At night, Liu Ruyan finished the day's training and returned to the camp to rest.

Liu Xin pinched his sour arm, didn't even have the strength to fan it, and lay down on the mat with his clothes closed.

He turned his face sideways and looked at Liu Ruyan in the corner who was about to go to bed.

"Da Zhuang, what's the good thing about the Iron Three Whips looking for you?"

Liu Ruyan turned her back, washed briefly with water, and said without looking back: "There is something wrong with the water master, let me go over and take a look." ”

"Something happened to the sailor, and the iron three whips asked you for help? It's a good mix. Liu Xin quipped her.

Liu Ruyan said frankly: "I met Dr. Gou, but in fact, he asked me to go over to see if there was anything missing nearby. ”

"If you can get in touch with a military doctor, you don't have to worry about getting hurt in the future." Liu Xin looked envious.

"What the hell is going on?" Dong Qingxian took over and returned to the topic.

"Around the end of the day, a sailor sneaked into the water to catch fish and accidentally drowned." She took off her military robe and wore a plain white collared undershirt, and lay on her back in the banquet.

Everyone else was interested and hurriedly asked: "The sailor grew up in Jiangnan since he was a child, and he is good at water, and he can drown in water?" ”

She guessed: "There is no undercurrent under the riverbed, and there is no tripping over aquatic plants, so it is estimated that the legs and feet are cramping." ”

Dong Qingxian nodded: "There is such a possibility." ”

Liu Xin yawned and turned his back: "Let's everyone wash and sleep, it's a blessing to be able to sleep now, and I don't know if I'm dead or alive in the future." ”

The others hurriedly "bah" a few times.

"Liu Xin, you crow's mouth!"

Over the next few days, the recruits continued to practice.

By mid-July, each team had 20 elite soldiers drawn and reorganized into a 100-man corps.

Liu Ruyan, Dong Qingxian, and Liu Xin and others were selected, led by Tie Sanwhip, and each received a horizontal knife.

Liu Xin held the military-style horizontal knife made of steel, and only felt that the ancestor had appeared!

He lowered his voice and whispered: "I heard that the Tang Dynasty once gave a horizontal knife to envoys from various countries, like that Dongying people, even our ancestors' knife-making skills have been learned." ”

He held a steel knife in his hand, and under the scorching sun, the cold light of the blade was compelling, better than the snow covering a thousand mountains.

"Whoever is qualified to use a horizontal sword is definitely the main force in the infantry!" Liu Xin was overjoyed, and the corners of his mouth were almost grinning behind his ears, "Let's work harder, maybe we can enter the strong crossbow formation and hold a bow and crossbow!" ”

So, under the vigorous spur of the iron three whips, these soldiers worked hard and practiced their swordsmanship day and night.

After just one month of training, the recruited recruits have undergone a qualitative transformation.

At the beginning of August, the whole army took on a new look.

Early in the morning, the school yard set up an arrow target, and the recruits came to stand in front of the crossbow.

Everyone looked at each other and talked in private.

"Aren't we infantry, why do we still have to practice crossbows?"

Iron Three Whip paced and spoke, "The upper echelons have decided to select a group of crossbowmen from among the recruits to be used against the enemy's cavalry and siege cities. ”

Tie San Whip said, showing five fingers: "Whoever is selected, the military salary will be increased by fifty wen, and steamed buns, meat sauce, and fresh vegetables will be added to each meal, and those who perform well in the battle will be promoted to generals in the future!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the morale of the recruits was greatly boosted, and they were eager to be selected immediately to be the fierce generals who opened up the territory.

Tie Sanwhip nodded in satisfaction, picked up a crossbow, and explained it to everyone step by step.

He then divided the 100 soldiers into 10 groups, each of whom shared a crossbow and practiced archery.

After three days of intensive training, the ability has been seen.

From the team led by Tie Sanwhip, those with accurate eyesight and quick action were selected and reorganized with recruits from other battalions, and the thousand-strong crossbow formation was officially formed!

