Li Jin Nian became famous in one battle.
His various deeds in the imperial court were spread like wildfire.
Originally, after some things were spread by word of mouth, it was very easy for people to embellish and exaggerate.
However, Li Jin Nian's deeds did not.
The reason was simple.
Li Jin Nian's actions were already exaggerated enough. Those people wanted to add fuel to the fire, but they didn't know how.
What did he mean by killing people with a sword in the throne room? What did he mean by killing people with a sword? The officials trembled when they saw this.
If these things were in the past, no one would believe it.
But now, someone had really done it.
However, the news of Li Jin Nian scolding the empress in court and the empress obediently admitting her mistake did not spread.
The ministers knew what was going on.
He knew that he wasn't Li Jin Nian, so he shouldn't provoke the empress.
Otherwise, even ten heads wouldn't be enough.
Although the empress seemed to have changed a lot from before, and even her temper had become more docile.
However, the ministers did not think that they could do whatever they wanted like Li Jin Nian.
No one dared to try.
This was because such an attempt might cost one's life.
The carriage drove out of the city.
They arrived at the encampment of the Royal Guards.
There were 40,000 troops stationed here, and it was the headquarters of the Royal Guards.
The other 10,000 were either responsible for guarding the Imperial Palace or scattered in every corner of the capital to protect the entire Imperial City.
General Shi Heng had already told the soldiers that Li Jin Nian was going to lead three thousand elite soldiers to the Xiongnu.
Originally, when they mentioned that they were going to fight the Xiongnu people, many people were very excited.
On one hand, the enmity between Da Feng and the Xiongnu had been going on for a long time. Many soldiers hated the Xiongnu and had long since f * cked them up.
On the other hand, it had been many years since Da Feng had fought a war, and many soldiers were eager to make contributions.
Unlike modern times, the people who joined the army in ancient times were mostly children from poor families. If they wanted to achieve something and change their family environment, they had to make contributions.
Those who were cultured could participate in the imperial examinations and become officials.
Those who were uneducated could join the army and go to the battlefield to kill enemies.
On the battlefield, those who were at the forefront and could survive at the end were either skilled in martial arts or quick-witted. Of course, they had to be lucky. Such people were easy to make contributions and get promoted. At this time, their families would benefit.
In addition, the leader was Li Jin Nian.
The god who wrote Sun Tzu's Art of War.
The soldiers were even more excited.
All of them were eager to give it a try.
However, when they heard General Shi Heng say that Li Jin Nian only needed three thousand men, many of the soldiers retreated.
"Three thousand people are going to attack the Xiongnu?”
"Are you kidding me? Even 30,000 might not be enough to defeat them, so wouldn't 3,000 be courting death?”
The soldiers were not the kind of people who were afraid of death.
However, they didn't want to go through such a meaningless sacrifice.
"General Shi, we really don't want to kill him. Since I joined the army, it's to protect Da Feng.”
"From the first day I joined the army, I was prepared to die on the battlefield one day.”
"But even if you die, you have to die in a worthy way.”
"The 100,000 elite soldiers of Northguard Fortress were defeated by the Xiongnu.”
"Even if we risk our lives to kill ten thousand Xiongnu soldiers, it would be like scratching an itch for the Xiongnu.”
Zuo Lang of the Royal Guards stood up and said.
His words echoed the thoughts of the other soldiers.
Everyone raised their heads and looked at the Great General Shi Heng on the stage with burning eyes.
Everyone wanted to hear his thoughts.
Shi Heng stood on the stage and looked at the soldiers below. His emotions were very complicated.
Now that the country was in danger, as a soldier, it was his duty to protect the country.
There was nothing much to say.
Shi Heng had also fought his way out of the battlefield, and had walked step by step to where he was today.
If he were to take off his armor and unbutton his clothes, he would see that there was almost no intact skin on his chest and back. It was full of wounds.
Shi Heng opened his mouth a few times, but he hesitated.
These soldiers had gone through life and death with him.
They were like brothers.
Therefore, if he wanted to watch his brothers die, he really couldn't say those words of encouragement.
"General Shi, I have something to say.”
Just as they were in a deadlock, Yi Manor's Lieutenant General Cui Qing stood up and said.
"Yes."
