With a "snap", Pei Hongce's slap fell heavily on Chen Yingliang's face, leaving a red slap mark on Chen Yingliang's little white face, and then Pei Hongce, who had always been quite good to Chen Yingliang, suddenly changed people, and roared at Chen Yingliang with a hideous face, "You little brute!" What are you crazy about! Half a month! It took half a month to train an elite soldier, did you not wake up from a dream, and you had a high fever and talked nonsense?! ”

Chen Yingliang honestly knelt in front of Pei Hongce, and said respectfully: "Uncle, the little nephew knows that you are for my good, but the little nephew is willing to give it a try, if it doesn't work, the little nephew will be dealt with by military law alone, and the uncle will never be implicated." ”

"Fart!" Pei Hongce, who has always been gentle and elegant, scolded a swear word, grabbed Chen Yingliang, dragged him out, "Go, follow Lao Tzu to see Fan Liu, give up my old face, and beg him to take back his life!" ”

"Uncle, it's too late." Chen Yingliang replied with a wry smile: "The little nephew has the courage to make a military order in front of Fan Liushou. ”

"Slap" was another sound, and another slap was slapped on Chen Yingliang's face, and then Pei Hongce was not so angry that his face was hideous, but he was so angry that he trembled, and it took a long time to kick Chen Yingliang to the ground again, and roared wildly: "You little madman!" Legislature Order? Do you know what a military order is? Don't talk about your little clerk's office, it's me, you are a duke, and if you can't do it, you will definitely die! ”

roaring, Pei Hongce kicked Chen Yingliang in the chest again, and roared angrily: "Lao Tzu doesn't care!" Toss as much as you want! When you die, Lao Tzu will send someone to collect your body, even if you repay your life-saving grace! ”

Pei Hongce beat Chen Yingliang much harder than when Chai Shao bullied Chen Yingliang, but Chen Yingliang really didn't have the slightest resentment towards Pei Hongce, he just slowly got up, hugged his fists and bent over Pei Hongce and said: "Uncle, the little nephew knows that you really love me and take care of me, so I beat and scolded the little nephew, and I also know that you are worried about me, but the little nephew really has this certainty, and is sure that he will create an elite army within half a month, so he dares to make a military order in front of Fan Liushou." The little nephew still said the same thing, if the little nephew can't do it, the little nephew will bear the blame alone, and the uncle will never be implicated. ”

"I'm afraid that you will be implicated, it is you who set up a military order in front of Fan Zigai, and it is not a military order that I made, what can I implicate?" Pei Hongce roared angrily: "Half a month to train an elite soldier, you dream!" ”

"Uncle, it's not about training an elite soldier, it's about creating an elite soldier." Chen Yingliang replied respectfully: "Training an elite soldier in half a month is something that even immortals can't do." The right guards stationed in Luoyang usually receive military training, although the training intensity is definitely insufficient, and it is not lawful, but it can barely be regarded as some military foundation, at least stronger than those civilian boatmen brought by Yang Xuangan, with such a foundation, it is not difficult for the little nephew to create an elite soldier in half a month, even if this elite soldier is not as good as the elite of a hundred battles brought by the emperor to Liaodong, but it can definitely be regarded as an elite soldier in front of Yang Xuangan's team of rebels. ”

"On paper!" Pei Hongce said coldly: "As for the waste of the right guard, you can make them into elite soldiers, and my uncle will kowtow to you!" ”

"Uncle forgives sins, there are no absolutes in the world." Chen Yingliang said sincerely: "When the little nephew was young, his family was still well-off, and he often read some overseas books, and he knew that in the Great Qin Kingdom, thousands of miles away in the west, there was a great general named Napoleon, who once said that a group of lions led by a sheep could not beat a group of sheep led by a lion. Before, the right Wuwei couldn't defeat Yang Reyi's rebels, because the people who led the troops were sheep, even if he led the group of lions of the right Wuwei, he couldn't beat the sheep led by Yang Rei. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Pei Hongce was even more furious, "You mean, I was wiped out in Baisimaban because I was a sheep?" ”

