The military order was transmitted to the military camp where Duan Lang and Si Heng were located the next day, and the two had already made preparations and immediately followed Xuan Shaoning to the alternate camp. After Xuan Shaoning's recruitment from Pingzhou and Dengzhou, there were 20,000 people left, including 3,000 who were not crowned, and they were all standing in the school yard of the alternate camp at this moment.

"Ladies and gentlemen!" This is the first time Xuan Shaoning has stood in front of so many people to speak, even if he has practiced many times before, but when he really came to the scene, the nervousness in his heart still made him numb, and his voice trembled, "Every word I said to everyone in the quarry that day was from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for giving me this opportunity, thank you for coming to this Xuanjia military camp with Shaoning, half a year of training has given you the foundation as a soldier, and now I am ordered by the general to train you, so that everyone can leave the alternate camp as soon as possible, and can have their own real army number, and become a qualified Xuanjia army! Everyone still has confidence in themselves and Shaoning? ”

"Yes!" The roar shook the sky, and this time it was so startled that Si Heng just wanted to stick out his tongue.

"Good! The training began today, and in the future, all the candidate battalions should be managed by me, and the two behind me were the Imperial Lieutenant - Duan Lang, who was in charge of the training of the adult battalion; Xuanjie Deputy Lieutenant - Si Heng, he is in charge of the training of the youth camp. From the day you stepped into the Xuanjia military camp, you are no longer the pioneers of the past, but the soldiers of my Daliang, the military discipline of the Xuanjia Army is strict, you should have a deep understanding, today Shaoning still has to emphasize military discipline, if any of you violate it in the future, Shaoning will not cover up! ”

"We are willing to follow the general, swear to be a member of the Xuanjia Army, and serve the court!" Xu Chengxian took a step forward and shouted hoarsely, Ji Wenhan and the rest of the people immediately echoed in unison, shouting like thunder for a while, even King Yu who was in the general's mansion could faintly hear it.

"It's impressive!" King Yu couldn't help but admire.

"Your Highness has made a good move," Mo Chengfeng said.

"Oh? Master Mo is also optimistic about Xuan Shaoning? ”

"I never doubt His Highness's ability to read people, and what I admire more is His Highness's way of employing people."

"Didn't you learn the way of employing people from Master and Master Mo? Somehow, I always feel that I am particularly close to Xuan Shaoning, and naturally his performance did not disappoint me, not to hide from Master Mo, I deliberately cultivated him, one day he will become a member of the Great Liang and guard my Xiao Liang's country! ”

King Yu cast his eyes out the window, even if he couldn't see it, he still firmly believed that his vision would not be wrong, and the person he chose could be a big responsibility.

"According to the new regulations of the Xuanjia Army: ten people are one team, ten soldiers are one team, ten teams are one school, ten schools are one capital, and our alternate battalion can form two capitals, because it has not become a formal Xuanjia army, we will not be established by military rank for the time being, but elect their own leaders, what do you think?"

"Agreed!"

The word "crowd" also reassured Xuan Shaoning a lot, and then it was a question of candidates, although he already had a certain number in his heart, but at this moment, it was not appropriate to take the lead in expressing his favoritism, and he could only be elected by everyone to convince the public.

"Since there is an adult camp and a youth camp, let's elect one person from each of the two camps!"

After a short silence, a rugged man roared in the crowd, "I serve Xu Chengxian!" He is educated, and he also led everyone in the quarry before, and when he is here, it is better to follow the old way! ”

"What Lao Guang said is that I also agree!"

"It's Brother Xu!"

Soon, more than half of the people raised their hands shoutingly, and Xuan Shaoning waved his hand with satisfaction to signal everyone to be calm, "That is the case, then Xu Chengxian, Brother Xu is the leader of the adult camp!" ”

"Good!"

Everyone present applauded, and Ji Wenhan also looked at Xu Chengxian with envy, and his subordinates didn't stop at all, drumming harder than others.

"Next is the juvenile camp" Xuan Shaoning turned everyone's attention to the small number of people, the three thousand teenagers who were not yet crowned standing on the side, led by Ji Wenhan, his big eyes couldn't stop blinking, and the squirming Adam's apple up and down showed the tension and expectation in the young man's heart at this moment. He also hoped that someone would yell behind him, but after waiting for a long time, it was silent, Ji Wenhan felt like a thorn in his back, unspeakable anxiety and uneasiness, as time slowly passed, just when Xuan Shaoning wanted to speak, he stood up first, raised his head with his chest straight, and said in a tone that was not immature but not mature enough: "I, Ji Wenhan, am willing to be the commander of the youth battalion!" ”

For the reserve battalion, the word "commander" is obviously a bit inappropriate, but at the moment no one cares, everyone is inspired by the courage of this teenager.

