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According to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, a guard commanded 5,600 soldiers. However, most of the guards were paid empty salaries, and the actual strength of the troops was usually less than half.

At present, the total strength of Ganzhou Wei is 5,700 people, mainly due to Qin Mu's private expansion. The combined number of the two thousand households in Xinfeng and Huichang alone reached 3,500 people.

After some deliberation between Qin Mu and the generals, it was decided that Ma Yongzhen would lead 700 people from Huichang Qianhu and 800 people from Ganzhou City, a total of 1,500 people, to the south, relying on Nan'an Mansion and sticking to the southern line.

Qin Muqin led 1,000 households in Huichang and 1,200 in Xinfeng to march north.

The remaining 500 men and horses of the Huichang Thousand Households, and a part of the defenders of the original Ganzhou City stayed in Ganzhou, and the defense of Ganzhou City was handed over to Xiang Liancheng;

The reason why Meng Ke was not left in charge was that Qin Mu wanted to take him on the expedition, and this expedition, he had to fight his prestige in the first battle;

Therefore, Qin Mu wanted to bring out Meng Ke, Liu Meng, Su Jin, Huo Sheng, Cui Feng, Ling Zhan, Ning Yuan, and other fierce generals, and strive to make the rebels frightened in a battle, and also to make Lu Daqi afraid of the combat power of the Ganzhou army, and not dare to act rashly.

Second, let Xiang Liancheng stay in Ganzhou, select strong and brave people from the refugees to form an army, and the new army can avoid the influence of Meng Ke and Ma Yongzhen;

The more the army expanded, the less influence Meng Ke and Ma Yongzhen would have in the future. This has nothing to do with whether Meng Ke and Ma Yongzhen can be trusted, but the principle that must be pursued.

Xinfeng, Huichang two thousand households of the troops have marched into Ganzhou City to assemble, in addition to the mobilization of soldiers and horses, but also involves a large number of grain and grass transfer, such a big action, so that the rebels are still hundreds of miles away, but Ganzhou is already full of war clouds, the atmosphere is extremely tense.

The people in the streets walked lightly and urgently. Even the voice of the speaker was soft, and everyone's heart felt like a lump of lead, and the heavy feeling made people breathless.

Rumors of Yang Tinglin's murder were not only not quelled by the approach of the rebels, but spread more fiercely, under the leadership of Yang Tinglin, Ganzhou had just put down a rebellion that had spread throughout the territory a few months earlier, and at this time, people were desperate to hope that Yang Tinglin would stand up and save Ganzhou.

But Yang Tinglin did not show up again for a long time, which made the rumors about his murder even more rampant, but it was specific who Yang Tinglin was injured in. But there are different opinions, and now there are more and more rumors that Huang Danian, the guard general of Ganzhou, and others launched a mutiny and held Yang Tinglin and Qin Mu hostage, resulting in Yang Tinglin being seriously injured.

The rumors gradually changed to the side in favor of Qin Mu, but this could not alleviate people's confusion and panic, and at this moment, Qin Mu asked people to post a notice to calm the people.

After reading this notice, the panicked people rushed to the government one after another.

On the square in front of the government office, there is a big banner with clear characters. A big banner of Qin characters, hunting and hunting in the autumn wind, under the two flags, two thousand strong soldiers with distinct armor. Immovable as a mountain, standing as solemn as a forest.

No matter how many people poured around, they surrounded the outer three layers and the inner three layers. The two thousand pawns are not moving, as if they are sculptures, cold and dignified; The knife is unsheathed. The bow was not wound, but the breath of the golden iron horse made the people who came far away, and they didn't dare to get too close, and even the voice of the discussion was as light as possible:

"This is the soldiers and horses of Huichang"

"yes, have you noticed, a lot of people have scars on their faces."

"Although I can't say it, but looking at their eyes, I feel that this army is different."

"This is called evil spirit, and only an army that can fight well has it."

"I heard that this was personally trained by Qin Zhi County"

In the small discussion of the onlookers, Qin Mu walked out of the palace wearing armor and hanging a sword from his waist, followed by Meng Ke, Liu Meng, Huo Sheng, Cui Feng, Ling Zhan, Ning Yuan, and Su Jin.

Seeing the eight people walking out of the yamen, the surrounding discussions suddenly fell silent, whether it was the soldiers in the middle or the onlookers, all eyes were focused on Qin Mu;

Now a large number of refugees have fled to Ganzhou and are displaced, and the people of Ganzhou are panicking in their eyes, for fear that this kind of disaster will soon befall them.

Zhang Xianzhong's rebels have not yet arrived, and the people are already frightened three times a day, and it is difficult to sleep and eat. At this moment, seeing Qin Mu, who had protected Ganzhou, come out, people finally saw a glimmer of hope, and countless pairs of eyes looking at him were full of expectation.

