"What a!"

In the morning light, after sending Yang Hongwen, who came to the Southern Navy in a hurry overnight to convey military orders, Ding Li, who was standing outside the barracks, spat fiercely to the side with a dissatisfied face, and cursed in a low voice: "I actually took this opportunity to suppress our Southern Navy, and even the usual grain, grass and ordnance have to be reported in detail once every half a month, which is obviously to monitor our Southern Navy!" ”

Xu Hong, Qin Mo and Wang Ling behind him didn't understand what Ding Li's opening sentence meant, but they also knew that the complaint in Ding Li's mouth was not the point, the various military affairs of the Southern Navy had always been counted by Xu Hong, and it was originally a monthly report, although the semi-monthly report mentioned in Yang Hongwen's military order just now was somewhat frequent or even unreasonable, but it did not cause such a big reaction from Ding Li.

And the reason why Ding Li is so dissatisfied is actually well known to everyone, Ding Li mentioned last night that he would hand over the military affairs to the three of them after the o'clock this morning, and he would return to Guangzhou to accompany Liu Sheng more, until the pregnant Liu Sheng got better first and then returned to Giethoorn.

The reason why Ding Li is irritable, everyone can fully understand, after all, his pregnant daughter-in-law is still sick in bed, and although Ding Li is not meritorious this time, at least it is not a fault, but at this time, Ding Li is not allowed to leave the military camp for half a step, everyone feels that this order of Jiedu Mansion is a little unacceptable, but after all, it is a military order, even if there is more dissatisfaction, it has to be swallowed back into the stomach with difficulty.

"What a!" Looking at Yang Hongwen and his party who disappeared into the dust and smoke in the distance, Ding Li cursed again, turned his head and glared at Xu Hong, who was pursing his lips and snickering, and shouted coldly with a gloomy face: "What do you see?" Expand! Expand the army immediately, you go to write the paperwork, and submit it to the Jiedu Mansion today, Lao Tzu wants to expand the army, the Southern Navy is now short of troops, not enough! ”

"Huh?" Xu Hong looked at Ding Li in surprise, blinked his eyes and immediately looked embarrassed after making sure that Ding Li was not joking: "Li, Brother Li, this, this army expansion." I'm afraid, I'm afraid it's not that easy, right? This, no matter what, there has to be a suitable reason! ”

"Reason? You don't fucking know how to make it up, do you? Ding Li raised his hand and slapped Xu Hong's head, and reprimanded the other party impatiently: "Isn't your excuse usual?" Why can't you use it now when it's time to get serious? It's not easy to find a reason to expand the army? In view of the fact that the strength of the thief army in the secret is still unknown, our army urgently needs to expand, or ask Jiedu Mansion to send an army to support and respond, so as not to fall into the hands of the thief army that has not yet been completely built, but also for the safety of the people of Sheephorn Town! ”

"Li, Brother Li." After saying this, not only Xu Hong was dumbfounded, but even Wang Ling and Qin Mo looked at Ding Li with shocked eyes, and then Wang Ling hurriedly opened his mouth to dissuade: "Absolutely not, general!" If this is sent by the Jiedu Mansion, won't this be exposed? When the time comes, I'm afraid I won't be able to escape the charge of deception! ”

"Qin Mo!" Ding Li did not respond directly, but turned his head to look at Qin Mo, raised his head at the other party, and said with a faint smile: "You also wandered here at the beginning, you came to tell our deputy general Wang, what are the characteristics of the wandering thief army?" ”

"No!" Qin Mo raised his arms and clenched his fists, pretending to respond solemnly, and when he turned his head to look at Wang Ling, a faint smile appeared on his cold face like ink, and then he bowed his hand slightly to Wang Ling and explained: "Brother Wang, you don't have to worry about the crime of deception!" I can tell you plainly that there may be an army of thieves mixed together of a few hundred people near Giethoorn today, but by this time tomorrow, they will probably be fifty miles away! Therefore, whether there is a thief army in Sheephorn Town is completely up to us, even if Jiedu Mansion sends someone to investigate, even if they can be sure that there is no wandering thief army to visit, they can't do anything to us, and they must believe us! ”

"Then, what if the Jiedu Mansion refuses to approve our request for military expansion?" Wang Ling immediately understood what Qin Mo and Ding Li meant, but he still had some concerns, but his eyes that shone with a little excitement had betrayed him, and he also wanted to expand the army.

After all, no general would think that he had too many soldiers and horses under his command.

"If you don't agree one day, you will make a request, if you don't agree in two days, you will submit two copies, and if you don't agree in three days, you will submit six copies!" Ding Li shook his head, leaned on the side of the gate, tilted his head and squinted his eyes illuminated by the morning light, wrapped his arms around his chest, and put on a rogue posture, and his tone was even more like a ruffian hooligan in the market: "Keep urging, anyway, it is not illegal to report the military situation, until the Jiedu Mansion agrees to our army expansion!" Besides, we can't just waste the position we have chosen, we have to find a way to expand the South China Navy, and we can take care of each other when the time comes, which is much better than the current one! ”

"Okay, Brother Li, I'll do it now, leave it to me!" Xu Hong heard Ding Li mention the several suitable places for camping that he and Heizi were looking for, and immediately smiled, if it was really determined or even a camp and garrison, then Xu Hong's head would undoubtedly have another military merit, and immediately smiled and patted his chest to Ding Li to make a guarantee, and he would immediately turn around and put it into practice.

