Then the man smiled and said: "My surname is Zhang, I was originally idle at home, and it is my honor to come to Wuzhou to assist in the selection of generals by Yang Guogong, the former secretary of the palace." After speaking, he raised his hand and pointed at the other two, and continued: "This is General Li, this is General Shao, both are famous generals who have experienced a hundred battles." ”

Yang Congyi got up and clenched his fists and said respectfully: "Xiaguan has seen Lord Zhang, General Li, and General Shao!" ”

"Sit, you're not a sour literati, so don't say polite words, let's talk about where you're going to go?" Master Zhang said with a smile.

Yang Congyi nodded and sat down, and replied: "The general camp was officially established in mid-July, and now the camp has been built, with a total of more than 1,000 barracks, two granaries, a handsome camp, and more than 200 acres of training grounds. At the beginning of the formation of the general selection battalion, four commanding forces were transferred from the Xuanwei Army's overall structure, two commanding troops supervised and defended the selected general battalion, and the other two commanding troops have been training. A total of 41 troops have come to participate in the selection of generals, three of whom have not arrived within the time limit, and 38 units that are qualified to participate in the selection of generals have completed their intensive training. ”

"Not bad. When will the selection of generals begin, and can Deputy Envoy Yang make arrangements? Master Zhang nodded and asked with a smile.

"Xia Guan is the head of the general camp, responsible for the preliminary supervision and preparation, when the official election will start, I am afraid that it will not be determined until the arrival of the commander of the general battalion, the king of Pu'an County, Xia Guan does not dare to make his own opinion." Yang Congyi thought about it for a moment and immediately replied.

Who knew that Lord Zhang smiled and said: "Deputy Envoy Yang wants to wait for the county king to come, do you know when the county king will come to Wuzhou?" ”

Yang Congyi replied: "I don't know, a few days ago, the former division of the Tiandian Palace came to the news, saying that the county king would come to Wuzhou in advance, and the specific itinerary is unknown. ”

Hearing this answer, Master Zhang looked at General Li and General Shao, and then said: "In my opinion, Deputy Envoy Yang should not wait, the king of the county will not come before the lunar month, let's come as planned." ”

After speaking, those cloudy eyes stared at Yang Congyi's eyes, as if they wanted to see his heart and dig out the secrets in his heart.

Without waiting for Yang Congyi to respond, General Li on the side said solemnly: "We are all very busy, we have delayed a lot of time and missed a lot of things here, start earlier and finish early." ”

General Shao responded and said: "Time is running out in the year, don't hide it if you have a plan, let's say it clearly." ”

As soon as the three of them said this, Yang Congyi knew that the commander of the capital should have told them about the selection of generals, so he replied: "Don't hide it from Lord Zhang and the two generals, the lower officials did discuss with the commander of the capital before coming to Wuzhou, because there are many troops involved in the selection of generals, and it must be completed before the year, so it is best for us to start in early November." At present, the selection camp is ready and ready to start selecting generals. ”

"Then start right away and finish early." General Shao immediately interfaced.

Master Zhang said with a smile: "I heard Yang Guogong say that this selection will be different from the past, and it will be selected through actual combat, how to actually fight, how to select, but Yang Guogong didn't tell me in detail, how Deputy Envoy Yang calculated, tell us first." ”

Everyone is a member of the army, and Yang Congyi no longer carefully detours, and immediately said: "We have carved out a mountain forest with a radius of dozens of miles in the east of the camp as the actual combat site, and the two commanding forces of the general battalion are stationed in the mountains and take turns to accept the challenges of each unit, and the troops participating in the selection and challenge are also one commanding force, participating in the whole system, and determining the strength of the participating troops through actual combat. Before the official challenge, Xia Guan had arranged for them to enter the mountain in advance to familiarize themselves with the terrain, and the order before and after the challenge was determined by drawing lots......."

"Directly say how to fight, how to choose? What did Yang Guogong tell you? General Li was a little impatient and interrupted Yang Congyi's narration.

General Shao glanced at the other party, didn't say much, turned his eyes to look at Yang Congyi, and saw that his face was stiff, but it was fleeting, his face quickly returned to normal, and his heart couldn't help jumping, thinking that he came to preside over such a major event at a young age, and sure enough, he still has some ability, not just a backer.

Master Zhang snorted and said with a smile: "Deputy Envoy Yang, we are here to judge the selection of generals, and there is no need to explain to us in detail if it has nothing to do with our duties, if you need to report directly to Yang Guogong." As for how to choose generals and how to judge, you pick up the key points and tell us about them. ”

Yang Congyi smiled, nodded and said, "Okay, then the official will say it directly." There are three contents of the selection of generals, one is the training management of the troops, which mainly examines the performance of each unit during the stay of the selected general battalion, the second is the field march, which examines the marching performance of each unit during the challenge of entering the mountains to participate in the challenge, the third is the will to fight, and the performance of each unit in the face of difficulties and difficulties, the fourth is victory or defeat, the actual combat challenge is not a hostile fight with real swords and real guns, bloodshed and death, and it requires Master Zhang, General Li, and General Shao to judge the victory or defeat of each unit through the actual combat challenge process with rich battlefield experience, and finally we pass these four contents. The 38 units will be comprehensively judged on their merits and merits, and the top 10 troops will be selected, and the leading generals will be the outstanding generals to be selected this time. ”

After hearing this, Master Zhang nodded his head and said: "Yes, when there is no battle to fight, although it is troublesome to choose a general, it is not a bad way, if we can really select some potential descendants, it is worth it for us to go to the mountain for a hard time." ”

General Li and General Shao were silent, as if they were thinking about something.

