Li Feng is still very confident in the five thousand elite cavalry he brought, they are indeed the most outstanding among the Yizhou soldiers, and unlike the ordinary Yizhou soldiers, this group of troops has indeed fought and seen blood, although the attack is only some bandits who occupy the mountains as kings, but the strong combat effectiveness they have shown, in Li Feng's opinion, is enough to fight with the barbarians. Therefore, Li Qing slightly revealed a little bit of his intention to arrange this group of cavalry, Li Feng refused, and emphasized to Li Qing that it was the intention of grandfather An Guogong to let this cavalry fight alone, Li Feng knew that he was soft-spoken, even if he moved out of his father or uncle, Li Qing would not necessarily buy it, but if it was An Guogong's meaning, Li Qing would probably not refuse again.

In fact, these 5,000 cavalry went to Dingzhou to fight, but it was the meaning of the eldest uncle, Li Qing's defeat of the barbarians was a foregone conclusion, although Li Qing was also a member of the Li clan, but judging from the past signs, his sense of identity with the Li clan was not too strong, at this point, Li Sizhi complained a lot about Wei Yuanhou, and treated Jiao'er as a dog, isn't this self-cutting wings?

Let 5,000 cavalry come to Dingzhou to fight, firstly, to let the outside world see the appearance of the unity of the Li clan, and enhance the Li clan's right to speak in Dachu, one Yizhou is not enough to make people look sideways at the Li clan, but coupled with the Dingfu Erzhou, and the future grassland, then the strength of the Li clan will be in the forefront of Dachu, in the future, it is not without a chance, and secondly, it is also to let the barbarian knife sharpen the soldiers of the Li clan, after all, it is not clear what Li Qing's attitude is, and it is difficult to determine whether he can become the pawn of the Li clan. Li Feng arrived here, and also took the secret mission of befriending Li Qing's subordinate ministers and generals, if he could successfully befriend these important ministers, it could also lay the groundwork for possible future changes.

Li Feng's feelings for Li Qing are very complicated, saying that the brother's feelings are a bit far-fetched, when Li Qing ran away, he was still a doll who didn't understand anything, and when he saw Li Qing again, his ears were filled with the narration of Li Qing's legendary story, and he was full of admiration for this half-brother, but then his mother's incident made him fear and hate Li Qing.

An Guogong was noncommittal about the uncle's idea, but he did not deny it, so Li Feng's trip to Dingzhou was born. Li Feng insisted that the 5,000 cavalry must not be dismantled, but Li Qing did not say much, but arranged for Shang Haibo to lead Li Feng and his generals around the Dingzhou military camp to take a look. Today, Shang Haibo led Li Feng and others to the Changsheng Camp military camp stationed in Dingzhou City.

Wang Yan greeted the group in front of the camp gate, and when he heard the lively sounds in the camp, Shang Haibo asked with a smile: "General Wang, what are you doing here?" ”

Wang Yan said with a smile: "It's a coincidence that Shang joined the army, and today our battalion is holding a military skills competition!" The sons and daughters are holding back their strength, and they all want to get the top few places so that they can represent the camp in the whole army's competition. ”

Shang Haibo saw Li Feng's somewhat incomprehensible appearance, and explained with a smile: "Young Master Hou doesn't know, this is the new rules and regulations set by the marshal, every year my Dingzhou Army has to conduct a military skills competition, each battalion selects ten soldiers to participate in the army's skills competition, the winner not only has a rich prize, but also can be promoted to an officer immediately, so ah, this competition has always been very competitive." ”

Li Feng was surprised: "Can anyone participate in the competition?" Are there no restrictions? ”

Shang Haibo himself is from the Li family, so he naturally knows what Li Feng means by asking, and said with a smile: "There are no restrictions, as long as you are a member of the Dingzhou Army." ”

Li Feng silently, in Yizhou, the officers above the middle level are all the children of the Li clan, that is, those low-level officers at the bottom, most of them are also inextricably linked with the Li family, and the Li family is both prosperous and lossy, this system makes the Li army's loyalty to the clan extremely high, ensuring the stability of the family rule, like the five thousand elite cavalry he brought this time, not only the middle-level officers, but also the low-level officers are all surnamed Li. In fact, not only the Li family, but the rest of the families in Dachu are basically in the same model as the Li family.

If the eldest brother does this, how can he guarantee the loyalty of the army to him? Li Feng drew a big stop in his heart, Wang Qinian, Jiang Kui, Feng Guo needless to say, it was fought with the eldest brother, there will be no problem in loyalty, but like Wang Yan in front of him, and those officers who have passed the competition, how can they fully believe it? Li Feng shook his head slowly.

