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Chapter 98: Making up the numbers (please subscribe)

Nowadays, the Jingying School Ground in the southern suburbs is extremely lively.

The battalion officers of the three major battalions of the Beijing Camp, the Fifth Army Camp, the Three Thousand Battalion and the Shenji Battalion were called over by Chen Liangbi the day before yesterday.

They were told that the emperor would come to review the day after tomorrow and told them to be prepared and not to make a fool of themselves then. This made the officers of the third battalion look confused as to why the emperor had suddenly come.

The three major battalions are usually understaffed, and every time there are only half of them, most of the people who arrive are old, weak, sick, and disabled. Some of them can't even hold a gun steady. How can they practice?

But Chen Liangbi didn't care how they reacted. He had already transferred all his cronies to the new camp. These people had dug holes and opposed him when he reformed the Beijing camp, and now he didn't bother to care about their life or death.

After giving some instructions, he asked them to find their own way, and then they hurriedly mobilized the new battalion to rush to the school grounds to familiarize themselves with the environment, and then protect the emperor's safety.

The remaining three battalion officers looked at each other and looked confused. Finally, they had no choice but to get together in twos and threes to discuss what to do. They thought that no matter what, they should gather the number of people first, so as not to look ugly in front of them.So he quickly found some children from military households or soldiers from the Beijing camp to come over in the capital to gather the number of people and make up the numbers.

But even if they searched again, due to time constraints, they still couldn't get together. In the end, there was no other way, so some people started to find some rogues in the capital, promised them some food and money, and asked them to come over and help perform. Seeing this, others also Treating a dead horse as a live doctor, I started looking for him.

For a time, the Beijing camp was filled with all kinds of old, weak, sick and disabled, soldiers, ruffians and scoundrels, making it extremely noisy.

Some scoundrels had never been in the military, let alone entered a school. Now that they had the opportunity to come in, they pretended to know one or two moves and wanted to dance with a gun. Unexpectedly, they failed to perform tricks and injured someone instead. , for a while there were endless shouts of curses, cries for help, and jokes, and they were competing with the troupe.

In such a funny and hurried way, we finally gathered the number of people. With one day left, the camp officials were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, but there was nothing they could do. So after thinking about it, they gathered a batch of money and called them over to take care of it. He told them various things to pay attention to and asked them to remember them, and promised that if the emperor performed well during the review, he would be given more rewards.

Then he began to sharpen his weapons before the battle, rush the ducks to the shelves, and without saying a word, he pulled them to start training until late at night. These people had never suffered such a crime before, and they complained endlessly.

Chen Liangbi watched their performance quietly. They were really a temporary troupe, and he just felt funny in his heart.Then I directly asked the new battalion to take over the school ground, thinking to myself that I really overestimated them, is this it?There is no way to cause any trouble.

On the second day, before dawn, these so-called "sergeants" of the three major battalions were called up early by the battalion officer again. After eating, they began to line up. They once again emphasized discipline and various precautions. They looked like It's the same thing.

At this time, as a place where noble disciples take exams, people began to arrive here one after another.

These people are all descendants of noble families. Except for the collateral disciples like Zhu Daoxin, most of them are served by servants and carriages. After arriving, they hug each other and chat and become familiar with each other. Gradually, there is chaos and congestion outside the school, making the school grounds inside and outside. Like an accident scene.

The noble disciples were chatting with each other, with different expressions on their faces. Some of them came with the determination to come out on top, some were just doing errands and wanted to finish them quickly and then have fun in the south of the city. Some even looked sad. , even crying, feeling like going to the battlefield.

Fortunately, Chen Liangbi had already planned and planned a special place outside the school for him to wait, so there was a lot of order outside the camp.

It was also stipulated that you could only enter the camp alone to take the exam, and no servants or followers were allowed to enter. This inevitably caused a burst of wailing. However, this was a heavily military area, and the emperor was coming, so naturally he did not dare to make any mistakes and could only hold back. The squeamish energy of the noble young master.

When everything was ready, Chen Liangbi led the officials of the Rongzheng Department of the Beijing camp and the senior battalion officers of the three major battalions were waiting for the emperor's arrival outside the camp.

The cold wind was biting, and everyone did not feel cold. However, seeing that the emperor's guard of honor had not arrived yet, they began to slack off, and started to rustle again in twos and threes.

"Why haven't I seen Hao Tianfu today? Where has he gone?"

At the end, there were five or six camp officers gathered around chatting.

"I saw him this morning, but I saw that he was called by someone, and then I didn't see him. He might be discussing something with people from the Duke's Mansion."

A man with a sinewy face, thick eyebrows and big copper eyes replied to the general inquiry.

"That's fine. We had a good discussion with him yesterday. I also gave instructions to Kong Xiongzhi and others. If His Majesty raises questions at that time, he will lead others to become agitated. As long as the matter becomes too big and difficult to end, Governor Chen will be unable to get off. Give him some face."

"Haha, this period of time has been really hard for us. We have to have the support of Duke Guo, otherwise we really wouldn't be able to bear it."

Everyone laughed when they heard this, yes, this time we must make Chen Liangbi look ugly!After chatting for a while, someone came on horseback to report that the emperor and his party had left Zhengyang Gate and would be arriving soon.Everyone did not dare to neglect, and quickly arranged their appearance and got ready.

Not long after, I saw the emperor and his entourage with formal ceremonial guards approaching, and Chen Liangbi quickly led his people to kneel down to greet them.

"Wei Chen, the governor of the capital, and the administrative officer of the capital, Chen Liangbi, led everyone in the capital to pay homage to your majesty. Now that the school grounds have been tidied up, I would like to respectfully request the Holy Master to move to the grounds."

