Chapter 68: The Oolong Legion

Although the two armies of the Huoqi Army and the Fierce Blood Army are nominally under the management of the two armies, in fact, Tan Weiming has to follow his father to learn political strategy and various other affairs, even if he learns military affairs, the Forbidden Army Governor's Mansion will make proper arrangements, and there is not much time to grind his teeth in the two armies' Governor's Mansion. The other officials from the Ministry of War and the Household Department and the Forbidden Army were not subordinate to each other in the first place, and their ranks were similar, so it was not a question of who was in charge of whom. The people from the princess's mansion are the only ones who are looking forward to Ye Tao's horse. As a result, in addition to the various middle-level officials in the two armies inspecting the government performing their duties and doing a good job of what they can manage, an extremely unique situation has been formed: Ye Tao, who has no position, is actually in charge of the two armies, and he has a total of 6,000 people, and they are all veterans and senior sergeants and officers who are not very bad in combat effectiveness.

The affairs of the army are so complicated, Ye Tao, who only has the experience of commanding the army on the chessboard, is really busy with messy things. Fortunately, the elder brother Guan Haishan came to Danyang to help, and he had a great love and enthusiasm for architecture and gardening, and he happened to take over the supervision of Tiecheng and Danyang New Town; The day-to-day business of Yizhan Building is responsible for the brothers Suo Yong and Suo Zheng; The business of Tissot Watch Company was taken over by Du Fengchi, the young master of the Du family, who is now making the Du family's business in Danyang thriving, and in terms of dealing with those wealthy customers, Du Fengchi, who has been managing the inn business since childhood, is far more qualified than Ye Tao, who likes technology more than people. The most important Ye's workshop is personally led by Ye Laogeng, who now holds the title of Lang Zhong, the consultant of the Ministry of Industry, and is affectionately called his uncle by Tan Weixin, and decides not to care about his son's personal affairs. Although the Ye family is still facing a shortage of people who can take charge of themselves, it also seems to have the momentum of several lines of big families and large enterprises going hand in hand.

Although the personnel of the army have been implemented one after another, and the candidates for the two armies have also been decided, what should be done about the station? What about the training venue? Although there are discussions that come out with the options and terms. But how to implement it and how to supervise the implementation? How should the internal promotion and demotion system be linked to ability and the needs of different levels, and how much say do Commander Qiu Haohui and Overseer Dai Yun have in this regard? Too many problems to solve, but too little time.

After thinking hard, Ye Tao finally decided to organize a marching drill when the personnel were ready, as the first competition between the two armies, and also let those guys who joined the two armies as trainee officers understand that the real army is different.

And in line with the idea of both public and private. The destination of this marching exercise was determined in Yicheng.

For this idea, everyone was very much in favor of it at the beginning, but when Ye Tao, Dai Yun and Qiu Haohui discussed and announced the specific evaluation method, the faces of those "trainee officers" who were originally excited and inexplicable turned green. The supervisors and adjutants served by retired officers in the two armies of the Fierce Blood Army and the Fire Qi Army were all transferred to evaluate each other's various conditions on the march. The 3,000 men of each of the two armies were divided into a detachment of 300 men, and the midshipmen were responsible for all the work, from the logistics of the baggage to the command of the march, and the arrangement of the march was completely decided by the trainee officers themselves. After they arrived in Yicheng. According to the order of each detachment's arrival in Yicheng, and the mental outlook and physical condition of the arrival, the most helpless thing is the amount of money spent on the march, which is also one of the contents of the evaluation. When the various assessment contents are listed in detail, the score calculation method and weight ratio of each assessment content are listed in a list and issued. Everyone began to think about how they would win the drill competition. However, Ye Tao only gave everyone less than five days to prepare, during which the trainee officers had to familiarize themselves with the troops under their command, formulate marching and supply plans, and find ways to implement various arrangements...... Even for officers with old qualifications, it is not a simple matter. What's more, for those rookies who have enthusiasm and inexperience? Qiu Haohui and Dai Yun, because they had to continue to work with Ye Tao to implement various arrangements after the two armies, were not included in the list of trainee officers in this evaluation, this is to take into account that Qiu Haohui will not lose face in such a short period of time and make it difficult to take charge of the army in the future, and also to prevent Dai Yun, who is too shrewd and strong, from letting the fierce blood army have too much advantage in this attempt to exercise as the main ground.

Now that they have figured out that this is Ye Tao's underground horse for everyone, those supervisors and adjutants are not polite and find fault everywhere. These veterans may not be as good as the midshipmen who are mainly the children of the family, but they are either stern or sarcastic in all sorts of things. There is no problem at all in using the method of pointing or criticizing the midshipmen to make the midshipmen jump. The trainee officers, who were already at a loss, were even more panicked, so five days later, twenty detachments set off in a hurry under the command of more than two hundred trainee officers, and then, Ye Tao, Dai Yun, Qiu Haohui, and several officers from the two armies rushed to Yicheng at their own pace in several new-type extremely comfortable four-wheeled carriages.

Sometimes. Lu Dan really doesn't know how to evaluate his current owner. This is a somewhat strange Ye Tao. Although Lu Dan figured it out a long time ago, Ye Tao wanted to give a little color to those trainee officers who thought they already knew a lot about the military, which could be regarded as a very kind reminder to everyone. However, when the first feedback came after a few days of marching, he still had a chill down his spine. He understood, it turned out that the whole person can also be so wonderful.

