The reason why Wu Zhi wanted to form a new army was very clear. First, if he wants to increase his strength, he needs to have his own descendant strength, especially in the military aspect; The second is that he needs to train his own people, Lin Chong, Wang Jin, Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo, Si Fangguo and others can be inserted into the new army, so that they can sharpen and grow in the new army, and can become a help for him in the future.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Wu Zhi followed Yang Jian, who was holding the holy decree, out of the imperial city, and the two of them got into a carriage driven by the little eunuch and went straight to the outer city, and Long Shenwei was stationed near Caomen in the outer city.

When the two of them took the car slowly to the front of the camp on the right side of the Dragon Shenwei, they saw that the camp was heavily guarded, and there were two guards wearing red armor and holding spears standing at the gate of the camp, vigilantly watching Wu Zhi and Yang Jian come over, eyeing each other.

"Who's coming? Stop! When Wu Zhi and Yang Jian approached the camp gate, the two guards hurriedly intercepted them with their guns and asked.

"Bold! This is your right wing commander envoy, why don't you open the camp door and invite people to enter? Yang Jian scolded the two guards, and wanted to step forward and push the two away, but was blocked by the spears of the two young guards.

Before Yang Jian could open his mouth to speak, Wu Zhi raised his hand to stop him, and Yang Jian hurriedly stopped and stepped aside. He is now in awe of Wu Zhi, he remembers that the first time he took Wu Zhi into the palace was still an eight-rank petty official, only a little more than a year, when he brought people into the palace for the second time, he was promoted to five levels in a row, and he became a privy councillor and commander from the fifth grade, and he also wore many positions, which scared him out of his body.

Wu Zhi took the holy decree from Yang Jian's hand, Yang showed it to the two, and then said to them kindly: "Hello two brothers! I am your new commander of the right wing, Wu Zhi, and I bother you to report to the deputy commander that we will be ordered to enter the camp on business. ”

The two guards looked at Wu Zhi's young appearance, and then looked at the so-called holy decree in his hand, and the two looked at each other, and the janissary on the left turned around and went to the barracks, presumably to inform the deputy commander.

Within a moment, two people hurriedly walked over from the barracks, in front of him was a sturdy man with a dark complexion and a sturdy physique, with a Chinese face, dressed in a brocade robe, who looked to be in his forties, followed by the janissary who went in to report.

"Is it Lord Wu? Sun is polite! The deputy commander of the right wing of the Dragon Shenwei made Sun Xin come to Wu Zhi and hurriedly saluted. He hadn't received the will of the imperial court yet, and he didn't know that the commander had been replaced, but Wu Zhi's name was like thunder, and he didn't dare to slack off.

"Hello Lord Sun!" After Wu Zhi returned the salute, he unfolded the holy decree in his hand and showed it to Sun Xin. Sun Xin saw it, and was so frightened that he hurriedly landed on one knee and shouted: "I have seen the commander!" The two guards next to him were also so frightened that they hurriedly knelt on one knee, their hearts pounding.

"Get up! Take me into the camp. Wu Zhi didn't want to talk nonsense, and said bluntly.

Sun Xin glared at the two guards, immediately got up, and enthusiastically led Wu Zhi and Yang Jian into the barracks of the Divine Guard Forbidden Army.

Half a day after the drums sounded, the army commanders, deputy army commanders, battalion commanders, and battalion commanders came to the tent in a sparse manner, and more than 100 people crowded the tent in the dark, chattering and shouting.

Wu Zhi, who was sitting in the middle of the marshal seat, looked at these procrastinating generals, and couldn't help but secretly shake his head and sigh: "No wonder the 800,000 forbidden troops of the Song Dynasty have been beaten all over the ground by the Western Xia and the Liao State, it's not unreasonable." If a soldier instigates one, he will instigate a nest." His idea of forming a new army seems to be right.

The generals who came successively saw a junior official about twenty years old sitting on the handsome seat (Wu Zhi had not had time to change into his official uniform, or the judge of Kaifeng Mansion from Liupin), and Sun Xin, the deputy commander of Zhengliupin, could only stand at the bottom, and there was a white-faced and beardless eunuch next to him, they couldn't help but be secretly surprised, and constantly guessed in their hearts.

Wu Zhi saw that everyone was almost here, stood up, and gestured to Yang Jian, Yang Jian saw this, and hurriedly picked up the holy decree on the table, and shouted in a sharp voice: "The holy decree!" After hearing this, the generals hurriedly knelt down on one knee and listened to Yang Jian's decree.

After Yang Jian finished announcing the will of the holy decree, everyone did not come back to their senses for a long time, and waited for Sun Xin to shout, "Meet the commander of the envoy!" Only then did everyone wake up in shock, and hurriedly shouted: "Meet the commander of the capital!" "Wu Zhi, the commander of the capital, shocked them by the youthfulness of the adults.

