after being kidnapped by the general

Yuan Li wanted to call him back, and lifted up his robe to show him the boxer pants he was wearing, proving that he was really wearing a pair of pants inside.

But he resisted the urge in the end.

"I'm not Chu Hechao, I'm an adult, I'm not as childish and shameless as Chu Hechao," Yuan Li persuaded himself, took a deep breath, and barely showed his usual gentle smile, "That's right , I'm an adult, and I shouldn't argue with people like Chu Hechao who have brains."

After repeating it several times, Yuan Li finally calmed down, and with a serene smile, he went back to his room to sleep.

Chu Hechao returned to the room, still thinking about the scene just now.

The servants prepared hot water for him, and left the bathroom in twos and threes.Chu Hechao heard them whispering, "The general seems to be in a good mood."

In a good mood?

Chu Hechao inexplicably raised his hand to touch it, only to find that the corner of his mouth had curled up into a smile at some point.

He froze for a moment, put away his smile, took off his clothes and buried himself in the bathtub to take a bath.

Taking advantage of this moment, Chu Hechao also checked his body, and was surprised to find that although Yuan Li's attack was severe, there was no wound left.

This move was very interesting. Chu Hechao squinted his eyes and said in a low voice, "My boy, there are still a lot of things hidden."

The heat is steaming, and the exhaustion of the whole body is revealed from the bones.Chu Hechao rested his arms on the bathtub, and the heat covered his stern face. His tall and lazy figure looked like a tiger with tiger stripes relaxing and resting just from the skin.Suddenly, Chu Hechao opened his eyes and looked sharply at the door.

Two beauties walked in at the door, they approached cautiously and saluted, "My concubine greets the general."

Chu Hechao frowned impatiently, "Who are you?"

The two Yu clan beauties lowered their heads and said softly: "I am from the Yu clan in Yizhou."

Chu Hechao said coldly, "Who told you to come?"

The two beauties were a little scared, and their voices trembled, "It was Mr. Yuan who asked the servants to stay by the general's side to serve the general. The two servants knew that the general was taking a bath, so they wanted to come and wipe the general's back."

Yuanli.

Chu Hechao turned his head and closed his eyes, dewdrops fell on his thick eyebrows, showing a bit of condensation and anger.

He knew what it meant.

Because he bumped into Yuanli in the river, Yuanli felt uncomfortable, so Yuanli felt that he lacked women, so he sent two women to him.

What a good sister-in-law.

Even this can be considered.

Chu Hechao had anger rising in his heart, and he didn't know where the anger came from.

Seeing that he didn't say a word, the two beauties of the Yu family looked at each other and stepped forward lightly. One took a water ladle and poured water on Chu Hechao's shoulders, while the other held a handkerchief and stroked Chu Hechao's cheeks. back.

Chu Hechao's eyes were closed tightly, and more and more fog was dripping down Chu Hechao's tall nose bridge and tough chin.The faces of the two beauties from the Yu family became more and more red, and their eyes became more and more lingering. When their hands traced Chu Hechao's back to his chest, Chu Hechao couldn't bear it anymore and let out a low growl, " Get out!"

The two beauties of the Yu family turned pale with fright, and fled in despair.

Chu Hechao sat alone for a while, and when the hot water turned into cold water, he stood up from the water, pulled off the robe at the side, put it on his body, and strode out.

There was no one in the martial arts training ground, so Chu Hechao picked up a long spear directly, threw it away expressionlessly, and swung the spear with a sudden killing intent.

The journey of more than a month has reduced to half a month, and my whole body is very tired and sore.But Chu Hechao couldn't sleep now, and he didn't want to stay in the boring room.

As usual, he used this method to vent his anger alone.

On the second day, the sky was still shrouded in gray morning mist.

Before Yuanli woke up, he heard a loud "bang bang" knock on the door outside.

He was woken abruptly by the knock, thinking there was something urgent, he got out of bed and opened the door, only to see Chu Hechao standing straight in front of the door.

Yuanli: "..." Why is it you again.

He didn't even bother to get angry, and said weakly: "General, what's the matter?"

Chu Hechao's tone was flat: "I want to talk to you about something. If you still want to sleep, then I'll wait a little longer."

