The hospital spent a sleepless night, gradually quieting down in the early morning. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info There were already seriously wounded dead, but there were no cries, only soft sobs from the nurses. The soldiers' relatives were not around, and only their comrades, doctors and nurses accompanied them to their deaths. The other wounded, no matter how painful their wounds, fell asleep weary after a night of screaming.

Liu Yao asked Yao Ying to go home to rest, and he slept on the floor of the hospital for a while, acting as a doctor on duty at night. As the sky brightened, I woke up immediately. Reaching out to wipe his face, he staggered to the cauldron, Liu Yao picked up a handful of water and prepared to wash his face. Suddenly, I found that my hands were covered with dry blood scabs, and I could even feel the fine pieces of flesh. Suppressing a feeling of nausea, he looked up and saw a soldier from Shilu Port walking with blank eyes, so he stretched out his hand and called the young soldier: "You take a water ladle and help me water it, I want to wash my hands." The soldier mechanically obeyed the order, and it was not until Liu Yao washed his hands and washed his face with water that he put down the scoop and walked away in despair.

He may have lost his friends or even loved ones. Liu Yao looked at the back that gradually disappeared into the morning mist, and thought sadly. On the one hand, when conscription, a village often apportion a lot of places, and the men are swept up from time to time, on the other hand, for the poor, being a soldier and eating food is also a way to make a living.

Most of the fires around the clearing were extinguished, and no wounded soldiers were sitting or lying down, gathering together, but not talking. Liu Yao patted a waking soldier and asked, "Where is your commander?" The soldier gestured to a seated figure at the edge of the clearing, but did not speak.

Liu Yao walked over, sat down in front of him, and asked, "This chief, please ask me how to call him." The officer raised his eyes and looked at Liu Yao, but did not speak, and there was no expression on his face. Liu Yao said softly: "Under Liu Yao, it's here...... Householder, sir, would you like to come with me for some breakfast? ”

When the officer heard this, he quickly stood up, and without waiting for Liu Yao to react, he knelt down with a thud and knocked his head three times. Liu Yao was about to stretch out his hand to stop him, but he had already straightened his waist and said loudly: "Xiaguan Yao Yuxiao, I have seen Lord Liu Yao." Lord Xie reached out to help, and many of my soldiers lived. ”

Only then did Liu Yao react, it turned out that this was the famous Mr. Yao. He stared at the kneeling soldier in front of him for a moment and asked, "Do you want to make friends with me?" Yao Jiang didn't expect Liu Yao to have such a question, so he couldn't react at once, and was stunned for a moment before replying: "It's an honor." Liu Yao waved his hand and asked, "Your soldiers have died a lot, I think you are very sad." Mr. Yao was stunned again and nodded. Liu Yao continued: "For this reason, I am willing to make friends with you. Maybe you and I may be rivals, but that doesn't stop us from making friends. Mr. Yao nodded again. Liu Yao pointed to his leg and said, "If you make this friend, this will be the last time you will bow down with me." Don't kneel before me again. ”

Yao stiffened his body visibly, slowly changed from kneeling to sitting cross-legged, and said, "I killed 132 soldiers yesterday. 97 died on the battlefield, on the way here, 23 died, and here, 12. The last one is the brother of the man who washed your hands just now, and it was you who operated on him. ”

Liu Yao sighed and looked back, there was confusion in the morning fog, and people began to move between the shadows of the trees and buildings, but everything seemed very unreal. Only the Yao general in front of him was clearly recognizable, and there were bursts of blood on his body, and the armor made a metallic clanging sound.

"Where did the pirates come from?" Liu Yao asked. "I don't know. We are guards, not sailors. Mr. Yao replied calmly, but choked Liu Yao. How can a garrison in a port be ignorant of the hostile forces around it?

"These bandits, when they usually gather, they are bandits, and when they are scattered, they are fishermen and farmers. It is not like Liu Xiang or Eighteen Zhi, who specialize in bandits, and there are traces to follow. That Liu Bandit or Zheng Bandit is often active in Guangdong and Fujian, and has never come to Hainan, so we are not familiar with their situation. Seeing Liu Yao's puzzled expression, Yao explained to the general manager. Liu Yao kind of understood. In fact, because of the implementation of the sea ban policy, the Ming Dynasty retreated from the sea in great strides, and the Ming government did not have a special naval army and no consistent system to manage its own sea surface and coastline, resulting in the coastal zone being unsupervised and in a virtual power vacuum.

"Could it be that these pirates live not far away? Can their ship go far? Liu Yao thought of a question of military value.

