Lin Wanrong and Chief Gao took Zhao Liangyu and a few flag chiefs to rush to the foot of Langya Mountain in one go, and saw several tents burning in the distance, full of people, very lively.

"Lord Baihu, it's very hot in your barracks, it seems that the brothers' spare time is very rich!" Lin Wanrong said with a smile.

Zhao Baihu laughed embarrassedly twice, and didn't answer. Before he approached the barracks, he had heard the incessant noise, accompanied by the sound of dice throwing cups, and several soldiers shouted loudly: "Open, open, one, two, three, six o'clock small, the dealer will be killed!" ”

Chief Gao has been in the palace for a long time, and it is common for him to gamble with his guards, but now that he is in the army, he openly gambles, and these generals are too bold.

Lin Wanrong squinted and said, "Zhao Baihu, what kind of voice is this?" ”

Zhao Liangyu's face was red and white, and he pretended to say: "Tell the general, my subordinates don't know, maybe it's because the soldiers are bored and playing around on the march." ”

Lin Wanrong smiled, the officials went out to prostitute, and the soldiers gambled in the house.

Several people dismounted, only to see two magic cannons placed in the middle of the camp, and a soldier was lazily leaning on the carriage and dozing, not even knowing that anyone was approaching.

Lin Wanrong carefully looked at the two cannons, cast of pig iron, with thick and long barrels, and there were no traces of firing, thinking that they were the improved cannons that Xu Wei said. Stroking the cold barrel, Lin Wanrong looked interested, and he didn't know how powerful this cannon was, if he had time, Lao Tzu would personally try two cannons.

Zhao Liangyu saw that the newly arrived staff general was staring closely at the two cannons he was escorting, and seemed to be very interested, and immediately said proudly: "These two cannons are the latest development by the skilled craftsmen of my god machine battalion, and no one has used them yet. It is said that this cannon is extremely powerful and accurate, and this time it is pulled to the front line to ensure that those White Lotus demons die without a place to be buried. ”

Accurate shooting? No matter how accurate the artillery is in the hands of your group of tofu soldiers, it has become an ornament, Lin Wanrong smiled disdainfully: "Oh, is it? Tomorrow, then, I'm going to see the power of this cannon. Don't hide it from Zhao Baihu, I haven't seen ** yet. ”

Lin Wanrong took Chief Gao into a camp tent in the middle, only to see about 20 soldiers surrounding a small table in the middle, gambling happily.

Lin Wanrong glanced at Chief Gao, who stepped forward in three steps, grabbed the cup that threw the dice, and said loudly: "Who dares to bet with me?" ”

When everyone saw that he was tall and burly, and his body was terrifying, but he was not wearing armor, and he did not know where he came from, several soldiers shouted loudly: "You small, so bold, this is the important place of the Divine Machine Camp, how can you be allowed to trespass." ”

Zhao Liangyu hurriedly said: "Don't be rude. These two are the newly arrived commander of the army, General Lin and his entourage, why don't you hurry up and see them? ”

The sergeants were so frightened that they hurriedly bowed and saluted to meet the two adults. Lin Wanrong smiled and said: "It's okay, since you brothers like to play with dice, then I'll let this big brother have a good time with you." But if you want to have a good time, you can't do it without adding some color. ”

When everyone saw that the new staff general had spoken, they were all silent, and they listened attentively, only to hear the general continue: "In this way, everyone has a share in the brothers who participate in the gambling in this account today, and everyone comes up to gamble alone with Brother Gao. If you win the bet, the gambling in the army today has nothing to do with you. But if you lose the bet-" General Lin smiled: "Then you will have to bear the law and discipline in this army, and fifty big boards are inevitable." Oh, let's ask Lord Hyakho to punish him personally. ”

As soon as these words came out, the people in the tent immediately discussed, according to the Dahua military regulations, gambling in the army is a serious crime, even if it is not an exaggeration, but these soldiers of the Shenji Battalion are usually arrogant, and they have long stopped taking these military disciplines seriously, but this staff general is going to move seriously as soon as he comes, which makes them a little afraid in their hearts.

Lin Wanrong had already guessed their thoughts, and said with a generous smile: "Brothers, don't worry, my method is very fair, since everyone likes to gamble, I will open this game." If you win the bet, it is naturally your ability, the general has nothing to say, but if you lose, then you must also be willing to gamble and lose. ”

Everyone thought about it, isn't this the reason why they are willing to gamble and lose, not to mention that this general has given everyone a chance, so let's go up and try their luck. At that moment, a few brave people rushed forward to try it out with the high chief.

