Come to the southern suburbs of Ancheng, where the Ruishi Camp is stationed.

In the entire sequence of the Huaizhou Army, the treatment of the Ruishi Battalion is second to none, and it is not much different from the Zhenbei Army, which has the highest status in these years.

The camp is fully equipped, with barracks, arsenals, school grounds, canteens, bathhouses, and even a row of bungalows similar to a school, where soldiers take turns to attend classes every day. The content they learn is very simple, mainly focusing on the basic areas of reading and literacy, and the subset of classics and history or poetry and songs are naturally not sensitive.

This is Lu Shen's special requirement, and in the first half of the year, he will often come to teach the soldiers and tell some stories and truths in simple terms.

It has been ten months now, and Lu Shen's promises have been fulfilled when he first formed the army, for example, the Rui Shi Battalion will never deduct military salaries, and the salaries of both generals and ordinary soldiers will be paid in full, which is enough to make six thousand tigers die.

Most of them have experience in the army, and they have long been accustomed to being deducted part of their military salaries by their superiors, and after coming to the Ruishi Battalion, they will inevitably think that it is Lu Shen's trick to buy people's hearts, although they were a little surprised when they received the salary for the first time, they still couldn't believe it.

Until now, all the soldiers no longer have any doubts about Lu Shen.

The combat effectiveness of the army was thus formed, and no matter how the main generals bloomed, they could not compare with the soldiers to get a full amount of money, which was the foundation for laying the morale of the army.

In addition to the salary, the treatment of the Ruishi Battalion in other aspects is also enviable.

After a long time, there will naturally be a lot of doubts outside, after all, the Ruishi Battalion has not experienced a real test since its formation, and has not achieved convincing results on the battlefield. Although supported by the will of the Son of Heaven and the order of the Governor of the Metropolis, outsiders did not dare to make substantial provocations against the Ruishi Battalion, but rumors were indispensable.

Therefore, the soldiers were holding their breath in their hearts, hoping that the Northern Expedition would start as soon as possible, so that they could prove themselves on the battlefield.

On the other hand, although the treatment of the Sharp Battalion is good, the training is also extremely hard.

In the training plan formulated by Lu Shen himself, taking the 3,000 infantry soldiers as an example, they can rest for four days a month, which are the first, eighth, fifteenth and twenty-second days of the new year, and the remaining 26 days, on average, they must ensure a minimum of two hours of training every day.

Physical fitness, strength, fighting, and striking are all training of individual abilities.

Formations, flags, orders, and formations are the training of battlefield marches.

Even reading and literacy, reciting military regulations, etc., Lu Shen's training manual is not strange, but each item is extremely solid, and the requirements are extremely strict, and the soldiers who do not complete the training task will be punished equally regardless of the size of the military rank.

In the half year that Lu Shen went north, the drills of the Ruishi Battalion were consistent, and Xiao Wangzhi would send people to watch on the spot, so he did not slack off.

Now that Lu Shen has returned to Huaizhou, he has lived in the barracks since the next day, and soon regained the control of this roaring tiger army in the palm of his hand.

The school field was hot and dusty, Lu Shen looked over, the relief in his eyes was difficult to hide, and then said to Li Chengen and the others beside him: "The cavalry still has to take more time to practice the method of rushing and maneuvering." On the battlefield in the future, we will definitely face the cavalry of the Shangjing Dynasty, the opponent is strong and experienced, and it is not the best strategy to fight hard, and it is indispensable to fight in a roundabout way. ”

Li Chengen said: "Yes, Captain, our army has always worked hard in this regard. ”

Lu Shen bowed slightly, his gaze swept over a young man next to him, and said, "Okay, you all go and do things." Wang Jun, take me to your duty room to sit down. ”

Li Chengen and the others immediately retreated, and a strange look appeared in the eyes of Wang Jun, who was clear-eyed, and he said sideways: "Captain, please." ”

The so-called duty room is just four connected bungalows, Wang Jun, as the clerk of the Rui Shi battalion, seems to be just an inconspicuous seven-grade petty official, but the power in his hands is not small, in charge of the battalion's arsenal, grain and grass, ordnance and a case-response work, and there are also several scribes around him to assist.

This young man from Zhai Lin's Wang clan has an inexplicable sense of trust in Lu Shen, and his own ability is quite good, and he takes care of the camp and logistics of the Ruishi Battalion in an orderly manner, even in the half a year that Lu Shen went north, there has been no trouble in the camp.

The two walked into the duty room, Wang Jun made a cup of tea for Lu Shen, and then sat down respectfully.

Lu Shen raised his eyes to look at his restrained and respectful posture, and smiled: "What are you doing so nervous?" You should know that I am not the kind of official who likes to be flattered. ”

Wang Jun relaxed a little, and said shamefully: "It's not a secret, Du Wei came back from the north this time, and he became more calm and restrained than before, and he was quite arrogant, and the subordinate couldn't help but feel nervous. ”

"Less, you're not suitable for this kind of sycophancy."

Lu Shen shook his head with a smile, and asked again, "How is your home?" ”

Wang Jun nodded and said: "Everything is fine, my father remembers the lieutenant quite much, and has asked the subordinate officials to greet him in his family letter many times." ”

"Thank you Ling Zun for your concern." Lu Shen said a word, and then asked meaningfully: "Is there a letter sent from the north recently?" ”

When Lu Shen decided to come to the room, Wang Jun was already mentally prepared, and when he heard him ask directly, he was still a little nervous, so he replied honestly: "Yes, there is more than one, which was sent by the head of the Wang family's sect and the cousin of the lower official." ”

"That's what I thought, too."

