Hanzhong City and the Acropolis of Hanzhong Guard are as different as heaven and earth.
Hanzhong City is tall and majestic, with wide streets, densely populated markets, and densely populated buildings. There are many carved beams and painted buildings on the street.
However, the Acropolis of Hanzhong Guard was in a dilapidated and withered scene. When Chen Wang led a group of cavalry and arrived outside Hanzhong Guard City, he frowned involuntarily.
The Hanzhong guards in the city had already closed the city gate before Chen Wang arrived. There was a lot of noise in the acropolis, and even drums sounded after a while.
Seeing such movement in the city in front of them, a group of cavalry following Chen Wang immediately stepped forward to protect Chen Wang behind them.
The people at the front were holding their bows and arrows, while the rest were holding swords in their hands and on full alert.
Chen Wang knew the situation after just one glance. He came all the way through Hanzhongwei's territory, but no one reported him?
When we walked outside the Hanzhong Acropolis, we were actually regarded as enemy bandits by the defenders of the Hanzhong Acropolis.
Chen Wang did not speak, but his expression became slightly gloomy. He knew that the Hanzhong Guards were useless, but he did not expect that they could be so useless.
Seeing such a situation, Chen Wang was able to remain calm, but Chen Gong couldn't bear it at all.
"Fuck your mother's stupid cock, have you seen the flag behind me?!"
Chen Gong was furious, raised his riding whip, and cursed directly at Aicheng.
"If you dare to stop the flag of the deputy commander-in-chief guarding Hanzhong Town, how many of your heads can you lose?"
Chen Gong had a fiery personality and was resourceful. He had many disputes with people in the army.
That is to say, in front of Chen Wang, he can more or less restrain his temper and not dare to show off.
A guard officer with a helmet on his head had just poked his head out from the crenel. His helmet was still on crookedly, and he heard Chen Gong's shouting and cursing.
Looking back again, I saw the flags and armor of the cavalry outside the city, and my heart suddenly dropped.
"It's over, it's over..."
The guard officer's complexion turned pale in just a flash.
He had heard a few days ago that the deputy commander-in-chief of their Hanzhong Prefecture and their new commander were coming to the Acropolis, but he did not expect to come so soon.
What he didn't expect was that when he went to take a nap, the bastards under his command actually mistook the deputy commander-in-chief of Hanzhong Town for a bandit.
"What are you looking at? Open the door quickly!"
The guard officer was shaking all over and shouted hurriedly to the servant next to him.
The few servants following him saw that their superiors were trembling with fear, and they couldn't help but panic. How could they dare to neglect and hurriedly ran to give orders to open the door.
Chen Wang didn't wait long before the gate of the Acropolis was already opened.
Before they even entered, people in the city were shouting and knelt down, and the officers of the guard also knew that something was wrong.
On the first day that the new commander took office, he was locked up outside the city by himself.
He was just a general bannerman. Chen Wangzhen chopped off his head with a knife and nothing happened.
How can I dare to say anything else now? I just kneel on the ground with my head lowered, not even daring to move.
"Snapped!"
A whip crack exploded in everyone's ears.
Chen Gong, with a cold look on his face, held a riding whip and whipped it on the body of the guard general flag.
As soon as the whip went down, the skin and flesh were already torn apart, and it suddenly became a bright red.
The general flag of the Guards Army was in pain and fell to the ground.
Chen Gong was so angry that he raised his whip and wanted to hit him again.
However, when Chen Gong raised his riding whip, Chen Wang asked him to stop.
"One whipping is enough."
Naturally, Chen Gong didn't dare not listen to Chen Wang's words.
Chen Gong snorted coldly, with a trace of violence flashing in his eyes. He raised his riding whip and pointed at the guard flag that was leaning to the side with a pale face. He wanted to shout but didn't dare to shout.
"This whip will help you remember a lot!"
Chen Wang shook his head slightly, he knew exactly what kind of person Chen Gong was.
When dealing with ordinary people, Chen Gong didn't have a bad temper. On the contrary, he was very talkative.
Therefore, when Pizhou was recruiting troops, Chen Wangcai asked Chen Gong to lobby.
But in the army, Chen Gong's temper was a bit irritable when dealing with his subordinate generals.
When Chen Wang handed over the Liao cavalry to the leadership of Chen Gong, many of those Liao cavalry were punished by Chen Gong using military law.
Hu Zhili was rigid and unreasonable in his work, and he was strict in managing the army, but he always only acted in accordance with the rules.
However, Chen Gong was a member of the army who violated military laws and was punished with double punishment.
