The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and before you know it, it's the height of summer.

The midsummer in the desert is particularly difficult, as if in a huge furnace, human beings have become roast ducks in the furnace, roasted by the scorching sun, scorched on the outside and tender on the inside, pinching the skin on the arms, there is actually a crispy and refreshing feeling, which makes people have a great appetite.

Gu Qing had taken a shower five times today, lying on the beach chair he personally designed, and the guard next to him waved his fan violently, and he was about to collapse, but Gu Qing still felt unbearable heat and felt that he would suffer from heat stroke at any time.

Every time at this time, Gu Qing will miss his previous life very much.

The air-conditioned room in the previous life, the iced watermelon, the happy water, and all kinds of fascinating and exciting American dramas, British dramas, mainland dramas, and various Aizawa Fukada Momonoki when I had evil thoughts...... A computer, a pack of tissues, and a bottle of nutrition express will hold the whole summer in the palm of your hand, living up to your youth, and not living up to the hormones of youth, and only the children and grandchildren who will pay the wrong one after all.

And now, Gu Qing is in the Tang Dynasty, which is the most barren western desert in the Tang Dynasty, there is no ice watermelon, no happy water, and even the improper picture album looks like a mockery of his failed life.

"Change two people to fan, be fierce." Gu Qing was sweating profusely and said to the guards beside him.

The two guards retreated as if they were amnestied, and replaced them with two other guards to fan Hou Ye.

Han Jie came back from outside the camp with a dusty face, and when he saw him, he didn't have time to salute, so he dragged the leather bag of a personal guard, poured half of the leather bag water on his neck and poured half of the skin bag water into the sky, and then exhaled comfortably.

"Master Hou, the last general went to inquire, Gao Jieshuai and Feng Changqing have not behaved abnormally in the past few days, especially Feng Changqing, who has been lazy for some reason in the past few days, and his words and actions are not as good as before."

Gu Qing sighed and said lightly: "This is normal, the homework is not done, and the mood is always very anxious, I have also experienced it." ”

Han Jie glanced at him puzzled, this Hou Ye often came out of his mouth some words and sentences that he didn't understand, Han Jie used to tirelessly ask what was going on, and after getting used to it, Han Jie had learned to ignore it automatically, just roughly understand the meaning of Hou Ye's words, and there is no need to delve into the details.

"Master Hou, on the contrary, it is the prison army Bian Lingcheng, but these days there is a bit of jumping up and down, the day before yesterday for no reason to feast with the chief history and Sima of the Jiedu Embassy, as well as several generals of the Anxi Army, including the Ma Ling you knew last time......"

Gu Qing frowned, pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "There is one less part, after all, it is not my race, I should pay more attention to this prison army in the future, Brother Han, send a few more clever brothers to stare at him in disguise, and see what kind of reputation he wants to make under my nose......"

Han Jie nodded, and said: "Hou Ye is loyal to His Majesty, and he has a strong holy family in one, so the little prison army will not dare to touch Hou Ye's tiger beard so much." The last general guessed that most of the people Bian Lingcheng was going to deal with were Gao Jieshuai. ”

Gu Qing smiled and said: "Engaging in tandem in private, this is to force the palace, I can guess Bian Lingcheng's routine with my ass, it is nothing more than bribing a group of officials and generals of the Jiedu Embassy, and then jointly handing over the impeachment to Chang'an, under the overwhelming number of people, Your Majesty also has to consider whether Gao Xianzhi is really loyal......"

Han Jie said cautiously: "Although Gao Jie Shuai has a small mistake in Anxi, after all, the merit is greater than the fault, Master Hou, should we do something?" ”

"We don't have to do anything, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, don't easily meddle in the internal struggle of the Anxi Army......" Gu Qing thought for a while, and then said: "It's in my best interest for them to lose both, understand?" ”

"Hou Ye's interests refer to ......"

Gu Qing's expression became cold: "Gao Xianzhi was squeezed out by Bian Lingcheng and transferred out of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and Bian Lingcheng, I will clean him up." ”

Han Jie finally understood: "At that time, Master Hou was the first person in Anxi, and he held the military power of Anxi......"

Gu Qing yawned and said lazily: "It's good that you understand, in short, now let's settle down a little bit, let them have a good fight, if the fight is limited to the upper echelons of the Metropolitan Protectorate, we don't have to interfere, a few officials, a few generals, it will not affect the overall situation of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate." Unless one day their feud affects the ordinary officers and men of the Anxi army, then I don't have to be polite to them. ”

Han Jie nodded vigorously: "Master Hou, the last general understands." The last general will send someone to keep an eye on Bian Lingcheng and Gao Xianzhi at all times. ”

Looking up at the sky, Gu Qing sighed: "Another meaningless day has passed, Brother Han, send an order to Chang Zhong and them, prepare for the drill in the evening, and all 10,000 soldiers of the whole army must participate in the drill, and no one is allowed to be absent." ”

Han Jie hesitated and said: "Master Hou, most of our Datang drill soldiers practice every three days, every half month, since you came to Anxi, you ordered the soldiers to practice every day, the weather is so hot, do you want the soldiers to rest?" ”

Gu Qing said solemnly: "I can't rest, I have to practice every evening, rain or shine." ”

Han Jie reluctantly clenched his fists and gave the order to go.

When the sun was setting, on the sand outside the camp, 10,000 soldiers stood in a neat line, and under the scolding of their respective fire chiefs, they practiced one move at a time with a long halberd in their hands.

