Jiuxi

Chapter 378 Chapter 376 [The villain succeeds]

On the school field, the three armies stood in silence.

Although the soldiers had been standing loosely before, when Lu Chen's banner appeared outside the camp, the generals at all levels immediately tidied up their military appearance to avoid leaving a bad first impression on the new general.

But after all, this pretended attitude is not as good as a veteran who has commanded and forbidden.

More than a hundred cavalrymen headed by Qin Zilong silently observed the three Beijing troops on the school field, and the evaluation of "looking goods" involuntarily popped up in their minds.

Although they are just Lu Chen's personal soldiers, they have followed Lu Chen from the Battle of Guangling to the Battle of Heluo. They have participated in all the wars in the border areas in the past two years. They are elite soldiers tempered from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Naturally, you can see Not to mention these young soldiers on the campus who are hanging around in the prosperous areas of the capital.

The soldiers of the Beijing Army were also sizing up the hundreds of cavalry in front of them.

The gap between the two sides in terms of armor and weapons is not big, but the difference in energy and spirit is huge. Even though the Beijing army has more than 30,000 people and the opponent only has more than a hundred cavalry, the difference in momentum is extremely clear.

However, the soldiers of the Beijing Army did not have any desire to win because of this. It seemed that they had long been accustomed to the usual state of having no desires and no demands.

Compared with these well-organized and powerful cavalry, the soldiers of the Beijing army were more interested in the new general.

In short, the generals in the Daqi Army who can be promoted to the rank of commander are at least in their thirties, and the commanders at the higher level are basically in their forties.

A man of two lifetimes, including his time in the military academy in his previous life, he has nearly twenty years of military experience and has a clear understanding of the nature of an army.

In the past few days, the criminal and prison experts from those yamen have been reviewing the relevant files on the Hou Yu case. Lu Chen seems to be living leisurely in Nanya, but in fact he is checking the specific situation of the three Beijing armies. After all, he can now retrieve them at will. Nan Ya's archives, as well as the full help of the Sutra Weaving Department.

On the general stage, Le Minghong noticed the movement below. The expression on his face looked serious, but he was sneering in his heart.

The simplest comparison is that Privy Councilor Guo Congyi was fifty-three years old, General Wang Yan was forty-six years old, General Liu Shouguang was forty-five years old, and General Hou Yu was forty-two years old.

When they looked at General Lu Chen, who was invited to the general stage by the three commanders, their first feeling was that this man was really too young.

Lu Chen looked like he was in his early twenties at most, but in fact he was only twenty-one years old.

The Beijing army was a mixed bag, with both poor children from poor backgrounds and children from aristocratic families who came to the army to be gilded. There were many martial arts practitioners among them. Of course they knew that the skills displayed by this great general were not simple.

Lu Chen looked around the audience, his eyes calm and calm.

The word "training soldiers" came to the ears of the soldiers of the Beijing Army, and many people couldn't help but become nervous and resistant.

The situation of the Beijing army did not exceed his expectations, and he even understood it better than Le Minghong and others had guessed.

Lu Chen had a panoramic view of all these changes. He walked to the edge of the high platform unhurriedly, looked at the more than 30,000 soldiers on the campus, and said with great enthusiasm: "Soldiers, I am Lu Chen, and I have taken over on the order of His Majesty. The post of General Nanya will be the commander-in-chief of Zhenwei, Chongwei and Liwei Armies from now on."

With the blessing of Shangxuan Jing's inner strength, his voice resounded through every inch of the school grounds and fell clearly into everyone's ears.

The three people on stage are all commanders. Le Minghong is thirty-nine years old, Zuo Yushan is thirty-six years old, and Yan Bing is thirty-seven years old.

It was a beautiful day today, and in the bright sunshine, Lu Chen said calmly: "You may have heard that I have been leading troops in the border areas in the past few years, and I am not very familiar with the Beijing army. But it doesn't matter, what happens next You will soon be familiar with my military training methods, and I will also be familiar with your abilities soon."

More than ten years have passed, and now the Beijing Army can only maintain a training frequency of every four days, and the intensity of the training is not too high.

After seeing the general's appearance with his own eyes, the queue that had finally become tense became a little loose.

It has to be said that this initiative was very effective, and the originally agitated team suddenly became quiet.

For Lu Chen, it is not difficult to solve these problems, it just requires a suitable opportunity.

When today's emperor ascended the throne, no one was sure whether the arrogant Jingjun would cross the Yangtze River and go south. The Beijing army responsible for defending Yongjia City could only practice day and night to improve its combat effectiveness. However, as the border troops in Jinghuai and Huaihe blocked Jingjun's , the safety of Yongjia City was guaranteed, and the Beijing army's drills inevitably relaxed as time went by.

Generally speaking, the Beijing Army does have serious problems: overstaffing, lax military discipline, perfunctory drills, etc. It is not uncommon for military positions to be granted and accepted privately, and generals to embezzle military pay.

At this moment, a captain below had the courage to ask: "May I ask the general, how many days will the training last?"

Qin Zilong, who was standing behind Lu Chen, frowned. People in the Beijing army really had no rules. If it were Rui Shiying standing in the audience, who would dare to interrupt Lu Chen's lecture?
Zuo Yushan, the commander of the Chongwei Army, observed his words and immediately reprimanded: "Bold! In front of the general, you don't have the right to speak at will!"

