Chapter 455: Preparations for War

At the end of Qiu Laohu's wine and meat banquet, it was already dark, but fortunately, the discipline of the entire camp was relatively loose in the past few days, so that everyone could have fun unscrupulously, and those who had money could go into the city to go shopping, listen to the latest dramas, or buy some things for their own good friends, all in all, the atmosphere was very relaxed, according to Song Qing's words, this was the dawn before the darkness, and these people were about to fall into a state of no return.

As a man of action, Song Qing has always done what he says, and after a few days of relaxation of the whole team, the crazy training began, the goal of this training is to fight against the southern invasion of the Houjin troops, so how to effectively fight with the cavalry, how to effectively deal with the crazy infantry, have become a very important subject, at the same time, the newly established cavalry team of 1,000 people in Xuzhou, and the 1,000 cavalry of the beggar army have also been merged together, and began to belong to their training methods, of course, these are all Kong Youde is responsible, Song Qing did not have the slightest intention of interfering, Because the number of cavalry is too small, and the time is obviously not much, he has no plans to train any wall cavalry or the like for the time being, but just trains according to the general situation.

To make this kind of exercise with considerable intensity, Song Qing discussed it with all the ministers, and also made everyone accept his setting that Huang Taiji was about to invade the south again, but it was not so straightforward, so after the ministers went back, they also conveyed similar confusing orders, which can be regarded as a relatively clear way to tell everyone that the war is coming, and this time is different from the extermination of the Liukou, it is a serious war.

With this atmosphere, the training of all departments is naturally crazy, Xuzhou now the most important thing is military merit, whose child if he makes military merits, it is the whole family is glorious, because Song Qing will reward a lot of silver, and will give a lot of pensions when he dies, and then he will beat gongs and drums to the soldier's home to send a plaque of loyalty. There are also rewards such as wearing big red flowers at the door of the house, so that people in ten miles and eight villages can see it, and even my own image can be compiled into the drama, so the young man who is a little bit of a pursuit now also wants to make military achievements in the war.

It's just that some people are not very comfortable with the tense atmosphere of this kind of upcoming war, such as Qiu Laohu, who is not very suitable for this kind of crazy training, and his takeout is impenetrable. Dark clouds were about to obscure the atmosphere, because it was the first time he had experienced such a feeling.

When Xuzhou Wei first entered the king of Jingqin, he was just a guy on the street, and when Song Qing and they returned to Xuzhou, he saw the majesty when he entered the city, and felt that his martial arts were a little ruined, so he moved the idea of joining the army, but there were still a lot of messy things outside at that time, and there were some so-called brothers waiting for him. Therefore, he slowly forgot about it, and it was not until the Battle of Daling River that he completely moved the idea of joining the army, and implemented it very quickly. But because of these reasons, he did not catch up with the big war.

Moreover, he has always been an auxiliary soldier since he entered the army, and the only serious battle he has fought now is against the rogue, and the famous pigtail soldiers have only heard of it, and have not really come into contact with it. I heard a lot of rumors from the veterans, and they were all divine, and it seemed that the Xuzhou soldiers were suffering from the two beating people. This made him feel particularly surprised, because he always felt that the Xuzhou soldiers were already very strong, and he really couldn't imagine how strong the Zhenyi could be with one enemy and two enemies, and the current atmosphere made him a little nervous for a while.

After receiving the training order from the hundred households, Qiu Laohu returned to his barracks with his head down, and saw the other four sitting at the head of the bed cross-legged playing tea around, and the old cigarette holder opposite him had just picked up the teapot, seeing that Qiu Laohu's face was not very good, he smiled and said: "I said Lord Zongqi, you can't do this, you have to poke the main bones for the brothers, otherwise if you really go to the north to fight Jiannu, the brothers of our flag team will not all lay soft eggs, fortunately, you have a small flag yourself, There are all acquaintances in this room, otherwise if there are many newcomers, if you put your face out like that, it is estimated that you will even have to be listless in drills, if that is the case, we will go back to be auxiliaries, why suffer this crime. ”

"yes!" Qiu Laohu was really listless, but when the old chimney said this, he suddenly felt a little unbearable on his face, and the depression disappeared invisibly, replaced by the courage of the past, and grinned and said: "Damn it, the four of you have already planned to arrange Lao Tzu, and you are still making a tea here, what is the meaning of drinking the clear soup with little water, and I don't say that I am looking for something to eat." ”

"Isn't it that I'm afraid that adults won't be in the mood to eat, I still have some sauce beef over there, if I'm not afraid of no wine to drink, I'll bring it?" Zhou Gazi is also a small flag now, and he has ten people under him, and he naturally has a bit of an official posture in his gestures, even if he is only the lowest-level petty official, to some extent, he is not even an official, but as long as people can manage others, everything will develop in a tall and upward direction, this is a completely undoubted, and basically no one can escape the law, even if he goes to get the sauce beef, the action is a little more powerful.

