In this physical fitness assessment, the recruits had to run a total of 12 laps, and most of the soldiers completed the whole process.

Even for recruits in other parts of the Ming Dynasty, this standard is too low, not to mention that this is Ganzhou, which is at the forefront of the confrontation with the Mongol cavalry.

Among the soldiers who completed the course, some of them walked through the finish line, that is, as long as the soldiers completed twelve laps, there was no time limit, and that's it, some soldiers did not complete the goal.

The soldiers' physical training needs to be strengthened, or some soldiers will be eliminated, but Wang Quan can't wait, he was only given two months, and there is basically no personnel to replenish.

Wang Quan simply lectured the soldiers, and then announced that the assessment was over and the training had entered the next stage.

Li Zicheng was dumbfounded, in this assessment, there are no unqualified soldiers, even if they don't pass the finish line, such soldiers can fight?

But the two chief flag officers did not speak, and he, a small flag officer, naturally did not have the right to speak, and he did not even go through the motions of soliciting opinions.

The instructors were temporarily recruited from other military camps, and they were supposed to be trained in short knives first, but the instructors couldn't leave temporarily, so they had to train long guns first.

Li Zicheng and Li Guo had both learned the gun stick from their teacher, which came in handy at this time, but after a long time, they found that the instructor's marksmanship was really ordinary, and it was a few simple assassination actions over and over again.

But it doesn't matter, if you really want to go to the battlefield, what you will test before the battle is not the martial arts of the soldiers on both sides, but courage and determination, and the moves are secondary, as long as you dare to pick up a knife and gun to kill.

Li Zicheng did not teach his gun skills to the soldiers, but only let the soldiers practice one more thing: cooperative combat.

Li Zicheng believed that after a period of training, they were really going to the battlefield, and as long as the recruits exerted their collective strength, they could make up for the lack of individual combat ability.

After another twenty days, even if the equipment training was over, and it was time to conduct formation and enemy simulation training, Wang Quan suddenly came to the training ground and announced a message that everyone did not expect—because to fight against the Mongol soldiers along the Qiulai River, the two chief flag officers Chen Chuan and Ma Ke needed to return to their original barracks.

In this way, the recruit battalion will lack two chief flag officers, although the chief flag officer is not an officer, but they are the link between the officer and the soldier, especially for the officer to control the soldiers, play a vital role, the training of the recruit camp during this time, the hundred households Wang Quan, Cong Bai Li Jun basically did not show up, all under the guidance of the two chief flag officers, Chen Chuan, Ma Ke left, the training of the new battalion may be paralyzed.

Without waiting for the soldiers to discuss, Wang Quan had already prepared, and he also conveyed another appointment of the generals of the kingdom: Li Zicheng and Liu Yunshui were promoted to chief flag officers.

Li Zicheng was deeply surprised by the new appointment, his own little flag officer has not made an inch, only 40 days in the army and was promoted, although he is a little uneasy, but he has already been appointed, he can only accept, maybe Wang Quan's "uncle" is secretly helping or maybe, no matter what, promotion is always a good thing.

However, people take care of themselves, they have to go to the dock to show their hearts, and now it's not good to even see him, he wants to ask Wang Quan, but Wang Quan always talks about him left and right, Li Zicheng can't help it, forget it, maybe people don't want to see him now.

Li Zicheng was promoted to the general flag, according to the rules, he could take a soldier as a personal soldier, so that there were two vacancies in the small flag, and in less than half a day, the kingdom recruited two soldiers from the military household to make up for the lack of this small flag.

The question of choosing a pro-soldier, Li Zicheng thought about it carefully, originally he was going to take Li over, Li Guo is not only good at martial arts, but also his own blood relative, the two have also killed people together, as a pro-soldier is very suitable, but in this way, the future of Li Guo is not good, and the small flag that he has worked hard to train is not easy to control directly in the future, so after thinking about it, he still left Li Guo to take over as the small flag officer.

In addition to Li Guo, the candidates for the pro-soldiers are mainly concentrated in He Mi and Ma Youshui, although He Mi is young, but he has a good mind, quite clever, he knows his own ideas thoroughly, and he trusts himself very much, Ma Youshui's advantage is that he is steady, belongs to the kind of young and old, if he can take away two pro-soldiers, these two people are the most suitable, and their personalities can complement each other.

