At the beginning of November, the cold began to ravage the Barony of the Valley.

The gate of the stone house of Beiguan Military Fort was closed, and there were two sentries standing at the door, and no one was allowed to approach this stone house.

In the room, two iron basins were filled with fiery charcoal, adding warmth to the cold room.

On the same long wooden table used to carry out the waterboarding just a few days ago, seven temporary commanders of the "task force", led by Ron and Stanley, gathered here to discuss in a whisper.

With the full support of Art, it took less than two days for this improvised task force to be formally established, with thirty-two contingents, one captain and two captains, plus five six-man squads; The soldiers were all hand-selected by Ron and Stanley and were reviewed by Art one by one, including elite soldiers who had experienced many life-and-death battles {including two squad leaders and one squadron leader}, newly recruited bankrupt citizens who were familiar with the life and pattern of the city, and the hunters of the gōng nǔ team, gōng nǔ, were also important members.

"There are four difficulties and points in this mission: entering the city and lurking, tracking detectives, surprise attack, and fleeing and retreating."

"This is a sketch of the map I drew after I had a few soldiers and leaders who had been to the city of Thorne, and those people are not native citizens of Thorne, so this map is also very rough, but let's deal with it first." ”

Art picked up a thin stick leaning on the wooden table, pointed to the layout on the table, and said: "The city of Thorne is the provincial capital of the province of Saône, with a total of six city gates and two water gates, and there are more than 6,000 people in the city...... The goal of our mission is to hide in a large mansion of wealthy merchants near the Watergate Free Market in North City, which is surrounded by high walls, and the surrounding market is densely populated, and there is an endless stream of business travelers, all kinds of people, etc., and there are four secret sentinels of Assasin around the mansion......"

For the commanders participating in the operation, Art roughly analyzed the urban structure of the city of Thorne and the water and land passages around the city of Thorne, so that the officers participating in the operation had an idea in mind.

"The place where we are going to fight is a densely populated city, and our opponents are also highly trained killers who are proficient in all kinds of intrigues, so your task force must also need to be specially trained."

"Today's task force training is to infiltrate, Ron and Stanley each lead half of the task force soldiers, Ron is responsible for infiltrating, Stanley is responsible for defense, and your target is the knight's sword on my waist, and the location is in this stone house. If the knight's sword is still in the stone house tomorrow morning, Stanley wins, and if it doesn't, Ron wins. ”

"In the past two days, I have also given you some skills in disguise, covering and infiltrating, and setting up points to respond, and you will go down to discuss how to sneak and defend yourself!"

"Remember to keep it a secret, even if the soldiers of the task force don't tell them the ultimate purpose of this trip until the last minute!"

"Yes!" Several commanders left in unison.

No sooner had the task force commander stepped out of the stone house than Otto came to the stone house to report to Art.

"My lord, the squadron-level officer you offered is enough for a group of people, and in just one day, seven people will apply for your new ~ ideological and political officer. Five were in the military, and two were in the civil administration. ”

Art tilted his head to look at Otto and asked with a smile, "Is there really a civil administration?" Didn't you tell them that the political and political officials were going to go to the battlefield with them, and they had to be able to write a little bit? ”

Odo replied: "The conditions for recruitment are very clear, the ideological and political officer must first have the love of a virgin, and be able to solve problems for the soldiers like a priest; secondly, the ideological and political officer must have a sharp tongue, and must be able to guide the grievances and dispersions in the hearts of the soldiers, so that the entire regiment can be united; Finally, the ideological and political officer needs to know some basic writing skills. ”

"Okay, since the conditions are clear, I'll go and see the recruits, you let them come to my barracks one by one in a while, and I'll recruit them myself." With that, Art walked out of the lobby of the stone house and returned to the small room that belonged to him......

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In the barracks of the commander of the Beiguan Military Fort, Art was lying on a chaise longue padded with bearskin, holding a wooden glass with Wells beer in his hand, half-squinting.

A man about twenty years old, with brown hair, a thin figure, wearing cotton armor and a burqa, stood at the door, Yate had not spoken for so long after entering the door, and the composure he had been forced at first was finally exhausted, he began to be a little cramped, and his hands did not know where to put them, so he could only keep rubbing them gently on the burqa.

