Outside Hangu Pass, an army of 500,000 people was divided into fifty small squares, standing there neatly and conducting formation training.
Standing in a military posture, standing still, walking in unison, etc., practice in sequence without stopping.
This was the best military training technique that Lin Ze could think of to train these young men into qualified soldiers in a short period of time.
You must know that there are less than two months left before the large-scale attack he announced.
Therefore, these two months of training are extremely important.
In addition to arranging the newly recruited "Death Army" as supervisors, Lin Ze also adopted corresponding reward and punishment measures, rewarding the superior and punishing the inferior.
In the morning, Lin Ze stood on the city wall, watching the army file out from Hangu Pass, and went to the flat ground on the Chang'an side of the pass in an orderly manner. He nodded silently. After all, they were a group of domesticated common people.
He has a natural advantage in obeying orders.
At this time, Qingfeng came to the city wall, raised his hands to Lin Ze and said: "Qi Sect Master, the remaining two people want to see you."
The remaining two people? Lin Ze quickly understood which two Qingfeng was talking about.
Previously, Lin Ze used the excuse that the counter-rebellion army lacked generals, and with the cooperation of Hu Hai, he "caught all" the powerful children, including Li You, under his command.
Not long after, Lin Ze reached an agreement with a powerful family and exchanged a large amount of high-end cultivation resources from the powerful family at the cost of releasing Renren and giving him the privilege of leading an independent army.
Later, most of the powerful children were taken away by the envoys sent by the family. Only two people were not taken away by the family, so they stayed in Lin Ze's army.
The two are Li You, son of Li Si, and Zhao Guang, nephew of Zhao Gao.
The reasons why the two never left are also different.
Someone from the Li family came, and even Princess Wuyou personally brought someone here. Lin Ze even made the conditions and was just on the verge of getting there, but something unexpected happened.
Li You refused to leave Lin Ze's army no matter what, and even threatened to die to prevent Princess Wuyou and the Li family from "redeeming people."
In desperation, Princess Wuyou could only leave bitterly. Before leaving, she specially warned Lin Ze that he must ensure Li You's safety, otherwise he would not give up.
Lin Ze was very depressed about this. The mutton that reached his mouth flew away, leaving a trace of irritation.
The Zhao family went even further. They just sent someone to visit Zhao Guang once, and then left after confirming that Zhao Guang was fine.
That's right, just left.
The envoy of the Zhao family told Lin Ze in front of Zhao Guang that the Zhao family was not interested in military exploits at all. As long as Zhao Guang was fine, he could stay in Lin Ze's army. He did not care at all how Zhao Guang felt in his heart.
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In this way, Li You and Zhao Guang stayed in Lin Ze's army, still under the supervision of Qingfeng Mingyue and others with their disciples.
Hearing that these two people were looking for him, Lin Ze said decisively: "Tell them that I am not free."
Qingfeng coughed lightly and said, "The main reason is that Li You wants to see you, saying that he has something important to discuss. He also said that as long as the sect leader is willing to see him, he can agree to the sect leader's condition."
One condition? Lin Ze thought for a while and said: "It seems that something has happened. Please ask Elder Qingfeng to bring him to the city wall."
Qingfeng handed over and left, and soon took Li You up the city wall.
Li You stepped onto the city wall. He first looked at Lin Ze and saw that he was looking into the distance. He couldn't help but follow his gaze and discovered the dark army that was training.
Li You slowly walked to Lin Ze and said calmly: "An army of hundreds of thousands is very spectacular, isn't it?"
Lin Ze turned around and looked at Li You, smiled, and said straight to the point: "I wonder why the prince-in-law is looking for my office?"
Li You did not answer directly, but looked at Lin Ze with admiration and said: "Lin Ze, when I was a boy, I thought you were extraordinary. Unexpectedly, you are even more outstanding than I imagined."
"In a few clicks, the direction of the court was reversed, and the ministers changed from being indifferent to countering the rebellion to actively fighting the rebellion, using both people and efforts. I really admire you for being able to do this."
Lin Ze looked at Li You with a strange expression, what's going on?
