After a morning of drilling, it was time for lunch. Lunch was again fish, this time the fish came from the net from the river by a few firemen themselves, they borrowed nets from the crew, and they went down to catch fish in their nets, there were a lot of fish in the river, and a few firefighters did not spend much time on the net, so they brought some fish from the net.

They chose a few of the largest river carp to make the koi, which is also called yusheng, which is actually sashimi. This is also the way the firefighters and the crew heard about it, and it is said that the carp is quite fresh and delicious, cut into thin fillets, and then dipped in a little sauce, which is simple and delicious.

When the carp was ready and about to eat, Liu Jun took Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng and others to board their boat.

"It seems that we are very blessed, there is actually a carp, and our share?" Liu Jun said to Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng with a smile, and then asked a few firefighters who were a little nervous.

"There are a lot of river carp in the barrel over there." A somewhat thin firefighter replied.

"Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and do it." Mei Zhihuan said to him with a smile.

Qi One-eyed strode forward and reported in a loud voice, "The front division of the left side of the baggage battalion and the front bureau of the front bureau are all far away to meet the prime minister, the governor and the guerrillas. ”

Liu Jun whispered to Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng, "Qi Duyan is a native of Shaanxi, once recruited in the border army, and later made trouble because of unpaid wages, and finally became a deserter, and later joined the bandits, since the early years of Chongzhen, he has been among the thieves for more than ten years, and was captured in the first battle of Houhutoubao." Before being captured, he was the head of the camp of his brother Ma Shoucheng. ”

"But we have done an investigation, this person's character is okay, although he has been a thief for more than ten years, he has not done anything harmful, and he is just forced by the situation. Since joining our hydra, I have been observed and performed very well. He is now in charge of leading the baggage battalion in a game, and he has also practiced very well, and his performance in the various rounds of the baggage battalion is the best. ”

Mei Zhihuan nodded. "Yes, you can change your mistakes, and you can turn back." As he spoke, he patted Qi One-eyed's arm, "Even in the darkest times, you still retain kindness, and you are not completely depraved, and you have not committed those unforgivable crimes, which shows that you are a good person at heart." Do a good job and redeem the sins you have made in the past. ”

The carp is really good, fresh and delicious. Liu Jun, Mei Zhihuan, Li Changgeng and several others were very happy to eat. Mei Zhihuan even gave a special reward to five firefighters, each with two taels of silver.

After lunch, Liu Jun began to check the proficiency of Qi One-eye's team in the drill code.

"Private, tell me, what to do if a companion is sick?" Liu Jun asked loudly to a firecracker of the Wonder Soldier Team.

"Report to the commander, if a sergeant is sick, the accomplice's room will report to the head of the team, and the head of the team will report to the head of the flag, and they will go to the rest place to have it tested. Immediately reported to the general manager, went to the general officer of the camp and the chief general to report to the office, and sent a doctor to see the severity of the disease. The total of 100 will be reported to the general manager, and the total will be reported to the total of thousands. The Thousand General Newspaper Battalion will be informed. Therefore, the general manager of the hundred will report to the main general, cover the patient for a while, and immediately wait for relief, if you follow the information to report to seven or eight yamen. When will it be reported everywhere. Anyone who reports illness, regardless of the size of the yamen, opens and closes redundantly. Instant input. If the gatekeeper obstructs the doorkeeper and the commander is delayed, the sin will be punished. If the person is late in reporting his illness by one day, the sin lies with the official who reported it late. If a sick soldier dies due to late reporting, the person who is late will be investigated. The fire bolt replied loudly.

Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng both held a nine-headed bird drill code in their hands, and compared the regulations, they found that the team member's answer was exactly the same as the drill code, and they couldn't help but be surprised.

At this time, Liu Jun turned his head to the next firecracker and asked, "Private, tell me how the sick soldier can visit?" ”

"Report to the commander, all sick soldiers who are sick at the beginning will be regarded as the commander, and in the future in the team, they will always be watched. The general rules of the flag are one look at one day, the general rules of one hundred are one look at three days, the general rules are one look at five days, the general rules of thousands are looked at every ten days, the battalion will be seen every half month, and the Lord will only see those who are seriously ill. ”

"Private, tell me, what are you going to do when you hear the whistler?"