Yuan Li woke up, leaned against the door and yawned, "Say it."

Chu Hechao cut to the chase, "Are you sending those two beauties from the Yu family in my room?"

Yuanli couldn't figure it out, "Yes, I sent it."

Chu Hechao's eyes turned cold.

Yuan Li didn't notice, he looked thoughtfully at Chu Hechao's wet body, and suddenly understood something, and said meaningfully: "General, you don't have to come here to thank me."

"thanks?"

Chu Hechao pulled his lips and smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes, "Sister-in-law, I dare to ask why you didn't keep these two people for yourself."

This sentence made Yuan Li's brain sober instantly, and Yuan Li thought of the explanation Chu Mingfeng gave him before he died.

——"It's just that in front of Ci Ye, we have to hide the secret of 'the couple is not true'."

——"I will tell him that I regard you as my real wife, and let him treat you as my own sister-in-law."

——"With his temper, he is willing to give in to his family. Whether it's me or him, he can only rest assured that he will leave the preparation of the military salary to his family."

Yuan Li lowered his eyes slowly, "Because Chu Mingfeng died not long ago, I'm not in the mood to think about that for now."

Chu Hechao didn't expect him to say that, he was startled, "Are you protecting Chu Mingfeng like a jade?"

Yuanli himself doesn't care about women, not to mention that in today's troubled times, he only wants to strengthen himself step by step, and he doesn't pay attention to these things.He thought about it, and felt that he would not fall in love in a short time, so he nodded frankly and confidently, "That's right."

It was only then that Chu Hechao remembered that Chu Mingfeng had indeed told him before he died that he and Yuanli were in love with each other.

His thick eyebrows were pressed down, and he couldn't tell what mood he was in. After a long time, Chu Hechao raised his eyelids and asked calmly, "Then you sent these two beauties of the Yu family to my side?"

Yuan Li heard something wrong from his tone, "Don't you like it?"

Chu Hechao sneered directly, not knowing whether he was making his own decision in the laughing source or laughing at his own image, "You don't want to take them for your own use, why do you think I will take them?"

"Sister-in-law," he said, "not every man refuses all women."

"Or is it that I, Chu Hechao, am a womanizer in your eyes?"

Yuan Li opened his mouth and looked at Chu Hechao's cold eyes, but he still couldn't utter any words of defense.

Chu Hechao was right, Yuan Li made a mistake of taking it for granted.

He himself is unwilling to accept beauties from others, but he feels that Chu Hechao is a person of this era, and putting beauties in his place is the best result.

But he didn't ask Chu Hechao if he was willing.

Is there any difference between his behavior and other people's behavior of wanting to give him a beauty?

Don't do to others what you don't want to do to yourself, Yuan Li opened his mouth, "...I'm sorry."

Chu Hechao choked with anger, "What?"

His little sister-in-law looked serious, and with a bit of guilt in her black eyes, she solemnly said again: "I'm sorry."

One look into Yuanli's eyes, one can understand how much sincerity he has used.That sincerity was so full that it was about to overflow, and no matter how angry one's heart was, it could be completely wiped out.

"It's my fault that I sent someone there without asking you." Yuan Li pursed his lips, and his voice was full of apology, "I won't do this again in the future."

After a long time, Chu Hechao turned his head, only facing Yuanli with a stiff side face, "Yes."

After a pause, he said bluntly, "I'm not mad at you."

Yuan Li bent his lips and smiled, heaving a sigh of relief.

A gust of cold wind blew, and Chu Hechao's sweaty clothes stuck to his body. Seeing this, Yuan Li asked again: "The general's clothes are all wet, and the weather is getting colder now, the general should go change his clothes. "

After speaking, Yuanli felt something was wrong again.

The cold wind was blowing outside in the early morning, he didn't invite people in for a sit down, he just urged them to go back to the room far away to change clothes, as if he was pretending to care about him.Yuanli was feeling guilty right now, so he opened the door, "Why don't the general come in and sit down? I'll send someone to get you new clothes."

It's been a long time since Yuan Li got angry with them in the barracks.By the time Chu Hechao realized it, he had already walked into Yuanli's room.

