It was night, and Wang Pu was in the tent.

Wang Pu was lying comfortably on the soft couch of the march with his eyes closed, and Liu Ru was handling the regular military affairs for him, as Wang Pu's military secretary, of course, she would do the usual work with broken locks.

Liu Ru suddenly asked, "Master Hou, do you really plan to send the 40,000 Jiangbei Army to the Yanziji camp for training?" ”

"Not intended." Wang Pu opened his eyes and corrected, "This matter has been decided, and Shi Lang's sailor fleet will send them to Nanjing early tomorrow morning." ”

Liu Ru looked back at Wang Pu and asked, "Master Hou is not afraid of the general soldiers of the Seven Towns making trouble?" ”

"Troublemaker?" Wang Pu said coldly, "What can they do?" Do they dare to rebel? ”

"I don't dare to rebel." Liu said, "But what if they take advantage of the night to escape with their troops?" ”

"Flee at night? Then you have to ask the soldiers of the Jiangbei Army if they are willing. Wang Pu said, "If there are no soldiers under his command, then what's the point of them escaping?" ”

Liu Ru is beautiful eyes turned, and asked in a coquettish voice: "Hou Ye is so sure that the soldiers of the Jiangbei Army will not escape?" ”

Wang Pu closed his eyes again and said leisurely: "Whether he will escape or not, I will know tomorrow morning." ”

In fact, Wang Pu is pretending to be calm, and he is not very confident in his heart, although the treatment of the Central Army is generous enough, but whether the officers and soldiers of the Jiangbei Army will be affected, and how big the impact will be, it is difficult to say, if the general soldiers of the seven towns join forces to make trouble, the situation is still very tricky, and in the end, they may still have to meet each other.

If time permits, Wang Pu will not take such a risk, and if he wants to reorganize the army of the three towns in Jiangbei, of course, there is a more secure way.

It's a pity that God didn't give Wang Pu enough time, the thieves said that they would be defeated, and Jiannu said that they would enter the customs, and the Northern Expedition could not be delayed for a moment.

What's more serious is that the Ming forces in the five northern provinces will also be completely reduced to the lackeys of Jiannu.

If Jiannu takes advantage of the victory to march into Jiangnan, it is really hard to say whether the general soldiers of the seven towns in Jiangbei choose to continue to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty or take refuge in Jiannu, even if the general soldiers of the seven towns do not surrender, they will be driven by Jiannu to flee to Jiangnan, which will bring serious damage to the economic production of Jiangnan!

Therefore, Wang Pu must go on a northern expedition and must remove the hidden dangers of the seven towns in Jiangbei.

Liu Ru thought for a while, and then asked, "Master Hou, who should be asked to lead these 40,000 soldiers after the training is completed?" It is definitely unwilling to let Li Benshen and the other seven people lead the Hou Ye, but if it is replaced by someone else, can they convince the public? ”

"That's not a problem." Wang Pu said, "The first of the eight major articles of military regulations is that orders must be carried out, as long as these 40,000 soldiers are trained, no matter who I send to command, they will obey the order!" ”

Wang Pu did not brag, which involved his strategy of controlling the army.

With the expansion of the size of his army, it is no longer possible for Wang Pu to exchange for their allegiance by living and dying with the soldiers as he did when he was the chief soldier in Datong before, and it is no longer possible for Wang Pu to take an army to the battlefield to fight to the death with the enemy like the chief soldier, and he has to beware of a general soldier like "Wang Pu" in turn.

A general soldier like "Wang Pu" is undoubtedly very dangerous, because he is the soul of a town's army, and his words and deeds, every move affects the entire army, and the whole army can live for him, or die for him, and may even rebel with him, and this ...... It is intolerable to the current Wang Pu.

This sounds contradictory, but it's not at all.

Wang Pu ascended to the position by controlling an elite army that was absolutely loyal to him, but now that he has become the superior, he must beware that his generals also control an army that is absolutely loyal to him like the previous "Wang Pu", if such a "Wang Pu" unfortunately appears, then Wang Pu may be replaced by the next "Wang Pu" at any time.

In order to prevent the emergence of such a "Wang Pu", it is necessary to sever the relationship between the leading generals and the soldiers.

The military system adopted by Wang Pu is somewhat similar to the military household system of the Ming Dynasty, the army is usually locked in the barracks, and the instructor is responsible for training, and in wartime, the chief military officer designated by Wang Pu leads a battalion or several battalions of troops to go on the expedition, and a general officer can lead an infantry battalion or a number of infantry battalions, which depends on the situation.