"I am only three years away from being crowned this year, and I am confident that I will become a Xuanjia Army, and I am even more confident that I will lead everyone to become a Xuanjia Army!"

"Ambitious!" Xuan Shaoning did not hide his appreciation, and at the same time gave full affirmation to Ji Wenhan, "If everyone has no opinion, then Ji Wenhan is the leader of the youth camp!" ”

As soon as the words landed, Xu Chengxian took the lead in applauding, and then the applause was thunderous, and the man expressed his support with this simple and firm attitude, Ji Wenhan was under excitement and pressure, and his body began to tremble involuntarily, but when he looked at Xuan Shaoning's eyes, it was like a pouring rain in summer, and it was more like a warm sun in winter, and he quickly calmed down.

"Now that the candidates have been chosen, from today onwards, you must strive to break free from the alternate battalion, wear the armband of the Xuanjia Army, and really go into battle to kill the enemy!"

"Hey!"

In the next few days, Xuan Shaoning took the alternate battalion as his home, reviewed Pei Zhenghao's consideration records one by one, and decided to divide the brothers in the alternate battalion into cavalry, infantry, and pilots according to factors such as size, skills, and personality, which is indispensable for this actual combat assessment.

"The Xuanjia Army already has four guards - Golden Armor, Cold Knife, Tunlian, and Rusty Claw, these brothers will inevitably be divided into the four guards after passing the assessment, with Pei's commander's training for half a year, their information is already in my hands, I want to train them in the next time according to the four ways of individual combat, cavalry shooting, control, and battle formation cooperation!"

"This is reasonable, according to their respective strengths, assigned to the most suitable military camp, according to my observation in the past few days, the reserve battalion has been improved in individual combat, and then on the basis of solid individual combat, it is necessary to start training in cavalry archery and control." Duan Lang agreed with Xuan Shaoning's plan and pointed out: "But there are two problems in front of us, one is that horses and feather arrows are needed for riding and archery, and the number of 20,000 people is only afraid that it will be difficult to get together; Second, the battle formation is really a bit difficult for me, after all, I don't have enough experience in the battle formation", looked at Si Heng after speaking.

"Don't look at me, if you want to talk about actual combat experience, although I have been in the barracks for a longer time than you, the real big battles are only two this year!" Si Heng spread his hands helplessly, "However, I said that you guys are also anxious to eat hot tofu, so where is this, this combat foundation is not solid, so you are thinking about tactical cooperation?" ”

"In the daily training, it is possible to integrate tactics into it, without having to deliberately propose it, so that the brothers can improve their personal combat effectiveness in the battle, and also understand the importance of cooperating with each other." Xuan Shaoning explained his plan, and Duan Lang nodded in support.

"Makes sense, that's all that's left for the first question." Si Heng threw the topic back to Xuan Shaoning.

Indeed, the Liang Dynasty is not better than the West, since ancient times did not produce famous horses, the war horses in the army are all purchased from the West Liang and self-breeding, the number of war horses is limited and trapped in the price of the West Liang war horses, the quality of the war horses of the Liang Dynasty is not as good as the West Liang. Although King Yu was favored by Emperor Liang, all the war horses in the Xuanjia military camp were assigned to the Rusty Guard, and the number of war horses in the other three guards was only a handful, and now in order to train the reserve battalion, it is really overstretched to be equipped with tens of thousands of war horses at once. Xuan Shaoning once thought about facing King Chen Yu directly, but after thinking about it, the reality is like this, how can King Yu call the configuration of war horses in the military camp for himself as a mere captain, which undoubtedly puts King Yu in a dilemma, and also makes himself gossip.

Looking at Xuan Shaoning's helpless appearance, Si Heng explained: "There is no endless road, take your time and there will definitely be a way to deal with it, don't be so sad!" After a pause, he continued: "Otherwise, some people should be distressed. ”

Looking at Si Heng's eyebrows, Xuan Shaoning quickly understood who he was referring to, and was about to explain, but he heard a notice outside the tent, "Mo Chengfeng, Master Mo asks to see!" ”

It has been many years since he saw Mo Chengfeng again, and Xuan Shaoning only felt that the senior brother in front of him had not changed his original style at all after many years.

