Then every morning, Li Yanzhao led everyone to drive two carriages to the mountain outside the camp to cut grass. Buy a day's worth of horse feed.

After returning to the camp, the mules and horses were fed, and then the horse shed was repaired, Li Yanzhao stipulated that everyone could not just feed the horses, but also take the mules and horses out of the camp in batches, and carefully brush the bodies of the mules and horses with a brush beside the mountain stream. Li Yanzhao stipulated that the hay on the ground in the mule and horse shed should be changed every two days, and the hay that was replaced would be used as fuel for the house.

At dusk, after feeding for the second time of the day, they must go into the stables to collect manure, and after collecting the horse manure, they must be taken outside the camp and buried in a pit. In this way, the life of the eleven stables is also tense and fulfilling.

During his time, Captain Ma Du came to the stable several times. Every time I watched it, I was amazed, and after a while, I was amazed. He himself wanted to throw these newcomers to feed the horses, which was equivalent to the killing stick that the official master ordered to fight when the prisoners were promoted to the court in the yamen. Who would have expected that those newcomers not only did not think they were angry, but they were conscientious and did a good job of raising horses.

Now the stable is also much wider, and I can basically see the mules and horses in the stable at any time, and the environment in the stable, all of which are clean and refreshing. Seeing that the stable was clean enough to sleep people, Ma Duwei's expression when he saw Li Yanzhao and the others again had gradually turned into appreciation.

Li Yanzhao did business in his previous life, and his kung fu of observing words and emotions was extraordinary. He had already noticed the subtle change in Ma Duwei's expression, but his behavior did not change at all, and he continued to feed the horses diligently, bathe them, change the hay, and collect dung every day. Including things like picking up dung, Li Yanzhao often goes to it in person. Even if the dirty work is tiring, it never shirks. Everyone was impressed.

Within a few days, Ma Duwei summoned Li Yanzhao to the tent, and the good student encouraged him. Seeing that although Li Yanzhao had raised horses for many days, there was no resentment on his face, and he felt more and more satisfied. When it was over, he asked Li Yanzhao what he wanted.

"I hope that the lieutenant will allocate a batch of weapons and armor with a few of me." Li Yanzhao's request made Ma Duwei stunned. He had expected that Li Yanzhao would ask for several of them to be transferred out of the stable. Puzzled, he couldn't help asking, "It's not difficult to send a few pairs of armor and weapons, but why don't you ask Captain Pontus to transfer you out of the stable?" Instead, just ask for a few pairs of armor and weapons? ”

"The lieutenant ordered me to wait to raise the horses, and I will raise the horses later. However, it is also the duty of our warriors to go into battle to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. To kill the enemy, you must practice martial arts, but the two are really not in conflict. We will devote ourselves to raising horses and practicing martial arts in our spare time, so as to wait for the day when we can go into battle to kill the enemy and make meritorious achievements. Wei Wu once said that Lao Ji has a long ambition for thousands of miles. Although we are not old men, we are willing to emulate that Maxima! ”

Li Yanzhao's words made Ma Duwei's heart surge. He immediately clapped: "Good! If you want armor and weapons, Captain Pontus will approve it. Then the lieutenant wrote a warrant to you, and allowed your eleven men to go to the arsenal, receive eleven pairs of armor, and take advantage of the weapons and crossbows. ”

Li Yanzhao hurriedly bowed: "Thank you to Captain Ma Du." We will devote ourselves to raising horses and practicing martial arts. In order to repay the grace of the captain. ”

Captain Ma Du nodded in satisfaction. wrote a warrant, stamped it with his own private seal, and then gave it to Li Yanzhao. watched him walk out of the big tent, his eyes were full of approval.

Li Yanzhao took the warrant of Captain Ma Du, went to the tent and gathered his subordinates, and went straight to the arsenal in the camp.

The arsenal was built in the middle of the camp, not far from the tent. Looking at the entire camp, this arsenal is a luxurious building. Not only were the brick walls intact, but the roofs were not covered with hay, but with tiles. Most of them are for the proper preservation of the armor and weapons inside.

Li Yanzhao asked the sergeant guarding the door, went to the tent next to him, and handed over the warrant to the treasurer, who was the junior official in charge of the arsenal in his army. He had taken the warrant and examined the seal. Immediately went to the side to take the key to the arsenal and led Li Yanzhao to the front of the arsenal, opened the door, and Li Yanzhao and the others followed him in.

I saw that the armor and helmets in the warehouse were neatly stacked, the swords were neatly placed on the many knife stands against the wall on one side, and the spears and spears were bundled and stacked in the corners of the wall. A small number of unpopular weapons such as axes and hammers were selected and placed neatly in a few weapon racks. Each bow is packed in a bow bag, and in order to prevent moisture and the bow body loses its toughness, the strings are loosened and wrapped in oiled paper, and placed on several tables in the center of the warehouse.

The arrows were packed into quivers and neatly arranged in the open space next to the spears. Li Yanzhao saw all these rigorous and orderly scenes in the arsenal, and couldn't help but admire the treasurer beside him. Turning his head and clasping his fists, he said sincerely: "The arsenal is managed in an orderly manner, and a certain pair of you admire it very much." ”

"It's my duty to manage the arsenal, how dare I neglect it in the slightest." The martial artist is also holding his fist.

Everyone saw that there were a lot of dazzling weapons in the arsenal. The warrior summoned two guards to the gate, went to the treasury, and called the people over. Distribute armor to the multitude. The military official took a booklet himself, put it on a few cases at the door, and took care of it to make notes.