Wang Yan, who was full of interest, naturally didn't know what Li Feng thought, and said with a smile while introducing everyone into the battalion: "Our Changsheng battalion is the most elite unit in the Dingzhou army, as long as it can be qualified from the battalion, it will definitely be able to get the ranking in the whole army, so ah, the competition in our battalion is much more fierce than that of other battalions. ”

Shang Haibo laughed, "General Wang, if you let General Jiang listen to this, you will definitely not be convinced, or General Lu Dalin will also come to you to talk to you." ”

Wang Yan laughed and said: "We can only say this in private, but it is a fact that he is still in the army!" ”

The two talked and laughed, and the group came to the school field in the camp, but what was going on in the field was spear throwing. Twenty soldiers were on horseback, several spears hanging from their saddles, and hundreds of paces away, targets stood one after another, and circles of red marks were drawn on the white-painted wooden boards. To Li Feng's surprise, these targets were actually moving, and when he got closer, he saw clearly that the targets were being carried by people, and the people carrying the targets were in the trenches, holding these targets high and running in the trenches.

It turned out to be shooting a moving target, which was much more difficult than shooting a fixed target.

The group stopped and watched with interest as the soldiers competed. In addition to the soldiers in these games, most of the soldiers of the Changsheng Battalion were watching from the sidelines, and from time to time someone shouted to cheer for them. As soon as someone shouts out one voice, the other group will also shout out, and depending on the situation, they are divided into several groups.

"The soldiers in these competitions come from different posts and fruits, and those who cheer them on are their companions, and it is stipulated in our battalion that all the victorious soldiers will have a higher post and fruit than the losers in the following year. So, every soldier in the competition is the best of the sergeants. Wang Yan said.

Li Feng said in surprise: "Then where do these extra soldiers come from?" ”

Wang Yan said: "Of course, it is our own battalion. ”

Li Feng silently calculated in his heart, this is a lot of expenses, in the Li family, Li Feng knows that if an officer does not eat empty time and does not deduct the soldier's silver, he is already a very good officer, but it is really unheard of for them to pay out of their own pockets to subsidize the soldiers.

"Is it just that Wang Shen will be like this? What about the other battalions? Li Feng asked.

Wang Yan said with a smile: "Since I created this method, other battalions have followed suit, and now I am afraid that the whole army is like this." ”

As he spoke, the following game had begun, the six targets were divided into two, one left and one right were moving, and the trench was not a level, it was dug in all directions, these six targets were completely purposeless, running around like a headless fly, running high and low, left and right. It's dazzling.

"How do you get the shot?" Li Feng couldn't help but be surprised, looked back at the generals behind him, the generals behind him were all shocked, and one person came over and said in a low voice: "Young Master, if we go in person, this matter is also very simple, but the soldiers under him, I'm afraid that no one can do it." ”

The sound of horses' hooves pulled Li Feng's gaze back to the field, two soldiers rode their horses to charge, the speed of the horses became faster and faster, about fifty steps away from those targets, a striking white line on the ground reminded them that this was the limit of the throwing area, with two shouts, the two soldiers had already lifted the spear like lightning, and then the horsepower, leaned back on the horse, raised the arm, projected, bangbang twice, the two spears drew two graceful arcs, and hit the target accurately, one of them was obviously stronger, after the spear hit the target, The soldier carrying the target couldn't hold it, and the target flew out of his hand.

The horse ran left and right in a small arc, and the two soldiers did not hesitate, and the other two spears on the horse were also thrown, and the two actually threw three shots.

Li Feng turned his head to look at Wang Yan, "General Wang, both of them are in the third middle school, how to distinguish the winner from the loser?" ”

Wang Yan waved his hand and called a soldier, whispered two words, the soldier immediately rushed to the field, took a target that had not been used, and presented it to Wang Yan, Wang Yan lifted the target, and said: "Young Lord, when the marshal designed this competition, he had already thought of this problem, so these circles were drawn on this target, if it was Quanzhong, it was naturally the person closest to the center of the circle who won." ”

Only then did Li Feng understand the rules of this game, and then he saw that most of the soldiers who appeared on the stage were all three shots, and he couldn't help but be shocked, is this just an ordinary soldier in the Changsheng camp?

After the spear throwing, it was time to shoot, and the soldiers were shooting at the moving targets with their bows and arrows on their galloping horses, and at this time the last two of the twenty soldiers had been eliminated, and only eighteen remained. After several rounds of shooting, and two more were eliminated, at this time Li Feng was already roughly clear about the level of these soldiers, but he was afraid that only middle-level officers in his own troops could be compared, and he couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.

Shang Haibo seemed to see through Li Feng's thoughts, and relieved him: "Young Master, although these people are soldiers, they are also the best among soldiers, and there are not too many taxis that can be compared with them. Hearing Shang Haibo's words, Li Feng felt a little better in his heart, if the soldiers of the Changsheng Battalion were all at this level, it would be too appalling.

There are a variety of events in the competition, some of which Li Feng has never heard of, but he also watched it with relish, but he was a little reluctant to leave, so he ate in the Changsheng camp, and then watched the afternoon game.

It was this meal that made Li Feng feel emotional, he actually found that Wang Yan, the general in the Changsheng camp, and down to an ordinary soldier, were all lined up in a neat line, going to the head army to get food, and seeing Wang Yan lined up among the soldiers in a regular manner, Li Feng was a little stammered, but he never imagined that it would be like this.

Li Feng was a guest, but Wang Yan didn't let him line up, but asked a few personal soldiers to line up for them and bring the meal, Li Feng secretly glanced at it, and his bowl was no different from that of ordinary soldiers.

(To be continued)