"Excuse me!" Wu Zhi suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and raised his hand to signal everyone to get up. After everyone got up and stood up, Wu Zhi calmly glanced at everyone in turn, and said again: "There are three things that need to be announced when this official comes here, one is to take over the right wing camp of the Dragon God Guard and meet with everyone; Second, he was ordered to select personnel from the Dragon Shenwei to form a new army, and follow me to the front line to make meritorious contributions; The third is that the main focus of this officer is on training the new army, and in the future, Lord Sun will be responsible for the affairs of the right wing! ”

Wu Zhi then announced the selection criteria to the generals: first, they should be young, preferably no more than forty years old; the second is to be able to obey orders and prohibit orders; Third, the throwing ability should be strong. He gave Sun Xin the details, and he was responsible for selecting a thousand guards who were obedient and had excellent throwing ability within three days.

After the explanation, Wu Zhi then left the barracks with Yang Jian, and he would never drag mud and water. Everyone watched him leave in fear, Wu Zhi, Zhuang Yuanlang, and the twenty-year-old right wing were all in command, and they were so shocked that they hadn't come back to their senses.

When Wu Zhi returned home and told Wu Xiu, Feng Niang, Jin Lian, Xiao'e and others, everyone was happy and sad, happy that Wu Zhi had been promoted, and worried that Wu Zhi would soon go to the northwest front, and I didn't know how long he would have to leave home. Wu Zhi had no choice but to comfort them one by one.

At the same time, Wu Zhi asked Suo Chao's family, Li Zhenguo's family and Si Fangguo to negotiate together, and asked Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo, and Si Fangguo about joining the army, and asked for their opinions. Li Zhenguo's parents and sister had been picked up in the capital by four of Wu Zhi's subordinates in mid-September, and now they live with everyone, Wu Zhi's family has three more laborers, and Wu Xiu and Feng Niang are suddenly much more relaxed.

Learn the art of literature and martial arts, and sell it to the emperor's family.

Suo Chao is a transcendent martial artist, and now he has the opportunity to serve the imperial court and make contributions, Suo Yanqing and the Yang family are too late to be happy, how can they not agree? Hearing this, he was naturally full of promises, and Suo Chao was even more eager to try.

After nearly a year of practicing martial arts, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo have been carefully taught by Wu Zhi, a self-proclaimed famous teacher, and their martial arts have also advanced by leaps and bounds, becoming more and more exquisite, and they are born to practice martial arts. Now that they heard that they could join the army, they were quite excited, but Li Zhenguo's father Li Wanchun, mother Liang and sister Tianjiao were still a little worried, but they didn't stop them.

Since Li Wanchun, Liang and Li Tianjiao knew that Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo were rescued by Wu Zhi and accepted as apprentices, they secretly followed Wu Zhi's people to escape from Langzhong and returned to the capital, and after being taken in by Wu Zhi, they were very grateful to Wu Zhi's family, and they were also very impressed by the ability of Wu Zhi, the young master of his own son (younger brother). Since Wu Zhi has its own reason for this arrangement, although the three of them are a little reluctant and worried, they still have no objection after all, if they can also make contributions from this, after all, it is also a matter worthy of joy and glory!

Seeing that seventeen-year-old Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo, and sixteen-year-old Si Fangguo, who had grown into half adults, could join the army, Wu Zhi was also quite happy in his heart.

In the early morning of the next day, Wu Zhi came to the Imperial Boxing Gym, found his master Zhou Tong, and found Lin Chong and Wang Jin through Zhou Tong, explained to them about the formation of the new army, and indicated that he was ready to recommend Lin Chong and Wang Jin to serve as the commanders of the left and right battalions of the Red Guards respectively, and asked them what their wishes were.

When the two of them heard this, they were pleasantly surprised, the two of them are now serving as the head of the forbidden army, they are both low-level military attachés with no rank and grade, and now they can ascend to the sky in one step to serve as the commander of the battalion from the eighth grade, can they not be ecstatic? The two hurriedly expressed their willingness to obey Wu Zhi's arrangement.

When they heard that Wu Zhi, the junior disciple, was already the commander of the privy capital and the right wing from the fifth grade, they and Zhou Tong were even more embarrassed and sighed. When Wu Zhi returned to the capital from Weishi County, the four masters and apprentices had a close relationship, at that time Wu Zhi was still the judge of Kaifeng Mansion from Liupin, and within a year, he was promoted to three levels in a row, which had already made Zhou Tong, Lin Chong, and Wang Jin amazed enough, and now they were promoted to two levels in less than a year, which made the three of them even more shocked.

Wu Zhi then told Lin Chong and Wang Jin about the essentials and norms of training the new army, and also practiced with the two of them a few times, until the two of them completely mastered it, and then stopped. Among them, queue drill is also one of the training subjects.

These methods of training the new army, Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo have naturally been taught by Wu Zhi first.

Zhou Tong, Lin Chong, and Wang Jin felt that the training method he taught was very strange and novel, but Lin Chong and Wang Jin still studied seriously until they completely mastered what Wu Zhi taught, and they were now convinced of Wu Zhi. Both are martial arts experts, and it is not difficult to learn.

