Xu Rui walked out of Yaowangzhuang with An Ge, and there were several old farmers with hoes squatting on the side of the road every ten meters by the stream, Xu Rui shook his head, and went straight through the forest under the vigilant gaze of these old farmers.

As soon as he walked to the mouth of a small forest, an old man with a backpack happened to walk out of the path, and it turned out to be Li Kuang, who had been dressed up by Qiao Zhuang.

"Promoted again?"

Seeing Li Kuang's appearance, Xu Rui smiled faintly.

Li Kuang nodded, lowered his voice and said, "Promoted to Jinyi Wei Shi, Zheng Sipin, the order just made at noon." ”

"Yes, in less than a year, I have been promoted from the 100 households of the sixth grade to the fourth level, but can those guards outside take a snack? Now it's farming, so many old farmers are basking in the sun with hoes, don't people with a heart see through it at a glance? ”

Xu Rui patted Li Kuang's shoulder and said with a smile.

"I didn't plan to hide it, so why hide it when I walk in my own house?"

Li Kuang rolled his eyes and said in a low voice, "You come with me." ”

Xu Rui followed Li Kuang to the depths of the woods, Xu Rui didn't bother to observe along the way, but the keen five senses brought by the nameless swordsmanship still easily found the hidden traces, in addition to the guards he saw before, there were at least one or two hundred people in ambush in the dense forest.

It seems that the previous dark chess rebellion and the big trouble of the mastermind behind the scenes still had a lot of impact, Dawei was calm on the surface, but someone may have begun to be a little vigilant in his heart.

In the depths of the woods, in front of a mossy bluestone slab, a middle-aged man stood with his hands in his hands, it was Emperor Hongwei, the afterglow of the setting sun fell from the forest, illuminating his gray sideburns particularly conspicuously, for some reason, Xu Rui felt a little desolate.

"You're here?"

Emperor Hongwei turned around, and Li Kuang and a group of guards had already disappeared without a trace, giving up this huge open space to the two of them.

"Your Majesty."

Xu Rui is not used to kneeling, but fortunately, the emperor is out on patrol in micro-clothes, so he doesn't have to be so formal, so it's just a matter of bowing deeply.

Emperor Hongwei waved his hand: "Don't pretend, you can do whatever you want when no one is there in the future." ”

"Alas!"

Xu Rui happily agreed, the solemnity on his face disappeared, and he sat on the bluestone slab, destroying the original quiet and natural artistic conception cleanly.

Emperor Hongwei was angry and funny, shook his head and said, "I don't see you so obedient for anything else." ”

Xu Rui didn't care, and said with a smile: "Uncle just rehearsed a good show today, wouldn't he want to tell the kid about the after-view?" ”

Emperor Hongwei snorted coldly, although his face was still cold, but for some reason, Xu Rui used this tone to talk to him, but it made him extremely relaxed, maybe he stayed in a high place for a long time, so he occasionally wanted to get along for a moment without barriers.

"You think you're all idle, like you?"

Lao Zhao also put down the shelf and said angrily.

"The saint is a good emperor of the past and the present, if you do all the work, we courtiers will naturally be able to be more relaxed."

Xu Rui said with a smile.

"You think beautifully, I came to you to tell you that the new army you spoke of is about to start building."

"When does it start?"

"The day after tomorrow will be decreed at the latest."

Xu Rui frowned: "So early, didn't you say give me two months?" ”

Emperor Hongwei shook his head: "I can't wait so long, and instead of letting you do private work all day long, it's better to hurry up and work for me!" ”

Xu Rui pouted: "Uncle, it is not so easy to establish an army that stabilizes the Wuling pro-army, and there is very little time to prepare in two months." ”

"You don't come to this set, if you really have to prepare for two months, you will already have to talk to me for half a year, now hurry up and tell me about your plans."

Emperor Hongwei sat on the big stone opposite Xu Rui, two heads higher than Xu Rui, and Xu Rui had to tilt his head to see the emperor's eyes.

The emperor is a creature that is really superior everywhere, it is really an obsession that goes deep into the bone marrow.

Xu Rui muttered in his heart, but he spread his hands helplessly and said: "Okay, I have already thought of a plan, but the content may be rather peculiar, you have to listen patiently." ”

"Say!"

Emperor Hongwei was noncommittal.

Xu Rui cleared his throat and said: "This new army must draw the backbone from the whole army, as long as young people under the age of thirty, preferably from civilian backgrounds, I have tailored a few things for them.

The first is the promotion channel for accumulating military merits, if you want the horses to run, you have to let the horses graze, and this new army must be superior to others in terms of merits, so that it can create a sense of identity through a sense of superiority, and then form a cohesive force, and finally stimulate the strongest combat effectiveness.

Second, I have compiled teaching materials for this army, which are very detailed, from sanitary regulations to training norms to operational regulations and secrecy regulations, and only when we are familiar with these regulations can we use brand-new tactics to conduct training and operations.

