Zhu Youzhen was very kind to Yang Sichang's strategy of "opening the net on all sides and blooming in the center", and shouted several times in a row, still feeling dissatisfied, and got up and paced back and forth in the main hall for a few steps.

"Someone transferred Yang Qing's intention to Li Xin and sued her, this is also my meaning, and he must fully cooperate."

Wang Chengen made a promise, then bowed down and retreated, and began to arrange this matter. The emperor's weight on Gao Li was overflowing, which made his heart heavy. In fact, Wang Chengen extremely does not want Gao Shiming to gain power, and there are ** people in this palace who do not want Gao Shiming to gain power. It's not that he's jealous and jealous, but that Gao Shiming is too arrogant and domineering, once this person gains power, their group of eunuchs who have never dealt with him will definitely have a good time.

However, only Wang Chengen is different, even if he doesn't want Gao Shiming to gain power, he still won't get in the way, everything will go naturally, and he arranged a competent person to be sent to Daizhou for 800 miles overnight.

A while ago, the people in the Beijing division were panicked, and they heard that the thieves were about to break through the Bauhinia Pass, and they were about to come to the city. But since Yang Sichang sent General Zhu to the north to increase the defense of Bauhinia Pass, almost at the same time, the news of Daizhou's victory came again, and for a while, the tension of the black clouds urging the city was swept away, and the entire Beijing division regained its former prosperity and comfort.

Whether it is above the officialdom or in the folk tiles, there is a sense of optimism, what kind of character is Yang Gelao, that is the pillar of the emperor's side, and the backbone of the Ming Dynasty. Besides, there is also a General Li, who also contributed a lot to defeating the thieves last year, and it is said that he also fought in Shanxi. The Ming Dynasty is not short of generals, and those who are small and do not measure themselves will not end well sooner or later.

As a horse flew out of the capital division, there were good people pointing and speculating, and they all speculated that His Majesty the Emperor was going to move seriously this time, and he must let the old ten sides of the Yang Pavilion send troops to encircle and suppress them, and kill all those rebellious ministers and thieves.

At the same time, Huang Yu also left Daizhou with Li Xin's entrustment and his entourage, and went north to Sanwei, with the goal of Yanghewei. The purpose of the trip was to persuade other trading companies to buy the bonds issued by the Sanwei General Army, which was to put it bluntly, to borrow money in a different direction. But if it is an ordinary loan, let alone other families, even her Huang family will not give this money only on the basis of objectivity. But her trip was to take the panacea prescribed by Li Xin, since she was not worried that the trading companies would not take money, and there were other people who were worried.

Looking at Huang Yu's gradually disappearing back, Li Xin turned around and called Zhang Shi, who had been following him all the time.

"Come over the stone, I've been busy hitting the back of my head for days, and I haven't asked you about Gaoyang's experience after the First World War, and now I'm free, come on, talk about it!"

Zhang Shi heard that Li Xin had been appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Third Guard a year later, and it was not surprising that he knew about it late because the news of the small village where he had taken refuge was very closed. After the first lunar month, he began to go north to vote for Li Xin. He walked all the way to Bauhinia Pass, and he couldn't get to Daizhou originally. However, Zhang Shi was very unlucky, and as soon as he got out of the pass, he heard the news of the plague in Shanxi.

Just when Zhang Shi hesitated whether to avoid this period and then hurried away, the Bauhinia Pass was sealed and allowed to enter. In desperation, he had no choice but to go forward, as the so-called unlucky got up and drank water, stuffed his teeth, and entered the realm of Lingqiu and was coerced by a group of victims, and went straight to Daizhou.

After several tribulations, Zhang Shi survived, but who knew that he caught up with the thieves to attack the city, and it happened that the big businessmen in the city recruited Minzhuang and signed up for Minzhuang. Due to the experience of the first battle in Gaoyang, he quickly attracted the attention of the second son of the Huang family, and after a deep conversation, he truthfully told the truth that he had rushed through Minzhuang under Li Xin, and he was even more important, and was directly appointed to teach Minzhuang, and was directly responsible for the eldest son of the Huang family.

After listening to Zhang Shishi's experience, Li Xin was also embarrassed, Zhang Shishi was indeed his right-hand man, if he had been there, he would not have been so overstretched when he first entered the town guard.

"Come back, the position of the commander of the fourth battalion of the Three Guards is still reserved for you."

"The stone dares to disobey!"

Huang Sheng on the side was a little surprised.

"I said Li Dashuai, poached Zhang Jiaoxi, who will train the people of Daizhou City? If the first-class thieves go and return, the people have little experience, and there are no good fighters to teach them, wouldn't it be a bad thing? ”

In Huang Sheng's eyes, this Li Xin is already his quasi-brother-in-law, although he is in a high position in the general army, but at this moment, he is absolutely inseparable from the financial support of his Huang family, and he is straightforward when he speaks. Moreover, although this stone is called Jiaoxi, in fact, several battles to defend the city were personally commanded by him, and if he left this person, he really didn't know the bottom of his heart.

Li Xin said with a smile: "Brother Huang doesn't need to worry, the reinforcements from Datong Mansion will arrive soon, and what else is there to be afraid of?" Besides, does Brother Huang treat my Three Guards as nothing? ”

Needless to say, Zhang Shi's return to Li Xin's command was that at noon that day, the convoy of Datong Mansion drove into Daizhou City, and there were countless foods, weapons, and arrows.

