The sky was clear, there was not a single cloud in the blue sky, the fierce sun was scorching the earth without cover, and the heat on the ground was steaming, making the scenery look a little distorted.

A large group of soldiers were training in a queue on the scorching hot school ground, and the black armor looked particularly dazzling in the sun.

"Stand still! Why don't you beat the drums?! ”

"I'm too tired to walk!"

"Really? Can't walk, can you? Remember the five military sticks! ”

"Why! Am I not your soldier? Why should you be subject to military law!? ”

"You forget, this is what your boss promised, and when you are punished by the five military sticks, your boss will voluntarily receive the same punishment!"

"What!? Are you here really!? Don't do it! Brothers, they want to kill the boss, let's stop it, it's the other way around! ”

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"Smack! Shut up, you turtle son! Why did the boss agree to this? We're here to train! You idiot! Smack, smack! ”

"Stand up, who allowed you to speak! Also, you are not allowed to bully your colleagues, this time it is a jing, and next time it will be military law! ”

"No!"

Under the hot sun, a group of sergeants in armor continued to walk back and forth to the beat of the drums, and if there was anything out of sync, they would be pulled down by the instructor on the side with a stick, and they would make a loud noise, and they would curse in their mouths, saying that they were not as good as an old farmer, or they were like girls, and they couldn't stand it.

How can these water thieves who are used to being at ease stand this, the first day they came here. Gan Ning was beaten with thirty or forty sticks, and the beating was called a cool one the next day. Seeing Gan Ning, who was like them in the sun and wearing a sun-burned armor, these water thieves began to be honest.

Gan Ning was actually holding on, he didn't expect the training of the Youzhou army to be so strict, at first, Gan Ning thought that someone was deliberately targeting them, and Gan Ning held on to the death in order to fight for his breath. But then he found that other units training on the same CAO field were also training in the same way, and some of the troops that had been training for about a month were training much more than them.

Gan Ning suddenly had the idea of not admitting defeat. Even if it wasn't to save his brother now, Gan Ning didn't want to lose to those farmers who had just put down their hoes, he wanted to fight for this breath, and the province was looked down upon by Fang Zhiwen

Time passes imperceptibly. In a blink of an eye. Gan Ning has been training in the barracks for almost a month, and now Gan Ning and his brothers have become accustomed to the current training intensity and the strict discipline in the camp, and their bodies have begun to exude a military majesty, and those rivers and lakes have become faint unconsciously, and slowly disappear from them.

"Boss, how long do you think we're going to train here?"

"I've asked the instructor about this, and usually recruits train for three months, but we're sailors. So only one month of training on land, and the next two months on board. ”

Gan Ning finished speaking. poured the well water in the bucket on himself, and the heat of his body suddenly disappeared cleanly, Gan Ning exhaled, wiped the water droplets on his face, took a sweat towel from the brother on the side, and wiped it on his face indiscriminately.

"Boss, what are we doing here? How long have we been mixing on the water, even if it is that Xu Sheng, when we are crisscrossing the river, he still doesn't know where to play? Do we need to be so abused! ”

Gan Ning threw down the sweat towel in his hand and glanced at the brothers around him: "You all think so?" ”

"Yes, boss, as long as we have earned enough meritorious service, why do we have to accept this recruit training, we haven't fought before, when Lao Tzu was fighting, those instructors with long eyes and heads didn't know where they were? Cut! ”

"That's it, these guys will use chicken feathers as arrows!"

"I don't think so, let's just say Xu Sheng, when we were on the river, he was indeed still a child, but he was such a child, and in a few years, he could easily clean up our old rivers and lakes! Have you ever wondered, and why? ”

"It's not all because they're good ships!"

"And our new brothers are not in harmony, and they lack tacit understanding!"

Gan Ning smiled and continued to ask, "Is there anything else?" ”

"We're out of luck with that!"

"Anything else?"

"No, no, right?"

Gan Ning glanced at everyone, everyone shook their heads, Gan Ning put away his smile and said solemnly: "No, I think there are still ones!" ”

"And!?"

"Yes, there is also my unfavorable command, and our discipline is too poor, and our training is too child's play, you can understand when you think about the battle at that time, the opponent's formation was not chaotic from beginning to end, how did this be done? In fact, everyone understands that this is what can only be done by practicing hard! Now I'm going to let you form a formation within five breaths, I'm afraid it's not difficult, right? ”

"Of course! Three breaths is enough! ”

"But not so long ago? Can you do it? ”

"This"

"If I tell you to keep the phalanx and walk thirty miles now, will the formation disperse?"

"Won't?"

"And before?"

