Chapter 175 I will not admit my fate, nor will I admit my defeat

The powerful ministers naturally have no good ending.

However, as long as you don’t commit suicide, powerful ministers can live until they die in old age. For example, Chen Ying has always performed his duties conscientiously, and never surpassed the line. This is actually a very unsafe approach. As long as the emperor’s edict is issued, someone who can be killed will definitely be easily killed.

Once the powerful ministers are so powerful that even the emperor dares to move lightly, then you can rest assured.

Chen Ying has never expanded his strength and protected his troops to a state where the court was worried. The Beiwei Army is still Chen Ying's black army now. There is absolutely no such army as the Beiwei Army in the imperial army list. The Modao Army only has five thousand portraits, and the Yue cavalry left and right troops are more than 30,000 cavalry, but the imperial army still does not.

Chen Ying appointed officials of various prefectures and counties only temporary and rational officials. Once the court appointed them, they will automatically step down. As long as Chen Ying officially appoints these prefectures and counties, then the Western Regions will be truly headed by Chen Ying. Chen Ying himself can also become the de facto king of Anxi and the uncrowned king.

This time it was a very big move, and it was also a great effort made by Li Jiancheng to abolish the orders. In the past, Li Jiancheng was also very carved. After all, the cake was limited. He needed to consider the interests of Li Shimin, Li Yuan, and Li Yuanji. Now Li Jiancheng decided to make a large-scale adjustment.

Chen Ying received a secret order from Li Jiancheng to turn the Western Regions into a solid piece. Xue Wanche also received Li Jiancheng's order to turn Xiao Jingzhou into a solid piece, and of course there was Andong and Li Shiji.

Chen Ying asked the maid to take Li Siye and Chen Qian away, and Chen Yingze changed into light clothes. Chen Ying pondered carefully and said, "This matter is really irreversible!"

Li Xiuning nodded and said, "I know my father, he can't tolerate others. I know that Du Fuwei asked to surrender in the second year of Wude. Why can he survive until now? It is because Du Fuwei still has tens of thousands of troops under his command, and these troops are headed by him. Even if he is in Chang'an, he will be at ease. The father is very clear that once Du Fuwei's accident occurs, the Jiangnan will be in chaos. Even if the court wants to quell the rebellion, it will take a lot of trouble, so the father can tolerate Du Fuwei."

When Chen Ying heard Li Xiuning's words, why did Chen Ying feel that Li Yuan seemed to be a person who was timid and bullied the good and feared evil? Li Xiuning made Chen Ying become stronger from himself.

Chen Ying naturally knew that people who bully the weak and fear the strong should never show any weakness, otherwise they would be eaten without even leaving any residue. In the end, if Chen Yingzhen became the de facto king of Anxi, Li Yuan could only pinch his nose and recognize him. The Western Regions are too far from Chang'an, so he would never be able to launch a nation-wide offensive. What's more, if Chen Ying was willing, he could easily take Liangzhou and be with Liancheng of Lingzhou.

To show off your muscles, you have to do exercises.

Chen Ying did not hide it, and as the Protectorate of the Western Regions, issued an order to summon officials from all prefectures and counties to Mulan City (Shatu) to discuss matters. At the same time, the Zhechong Prefectures of the 19 prefectures of Xizhou Road, Modao Army, Shosheng Army, and the cavalry army, including the Beiwei Army and Yue Cavalry Army who were in Tubo, all led the gathering in Mulan City.

Of course, because the scope of the Western Regions is too large, it only takes nearly one-fifth of the Tang Dynasty, so it takes half a month to ride a fast horse from Yizhou to Mulan City, and Yezhou in the southernmost part of the southernmost part of the time.

During this idle period, Chen Ying was not idle either. He asked Xu Erniang to open a huge workshop in the southern valley of Mulan City. In this workshop, it specializes in processing bone meal, which is to burn coal from cattle, horses, sheep, and various animals into powder, and the price of bones is ten kilograms per cent, or the same value of grain, tea, and silk.

For this kind of transaction, the Western Regions and even the Western Turks were very happy. Many nomadic peoples died of cold and sickness every year, or because they killed and ate meat, bone colonization was worthless to them. It would be better to use it to exchange for some necessities of life.

After the bone meal processing plant started, business was booming. In just one month, hundreds of tons of bone meal were produced. Bone meal is a good fertilizer with a high phosphorus content. These bone meals will greatly fill the gap in the supply of phosphorus fertilizer in various prefectures in the Western Regions.

