Li Yanqing conquered five hundred soldiers with powerful cavalry archery, and then five hundred soldiers showed their archery skills, and the curtain fell before dark to compete for official positions, and the twelve sergeants with strong archery skills became the new opponents, although it was an unconventional competition for official positions, but the result was not unexpected, among the twelve new officials, nine of them were the original officers, and the army itself was strong, and it was outstanding in archery or martial arts to be the officers themselves. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But this open competition convinced all the soldiers and officers, and more importantly, through this competition, these new troops, which were gathered by scattered soldiers, began to feel a sense of belonging, and they began to identify with the intelligence battalion as a new home.

Inside the big tent, the twelve team leaders stood in line, they had already drawn lots, and from the first team to the tenth team, each of them had their own subordinates.

Li Yanqing selected two more prestigious opponents from the 12 to serve as deputy leaders, and everything had to be done in moderation, and if it was too much, it would be counterproductive.

Li Yanqing picked out twelve low-level officers through a competition, which has broken the rules of seniority in the Northwest Army, so when appointing the deputy head of the capital next, he must follow the rules, otherwise it will cause dissatisfaction among the officers, after all, strong archery does not mean that martial arts are strong, nor does it mean that there is leadership to serve the public, and the combination of the old and the new is the way to stability.

"Tonight I will report the list to the marshal, only the marshal formally approved the appointment can take effect, but since the marshal has made me fully responsible for the preparation of the intelligence department, then this appointment should be able to pass, from this evening, the intelligence battalion will be officially established, the following you have to do two things, one is to build the camp tent, and secondly, it will take two days to integrate with each other and be familiar with each other, and everyone will start work in two days, I will arrange what to do, and then go back to receive tents and supplies."

Li Yanqing gave Wang Gui and Luo Ping a look, and Luo Ping shouted: "The first team to the fifth team, follow me!" ”

Wang Gui also shouted: "The sixth team to the tenth team will follow me!" ”

The crowd parted, and soon, in the half-light and half-darkness of the night, five hundred soldiers began to set up camp tents in full swing.

Li Yanqing looked at Wang Gui and Luo Ping from afar and commanded everyone to set up tents, at this time, there was a sound of footsteps from behind, and Yang Liang whispered on the side: "Join the army, the handsome is here!" ”

As soon as Li Yanqing turned around, he saw that the shuai walked over briskly under the escort of more than a dozen personal soldiers, and Li Yanqing hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "See the big handsome!" ”

"It's going well!" The planter asked with a smile.

"Everything is going well, the officers have been appointed, and the list will be reported to the commander tonight."

According to the military hierarchy of the Song Dynasty, starting from the lowest guy, then the team, the capital, the battalion, the army, and the box, and finally to the commander of the division, but the intelligence battalion is more special, he is the subordinate army of the intelligence department, and the intelligence department is generally directly under the jurisdiction of the commander, so Li Yanqing has no boss above, and directly faces the commander of the division.

Seed Master Dao nodded, "Then what are you going to do next?" ”

"Let the army spend two days training and integration, tomorrow the lowly post will go to the government to supervise the examination, the next two days to establish the basic framework of the intelligence department, and the third day will be the official handling of official business."

"Which piece are you going to start with?" Seed Master Dao continued to ask, this was what he cared about.

"The humble post plans to go in two parts, one is to deal with the information sent by each village, and the second is to continue to search and destroy the Xixia Xizuo on Hedong Road."

Last time, they destroyed three Western Xia intelligence points in Yangqu County and Qingyuan County, but according to the information found, there were a total of ten intelligence points on Hedong Road, and seven more were distributed in the states of Hedong Road.

Although the Western Xia Fines had all retreated in time, they were still on Hedong Road, so searching for these six intelligence points and preventing new Western Xia Intelligence Efforts was their top priority.

The Seed Master Dao said: "I agree with the direction of action you said, but let me add one more thing, no matter what, there can't be a second Zhao Yuan, you should understand the seriousness of this problem." ”

"Humble duty understands!"

"What else do you need now?"

Li Yanqing thought for a while and said, "Fifty logistics miscellaneous soldiers are still needed for the humble position. ”

Although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs, as a military office, miscellaneous soldiers are inevitable, such as keeping materials in the barracks, cooking on the fire, taking care of horses, ringing bells and drums, running errands and sending letters to civilian officials, boiling water and ordering tea, and doing things with the guards, etc., that is, the soldiers who are responsible for logistics are generally served by the local box army.

Breeder Dao nodded, "Yes, I will transfer fifty people from the logistics battalion to you, in addition, how to distribute your thirty war horses?" ”

"The lowly intend to give each of the team leaders and deputy leaders a horse, and the other eighteen horses for public use, which can be borrowed for the time being."

