Yanwutang is the original camp of the Shence Army, covering an area of 2,000 acres, which can accommodate 20,000 soldiers, and now Yanwutang has only more than 1,300 people, including the head of the sect and civilian personnel, with a large area per capita and very comfortable conditions.

Guo Song rode into the Yanwutang camp under the leadership of Kang Bao, the school was very lively, dozens of students in the east practiced marksmanship on horses, they wore armor, and fiercely confronted with blunt-headed guns, while the west was conducting riding and archery training, and the students were on the galloping horses, stretched their bows and arrows, and shot at the wooden people a hundred steps away.

At this time, Guo Song stopped the war horse, he saw his nephew Zhou Junyu practicing riding and archery, only to see him riding a horse like flying, drawing arrows and strings, and shooting an arrow, this arrow hit the chest of a hundred steps away from the woodman, causing a round of applause from the surrounding students.

Guo Song also nodded, he could see that Zhou Junyu's hands and arms were very stable, he took the arrow calmly, and he didn't seem to be flustered, this kind of mentality was very good, and his strength was enough, and the arrow was three points into the wood.

Of course, there are weaknesses, and it can be seen that he is not able to open the bow left and right at the moment.

"The lad is very hardworking and extremely talented!"

Kang Bao did not hesitate to exaggerate Zhou Junyu, "Your Highness knows that I have always had a say, will not exaggerate the facts, I often say, talent is almost okay, but to be diligent, diligence can make up for clumsiness, if there is talent and diligence, that is the best, Xiao Zhou is like this, riding and archery in three days to get started, in the spring riding and archery competition, among more than 1,000 people, he ranked twelfth, and he should be able to enter the top ten this fall." ”

"He didn't bother him!"

Kang Bao showed a strange smile on his face, shook his head and said: "I hope he will cause me some trouble, when Xiao Zhou first came, everyone asked him to clean the toilet and clean up, he didn't complain, he worked hard, and he didn't reveal his identity, after a long time, everyone liked him very much, until now, everyone doesn't know his identity." ”

"He has no identity!"

Guo Song said lightly: "He is just an ordinary student, whether it is the coach or his elders, I hope that he will rely on his own efforts and get out of the barracks with excellent results." ”

"The lowly office will demand him more strictly."

Although Kang Bao kept saying that he was strict with Zhou Junyu, Guo Song knew that he still had special care for Zhou Junyu, especially when he was promoted to the leader of the students, which was exceptional.

Yanwutang is not so easy to enter, first of all, you must be a brigade commander, and then you must be recommended by at least two lieutenant generals, and you have to take the exam, mainly the assessment of strength and physical strength and the basic literary test, you must know at least 800 words, and only if you pass can you be eligible for admission.

Therefore, the trainees of Yanwutang are at least low-level officers above the brigade commander in the barracks, but to become the leader of the management students, at least the status of a captain is qualified, Zhou Junyu is Bai Ding entered the school, it is not easy to get the qualification of the cadet of the brigade commander, two months ago, Kang Bao also promoted him to the second-level leader, and there are twenty students under him, which is a special care.

No matter how diligent and talented he is, he must have qualifications, Zhou Junyu has no qualifications at all, but the team leader is just exercising his command ability, and it can't help him in the future, so Guo Song didn't interfere, he could see that Kang Bao really liked Zhou Junyu, not because of his own relationship.

"How is he studying?" Guo Song asked again.

"Returning to His Royal Highness, he can already write the Analects and Mencius silently, and the characters are quite neat, but he can't talk about calligraphy."

The low-level generals and soldiers in the army are basically illiterate, but if you want to be promoted to a general, you must be able to read and write, otherwise you can't even understand intelligence, that's a joke, Guo Song opened a night school in the army five years ago, encouraging soldiers and generals to read and write, at least "Thousand Words" can be recognized.

The study of Yanwutang went further, first the students passed the "Thousand Character Text" exam, then studied the "Analects" and "Mencius", and then the study of the art of war.

Zhou Junyu was illiterate when he entered the martial arts, but he was ashamed and courageous, and he completed the "Thousand Character Text" in only one month, and the "Analects" and "Mencius" in another year, and now he has begun to learn the art of war, and even the civilian instructors are full of praise for him.

Guo Song didn't come to see his nephew Zhou Junyu today, he was the principal of Yanwutang, he wanted to understand the operation of Yanwutang, solve its current difficulties, boost the morale of the students, and so on.

In the big tent, Guo Song listened to the reports of the chief of the teachings, Kang Bao, and Song Delian, who joined the army.

