On the north bank of the Qingshui River, the camp of the Houjin Army.

Yue Zhi rode a horse, patrolled around the camp, and finally stood outside the camp gate with the yellow flag Gushan Ezhen Darhan, looking quietly to the south.

At sunset, a cavalry finally appeared in the south, galloping towards the camp in the afterglow.

The leader was Aobai, and after stepping on the pontoon bridge and crossing the Qingshui River, he went straight to Yue Yu and Darhan at the camp gate.

"Aobai, is there any news about the person surnamed Qin?" Before he could get closer, Darhan asked anxiously.

"There's news."

Ao bowed and dismounted, saluted Yue Yu and Darhan respectively, and then took the water bladder handed by a bannerman, poured a large mouthful of water, and then said angrily, "Lord Belle, Lord Darhan, the surname Qin has won." ”

"What?"

Yue Zhen and Darhan's faces changed.

"The surname Qin won, the two Ming armies totaled 13,000 soldiers and horses, as well as more than 2,000 township warriors from various large households in Lan County, nearly 16,000 troops, all defeated under the surname Qin, the eunuchs Wang Dehua and Wang Kun only fled back to Datong with 2,000 routs, Xue Dongting only had less than 1,000 troops left, and the rest of the Ming army died, surrendered, and many escaped."

"Now, Jingle County and Lanxian County have fallen into the hands of the surnamed Qin, and their troops are guarded in Lancheng and Jingle City, and the Ming army in Xuanda and Da does not dare to send troops south, just waiting for the decision of Emperor Zhu Ming."

After listening to Aobai's words, the expressions on Yue Yu and Darhan's faces froze.

Ao Bai poured another large mouthful of water, and then sighed in annoyance.

"It seems that the one surnamed Qin will not come to vote for our Dajin Kingdom." Yue Zhen also sighed.

Darhan frowned and said, "Maybe Emperor Zhu Ming will be furious and mobilize more Ming troops to exterminate the surnamed Qin?" The surname Qin only has two or three thousand soldiers and horses, and he will definitely not be able to resist, and when he is cornered, he may come to serve us. ”

"If we withdraw our troops at this time, the person surnamed Qin can't see us in the Qingshui River, and the Great Khan will blame it, and we can't afford to wait for it."

Yue Zhen pondered for a moment, then nodded, "That's what I said, then let's wait for a while." ”

Ao Bai said in a rough voice with an unwilling face, "Lord Belle, you only need to give the minions five hundred warriors, and the minions can kill Lou Fu and capture the surnamed Qin for Lord Belle." ”

"Don't be reckless, the surname Qin is by no means an idle person, you have also suffered losses under him, not to mention five hundred, even if you go to two thousand elites, you may not be able to get benefits in his hands."

"Lord Belle ......"

"Needless to say, come on, send people to Guihua City for another month, and then order Horqin, Karaqin and Khalkha to sacrifice a hundred sheep each."

"Yes."

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On the vast open river beach to the east of Lou Fu, groups of recruits were scolding and scolding dozens of martial arts students, either lining up in a chaotic queue or running around in a swarm.

This river beach was washed by the Fen River, because the sand content was too large, even the grass could not grow a few, and it was not suitable for farming, so Qinchuan was simply divided into a martial arts field.

The 1,600 newly recruited recruits were trained here, and each banner was equipped with 36 recruits with an instructor, all of whom were students from the Lecture Martial Arts Hall.

The people who can enter the martial arts hall are all veterans, in addition to a group of old bandits from Jiuji Mountain, there are also the earliest batch of Guan Emperor Army, who are outstanding in combat and have more flexible brains.

Among them, there is a special case, and that is Li Dingguo.

Qin Chuan knew that he was a pillar of talent, so he specially put him into the lecture hall.

In fact, Li Dingguo is not lacking in combat experience, he began to follow Zhang Bingzhong at the age of ten, and has experienced dozens of battles large and small, most of which followed his brother Sun Kewang to fight with a knife, and there were dozens of Ming troops and large families who died under his knife.

Sun Kewang is literate, Li Dingguo has recognized a lot of words, and he is talented, he is the fastest to read and write in the entire martial arts hall, and he is also the most complete to remember things.

