"Lord Captain, the actual number of our regiment should have been three hundred and thirteen people, but when the former Captain Cui left, he took his own soldiers and two brigades with a total of thirty-two people, and now the actual number of soldiers is two hundred and eighty-one. When the number of people is full, please check it out. ”

Wang Qinian dodged for a moment, did not meet Li Xian's gaze, but hung his head and said.

Li Xian asked, "Isn't one bad?" ”

Wang Qinian said: "One is not bad! The soldiers admired your prestige, Lord Captain, and stood in front of the door very early waiting for your arrival. As a matter of fact, I have been working as a grain guard in Zuotun for more than 20 years, and I have never seen anyone come to be a lieutenant so welcome. I swear, there is absolutely not a single lie. ”

Wang Qinian hung his head and said sincerely.

Li Xian sighed and asked with interest: "Where is that soldier, show me it." ”

He was curious, could it be that his fame was really so big? Already seriously ill and don't hesitate to get up to greet their fans? This is definitely a happy thing, this is the first good news I heard after arriving at the garrison of the Zuotun Guard Heavy Battalion, and it is indeed exciting.

Wang Qinian bravely raised his head, looked directly into Li Xian's eyes, then pointed to his nose and said very seriously: "It's me." ”

Li Xian was stunned, then nodded, and said very seriously: "Wang Qinian, you are really a good person." I am very touched that my legs are weak and that I can still insist on waiting for me here with the team. ”

Wang Qinian said sincerely: "The prestige of the lord is great, and after seeing the heroic posture of the lord on the bank of Liaoshui, he couldn't sleep all night, tossing and turning. I have always regretted that I can't meet a true hero like an adult again, and whenever the night comes, as soon as I close my eyes, it is the majestic appearance of your lordship who killed those Goryeo barbarians. Looking forward to it every day, looking forward to it every day, the humble duty finally moved the heavens, and you sent the food guards to be a captain, and from now on, you can listen to your teachings, and the humble duty will be as relaxed and happy as a spring breeze. ”

Li Xian chuckled, took out a cloth handkerchief and handed it to Wang Qinian, "Wipe the saliva first." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

Wang Qinian was moved and almost cried bitterly: "The adult's love for the humble duty must be remembered in the heart and never forgotten." ”

This sycophant is really filmed like no one before or since, like a surging river, like a chain of stinky farts in the carriage that can't be avoided.

Li Xian was very surprised that Wang Qinian was such a talent, and why he had not been taken away or beaten to death after more than 20 years in the Zuotun Wei Heavy Camp. How could a sycophant man be willing to leave him alone in the food guards and look forward to the next audience? How can people who don't like to listen to sycophants endure this loud praise like the bursting of the embankment of the long river?

Li Xian took advantage of Wang Qinian's vacation to wipe his tears, and glanced at the grain guards who were straight with their chests, more than 200 people, although they looked energetic, but there was no doubt that their equipment was quite different from that of regular soldiers, although everyone had standard equipment such as leather armor and horizontal knives, but it could be seen from the crooked array and even the posture of holding the knife that these guys must be negligent in training.

Li Xian was more or less disappointed, this was far from the trained soldiers he saw in the open space outside the tent of Xin Shixiong, the general of Zuotunwei, and the quality of his first batch of officers and soldiers was indeed not very reassuring. In fact, it is no wonder that none of the people who participated in the food protection soldiers planned to really go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, their family backgrounds were basically good, and they joined the army to come to Liaodong just to look better on their resumes. Follow the army around Liaodong, and going back is also their boasting capital. These grain guards do not belong to the regular establishment of Zuotunwei, in fact, most of them are selected from good families from all over the country.

In fact, each of their families is considered to be a prominent family in the local area. In other words, they are all here to gild.

But there are many young people who hold fame but take such thoughts right away, but they either don't have money to give gifts, or they have money to give gifts, so they stay in the food guards and are confused. Those who have no money to give gifts, are worried that they can't go into battle to kill the enemy and make national contributions, and they have no chance to realize their dreams and worship the generals. Those who have money to give gifts are lamented that this war has been fought for too long, and it is really better to eat, drink and be merry at home when they have nothing to do.

But, that doesn't mean they don't worship heroes.

When they saw Li Xian on the east bank of Liaoshui prancing horse and raising his sword, they also imagined that the hero of the black armor and black knife riding a big black horse was himself. Killing people and charging into battle is like entering a no-man's land, and the eighteen horsemen dare to show off their might on the territory of the Koreans. But it's a pity that most of them have this dream but don't dare to realize it, because they all know one truth, being a hero is dangerous, it's better to be inappropriate.

It is not easy to subdue such a group of soldiers, because each of them has some background. For example, Wang Qinian has repeatedly claimed that he was born in the Jiangnan Wang family. Fortunately, Li Xian and the rumors that Li Xian and the concubine were all old acquaintances and were valued by His Majesty had already spread among the grain guards, and none of the people mixed here were real children of the family, so they had no resistance to Captain Yan, who was bigger than them.

Li Xian's advantage was that he was directly sent by His Majesty to Zuo Tunwei. This world is the world of the family lords, and even if the children of commoners work hard, they might as well have a good background. Although they didn't know the origin of Yan Xiaowei, they knew that Yan Xiaowei's backer was the largest family in the Great Sui, the Yang family. It's the one who stands tallest in the Great Sui, Your Majesty.

Wang Qinian wiped his nose with the cloth handkerchief, and then folded it very carefully and put it into the leather armor, as if it was not a worthless cloth, but a treasure embroidered with gold and silver thread. Although this action didn't disgust Li Xian, it was definitely not cool to see it.

"My lord, would you like to see your tent? Yesterday, he said that he knew that the adults were coming, and he had already cleaned it up overnight. ”

Wang Qinian asked.

Li Xian waved his hand and said, "Take me to see how much baggage there is in the camp first, and in addition, gather all the people and count the number of people." ”

Wang Qinian took out a book from his leather armor like a trick, held it in both hands and handed it to Li Xian and said: "This is the account book of the existing things in the camp, don't worry, my lord, I have personally checked it, and it is not bad at all." In addition, the people have already gathered in the camp, waiting for your lecture. ”

Li Xian has to admit that Wang Qinian is definitely a talent.

Proceeded to the camp, and sure enough, a team of more than 1,400 people had been assembled. Under the command of Wang Qinian, the hard-working people actually stood more neatly than the grain guards. It's just that the clothes on their bodies are indeed too dirty, and none of their faces are good-looking. In fact, they were the ones who suffered the most from this expedition to Liaodong. I can't eat well, I can't sleep well, not only is my salary terrible, but the work is dirty and tiring, and I don't know when I have to go to the battlefield as cannon fodder. For example, in the battle of crossing Liaoshui, the total number of casualties of the government soldiers was more than 2,000 people, including more than 1,000 soldiers of Zuotunwei who died together with Mai Tiecane in the first day, and the number of casualties of the people was an astonishing more than 5,000 people! The number of casualties was more than twice that of the government soldiers, and most of them died in Liaoshui, and their bodies could not even be recovered.

is such a group of people who can't see a little look in their eyes, but they were trained by Wang Qinian to shout neatly: "Welcome to the captain!" ”

And when Li Xian spent more than half an hour checking the baggage, he was surprised to find that the number of some of the baggage in the random inspection was exactly the same as the account book record given by Wang Qinian. This is truly a miracle for a baggage battalion that has no lieutenant to oversee it.

Li Xian deduced from this that Wang Qinian was really not a corrupt official.

Whether he doesn't dare to be greedy or is really honest, being able to resist the temptation is enough to show that this person is by no means as obscene and hypocritical as he seems.

Li Xian first asked the people to disband and go back to rest, and then brought more than 280 grain guards to the open field and ordered them to stand in formation. After that, the team leaders, captains, and even chiefs of each team reported to Li Xian, and Li Xian found that the configuration of this regiment was simply a mess. It's been so long since I came to Liaodong, and some teams can't even remember the names of all the soldiers under them! For three months, not being able to remember the names of fifty people can only indicate two problems, either such a guy is stupid as a pig, or he is lazy as a pig.

There were more than 280 people, six teams, almost all of whom were less than the quota. Li Xian first added the secret spies of the Flying Tiger Army to each team, and selected a few cronies to fill the vacant positions such as team leader, team deputy, and Wu Chang, and then announced that the iron fang wolf would be the brigade leader of Brigade B, Luo Fu would be the brigade leader of Brigade C, and the brigade leader of Brigade D would still be held by Wang Qinian.

I have to say that I don't know if it's out of discrimination or if it's another practice, there is no A-brigade among the grain guards.

Another magical thing about Wang Qinian is his memory, he can not only remember the names of the captains who have served as captains for more than 20 years, can remember the names of all brigade leaders, and can even call out the names of everyone present, and accurately say the person's origin, family background, and personal characteristics.

Li Xian found that he had picked up a treasure.

And what Li Xian did next made Wang Qinian very depressed. It also swept away the good impression of some people in the grain guards towards Li Xian, and replaced it with a deep resentment and hatred for Wang Qinian. Of course, it didn't take long for them to find out that the captain was really good, and he was so good that he wanted to pounce on him and kiss him hard.

"Qi Xin'an."

Li Xian exclaimed with a smile.

Wang Qinian was flattered and said: "If there is anything to do with the adults, just give it a direct order." Within the ability of lowly duties, there will be absolutely no prevarication. ”

Li Xian found that this Wang Qinian was very useful in addition to talking more.

"I admire the fact that you can name each of them and what they are good at."

Li Xian said sincerely.

Wang Qinian's face turned red, and he twisted and said: "My lord praised it falsely, it's just that he is just more attentive than them." ”

Li Xian snorted, glanced at the grain guards under his command who had already sensed that the atmosphere was wrong, and said: "Since this is the case, then you can tell me in front of them, all the captains, captains, team deputies, team leaders, who is competent, who is ...... Incompetent. Forget it, let's not talk about the competent first, you tell me about the incompetent. ”

Wang Qinian was stunned for a moment, and immediately made a bitter face.

He looked at Li Xian pitifully, trying to impress the captain with his expression in order to get him to take back the order. But obviously, his wrinkled and pitiful appearance definitely couldn't arouse Li Xian's sympathy.

"Say, don't worry, I will definitely handle it impartially, and I will not give authority to others. Moreover, you will be my cronies from now on, and I will not embarrass you. ”

Li Xian looked at Wang Qinian with encouraging eyes.

Under the watchful eye of more than 200 people, and under Li Xian's half-coercion and half-persuasion, Wang Qinian finally decided that it was better to fall to the side of the captain after struggling for a full minute.

"The first team is Zhang Heng, who is good at drinking and making mistakes, and thinks he is not suitable to be the team leader"

"The fourth team is Li Gang, rude and rude to whip the soldiers, and he thinks that he is not suitable to be the team leader"

"Wu Tian, the leader of the second team, often gathers people to gamble, and has no military discipline."

"Chu Zhongtian, the leader of the sixth team, is extremely lazy, and he has never participated in the regular training!"

……

In the angry eyes of everyone, Wang Qinian gritted his teeth and said everything he knew. After finishing speaking, he stood proudly behind Li Xian, and swept over the angry soldiers with a provocative gaze, meaning, Lao Tzu is now a close confidant of the captain, what can you do with me?

Just when the person named by Wang Qinian looked at him angrily, and even looked at Li Xian angrily waiting for his fate to come, Li Xian suddenly smiled and said: "This is all the fault of the past, you have your own responsibility, and you also have the responsibility of the brigade rate and even the captain's lax supervision." I am asking these things clearly, not to punish you, but to tell you that the captain of this school is not to blame! ”

In the surprised eyes of the audience, Li Xian waved his hand generously and said: "The past is all in the past, and the captain of this school does not care." ”

"But there is one thing, if anyone violates military discipline from now on, he will be severely punished! I can tell you very seriously that this regiment will never allow anything that I do not allow to happen! If you think I'm bragging, you can try. ”

"That's it, after you go back, reflect on it, since you have put on this uniform, you must always remember that you are all soldiers of the Great Sui!"

After Li Xian finished speaking, he clapped his hands and said to Wang Qinian: "Now you can take me to my tent to have a look." ”

Wang Qinian...... Silly.

He finally understood that the reason why the captain asked him to report and expose the robe was not to establish his authority, but just to play with himself...... He sadly found that the captain played this hand quite beautifully, and from this moment on, he became a traitor in the eyes of everyone in the food guard, and had to follow the captain's side. With only one encouraging look, the captain forced himself into a small path......

ps: Collecting this book is physically and mentally pleasant, just like being slapped by Wang Qinian for ten minutes