……

Xu Liao and his entourage rushed to the main tent of the recruit camp, got off the horse and took Huo Qing with him to see Lu Yu, the main general in the tent.

"Xu Liao has seen Commander Lu, and all the soldiers of the 6,000 Dare Battalion have arrived at the camp."

"General Xu, Huo Qing, it's good that you're here, please take a seat......"

Lu Yu greeted Xu Liao warmly, although the two were hostile in the past, but at that time they were each their own master, and now they belong to the same camp, and the unhappiness of the past will dissipate with the wind, and the two of them still have these strengths.

And Xu Liao also swore in his heart because of Bai Yue that he must reform himself, and took this opportunity to attack Hu Nu in the north to atone for the sins committed by Bai Yue.

After the three of them took their seats, Lu Yu looked at Huo Qing and said with a smile: "Huo Qing, are you still used to it in the army?" ”

Huo Qing hurriedly said: "Returning to the Lu battalion, in the past few months, I have been training for a long time under the command of the military governor, and I also deeply feel that the military discipline in each battalion is strict and the training is strict, which is really different from the officers and troops in the Far East......"

"That's good...... Lu Yu nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Xu Liao, "General Xu, in terms of the ability to march and fight, I still need to learn more from you in the future.

After all, it is the first time that the military governor has won the favor of the military governor, and it is the first time to officially lead the troops to fight and temporarily replace the position of this battalion. ”

Xu Liao said with a smile: "How dare you, we are used to the soldiers of the Righteous Army, and we don't know much about the combat methods in the army, so let's wait until we see Chen Qing and Chen Qi's envoys to make plans.

I heard that Chen Qi's envoy has been deeply taught by the military governor, and this ability to lead troops is really amazing......"

Lu Yu also nodded and said: "General Xu is reasonable, I have also heard rumors about Chen Ying's envoy by the side of the military governor, and I heard that he and the military governor used to belong to the same thunder military camp, and they were also just ordinary pawns, but I didn't expect that now he is an indispensable commander in the border army, alas~ To be honest, it is impossible for Lu not to envy him......"

Xu Liao persuaded: "Lu Ying, you don't have to be discouraged, isn't this opportunity coming?" In this Northern Expedition, we must also make military achievements, kill all those Hu slaves, exchange their heads for military merits, and keep the peace of the party......"

Xu Liao's anger towards Hu Nu has always been very heavy, and there is a sense of longing to eat his meat raw.

And Huo Qing, who was listening to the conversation between the two, clenched his fists and said in his heart: What is Jizhou Hunu? One day, I will lead an army to sweep outside the Saiwai, whether it is the Mengluo people or the Hulan people, I will tremble when I hear my Huo Qing's name!

Lu Yu raised his hand: "Okay, gossip, this Northern Expedition, although the military governor did not clearly say where the first place to be attacked is, but Lu can also distinguish one or two, as expected, the city of this first attack ......"

Xu Liao immediately took over and said, "Jucheng? ”

Lu Yu nodded, then took a very fine map and put it in front of the case, and called the two of them to watch together: "Jucheng is located in the north of the Jizhou Plain more than forty miles and is dangerous, half a year ago, I heard that the military governor attacked once, due to lack of preparation, only to return, but this time is different, my army has been prepared in advance, and it will definitely go down one gram......

Listening to Lu Yu's analysis, Xu Liao nodded thoughtfully, and finally sighed and said: "Lord Military Governor is really powerful, it is ridiculous to make the situation in Jizhou change its shape in such a short period of time, and then think about what our rebels have done in those years......

Lu Yu glanced at Xu Liao, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Okay, General Xu, it's been so long, don't mention these things again, hurry up and prepare, you have to move on immediately, and you will wait until you arrive at Jingsai to make plans!" ”

"Without further ado, I'll set off first...... Xu Liao immediately pulled Huo Qing over and said goodbye to Lu Yu.

