The two of them said, and soon came to the big tent of the Chinese army, Guo Ziyi was already waiting by the big tent with a smile, Guo Song hurriedly bowed and saluted, "See the big handsome!" ”

Although Guo Song did not occupy Guo Ziyi's three generals, the final result was also very gratifying to Guo Ziyi, this child with a strong personality finally inherited the mantle of his master Wang Zhonghei and embarked on the road of opening the border for the country.

"Let's go into the big tent and talk!"

Guo Ziyi invited Guo Song into the big tent, invited him to sit down, and let the soldiers serve tea, and then said to Guo Song: "The Holy Lord's edict was sent the day before yesterday, clarifying your position, and asking me to fully cooperate with you to form an army to envoy Anxi, Chongqing will also go to the Western Regions with you, and he will be my personal representative, and he can also be regarded as your staff to help you train the army." ”

Guo Song glanced back at Guo Chongqing and said with a smile: "Brother Chongqing can go with me, of course it's best, I really don't have enough experience in leading troops, and I have to rely on Brother Chongqing a lot." ”

Guo Chongqing smiled, he already knew that he was going to Anxi.

Guo Song asked again: "I heard that the Shence Army will not be kept for too long, will it be disbanded in the end?" ”

"It is indeed going to be disbanded in the end!"

Guo Ziyi admitted this statement, "The Shence Army is an army formed by Yu Chaoen, it is to some extent Yu Chaoen's private army, and disbanding it is a joint decision of the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, I am just the executor, I plan to pick out 30,000 elite soldiers from them, supplement the Shuofang Army and the Longyou Army, there are already 20,000 elite soldiers, and your 300 people will also be selected from them, see what you want?" ”

Guo Song groaned and said: "These three hundred people don't necessarily have to be good at riding and shooting, of course, they also need to be good at riding and shooting, but they also need some wizards with special skills, such as some people with high skills, some are ingenious, some can read all kinds of grass, and have strong survival ability in the wild, but no matter what kind of talent, a major premise is necessary, they are willing to go to the Western Regions for the country, willing to bear the danger, I don't want deserters to appear halfway." ”

Guo Ziyi nodded and said: "I understand what you mean, in fact, there are 5,000 soldiers who are strongly willing to defend the country, I will select 300 soldiers from these 5,000 people as soon as possible, and you and Chongqing will also participate in the selection." ”

.........

Guo Ziyi specially opened up an independent camp of 500 acres for them in the northwest corner of the camp, with more than 30 big tents, Guo Song also had his own big tent, the big tent layout was very simple, only a table and chair and a wooden box, not even a bed, directly spread on the ground with coarse sheepskin, and a military blanket and bran pillow.

Guo Chongqing brought a thick roster and put it on the table, "This is the information of five thousand volunteer soldiers, do you want to read it for two days first?" ”

Guo Song shook his head, "This kind of thing on paper is meaningless, I still want to choose in actual combat, I want to divide it into two groups, one is the cavalry archery class, accounting for the main component, about two hundred and fifty people, you and Liang Wu are responsible for the selection, let them actually ride and shoot, just like the Lingzhou cavalry and archery competition, and then I am responsible for selecting those with special skills, and strive for two days to set the soldiers." ”

"I see, what else do you command?"

Guo Song thought for a while and said: "Also, from the beginning of the formation of the army, we must implement difficult conditions and strict training, including you and me, even if we drink alcohol, we can only drink milk wine, drink milk tea, eat dried meat, and use a poor life to hone our will, so that we can embark on the road to the west." ”

Guo Chongqing nodded, he also thought that Guo Song's suggestion was very reasonable.

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Two days later, three hundred soldiers, some tall and strong, but some thin and dexterous, stood in a formation in the open space in front of the tent, all of them in good spirits, neatly arranged in three formations.

Guo Song stood in front of the team and said loudly to everyone: "From now on, you are a member of the expeditionary force, two months later, we will go to Anxi, on behalf of the imperial court to comfort the Tang army soldiers who still stick to Anxi, I don't know how long it will take, and I don't know how many people will come back alive, but I hope that all of us can return safely, in order to achieve this goal, from today on, we will carry out the most rigorous physical training, combat training and survival training, willing to endure the greatest hardships, willing to take the greatest risks, If you are willing to follow me Guo Song to Anxi, please raise your right hand! ”

Guo Song raised his right hand high, and all the soldiers raised their right hands without hesitation, no one was left behind, Guo Song nodded, and pointed to the three hundred cloth bags behind him, "There are three days of dry food here, each person takes one, and then after a quarter of an hour, the drums are sounded and gathered, and the first five-hundred-mile long-distance training begins, I hope everyone is dressed neatly, bring knives and bows and arrows, and long weapons can be left without them, and they will be disbanded now!" ”

The soldiers stepped forward one after another to get a cloth bag and rushed back to the camp, with the last quick packing of the necessary bags, a quarter of an hour later, the dense drums sounded, three hundred soldiers quickly assembled, Guo Song led three hundred people silently left the barracks, ran to the east.......

