Deng Zhongguo called Ding Xiaowu aside: "Ding Xiaowu, I will now convey to you the order of Chief Han. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info According to your performance in the past 2 years, Chief Han has decided to officially transfer you to the Yulin Bay People's League after the end of the expedition to Wanzhou, and your family Lord Zhou has agreed to this matter. ”

"Really?" Ding Xiaowu was stunned for a moment, "Chief Han really said that?" Can I go to Yulin Bay? ”

"That's right, that's what Chief Han said. However, Chief Han also asked me to tell you that you should know what you are going to do during the days when you go to Wanzhou. ”

"Yes, yes." Ding Xiaowu nodded vigorously, "Please tell Chief Han, I, Ding Xiaowu, will definitely live up to the high expectations of the chief." ”

Early the next morning, all the soldiers did not set off, but stood collectively in a clearing.

Last night, Han Wantao had a long talk with Zhou Chongde and several other hundred households. Han Wantao was not polite, and directly pointed out the many problems existing in the current Yazhou army. In the end, under the condition that Han Wantao guaranteed that all the military rations in this expedition to Wanzhou would be provided by Yulin Bay, Zhou Chongde readily agreed to hand over all the troops to Han Wantao for reorganization.

Xu Lang came up with a reorganization plan overnight. At present, all the Yazhou soldiers, including Zhou Chongde's more than 100 personal soldiers, have a total of more than 800 people. According to Xu Lang's plan, 500 people should be selected from these more than 800 people to form 500 households, 10 general flags, 50 small flags, and the rest will be assigned to the baggage team. And the officers of these small flags and general flags will be served by veterans of Yulin Bay and Zhou Chongde's personal soldiers. Xu Lang added another article to his letter to the Military Commission, asking the Military Commission to send another 1,000 sets of military uniforms, military shoes, spears, bows and crossbows and other weapons that had been eliminated from Yulin Bay.

Han Wantao stood in front of these soldiers and shouted at the top of his voice: "Soldiers, before I tell you about today's mission, I want to ask you a question, how was dinner yesterday?" ”

"Okay, great." These more than 800 soldiers actually answered neatly and loudly once.

"Very well, then." Han Wantao continued to shout, "Do you want to continue to eat such a good meal in the future?" ”

"Yes! It's good to eat it every day. Another neat and loud answer made Zhou Chongde on the side have a feeling of wanting to cry without tears, "You really joined the army just to eat." ”

"Very good, you will have this kind of food every day in the future." Han Wantao glanced approvingly at the soldiers in front of him, and then changed his words, "However, you must also understand that there is no free lunch in this world, and if you want to eat, you have to obey the military order, understand?" ”

"Understood."

Han Wantao no longer spoke, but made a gesture of invitation to Zhou Chongde: "Lord Zhou, you can say a few words." ”

"That." Zhou Chongde scratched his head, "I don't have anything to say." Although Brother Han is my subordinate, he is also my friend, and we are all soldiers from Yazhou. I'm not afraid of losing face in front of my own people, you look at yourself, compare with the Yulin Bay militia, that's simple, it's incomparable. ”

Hearing Zhou Chongde say this, many soldiers couldn't help but look at the Yulin Bay militia behind them, it was really incomparable, everyone had bright armor, and then looked at themselves, it was not much different from the person who asked for food called Huazi.

"Still." After saying that, Zhou Chongde's brain suddenly stuck, how did Xu Lang teach himself yesterday, "But, you don't have to be discouraged, we didn't train well before, as long as you are obedient and train well, not only will you have meat to eat every day, but you can also be as majestic as the soldiers behind you, do you want to do it." ”

"Yes, follow the arrangement of the adults." The soldiers shouted.

