Xuanwei Army 4 commanded 2,000 people to march north from outside the city, break through the fields, pass through the villages, and under the gaze of the passing people, all the way to Jiangkou Village, Suxi Town.

The village is deserted, some of the houses have been demolished, and some have remained as they were, with only the contents of the family removed.

Yang Congyi's order was not to occupy the houses, after Shen Jin's order, the whole army of the Xuanwei army set up a temporary camp behind the village by the mountain and the river, and at the same time ordered the whole army to rest in place before getting the new order of the general camp, not to leave the village, not to enter the city.

A day later, Yang Congyi and Lu You returned to Yiwu almost at the same time, one with cash and craftsmen, and the other with news of grain, grass and materials.

When Yang Congyi learned that the Xuanwei army had arrived at the Suxi camp, he immediately notified Yu County to order to solve the problems left by the villagers in Jiangkou Village, including the large number of houses they left behind, whether they were directly bought out by the government, or whether they themselves demolished it within three days, in addition to Jiangkou Village, as well as the large land expropriation that was later demarcated, they had to be put on the agenda as soon as possible and cleaned up within half a month.

At the same time, he informed Lu You to transport the purchased materials and coordinated grain and grass to Suxi Jiangkou Village as soon as possible, and after arranging these, he immediately left the inn and rushed to Suxi.

In the improvised barracks, six or seven generals sat opposite each other on the left and right, and Yang Congyi was on the side of the top, leaving the right position.

Yang Congyi was full of smiles, looking left and right at the people who used to get along day and night, they hadn't seen each other for a few months, their momentum was already very different, and their eyes were resolute and full of confidence.

"Let's not talk about the old here, let's get down to business. I want to ask you a question, you are all veterans who have been in the army for many years, why did you join the Xuanwei Army, which was nothing at the beginning? After some greetings and reminiscences, Yang Congyi got to the point.

The atmosphere of the gathering in the house suddenly stagnated, this is indeed a question, why did you join the Xuanwei Army in the first place?

Everyone was lost in thought for a moment, and the room was speechless.

Yang Congyi glanced around, and suddenly said, "Su Zhong, tell me, why did you join the Xuanwei Army three years ago?" ”

Being named, Su Zhong was stunned, maybe he didn't think clearly, or maybe he didn't organize the language, coughed, and said after a little preparation: "I don't remember very well, I should have heard that there was a battle when I joined the Xuanwei Army, so I came over." ”

"Why did you join the Xuanwei Army when you heard that there was a war? Do you like to bleed desperately? The other party did not grasp the essence of the problem, Yang Congyi asked.

Su Zhong replied: "It's not, who thinks that the longevity will like to bleed, and if there is too much blood, he will die." At that time, I should have felt that I had something to do to join the Xuanwei Army, but in the previous army, I was eating and waiting for death all day long, one did not fight, the other was not trained, I was too idle, and I had no money. ”

Yang Congyi was not satisfied with this answer, but he did not continue to ask, and asked the others instead: "Pan Cheng, tell me, what are you for?" ”

Pan Cheng thought for a while and replied solemnly: "I used to be a detainer in the garrison near Zhenjiang, they always withheld money, and the food in the camp was poor. To tell the truth, I came to Xuanwei Army for money, and as for being able to become an official and get ahead now, it was completely unexpected to me, and I was just dreaming about it before. ”

Yang Congyi looked at everyone and said loudly: "They joined the Xuanwei Army, one is to find something to do, and the other is because of money, is the rest of you like this?" No other reason, no other thoughts? ”

As soon as the words fell, after a moment of silence, Yao Chang suddenly said: "I am different from them, I was a forbidden army before I joined the Xuanwei Army, I was not idle every day, and I had a lot of money, but the whole army has no vitality, let alone morale, if you want to rise, you have to give money to boil qualifications, my family background is ordinary, and I have little study, and it is almost impossible to get ahead in that army." Three years ago, I suddenly heard that the imperial court formed the Xuanwei Army and was recruiting generals and soldiers, I did not hesitate, I directly gave up the original position of the official and signed up to join the Xuanwei Army. I'm here to fight, and joining the Xuanwei Army is to fight! ”

Yang Congyi's heart moved, although Yao Chang didn't talk much on weekdays, he thought the most in his heart, and his ambitions were more ambitious than others, maybe he could give him some heavy responsibilities and cultivate him well, maybe when the Jin people went south in the future, he would become his companion.

"Are there different reasons, different ideas?" Yang Congyi asked for the fourth time.

As soon as the words fell, a general immediately replied: "I am a native of Xinyang, Mizhou, I only fled from my hometown fifteen years ago, all the way south, when I left home, there were thirteen people, and only my brother and I were left in the Great Song Dynasty, as well as my mother, and everyone else died." As soon as I arrived in the Great Song Dynasty, I joined the army with my younger brother, and after the battle, he was never heard from, and now only me and my mother are left. I joined the army with one idea, I wanted to take the army back, back to Suzhou, Huaiyang, Xuzhou, Haizhou, Yizhou, Mizhou, back to the place where I was a child. I didn't think about it in the garrison, let alone fighting, most people couldn't even hold guns, and the imperial court formed the Xuanwei Army, and the name was so loud, it must be a war, so I came. It's just that I didn't expect the Xuanwei army to go south, not back to the north. ”

After saying this, there was a little loss.