As the object of the usual bickering, Chen Mazhuan subconsciously said the moment Zhou Gazi stepped out of the room with his feet: "Look at our Gazi, this is really an official, those two steps are different, and it looks similar to our General Song." ”

As soon as the words fell, the eyes of the other three quickly glanced at him, and then quickly moved away and exchanged them in the air, the meaning was very obvious: Speaking of this, is there any difference between you and Zhou Gazi?

These three are really qualified to say this, because Qiu Laohu originally walked so virtuously, and the old chimney and Chen Dahe did not change at all, exactly the same as before, they are two relatively rare superlatives, so Chen Mazhuan and Zhou Gazi can be said to be the people who have changed the most.

After a while, Zhou Gazi came back with the sauce beef, and after a few people finished eating tea, they walked out of the door together, called out the other fifty people in the flag team, and began to practice according to the steps arranged above, so I don't want to talk about it.

Their flag team is not on the side of the new school field, but in the old school field in the west of the city, there is no special reason, the old school field is the birthplace of Song Qing, so there will always be people who come to guard, and the teams take turns to come, Qiu Laohu actually likes this old school field very much, because in addition to being soldiers, there are many idlers who are fighting on the street all day long, as well as some Jianghu characters, in the past, he was the same as these people, but now there is a difference, he seems to have become a big man, even if it is just a general flag, In the eyes of these Jianghu people, he is also an official, just like the harrier who climbed the mountain at the beginning, the bandits looked very envious, and now it is his turn to be a tiger.

His idea is not wrong at all, not long after the training with the flag team, there are many idlers around to see the excitement, Qiu Laohu used to be famous when he mixed in the vicinity, many people know him, now see him wearing the official uniform of the general flag, with dozens of soldiers drilling, many idlers are very envious, Xuzhou after all, this place is very prosperous, after the rise of Song Qing, being a soldier has become a popular profession, idlers may not be able to stand the military regulations, but they worship the soldiers, especially seeing that Qiu Laohu, who used to fight with them, has become an officer, Needless to say, that kind of envy is not to mention.

When Qiu Laohu paid attention to these idlers, Zhou Gazi and Chen Mazhu were secretly observing whether there were big girls nearby, if there were, even if people just passed by, their movements would be bigger, and at the same time they would shout loudly, expecting the big girls to move their eyes to them, it was best to stay and stop and watch, smile at them and so on, no matter how long-term the goal is, they have never thought about it, as long as they can do it Smile is enough to make them refreshed, from a man's point of view, it is really simple, an absolutely kind-hearted youth.

In fact, they also know beautiful girls, for example, Lin Hui, who everyone likes in Xuzhou now, is Lin Dahe's sister-in-law, and everyone has met a few times after coming back, but when they really get together, no one will move other ideas, they all think that this is Lin Dahe's sister-in-law, that is, their sister-in-law, Qiu Laohu even recognized his godfather directly, and Zhou Gazi and Chen Mazhuan no longer worry about it.

Practicing this thing is very addictive, especially for a group of young people who want to make military achievements, practice is equivalent to the cornerstone of their meritorious service, so there is not much effort, everyone's attention is all focused on the drill itself, Qiu Laohu no longer looks at those two bastards idlers, Zhou Gazi and Chen Mazhu no longer go to see the big girl, the old cigarette pipe pins the cigarette bag and pot on his waist, Chen Erhe is as hard as ever, the atmosphere of the whole flag team quickly warmed up, and under the leadership of Qiu Laohu, he did all kinds of fighting actions, Let the people who watch the excitement dizzy.

And the entire Xuzhou team is similar to them, although the orders conveyed by the officers of each department are ambiguous, but everyone has more or less figured out a little taste, there should be a big battle to fight recently, so many people are holding their breath, planning to make war achievements in this war, and also find an official and a half position to sit, by the way, let the family also enjoy the glory of wearing red and hanging colors, so the training efforts everywhere are constantly increasing, and even many people are still practicing every night, just waiting for the order to come down again, Follow Song Qing to the front line. (To be continued......)