"What's your name? That squadron? Where did it come from? What did you do before? "Art left this guy dry for a long time, and as soon as he opened his mouth, there was a series of questions.

"Back ~ back to my lord, I ~ my name is "

"Answer well, I won't eat you." Art said nonchalantly.

The soldier took a breath quietly and replied: "My lord, my name is Denis Ollich, a soldier of the 2nd Squadron of the 3rd Banner of the 2nd Company, I was recruited from the town of Green on the outskirts of Jonah City, my father was originally a bakery, I followed my father to do chores in the bakery, and later the bakery was confiscated by the tax collector because of my father's income Mán Bào, and I was recruited by Lord Wei Xu. My family was also wealthy, so I also went to church for a year to study theology, so I also had some writing...... "This guy said that he was sexual, and he wanted to continue to rip it off.

"Stop! I asked you before I could answer. Art stopped the guy's rambling.

Dennis quickly shut up.

Art glanced up at the soldier, "How did you get recruited into the legion when you were so thin?" Bribed the recruiter? ”

Dennis waved his hand again and again after hearing this, and then touched his shriveled stomach with some grievances, "My lord, I wasn't thin at all when I left Green, Lord Otto took us all the way from Jonah Province to the south non-stop, and before he could get angry, he immediately started recruit training again, and the recruit training was almost never interrupted every day from morning to night...... As a result, I was~"

When Art heard this, it turned out that this guy had been tortured to the point of inhuman form in the last month or two, and coughed lightly, "Since you have been poisoned by the cruel training of the Wells Legion, and you must be able to understand the dissatisfaction in the hearts of the soldiers, then you can talk about how you can make the soldiers willingly accept the cruel training of the Legion." ”

Dennis thought that Art would test him on some Bible doctrine or writing ability, but he didn't expect to ask such a difficult question directly, if he knew how to make soldiers willing to accept cruel training, when he heard about the selection and recruitment of this ideological and political officer, he would not have squeezed his head to break through the squadron leader's barrier to apply.

But at this time, the problem was already in front of him, and if he didn't say something, it would definitely be useless.

Dennis's eyes rolled up and down quickly, just like his father had flipped the bread in the oven, "My lord, I think that if you want the soldiers to train willingly, you have to increase the military salary, so that they have to grit their teeth and endure the training for the huge military salary." ”

Art nodded, noncommittal.

"Anything else?" Art asked.

Seeing that Art still asked, Dennis held back another idea, "Military pay can lead the soldiers, but military law can drive the soldiers away." If you want the soldiers to obey the training and dare not slack off, then add military punishment, and everyone will be severely punished by military law if they neglect training, and the road out will be blocked. Anyway, the surrounding area is dense forests and wastelands, and you can't run away if you want to. ”

Art opened his eyes, this guy can quickly think of two methods that do have some effect in the case of a sudden question, which is not bad, but this answer is far from the result in Art's mind.

"Dennis, I remember the name. You go back and wait for the message. ”

Art didn't get up, but waved Dennis to leave.

Dennis left Art's barracks in trepidation.

As soon as Dennis left, the second lewd soldier came in, and the tall and strong guy was half short as soon as he entered the door, and a flattering smile appeared on his face, and the yellow teeth of the gap came out, and he was good at drilling the camp townspeople, I don't know how this guy got in, and Art glanced at it and didn't want to see more.

The first impression is really important, maybe the guy who came in just wanted to show the highest respect for Art, but Art didn't enjoy this exaltation.

Art didn't wait for this guy to enter the door and stand up, and asked directly: "The soldiers train hard every day, and they complain a lot about me, do you have any good way to make the soldiers willingly accept this hardship?"

"Huh?" This guy just entered the door, and before he could straighten his waist, he asked his head, and he was stunned.

This guy was fully prepared for this recruitment and selection, and he prepared a stomach for flattery and boasting, but he started directly up, and he didn't react for a while.

"Answer me." Art said with his eyes closed.

"This ~ this ~ we soldiers are too late to thank you, how can we complain? No! Absolutely nothing. ”

After answering two sentences, the stooping guy found his senses, and his speech suddenly became clever, and he replied flatteringly: "My lord, you are the messenger of justice and the hero incarnation sent by God to the world, and the soldiers have only endless awe and love for you and the officers, and there is absolutely no objection. I have often said to my fellow men that there is only one man left in this world who is willing to be so merciful and loving to us pariahs......"