Zhu Youxiao took matters into his own hands and asked He Ning to call Chen Liangbi over. He also got off the Dragon Boat Festival and walked towards the school grounds with Mr. Yingying and others.

After a while, Chen Liangbi trotted over. Zhu Youxiao looked at Chen Liangbi's slightly tired look and joked to the British public and others:

"It seems that I have tormented Marquis Taining quite a lot by coming here. Have you not slept well these past few days?" Chen Liangbi saw Zhu Youxiao jokingly caring about him, so he understood and said with a smile:

"Your Majesty can come. Of course I, the Governor of Beijing Camp, have to make good preparations. I am afraid that the preparations will be too simple and will not be on the stage. I hope that your Majesty will not blame me when the time comes."

Zhu Youxiao also understood what he meant. He was supporting Chen Liangbi today, so naturally he would not blame him in public.

"Look, this person is too cunning. I have already shied away from responsibility before I even looked at him."

Zhu Youxiao joked again, and the British public servants on the side also laughed. They seemed to be enjoying themselves, without any hint of a storm.

Then Zhu Youxiao asked Chen Liangbi to lead the way and went directly to the school grounds. As soon as he entered the school grounds, Zhu Youxiao felt that there was a big difference between the officers and soldiers inside and outside the school grounds.

Although the soldiers outside looked young, stood tall and energetic, but once inside the camp, except for the soldiers standing guard on all sides who looked the same as outside the camp, the rest of the officers and soldiers were far inferior.

Some also followed suit and puffed up their chests, trying to stand up straight, but after a while they became discouraged and sluggish.

Some of them scratched their ears and cheeks, scratching here and there, not at all like soldiers.

There is even a big age gap, some look like they are sixty or seventy, and some look like they are sixteen or seventeen. Now they can only try hard to hold the handle of the gun and not let the gun fall.

Chen Liangbi accompanied Zhu Youxiao. Seeing Zhu Youxiao's face becoming more and more solemn, he glanced at the British man behind him, stepped forward and whispered:
"Your Majesty, as I just said, the preparations of these three battalion officers were very hasty. They could not gather so many people in the first place. However, Your Majesty, you have no choice but to find some young sergeants from the capital. , ruffians and scoundrels came to make up the number, and they barely managed to get so many people."

"Haha, I really bothered them. Let's go up and take a look first."

With that said, he led Chen Liangbi towards the school platform.Duke Yingying, Duke Cheng and others followed closely, but Duke Zhu Chunchen looked for Hao Tianfu among the generals in the capital camp after entering the school grounds. He just searched around and found nothing. He felt vaguely that something was wrong, but it was already at this time. , and there was nothing he could do.

This platform was built by Chen Liangbi in the past few days. Standing on it, you can have a clear view of the movements in the center of the school ground. When Zhu Youxiao sat down, Huang Degong and Sun Yingyuan also followed, standing behind Zhu Youxiao, and the British public and others stood on both sides. Side, after preparations are completed, you can start reviewing the three major camps.

There are rules for reviewing the various camps. First, the three major battalions are required to enter one after another, and Chen Liangbi introduces them one by one. Then each battalion sends people to simply form formations to practice, and the emperor distributes the rewards.

The first one to enter the school was the Fifth Army Camp. It can be said that the Fifth Army Camp is the largest of the three camps in Beijing. It has the largest number of troops for practicing camp formations, with more than 4 people registered.Originally it was also a field army composed of elite cavalry and infantry selected from various provinces of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, in addition to combat tasks, they are also responsible for training new recruits every year. In addition to the sergeants at the Beijing Guard Station, 16 soldiers from Zhongdu, Shandong, Henan, Daning and other cities are also dispatched to the capital for training every year, which is called "squad" Army", subordinate to the fifth military camp.

Listening to Chen Liangbi's explanation, Zhu Youxiao understood that these five military camps were the main force of the Beijing camp and should also have the strongest combat power.Now he is reviewing it in person. Logically speaking, the people who can stand in the audience have been carefully selected.

So he also stood up, walked in front of the booth, and took a closer look at the soldiers from the Fifth Army Battalion standing under the stage. Zhu Youxiao really shook his head. Although he was wearing a helmet, the soldiers in the front row all had old faces, and they looked like they were five. Nearly half of the soldiers were in their teens, and the swords and guns in their hands looked like they had been newly painted.

Zhu Youxiao looked back at Chen Liangbi and said to him:

"Since the Fifth Military Camp is the most powerful camp in the capital and is also the most capable of recruiting warriors, I will simply inspect the school. Now that the school grounds are standing for one stick of incense time (three to ten minutes), I think this should not be a big problem. "

"Yes, I will order you to go down now."

Zhu Youxiao ignored him and returned to his seat directly, and began to look at the performance of the people below.

After hearing the decree announced by Chen Liangbi, everyone present groaned inwardly. The camp officials did not say anything beforehand. It was November now, the north wind was biting and the cold was biting.Originally they thought they would just let the emperor watch for a while, but they also steeled themselves, held their chests high, and kept telling themselves to hold on, it would be over soon.

But why should I stand for a stick of incense? Who can bear this?

In the quiet silence, many people on the platform looked at the stick of incense that was lit on the platform. Zhu Youxiao found that his test was still difficult for these people, who were both good and bad.

It hadn't even been 10 minutes before someone started to falter.Before 15 minutes had passed, people were already falling to the ground one after another, and then there were as many people falling to the ground as wilted leeks.

Zhu Youxiao turned his head and glanced at the stick of incense, which was not half burned yet.Seeing more and more people falling down, he sighed in his heart and said with disgust on his face.

"Okay, I know what level you are at, let's practice!"

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