He took out the teapot from Da Qiao's arms. The teapot still had a slight warmth and the scent of a girl. Liu Zhang took a sip of tea and found that the water in the pot was still warm. He was moved and put the teapot down gently.
After returning to the table, Liu Zhang picked up Da Qiao, put her on the bed, and covered her with the quilt. In fact, Da Qiao woke up when Liu Zhang took away the teapot. It was just the first time she saw the gentle
Liu Zhang couldn't bear to disturb this moment of tranquility. But Da Qiao didn't know that her red cheeks had already betrayed her!
When they came to the backyard, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others had already begun to practice martial arts. Liu Zhang warmed up and did Tai Chi for a while. After feeling comfortable, he took Zhang Ren and others to the West Garden. Today it was Liu Zhang
On the third day after being granted the title, it was time for him to report to the Yulin Army.
Liu Hong was quite a righteous person. He kept Liu Zhang in Luoyang, but he did not deprive Liu Zhang of his military power. He also allowed Liu Zhang to choose 20,000 soldiers from the Yulin Army as his troops. You know, Xiyuan only had 100,000 soldiers.
In the Yulin Army, Liu Hong handed over one-fifth of the military power to Liu Zhang at once, which was an incredible amount of trust. Of course, the defense of the capital was not limited to the Yulin Army. As for other troops, they were all in the hands of different people, such as
Talk about Captain Sili!
Selecting soldiers is not an easy task. Although Luoyang's troops are considered to be the elite among the elite in the Han Dynasty, their years of idleness have turned these people into old soldiers, pretending to make do. When it comes to fighting, they can at most bully the Yellow Turban Army.
A mob must be evenly matched.
When Liu Zhang arrived at Xiyuan, the Yulin Army had already begun daily drills. Looking at the Yulin soldiers who were holding weapons and performing moves slower than Tai Chi, Liu Zhang even wondered whether they had eaten breakfast before going out for the drill.
This kind of army will disappoint any expert who looks at it! In fact, Guang Luxun, Taiwei and the generals in charge of the army in the imperial court all knew the shortcomings of the Yulin army, but no one dared to speak out. The reason why Qiao Xuan was dealt with
, just because he wanted to reform the military system.
"Come here, stop!" Just when Liu Zhang wanted to approach the training commander, two soldiers with bird feathers on their heads blocked him. It was precisely because of these two people blocking the way that Liu Zhang was not completely disappointed with the Yulin Army.
If an army is allowed to be approached casually, the enemy can defeat it with just a sneak attack at night.
Liu Zhang asked Shi A to hand the seal to the guard. After checking the seal, the two men immediately went to report it. Not long after, a man wearing general uniforms rushed over.
"See the Champion!" There was actually a hint of shrillness in the general's rough voice.
"No courtesy!" Liu Zhang helped the general up and asked, "May I ask the general's name?"
"Jian Shuo, the last general!" A familiar name entered Liu Zhang's ears, but what puzzled him was, wasn't Jian Shuo a eunuch? However, Jian Shuo quickly answered Liu Zhang's question. It turned out that Liu Hong specifically asked him to
They came to help Liu Zhang select his troops. With Jian Shuo's help, Liu Zhang's selection of troops was naturally much easier. At the very least, the generals would not dare to stab him no matter how dissatisfied they were. However, everyone hoped that Liu Zhang would not select their soldiers.
With an order, the Yulin soldiers stopped training, and Liu Zhang led Zhang Fei and others onto the school platform. Seeing a group of teenage children standing on the school platform, the Yulin army made a buzzing sound,
It was like a swarm of flies flying around. Liu Zhang was even more disdainful. The quality of these soldiers was far different from the Youzhou soldiers trained by Huang Zhong.
After a cup of tea, the buzzing finally slowly disappeared. Liu Zhang looked at the soldiers of Yulin below and smiled: "You are a bunch of trash!"
With just one word, the Yulin sergeants almost screamed, and even Jian Shuo looked at Liu Zhang helplessly, but Liu Zhang had no expression on his face. A Yulin general came out and said: "I don't care why you are standing on the school platform.
, but I hope you take back what you just said, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?" Before General Yu Lin finished speaking, Liu Zhang interrupted: "This is the Western Garden of the Han Dynasty. You are the emperor's forbidden army, and I am your general. What can you do? Kill me.
?rebel?"
General Habayashi was stunned for a moment. Liu Zhang was right. Even if Liu Zhang didn't take back those words, there was nothing they could do about it. A high-ranking official would crush people to death. Liu Zhang was much nobler than these little soldiers. Let alone scolding them.
Killing them is not a big deal. Seeing that the general was silent, Liu Zhang smiled and said: "You are said to be useless, why don't you refuse to accept it. Shi A, tell them, who am I?"
Shi A stood up and said loudly: "This is the champion prince personally conferred by the emperor, General Liu Zhang with five senses, an authentic clan member of the Han Dynasty. His achievement is to defeat Karasuma's 100,000 men with 12,000 men.
The army personally commanded 8,000 troops to attack the Karasuma royal court, annihilating nearly 80 Karasuma tribes, totaling more than 100,000 people, and robbed countless cattle, sheep, and horses!"
