Lu Xiangsheng stood outside Fucheng Gate, waiting for the city defenders to clear out the city gate aisle. It was most convenient to go to Xiyuan and enter the city through Fucheng Gate.

However, Lu Xiangsheng was not alone. Behind him were more than eight hundred newly recruited men. This was the last batch recruited in the Changping Prefecture area, and he personally led them to Beijing.

After Lu Xiangsheng died, most of the eight hundred strong men were dressed in rags and had dirty faces. They looked no different from other country villagers. However, if you look closely, they are different.

If hundreds of ordinary villagers had gathered together and came from the countryside to a place as big as the capital, they would have been talking a lot and it would have been a mess.

However, these eight hundred people were so quiet that no one spoke. Hundreds of people stood together. Although the queue was not neat, they did not speak. The feeling of silence was quite scary. Waiting to enter from Xizhimen

The business travelers in the city looked at this team with some horror.

Originally, some people were quite unhappy about being given way. They believed that they came from a wealthy family in the city and were expressing their dissatisfaction with the soldiers guarding the city. When they saw this group of quiet strong men, their faces changed and they stopped arguing and hid silently to one side.

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Lu Xiangsheng glanced at the strong men behind him and nodded slightly to express his satisfaction. This was carefully selected by him, and most of them were honest and obedient country men. Coupled with several days of training along the way, this effect was achieved.

All vehicles and pedestrians entering the city were pushed aside, and the city gate was finally cleared. Lu Xiangsheng rode a war horse and led the young men into Xizhimen. Needless to say, the young men from the countryside were shocked when they saw such a majestic giant city.

And now Lu Xiangsheng is very impatient, he can't wait to see what Xiyuan is like, and what the situation is like with the strong men he recruited a few days ago!

To be honest, Lu Xiangsheng was not at ease with the officers the emperor chose for him.

What kind of soldiers can a bunch of noble playboys who only know how to play chickens, fight dogs and play with women produce?

The Beijing camp has been destroyed by their fathers, the gang of princes and uncles. Li Banghua is spending all his energy on rectification, and Lu Xiangsheng has no expectations for the result of the rectification.

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng must not allow these noble sons to destroy his new army again!

There are also those Wu Jinshi, mostly from the frontier army and military households from various places, and they are full of the corruption of the guards. The military system of the Ming Dynasty has been completely ruined. It is commonplace to support family members and embezzle military pay. Lu Xiangsheng cannot allow this group

Wu Jinshi brought this habit to the new army!

We must give this group of people a warning and make them be obedient. If they don't work, we will expel a group of them, even the princes and princes! Lu Xiangsheng said secretly in his heart.

With this mentality, Lu Xiangsheng entered Xiyuan, and then saw the people he wanted to bully.

More than twenty nobles and three hundred martial arts scholars lined up neatly to welcome the arrival of their superiors.

"Greetings to Mr. Hexian!"

Hundreds of people saluted and shouted in unison, frightening the strong men behind Lu Xiangsheng into panic.

Lu Xiangsheng narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling very surprised and a little shocked.

The people in front of him were all wearing uniform blue cotton armor, and the red tassels on their helmets were brightly colored. What surprised Lu Xiangsheng the most was that they were all uniform.

The queue was neat and uniform, looking straight from the front and side, and the military salute was neat and uniform. Although there were only more than 300 people, they exuded a powerful momentum.

Judging from the formation and momentum, the more than 300 people in front of them were no less than any powerful army. At the very least, Lu Xiangsheng had never seen an army more organized than them.

Is this, are these still those extremely lazy noble disciples? How did they become like this?

Lu Xiangsheng was shocked in his heart. He looked carefully. Standing in front of the queue were Zhang Shize, Xu Yuanzhen, and Li Guozhen, the same group of noble children who were usually arrogant and domineering! As a Beijing official, Lu Xiangsheng naturally recognized this group of people.

As for the group of Wu Jinshi behind them, Lu Xiangsheng basically didn't recognize them.

Lu Xiangsheng was like this, and the group of strong men behind him were even more horrified. Oh dear, these are the emperor's personal troops, and they are so powerful. Thinking that he will soon become one of them, these strong men have a strong feeling in their hearts.

Expectation and immense pride.

"No courtesy at all!" Lu Xiangsheng said calmly, trying hard to maintain his dignity and not let the surprise in his heart show on his face.

"Sir, do you want these strong men to be taken to the camp first?" Zhang Shize asked for instructions.

Lu Xiangsheng nodded: "Take them to the camp for resettlement."

Zhang Shize turned around and made a move with his hand. Cao Bianjiao led several Wu Jinshi out of the queue and beckoned the strong men to go to the military camp.

"Prince Zhang, please follow me around Xiyuan. The others should disperse first and do their own thing." Lu Xiangsheng ordered. He had already forgotten about imposing a threat. What he urgently needed now was to understand Xiyuan's situation.

situation.

"I obey!" Zhang Shize said understandingly, "I will take you to the barracks first?"

Lu Xiangsheng nodded slightly: "Your Majesty is here for you."

