The main forces of the Guards were not involved in local civil affairs.

Therefore, after Bao Shuo, the new county commander of Wuqiao County of the Ming Dynasty, arrived, the officers and soldiers of the two battalions of Chen Zhenhui and Lin Renshu only concentrated on the outskirts of Wuqiao County to rest and wait for new orders before receiving the new military order.

Although the Guards were particularly cruel in their retaliation against the Manchu rulers and the Qing gentry, as a modern army, they were still very disciplined, and as soon as the military occupation of Wuqiao County was over, they went out of the city and concentrated outside the city to rest and recuperate, so as not to disturb the people, and the officers and soldiers were not allowed to enter the city without permission.

But the quality of life during the rest period within the Guards is also good, not to mention the high protein content of the food, just to say that each Guards battalion-level unit has its own band and various clubs, and these bands and various clubs are unified into art troupes, and there are naturally many women in them.

Although in this era, women are mostly raised in deep boudoirs.

However, among the low-level people and homeless people, many women were also absorbed into the army by the Guards, and some women who were talented in singing and dancing or who were more enthusiastic about showing their charm in front of others would be incorporated into the art troupe along with some recruited men, of course, mostly women.

Men and women match, work without getting tired.

In order to keep a strong army alive at all times, you can't keep the army on a tight string, and sometimes a woman's soft singing voice is more uplifting than money.

The Guards, of course, were no exception, and they also needed the presence of women.

But the Guards were different from the classical army, and the women of these art troupes were not the soldiers of the classical army, they were of the same status as the other officers and soldiers of the Guards.

What's more, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Guards are already the class of scholars, and they also pay attention to the courtesy of gentlemen, and most of them have a cultural foundation, and they have a strong interest in elegance and vulgarity, and they are naturally more elegant in front of people, so it seems that the officers and soldiers of the entire Ming Guards are more and more distinctive.

And the officers and men of the Guards naturally felt that they were different from ordinary troops, and spontaneously maintained their own image.

Coupled with strict military discipline, although the Guards have art troupes, they will not fall into corruption.

As for whether the high-ranking officials will have unspoken rules, the officials of their own military justice department will supervise and supervise their competitors.

But even if there are dirty things behind the scenes, it is more that Zhou Yu is willing to beat Huang Gai and is willing to suffer, and no one can prevent such a thing from happening.

During non-training periods, officers and men can gather to sing and even dance and even play ball, and their entertainment life is very rich, and they can also organize military-civilian friendships.

Although the forced 0 adulterers and children will be shot directly, no one knows whether they will have a short love or even a misfire during the military-civilian friendship.

At this time, in the laughter of the military and civilian friendship on the outskirts of Wuqiao County, Chen Zhenhui didn't know how many young men and women were exchanging affections, but he knew that it was this youthful atmosphere that made the Ming Guards always maintain their vigor and maintain a different style from other armies, after all, other armies only relax themselves and satisfy themselves through looting and rape.

However, as a commander, Chen Zhenhui would not let his officers and soldiers relax too much, and he began to organize the officers and soldiers to sing together, and for a time the whole Wuqiao County sounded a song describing the life of the army or a song praising the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen.

In this way, it can be both relaxed and brainwashed, and continue to maintain the centripetal force of the army.

Chen Zhenhui was originally a genius in Jiangnan, and he would compose some lyrics and songs to inspire morale and advocate the belief of loyalty to the monarch, and he would also take the initiative to play the piano and sing to the officers and soldiers.

And Lin Renshu did not dare to lag behind, and the entertainment life of his artillery battalion was not simpler than Chen Zhenhui's infantry battalion.

The treatment and quality of life of the officers and men of the Guards were the envy of the common people, and even the generosity shown by the Guards when they mobilized the people to work for themselves made them know that they might be rich to be a Guard.

Bao Shuo also set up the Recruit Office of the Second Corps of the First Army of the Guards and began to recruit new soldiers in Wuqiao County.

But the assessment of the Guards was extremely strict, and not many were selected.

"Not everyone can join the Guards, do you know what it means to enter the Guards, it means that you are already a national soldier of the Ming Dynasty, an official, and you are going to be called a master, not only must you meet the physical fitness test standards, you also have to pass the training in the next month, and the outstanding ones will be incorporated into the Guards.

A recruit's office said to the people who came to apply.

Many people began to be discouraged, but there were also people who wanted to try to stay and accept the assessment of the new student office, once the assessment was passed, they would be sent to Shandong for training, and those who passed the test would be incorporated into the guards, and those who did not pass would be sent to the local guards.

Life of recuperation is always short.

The main theme of the Imperial army was still the battle of blood and fire, and soon Liu Xiyao sent a new order, and the battalions of the Second Corps continued to march towards the towns further north.

The First Corps and the Second Corps of the First Guards Army also began the Northern Expedition of the Ming Army in this way.

At the front of the war, there was artillery fire and gunsmoke, and in the rear of the war, the Ming occupation area was full of singing and stable social order, and in the Manchu occupation area at the rear of the war, there was a lot of complaints and anger among the people.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Zhu Youzhen entered Wuqiao County.

Although he said that he was a pro-conquest, it was naturally not his turn to fight with the enemy, and even large-scale command could not be his turn, he was only responsible for appearing in the towns recovered by the Northern Expedition to let the people in the north know that the Ming Dynasty was back, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was back!

And this time, the return of Emperor Zhu Youzhen of the Ming Dynasty brought them no longer suffering but blessings.

The common people of Wuqiao County did feel this blessing.

Therefore, the people inside and outside the city shouted very reverently when they saluted Zhu Youzhen, and Zhu Youzhen only waved his hand, skillfully using magnetic language to make the common people feel the care of their emperor, so as to achieve their goal of becoming the god of their faith.

Zhu Youzhen was accustomed to this method and enjoyed it very much, which also gave him the motivation to urgently realize the reunification of the Northern Expedition as soon as possible.

On the night of his stay in Wuqiao, he immediately summoned Zhou Yuji, Li Mingrui, and other high-ranking officers of the First Army to begin to deduce whether the next strategic deployment needed to be changed.

At the same time, Zhu Youzhen has also been paying attention to the latest progress of the guards from all walks of life.

"Your Majesty, he is very satisfied with the steady advance of the two corps of the First Army of the Guards Army in the direction of Beizhili, for example, the First Corps has recovered Qingyun, Yanshan and other county seats, and the Second Corps has recovered Ningjin, Anling and other cities after occupying Wuqiao County."

"The Second Guards Army is still at sea, and it is expected that it will land at the designated place in 10 days, the Third Guards Army has all crossed the Yellow River on October 20, the Fourth Guards Army has left Huguang, and the news of the Seventh Guards Army in the southwest has not yet been returned, but I think it should not be a big problem."

(End of chapter)