"It shouldn't be close. If it's someone close, you'll be able to recognize a few of them. These people are very raw. Mr. Yao shook his head and said, "It just so happened that you rescued a few pirates yesterday, and you will find out later." ”

Liu Yao nodded, and asked again: "My place is called Freedom Mountain, and I have also organized some group exercises, and I usually train, and I can also assist the officers and soldiers to do some things." I don't know how to look at the coastal defense affairs in the future, do you want the regimental training of Freedom Mountain to help assist in defense? After all, you've lost a lot of people. ”

"To tell you the truth, I was about to ask my husband for the help of the guards in the defense of Ishroku Port. This group of bandits is extremely brave, and it is by no means a straggler, it is likely to be the team of Liu bandits or Zheng bandits. This time, I am afraid that I have a plot against Shilu Port. This defeat is likely to be followed by a comeback. ”

"In this way, we are not facing ordinary people. Then you should report the situation to your superiors and ask for backup. ”

"Hainan has always only had Li chaos, not bandits at sea. Naturally, I'm already galloping, but it's hard for me to judge whether the adults above can believe it. Only after the pirates have broken down my walled city, or I have cut off hundreds of heads, will my report be taken as such. But in that case, I don't know how many people will die. Mr. Yao said heavily.

"It is rare for a general to be reluctant to give up the lives of soldiers. You're the first one I've ever encountered. Liu Yao said this not to pretend to be an experience, but to think of the historical records on the scroll, which are full of examples of how to achieve ten thousand bones.

Mr. Yao didn't respond, and said with a deep sigh: "Sir, can I discuss the matter of assisting the guard tomorrow?" Liu Yao was also silent for a moment and said, "I want to discuss with everyone and reply to you." As he was talking, Liu Man ran over with two buns and stepped on the ground, and when he saw his father, he hurriedly said, "Dad, Mei Yuan took a group of people outside our house, saying that he was going to have a meeting." Liu Yao nodded calmly and said to his daughter, "Daughter, I've seen Mr. Yao." Liu Man bowed quickly and greeted, "Take care of the general manager." Xiaomin Liu Man has seen adults. Without waiting for Mr. Yao to answer, he said to his father: "Go back quickly, they are eating steamed buns at home, and they are almost finished." ”

Knowing that all the elders of Freedom Mountain were waiting for him to go to the meeting, Liu Yao felt a lot more settled, and he was also in the mood to quip: "Will you finish eating the buns if you go late?" ”

"Eat good buns and have a meeting!" Liu Man was anxious and angry, stuffed the bun into his father's hand, and ran away. Liu Yao handed over a bun to Mr. Yao, bowed his head and walked towards the mountain.

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In the conference room of Liu's house, Mei Xiang waited for a group of people to eat steamed buns. Only the sound of chewing and drinking porridge was heard, and no one spoke. These people have been busy all night, and most of them have not closed their eyes all night. When Liu Yao walked in, Mei Xiang just finished cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks and left.

"Lao Mei, such a serious pirate, haven't you encountered it before?" Liu Yao asked straight to the point.

"Definitely. So much, and so fierce. It's really unprecedented. Mei Xianzhuo replied, and Li Jiangong and the others also nodded. Mei Jiaju continued: "I have been in Shilu Port for many days, and I have learned that in the past, the sea bandits could run away just by the villagers of Shilu Port, and they were basically small thieves who did not have a climate. The guard office in Shilugang is completely an idle position set up by Mr. Yao. ”

"But now the situation is different, and the bandits have come to the door. I just chatted with Mr. Yao for a few words, and he suspected that this was Liu Xiang or Eighteen Zhi's people. Liu Yao said what he had learned and raised the topic: "Today we will discuss three issues: First, whether we should participate in the defense of Shilu Port. That Yao always ...... to me Liberty Hill put forward a request for assistance in defense. Second, if we want to assist in defense, how can we defend it, and if we do not assist in defense, how can we defend our own freedom mountain. Third, how to prepare weapons. ”

Everyone nodded when they heard this, but saw Mei Xianzhuo raise his hand: "I want to raise a topic: how should this guard team be dispatched and commanded." Liu Yao stared into his eyes, nodded and said, "Okay, four topics today." Which to start with? Let's talk about defense first, right? ”

Zhao Shilu raised a hand and said, "No, let's talk about the command and dispatch of the guard team first." This is the meeting rules proposed by Liu Yao, the meeting is divided into two parts, the first part is free discussion, mainly to determine the topic of discussion at the meeting, at this time the person who wants to speak should raise his hand. Once the topics are proposed, everyone on each topic will have their turn to speak and will not be able to discuss them freely.

