The spring equinox is warm and cold at first.

On the flat ground within a radius of ten miles, sharpened wooden stakes were pulled out of the soil and rammed into the soil again.

Building a camp is one of the basic skills of soldiers, and under the leadership of some temporarily appointed captains, a group of 30 people sweats like rain and repeatedly practices the basic skills of camping.

An elderly officer who was transferred to Longyou, pinching his waist with one hand and shaking the whip in his hand with the other, shouted at those whose workmanship did not meet the standards.

In fact, not long after entering the camp, the soldiers were divided into several gears.

Those who are physically strong and mentally head and feet are assigned to elite barracks and practice battlefield techniques all day long;

Those who were thin and had muddy brains were assigned to the baggage battalion and the engineer battalion;

No matter how bad it is, it will be assigned to stables, quarters, cleaning, chores, etc.;

What's worse is that these people can hardly be called soldiers, they are simply servants in the barracks, serving the life of the commander. Not to mention the high-ranking generals and colonels, even the commanders of the mere sons always have to bully one or two, washing clothes and socks, folding quilts, brushing shoes, rubbing armor, sharpening knives, oiling and waxing, and doing all kinds of dirty work.

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One evening.

In the boot training camp, in front of everyone's eyes, the handsome young man drew a strong bow, and with a "bang", the arrow drew a white line, and it was in the middle of the iron halberd branch a hundred steps away.

The crowd was in an uproar and shouted loudly.

Although the training of recruits is very hard, and they are tired like dead dogs at the end of training, there are always some energetic people who often make some activities. For example, Fang Cai, dozens of people gathered together to imitate Lu Wenhou's "Yuanmen Halberd" back then. As a result, none of them missed, but the teenager from Qixia County, Dengzhou, completed the feat.

"What's your name?" A man walked out of the crowd, and everyone immediately shut up.

The devil instructor Bai Ke is said to be the descendant of the famous Warring States general Bai Qi, and everyone says that training with him for a day is like being stripped of a layer of skin.

"Tang Yuan." The young man couldn't hide the joy of successfully shooting the halberd just now, and when he saw that the instructor came over for himself, he probably wanted to be praised.

Very happy.

Bai Ke walked out of the crowd with his hands behind his back, his expression was indifferent, and said, "In the future, you will practice with me for two hours every day." ”

Young Mu Ran.

Bai Ke said a word, turned his head and left.

The young man said in his heart: "Is this considered happiness and sorrow? ”

At this time, a big black man came over: "Hehe, Xiaofeng, you have something to do in the future, so you always shout that you are not tired, this time it's okay, follow the white peel and practice for two hours!" Oh, two hours after eating, it was already dark. ”

Tang Hu had a compassionate expression, stretched out two fingers, and his two fingers were like two mallets.

"You see my eldest brother and I being practiced alone, don't you think it's very enjoyable?" Tang Yuan clenched his fists: "How do you know that Instructor Bai didn't open a small stove for me alone and teach me some superb martial arts in private, when the time comes, I will have a horse to ride!" ”

"Don't stink." Tang Hu smiled innocently, with a look of underweight.

Tang Yuan glared, and slammed his fist, "Stinky boy, I can't cure you, can I?" Ay? Do you still dare to resist? Move again and I'll see! You move again, move again, move again! ”

In terms of strength, Tang Yuan is not Tang Hu's opponent, if he is caught by Tang Hu, the consequences will be unimaginable, but Tang Yuan's characteristics are flexible, he has practiced grasping skills since he was a child, and his ability to frustrate bones is not shallow.

He once said: Street gangsters, worship the big brother has no real skills, how to manage the little brother with the tiger's back and the bear's waist?

Tang Yuan also learned a few stick methods and cultivation breath methods from his grandfather, and his grandfather didn't say anything at that time, and he didn't think that there was any subtlety in this stick method and the technique of spitting, and he rarely used a stick to beat people, but in the slack season, when he had nothing to do, he stretched his muscles and bones in the yard, and he was also skilled.

It is also worth mentioning that the boy's arm and hand strength are extremely high. couldn't wrestle Tang Hu, it was entirely because of his weight. The strength of the waist and abdomen and the strength of the legs can't be compared with this bear.

Tang Hu was tall when he was a child, and he called Tang Yuan's grandfather a big grandfather, so he practiced with Tang Yuan for a few days, but then he felt bored, so he gave up and stopped learning. But when he grew up, he always said that he was a person who "practiced a good martial arts". In fact, in Tang Yuan's opinion, he just has great strength, and he can drop ten times with one force, and he is a domineering king with eight punches.

It's really ridiculous, the unlucky guy Tang Hu was discovered in the cellar by the cunning Hu Dagui, and this is a serious problem.

Originally, Hu Dagui was at a loss, but at this time, he had a reason to force the only son of the Tang family to join the army on the grounds of escaping the imperial court. And it's still a conscript, not a conscript. Although Tang Hu knelt on his knees and begged for mercy, it was useless, the world was so cold.

