The special operations brigade was reduced from 8,000 at the initial selection period to 5,000, and in the end less than 3,000 people were left. These people also constitute the final team of the special operations brigade. They will be followed by more rigorous long-term training, and there will be people in the various units waiting to be replaced.

For the performance of the special combat team, Gongsun Jian is still very satisfied. People in this era are not good at cultural quality, but they have the most valuable stoic character and hard-working quality. After the first phase of training in three months, Gongsun Jian handed over all the rest of the matter to Xie Wu to preside. After all, he has other things on him, and it is impossible for him to stay in the special combat team all the time.

After returning to the palace, the first thing Gongsun Jian did was naturally to gather the civil and military ministers under him to learn about the situation in all aspects of the recent period. Everything is normal in the internal affairs and the development is smooth and orderly. Tiannan Province has now been fully annexed, and the officials appointed by the royal government at the county level are also about to take up their posts. It's just that the governor of Tiannan Province still needs Gongsun Jian to select and appoint.

"Brother Fang Ming (Cao Liang's character), you are in charge of Fang Ming's affairs, can you have a suitable person to recommend?" Gongsun Jian was the first to ask Cao Liang.

Cao Liang thought for a moment and replied: "There is really no suitable candidate at the moment, after all, Tiannan Province has just been annexed, and the governor of a province is not an ordinary county. However, Brother Wen Fang is originally from Tiannan Province, so he may have some understanding of this and has a suitable person to provide it. ”

Li Wenfang saw Cao Liang mention himself, so he had to speak: "My Li family does have some status in Tiannan Province, but Tiannan is not the Tiannan of my Li family. Therefore, it is not good to nominate one's own people. But if I want to talk about the candidates, I do have one. ”

"Oh? Brother Wen Fang, who is it? Gongsun Jian asked with a smile.

"Hou Pu Hou Zhong Chang of the Hou family in Tiannan Province." Li Wenfang replied with great certainty: "This person is from the Hou family of Nanshan Mansion in Tiannan Province, and he is about thirty years old this year, and his talent and ability are above Wenfang. Although it is the Hou family, because it is a concubine, it is quite excluded at home, so he abandons his family and goes to study around. I also came to the prince before, and you participated in the official assessment, but unfortunately I fell off the list. ”

"Oh? Brother Wen Fang, you said that his talent and ability are above you, but why did this person fall off the list? Huang Wenyuan on the side asked with some puzzlement.

"Hahaha, speaking of which, the prince's assessment is too tricky. This person is good at everything, but he is not very proficient in arithmetic. Therefore, the first round was lost. Li Wenfang replied with a smile: "But this son is not an ordinary person after all." Don't look at being ruined, but there is no discouragement and resentment. After walking around under your rule, he returned to Linshui County, and actually lowered his head and begged for my door, asking me to help find a clerk's errand in the Audit Office. Guess what he thinks? ”

"Hehe, since you respect this person so much, then he must have entered the Audit Office while doing the work of the clerk and learning the method of arithmetic bookkeeping." Feng Huaidao stroked his beard and said with a smile. And Li Wenfang gave Feng Huaidao a thumbs up.

Sure enough, Feng Gong is still old-sighted. Indeed, according to this man's words, start over where you fail. He thought that his ability and knowledge were sufficient, but unfortunately he was not selected because of his poor arithmetic. Therefore, it shows that he still has many shortcomings, so he will want to study in the Audit Commission. ”

"Hahaha......" Gongsun Jian laughed when he heard this. He looked at the crowd and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this man is available on this basis alone." Why don't you find a chance to try to teach? ”

Everyone nodded in appreciation. They all feel that this person is a capable and good learner. Maybe the position of the governor of Tiannan Province will really fall on him. And Gongsun Jian is concerned about this person's background, he is not from the Li family, and he has an arrogant personality and his family relationship is not harmonious, so he is the best candidate. Otherwise, Tiannan Province will be grown up by the Li family in the future, and it will not be easy to clean up.

After discussing the affairs of the civil and internal affairs, Gongsun Jian began to inquire about the military attache and the army again. Fortunately, during this time, Gongsun Jian's work focus has always been on the army, so he is relatively familiar, and there is not much to ask carefully. I just listened to the general report of the general officer in the audience. And according to the information sent back by Zhao Changle, everyone is asked to speed up training and preparation, and it is likely that a new round of combat operations will start on the palace side in three months.

All the generals were overjoyed when they knew that they could fight again, and they all expressed their willingness to follow Gongsun Jian to participate in the war. But Gongsun Jian said with a smile: "Don't worry, all the troops today are actually newly formed after the last war, so the combat effectiveness is not particularly strong." Therefore, if you really want to go on the expedition, you must also choose the best team. So when the time comes, I will definitely try it out before making a decision. Therefore, after everyone goes back, they must urge their subordinates to seize the time and train hard. ”

Everyone got up to receive the order, and one by one they secretly held back their strength in their hearts and prepared to show their faces in the next competition. But at this time, I heard a general say: "Lord Wang, my subordinates have heard some rumors recently. I don't know if to talk about it or not? ”

"Oh? Something. Gongsun Jian restrained his smile and looked at the general named Zhu Zequan, this person was Xu Huaizhi's original subordinate, and he joined Gongsun Jian with Xu Huaizhi, because he was brave in battle and had some ability, so he was appointed as the commander of the sixth division for this expansion.