Yuanli sent someone to serve hot tea and poured a cup for himself and Chu Hechao.After drinking the tea in one gulp, his expression became much clearer.

He ordered his servants to fetch clothes for Chu Hechao.After the servant left, the whole room fell silent.

He didn't know what to say, so he didn't have anything to say.Chu Hechao didn't know what he was thinking, and lowered his head, shaking the teacup in his hand, without saying a word.

In such a slightly weird silence, the servant who went to get the clothes came back soon.Chu Hechao untied his belt directly, and Yuan Li said with a dark face: "General, there are other people in this room!"

Chu Hechao stayed in the military camp full of elders all year round, and he was used to being so extensive.After he said this, he stood up and walked to the bed, and changed his clothes after the bed curtain was lowered.

The servant brought up the washing things later, and after the two of them finished washing, they happened to have breakfast together.

Yuan Li asked: "General, what do you plan to do with those two beauties from the Yu family?"

"Give it to my subordinates," Chu Hechao said indifferently, "I won't keep them in the backyard."

Yuan Li secretly thought that he didn't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, thought for a while and said: "It doesn't have to be like this. In the Chu Palace, they also have capable jobs."

The embroidery work of the two beauties of the Yu family is very good. When cotton is available in the future, they may be allowed to lead the female workers in weaving.

Chu Hechao didn't care, "Then you handle it."

After breakfast, Chu Hechao went to deal with military affairs.

When I came back again, I happened to meet Yuanli training cavalry.

Seeing Chu Hechao's figure, Yuan Li quickly called him over and told him about choosing cavalry from his army.

As soon as he got down to business, Chu Hechao became serious.He didn't agree immediately, "I need to see the results of your training."

Yuan Li readily agreed, and asked Chu Hechao to run around on the spot with Erbaiqu.

Chu Hechao's eyes were fixed on the stirrup. He was not Liu Jixin, and he could see the function of the stirrup without trying it.His eyes flickered, and his unusually slender fingers tapped on the big knife at his waist, and after a while he asked, "Can this thing be equipped for the cavalry in our army?"

Yuan Li smiled meaningfully, "Will the general agree to me to select someone?"

Chu Hechao asked, "How many people do you want to pick?"

Yuanli's current horses add up to only 800 horses. He deliberately wanted to gather a thousand-man cavalry, coughed, "Not many. [-] men, give me another [-] horses, what does the general think?"

Chu Hechao repeated, "Four hundred horses?"

Yuan Li was gearing up to get [-] horses from Chu Hechao, and said with a smile, "General, you also got a lot of horses from Bai Mizhong, can't you get [-] horses together?"

"The white rice crowd is formed by ordinary people. Even if there are other forces behind it, they are completely poor. The cavalry is pitifully small. The entire white rice crowd in Shanggu County can't get four hundred live horses."

Chu Hechao suddenly changed the subject, "But you have made great contributions to this battle, and you have reorganized the wounded barracks for my rear and placed disabled wounded soldiers. Even if the imperial court rewards you, I can't do nothing. What do you want, since you want people and horses, I will give them to you."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and told his cronies, "Order, the military advisor Zhonglang will build his own cavalry company, and the cavalry who want to join will gather at the training ground at three o'clock in the afternoon."

The cronies lead the way.

Chu Hechao turned around again and looked at Yuanli, "If you want to train cavalry, the horses must be strong and tall. The newly confiscated horses are not good enough. You go to the horse camp to pick [-] horses."

Yuan Li didn't expect him to be so generous and straightforward, and he was a little dazed for a while, and he understood why so many people followed Chu Hechao loyally.

Although Chu Hechao himself was frugal and poor, he never treated his subordinates harshly.He will not let go of a copper coin in the mud, but he rewards others quite generously and without batting an eyelid.

He can lower his figure to eat and live with his subordinates, and he also has the domineering spirit of a general who kills enemies on the battlefield and goes forward indomitably.

Such a leader has a charismatic personality that makes people follow.

Yuan Li couldn't help smiling, "Thank you, General."

"No need," Chu Hechao said, "This is what you deserve."

He suddenly whispered and looked at Yuan Li with deep eyes: "Don't worry, Yuan Li."