In the end, it was Chen Wang who pressed hard, and Chen Gong restrained himself a lot.
However, although Chen Gong has a violent personality, he always charges forward when fighting, and he never takes away the achievements of his generals. Rewards and punishments are clear.
He was more than half a star better than ordinary generals, so even if Chen Gong became a little more violent, his prestige in the army was still not low, and no one under his command was dissatisfied.
"Everyone, get up."
Chen Wang glanced at the guards kneeling on the ground.
These guards cannot be regarded as troops at all. It is already late autumn in October.
But the clothes on these guards were still thin. Except for the general flag of the guards, no one even wore neat and clean clothes. Even many beggars in later generations were better dressed than them.
"Go to the commander's office first."
Chen Wang withdrew his gaze and led the war horse into the acropolis.
After Chen Gong looked around at the guards around him, he didn't do anything else and followed Chen Wang towards the city.
"Brother, they are trying to intimidate us. If we don't deal with it properly, it will be difficult to deal with it in the future."
Chen Gong kicked the horse's belly several times and caught up with Chen Wang.
Chen Wang's eyes moved slightly. He originally thought that Chen Gong was just angry, but now it seems that Chen Gong did not act as he pleased.
"I don't think they dare."
Chen Wang shook his head. In fact, he had already thought of the possibility of showing off his power from the beginning, but this possibility was quickly rejected by him.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the guard system continued to collapse, and all areas of the Nine Borders were actually changed to the garrison system.
Under such circumstances, the status of the Guards was extremely low.
In a guard station like this in the mainland, the status of a guard commander is not much different from that of the Qian Commander or the Commander in the Battalion.
The only good thing may be that the camp commanders and generals can only get a certain amount of military salary, while the commander of the guards can still scrape some money from the fields in the several thousand households under his command, so his net worth is slightly richer.
"But you did the right thing."
Chen Wang narrowed his eyes slightly, and now he came back to his senses.
"Even if they really got the situation wrong and they didn't show off, they still need to be taught a lesson."
Although it is not a show of force, if he is taught a lesson, other people below him may have some ideas. When the time comes, if he continues to implement the administrative order and rectify the health center, there may be a phenomenon of obedience and disobedience.
Chen Wang's eyes swept across the streets and markets along the way.
Hanzhong Acropolis is much smaller than Hanzhong City in terms of size and all aspects.
There are some shops on the street, but there are few pedestrians and there are no people around. There are not many goods in the shops, only a few types.
Before Chen Wang and his men had walked far, a group of cavalry hurriedly appeared on the street.
Chen Wang did not avoid it. With such a big commotion outside the city, it was impossible for the city not to react.
The leading guard officer had already dismounted from his horse a little further away, then walked quickly all the way, and when he got close, he prostrated himself on the ground.
"Han Zhongwei Commander Wang Yunchang, please see the General of the Army."
Wang Yunkang hurried over after receiving the news from the city gate.
He was on duty at the government office when drums were heard outside the city, and then someone came and said that rogue bandits were attacking the city.
Just when he had gathered his servants and led a group of soldiers out of the official office, another person came to report the news.
This time, he was not talking about rogue bandits. He said he had misjudged the person. The person who came was Chen Wang, who had just been promoted to deputy commander-in-chief and was also the commander of their guard.
When he heard that Chen Wang was stopped outside the city, Wang Yunchang's face turned pale with fright. He didn't dare to neglect for a moment and came all the way in a hurry.
"I am late to greet you. Please forgive me, Commander-in-Chief. Later, I removed that short-sighted military officer and asked him to go back to the fields to farm and dig grass!"
Wang Yunkang lowered his head and complained secretly in his heart.
It was said yesterday that the newly appointed Deputy Chief of Guards Chen Wang might come to inspect the Acropolis, but no one expected that he would come so quickly and in such a hurry.
"Get up."
In fact, Chen Wang was not angry at being blocked from the door, but to implement the executive order, he needed to establish his prestige first.
"I came all the way, but no one reported to the Acropolis."
"As we approached the Acropolis, we thought it was a foreign invasion, so we closed the city gate tightly and locked ourselves outside the city."
Chen Wang's eyes were cold and he said in a cold voice.
"You guys, what kind of army is this?"
"What do you care about again?"
Wang Yunkang trembled all over and broke into cold sweat in an instant.
"Humble job, humble job..."
Wang Yunkang stammered, just kept talking about his humble position, but couldn't utter a complete sentence.
Chen Wang drove forward, walked closer, looked down at Wang Yunkang who was kneeling on the ground, and asked in a cold voice.