"That's right, my lord. At present, the army is spreading about the special operations brigade. You also know that many of the brothers who were eliminated by the special operations brigade have returned to their original units. It is also said that the training of the special operations brigade is extremely hard. However, everyone still feels a little resentful, the same soldier eats food, why the people in the special operations brigade are treated better than the brothers of other units, and the military salary is more than twice as high. Therefore, my subordinates hope that you can come forward to say it, otherwise the brothers below will not understand, and after a long time, they will be afraid that the army will be unstable. ”

"Oh! That's it! Gongsun Jian said coldly, with an imperceptible sneer on the corner of his mouth. Then he turned his head to look at Xie Wu, who was sitting on the other side, and said, "Old Five, someone is not convinced by you and your special combat team. Do you think it's going to be solved? ”

"Hehe......" Xie Wu looked at Zhu Zequan, who had just spoken, and sneered repeatedly.

"My lord, if you don't accept it, you can do it." As he spoke, Xie Wu stood up and bowed to Gongsun Jian and said, "My lord, my subordinates have asked to have a test with the Sixth Division. Don't bully him, if my brigade can't annihilate his entire Sixth Division within three days, then even if I thank someone for losing, when the time comes, kowtow and make amends, or money, just ask the other party for something. ”

When these words came out, Zhu Zequan's face suddenly couldn't hang up. And the others were all shocked by Xie Wu's words, how is it possible for you to annihilate one of the opponent's divisions in three days with one brigade? Is Xie Lao Wu crazy?

"Brigade Commander Xie, my old Zhu doesn't mean to say bad things about your special operations brigade, but if you want to compete, you can do it, what about someone Zhu and the Sixth Division accompanying you. In addition, I don't take advantage of you, how about we each have a fair competition? Zhu Zequan said with a cold face.

Gongsun Jian looked at Xie Wu and Zhu Zequan standing in front of him meaningfully. He smiled and said, "Okay! Since both generals are willing to give it a try. Then the king will grant your request. In addition, all the generals present here today are divided into two groups, each following the special operations brigade and the sixth division. The first is to witness the results of their competition as a referee, and the second is to learn the experience and methods of others in leading troops to fight. ”

"Yes, the prince's proposal is good." Xu Huaizhi opened his mouth and agreed: "I suggest that more such competitions should be held in the future. We must not all units work behind closed doors, but we must also go out and study more and exercise more. ”

"Lord Wang, can we, the civil officials, also go and see it." Cao Liang, who was sitting next to him, was also interested. And Feng Huaidao and the others also nodded. They were not interested in this kind of competition between armies, but wanted to know why Gongsun Jian spent so much money and materials to build a special combat brigade.

Since everyone was interested, Gongsun Jian himself was also energetic, and even started a gambling game with great joy. He sat in the bank to open the market, betting on the sixth division to win one to three, and betting on the special warfare brigade to win one to one. Obviously, Gongsun Jian is more optimistic about the special operations brigade.

But all the people, except for those civil officials, are all people who have fought in battle. If it is a bet that the Special Warfare Brigade will defeat the Sixth Division, perhaps everyone will be able to accept it, but the Sixth Division, which has almost twice as many people as themselves, will be completely annihilated, which is simply a fantasy. Therefore, basically all the generals are betting that the Sixth Division will win. The same is true for civilians, although they don't know much about military affairs, they can still understand the reason. And only Cao Liang, Feng Huaidao and Shi Fangheng bet on the special operations brigade.

"Lao Xie, it's not that my old horse won't help you. It's that you're blowing too much this time. I believe that you can defeat the Sixth Division, but it is almost impossible to completely annihilate the opponent. Ma Teng smiled and apologized to Xie Wu, and bet a thousand taels of silver on the side of the Sixth Division. And Qi Shi and Wei Meng, who were closest to Xie Wu, also bet on the Sixth Division with a helpless face, but Ding Feng bet on the Special Operations Brigade for 3,000 taels of silver.

"I'll go, Lao Ding, don't you think you have too much money? Three thousand taels are taken out like this? Wei Meng looked at Ding Feng with some puzzlement and asked. And Ding Feng looked at Wei Meng like a fool and scolded: "What a big fool." It's a shame that you're still around adults all day. Let me ask you, when have you ever made a loss-making deal or something that you are not sure about? ”

"Not really." Wei Meng scratched his scalp and replied.

"That's it, it's definitely okay to follow the adults." Ding Feng smiled slyly and said in a low voice.

"Dog * Day Lao Ding. Then you didn't remind me earlier. Wei Meng suddenly understood, pointed at Ding Feng's nose and scolded: "No, I have to bet on Lao Xie to make up for it." ”

"Buy and leave. No bets on both sides. Gongsun Jian looked at everyone, especially Wei Meng, and said loudly with a smile.

And at this moment, the grandfather Yu Wu of the main hall sneaked in at some point. For this girl, except for Gongsun Jian's most private study, there is no place she can't go.

"Daddy, Feather Dance has to bet too." The little girl shouted with a grin. And then everyone found her. Hurriedly bowed down and saluted her. After all, how to say that Gong Yu Dance is now also the identity of the county lord.

"Stinky girl, why don't you go back to do your homework after school and come to the hall to make trouble?" Gong Yu Wu scolded with a smile.

"The assignments were already written at school, and I went to the Audit Office for a spin, and I came back with nothing to do. When I saw you and these uncles discussing important matters, I wanted to come and hear it. As a result, you're gambling. Gong Yu Wu smiled as I caught it, and his two little hands were clenched into fists and waved. The crowd didn't know what to say. A good meeting finally became a gamble, and he was caught by the county lord. This is going to get out, where should the faces of these ministers go!

"Ahem...... Little children, don't talk nonsense. We are studying which of your Uncle Xie's special operations brigade or General Zhu's sixth division is more powerful. Gongsun Jian made an excuse to explain.

"Then you don't need to ask, it must be Uncle Xie's special operations brigade that is more powerful!" Gong Yu Wu said as a matter of course.