Yang Ze said that he wanted to beat three hundred military sticks, which was definitely a rhythm of killing people. Everyone could understand this, but it was better than beheading directly, but it was just a little bit stronger.

But if these three hundred military sticks are recorded first, they can compensate for their merits in the future. Doesn’t that mean that even if they make merits, they can only offset the military stick? In other words, they have to make two great contributions before they can report them to the court and reward them according to their merits. This is too difficult.

If they did not make a contribution, they would anger Yang Ze, and the military stick would be beaten down. They could not say anything. This would mean that their lives were already in Yang Ze's hands. At least during the period of their war, no one could resist Yang Ze at all. No matter how dissatisfied they could only hold it in their stomachs. Even if they wanted to take revenge, they could only talk about it after returning to Beijing.

However, Yang Ze's method is so tough that even if he returns to Beijing, they will have a chance? This is obviously impossible!

Whether it was the Imperial Guards or the students of the Imperial College, they felt that Yang Ze was too scary, and no one dared to get a thorn again. Instead, the Imperial College students regretted why they listened to Meng Zhengtian's foolish man and had to be late. As a result, the handle fell into Yang Ze's hands. The Imperial Guards felt even more wronged. They did not think that they were late. They agreed to arrive later after collecting the students' money. Now, Yang Ze has seized the handle. Good days are gone. They dare not resent Yang Ze, but instead resent the students.

They all wanted to stay away from Yang Ze, but Yang Ze liked them very much and did not want them to avoid them. Instead, they called the imperial guards. They asked them to be responsible for the vigilance and investigation, let them walk in the front of the army and act as vanguards, and repeatedly emphasized that this is the trust of the imperial guards. If the enemy is discovered, they don’t have to fight. As long as they come back, they can report the news. Usually, they only need to open a road across mountains and build bridges across water. At most, they are physical work. Don’t have to fight. This is his consideration for General Yang to the imperial guards!

The captain wanted to cry without tears. The enemy was in the deep mountains and forests of the northeast. As long as there was no place, there was a big deal of enemy relationships. Didn’t Yang Ze treat them like a fool? He regretted even more. He had a good relationship with Yang Ze before, but because he and the students of the Imperial College "made a good relationship through money", he was hated by Yang Ze. This was so unfair!

Yang Ze did not let those students go. Didn’t you come from the Imperial College? We are still classmates. The literary talent is definitely excellent. Therefore, he asked the students to write marching diaries every day, and everyone had to write them. He also had to judge who wrote the best. If he wrote it well, he would use it directly and report it to the Ministry of War. Maybe he could see it. If the writing is not good, he would not hit military sticks. Instead, he would punish the last ten people forbidden to eat. As a candidate civil servant, if he couldn’t even write a diary well, what else could he do?

Not only that, he also asked the students to wander around everyone, check the terrain, draw maps, and understand the local people's sentiments, saying that this is to train them. In the future, if they graduate from the Imperial College and go out to be local officials, wouldn't all these be used? This is for their own good!

After these tasks were assigned, almost all the students in the Imperial College were about to faint. Yang Ze was even more ruthless than their teachers in the Imperial College. He actually left them homework, and he still had to complete the homework every day, and had to evaluate it. The last ten people were not allowed to eat, so why? Is it necessary to repair them like this!

In order to show that it is not a difficult task for them. After all, everyone is a classmate, Yang Ze specially called Meng Zhengtian to his side, saying that in order to allow him to recover from his injuries and return to the Imperial College, he gave him a glorious and arduous task, which is to evaluate the marching diaries written by the students every day. Of course, if he writes well, he doesn't need to comment. That's what Yang Ze wants to do. Meng Zhengtian wants to evaluate the ten diaries written poorly every day. Whoever he evaluates, he will not be able to eat at night. This task is quite arduous!

Meng Zhengtian was almost exhausted by repair. After hearing the task assigned to him by Yang Ze, he almost died on the spot. Why should he be given such an offensive task to him? He even kept saying that it was for his good, can he not be so good to him?

By the evening of that day, Chang Chenggong sent people to the city and escorted Jiao Shuquan. Yang Ze did not allow Jiao Shuquan to take sick leave and ordered him to follow the army to fight. Moreover, his comrades were still so "concerned" about him. Can Jiao Shuquan come? If he dared to say no, Yang Ze would really chop him up.

Yang Ze was still very considerate and asked him to live with Meng Zhengtian. He also told the two people privately that they would supervise each other. If anyone found out that the other party was treason first, even if he made a great contribution, Jiao Shuquan would not only no longer be held accountable, but Meng Zhengtian would no longer have to comment on the students' diaries!