Lu Yu hurriedly said: "What's the hurry? You are all cavalry, and you will arrive in two hours after fifty or sixty miles, and you haven't eaten yet, have you? It's never too late to eat and leave! ”

"Don't eat it......," Xu Liao shook his hand, "I want to go to Jingsai and report to Commander Chen one step earlier, so that I can listen to his plan and prepare early, and say goodbye." ”

After speaking, Xu Liao and Huo Qing said goodbye to Lu Yu, opened the tent curtain and hurriedly straddled the horse and left, and soon there was a violent sound of horses roaring outside the tent......

"What a majestic cavalry ......"

When Xu Liao's daring battalion passed by Xie Ping'an's eyes and left, he and the soldiers in the armor sighed in unison.

"Levy ......"

"Levy ......"

"Woo~~"

Just as everyone was still lamenting the swiftness of the cavalry, the marching drums sounded again over the camp.

The soldiers who rested in place hurriedly got up and picked up their weapons to extinguish the bonfire, and quickly assembled in the direction of the horn under the leadership of their respective commanders, and then marched in the direction of Jingsai under the order of the hundred commanders.

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In the evening, most of the soldiers of the battalions scattered in the Jizhou Plain, except for the soldiers who stayed behind, had arrived outside the fortress and waited to assemble.

Although the weather was unusually cold, the hearts of these battle-hardened veteran soldiers were extremely hot, and in a rude phrase: finally fucking can go to war

When he thought of the blade in his hand piercing through Hu Nu's chest and seeing the scene of blood stirring, he always felt like poetry, and some of the most literary generals and soldiers in the battalion even began to write poems to praise the battlefield scene.

Of course, another point that makes their blood boil is the dividends brought by the war, most of the veterans of the Jingwei Battalion are relatively wealthy, and they are very resistant to the temptation of rewarding money, and they only have two purposes for fighting: promotion and land!

After all, they have not yet fully reached the first step of poverty alleviation, and joining the border army can only maintain food and clothing so far, and they urgently need war to change their status in the family and army.

In short, whether it is land, money, or promotion and salary increase, for these veterans who have experienced the baptism of blood and fire, they have all passed the psychological level and overcome the fear of death.

In contrast, Ding and Youxin are still a little uneasy when they join the military and civilians, even if these "elites" who have seen blood go to the front line to prepare for combat are also very nervous, not everyone is like Xie Ping'an, Zhuo Shaoyun, Xiao Yu and other nervous people who rely on their lives to win their future, most of them are ordinary soldiers, they are also afraid of pain and death, and they just want to live in peace and stability after three years of getting the land.

However, this is also in line with the established strategy of the Military Governor's Office, if the soldiers are ambitious, the team is not easy to lead, and it will also affect the promotion of outstanding recruits in the future, and the balance between progress and conservatism can be conducive to the development of a virtuous circle.

Of course, these military merit rewards are the main psychology of the low-level soldiers of the border army, but the thoughts of the upper-level officers of the Military Governor's Mansion are different, and they all have a relatively high vision, even if they are new army generals like Zhang Zhaotong.

What they see is a strategic layout, northern Hebei is just the beginning of a hot spot, and what they really want to take is the entire grassland outside the Saiwai, to use a joke from Liu Ce last year: hurry up and fight to the grassland, there are big oil fields under the grassland.

Everyone doesn't know what this oil field is, but Feng Chou Nian explained it cleverly: oil field oil field, there is oil and field.

This is a joke, but Chen Qing, Fu Yunxiao and others who have experienced the wind and frost of the grassland have a great sense of identity with this statement, the grassland is not poor, on the contrary, it is very rich, and the gold and silver plundered on the grassland for more than a month alone have tens of millions of taels, because they can't take it away, they have found a place to bury it, and when they come out of the fortress in the future, they will dig it out as military salaries, and it is indeed "there is a big oil field under the grassland".

"Commanding Chen, seventy percent of the officers and men of the scattered battalions have arrived outside Jingsai, a total of 57,483 people, and it is estimated that 6,000 people of the new army will also arrive at the main formation in half an hour."

In the Military Affairs Hall, listening to the herald's report, Chen Qing secretly calculated the number of troops sent this time and the amount of grain and grass needed, tapped the table a few times from time to time, and finally showed a faint smile on his face.

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