Shi'a's words caused another buzz in the school grounds. Liu Zhang was really helpless. He was used to seeing those soldiers who were as stable as Mount Tai. Now seeing these "elite" troops who were all shaky and inconsistent, he really couldn't stand it. However,
Liu Zhang had to recruit troops here. No matter how favored the emperor was, he would not allow him to recruit new troops because recruiting troops required money. Liu Zhang did not dare to use his own money to recruit troops, otherwise God knows what the emperor would think.
Until the buzzing subsided, Liu Zhang smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty asked me to select soldiers. To be honest, I would rather recruit new soldiers than choose among you, because you are really useless! However, I believe that as long as
If you can pass the training, you can also become a real elite. Now the selection of soldiers begins. If you are under 18 years old or over 25 years old, take 20 steps back!"
Following the order, the army under the school stage slowly moved. This movement actually lasted for a full half an hour. When no one moved anymore, Liu Zhang said again: "Children of aristocratic families, step back twenty steps!
"
This time it was much faster. After all, the last round of elimination caused two-thirds of the Yulin Army to retreat. After Liu Zhang's second order, there were less than 30,000 people left on the campus, and even the organization was disrupted.
Because many of the officers above the rank of commander were held by children of aristocratic families, and these people had quit. However, the emperor’s establishment for Liu Zhang was 20,000, and he did not dare to ask for more, so Liu Zhang smiled and said to Jian Shuo
: "Sir Jian, the people you ordered to leave the school should return to their headquarters! I will choose the remaining people!"
Jian Shuo nodded and asked the other generals to take away the soldiers who had withdrawn from the school. Some of these generals were happy and some were sad, especially those who were not well-received. In the Han Dynasty,
In the eyes of generals, only soldiers between thirty and forty years old can be considered elite soldiers. Most of these soldiers are controlled by generals who come from aristocratic families. But Liu Zhang chose soldiers between eighteen and twenty-five years old. Most of these soldiers were
It was controlled by some down-and-out civilians, and some generals and even the entire music department were left behind by Liu Zhang.
"Little Marquis, what should we do next?" This was the first time Jian Shuo had seen Liu Zhang's method of selecting troops. Although he didn't understand it, since he came over, he naturally had the idea of stealing troops.
Liu Zhang glanced at Jian Shuo. He didn't care about others stealing his master. If he could become a master of military training, Jian Shuo was worth training. Liu Zhang smiled and said, "Don't worry, let them stand for a while! Shi A! Go and give it to me."
Make a pot of tea with Mr. Jian!"
"There's no need for tea!" Jian Shuo said with a smile: "That stuff tastes so bad, it's better to drink. It's a pity that drinking is not allowed in the army!"
Liu Zhang was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He finally remembered that he didn't drink tea anymore. The yellow soup with sugar and salt, which was bitter, astringent, sweet and salty, was really not something for people to drink. However, idleness was also idle, so Liu Zhang started
Chatting with Jian Shuo. As a eunuch, Jian Shuo was despised everywhere. When had he ever met an approachable person like Liu Zhang? The two of them chatted like this for more than an hour.
You know, the Yulin Army trains wearing armor and holding weapons. The weapons and armor combined weigh at least thirty or forty kilograms. After an hour, a large number of soldiers in the school field fell down. Until the soldiers standing in the school field no longer
When there were 20,000 people, Liu Zhang finally recovered from the chatting state.
"Okay! Drag out all the people who have fallen down to rest, and whose music will be taken away by whom!" Liu Zhang said expressionlessly: "For the remaining people, you barely passed the test, but you are not qualified to be my soldier."
!However, if you can persevere, I believe you will become a warrior who can fight one against ten or even one against a hundred!"
To be honest, Liu Zhang, a child, said such words, which made the soldiers in the school a little uncomfortable, but Liu Zhang's achievements made them have to accept it. In the Han Dynasty, the champion marquis was just a marquis with 200 households in the city.
, at most a little higher than Marquis Ting, but this title represents supreme honor, because it was once the title of Huo Qubing, the hero who fought against the Xiongnu! A young man whose achievements are comparable to Huo Qubing and who is younger than Huo Qubing is qualified to say this
The remarks!
The school field finally became silent, because the soldiers had no strength to speak. Liu Zhang smiled and asked Zhang Ren, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, and Huang Xu to each choose 5,000 people to make music parts. As for the music leaders of each music department, Tun
Official positions such as chiefs are appointed by them. There is only one condition for being a chief, and that is ability!
The soldiers were selected, and more than half of Jian Shuo's tasks were completed. The last task was to choose a garrison for Liu Zhang's troops in the West Garden. However, Liu Zhang refused because he did not want the troops he trained to become an honor guard. 1
A tiger can only be king and dominate in the mountains and forests, and can only be admired in a cage. Besides, three years later, when the Han Dynasty was in chaos, Liu Zhang still expected this army to make achievements!
The most important point is that Liu Zhang's troops will become stronger and stronger. Maybe other troops are considered elite in the eyes of outsiders, but in Liu Zhang's eyes, those troops are not even paper tigers. If Liu Zhang's troops show super combat power,
But he was still in the West Garden. As the emperor, Liu Hong would probably suffer from insomnia!