Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 153: Slap in the face as early as possible
As soon as they heard that the emperor wanted to thoroughly investigate the matter, Chen Song and the others knew that something was wrong.No matter how extravagant they wrote in the memorial, it was useless. Liu Jintang didn't even have a single prisoner of war in his hands, so how could he lie about it?In other words, when did the emperor become so difficult to fool?Today's mess, how should it end!

Yang Menglong shrugged and said: "I have nothing to say. The soil on the graves of the soldiers who died in battle is still new. The more than 1000 grass bandits who died in battle were buried by Mr. Zhang and hired people to do things. I had more than 200 soldiers in that battle. People were injured, and the wounded soldiers are still lying on their beds... By the way, there are more than 100 captives, I cut off dozens of them, and the rest are locked up in farms and mines for hard labor. If these If it can’t be considered evidence, then I don’t know what is evidence.”

Chen Song sneered: "Master Yang, how many troops do you have?"

Yang Menglong said: "700 people."

Chen Song asked again: "Then how many people did you bring to the battle?"

Yang Menglong said: "Leave 400 people to guard the camp, and 300 people to organize civilian husbands to transfer supplies. I brought 1000 people to stop the grassroots bandits by the Shahe River."

Chen Song slapped the table and said, "It's nonsense! You have only 1000 people, but you can go all the way and wipe out [-] grass bandits by yourself? Do you think that all the poor soldiers under your command are enemies of ten thousand people?" Wu Yong cupped his hands and said: "Eunuch, this man is uttering wild words and is so bold that he even tried to falsely report his military achievements and deceive the Holy Majesty. Please allow the subordinate officials to take him down and severely punish him as an example to others!"

Yang Menglong put his hands on his waist and sneered: "Who said that 1000 people can't beat 4000 people? Do you think Lao Tzu's soldiers are worthless useless among your gang?"

Zhang Tong cupped his hands and said: "This subordinate can testify that Mr. Yang runs the army very strictly and enforces orders and prohibitions. When marching, the troops march as if they are marching between two straight ropes. They do not look sideways and no one speaks a word without the permission of the officers." The strictness of discipline is unheard of!"

The county magistrate of Biyang then said: "Your Majesty has also witnessed the marching training of Mr. Yang's elite soldiers. It really is as fast as the wind and aggressive as fire. When you travel eighty miles a day, you will treat them like nothing. One thousand of these elite soldiers wiped out four thousand Grasshoppers, more than enough!"

Liu Jintang said in a panic: "Nonsense, nonsense!"

Yang Menglong looked at him with a half-smile: "Do you want to pull my troops over and let you see if you're talking nonsense?"

Liu Jintang poked his neck and said: "The Guochao has not seen such elite soldiers for more than a hundred years. How many famous generals have been unable to train them all their lives. How can you, a naughty future boy, dare to claim that you can train a team?" Iron Army?"

Yang Menglong scratched his head: "Is this difficult? Isn't it difficult? Sufficient food and clothing, hard training, no discrimination, no orders and no orders, can do these things, what kind of elite soldiers can't be trained?"

Wu Yong applauded: "'Sufficient food and clothing, hard training, equal treatment, orders and prohibitions', well said! If you can do these sixteen words, then you will be an invincible iron army! Master Yang, let's put aside the matter for now How about taking our family to your barracks to have a look at your powerful army, which is one against ten, and sweeps the grasshoppers like rolling tiles?"

Yang Menglong said straightforwardly: "Of course! Father-in-law, please!"

Wu Yong said: "Master Yang, please!" Standing up, he still walked out at a leisurely pace. Yang Menglong followed, and the county officials behind deliberately kept a distance from Wu Yong. Who told this father-in-law Is it an eunuch?When civil servants mix with eunuchs, face cannot be wiped away after all.

Chen Song, Liu Jintang and others looked at each other, not knowing what to do.Seeing that Fang Yizhi was about to leave, Liu Jintang hastily stepped forward and grabbed his corner sleeve, begging, "Master Fang, you and I are both officials in Nanyang, we can't see each other when we look up, please let us know about today's matter." Your Excellency will give you a helping hand, and Liu will be rewarded!"

Chen Song also said: "Yes, Mr. Fang, that ignorant boy is so bold and reckless, he has no sense of the law, and he has no shame to seek refuge with eunuchs. If this continues, it may not be a blessing for Nanyang. You must help Mr. Liu no matter what. !"

Fang Yizhi looked at Liu Jintang, frowned, and said, "Fang just wants to manage the place well, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. He doesn't want to interfere with the rest, so I ask you all to help me." Pushing away Liu Jintang's hand, he strode out.

Liu Jintang was bewildered, and looked at Chen Song: "Master Chen, this... what should I do?"

Chen Song asked sullenly, "Is that kid's army really so elite?"

Liu Jintang murmured: "According to the information collected by the lower officials, nearly 2000 people from the Wuyang Thousand Households Office do not usually participate in farm work. They just work hard in the barracks and practice hard for several months. I'm afraid it's not bad..."

Chen Song stomped his feet and cursed angrily: "You idiot, I let you get killed!" With a flick of his sleeves, he walked out angrily.He was really angry, why did he go blind and bet his treasure on such a fool?Shouldn't have favored this idiot in the first place!
Liu Jintang's face turned pale.Things have evolved to this point, completely beyond his expectation, this time is miserable, what should we do now?
Cold!

Regardless of whether he likes it or not, anyway, everyone went out of the Wuyang Thousand Households Office like this, and came to the military camp surrounded by thousands of military households and civilian husbands.

