Wu Xian was leading Xu Yuan to the inner courtyard to see Kong Sheng. But when I heard the sound of a silver-bell-like woman's laughter piercing my ears, a red shadow fell from above.

Nie Chuchen smiled and calmly turned to look at Xu Yuan, Wu Xian and the others, Xu Yuan settled down, recognized Nie Chuchen, and knew that she was Kong Sheng's woman, so he took the initiative to hug his fists and said: "Miss Nie is high and high, unpredictable, it's really good kung fu!" ”

Nie Chuchen grinned and nodded to Xu Yuan: "Xu Taishou!" ”

Immediately, Nie Chuchen looked up at the eaves of the roof on the high place, and shouted crisply: "Kong Sheng, jump down!" Don't be afraid, jump! ”

Only then did everyone see that Kong Sheng had run to the ridge of the roof, standing on the slender cornice, with his arms outstretched, holding his balance, and looking a little embarrassed.

"Jump, jump down!" Nie Chuchen smiled coquettishly.

Xu Yuan opened his mouth wide, and said in his heart that this Kong Overseer is a young man with a good heart and a nonsense, a dignified court official, the commander of Xiayi, and actually ran to the eaves with a Jianghu woman to play games, what kind of system has it become?

Kong Sheng cautiously changed his position, but he didn't jump down for a long time.

He was not a timid person, although the building of this year was not very tall, but it was also four or five meters high from the highest eaves to the ground, so it was difficult for him to jump down regardless of it.

Kong Sheng didn't even dare to look down. At this time, he suddenly realized that he seemed to be a little afraid of heights.

"Jump, Kong Sheng, manly man, what are you afraid of?!" Nie Chuchen clapped his hands and shouted below, and there were more and more people watching the excitement, including officials and servants. There are also military men under Wu Xianwu's subordinates.

Xu Yuan sighed lightly and said, "Kong Overseer." Hurry down. You are the coach of Xiayi, so it is too unseemly. ”

A wry smile floated on the corner of Kong Sheng's mouth, how could he be in the limelight and let others watch on this, just a few times he mustered up the courage to jump down, and a feeling of fear surged in his heart, making him unable to move in a cold sweat.

"Inhale, concentrate, and the true qi runs for a week. Jump! Nie Chuchen stood below with his hands in front of his chest and said in a condensed voice.

Kong Sheng gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, held his breath and concentrated, and secretly activated Professor Sima Chengzhen's supernatant internal strength, when the true qi flowing like a stream was flowing all over his body, when he realized that the true qi had reached the spring point on the soles of his feet, he closed his eyes and jumped down.

The breeze was whistling in his ears, and Kong Sheng didn't have much time to think. Before he could even react, his figure fell to the ground. The slight vibration after his feet touched the ground made Kong Sheng open his eyes suddenly.

Not far away, Nie Chuchen chuckled: "Isn't this it?" See, what's so hard about that? ”

Wu Xian Wujie and the others couldn't help but applaud, Kong Sheng took a deep breath, and after a little relief, he hugged his fists and saluted Xu Yuan: "Xu Taishou is here." ”

Xu Yuan smiled slightly: "Kong Dujun is really good Yaxing!" ”

Kong Sheng smiled embarrassedly: "Let Xu Taishou smile, I want to go to a high place on a whim, I don't want to go up and down, I must still have some fear of heights, it's really ugly." ”

Xu Yuan hugged his fists: "Inspector Kong, this official has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." ”

Kong Sheng waved his hand, and Wu Xianwu Xie and the others were interested, and immediately retreated far away.

"Xu Taishou, please speak."