After coming out of the Imperial Boxing Gym, on the same day, Wu Zhi submitted to Zhao Xu the proposal that Lin Chong and Wang Jin should serve as the commanders of the left and right battalions of the Red Guard, and Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo should serve as the heads of the capital respectively.

Then Takeshi found a competent tailor shop in the city, and placed an order for 1,100 belts, which cost 220 yuan, and asked to be made within ten days, and the belts were in the same style as he had designed, with eight small pockets hanging from each belt, just enough to hold the bamboo grenades he had made.

Two days later, the approval of the imperial court came down, and Wu Zhi's proposal was completely agreed, and Lin Chong was officially appointed as the commander of the left battalion of the Red Guard Battalion, and Wang Jin was appointed as the commander of the right battalion of the Red Guard Battalion. Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo were appointed as the heads of the capital, and they were all awarded to Cheng Xinlang from Jiupin.

Lin Chong and Wang Jin were overjoyed after being appointed by the imperial court, they finally had official status, although they were only a small military attaché, but they were also worth celebrating. Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo were also excited.

Within three days, Sun Xin had also selected a thousand qualified guards in advance.

So, Wu Zhi took Lin Chong, Wang Jin, Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo to the right camp of Longshenwei in an ox cart, ready to receive the new army. Lin Chong and Wang Jin were surprised and sighed when they saw that Wu Zhi, the little senior brother, had three more young apprentices at once.

At the same time, Zhao Xu also approved Wu Zhi's request to manufacture new weapons, when Zhao Xu saw that Wu Zhi proposed to make a batch of new weapons in the concerto, he just thought that it might be to make some new weapons such as knives, guns, bows and arrows, and he didn't care at all.

Sun Xin diligently led Wu Zhi and the three of them to the school grounds, only to see that the team of 1,000 people had been neatly divided into ten columns and lined up on the square, quietly waiting for Wu Zhi to arrive. When they heard that the new commander of the right wing was only a young man of 20 years old and was about to form a new army, they were full of curiosity, and they all enthusiastically signed up one after another, and only then did they stand out and become a member of the new army, and they were full of expectations for their commander.

When Wu Zhi walked in front of everyone with Lin Chong and Wang Jin, everyone really felt Wu Zhi's calm and calm temperament when he was young and old, and their hearts were broken. After Wu Zhi introduced Lin Chong, Wang Jin, Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo to the guards, Lin Chong and Wang Jin selected people to form a team, divided into two battalions on the left and right, a total of ten companies, and let the two of them do it, and the two of them trained the new army. Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo served as the heads of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd companies respectively, and the heads of the other seven companies were selected by Lin Chong and Wang Jin from among the recruits, and then reported to the imperial court for approval. On the second day, the approval of the imperial court officials was issued, and they fully agreed with their proposal.

There are three main contents of the training of the new army: first, to conduct queue training and rectify the formation, Wu Zhi used the queue drill subjects of later generations on the new army, and he personally went to the field to practice; The second is to carry out throwing training, he first ordered 1,000 Red Guard battalion guards to chop bamboo tubes, and then load sand in the bamboo tubes, the weight is about the same as bamboo grenades, after sealing the mouth, that is, pick up the bamboo tube to simulate bamboo grenades for throwing training, whoever throws as far as possible, the more accurate the better; The third is a team of ten people, each team has a captain, to cooperate with the killing of the enemy, and it is required to be able to fight independently and cooperatively.

In addition to being curious or curious, the guards of the Red Guard Camp were unheard of and unseen in Wu Zhi's training subjects!

The Red Guard Battalion is still stationed in the large battalion of the right wing of the Dragon Guard, but it is only an independent army, an independent establishment, and an independent battalion, and is not affected by other battalions in the slightest. Except for Wu Zhi, no one was allowed to interfere in the affairs of the Red Guard Battalion.

Lin Chong and Wang Jin cherished the opportunity in front of them very much, and they did it themselves, worked hard, and trained the new army without mercy. When the officers and men of the New Army saw that Wu Zhi had personally come to train the troops, they also attached great importance to it and had high morale. Especially when they heard Wu Zhi announce that all the guards of the new army could receive an additional 500 yuan per month in the future, they couldn't help but be ecstatic, and they were even more in awe of Wu Zhi, and they practiced harder.

The one, two, and third companies led by Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo were trained even more energetically! Originally, the recruits of the 123rd Company saw that their leader was still a minor boy, and they were very unconvinced, and after single-handing Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo failed and were abused by the three, everyone really realized what it means to be a hero from ancient times, and they were convinced.

Three days later, Wu Zhi saw that the training of the new army was good, so he put his mind at ease and became the shopkeeper, and was assured that Lin Chong, Wang Jin, Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo and others were managing and training. He is now wearing many hats, and he doesn't know which yamen to go to work and be on duty, so he simply doesn't go anywhere, and concentrates on the affairs of the new army and accompanies Jin Lian and Xiao'e at home.