The land in the Western Regions is almost rarely cultivated. If phosphate fertilizer is applied, the output will not be weaker than the fertilizer fields in Guanzhong. Now, the 19 states of Xizhou Road have a total of 6.3 million mu of military fields, and the land of the people is estimated to exceed 10 million mu. It is absolutely more than enough to ensure self-sufficiency in grain. If there is a bumper harvest this year, Chen Ying will have enough strength to launch the Western Expedition.

The army has always been efficient. As Zhechong Prefectures and generals led teams outside the south city of Mulan City, Chen Ying found that his troops were a little too high. Originally, the Modao Army, which had a total of sixteen regiments in the three Zhechong Prefectures, is now half the number. Looking around, a large area of ​​Wuyang Wuyang is full of strong men over eight feet tall.

Chen Ying looked at Zhang Huaiwei and said, "The number of Mo Daojun is not very correct. Do you have nothing to say?"

Zhang Huaiwei clasped his fists and said loudly: "If you go back to the Great Protector, I will remember the Great Protector's attachment, only recruit soldiers with strong body bonds, integrity and innocent family backgrounds, but they all met or even exceeded this standard. I really don't know how to reject them!"

Chen Ying snorted and said, "I don't think you've ever thought about rejecting them. Don't think I can't see through your thoughts!"

Zhang Huaiweifang whispered: "These soldiers are all very powerful, upright and innocent soldiers. Please give them a bowl of rice!"

Zhang Huaiwei and Chen Ying have known each other for more than six years. Zhang Huaiwei has never asked Chen Ying for it. This is the first time. Chen Yinglong sighed and said, "I will accept all these soldiers, but I can't train them. Don't blame me for driving them away... Forget this time, don't act on your own next time. Do you know how expensive it is to train a heavy infantryman!"

Zhang Shigui's face was very stinky. The Western Regions Protectorate received very little supplies from the court. Basically, Chen Ying paid out of his own pocket to support these soldiers. He said dissatisfiedly: "A heavy-armed Modao Army's outfit is enough to raise ten spearmen and horizontal swordsmen. He has erected more than 5,000 people at once. You don't care if you protect the majority?"

Chen Ying glanced at Zhang Shigui and said, "You also know that the super-compiled cavalry is six Zhechong Mansions. Now show me how many people are now? Zhang Huaiwei has super-compiled 5,000 people, but you have super-compiled 6,000 to 7,000 people at once!"

Zhang Shigui smiled awkwardly: "Major Protector, who thinks he has too many soldiers?"

Chen Ying pointed at Zhang Shigui, Zhang Huaiwei, Guo Xiaoke, Su Dingfang, Duan Zhigan and others and said, "Don't be too happy too early. I have to take the exam every three months. If you fail, get out of here. I pray that you soldiers will be more successful!"

After saying that, he closed his mouth, straightened his waist as if it was a javelin, and looked at the more than 20,000 new recruits silently. When the generals knew that they were coming to power, they all looked solemn, with their heads raised and their chests raised, staring at the new recruits.

Twenty thousand new recruits also looked at their general.

The camp was silent and silent.

The sun hung high above his head, squirting flames, as if he could hear the crackling sound of it burning.

Time passed by minute by minute, no one spoke or moved, thousands of people were as scattered as thousands of wooden stakes.

The sunshine in the Western Regions is very vicious. If you have not sunshine in the Western Regions, your face will lose its skin in just one hour. However, you don’t have to worry about this, you will get used to it when it falls.

Li Xiuning and He Yueer sat under the parasol halfway up the mountain, looking at the soldiers standing in military posture below. Anyone who has stood in military posture knows how uncomfortable this is. Chen Ying has a very hobby and likes to paint the colors of armor and weapons into black. But the black heat absorption effect is first-class. Under the scorching sun, they are sweating profusely. Coupled with mosquito bites, the itchy taste penetrates the bone marrow, making the new recruits just want to slap them into meat patties. But no one dares to move, because just opposite them, more than 50,000 helmets and armored, fully armed, stood under the scorching sun and exposed them to the sun. These veterans stood on the grass, where there were more mosquitoes, and their stomachs were swelling when they sucked on their faces, but no one moved, like a group of unconscious wooden people!

These veterans are even more uncomfortable!

He Yue'er looked at this scene and chuckled: "Chen Lang's motivation is unique!"

