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Chapter 759: I'd rather believe in a villain than a hypocrite

Xiao Yuanshan was greatly shocked by the Dingzhou military exercise, and the last trace of luck in his heart was also hit by the Dingzhou soldiers, Xiao Yuanshan is the veteran general who led the troops, and he has his most intuitive judgment on the combat effectiveness of an army, although it is no longer a secret how Dingzhou is trained to become such a strong army, and the whole world is also learning the training method of Dingzhou, which has increased the combat effectiveness of the armies of the major forces, but there is no doubt that as Li Qing said, Dingzhou has been imitated, but it has never been surpassed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Qing told Xiao Yuanshan without mince in his words that ordinary soldiers in Dingzhou should receive at least one year of military training, while lower-level officers should study at the Dingzhou Jimingze Military Academy for three years, and then be sent to the forefront of the army to receive at least three months of internship and be assigned to their duties according to the situation. The advantages of this are obvious, even if the Dingzhou Army is a new army that has never been on the battlefield, because it has a group of grass-roots officers and experienced middle- and high-level officers who have come out of the battlefield, and the combat strength has been doubled. This enables a large number of low-level elites to rely on their own efforts to achieve success, and these people are not only successful, but also grateful and loyal to Li Qing, the marshal of Dingzhou, because if it were not for Li Qing's policy, perhaps they would not have succeeded no matter how hard they tried. Third, because of the first two points, Li Qing's ability to control the army is unprecedentedly strong, and a commander is basically incapable of cultivating his own lineage, because the people you are desperately trying to win over may be transferred to another army at the next moment. The officer system of the entire army is completely open, and it is the military department that can completely control the promotion of officers, and although the military department has the right to promote officials, it does not have the right to transfer the army, and this power is controlled by the governor's office of the five armies.

Xiao Yuanshan is his own family knows his own affairs, and the Xiao army used to be a powerful force on this continent, but for the loyalty of the troops, almost all the high-level officers are from within the Xiao system, and there are occasionally a few outliers, and they are also subject to layers of restrictions, and ordinary soldiers can receive two or three months of military training. As now, a large number of soldiers are forcibly ruffed, take off their agricultural uniforms, change into military uniforms, and are issued with a spear or a sword, which is called soldiers. Not to mention the prohibition of orders like the Dingzhou Army, and the military appearance is neat, most of them may not even understand the military terminology of the commander, and the combat effectiveness can be imagined.

What worries Xiao Yuanshan even more is that Youyan's economic system is about to collapse, which is more deadly than the low combat effectiveness of the army, and the cost of feeding an army is terrifying.

Li Qing once said that if the army is poorer than himself, he will smash him with silver, and if the army is richer than himself, then use the Dingzhou iron cavalry to trample him.

And now, Youyan can be said to have no food left at home.

Xiao Yuanshan sat under the lonely lamp, picked up the pen and fell, and after writing a few sentences, he crumpled the manuscript paper into a ball and threw it heavily on the ground, and on the ground, there were no less than a dozen such paper balls.

Xiao Yuanshan was very painful, although he knew in his heart that the era of belonging to the Xiao family was gone, but as a person who once stood at the peak of this era, it was too difficult to accept this reality. Whenever he was desperate, he always hoped for a miracle to happen.

Three days have passed since the Dingzhou military exercise, and it is wonderful that during these three days, no one in Dingzhou has come to disturb Xiao Yuanshan again, and Xiao Yuanshan has neither asked to see Li Qing, nor is he in a hurry to leave, but no one has paid attention to it if he has stayed in Dingzhou without embarrassment, as if Xiao Yuanshan is really an ordinary guest.

"Young Master!" An old man with a pale face walked into Xiao Yuanshan's bedroom, and when he saw him enter Xiao Yuanshan's room without knocking on the door, he could know that this person's status was relatively special.

"Uncle Ou!" Xiao Yuanshan nodded at him, "You have worked hard, have you gained anything?" ”

The person known as Uncle Ou smiled wryly, "Dingzhou is completely defenseless against us, it is easy to inquire about any news, and the Changsheng Camp and Whirlwind Camp in Dingzhou have already returned." ”

"These two battalions are back?" Xiao Yuanshan was a little surprised, "It's so fast!" ”

"They didn't come to Dingzhou, but were stationed directly in Huangpi!" Ouyang De then added.

"Huangpi?!" Xiao Yuanshan's face turned even paler.

Huangpi is at the junction of Dingzhou and Bingzhou, and these two main cavalry battalions of Dingzhou are stationed here, which actually shows Li Qing's attitude, if he can't reach an agreement with Xiao, the more than 20,000 most powerful cavalry in Dingzhou will go straight in.

"What is the movement of Yang Yidao's Central Army?"