"Senior Brother Mo!" Xuan Shaoning saw it with a military salute, but the shouting in his mouth was "It's been many years, and my brother is still in this spirit!" ”

"But you have changed" Mo Chengfeng helped this junior brother up, "It's no longer the student who first entered the barracks, now you are a standard Xuanjia military captain, and the senior brother is also proud of you!" ”

"Senior Brother Mo, and me!" Duan Lang took a step forward and also gave a military salute: "Senior brother, you can't only have Shaoning in your eyes!" ”

"How dare you? How dare you? You can see you often, Shaoning hasn't seen you for a long time, isn't this just going to greet you? ”

"Master Mo, after you and them are finished, remember to say hello to me! Although I am not from Castle Peak Academy, I am also in the same group as them! "Si Heng doesn't like to be ignored the most, so he decisively took the initiative to attack" The last general Si Heng, see Master Mo! ”

"So you're Si Heng?"

"Oh? Master Mo, have you heard of me? Could it be that the general praised me to Master Mo! ”

"Hey, can you get a face?" Duan Lang squeezed a sentence, and Xuan Shaoning was already used to Si Heng's informality, but smiled silently.

"Where am I not serious? When you brothers meet, you are warm, I don't want to enliven and enliven the atmosphere, you, when to be rigorous, when to be bold, or you can't be free! ”

"It's as if you can do it, but all I see is that you put it too much, and I don't see you take it!"

"It's not because you've known me for too short, if you don't believe me, you can ask Shaoning!"

Hearing that the two of them were burning the "flames of war" to their side, they had to quickly interrupt them, "What about the verbal fight, you will fight well later, and now we will talk about the business first!" Turning his head to look at Mo Chengfeng, "Master Mo must have something to do when he came here this time." ”

"That's right" Mo Chengfeng sat down at the invitation of Xuan Shaoning, and immediately got straight to the point, "Your Highness received news from the capital: Xia Tang officially issued a letter of state, asking me to explain the death of Princess Xia Tang and return the body, otherwise I will use force against our country." According to military information, Jinchangcheng has been placed under martial law, and Jiangzhou and Hanzhou, which are adjacent to the Tang Dynasty, have also entered a state of alert. ”

The original relaxed and joyful atmosphere was swept away without a trace by this remark, and Duan Lang asked, "Then how did Your Majesty reply?" ”

"Your Majesty's response this time was very tough, not only tore up the state letter in front of the Tang envoys, but even killed the Tang envoys with a staff despite the opposition of the ministers."

"This is going to provoke a war!" Si Heng's mouth was quick and blurted out. His words were right, this move was tantamount to taking the initiative to provoke a war, and it really gave Xia Tang a very suitable excuse to use troops. "After years of fighting, I finally have a chance to breathe, what does Your Majesty think! Have you not heard the cries of the people for an end to the fighting? ”

"Don't talk to Your Majesty!" Mo Chengfeng stopped it sharply. Xuan Shaoning held Mo Chengfeng's arm and signaled not to worry, from the bottom of his heart, he also had the same concerns as Si Heng, although Emperor Liang was not a poor soldier when he was young, he was also a frequent war, but after he entered middle age, the use of troops was significantly reduced, but in the face of the matter of the princess of the Tang Dynasty, it was rare to be tough, and even a little irrational.

"That'...... How did the general react? Xuan Shaoning asked.

"Your Highness knows that this matter is all due to himself, and he can't sit idly by now."

"But Yecang is far away from the border between Daliang and Xia Tang, and the Xuanjia Army bears the responsibility of guarding against Xiliang."

What Duan Lang said was, how could His Highness not understand this? Because of this, he was so upset, and he didn't want to let himself become the fuse of the war between the two countries, and let the lives of people suffer again. ”

"Senior Brother Mo has something to say to us?"

"Shaoning, my coming this time is all for personal reasons, not related to official affairs, and it may be inevitable to fight with the Tang Dynasty, but I am also worried that Xiliang will take the opportunity to sneak attack, the previous battles, especially the battle to exterminate Hu, have caused our army to suffer a lot of losses, if the war is rekindled in a short period of time, your reserve battalion will be an extremely useful force!"

"However, the reserve battalion is still not ready to go to the battlefield!"

"With you, train a lot, I believe that the combat effectiveness is definitely not low, not to mention, a lot of experience is obtained in actual combat, I hope you will do your best in the future."

"Senior Brother Mo, rest assured, Shao Ning will do his best!"