In June of the seventh year of orthodoxy, Fish Mountain set.

After a month of physical training and queue training, one hundred and twenty-six young people can be said to have achieved remarkable results.

Not to mention anything else, just the physical strength, in the territory of Yanzhou Mansion, Liu Juntao dared to say that the Yushan Guards were second, and no one dared to say the first!

At the same time, Zhang Baigui and his four apprentices also created a batch of weapons, with 63 spears, waist knives, and rattan cards with iron heads.

When Liu Juntao heard the news, he hurriedly rushed to the blacksmith shop to check, only to see that although the weapons built by Zhang Baigui were not as sophisticated as the battalion soldiers' equipment, they were also sharp and practical, enough to meet the current needs of the escort team.

On the same day, Liu Juntao ordered all these weapons to be distributed, and among the two teams under the jurisdiction of each outpost, one team was equipped with spears, and the other team was equipped with waist knives and rattan cards.

After a month of hard training, the young men finally issued the weapon they dreamed of, and it was no longer the wooden spear before, but a real blade! Everyone was excited, and many people were holding the weapons that had been handed out to them and looked at them again and again, and couldn't put them down.

Liu Juntao also saw it in his eyes, and said secretly in his heart: "The current Ming Dynasty has not yet reached the point of being noble and martial in the late Ming Dynasty, and the folk martial arts are still there, although it is not as powerful as the Xionghan and Tang Dynasty, but it is far stronger than the late Ming Dynasty!" ”

Liu Juntao looked at Zhang Xiaojun and Yan Hu again, and saw that the two of them had been given waist knives and rattan cards, and they were constantly playing there.

"Zhang Xiaojun! Yan Hu! Assemble the team now! ”

"Order!"

The two will each form a team, and Liu Juntao has also rectified the young and strong posts under his direct jurisdiction. A moment later, one hundred and twenty-six young men were lined up, and the three sentinels were divided into three squares, standing still on the threshing floor, like an elite army.

Liu Juntao looked at the young and strong team in front of him, and was very satisfied, after all, this month's hard work was not in vain.

However, Liu Juntao also understands that the training of the escort team is far from enough, at least the escort team has not undergone systematic battle formation training, and the young and strong people are also lacking in blood and courage, so it is good to fight a good battle, once they encounter a real strong enemy, they will scatter in a hurry!

Liu Juntao said loudly: "From today onwards, the content of daily exercises will change!" In the morning, there will still be running, marching, queue and other drills, and in the afternoon there will be battle formation drills! ”

Hearing this, everyone looked eager to try.

"In addition, I have already discussed with Guo Yuanwai that in two days I will vacate a few courtyards to the west of the village and use them as camps for the escort team. After three days, all members of the convoy will be to eat and live together in the camp, and no one will be allowed to go home without the permission of me and the two sentry chiefs. During the camp station, everyone is not allowed to drink, gamble, or make trouble at will, and those who violate the order are immediately driven out of the convoy! ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, they never expected that Liu Juntao would actually make a camp and add so many new rules to everyone, and everyone immediately complained.

When Liu Juntao saw it, he immediately shouted loudly: "What is the chaos! Everyone, run five laps around the village! Let's go! ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, but even though everyone was full of reluctance, Liu Juntao's prestige could be said to have been established long ago during this period of time, and everyone did not dare to oppose Liu Juntao's order, so they could only run in line at this time.

Less than half an hour later, Zhang Xiaojun and Yan Hu ran back with everyone, and before everyone could take a breath, they heard Liu Juntao say: "Everyone is resting in place and preparing to eat." After an hour, the battle drill begins! ”

After speaking, Liu Juntao turned around and walked towards Guo's house.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.

At this time, Tang Yu brought more than a dozen aunts and aunts to bring food to everyone, Zhang Xiaojun took advantage of this gap to grab Tang Yu and asked, "Do you know what the eldest brother went to do with Guo Yuanwai?" ”

Tang Yu smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's definitely a good thing." ”

"A good thing?"

General Zhang Xiaojun said suspiciously: "There has been nothing good with the eldest brother in the past few days!" ”

In the afternoon, Liu Juntao returned to the threshing floor from Guo's house, and Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu and other young men had already eaten and drunk enough and rested enough.

As a result, Liu Juntao began to drill the escort team.

First of all, Liu Juntao first asked Zhang Xiaojun and Yan Hu to take the sentry under their respective command to retreat and watch, and he took the sentry directly under the jurisdiction to conduct drills and demonstrate for everyone.

I saw that under Liu Juntao's order, a team of 21 young men equipped with waist knives and rattan cards lined up in two rows of horizontal teams, with ten people in each horizontal team, and a captain stood on the far left side of the horizontal team to give orders.

After that, the second team of young men equipped with spears also lined up in two rows at the back of the horizontal line, still ten people per horizontal team, and one captain also stood on the far left side of the horizontal team to give orders.

Liu Juntao was also overjoyed when he saw that everyone was lined up quickly and without any confusion.

Then, Liu Juntao said loudly: "Listen to my orders, every time I give an order, the captains of each team must repeat it loudly, and after repeating, everyone must immediately act according to the order!" ”

"Order!"

Forty-two young men responded in unison.

"A team! Defend with a shield! ”

I only heard the captain of the team repeat it loudly, and then raised the rattan plaque in his hand with the twenty young men beside him.

Liu Juntao saw that the rattan cards raised by everyone were of different heights, some protected their heads, some protected their chests, and even some people just blocked their waists, and as for the waist knives in everyone's hands, they were placed anywhere.

