Xi Zhi asked for a soldier, Yan Xing smiled, and agreed.

That night, Yan Xing and Xi Zhicai had a night talk, and they talked until midnight, when the two stopped talking and fell asleep one after another.

And Xi Zhicai's sleep, although it was a raw bed, and it was the first time he slept with Yan Xing, but he was really tired and anxious, and talked about it in the middle of the night, and after falling asleep in a blur, it was not until the next day that he finally woke up.

After waking up, Xi Zhicai recalled the events of last night, and then went to see Yan Xing, who was sleeping on the other side, but he had already gotten up and didn't know where to go.

After asking the armor outside the tent, I found out that Yan Xing got up early to inspect the camp.

But Xi Zhicai didn't know that Yan Xing went out at this time, in addition to inspecting the camp, he also went to see Zhou Liang.

Because he had already served Yan Xing, Xi Zhicai did not leave for the time being, but waited for Yan Xing to come back in the tent.

After waiting for about half an hour, Yan Xingcai finally came back, he took off his armor with the help of his personal guards, and only wore single civilian clothes, looking at Xi Zhicai and smiling:

"Zhicai woke up, and he hasn't eaten yet, so come, let's eat with me."

"Thank you, Captain, I talked until midnight last night, but I didn't expect the Captain to get up very early this morning, and the Captain's diligence in dealing with people and things is really ashamed of his subordinates."

Hearing Xi Zhicai's words, Yan Xing smiled, first washed his face in the copper basin, and then dried it with a Ge cloth towel before solemnly saying to Xi Zhicai:

"If you are diligent, you will be strong, if you are easy, if you are diligent, if you are diligent, if you are diligent, if you are lazy, you will be weak. National diligence is governance, slack is chaos, military diligence is victory, and laziness is defeat. Governing the army is based on diligence first, and it is not easy to know that it is not easy to lead the troops for a long time, and he is in charge of the power of the army's orders, and he holds the lives of the soldiers under his command in his hands, and he must not be negligent and lax, and this habit must be insisted on. ”

"It must be known that the way to govern the army is not to get up early on weekdays, but to get up early when facing the enemy, not to practice weekdays, but to practice hard when facing the enemy, and there is no person who does not endure hunger and cold on weekdays, but can endure hunger and cold when facing the enemy. Since Zhicai is a military historian in the army, he must remember this point of diligence with the soldiers! ”

In Yan Xing's view, all the drama talents are good, but there is one bad thing, that is, he has been poor for too long, wandering in the market, and has developed a bad habit of laziness and burnout.

And the profligate skeleton does not know moderation, which is also an important reason for Xi Zhicai's weak body and untimely death, so just now Yan Xing used the words of Zeng Guofan's army management in later generations to encourage Xi Zhicai, hoping that he can be vigilant, abandon bad habits, and truly integrate into the daily life of the military strategists.

These truths are also what Yan Xing has truly realized through his personal experience in the past three years, and the deep meaning of them Yan Xing is willing to take out today and share them with Xi Zhicai, it is precisely because he regards Xi Zhicai as his own think tank that he attaches so much importance to it.

Xi Zhicai listened to Yan Xing's words, and immediately understood the meaning of Yan Xing's words, he does have shortcomings such as alcoholism, drunkenness, and laziness on weekdays, but now he has taken up the position of military strategy history in the army, and even Yan Xing, the commander of the first army, is leading by example and governing the army diligently, so those who are subordinates need to be diligent in their work.

Xi Zhicai immediately said yes, Yan Xing also nodded, thought about it, and began to say again:

"In addition, I patrolled the camp this morning, remembering my request last night, and I have sent someone to another camp, and sent money, food, and cloth to your wife, and the ten armor soldiers have also been sent to other camps."

"Huh?"

When Xi Zhicai heard this, he was surprised. This, the efficiency of the own father-in-law is also too fast.

"What, don't you like it?"

"Hah, no. The subordinates were too surprised, just a momentary gaffe, eh, the subordinates didn't return all night last night, and the clumsy Jing must be anxious, since the captain has sent money and silk things, the subordinates think, or rush back to the other camp to settle down, and then come to serve under the captain's account, please agree! ”

In the face of Yan Xing's inquiry, Xi Zhicai hurriedly covered up the past, and then asked Yan Xing to rush back to the other camp, Yan Xing smiled and immediately agreed.

So, after Xi Zhicai got out of the captain's tent, he hurried to his tent in the other camp.

Yan Xing's fanfare and fame for himself is indeed conducive to changing his image of being prodigal and idle, but it is also a surprise to the snake, Xi Zhicai also plans to find an opportunity today to lure that Han He to punish him, in order to avenge him for humiliating his wife with words.

But now, with Yan Xing's fame, Han He will inevitably be cautious in his words and deeds in the future, deliberately bypassing himself.

Xi Zhicai sighed, thinking to himself, it seems that this matter can only be forgotten for the time being, he is now a subordinate officer of the school captain in the history of military planning, if he will take revenge and deliberately retaliate as soon as he takes office, it will not only dislike Yan Xing in his heart, but also ruin his reputation in the army.

"Although the matter is over, if that innocent child dares to ignore military law and act domineering in the future, then he will have to use military law to punish him well!"

Xi Zhicai thought secretly in his heart.