At the end of the war, the commander-in-chief had to surrender his command, and the army returned to the battalion and handed over to the instructors for further training.

Of course, there is a difference between Wang Pu's military system and the Ming Dynasty's military household system, the Ming Dynasty's guards are mainly farming in peacetime, and only occasionally train when they are slack, while Wang Pu's army is completely professional soldiers, they don't need to farm, and they are training or training every day.

The advantage of this is that the leading generals and their troops are not given the opportunity to get along day and night, and the possibility of the army becoming the private soldiers of a certain general is avoided, and the disadvantage is that all the troops are trained to become well-trained and disciplined "model army", because of the lack of the surname of the military commander, such an army has no soul.

Such an army is incomparable with the 4,000 elite soldiers brought out by Wang Pu when he was the chief soldier of Datong, such an army can become an elite army, but it cannot become an elite army, let alone a tiger and wolf army.

In order to ensure the control of the army, it is not hesitated to sacrifice a little combat effectiveness, but fortunately, the Ming Dynasty has an absolute advantage in science and technology over the construction of slaves and thieves, as long as the technology can be applied to the military, the Ming army will be in an absolute advantage over the slaves and thieves, and the loss of combat effectiveness is almost negligible.

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Jiangbei Army Battalion.

Li Benshen, Wu Shengzhao, Gao Jinku, Liu Konghe, Liu Hongji, and Li Huajing gathered in Li Chengdong's account to discuss countermeasures.

Wu Shengzhao said: "If you want me to say it, it's against his mother, Wang Pu won't give us a way to live, and we won't let him have a good time." ”

"Rebellion?" Li Ben said coldly, "Just the remaining 40,000 people in the camp now? It's not that I poured cold water on you, just this point is afraid that it will not be enough to stuff the teeth between the teeth of the Central Army. ”

"If you want to rebel, Lao Wu will go by himself." Li Chengdong said, "I, Li Chengdong, can see clearly, Wang Pu is ruthless enough, courageous, and skillful, such a person is worthy of me Li Chengdong to give him his life, I didn't say it, I, Li Chengdong, will be mixed with him, besides, I haven't heard anyone say, we are still the general army, and there will still be opportunities to lead troops in the future." ”

Wu Shengzhao sneered: "Do you believe this? What about the food he promised at the beginning, did he give it? ”

Gao Jinku also said: "I didn't say anything about the food, but I took away the military power in our hands, it's really fucking ruthless!" It's so ruthless! This cannibal doesn't spit out bones! ”

"That's not what I said." Li Chengdong retorted, "It's true that we were robbed of military power, but the food and salary he promised was still given, you said that these 40,000 horses went to Nanjing, didn't they also become the Central Army?" They eat whatever the Central Army eats, they wear whatever the Central Army wears, and they also have money when the Central Army has money, so how can it be said that they have not been paid? ”

"Hey." Wu Shengzhao said angrily, "Li Chengdong, how can your kid eat inside and out, and say good things for him Wang Pu?" ”

"Lao Tzu is just talking about things!" Li Chengdong is not a master to mess with, so he turned his face and said, "Just rely on your old Wu's ability to fight with Hou Ye?" Still rebelling, looking for death is not much! Hum! ”

After that, Li Chengdong brushed his sleeves away.

When Wu Shengzhao was about to have a seizure, Liu Konghe on the side also said: "Li Chengdong is right, no matter what, Hou Ye is the governor of the five provinces, and the general soldiers of the seven towns in Jiangbei are under his control, he wants to transfer the men and horses of Jiangbei to Nanjing for training, we just obey, and the matter of rebellion is absolutely impossible." ”

Wu Shengzhao said angrily: "Then why are you still here?" ”

Liu Konghe said coldly: "We just came to persuade you, lest you do anything stupid, hum." ”

After speaking, Liu Konghe and Liu Hongji and Li Huajing walked away, leaving Wu Shengzhao, Li Benshen and Gao Jinku looking at each other.

Li Benshen looked at Wu Shengzhao and Gao Jinku, and sighed: "That's it, there is no other way to do it, you and I will repair a book, and take the initiative to ask Hou Ye for guilt, whether you are dead or alive, wait for Hou Ye to fall tomorrow." ”

"Ugh."