After weighing it again and again, Li Zicheng finally took Ma Youshui away, and now there is only one personal soldier, and he needs to share many things, He Xiaomi is still too tender and lacks social experience.

On the day when Wang Quan announced Li Zicheng's appointment as the chief flag officer, Li Jun did not show up, but two days later, he came to the training ground alone with his own soldiers, Li Zicheng wanted to know who the "uncle" was, since Wang Quan refused to say, he decided to ask Li Jun, for the sake of the family five hundred years ago, maybe he was willing to reveal some clues.

"My subordinates knock to see your lord!" Li Zicheng kowtowed respectfully.

"Zicheng doesn't have to be polite, I'm just stopping by to take a look," Li Jun stretched out his hand to help Li Zicheng, "Let's go for a walk!" ”

"Your Excellency must be busy dealing with the Mongols who are begging for the river, right? I heard that they have made a lot of trouble during this time, and the adults have worked hard! Li Zicheng walked behind Li Jun and gave up half of his position.

Li Jun was light-hearted, "The Mongols are not particularly arrogant, they are begging for the riverside all year round, as long as we are careful, it will not be a problem!" ”

"Huh?"

"Ao," Li Jun put his hand on his mouth and cleared his throat, "I went to Suzhou during this time, and the situation here is not very clear," after a pause, he said, "Zicheng has been promoted to the general flag, right?" ”

"Thank you, your subordinates, for cultivating!" Li Zicheng clenched his hands into fists and bowed.

"It's not me who cultivated you," Li Jun waved his hand, with a wry smile on his face, "It's good that I can take care of myself." ”

Li Zicheng said in his heart, is it possible that the two hundred households are not in harmony? According to the experience of later generations, the first and second leaders of the unit want to seize power, naturally under the appearance of a group of harmony, secretly fight to the death, kill people without a knife, hands are full of blood, the boss is also happy to see this effect, by supporting one side to control the subordinates, they really want to be ironclad, the boss is not good to put his hand in, but he Li Zicheng can't control these things, now he is promoted by Wang Quan, Wang Quan's person, Li Jun should not come to win him over.

"My lord, after the recruit training is over, are you going to deal with the Mongols who are going to come to the river?"

"Begging for the river?" Li Jun paused for a moment, and a hint of gloom appeared on his face, "The Mongols have not assembled on a large scale, and there are five guards in Ganzhou, so there is no need to recruit new soldiers for the time being." ”

"Then ......" Li Zicheng felt that he had something to say, how could it be different from what Wang Quan said? Coupled with the change in his face just now, there must be a ghost in the middle, "Then why did Lord Wang say that the matter was urgent, and only gave the recruits two months of training time?" Wasn't it because the water and grass on the riverside were about to be abundant, and the Mongols marched south? ”

Li Jun's face was gloomy, and he wanted to speak several times, but finally asked: "Zicheng, how are the brothers training?" ”

"My lord, the brothers train hard, but after all, it is a new army, and there is no foundation, if you want to deal with the Mongolian cavalry on the bank of the river in two months, I'm afraid it will be ......" Li Zicheng suddenly "banged" and knelt on the ground, "The brothers train hard, but to protect the family and defend the country, ask the adults to make it clear, where are they going in two months?" Let us always be mentally prepared, lest the time come for the soldiers to ......."

"Get up first, hey......" Li Jun saw that Li Zichang couldn't kneel, and sighed softly: "Don't embarrass me, even I have to listen to Lord Wang." ”

"Lord Wang is a hundred households, and he is naturally in charge of recruiting and dispatching, but Lord Li is from a hundred households, so doesn't he have the right to be a staff officer? At least Master Li is in the know, right? ”

"Zicheng, you were single-handedly pulled by Lord Wang, didn't Lord Wang reveal the slightest information to you?"

"It's true that the subordinates were promoted by Lord Wang and Lord Li, but the subordinates have only met Lord Wang twice in the training ground, and have never been summoned by Lord Wang alone, so they are not considered to be Lord Wang's cronies, and Lord Wang has never revealed the combat missions of these recruits on the grounds of military secrets." Li Zicheng wanted Li Jun to reveal the information and try to get rid of the relationship with Wang Quan.