I saw Li You continue to say: "Therefore, I believe that you are capable enough to put down the rebellion and restore peace to the Qin Dynasty."
"What also worries me is that your selfishness is so serious that it's scary. I've worried more than once that you will destroy the country of Great Qin because of your own selfish desires."
"So I want to ask you, no matter what, please think more about Da Qin?"
The weird look on Lin Ze's face became even stronger. Did Li You take the wrong medicine? Why did he suddenly become such a virtuous person?
Seeing that Lin Ze was indifferent, Li You became a little anxious: "As long as you are willing to agree, you can ask for whatever you want."
A sneer appeared on Lin Ze's face: "A thousand seventh-grade natural materials, once I get them, I will promise you."
A look of shock appeared on Li You's face, and then he said sadly: "Do you need so many seventh-grade talents? I can't do it."
Lin Ze chuckled and said: "Yes, you can't do what I ask for, just like you want me to save the world, I can't do it either!"
Li You's expression changed again and again, and he said in a deep voice: "Twenty plants. With my authority and the power of the Li family, I can give you twenty seventh-grade natural materials."
Lin Ze showed a playful smile on his face and said: "Twenty plants? If you really give me twenty plants, although I can't promise you, I can give you a glimmer of hope. What do you think?"
Li You's face changed again and again, and finally he said firmly: "Okay, you wait for me for a few days, and I will deliver twenty seventh-grade natural materials to you personally. I hope you can keep your promise."
Lin Ze waved his hand and said: "As long as the things arrive, everything will be easy to talk about. This is not the first day we have met. You should know my personality."
Li You did not reply, but said to Qingfeng beside him: "Go back and prepare some pen and paper for me. I want to write a letter."
Qingfeng turned to look at Lin Ze, saw him nodded slightly, and left with Li You without saying a word.
Lin Ze looked at Li You's leaving back, smiled and murmured to himself: I really can't guess what Li You is thinking, and what is the purpose of doing this? Fortunately, I don't need to guess, I
Have your own way to deal with it.
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Five days later, Li You came to Lin Ze with a big box containing twenty celestial plants, and said calmly: "This is what you want. What is the glimmer of hope you mentioned?"
Lin Ze opened the box and took a look. After confirming that it was correct, he put the box behind him, then picked up a piece of paper on the desk and handed it to Li You.
Li You took it and took a look, and found that the content above was a military order that designated him as the commander-in-chief of an army of 50,000 men. The place where it was issued was stamped with the seal of Lin Ze, the commander-in-chief of counterinsurgency.
Li Youwei was stunned and blurted out: "What do you mean?"
Lin Ze said calmly: "I give you hope. Don't you want to restore stability to the Qin Dynasty? How can such a thing be achieved by relying on others?"
"So I specially allocated an army of 50,000 to you. You will be the absolute leader of this army. You can lead them to grow stronger step by step, and then personally wipe out the Chen thieves and restore the stability of the Qin Dynasty."
"How about it, doesn't it feel good to be your own hope?"
Li You's right hand, which was holding the military order, couldn't help but clenched it tightly, with blue veins showing.
Lin Ze said quickly: "Be gentle, this military order is only for this one. I will not be responsible for it if it is damaged, and the twenty seventh-grade natural materials will not be returned to you."
Li You's face twitched when he heard this, and the strength in his hands naturally weakened a bit.
Just listen to Li Youhan's voice: "Is this what you call hope?"
Lin Ze nodded and said: "That's right, I'm actually very optimistic about you. I believe that only you can put down the rebellion and restore stability to the Qin Dynasty. But what worries me is that sometimes you are too single-minded about serving the public good. I'm afraid
You will completely destroy yourself because of official business."
"Promise me to think about yourself, okay?"
Li You's face turned pale. Isn't this what he said a few days ago?
Li You snorted heavily and turned around to leave without looking back.
A smile appeared on Lin Ze's face, and then he gradually became more and more mad: "Labour and management don't care what you are planning, they will just pave the road for you. Do you want to be different? Just follow the road obediently, hahahaha."