Because they were not qualified, these 5,000 people had no food to eat, so they could only drink gruel. This is also the eight-character army, which has always been a punishment for those who are not qualified.

After the arduous march, it was the stomach that was empty and needed food urgently, so at this time I drank tens of thousands of gruel, where I could be full. Immediately shouted dissatisfied, when Zhao Pu walked into the vicinity of the camp of 5,000 people, he immediately heard the bustling noise, venting the dissatisfaction in his heart, and said extremely ugly.

"This pro-army, it's really not a human being!"

"I'm tired!"

"I'm going to have to give my uncle a turn, I don't want to stay here!"

And Wang Yan, who was following alongside, only felt that his face was hot, and he was a little embarrassed, he usually indulged these old soldiers too much, but today he was embarrassed and thrown home.

Zhao Pu didn't seem to hear it, but said lightly: "Assemble!" ”

At this time, in the sound of urging, after a while, 5,000 people lined up neatly. Wang Yan seemed to feel particularly embarrassed today, so he had to name him personally, and finally reported: "Back to Your Majesty, a total of 5,365 people!" ”

At this time, Zhao Pu was already standing on the high wooden point platform, looking at all this indifferently.

As the soldiers below listened, a trace of nervousness flashed in their expressions, especially the sentence His Majesty, which reached the school ground. Only then did they know that this time it was His Majesty the Emperor, who personally watched the drill. His Majesty the Emperor came, standing on the high platform at the moment and watching all this indifferently.

Before joining the Eight-Character Army, they knew that the Eight-Character Army was very strong, fighting more battles than the Jin Army in the land east of the river, and there were two victories, but the results of the battle had been hidden. However, the Bazi Army is famous for its elite, with a large amount of training, no deduction of military salaries, and strict law and discipline.

The Eight-Character Army, which is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, is the most trusted army of the emperor today. Arriving in the Bazi Army means having a good background, which is of great benefit to the future............

But I didn't expect that the first level of this assessment was brushed off.

And at this moment, His Majesty the Emperor looked at it with cold eyes and didn't say a word.

The hourglass was leaking sand, time was slipping away little by little, and His Majesty the Emperor stood motionless on the high platform, like a stone statue.

And the soldiers below are even more nervous, and their mood is becoming more and more nervous, if His Majesty the emperor scolds them with a head and face, it is a trivial matter, after the scolding, everything has passed. On the contrary, he didn't say a word, looked at them indifferently, and was a little panicked.

Quietly, you can hear the pins dropping!

Because it's too quiet, it brings a huge sense of oppression.

A soldier, a soldier who surrenders without a fight, this is the highest state of war, an arrow that is bent on a bowstring, and has not been shot, is the most terrible, because it does not know when it will be shot; When a volcano is silent, it is most terrifying, because it is not known when it will erupt.

Zhao Pu was silent like this, and used silence to bring huge pressure to the soldiers below, thus punishing his heart.

After standing for a long time, Zhao Pu's legs were also a little numb, but he still persisted. Life lies in persistence, and governing the country also lies in persistence. Those great emperors are often not the most intelligent and the most civilized, but the most persistent.

If you don't break through the south wall, you won't look back, and even if you break through the south wall, you won't look back.

It wasn't until the sand of the hourglass was exhausted that Zhao Pu spoke.

"What is the slogan of the Eight-Character Army?" Zhao Pu suddenly asked.

The soldiers below were stunned for a moment, and did not seem to react.

Zhao Pu was very disappointed and continued to ask: "What is the slogan of the eight-character army?" ”

"Drive out the Tartars and restore China!" At this time, scattered voices came, some answered, and some were still stunned. Gradually, the sound became louder, but one after another, not very neat.

Zhao Pu was very disappointed in his heart, he couldn't even shout slogans, he was too lacking in cohesion, there was no cohesion, what combat effectiveness was there, and when it came to the battlefield, it was definitely a scattered sand.

"Eliminated on the training ground, finally eliminated on the battlefield. Being eliminated on the training ground is just a punishment from the superiors; But to be eliminated on the battlefield is to be cut off and become a war merit! Zhao Pu said, "In the first level, you were eliminated. You were expelled, where did you come from, go back there! ”

A heavy bomb was dropped.

These five thousand soldiers were fired!