"Uncle misunderstood." Chen Yingliang hurriedly shook his head and quibbled: "The sheep that the little nephew is talking about refers to the right military guard generals under my uncle's command, if one of them can lead a good soldier and lead a good soldier, and one can lead the army to dare to fight, how can my uncle be defeated in the hands of Yang Hui?" As a civil official, my uncle can be defeated without being discouraged when he goes into battle for the first time, and it is already very rare to be defeated and defeated repeatedly. ”

"Besides." Chen Yingliang cautiously added, "Forgive the little nephew for being outspoken, please ask your uncle to ask himself, compared with Yang Xuangan, who was born in Jiangmen and experienced actual combat, his uncle may be better than him in military affairs?" ”

Pei Hongce didn't speak with a blushing face, and only yelled after a while: "Lao Tzu doesn't care how you toss, your business, Lao Tzu doesn't care!" ”

"Uncle asks for forgiveness again, and the little nephew must ask you to help again." Chen Yingliang said with a wry smile: "Lord Fan has an order, I want you to arrange for Huya Lang to send Xie Zichong to General Xie to assist the little nephew in selecting four hundred soldiers from two regiments from his team and handing them over to the little nephew for training and command, so the little nephew has no choice, and he must ask his uncle to continue to help." ”

"Lao Tzu recognized you as a nephew, it's really bad luck for eight lifetimes!" Pei Hongce, who was born in a famous family, scolded more swear words today than he scolded in his life, and after a few more breaths, Pei Hongce roared helplessly: "Come on, call Xie Zichong to me!" ”

There was no need for Pei Hongce to send someone to pass the order, Xie Zichong, the Huya Lang of the Right Wuwei, was actually eavesdropping on Pei Hongce and Chen Yingliang's answer outside the gate of the city tower, and he immediately walked in, saluting Pei Hongce with a malicious smile, Pei Hongce was angry, and roared: "Did you hear it?" If you hear it, you will do it, and take him to choose four hundred people! ”

"No." Xie Zichong agreed with a smile, beckoned to Chen Yingliang, and asked Chen Yingliang to go to the city with him to select soldiers, but when he was about to walk out of the city tower, Pei Hongce still stopped Xie Zichong again, and said in a tone of hatred that iron is not steel: "General Xie, although my nephew is not filial, but for the sake of my face, help him more, let him choose at will, where he doesn't understand, you also give him more guidance, I will remember your favor." ”

Pei Hongce, Minister of Construction of the Great Sui Dynasty, who has a huge amount of public funds in his hands at any time, said this, Xie Zichong, who has made money in civil engineering, naturally did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Please rest assured, the last general understands that the last general will definitely hand over the elite veterans under his command to Brother Chen for selection, and will never hide his secrets." ”

Pei Hongce nodded, and was about to open his mouth to thank him, but Chen Yingliang suddenly said: "General Xie, I don't want elite veterans, just gather the recruits who have joined the government within two years, and let me choose." ”

"Brother Chen, do you want recruits?" Xie Zichong, who had no good intentions, opened his mouth wide.

Chen Yingliang nodded solemnly, but did not explain the reason - Chen Yingliang can't sue Xie Zichong in person, he doesn't want the veteran Youzi who has been completely abolished by him, right? Xie Zichong continued to open his mouth, and subconsciously turned his head to look at Pei Hongce, but Pei Hongce was even more angry, and roared: "Let him!" Toss as much as he wants! Anyway, Lao Tzu only helped him this time! ”

Seeing that Pei Hongce was in an extremely bad mood, Xie Zichong didn't dare to continue to ask more, and hurriedly led Chen Yingliang down to the city, and took Chen Yingliang directly to the teaching workshop of one of the garrisons of the Eastern Capital, and then immediately ordered all schools to ask each school to send recruits who had served for less than two years to the school to assemble at the school field, and let Chen Yingliang choose at will.

