The next morning.

The meeting room of the horse team camp in Pingyuan Province.

Zhang Tianhe held a meeting with everyone, which was the first meeting they held after they were recruited.

"Brothers, I see that you are in good spirits, radiant, and dressed like a new aunt, how is it, does this new military uniform still fit?" Zhang Tianhe watched everyone change into military uniforms, and asked everyone with a smile.

Everyone is very happy, whether the military uniform fits well or not is secondary, the key is to peel off the thief's skin from now on, put on the military uniform, you can be an upright person, and you don't have to worry about being surrounded and suppressed by the government.

"Captain, it's a little older." Because Zhen Sifei's figure is relatively thin, he is already wearing the smallest military uniform.

"Why are you still called the captain, you should be called the battalion commander!" Before Zhen Sifei finished speaking, he was knocked on the head by Chen Jia.

"Yes, yes, yes, I should change my name to the battalion commander." Zhen Sifei touched his head and said with a smile.

"Do you have all your horses, guns, and ammunition?" Zhang Tianhe asked.

"All of them are collected, but their equipment doesn't seem to be as good as the equipment we stole from the bandits." Tang Dalong said.

"Don't be too demanding now, just use some of it," Mr. Zhang said, "and I think the equipment will become more and more sophisticated in the future." ”

"That's just as well." Tang Dalong said.

"Brothers, looking back on our journey, it was not easy, mainly relying on the joint efforts of everyone, as well as the support of Li Sizhe's family, we have what we are today, from now on, we will see the light of day again, we are all people in the government, we can raise our heads and be a man, everyone must cherish it, we must not do illegal and criminal things, if anyone dares to do anything wrong, do not abide by the discipline of the army, I will never forgive." Zhang Tianhe said.

"Please rest assured that the battalion commander will be disciplined." Everyone said.

"Now I'm going to announce the first thing."

When everyone heard this, they stopped talking and listened quietly below.

"Our establishment is a total of 500 people, and we will be divided into three teams, each team of 150 people, and the remaining 50 people will be led by Chen Jia, the captain of the pro-soldiers, as my pro-soldiers, Huo Tingying, the deputy captain of the pro-soldiers," Zhang Tianhe said, "Next, I announce that the first team sentry commander Tang Dalong, the deputy sentry commander Cai Yongzhen, the second team sentry commander Liu Bodu, the deputy sentry commander Ma Longtan, the third team sentry commander Li Sizhe, and the deputy sentry chief Sun Baojin. Li Sizhe did not return to the team for the time being, and Sun Baojin acted as the sentinel chief. ”

Everyone applauded and celebrated.

"Next, I will read the first order given to us by the Governor Zhao Erxun." Zhang Tianhe said.

"This bench hasn't been heated yet, so it's time to give us orders?" Tang Dalong said.

"The Governor's order is that we will be given one month to eliminate Ren Zhanbiao." After Zhang Tianhe finished speaking, he circulated the order to everyone again.

Before Zhang Tianhe's words fell, the conference room suddenly boiled.

"Captain, this Governor is not at ease, is Ren Zhanbiao aggressive? There are so many people and horses, we have so few people, our equipment is not as good as others, and we have to be limited to a month," Tang Dalong took the lead and said, "This shows that you don't want to borrow a knife to kill people and use us as guns?" ”

"Yes, this order is ill-intentioned and implied to kill." Someone chimed in.

"Captain, isn't this clearly sending us to death? We don't want these clothes, let's stop doing it, let's go back to the Chenjiayu security team, there is no good thing in this official," Tang Dalong stood up and said, "People say that officialdom is like a battlefield, and that's true." ”

"Brother Tang, sit down, everyone, listen to me slowly," Zhang Tianhe said, "Whether ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, obedience is the first duty of a soldier!" Since the moment a soldier becomes a soldier, he no longer belongs to himself, he and his life belong completely to the state, no matter whether the order given to us by the peak is right or wrong, should or should not be, is it justified or unreasonable, we are not qualified to comment on whether it is right or wrong, reasonable or unreasonable, the only thing we can do is obey, obey, obey again! ”

"Could it be that the higher authorities told us to go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and we must also carry it out?" Tang Dalong asked.

"Of course! You're right, if Shangfeng really gives us such an order, we must also carry it out! From now on, each of you must understand that we are no longer members of the security team, we are now the regular army of the imperial court, can we still do whatever we want according to our own temperament? No rules, no rules! Be! This order is a little harsh, from our point of view, we have just arrived in Pingquan Mansion, just become the country's army, and have not added one person to us, so we have been given such a difficult task, Ren Zhanbiao has more men and horses than us, and the equipment is better than ours, but, you don't forget to outwit when you are strong, and you will be captured when you are weak, we don't fight hard with him, we have to use our brains, and he fights wits, besides, in private, Ren Zhanbiao killed Jin Xiangyang, this big revenge has not been avenged so far, do we forget it? This is a good time for us to take revenge, it is an opportunity for us to make meritorious contributions, as long as we win this battle, then let Zhang Xiluan, or the governor Zhao Erxun, dare not underestimate us, this is the time for us to rise to power, how can we miss this opportunity? ”

"Captain Zhang is right, since ancient times, many times, the army has grown up under extremely difficult circumstances, such as the Hunan army led by Zeng Guofan, at the beginning, that is, a large regiment, a thousand people, and the imperial court does not provide military salaries, does not provide equipment, everything is to be prepared by themselves, at least in this regard, we are a little stronger than him, he is facing millions of Taiping troops, what is the result, in the end, Hong Xiuquan was not besieged by their Qing soldiers in Nanjing, Did the Taiping army finally be wiped out? Therefore, difficulties are immediate, temporary, and we must find ways to overcome them, not be afraid. ”

Mr. Liu's speech has always been very weighty, and everyone listened quietly.

"The reason why Governor Zhao Erxun issued such an order this time is to see if our team has combat effectiveness and ability! If it is a group of wrecks, it is useless to go anywhere, even if we return to the Chenjiayu security team, we will still be eliminated by others in the future, either by Ren Zhanbiao, or by the Mongolian bandits, or by the government or the Japanese, at that time, we will face more enemies, we are isolated, fighting alone, and the situation we face will be even more sinister! Now it's different, we are the regular army of the country, we have the protection of the governor, the support of the imperial court, and our backing force is still very strong, therefore, we can only advance, not retreat, only win, not defeat! You must find a way to win this battle! None of us can back down, we must unite and move forward in unison! ”

"Battalion commander, everyone, don't worry, I have a plan, I can capture the target." At this moment, one of them stood up and spoke.