So, Liu Juntao stepped forward to make corrections, uniformly stipulating that everyone's rattan cards should be protected at the position of the head and neck, and at the same time, the waist knife in the right hand should be against the side of the rattan card, so that they can counterattack at any time.

After that, Liu Juntao shouted loudly again: "Second team! Stand up for the gun! ”

The captain of the second team also repeated it loudly, and together with the twenty young men beside him, he raised the spear in his hand and took two steps forward.

Liu Juntao took a look and saw that in order not to hurt the companions in front of the second team, the team walked sparsely and still began to scatter.

So Liu Juntao stepped forward again to correct, so that the two rows of the second team were staggered left and right, and the spears were pushed out from the gap between the young and strong of the first team, which not only ensured that the team did not disperse, but also formed a relatively complete spear formation with the first team, the first team was protected, the second team was responsible for attacking, and the two teams of young and strong cooperated with each other to advance and retreat.

After finishing all this work, Liu Juntao said to Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu and others: "See? This is the basic formation of our escort team! From now on, everyone will have to practice according to this formation, and when the formation is proficient, they will start fighting training! ”

For a while, the sound of the order on the threshing floor shook the sky, and the three sentinels began to practice separately, and they were busy working under the scorching sun. While Liu Juntao was training his own sentry men, he also had to constantly guide the other two sentry men, and he was even more busy.

At this time, Guo Yongzhong and Zhang Baigui were also attracted by the movement on the threshing floor, and after watching it for a while, they were shocked.

Where is this the drill of ordinary village warriors and militia groups, even if it is an official army, it is nothing more than that! You must know that the garrisons of the guards everywhere are generally slack.

In this way, if the escort team is trained by Liu Juntao in the future, it is estimated that those military masters of the hundred households in Huakou Town will not be opponents!

"In this way, I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse!"

Zhang Baigui said worriedly.

Guo Yongzhong glanced at Zhang Baigui and said, "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided!" At least until now, Liu Juntao has been helping us Yushanji, and now the ground is not very peaceful, and some of our Yushanji's self-protection ability is not a bad thing, right? ”

"I hope so!"

After saying that, Zhang Baigui turned around and left.

Guo Yongzhong watched for a while, and was about to go home to rest, when he saw Tang Yu coming over and asked, "What's the matter?" Can I help you? ”

I saw Tang Yu frowning and said, "Master, the money and grain we seized from the Yushan bandit village have bottomed out, and it is estimated that it will be spent by the end of this month." This escort team is too expensive to spend money and food, just the iron materials to build those weapons cost hundreds of taels of silver, sir, we can't afford to spend it! ”

Guo Yongzhong also frowned when he heard this, pondered for a while, and said: "Don't make a noise about this matter first, wait for my news, and I'll talk to Juntao in the evening." ”

Late at night, Guo's house.

Liu Juntao and Guo Yongzhong drank each other in the house, and the two had already drunk three pots of wine, but there was still no sign of stopping.

From the evening to the present, Guo Yongzhong and Liu Juntao have chatted happily, as if they have returned to their youth. At the same time, Guo Yongzhong was also amazed at Liu Juntao's wide knowledge, as if he knew a thing or two about the strange things in the south and the north.

In fact, it is no wonder that Guo Yongzhong is strange, although Liu Juntao has not been to other places in the Ming Dynasty, but he has been to many places before crossing, and the information in later generations is developed, and the information that Liu Juntao can know is also extremely complex, and what he has seen and heard is enough for Guo Yongzhong to be surprised for a while.

Saying that, the two drank another pot of wine, Guo Yongzhong turned the conversation to business, and said, "Jun Tao, there is something I want to discuss with you. ”

"Guo Yuanwai, please speak."

"Today, Tang Yu found me and talked about money and food. Now we are not rich, although there are these seizures, but at the end of this month, it is estimated that the escort team will run out of food and salary, what should we do then? You can't let every family pay for food, right? ”

Liu Juntao nodded, looking unsurprised, as if he had already known, and said with a smile: "This Tang Yu is really a master of financial management, and the time for these money and food to support is longer than I expected!" ”

Guo Yongzhong was secretly surprised when he heard this, and could see that Liu Juntao had already planned something, so he hurriedly asked, "What?" Juntao already has a countermeasure? ”

"Of course!"

"What's the solution?"

But he didn't want Liu Juntao not to answer immediately, but looked at him left and right, and asked with a smile: "Guo Yuanwai, how do you see our escort team training?" But what's missing? ”

Guo Yongzhong was not in a hurry, he groaned for a while, and said: "These children of the escort team have made you practice very well, to be honest, even if you are more than the officers and soldiers. However, I don't think these children still lack the evil spirit that a soldier should have. ”

"Guo Yuanwai really has a unique vision!"

Liu Juntao picked up the wine glass and drank it all, got up and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Guo Yuan, I am going to do the matter of money and food together with the matter of tempering the evil spirit of the guards!" Okay, it's not early, Guo Yuanwai rested earlier, and Jun Tao went back first. ”

After speaking, Liu Juntao clenched his fists and wanted to leave.

Guo Yongzhong couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this, and hurriedly grabbed Liu Juntao and asked, "Juntao, how did these two things work together?" You'd better make it clear before you go! ”

"Dare to ask the staff, who has the most people within a hundred miles of my Yushan Collection?"

Guo Yongzhong said without thinking: "What person? Not to mention anything else, there are many thieves big and small. Otherwise, our Yushan set wouldn't be ......."

Before he finished speaking, Guo Yongzhong reacted suddenly, glared and shouted loudly: "Liu Juntao! This is a man who will die, and this must not be done! ”