In just over four months, he has read all the military books several times, and he has also written down what he felt from the readings and the wars he said he had experienced, and wrote down five pamphlets.

He observed several battles such as the Jingle City Guard Battle, the Counterattack Battle, the Pursuit Battle, and the Lanhe Ambush Battle, and briefly recorded the process of several battles, analyzing the intention of Qinchuan's arrangement, the changes in the battlefield and the response of both sides, etc.

When others were drinking to celebrate, he would squat alone next to the bonfire to write and draw, pondering repeatedly.

When Qin Chuan handed over the recruits to them for training, he was so excited that he hid in a corner where no one was dancing.

He felt that the soldiers he had trained would never be worse than others.

On the first day of training, he confidently taught 36 recruits to line up in a banner in accordance with the training manual compiled by Qin Chuan, which had already been memorized, running, marching, retreating, left, right, and then marching......

But he found that this seemingly simple way of practicing was not easy at all when it was actually practiced.

Those recruits couldn't tell the difference between left and right for a few days, and they couldn't remember the slogan, and the whole team was in a mess, and even the queue was not neat.

Every time something goes wrong, there are always a few recruits who are giggling and making a fuss, making the whole team more and more chaotic.

Other instructors were beating people, and the martial arts arena was full of screams and angry scolding all the time, and Li Dingguo also scolded, but he beat less, because several military books said that it was not easy to abuse the soldiers, in case the soldiers were resentful, and Zhang Yide of the Three Kingdoms died of drunken abuse and beating of the soldiers.

The most important thing is that he is only fourteen years old, and he never dares to do it.

A few students who had a good relationship with him told him that when they first joined the Guan Emperor Army, they were tortured by the old bandits of Jiujishan to the point that they were not human, and they were beaten out, so that Li Dingguo was also ruthless and taught those recruits to be human beings.

But Li Dingguo never dared to make a painful move, because he was still a half-sized boy and didn't have that confidence.

He could only practice, others returned to the camp early to brag and fart, and he also led the thirty-six recruits of the banner to practice on the martial arts field, and the training made those recruits all impatient on their faces, so he put out the military law and then knew the reason.

But after a few days, everyone else's queue was neatly arranged, and they all understood all the slogans, let go forward, let go left, let go left, and hold wooden knives and guns decently, and the recruits of his banner were still in disarray.

This made Li Dingguo almost lose confidence.

In the early morning of the seventh day of military training, people gathered around the martial arts training ground, and Qin Chuan wanted to test the training results of the recruits.

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p; Luo Daniu, Luo Ba, Zhao Wu, Liao Sangun, Lao Huang, Bobcat and others all came, and there were many Guan Di soldiers who didn't need to be on duty or train.

Li Dingguo led thirty-six recruits to stand at the back of the martial arts arena, feeling uneasy and a little lonely.

In this test, the instructors of the unqualified group were to eat 10 military sticks in public.

He is not afraid of eating military sticks, what he is afraid of is losing face in front of the surnamed Qin.

As soon as I remembered all the conversations I had with the surname Qin before, my heart was panicked.

The inspection soon began, and forty-five groups of people in turn practiced in front of the people surnamed Qin and others to simply listen to the slogans and line up, march on foot, run and march, go left and right, spread out, and line up again.

There are basically no problems with the more than 40 groups in the front, and it can be seen that the surname Qin is also relatively satisfied.

When it was Li Dingguo's turn, he took a deep breath, and then calmly led the thirty-six recruits to the open space in front.

"Line up!" Li Dingguo shouted.

The thirty-six recruits immediately moved, forming a crooked queue of four.

Li Dingguo shouted several times in a row, and the queue was barely neat.

"On foot."

As soon as the recruits took a few steps, the queue staggered.

"Run forward."

Li Dingguo shouted again with a dark face.

As soon as the recruits started running, the whole team was completely unsightly

"Turn right!"

Li Dingguo stubbornly continued to shout.

As a result, when he shouted, the whole team was completely confused, some turned to the right, some turned to the left, and some looked at each other, not knowing whether to turn left or right.

The team was already messy enough, but now it's a complete mess.

Some of the Guan Dijun who were watching around laughed, and one of the recruits in the team, Ma Desan, laughed out loud, and then several other recruits couldn't help laughing.