The result was serious consequences. Although Jiao Shuquan and Meng Zhengtian lived in the same tent, they never spoke. They were like enemies, staring at each other and even wanted to find some clues of rebellion from each other's sleep. It was estimated that they would be so tired on the entire march, unless they reconciled privately and discussed how to deal with Yang Ze, but this situation basically would not happen, because if they dared to say what to deal with Yang Ze first, the other would most likely have to make a meritorious service and inform Yang Ze, so neither of them dared to say what to do with Yang Ze first.

After dealing with the potential danger, Yang Ze focused on leading the army to the northeast. After about half a month, he left the Great Wall and came to the prairie. Following the normal marching route, he walked on the prairie for another month or two, and he would go from west to east to the edge of the northeast. After another half a month, he would enter the deep mountains.

Of course, this is a normal expectation, but Yang Ze ordered the marching to speed up. He did not want to waste time, so he ordered that there was no need to cross mountains and ridges, which would delay time. Instead, he encountered mountains and rivers and walked around and tried his best to ride a horse.

But in this way, the tribes with sudden humans are convenient for passing by. Although they are all small tribes and are considered marginal tribes in sudden consciousness, the danger coefficient increases. You often encounter small groups of horse thieves. However, the marching of more than 10,000 Right Shenwu Army did not dare to approach any small groups of horse thieves, so during the initial marching process, it was still smooth and there was no war!

On that day, when the army reached a mountain pass, the imperial guards who were in front of him sent someone back. I wanted to ask Yang Ze, should he still bypass the mountain in front of him this time?

Yang Ze saw that the mountain was not high, but in fact, there was no real mountain on the prairie, at least not during his march. The mountain in front of him was not too high, and it was a bit like a higher hilly landform. In addition to a main peak, there were also some continuous hills. It was impossible to ride a horse and rush through this landform. It could only be slowly turned over, and the speed of the carriage equipped with the army was slower.

Yang Ze asked the imperial guard who came back to report the message, "How many miles is this hill in radius? If you turn it over, how many days will it take?"

The guard in front of the imperial guard said: "It's not a wide range, it's only about forty or fifty miles. If you turn over, you can set off in the morning and you can turn over the next night."

He paused and knew that Yang Ze was unwilling to cross the mountain, so he said again: "Our lieutenant personally went up the mountain and looked around. If we bypassed this hill, we would have to walk about a hundred miles more. But it was all plains, and the time it took was only about one day. It could not be considered too much, but we had to cross a river. From a distance, the river was about seven or eight meters wide, and it should not be too deep. Apart from this river, there were no other obstacles to detours."

Yang Ze nodded and said, "It's better to take a detour, safety is the first priority!" Although he didn't want to waste more time, he could still bear it in one day. After all, it was too troublesome to climb over. If a carriage equipped with armed forces was overturned on the way, it would be even more troublesome. After all, it was not easy to supplement the supply on the prairie.

The imperial guard added, saying, "If you take a detour, you may encounter a tribe. When the captain was on the mountain just now, he saw smoke from cooking in the distance. Although he did not see the flock of sheep, it still means that there is a tribe in the distance. It is too big to see clearly. If you take a detour, we will send someone to explore."

Yang Ze nodded and agreed. Although the imperial guards were all soldiers and were lazy when they were in Beijing, they could do everything they should do during this period of time. This was quite good. At least they dare not delay their jobs.

The imperial guard turned his horse's head and ran to the mountain pass again, notified the captain to turn the direction and took a detour.

This kind of detour has happened several times. The captain had already come down from the mountain. After hearing the reward of the imperial guards, he smiled and said, "I knew he was going to detour, so it would save us trouble. Even if General Yang is smart, he would still listen to us when he rushed forward!"

The imperial guards beside him laughed together, saying that the lieutenant was wise, so Yang Ze was actually very lying!

It turns out that this hill is not as reported to Yang Ze as the imperial guards reported to Yang Ze. It is definitely not a radius of about 40 miles, but there is no mountain road and it is relatively steep. If you want to climb over this mountain, you have to build the road first, and at least you have to find a safe place for the carriage to pass through. For the imperial guards, this is too hard, and it is better to take a detour. Although you have to walk more roads, you don’t have to do physical work when riding on the horse!

The captain asked, "There is smoke in the distance. Have you told General Yang about General Yang?"

"I said that, I specifically reminded him, but I don't care much about his appearance!" said the imperial guard who reported the news.

The captain nodded and said, "Just reminder, so we don't have to take any responsibility. In fact, there is probably no danger. There should be no Sudden Tribe that dares to move over ten thousand armys on this grassland!"

He took the imperial guards away from the mountain pass, circled in a small circle, and started to act as the front line again, finding a suitable place for the army to camp, and their mission was completed.

That night, Yang Ze led his army to camp a few miles away from the hill. There was nothing to say in the middle of the night, but something happened when the moon was in the middle of the sky! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!