In order to understand these regulations and understand the new tactical theories, I had to teach the non-written soldiers to read and write, so it was difficult for the non-commissioned officers over the age of thirty to keep up with me.

Third, I have designed military ranks for this army, and the rank and inferiority in the army must be clearly distinguished, so that it is easy to enforce orders and prohibitions, and the introduction of military ranks can quickly solve the problem of unclear ranks on the battlefield, which is very crucial.

In addition, in order to match the military rank system and new tactics, I have also designed new uniforms and armor for this army, which are divided into two types: ceremonial uniforms and combat uniforms, and my quilt factory is ready to start production.

When the equipment is complete, the soldiers in the army will no longer be the low-status big soldiers, but the envy of the officials and soldiers in the township.

Fourth, the new army will adopt a new establishment to conduct command in a more effective way, fully tap the potential of each soldier, and enhance the overall ability of coordinated operations.

To this end, the new army will be divided into a three-step strategy, the first step of which is to build a small elite unit equipped with new weapons and trained in new tactics.

The second step is to build a number of such elite units based on the backbone cultivated by this force, and combine them into larger combat units.

The third step is to replicate these larger combat units, and then combine them together, and finally reach the number and size of any of the 12 guards of the Beijing Division, but the actual combat power is equivalent to the sum of the 12 guards of the Beijing Division. ”

Xu Rui basically completely smashed the original military foundation of this era, and then re-established a new army with the military establishment and theory of the era of thermal weapons.

In fact, there is a sentence that Xu Rui did not say, but all armies with strong combat effectiveness are armies with faith, they understand what they are fighting for, they understand what kind of harm they may bring to the country and their comrades-in-arms if they take a step back, and they also understand whose pride it will become if they take a step forward.

Xu Rui wants to give this army not only simple combat effectiveness, but also the belief in battle, undefeated pride and belief, so he will always put education and care first.

It's just that in this way, there is a question mark over whose army this army really is.

Despite his reservations, Emperor Hongwei couldn't help but gasp when he heard that the number of people was only equivalent to one of the twelve guards, but he could have the combined combat power of the twelve guards.

He couldn't sit still any longer, stood up, paced back and forth a few times, and asked with red eyes: "You said these strange things, I really have never heard of them, are they all your master's knowledge?" ”

Xu Rui nodded naturally, it has become a habit to let the Guigu Gate carry the black cauldron, or he has used the Guigu Gate as the code name of the previous world.

"Good!"

Emperor Hongwei clapped his hands suddenly: "What do you plan to name this new army?" ”

Xu Rui's face was pale, and he spit out two words in a deep voice: "Apocalypse!" ”

The word "apocalypse" comes from the Bible, which means the Last Judgment, and such a powerful army will surely destroy lives wherever it goes, and Xu Rui feels that these two words are most appropriate.

Of course, Emperor Hongwei didn't know anything about the Bible, but he thought that the word Apocalypse was obtained from heaven, and it was best to complement the army of the Son of Heaven.

"Okay, I'll let you build this Apocalypse Guard!"

After speaking, Emperor Hongwei laughed, as if the world was already within reach.

When his laughter gradually stopped, Xu Rui took out a delicate wooden box from his arms and solemnly handed it to the emperor.

"What is this?"

Emperor Hongwei's eyes narrowed slightly, obviously realizing what it was, but he still asked knowingly.

Xu Rui said calmly: "The wooden box contains the formula of the heavenly thunder. ”

Emperor Hongwei's pupils shrank, stared at Xu Rui for a long time, and finally reached out and took the wooden box.

Xu Rui said again: "There is another thing, the minister met a pair of sons and daughters of Bileg Khan of the Jinshan Department of the grassland yesterday. ”

Emperor Hongwei sneered: "I finally said it, I thought you were going to hide it from me all the time." ”

Xu Rui smiled bitterly: "The minister is also forced to do so. ”

"Hmph, what's the last resort, isn't it just a woman with a bit of beauty, even you can pass the test, can't I? Do you think so much about me? ”

Emperor Hongwei was dissatisfied.

Xu Rui shook his head: "Don't dare to deceive the saint, I am worried that the saint is obsessed with women, and the minister is guarding against more terrible things." ”

"Oh?"

Seeing Xu Rui solemnly, Emperor Hongwei suddenly frowned, and said with a straight face: "Tell me, what are you worried about?" ”

At the same time, King Yu sat in the study, holding a pen and a cup of tea, but the paper was still clean and there was no ink.

Since he saw the young girl at Xu Rui's mansion at noon today, he seems to have been hooked away, and he has that beautiful figure in his mind all the time.

The smile that the young girl left in his memory, and the amorous look back were like countless pairs of little hands, constantly stirring his heart, so that he couldn't calm down.

"Hey!"

Throwing down the pen irritably, and crumpling the dazzling white paper into a ball, King Yu finally stood up from behind the bookcase, looked at the sunset and hesitated for a moment, and gritted his teeth to call the next person.

"Prepare the car, this king is going to Liu's Mansion to talk to Brother Xu!"