Yang Congyi said: "What Lord Zhang said is that the commander has been preparing for the election of generals for more than a month, and for this reason, he also asked the imperial court to temporarily set up a general selection department, which is specifically responsible for the selection of generals, which shows that the imperial court attaches great importance to this matter. Selecting a group of outstanding generals and colonels is an errand for selecting the general camp, the responsibility of the front division of the palace, the requirements of the imperial court, and the needs of the security of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Before the words fell, I only heard General Li say: "General Shao and I are in the prime of life, it doesn't matter how many trips we go to the mountains, but Master Zhang is already in the year of the sixtieth year, crossing the mountains and mountains, sleeping in the open, is it appropriate?" ”

Master Zhang was silent.

Yang Congyi had to say: "The lower officials are not thoughtful, what does General Li think should do?" ”

General Li glanced at Master Zhang, and then said: "It's just to pick some generals, don't be so troublesome, find an open space, the two sides will fight directly, within half an hour, you can see clearly and understand the strength of the mountain, I don't know how much time to delay in entering the mountain." Master Zhang, General Shao, what do you think? ”

Smiling slightly, Master Zhang did not nod or shake his head.

And General Shao coughed, but said: "General Li, I'm afraid that the content of the selection of generals and judges of the general selection camp will be settled in Lin'an, and the temporary change is not easy to explain to Yang Guogong, Guogong let us judge the selection of generals, but he didn't let us interfere in the affairs of the selection of generals." ”

"How can this meddle in the affairs of the general selection department, and the content of the judgment has not changed, but the actual combat location has been changed from the mountains to the outside of the mountains, which has little impact on the actual combat challenges." General Lee replied disapprerovingly.

"The selection of generals is in charge of the selection of generals in front of the palace, and all decisions made by the selection of generals must be approved by the selection of generals. It is not allowed to report to Lin'an, and it takes the consent of the national government to come and go. Besides, the temporary adjustment, the disrupted plan, the preliminary preparations for the selection of the battalion were in vain, and how much time it took to prepare later, if it really had to be adjusted, I saw that Layue may not be able to start selecting generals, and it is better to follow the established plan. General Shao said bluntly.

Seeing that the two generals were arguing, Master Zhang couldn't say anything more, so he said: "The two generals don't have to fight anymore, although the old man is already in the age of the sixtieth year, he is also from the army, and his body is not much worse than that of ordinary boys, so it is really not a problem to go into the mountains a few times." Our trip to live up to the mandate of the national government, for the Song Dynasty army to select some talents that can be created, is the right thing, you and I have been fortunate for a few days, what is it. What do the two generals think? ”

General Shao hurriedly said: "What Master Zhang said is true. ”

Since Master Zhang said so, General Li no longer insisted, but it was really not a good errand to fight in the mountains.

"Master Zhang, General Li, General Shao, about the matter of judging, the lower official has a proposal, I don't know if I should say it or not?" In silence, Yang Congyi suddenly said.

"Deputy Envoy Yang is the head of the general selection camp, and he has an overall plan for the selection of generals, and he has ideas but it doesn't hurt to say it." Master Zhang chuckled.

Yang Congyi then said: "Xia Guan thought that Lord Zhang and the two generals could be divided into two roads, all the way to follow the team participating in the challenge of the selected generals, all the way to follow the Touchstone troops of the Election Camp Touchstone Troops, the touchstone troops have temporary camps in the mountains, although the camping conditions are not as good as the camps outside the mountains, fortunately the mountains are quiet, and the touchstone troops take a lot less roads than other teams during the actual combat challenge, and the lower officials think that Lord Zhang can go to the camp in the mountains, and when the two armies fight, both sides have judgments, and the winners and losers will be seen more clearly. ”

"Yes, the two generals think that the two of you are okay all the way, right?" Master Zhang asked.

General Lee was silent.

General Shao said: "I can go all the way with anyone, Master Zhang is a senior, since it has been arranged, I will obey." ”

"Okay, that's it. When does the selection start? Master Zhang asked again.

Yang Congyi said: "If you don't wait for the king of the county, you can start on the first day of the first month of next month." ”

"Sooner rather than later, on the first day of the next month."

Among the three, Lord Zhang is old and has deep seniority in the army, and as soon as he spoke, the two generals Li and Shao naturally had no objections.

The date of the start of the election was finally determined, and there was almost no deviation from Yang Congyi's previous plan, and all the arrangements of the selection camp were not broken, which made him very pleased. Because the selection of generals is all but there is a move, there are too many involved, and when the time comes, the selection of generals cannot be completed on time, and no one will take this responsibility for him except himself.

In the hotel, after giving a brief introduction to the specific situation of the selection camp, Yang Congyi and the three of them discussed the details of the selection of generals, and put forward some ideas for the selection of generals that had been in their minds for a long time, which attracted everyone to nod their heads and think.

In the end, Master Zhang told Yang Congyi that they would go to the general camp before the first day of the next lunar month, so that they could prepare for the actual combat challenge as soon as possible.

After saying that, Yang Congyi immediately left the hotel and returned directly to Suxi, time was running out, and there were still many preparation details waiting to be implemented.