Chapter 50: Unexpected News
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Two months have passed in the blink of an eye, the iron-blooded army has not encountered any attack, and the surroundings are peaceful, Gao Chibang and Huang Biao and others have to admire Li Rupei's judgment, when the iron-blooded army wiped out nearly 3,000 officers and soldiers, everyone has always been very worried, thinking that the officers and troops will definitely attack in a big way, but Li Lang thinks that there will be nothing to do, and asks everyone to train with peace of mind.
On the official road, a group of officers and soldiers came slowly, and the tail of the team was all armored and heavily armed sergeants, about 1,000 people, but what caught the eye was the four carriages in the middle of the team, the carriages looked very luxurious, ordinary people were not qualified to ride such carriages, even ordinary eunuchs, who could ride such carriages, did not dare to let the army escort them.
The people walking on the official road, seeing it from afar, are secretly guessing that it is some kind of dignitary and noble, where is this going, although the people are very curious, but they dare not approach, so it is very likely to die directly.
The carriage of the carriage had never been opened, although it was already the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and the weather was still hot during the day, so the people in the carriage did not need to get down to take a breath, just say that the sergeants who escorted them were all neatly dressed and had a strict expression, and let the sweat drip down, and no one was unarmoured to breathe and take advantage of the coolness.
In short, the team reveals mystery everywhere.
In the Juyi Hall, Li Rupei was listening carefully to the scout's report.
The scouts of the Iron Blood Army, the training is very harsh, and their training, most of the time, is not carried out in the valley, but needs to go around to reconnoitre, need to adapt to a variety of different environments, in the past few months, the scout's footprints have traveled all over the Shannan West Road, and even reached the Jiannan Road and Shannan East Road.
This scout reported exactly what was going on with the officers and soldiers along the way.
Li Rupei had a strong interest in this road of officers and soldiers.
According to the scout's reconnaissance, the four luxurious carriages came out of Suizhou, to which Jiannan Dongchuan belonged, and there were not so many sergeants to escort them at first, but after entering Guozhou, which belonged to Shannan West Road, the number of escorted sergeants suddenly increased, and they all seemed to be very effective sergeants, not ordinary soldiers outside the country and outside the town.
Coincidentally, this army passed through Guozhou, entered Quzhou, and was coming in the direction of Bazhou, that is to say, this army must pass through Guanzhuang Town, which belongs to Qingyuan County, because the official road passes through here.
Li Rupei was a little confused for a while, the previous judgment that Lu Yanhong would not send a large army to encircle and suppress the Iron Blood Army was because he had an accurate understanding and full certainty, Lu Yanhong didn't dare to think that the imperial court would boast too much about the strength of the Iron Blood Army for the time being.
Lu Yanhong is attached to Yang Fuguang, in the imperial court, the relationship between Yang Fuguang and Tian Lingzi is not good, and they have always been opponents, but Yang Fuguang's prestige in the Shence army is very high, Tian Lingzi does not dare to plot and exclude lightly, Tian Lingzi is not good at moving Yang Fuguang, but he can calculate Lu Yanhong, which shows that Lu Yanhong's life is not so good, and even the position of the Jiedu envoy is not particularly stable, if there is a big problem in the Shannan West Road under his jurisdiction, and it is known by the imperial court, Tian Lingzi will not let go of such an opportunity, Therefore, Lu Yanhong will try his best to cover up the fact that the iron-blooded army exists.
At the same time, Lu Yanhong is likely to begin to expand his strength and recruit sergeants on a large scale, in the name of course, there are bandits in the jurisdiction, and they must be guarded against, the real reason is to be able to stabilize their position. There are bandits everywhere, it's not a big deal, even if the court knows, it won't blame, and besides, recruiting sergeants in such a name is finally in the past, if someone in the court covers it, it won't be reprimanded.
Li Rupei's judgment was very accurate, and the scouts who went to Liangzhou to reconnoiter found that Lu Yanhong was expanding the army on a large scale, and the focus was on expanding the sergeants of the Ya Army.
But the sudden appearance of this army made Li Rupei unable to judge what this army was doing.
A few months have passed, Li Rupei basically understands Huang Biao, Song Hu and Zhao Laibao and others, these people have no problem fighting on the battlefield, they will never frown, they are very brave, but they belong to the ranks of martial artists, they don't read much, their cultural level is not high, and they basically can't rely on strategy.
This forced Li Rupei to rely on his own decision-making to judge, the lack of strategists around him, the lack of staff who can discuss and make ideas at critical moments, this is a big problem, a person's ability is limited after all, as the saying goes, three stinkers beat Zhuge Liang.