Xu Yuan sighed, lowered his voice and said: "I heard that the Kong Inspector Army took in a group of mountain thieves and water bandits, there are hundreds of people, these people have not changed their hearts, they are reckless, and they stay in the official army, if they don't listen to the control, I am afraid that they will bring trouble to Xiayi." ”

Kong Sheng nodded slowly: "Please rest assured that Xu Taishou, I will definitely arrange for someone to strictly discipline this group of people - as for their collision with Xu Taishou today, I will continue to investigate and give you an explanation." ”

Xu Yuan sighed: "Kong Dujun, this official is definitely not saying this for personal anger. This official is in Xiayi, although he is not very in charge, **** Xianyun Yehe is an idler, but the safety of Xiayi is related to the overall situation of the imperial court to counter the rebellion, Suiyang is currently trapped, 100,000 rebels are on the side, and we can't afford to make any mistakes. ”

Xu Yuan's words obviously showed a bit of loneliness and resentment. Kong Sheng knew it and smiled: "This time, even if Xu Taishou can't come, I will also find Xu Taishou to talk to him." Xu Taishou has been an official for many years, and his experience in governing the local area is not comparable to us young people. ”

The corners of Xu Yuan's mouth twitched, and he said in his heart, you are all hypocritical nonsense. I didn't hesitate to turn my face with Zhang Xun and defect to Xiayi from Suiyang, I thought you were a trustworthy person, but after you came, you were left out in the cold. You say it nicely, but the people under you don't take Xu in their eyes at all, and they are always on guard against me in everything, even if I have the heart and can't do it.

Kong Sheng glanced at Xu Yuan and knew what he was thinking, but he didn't pick it out, but continued: "Xu Taishou, at present, I entrust you with all the government affairs of Xiayi's people's livelihood, and Nangong Wang will assist from the side. This person is proficient in the art of war, and he is a rare military talent, and I believe that with the two of them working together, Xiayi's future prosperity is just around the corner. ”

"As for me, I'm focused on rearmament. The stalemate between the rebels and the defenders of Suiyang is not a matter of one or two days, we must be ready to reinforce Suiyang at any time, at least, I will definitely not watch Suiyang fall into the hands of the rebels. Although Kong Sheng's voice was not high, his words were generous and firm.

Xu Yuan opened his mouth, his expression a little complicated.

Kong Sheng waved his hand and said loudly: "Wu Jie, you hold my broken sword, from today on, follow Xu Taishou's side, if there is anyone who dares to disrespect Xu Taishou or disobey orders, military law will not be tolerated!" ”

Wu Xie was stunned, but he still bowed down and promised: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

Xu Yuan's eyes lit up. Only then did he realize that Kong Sheng's words were not hypocritical or polite, but real and sincere, otherwise how could he let his personal lieutenant Wu Xie bring his sword to serve him?

It's clearly for others to see.

Xu Yuan nodded slowly, his expression was clear, and he took half a step back. He bowed to Kong Sheng.

Kong Sheng hurriedly avoided it. smiled: "Xu Taishou." Are you going to kill Kong? ”

Xu Yuan left satisfied. got what he wanted, and as for the collision of Fang Cai Meng Zan and the others, it had long since come to naught and disappeared with the wind.

But he didn't care, but Kong Sheng couldn't sit idly by.

Xu Yuan's incident made him realize that the recklessness and recklessness of these Hong Ze Shui Kou were beyond his imagination. The official dared to trespass, and Nie Chuchen dared to peep in the bath, which can no longer be described with boldness.

And even if you don't know Xu Yuan, you are in the official office. Can you clash with people at will? Without a sense of rules and etiquette, what will happen in the future?

Seeing Kong Sheng's gloomy face, Wu Xian didn't dare to say anything, and stood aside honestly.

Kong Sheng felt that he could not continue to let this group of people form an army alone, and that he had to be disorganized and mixed into the four major battalions to which Xia Yi belonged - infantry battalion, cavalry battalion, archer battalion, and recruit battalion. Only when it has broken up and reintegrated itself, is constrained by strict military discipline, and is supervised by military commanders at other levels, can the Hong Zejun, which has lost its mutual ties and collusion, truly become a controllable and usable force for itself.

As soon as he thought of this, Kong Sheng suddenly turned around. Facing Wu Xian, he said in a deep voice: "Wu Xian, pass on my military order." Gather for discussion! ”

Half an hour later.

Including Xu Yuannangong Wang, all the military and political officials in Xiayi arrived. Although the official rank was higher, Xu Yuan was very conscious of his subordinates, and he stood on the left side of Kong Sheng's desk, in front of Nangong Wang. and the right head, led by Li Biao and Li Hu, followed by Wu Xian Wuxie, Nan Yong, and Tang Genshui.