Chief Gao is a master of gambling, and he has a strong martial arts, it is easy to do some tricks and feet in secret, if you want to open a big is big, if you want to open a small is small, where are these sergeants his opponents, they have been defeated in one round. There were more than 20 people in the big tent, and all of them were defeated in a blink of an eye.

Seeing that all the sergeants were dejected, Lin Wanrong swept his eyes and said loudly: "Who else wants to come up and gamble?" "When these soldiers saw the divine might of the high chieftain, where did they dare to be presumptuous, and everyone was silent at the moment and did not dare to speak.

Lin Wanrong said with a smile: "I have already given you the opportunity, and this general will always be effective." As long as anyone can win the bet against this big brother, whatever time and place you want, even if it is a gambling game on the battlefield, General Ben will not have the slightest opinion. But if you lose, this board is indispensable. ”

He smiled and said to Zhao Liangyu: "Lord Baihu, these dozens of brothers, please punish you." Twenty people, breaking five boards is qualified. ”

Everyone gasped when they heard this, the general of staff smiled when he spoke, but his hands were vicious, these fifty boards went down, and no one could lie in bed for three or five days. But the officials are scared to death, not to mention that this is a military regulation, and if they commit it in the hands of this general today, they can only be regarded as unlucky.

General Lin gave Zhao Baihu a death order, to break the five boards, Zhao Liangyu himself still has a handle in General Lin's hands, how dare he be lazy, and use all his strength at the moment to personally execute the punishment. These soldiers who dared to gamble in the public in the barracks were all Zhao Liangyu's cronies, but today they were severely beaten by Zhao Baihu, and their hearts were naturally very uneasy.

Listening to the wails outside, Chief Gao said worriedly: "Brother Lin, punishing so many people in one breath will cause any incidents or mutinies?" ”

"Mutiny?" Lin Wanrong shook her head with a wry smile, and then sighed: "Brother Gao, I'm not afraid of their mutiny, if it is really a mutiny, it means that they still have some military blood, I'm afraid they don't even have the courage to mutiny." ”

Chief Gao thought about what he said carefully, and it really made sense, these sergeants of the Shenji Battalion are usually arrogant and domineering, and they seem to be fierce, but in fact, they are all bullying the weak and afraid of the hard. This Brother Lin really has a unique vision, and he saw the idea at once, no wonder Lord Xu is so optimistic about him.

After a while, Zhao Liangyu walked in sweating profusely and reported: "General Yu, more than 20 people, all the executions have been completed, and the five big boards have been interrupted, please check the general." Immediately, the flag chief who followed him presented five broken boards, which were still stained with a little blood.

Lin Wanrong waved her hand and said with a sneer: "Okay, Zhao Baihu is really a good man." The order was passed down, and in the future, anyone who gambled in the army would be dealt with in this case. In addition, General Ben ordered that early tomorrow morning, the Shenji Battalion will hold a drill and shoot live artillery, and General Ben will personally inspect it. ”

A few people should have said yes, and now several flag generals arranged to go overnight. Lin Wanrong grabbed Zhao Liangyu and said: "Zhao Baihu, where are the soldiers and horses from Zhejiang and Shandong, you can lead General Ben to inspect it." ”

Zhao Liangyu already has a new understanding of this smiling general, who is resolute and vicious, and is by no means a character to be messed with.

The tent of the Shenji battalion is on the far left, and a mile away from it is the camp of more than 200 soldiers and horses in Zhejiang, and another mile is the camp of Shandong soldiers and horses. Three people, three hundred households, do not interfere with each other, forming three small groups.

When Zhao Liangyu arrived with Lin Wanrong and Chief Gao, the Zhejiang camp was not as noisy as the Shenji camp, the camp was brightly lit, several carts pulled some grain and grass and stopped in the camp, and soldiers came and went from time to time.

Lin Wanrong looked at those soldiers carefully, sure enough, they were old, small, and weak, Zhao Liangyu didn't tell a lie, these were all left over from the guards.

The two hundred or so people in Zhejiang are also led by a hundred households, called Du Xiuyuan. When Du Xiuyuan learned of the arrival of General Lin, the commander of the army, he hurriedly came out of the camp to greet him. This Du Baihu has no beard, but his eyes are full of energy, and when he saw Lin Wanrong, he hugged his fists and said: "The last general, Du Xiuyuan, has seen General Lin." ”

"Lord Baihu is easy to say, this is the first time for General Ben to come to your department today, why is your department so quiet, there is no protection of people and horses, is it possible that all the soldiers in the camp are sleeping peacefully?" Lin Wanrong asked with a smile.