When Tang Hu was taken out of the house, his mother screamed and fell at the door. This is the scream that everyone heard under the big locust tree.

And Chen Bao, who resisted recruitment more directly, also gave Hu Dagui a slap in the face and knocked out Hu Dagui's two teeth. As a result, Hu Dagui found a reason to let Chen Bao fill the vacancy left by Zhang Erbiao's escape.

In this way, Tang Yuan's two good brothers with strong physiques both joined the army as recruits.

In fact, Hu Dagui also has a hard time, because the number of places in his hands is really limited. The old boy did not think much about this recruitment. Even his own nephew was recruited, and his heart was probably bleeding. And the old boy is also very particular about his work, he really changed Tang Yuan to a recruiter. And the unlucky guy who was changed to a recruit, as soon as he heard about it, fell out. As a result, he was beaten by Li Duwei, and now he is honest, squatting in the confinement room to reflect on it.

How can he reflect on this kind of thing?

But there is no way, in the army, if the commander asks you to reflect, you have to reflect, and after you come out, you have to go to Captain Li to make a report. If you don't say it profoundly, or even burst into tears, Captain Li can't spare you.

Hu Dagui understands the world very well, and in order to get a good errand for his nephew, he stuffed a lot of money for Li Duwei, which can be regarded as remedying his feelings for his cousin's family.

It's a pity that his nephew Hu Yong is a deflated eggplant, without his uncle's brain, not as good as his cousin's spirit, the fiery temper of the three girls of the Hu family, and exquisite martial arts, who dares to provoke him?

Usually, Tang Yuan dares to tease, and he must also master the measure, otherwise the big blade can really be erected at the door of your house.

"Chen Bao, what are you doing, why are you depressed?"

When I came to the tent, I saw the second brother Chen Bao sitting on the ground without saying a word.

Chen Bao is taller than Tang Hu, nine feet, with a wide forehead and long face, and a majestic style.

He is not as strong as Tang Hu, but he is much more flexible than Tang Hu, and he is a difficult character.

Fighting alone with him, Tang Yuan was not sure of winning. However, when they were children, they respected each other, and later worshiped the handle, which dispelled the knot of the competition.

"I went to find Lieutenant Li, but Lieutenant Li said that the quota for recruiting soldiers had already been full, and it was impossible for me to change it."

"Oh." Tang Yuan sat down, took out a piece of jerky from his pocket, broke it in half, gave half to Chen Bao and half to Tang Hu, but his hand was empty. "Since you can't change it, don't worry about it. Anyway, we mud-legged people can't be big officials. ”

Chen Bao and Tang Hu didn't speak, Chen Bao held a piece of jerky the size of his thumb in his hand, and he had no appetite to eat.

Tang Hu chewed the piece in his mouth, stretched out his hand and pushed Chen Bao, and motioned to Chen Bao: If you don't eat it, just give it to me.

Chen Bao gave him a blank look, stuffed the jerky into his mouth, and ate it.

These two brothers knew Tang Yuan, and they resolutely didn't ask for anything he sent back, so they didn't push it back.

The air in the room was dreary.

Tang Yuan had nothing to say: "I'll ask you." You say, what is the first thing we need to do in our war? ”

Chen Bao thought for a while and said: "Our conditions are much stronger than those people, since we have joined the army, of course we have to get ahead." ”

Tang Hu sighed and said, "I think, the first thing is to be able to eat well, then to be rich, and finally to marry a daughter-in-law." Hey, I envy those little white faces, there are women who are upside down, you look at Li Ergouzi, other people's daughters-in-law are carrying the covers to the door by themselves. ”

Tang Yuan wanted to scold Tang Hu, but Chen Bao took the lead in this job and scolded him for being unproductive.

After Chen Bao finished scolding, Tang Yuan said: "You are talking about the best situation, but I think that the first thing we should consider should be the worst situation - how to survive." What soldiers are the worst, most tired, and most likely to die on the battlefield? It must be an infantry, not to mention a war, it is a long-distance run, and you can be tired half to death on the road, if you get any minor illness or disaster, you can't walk, you will be left in the barren mountains and mountains, and no one will bury you if you die. The corpse wilderness, the white bones are in the open air, and it feels miserable when you think about it. So, first of all, we should get horses and be cavalrymen. As a cavalryman, the survival rate is much higher than that of the infantry, and even if he is defeated in the end, he can run fast. ”

Chen Bao nodded.

Tang Hu thought for a while and said, "I want to be a husband." ”

As soon as Tang Hu said this, he was beaten by Tang Yuan and Chen Bao, who couldn't bear it.

Of course, the three brothers often make trouble like this, and the unlucky one is usually the grizzly-like Tang Hu. Occasionally, there are times when they are countered by Tang Hu, and there are fewer cases.

