Shanxi Taiyuan garrison barracks, facing former subordinates, today's colleagues. Although Sun Tianwu, the chief soldier of Taiyuan, was not convinced, when he saw the holy decree and the military order of the general army in Zhang Wu's hand, he had to kneel on one leg and give Zhang Wu a military salute.

However, he didn't really take Zhang Wu in front of him in his eyes. Because, among the more than 10,000 Taiyuan garrisons under his command, there are as many as 2,000 people who are only well-equipped and completely obey his orders...

Two thousand private troops, no matter where they are placed, are a very powerful military force.

Therefore, Sun Tianwu, the chief soldier of Taiyuan, did not take Wei Zheng seriously at all. In Sun Tianwu's eyes, if he and Wei Zheng really don't get along, with the two thousand private troops in his hand, no matter where he goes, he can be a general soldier of the third grade.

Therefore, in the face of Zhang Wu, who represented the Shanxi General Guard, put forward the order to go to the barracks to point troops, Sun Tianwu directly ignored it. didn't even reply, just ordered the deputy general to take Zhang Wu to the barracks to order troops, and then returned to his mansion by himself.

A series of deafening drums sounded in the Taiyuan garrison barracks of Nuoda, and as far as the eye could see, in the large barracks that were almost intact, groups of soldiers who were only wearing leather armor and holding cold weapons in their hands, and even worse, soldiers who did not even wear leather armor rushed out of the barracks one after another and rushed to the training ground.

Under Zhang Wu's waiting, after the three-way drum, a black and oppressive soldier had gathered in front of the general's platform, densely packed.

As a veteran of the battlefield, Zhang Wu judged at a glance that the Taiyuan garrison in front of the general was definitely not as many as 15,000 people reported by the military department, or even less than 10,000.

Sure enough, under Zhang Wu's gaze. The deputy general of the army walked in front of Zhang Wu with a majestic face. Get down on one leg. Reported loudly: "The last general, the deputy commander-in-chief of Taiyuan, participated in the adults... All the garrisons under the jurisdiction of the Taiyuan General Military Mansion have been assembled, totaling 8,500 people, please review them..."

Zhang Wu's brows furrowed, and after raising the roster in his hand, he asked the deputy general in front of him: "General Wang, this is the roster reported by the Taiyuan General Military Mansion to the Shanxi General Military Mansion, according to the roster, the total strength of the Taiyuan General Military Mansion is 15,000 people. But. Why are there only 8,500 people here, and where are the remaining 6,500? ”

"This..."Facing Zhang Wu with a more serious face in front of him, the deputy general was directly asked and was speechless.

It didn't take half a minute before he replied with a humble face: "My lord, this question is going to ask General Sun Bing....The last general is only responsible for training, how many soldiers are recruited by the general soldier, and how many soldiers will be trained by the last general......

"Well said... Since you are in charge of training the troops, then I will see how well you have trained these soldiers....General Wang, what to do next, I don't need to remind you. Let me see what you're really capable of..."

Not to mention, except for the huge shortage of troops. Although the more than 8,000 soldiers in front of him were poorly equipped, each of them showed a well-trained and fierce spirit.

After some training, Zhang Wu can be sure that the more than 8,000 soldiers in front of him are definitely the best and most well-trained local garrisons he has seen along the way.

Just when the solemn expression on Zhang Wu's face slowly relaxed, and a satisfied smile appeared. A small military camp outside the barracks suddenly appeared in Zhang Wu's field of vision.

With a puzzled expression, Zhang Wu subconsciously asked, "General Wang, where is that barracks over there?" “

"Although the distance is a little farther, one thing I can be sure of is that although the scale of the barracks is not very large, the barracks are very neatly repaired......

The lieutenant general in iron armor said with a hint of dissatisfaction: "My lord, that is the military camp of two thousand private troops under the command of the chief soldier, and it is specially commanded by a general. Whether it's military pay or training, it's all a separate system..."

"Two thousand private troops, so many..."After listening to the report, Zhang Wu, who was standing on the platform, couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

After exclaiming, a look of sudden realization appeared on Zhang Wu's face. Speaking to the adjutant general in front of him, Vice Admiral Wang said to himself: "Now I finally know why there is such a big shortage of 6,500 people in the garrison of Taiyuan Mansion, it turns out that these vacancies are used by your general soldiers to support private soldiers....good, very good..."

Seeing that Vice Admiral Wang had wisely chosen to keep silent in front of him, Zhang Wu, who was backed by five hundred tiger and leopard musketeers, directly flashed a strange smile on his face.

After pondering for a while, he asked Vice General Wang in front of him: "General Wang, I want to know whether those so-called private troops are paid from the General Military Mansion, whether they use the equipment provided by the General Military Mansion, and whether they eat the food and salary issued by the General Military Mansion. ”

Although he didn't want to answer this question, under Zhang Wu's murderous gaze, Vice General Wang still replied with a look of embarrassment: "Yes, my lord... As far as the last general knew, the 2,000 private soldiers used up almost half of the food and salary allocated by the military department to the Taiyuan General Military Office every year. Otherwise, the more than 8,000 soldiers here would not have been reduced to the point where they couldn't be separated by a single person and a piece of leather armor. ”

After hearing this answer, the smile on Wei Zheng's face became even stronger.

Facing Vice General Wang, he said without hesitation: "Okay, this is the answer I want..."

"Since these two thousand private soldiers are paid by the imperial court, they use the equipment allocated by the imperial court, and they eat the food and salary allocated by the imperial court, then these soldiers are the army of the imperial court..."

Speaking of this, a thick murderous aura quickly appeared on Zhang Wu's face. He commanded to Adjutant General Wang in front of him: "General Wang, I don't know if you have the courage to go with me for a while to meet these two thousand private troops....if you want, bring the most elite 1,000 soldiers in the army, and go with me to collect these 2,000 so-called private army ......."

Vice General Wang, who knelt in front of Zhang Wu, did not speak, but quietly fell into contemplation, analyzing the pros and cons.

However, when Vice General Wang's gaze suddenly shifted to the five hundred musketeers behind Zhang Wu, a fine light quickly flashed on his contemplative face.

Although I have not seen the real combat effectiveness of these musketeers, from the intuitive impression at first glance, Vice General Wang can decisively say that the combat effectiveness of the five hundred musketeers in front of him can definitely be described as strong.

Just after his gaze shifted to Zhang Wu's confident body again, Vice General Wang finally understood why Zhang Wu in front of him dared to come to Taiyuan with such confidence, and dared not to take the two thousand well-equipped private troops in his eyes.

It turned out that the five hundred musketeers behind Zhang Wu were the ones he rushed to Taiyuan and even relied on to pack up the two thousand private soldiers... (To be continued......)