"Report to the sir, whoever blows is to ask the soldiers to get up. Blowing again, it is to ask the horsemen to mount their horses, the chariots and soldiers to attach the chariots, and the infantry to stand up with their weapons. ”

"Private, tell me what it means to hit the gong?"

"Report to the sir, whenever the gong is struck, it is for the horsemen to dismount and the chariots and soldiers to dismount. When the gong is struck again, it is necessary for all the soldiers to sit on the ground and rest, and the flags are lying down. ”

Liu Jun asked questions one by one, and every soldier who was asked could immediately answer out loud and give an accurate answer, and everyone answered it, which was quite good.

Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng couldn't help but appreciate it, the most important thing for an army is to command smoothly from top to bottom, and the first thing that soldiers master is the flag and drum order, if they can't even understand and understand the flag and drum order, how can they mobilize and fight?

The most basic thing for an elite soldier and horse is to listen to the sound of the golden drum and see the color of the flag. If the drums are endless, then even if there is a mountain of knives and a sea of fire in front of you, you must go to the soup and go to the fire. If the gold should be stopped, even if the front is all gold and silver brocade horses, they are not allowed to turn back once.

If this can be achieved, then this army will definitely be an elite.

Mei Zhihuan looked very interested, and personally went down to ask some flag orders, and as a result, the soldiers who were asked about the various flag orders he put forward could answer correctly.

"Since the day they entered the camp, these people have spent a lot of time every day to study the commands." Liu Jun said to Mei and Li with some pride.

"Good." Mei Zhihuan nodded with satisfaction, "It's amazing, but why am I not surprised that you did this." ”

"Succession is born to be talented." Li Changgeng praised Liu Jundao on the side.

Liu Jun glanced at Qi Duyan and his subordinates, "These soldiers are now only one step away, as long as they have crossed this last step, they can be called real elite divisions." This last step has to be tested by actual combat. ”

It is actually very irresponsible to bring newly recruited recruits to the battlefield so quickly, but time waits for no one. Although such an approach would inevitably lead to many casualties among the recruits, the good thing was that they were only dealing with bandits, not prisoners outside the gates. The bandits are poorly equipped, and there are many rabble, and against them, the recruits of the nine-headed bird actually still have a lot of advantages. If it was to deal with Jianlu, Liu Jun would never agree, and let the recruits fight those fierce Jianlu, which is really irresponsible and careless of human life.

Liu Jun believed that sooner or later, they would have to fight against Jianyu, but hoped that day would come later. Every day that passed, the Nine-Headed Bird would grow a point, and he hoped to wait until they were fighting Jianyu. The nine-headed bird has grown.

Liu Jun and the others finally left satisfied, and Qi Duyan sent off his subordinates. When Liu Jun left, he was very satisfied with Qi Duyan, and he was also very satisfied with the game he trained, and even gave Qi Duyan ten taels of silver.

As Qi One-eyed's boss, Mr. Zhang Gou, Mr. Zhang Donggouqian, and the battalion general Cai Yuan and others were very satisfied, and felt that Qi One-eyed had earned face for them today.

Cai Yuan even generously rewarded Qi Duyan with five taels of silver. After the officials left, Qi Duyan handed over the silver to one of his own soldiers, who was in charge of the money and food in the bureau. "Put the fifteen taels of silver in your account."

Qi Duyan set up an account in the bureau, and put some silver coins in it, which was used as a reward for the well-trained players in the team. The money is mainly Qi One-eye's own money, and some of it comes from fines for the poor performance of the players. The battalion usually has assessments, rewards and punishments for the players, but Qi Duyan is stricter with his own team members, he sets higher standards, and the best performance is rewarded, and the worst performance is also fined.

The war is about to start, and Qi Duyan and his subordinates have already scraped together dozens of taels of silver and deposited them in the account, which will be used as a compensation for the casualties of the next battle in their bureau. The bereavement of their own bureau.

Qi Duyan is now alone, and he has nothing to worry about, and he has deposited most of his settling-in allowance and salary and rewards into that account.

