The next morning, as Zhen Youcai expected, Monk Zhang, Cheng Cheng and the other twelve leaders came to join the army with more than 800 ringing horse thieves, and in the afternoon of the same day, Wang Pu left the camp in the north of the city with more than 200 family members, more than 800 ringing horse thieves and 3,000 veterans selected by Tang Sheng, and entered the camp in Leigong Mountain.

In the next month or so, Lei Gongshan will become the main camp of this army, where Wang Pu will conduct quasi-modern military training for them! These more than 4,000 people are either carefully selected veterans of a hundred battles, or murderous horse thieves, riding archery, foot combat, chaotic warfare, and melee These things no longer need to be taught by Wang Pu, Wang Pu wants to teach them the three-stage shooting of modern muskets, as well as the throwing of dragon king cannons with handles!

These two firearms were used against the Mongol cavalry.

Whether the 4,000 soldiers can skillfully use these two firearms will be directly related to the success or failure of the surprise attack on naturalization, which is different from the surprise attack on Shengjing, this surprise attack and naturalization is not for survival, nor for plundering cattle, sheep and livestock, let alone for Zhang Zi'an's old gelding, Wang Pu has only one purpose, that is, to train soldiers!

Wang Pu's purpose is to build these more than 4,000 people into a brand-new army through the battle of surprise attack and naturalization, an army that completely belongs to him Wang Pu himself, and from the day this army returned to the Ming Dynasty, they will only be loyal to Wang Pu, not the Ming Dynasty!

Wang Pu knew what he was doing.

Yanjing he will never go back, although there is still a title of Jingying Admiral waiting for him, although there is still a dignified princess waiting to marry him, but he knows that if he really returns to Yanjing, he will be subject to others, not to mention the high-ranking Long Live Lord, just the countless important ministers and relatives in Yanjing City can make him tired to deal with.

Although the official rank of the commander of the Beijing camp is quite high, it is only an empty title, and it is the eunuchs around Emperor Chongzhen who really govern the Beijing camp!

Wang Pu didn't want to go back to Yanjing, but Emperor Chongzhen would never let him stay in Datong!

What to do?

There is no other way, Wang Pu can only seize the time to train an elite soldier, and it is an elite soldier who is absolutely loyal to himself! As long as he has an elite army that completely belongs to him in his hand, Emperor Chongzhen has nothing to do with him!

In real history, Wang Pu, Wu Sangui and other six general soldiers took the lead in escaping to lead to the defeat of Songshan, and Emperor Chongzhen disposed of other general soldiers but did not dispose of Wu Sangui, why? The reason is very simple, because the Wu family is a strong force in western Liaoning, Wu Sangui has an elite family army in his hands, and his uncle Zu Dashou is still guarding Jinzhou City, and Emperor Chongzhen can only rely on Wu Sangui to support the crisis outside the Guan, so he has no way to take Wu Sangui.

In the same way, as long as Wang Pu has an elite family army in his hands, when the time comes, he will find an excuse to stay in Datong and not return to Beijing, and Emperor Chongzhen will have nothing to do with him! In fact, at this time, the rule of the Ming Dynasty in Jiangbei had fallen apart, and it was already commonplace for the military generals of various towns not to obey the edicts of the imperial court.

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Three days later, the camp of Lei Gong Mountain.

Located in the recess of the middle of the mountain, the school field is fluttering with flags, swords and guns are lined up, and the 4,000 soldiers have formed a neat phalanx!

On the parade platform, Wang Pu stood solemnly in heavy armor, and behind Wang Pu stood from left to right Zhen Youcai, Bearded, Scarface, Tang Sheng, and Monk Zhang.

There is a team of 100 people under the team of 1,000 people, and the general manager is set up.

There is a team of 10 people under the team of 100 people, and there is a chief.

Flag hunting, north wind howling.

Wang Pu's eyes swept over the soldiers under the parade platform, and he opened his throat and shouted: "Brothers, listen well, General Ben doesn't care what you did before, whether it's a horse-drawn cart, a hoe and a ploughing field, it doesn't matter if it's a Jiangyang thief who kills people and oversells goods, what General Ben wants to say today is: From today on, everyone is a brother!" ”

Wang Puhongliang's voice rolled and stirred in the recess of the mountain, and it lasted for a long time.

The eight hundred horse thieves and the three thousand officers and soldiers did not react much, but the eyes of the two hundred family members suddenly became hot, they had followed Wang Pu to Liaodong, and had witnessed the bearded man taking fifty brothers to death, and they had also personally experienced Wang Pu robbing the Dharma field in order to save the bearded man! They also know that Wang Pu saved Xiao Qi and others with the only death-free gold medal, and they know the meaning of the word "brother" in Wang Pu's mouth!

Wang Pu took a deep breath of cold air, and then said: "General Ben also wants to say: You are not only my Wang Pu's soldiers, you are also my Wang Pu's brother, and my Wang Pu is also the brother of each of you!" ”

"What is a brother? When the enemy's arrows come at you, the one who is willing to use his body to block the arrows for you is a brother! ”

"What is a brother? When one person's death can be exchanged for the lives of more people, the one who chooses to die without hesitation is a brother! ”

"What is a brother? Brothers fight side by side on the battlefield, trust each other, leave their backs to their companions without reservation, and always aim their swords at the enemy! You have to believe that your brother is always behind you, and even if you die in battle, he will never take a step back! ”

When Wang Pu said this, Scarface took a step forward and shouted: "In Jingshi, more than 20 of our brothers followed the general to rob the Dharma field, and the court wanted to behead us, but the general saved us with his only gold medal for avoiding death!" But he himself was imprisoned and almost killed. ”

"And him!" Scarface turned his head and pointed at the bearded man, and shouted, "In order to keep more brothers alive, he is willing to take fifty brothers to lure away the cavalry of Jiannu's brigade, if it weren't for his fate, he would have died in Liaodong a long time ago!" Bearded, untie your armor and let the brethren see the scars that Jiannu left on you! ”

The bearded man took two steps forward to take off his armor and untie his battle robe, and his muscular upper body was exposed to the cold wind, but the muscle bumps that had been raised were covered with criss-crossing knife wounds and arrow sores, and the scene could only be described with the four words miserable.

"Did you see it all?" Wang Pu pointed to the knife wounds and arrow sores on the bearded man's body and shouted, "Most of these scars are left by that battle, from today on, he is the brother of all of you, if necessary, he will die for all of you without hesitation!" ”

The eyes of the eight hundred horse thieves began to become warm, although they were Jiangyang thieves who killed people without blinking, but they admired the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, like Wang Pu and Da Huzi, who did not hesitate to choose their own death in order to save more brothers, were the people they respected the most.

Wang Pu's gaze turned to the three thousand veteran soldiers, and their expressions remained indifferent.

"General Ben knows what you're thinking!" Wang Pu shouted, "Anyone can say beautiful things, but it's not like that at all when you get to the battlefield!" The Battle of Salhu, the Battle of Fushun, the Battle of Kaitie, the Battle of Liaoshen, the Battle of Dalinghe, the Battle of Jinzhou, and the Battle of Songshan not long ago, too many soldiers left their brothers and fled, too many generals threw down their armies and fled, this is a shame, a great shame! ”

The indifference on the faces of the veterans began to dissipate, and their eyes began to reveal indescribable grief and indignation!

These 3,000 veterans are all veterans who crawled out of the pile of the dead, and they are actually full of enthusiasm, but in the years of conquest and endless defeat, their once hot hearts gradually became cold, and they began to become indifferent, and they no longer believed in the generals, or even in their own robes.

They have a strong physique, a strong will, and excellent killing skills, they are veterans of many battles, but on the battlefield, they only want to do one thing, and that is to escape! Because they know that on the battlefield you will always be on your own, that your generals will abandon you at any time, that your companions will drop you at any time, and that if you want to survive, you will have to rely on yourself!

No one will die for them, no one will fight with Jiannu for them, they are just humble soldiers.

Met the sad and indignant eyes of the three thousand veterans, Wang Pu slapped his chest loudly and shouted: "General Ben doesn't dare to say anything else, but he will never leave his brother on the battlefield, as long as General Ben still has a breath of air, he will definitely lead you to fight to the last moment!" ”

Turning his gaze to all the 4,000 soldiers under the parade platform, Wang Pu shouted hoarsely: "General Ben also wants to tell you that from now on you are my Wang Pu's soldiers, as long as you are my Wang Pu's soldiers, you will never be allowed to abandon your brothers on the battlefield, let alone give up hope and run away!" ”

The long-lost enthusiasm began to return to the eyes of the three thousand veterans, Wang Pu's words rekindled their desire to regain their dignity, as a soldier, no one wants to lose the battle, let alone just want to break away, let alone want to be a gray grandson with their tails between their legs, they want to win the battle, they want to have their own dignity, they have become what they are now, in fact, they are forced by the situation.

They can't help themselves, and the power of one person is too small after all.

But now, everything is different.

Wang Pu was different from all the Ming generals they had met before, he dared to take more than a thousand people to attack Jiannu's lair, in order to save his soldiers, he dared to take people to rob the Jingshi's dharma, and he could also take out the death-free gold medal given by the Lord of Long Live without hesitation...... Anyway, this is a general like no other!

They didn't think about making any great achievements, nor did they think about making a fortune, their requirements were actually very simple, they just wanted to follow Wang Pu to make a soldier, kill a few Jiannu, and when they returned to their hometown in the future, no one would point to their backbone and say - this is a deserter, that's enough!

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Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Zhang Zi'an, the eunuch of Datong Town, sent an urgent letter with an urgent dispatch of 600 li to Jingshi, in which Zhang Zi'an reported two things to Wang Chengen, the first thing was that because Zhao Santai was greedy for military salaries, it caused a mutiny in the border army of Datong Town, and the second thing was that Wang Pu made firearms in three weapons workshops.

Wang Chengen did not dare to slack off, and immediately presented this letter to Emperor Chongzhen's palace.

Emperor Chongzhen read this secret letter and asked Wang Chengen: "Chengen, what do you think of this?" ”

Wang Chengen said: "What is the long live Lord referring to?" ”

"Let's talk about Wang Pu first." Emperor Chongzhen said, "You said that Wang Pu was rushing to make firearms in the three weapons workshops in Datong, what did he want to do?" ”

Wang Chengen said: "Long live Lord, it's really hard to say about this slave and maid. ”

"Say." Emperor Chongzhen said," said boldly. ”

Wang Chengen said: "Long live Lord, this matter is not small, but it is not big, but it is not big, who does not have a few thousand private soldiers among the general soldiers of the towns on the nine sides at the moment?" The master of the horse was originally the chief soldier of Datong Town, and the Wang family was the richest man in Shanxi, so it was not unusual to raise thousands of private soldiers to guard the home and nursing home. ”

Emperor Chongzhen frowned and said, "That's all? ”

"The slave thinks that's all there is to it." Wang Chengen said, "Master Ma is a little arrogant, but if you want to say that he has different intentions and wants to rebel, he doesn't believe it if he kills the slave and maid." ”

"Wang Chengen." Emperor Chongzhen lowered his face and asked in a gloomy manner, "How much benefit did Wang Pu give you?" ”

"Long live the master, Master Mingjian." Wang Chengen shuddered, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "The slave did send 100,000 taels of silver to the slave and maid, but the slave and maid have not taken a penny and have already handed over the key treasury of the Inner Palace. ”

"Alright, get up." Emperor Chongzhen's expression quickly softened again, and he said indifferently, "You slave and maid are still a little conscientious, you know that the state affairs are difficult, and you know that you are thinking about me, but those slaves and maids under your hands will not think for me!" Let's just say that this Zhang Zi'an sent to Datong, is really only Zhao Santai who is greedy for ink and silver? Is his ass really clean? ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The slave and maid are negligent, please make a clear decision." ”

"You're just so kind!" Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "These slaves and maids under your hands should take care of it, just say that this Zhang Zi'an, let him settle all the arrears of more than 10,000 soldiers of the Datong border army." ”

Wang Chengen replied respectfully: "The slave obeys the order." ”

(To be continued)