Lu Chen raised his hand to signal him to calm down, then smiled lightly and said: "I know that the soldiers used to practice every four days, so I won't make it too difficult for you. For the time being, we will train every two days, and we will adjust it according to the actual situation in the future."

There was an uproar.

For these soldiers of the Beijing Army, they would often ask for leave if they practiced every four days. Wouldn't practicing every two days cost their lives?

The school grounds became noisy. It was obvious that the more than 30,000 people were not convinced by Lu Chen's decision.

Lu Chen looked at the chaos in the audience quietly. At this time, the captain spoke again: "General, I am not afraid of hardship because of my humble position. The brothers below do not dare to disobey the general's orders, but the younger ones really have their own reasons!"

"Yes, please be kind to the General!"

"General, I still have a wife, children, and children to take care of. I beg you, General, to forgive me."

Echoes came and went, like a pot of boiling water about to boil.

Lu Chen's soldiers looked solemnly, and they all reached out to touch the handles of the knives at their waists.

Lu Chen remained indifferent, looking at the captain and said, "What's your name?"

The captain glanced at Le Minghong, who was standing behind Lu Chen, and mustered up the courage to reply: "General, my humble position is Luo Lelin, the captain of the Zhenwei Army."

Lu Chen nodded and said: "Captain Luo, just now you said that the soldiers have their own difficulties, you might as well tell me what the difficulties are. Since I am now the general in charge of the three armies, I will definitely make decisions for you."

Luo Lelin said with a sad face: "I dare not deceive the general. The soldiers have not been paid for three months."

As soon as these words came out, the campus became slightly quiet, and more than 30,000 people looked eagerly at the new general on the general stage.

Lu Chen turned to look at the three capital commanders. Facing his stern gaze, Le Minghong's heart skipped a beat and he quickly explained: "General, how dare you deduct the army's pay? In fact, the imperial court did not allocate it. I have looked for this before." General Hou went to the Privy Council to see Privy Guo, and later to the Ministry of Household Affairs to see Yue Shangshu, but Yue Shangshu said that the treasury was in dire straits and most of the savings were allocated to the border troops, so he asked the general to postpone his departure for two months."

Zuo Yushan and Yan Bing also said: "General, this is the truth. I don't dare to lie."

Lu Chen glanced at the three of them one by one and said calmly: "In the opinion of the three generals, what should I do?"

This sentence seems to be a sign of weakness.

Le Minghong did not dare to be careless and lowered his head and said: "General, you might as well go to Yue Shangshu. Maybe he can get the soldiers' salary. After all, your status in the court is different from mine. Yue Shangshu will definitely give you this face." .”

Lu Chen did not comment, then looked at the other two people and asked, "What do you mean?"

Zuo Yushan lowered his head and said nothing. Yan Bing looked around and mustered up the courage to say: "General, Le Shangshu probably didn't mean to shirk the blame. After all, the border has continued to use troops in the past two years, and the court has indeed been unable to make ends meet. According to the general, the general may... …Perhaps it would be more appropriate to maintain the status quo for the time being.”

Lu Chen glanced at him steadily, and then asked: "Is this situation of arrears of military pay only limited to our three armies, or is it the same for the entire Nanya?"

Yan Bing replied hesitantly: "As far as the general knows, the 11th Army of Nanya is in arrears with military pay, but some armies are only in arrears for one month, some are two months, like our three armies are in arrears for three months." There aren’t many months.”

Lu Chen nodded slightly, then turned to look at the soldiers in the audience.

The three commanders looked at each other and looked at the back of the young prince, wondering what his intentions were.

As the saying goes, the emperor has no shortage of hungry soldiers, and military pay is undoubtedly the foundation for a solid military morale.

If you can't even get the most basic salary, it is ridiculous to talk about the justice of the family and the country to these basically illiterate soldiers.

Seeing that Lu Chen and the three generals had finished communicating, but still did not give a clear answer, the commotion below became more obvious, and some generals took the lead in making noise.

"I beg the general to make the decision for the villain!"

"General, the young and old in this little family are almost out of rice!"

"Please, the general, please discuss with the adults in the court and reduce the salary of the villain!"

"As long as the general can pay you, the villain is willing to do anything!"

After all, the Beijing army was different from the border army. They had seen too many dignitaries at the feet of the emperor, so they naturally would not have too much fear. What's more, many generals came from Jiangnan families and thought they had strong roots. I will take coaches from the border army like Lu Chen into my heart.

Following the guidance of some generals, intentionally or unintentionally, the team of more than 30,000 people became obviously chaotic and slowly began to move towards the position of the General Pointing Platform.

Le Minghong and others were furious when they saw this, and they all went to the edge of the high platform to reprimand. Finally, the situation was temporarily stabilized and no large-scale riots occurred.

However, this situation will cause a heavy blow to Lu Chen's prestige.

If he cannot properly solve this problem today, I am afraid that no matter what he says in the future, it will be like fart to the more than 30,000 people in the audience.

Le Minghong scolded loudly, feeling a little proud in his heart.

General?
Nothing more.

(End of this chapter)