"Zicheng get up and speak first," when Li Zicheng got up, Li Jun held his arm, and the two walked slowly side by side, "Zicheng, you are already the chief flag officer, and you should also let you know," Li Jun looked up and looked into the distance, and saw that the soldiers were training in full swing, and finally made up his mind, "These recruits are not for the river, but for Xining." ”

"Xining?" Li Zicheng suddenly remembered the carrier pigeon intercepted in Hulu Mountain, "My lord, is it a large-scale invasion by the Mongols from Xining?" ”

"Don't listen to rumors, a large-scale Mongol invasion is nothing at all," Li Jun patted Li Zicheng's shoulder and signaled him not to be nervous, "That's the silver that Xiningwei wanted to blackmail the imperial court, and the imperial court knew their thoughts, so they didn't pay attention to it, but handed over the military situation to Ganzhou to deal with, and Ganzhou Zuowei wanted to recruit new soldiers." ”

"Your Excellency is saying that Xiningwei is lying about the military situation?" Li Zicheng knew that at this time, the various guards of the Ming army were relatively erosive, but he didn't know to what extent.

"It's not like lying about the military situation, if the Mongols didn't invade, in case the imperial court sent a large army, how could the little Xiningwei explain to the imperial court? According to my estimate, that is, some stragglers want to grab some property, and now that the spring grass has not yet germinated, the Mongols probably won't be able to open the pot. "Li's army was holding his hands behind his back, and according to its experience, the Mongols were now crushed by the Tatars, and it was simply impossible for them to invade the territory of the Han people on a large scale.

What he was worried about was that these recruits, if they went to Xining, would they be the main force to fight against the Mongols, although the Mongol soldiers would not be too many, but they had rich combat experience and the advantage of horses, if these recruits were to face the murderous Mongol cavalry, it would not be much different from sending them to death.

It seems that going to Xining is a real deal, no wonder Wang Quan said that he was only given two months of training time, but why didn't Wang Quan tell the truth to himself? At first, he was a small flag officer, if Wang Quan concealed it, it would be easy to understand, but now he is the chief flag officer, and half of the recruits are under his own command, do you still need to hide it?

Although Li Zicheng was a little unhappy in his heart, Wang Quan was the boss after all, and obedience was the duty of a soldier, and he was not good at saying anything behind his back, besides, these recruits went to Xining, and on the whole, Wang Quan led the team, and he was only the executor at most, "My lord, my subordinates understand, and my subordinates will step up training, but I hope that my lords will see that they are recruits, let them go to the battlefield later, and don't let the Mongols laugh at the Ming soldiers who are too weak." ”

Li Jun frowned, his eyes stared at the soldiers who were training in the distance, but there were no words, neither affirmation nor denial, and after a long time, he said quietly: "I'll do my best, I can't do anything about this matter, the key is Lord Wang." ”

Could it be that Lord Wang has any origins? Li Zicheng remembered that Wang Quan had said about his uncle, so he lowered his head and asked, "My lord, I heard that Lord Wang has an uncle who has a big background, who is he?" ”

"You are very well informed, not only do you know about the infiltration of the Mongols from Xining, but you also know that Lord Wang has an uncle," Li Jun laughed, and then lowered his voice and said: "Lord Wang's uncle is the general kingdom of Ganzhou, and he can speak well in the entire Ganzhou Left Guard," he seemed to be a little dissatisfied with Wang's uncle and nephew, "If it weren't for an uncle, how could Wang Quan be on my head?" This straw bale only knows how to drink and have fun, how can he know about leading soldiers to fight......"

Sending Li Jun away, Li Zicheng understood the goal of the new army, for the Mongolian cavalry, even if it was a single horse, they had no chance of winning, the Mongolian cavalry came and went like the wind, if they could win, they would fight, and if they could not win, they could retreat safely, and the Ming army could not do anything about them at all, unless they also had enough war horses, but this was impossible.

Li Zicheng searched for ways to deal with the Mongolian cavalry in his brain, and even Li Chengliang and Qi Jiguang, these famous generals, went through it in their minds, but there was no reference significance, Li Chengliang relied on cavalry, fighting more and fighting less, and the Qi family army, in addition to its own courage and good fighting, relied on firearms, and suppressed the Mongolian cavalry outside the pass with leading technology.

The Forces nouvelles do not have these two conditions.

In addition to letting the soldiers step up their training, Li Zicheng asked the soldiers to strengthen coordination and rely on collective strength to fight against the cavalry.