"Eleven pairs of leather armor, eleven leather helmets, eleven belts, eleven long cards, eleven ring-headed knives, eleven bows and bow sacs, eleven quivers, three hundred and thirty arrows, and eleven spears." The sergeant finished distributing his weapons and armor and sang aloud to the warrior who had recorded at the door. The military official moistened the pen on the inkstone and wrote them down one by one.

Li Yanzhao and the others put the armor on their bodies, fastened their belts, and then hung their bows and quivers and ring-headed knives on their belts. Li Yanzhao took out the arrows from the quivers of the crowd, carefully inspected them one by one, and carefully inspected the weapons and equipment issued, and there was no problem, and then he said goodbye to the military officials and sergeants, and the eleven people lined up again and walked back towards the way they came. Everyone received the armor and weapons, and they were all excited, looking left and right along the way, it was very novel.

Li Yanzhao looked at the excitement of everyone, but he was silent, and said to everyone: "From tomorrow, in addition to feeding the horses, cleaning the stables, brushing the horses and other official duties, we must practice martial arts in our spare time. What do you think, brothers? ”

Everyone originally came to this barracks with the good desire to practice martial arts and defend the land against the enemy, but who knew that they were sent to feed the horses, and they were already indignant. Now that everyone has won the rare right to own armor and weapons, hearing Li Yanzhao's words, they are too happy to be happy, how can they have opinions? What are weapons used for? Isn't it just practicing martial arts in peacetime and killing the enemy in battle? So the crowd shouted and applauded. But they are all looking forward to practicing martial arts with Li Yanzhao as soon as possible.

The next day, the mules and horses were fed in high spirits. Li Yanzhao took a burden and led everyone to drape themselves neatly, and after reporting to Ma Duwei, he went out of the camp gate and came to the foot of the mountain outside the stable wall. Everyone drew their weapons and waved them, all of them looking excited.

However, Li Yanzhao threw the burden in his hand into the ground and untied the burden, but inside were some axes, saws, planers and other tools. Seeing that everyone was surprised, Li Yanzhao smiled and said, "What? With weapons and arrows in the air, can you not chop the air? Whoever knows how to do carpentry work, get a few dummies out first. ”

Although they didn't know what the air in Li Yanzhao's mouth was, everyone still understood what he meant. There are trees on the mountain, and Ding Yue, Cui Yang, Han Wencan and Wang Qiang will do some carpentry work. So they took their tools and went to the foot of the mountain to cut down the trees.

In about half an hour, the crowd had already cut down two trees. Ding Yue and the four of them then took all kinds of tools and stepped forward to sawed open the trunks separately, but there was only one pair of tools, and everyone grabbed them, and those who couldn't get the tools they needed could only stare at the side.

When Li Yanzhao saw this, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly. He remembered that most of the times still did not have the concept of assembly line work, so everyone did their own thing, and everyone tried to make a complete wooden dummy by themselves, that is, the distribution of tools and labor was very uneven, which naturally caused a waste of time or labor.

He stepped forward and asked everyone to take charge of a process. The material is only responsible for the material distribution, the peeling is only responsible for the peeling, the trimming is only responsible for the repair, and finally one person can assemble it. Everyone heard Li Yanzhao's orders, and when they heard this series of arrangements, they couldn't help but be stunned. And so another hour passed, and five simple wooden dummies were erected at the foot of the mountain.

Li Yanzhao led everyone to the mountain stream next to him, found a stone that was still flat, and asked everyone to sharpen their weapons on it. And they did what they said.

Half an hour later, the crowd gathered at the foot of the hill with shining weapons. Li Yanzhao looked at the high-spirited people and was very satisfied. He ordered the people to tighten the strings of their bows and arrows. Then he led them back ten paces and pointed to the dummies: "Among the hundred soldiers, the bow and arrow are the first. When the two armies are engaged, the weapon of the first round of attack must be the bow and arrow, and the archer will try to defeat the enemy at a distance of a hundred paces. Kill the enemy invisibly. Very sharp. ”

After speaking, Li Yanzhao pointed to the wooden figures: "If those wooden people are the enemy army, they have advanced ten steps away at this time, and the troops will listen to my orders." ”

"Tie the strings!" And they put their arrows on their strings.

"Draw the bow!" The people slowly filled the bowstrings.

"Put!" Li Yanzhao heard the sound of the bowstring for a while, but when he looked up, there was only one arrow firmly stuck in the wooden figure in the center. The rest of the arrows did not know where they had gone.

The arrow in the middle, Li Yanzhao didn't think about it, and knew that it was Cao Jianfa. Cao Jian used to be a hunter in the mountains, and shooting this kind of wooden man target ten steps away is tantamount to pediatrics.

"Except for Cao Jian, the rest of the people will go and find the arrows you are waiting for!" Li Yanzhao said angrily. Behind those wooden figures is the hillside, so Li Yanzhao is not afraid of losing arrows, let alone these people not being able to find their arrows. It's just that the result of this first archery shot was too disappointing for him. He originally thought that at least three or four arrows could be hit at a distance of ten paces, but the fact was that he ruthlessly shook them off their big ears.

If this is really on the battlefield, a distance of ten paces is only enough to shoot a wave of arrows from your side. However, he only shot one arrow from his side. Then at least four people on the opposite side can rush over and kill their own group of archers who have not even had time to draw their swords.

It seems that the matter of military training is really a heavy task and a long way to go. Li Yanzhao secretly sighed in his heart.