In fact, Chen Yingliang has nothing to choose, Xie Zichong currently leads a total of more than 3,500 defenders, of which there are only more than 400 people who meet Chen Yingliang's conditions, and the two regiments have to arrange 22 grassroots officers, and the number of people together is basically the same, but Chen Yingliang didn't mind, and quickly screened out some soldiers who were too short and too thin, leaving 422 people, and Chen Yingliang's first army was freshly baked.

The next step is the selection of officers, the two regiments must have eight team leaders, eight team deputies, four brigade commanders, and two captains of grass-roots officers, of which eight team leaders and eight team deputies are easy to say, Chen Yingliang's team has 25 team officers and team deputies who have already served in the ranks, but there is not a single brigade commander and captain. In this regard, Chen Yingliang made another astonishing decision on the spot, called the twenty-five captains and deputy captains in front of him, and said directly: "Our team needs two captains now, and if anyone wants to be a captain, stand up and speak by yourself." ”

The twenty-five captains and deputy captains were stammering, and Xie Zichong, the Huya Lang general next to him, was even more stammering, and they had never heard of such a thing, and let the soldiers choose whether they were willing to be promoted? Feeling extremely absurd, the twenty-five captains and deputy captains all looked at each other, and no one dared to say a word.

"Why didn't anyone speak?" Chen Yingliang opened his mouth again: "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, isn't there even a single one of you who wants to be promoted to a captain?" I can now tell you clearly, although our team is temporarily formed, but I have already asked for the consent of Fan Zi Gai Fan and the Huangfu Marshal, as long as our team is saved for one day, the captain and brigade commander in the army can enjoy the same rank and treatment as the right guard, so even if you are a temporary captain, as long as our team is still there, you can get the same salary and food treatment as the captain and wear the captain's armor and helmet like other captains of the right guard! ”

"Is this a good thing?" Twenty-five captains and vice-captains all had their hearts beating.

"Whether it's true or not, you'll soon find out." Chen Yingliang smiled and said: "Okay, the team deputies, I will give you one last chance, if anyone is willing to be a captain, they will stand up by themselves immediately." If none of you want to be a lieutenant, but want to stay in the position of captain and deputy for the rest of your life, it doesn't matter, I can ask the 397 soldiers present who would like to be a captain. ”

The critical moment of fate and future has come, in this critical moment of difference and thousands of miles, Chen Yingliang is not the only one with keen judgment and decisive choice, before the words fell, two Sui soldiers stepped forward almost at the same time, and almost said in unison: "I want to be a captain." ”

"Good." Chen Yingliang nodded with satisfaction, then casually pointed to the taller team leader on the right and asked, "What's your name?" Why do you want to be a lieutenant? ”

"My ......, my name is Guo Feng." The team hesitated a little and replied, "I want to be a lieutenant, it's a ......, I want to earn some money, and I want to go home and marry a daughter-in-law." ”

"Good." Chen Yingliang nodded again, then pointed to a team leader with a very young face on the right and asked, "What's your name?" Why do you want to be a lieutenant? ”

"My name is Chen Zhihong, and I also want to earn money to go home and marry a daughter-in-law." The team with a very tender face was a little nervous, and added: "I also want my two brothers to marry a daughter-in-law and buy a dowry for my little sister. ”

"The reason is right, it is reasonable!" Chen Yingliang applauded with satisfaction and said loudly: "Guo Feng, Chen Zhihong, from now on, you are the captain of our temporary army, Captain Guo, Captain Chen, congratulations on your promotion!" ”

Saying that, Chen Yingliang really said hello to Guo Feng and Chen Zhihong, but Guo Feng and Chen Zhihong were at a loss, saying that they couldn't believe that they became a colonel and captain so easily, and once suspected that this was not quite true.