"Wait!" Seeing this, Ding Li raised his hand and waved at Xu Hong, tilted his head to greet the morning light, feeling the warmth of this moment, Ding Li's black eyes that had been narrowed into a slit flickered, as if he wanted to compete with the oblique sky, groaned slightly, beckoned to Xu Hong, and when Xu Hong, who looked puzzled, walked to the side and poked his head up, Ding Li lowered his voice and instructed the other party: "Also, write a letter to Uncle Xiang in my personal name, you personally go to Guangzhou to visit Uncle Xiang!" ”

"Huh? Brother Li, what is written in the letter? Xu Hong was slightly stunned, and couldn't think of what Ding Li was thinking again.

"Let Uncle Xiang do us a big favor in the Southern Navy!" As the words came out, the faint smile on Ding Li's face spread rapidly, and after slowly turning his head, a fine light suddenly burst out, and the smile on his face was like a cunning fox who had succeeded in his tricks in an instant: "Help us get a bed crossbow out, oh no, it's two!" ”

Saying that, Ding Li stretched out two fingers and shook them in front of Xu Hong, and Xu Hong, who reacted quickly, also had a meaningful smile on his face in an instant, and then nodded heavily towards Ding Li, learning from Ding Li's appearance, stretched out two fingers and shook them in front of Ding Li, after Ding Li raised his hand and patted his shoulder, Xu Hong immediately turned around excitedly and rushed back to the barracks, and ran towards his military tent.

Seeing Ding Li and Xu Hong finalize the two major events in a short period of time, Qin Mo and Wang Ling on the side were very speechless, and they saw helplessness in each other's eyes when they looked at each other, but then there was an indifferent smile on their faces, and then even their waists slowly straightened up a lot.

"Since we want to expand the army, then we really need to think long-term and discuss it carefully!" After arranging Xu Hong, Ding Li took a deep breath, and after standing up straight, his complexion gradually returned to seriousness, looking at Qin Mo and Wang Ling, who also looked serious, he groaned and said his initial thoughts: "Once the request for army expansion is approved, we are now facing the separation of these brothers in the Southern Navy, I think so, for the time being, double the strength first, or four regiments, eight hundred people!" Our four regiments are now taking care of each of the recruits! The current barracks are relatively large, leaving two regiments, and the other two regiments are transferred to the new barracks! ”

"Understood!" Wang Ling and Qin Mo nodded, Ding Li's method is the most appropriate at the moment, from the perspective of Jiedu Mansion, the expansion of the army of 800 people is not a big deal, and from the perspective of the Southern Navy, with the current 800 trained people to lead 800 recruits, the training effect and speed are definitely the most ideal.

"And the most important problem at the moment is that after the new camp is built, someone must come over!" Ding Li nodded, what he said just now was just an initial or even the most sketchy and rough framework, and the current problem gave him a headache, and even made Ding Li inadvertently raise his hand and rub his forehead, shook his head slightly and sighed before continuing to add: "The position of the Southern Navy, there are three vice admirals at the moment, and if the two battalions are expanded, there will be one vacancy in the three positions. ”

"Do you have any suitable candidates to try to promote?" After a pause, Ding Li still reluctantly asked the two for advice.

At this time, Wang Ling and Qin Mo also felt a headache, although the Southern Navy has been trained for a period of time, although the overall effect is very good, but Wang Ling did not find any particularly outstanding talents who can be qualified for the position of deputy general provided by Ding Li, and Qin Mo is a newcomer, and he has no knowledge of the internal affairs of the Southern Navy.

couldn't get an answer, this was also in Ding Li's expectation, after all, the Southern Navy has not had any experience on the battlefield, and even Wang Ling, the deputy general, can be said to be just a 'paper talk' general for the time being, after shaking his head helplessly, he finally had to sigh and add: "I'm not in a hurry, even if I expand the army, I don't have a chance to do it for half a month or a month, and you two have been paying more attention to this aspect recently!" We don't care about the background, as long as we have the ability, even if the other party may be cultivated by us, we can give it a try, after all, no one is born to be a natural general! ”

"Understood, General, I'll pay more attention to it in the near future!" Ding Li's last sentence is simply to say that in Wang Ling's heart, he was only born as a dock coolie, and he didn't know anything about military affairs, but Wang Ling is also one of the vice admirals of the Southern Navy, although the real combat ability has not been proven in practice, but Wang Ling has used his own efforts to prove half to Ding Li and more than 1,000 people in the Southern Navy, but he is working hard to be a vice general. (To point out, the 800 members of the Yugoslav Navy are the number of combatants, and the more than 1,000 people are non-combatants who include all kinds of logistics, including craftsmen in the army, transport teams, and gang leaders.) ）

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