Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Black Guard

For the next few days, Yang Bing almost lived in the barracks, during which Yang Bing finally completed the training of the first batch of black armor guards.

It's just that the number of people who passed in the first batch was only 900 people, and there were more than 200 archers among them, and Yang Bing selected these more than 200 archers in the middle of the training and carried out separate bow and arrow training, so they were still much worse than those infantry in terms of close range and physical strength.

"Young master, there are a total of 900 people who have completed this training, including 270 archers, 500 infantry and 130 heavy armor soldiers." Luo Wen mobilized nine hundred black-armored guards together.

Standing at the forefront are the heavy armor soldiers, everyone is wrapped in hard armor, the weapons used are heavy swords and spear shields, which Yang Bing borrowed from the Western European countries in his previous life, after he crossed over, he found that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty hedged against the Tatar cavalry in a one-on-one situation, basically sent to death, and many times it took two or three or even four or five soldiers to deal with a Tatar cavalry, which was a big shortcoming.

Therefore, Yang Bing did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to create two hundred sets of heavy armor, these heavy armor is much thicker and heavier than ordinary armor, but it will not be stiff when it is moved, and after wearing it, a heavy armor soldier can fight against the cavalry without riding a war horse with a heavy sword weighing 6 catties, and it can be said that the most valuable thing in this batch of black armor guards is the heavy armor soldiers.

The other five hundred infantry and archers were also fully armed, but lighter, each of them was a master of a hundred paces, and like the infantry, each of them was equipped with five thunderbolts.

With such a team, Yang Bing is confident that he will not lose even against 3,000 enemies.

Looking at the nine hundred black-armored guards in front of him who exuded a murderous aura, Yang Bing naturally wanted to start a lecture like his previous instructor.

"Brothers! You are lucky enough to have passed my assessment, so from now on, each of you will double your income according to the original standard! After Yang Bing finished speaking, the nine hundred black-armored guards below first looked at each other, and then shouted one after another.

"Follow the general to the death! Swear to follow the general! "As a soldier, although defending the country is the first priority, this is the Ming Dynasty, and more people still care about how much money they can get.

At this time, Yang Bing knew that at least the loyalty of these 900 people was basically won: "It's just that what I want to tell you is that in the future, you will carry out the most dangerous tasks and fight the hardest battles, are you afraid!" ”

"Don't be afraid!"

"Good! Luo Wen! Yang Bing turned his head and shouted to Luo Wen behind him: "Reward, all the black armor guards will be rewarded with five taels of silver today!" ”

The black-armored guards cheered with joy, which made the soldiers who were still training red-eyed.

Yang Bing looked at the nine hundred people below who had been brainwashed by himself, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, it seemed that he was quite able to fool.

"Today, everyone has a day off, and I have asked the room to prepare wine and food, and everyone eats and drinks happily! Because in two days we will escort the armaments to Tongtianguan! Yang Bing hesitated for a moment, but still said that he was going to Tongtianguan.

After all, veterans who have been in the barracks for a long time know the dangers of Tongtian Pass, and the wars that have occurred there since ancient times have ended in bloody battles.

"General, don't worry, we already knew, we came to be soldiers just to fight, and you also said that if you want to fight, you will fight the hardest battle!" It was the messenger Li Wu who spoke, and the current Li Wu was different from the past.

In the past, Li Wu was like a thin monkey, running fast under his feet, not very talkative, and not very popular in the barracks, but now his body is a lot stronger, and people love to talk, this is also because during training, Yang Bing let several people practice, among which Li Wu is the least dominant one, but he relied on his own flexible advantages, and he defeated several other people.

"Hahaha, well said!" After listening to Li Wu's words, Yang Bing was a lot more relieved.

"Young master, I went to see it just now, the forest you built is about to be completed, if we go to Tongtianguan this time, we can use it directly when we come back." Luo Wen whispered in Yang Bing's ear.

"Very good, Brother Luo, this time, it's really hard for you." After Yang Bing finished speaking, he took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels and the arm guard.

