When Wang Sheng suddenly broke in, Wang Kefan was in a meeting with the four team officers.

"Soldiers should select the kind of young, strong, simple and honest peasants, and their family backgrounds must be innocent, and they must take a guarantee before recruitment, and file them for future reference, so as to control ...... Well, third brother, why are you here? ”

Wang Kefan looked up at the window, it was already late at night, Wang Sheng came to the door at this time, there must have been some accident, and waved his hand to Shi Ah Da and the others, and asked them to retreat first.

"Nothing." Wang Sheng didn't want to say much about the dispute with his father, and asked earnestly: "Yuntai, if I go to the Gongyi camp, will Niu Xietai accept it?" ”

"You're going to join the army?" Wang Kefan's heart was like lightning, he had already guessed the reason, he was overjoyed, and said: "Of course, the Gongyi Battalion still lacks six sentry officers, with your reputation as a talent and the identity of the Wang family's son-in-law, it is easy to find a sentry officer." ”

Everyone has a rebellious period when they are young, eager to get rid of their parents and family, and work hard alone.

The road ahead is full of thorns, Wang Kefan often feels weak and urgently needs a few like-minded friends to help, Wang Sheng has a calm and heavy personality, and is a very haode helper.

"I don't know about military affairs, I'm afraid I can't do this sentry officer well......" Wang Sheng was obviously moved, but he had always been thoughtful, and he thought about retreating before thinking about it, and his tone was a little hesitant.

"I don't know if you can learn military affairs, how can anyone be born to lead soldiers to fight? As long as you work hard, it is more than enough to be a sentry officer with the intelligence of the third brother! Wang Kefan said with a smile: "Let's go to the county magistrate Xu Bingzhong tomorrow, with a letter of recommendation from him, you can recruit another two hundred young people, and this sentry will be decided." ”

"Since that's the case, then I'll give it a try, and I will ask Yuntai for more guidance in the military in the future!" Wang Sheng solemnly gave a salute, and after a few days of contact, he admired Wang Kefan's military talent very much, and thought that this fourth brother had already had the ambition to join the army, and he was secretly familiar with military books.

The capable person is the teacher, since Wang Sheng has joined the army, he has more and more respect for Wang Kefan.

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Wang Sheng stayed at Wang Kefan's house that night, and the two slept on their feet and talked all night. Early the next morning, Wang Kefan handed over the finishing work of the conscription to Shi Adaa and four other team officers, and rushed to Chongyang County by boat with Wang Sheng.

After arriving in Chongyang, the two went to meet the county commander Xu Bingzhong together, and then broke up at the dock, Wang Sheng took a boat to Wuchang Mansion to join the army, but Wang Kefan went out of the city twenty miles east and came to the Valley Academy.

After going through the withdrawal procedures after arriving at the academy, the teachers and classmates were very surprised, and when asked about the reason for withdrawing from school, Wang Kefan did not hide it, and frankly admitted that he had abandoned literature and joined the Gongyi Battalion.

Wanyan refused the teacher's repeated retention, and calmly faced the surrounding discussions, Wang Kefan found his brother Wang Kebin after he sold his student status in the academy.

"Fourth brother is really already in the army? Seven products put the total? It's so majestic, I'm going too! Wang Kebin's young temperament, when he heard it, he cheered, clamoring to drop out of school and follow Wang Kefan to become a soldier.

"No way!" Wang Kefan rejected him without hesitation: "You are too young, study in the academy first, and then talk about it in two or three years." ”

"I'm seventeen years old, not too young!" Wang Kebin didn't give up, and defended: "I am physically strong, a gentleman and a gentleman loves swordsmanship the most, and it is absolutely no problem to go into battle to kill the enemy!" ”

"Can you lead troops to fight with only swordsmanship?! You have not achieved academic knowledge, your mind is not strong, at most you are a martial artist, how can you be a general of an army? Wang Kefan slowed down his tone and persuaded kindly: "Since my Wang family brother has joined the army, he has to do a vigorous career, you first hone it for a few years, and after knowing the army and reasoning, it is not too late to talk about joining the army." ”

Blood relationship is a natural bond, and Wang Kefan has high hopes for this only younger brother and is unwilling to pull out the seedlings to help them grow.

In another two or three years, it will be time for the decisive battle between the Southern Ming Dynasty and the Qing army, Wang Kefan is confident that he will also be plump, and at that time, arranging Wang Kebin in a suitable position can help him a lot.

Wang Kebin's eyes lit up, and he responded excitedly: "Understood!" In the future, I will definitely be familiar with military books, practice martial arts diligently, and join the army one day earlier to help the fourth brother! ”

"Yes, military books and martial arts must be learned, and historical articles cannot be wasted, the space for the development of military attachés is too narrow, it is easy to be controlled by others, and it is necessary to test for fame. Well, at least it has to be a showman, and it's even better to lift people. Wang Kefan recalled history, the Southern Ming court also held the imperial examination, and selected many officials from it, if Wang Kebin can get a fame, it will be much more convenient to act as an official.

"Obey the orders of the fourth brother!" Wang Kebin nodded wistfully.