Shi Heng nodded at him.
Then, Cui Qing walked up to the stage and said to the tens of thousands of soldiers below,"I understand your feelings and thoughts.
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"To be honest, when I first heard Lord Li say that he would lead three thousand elite soldiers to the Xiongnu, I also found it unbelievable.”
"Because in our understanding, we all think that this is impossible.”
"In the beginning, I also suspected that Lord Li was overconfident, but after hearing what Lord Li said in court, I felt that he wasn't joking.”
"He's serious!"
"He really has the confidence and ability to defeat the Xiongnu with only three thousand elite soldiers!”
"Although I have no idea what kind of plan it is, Lord Li is really like a god.”
"This morning, when Lord Li went to court, six killers were lying in ambush, ready to assassinate him.”
"However, Lord Li fought against six people alone and subdued the six killers in an instant.”
"The identities of the six killers have been investigated. They are all famous killers in the martial arts world. They are all highly skilled in martial arts.”
"Later on, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, Fan Jin, attempted to rebel in the throne room. More than a dozen imperial guards who had already been instigated by him attacked Sir Li together. He was also the only one who defeated more than a dozen imperial guards and was unharmed.”
"May I ask who here has such ability?”
"I, Cui Qing, practiced martial arts at the age of five and joined the army at the age of fourteen.”
"Furthermore, we must know that Lord Li is a civil official and was the top scorer in the imperial examination.”
"Do you dare to believe it? A civil official with such high martial arts skills and unparalleled military attainments. Would we dare to imagine such a person in the past?”
"Therefore, I have decided to trust Lord Li.”
"I think he can do what others can't.”
"A miracle that others can only imagine, he can turn it into reality!”
"I'm sure everyone has heard of the changes in the court. Do you find it shocking and unbelievable?”
"Those dog officials are corrupt and bribed, filling their own pockets and bullying the people. Which one of us doesn't hate them? But there's nothing we can do."
"I think all of us here are from ordinary backgrounds. Who hasn't been bullied by those dog officials?”
"My family has been bullied before!"
"When I was very young, a squire forcefully occupied our old house. My father went to report it to the government, but that dog official was bribed. Not only did my father not get the old house back, but he was also beaten 50 times with the cane and became disabled.”
"That's why I've always hated those corrupt officials. One of the main reasons why I joined the army was because of this.”
"I want to see if I can change something through my own efforts.”
"So I fought bravely on the battlefield and constantly accumulated military merits, just to keep climbing up.”
"But the higher I climbed, the closer I got to the people of that class, the more desperate I became.”
"The court of Da Feng is rotten to the core. From the ninth grade county magistrate to the high officials of Yiping, they were all the same.”
"I once thought that Da Feng was hopeless because no one could change the situation.”
"But everything changed when Lord Li appeared!”
"He has brought hope to the people of the world!”
"Minister of Justice Guo Jiang!"
"The Minister of Personnel, Yan Zhen, and his son, the Assistant Minister of Revenue, Yan Likuan!”
"Minister of Revenue, Zhang Qian."
"Everyone should have heard of these names. They are all high officials of the Imperial Court who stand at the peak of power.”
"It's an existence that we can only look up to in the past.”
"But now, they have all been dismissed and investigated. Even their homes have been raided.”
"You weren't there at the time, but I was!”
"I saw it with my own eyes. With just a few words, Lord Li made the officials surrender themselves and admit their crimes.”
"He held the imperial sword and stained the throne room with blood!”
"Now, those dog officials look at Lord Li as if they are looking at the King of Hell.”
"To be honest, my blood was boiling when I saw it.”
"I really didn't expect to see such a scene in my lifetime.”
"Who doesn't want politics to be clear and the court to be orderly?”
"Who doesn't want the people to be equal and the relationship between the officials and the people to be deep?”
"Who doesn't want to live in a prosperous world, eat well, wear warm clothes, and live in peace?”
"Some of these dreams that we once dreamed of but were out of reach have been realized by Lord Li, and some are being realized.”
"And I believe in Lord Li. He will definitely lead Da Feng to glory!”
"It's the same this time.”
"Lord Li said that he could use 3,000 elite soldiers to defeat the Xiongnu. I believe he can do it.”