"The general misunderstood." Du Xiuyuan hurriedly said: "It's not that my subordinates have not arranged defense, it's just that the two hundred households under my command are all veterans who have retreated and some newly recruited soldiers, the old ones are in their forties, and the younger ones are fourteen or fifteen years old. ”

"Oh?" Lin Wanrong glanced at Du Xiuyuan with interest, this old man who didn't have a long beard seemed to have a lot of ideas: "Then what do you think?" ”

Du Xiuyuan said: "Instead of being exposed, it is better to hide it secretly." Although I am a weak soldier, I can also defeat the general in the short man, please look at it, my lord......" He clapped his hands three times, and sixty or seventy sergeants poured out of the camp, although they were both old and young, but their physique was already strong. They were divided into two layers, inside and outside, with spears on the outside and knives on the inside, forming a convoy formation.

Du Xiuyuan said: "This is the elite I selected from more than 200 people, and they secretly hide in the camp to guard, which is much stronger than the public strength." ”

It turned out to be tight inside and loose outside, this Du Xiuyuan had some ideas, just looking at the soldiers he led, the formation was good, but his personal ability was very lacking, Lin Wanrong sighed and said: "Du Baihu, you have ideas, this is very good." But these soldiers and horses under your command are still poorly trained. He walked up to a soldier with a gun, and with a pull of his hands, the soldier was unsteady and fell on his side.

Although Zhao Liangyu's subordinates are Shenji battalions, the quality of the soldiers is much better than that of this Zhejiang soldier.

Lin Wanrong glared at him fiercely, what are you so funny about, wait for the Shenji Camp to test the cannon tomorrow morning, Lao Tzu will make you funny. Du Xiuyuan's face was red and white, and he didn't know what to do, the Jiangnan soldiers were inferior to the northern soldiers in terms of body shape and strength, not to mention that this was the remnant of the soldiers who were picked up.

Looking at Du Xiuyuan's appearance, this hundred households seem to have a strategy, but he is not good at training, Lin Wanrong nodded, patted Du Xiuyuan on the shoulder and said: "Brother Du, don't worry, training is not a temporary effort, strategy is your strength, you can use a good strategy." I see you like you've read a book, what do you do at home? ”

Du Xiuyuan said: "General Yu, my ancestral home is Hangzhou, and my family has been in business for generations. It was only in my hands that I fell into the middle of the road, and I was interested in the army, so I joined the army. ”

"Doing business?" Lin Wanrong was very interested when she heard this, no wonder this Du Xiuyuan has a bit of strategy, no business or treachery, and it may not be a bad thing to bring him to the army: "We are peers, I am also doing business in Jinling, this time it was Lord Xu who pulled me over to temporarily take a part-time errand." ”

After a turn in the Zhejiang camp, Du Xiuyuan's soldiers, although their personal ability is not strong, they have some attainments in formation, and it can be seen that Du Xiuyuan has worked hard.

Without doing anything, Lin Wanrong simply took two hundred households and went straight to Shandong Ying. Far away before he arrived at the Shandong camp, he heard a shocking sound of fighting, and there was a faint neighing of some war horses, Lin Wanrong was taken aback and said, "What is this?" Could it be that there was a fight? ”

Du Xiuyuan said beside him: "General Lin, you don't know, this Shandong commander Hu does not return to a hundred households, and he has to train like this every day." I practiced in the morning and in the evening, but it was all based on brute force, and it would be useless to be afraid of going to the battlefield. There was a bit of disdain in Du Xiuyuan's words, and it didn't seem to be the right way to go with this Hu Bugui.

Before Lin Wanrong and a few people approached the Shandong camp, he flashed seven soldiers from the side of the road and said, "Who broke into our army's camp at night?" ”

Chief Gao said loudly: "Hurry up and report to your family, the staff general Lord Lin is here for the night patrol." One of those soldiers immediately went to report the news, and the remaining few people stared at Lin Wanrong and the others with a tigerish gaze, as if they were the enemy troops attacking the camp.

Lin Wanrong saw that these soldiers were all fourteen or fifteen years old, but they already had some capable appearance, and when it came to the quality of individual soldiers, they were much better than the sergeants in the Zhejiang battalion. He nodded slightly and said, "These little brothers, how long have you been in the army?" ”

One of the leader-like young sergeants shouted, "Hugh has to find out about my army." ”

Lin Wanrong laughed, this young man is very interesting. He raised his eyes and looked into the camp, and saw that the camp was dusty and brightly lit, and there were two men and horses fighting on horses, and several other groups of soldiers were slashing at some grassy wooden men. Although it is the same remnant soldier, it has a very fierce meaning, and it can be seen from these sentries that this nonsense does not return, but there is a hand in training.