Three hundred soldiers ran all the way, and when it was almost dawn, they arrived at Baishui Town in Xinfeng County, Guo Song saw that the soldiers could no longer support it, so he pointed to the pine forest on the side of the road and said: "Rest for half an hour, and then continue to set off!" ”

The soldiers ran for at least four hours, all exhausted, and when they entered the pine forest, they collapsed on the ground, so tired that no one wanted to speak, but for a moment, all the soldiers fell asleep soundly, and Guo Song sat cross-legged beside the pine forest, using the strange breath taught to him by the master to mediate the fatigue of body and mind, which was a very effective way to eliminate fatigue in a short time.

Half an hour later, Guo Song stood up and shouted, "All together, ready to go!" ”

The soldiers got up from extreme exhaustion and continued to run, many soldiers drank water and ate dry food while running, at this time, Liang Wu couldn't help but ask Guo Chongqing in a low voice: "I didn't say where to run?" ”

Guo Chongqing smiled slightly: "Changshi's goal is the top of Mount Hua, and then come down from the top of Mount Hua and return to the barracks, which is the end of the first training." ”

Liang Wu only felt that his legs were about to cramp, and he actually had to climb Huashan!

When night fell, they finally arrived at the foot of Huashan Mountain in Huayin County.

This time, Guo Song let everyone rest for an hour and a half, and continued to teach everyone the mantra of breathing, and more than a dozen smart soldiers learned it at noon and rested by meditating cross-legged.

Around the time, 300 people began to march to the top of Huashan Mountain, Huashan Mountain is high and steep, steep and abnormal, it is a famous scenic spot in the Tang Dynasty, but there is no courage to dare to climb to the peak, the famous writer Han Yu climbed to the top of Huashan and was almost scared to death, refused to go down the mountain, and finally the entourage drunk him before carrying him down Huashan.

For three hundred elite soldiers, there is no question of guts, only whether the physical strength can keep up.

When climbing a section of cliff, the soldiers in front suddenly shouted, and Guo Song quickly squeezed forward, "What happened?" ”

"Guo Changshi, the plank road in front is broken."

Under the bright moonlight, I saw that a section of more than ten zhang long trestle bridge was broken, and only a few inches long wooden stakes were inserted in the stone cracks on the rock, and below was a cliff of ten thousand zhang, and it was impossible to walk at all, unless there was an iron chain on it, and you could pull the iron chain and pass it slowly.

"Bring it to the long rope!"

A soldier brought a long rope, Guo Song carried the rope at one end, and gently jumped on the wooden stake on the edge of the plank road, and the soldiers behind were all exclaimed, but Guo Song's balance ability was extremely strong, and he stabilized Mount Tai on the stake, he walked over gently and skillfully, and firmly tied the rope to a big stone.

He walked back again, and he didn't need to pull the rope, as if he was walking in the moonlight, and many soldiers were so worshipful that they knelt down, where can ordinary people do this?

Guo Song pulled the rope three times in a row, and then said to the soldier: "Put two ropes behind you, grab one rope, and you can walk over carefully, who will be the first?" ”

"I'll be the first to go!"

Liang Wu raised his hand, he had a little experience, he spread the two ropes around his waist and armpits, and his hands passed through the ropes under his armpits, so that the ropes were firmly tied to his armpits and arms, and then he struggled to grab the rope above, and he walked towards the opposite side little by little.

Although it hurts to rub the rope against the arms and armpits, it is safe to do so.

"Have you seen it, learn from Lvshuai Liang's method, and I will pick you up below."

Guo Song jumped off the cliff and frightened everyone into exclaiming, but Guo Song had already seen it, just a dozen zhang down, he climbed a big stone, inserted a chisel into the crack of the stone, and stood firmly on the big stone.

"Everyone walks one by one, even if you unfortunately stumble, I can catch you."

One by one, the soldiers trembled over the stone wall more than ten zhang long, and when Guo Song used a chisel to climb up from below, almost all the soldiers admired the young commander so much.

At dawn, three hundred soldiers finally climbed to the top of the peak, and at the peak they were bathed in the glow, and at this moment, the fatigue of all the soldiers was washed away, and each soldier was immersed in the joy of reaching the summit.