijun, so he invited the civil official away in a good voice, and looked at the gladiatorial battle in the camp with a smile. The two of them fought in the field, and they didn't admit defeat, and the other Si Lijun who were watching were also cheering and shouting excitedly, lest these two people couldn't kill each other.
Chen Lin smiled and took a step forward, about to enter the gate of the camp, before his feet were put down, suddenly a loud thunderous shout broke through Chen Lin's ears: "Stop, the barracks are heavy, trespassers, kill." A cadre of officers and soldiers looked at Chen Lin with a brush, as if they were looking at a dead thing, without warmth. Chen Lin thought that they were watching the gladiatorial fight, but he didn't know that Chen Lin was coming, so he had been paying attention to it, but Chen Lin was outside the camp, and he was lazy.
The alertness is so high, sure enough, it was the dead who crawled out of the pile, and the dead left, Chen Lin liked it even more, just like a talented man meeting a beautiful woman, looking at these five hundred people with a smile, everyone saw Chen Lin still smiling in front of such a tyrannical anger, could it be a fool? Looking at the dignified appearance, there was still a faint heroism between his eyebrows, he turned out to be a fool, but unfortunately, many Si Lijun thought like this, how did they know that Chen Lin had set them all in his bag, so he was stupid.
Chen Lin saw that everyone looked at him like fools, so he retracted his smile and took out the official seal and the token issued by Yang Qiu: "A certain is a new soldier Cao Zhi, and the sergeant of this battalion will be under the command of a certain in the future." Before Chen Lin finished speaking, the expressions of the five hundred people changed again, first they saw the coldness of the dead thing, then they saw the fool, and now their expressions were rich, contempt, ridicule, disbelief, curiosity, and so on all took their forms. But there is a thought in everyone's hearts: This young man of Sven Wen will lead us, is it really fake?
One of them, a strong man who seemed to be quite prestigious, snatched Chen Lin's token, looked at it several times, turned back to everyone with a dark face, and shouted in a rare military voice: "Queue up, the new commander has arrived." I saw that everyone changed their expressions, and the serious and mighty formation was extremely fast, although they were not wearing military armor, they could see the power from the military appearance alone.
Chen Lin said secretly, the civil official just now didn't lie, these people really have very strict military discipline. That's fine, as long as the command can be moved, and he is not afraid of being disconvinced in the future, Chen Lin has already decided to take the sergeant of this battalion into his pocket.