Luo Wen was dumbfounded when he saw it: "Young master, this is too much." ”

"If you want to take it, you will take it, during this time, almost all the big and small things in the barracks are running, you should take this money, this arm guard, you have seen it before and will use it, take it." Yang Bing patted Luo Wen on the shoulder, and then stuffed the silver ticket and arm guard gun to Luo Wen.

"Thank you, young master!" Luo Wen stood behind Yang Bing and hugged his fists deeply, this one hundred taels of silver tickets can be said to be worthy of his five-year salary, he has been in the barracks for so long, and he has not even saved ten taels of silver, but today he directly got one hundred taels.

Yang Bing smiled and didn't turn around, although he spent his four thousand six hundred taels of silver today, but he gained the loyalty of nine hundred people, Yang Bing thought it was worth it.

"General, everything is ready." A middle-aged burly craftsman came over and reported to Yang Bingyu.

"Well, load the car, remember, the fewer people who know, the better."

"Understood." The craftsman turned and walked away.

Luo Wen walked over and looked at the craftsman: "Young master, let me go, I am familiar with the journey." ”

Yang Bing shook his head: "You are not suitable, now our every move is being watched, you are my personal guard, once you have any trouble, Lin Feng will act." ”

"And who's going to do this?"

Yang Bing looked up at the weather: "Go home." ”

In the palace, a eunuch was reporting to the crown prince Zhu Di on the situation in Yang Bing's military camp.

"Okay, this Yang Bing is really the person I fancie." Zhu Di was very happy in his heart, just now his people sent back the news, and reported back the training results of the black armor guard in detail.

At the same time, Zhu Di was also very glad that Yang Bing was on his side, otherwise he, the prince, would not be able to do many things.

"Big brother, in the next two days, it will be the day of Brother Yang's departure, don't we need to send people to escort in secret? With my understanding of Lin Feng, I don't think Lin Feng will give up this opportunity. The second prince looked worried, after all, this is a matter of the safety of the fourth prince and the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di smiled slightly: "Second brother, come here." ”

Zhu Di beckoned, the second prince came over, Zhu Di leaned over and didn't know what to say in the second prince's ear, but after the second prince listened, he suddenly smiled.

"Tall."

"Okay, don't worry about Brother Yang, let's worry about yourself, what's going on with Guan Yan, still refusing to see you?" Zhu Di's face showed a lively expression.

The brows that the second prince had just unfolded, after hearing the eldest brother's words, wrinkled together: "Alas, I think we are really at the end, I have been there several times, and I won't even let the door in." ”

Guan Yan is the legendary little sister of the second prince, since the second prince said goodbye a few years ago, leaving only a love letter, Guan Yan has never seen Zhu Qi again, and this competition to recruit relatives is also her own consent.

"Hahaha, it seems that this girl is still angry, hahaha." Zhu Di laughed.

"No, big brother, you are the crown prince, why do you still do such a gloating thing." The second prince was a little unhappy.

Zhu Di smiled and took out a painting from the bookcase and handed it to the second prince, who was stunned when the painting was unfolded.

"Big brother, this, this is." Zhu Qi saw that on the painting in his hand, a heroic young man was depicted, with sword eyebrows and eagle eyes, wearing a blue robe, looking into the distance.

This is when Guan Yan and the second prince were in the sect, Guan Yan painted it for him, and there was a line of words written on the left side of the painting: "The night is long and the love is thin, and the early spring is dyed by lovesickness." ”

"Guan Yan came to me once in March and asked when you would come back, maybe at that time she knew that she was going to compete for relatives, she handed over this painting to me, saying that if you can rush back before the competition, I will give you this painting, if you come back, she is already married, let me burn this painting." Zhu Di told him how Guan Yan came to him three months ago.

After hearing this, the second prince's eyes were slightly red and he laughed: "It's okay, it's okay." ”

All these years have not been in vain!

"But this girl has really grown up, and she is much more gentle and ladylike than when she was a child, and I still remember when I was a child, she was smuggled into the palace by you and beat me up."

Zhu Qi recalled what happened at that time, and also smiled: "At that time, Yan'er didn't look like a girl, even the sixth brother with the best martial arts among our brothers couldn't beat her, and I don't know how I fell in love with her." A happy expression appeared on Zhu Qi's face.

