The Zuowuwei Camp is located in the southwest corner of the imperial city. It is composed of one general (third rank), two generals (third rank), two lieutenant generals, eight lieutenant generals, and eight deputy generals.
Further down, there are low-ranking officers such as captains, captains, and team leaders.
General Zuo Wuwei was originally Cheng Mingzhen. After Cheng Mingzhen passed away a few years ago, the post of general was vacant for a long time and was temporarily commanded by General Zuo Wuwei Xiao Siye.
After Wu Chengsi was appointed as the general of Zuowuwei, Xiao Siye was transferred to Honglu Temple by Wu Mei as the temple minister, so Wu Chengsi was equivalent to the highest general of Zuowuwei.
Chang'an City was defended by a total of sixteen guards, among which the twelve guards of Nanya were located in the imperial city, and the other four guards were located outside the north gate of the palace city, called the Beiya Forbidden Army.
Each guard has a health office and a huge school ground. When Wu Chengsi arrived at the Zuowu Guard House, the soldiers' training shouts passed through the health office and came faintly from inside.
After showing their official credentials, all the guards raised their hands and saluted: "Meet the General."
Wu Chengsi said: "Take me to the commander's tent, and then call all the generals to gather in the commander's tent!"
The captain of the guard responded and ordered several guards to enter the government office and notify the generals, while he led the way for Wu Chengsi.
Following the team leader, Wu Chengsi walked through the government offices and arrived at the campus. The ground was composed of yellow sand and grass. The terrain was open, like a prairie. Looking around, there was no end in sight.
The soldiers were divided into different squadrons, and each team was a regiment of three hundred people, trained by their respective captains.
Under the clear blue sky, watching these good guys sweating, the blood in Wu Chengsi's chest was aroused.
After stopping and watching for a while, I saw that the training content of different groups was different. Some were lifting stone locks and stone piles to practice strength, some were practicing formation evolution, and some were engaging in wrestling training with each other.
The soldiers were all quite strong, with a murderous look on their brows, and it was clear at first glance that they were extremely powerful in combat. Seeing that such a powerful army would be commanded by him, Wu Chengsi was quite excited.
Suddenly, he changed his mind and ordered the team leader to fetch some horses and decided to patrol the campus.
There are eighty regiments of Zuowuwei, and each ten regiments are led by a general. Troops with the same general will be concentrated in the same area for training.
After Wu Chengsi inspected for two quarters of an hour, he suddenly frowned and saw that in a certain area, several teams were far inferior to other teams in training.
One of the teams was sitting on the ground enjoying the cool air, while a team next to it was training an infantry phalanx. However, the soldiers stood crookedly, the formation changes were very confusing, and the shouts were weak.
Looking around, the ten teams in this area are all the same.
As they stepped forward, many soldiers glanced here. Since they didn't recognize Wu Chengsi, they continued to be lazy and fishy.
The captain who was leading the way was about to step forward to reveal his identity as Wu Chengsi, but he stopped him.
Wu Chengsi looked around the school grounds and came to the north of the lazy area, where there were also ten teams training.
Unlike their lazy colleagues in the south, the soldiers in this area trained very hard. There were even two teams playing tug-of-war, with loud shouts and a sharp contrast between the two sides.
Wu Chengsi nodded secretly, pointed to the nearest army, and ordered: "Let the commander of this team come to see me."
The captain who led the way responded and soon brought a majestic man. The man was about thirty years old. After taking a look at Wu Chengsi, he cupped his hands and said: "General Zuo Wu, the captain of the school, Wang Wenjie, pays his respects to General Wu!"
Wu Chengsi looked at the area where the team was loosely training and asked in a deep voice: "What is the name of the commander of the army over there?"
Wang Wenjie cupped his hands and said: "Back to General, those are Xiong Boying's army."
Wu Chengsi crossed his arms and said, "They are so lazy and no one cares about them?"
Wang Wenjie lowered his head and did not answer.
"Why are there such officers and such an army in the Zuowu Guard?" Wu Chengsi raised his voice.
Wang Wenjie remained silent.
Wu Chengsi said coldly: "Why, do you think that this general is young and can be bullied, so you don't take my questions seriously?"
Wang Wenjie hesitated and said: "The general will not dare, but..."
"If you have something to say, say it, and if you have something to say, let it go. This general has just arrived and is trying to establish his authority. If I can't use him to establish my authority, I will use you to establish my authority!" Wu Chengsi glared.