"Tang Yuan, why haven't you reported to Instructor Bai yet?"

The temporary centurion was mediocre, and his face was not happy. It looks like he's just been scolded. With a sweep of his eyes, he said to Chen Bao and Tang Hu:

"And the two of you, don't grin, come with me!"

Hu Dagui bought off Li Duwei and let his nephew be this temporary centurion. In fact, this official is not officially appointed, and once he enters the army rank, he will be dismissed. However, generally speaking, those who have served as temporary centurions in the recruit training camp will be arranged to be a captain when they arrive in the army, and some will even be directly promoted to the rank of captain.

But it's not a big deal.

During the war years, if it was a cavalryman, he would not necessarily be willing to change it if he was given an infantry commander. This is different from the era of peace, if it is a time of peace, if you are lucky enough to be assigned to the town, a captain can also be a city gate. Squeeze some toll fees, and life is still quite passable.

But during the war years, the commander was often the first person to charge into battle, and if one was not careful, his life would be gone. Sometimes, even if you pay attention, it is in vain, because the task given to him is a mission to death at all, not to mention the cold arrows that fly in, it is even more difficult to prevent. After thousands of tempers, life and death, and military exploits, you can take another step and become a centurion.

It can be said that the centurions who fought on the battlefield were all elites. There are almost no misbreeds.

And this situation, after surpassing the captain, has changed again, because the slightly more senior officers are mostly the children of the gate valve and those who can have a relationship with the children of the gate valve. It is sent down from above, not from below. Born with mud legs, it is difficult to be a big official. Unless he is like Qi Dongyang, who is extremely fierce, outstanding, and stands out from the crowd, he is finally favored by the gate valve and accepted as a doorman.

The infantry was miserable, and the cavalry was relatively better. When engaged in battle with the Hu people, a full-fledged and well-trained cavalryman, each a treasure. Whether it is the mind, or the physical fitness, or the martial arts, it must be carefully selected talents, because the resources of war horses are precious, and they are not willing to be controlled by stupid people.

But anyone who has been a cavalryman for more than three years, any person can pull it out and be a captain.

"The battle situation ahead is tight, and it is said that the imperial court is urgently gathering forces to recapture Xiangzhou, even if it can't be recaptured, it is necessary to block the male Jia people on the north bank of the Yellow River! So, the three-month training time we had planned was compressed. Compressed into one month. The soldiers sent out by our Shandong training camp are not allowed to disgrace Shandong. Therefore, I discussed with Instructor Bai that ten people should be urgently selected for special training. ”

Li Duwei turned his eyes and glanced at Tang Yuan, who was standing on the far right of the team, "You are the eleventh, originally I was not optimistic about you, but Instructor Bai said that you can do it." ”

After saying this, Captain Li looked playful and glanced at Instructor Bai.

Bai Ke was as usual, his eyes were indifferent and his face was expressionless.

Li Duwei's glance seemed to have a hint of provocation, and he was caught by Tang Yuan, who had good eyesight, at once. Xin said: "Captain Li, what do you mean by this?" Why, isn't there harmony between you and Instructor Bai? Are you provoking the white instructor, or are you provoking me? ”

"Report ——! Captain Tsunami has arrived! ”

The little colonel shouted loudly at the door.

"Salute! Captain Tang is good! ”

Li Duwei hurriedly trotted to the door and shouted at the top of his voice.

The stars held the moon like a big bearded man, majestic and high-spirited, and strode in.

Tang Yuan and the other recruits all thought that this big man must be the captain of Tang Du!

He has a strong physique, big shoulders and a round waist, and two short iron halberds on his back, which is murderous.

But the big man suddenly turned around, gave way to a handsome young man in military uniform behind him, waved his hand, and motioned for the young man to sit down.

The boy was young, not tall, and thin. The face looks very good, a typical little white face, full of energy, the kind of heartthrob.

When I was walking just now, I was blocked by the big man in front of me, so everyone mistakenly thought that the "moon" of the stars holding the moon was the big man in front of me, and ignored his existence.

glanced at the young man, thin arms and thin legs.

The hand was like a woman's hand, white and slender, Tang Yuan said in his heart: "Sure enough, the rumors are true, officers above the rank of lieutenant can't do it with mud legs." It's just that he is also surnamed Tang, which makes people feel a little kind. ”

"Captain Commander, please!" Li Duwei shouted.

This voice came too suddenly, and it seemed to frighten Captain Tang Du.

The little white-faced Lieutenant frowned slightly, glanced at Lieutenant Li like a dragonfly, withdrew his gaze, and looked at the eleven recruits in front of him.

Among the 1,000 recruits recruited from Dengzhou, 11 people were selected, and they really didn't look bad.

He nodded with satisfaction and said, "I am no longer the captain of the Shandong Recruit Training Camp. ”

Hearing this, Li Duwei was stunned for a moment, and the shoulders that had been tightening just now seemed to have become slightly taller.