"These rules, as well as the mission objectives of the Intelligence Division, your plans, etc., you have to write a detailed report to me, and I will give you ten days, I hope not to disappoint me."

"Humble, remember!"

Seed Master Dao patted him on the shoulder, "Although the intelligence department also has other armies, it is not a climate, I hope that the intelligence department of the Hedong Army can become a pearl of the Great Song Army, all of this depends on your ability and hard work." ”

Li Yanqing nodded silently, this was also his expectation, at this time, the seed master Dao remembered something again and smiled: "The veteran general Zong Ze you recommended last time, the imperial court has approved him to serve as the bow and arrow lifting envoy of Hedong Road and the Taiyuan regiment, and now he should be on the way to take office, and he will be in office in a few days." ”

Li Yanqing has always been confused about the official position of the imperial court, he only knows that there is a distinction between fiction and reality, for example, his official position in the imperial court is to give things to the Lang, and serve as the envoy of the Baojing Army, but in fact, what he does has nothing to do with the Jiedu envoy, Zong Ze is the same, the Taiyuan regimental training envoy is a virtual official, and the bow and arrow lifting on Hedong Road is also in name only, but they are all subordinate official positions of the Seed Master Dao, as long as he takes office, what to do is arranged by the Seed Master Dao.

Li Yanqing was greatly gratified, changing the fate of the veteran Zong Ze was, to a certain extent, also changing the fate of the Northern Song Dynasty.

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The next day, before dawn, Li Yanqing took dozens of soldiers and joined the army Wu Xianliang to Taiyuan Mansion School, today is the day to recruit the army to engage in the examination, Zhao Wen is responsible for the preliminary preparations, but when it comes to the examination, Zhao Wen alone is too busy, Li Yanqing has to go out in person.

The examination papers have been printed in the barracks, a total of 2,800 copies, and the number of applicants is 2,744, including not only the students of the prefecture, but also about 500 scholars from various counties of Taiyuan Prefecture.

The specific examination is entrusted to the Taiyuan Prefecture School, but the maintenance of order and the later interviews are in charge of the military.

Taiyuan Mansion School has been specially suspended for one day today, and the examination venue has been arranged, and the thirty seconded Seed Master Dao soldiers are maintaining order with Zhao Wen in front of the gate of Taiyuan Mansion School.

At this time, Zhao Wen saw Li Yanqing and a large number of soldiers coming, he suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Humble post see the record to join the army!" ”

"How's the readiness?" Li Yanqing asked.

"It's basically ready, the scholars of the mansion are entering in an orderly manner, and Sect Liu is afraid of causing chaos, so let these foreign scholars wait for a while, they should start entering soon."

As soon as the words fell, an examiner hurriedly ran over and said in a loud voice: "The students of Fuxue have finished entering, and they can enter here, I hope it will be orderly and quiet!" ”

Li Yanqing saw that the team had been lined up, so he nodded to Zhao Wen, "Let's enter!" ”

Under the guidance of the soldiers, a group of soldiers began to enter the gate of the Fuxue, and their examination location was different from that of the Fuxue students, but in a different building.

At this time, Wu Xianliang saw that the candidates were all carrying pen and ink bags, and the soldiers did not search them, but brought them into the venue casually, he finally couldn't help it, and asked in a low voice on the side: "Do you enter the venue directly without searching?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled and shook his head, "This is not the imperial examination, they can't cheat, they are allowed to turn over the book if they want to, but it makes no sense, and it is a waste of time." ”

As the candidates entered, the drum of preparation sounded, the exam was the same as the usual exam of the Fuxue, according to the exam number sitting, hundreds of people gathered together, each person had a table in front of them, pen and ink brought by themselves, if you forgot to bring, the Fuxue can provide, there are seven pieces of paper on the table per person, this is the answer paper.

The seven examination rooms are very quiet, and the examiner begins to check the test number of each candidate, and each candidate is more nervous, which is a bit like the state and county recruiting clerks, when the state and county recruit clerks, the county's scholars have to drill to find a way to find a relationship, and the threshold is also high, at least requiring people to raise people or state school graduates.

Although the recruitment of staff members in the army is also the nature of civil servants, but the income is high, the treatment is good, the benefits are good, and more importantly, the opportunity to be transferred from officials to officials is much greater than that of states and counties, so it is understandable that everyone is eager to do this, of course, the sentiment of serving the country is not nothing, but it is only a small number of scholars, and most of the scholars are applying for the examination for high salaries and futures.

The examiner began to send out the papers, and the scholars were eager to pick up the papers and read them carefully, a total of six countermeasure questions, each question requires about 500 words, and the questions are very practical, such as there are 3,000 documents in the room, how to classify and sort out, etc., of course, the details are also set, this is the various abilities of the examiners, the ability to organize documents, the ability to deal with problems, and the ability to find problems, etc.

'When! There was a crisp sound on the cloud board, and the exam began.