Once the power is in hand

Author: purple water

Once the power is in hand

When the lamb was roasted, the sun was already heading west.

Dia came over to call the two of them, but she saw Zhao Tong drawing a map. She didn't dare to disturb him, so she stood aside and waited.

What Zhao Zhu drew was a topographic map of Luzhou City. He drew it entirely from memory. After a while, he finished the drawing and handed it to Liya Nazha.

After Lianaza put away the pictures, the two of them followed Dia towards the backyard, but they smelled the fragrant aroma before they reached the place.

Dia said: "Yao Meng baked it all. He didn't need me to do anything. I think he did it in a decent way, and it seems to be better than my baking."

Liyana glanced at Zhao Tong and said: "General Li, your men are from the west..."

Zhao Tong nodded and said with a smile: "Exactly, General Shangguan has good eyesight, let's go and try his craftsmanship."

The lamb was roasted until it was golden and crispy, charred on the outside and tender on the inside. I don’t know what technique Yao Pingzhong used. Even Zhao Tong had never tasted such good roasted lamb in Tokyo.

Several people did not enter the room and sat around. Diya gave each person two knives and drinks sent by Wang Qing. They feasted for a while until it got dark, and then they stopped.

Then Zhao and the others returned home and spent the night. Early the next morning, Zhao and Yao asked Yao Pingzhong to lead the horse.

Today he is going to take charge of the army, so he must have a horse to ride on, and he must also bring weapons.

Naturally, the yellow horse hasn't gained weight yet, but there's nothing that can be done about it. Anyway, there's no need to run long distances. It's just wandering around the city, which doesn't delay Yao Pingzhong's plan to test the horse's weight.

The yellow horse was obedient, and Yao Pingzhong gave it a saddle and stirrups. It didn't resist and was agitated. It just looked at the two of them with its eyes, as if wondering who was going to ride on it.

Zhao Tong put on the chainmail armor he selected from the arsenal, and hung the iron gun with a cracked tip on the bird's wing ring. After getting on his horse outside the mansion, Yao Pingzhong led him in front, and headed to the military camp in the city.

Go.

The horse was swaying all the way, its speed was really slow, and it felt safe at first, but later on, no matter where there were many people or few people, it kept going at this speed, and Yao Pingzhong was a little dumbfounded.

He hit the horse several times, but the horse ignored him. Zhao Tong lightly pedaled the horse and knocked on the horse's belly. The horse also pretended not to know and continued to move slowly and leisurely.

Yao Pingzhong couldn't help but beat him harder. The horse looked at him and simply stood still, holding his head high and hissing.

Yao Pingzhong was stunned. In the past few days, he treated this horse more affectionately than he treated me. He wished he could sleep in the horse gallery at night. However, he didn't listen to him at all and even got angry in the middle of the road.

He was so angry that he was about to attack again, but Zhao Tong was already angry and couldn't figure out what the horse's temper was. However, he was afraid that hitting him would be useless, so he asked Yao Pingzhong to stop and start thinking about it.

At this moment, on the road in the center of Luzhou City, people from the army were riding horses from time to time. People who knew each other came up to say hello and said, "General Li, why don't you move?" Zhao Tong couldn't explain the horse's disobedience, so he just said to wait and see the scenery.

Yao Pingzhong's face turned the color of pig liver with anger. He muttered and went back to chop up the horse meat and eat it.

Zhao Tong calmed the horse for a while, and it seemed to have regained its strength. Then the yellow horse slowly moved forward again. Zhao Tong praised it, "It's really a good horse." Yao Pingzhong was so embarrassed that he almost found a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Arriving at the military camp in the west of the city, it was half an hour later than expected. The soldiers who had been ordered yesterday were already impatient, and many of them sat on the ground.

Zhao Tong came over from a distance, and Yao Pingzhong shouted: "The general is here!" The soldiers lined up and saw the ceremony together.