These 1,000 people, usually infantry, can change their formation into crossbowmen when they encounter a strong attack, and when they encounter a siege, they can use heavy bed crossbows.

Compared with Liu Ruyan's calmness, Liu Xin was overjoyed, he never felt that he had ever been so promising, he was simply a glorious ancestor!

Correspondingly, the dinner of the day was sumptuous.

Liu Ruyan, Dong Qingxian and Bai Zhi, as usual, squatted under the tree to eat.

She took a few bites and ate a little absent-mindedly.

According to the plot hint, the mocking wind jade seal is in the hands of a certain general of the Southern Han Naval Division, but now that she is an infantryman, she will never have a chance to get close to the Southern Han Naval Division.

When the water and land are in a scuffle, how can she get the Xuankun seal?

She finished her meal silently, and Bai Zhi also put down the dishes and chopsticks and talked about the strange things that had happened recently.

"In the past month, soldiers have drowned one after another in the naval division, and the commander has ordered that all soldiers are strictly prohibited from entering the water after the training is completed, and several additional patrols have been dispatched along the shoreline to prevent further drowning."

"How many people have died so far?" Liu Ruyan propped up her chin and asked casually.

"Seven."

She straightened up, frowned, and said, "It's all drowning?" ”

Bai Zhi nodded.

"It's really strange, the sailor is good at water, there is no doubt about this, besides, this area is calm and calm, and it is not a sinister place, so wait and see."

Bai Zhi had no countermeasures, "That's all it takes." ”

In mid-August, while the Song army was stepping up its training, the naval division was also stepping up its time to practice water warfare.

Tonight, the sailor simulated a night attack.

More than 10 fighting ships sailed into the water, and half an hour later, a "red horse" in the water quietly sailed from the opposite side, the hull of this ship was light, the speed was fast, and it drove straight into it like a cavalry.

A group of soldiers jumped out of the "Red Horse" ship, swooped near the fighting ship, and then used iron hooks and ropes to climb to the deck, quickly knocking down the soldiers in charge of defense......

As the drill became more and more intense, many sailors fell from the boat into the water, and the river splashed frequently.

Thinking that a soldier wanted to be lazy, he subconsciously swam over and grabbed the man lying in the water to see which turtle grandson it was.

As he picked up the soldier, the soldier's face, buried in the water, was completely exposed to the moonlight.

His eyes were closed and his face was blue.

The sailors were shocked, this person was already dead......

In one night, the sailor had three more drowning people.

This incident has been spread so much that no one can say why, how did you say that this good military exercise ended in human life?

For a time, the morale of the sailors was low.

Really calculated, their "Jiangnan Lord" surrendered to the Song State, and this time they sent troops south, which can be regarded as a helpless move. Coupled with the successive drowning of soldiers, the sailor became more and more unconvinced.

Why did the Song army attack the city and let their sailors come to send them to death!

For this reason, the sailors all complained bitterly, on the one hand, they had to appease their morale, and on the other hand, they had to step up their time to train the troops.

However, in the next few days, thunder and rain raged day and night, so that the sailor had to suspend his training.

Finally, after the rain and the sky was clear, the sailor went into the water again to practice the night attack.

It was night, the moon was in the sky, and the freshly built scout boat slowly sailed across the water, responsible for surveying the water situation in this area.

After confirming that there was no abnormality, the soldiers jumped into the water one after another and swam towards the "enemy boat".

As usual, a small soldier approached the enemy ship quickly with his superb water fishing skills.

Suddenly, he felt his body pause, and something cold seemed to climb up at his ankles, which made people feel creepy.

He lowered his head, and the moonlight shattered, reflecting a clump of hair at the bottom of the water, and in the hair was a miserable white face, his eyes were closed, and one hand was dragging at him!

The soldier's face turned green with fright, and he kicked his legs desperately, and as soon as he broke free, he swam towards the shore with all his might.

"Water...... Water Charm ......" He ran up to the river beach, spread his feet and ran wildly, shouting at the top of his voice, "There is a water charm at the bottom of the river!" ”