After a few more days, Yan Xing, who was busy with his busy schedule, received a military report, which stated that the soldiers who were patrolling the four fields today encountered a white wave thief messenger who wanted to sneak into the city in the field.

And Han He is on the list of the dead.

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In the past few days, Fan Yong felt that he was still living a very comfortable life, at least compared to the night when Yan Xing was forced by a group of armor warriors, and the military officials under Yan Xing had no other movements after taking over the city's defense and military baggage.

Those Xiliang soldiers took civilian service, some strengthened the city wall, some dredged the moat, and other soldiers and horses who entered the city led the assembled cadres and began to conduct simple battle drills, never asking about other things that had nothing to do with military affairs.

Of course, what finally made Fan Yong let down his guard completely was the military official surnamed Xu who checked the military quartermaster Qian Gu, who dared to overreport the number of account books, and then negotiated with the county official in charge of the handover, and a group of people privately divided the overreported Qian Gu, and the military official surnamed Xu also unceremoniously took the lion's share.

After the distribution of the spoils, the county officials quickly reported the matter to Fan Yong, and after learning the ins and outs, Fan Yong laughed instead of being angry, it seems that before he sent someone to find out, the virtue of this group of Xiliang soldiers under the guise of "begging for thieves" has been exposed.

Overreporting money and food, stealing empty salaries, it seems that these Xiliang soldiers are just because of the beginning of their tenure, they pretended to be anxious for justice and righteousness to confuse others, and by the way, they also gave the county temple officials and the big surnames in the city a dismount, first deterring them from these local snakes, so as to facilitate the next money.

Otherwise, it would have only been a few days, and the Xiliang soldiers would have been exposed.

Fan Yong heard that these Xiliang soldiers are all poor ghosts from the bitter cold land, they used to have enough poor days in Xiliang, but now it is rare to invade the hinterland of the Central Plains, they are greedy for the wealth of the Central Plains Prefecture, they want everything, dare to ask for anything, and they have robbed everything in Yangcheng, Luoyang and other places, and they are living with an ugly appearance of fishing with all their might.

Now, these Xiliang soldiers who came to Jiangyi seem to be the same dogs.

However, this is in line with Fan Yong's intentions, he, the chief of Jiangyi, has never thought about how to protect the territory and the people, and defend against the white wave thieves on the other side of the river, but is thinking about how to speed up the accumulation of wealth, and then use the wealth to knock on the convenient door of the Hedong County Government, and find a new job for himself that is both peaceful and decent, and it is best to be transferred to the southern city as a county commander, where there is a lot of oil and water of patented salt and iron.

Now that this group of Western Liang soldiers is here, and they are still poor ghosts who see money, before that, many Fan Yong were not good at pulling down their cheeks and did not dare to risk the dirty work of collecting money, so they could use their names and dirty hands to carry out it wantonly through negotiations with this group of Western Liang soldiers.

For this reason, Fan Yong tentatively prepared a valuable gift, and sent the county officials to the barracks outside the city, in the name of poor hospitality in the county temple that night, it was best to hand it over to Yan Xing, the captain of the school.

As a result, Yan Xing not only personally met with the county officials who gave gifts, but also changed the previous style of domineering in the county temple, and the number of courtesies received was quite thoughtful, during which in addition to hinting at some things that both sides tacitly understood, when the county officials left, Yan Xing also prepared a generous gift and asked the county officials to hand it over to Fan Yong, in order to express the goodwill in his heart.

In this way, Fan Yong also understood Yan Xing's intentions, the county officials and the big surnames in the city, every three or five times, in the name of going out of the city to reward the king, led pigs, sheep and livestock, carried grain and cloth, and then presented coins to play, went to the barracks outside the city, and asked to see the captain Yan Xing.

Every time, Yan Xing received him in person, did not refuse to come, and unceremoniously accepted the goods sent by the county officials and surnames one by one.

The county officials and surnames who gave gifts couldn't help but feel secretly painful in their hearts, and sighed that these Xiliang soldiers were really gluttonous, but then after discussing with Fan Yong, they were also the same as Fan Yong, thinking that although these Xiliang soldiers were arrogant, they were very easy to deal with, and they could first bribe with money and other things, and then they would be able to get their hands on it later, and they couldn't do without their financial resources, so they could only cooperate with them obediently and let them drive them.

The days of peace and quiet watched day after day pass, just when Fan Yong felt that the heat was almost over, he could send another big gift to the Xiliang soldiers outside the city, and by the way, he invited the captain Yan Xing to enter the city again and discuss important matters in the county temple.

Bad news!

The county lieutenant of Jiangyi ran into the hall of the county temple in a panic from outside, completely deprived of the prestige of being the head of the county temple in the past, and the first thing he said after seeing Fan Yong in the hall was "County Jun, something is wrong."

Fan Yong was standing high in the hall, and at the moment he was tasting the sour plum soup with the effect of relieving the heat that had just been prepared and offered by the people in the county temple, but he was startled by the county lieutenant's shouting, although he did not directly squirt out the sour plum soup in his mouth, but he was also choked, and immediately coughed, and even the official uniform on his chest was stained with some soup.

Holding back the anger in his chest, Fan Yong reached out and put down the porcelain bowl, glared at the reckless county lieutenant hatefully, and asked:

"What's the matter, it's not falling yet?"