At this time, a forbidden army team came into the camp gate, led by a civilian official, escorting more than 30 carriages to the open space in the camp, seeing the civil official, Xie Zichong, who was the general of the tiger tooth, hurriedly rushed up, knelt down and bowed to him, the etiquette was very respectful, and then led the civil official to Chen Yingliang, and introduced Chen Yingliang: "Chen Ji room, hurry up and salute, this is Lord Lu Chulu, the right Shilang of Shangshu, a well-known Qing official in Luoyang City." ”

Lu Chu's name Chen Yingliang heard Pei Hongce say that he knew that this guy supervised the discipline of the Eastern Capital, was old-fashioned and upright, and was very feared by the powerful in the Eastern Capital, and was one of the lackeys and accomplices of the old stubborn Fan Zigai, and was also one of the few jealous characters of his godfather Pei Hongce in the Eastern Capital, so Chen Yingliang hurriedly did not dare to slack off, and quickly knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists and saluted, "Villain Chen Yingliang, meet Lord Lu Shilang Lu." ”

"Chen ......, Chen Ji room, please get up." Like in the legend, Lu Chu really had some stammering when he spoke, and said very obscurely: "Fan...... Fan stayed behind, and ordered the official to assist Chen ......, Chen Ji Office, you form a new army, and the official ...... everything Chen Ji Office wants. All of them were brought, and they were ...... by the official to supervise your distribution, only ......, only the military flag, and it would take a while to ......, and Fan Liushou had to personally ...... and inscribe your military flag in person, so I didn't bring ...... Come. ”

"Lord Shelu." Chen Yingliang hurriedly thanked him, and said: "Lord Lu came just in time, other things can be said slowly, please let people take out two sets of captain's armor and two white robes immediately, the villain's second lieutenant of the new army has been selected." ”

Lu Chu stopped stammering this time, and waved his hand directly to the entourage behind him, and the entourage understood, and immediately took out two sets of silver bright light armor from the carriage that only middle and senior generals are qualified to wear, as well as two white cloaks, and held them in front of Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang thanked him, then picked up a set of equipment, turned to Guo Feng and shouted: "Guo Feng Captain Guo, please step forward to receive the armor!" ”

Seeing the bright set of Mingguang armor in Chen Yingliang's hand, Guo Feng, who had the courage to recommend himself, first opened his mouth, and then his face was flushed all of a sudden, and he didn't speak, strode to Chen Yingliang's front and knelt down on one knee, raised his hands, solemnly took the armor that Chen Yingliang held with both hands, and then put it on in public at Chen Yingliang's request.

"Captain Chen Zhihong, Captain Chen, please step forward to receive the armor!" Chen Yingliang picked up the second set of Mingguang armor, Chen Zhihong was so excited that his heart was pounding, and he learned from Guo Feng to come to Chen Yingliang and knelt down to take the Mingguang armor, and then wore it in public.

In a short time, Guo Feng and Chen Zhihong successively put on the Mingguang armor carefully made by the military weapons supervisor, Chen Yingliang put on a white cloak for them with his own hands, and ordered the two to turn to everyone to stand upright, just as the sun shone on the school field, the silver Mingguang armor worn by Guo Feng and Chen Zhihong shone brightly, majestic and magnificent, and the twenty-three captains and deputy captains who missed the opportunity and the remaining nearly four hundred soldiers of the new army were also extremely hot. Chen Yingliang shouted loudly: "From now on, they will be your captains, and your four hundred and twenty lives will be in the hands of me and the two of them. ”

Although it is still unclear what Chen Yingliang is doing, when they saw the examples of Guo Feng and Chen Zhihong, the 420 officers and men of the New Army still saluted one after another, and shouted unevenly: "I've seen Captain Guo, I've seen Captain Chen." ”

"Didn't have enough to eat?" Chen Yingliang was a little dissatisfied with the appearance of the officers and men of the new army, and shouted: "Salute neatly, speak loudly, come again!" ”

"I've seen Captain Guo! I've seen Captain Chen! The voices of the four hundred and twenty new army officers and soldiers were indeed much louder, especially the twenty-three captains and deputy captains.