In the eyes of the government, the Iron Blood Army is a rabble, and in the eyes of the common people, the Iron Blood Army is a bandit, and with such a reputation, no one can come to defect.
This situation is normal, even if the rebellion is successful, there are not many outstanding strategists around, most of them are rough people who only know how to fight and kill, and there are very few scholars.
After the iron-blooded army defeated the official army, it caused a huge shock in Guanzhuang Town, and the people knew that the cottage was different from the past, there were great changes, and the strength was very strong, and the officials of Qingyuan County did not dare to come to this generation to collect taxes, which made the people nearby breathe a sigh of relief, without heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes, life was finally better.
What makes the people feel even more reassuring is that a few months have passed, and the people in the cottage have never harassed the people, and there is no crime between the cottage and the people.
But even if there is such a situation, Yu Chenghui's vision of the cottage is still different, when discussing in private, although he did not scold the bandits of the cottage, he would not say anything good, and often described the cottage as a rabbit's tail that could not grow, as for the establishment of the iron-blooded army in the cottage, Yu Chenghui sneered.
But Yu Chenghui is very interested in Li Lang, the leader of the Iron Army, and often sighs, it is a pity that such a handsome talent has not been able to enter the imperial court and fall into the grass.
Changing such a dilemma cannot be eliminated in a day or two, and the power of orthodoxy is enormous, and this is a habit that has been perpetuated for thousands of years.
Li Rupei knows this very well, and he will not do useless work.
After thinking about it for a while, Li Rupei made a decision, he asked the scouts to find out what the situation of this team was, that is, what they were doing, passing through Guanzhuang Town, would they do anything to the Iron Army, if they were just passing by, what was their ultimate purpose, whether they were going to Liangzhou, whether they had anything to do with Lu Yanhong, and who were the people in those four luxury carriages.
After the scouts went to investigate, Li Rupei stood up and left the Juyi Hall.
He has to go to the three valleys every day to see around, because of the sudden increase in personnel, the cottage seems to be extremely lively and crowded, in the valley where the Juyi Hall is located, a lot of wooden houses have been built, except for Gao Chibang, Huang Biao, Song Hu and Zhao Laibao and others are a single wooden house, the rest are four to five people living in a wooden house, more than 2,000 people all live in this valley, as for the other two valleys, it has become a complete training base, weight-bearing running, horseback archery, practicing fighting, etc., It was all carried out in two valleys, and the training was very dynamic, but it had to be kept secret and not known to the outside world.
The most important political and ideological work is carried out every night, each team gathers for education, and each fire is also targeted for education, focusing on the military discipline and military regulations of the iron-blooded army, including reporting the daily training, praising the good sergeants, and criticizing the bad sergeants.
Li Rupei participated in the collective education conducted by each team, and he also made a special speech, basically emphasizing obedience and honor, and after two months, he participated in the collective education of all 48 teams.
The training was underway, and Li Rupei rode to the valley mouth.
There are special sergeants guarding the mouth of the valley, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter, so as not to delay the training of the sergeants, and it is even more impossible for the people outside to enter the valley.
Seeing that it was Li Lang coming, the sergeant guarding immediately saluted.
Li Rupei tightened the reins and returned the salute to the sergeant, and the two personal soldiers who accompanied Li Rupei dismounted and saluted the sergeant on guard. This is the military regulations of the Iron and Blood Army, the subordinates must salute when they see their superiors, and the superiors must return the salute to the subordinates, as for the ordinary sergeants, they must salute each other, which reflects everyone's mutual respect.
The ongoing training is the queue training in the afternoon.
When the queue training was carried out at the beginning, it was controversial, including Gao Chibang was not very supportive, he thought that who would not walk and march, as long as he entered the army, followed by a few fights, he naturally had the temperament of a soldier, to say that walking neatly, it was a showcase, and there was not much practical significance.
But the effect of the queue training is dumbfounded, the queue training is often carried out at noon, basically in the hottest time of the day, for an hour of training, against the scorching sun, repeating mechanical movements, following the harsh requirements, once made some good physique sergeants will faint, but after such a queue training lasted for a month, all the sergeants have undergone huge changes, walking posture standards, revealing a fierce temperament, and between sergeants, Table xiàn comes out different from the general unity.
Huang Biao, the commander-in-chief of the queue training, came to Li Rupei, and after a military salute, he spoke.
"Report to the commander, the sergeant is training in the queue."
"Got it, inform the master, Song Hu, and Zhao Laibao that they will go to Juyi Hall after dinner tomorrow and have important matters to discuss."
Li Rupei looked at the sergeant who was still training, turned his horse's head, and left the valley, he didn't want to disturb the sergeant who was training, so he went back to Juyi Hall to think about what was going on with the army of unknown origin.