The Emperor ordered Zhao Tang

Chapter 35 Black Cloud Sword
The crisp sound of horse hooves could be heard, and Li Yanzhen, the commander of the Shangchen Army, led three hundred cavalrymen to act as the front guard.

The eunuchs led the Flying Dragon Soldiers as the rear guard.

Liu Xianyuan and other guards, together with the close attendant Zhao and others, surrounded the emperor's carriage like stars surrounding the moon, and left the palace and headed towards the Yingwu military camp in Yongjiali.

The eunuchs fought with each other, but they were highly unanimous on the issue of forming a new army. They all believed that the businessmen's sons of Jingzhao were frivolous and unfit to serve as soldiers, so they sent envoys to Guandong and the border to recruit brave warriors.

From October last year to the end of February this year, the recruitment work was basically completed. Only a few envoys who went to buy horses from the Tanguts, Uighurs, and Tibetans had not returned yet.

A total of more than 34,000 strong and brave men were recruited, exceeding the original number of 20,000 set by Ximen Chongsui. Fortunately, the Shen Ce Army had eliminated more than 60% of its soldiers in the past few months, so it could still withstand it.

According to his previous plan.

A total of 20,000 people were newly established in the three armies of Yingwu Cavalry, Baoguo Infantry, and Longjie Knights.

Now the number exceeds 14,000, so three new infantry armies were established, named Yousheng, Longhu, and Neizhi.

What the sage wants to see today is the heroic army led by Wang Congxun, the commander of the left wing.

The army's troops came from a wide range of regions, including Xia, Ling, Pu, Chen, Cai, Xu, Shang, and Yun states, all of which were high-quality sources of troops.

For example, Caizhou was born with a population of wood-killers. Since Wu Shaocheng in the middle Tang Dynasty, this had caused a deep psychological shadow on the surrounding neighbors. When Li Su pacified Huaixi, Pei Du went to comfort him and found that the people here were just a bunch of wood, closed, ignorant, and primitive. Many soldiers didn't even have names, as if they were born to chop people and fight.

Pei Du had studied it carefully and found that as long as there were no people like Li Xilie, Wu Shaocheng and Wu Yuanji instigating them, the people of Cai would be very obedient.

Within two days of entering Caizhou, Pei Du replaced the guards with Caizhou guards...

For example, in Xuzhou, a man should repay kindness with kindness and should not let hatred last overnight.

During the Chaos Rebellion, the imperial court gave them rewards and sent them south to quell the rebellion. More than 2,000 soldiers immediately went south to fight for their lives, but halfway through, they heard that the Xuzhou army, which had passed by, was causing trouble in Xuchang, so they immediately went back to fight with the Xuzhou soldiers. When Cui Anqian was transferred to Xichuan, he specially sent people to Chen and Xu to recruit thousands of peasants, who were called the Yellow Head Army and were very good at fighting.

Not to mention Chenzhou, where Huang Chao's army of over one hundred thousand attacked day and night. When the officials and common people of Chenzhou, both men and women, heard that there were thieves outside, they spontaneously followed the governor to fight for their lives, and the fierce battle lasted for dozens of days.

In short, if these more than 30,000 warriors are trained well, they will surely become great in time.

It’s hard to bring it well, haha.

……

Yongjiali is not far away, just north of Xingqing Palace, and we arrived there quickly.

Chang'an has never lacked military camps. At its peak, the imperial army had 180,000 soldiers, and 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers were stationed in the city for a long time. There are three military camps in Yongjiali, which can accommodate 10,000 soldiers. The 6,000 Yingwu soldiers are currently training here.

Before getting off the car, the saint heard waves of overwhelming "ho-ho" sounds, as if someone was practicing.

Although the military appearance cannot be seen through the wall, their spirit and energy are indeed much better than that of the ladies of the Shence Army.

Teachable!

Li Ye immediately opened the door, walked down the short ladder, and ordered: "Leave the carriage and ceremonial guards outside and walk to the reviewing platform."