After several months of construction, Wuyangwei's barracks has become quite large. A wooden wall more than ten feet high surrounds the entire barracks. There are only four gates that can be entered and exited. These four gates are heavily guarded and no one can pass through. Allowing to want to go out is simply a dream.The layout of the barracks is rough and sparse, with barracks, school grounds, canals, warehouses, and grass factories all arranged in an orderly manner. Groups of soldiers are fully armed with gloomy faces, confronting the soldiers guarding the gate, as if they might break open the gate and rush out at any time.Seeing Yang Menglong coming, they were stunned for a moment, and then suddenly let out a loud cheer!Yang Menglong said: "What are you doing? Rebellion!?"

Han Peng breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "My lord, the soldiers were furious when they heard that someone was going to arrest you, and they were clamoring to rush out to rescue you. The lowly officials can hardly stop them!"

Yang Menglong glared at the soldiers and said, "Did I order you to assemble?"

The soldiers looked at each other and said in unison: "No!"

Yang Menglong yelled angrily: "Then why did you gather in full armor? You really want to rebel! If you turn around and run forty miles, it will be a lesson for you!"

The soldiers turned pale and didn't dare to speak anymore.

Yang Menglong took out his military certificate and handed it to the guarding officer. After checking it, the guarding officer shouted: "Yes, it's your lord, open the door!"

Several soldiers worked together and opened the gate.Yang Menglong explained to Wu Yong and Fang Yizhi: "The closed management is implemented here. Unless it is training, holidays or taking a shower after training, no one is allowed to enter and leave at will. Those who violate the order will be severely punished."

Fang Yizhi sighed: "The army is strictly governed, which is quite a legacy of Xiliuying in the Western Han Dynasty!"

Wu Yongrao asked with interest: "With such strict discipline, the soldiers will not rebel?"

Yang Menglong said: "To my father-in-law, they just can't come in and out at will, it's not that they can't come in and out. Every morning or afternoon, they all leave the camp for long-distance running training. After the training, they can leave the camp to take a bath in the bathroom of the guard. In other words, They ran outside as well, but they had to return to the camp before the lights were turned off...My lords, this way please!" Leading everyone into the barracks.

Everyone was surprised by the cleanliness of the barracks. Apart from the deep shoe prints, it was hard to find anything else on the ground.It was the same in the barracks. Every dormitory was cleaned and everything was neatly placed. Even the quilt and mosquito nets were folded into tofu blocks. Mosquitoes and flies would definitely fall down and get bruised and swollen.It's not surprising that one or two rooms look like this, but it's a bit weird that everyone's rooms are like this.Wu Yong asked in surprise: "Why, everyone is waiting for a maid to help them sweep the floor and make the quilt?"

Xue Siming and Xu Meng looked at each other, tears looming in their eyes... Everyone has a maid to help fold quilts and sweep the floor?They thought too, but unfortunately, let alone maids, there were no mosquitoes in the military camp!Yang Menglong said: "How is it possible! Let's not talk about the important area of ​​the military camp. Women's relatives are prohibited from entering. Even if it is not prohibited, I don't have so much money to find a maid for each of them! This place is swept every day. Don’t even think about running away, and they folded the quilts themselves, and it’s an advantage to fold them like this, once they receive an order, they can just tie a rope on their backs and set off.”

Wu Yong touched one of the quilts, felt the straight lines, but still couldn't figure it out: "It's so neat, even an ingenious maid can't do it. How did a group of soldiers do it?"

Yang Menglong pointed to the more than 100-meter-high hillside outside the window: "If you climb up that hillside a dozen times, you can do everything."

The soldiers present almost didn't cry.

Wu Yong looked at the hillside. Good guy, there was not even a root of grass on the entire slope. Only thousands of troops and horses stepping back and forth ten or twenty times could achieve this effect.Yang Menglong said with some pride: "I rarely punish the soldiers corporally. If they don't obey the discipline, I will let them rush up the hillside within the specified time, rush up, run down, rush up again, run down again, rush back and forth." Do it a dozen times to ensure that he will never make the same mistake again in his life."

Wu Yong was dumbfounded: "This... is so high and so steep, if you charge it up and down ten times, your intestines will break, right?"

Yang Menglong said: "It's not like that, at most, I have to go down the stairs step by step the next day."

Everyone looked at this kid with disdain, and there were three big characters clearly written on his face: You are cruel!

Then visit the canteen.The gang leaders in the canteen are busy, and the food for more than 2000 people is enough for them to work.The dishes are not ready yet, and there are baskets of washed vegetables, baskets of cut tomatoes, baskets of egg shells with a little egg liquid, buckets of boiling hot soup, and piles of vegetables. The steamed buns that look like hills are really an eye-opener.Wu Yong asked in surprise: "What kind of festival is this? The food is so good!"

Yang Menglong said: "There is no festival, it's just the soldiers' daily food. Alas, the pig farm and the sheep pen have not been built yet, so there is no way to provide them with enough meat, so we have to let them eat as much eggs as possible." La!"

The servant who followed Liu Jintang curled his lips secretly, is this kind of food poor?It's better than what our servants eat, okay?Wu Yong is very interested in tomatoes, he tasted one, it was sweet and sour, it tasted very good, and he praised it repeatedly.Liu Jintang is in a hurry. If this continues, he won't need to inspect the troops. He is doomed!He said sullenly: "Master Yang is really ingenious in leading troops, which is eye-opening! However, if you want to win a battle, you have to rely on real skills. These heretical methods are useless!"

Yang Menglong tilted his head and asked, "What, you want to see the soldiers I trained?"

Chen Song said: "Although Master Liu's words are biased, they are not unreasonable."

Yang Menglong said: "Okay, I will satisfy your curiosity now. Han Peng, let the troops gather for inspection!"

(End of this chapter)