Ouyang De said with a wry smile: "The other party has no news about us at all, and we can clearly inquire that Yang Yidao's troops did not return to their respective stations after the military exercise, but assembled on the spot, and a large amount of materials and ordnance are being imported into the barracks." ”

Xiao Yuanshan muttered: "Is this a **naked land threatening us?" ”

Ouyang De was silent, current affairs are like this, what can I do? "Is there any news from Guogong?"

Xiao Yuanshan nodded, "I just received the news that Luoyang sent people to Youyan and asked us to launch an attack on the mountain mansion, they are willing to provide all help, food, ordnance, etc., as long as we need it, they can give it, provided that we must attack first." ”

"Disturbed kindness! There must be a lot of promises, right? Ouyang De sneered.

"Uncle Ou is right, as long as we launch an attack on the Lu Dalin army in the mountain mansion, after eliminating Li Qing, Youyan can divide the land and rule, and Luoyang is willing to crown the Xiao family as the king with a different surname." Xiao Yuanshan Road.

"Does the young master believe it?" Ouyang De said: "The master will definitely not believe it." ”

"Guogong said, I'd rather believe in a villain than a hypocrite!" Xiao Yuanshan picked up the pen again.

"But, is Li Qing a real villain?" Ouyang De was a little hesitant.

"As far as I can see, at least he's much more credible than Apocalypse."

"Young Master has made up his mind?"

"Uncle Ou, you also saw the Dingzhou army, you said, such an army has entered our Youyan, with the current status quo of our Youyan, can we resist it? A few days ago, we saw still recruits, recruits, and now the Changsheng Battalion and the Whirlwind Battalion are back, and their strength has reached a higher level. In this battle for world dominance, Dingzhou undoubtedly has the upper hand, otherwise Luoyang would not have been sick and rushed to the doctor, and was willing to offer us such a high price. The more so, the less credible it becomes. In this big drama of competing for the world, our Xiao family has been reduced to a supporting role, no, it is a spectator, we only have one chance for this bet, and there is no chance of regret and reversal, so we need to be more cautious. I can only tell Guogong about the situation here, and let Guogong make up his mind, I really don't have this responsibility. Xiao Yuanshan sighed.

Ouyang De nodded, "The master is well-informed and cautious, this bet will be placed by the master, as for the result, we can only resign ourselves to fate." ”

Xiao Yuanshan didn't hesitate any longer, the pen walked away, and in an instant, he wrote a few pages of paper and put them in an envelope, "Send a fast horse back to Youyan, I am here waiting for Grandpa Guo's reply." ”

Li Qing's private residence.

Li Qing is a rare steal of half a day of leisure today, is playing with three children in the back garden, the former barbarian nobleman, now Dingzhou senior minister, but also a wealthy merchant in Dingzhou Jing Po took a lot of thought, from the grassland to collect two different ponies, this horse was born short, can never grow taller, coupled with a docile temperament, is very suitable for five or six years old children to play. As soon as An Min and Ji Shi got these two gifts, they immediately fell in love with them, and in addition to studying, they spent most of their time on these two ponies every day.

Ren Ruqing, who is in charge of the Ministry of Works, is also empathetic, once invited to Li Qing's family banquet to see these two ponies quite popular with the two sons, and the two sons are very easy to dance with guns, and immediately after going down, he instructed Xu Xiaodao to tailor a set of Kaijia for the two sons, the whole set of Kaijia is made of the best thin steel, the whole set of gold is added up, it is only ten pounds in weight, and then engraved on the pattern, painted with color, it is very good-looking, sent into the house, but let An Min and Jishi happy again. Originally, there were two small sabers that had never been opened, and the length and weight were also very suitable, but Ji Yue definitely did not allow the two children to touch this thing this time, so the craftsman made two wooden knives and gave them to the two children to play with.

At this time, Li Qingzheng was standing in the back garden, watching the two children riding on horses, fully armed, wielding wooden knives, proudly riding horses and galloping in the back garden.

"Daddy, I want to be a general when I grow up!" An Min giggled with joy. The wooden knife was wielded vigorously, and it seemed that he had learned a few tricks from the guards.

Ji Shi was also very happy, "I want to be a general, I want to be the biggest general!" Daddy, can I? ”

Li Qing laughed, "Okay, why not?" But if you want to be a general, you can't do this kind of effort. To be a general, you need to be both civil and military. ”

Hearing the conversation between the two children and Li Qing, Ji Yue on the side couldn't help frowning.

"Daddy, I want it too!" Ji Yue on the side sat on the chair, resting her elbows on the table, holding her cheeks, and looking at the two majestic brothers with envy.

"You're a girl, aren't you? Why do you also want horses, you want Kaijia, do you want to be a general? Li Qing leaned down and said jokingly.

"Why not? Didn't Dad say last time that girls should also be ambitious and not let women shave their eyebrows? Xinyi stood up, took the corner of Li Qing's clothes, and whispered.

Li Qing was slightly stunned, he couldn't think of what he said casually, but the little guy remembered it clearly, looking at Xin Xin Yi looking up at his eyebrows, it was like a very captivating city, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart.