Li Congyi was delayed in quarrying for ten days, and when he returned to Xuancheng, he happened to be wandering outside for a month.

Li Congyi did not enter the city with great fanfare, because he had another very important matter, so Li Congyi got off the ferry directly at the east gate. Soon Cui Feihu came to report and said that everything was ready.

Hao Di and Cui Feihu are both commanders, and the two are of the same level, but if they climb up, both of them lack high-level assistance, and now they have no military merits to earn, so it is difficult to rise again. Moreover, even if the two of them took shit luck and could go up to the next level, it would be impossible for them to be the commander of the Ning Guojun. Therefore, there is no competition between the two.

But the relationship between the two is not much better. The establishment of commanders on the left and right sides, rather than adjutant generals or generals who command the army, is essentially for the purpose of checks and balances. Hao Di has military merits, so he doesn't look at generals like Cui Feihu in his eyes; Cui Feihu does not think of Hao Di as a person, and with the official position, the two will have no relationship.

However, since the beginning of this year, Li Congyi has attacked Ning Guojun, taking away a battalion from the left and right compartments, setting up a new guard battalion of his own, and strictly training at the East Gate Ferry far away from Xuancheng, which has given Cui Feihu and Hao Di a sense of crisis. I am afraid that Li Congyi will boil frogs in warm water, and the actions of one battalion after another will put them in the air.

Hao Di also knew that Cui Feihu had the idea and action of hugging Li Congyi's thigh, but looking at Cui Feihu's appearance, it didn't seem to be very successful.

For the imperial relatives and ministers like Jiang Guogong, Hao Di looked down on him, and said that he would not do that kind of service.

On this day, when he heard that Jiang Guogong was summoned to Jinling by the emperor, Hao Di felt relieved and secretly thought that it was best not to go back.

I was quite happy, so I went to the Naning National Military Office to hang around, but saw that the main hall was fenced off, and some craftsmen were working in it. When I asked, I learned that it was the commander of the military capital who thought that the government office was in tatters, and hired someone to renovate it.

Hao Di took a sip in his heart. The main hall is the place where the commanders of the Ningguo army are in office, and it is also the place where the generals of the Ningguo army discuss matters, also known as the Shuai Hall, that is to say, the White Tiger Festival Hall called in the book is actually because there are secrets such as the terrain of mountains and rivers, the map of military deployment, etc., so no one is allowed to trespass. However, the government offices of the commanders of the left and right wings are in the east and west wings, and they are also dilapidated, but if the commanders of the military capital refuse to repair them by the way, then this good thing will not be in turn.

saw Cui Feihu on the other side just walked out, saw Hao Di, obviously hesitated, and walked straight over. Hao Di waited outside the wing, but Cui Feihu said: "It's rare to meet General Hao, if General Hao is not busy, why don't you come over and have a drink?" ”

Jiang Guogong is not there, the two of them are the biggest heads of Ning Guojun, don't talk about having a drink in the government office at noon, even if you are drunk, it doesn't matter, Hao Di immediately followed Cui Feihu into the west wing.

Cui Feihu set up a small coal stove made of Xuan porcelain on the table, a copper pot was set up on it, it was steaming, and a bunch of cut meat slices were placed on the table, which looked like mutton, and there were also a few vegetables. Hao Di looked at it and immediately praised: "Those literati only use this small stove to make tea, I look at it and hate it, but I don't think that General Cui's use is the real best use." ”

The two of them drank wine, ate meat and bragged, and they were really happy.

The two don't need to go to work, but as long as they meet, they will eat a hot pot together at noon, and they have eaten and drunk four times in the month that Li Congyi is not in Xuancheng. Neither of them talked about military affairs or state affairs, but all kinds of cowhides were blown.

On this day, Hao Di and Cui Feihu met again, so Cui Feihu excitedly took out a box of Jingting Mountain sake from the back room, Hao Di saw Cui Feihu take out the wine bottle from the box, his eyes were straight, "This wine bottle is too particular, right?" ”

"Although this wine is produced in Xuancheng, it is currently only sold in Jinling. Selling a bottle of silver for one tael in Jinling may not be able to buy it. Cui Feihu said.