"Boss, we get it, but"

"It's nothing, I just think that those dead brothers were actually killed by my incompetent boss, so in order to save everyone's lives as much as possible in the battle in the near future, try to kill as few brothers as possible, so I can only train hard! I can't think of a better way to save my brothers' lives! ”

"Boss"

"Okay, okay, it's almost time for dinner, hurry up and wash it and go to eat, there's no meat to eat when it's late, hehe."

In the government office in Jiujiang City, Fang Zhiwen summoned Xu Sheng, who was training recruits.

"The last general has seen the lord!"

"Hehe, don't be polite. Sit and drink tea! ”

"Thank you, lord!"

"How's it going, how well is the army trained?"

"Step by step. You can go on board the ship for training next month! ”

"Well, yes, I want to discuss it with you, because General Cai Mao's Fifth Fleet has been fighting continuously for more than a year and a half, and it needs to be repaired, so I hope you can take over the battle in the south of Yingzhou, I don't know if Wen Xiang is willing!"

Xu Sheng was stunned. Then his heart was overjoyed, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily grinned, and then he replied loudly:

"The last general is willing!"

"Huh. Very good, then you will be ordered to form the Seventh Fleet, and the command staff and staff of the fleet will use your current set of men, and you will set off to Xiaoye Island to receive the fleet next month while training. Two months later. The Seventh Fleet formed an army to take over the defense in the south of Yingzhou, but there is a problem! ”

"Nope! Please rest assured, the end will live up to the trust! ”

"Well, sit down, sit down, Wen Xiang, you haven't fought a naval battle yet, so you have to be cautious in everything, especially to humbly ask experienced people for advice. You're still young, don't rush for quick success! ”

"The Lord's teachings. Remember! ”

"Good. Also, what about Gan Ning and others? Can you train honestly? ”

Xu Sheng smiled when he heard this: "At the beginning, I didn't adapt very much, and there were always various problems, but recently there are no problems at all, and I even train harder than other troops, and the progress is also very fast!" ”

Fang Zhiwen smiled when he heard this, and thought for a while: "Why is this? Did they figure it out that only hard training could save their lives? ”

"Hehe, you don't have to figure this out, it's written on the edge of the training ground, and the instructors shout this truth loudly and repeatedly every day, if they don't open their minds like this, it's really stupid, or it's deliberate!"

"Gan Ning is not stupid, on the contrary, what the hell is he, he has been in the rivers and lakes for so long, in terms of force and intelligence, this guy is not bad!"

Xu Sheng nodded in agreement, put away his smile and said solemnly: "Lord, Gan Ning is not only brave and proficient in water and land warfare, but also righteous and loyal, and can encircle his subordinates, he is a great general, Lord must not let this person go!" ”

"Hehe, he's your defeated man!"

"The lord laughed, that is his subordinates taking advantage of the unfavorable training of his soldiers, if he is serious, his subordinates may not be his opponents!"

"Well, it's good that Wen Xiang can be impartial, Gan Ning is indeed a talent, I will pay attention, you just need to let him save enough merit points, don't deduct their merits because of this!"

"The last general doesn't dare, military law is like iron, how can it be child's play!"

"Excellent! I'm relieved that you can think so, the Seventh Fleet will become a powerful fleet! ”

Zhu Huan, who was dusty, got off the mail boat from the wharf in Yueyang, looked left and right, the wharf was full of people coming and going, it was very lively, the sails on the water in the distance were like forests, and in the distance, you could see a neat team of warships patrolling, and the flags on the side of the water village were waving, slowly swaying in the slow river breeze.

Subconsciously touched the letter of recommendation in Zangcai's arms, Zhu Huan looked up at the hot head, and walked towards the city.

The location of the government is easy to find, Zhu Huan asked the way once and found the front of the government office, looking at the guards standing at the door, Zhu Huan's eyes couldn't help but light up, the guards of the general of the expedition to the north are so strong, even the guards standing at the door are fourth-order generals, Zhu Huan's original heart full of confidence suddenly shook a little.

handed over Gu Yong's letter of recommendation to the guards at the door, and the guards directly put Zhu Huan in, which made Zhu Huan very strange, but when he walked in, there were three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, all of them were brave warriors.

"Stop, who are you and what are you here for?"

Zhu Huan looked up when he heard this, there were several people standing on the steps, there were men and women, the person who asked him should be the young general who was not much older than himself, I heard that the wife of the general of Zhengbei is also a strong general, looking at the dress of these people, could it be that the person among them is the general of Zhengbei that he wants to see?

didn't wait for Zhu Huan to speak, but the other party had already spoken first!

"You are Zhu Huan and Zhu Xiumu, right? Yuan Si has already written to tell me, but he is so young! ”

Hearing Fang Zhiwen say this, Zhu Huan immediately confirmed his identity and hurriedly gave his salute!

"Zhu Huan of Wu County, I have seen General Zhengbei!" (To be continued......)