Yang Congyi didn't know him, he wasn't a battalion commander before, so he shouldn't have shown his face in front of Yang Congyi, but these words made Yang Congyi pay more attention to him, as long as he wants to fight and want to fight, this alone is worth cultivating.

Seeing that no one spoke anymore, Yang Congyi said: "The Xuanwei Army has been to escort the Hui Yi fleet since its formation, and it is natural to fight as an escort, and it has fought several times in the past three years, through battle after battle, we shed blood and sweat, and the Xuanwei Army has finally changed from the escort team raised by the Hui Yi fleet to the forbidden army that eats the imperial court, and you have also been awarded the title of official through the merits of the war, but you must know that this is not the end, you can go higher and farther, as long as you want to fight, can fight, and become the commander, the commander, the commander, the commander, Commanding 100,000 troops, sealing the marquis and worshipping the prime minister, it is not a dream! ”

Attracted everyone's attention, paused for a moment, and then said: "Now it seems that the world is peaceful, and the Great Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom have coexisted peacefully for ten years, but the world knows that there is no permanent peace in the world, and one rule and one chaos are the laws that have not been broken in all dynasties for thousands of years. Far from it, the Great Song Dynasty since the Jingkang Rebellion, until the Song and Jin signed a peace agreement, the war for 14 or 5 years, and then the Song and Jin peace, now it has been ten years, and it will soon be when the war will start, two years ago the Jin State changed the emperor, in my estimation, within five years the Jin people will begin to prepare to go south, and then there will be a big war. Not long ago, I went to several forbidden armies to run errands, and I saw with my own eyes that the strength of the local forbidden army was empty, and the strength of the battalion was less than four or five out of ten, and most of them were indiscriminate and full of displaced people. If we want to fight and fight, we have to prepare in advance, and we must start preparing today! When the Jin people go south, whoever can fight in the Great Song Army will be the main force, as long as the Jin people are defeated, the marquis will be sealed in a war, and it will be common! ”

"Therefore, for the army, it doesn't matter at all that the official title is awarded, even if it is now the commander, the commander, and the commander of thousands of soldiers, if he goes to the battlefield after five years and is not killed by the golden soldiers, the best result is to cut his post for the people. It's not important to be conferred an official position, so what's important? Combat power! Being able to fight, being able to fight, and daring to fight is the most important thing for the army. ”

"Let's take a look, in addition to you, how many other armies have fought and won battles in recent years? You already had some advantages over the other armies in the Battle of Song-Jin five years later, but these advantages were small enough for you to stand out in the Song-Jin War. If you want to shine brightly in five years, from today onwards you must start to prepare, prepare for war, prepare to win, only if you walk in front of all the Great Song Dynasty armies, walk in front of the Jin people, five years later you can lead the army to cross the Yangtze River, cross the Yellow River, worship the generals, get ahead, and return home! ”

After saying this, the generals had bright eyes and high morale, and they were all full of imagination about the bright future.

Glancing at everyone, Yang Congyi said again: "The Xuanwei Army has become a thing of the past, and now that you have come to the selection camp, you should be able to understand the meaning of the selection camp with just the three words of the election camp." Su Zhong, what do you mean? ”

Su Zhong immediately replied: "Choose a general!" ”

"Not exactly. Who's going to talk about it again. Yang Congyi asked again.

Yao Chang said: "In my opinion, the selection of generals should be the imperial court's selection of generals in advance for the Song and Jin battles five years later, so that they can resist the southern invasion of the Jin people after five years, and even take advantage of the northern expedition to recover their homeland." ”

Yang Congyi nodded and said, "Yes, what Yao Chang said is more accurate." The imperial court set up the general selection camp to select outstanding generals and colonies, and after they were selected, they would be trained, gradually replacing the old commanders and commanders in the various armies, and preparing in advance for the inevitable Song and Jin wars. Now that you know why the imperial court wants to set up a camp for selecting generals, what are you here for? ”

The crowd was silent and did not dare to speak.

Yang Congyi said loudly: "Transferring you here is to carry out the selection of generals, and only after your selection can they be regarded as excellent generals." But you have to understand that you choose them only if you are better than them, otherwise how can you convince the people? I trust you, so I transferred you here to work with me to select generals and colonels for the Song-Jin War five years later, and the people you selected in a few months are the ones who will fight with you in the Song-Jin War, or even fight side by side, if you pick out all the people who are unworthy of cultivation, and go to the battlefield after five years, it will be a burden to drag you back, not only will it not help, but it will even kill you. Do you now understand the importance of the task of coming to the Election Camp? ”

The crowd was silent, and their expressions were solemn.