"It's done, it's a long journey, come, drink saliva and rest for a while."

For Chen Kai, Zheng Chenggong is still the same, close and enthusiastic, which is due to Chen Kai's achievements in the past year or so. After Chen Kai did it, Zheng Chenggong took over the reports and statements and began to review them carefully. However, Shi Lang just casually greeted Chen Kai when he entered the door, and now when it was time for Chen Kai to discuss with Zheng Chenggong, not only did he have no intention of leaving, but even Zheng Chenggong did not think it was an eyesore at all.

Shi Lang looked proud, while Zheng Chenggong still reviewed the reports and statements casually, and asked Chen Kai some content from time to time. All this is in Chen Kai's eyes, why it has become like this in just half a month, he is not very clear, but one thing is clearly placed in front of him, that is, Shi Lang has won Zheng Chenggong's trust.

After a while, the review of the report and report was over, Zheng Chenggong nodded, gave a very high evaluation of Chen Kai's work, and then talked about training-related matters. This time, Chen Kai got up to say goodbye, but was still stopped by Zheng Chenggong and failed to make the trip. It's just that at that moment, Chen Kai also clearly saw the displeasure in Shi Lang's eyes, extremely unhappy.

"It's back to a starting line."

With this foundation, Chen Kai took a deep breath, and the impetuousness in his heart quickly calmed down. After a while, Zheng Chenggong also explained some of the contents he had discussed with Shi Lang before he came, and when he listened carefully, it was nothing more than some things about the martial arts, battle formation training, and tactics of the soldiers.

This is indeed what the generals should care about, Chen Kai is here, one is Zheng Chenggong's trust, and he also wants to hear some valuable views from him, but more importantly, I am afraid it is still a matter of weapons and equipment, because of Shi Lang's words, Chen Kai has vaguely glimpsed the afterimage of a fox's tail coming out.

"With all due respect, in the towns under the command of the country, the illegal training is one of them, and there is also a lot of problem in the ratio of troops. On the battlefield today, the proportion of pikemen is not particularly high, and their task on the battlefield is to fight against cavalry, but if they really break the formation, it still depends on the ability of the knife player. Even on the Tartar side, this is the case, besides, our army is in Fujian and Guangdong, and the opponent's cavalry is already pitiful, and the proportion of pikemen is too large, which is a waste! ”

Shi Lang said, Zheng Chenggong also frowned and thought carefully, waiting to turn to Chen Kai, the latter is the same. Just didn't wait for Zheng Chenggong to ask, and didn't wait for Chen Kai to speak, Shi Lang took the lead in asking: "The Ordnance Bureau that Chen is in charge of the army is indeed more efficient than those wastes in the Ministry of Industry, but this output seems to be piled up with spears, and there are very few that are really more useful to the army." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zheng Chenggong was taken aback, and then he was about to open his mouth to explain to Chen Kai, but Chen Kai sneered, and then asked Shi Lang rhetorically: "Since General Shi knows that spears are easy to make, others are much more difficult, and when he also knows the objective laws, isn't it that General Shi wants to take over the errand of the Ordnance Bureau?" ”

"Humph!"

Chen Kai's counterattack, Shi Lang was blue when he was on the spot: "This handsome man is only responsible for admonishing the country's surname, and it is your civil official's business whether you can make it or not, otherwise what's the use of raising you?!" ”

"Look at what I said, I don't know, I'm afraid I still think that the commander of this army is General Shi."

"You!"

Shi Lang glared angrily, and his finger almost poked directly into Chen Kai's nose, but Chen Kai did not waver in the slightest, and still sat there, looking at Shi Lang with a sneer.

"Okay, both of you are admonishing me, why bother hurting the peace."

Seeing that maybe the next scene would be staged, Zheng Chenggong hurriedly said peace. Between the words, it is nothing more than that Shi Lang is a straight person and has no malice, and Chen Kai's burden has always been very heavy, and the work of the Ordnance Bureau has always been excellent, and Shi Lang's words like this are not conducive to harmony with colleagues.

The two reluctantly apologized to each other, especially Shi Lang, whose perfunctory attitude made Zheng Chenggong frown. It's a pity that although Chen Kai's attitude is slightly better, he apologized with the front foot, and the back foot immediately counterattacked.

"Xia Guan remembers that most of the sergeants and soldiers in the army have only joined the army in recent years, right?"

"That's true." Zheng Chenggong nodded, Shi Lang showed a little puzzlement, and at this moment, Chen Kai immediately asked the latter: "Among those soldiers brought by General Shi, I am afraid that there will not be too many soldiers who have been in the army for more than five years, right?" ”

As soon as the words came out, Shi Lang and Zheng Chenggong found out what Chen Kai was referring to. Zheng Chenggong turned his head to look at Shi Lang, who was originally subconsciously going to open his mouth to refute, but Zheng Chenggong looked at it at a glance, his mouth opened, but there was no exit, and then the answer he said again had to reluctantly corroborate Chen Kai's statement.

Unlike Zheng Chenggong, who was almost self-made, the Fujian Ming army brought by Shi Lang were basically the old subordinates of the Zheng family, but people's physical fitness will decline when they reach a certain age, especially the unbalanced or insufficient nutritional intake of ordinary people in ancient times, especially premature aging.

The soldiers of the Zheng family are indeed more experienced in combat, but in terms of years, there are very few veterans who are really more than five years old, or even more than ten years old. More such people are either discharged from the army after receiving a reward, or they are promoted to officers at all levels, and on the front line of the battlefield, even if they are veterans, they may not really be able to have many years of military career.

What Chen Kai was referring to was to imply to them that in terms of rich combat experience, Zheng Chenggong's subordinates could not be compared with the Eight Banners Army, and even the green battalions adapted from the rogue and Ming armies were inferior. If you want to gain a greater advantage, you must find another way, otherwise once you fall into the situation of focusing on your own shortcomings and attacking the strengths of others, you will never have much chance of success.

The length of time in the army, combat experience and personal martial arts, these things are all directly related, Shi Lang has been advising Zheng Chenggong to strengthen the personal martial arts training of the soldiers, especially those sword players, but also to train them to be able to break through the battle formation of the Qing army, so that they can win the battle. However, Chen Kai's two questions immediately knocked all these things to the ground, and the anger that had just been suppressed immediately rushed to the Heavenly Spirit Cover!

Shi Lang looked at each other angrily, and a pair of fists clicked and exploded, but Zheng Chenggong was watching from the side, Rao is Chen Kai looked light, which really made him angry, and he really couldn't put his anger into action.

Since this is the case, Shi Lang simply let go of his fist and asked Chen Kai directly: "Then what if you join the army according to Chen?" ”