"Everything you do is in my heart. Whether it is medicinal materials, ice cubes, fine salt, or now the stirrups, I know how much these things are worth. I don't have anything valuable to thank you now, but as long as it is Whatever you want, I can do, and I will not treat you badly."

Yuan Li knew that this was a conversation between Chu Hechao and Yuan Li as a general, not between uncles and sisters-in-law.

Yuan Li exhaled, "Okay, I remember what the general said!"

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the training ground.

Because of Yuanli's high prestige among the soldiers, many people were willing to come. When Yuanli brought Liu Jixin and others to come, he saw Jiji's head.

Yang Zhongfa, Han Jin and He Lang also came to see the excitement. They knew more. After seeing so many people, Yang Zhongfa smiled wryly and said, "Young Master Yuan, do you know how many people are here?"

Yuan Li was curious: "How many people?"

"1 people!" Yang Zhongfa stretched out a finger, "A full half of them have come! I have seen the prestige of Mr. Yuan in the army."

He Lang also sighed, "You still need to tell me? Do you know how our soldiers thank Mr. Yuan in private?"

He half-jokingly said: "I can't wait to worship Mr. Yuan as a living god."

Yuan Li didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Don't make fun of me."

In fact, this is really not a joke, only being responsible for the rear of the disabled and wounded soldiers is enough for Yuanli to win the respect and gratitude of the soldiers.

What's more, Yuanli recruited cavalry, and the treatment of cavalry and infantry was different. If there was a chance to become a cavalry, who wouldn't try it?

Although [-] people came, only [-] people would be selected in Yuanli.His screening criteria are extremely strict. First, he does not want people with dirty backgrounds.

If you want the army to become united, you must cultivate a sense of honor in the army. Everyone in the army must be proud of their identity. Ren Yuanli will never want to make mistakes and be punished by military law.

Second, he doesn't want people with glib tongue and low moral character.Third, he does not want people whose height and build are not as good as the requirements.

Yuanli wanted to train elite cavalry, and he had very high physical requirements for cavalry. Liu Jixin and others screened them one by one according to his standards, and there were not a few who met the requirements among a hundred people.

Yang Zhongfa stared at him dumbfounded, "Young Master Yuan, are you being too strict?"

Is this picking cavalry or generals?

Yuan Li shook his head, "Master Yang, the reason why I am so strict is because I only need 800 people. Since I have the conditions, I will naturally select the most outstanding 1 people from the 800 people."

Not only Yang Zhongfa and others were dumbfounded, but the soldiers waiting for the screening were also worried.

"Gong Bin, this selection is so strict."

A few soldiers gathered together and talked in a low voice, feeling anxious on every face.The soldier named Gong Bin was a tall man standing in the middle of them. He was staring at the soldiers who were being screened, with a nervous and excited face.

"That's right," Gong Bin said, "I just saw our head of the village also went up, but he didn't pass the test."

"Huh? Didn't the head of the village get selected?"

The other soldiers were even more frustrated and sighed, "If the head of the village is not selected, then we must not be selected either."

Gong Bin didn't think so. If you only selected people based on their rank, Mr. Yuan could choose people directly from among the various military officers. What else would they do?He encouraged his brothers, "Don't you all want to be Prince Yuan's personal soldiers? Now that the opportunity has come, how can you give up before trying?"

"But so many people have not been selected, how can we be selected?"

Gong Bin wanted to speak again, when someone shouted in front of him, "Next."

The brother who was still dejected suddenly straightened his chest and strode over with high spirits.

Gong Bin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he finally knew that these people said they were going to give up, but they all hoped to be selected.

Soon, it was Gong Bin's turn to play.

Gong Bin happened to be in the line in front of Liu Jixin, his heart was pounding, he tried to stand upright, and looked straight ahead.

Liu Jixin looked Gong Bin up and down. Gong Bin was tall and majestic, and his appearance was also very upright.He had a good impression of this person, "What's your name?"

Gong Bin said loudly and authentically: "Gong Bin from Ji County, Youzhou."

Liu Jixin flipped through the brochure, "Are you still a corporal?"

Gong Bin continued to say loudly: "Yes!"

Liu Jixin nodded, "Go and practice with that person."