"These reports are similar to the content of the last time I came, there is nothing new, of course, it also shows that the Yanwutang is running smoothly, but is this enough? No, Yanwutang also needs to be creative and have new training methods. ”

Guo Song glanced at the teachings in the big tent, and said slowly: "You should go to Beiting and Anxi, and also go to the Xihai Plateau to train and hone the will of the students. ”

Kang Bao hurriedly said: "Your Highness, they will also train in the cold winter and ice river and the scorching sun, and they only sleep for four hours a day, and the rest are training and studying." ”

Guo Song shook his head, "Lao Kang, when he walked from Samarkand to Datang alone, walked through the snow-capped mountains and deserts, and was surrounded by wolves at night, do you think this kind of grinding is the same as military camp training?" ”

Kang Bao lowered his head and said for a while: "It's really not the same thing, it's a sharpening of perseverance, and the military camp training is just a test of the body." ”

"That's right, we must modify the training method as soon as possible, they all have enough physical strength, and their martial arts are not bad, what they lack is will to sharpen, in addition, I heard that there is another horse bandit in Guazhou and Suzhou, more than 100 people, very ferocious, the herdsmen are restless day and night, annihilate them, I will hand over this task to Yanwutang."

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Returning to the Jin Palace, Guo Song sat down in front of his official room table, and at this time, there was a report from his own soldiers, "Your Highness, Lord Shi Dong asks to see!" ”

Shi Dongzhu is Shi Donglai, he donated money to the Hexi Army seven times before and after, at least millions of yuan, especially in the early days of the Hexi Army's insufficient military spending, Shi Donglai donated 300,000 yuan at a time, helping the Hexi Army through the most difficult moment, because of his meritorious service in funding the army in Zhangye, Guo Song also repaid him with a peach, and named him the prince of Zhangye County.

At present, Shi Donglai is the leader of the Sogdian merchants of the Tang Dynasty, and is also the patriarch of the Sogdian Chamber of Commerce, Guo Song built a new business district of Xi'anmen Street, and also specially opened up an extraterritorial area on Xilinhe Road and Xi'er Road, with more than 200 Sogdian shops, Persian shops, Japanese shops, Silla shops, Nanyang spice shops, etc., of which there are hundreds of shops of Sogdian merchants alone, which have become a major feature and have attracted a large number of Chang'an people and foreign tourists.

This extraterritorial area was established at the suggestion of Shi Donglai, Guo Song himself had great respect for Shi Donglai, and when he heard that Shi Donglai was visiting, he personally greeted him at the door of the official house, which was the treatment only the old senior minister of the cabinet.

Shi Donglai is a thin old man, eighty years old, still blind, deaf, and quick-thinking, but his legs and feet are inconvenient and he needs to be supported.

Guo Song hurriedly stepped forward to support Shi Donglai and said with a smile: "The old man has something, just let the children and grandchildren come over and say it, you don't need to come to the door!" ”

"There is indeed something important to talk to Your Highness, Your Highness, don't be too long-winded with the old man."

"How so! Come in, old man, and sit down. ”

Guo Song helped Shi Dong to sit down in the guest hall, Shi Yan stood behind his father, and Guo Song also sat down and arranged to serve tea.

Shi Donglai smiled slightly and asked, "Is there still any connection between His Highness and Broken Leaves?" ”

"Of course there is an official connection, but because it is too far away, they send a report every six months, and last month Mathud sent someone to send a report."

Shi Donglai nodded and asked, "I don't know what Ma Dudu said about the Po Gong Ministry?" ”

The Bolu tribe is the surviving tribe of the three tribes of the Qarluq, this tribe has always opposed the eastward expansion, willing to submit to the Tang Dynasty and was squeezed out by the other two tribes, forced to move west, after Guo Song led the army to destroy the Qarluq, he let go of the Bolu tribe and settled them in the area of Yibohai, which is also the traditional pasture of the Qarluq people.

But last year, the Pozar tribe secretly colluded with the Khazar Kingdom, so that the power of the Khazar Kingdom entered the Yibo Sea, Ma Weijiang led the army to conquer the Pozar tribe, killing tens of thousands of enemy troops, and the rest of the Pozar tribe was driven out of the Yibo Sea and fled westward without a trace.

Guo Song then promoted Ma Weijiang to the governor of the central capital and crowned the prince of Xihai County.

Guo Song was a little strange, why Shi Donglai would ask this question, he muttered and said: "I remember that there was an official report about the Po Gong Department. ”

"I know that report, the Broken Leaf Army colluded with the Khazar State and was expelled from the Yibo Sea by the Broken Leaf Army, Your Highness, if this is not the case, but the Broken Leaf Army colluded with the Khazar State and continued to encroach on the pastures of the Khazar Tribe, and the Poplar Department rose up to resist the eastward expansion of the Khazar Tribe, but was slaughtered by the Broken Leaf Army and the Khazar Army, if this is the truth, how does Your Highness feel?"

"What?" Guo Song was stunned for a moment.