Anyone who is a soldier is not subject to anyone's virtues, after all, everyone is the master of mixing rice with his head on his waistband and belt, who is afraid of whom. However, everyone still admires the Xuan army, not to mention anything else, just rely on Yue Yang and this army to destroy the Manchu Qing who have been rampant outside the pass for decades, this is a great credit, you can't accept it, otherwise He Renlong wouldn't have shouted just now, but directly sent someone to catch up and take down those nights.

Although the generals next to him all wanted to see He Renlong teach those Xuan Dajun a lesson, although He Renlong was relatively rude, he was not stupid, and he would not rush to do this kind of thing as a bird, and he didn't say anything after shouting two sentences in his mouth, which made the generals who wanted to watch the excitement a little disappointed.

But they didn't wait long, and a quarter of an hour slowly passed, and an army appeared on the official road ahead. This is a team composed of foot soldiers, the team is lined up in five elements, the team is walking towards Lu Xiangsheng and the others with neat steps, and a burst of singing has begun to reach everyone's ears.

"You don't see, the end of the Han army, the weak crown is a captive, please Changying,

You don't see, Ban Dingyuan, the peerless light cavalry urges the battle clouds!

The boy should be in serious danger, how can he let the Confucian crown miss this life?

The situation is that the country is in danger, and the feather is constantly fighting!

Abandon my old pen and write my wartime ......"

Listening to this song that gradually came, soon a team wearing green military uniforms and steel helmets gradually appeared in front of everyone, looking at this team, everyone's expressions gradually changed.

The people present were all veterans who were accustomed to leading soldiers, and they could smell a team from miles away, but the impression that this team gave them was so different. Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Tinglin have dealt with Yueyang many times, and they boast that they know Yueyang very well, whether it is Lu Xiangsheng serving as the governor of Xuanda in Shanxi in the past or the later suppression of bandits, Lu Xiangsheng has dealt with this army a lot of times, but today this army has given Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Tinglin a different feeling.

They don't know how to describe it, it's like...... Well, like an army they've always dreamed of, but didn't dare to aspire to. If there is one word to describe this army coming towards them, it should be very appropriate to describe it with a fighting spirit.

And Sun Chuanting is different from Lu Xiangsheng. When he saw this army, he immediately felt a very strange feeling from this army, a feeling called pride, pride, and self-confidence.

Yes, that's what strange feelings are. Sun Chuanting is a Jinshi in the Wanli period, since the Chongzhen period began to deal with the Liukou, he thinks he is also a veteran of leading soldiers, but he has never seen such a high-spirited army, when the song of this army sounded in his ears, he seemed to see a thousand years ago wearing red armor holding high the "Han" flag on the grassland and the Huns bloody battle of the army that laid the soul of the nation, it is that army that firmly engraved the word "Han" in the bones of the Chinese nation forever. This army holds their chests high wherever they go, and even death can't make them bow their heads.

"Click...... Click...... Click......"

The sound of neat footsteps continued to sound, and the army, led by two generals on war horses, came to them with neat steps. Then one of the two generals raised one hand in the air, and then a sharp whistle was heard, and the whole team immediately stopped in unison.

The two generals jumped off their horses, strode up to Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, and saluted in unison: "The last general, Yang Guozhu, the general of Xuanda, and Hu Dawei, the general of Datong, have seen Lu Duchen and Sun Duchen!" ”

When the voices of Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu sounded, no one in the team behind him made a sound, and they all stood in place and remained motionless.

Sun Chuanting squinted his eyes for a long time before he said, "What a mighty army!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng was the first to come back to his senses, stepped forward and held up the arms of the two of them, and said loudly: "Chief Yang and General Tiger have not been seen for several years, so that this official really misses it!" ”

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng's happy appearance, Yang Guozhu and the others said in their hearts that if they didn't dare to move, it would be false. also Qi Qi said: "I dare not be ashamed to be able to get Lu Duchen to worry about the end." ”

Looking at the grateful expressions on the faces of Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei, Lu Xiangsheng was overjoyed, feeling that his plan had become more than half, he took the hands of the two and smiled: "Come on, come on...... Wait for the officer to introduce you to your superiors and colleagues. This is Lord Sun Boya, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, this is Lord Yang Tinglin, who is the praise painting and the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials in our army, this is Lord Cao Bianjiao, the governor of the capital, and Lord He Renlong, the chief soldier. This is ......"

Lu Xiangsheng introduced the past one by one, and Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei also greeted them one by one, because both of them were veterans. In the army, which is accustomed to seniority, it is an absolute old qualification, so even if he feels a little uncomfortable, the generals do not dare to slack off, and they all come to greet him one by one.

After seeing the ceremony, Lu Xiangsheng smiled at Sun Chuanting, who was still squinting at the army in front of him: "Brother Boya, don't look at it, let's go!" ”

It was only then that Sun Chuanting raised his head and said slowly: "Jiandou, you haven't forgotten the good things we said before, right?" ”

"This ......"