Wang Wenjie saw Wu Chengsi's gentle appearance, but he didn't expect him to be so unreasonable, so he hurriedly said: "General Xiong Lang is the brother-in-law of Cai Shangshu of the Ministry of War. In the past, General Xiong reported him for being lazy in leading the troops, and he was transferred to watch the city gate.
After he left, it was useless even for General Xiao to go to the Ministry of War to plead for mercy. From then on, others did not dare to offend him."
"Does he know his soldiers are lazy?"
"I don't know. Those soldiers will still train well when he is there on weekdays, but Xiong Lang will not be at the Ministry of Health for most of the month."
"Then where did he go?" Wu Chengsi asked coldly.
"Sometimes I go to Pingkangfang, sometimes I go to Liyuan..."
Wu Chengsi remained silent and thought to himself: "This is called deeds. If a superior officer is lazy, the soldiers below will naturally follow his example!" He said loudly: "Send the order and have all the officers above the rank of generals come to the general station to assemble!"
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The Zuowuwei military camp is located to the north of the Grand Campus, across a canal from the Zuoweiwei camp. Among the dotted camps, there is a large round tent over six feet wide in the middle, with wooden boards erected under it.
This is where the handsome tent is.
There were ten generals in the tent, standing in two rows on the left and right, two lieutenant generals and eight lieutenant generals. Nine of them had been waiting in the commander's tent for nearly an hour, and only one lieutenant general had been waiting for half a hour before the others.
It arrived a few hours later.
This person is Xiong Boying. He is thirty-seven or eighteen years old. He wears shining bright armor and has two thick eyebrows, which gives him a rather heroic temperament.
Originally, he was late for a long time and thought he would be scolded. After receiving the check, he realized that Wu Chengsi had not arrived yet, and he was very happy in his heart.
However, after waiting for half an hour, he could no longer stand and couldn't help shouting: "What the hell, is the general still coming?"
Hei Te Chang said: "Since the general said he would come, he will definitely come. Let's just wait."
Xiong Boying curled his lips and said: "Bullshit, are we just going to wait here all day when he comes tomorrow? Brothers, I think the general is probably busy with other things. Let's sit down and wait."
After saying that, he sat down on a small horse, and the two generals also sat down.
Wu Youji said coldly: "I heard that Zuo Wuwei has fought many tough battles and is a strong army. I didn't expect that the generals in the army would have such virtue. It's really disappointing."
A general with a scar on his face said coldly: "My uncle, I don't know. Real fighting is different from patrolling a city. You need to maintain sufficient physical strength at all times so that you can continue to fight."
In addition to Pei Xingjian, there was another lieutenant general named Russell. He had eagle eyes and a hooked nose, and a stern face. He was very powerful. However, although he had an extraordinary bearing, the armor he wore was very shabby, which cost him a lot of points.
He glanced at Pei Xingjian and shouted coldly: "Stand up!"
After the sound was heard, only one tall man stood up. Xiong Boying and Scarface were still sitting still. Russell was not angry either. It seemed that that was the only one who had shouted.
At this moment, a man entered the camp and loudly shouted: "The general ordered that all generals above the rank of general should go to the general camp to assemble at the general station!"
Xiong Boying touched his butt, which had not had enough rest, and muttered: "You really know how to torment people."
When the generals came to the general platform, they saw Wu Chengsi standing on the wooden platform. Next to him stood Han Cheng and Wang Wenjie.
"The general will pay homage to General Wu!" everyone said in unison.
While Wu Chengsi was waiting for everyone, he already learned about the situation of the Zuo Wu Army from Wang Wenjie. The Zuo Wu Army had more than 24,000 people, divided into eight armies, each with 3,000 people, led by a general.
Because Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty set up the "Eight Squares and Forty-eight Prisons" in Longyou and vigorously raised horses, the number of horses in the Tang Dynasty was extremely large. There were 12,000 cavalry in the Zuowu Army, all equipped with excellent war horses, and more than 10,000 pack horses.
Wu Chengsi glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "You all must know who I am, so I won't talk nonsense. All the generals will immediately gather their troops and assemble below!"
"Yes!" Wu Youji, Black Teeth Changzhi and a bearded general all responded and left the general platform. The other four generals looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then accepted the order.
Only Xiong Boying was stunned on the spot.
"Go quickly!" Wu Chengsi shouted.
Xiong Boying was taken aback and hurried down. What he was thinking about along the way was how to let Wu Chengsi know the identity of his brother-in-law.