It was half an hour later that Wang Lin finally agreed to meet Jiao Pingshan.
After Jiao Pingshan finished saluting, he was even more shocked to see that Wang Lin was younger and frailer than he thought.
After all, Wang Lin's reputation as Fuhu Divine General and the leader of the martial arts department is too great. The image of Wang Lin in rumors or Jiao Pingshan's own imagination is completely different from the one seen in reality, and the contrast is huge.
He couldn't help but feel a little dazed for a moment.
How can someone with such thin arms and legs still be able to defeat a fierce tiger?
Wang Lin glanced at him and said calmly: "Jiao Yuhou, please tell me carefully about the current situation in the army."
Jiao Pingshan quickly calmed down, bowed and bowed, and then reported the military situation.
During Jiao Pingshan's report, Wang Lin did not interrupt or raise any objection.
After he finished speaking at Jiao Pingshan, he stood up and said: "Jiao Yuhou, please come with me to Yishui. Let's go directly to the army to have a look."
Jiao Pingshan was a little flustered.
He didn't expect Wang Lin to go directly.
He originally thought that Wang Lin would rest in Yizhou for a few days since he had just arrived in Yizhou, especially since his family had just settled down.
So at the military camp, he didn't make any preparations for the superior officer's review.
He didn't know that at this moment, Wang Lin had secretly asked Yang Zhi and Yan Qing to go to the Fuhu Army camp in Yishui, plus the four Yue Fei who had already escorted their families to Yishui. In fact, Wang Lin
In the future, Lin's team members in the army will have to enter the military camp as early as possible to understand the real situation.
The servants fetched Wang Lin's black horse, divine arm bow and gentian silver spear, as well as professional chainmail and bright silver helmets, which Wang Lin prepared in accordance with the military standards of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Tailor-made armor.
Wang Lin knew very well that the Song Dynasty was quite special.
On the one hand, this was a relatively aggrieved dynasty. For most of the time, the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty was just a small piece of the Central Plains. It could not reach the Yanyun in the north and the Dadu River in the west. As a dynasty that claimed to be unified, it was really close.
mean.
It's also a little embarrassing.
On the other hand, during the Song Dynasty, there were many powerful enemies around, such as the Jin, Liao, Xixia, Tubo, Mongolia and other regimes. Therefore, the Song Dynasty attached great importance to military preparations. After all, fighting every day would kill someone if they were not good enough.
Therefore, the types of armaments are very complete. Speaking of armor alone, there are many types such as gold armor, long crested armor, short crested armor, chain armor, chain mail, black lacquer shunshui mountain-shaped iron armor, bright light fine mesh armor, etc.
Wang Lin chose the one that suited him best.
Wang Lin put on his armor and mounted his horse with a gun, and his momentum suddenly changed.
The domineering and invincible majesty that looked down on the world made Jiao Pingshan's heart awe-inspiring as the Wang family servants cheered, and he got on his horse.
He had just served Wang Lin in armor and tried the weight of the gentian silver spear. Being able to use a spear of this weight as a weapon showed that Wang Lin was at least astonishingly powerful and it was no exaggeration.
There is also the divine arm bow, which surpasses all the standard longbows in the army.
Jiao Pingshan and Jiao Zhong led the way, and Wang Lin galloped behind them.
The journey from Yizhou City to Yishui County is only thirty miles, and it only takes two people an hour to get there.
The sight of Yishui, a small city with low and dilapidated walls, made Wang Lin sigh with emotion.
In fact, not to mention the current Northern Song Dynasty, even in the past thousand years, Yishui was a famous poverty-stricken county in the north.
This is probably related to the fact that Yishui is located in a mountainous area and the fields are barren.
This is true in modern society, let alone in ancient times when productivity levels were low.
The entire county has only a few thousand residents, and the county's registered population is less than 10,000.
In ancient society, population represented productivity and economic aggregate.
However, being poor means being poor, which also means that Wang Lin's main work in the future can be focused on army training, and the duties of the Yishui County Magistrate seem to be dispensable——
In such a poor and ungrateful county, the basic function of the county government is nothing more than to maintain security in the county and deal with the rags and robbers in the county.
The military camp is built against the mountain, facing the roaring Yi River.
When they got closer, Wang Lin was disappointed with the situation in the military camp.
The scene was messy and filthy, with smelly garbage everywhere. Order and military discipline were completely absent.
In the camp, soldiers wearing all kinds of armors and even topless soldiers were sitting on the ground in groups, drinking and playing with money.
The dozen or so soldiers standing guard at the door were even more lazy, using the spears in their hands as fire sticks and having a great time.
Yan Qing was riding on a crooked willow tree at the entrance of the military camp, dangling his legs out of boredom, while Yang Zhi had a gloomy look on his face and his gun was firmly planted on the ground.
After settling down their families, the four Yue Fei people rushed to the military camp to report for duty. Their faces were even more astonished. They couldn't believe their eyes. Is this the regular army of the Song Dynasty?
Will you serve in this army in the future?
Yue Fei felt extremely cold.
Wang Lin sighed.
He actually didn't have high hopes.
Because he knew the military system of the Song Dynasty, most of the Xiang troops as local armies were miscellaneous troops with low combat effectiveness.
But the food is the food, and it is the army after all. How can the military camp be as chaotic and disorderly as the wet market?
This at least shows that the military commander was derelict in his duties.
Wang Lin's eyes suddenly turned cold as he looked at Jiao Pingshan.
Jiao Pingshan was also very embarrassed. The original Qingping Army's military style was like this. This would not change just because it was renamed Fuhu Army. He would have made preparations in advance, but today Wang Lin made a surprise attack.