Lu Xiangsheng hesitated for a moment, and when he said something, he saw that Sun Chuanting's eyes became extremely keen, as if he was about to pounce on him if he didn't agree with him, he had to smile bitterly: "Brother Boya, this matter hasn't been skimmed yet, it doesn't seem appropriate for us to say this, right?" ”

Sun Chuanting snorted lightly: "The official doesn't care, anyway, if you dare to regret that the official is not finished with you." Then he walked to the camp with his hands behind his back.

When the Xuan army arrived, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, who were the landlords according to the custom, naturally wanted to prepare a reception banquet to entertain Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei and others who had just arrived.

That night, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei attended the banquet with all the officers above the adjutant general, and the two were also arranged to sit in the lower left position. Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and other rogues are wandering in Hubei and Henan respectively, and we need to divide our troops to pursue them. Led by this official and Lord Sun respectively, I don't know what to do? ”

Although Lu Xiangsheng smiled and used a consultative tone, there was a taste in his tone that could not be refused. And Sun Chuanting on the side also bowed his head and said: "What Lord Lu said is very true, now thieves are rampant, but this official and Lord Lu are deeply worried about the lack of troops, and the two generals are the pillars of the imperial court. Now that the imperial court has assigned you to Lord Lu and this official, presumably you will not disobey and disrespect! ”

The huge handsome tent suddenly fell silent, everyone looked at Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei, and even He Renlong and Cao Bianjiao, who had always been unruly, also glanced at each other, and both of them saw a trace of surprise in each other's eyes. The Xuan army just arrived today. Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting came to such a hand, which is clearly forcing the palace. If Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei do not respect the military order, they will have a reason to take down the two, if the two obey the order, this ten thousand Xuan army will naturally inevitably be dismembered and dismantled, no matter what they do, they will not be able to escape the fate of being annexed. But it's no wonder that the two adults are so eager, and who doesn't want to receive such an elite division for a change of people.

Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei glanced at each other, and there was a hint of strangeness in their eyes, and finally Hu Dawei took a deep breath and looked at Lord Lu and said, "Governor Lu, you two want to separate our Xuan army?" ”

Sun Chuanting said with a smile: "It's not a split, it's assigned to this official and Lord Lu respectively to be dispatched by the two of us." After the thieves are annihilated, the official and Lord Lu can present the imperial court, and you can still return to Xuanda. ”

Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei frowned at the same time, Sun Chuanting's words were obviously burning newspapers on the grave to fool ghosts, and the meaning of these words was too big. Isn't it up to the two of them to pay it back when the time comes? He clearly wanted to swallow these 10,000 soldiers and horses.

Seeing that Yang Guozhu and the others were silent, Sun Chuanting's face slowly became ugly: "Why, General Yang and General Hu don't want to disobey the military order." ”

As soon as Sun Chuanting's words fell, dozens of sergeants appeared outside the door. One by one, they stood in front of the door with murderous armor, and the intention of these people to appear here was already obvious.

Seeing the dozens of heavily armed sergeants who suddenly appeared, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei's faces suddenly changed. To be honest, they had expected such a situation long before they came. But what the two didn't expect was that Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting were so impatient, and the appearance was too ugly.

Among the two, Hu Dawei has the strongest temperament, and he can't be coerced the most in his life, looking at the sergeant who suddenly appeared, he stood up and said calmly: "Lord Sun, what do you mean by this, isn't it a Hongmen banquet today?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng on the side also frowned and asked, "Boxiang, what do you want to do with this posture?" ”

Looking at Lu Xiangsheng and Hu Dawei's questioning, Sun Chuanting quieted down and said indifferently: "It's not interesting, these sergeants are just responsible for maintaining military discipline, not against anyone." ”

Hu Dawei laughed angrily: "Hehe...... After maintaining military discipline, the last general and General Yang received the order of the Hou Ye and set off in the starry night to lead the army. I thought I could kill the enemy and serve the country, but I didn't expect that before I even had enough to eat, Lord Sun was about to start maintaining military discipline, which made the last general grateful! ”

The atmosphere in the big tent suddenly became weird, and even Sun Chuanting's subordinates looked a little embarrassed, after all, this food is really ugly, no matter what people say, they will help you fight, but even before they finish a meal, they have already tried to see the dagger, and everyone is going to be angry. Even Yang Guozhu, who has always been steady, sneered: "Today, the end of the day will finally know why Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and other rogues can rampage in the hinterland of my Ming Dynasty as if they were in a no-man's land." ”

As soon as Yang Guozhu's words came out, even Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Tinglin felt hot on their faces, Sun Chuanting's hand was indeed too petty, and they had not greeted Lu Xiangsheng and the two in advance, because they were also a little dissatisfied with Sun Chuanting's move, but it was difficult to say anything because of the situation.