Wu Shengzhao and Gao Jinku also sighed, relatively speechless.

There is a reason why these three people are reluctant to hand over the military power in their hands, because they have each done too much evil, because there is no food in the army, they also robbed the people of Yangzhou, and even annihilated women, because Wang Pu ruled the army strictly, and the third and fourth articles of the eight military regulations clearly stipulate that those who destroy the women of the Ming Dynasty will be killed, and those who have plundered the people of the Ming Dynasty will be killed!

Liu Konghe, Liu Hongji, and Li Huajing also robbed the people in Shandong, but they did it on Liu Zeqing's military orders, while Wu Shengzhao did it secretly behind Gao Jie's back, this surname is completely different, they are afraid that after handing over the military power, Wang Pu will turn his face and ruthlessly kill them to correct the military law.

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The next morning, Wang Pu asked people to beat drums to convene the general army of the seven towns.

After the three drums, the general soldiers of the seven towns have all arrived, which is somewhat unexpected by Wang Pu, he really didn't expect that the general soldiers of the seven towns would cooperate so much, and the reorganization of the Jiangbei Army would go so smoothly.

More unexpected things are still to come.

As soon as the general soldiers of the Seven Towns entered the account, Li Benshen, Gao Jinku and Wu Shengzhao knelt on the ground, held up the letter and said gloomily: "There is no way to govern the army at a low level, and unfortunately I have violated the military regulations, so I respectfully ask the Hou Ye to send it down." ”

Lu Liu had already stepped forward, took the letter from the three of them, and handed it to Wang Pu's case.

"Breaking military rules?" Wang Pu frowned and asked, "What military regulations have you violated?" ”

Li Benshen bowed his head and replied: "The inferior rank has been truthfully stated in the letter, and there is no deception. ”

Wang Pu picked up the three letters, but stopped when he was about to open them, a smile bloomed from the corner of Wang Pu's mouth, and he threw the three letters into the brazier next to him with his hand, and the envelope and the letters inside were twisted in the flames, and soon turned into ashes, and Li Benshen and the three people who were kneeling in the hall were dumbfounded.

Wang Pu smiled and said, "The three chief soldiers, please." ”

Li Benshen and the other three stood up and looked at Wang Pu a little bewildered, as if they didn't understand what Wang Pu meant, or they had already understood but couldn't believe it.

Wang Pu put away the smile on his face, turned his gaze to the other four commanders, and said solemnly: "You all listen well, everything you have done before, Benhou can not blame the past, but from today on, you must strictly abide by the eight major articles of military regulations, if anyone violates military regulations, Benhou will not tolerate it!" ”

"Yes!"

Li Chengdong and the four of them agreed with a bang.

Li Benshen, Wu Shengzhao and Gao Jinku were even more grateful, and replied in a loud voice: "The lowly rank must strictly abide by the military regulations. ”

"Alright." Wang Pu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The 40,000 soldiers of the Jiangbei Army are about to go south by boat, you go to the dock to see them off, no matter what, they have been with you for many years." ”

"Thank you, Master Hou."

The general soldiers of the seven towns shook their fists at Wang Pu and hurried away.

Wang Pumu sent the figure of the general army of the seven towns away, and couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, the most difficult Jiangbei army has been settled, and then it will be the turn of the two town armies of Ma Degong and Tian Xiong in Fengyang.

In the light footsteps, a shadow had already come behind Wang Pu with a gust of fragrant wind.

With the ability to smell and recognize women, Wang Pu didn't have to look back to know that it was Liu Qingyan, the demon girl, who was coming, and the body fragrance of this demon girl was the same as her enchanting posture and foxy eyes, smelling it could make people confused, if it wasn't necessary, Wang Pu was unwilling to take her with the army.

Surrounded by such an absolute stunner but can't be a real **, isn't this deliberately finding guilt for yourself?

However, this Northern Expedition is very important, Wang Pu needs the intelligence support of the White Lotus Sect at any time, so he has no choice but to bring Liu Qingyan, the intelligence secretary, with him.

Liu Qingyan twisted her waist and turned to Wang Pu, regardless of Lu Liu and Nenniang in person, she reached out and hugged Wang Pu's neck, and said affectionately: "Master Hou, look at your ability to control people in Donglin Fushe, and then look at your way of governing the army in this group of arrogant soldiers, you are really becoming more and more like Cao Ying, hmm......"

(To be continued)