Of course, there will be some more kind people among the veterans to remind their "chief officer", but more often they are guided by public opinion among their comrades, intentionally or unintentionally, to accept the orders of the commander and come to see the jokes. So, when Zeng Zining missed the normal time to bury the pot and cook on the first day, he hurriedly camped in the field, but when he got up the next morning and found that the whole camp was stinking, he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten the location of the designated toilet when he was paddling and directing the sergeants to build the camp; Han Hanlin thought that he could borrow the Dongping barracks along the way to live temporarily, but when he arrived at the ground, he found that there were no documents in his hands that proved that they belonged to the Dongping Military Department to let them enter the camp, so he had to hemorrhage and chartered a few inns for the soldiers to stay in; Xu Ping ordered the timber to be cut down to make a camp, but the next morning he was dragged by the owner of the forest and refused to let him go, so he had to admit a fine...... The jokes were much more than that, and those who didn't grasp the rhythm of the march ended up walking very comfortably for a day, and the next day, the whole army was tired, and it was not a big deal. Although he was born in Jiangmen, before setting off, he found his brother Chi Yun to point out that Chi Lei had strayed into the mountains and forests, and as a result, the whole army stayed in the mountains at night, and was frightened by the roar of wild beasts. Compiling the jokes that happened to everyone can keep the people who are watching in a good mood for a long time.

At this time, Ye Tao, who was about to arrive in Yicheng, asked Lu Dan to order. Let the Yicheng City Defense Army prepare the venue, and all the troops who arrived in Yicheng will rest for an hour and then have an extra physical match to test whether each detachment can do it, and then they can immediately switch to battle after arriving at their destination......

Lu Dan dared to swear, he observed Ye Tao's expression, Ye Tao's expression was still so faint when he made such instructions, as if it didn't matter, there was no very accomplished evil smile unique to a master of the whole person. On the contrary, Ye Tao seemed to be a little worried about whether these detachments could withstand such a toss. And when two days later. When Ye Tao and his entourage arrived in Yicheng, accompanied by Governor Peng Detian, they visited the physical exercise items prepared for the various marching detachments that would arrive one after another, and ordered all the midshipmen to gather together for a "criticism and self-criticism" meeting after all the troops arrived, Lu Dan completely dispelled his idea of wanting to go to the Fierce Blood Army or the Fire Qi Army to show his skills as an old soldier.

"Afflict their minds, starve their bodies, and do what they do. Then move the heart and forbearance, and gain what it can't ......" Ye Tao's multi-pronged approach can definitely have such an effect, but it is too torturous.

The first to arrive in Yicheng was indeed the detachment commanded by Chi Lei, and the last way, Chi Lei set off after noon the previous day. Then the starry night and then arrived in Yicheng the next morning. However, Chi Lei was completely put on the table by Ye Tao's physical fitness test. In fact, if he marched according to the normal schedule, he would also be in first place. But this was an era of extremely underdeveloped communications, and he didn't know how fast the other teams were moving, so he had to try to get ahead. The sergeants were exhausted to death, and after an hour's rest, many of them couldn't wake up at all, so it was better to take the test directly after arriving. Chi Lei, who wanted to cry without tears, had an ugly face, and was so angry that he didn't talk to Ye Tao for a whole day.

And the last team to arrive was the Zeng Zining detachment that made the most stinky jokes. The pawnshop apprentice had learned a lot along the way, and when he got to it, he almost wondered if there was something wrong with his IQ. But Zeng Zining spent the most economical along the way. There was even a way for him to make a fortune by making an agreement with a caravan on the same road to escort him for two days...... Of course, this non-conformity will also become an anecdote rather than a joke.

There were so many jokes and so many embarrassing things, and the "criticism and self-criticism" meeting convened by Ye Tao lasted from noon to evening. This kind of conference that makes everyone blow themselves up is definitely not a "successful meeting, a victorious meeting", but it is full of laughter from beginning to end.

"Is it fun?" When the last midshipman who led the team finished speaking, Ye Tao stood up, and when the laughter and noise gradually fell silent. He asked.

Say it's fun. It's not funny, hesitating and can't say what he feels. There were people looking at each other, and there was no definite answer in the huge banquet hall for a while.

"You know, real military affairs are different from the military affairs we learn from books and chess battles. This is why, looking at the history books, there are all kinds of people who can counsel military aircraft and come up with ideas to break the enemy and win, but those who can really control the troops and seize the opportunity to win in military battles are still those veterans who have dedicated their lives to the battlefield. ”

"Everyone is not an old soldier, but they are all enthusiastic young people who think, or have ever thought of, being able to cross the battlefield. People who have dreams are happy, and people who have the opportunity to practice their dreams and even realize their dreams one day are worthy of envy. However, through this exercise, I believe everyone has a preliminary understanding of how difficult this road is. Listening to others repeat it countless times, this is not an easy path, and it will not compare to a first-hand experience. After such a time, I don't know how many of you are willing to persistently go on this road that may lead us to glory and dreams, or to hardship and death, but will surely shape us stronger and stronger. ”

The banquet hall was silent. Ye Tao continued: "At least, we have all learned a lot, and this march will have the most practical effect. I want to ask you, when you go back to Danyang, will you have another round of competition? Do you have any confidence that you can do a better job than the absurd steps along the way? ”

There was silence for about a second, and then the audience erupted in cheers. For everyone, this is an opportunity, an opportunity to test whether they are suitable for military life, whether they can become a qualified officer, and an opportunity to turn the jokes that happened to them into a foreshadowing for their own success.

"Very well, I heard everyone's answers. So, now please stand up, let us raise a glass to all the loyal souls who have shed blood, sweat and even their lives on the battlefield, so that we can have the opportunity to fail and grow together here today, and then succeed together! ”