"So…"
"General Shi, I, Cui Qing, will be the first to sign up for this expedition!"
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"Count me in!"
As soon as Cui Qing finished speaking, a tanned soldier walked out of the crowd.
"Many brothers don't know me, so let me introduce myself.”
"My name is Xiao Yan. My father is Xiao Yi. My father used to be an official judge, but he offended Guo Jiang and was framed, resulting in his dismissal.”
"My father couldn't take the humiliation and threw himself into the river.”
"Ever since then, my family's fortunes have fallen.”
The tanned soldier said to the crowd.
Shi Heng and Cui Qing had an impression of this soldier because when he first joined the army, he was fair and clean, and his temperament was extraordinary. At a glance, it was obvious that he was not from an ordinary family.
He did not expect that after a year, he would become a completely different person.
It could be seen that the training was quite hard.
"I didn't expect his father to be Xiao Yi. He was probably famous for being an honest official back then. It's a pity that he offended Guo Jiang and ended up like this.”
Shi Heng had a regretful expression.
One had to know that the Provincial Justice Department was already a third-grade official, a proper court official.
"In order to avenge my father, I changed my name and chose to join the army so that I could make contributions on the battlefield. One day, I would become a general and clear my father's name. Then, I would personally chop off that bastard Guo Jiang's head to avenge my father.”
Xiao Yan continued.
"But now that Guo Jiang has been dismissed from his post, he will be beheaded sooner or later for what he did.”
"It's equivalent to saying that Lord Li avenged me.”
"I, Xiao Yan, have always repaid kindness and revenge. I don't care if I die or live in the Xiongnu expedition. I'll just treat it as repaying Lord Li's kindness.”
Xiao Yan wrote his name on the red paper.
"I'll go too!"
"I'll go too!"
"…" After Xiao Yan, a bunch of people took the initiative to sign up.
When Shi Heng and Cui Qing saw this scene, their eyes could not help but redden.
Actually, they were not surprised at all.
This was because many of these soldiers were of ordinary origin. Many of them had been bullied by those powerful dog officials or landowners.
Many people who joined the army were holding back their anger. They wanted to make contributions and bring honor to their ancestors!
Now that they saw Li Jin Nian change Da Feng's face, these people were boiling.
No matter what the road ahead was, they planned to follow Li Jin Nian to the Xiongnu and become good men!
"Now that Lord Li has cleared the court, those corrupt officials must die. Without the protection of these people, how could those squires and landowners dare to bully the ordinary people?”
"As long as Lord Li and Da Feng are given some time, I believe that Lord Li will definitely lead Da Feng to a prosperous world where everyone can live and work in peace!”
"It just so happened that the Xiongnu invaded at this time, wanting to destroy my Great Feng Kingdom.”
"I'll be the first to disagree!"
"Brothers, come with me and destroy this son of a b * tch Xiongnu to buy time for Da Feng!”
A soldier wrote his name on the red paper and shouted to the crowd below the stage.
"Yes, what's there to be afraid of?”
"It's better to die on the battlefield than to have your family bullied and humiliated!”
His words immediately resonated with the soldiers.
In an instant, hundreds and thousands of people rushed forward, ready to sign up for the Xiongnu expedition.
At this moment, Li Jinnian stood up and walked onto the stage.
He had actually just arrived and happened to hear what the soldiers were saying.
His heart was also touched.
He knew that these soldiers were prepared to die.
Unlike Cui Qing, they didn't believe that he could lead them to victory.
But they still went to register.
He disregarded life and death.
Li Jin Nian felt that every single one of them was worthy of admiration.
They were the Chinese nation's backbone, well-deserved heroes!
"Please rest assured, none of you will die.”
Li Jin Nian said to everyone on the stage.
"Who are you?"
Most of the soldiers did not know him, so someone asked.
"I'm Li Jin Nian."
The moment these words were said, there was an uproar below the stage.
When the voices gradually stopped, Li Jinnian gestured for everyone to keep quiet.
Then, he continued,"Today, I, Li Jin Nian, stand here and can only promise you two things."
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"First, we will definitely win this expedition against the Xiongnu!”
"Second, I will take 3,000 people from here today. A month later, I will bring these 3,000 people back safely!”
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