The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 147
On the fifth day of June in the 24th year of Tai'an, more than 600 soldiers were lining up inside the Changding Gate of Xicheng.

Standing on the gate tower, Xu Hong's expression was extremely serious, which made the thousands of households following him extremely uneasy.

Turning around, Xu Hong was extremely dissatisfied and said: "It's still too slow to line up. The prince will come to see it later, how do you want me to explain?"

Some of the hundreds of households behind Xu Hong were promoted from Wang Cheng and Duan Hong, and some were promoted from the Department of Guards. The composition was completely disrupted by Zhao Yanxun.

The hundred households who had been promoted by the guards did not say much when they heard Xu Hong's words, but the soldiers and horses thought otherwise.

"Lord Qianhu, only half of the sergeants below are old soldiers, and the rest have been recruited into the army for less than half a month, and the speed of assembly just now... is considered fast!"

Xu Hong suddenly turned around and stared at Baihu who was speaking, and said in a special tone: "I'm going to let it go, right? Just let it go and go home and pick up the child!"

Xu Hong's aura was fully activated, and he directly suppressed the hundreds of households in front of him.

Seeing that everyone no longer had any objections, Xu Hong suppressed his anger and said, "Everyone, it's not the time of peace, we don't have much time, and we will go out of the city to fight monsters soon!"

"Practice as before, if you go out of the city, you will die!"

After getting angry, Xu Hong explained the truth to his subordinates, after all, he had to rely on these people to do things for him.

"My lord has the ambition to overcome all difficulties. You are now in the position of hundreds of households, which shows how much your lord trusts you!"

"Everyone, don't let the prince down!"

This is Xu Hong's level, moving with emotion and understanding with reason, dispelling the sense of resistance in the hearts of several hundred households.

Turning around, Xu Hong looked at the bottom of the urn city, and said in a deep voice: "Continue to practice, you all go down to lead the team yourself!"

"As ordered!"

Xu Hong's expression returned to normal after the hundreds of households left.

After several hundred households arrived, they led their subordinates to disband, and then returned to their respective stations, waiting for the next emergency assembly.

The soldiers returned to their posts, there were guards guarding the city walls, there were guards guarding the city gates, and each department in the army performed its duties.

Just at this moment, an eunuch walked up the city wall and quietly came behind Xu Hong.

"Xu Qianhu!"

This voice was so familiar to Xu Hong, Xu Hong quickly turned around, and it turned out that Huo An was standing behind him.

"Meet the father-in-law!"

Although already a thousand households, Xu Hong who was "relegated" to Zhao Yanxun's chief executive could only be more respectful.

What puzzled Xu Hong at this moment was why Huo An appeared here.

"I don't know why the father-in-law is here?"

"Xu Qianhu, the prince has arrived!"

Xu Hong was so excited that he immediately went down to the city wall to greet him. At the same time, he secretly scolded his subordinates for their dullness, and he didn't even get a word of it.

Of course, this also shows from the side that Zhao Yanxun's control over the army below is stronger than that of his official Qianhu.

This made Xu Hong realize more deeply that his power comes from the palace, and if he wants to control power, he must be loyal to Zhao Yanxun.

Seeing that Xu Hong was about to go down to greet him, Huo An stopped him and said, "Xu Qianhu, let's practice soldiers and horses directly, the prince is just watching!"

Slightly taken aback, Xu Hong quickly nodded yes, and at the same time understood Zhao Yanxun's purpose, this was a surprise inspection.

"Come on, beat the drums!" Xu Hong shouted to the soldiers not far away.

His order was carried out immediately, and the soldiers who were still on the way back to the post at this moment were slightly stunned after hearing the assembly horns and drums.

This is too anxious, I haven't returned to my post yet... This is what most people think.

"Hurry up... the Urn City line up!" Hundreds of households shouted loudly.

The sudden sound of drumming made the scattered soldiers look flustered, which also exposed their true level.

Standing on the city wall, looking at the soldiers arriving one after another below, Zhao Yanxun was expressionless.

But Xu Hong, who was standing behind him at this moment, had a particularly ugly expression on his face.

The time it took to gather and line up this time was much worse than the one just now, which can be described as appalling.

"Xu Hong, the most important thing to lead the army is to order and prohibit!"

"But look at these people below, most of them move casually, without any sense of tension... You are incompetent, Qianhu!"

Hearing this, Xu Hong immediately knelt down, kowtowed and said: "My lord, this minister is incompetent, please punish me!"

Zhao Yanxun didn't look at him, but said indifferently: "The time is short, it can't be all your fault!"

We can't blame him entirely, which means that he, Xu Hong, is still partially responsible.

"I will strictly rectify military discipline in the future, and never let the prince down!" Xu Hong raised his head and said.

Only then did Zhao Yanxun glance at him, and said: "Tell your subordinates, the jobs in the palace are not so good!"

"The next time this king comes again, if you still look so relaxed, you and your subordinates can go home and pick up the children!"

Although Zhao Yanxun's tone was calm, Xu Hong did not dare to take it lightly.

"The minister takes orders!"

"Get up!"

After saying this, Zhao Yanxun turned around and walked down the city wall, and the army in the Wengcheng had already assembled.

After carefully sending Zhao Yanxun away, Xu Hong felt a little relieved, but in an instant his face turned black with anger.

"Call a few hundred households over here!" Xu Hong said in a cold tone.

After a while, several hundreds of households were brought over, all of them looked uneasy.

"Do you know that the prince just came!"

"I know... I know!" one of the hundred households replied.

"I just said that I asked you to lead the troops to practice. Is this the result of your leadership?" This sentence can be said to be roared out by Xu Hong.

"In front of the lord, my face is completely humiliated by you!"

All the hundreds of households lowered their heads. They understood Xu Hong's anger very well, so they also felt very ashamed.

"My lord, I am guilty of a low position, please punish me!" One of the Baihu knelt down and said.

Then the rest of the hundred households also pleaded guilty, and only Xu Hong stood in the lobby of the gatehouse.

"I said this to the prince just now, but the prince did not punish me!"

"But the prince said, if the situation is still the same next time, you and I can only resign from office and apologize!"

These words made everyone present tremble. If they were dismissed, according to the current system, the family could only live on the line of food and clothing.

"I won't punish you either, after all it's useless to beat you with dozens of army sticks..."

"But I hope that from now on, you will train your soldiers with the strictest means... strive to train this army into shape as soon as possible!"

"Not only assembly, but also the coordination of the army formation, marching and fighting... all these must be practiced!"

Speaking of this, Xu Hong lifted up the kneeling people one by one, and said at the same time: "This time we performed extremely poorly, then we will train hard and try to impress the prince next time!"

"Humble staff is willing to work together with adults!"

Afterwards, everyone said: "I would like to work together with you!"

At this moment, Xu Hong felt that his control over his subordinates had deepened, which was a pleasant surprise to him.

"Okay, in the words of scholars, we brothers should realize our shame and be brave!" Xu Hong said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)