Master Guo looked at the mountains of materials and sighed, "The Xiong prefect has not bled less this time, our handsome man is really good, and even the prefect is eager to rush to it." "No wonder Master Guo is surprised, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, it has gradually become a practice to control martial arts with literature, how can a prefect of the fourth grade put the martial arts of the third grade in his eyes, let alone respond to requests.

Most of these things, Li Xin handed over to Huang Sheng intact, and now there are no decent generals in the city, so he has to use his people as the main force to defend the city, these swords, bows and arrows are equipped, and they are also fully armed, and their combat effectiveness has been greatly enhanced, compared with the previous hoe, the plate axe is more than 100 times stronger, especially with a large amount of food in hand, the confidence is a little stronger.

As for the supply of the Three Guards, it is a self-contained system, specially transferred from the Three Guards. After the addition, there are now four infantry battalions, one cavalry battalion, and one artillery battalion, totaling more than 3,500 people.

The brand-new spring and summer military uniforms were issued, and the military appearance suddenly took on a new look, with a bright red placket double-breasted copper buckle over the hips, black crotch pants, and high-waisted shoes of cooked cowhide. The musketeer's large belt slung over his shoulder, on which hung the divided ammunition pouches. The pikemen, on the other hand, had a four-finger-wide cowhide sash, tied around their waists over their bright red uniforms, and half of their shoulders were draped in scaly armor to protect their chests and abdomen. All of them wore the standard goose feather knives around their waists, and on their heads were polished shiny dome-shaped iron helmets.

When the Three Guards marched, with the loud slogan, they walked neatly, and the sound of the soles of the cowhide shoes snapping on the ground penetrated the sky. The three guards were shocked and stunned. They had never seen such a strange military uniform, such a novel method of military training.

Only then did they know that the rumors of Li Xinshan's military training were true, and except for a very small number of people who questioned that the Three Guards' method of walking in formation was useless, and the vast majority of people were full of confidence in the prospects.

Among them, the confidence is particularly strong is Gao Shiming, the superintendent of the Three Guards Army, as long as this strange-looking army keeps winning battles and making meritorious contributions, he can continue to get the dividends he deserves.

Yes, he seems to have regarded the Three Guards as the capital that his family relies on to be promoted and make a fortune, and whoever can't get along with the Three Guards is not able to get along with him, Xiong Kaiyuan can't do it, and Yang Sichang can't do it.

Zhang Shi originally thought that the fourth battalion of the Three Guards that he was about to command would be a mixed battalion of muskets and spears like the other three infantry battalions. Who knew that Li Xin's order greatly surprised him, or rather, it surprised all the soldiers of the Three Guards.

"Grenadier battalion? What kind of soldier is a grenadier? ”

"Officer Cheng Ying, you have been there all day long, but do you have any news to ......tell the brothers?"

"That's it, that's it, come out with a little bit of news......"

Both are battalion officers, Cheng Mingjiu and Gu 14 have completely different styles, the former is easy-going and the latter is strict, it is because the soldiers all come to Cheng Mingjiu to inquire about the news, and everyone rushes to pick up Gu 14's tiger whiskers.

"All quiet, all quiet."

Cheng Mingjiu waved a pair of rough big hands to silence the soldiers.

"Brothers, I just don't ask, I have to explain it to everyone. The marshal said, the grenadier battalion is the elite of our three guards, so this grenadier should be selected on the basis of merit in our 123rd battalion, and the treatment of the selected ones will be doubled, and the merit will be rewarded with double ......"

Such a generous treatment immediately attracted the attention of a large number of people, who were clamoring to join the grenadier battalion. Cheng Mingjiu waved his hand again, "The conditions are not low, let me say a few, you listen to it first and see if you are qualified." He is more than 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs more than 130 pounds, and can carry 100 pounds and walk 100 steps with one hand......"

There was a sudden boo from the soldier, how many people were stuck in the single high one, and the more than 700 people in the battalion could meet the standard only three or four out of ten, plus one hundred and thirty pounds of weight, and one hundred pounds of strength, and a group of people had to be brushed down, and finally the three infantry battalions plus the new reserve battalion, whether they could make up the number of five hundred is unknown.

Cheng Mingjiu saw that some of the soldiers were depressed, and scolded with a smile: "They are all very depressed, I am not qualified for the first one, I am five feet tall, I don't want to think about it, I will honestly stay in the first battalion." ”

There was a burst of laughter in the crowd, not only Cheng Mingjiu was unqualified, but even Gu 14, the battalion officer of the second battalion, was also unqualified, and his height was not enough to be five feet six inches, but no one dared to bring it up in person.

At this time, everyone thought of a key question, Zhang Shi, the grenadier battalion officer ordered by Li Xin, is he standard enough? Everyone's eyes shot at Zhang Shi in unison, only to see that this guy has a big waist and a round waist, not to mention five feet and six inches, I am afraid that six feet is also possible. Looking at the arms again, they are almost as thick as many people's thighs

At the same time that everyone was coaxing to select grenadiers, Gao Shiming angrily scolded Yang Sichang for being insidious and despicable, "What is the ten-sided net, the center is blooming, isn't it that we are born and die, is he watching from the side?" No, our family is going to sue him, and we will sue him before the long live drive."