"Alright, you can leave." Art said with his eyes closed.

This guy is too tactful, obviously Art has pointed out the problems in the army, but he prefers to say that it does not exist - traitor, such a person is definitely not suitable for such a position as an ideological and political officer.

The guy who was bent over his waist was suddenly interrupted, and he was still inexplicable, thinking that he didn't have a word of these words to offend the baron, how could he make the baron dissatisfied.

"Lord Baron?"

"Okay, go back and be your soldier, train hard, and make more achievements!" Art still spoke out a few words of relief.

"Yes~It's an adult~" The bent guy touched his head and turned out the door.

The next three were veterans and squad leaders of the army, and they all knew that there were signs of uneasiness among the legionnaires, but these guys were mediocre in their eloquence and ability, and they could not say a feasible solution to the problems that arose in the army, and Art had to give them a few words of encouragement to let them go.

"Next!" Art shouted out the door.

A shadow flickered in the doorway, and immediately shrank back.

Otto, who was in charge of recruiting ideological and political officials outside the door, raised his hand and slapped the guy who had returned, "Soft egg!" Wasn't it bold when you applied for the job? Why don't you dare to go in now! ”

"Lord Odo~I~ I'm a little scared, or ~ or not, I'll go back to be a farmer~" This guy has never seen such a lord as a baron, although he is smooth and eloquent with the farmer pariahs on weekdays, but he suddenly has to face the supreme ruler of the territory, and he has stage fright.

"What kind of place are you? Did you say you would just come and go? Otto was a little annoyed, and Art put him in charge of recruiting the political and political officers, but no one could really satisfy his own adults so far.

The guy with stage fright collapsed with a plop, and begged repeatedly, "Big~Adult, Otto~Adult, I~ I lied to you, in fact, I will draw my own name~"

It turned out that this guy was a farmer who was too lazy and went bankrupt, and after wandering to the city of Jonah, he met the people who came to recruit him......

"How dare you lie to me!" Odo was a little angry, and he raised his foot and kicked at the guy who was paralyzed on the ground, and the kick made the guy on the ground scream.

Art heard the commotion outside and no longer had the heart to lie down in his chair, he got up and walked out of the room with a calm face, and saw Otto teaching the lazy man a lesson.

"Okay, send this waste to the construction officer for a month."

"Odo, the matter of the ideological and political officer is like this first, and we will discuss it after I come back." Art no longer wants to waste time on these speculative guys.

"Your Excellency!"

A voice shouted as he turned and lifted his footsteps, and Art turned his head to look back at the crowd of onlookers.

A middle-aged man in his thirties walked out of the crowd, wearing a gray-black tubular coat, a thin cloak to protect against the cold, and a pair of sheepskin boots under his feet.

This outfit looks like it should be some years old, but it is obvious that it has been carefully washed by this guy, and the most rare thing is that this guy's hair and beard are also freshly shaved, and the whole person looks very neat and capable.

Yat, who had rarely seen such a person among civilians, turned back and glanced up and down at the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man walked up to the lazy man who was kicked down by Otto and blocked the way, and did not step over him, and leaned over to help the lazy man, patted the dust on his body, and said with relief: "Man, you should thank the baron. Lying to the truth and deceiving the lord, you should have been imprisoned as a slave after being reprimanded by the rod, but the baron is kind and merciful, and let you go to the magistrate to atone for your sins, you must remember this lesson and be a down-to-earth man. As he spoke, he helped the guy on the ground to the side.

Seeing this guy continue walking towards Art, he stretched out his hand to stop him, "Dennis, my lord has already said that the matter of the political and political officer will be postponed and discussed, if you really have the heart, you will come back next time." ”

Otto had a good impression of this Dunnis, and reminded him to wait until Art was in a better mood before accepting the selection.

Dennis wanted to try it, but when Odo dissuaded him, he said no more, "Well, if Lord Baron needs it, please let me know that Lord Odo will wait in the village for your summons." With that, he turned around and prepared to return to the crowd.

Art became interested, "Wait a minute, what did you do before?" ”

With a light smile on his face, Denis turned around and replied unhurriedly, "Dear Lord Baron, I was a small merchant. ”

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