"Sir, don't call me Prince anymore, just call me Zhang Shize," Zhang Shize said quickly, "Your Majesty said, there are no princes, princes or princes in the new imperial guard army, and our past status does not count. We are just ordinary guards here.

Soldier."

Lu Xiangsheng took a deep look at Zhang Shize and said without any pretense: "Zhang Shize, I don't understand. Why do you have to suffer in this barracks if you are not a good prince and son?"

Zhang Shize sighed: "Sir, do you want to listen to the truth?"

Lu Xiang raised his head and said: "Of course!"

Isn't this nonsense? What's the use of hearing your lies? Isn't it a waste of time?

"The truth is that I really don't want to come!" Zhang Shize sighed, regaining a bit of his old desperation in his words, "I miss you, your majestic prince. When my old man dies, I will be the first prince of the Ming Dynasty, and I will have my own enjoyment."

With endless glory and wealth, why come to the military camp to beg for hardship!"

"But it won't work if I don't come! His Majesty said that if I don't come, I will lose my share of the British Duke's title. Your Majesty will give the title to my brother or cousin.

Mr. Lu, you don’t understand His Majesty. I have played with His Majesty since I was a child, and I know that he can do what he says. If I really dare to escape home, this title will really be gone!"

Zhang Shize's face was full of sighs and looked extremely painful, which made Lu Xiangsheng feel a little funny, thinking that only the emperor could control these lawless nobles and dandies.

"Your Majesty also has good intentions, but forceful melons are not sweet after all. How about I talk to Your Majesty and let the Crown Prince go back. The British Dukedom will still be yours?" Lu Xiangsheng asked tentatively.

From the bottom of his heart, he was unwilling to keep these honorable men in the army.

"No, no, no, no," Zhang Shize said hurriedly, "even if His Majesty agrees, my father will not agree."

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned: "How could your father treat you like this? Are you not my biological child?"

Zhang Shize rolled his eyes and wondered, "Is there anyone who talks like this?"

"Lord Lu, you don't know. My father is as worried about the country as you are." Zhang Shize said with emotion, "My father said that we are nobles who live with the country. At present, the Ming Dynasty is experiencing external humiliation and internal strife. Your Majesty is very worried.

Determined to revive the Ming Dynasty. As nobles, we and the Ming Dynasty are one and the same, and we should contribute to His Majesty. Therefore, my father asked me to stay in the New Army and help His Majesty train the New Army well, otherwise he will not recognize me as his son!

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"What about you?" Lu Xiangsheng tilted his head and looked at Zhang Shize.

"Of course I listen to my father and your Majesty! Your Majesty and I grew up together, and I am the most loyal person. Your Majesty wants to train troops, if I don't help him, who will help him?" Zhang Shize patted his chest, "So no matter how difficult it is,

No matter how tired I am, I will persevere. I

He is a hereditary and irreplaceable British prince. When my ancestors followed Taizong Jingnan and made great military exploits, I will also fight for your majesty to wipe out the slaves and revive the Ming Dynasty. I want the world to see that my British prince is worthy of the Ming Dynasty.

No. 1 honorable person!"

"The prince has great ambitions and will not fall from the power of his ancestors." Lu Xiangsheng praised casually, but he was doubtful in his heart. For a while, he couldn't tell the truth from Zhang Shize's words.

While he was talking, the military camp arrived, and it was completely different from the mess Lu Xiangsheng had imagined.

I saw neat rows of military buildings. Soldiers wearing red military jackets came in and out in an orderly manner. No one made any noise or spoke loudly. Everything was so orderly.

This made Lu Xiangsheng a little suspicious. Are these people in front of him still the strong men he recruited?

But when Lu Xiangsheng saw the young man named Li Chongzhen who impressed him so much, Lu Xiangsheng no longer had any doubts. Yes, these were the young men he recruited personally.

If you think about it carefully, the first batch of young men you recruited have only been in Xiyuan for twenty days. How come they look like veterans who are forbidden by law?

How on earth is all this done?

"Who is in charge in the camp now?" Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but ask.

"There's no one here," Zhang Shize said, "I'm just waiting for you to come back and start the formal army training."

"Then them?" Lu Xiangsheng looked at the military camp in front of him in surprise. It didn't look like it was unorganized at all.

"They," Zhang Shize said clearly, "His Majesty asked those Wu Jinshis to serve as team sentries. Each of them was in charge of thirty or fifty people, and they ate and lived with the new recruits. These days, these people have become much more obedient.

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"That's it!" Lu Xiangsheng finally understood and was very emotional for a while.

Lu Xiangsheng was impressed by how he could turn this military camp, these new recruits, these noble sons, and the martial arts scholars into this state.

Of course, what impressed Lu Xiangsheng even more was the emperor.

Originally, in Lu Xiangsheng's view, the emperor's establishment of the new imperial guard army was just a matter of dissatisfaction with the Beijing camp and a whim.

However, the biggest reason why these nobles and warriors could become what they are now, and why these newly recruited men could be so orderly, was actually the emperor's doing!

I don’t know how much effort and thought the emperor spent secretly!

Thinking about the idea of ​​the new army that His Majesty described to him before leaving the capital, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but burst into tears. If His Majesty is so wise, the Ming Dynasty will be rejuvenated!
Chapter completed!