A few hands were raised, and they all said they were seconded.

Liu Yao then announced: The first topic to be discussed, the dispatch and command of the guard force. As is customary, Mei Xianzhuo was the first to speak, and he clasped his hands and said, "I was very anxious when I heard that the bandits had attacked Shirokugang, so I left with the guards." At the same time, the guard team also has the name of regimental training, and I am the captain of the regimental training, so it makes sense that the guard team will go with me. Let's hope the lads of the guard will not be punished for this. There was silence in the conference room, waiting for Mei Xianzhuo to continue. This time he ran away with the "army" without saying a word, and everyone was very taboo. If this continues, the army will become his Mei family's private army, which is something that no one wants to see. Seeing that Mei Xianzhuo started to talk calmly from the perspective of exonerating the guards, everyone listened with mixed feelings.

Mei Xianzhuo continued: "The command of the regimental training is very simple, that is, to listen to the captain's orders. I don't know the command of the guard, but according to Mei Jiaju, there are no special regulations, but everyone thinks that they should listen to Mr. Liu. But this time, as soon as I screamed, I was called away. Therefore, I propose here, first, that the name of regimental training is only to deal with the yamen, and in the future, it will be a team of the guards. Second, the guard unit set up a command office, with Mr. Liu as the head and me as the deputy. Third, please discuss the command rules of the guard corps, whether to set up something like a tiger talisman, half of which will be placed in the platoon commander of the guard corps and half in the command office. When everyone heard this, they felt that Lao Mei should not have any intention of dominating the guards, so they easily talked about the tiger talisman.

In the midst of a buzz, Mei Jiaju raised his hand and said, "Host, apply to speak in advance." "Each topic in the meeting is generally determined by the moderator according to the degree of relevance, and the order of speech is designated by the moderator, for example, the matter of agriculture is let Sun Zhenggang talk first. When there is no order, speak in the order in which they are seated. Mei Jiaju is not the one who attends the meeting every time, but he has been involved in military-related issues a few times, so he is usually the last to speak.

Liu Yao nodded, Mei Jiaju stood up and said, "Mr. once showed me some knowledge of army command. The army should have an intelligence department responsible for collecting intelligence. There should be a staff department that is responsible for making plans. This plan means that in order to achieve a certain goal, it is necessary to make a good plan for how many troops should be sent, what equipment to bring, where to go, and how to fight the war. When there was a war, everyone went according to their plan. When Mei Jiaju said this, seeing that everyone was a little incomprehensible, he smiled and said: "The affairs of this army are actually very complicated. Just like the laws that the other day that the gentleman proposed to you to make are not familiar to all of us. Therefore, I propose that Mr. Liu establish the department and system for the management of the guard, just like the law, and after a period of time, we all think it is feasible, and then talk about the matter of revising the management system. ”

When the people heard this, they began to think slowly. Mei Jiaju continued: "I have another idea, and I will discuss it with you." The Liberty Mountain ladies sent me to serve as a soldier in the guard post in order to capture this guard post in our hands. Now Shiroku Port is coveted by bandits, and either there is a battle to be fought or the strength is strengthened. I want to do my best and take some credit for these things so that I can move up as soon as possible and achieve my goal of seizing the port. For this, I would like to quit the guard. Concluded. ”

Once again, the room fell silent. Zhao Shilu looked left and right and asked, "Is it time for me to speak?" Seeing that there was no objection, he said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I want to be a moderator on this topic to make a concluding remarks. This matter should not be discussed too much, and it will pass after a few sentences, and those who have not said it will not talk about it without special content. First, he seconded Mr. Mei Xianzhuo's proposal to set up a command office and the posts of chief and deputy chiefs, and at the same time, the command office should have a staff department and an intelligence department, and there should also be a special management system, which Mr. Liu should be responsible for. Second, he seconded Mr. Mei Jiaju's request to quit the Guard. We need someone to take care of the Ming army. Moreover, in other words, our guard team cannot all be commanded by the Mei family. Xiaomei, you do a good job, everyone in Freedom Mountain remembers you. Of course, you have to pay attention to safety. I propose that the men and horses who assist in the defense of Shirokugang be managed by Xiaomei, so as to ensure his safety. Third, seconding the regimental training is fictitious, and the regimental training cannot interfere with the guards in the name of the regimental exercise. ”

(To be continued.) )