For everyone's eyes, Sun Chuanting saw it in his eyes, although his face was also a little hot, but he didn't regret it, today he also didn't want this old face, just to get this elite, in Sun Chuanting's opinion, as long as he can hold this most elite firearms unit in his hands, what is it to lose some face, seeing that Yang Guozhu and the two still showed no signs of obeying orders, he sneered, "Okay, the matter has come to this, don't Yang Zongbing and Tiger General Bing really want to disobey the military order?" ”

Everyone's eyes looked at Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei, and they all wanted to know how Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei answered this question. After all, they can all see it, Sun Chuanting is going to come this time, if these two people really want to disobey their fate, this guy really dares to do it.

I saw Hu Dawei ask Lu Xiangsheng expressionlessly: "Governor Lu." Could it be that you mean that too? ”

Lu Xiangsheng's face was also a little embarrassed, but he hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Chief Yang, in order to exterminate the thief, the official advises you to obey the military order." ”

There was no imaginary anger, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei glanced at each other, and a look flashed in their eyes, Yang Guozhu took a long breath and said: "In fact, before coming, Marquis Yue had already given orders to the two generals, and this time they could follow the orders of the two governors, but the army was inseparable." If the two governors insist on separating the two generals, then the Xuan army will no longer be responsible for the supply of the army, and the two lords will be responsible for serving the supply of the first qiē, I wonder if the two governors can understand? ”

"Huh...... What a joke! Sun Chuanting sneered: "How many soldiers and horses did you two bring." Don't say it's 10,000, even if there are tens of thousands of officials and Lord Lu, they can afford it. ”

When Sun Chuanting said this, he found that Yang Guozhu and the others actually showed a sneering smile on their faces, yes, it was sarcasm, only to see Yang Guozhu asked with a strange expression: "Lord Sun, do you know how much my Xuanda army is paid with silver per month by ordinary sergeants?" ”

Sun Chuanting sneered: "Do you want to be the official? This official has been leading the army for some years, and now the soldier's salary is one or two or a half dollars per month or a stone of the valley. The official can still afford to give this silver. ”

Sun Chuanting didn't lie, in his opinion, even if there is no one in this 10,000 Xuan army, he and Lu Xiangsheng can still afford to raise 20,000 taels of silver per month, after all, this is known as the most elite army of the Ming Dynasty, and no one can lose them if they lose.

Yang Guozhu sneered: "Master Sun is right. We don't get that much a month's salary, but only two silver dollars a month for each soldier. However, our army will double its salary during the war, and our army's food is also different from that of ordinary troops, and we must have a meat meal every day. Two sets of winter and summer military uniforms, shoes and socks are also issued every year, and the non-commissioned officers are exempt from paying taxes on their homes and fields during their service, and they must go out for exercises every day and shoot live ammunition every month......"

Yang Guozhu didn't say a word, and the hearts of the people in the big tent jumped violently. Quite a few people have mouths bigger than hippos. He Renlong sat on the side and listened dumbfounded, muttering to himself: "My God, this is here to be a soldier, this is to be an uncle." ”

The other generals in the big tent reported that they were similar to He Renlong, who was not a soldier for half their lives, and how could they have ever seen a soldier with such a good salary. Not to mention the military salary, just having a meal of meat every day is incredible. In these years, even the landlord's family may not be able to eat meat every day, you stinky soldier actually have meat to eat every day, this is against the sky. And four sets of military uniforms a year is too outrageous, our Ming army rules are one set of military uniforms every two years and can not be cashed on time, you want four sets a year, what do you want to do? In addition, during the service, the soldiers did not have to pay field tax on the fields at home, which was ruthless enough, and they had to shoot live ammunition every month, and the cost of medicine and firearms was a large expense, so everyone was shocked.

Lu Xiangsheng and the three of you, look at me, I look at you, the three of them felt a little pain at the same time, and from Yang Guozhu's words and expressions, they could also see that he was not lying, and this kind of thing that was clear by asking casually could not lie.

Yang Tinglin's voice trembled a little and asked: "General Yang Bing, you tell the truth to the official, are all the hundreds of thousands of troops in your Xuan army treated like this?" ”

Yang Guozhu replied calmly: "I Xuan is the same for foot soldiers in the army, and the treatment of cavalry is higher than that of foot soldiers, but the highest salary is actually the sailor." ”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but scold in their hearts, your sister's treatment is still bad, then we can't live anymore.

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting felt that they were still thinking about things too simply. No wonder Yue Yang would send Xuan Dajun so reassuringly, the emotional family has self-confidence, and they are not afraid of their own hard work at all. Just now, they all secretly calculated in their hearts that it would cost at least eighty to one million taels of silver a year to feed such an army of 10,000 people.

At this point, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting are like eggplants in doubles, and if this army wants to let them raise it, I'm afraid it won't take three months for them to become Huazi.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Yang Guozhu sneered and asked, "Lord Lu, Lord Sun, do you still want to separate us now?" ”

As soon as these words came out, both Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting were silent, even if such an army was given to them for free now, they couldn't afford to raise it.

Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Tinglin looked at Sun Chuanting, the meaning is obvious, you danced the happiest just now, now it's up to you to answer. (To be continued......)