Looking at these people, Zhao Tong saw that Wang Qing's soldiers were actually divided into distant and near groups.

The initial bandits, the refugees taken in on the way to the uprising, the villages where they took refuge, the government's surrender of troops, and the imperial guards in Tokyo were all arranged in this order.

Among them, the Imperial Guards in Tokyo and the surrendered troops from the government were naturally used as cannon fodder, and the rest were mostly regarded as family members.

The two thousand soldiers in front of Zhao Tong came from the refugees and the village where they later took refuge. He was a good job in patrolling inside and outside. He had great power, high status, and rich salary. The soldiers below also had their own connections, so they got here.

Looking at these soldiers, Zhao Tong really had nothing to say. He couldn't help Wang Qing train his troops. He thought for a while and coughed lightly: "Young men!"

The soldier immediately shouted: "General!"

Zhao Tong said: "Your Majesty ordered me to conduct inspections inside and outside the army to check for violations of military discipline in the army. Can you handle it?"

The soldiers shouted again: "It can be done!" The voice was mixed with excitement and was much louder than before.

This is a good job, and these soldiers all know it well. Is there anyone in the military camp who does not violate military regulations? From bottom to top, I am afraid that not most of them will violate the regulations.

They had also heard that the general who was doing inspections inside and outside was a Luzhou champion. He had no martial arts skills. He also had the power of King Huai to kill first and then report. The battalion commander and the following could kill at will!

What is this? This is money in vain!

If you don't want to be punished, you have to take out the money. If you don't take the money, I will find an excuse to make you lose your head!

As for those above the battalion command level who cannot be killed, they can be punished and reported to King Huai. Who is not afraid of this? It’s okay to be afraid, but once you are afraid, it will be money in vain!

Looking at the expressions of these soldiers, Zhao Tong didn't know what they were thinking. He couldn't help but smile and said: "General, I have only been in office for a short time and I don't know the details of the army. Where do you think we should start to investigate?"

When the soldiers heard this, their eyes immediately gleamed and they started shouting.

"The Eighth Battalion, the general will check from the Eighth Battalion. The military discipline there is the most chaotic!"

"No, no, what you said is wrong. I think we need to investigate from the Sixth Battalion. The people in the Sixth Battalion are usually the most arrogant and domineering, so we need to start from there!"

"It's the 10th Battalion. The soldiers over there are not good at fighting. They must not abide by military discipline. The general will check them carefully."

"What you are saying is wrong. We should investigate the 14th Battalion. The people in the 14th Battalion are the most looting after every battle. Everyone robs a lot of money. No battalion has as much money as they do. I heard that the pockets are full of money."

If I can’t fit it in my quilt, I hide it under the quilt, and I feel so stressed when I sleep at night!”

Zhao Tong was amused when he heard this. Is this still the worst military discipline? It was clearly about where the money was the most.

He pointed at the soldier in the Fourth Battalion who said money was hidden in the quilt and said, "What's your name?"

The soldier immediately looked flattering: "General, my name is Yu Shunshui!"

Zhao Tong nodded: "Is what you said about the 14th Battalion false?"

The soldier hurriedly said: "Come back to the general, there is absolutely no falsehood. This is what the little neighbor said!"

Zhao Tong said: "How could your neighbor know these things?"

The soldier said: "General, my neighbor is a soldier in the 14th Battalion. After drinking too much, he told me that some people couldn't be hidden under the quilt, and many of them were buried in the soil!"

Zhao Tong laughed when he heard this and said: "Okay, let's go to the 14th Battalion to check first. Yu Shunshui, you will follow this general. Then we will start checking with your neighbor to see if he has violated military regulations!"

"Yes, General!" Yu Shunshui immediately smiled and said: "My neighbor must have violated military regulations. Last time I drank too much, I heard him scold the Privy Council!"

Zhao Tong nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, in that case, let's set off for the 14th Battalion!"
Chapter completed!