After Zhu Di heard it, he snorted: "Hmph, it's not that a family doesn't enter the door, you two just smell the same, let me tell you, I haven't got it back yet, as the prince of Daming, I can't beat a woman, this account has to be counted on your head!" ”

The second prince smiled, he knew that the eldest brother was helping him, and he was also very grateful to Zhu Di, Zhu Qi had read a lot of history books and knew that the struggle of the royal family was the bloodiest, even if it was between brothers, if they didn't pay attention to it, they would face each other with swords, but the crown prince Zhu Di would not be like this, after he was named the prince, he still treated these brothers the same as before, and there was no fight at all.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qi knelt down on one knee: "Big brother, thank you, eldest brother is a father, in fact, since my eldest brother was crowned crown prince, I have always been afraid that my eldest brother will treat our brother like in the history books...... But the eldest brother didn't, and he gave the second brother to do these things, I really..."

Before Zhu Qi finished speaking, the prince interrupted him: "Get up, second brother, I understand what our brothers think, the struggle of the royal family has been the bloodiest since ancient times, in fact, after my father was crowned the crown prince, I thought of this, there was a time when I made up my mind to be a king!" ”

Zhu Di walked down and picked up the second prince who was kneeling on the ground: "But then I found out that I was reluctant to give up the brotherhood we only saw, so I thought about it, I want to be a brother!" This will never change! ”

Two lines of tears flowed down the cheeks of the second prince, Zhu Qi, he felt that the prince in front of him at this moment was not the prince, but the eldest brother who could stand up for himself when he was a child, the eldest brother who would take the bag for himself in front of his father if he made a mistake.

"Sister, I'm back!" Yang Bing took Yang Ruo's favorite dim sum back to Yang's mansion.

"Yo, isn't this General Yang, why do you have time to come back to see me today." Yang Ruo said sourly, since Yang Bing joined Wan Qi's house, he had only seen Yang Ruo three times, and two of them were to discuss the matter of opening a wine shop with him, which made Yang Ruo very angry with his conscienceless brother.

Yang Bing heard Yang Ruo's tone, although he was complaining that Yang Bing didn't look at her, but he still felt a lot better, after all, after he became rich, he heard Yang Xiyuan say that Yang Ruo was depressed all day long, and he couldn't arouse interest in anything, but he didn't give her a good face the first two times he asked her to help open a wine shop.

Today, he is complaining about himself on the surface, but Yang Bing knows that his sister's heart is in the past: "Hehe, sister, good sister, didn't I come to see you, you see this is your favorite dim sum." ”

Yang Ruo saw the dim sum: "Hmph, you have a conscience." As he spoke, he took out a stack of silver tickets and threw them to Yang Bing: "Here, this is earned during this time." ”

Yang Bing took it and looked at it, and his eyes suddenly widened: "I'll go, so much!" ”

The silver ticket in Yang Bing's hand was eight thousand taels, which was only earned in less than a month, and Yang Bing took out more than half of it and returned it to Yang Ruo: "Sister, let's say okay, you take the big head, and I will take the small head." ”

"Go and go, I sent you this little money, spread it out and let outsiders know, and you can't scold me, I have to share the account with my brother, I still have to lose face." Yang Ruo did not have a cash register.

This made Yang Bing's heart warm, in Yang Ruo's body, Yang Bing really felt the feeling of family, he understood that his sister wanted Yang Bing to have his own money in his hands, so that he could be angry.

"Tell me, what's going on this time?" Yang Ruo knew that his younger brother had nothing to do and would not come to him.

Yang Bing put away the silver ticket: "Sister, this time I went to Tongtianguan, Your Majesty asked me to escort the armaments, but you also know that Lin Feng is in Kyoto, and he has been keeping an eye on our family, so I want you to use the people from our shop to help me escort out a batch first." ”

Yang Ruo stopped joking when he heard Yang Bing talking about business, and said: "But Lin Feng is not a fool, if our shop moves around in large numbers, it will definitely alarm him." ”

"It's okay, sister, I'll replace all the people in the shop with black guards."