Upon hearing this, Palace Attendant Li Dao and Imperial Envoy Li Yanzhen led the guards to line up on both sides of the road, while Zhao and the eunuchs led the Flying Dragon Soldiers into the camp gate to inform them of the situation.

Soon, Zhao came out hurriedly and said, "The way is open, please go to the stage."

The training ground was full of strong men. When they saw someone coming in, they all looked over to observe. The warriors recruited this time were all from Guandong and Shuofang. They all felt it was new to come to the capital. After watching for a while, there was a sudden commotion.

"Heavenly Khan!" someone pointed at the team and shouted.

Li Ye walked slowly along the west corridor of the parade ground without looking sideways. When he heard the shout, he looked in the direction of the sound and saw a Zasohu man with a big nose and deep eyes. He took a quick look and found that there were quite a few faces that were obviously different from the Han people.

Noticing that the saint was looking at him, the Zasohu was very excited. Perhaps he was intimidated by the majesty of the crown and the guard of honor, so he raised his arms and shouted, "Long live the saint!"

Immediately, there were sparse and slightly messy shouts on the field.

Someone squinted his eyes and looked at the emperor without saying a word.

Some people were whispering and discussing the emperor's appearance.

Someone is tsk.

Some people praised the female officials around the emperor for being beautiful and plump, not dark and skinny country girls.

"Disrespectful!" Zhao's face turned black. Someone actually said that her breasts were round and big, and the voice was so loud that she could even hear it.

The saint laughed and said, "It is inevitable to suddenly see the immortal's face."

Humph.

"I deserve to die!" Wang Congxun strode over, took off his sword and handed it to his personal guard, and led a dozen officers to kneel down and shout, "I, the commander of the left wing of the Yingwu Army, come to see the saint!"

Haha.

Being an official is different. You know how to follow the rules!
Well, very good, Xiao Wang has changed.

"No gift."

Li Ye raised his hand and walked to the inspection platform, looking down at the new recruits who were also looking at the holy face, and said with emotion: "I see that you are all brave and strong warriors, but if you want to train a good and powerful army, you still have a long way to go."

"You can't hide it from a saint."

Wang Congxun pointed at the soldiers, paused, and said excitedly: "Half a year, I will use the Tianwei Army training method, supplemented by the strategy given to me by the saints. It will only take half a year at most to train them into a group of sharp swords for the country."

"good!"

Li Ye suddenly felt proud and clapped his hands, saying, "The strategy I gave you was recommended by the Ministry of War, and it is said to be a good strategy for training soldiers in the vassal states. As long as you pay attention to the military tactics of these powerful officials and take one step at a time, the Yingwu Army will definitely not be inferior to the people of Bian."

"I study it every night." Wang Congxun's voice sounded again, and he said with a smile: "The military training methods of Zhu Quanzhong and Yang Xingmi are indeed worth learning. Please take a look, Your Majesty!"

As he spoke, he waved his hand.

Several officers quickly waved flags, and the soldiers immediately organized their ranks, taking out black scarves and wrapping them around their faces.

In this way, only the eyes were exposed, and they looked as dark as clouds.

"What's the benefit of this?" Li Ye heard about this strategy from the Ministry of War, but he was still puzzled about the benefits of doing so.

"The military men of the dynasty were arrogant and would expel their superiors at will, or even mutiny on the battlefield. They would gather in groups of three or five, collude with more acquaintances, riot, kill captains and captains, and force the generals to lead the troops."

Wang Congxun said with a serious face: "Yang Xingmi covered the faces of soldiers with black scarves. If anyone removed the scarves during the battle, he would be considered a rebel and shot. Therefore, the soldiers were afraid and dared not remove the scarves. After several changes in the formation, they did not know who was around them. In this way, the soldiers did not trust each other. How could they incite their comrades and rebel?"

"At first I did not understand the use of this, but after pondering it several times based on my own experience, I gradually understood."