Wang Yan was surprised. Expulsion! Actually fired, where to go back and forth.

His Majesty the Emperor didn't open his mouth, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he actually expelled 5,000 people! Originally, I thought that the most I would do was to reprimand and beat a few boards, and then I got it. But he was fired.

"Your Majesty think twice!" Wang Yan immediately knelt on the ground and pleaded, "Your Majesty, since ancient times, the forbidden army has not had the habit of expelling soldiers!" ”

"This is the new army, not the forbidden army!" Zhao Pu said indifferently.

Wang Yan then remembered that His Majesty the Emperor despised the forbidden army the most, and said many times that the 800,000 forbidden army was not as good as 800,000 pigs, and it would take a long time for the Jin army to kill 800,000 pigs; But it only takes a moment to kill 800,000 forbidden troops.

Wang Yan added: "If these soldiers are fired, most of them will have nothing to do, and they will inevitably become homeless people............

The expression on Zhao Pu's face remained unchanged, but there were some ups and downs in his heart.

The Song Dynasty did not suppress land annexation, which caused a large number of peasants to lose their land, and if they were lucky, they became tenants and could be filled; If you are unlucky, you will not be able to get it by a considerable tenant. If it is in time for the disaster year, the imperial court will not be able to provide disaster relief, and they will become homeless people, and they can only beg outside. As a result, these displaced people have become a factor of social instability.

Therefore, it was customary to recruit the displaced people as forbidden troops and reduce the number of displaced people, which certainly reduced the number of displaced people, but also increased the financial burden, so that the Song Dynasty's financial expenditure on the army was comparable to that of the German fascists, but the combat effectiveness was comparable to that of Italy.

However, Zhao Pu decided to get rid of the fate of the forbidden army.

"Soldiers, we are facing the murderous Jin army, the powerful Jurchen iron horseman, the tiger and wolf-like Khitans, who have been destroyed by the Jin State; The invincible Western Army was swept away by the Jin Army. There is no strict military discipline, high-intensity training, and the flexible command of the generals, which is definitely the material for the annihilation of the whole army! Horse leather shroud, that is bliss; In many moments, having been defeated, the head will be cut off and hung on the horse's head! ”

"The eight-character army, not a veteran soldier, will inevitably fight with the Jin army when it comes to the battlefield. And you are too weak, and you are just cannon fodder on the battlefield. In order to let the children lose their fathers, wives lose their husbands, parents lose their husbands, in order not to cut off their children and grandchildren, let's go! Am I doing it for your own good? ”

Zhao Pu said calmly, then turned his head and got off the high platform.

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Rather lack than excess!

If he has enough time, he can continue to temper his soldiers, from unqualified to qualified. But there is not enough time, it is summer now, and it will be autumn in a few months, and the moment when autumn comes, it is the time when the Jin army will go south, and then hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen will go south. With this weak combat effectiveness, can you beat the strong Jin Army?

No, not really!

Except on the battlefield, as cannon fodder, it will not play any role.

You have to be strict and strict, you can't do it to others.

Zhao Pu didn't believe in that evil, he spent several times the hard work and spent a lot of money, and he couldn't forge a powerful army.

Back in the tent, Zhao Pu's expression was a little tired, and the scenes he encountered today made him understand that a strong army is not so easy to forge, without being tempered in a thousand ways, without careful carving, it is impossible to train a strong army by relying on short attacks and short-term training.

"Your Majesty, Wang Yan and the others outside are kneeling and pleading!"

"Just let them kneel!" Zhao Pu said indifferently, "Kneel in front of my big tent today to ask for guilt, it is better than being captured by the enemy, kneeling in front of the enemy's tent and asking for surrender!" ”

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At this moment, outside the tent, Wang Yan, Wang Shouyi, Li Pojun and others were kneeling outside the tent to plead guilty.

Recently, the military discipline of the Bazi Army has been much slackened, and the training has also been slackened a lot, and they don't care too much. Now that it was a rare moment of calm, it was time to give the army a rest, so there was a lot of loosening in the barracks. As a result, something happened, His Majesty the Emperor descended, and the assessment began.

In the first level alone, 5,000 people were brushed down. You must know that at this time, the eight-character army was only 20,000 people.

The weakness of the decline in combat effectiveness made people fearful, and they had to come and ask for guilt!