Hao Di was stunned when he heard this, "Is this drinking wine or drinking silver......" As he spoke, he couldn't wait to open the wooden wine stopper. When the wine was poured into the glass, it was clear and cold, and a smell of wine wafted out. "The fruit is good wine!" Hao Di took a sip and drank a glass. Although this sake is sake, its alcohol content is one or two times higher than that of the cloudy sake made from rice at this time. Hao Di took a bite, a little choked, and he was reluctant to spit it out, but he was forced to endure it, and Liangcai exhaled a breath. "Straight sissy thief! After drinking this wine, how will those cloudy wines be eaten in the future? ”

There are a total of six bottles of wine, and Hao Di is just a sip of a glass. Cui Feihu deliberately let him, and in the end, Hao Di alone killed four bottles. I couldn't help but feel a little drunk. Cui Feihu boasted again that he had bought a lot of good things from Jinling this time. He also said that he bought a Tang knife, but it was made of meteoric iron, and the end was blown and broken, and the iron was sharpened like clay. Hao Di didn't believe it, felt that this cowhide was blowing a little big, and shouted for knowledge.

The two of them walked to the side yard with one foot high and one foot low. There is a side courtyard behind the east and west wings, which was originally a public house for the command of the Xiangdu to live in, but Cui Feihu settled in Xuancheng, and it was only occasionally used by the staff and entourage of the Xiangdu Commander. Hao Di only said that Cui Feihu used the side yard as a warehouse, and he didn't doubt why the treasure knife was not on his body, but he wanted to put it in the side yard.

Seeing that he was about to enter the hall, Cui Feihu suddenly said, "Drink too much, I'll vomit for a while, you go in first and see for yourself." Seeing Cui Feihu holding on to the trees outside the house, bending over and almost vomiting, Hao Di laughed: "General Cui has to practice again for this amount of alcohol." Then he pushed the door open and walked in.

The items in the room are also very simple, that is, the walls and tables are covered with oilcloth, which is quite weird, but when the wine comes up, Hao Di doesn't think much about it, and sees a Tang knife on the knife holder on the table against the wall on one side, so he goes straight up and takes it off, and pulls out the knife with a brush. Just listen to a crisp knife sound, and then look at the knife blade, the end is a good knife!

Just as he was about to take a closer look, several people suddenly turned out from behind the hall, and then someone shouted: "Who dares to break into the handsome hall with a knife!" Don't take it quickly! Then I saw that the commander of Ning Guojun, Jiang Guogong, suddenly appeared surrounded by a group of guards.

Hao Di held a knife in one hand and a sheath in the other, he drank too much wine and was dizzy, and he couldn't react for a while, so several people rushed up, grabbed the knife, grabbed the knife and grabbed the waist, and immediately pressed Hao Di to the ground.

At this time, of course, there is no Water Margin, otherwise Hao Di must have realized that this is the living learning and application of "Lin Chong's mistake into the White Tiger Hall". Hao Di was startled, he broke out in a cold sweat, and half of the wine woke up, only to see a guard lift the tarpaulin on the wall, and sure enough, it was the deployment of the Ning Guojun and the topographic map of Xuanzhou. It turned out that because of the repair of the main hall, this handsome hall was quietly moved here without his knowledge!

At this time, Hao Di didn't know that he had fallen for Cui Feihu's poisonous scheme, and while struggling, he shouted: "Lord Guogong forgive me, this is Cui Feihu harming me!" ”

Li Congyi didn't allow him to be verbose, so he immediately ordered someone to block Hao Di's mouth, and then controlled Hao Di's personal guards, and arrested three battalion commanders who were close to Hao Di. When everything was settled, Li Congyi said to Hou Hongye: "I'll trouble you next." ”

Hou Hongye replied: "The subordinates have already prepared, and the results will be given to the adults within three days." ”

Previously, because of the two Xuanzhou assassins, Hao Di's evil deeds could not be investigated. The sufferer has nothing to do but get some compensation. But this time Hao Di was detained, and the magistrate of Xuancheng County personally mobilized the bitter lord to complain and testify, and this action was very fast.

