"This group of people has to be replaced," Ye Yongjia walked into the big tent and glanced back at Du Qing, "A few people should be carefully selected." When I checked them one by one just now, you memorized them all, right? ”

Du Qing took out the note he was holding in his hand: "My lord took notes while naming me, everything you are not satisfied with has been circled, and none of them have been missed." In the end, which ones should be eliminated depends only on the opinions of adults. ”

"Whoever wields a gun must be able to use his hands and feet. Like that Liu Da, he knows very little about shotgun affairs, and he is bulky and unbearable, how can he be the leader of any team? In this way, everyone follows the example, not seeking to improve, if you let the talented people see it, you can't help but feel cold. ”

"This is all caused by the lack of preparation of the lower officials, don't blame the soldiers." Du Qing bowed his head and made a deep bow.

Ye Yongjia had to sigh: "Since the general loves soldiers like sons, how can I cut them down?" Look, can you transfer all these people to other barracks? This is good governance. ”

Du Qing raised his head suddenly, and looked at him fixedly: "That...... The lower officials thanked Lord Ye on behalf of these soldiers! ”

Ye Yongjia said with a smile: "This little thing is just a gesture, how can I thank you?" More important than this is the re-election of the new army. Your subordinates know for themselves, and tomorrow you will choose a few quick-eyed sergeants to meet me, and remember to strictly enforce military discipline and make the whole army nervous about it. ”

"Don't wait for tomorrow, my subordinates will do it." After that, Du Qing said goodbye to the two and resolutely walked out of the big tent.

Since receiving Ye Yongjia's order, Du Qing has worked tirelessly, conscientiously and conscientiously selected soldiers for him, and repeatedly used military law to prescribe each other. Everyone has always been treated favorably by Du Qing in every way, but today when they saw him suddenly stern, instead of being resentful, they competed to perform and practiced the school field in order to make contributions.

In order to be worthy of the sincerity of the sergeants, he never closed his eyes for several days, begged Ye Yongjia to read the book, personally taught them the method of using guns, and finally selected suitable candidates for Ye Yongjia to examine one by one.

These soldiers quickly used bird guns, and their actions were more than twice as fast as Liu Da and others, and their eyesight was very accurate, and they shot at targets calmly, basically all of them were ten shots and ten hits.

Ye Yongjia and Cai Xianqing looked at each other, each with joy on their faces, and immediately issued two silver rewards and incorporated them into the new army.

After the personnel were in order, Ye Yongjia gathered all the soldiers on the school field, and ordered: "You soldiers know the use of bird guns, and they can also use them accurately. However, the formation of the array is also exquisite, and it should not be taken lightly. Although this method is not very important when shooting targets, it is difficult to quickly apply it in a hurry, and it is not conducive to the situation in the slightest. Therefore, when approaching the battle, when two people are in a team, of course, three or four people can also be used alternately, and after one person finishes the fire, he will take medicine and rope for others; Helping each other save a lot of time. ”

Immediately after, Du Qing only waved, and everyone immediately lined up in line according to his method, and looked at the wooden target in the distance with stunned eyes. Ye Yongjia began to teach them drills step by step, and Du Qing also took a pen and paper by the way, observed the soldiers' every move, and silently recorded them on the point platform.

Ye Yongjia repeated the teaching five or six times, and although it was rough, the connection was still not coherent, so he had to give up for the time being.

When he returned to the tent that night, Ye Yongjia picked up the lamp and candle and said to Du Qing: "The governor has worked hard for a few days and nights, and these newly selected soldiers are really extraordinary and very skilled. But after all, the bird gun is a new thing, and if they are allowed to master all those arrays, it will still be too difficult for the strong. It's just that the captives are close to fifty miles away, and the time is pressing, which is a headache. ”

"Don't be anxious, adults," Du Qing grabbed the calluses on his hands under the light, "In order to ensure the safety of the two, Du has repeatedly sent people to reconnoiter the captives, knowing that his troops from the north have not yet met, but they are only guarding with danger and dare not fight." It's almost a month away. ”

"Is time too short? Dare to ask the governor Gao Jian. "Cai Xianqing didn't know about the military, how dare he make a big statement at this time, and only humbly asked Du Qing for advice.

Du Qing took a deep breath: "It's short...... But I have a stupid way to make the new army elite in no time! ”

"Please!" The two said in unison.

"When he was a junior colonel in the past, he served as a scout many times, detected the enemy's situation from afar, and drew maps, so he learned the skill of painting. Most of the officers and men are rough people, so today you might as well draw the whole array map with them, and the advance and retreat of the team will naturally be clear. Du Qing's fingers gestured on the table.

Cai Xianqing said: "I heard Ye Shangshu say that there are more than a dozen ways to form a array, how can you draw them all at once?" ”

Du Qing shook his head and smiled lightly: "It's okay." But if I have to put a little more effort into it, what's the difficulty! Besides, when Ye Gong just told it, I had already written down all the essence of it on paper, and I had my own method in my heart. ”

Although Du Qing's performance was very relaxed, both of them knew in their hearts that this was definitely an extremely difficult task. The expressions of the two of them became heavy, but they didn't know what to say, so they grabbed his arm tightly and said, "Thank you for your hard work." ”

Du Qing didn't say a word about this, but gritted his teeth and said: "If you can be loyal to the country in the border court, even if you try your best to die, what's the hard work?" I'm not going to sleep tonight, so you can take out some good pieces of paper from the cupboard, and I'll start drawing! ”

Ye Yongjia bowed his head and said: "This official is here with you tonight, helping to give you some advice, and he won't sleep!" ”

The three of them removed the curtain outside the tent and stood by the faint candlelight to make an array diagram. When a candle was extinguished, Ye and Cai went to order a new one, without putting up a shelf, without complaint, which moved Du Qing and painted with all his heart.

The next many days were spent like this, but Ye Yongjia took into account Cai Xianqing's advanced age and repeatedly persuaded him not to stay up late, so the latter did not come to accompany him, but only came to ask about the situation in the morning; The remaining two didn't have much time to rest, only to close their eyes for a while in the early morning, and at most they only slept for an hour and a half.

After all, Ye Yongjia was born in a civil official, and he couldn't support it due to such endless fatigue, and if he didn't pay attention, he contracted a small illness of wind and cold, so he had to lie in bed. It is because Du Qing has been outside the plug for a long time, he is used to this kind of weather, and he is strong and strong, so he will not fall. He didn't have the heart to take care of Ye Yongjia anymore, so he immersed himself in painting every day, tossing and turning for about six or seven days, and finally finished drawing all these array drawings and handed them over to Ye Yongjia.

Ye Yongjia was ecstatic, and did not hesitate to support his sick body to read Du Qing's drawings.