"Do it all over again!" Chen Yingliang was still not satisfied, and shouted: "No matter who is lazy, the salute is not standard, the voice is not loud, and the military law is engaged!" ”

"I've seen Captain Guo, I've seen Captain Chen!" The four hundred and twenty officers and men of the New Army saluted again and replied in the loudest voices.

"Good." Chen Yingliang nodded with satisfaction, and then said to the twenty-three captains and deputy captains: "Two captains have been selected, and now we need four brigade commanders, who wants to be a brigade commander, stand up and speak for yourself." ”

"I want to be a brigade commander!" The twenty-three captains and deputy captains, who had long regretted their intestines, stepped forward neatly, and recommended themselves in unison.

"Very good, I finally see your self-motivation." Chen Yingliang smiled slightly, and then said loudly: "We only need four brigade commanders, so let's do it, you will compete for the post, and the last four people left are the brigade commanders, and the brigade commander's armor will be awarded on the spot, and our sixteen team leaders will be selected at will." The remaining three were demoted to gang leaders. ”

After that, Chen Yingliang asked Xie Zichong to order the soldiers to move four tables and put them in the ranks of the new army soldiers, and then arbitrarily formulated a competition rule, so that the 23rd captain and deputy captain competed in public to compete for the post, and the 23rd captain and deputy captain sold enough strength to compete for wrist strength in order to be promoted, and in order not to be eliminated, Chen Yingliang intentionally or unintentionally encouraged the soldiers to cheer for them, and the school field soon became noisy and became hot.

Seeing this scene, Lu Chu and Xie Zichong and other Dongdu civil and military forces present inevitably shook their heads and sighed, all of them felt that Chen Yingliang's move was too child's play, and they didn't understand why Fan Zigai would agree to let Chen Yingliang make such nonsense. At this time, Pei Hongce, who was still somewhat concerned about his nephew's situation, also came to the school field, and saw the soldiers shouting and cheering in several groups, Pei Hongce couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly asked Xie Zichong about the situation, Xie Zichong replied with a wry smile: "Pei Gong, I have never seen anything more nonsense than your nephew, the captain asked the soldiers to express their own intentions, and the brigade commander decided to ...... with a wrist." ”

After listening to Xie Zichong's introduction to the situation, Pei Hongce unexpectedly did not get angry, but showed a slightly surprised and thoughtful look, and asked Xie Zichong, who was chattering endlessly about Chen Yingliang: "General Xie, if you were one of those two captains, because of my unfilial nephew, I became a colonel and captain so easily, and I received good armor on the spot and immediately took office, what would you think in your heart?" ”

"I ......." Xie Zichong shook his head, and then also woke up, and said, "If it were me, I would definitely be grateful to Pei Gong, your eldest nephew, and do whatever you want." ”

"That's right, if you were my eldest nephew, would you rather have two obedient captains or two disobedient captains?" Pei Hongce continued to ask.

Xie Zichong couldn't answer this time, and Pei Hongce pointed to the soldiers who were shouting and cheering, and asked, "Also, are you willing to ask for these elated soldiers, or do you want me to take them to Bai Sima Ban to fight, those soldiers who are so lifeless that they don't even dare to speak loudly?" ”

Xie Zichong couldn't answer again, and it took a while to wake up and say, "Pei Gong, your nephew, it seems that he has two hands in leading the troops." ”

This time it was Pei Hongce's turn not to speak, and he secretly said in his heart: "My nephew, what he said seems to make sense, no matter how good the soldiers of the right Wuwei are, they are much stronger than those civilian boatmen in the Yang rebel army, and the weapons and equipment are even more different, but they are not as good as the Yang rebel army, that is, morale and fighting spirit." ”