On the third day, Hou Hongye submitted the paperwork. Said Hao Di has a lot of evil deeds, the bitter lord complained to Xuanzhou Assassin History, and the assassination history was verified in Xuancheng County, but Hao Di was so bold that he broke into the handsome hall with a sharp knife in his hand and coerced the boss, fortunately the left wing commanded Cui Feihu to subdue Hao Di, and Fang did not cause a catastrophe, and Hao Di knew that he was guilty, and he hanged himself in the county jail. Attached are the pleadings of many bitter lords and the evidentiary testimony of Xuancheng County.

Ning Guojun also attached the witness testimony of Hao Di who broke into Shuaitang with a knife, and attached the confessions of several Hao Di's personal guards who were tortured into confessions.

When the text went to the Privy Council and Dali Temple, although Chen Qiao felt that there might be an inside story about this matter, he saw that Hao Di was indeed evil, and he had no idea of delving into it, so the matter passed like this.

In order to prevent someone in the Privy Council from causing trouble, he quickly parachuted into a box to command the envoy, and Li Congyi quickly went up again and took over the post of commander of the right chamber. With Cui Feihu's cooperation, the remaining two deputy commanders did not have the right to fold the secret, and could only let Li Congyi rub the round and flatten. In the Ning Army, there are no more constraints.

At this time, the time has reached May, and it is very close to the time of Song and Tang. At this time, the prerequisites for expanding the army, training troops, and preparing for war were already in place.

Especially in terms of money, during this trip to Jinling, Jiangnan Bank raised more than 300,000 taels, plus the shares of several large households in Jiangguo Mansion and Xuanzhou, it is not a problem to make up 500,000 taels. Considering that Xuanzhou Mansion and Jinling Mansion began to use Jiangnan Bank's promissory notes and bills of exchange, it would not be a problem for Jiangnan Bank to absorb another 500,000 taels, so that there would be no pressure to borrow hundreds of thousands of taels from Jiangnan Bank. In fact, most of the expenses of Ning Guojun's purchase of ordnance eventually flowed back to Li Congyi's internal system.

If you have money, you can do things.

Li Congyi immediately readjusted the structure of the new army again, mainly raising the original battalion to the regimental level, and setting up three battalions under the regiment, each battalion has more than 300 people, a regiment has more than 1,100 people, and a brigade has about 3,500 people, while the entire Ningguo Army is a division-level organization, including three brigades with exactly 10,000 people.

This change is to change the basic tactical unit from the original battalion level to the regimental level, and to establish units directly under the regiment and division on a permanent basis. This change has not changed much for the new army, and the essence is to transform the battalion into a regiment; For the old department of the Ning Army, there is not much change, because such a battalion is more than 300 people, which is similar to the past.

Among the three new army battalion commanders, Yang Fei and Hu Yuan were promoted to regimental commanders by rocket, and the other regiment commander was served by Wu Feixing. On the one hand, Gu Dazhuang is really deficient in command, and on the other hand, Gu Dazhuang knows that Li Congyi wants to build a cavalry battalion. Whether it was the Song or the Tang Dynasty, there were very few cavalry. Therefore, being able to fight on horseback is naturally a very majestic thing. Previously, there was a captain who was not a company commander, so he had to be a cavalry platoon commander. The same is true for Gu Dazhuang, who is vying to be the commander of the cavalry battalion, and no one can compete with him.

The Ningguo army was only about 6,000 people, and some of them were diverted to the three regiments of Dongmendu, and then the four battalions stationed in Guangde and Ningguo counties were deducted, and the rest was not enough for one brigade. The three regiment commanders of this brigade were temporarily replaced by Cui Feihu and the other two deputy commanders. Of course, Cui Feihu had a gap in his heart, but Li Congyi specially encouraged them, and with Yu Wei, who had just killed Hao Di, several people had to pinch their noses and admit it.

The most fierce upgrades are Lu Shilang and Dong Jingye, the two were originally equivalent to the staff team and logistics team at the regimental level (three battalions), but now they have been directly upgraded to the staff team and logistics team at the division level, but no one is competing with them for the time being.

Li Congyi also ordered Wang Damu to be the director of recruitment and training, and led a team to the countryside of Xuanzhou counties to recruit troops, intending to recruit another brigade so that the establishment of more than 10,000 troops in the Ningguo Army on paper would be implemented.