Today's Eagle Battalion has received strong support from the Ning family, so the expansion of the entire Eagle Battalion has become very rapid, but under the intentional restriction of Ning Yu, the current personnel are mainly wandering orphans, and the other part is the children of the Ning family, the total number has expanded to 1,000 people, of which the number of people who can really fight has also expanded to 550 people.

Ning Yu formed these 550 people into a real combat battalion, which was named a battalion, with four companies under its jurisdiction, plus a direct artillery company, under the jurisdiction of six six-jin guns and two twelve-jin guns, so the combat effectiveness has undergone earth-shaking changes. In addition, Ning Yu also specially asked people to customize relevant military uniforms, which is not only for daily needs, but also to better improve morale.

Ning Yu referred to the style of the German military uniform in later generations, and made certain modifications, compared with today's clothing, it should be more slim and simple, but the color has become bright red, to be more recognizable, and the boots on the feet have also been replaced with sophisticated leather boots, which is not a small cost, but considering that the current combat battalion is only five hundred and fifty people, Ning Yu is also equipped with pain, all this is just to better highlight the soldier's sense of honor and collective spirit.

In Ning Yu's view, the combat mode of queuing up to shoot in modern times is very cruel and very morale-testing, which is very different from the traditional old-style army in this regard, so in Japan at the beginning of the Restoration, Japanese soldiers who have undergone simple European-style training can defeat the Qing army with weapons and equipment far superior to theirs, largely because of morale.

Ning Yu was still sitting in his office, while Dong Ce was sitting at the desk at the door, his expression was solemn and serious, and he quickly reviewed the documents related to the Eagle Camp, and wrote a few words on them.

Ning Yu's office is actually next to the big office of the General Staff Office, just next door, and the Chief of Staff works directly in Ning Yu's office, which is also Ning Yu's decision, in order to facilitate communication, the Chief of Staff is a member of the General Staff Office who takes turns for three months, and now it happens to be Dong Ce.

While dealing with the official documents that had been accumulated recently, Ning Yu said in a low voice: "Dong Ce, bring the three people you caught before here. ”

Dong Ce responded, and went out to convey the order, and after a while, a few students dragged a few depressed people over, led by a scar-faced man, with a horizontal face, but when he looked at Ning Yu and the others, he was afraid, and the remaining two people looked mediocre, but they seemed a lot calmer.

The cadets tied the hands of the three men to death, made them kneel on the ground, and then gave a military salute and went out. Dong Ce stood behind the three people, holding a short gun in his right hand, looking at the three people with a wary expression. This kind of short gun was also made by Ning Yu, but there were only four or five in the camp, and it was mainly awarded to the governors of various departments.

Ning Yu didn't raise his head, and said while correcting the piled up documents: "My patience is very limited, within ten breaths, think about your origins, think about it more, and then tell your identity, your purpose, if I detect that one of you is a lie, I will be dealt with as a bandit." ”

"Ten, nine, eight......" Ning Yu reported softly, neither fast nor slow, with a resolute and calm taste.

The scar-faced man fell to the ground, struggling and kowtowing while shouting, "The villain doesn't dare to anger the adult... It's just that the villains and others are all mountain people in this vicinity, who hunt for a living on weekdays, and later were killed by this Peach Blossom Mountain... Forcibly held on the mountain, this is from the bandits, and then the adults led the army to eliminate the peach blossom mountain, and the villain quietly escaped from the back mountain, but was caught by the adult, and the villain was really wronged! ”

"Oh? If that's just the case, I wronged you, Dong Ce, and pulled him out and killed him. Ning Yu's tone was still faint.

Dong Ce's face was expressionless, and he was taken out, no matter how the scar-faced man begged for mercy, after a while, a gunshot rang out from outside the house, and the bodies of the remaining two people in the house shook together.

Ning Yu raised his head and said with a smile: "Do you think I'm too reckless?" Wouldn't it be a pity that this person was killed directly without much interrogation. ”

As he spoke, Ning Yu's smile became stronger and stronger. It's just that this smile fell on the eyes of the remaining two, but it was like Yama, hideous and terrifying.

"I don't think so because I don't care. Kill him, and you, and if you don't want to say it, that's okay. Now that I know the rough reason, I will just confirm it again. If you don't say it, then you don't need to say it again. ”

Ning Yu's words were not to deceive the other party, but he really thought so, in Ning Yu's mind, he could be sent as a secret agent, I am afraid that life and death would also be ignored, so from the beginning Ning Yu did not have much hope.

Among the remaining two, one is a middle-aged man in his mid-thirties, and the other is a young man in his early twenties.

The young man had closed his eyes at this time, and he didn't speak, obviously not planning to confess, and was ready to wait for death. And the middle-aged man who was about thirty years old knelt down with a plop, "Little boy, don't blame me, I want to live!" ”

The young man heard the middle-aged man's words, his eyes opened, and finally slowly closed again, still not saying a word.

Ning Yu saw the movements of the two of them, and said with a smile: "Dong Ce, take him down and lock him up first." As he spoke, he pointed at the young man, and then after the young man was taken down, he said softly: "It is not easy for people to live for a lifetime, and you can make this decision because you are responsible for yourself." ”

The middle-aged man seemed to understand the current situation very well, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If it weren't for the old and young in the family, how could I be greedy for life and afraid of death." ”

Ning Yu didn't care what the other party said, just poured him a glass of water, "Tell me, your personal identity, why did you come here?" What is your purpose? ”

The middle-aged man trembled and drank a large sip of water, slowly exhaled a breath, and said, "I am a member of the Salt Gang, my name is Ma Tao, and I came to Taohuashan this time to be the person responsible for contacting Taohuashan and robbing your Ning family's salt." ”

Ning Yu already knew this, so he didn't feel surprised, and continued to ask, "Can your salt gang's hand reach to Huguang?" ”

Ma Tao smiled bitterly: "Now the life of the Huaibei Salt Gang is not easy, the chief helmsman attaches great importance to the private salt trade in the Huguang area, but since the Ning family began to produce salt, the salt in this Huguang cannot be sold at a high price, and the amount sold is getting smaller and smaller, so the chief helmsman wants to teach the Ning family a lesson." As for why I found Peach Blossom Mountain, it's because..."

"Because of what?" Ning Yu asked.

"It's because of the little boy, he is a person from the White Crane Road." Ma Tao's face was a little dignified.