Gong Bin turned around and saw that Liu Jixin was referring to Wu Kai.

Yuanli was there throughout the entire process of selecting soldiers.There were many good seedlings among the 1 people, and when the sun went down, 800 people were also selected.

Yuanli immediately ordered these 800 people to move out of the barracks and live with his trilogy.

That night, Yuanli divided the positions of Corporal Chief, Shi Chief, and Centurion Chief.

After assigning the military officers, Yuan Li also told the soldiers, "The corporal chiefs, the chief officers, and the centurion chiefs are not static. At the end of every month, I will conduct an evaluation. As long as they do well enough, anyone can become a new military officer." .”

As soon as this remark came out, a sense of urgency arose in the hearts of the appointed soldiers.They secretly vowed to do their best every month and never be pulled down.

And the ordinary soldiers were even more ready to move, feeling excited.

Yuanli did not order the commander-in-chief, but asked Wu Kai and Wang Er to lead 500 people each.

Wu Kai and Wang Er did not expect that they would be entrusted with such an important task, they stood up excitedly and clasped their fists, expressing that they would never let down Yuanli's trust.

In addition to the two of them, Wu Kai and Wang Er also recommended a few people with good talents, and two of them attracted Yuan Li's attention.

One is a man named Gong Bin from Ji County, and the other is a man named Lu Hui from Liangzhou.

These two people are very good at martial arts, and Wu Kai and Wang Er feel that they can be reused.

In addition to separating the management, Yuanli did not forget to formulate military regulations.

The military regulations he set are also very strict. It is not allowed to plunder the people, and they are not allowed to act without authorization. They are completely subject to discipline.

After seeing the military regulations, many of the [-] people who were selected immediately regretted it.

Yuan Li's reputation in the army has always been famous for his benevolence, they did not expect that such a benevolent Young Master Yuan would be stricter than the military regulations set by the general.

Yuan Li looked at their expressions calmly, and said in a deep voice: "You are all selected from the [-] soldiers by me, and only [-] of you were selected from the [-] soldiers. In my opinion Come on, you are all dragons and phoenixes among the people, so you are the one who beats the ten."

After saying this, many people laughed embarrassedly after being praised, and looked at Yuanli excitedly and panickedly.

Yuan Li's expression was calm, "But I know that some of you have complained in your heart after seeing the military regulations I made, and have the heart to retreat. Those who want to retreat, I will not stop you, you can leave now .”

There was an uproar in the crowd.

Yuan Li paused, and continued: "People who just see such military law and get scared are not the people I want. You can't even do this, what else do you want to do? Be deserters on the battlefield Is it? Then I still hope you leave quickly!"

As soon as these words came out, the person who was about to flinch in his heart was embarrassed and lowered his head in shame.

Yuan Li said: "Those who want to leave, please leave. I will put my words here first. You only have this chance to leave!"

The soldiers looked at each other, and some of them were already thinking about leaving, but they looked around, and no one left first.

No one stood up, and those who wanted to leave hesitated and dared not leave.Half a quarter of an hour later, none of the soldiers left.

Yuan Li said hello, and said with a smile: "You are indeed heroes! I am also here to assure you that as long as I have a mouthful of food to eat, I will definitely not miss your mouthful of food. As long as I have a breath of food, I will definitely take care of you." Good morning to you and your families! Come, serve the food!"

With an order, the servants came over with sumptuous dishes. The roasted meat and meat soup were put down one by one, and the huge roasted whole lamb and roasted pig were placed in the center, which tightly attracted the soldiers' attention.

The smell of meat wafted over, and everyone couldn't help swallowing.

Yuanli ordered Wu Kai and Wang Er to distribute the meat to the centurion commander, and then the centurion distributed it to the Shichang, and the Shichang gave it to the army commander, and finally the army commander distributed it to each soldier, and confirmed that each Soldiers can get meat.

There are many soldiers here who have never tasted the meat until now. As soon as they got the meat, they couldn't help talking and stuffed the meat into their mouths.

After this meal, no one still remembered the strict military law, they were all thankful that they did not leave and stayed.

Such emotions reached their peak in an instant when they heard Yuan Li say that there must be a meal of meat every three days.