Kong Sheng smiled: "Set up a seat for Mrs. Xu." ”

A trace of relief flashed in Xu Yuan's eyes, and he didn't pretend to shirk, so he openly sat next to Kong Sheng.

After all, Xu Yuan is the Suiyang Taishou of the imperial court, and the other generals have nothing to disagree with Kong Sheng's courtesy.

Kong Sheng looked around at everyone, his eyes helpless. At present, the Xiayi army has gradually become a climate and scale, with 800 infantry battalions, 800 cavalry battalions, 600 bow battalions, plus 500 Hongze Shui Kou from Nangong Wang, and 1,500 recruits from Nanjiyun's new battalion that is stepping up training, the strength of the whole army has reached more than 4,000 people.

But with a huge army, there are only a few generals under his command. After the three Lei brothers returned to Suiyang after leaving Germany, the people who could really be driven by Kong Sheng were Li Biao, Li Hu, Wu Xian Wuxie, Nan Yong and Tang Genshui.

For the time being, that's not a problem. But over time, the size of the army continued to swell, and the shortage of generals became a problem.

Generals who may go into battle to kill the enemy and have the ability to command are not recruited by recruiting troops, this is a scarce talent, and it takes all kinds of conditions to find and attract them.

The so-called superior has his own dignity and majesty. Kong Sheng has been leading the army for a long time, and his majesty has deepened, and he has spread out in a gesture.

Kong Sheng looked around at everyone and said softly: "What I mean, immediately disperse and mix the Hongze Navy into three major battalions, except for some of them into the cavalry battalion and the archery battalion, most of them are incorporated into the infantry battalion, which is commanded by Tang Genshui. Wu Xianwu is supplemented by Wu Xian. ”

As soon as his words fell, although Nangong Wang was a little surprised, he was still able to remain calm as usual. It's just that Kong Sheng suddenly handed over the infantry battalion to a relatively unfamiliar "outsider" to command, and his henchmen took a back seat, which surprised many people.

Nangong Wang nodded secretly, applauding in his heart for Kong Sheng's overall view and the light and darkness of knowing people. Tang Genshui is not only brave, but also has the talent to command the army, in addition, he has a calm personality and strict self-discipline, and he is in command of the infantry battalion, which is much stronger than Wuxian Wujie.

Although Wu Xian and Wujie have followed Kong Sheng for a long time, they have also shared hardships and won their trust, but the pattern of the two is low, and they do not have the open-mindedness of a general, so they can be used as generals, and they are not qualified enough as the main generals who stand alone.

Wu Xianwu didn't say anything, but there was obvious disappointment on his face. The brothers lowered their heads and pursed their lips, inevitably a little dissatisfied in their hearts.

is located under the water of Tang Genshui, who was born in a water colony, how can the Wu brothers, who claim to be from the forbidden army, be willing?

But Kong Sheng's character is the same, thunderous and decisive, and no one knows this better than the Wu brothers. Now that Kong Sheng had made a decision, they couldn't resist at all.

Tang Genshui was extremely moved in his heart.

But he is not a person who easily reveals his inner feelings, he turns his gratitude and gratitude into bowing body language and a contemplative sentence: "Tang Genshui will definitely live up to the expectations of the Overseer, and will regard all soldiers as brothers, and regard military discipline and law as life. ”

Kong Sheng smiled loudly, slowly got up and said, "What a good one regards all soldiers as brothers and regards military discipline law as life!" You can say that again! Tang Genshui, this official remembers your words today, and this official looks forward to you being able to stand alone as soon as possible and make contributions to the imperial court! ”

Tang Genshui clasped his fists and saluted, and retreated.

Kong Sheng turned his head to look at Li Biao and Li Hu: "The cavalry battalion is still under the command of Li Biao and Li Hu, you must step up training and prepare for war, the cavalry battalion is the elite force of our army, and it must be able to fight tough battles at critical moments and rush forward!" ”

Li Biao and Li Hu both clasped their fists and said: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

"The cavalry battalion is under the command of Captain Nan Yong, and Nan Yong is also in charge of the new battalion. The training of recruits is very important, which is directly related to the source of reserves of our army, I hope you will not slack off. ”

Nan Yong silently made a salute: "Please rest assured that the Overseer will definitely live up to his mission!" (To be continued.) )