Qin Mu stood on the high platform, looked at the two thousand soldiers standing quietly like a forest below, and suddenly shouted: "Tell me loudly, tell the people of Ganzhou, what is your military oath?" ”

The soldiers below puffed up their chests when they heard this, and shouted: "Resolutely Lord Qin obeys the command, faithfully fulfills the obligations of a soldier, strictly abides by discipline, is constantly prepared, cares for his comrades, and unites and cooperates." Love the people, love the nation, not afraid of sacrifice, and would rather die than give in. Do not betray your fellow comrades, do not tell your enemies, and remember your duty, honor, and loyalty. ”

Qin Mu pressed the hilt of his sword, took a step forward, and then shouted: "Very good, now is the time for you to fulfill your military oath, Zhang Xianzhong's hundreds of thousands of rebels, like locusts in the sky, swept Huguang, they destroyed people's homes, seized people's property, adulterated people's wives and daughters, dug people's ancestral graves, and everywhere they passed, hundreds of people's families were ruined, and the crimes they committed were too numerous to mention. Now, this rebel army that has done all kinds of evil is coming towards my Ganzhou, for the people of Ganzhou to avoid misery, for your homeland not to be destroyed, for your wives and daughters not to be raped, tell me, what are you going to do? ”

"Take up arms and defend your country."

"Fight bravely to kill the enemy, and treat death as home."

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"Okay, now the people of Ganzhou are in a panic, your relatives are in need of you to protect, now, they are looking at you, hearing your promises, regard you as protectors, tell me loudly, and tell the people of Ganzhou, will you let your fathers and villagers down?"

"No, it won't."

"No, it won't."

"No, it won't."

The tsunami-like voice echoed in front of the government, this is the voice of Jin Ge Iron Horse, if there is substance, straight to the clouds, Qin Mu has always paid attention to cultivating the sense of honor of the soldiers, at this moment, Qin Mu promoted them to the protector of Ganzhou, under the gaze of the people in the city, the sense of responsibility and honor in the hearts of the soldiers was easily stimulated.

Qin Mu glanced at the two thousand soldiers with satisfaction, and then gradually moved his eyes to the people in the distance, looking at the black crowd and shouting loudly: "I, Qin Mu, I also have a few heartfelt words to say to the fathers and villagers in Ganzhou today, there are many rumors in the market now, saying that I, Qin Mu, support the army and have bad intentions, and I don't want to make any excuses for these rumors;

I only know that when the rebels who do all kinds of evil come to Ganzhou, they must stand up to defend the safety of Ganzhou, keep the enemy out of Ganzhou, and ensure that every Ganzhou people's garden is not destroyed and every living being is not destroyed. ”

"I, Qin Mu, have trained three thousand hard soldiers, for today, in front of the people of the city, I solemnly promise that as long as I, Qin Mu, still live, I will not let a rebel army step into the boundary of my Ganzhou, they will come, unless they step on the corpse of someone in my Qin."

Qin Mu's words were categorical and loud, and the people all over the city looked at him, silent, even the three-year-old child was intimidated by the calm atmosphere of the scene, and did not dare to make the slightest sound. After a while, the onlookers suddenly erupted like a volcano, and the cheers of countless people converged into a surging sound that soared into the sky.

The cheers of the people did not have much substance, maybe they just wanted to vent the depression that had accumulated in their hearts these days, or maybe there was finally someone they could rely on and promised to shelter them from the wind and rain, and the panicked people finally found their backbone.

"Today, I, Qin Mu, swear to the north here, do not break the thief's oath and not return, the fathers and villagers of Ganzhou, please rest assured that they will farm and make a living at home, don't listen to any rumors, don't mess with themselves, before seeing my Qin Mu's corpse, please firmly believe that the rebels will never be able to enter the border of Ganzhou."

When Qin Mu said this, he saw that Yang Chen, with the support of Yang Zhi, walked out of the mansion, the mother and daughter looked very haggard, followed by Yang Zhaocai, the housekeeper of the Yang Mansion.

Seeing the mother and daughter, the onlookers began to talk about each other, and the rumors about the murder of Governor Yang were mentioned again, and there were heated discussions.

Qin Mu didn't expect that Yang Chen's would come out at this time, what were they doing when they came out?

In the past few days, Yang Chen has been extremely indifferent to Qin Mu, every time she gives her a gift, she always doesn't lift her eyelids, she always silently stays in front of her husband's bed, no matter what Qin Mu says or does, it seems that she has nothing to do with her.

At this time, she suddenly came out, would it be to dismantle her platform in public and expose the truth that Yang Tinglin was injured under her knife.

Qin Mu looked at the mother and daughter silently, he had now made up his mind to go on the expedition, and he didn't care much about what he said to Yang Chen, whether it was a hero who everyone admired or a rebellious person who everyone despised, let the blade speak.

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PS: Ahem, these chapters seem to have hit a thunderstorm, and the book review area is full of scolding, sins, sins, to be honest in Haoyuan's deep reflection, Haoyuan wrote these chapters, and he really wanted to be a foreshadowing, but he accidentally entered the minefield, and in the past few days, he has been bombarded with scorching outside and tender inside, introspection, deep introspection

Well, it seems that everyone can't wait to go to the battlefield and charge, so let's swear to go on the battle.

Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a reward! Together, charge into battle. (To be continued......)