"Are you the only one in charge of the affairs in the city? Where is your commander, and where are the other colleagues?"
"It's not even Shenshi, it's not even sunset yet, and no one is in the official office. What kind of officials are you?!"
Wang Yunkang's face was pale, and he could not answer any of Chen Wang's questions. He was so frightened that he could not speak.
He was also present during the Battle of Hanzhong. At that time, Chen Wang was still a guerrilla and stationed troops in the north, while they gathered troops in the south.
He saw with his own eyes Chen Wang leading the troops out of the camp, and also saw Chen Wang's formation beheading Zhang Yuan, the black tiger.
More than 100,000 rogues came from all over the mountains and plains. They fought for less than a few hours and were defeated in an instant. The entire wilderness was full of fleeing bandits as far as the eye could see.
At that time, Chen Wang's name was already in the hearts of all the Hanzhong Guards, and he was no different from the God of Death.
Later, Chen Wang rose to prominence all the way, and when he heard his name again, it turned out to be Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, who had been beheaded.
Gao Yingxiang was the leader elected by the seventy-two battalions of bandits. He said he had millions of troops under his command, but he was killed by Chen Wang with a single blow.
Because of this military merit, Chen Wang also became the deputy commander-in-chief of the Hanzhong Prefecture, and the commander of their guards.
I thought that this fellow commander just had a title, but what I didn't expect was that Chen Wang would come to perform his duties again.
"I'll go to the official office first. I don't care where they are. I'll give you half an hour for everyone to come to the official office."
Chen Wang glanced sideways at Wang Yuankang, who was kneeling on the ground and shaking, and didn't waste any more time on him.
"Walk."
Chen Wang raised his whip and led a group of cavalrymen towards the commanding officer's office.
The journey was smooth, and the guards guarding inside and outside the government office saw Chen Wang, who was wearing scarlet official uniforms and wearing a black gauze, leading a group of menacing soldiers. Wherever they dared to step forward to block them, they all evaded. , got out of the way.
Chen Wang walked into the official office and went straight into the main hall.
A group of personal guards held their swords and dispersed, quickly taking over the defense of the entire government office.
The military officers who were handling matters in the government offices were all very cautious and did not dare to act arbitrarily.
Chen Wang talked for half an hour, but in fact it was only two moments later. Ren Zhongtan Yingfeng, the commander of Hanzhong Guard, walked into the hall with Wang Yuankang, another commanding colleague and a minister. middle.
Hanzhong Prefecture is in constant war. On the way to suppress the war, one of the original commanders of the Hanzhong Guards was killed in the battle, and two of the commanders were killed. Now only one commander is left.
Only Wang Yuankang and two others were left in command.
Chen Wang has already done his homework on these things.
"Commander Tan Yingfeng of Hanzhong Guard is here to see the Commander-in-Chief."
Tan Yingfeng saluted first, and then Wang Yuankang and others who followed him also saluted together.
As the commander, Tan Yingfeng performed the ceremony very simply, without any psychological burden.
Chen Wang came here this time to fulfill his responsibility as a commanding officer, but he was very clear about these things in his heart. He had received some secret news in advance.
Chen Wang raised his hand and motioned for several people to get up.
Everyone stood up together, and Tan Yingfeng saw that Chen Wang was sitting on the left side, not at the top.
But of course he didn't make the first move. He hesitated for a moment, and then sat down in front of Chen Wang.
Chen Wang glanced sideways at Tan Yingfeng, waited for the others to sit down, and then waited for a while before speaking slowly.
"The bandits in Xunxiang and Xunxiang are in constant chaos, and the bandits may enter Hanzhong Mansion again at any time."
When Chen Wang said that bandits from Xunxiang and Xunzhou might enter Hanzhong Mansion again, the faces of several people in the hall couldn't help but change colors.
"Right now, there are campaigns going on all over the country, and we don't have enough troops."
"That's why I was appointed by the governor to be the commander of the Hanzhong Guard."
"The purpose is to rectify the military affairs of Wei Zhong and revitalize the fighting power to protect Hanzhong Mansion."
"While in office, I hope you can cooperate."
Chen Wang raised the tea cup on the table and took a sip.
Time was tight, and Chen Wang didn't want to waste too much time on meaningless things.
He didn't go around in circles, but directly used Sun Chuanting's name, stated what he wanted to do, and came directly to put pressure on a few people.
When Tan Yingfeng and others heard Chen Wang mentioning the governor, their expressions couldn't help but stiffen.
