The two women outside the thatched hall cried for a while, but it didn't seem to have any effect. Li Shou's envoy didn't even come forward to comfort them.
Yu Gou and other officers secretly gathered in the building. Everyone's expressions were no longer as frightened and panicked as at the beginning. The two captains were lying on the straw mat with blood dripping from their backs and buttocks, holding a piece of bloody white linen cloth.
superior.
Captain Song was saying dullly: "Li Shou is not as easy to fool as Lao Gao. I'm afraid he is the kind of utilitarian person who wants to climb up. I'm afraid our comfortable days are coming to an end."
"So what," a tall and thin man said: "He is him, and we are us. No matter how he wants to make trouble, it is his business alone. We can do it in disguise, in every word and deed,
We must let him know clearly that we cannot hold up the wall with mud, so don't waste your efforts."
Yu Gou glanced at these people with a cold snort: "Don't be too extravagant. I think Li Shou is very upright. If it were anyone else, you would have sold the imperial armor and they would have reported it to you."
, who cares about your life and death? It has nothing to do with how the Anxi Protectorate punishes you severely! Now he is willing to suppress the matter. If it happens in the future, the blame will be placed on him. He can say this
It is not an exaggeration to be grateful, but you must not do anything ungrateful and rebellious."
Team Shi was holding on to his injured shoulder, getting up from the straw mat and saying, "Who said we were going to be rebellious? We are just... we are just following our predecessor Gaoshou to trick us and live a wasteful and lazy life.
Yes. We have been guarding Congling for more than ten years. Have we encountered any enemies? No. If we want to fight and make meritorious deeds, we can’t even get a feather in our cap."
"So we can't just let him mess around. We have to wear down his energy and become like us."
Song Heng immediately sighed: "Ahem, we are doing it for his own good. We have become a guard in a place like Congling. We will never get ahead in our lives. Instead of getting into trouble in the future, we might as well wake him up now."
He, tell him not to waste his efforts."
"Also, what should I do about the debt? He holds the account book in his hand. How should I repay the money?"
The chiefs all waved their arms shamelessly and refused: "We have no money. Where do we get the money? The monthly salary is three hundred yuan and two buckets of rice. By the end of the month, there will be no penny left. I have to buy clothes for my children and my mother-in-law."
Well, shouldn’t I have a drink every once in a while? At the end of the month, I won’t have any money left, so how can I get the money to repay his armor?”
Yu Zhi pointed at these people angrily: "You, you! It's true that mud can't hold up a wall!"
One of the chiefs laughed and said: "Yu Zhubo, we are mud, what are you? Do you have the ability to get out of this mud?"
"Shut up!" Song Heng, who was lying on the straw mat, scolded his subordinates who had no superiors.
He turned his gaze towards Yu Gou and said kindly but lazily: "If you want to blame it, it's our bad luck. We have been working in this damn place like Congling for more than ten years. Li Shou caught the envoy and was just as unlucky as us. I still say the same thing,
We are just helping him recognize the reality. Everyone must follow my plan, and we must not take it hard, but have to go through it softly."
Early the next morning, Fujimaki and Tian Zhen rang the gong to call for help. However, after waiting for a long time, no one came out. The two immediately went door to door, knocking on the door panels with wooden sticks or knocking on the door through the window hole.
Look inside.
These people were either washing rice and cooking, or taking care of their children, and some were doing indescribable things with their wives in the room.
It took Tian Zhen and Fujimaki a full hour to take these people out of their comfort zone, call them to the school field outside the city, and start hacking training with guns, sticks and horizontal knives. But these people were like soft-footed shrimps.
, the movements of wielding knives and stabbing spears are like a lady doing embroidery. No matter how insulted or scolded they are, these people will not change their ways and go their own way.
Tian Zhen had a bad temper. He took out the riding crop from the saddle and beat these people hard. More than a hundred people simply lay on the ground and groaned. It seemed that even the strength to stand up was taken away by the riding whip.
"I'm so mad! Damn it!"
Tian Zhen rode back to the city angrily, walked to the thatched hall and threw the bloody riding whip on the ground: "These people are really useless, completely fucking useless! It's just a matter of disobeying military orders, just practice.
Even when he rises, his hands and feet are weak! How can such a soldier fight? Just like a sheep, he will probably be killed by the enemy as soon as he picks up his sword and gun!"
"I suggest you kill two people to show your military morale!"
After listening to Tian Zhen's story, Li Siye raised his arm and led Tian Zhen to the city wall. He set up a pergola and looked at the green school grounds in the distance. Fuji Mu still showed good patience and raised his hand to gesture with a knife.
Following him, he held the handle of the knife and moved slowly like a funny dance. His appearance was stiff and artificial, indicating his uncooperative attitude.
"Look at these bird people, I really want to chop them up one by one! Come to Anxi to be a soldier if you have the talent! When you become a soldier, you will look like birds!"
Li Siye turned around and asked him: "In your opinion, what should we do?"
"Kill one or two people, hang their heads on the top of the city, and show these people the consequences of being a soft-footed shrimp!"
"It's not good to kill people right after taking office."
"Then tell yourself what should be done!"
Li Siye put his hand on his forehead and said: "They are unwilling to train themselves. Even if you force them, it will not be effective. Stop the training, and they will ask for training in the future."
Tian Zhen shook his head and laughed: "These people are hopelessly lazy, how could they take the initiative to be affected? You must be overthinking."
"You don't believe it, how about we make a bet?"
"Just bet, you need to bet whether you win or lose. What should you bet on?"
"If I win, you don't have to complain anymore. You can do whatever I ask you to do."
"What if you lose?"
"I am resigning as the guardian of the capital, and I will recommend you to the governor's office for the post."
Tian Zhen laughed, pinched her chin and said, "There's no need for this. As long as you lose, tell them in front of everyone that your martial arts skills are low and you are no match for me."
"Can."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
…
As night falls, the undulating mountain curves of Congling are hidden in the sunset, and the gates of Shouchu City begin to close.
At the foot of the hillside, there were three strong horses running towards the city. A warrior on horseback rushed to the city gate and shouted loudly: "Don't close the city gate!"
When the soldiers on the city saw an acquaintance, they waved their hands quickly and said, "Hurry! Open the door, Brother Yong and the others are back!"
The so-called Brother Yong is a strong man, and he is also the only one among the Congling guards who has not sold his weapons and armor. This man is extremely courageous, and often leaves the guard city to work as a guard outside.
These people are the restless elements in the Tang army. Their skills and methods are first-class, so they are not satisfied with just receiving salary and eating royal rations. They actively run out to be hired by merchants as swordsmen, and even take on dirty jobs as killers.
, some people left the army and became full-time swordsmen and sand thieves.
The Zhang Kuo group that Li Siye met on his way to take office were transformed from Shou Zhulang. Regardless of their moral character, in terms of combat effectiveness, these people were more powerful than the ordinary Tang army.
Li Siye knew this reason very well. Only by experiencing hundreds of battles can a strong soldier be trained. No matter how well trained he is, if he has not been baptized by battle, he will eventually be unable to defeat a veteran of hundreds of battles. Especially in the bloody battles of the cold weapon era, actual combat is even more necessary.