The scene of 10,000 people practicing together is really shocking, in the rolling yellow dust, with a shout of kill, a murderous aura that suffocates people breathe soared into the sky, and the sky and the earth changed color.

Gu Qing was wearing armor, pressing the long sword in his hand, standing in front of the queue with a solemn face, quietly watching the soldiers wielding their halberds vigorously, but he frowned for some reason.

"Chang Zhong."

"The end will be." Du Wei Changzhong hurriedly walked up to Gu Qing and saluted.

"Tell the battalion commander that tomorrow he will start to buy mutton from the nearby tribes and herdsmen, and the soldiers will practice hard every day, and there must be meat in every meal in the future, and the silver money will be needed to pay it to the Jiedu Embassy."

Chang Zhong was overjoyed, and hugged his fists and responded: "Yes!" Thank you for the generous reward! ”

Gu Qing smiled and said, "As long as you practice hard every day, I don't care about a few pieces of meat." ”

Turning around and returning to the camp, Gu Qing asked the guards to bring a low table from the handsome tent, took out a pen and paper, and after spreading it on the table, Gu Qing drew a strange pattern, and then called Han Jie, pointed to the pattern and said, "Tomorrow, gather the craftsmen of the carpentry meeting in Qiuzi Town, and use wood to make this thing for me." ”

Han Jie took the paper, looked left and right for a long time, and said hesitantly: "Master Hou, what are you drawing?" ”

Gu Qing ignored him, drew a few more strange patterns on the paper, and then wrote a few lines.

"I just observed the drills of the soldiers, and found that their practice methods are too old-fashioned, too dull, stupid one-move, one-trick comparison, hoping to rely on this move to kill the enemy? It's too naïve, I have created a set of methods for training soldiers, and I will try to implement it in our left guard first, and if it works, I will promote it to the whole army of Anxi. ”

"What Hou Ye painted is the new method of military training?"

"These are the props for training, this is the balance beam, this is the obstacle wall, the climbing wall, and the flat sand, parallel bars, rings, pommel horse, and straddle piles...... In short, the combination of these things will definitely train different soldiers, and from tomorrow, each soldier will be tied with a ten-pound sandbag on his legs, and when they get used to it, another ten pounds will be added, and the soldiers will be tied with sandbags to practice from then on......"

Han Jie gasped: "Master Hou, you will toss the dead." ”

"Also, pull the team out every day, hike 20 miles off-road, and then add 10 miles to increase the weight when you get used to it."

"I haven't finished talking yet, let's have a first reward system, the last elimination system, the first 100 people who complete the drill every day can enjoy meat, and those who don't complete the drill subjects every day have no meat to eat that day, and the meat that should have belonged to them will be distributed to the top 100."

Han Jie became more and more shocked, and said in a trembling voice: "Master Hou, will the soldiers be resentful when practicing the method like this?" Isn't Hou Ye afraid of the camp roaring mutiny? ”

"Your words are quite reasonable, well, so the rewards should be more generous, the top ten in the daily exercises, I will reward a hundred Wen in my personal name, I said, we have the last elimination system, it doesn't matter if you can't complete it, you won't be beaten or punished, it's just that you can't eat meat that day, and it won't cause mutiny." If the soldiers were still a little ashamed, no one would want to fall into the bottom hundred. ”

Han Jie was still shocked: "Master Hou, where did you learn this method of military training?" Does it work? ”

Gu Qing patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "It works, but these are only physical, and tell each battalion and brigade that after the daily drill, all battalion commanders and brigade commanders must go into the barracks to inspect, and during the inspection, they should pay more attention to the private lives of the soldiers, understand their psychological changes, and appease the dissatisfaction and contradictions of the soldiers in a timely manner. ”

At this moment, Gu Qing in Han Jie's eyes became more and more mysterious.

I can't figure out where this Hou Ye learned this strange training method, and I'm not sure if this method will be effective, if it affects the morale and physical fitness of the soldiers, the left guard guarded the generals, Han Jie decided to tell Hou Ye to stop.

"Master Hou, there will be something unclear in the end, I don't know if I should talk about it or not......" Han Jie said hesitantly.

"Don't talk about it, I don't want to listen, good, go take a bath, and then go back to the barracks to sleep, if you have money, you can go to the Qinglou for a walk, if you're lucky, maybe there will be a new tea on the market today......"

Hanjie: ???

Why don't you follow the routine and have a good chat? His train of thought was disrupted.

Seeing Han Jie standing beside him for a long time and not moving, Gu Qing said dissatisfiedly: "Can you let me?" You're blocking the signal. ”

Han Jie took a step sideways like a crab, his expression still hesitant.

"You philosopher thinks about the universe with a nasty face, get out of my sight, don't let me see you." Gu Qing said impatiently.

Han Jie didn't move this time, and suddenly hugged his fists and said: "Master Hou didn't let the last general ask, but the last general still wanted to ask......"

Gu Qing sighed and said, "You can ask quickly, get out of here after asking, and go to the town to buy me some meat and come back while it's dark......"

"Master Hou, what the last general wants to ask is...... After Hou Ye came to Qiuzi, why did he act in such a hurry? From the expansion of the city and the construction of the city, to the establishment of the Anxi army, and then to the training of the troops with the new method, the last general felt that Hou Ye was in a hurry? ”

Gu Qing sighed, lying on the beach chair and looking up at the golden sunset in the distance of the desert, his eyes became very deep: "I have to be fast, I'm afraid it's too late, if I can't master the Anxi Capital Protectorate within a year, I will be very passive in the future." ”