Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 495

It rained heavily overnight, and the air in the morning was filled with the smell of mud. The streets of Thunder City were wet. On the streets near the city gate, early-rising hawkers had already set up breakfast stalls in the open space. The inside was boiling and rolling, and the aroma of roasted cassava began to waft.

"Boss, here are two black-faced steamed buns and a bowl of porridge." The early travelers waited for the opening of the city gate to take the opportunity to eat something to avoid hunger on the way.

The mercenaries with heavy swords on their waists also arrived at the gate of the city with their goods. The waiters at the stalls hurriedly greeted them loudly. These mercenaries who licked blood with their knives were the main customers of these breakfast stalls.

As the capital of Leo Province, Leiming City has its own timetable for opening and closing the city gates, so more and more businessmen, tourists, and mercenaries gathered at the gates of the city, and dozens of carriages blocked the streets. The Internet is getting more and more lively.

These are people who are about to go on a long journey. Before the gate of the city is opened, they are all temporarily eating breakfast at the stalls beside the street to fill their stomachs.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. People in the southern region do not live as poorly as in the northern provinces. As long as they work hard, there is no problem in getting enough food and clothing. The more people there are, the more topics they talk about.

People have always been gossiping, and the topics they talk about are always inseparable from those rich and well-clothed nobles, or officials who hold great power.

"Have you heard? Our dynasty's new chief inspector, Lin, is really majestic, so many nobles will be killed if they say so..." A traveler at the booth began to discuss recent current events while eating black-faced steamed buns.

"Isn't that right, the Viscount Asi over there in South Town is usually such a majestic figure, even our City Lord Lei Ming has to respect him if he wants to see him, the Viscount Asi was confiscated at the command of Chief Lin , what a pity."

Someone sneered, took a sip of porridge and said, "What's the pity, that Viscount Asi invaded more than [-] hectares of fertile land, forcing many people to be ruined and homeless. In my opinion, this Chief Lin has done a good job. .”

"That's true. I heard that President Lin ordered the distribution of land to slaves and commoners. Speaking of which, in our dynasty, only President Lin dares to treat nobles like this. Now there are not many good officials like this." Someone sighed.

"No matter how powerful it is, it's just a grasshopper after autumn. It won't be long before the nobles unite..." The knowledgeable mercenaries sarcastically said after hearing what these ordinary people were talking about.

After hearing the mercenaries speak, although the people talking were dissatisfied, they couldn't help worrying about Lin Chuan. After all, in their minds, Lin Chuan was a good official, and they didn't want Lin Chuan to be brought down.

"What are you afraid of? President Lin is decisive in killing and attacking. Your Majesty is wise today, even if those nobles unite, they are not afraid." Someone comforted.

"Yes, do you know the lion mercenary group stationed at the Heigu outpost? We usually make things difficult for our caravan, but this time, Chief Lin killed dozens of people and compensated a large sum of gold coins. Really It makes people proud, our caravan firmly supports Chief Lin."

Hearing this, the mercenaries who had mocked the common people kept silent at the moment, checked out and left in a hurry. They knew about the lion mercenary group, so they were still afraid of Lin Chuan in their hearts.

The mercenary union is affiliated to the mercenary empire, and its subordinate mercenary regiments travel all over the world. Relying on the backing of the mercenary empire, they don't pay attention to the officials and people of the Far Eastern Dynasty at all, and they are used to being arrogant and domineering on weekdays.

What's more, under the banner of mercenaries, some mercenaries are engaged in robbing houses and slaughtering some remote villages from time to time. For these fierce mercenaries, the local garrison has nothing to do with them, even if they catch them Officials can only be deported, after all, it is related to the relationship between the two countries.

Now Lin Chuan is acting very strong, resolutely defending national sovereignty and territorial integrity. He will show no mercy to those mercenaries who are arrogant and domineering and violate the laws of the Far East Dynasty. The soldier fell into Lin Chuan's hands, so now the mercenaries' expressions changed when they talked about Lin Chuan.

While the people waiting to leave the city were talking, there was the sound of sonorous and orderly footsteps on the street in the distance, and dozens of elite Zhenxi soldiers came towards the gate of the city in two columns.

Seeing these energetic and murderous soldiers of the Zhenxi Army, as members of the dynasty, they naturally gave a thumbs up, and a sense of pride arose spontaneously. This is the elite of the dynasty, the army that defends the home and the country, like What was the former Southern Army?

In the minds of the residents, the Southern Army is more hateful than those bandits and bandits, and they are even more hated. Apart from oppressing the good and helping the nobles to oppress the common people, they have hardly done a good thing.

The Southern Army has a bad reputation, so naturally they couldn't recruit any good soldiers. In order to maintain their strength, the generals had to recruit some lazy hooligans. These people wore Southern Army uniforms and did their previous jobs. reputation, and led to a further reduction in the strength of the Southern Army, which caused the Southern Army to fall into a vicious circle.

This is also the reason why Lin Chuan did not follow the advice of Marshal Qin Lan of the Southern Army to retain part of the Southern Army, but asked to reorganize the Southern Army. The Southern Army has been rotten to the bone and cannot be cured at all.

Dozens of Zhenxi soldiers arrived at the city gate and stood neatly on both sides of the city gate without making any noise.

"The time has come—Kaicheng—" With the shout of the officer on duty, the big bell hanging on the tower was rang, and the four gates of Thunder City slowly opened.

When the city gate was opened, some of the Zhenxi soldiers went out of the city to maintain order, and some of them stood in the city.

The business travelers who had been waiting for a long time began to leave the city in an orderly manner. The mercenaries, who had always been domineering, saw the soldiers of the Zhenxi Army standing upright, and they all restrained their habit of jumping in line and obediently lined up to leave the city.

Since the Zhenxi Army arrived in Leo Province, both the residents and the merchant mercenaries have felt significant changes. All the unhealthy tendencies have been swept away, and the sky has suddenly become clearer. Their supervision to change everything The chief is full of gratitude.

Although many people don't know Lin Chuan, but with the promotion of various measures, Lin Chuan has gained a broad mass base in the southern region. Except for the nobles who ransacked their homes.

The entry and exit of the city gate was orderly, and soon the officers of the Zhenxi Army began to post recruitment orders conspicuously on the city wall.

The southern army was unusable, and the assessment team led by Lin Chuan and Qin Lan conducted assessments one by one on the [-] infantry battalions of the southern army that did not participate in the rebellion. In the end, less than [-]% of the soldiers and officers remained qualified, and the rest were all discharged.

The southern army was abolished, and it cost 100 million gold coins just to pay for the compensation and resettlement expenses. Of course, these were allocated from the nobles' house raids, but Lin Chuan felt that it was worth it, and it would cost more to keep the old, weak, sick and disabled Money, it is better to learn from the pain and solve it all at once.

The Southern Army has become what it is today. Although Marshal Qin Lan is responsible, she is also suffering. Although she once wanted to rectify the Southern Army, noble officers and generals are in power from top to bottom. Similar to waste paper, she is also powerless.

In the end, Qin Lan could only come up with a compromise solution, which was to cultivate his cronies and gradually change the rest of the battalions. This time, the two infantry battalions under Qin Lan's personal control all passed the assessment, which shows that there is still some effect. .

As soon as the red recruitment order was posted, people who entered and exited the city surrounded them. When they saw the content of the recruitment order, there was an uproar among them, because the content of the recruitment order was too shocking. The news spread quickly and quickly.

(End of this chapter)