Lu Shen smiled indifferently and said calmly: "The Zhai Lin Wang clan sent a gift to our Xiao Dudu, and I was involved in it, and I was thinking that it was impossible for them to ignore you, after all, you are now the person next to me, and you have been close to Cousin Ling since childhood. ”

Seeing that Lu Shen made his words clear, Wang Jun couldn't help but sigh softly, and said frankly: "Captain, the lower official should have taken the initiative to inform him of this, but after thinking about it, he didn't know how to speak. ”

Lu Shen asked, "Why?" ”

Wang Jun said: "Reasoning, my family decided to lean towards Daqi, and it can provide a great boost to the Northern Expedition of the border army, which is a good thing anyway." Secondly, Xia Guan and her cousin have always been good friends, and if she can form a marriage with a handsome man like Du Wei, it will also be a good match for her. In the end, the marriage between Du Wei and Zhai Lin Wang will also be beneficial to Du Wei's future future. ”

Lu Shen smiled: "Since there are benefits in all aspects, why should you hesitate? ”

Wang Jun stared at Lu Shen's eyes and said sincerely: "Because Du Wei already has someone he likes." ”

When he was in Xunyang City, he saw Lu Shen and Lin Xi inseparable, and he also knew the reason why Lu Shen went north this year, and gradually understood Lu Shen's resolute and resolute temperament in the process of getting along, so he hesitated.

Lu Shen's eyes condensed slightly, he didn't expect such an answer.

After a few moments, he said gently, "You have a heart." ”

Wang Jun bowed his head.

Lu Shen immediately said: "Actually, I had a puzzle before, since the Zhai Lin Wang clan plans to marry first and then contribute, how do they arrange this matter?" Could it be that the niece of the pseudo-Yan Zaizhi and the eldest lady of the Zhai Lin Wang clan set off from Heluo City in a grand manner and sent them to Huaizhou to marry me with gongs and drums? Later, when I thought of your family background, I realized that most of the times my cousin would marry under the guise of your family? ”

Wang Jun was slightly stunned, and said convincingly: "The commander has seen thousands of miles, and the lower officials can't reach it. ”

Lu Shen shook his head with a smile and said indifferently: "Actually, this matter is not as complicated as you imagined. ”

Wang Jun raised his head and looked slightly surprised.

Lu Shen continued: "Zhai Lin Wang's ability to make such a statement can be regarded as looking up to me Lu Shen, and I have no prejudice against Cousin Ling. As for what you just said, I don't deny it, I had a crush before this incident, but whether it's a flat wife or a wife, this matter is not unsolvable, after all, you just need to get by. However, there are some things that I would like you to convey to Zhai Lin Wang. ”

Wang Jun sat down and said solemnly: "Please show the captain." ”

Lu Shen said: "As far as I am concerned, the Zhai Lin Wang family is a behemoth, even if the Lu family has a thin industry, it is still not worth mentioning compared to the Wang family. At this level, I shouldn't have put on a show. It's just that the Wang family is not making a deal with me Lu Shen this time, but wants to change their course and return to the rule of Great Qi. Since this is the case, Wang An should understand that he can't just think about sitting back and worrying and then contributing, there is no such cheap thing in the world. ”

"I can probably understand the survival of the so-called family gate valve, but understanding does not mean acceptance. Standing on the standpoint of the Huaizhou border army, I do not allow the life and death of the soldiers to be pinned on the watch-and-see of a family. In other words, marriage is not impossible, but it is in the future. Before I agreed to this, the Zhai Lin Wang clan should have paid enough sincerity in exchange for the re-acceptance of the Great Qi Imperial Court. ”

"No one has forgotten back then, at the critical moment when the Great Qi was about to overturn, Zhai Lin Wang's family did not help, at that time Wang An was accompanying the elites of the Jing Dynasty to watch the flowers, and his life was not happy. Now that the times have changed, Daqi has risen again, hundreds of thousands of border troops are working hard, and the situation is about to change greatly, the Wang family wants to take our boat again, but they don't want to take any risks, so it is very unwise, and they look down on our border army men too much. ”

Lu Shen's tone of voice was calm, but Wang Jun was dripping in cold sweat when he heard it.

Looking at the calm face of the young lieutenant in front of him, Wang Jun suddenly felt an invisible and deep pressure.

Although the Xunyang Wang family broke away from the Zhai Lin Wang family many years ago, and Wang Jun and his father have also sincerely returned to the Great Qi, the blood connection cannot be separated after all.

At this time, how could he not understand that Lu Shen's words were not only to clarify his heart, but also to warn and remind Zhai Lin Wang's family.

As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but bow his head and say, "Du Wei is reasonable. ”

Lu Shen nodded slightly and said: "Whether it's the source left or right, or the rudder when you see the wind, these are actually not important, I don't have too serious mental cleanliness." It's just that for Zhai Lin Wang, he had already made a mistake back then, and now he wants to turn around, and the first thing he has to think about is how to make up for the mistakes of the year, instead of sitting on a high platform, thinking about getting countless guarantees and benefits for himself first, and then symbolically making some efforts. ”

Wang Jun said respectfully: "Yes." ”

Lu Shen wasn't knocking on him, so he slowed down and said, "You tell Wang An what I said." I hope he can understand that the future of the Zhai Lin Wang clan is in his own hands, and if he wants others to accept them, he must first come up with something real. Until then, talking about marriage was just a joke. ”

He paused slightly, and said lightly: "Without the Zhai Lin Wang Clan, the Great Qi Border Army can clean up the old mountains and rivers." ”

Wang Jun stood up and saluted, and said solemnly: "Please rest assured, the subordinate will convey it truthfully." ”

(End of chapter)