While thinking about it, a bearded military attaché came from afar, in his forties, with a dark face, walking fast and urgently, tiger and tiger, before anyone arrived, a rough voice had come: "Which one is General Lin?" ”

Lin Wanrong stood up with a smile and said, "Junior brother Lin San, this majestic and heroic and extraordinary general is General Hu Bugui?" ”

Hu Bugui saw that the general in his twenties in front of him, with a hippie smile, did not have a solemn color, but came to pat himself on the back when he opened his mouth, and suddenly looked down on him in his heart, and saw that Zhao Liangyu and Du Xiuyuan were following him, and there would be no mistake in his identity, so he hugged his fists and said: "Hu Bugui has seen General Lin." ”

"Brother Hu, don't be polite, brother will go to Chuzhou today, that is, take a walk and have a look. Take the liberty to disturb, and please don't be surprised by Brother Hu. Lin Wanrong said with a smile.

You are a superior, it is natural to come to my camp to check, and you have to pretend to say something to disturb, this person is very false, Hu Bugui despised this General Lin, and said loudly: "General Lin is polite." Please follow me. ”

When the two of them walked past the young sergeants, Lin Wanrong looked at the young man who had stopped him before and said, "Little brother, what's your name?" ”

The young man thought that his previous words and deeds had offended him, and his face was a little frightened, but he was not afraid, and said proudly: "My name is—"

Hu Bugui didn't understand what General Lin meant, but seeing the look on the young man's face, he intuitively thought it was not good, and hurriedly said: "General Lin, my sons and daughters are all acting on my orders, and they are not at fault. ”

Although this Hu Bugui is reckless, he is also righteous in treating his soldiers, Lin Wanrong said with a smile: "Where did Brother Hu say, who wants to punish you." This little brother is clever and brave, loyal to his duties, and should be commended, where to talk about punishment. ”

Hu Bugui couldn't figure out the details of this smiling general, and he didn't care whether he was true or not, so he hurriedly pulled him to the camp. Along the way, the military appearance is neat, the swords and guns are bright, and the guard is tight, and the Shenji Battalion and the Zhejiang Battalion are two weather. The two hundred or so people in Shandong, although they are also uneven in age, but their physique is obviously stronger than the Jiangnan soldiers, and Hu Bugui is very good at training.

The two teams of people and horses who are practicing night fighting are the trump cards of no return, and both sides are only skilled in equestrianism and sharp knife skills, looking at a certain scale. Lin Wanrong said in a strange way: "General Hu, these horses, how long have you been training?" ”

Hu Bugui said: "About a month." ”

It takes about a month to train people and horses like this, this non-return ability is really not covered, but looking at his forties and so capable, how can he only be a small centurion.

"Brother Hu, in your opinion, is there really such a big gap between the soldiers of Jiangnan and the children of Qilu?" Lin Wanrong asked meaningfully.

Hu Bugui said: "The soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River are more squeamish, and their bodies are weaker than those in the north, which is related to the temperament of the region. But this is not the decisive factor, if the Jiangnan soldiers are handed over to me to be rectified, I can also turn them into wolves and tigers like my Qi Lu Erlang. My years of experience in the march have proved that there are no remnants, only remnants. ”

He was pointing at Sang and scolding Huai against Du Xiuyuan, Du Xiuyuan blushed and said: "What you said is good, you blindly only practice individual soldiers, do not overlap the technique of attacking, do not emphasize formation drills, and you will suffer a big loss when you get to the battlefield." ”

"Like those soldiers under you, they can't even pinch an ant to death, and they can win the battle with a fist and embroidered legs?" Hu Bugui retorted.

These two people, one in Zhejiang and the other in Shandong, were originally incompatible, and they didn't know how to raise the bar like this. However, this kind of technical controversy made Lin Wanrong happy in his heart, he himself is good at whisker and horse shooting, so he despises those who pat on the back, this contest between Du Xiuyuan and Hu Bugui is exactly what he needs.

Seeing that these two hundred households were arguing, Lin Wanrong said with a smile: "The two of you don't have to quarrel, it just so happens that tomorrow morning, I will go to the Shenji Battalion to inspect the artillery, why don't we have a real military exercise." When the time comes, the two of them will bring their soldiers and horses, catch each other, and fight each other. ”

This is a good idea, and the two hundred households have no opinions, so they made an appointment to practice together tomorrow morning.