It turned out to be the case.

Li Ye couldn't help but applaud.

In history, Yang Xingmi's army was called the Black Cloud and Long Sword Army, because all the warriors covered their faces with black scarves. In addition, they all wore uniform helmets and armor, so who knew who was around them when they went to war? If they took off their black scarves, they would be regarded as rebels and shot to death. Who dared to take them off?
It should be noted that almost all mutinies are planned by a few people who then incite a group of people.

In the late Tang and Five Dynasties, the Jiedushi almost exhausted their minds to prevent the soldiers from killing generals in battle. Yang Xingmi organized a "mask" army, and Zhu Wen carried out a "battalion killing". After the battle, the officers did not return? As long as it could not be confirmed that they were killed by the enemy, the whole team would be killed immediately.

Liu Rengong built Dingba City.

All men in the country aged between 15 and 70 had labels tattooed on their faces.

Whoever causes rebellion will be sent to kill his entire family immediately.

As you can imagine, all kinds of outrageous things could happen in this era. Once, the Youzhou army rebelled and killed the commander and appointed a military governor. The foreign soldiers stationed in the state killed the commander and appointed a military governor. Then the army returned to the capital to kill the military governor, but when they arrived, they found out that the military governor had just been killed...

"To submit to the feudal lords and seek peace is wishful thinking."

Looking at the black cloud sword and the mighty warriors, Zhao couldn't help but talk about it: "The situation today is more difficult than during the An-Shi period, with wolves in front and tigers behind, and enemies on all sides. Considering how difficult it was for Emperor Taizong to start a business, how dangerous it was for Emperor Su to maintain the business, and how many common people died in the past three hundred years, we should put military merit first. If we don't advance sharply, we can't defend firmly. Asking for help from the military governors, spreading across the grass and fields, will only cause us to lose our authority. If someone like Zhu Mei were to encounter a disaster, he would die and his hands would be destroyed, and he would regret it endlessly!"

"Si Yan said it well!" She is worthy of being a woman from a wealthy family in Liangzhou.

"I will demonstrate my riding and archery for the saint." With so many people here, Wang Congxun also wanted to show off his skills.

Li Ye smiled and nodded: "Go ahead, Liu Gong said that you can shoot arrows by listening to sounds, it's a good opportunity to open your eyes."

Wang Congxun led the officers down from the reviewing platform.

His personal guards were waiting downstairs. Perhaps they had waited too long and were a little lazy, leaning or sitting, chatting and laughing. Wang Congxun saw them and hit them on the head with the handle of his knife. He was still cursing and threatening to kill the dog slaves.

He was a gentle gentleman in front of the saint one moment, and like a madman the next. Li Ye was amazed at how smoothly he switched his personality.

It seems necessary to communicate with Xiao Wang’s wife.

Otherwise, if Xiao Wang continued to have such a martial nature, Li Ye was worried that sooner or later his entire family would be killed by his subordinates.

The palace maid that Li Ye selected in the Ye Ting for Wang Congxun had been married to the young prince half a month ago. The newlyweds are now very much in love. If the new wife were to express a few words of worry, the young prince would surely restrain himself.

Now is a rare period of stability. After a period of good development, he can find a town inside the pass to perform surgery. He doesn't want Xiao Wang to suddenly die one day.

Thinking of this, Li Ye asked Zhao: "Has Zhang Chengye, the military supervisor of Hedong, returned to Chang'an?"

Zhao thought for a while and said, "Yesterday, a eunuch from the Ministry of Internal Affairs went out of the city to welcome the envoy. I don't know which town the military supervisor is from. We'll know when we get back to the palace. It's estimated to be in the next two days. I heard people say that he would arrive half a month ago."

"Okay." Li Ye felt very excited about this.

Once this person arrives by his side, the secret operation to overthrow the old pigherd can be slowly put on the agenda. He is already prepared for a protracted war.

(End of this chapter)