At the intersection of the three provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Chu, more and more officers and troops gathered during this time. Soldiers and horses from the three provinces of Shaanxi, Henan and Sichuan began to be stationed. Block the roads to Sichuan and Shaanxi. However, the main forces of the officers and troops of all walks of life were still intercepted on the Chu-Shaanxi border.

Among the soldiers and horses, Zuo Liangyu's department is the most active. Zuo Liangyu, who was originally unable to come out of Junzhou after the defeat of Fang County, got a handwritten letter from Yang Sichang. After getting Yang Sichang's promise to recommend him as the general of the Ping Thief, he finally dispatched again. And under the promise of the general of the flat thief, Zuo Liangyu was very active this time. One is the position of the general of the thief, and the other is to take revenge, he will be subordinate to his name of the generals and their subordinates, along the border of Chu and Shaanxi, vowing to capture Xiong Wencan alive.

And Yang Sichang also took a large army assembled in Xiangyang and began to march towards Yunyang.

At this time, in the mountainous area of Yunyang, Zhang Xianzhong completed the meeting with Luo Rucai and the rest of the bandits.

In the valley, bandits from all walks of life gathered, and the bandits were tens of thousands of people in the camp.

"Huguang can't stay any longer, Yang Sichang has already mobilized troops and horses from all walks of life, and the net is getting tighter and tighter." Luo Rucai, nicknamed Cao Cao, said to Zhang Xianzhong.

"Don't worry, Yang Sichang can't surround us." Zhang Xianzhong said with a smile. He pointed to the map spread out on the table and said, "You see, according to the report of our sentinels, Yang Gebu seems to have expected us to return to Shaanxi, so he let our subordinate Zuo Liangyu guard the area of Xing'an and Pingli, and Zheng Chongjian, the governor of Shaanxi, led the Qin troops to be stationed in Xixiang, while Yang Sichang personally led several Beijing battalions and several troops and horses from Henan and Huguang from Xiangyang to Yunyang. ”

"See, Yang Sichang is going to chase after him. But there is a big loophole in his deployment, that is, there are not many troops deployed on the border of Sichuan and Chu, and the troops on the side of Kuizhou are very weak, and it is known that it is Zhang Zuokai, the deputy general of Sichuan, who was ordered to guard Dachang City, the gateway to Kuizhou, and he led 5,000 soldiers and horses to guard Dachang City, blocking the road into Sichuan. ”

"There are a lot of 5,000 soldiers, and if you are a general with a little ability, maybe it will be really troublesome. But this Zhang Zuokai, as far as he knows, is just a cowardly and incompetent guy, except for being able to eat empty pay and drink the blood of soldiers, he has no real ability at all. Moreover, I also heard that many of the 5,000 soldiers under Zhang Zuokai were actually empty, and the real number was only 3,000, and they ate 40% of the empty salary. Moreover, these 3,000 soldiers have not received a salary for a long time, and the army has no fighting spirit. ”

Luo Rucai pinched his chin and asked, "Are you sure you want to enter Sichuan?" There is still a Qin Liangyu in Chongqing, this girl is not easy to deal with, in case she is blocked in Chongqing, we will be unable to advance or retreat. ”

The stone pillar and white pole soldiers led by Qin Liangyu are famous all over the world, and they can be regarded as a special soldier and horse of the Ming Dynasty. These Tusi soldiers are fierce and abnormal, and the Zhenxiao Miao soldiers in Huguang and the Tusi wolf soldiers in Guangxi are known as the three major Tusi soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and they are even more fierce than the imperial court's guards and many border troops.

Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers even went out of the customs several times to fight against the Houjin soldiers, and they were not afraid of the Jianzhou Iron Cavalry at all. The Sichuan Tusi Rebellion in the early years was also quelled by Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers. Over the years, the rebels in various places have also dealt with the white pole soldiers many times, and many of the rebels were defeated by this Tusi soldiers, and even many leaders who had been surprised were cut off by them in exchange for rewards.

The mention of Qin Liangyu and her white pole soldiers did make Luo Rucai and others a little jealous.

