Among these eighteen people, except for Fang Yu, the four previous ten generals remained. Six of the remaining thirteen people were his personal soldiers.
Li Boxen waited for a while and said, "Aren't you people afraid of death?"
One of the ten generals said: "Junhou, you are telling the truth, and we are not hiding it. It is a lie to say that you are not afraid of death, but I have nowhere to go. I used to be a gangster and made a big enemy, so I went to Zhu Hou. . Now as the emperor and the courtiers, since they have become your soldiers, it is better to work for you than to ask the enemy to cut off their heads."
Li Boxen asked: "What kind of hatred did you have?"
The ten generals said: "Slept with someone else's wife."
Li Bochen nodded and said: "It's not a glorious thing. But since it was not committed here, I don't care about it in the past. But there is one thing - if that person comes to sue me in the future, I will punish him according to the laws of Li State." you."
The ten generals were stunned for a moment, then strangled his neck and said, "Then what if he wants my head?"
Li Bochen said: "That is to kill our general - I want his head."
The ten generals smiled and said: "Then I have nothing to say."
The name of this ten generals is Zhao Bo. Li Boxen wrote down his name and looked at the others: "What about you?"
Seeing that his tone of voice was more gentle now, they all started talking in a hurry. Two of the other three people with cultivation are also enemies. Or he accidentally killed the boss's family members when he was happy in the world, or he killed people in the government out of anger. The remaining one said that he had encountered a bottleneck in his practice and wanted to travel around and experience it. Li Boxen nodded when he heard this, but he said fart in his heart. This man was probably in trouble, but he couldn't explain it, so he made an excuse.
He wrote down that this person's name was Teng Zhong.
As for those ordinary people, it is not a big deal to have enemies with others. It is more of a wild and unrestrained nature. They want to try killing something or have enough food for the whole family.
Li Bochen had an idea in his mind and asked them if they could read or if they were willing to practice. They all said yes.
He then said: "Then tonight, I will lead you people to attack the camp. I am not short of hungry soldiers. There are my secret marching pills in the pocket over there. I will give you three pills each. It is now a quarter past eight in the morning. , take one pill at noon and one pill at night. The rest, when we come back after victory, you can melt it in the water and share it with your family members - General Fang."
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"Take them to collect the soldiers and armor on the ground, and move Zhu Hou's inventory on the mountain to my east wing. After finishing the work, go to Mrs. Meng. Ask her if there are any spare rooms in her house, and I will rent them. In the military camp, she asked her brother to allocate the rent money."
Fang Cheng said: "I have the order!"
Li Bochen stood up and bowed to the eighteen people. These people each returned the gift, and he walked up the field and returned to his house.
The west room is the study room. I used to have pens, ink, paper and inkstones, but they were never used. Li Boxen went back and opened the window, sat in front of the desk and spread out some paper, intending to write down some practice methods. He practiced Dharma in the army, and later obtained some in Zhangshanjun's cave. In this way, all the early stages of practice in martial arts, sects, and temples are complete.
He planned to write a dozen copies in his own hand and let those who wanted to practice practice give it a try first. But just after writing half a piece of paper, I found that I forgot to write when I picked up the pen.
It turns out that the person is naturally literate, but doesn't like reading. He likes to read, but has no books to read. I have read some classics in recent days, but I haven’t written them for many years, so I can’t remember many of the words when I use them.
He was stunned for a moment and thought to himself, if I ask others whether they can read or not, I will become semi-literate myself.
With a low sigh, I decided not to write down the practice method, but to pass it on orally.
After a while, Fang Yu began to lead people back and forth to move soldiers and armor to the east chamber. Li Boxen sat on a chair and watched them work, with his eyes slightly closed, taking the opportunity to take a nap.
At noon, Fang Cheng knocked on the door and walked in. While wiping his face with a handkerchief, he said: "General, we have finished moving. I just went to ask Lady Meng. Lady Meng was very happy to donate two rooms. I saw those two rooms. The room is not small, it is just below our slope, and it can accommodate thirty or forty people without being crowded - I asked them all to clean it."
Li Bochen stood up and stretched his arms. He didn't feel sleepy anymore and said, "Brother Fang, sit down. What else did they say?"
Fang Yu said with a smile: "There are a dozen of them, and I chatted with them for an hour or two. I think they are all good, but they are a bit disobedient. General, you have to find an opportunity to kill their prestige."
Killing Wei Feng was also practiced among the Sui army, but Li Boxen did not intend to use it. He had a lot of his own ideas when he was in Beiyuan. Now that he has his own small army, it would be really embarrassing for him if he copied all his habits.
He said, "That's not necessary. After tonight, their prestige will naturally be gone. Fang Bao, has anyone taken the Marching Pill?"
Fang Chu said: "I watched them each eat one, and I also ate one. General, what is this? I thought it was not full, but now my whole body is warm."
Li Boxen smiled and said: "Just eat, don't be greedy, just take one pill at a time. After noon, go and see how the cleaning is going, and allocate the bunks to them. Take a look again, and see if anyone has a flushed face and difficulty breathing - This kind of person is too greedy, so write it down."
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, then smiled again and said, "Haha, General, you also have such a little thought."
Li Bochen smiled and said: "You can't judge a person because of this matter, just know it well. I don't ask them for anything else, I just hope they can follow the rules and prohibitions. If someone eats too much, you don't have to punish them - that's enough They have been feeling uncomfortable all afternoon, and they will naturally remember it in the future."
Fang Cheng said: "I have the order."
Li Bochen said again: "You said Mrs. Meng donated two rooms?"
Fang Chu said: "I have said what you said, but Mrs. Meng said that the general is training troops to protect the countryside and refuses to go to Chang Qiuwu. I really can't help it."
Li Bochen thought for a while and said, "Then forget it."
In fact, he did want to ask Mrs. Meng to pay money to Chang Qiuwu, because this was official business. But since she had this intention, she really couldn't say much, otherwise she would seem unfamiliar. The situation is delicate now, so we should make compensation later.
Fang Tuan said again: "If we go to attack the camp at night, General, won't you tell them how to attack? I think these people are worse than the Zhangcheng Mansion's army. If they really go to the battlefield, they will probably all die." , that would be difficult to handle.”
Li Boxen said: "No need. We will make arrangements when the time comes. Fang Yu, go and have a look at them."
Fang Yu had no choice but to stand up and said, "Yes."
He walked out of the door, but Li Bochen said again: "Hey, Fang Yu, do you know the story of the snipe and the clam competing for the fisherman's profit?"
Fang Yu stood down and said, "I know."
Li Boxen said: "Okay, it's okay."
After Fang Tao went out, he took out another piece of paper and wrote down the sentence "The snipe and the clam are fighting".
It seems that everyone here knows this. But how could it be? Over the years, he gradually discovered that they knew some of the allusions that he thought others didn't know. But others, such as what Qin Le said "The way of heaven lies in the human heart", is actually "justice lies in the human heart", but Qin Le didn't know.
He really couldn't figure it out, so he planned to write it down if he encountered such things in the future.
After thinking about what Fang Yu had just said, he decided to follow his own wishes. In fact, writing down which person took too many marching pills was not a grand method, but at this time, the situation was special and it was helpless. Another example is that he sent out troops at night, but he, the general, did not explain anything. It was also because of a "special situation."
Chang Xiu and Chang Qiuwu may be optimistic, but Li Bochen has stayed in Beiyuan for three years and knows what it means to have overwhelming monsters rolling in. He said that the demonic army might arrive in two to three months, which was not an exaggeration.
He doesn't have much time left for himself. He needs to have a strong and elite army. He doesn't have much time to "moisten things with spring rain" or "subtly influence", so he can only use direct and rough methods to screen out the people he needs.
When he sent out troops tonight, he wanted to see how many of these eighteen people could be fearless and truly obey orders and prohibitions without any preparation.
He got up and went to the east chamber to look at the soldiers. Zhu Hou originally wanted to follow the path of "strong army and elite soldiers", so he confiscated many iron weapons in the village and eventually wore them on the soldiers. But most of those who left took their armor with them, and there weren't many left. The east chamber was half full. Li Bochen took a look and saw that there were only dozens of armors, a dozen long spears, and short knives.
He locked the door and planned to find Sui Buqiu. But before he reached the main door, he heard a knock on the door. When he opened the door, Sui Buxiu ran to the door himself. Li Boxen said: "Brother Sui, I'm just going to find you."
Sui Buxiu walked in with his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "I heard that you are reducing your troops - Brother Li is so courageous. There were originally about fifty, but now there are only a dozen left, right?"
Li Bochen let him into the room and said, "It's useless to have more people. Our situation here is special."
Sui Buxiu nodded and said, "That's right. The people here are doing well. We need to show them blood first. Brother Li, are you going to send troops tonight? Do you want to ask me about the formation?"
Li Boxen said: "Exactly. I hope Brother Sui will be there when the time comes to help me let him out."
Sui Buxiu said: "That's easy to say. Speaking of which, I haven't seen you lead troops to fight, so I just want to take a look at your style."
He agreed happily, and Li Bochen thanked him twice. For a moment, he didn't know what to say. After a while, he said: "When will you leave?"
Sui Buxiu smiled: "I asked my two feather guards to go back and report the news. If you want to take me with you, I'm afraid it will be slow. Besides, there is still a formation here that I need to maintain."
This is indeed true. Li Bochen was about to say thank you again, but suddenly he thought that it was not as simple as what he said.
Did Sui Buxiu stay as a hostage?
No wonder grandpa wasn't very worried about Sui Wu Jiu. Sui Wu Jiu's heirs were mostly used as hostages in the royal capital, but now he only has this son by his side. Sui Wujiu really wanted to dominate the world, but this son couldn't let him down. But Sui Buxiu's life was too bitter.
Li Bochen couldn't help but said: "It's hard for you too."
Sui Buxiu was stunned for a moment and sighed: "I'm used to it."
Seeing his appearance, Li Bochen suddenly had an idea in his mind. I have had this idea for a long time, but I never knew whether I should put it into action. At this time, my heart was beating so hard that it came to my mouth several times.
At this time, Sui Buxiu sighed again and said: "Actually, my brothers and sisters are all the same as me. I am considered good. I gradually gained the trust of King Sui and was entrusted with important tasks. Some of my other brothers are no longer here. I’ve never seen my father before.”
Li Bochen was stunned: "No more? You mean..."
"He will die of old age." Sui Buxiu said, "If my eldest brother were alive, he would be almost sixty years old. But he has not been asked to practice since he was a child, and he is depressed, so he will naturally die of old age. Alas, Brother Li, you will really die in the future. Once you become the overlord of a party, you will know what it means to be ruthless."
After hearing his words, Li Bochen felt a little pity in his heart. Sui Buxiu said this because he had other motives? Or sincerely? Li Bochen prefers the latter. He was first sent to the royal capital by his father as a pledge, and then stayed here as a pledge. As long as you are a person and have feelings, you will definitely not be happy.
You are relatively close to him, right? That's why I said this. After all, there was a fateful friendship between the two, and what happened next was beyond his control.
Li Boxen finally said: "Brother Sui, I want to ask you about someone."
Sui kept saying: "Please speak."
Li Boxen hesitated for a moment: "Sui Manshu. Your little sister."
Sui Buxiu was stunned: "Princess Changlong? Why does Brother Li want to inquire about her?"
"She's my wife."
Sui Buxiu was stunned for a while, dumbfounded. He has always behaved like a handsome nobleman, but this was the first time Li Boxen saw him acting so rude. I was still a little uneasy at first, but now I find it a bit funny.
After a while, Sui Buxiu breathed a sigh of relief, stared at Li Bochen carefully, and said: "Brother Li, I don't mean anything else, I just want to ask one more question - are you going to be promoted to the dragon and tiger realm recently?"
Why is he asking this? But Li Boxen said: "Yes."
Sui Buxiu thought for a while and said: "Well... this kind of situation is relatively rare - but not unheard of - has Brother Li seen hallucinations or auditory hallucinations recently? Have you ever felt any obstruction when running your spiritual power? ?”
Li Boxen sighed: "Brother Sui, I'm not crazy."
After thinking for a while, he said: "Princess Changlong's baby name is Xiaoman, and her mother's name is Yujue, right? You should have heard after you came here that my wife passed away a few days ago. It was her. This matter involves Gao Xin , but she and I...should have real feelings. If it's not convenient for you to say it, forget it."
Sui Bujiu frowned and looked at him. After thinking for a while, he looked stern and said, "Really?"
Then he said: "Could it be that Emperor Gao wants to——"
He must have thought of it too. Li Bochen nodded.
Sui Buxiu let out a long breath, shook his head and said, "It's really... it's really... ugh."
"Brother Li, I understand now. I knew you were going to be a Wuweihou before, and I thought you didn't have that kind of temper. But now I know. Are you doing it for your own life, and for hers, right?"
"But how could my little sister... No, it makes sense." Sui Bujiu looked at Li Boxen again with a strange expression and said, "She was also working as a hostage for King Sui at first, and my relationship with me was pretty good. But She was too weak-tempered... King Sui didn't like her, so he gave her to Gao Xin, who actually liked her."
"Okay. Maybe she had to listen to Gao Xin's order, met you, and fell in love with you again? God, her life is harder than mine - Brother Li, I'm not saying you are bad. "
Li Boxen sighed: "I know."
"Then what are you going to do?"
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