Li Dingguo's face turned red, and he couldn't wait to dig a hole and get in.

"Whoever laughs again, pull it out and hit twenty military sticks."

In the temporary stand, Qin Chuan shouted with a straight face, and then walked down the stand towards Li Dingguo.

The surrounding Guan Di army was immediately silent, and the recruit named Ma Desan blushed and didn't dare to laugh.

Li Dingguo didn't dare to look directly at Qin Chuan's gaze, so he only lowered his head silently.

"You are not training soldiers, but black sheep, if there is such a group of hairy people in the Guan Emperor Army, it will only kill my brothers who have been saved up with great difficulty." Qin Chuan walked up to him and said expressionlessly.

Li Dingguo lowered his head and did not respond.

"Come on, Li Dingguo's training is ineffective, and he will beat ten army sticks as usual."

"Yes."

Several Guan Emperor soldiers walked in with military sticks.

"I admit punishment."

Li Dingguo gritted his teeth and took the initiative to lie on the ground.

Four Guan Emperor soldiers held his hands and feet, and the other two raised their sticks and beat him down.

"Didn't you eat? Give me the point. ”

Qin Chuan could see that the two Guan Emperor troops were deliberately releasing water, and the two sticks in front of them were fluttering.

Hearing his words, the two Guan Emperor soldiers hurriedly increased their strength and crackled on Li Dingguo's buttocks.

Li Dingguo gritted his teeth, but he didn't say a word, and after the ten military sticks were beaten, he gritted his teeth and struggled to get up, obviously his legs were shaking, but he gritted his teeth and stood.

Qin Chuan ignored him, and only asked Ma Desan, who was laughing just now, "What's your name?" ”

Ma Desan hurriedly responded with a smile, "Back to the adult, the little one surnamed Ma is the third in the family, so my father named me Ma Desan." ”

"Ma Desan is right, take the lead in laughing and playing in the martial arts, drag it out to beat twenty military sticks, and then take it to Montenegro to mine."

"Yes."

Several Guan Emperor soldiers had already seen that this slippery boy was not pleasing to the eye, and immediately pounced on him like a wolf.

Ma Desan's face turned pale with fright: "My lord, spare my life, my lord......"

Several Guan Emperor soldiers couldn't help but say, pressing him to the ground and crackling was a violent beating.

When Ma Desan was beaten to death, Qin Chuan shouted to the back again, "The red-clothed attendants line up, show these recruits what is a military posture." ”

"Yes."

A hundred red-clothed attendants rushed in, quickly lined up in a neat queue, and forbade them in the martial arts arena, and there was a basis for advancing and retreating.

The fiery array looked majestic and murderous.

"This is the guard I personally trained, each person is paid two taels a month, there is meat to eat every day, there is a bowl of wine every three days, and everyone is married to a beautiful woman, are you envious?"

"Just envy has a fart, my guard is all a few good men, if you can beat the eggs of the 1,600 recruits present, you should be paid more than you, you should eat meat and drink, and you should sleep with beautiful women."

"The last time I was attacked by the Tartars at the Xitougou shooting range, the reason why I was able to survive was because of these heroes, the reason why I was able to win so many battles, and I was able to grab so much money, grain and territory, because of the brothers who had been trained before."

"You can go and inquire about how many punches and kicks they ate and what they were beaten up when they were training in the past, and then ask how many zhang they have fought, and ask them what is the most important thing on the battlefield."

"The most important thing is to obey military orders! When the army is neat and tidy, and the momentum is like a rainbow, what battle can't be won? ”

"I don't talk so much nonsense with you, you only have three days, and if you are still like this bird after three days, you can go to Black Mountain to mine."

After saying these words with an expressionless face, Qin Chuan shook his hand and walked away.

But he didn't take a few steps, he turned around again, and said to Li Dingguo, whose face was flushed, "The lynx is only one year older than you, and thinner than you, but no one in Emperor Guan's army dares to take him seriously, do you know why?" ”

"Because he is ruthless enough, he must be ruthless enough to be a soldier, and he must be ruthless enough to be a general,"

"It's because your stepfather is ruthless enough that he has made a name for himself today, and he has raised so many soldiers and horses."

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