Zhang Xianzhong said disdainfully, "How old is Qin Liangyu today?" I'm afraid it's more than sixty, no matter how powerful it is, it's still a girl, or an old girl, what's there to be afraid of. As long as we enter Sichuan, how can she stop us alone. When we broke through into western Sichuan, it was a great plain, extremely rich, and the officers and troops could not stop us at all. In a year and a half, we will be able to repeat the momentum of that year. ”

On the same day, Zhang Xianzhong reached an agreement with Luo Rucai and other bandits to prepare to jump out of Huguang and enter Sichuan.

Jingshi, Yang Sichang's recital was sent all the way to Chongzhen's imperial case.

Chongzhen looked at Yang Sichang's impeachment note, and couldn't help but have a headache. He appointed Mei Zhihuan as prime minister, and there were many considerations. Originally, Yang Sichang also recommended one person, recommending Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanda, to take over the post of prime minister, and another courtier recommended Sun Chuanting.

But after Lu Xiangsheng died in the war at the beginning of the year, Xuanda Shanxi still needed Chen Xinjia, a cadre, to maintain. As for Sun Chuanting, he didn't consider it at all, because Sun Chuanting was in prison right now, and Sun Chuanting had been at odds with Yang Sichang before, which eventually led to Sun Chuanting being angry and wanting to resign from the stack, and Chongzhen was angry and threw Sun Chuanting directly into prison.

How could Chongzhen transfer Sun Chuanting to be prime minister now. Originally, the best candidate for prime minister in his heart was Hong Chengchou, but Hong Chengchou is now the governor of Jiliao, presiding over the defense outside the pass, and he can't pull it out at all.

In the end, he picked and chosen, and chose Mei Zhihuan, a Huguang man who has the ability to lead troops among the ministers, looking forward to using this person to train a very powerful regiment in his hometown after arriving at the office, and led the township regiment of Qi Huang last time to repel the Zhibing cadres who returned to the left five battalions and invaded eastern Hubei to reverse the banditry in the Central Plains.

Unexpectedly, Yang Sichang immediately began to impeach Mei Zhihuan. And Mei Zhihuan's actions were indeed a bit excessive, and he didn't take Yang Sichang, the supervisor, in his eyes at all, and advocated for himself.

Headache!

Chongzhen rubbed his head, could it be that he was going to dismiss the prime minister he had just appointed? But if you don't support Yang Sichang, I'm afraid that the situation of suppressing bandits in the Central Plains will also get out of control, and the governor and the prime minister will not be in harmony, how can this bandit be suppressed.

But after thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't make a decision right away, and finally he picked up another piece of Yang Sichang's recital. This is a request to grant Zuo Liangyu the post of general of the thief, and to give him the seal of the general of the thief, so that he can command the rest of the towns to suppress the bandits.

Chongzhen also doesn't like Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Liangyu has been suppressing bandits in the Central Plains over the years, but he has won a lot of battles, but he has also suffered countless impeachments, saying that he plundered the army, did not listen to dispatches, etc., and there are officials who impeached Zuo Liangyu for wantonly recruiting bandits, expanding soldiers and horses without permission, etc.

Well, recently, there have been several letters of impeachment of Zuo Liangyu's private expansion of the army, but several of them have also impeached Liu Jun, a guerrilla general he had just entitled, who also expanded the army privately, saying that Liu Jun, a guerrilla general, now has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, and has also established a large-scale firearms workshop and privately manufactured firearms.

Chongzhen asked Jinyiwei to investigate the matter, and it was true.

At the request of Yang Sichang, he sealed the general Zuo Liangyu Ping Thief, the chief military officer of Huguang, and awarded the seal of the Ping Thief General. Chongzhen finally approved Yang Sichang's letter, and then left the letter of impeachment of Mei Zhihuan, along with other impeachments of Zuo Liangyu and Liu Jun's private expansion of troops and horses, and Liu Jun's unauthorized construction of an arsenal.

Now, he still has to count on generals like Zuo Liangyu and Liu Jun to suppress bandits and thieves, and as for the others, he will not pursue them for the time being. (To be continued......)