Lin Wanrong saw that the sergeant under Hu Bugui was indeed superior in the quality of individual soldiers, and he was also very curious about this bearded man, so he grabbed him and said: "Brother Hu, I saw that you have a set of training and leading soldiers, how come you are still a small hundred households?" At least it should be a thousand households, and the commander of the guard? ”

Hu Bugui glanced at him cautiously, not knowing whether to answer or not. Lin Wanrong laughed and said: "This is my deep talk, Brother Hu may not be very familiar with me, I have always been honest and honest, modest and studious, Lord Xu took a fancy to me, so he asked me to come to Chuzhou to command the army." Although it was the first time I met Brother Hu, I had a shortcoming, that is, I couldn't see people being wronged, so I took the liberty to ask a few words of grievances for my eldest brother. ”

Hu Bugui was amused when he saw him bragging, but he was really happy, so he said: "To tell the truth, General Lin, you said, I am from Jining." ”

"Jining?" Lin Wanrong frowned, isn't that the birthplace of the White Lotus Sect? He then asked, "Brother Hu is implicated because of this White Lotus Sect?" ”

Hu Bugui nodded: "The White Lotus Sect is scheming and foolish to the people, and has done a lot of evil, and I am also very disdainful of them. I was originally fighting against the Hu people in the north and receiving a reward from thousands of households, but when the White Lotus Sect happened, the imperial court did not trust all the Qinglu generals, so I was sent back and demoted to 100 households. ”

No wonder this Hu Bugui led the troops, it turned out that he had fought against the Hu people, and he had served as a thousand households. Lin Wanrong shook his head and said: "This court is too, how can loyal ministers and traitors be distinguished according to geography?" These guys are all thinking about problems with **. ”

Although his words were coarse, they were right to Hu Bugui's appetite, and his concept of this General Lin was instantly reversed, and he said with a smile: "It turns out that General Lin is also a person in my temperament. Although this White Lotus Sect is evil, it is all a rabble, very easy to deal with, and the real enemy of our Dahua Dynasty is the nomadic Hu people in the north. Although I am from Jining, my ancestors all lived in the north, and my father died tragically under the hooves of the Hu people, and he had a deep enmity with the Hu people. My original name was Hu Shouxin, and later in order to resist Hu, I changed my name to Hu Bugui, which means that as soon as the Hu people came, they told him to return. ”

It turned out that Hu Bugui's flower number was changed by himself, Lin Wanrong smiled and gave a thumbs up and said: "Brother Hu has such ambitions, and I really admire it." Big brother, don't worry, I have a good relationship with Lao Xu, and I will definitely say it for you when I have the opportunity, and I feel uncomfortable when I see talents being wronged. ”

Hu Bugui saw that he called Marshal Xu Lao Xu, and he was secretly frightened, this staff general Lin didn't know what the origin was, and he spoke in such a loud tone, could it be that he really had a good relationship with Marshal Xu?

When Lin Wanrong first arrived in Chuzhou, he patrolled three battalions in one go, and he was really tired. Among the soldiers and horses of the three battalions, except for the Shenji battalion from Gyeonggi, the discipline was lax, and the other two battalions were still so-so, which finally made him feel better.

The first time he spent the night in the army, listening to the footsteps of the soldiers patrolling outside from time to time, he couldn't sleep for a long time. Life is really wonderful, from the moment he entered the Xiao family, his life has changed inexplicably, he has done a lot of messy things, met many people, and now he is leading thousands of soldiers to fight on the front line as a small family, who will believe it if it is going to be passed out.

He sighed, and many faces flashed in front of him. Where is Qing Xuan? Does she know that I was inexplicably brought in to be a soldier? Qiaoqiao is this girl asleep, she must be thinking about me. The second lady is probably chanting the scriptures and praying for me again, does Luo Ning's girl wait for me to go back every day with her fingers? There is also the eldest lady, I can't see her for a while, and I'm a little unaccustomed to not messing around with her every day.

Thinking about it, but they are all women, or women who hook up with him and can't tell the truth, he can't help laughing, he has made so many wives and prospective wives in one go, Lao Tzu is so talented.

He was half-asleep when he suddenly heard a gentle voice ringing softly in his ear: "Childe, childe-"

He turned over in a daze, and was about to continue to fall asleep, when he suddenly realized that I was in the army, where did the woman from speak to me.

Under this fright, he fell asleep, and sat up from the bed with a grunt, but saw a woman sitting beside the marching bed, looking at him with a smile of grace.

"Fairy ?!!" Lin Wanrong was taken aback and said softly.