Soon to the place.

There was really no one on the training ground, and the soldiers all went back to their respective camps to eat. Yuan Xi paid close attention to those soldiers and found that the morale was very good, they talked and laughed with each other, and they got along very harmoniously.

"I haven't eaten yet, so I'm eating here, and so are you. Send someone to get a few copies and send them to the Chinese army's tent. Let's go to the Chinese military tent and wait. Yuan Xi said to Gao Ran, Wen Chou and others.

"No..."

The camp tent of the Chinese army is not far from the training ground.

Yuan Xi and his entourage went to rest first.

Wen Chou sat down in the tent and said with a smile: "General Gao, you have done a good job in this camp." ”

"General Wen has won the award."

Gao Ran and others were also seated.

Yuan Xi also carefully looked at the military tent, it was indeed very majestic.

"My lord, the 200,000 troops in the battalion do not have enough armor, and many soldiers are still wearing leather armor and even cloth clothes, which is really unseemly. I don't know when Yecheng will be able to ship it? Gao Ran asked.

"I don't know this matter very well, when I return to Yecheng, I will ask the armory workshop for you." Yuan Xidao.

"Thank you, Lord."

"Since we eliminated Zhang Yan and occupied Hedong County, Yuan Shang in the northwest and Cao Cao in the Central Plains have become extremely cautious. According to the detailed report, they are all stepping up to build equipment, and even... Even oil fields have been discovered. This will bring us countless troubles for future expansion. Therefore, I hope that within a year, we will see our army form combat effectiveness, and then destroy Yuan Shang first, and then try to conquer the Central Plains. Yuan Xi smiled slightly: "Your 200,000 army, but the main force of the Jizhou army, don't disappoint me." ”

"Please rest assured, my lord, the last general will not disappoint you!" Gao read the solemn way.

Wang Dang and Zuo Zhangba, etc., also arched their hands together. Since they defected to Yuan Xi, they have been treated very well, and their status in the army is second only to Gao Lan.

This is not much different from their previous position in the Montenegrin army.

The soldiers brought food.

Yuan Xi put a bowl of white rice, a bowl of raw vegetables, half a bowl of dipping sauce, and four boiled eggs in front of him. The boiled eggs were piping hot, indicating that they had just been fished out of the pot.

"Life in the barracks is not as good as Yecheng, don't dislike it, lord." Gao Ran said jokingly.

"Where, where..."

Yuan Xi propped himself up and looked at Gao Lan, Wen Chou, Wang Dang and the others in front of them, there was only a bowl of rice and dipping sauce.

That's too bitter, isn't it?

"Do you usually eat like this?" Yuan Xi asked.

Gao Ran replied, "Not really. Every three days, you can eat a meal of meat, a meal at noon, and a porridge at night. The time when the lord came today, he just missed the time to eat meat, so... ”

Yuan Xi said: "Can you eat enough of such a meal?" ”

Wen Chou smiled and said, "Lord, you can't measure the food in the barracks by the food in the first restaurant." If the food is too good, how much food will this 200,000 army consume in a day? How much meat and alcohol is consumed? ”

"That's too bad.... Yuan Xi thought about it for a while and said, "If the army wants to be combative, it must ensure food and drink. Especially cooked meat! Eat at least once a day. Also, the rules of eating should be changed, and you can drink porridge and eat some fritters in the morning. Eat meat at noon. Eat vegetarian at night. ”

Listening to Yuan Xi's eloquent words, Gao Ran couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

Who doesn't want to eat well?

Who doesn't want to eat meat?

The key is an army of 200,000, can you afford to eat?

According to Yuan Xi's description just now, it is equivalent to raising an army of three or four hundred thousand. How much does it cost?

Gao Ran smiled slightly: "The lord is joking, right?" ”

"Who is kidding you, I'm serious!" Yuan Xi threw him a boiled egg: "If the army wants to be combative, it must ensure that it eats one meal of meat every day." Otherwise, what kind of battle are you fighting? There is also table salt, which should be used with good fine salt, which is good for the body. ”

Gao Ran swallowed another mouthful of saliva: "Lord, what you said... Can it be implemented? ”

"Why can't it be implemented? It will be done after returning to Yecheng. ”

Gao Ran still didn't believe it: "But this requires a lot of money and food, and it costs a lot." As far as the last general knows, the army of Cao Cao and Yuan Shang is just like us, and they don't have dry rice, they all drink porridge and add a little dipping sauce. ”

"Can you eat enough?"

Yuan Xi rarely ate meals in the barracks. In the past, when he went out to fight, all he was sent to him was wine, meat, and fine ingredients. I have never seen the lowest soldiers, what they eat. If it weren't for today's surprise attack, it would be really hard to see.

Now that you have seen it, you can't sit idly by.

"General Gao."

"Yes."

Yuan Xi was on a whim and said, "I want to hold a large-scale exercise here with you, you can prepare." I will give five million dollars and a thousand pounds of wine and meat as a reward. ”

"So much.... All the people in the tent froze.

Five million dollars? How much is that? You can buy several luxurious houses! and the 1,000 catties of wine and meat, which is enough to reward the three armies. If it is taken out as a reward, it is a great asset.

"Of course, there's more to it than that." Yuan Xi said slowly: "You can also select twenty generals with the strongest martial arts and award them with the rank of general." Pick one of the strongest and command the entire army. General Gao Ran, this strongest person should be you, right? As long as you can defeat all your opponents and show your martial arts, you can also increase your prestige in the army. Of course, these twenty-one people will also be rewarded with money, and even the mansion in Yecheng can be rewarded to him. ”

Hearing this, Gao Ran, Wang Dang and others were very excited.

Wang Dang said: "Lord, when will this martial arts competition start?" ”

"Anxious?" Yuan Xi smiled: "I can say ugly things in front." If you are not selected in the top 20 in the course of the competition, you will not only not be rewarded, but you will also be removed from your current position. After all, in the barracks, strength is respected. The soldiers did not want to see a weak man become their general. ”

"Hey, hey... That's not a worry. Wang Dang didn't care.

Among the 200,000 troops, he knows very well the martial arts of generals at all levels, and there are only a few who can beat him. As for the soldiers below the general, centurions, etc., not to mention. Once he competes, he is confident that he will be in the top 20.

For the generals here, this is pie in the sky.

If you can get a mansion in Yecheng, you will have a place to live in your life.

"It's good to have faith. This matter was decided. I'll reconsider the specific rewards. Half a month later, the contest begins, and the soldiers are all ready. Yuan Xi said.

"Obey..."

Except for Wen Chou, the generals present all exchanged heads and ears, and they couldn't keep their mouths together.

After the meal.

In the afternoon, the training consisted of standing in line, archery and practicing knife skills.

Yuan Xi watched it for a while, and his interest was lacking, so he returned to Yecheng with Wen Chou.