"Is this just a warning?" Li Xiuning shook his head and said, "This way of training the army is probably the unique secret method of Hou Mo Chen. It is pitiful. If the Sui Dynasty had used Hou Mo Chen's sect and relied on Hou Mo Chen's military training method, the elite troops they trained would be enough to block ten, how could there be a defeat in Liaodong!"

He Yue'er suddenly said with some concern: "Princess, is it really okay for Chen Lang to do this?"

Li Xiuning shook her head and said, "No, I know my father. As long as he understands the real strength in Chen Lang's hands, he will definitely not. Maybe he will add Chen Lang as the Grand Marshal to the Record of Shangshu..."

He Yueer said: "Is this useful?"

"Actually... it's useless!" Li Xiuning sighed and said, "My father is the best in terms of intelligence and ability, but his tolerance is almost the same. In this regard, he is really not as good as the eldest brother!"

He Yue'er smiled bitterly and said, "It's really boring for one's own people to fight against one's own people!"

"It's boring!" Li Xiuning murmured: "I'm a fisherman for the sake of the knife and the fish. If I don't fight, would I have to bow my head and accept my fate?"

After a pause, Li Xiuning said with a decisive look on his face: "But, no matter what, I will not accept my fate, let alone admit defeat!"

The temperature continued to rise and it was so hot that it was uncomfortable. The veteran still did not move at all.

The recruits were gritting their teeth and insisting, and many people were already in front of them and might have fallen into a coma at any time.

At this time, Chen Ying finally couldn't hold on. At this moment, he had already had auditory hallucinations, so he started to move, jumped off the platform, everyone felt relieved and finally moved!

Chen Ying said: "Welcome to join the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty!"

A burst of cheers broke out among the recruits.

Chen Ying continued: "Your treatment has been heard thousands of times before joining the army, but here I will emphasize it again. Ordinary infantry has 100 acres of military fields, 50 acres of Dingtian, 200 acres of pastures, and cavalry has 300 acres of pastures. In addition, your monthly salary is Yi Guan, Cavalry, Modao infantry, Beiwei Army, and Scouts' monthly salary is four times that of ordinary infantry. It is distributed on time on the last day of each month. The banknotes you receive can be directly hung as Tongli Money House Co., Ltd. of Datang Tongli Money House.

You can spend money directly in the shops you run, and you can also go to the Tongli Money House in Datang to collect them. The officers have no right to pay you military pay directly! Your military uniforms, casual clothes, shoes, socks, beds and quilts are provided by the army, two sets of training uniforms, two sets of regular clothes, and a new set of training uniforms every three months------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The military uniforms of the Anxi Army were woven with fine linen cloth. The heavily worn parts of the elbows, shoulders, knees, buttocks, etc. were thickened with gherkins, which looked both good and strong. There were really many people who wanted to bring their endless military uniforms home for their families to wear, but the veterans looked contemptuous. You are too naive! First of all, bringing military uniforms out of the military camp is a serious crime, and you must remember the serious crime; secondly, civilians are also a serious crime in wearing military uniforms, and they are severely punished; finally, with the training intensity of the Anxi Army, a military uniform has been worn for three months and turned into a fishing net. If you give the good military uniforms to your family, you will train with your bare butt!

Chen Ying continued: "The rules of our Anxi Army: If you die in battle, the families of ordinary soldiers can receive 40 stakes of pensions and 100 acres of land; the scouts can receive 50 stakes and 120 acres of land, and the cavalry and the infantry of the Modao Army can receive 100 stakes and 200 acres of land. These are the treatments that the families of the fallen soldiers should have. If they are not obtained in full, you have the right to help the relatives of your comrades petition to this general, or even sue this general. Once you win the case, you will make ten times the compensation. Of course, I hope that this will never happen. If it really happens, I will peel the skin of the relevant person in charge! You deserve benefits and treatment, and I will be a little bit more. Of course, you must dare to violate discipline. I will make people regret coming to this world!"

Chen Ying either doesn’t do it, and he will do it to the best.

Now Chen uses the professional military system of later generations to manage and train the Anxi Army. In the future, even if the court wants to bribe the Anxi Army, it will not be able to afford it even if it emptys the entire national treasury.

Some people may ask, if more than 80,000 troops have more than 150,000 jin of military pay per month, can Chen Ying afford it?

In Chen Ying's opinion, he has 80,000 elite troops and more than 30,000 servants. If he can't get any money, he might as well urinate himself and drown himself!
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