Jiao Pingshan winked secretly at Jiao Zhong.
Jiao Zhong was anxious to clean up the soldiers, but Wang Lin stopped him calmly and said: "That's all."
Jiao Zhong didn't dare to move.
Wang Lin said that he had a better understanding of Yibuer's temperament.
"Jiao Yuhou, is it possible that our soldiers usually eat military rations, receive military pay, do not do drills, do not care about defense, and just live like this day by day?"
"Two thousand five hundred men and horses are as chaotic as a group of bandits and bandits. Where is the military discipline? Even two thousand five hundred pigs should look like this, right?"
With an army like this... it's no wonder that in the future the Jin Army will march straight in and occupy the Central Plains and the North in the shortest possible time.
From top to bottom, from politics to the military, from business to the people, the Dazang Dynasty was completely rotten.
Jiao Pingshan was sweating coldly and rubbed his hands and said: "Military envoy, my subordinate is guilty. I will clean up the army and horses immediately, light them up, and march out of the camp to line up for your inspection!"
Wang Linxin said, you are not guilty, you are guilty and deserve to die!
Taking the salary, food and offerings, and leading an army into such a sparse and miserable state, it is not an exaggeration to kill you.
Wang Lin snorted coldly: "Beat the drum and gather the generals!"
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What Wang Lin calls "gathering generals" is to give advice to military officers.
The army of 2,500 men was organized into five battalions, with each battalion having 500 men. Each battalion was divided into five capitals.
Therefore, the five current battalion-level commanders, five battalion-level deputy commanders, and 25 cavalry and infantry commanders are required to come out to respond.
The red sun is high and the autumn breeze is refreshing.
Several soldiers rolled out the military drum cart. Jiao Zhong puffed up his cheeks and beat the desolate military drum hard, dong dong dong!
The soldiers in the camp were alarmed, but they did not rush. They all walked out of the camp slowly and slowly gathered in the empty field at the entrance of the camp to watch the excitement and bustle.
Wang Lin's mood is getting worse and worse, and he has not even formed a habit of lining up. Is this a military camp or a vegetable market?
Among the 35 middle and low-level officers, not one of them took action!
This is enough to show that the Qingping Army has not conducted formal exercises for at least a long time.
If you can’t even order it, what else can you say?
Wang Lin's face was as sinking as water, and he remained motionless on the horse.
Jiao Pingshan was frightened and extremely embarrassed.
He didn't expect that these subordinates would be so unsatisfactory. Although it was a sudden attack, they couldn't lack the basic qualities of a professional soldier.
Time passed little by little.
Wang Lin waited in the sun for half an hour before less than half of the 35 officers arrived.
The key is that they are still disheveled. Some of them are even sleepy-eyed.
Seeing that the new military envoy had arrived, these officers were surprised, but they didn't care too much.
Anyway, they are all veterans who can cut meat horizontally and vertically, and can never fry meat with a hob. They think that no one can change this situation.
This is not caused by any one person, nor is it caused by a day or two.
When many people joined the Qingping Army, the Qingping Army as a whole looked like this.
They were originally helping to build defensive dams on the Yellow River in Jeju, but they were suddenly transferred to Yizhou. The whole army was happy and encouraged, and they were finally out of the sea of misery.
So when I came to Yizhou, I herded sheep.
Of course, this also has an important relationship with the indolence of officers at all levels.
Jiao Pingshan was so embarrassed that he bowed down and said, "Sir, I will send people to find those people to apologize to you..."
Wang Lin smiled faintly: "There is no need to look for it. Since I can't click Mao and it is an open violation of military discipline, what should Jiao Yuhou do according to the law?"
Jiao Pingshan hesitated and said: "According to the law..."
Wang Lin suddenly shouted: "Tell me, what should I do according to the law?!"
Jiao Pingshan was sweating profusely and his mouth was trembling. Wang Lin suddenly turned to look at Yue Fei who was standing behind his horse and shouted: "Yue Fei, come forward!"
Yue Fei stepped forward with emotion, bowed and said solemnly: "Teacher, according to the military law of the Song Dynasty, calling someone by his or her name should not be followed. If you don't show up at the right time, or if you don't show up as scheduled, you will have to change the teacher's rules. This is called slowing down the army, and the offender will be killed."
Jiao Pingshan and Jiao Zhong suddenly became excited.
Of course they were familiar with the military law of seventeen prohibitions and fifty-four kills passed down from ancient times, but they didn't expect that a young man next to Wang Lin was also familiar with the military law.
Wang Lin took a deep breath. In fact, he had made up his mind at that moment. In troubled times, he should use heavy rules. If not, it would be difficult to completely cure the disorganized morale of this army!
Wang Lin looked around at the group of officers in front of him who were disheveled in uniforms and uniforms. He felt angry in his heart. He waved his hand decisively and said: "Jiao Yuhou, quickly bring the 17 overdue officers to my custody!"
3 battalion-level commanders, 4 deputy commanders, and 10 commanders.
These people were so drunk last night that they couldn't get up until midnight. Although the military drum suddenly sounded, no one took it seriously and continued to sleep soundly.
As a result, he was dragged away by soldiers.
Wang Lin sneered: "Behead him!"
The soldiers under Jiao Zhong's command who were delivering orders were hesitant.
Wang Lin was furious. In an instant, he raised his spear and pierced the soldier's throat, killing him.
Wang Lin glared at Jiao Zhong on the horse and said: "Anyone who disobeys my military order will be killed without mercy!"
Jiao Zhong was so frightened that he immediately shouted: "My lord, the military order is like a mountain. Come, those who disobey military discipline will be killed immediately!"