"Okay." Zhou Chongde waved his hand to stop the shouting soldiers, "I have already agreed with Brother Han, from today onwards, the people of Yulin Bay will rearrange and train you." You all have to give me a long face, if anyone is disobedient and disgraces Lao Tzu, don't blame me Zhou Chongde for not being merciful at that time. ”

After Zhou Chongde finished speaking, Han Wantao took another step forward: "Since Lord Zhou has made the meaning clear, then I will announce today's task." Today we have only one task, to suspend departure and reorganize the whole army. Everyone had breakfast first, and after eating, they began to reorganize. ”

A company of soldiers came carrying dozens of large wooden barrels, and breakfast consisted of thickened rice porridge, plus a spoonful of salted fish and pickles, and an egg per person.

After a short time, these Yazhou soldiers, who seemed to be the reincarnation of starving ghosts, swept away the rice porridge in dozens of wooden barrels. Deng Zhongguo led a few people to constantly shuttle among these soldiers: "Don't eat up, you will have to stand in line for training in a while." You, what about you, why do you eat so much, eat meat at noon with an empty stomach. ”

But no one seemed to be able to listen, and Deng Zhongguo had no choice but to wait for these soldiers to finish eating, and waved his hand to let the barrel be carried away.

Two rows of non-commissioned officers wearing neat Yulin Army uniforms and hanging different ranks came to these Yazhou soldiers in a neat line. These are the 60 general flags and small flags that were temporarily selected last night, and Han Wantao is now finding dozens of sets of military uniforms for Zhou Chongde's personal soldiers to put on, and their own military uniforms are really a bit unacceptable. All the small flags were hung with the ranks of sergeant and sergeant, and the 10 general flags were accompanied by the rank of sergeant major of the first class, and even a few hundred Han Wantao made them wear new military uniforms with the ranks of second lieutenant and lieutenant.

The Yazhou soldiers, who had eaten enough, were a little dumbfounded, and they all turned their heads and ears: "Look, look, isn't that our family?" ”

"Yes, that, that, isn't that Ding Xiaowu? This guy is dressed so energetically. ”

"Don't even speak, listen to me now." Deng Zhongguo raised the rattan in his hand, "You all stand in the previous queue, no one is allowed to speak, no one is allowed to ask questions, and now let your commander choose the soldiers." ”

After an hour, the selected 400 soldiers were taken aside to regroup, and only a few hundred of the old, weak, sick and disabled remained in the clearing. Someone finally couldn't help it: "My lord, what should we do?" Is it that we can't be soldiers anymore? ”

"Who told you to speak?" Deng Zhongguo reprimanded, but then explained, "You are still soldiers of Yazhou Qianhu, but your tasks are different from them, they are soldiers, and you are responsible for logistics." ”

"Do we still have meat to eat?" Someone else had the audacity to ask the question that everyone cared about.

"Everyone eats meat, and the food is the same." Deng Zhongguo's answer put everyone at ease, "As long as there is meat to eat, you can be any soldier." ”

According to Han Wantao's order, the selected more than 400 people, together with 60 small flags and general flags, were organized into 50 small flags. There was no time for individual training, so Han Wantao gave these non-commissioned officers a death order, and they must use most of the day today to teach them to march in the march, and practice while walking in the next few days, so as to cultivate the spirit of collective cooperation in this unit in the days before arriving in Wanzhou.

Ding Xiaowu stood in front of the nine soldiers and tugged at his clothes: "Remember, it is the right hand that ties the rope, and the left hand that does not tie the rope, and the left leg is the first to march first." ”

"You, out of the ranks." Ding Xiaowu pointed to a teenage soldier, "Raise your right hand." ”

The soldier hesitated and raised his untied hand.

"." Ding Xiaowu's rattan was pulled into the raised hand, and then, the original words that were reprimanded by Wang Qianxiang 2 years ago came out of Ding Xiaowu's mouth intact: "Pig's head, rope, rope, it is the right hand that binds the rope." ”

"Can you do half a day?" Xu Lang stood in the distance while watching these soldiers train, and asked Han Wantao on the other.

