After these people left, Chu Xuanchen made a rough estimate and found that there were about 4,500 people left.
Seeing that these people did not leave, he said: "What about you?
Do you decide to stay or leave?"
After the soldiers thought about it for a while, they said, "Stay."
"Yes, there's a lot of war and chaos outside, and you can't even get food. I'd rather stay and receive training than go out and starve."
"Me too, I heard that His Highness Prince Li is very powerful, and his soldiers all have meat to eat after him.
Let’s stay and give it a try, maybe we can get some meat too?”
"Yes, then we all stay and we don't go anywhere!"
After hearing these words, Chu Xuanchen said lightly: "Have you all thought it through?
Are you all willing to stay?
With this king, there is no chance to regret.
Anyone who dares to be a deserter in the future will be severely punished by this king!"
After everyone thought about it, they felt that it would be better to stay, so they said: "We are willing to stay, we are willing to listen to the command of the prince, and we are willing to follow the prince to protect our family and the country."
"Okay, I believe those who can stay are elites.
Starting from tomorrow, I will come to train you personally, and I will definitely train you to become the same army as the Xuance Army."
Chu Xuanchen said loudly.
"Okay, okay!"
The soldiers immediately shouted three times.
In this way, Chu Xuanchen took over the army and named it Zhennan Army.
The so-called Zhennan naturally means guarding South Vietnam and defending the south.
After taking over, he trained them just like the Xuance Army.
In his army, everything must abide by military discipline. No one is allowed to be lazy, gather in groups to gamble, have any bad habits, or bully the people.
Soldiers have to get up at five o'clock every day to train and listen to the bugle to act. Anyone who is late and leaves early will be punished.
When it's time to go to bed at night, as long as the drums are played, everyone must turn off the lights and go to sleep. No one is allowed to make noise or fight.
In addition, Chu Xuanchen also formulated other rules.
For example, vendors or women cannot be brought into the military camp, and soldiers are not allowed to go out without permission, nor are they allowed to spread rumors, cause trouble, or disturb the morale of the military. Otherwise, they will be dealt with according to military law.
Under such strict military discipline, this originally very lazy army gradually became disciplined and quality, and slowly moved closer to Xuance's army.
Chu Xuanchen is a man who distinguishes rewards and punishments. He will punish the soldiers if they make mistakes, but if they have merit, he will also reward them.
He was fair and just to everyone, cared about every soldier, showed kindness and power, and often trained with the soldiers, eating and sleeping together.
As the saying goes, "If an army has no reward, the soldiers will not go; if an army has no wealth, the soldiers will not come."
This means that if the army does not have money, the soldiers will not come; if the army does not have rewards, the soldiers will not march forward bravely.
So while establishing discipline, Chu Xuanchen also spent his own money to improve the food for the soldiers.
Not only that, he also increased the military pay of the soldiers.
After this series of reforms, Chu Xuanchen quickly gained the recognition of a large number of soldiers and regained a group of loyal soldiers.
Now, he has another usable army in his hands.
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When Chu Xuanchen and Yun Ruoyue came from Shengjing City, they brought a lot of food and money.
However, the expenses in South Vietnam were too great, and soon the money they brought was almost used up, and the food supplies gradually ran out because they had to be distributed to the people.
Seeing this situation, Chu Xuanchen quickly sent Mo Zhu back to Shengjing City to collect the silver.
Chu Xuanchen has several secret villas in Shengjing City.
The rental income from his land, the income from the shops, as well as the income from Yun Ruoyue's restaurant and pharmacy will all be scattered in those villas.
This time, after Mo Zhu returned, he wanted to get money out of the villa. He wanted to buy a lot of grain and other things to take back to South Vietnam.
In a blink of an eye, Mo Zhu had been gone for a long time.
Counting the time, he should be back in a few days!
As a result, as the day for his return approached, Chu Xuanchen never received any news from him.
At this time, Chu Xuanchen felt slightly worried.
Mo Zhu has always been a punctual and trustworthy person, but this time he did not arrive as promised. Could something have happened to him?
He had deposited so much treasure and food. Would he encounter bandits on the way and be robbed?
In the military camp, just when Chu Xuanchen was very worried, Mo Li walked in with a look of panic, "Your Majesty, it's not good! Mo Zhu's motorcade was hijacked by a group of bandits!"
Chu Xuanchen narrowed his eyes coldly. It turned out that his guess was indeed correct. Mo Zhu had indeed encountered a robber.
He immediately said: "Where is Mo Zhu?
Is he okay?"
"The people who heard the news said that Mo Zhu is fine, but a lot of our food and money were robbed by bandits up the mountain, and Mo Zhu has already led people to chase them!"
Moli said anxiously.
Chu Xuanchen's face was full of sternness, and he gritted his teeth coldly, "Okay, this group of bandits dare to hijack my king's things.
Moli, go and order five hundred soldiers, and we'll go get the food back!"
"yes."
After Moli finished speaking, he quickly went out to order some people!
Chu Xuanchen looked ahead with cold eyes. This time, he could try the skills of these Zhennan troops.
Let’s see if they have made any progress after training for so long.
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Soon, Moli ordered his troops.
Chu Xuanchen immediately led these soldiers and headed straight to the place where Mo Zhu was kidnapped.
Mo Zhu was kidnapped at the foot of a deep mountain. When Chu Xuanchen led people there, he only saw the mess on the ground and the bodies of some guards, but did not see Mo Zhu and others.
There was a lot of food scattered on the ground, as well as cloth and other daily necessities.
Seeing this, Mo Li hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it seems that Mo Zhu has definitely caught up with them. This group of bandits is very arrogant. I'm afraid that Mo Zhu is no match for them. We have to rescue him quickly."
Chu Xuanchen nodded, "Well, Lieutenant Luo, you are familiar with the terrain here and know where the bandits are, so you can lead the way for us."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After Captain Luo finished speaking, he quickly led everyone the way.
Captain Luo was originally a soldier in the military camp.
Chu Xuanchen saw that he was down-to-earth and capable, not as indolent as others, and trained very hard, so he promoted him to a school captain.
He was a local and knew where the bandits were hiding, so Chu Xuanchen asked him to lead the way so that everyone could save people.
With Lieutenant Luo leading the way, everyone quickly found the bandits' den.
When he arrived at the bandits' stronghold, Chu Xuanchen saw Mo Zhu and several guards from Prince Li's Mansion fighting with a group of bandits.
Because Mozhu and the others had few people with them, they were already surrounded by these bandits at this time.
Seeing that Mo Zhu and the others were about to die, Chu Xuanchen immediately led his troops and rushed forward.
The bandits never expected that a group of regular soldiers would suddenly rush up from the bottom of the mountain, and there were quite a few of them.