The brothers were talking, when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps, the door curtain was lifted, and two young talents walked in, the person in front of him was tall and had a loud voice, and when he saw Wang Kefan, he pretended to be angry and frowned.

"Yuntai, you actually ran to join the army, why didn't you call me?!"

Wang Kefan hurriedly got up and gave up his seat, these two people are his friends in the academy, one is Tan Xiao in Yuezhou, and the other is Zhou Guodong in Tongshan, both are children of the family, and they are talented people, Wang Kefan returned to the Valley Academy this time, half of it was for the two of them.

"How dare you not scream? How can you not scream! Yuezhou Tan Xiao is a prince, now is a good opportunity to show his ambitions, I didn't come to you in a hurry? ”

"Count how much vision you have!" Tan Xiao is an extrovert, and immediately turned his anger into joy, patted Wang Kefan on the shoulder twice, pulled a chair and sat down, and said: "I heard that you joined the army, so I wanted to drop out of school immediately and go with you, if it weren't for the nerd Gordon to stop me, I would have taken off this green skin ...... long ago."

Tan Xiao's family is a big family in Yuezhou, and there are many high-ranking scholars and officials among the generations of children, but Tan Xiao is an alternative, although he was forced by his parents to take money to buy a showman, but like the nine-pattern dragon Shi Jin in "Water Margin", he didn't like to read since he was a child, he only liked to dance with knives and sticks, and read some military books and war strategies.

Wang Kefan nodded with a smile, turned his face to Zhou Guodong and asked, "Oh, Guodong Weishenme wants to stop you?" Don't approve of us joining the army? ”

"The gimbal misunderstood! The country has been raising soldiers for more than 200 years, when this society is about to fall, my generation should share the worries of the monarch father, I have long had the ambition to join the army and fight the thieves! Zhou Guodong is not tall, his demeanor and speech are bookish, but there is a bit of stubbornness in his eyes, he looks like a person with strong self-esteem, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "But you and I are both scholars, I don't know about soldiers, I am not good at fighting, and I am afraid ......that I will not be able to lead soldiers if I join the army rashly."

Before he finished speaking, Tan Xiao shouted: "Who said that I don't know about military affairs and am not good at fighting?" Guodong, you can find any one, and I'll compare with him! ”

"I'm talking about myself, okay?" Zhou Guodong stretched out his hand and pointed at himself, his tone and attitude were very unfriendly, and he hit a big nail on Tan Xiao.

Tan Xiao didn't mind, scratched his hair and said worriedly: "This is a trouble. Guodong's reading is a good material, and I am afraid that it will be enough to lead troops to fight, but the three of us brothers have always been like-minded, and there is no reason to throw one behind......"

"Who said scholars can't lead soldiers?"

Wang Kefan interjected with a smile: "The selection of generals lies in loyalty, righteousness and blood, diligence and honesty, simplicity and simplicity, perseverance and hard work, regardless of fame and fortune ......, in my opinion, these conditions are all met, if you put pen to paper, you will become a good general in the future!" ”

It doesn't matter if Zhou Guodong is a scholar, military experience can be learned, the key is to have a strong ideological quality, Wang Kefan, as a member of the People's Liberation Army of the old time and space, is convinced of this.

What is the use of reading military books? Zhao Kuo talked about the army on paper, but he lost 400,000 troops, and the famous Manchu generals only watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but they were invincible at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

What is the use of a veteran general in the army? Whether it was the army of the Southern Ming Dynasty or the remnants of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, they all fought for many years, but history has proved that they were not opponents of the Qing army.

It is necessary to start anew and retrain a group of generals, who do not have all kinds of vices in the Ming army, nor have they fear the Qing army, and enthusiastic young people like Zhou Guodong and Tan Xiao have both cultural knowledge and family background resources, and they are the best candidates that Wang Kefan can find.

"Yuntai praises falsely, I really dare not take it!" Zhou Guodong arched his hand reservedly, smiled at Tan Xiao proudly, and suddenly turned his face and asked: "I have also dabbled in the "Seven Books of Martial Arts", and I have never seen the selection criteria mentioned by Yuntai, I don't know what the famous general said?" ”

"This ......, judging from an old book, should be a great sage who has lost his country......"

Wang Kefan didn't want to get entangled in this sensitive issue, so he diverted the topic and said: "This great sage agrees very much with the scholars leading the troops, the victory or defeat of the soldiers not only depends on the lives of the three armies, but also depends on the food and salary supply of both sides....... Although scholars lack experience in leading troops, they can better communicate with all parties and raise money and salaries......"

Fighting a war is not only a military issue, but also an economic issue, a political issue, under the historical conditions of the Ming Dynasty, the people in the scholar system can better integrate and utilize national resources to ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops.

The more Zhou Guodong listened, the more excited he became, and he slapped his hands and smiled: "It makes sense, it makes sense!" I have never said anything before, and I can fully understand the concerns in my heart...... PTZ, can you lend me that old book of yours? ”

Wang Kefan was embarrassed, but Tan Xiao shouted impatiently: "Okay, okay!" Now that you have no worries, what are you still rubbing here? Hurry up and go with me to cancel your student status and go to the Gongyi Camp to join the army together! ”