"If it's not enough, there's no way, we can't delay going to Wanzhou, our goal is Wanzhou." After Han Wantao answered, he asked, "What did you and your family say, when will the military rations and weapons be delivered?" ”

"I made an appointment with them and delivered it in three days, so we won't delay our trip to Wanzhou."

"I'm a little worried right now." Han Wantao suddenly had some doubts, "You said that we are going to spare no effort to help Zhou Chongde train the army, but we can't control this army." ”

"I have written this matter clearly in my letter to the Military Commission." Xu Lang replied, "There are some things that there is no way to do. There are so many of our own people, and it has been 2 and a half years, and you don't know what scale our Yulin Bay has developed. Since we have decided to go to Dengju and North Korea this year, I guess it will be difficult for us to rely on our own people. Besides, if we want to defeat the Manchu Dynasty, we have to rely on the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong is right, no matter how small the Manchu Qing is, it is also a country, and we are confronting a country. Therefore, if you can transform the Ming Dynasty and improve the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty army, why not? ”

"Wan Tao, maybe I'm different from you." Xu Lang continued, "Maybe you and Zeng Guangxian are thinking that in the future, they will be able to destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty, flaturize the Kou, and even colonize Nanyang, replace the Ming Dynasty government, and create the Chinese Empire. But all I think is that it would be nice for us people to live according to our own ideas. ”

"Xu Lang." Han Wantao didn't know how to answer Xu Lang's words for a while.

"I used to be a little too hasty." Xu Lang didn't care about Han Wantao's performance, "It has a very stiff relationship with your military." The road has to be taken step by step, and things have to be done one by one. If we can successfully transform the Yazhou army this time and control Wanzhou, then we will have achieved great success. As for Zhou Chongde, don't worry, he will never have any ideas. Wan Tao, whether we are or the people of the Ming Dynasty, they are all people. It doesn't matter what Zheng Zhilong, Wang Kezong or Zhou Chongde, as long as we can bring them benefits, I don't think anyone is willing to turn their faces with us, unless he really has his head in water. ”

"You, you." Xu Lang's last sentence made Han Wantao laugh, "I definitely don't understand these things as well as you think, you are all playing with your brains, I just do my own thing, and you will be responsible for the rest." ”

Early in the morning three days later, Zhang Hai led people to escort dozens of truckloads of military supplies to the agreed place.

"Give." Zhang Hai handed the list of materials to Han Wantao and Xu Lang, "The order of the two committees, the two of you sign at the same time, I will go back to report the account." ”

"Hehe, are you afraid that we will not be able to swallow it privately?" Han Wantao took the list and patted Zhang Hai again, "It's hard work." ”

"Zhang Hai." Xu Lang asked, "Have they read the letter I wrote to the Military Commission?" Didn't you say anything? ”

"Look, both committees have asked me to talk." Zhang Hai replied, "The two committees basically agree with your idea of training the Ming Dynasty army, but the committee means that it cannot be trained on a large scale and is controlled within a controllable range. First, I was worried that they would turn against the water, and second, the committee said that we don't have so much money to post it. This time, we paid Zhou Chongde's military rations, and we also had to give them clothes and weapons, but many people did not agree, and in the end, it was the work done by Lu Lao and Chairman Zhang that barely passed. Chairman Zhang asked me to give you two a message to save some use. ”

"Huh." Han Wantao said with a smile, "It's still the chairman's and chairman's face." ”

While the three people were talking, the sentry shouted outside the tent, "Report to the chief, Lord Zhou is visiting." ”

"Brother Han, thank you Brother Han." Zhou Chongde arrived before he arrived, "Brother Han sent us new clothes this time, my soldiers have changed their clothes and are more energetic, and my brother has thanked him first." ”

As soon as the tent curtain was lifted, Zhou Chongde led several hundred households to walk in from the outside. Zhang Hai looked up, and he couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud. Zhou Chongde was wearing a Yulinwan military uniform that was one size larger, the armed belt around his waist was tightly strangled on his stomach, and he was wearing a small No. 1 military hat on his head.