Faced with all the talk, Ye Yongjia felt more and more pressure. He had not seen Cai Xianqing yet and had no idea about the progress of the matter, so he was particularly stingy with his words.
"No, no, no," Shi Yiyi hurriedly handed over to those people, "Shi Lang Ye is following the Prime Minister's order. How dare I disobey him? I can only follow his will."
"Please!" This group of people had no choice but to plead with Ye Yongjia and all knelt at his feet. "It's probably useless if you linger here for a long time! If you have to disturb Xuanhua, please forgive us for not obeying your order. .”
Ye Yongjia was annoyed by their persistent pursuit, and finally had no choice but to help everyone up and said: "Dear father-in-law and two lords, what kind of person do you think I am, Ye! I have always been careful in handling things at the border, just for fear of going too far. Being radical has chilled the hearts of the soldiers; now that there is nothing to do, I will just listen to you."
"Then there's no need to patrol this time. Let's call Mr. Cai over, pack our things, and leave this cold place as soon as possible." They urged impatiently.
Ye Yongjia said: "I have to go to the house to say goodbye to the deputy governor first. It would be too rude to do so hastily."
Shi Yiyi quickly took over: "The deputy governor is talking to Minister Cai in the military camp. Your Excellency, please drop by."
"Oh..." Ye Yongjia's heart skipped a beat and he clenched his hands tightly, "This saves a lot of distance, but it is also convenient."
Ye Yongjia dragged his slow pace, surrounded by a group of officials, and arrived at the military gate in a short time. He suddenly raised his head and saw many sergeants standing behind the wooden fence on both sides, holding their weapons tightly, each of them could not hide their anger, and their eyes were like fire, staring in his direction.
Ye Yongjia was a little afraid to move forward, but he gritted his teeth and moved his steps with difficulty; but when he came to his senses, Governor Shi was as motionless as a piece of wood.
"What's wrong?" Ye Yongjia turned his head, his entire face almost soaked with sweat.
"You go in, I'll wait here." Shi Yiyi said while pressing his sword.
Ye Yongjia had no choice but to pinch the bridge of his nose a few times, regain his composure, and walk past the military gate.
"Master Ye!" The group of soldiers suddenly rushed out and shouted, "We are going to fight tomorrow, but we have not made any preparations for war. I hope you will inform me and not make the war unfavorable!"
"What?" Ye Yongjia wiped away his sweat.
"What nonsense are you talking about here!" Shi Yiyi hurried over and scolded sternly, "Get out of here!"
When these sergeants saw Governor Shi, they were even more unwilling to give up. They all knelt down and begged, "Please listen to Governor Shi!" and stopped the two of them at the door.
"Commander Shi," Ye Yongjia finally breathed out, "Since your soldiers want to talk, just ask them a few questions."
"What do you want to do?" Seeing that Shi Yiyi was silent, he simply asked for him.
"Please allow me, the Commander-in-Chief, to conduct drills at the school ground with the soldiers of the North Camp. This Lord of the Military Department is well-informed. If we rely on what he has seen with his own eyes, even if there are any shortcomings, we can make up for them in time."
"What do you mean by coming here and talking about this nonsense!" Shi Yiyi opened his eyes and roared, "If you still want to serve as a soldier under my hand, just go back to the city wall!"
"Oh, Governor Shi, there's no need to be impatient," Cai Xianqing walked over from the school grounds with a smirk on his face, "You usually urge them to practice here, but today you suddenly changed your mind, how can they be satisfied? Under our eyes, What's going to get in the way of practicing down there?"
Shi Yiyi was furious at what he said, but he was forced into this situation and did not dare to openly turn his face, so he curled his lips and said: "Okay, let Mr. Ye do whatever you want." After that, he led a group of people over first.
Ye Yongjia looked at Cai Xianqing standing here, and finally laughed relaxedly, and stepped forward to hold his hands: "Mr. Cai is really sophisticated! Now that we are the only two, let me tell the younger generation, these iron confidants, who are you?" How did you buy it?"
"Now is not the time to brag about yourself," Cai Xianqing smiled proudly, "let's finish the important things first."
"But you have to smooth over Shi Yiyi's hair. Mr. Cai just spoke with a gun and a stick like that. I'm really worried that he will offend someone." Ye Yongjia reminded him kindly.
Cai Xianqing disagreed: "I, Cai Xianqing, have been an actor for half my life and have interacted with so many people. I can spot people with these eyes. This guy is obviously a timid person. Tinglong can safely manipulate him and let him see." Look how powerful our foreign officials are!"
"Array up and perform drills!"
Ye Yongjia and Shi Yiyi sat side by side in front of the big tent and saw that everyone in the northern camp had arrived, including the more than fifty bribed soldiers.
As soon as the command flag was waved, the two teams of infantry and cavalry spread out and formed a formation - this step was completed very well, which made Shi Yiyi secretly happy.
"Cavalry out!"
Before the infantry gave way, the cavalry rushed out. Fortunately, they reacted in time to avoid making a fool of themselves.
"The left army moves in from the right, and the right army moves in from the left, forming a changing formation!"
The east and west teams crossed each other, but there was a burst of horses neighing and dust rising, the formation was in chaos, and the soldiers were spinning around like headless flies.
"That's enough!" Shi Yiyi slammed the table, "What the hell are you doing! Get aside!"
"Is this what the dignified Chinese border guards look like?" Ye Yongjia said calmly, "If the military discipline is not strict, how can we resist tomorrow's bandits!"
"This..." Shi Yiyi suddenly lost his temper.
"It seems that I can't let it go anymore," Ye Yongjia stood up, "I will stay here for a long time and report the current situation to the court."
The five eunuchs were watching from the side of the tent, but they could only shrink their necks and look at each other.
"Your Excellency," Shi Yiyi simply ignored his face and knelt down in front of everyone, "This is indeed the fault of one's humble position...but please be lenient."
"Do you think there won't be anyone to fight without you!" Ye Yongjia shouted sternly.
"I dare not have such an idea, but the war has not started yet. This crime is not serious. Please tell me to make meritorious service for my crime. We will deal with it after the war." Shi Yiyi lowered his head, extremely embarrassed.
Ye Yongjia was about to scold again, but Cai Xianqing grabbed his elbow and persuaded him in a low voice: "General Shi's words are reasonable. Master Ye must not violate the law..."
"Okay," Ye Yongjia nodded, "Let me see how you can win the border battle with these soldiers who have not been trained for a long time!"
After everyone dispersed from the military camp, Shi Yiyi was the most depressed. He called the more than fifty soldiers who had been bribed, cursed them, and kicked them severely before driving them back to the city wall to set up defenses.
"Ye Yongjia's fame is just around the corner..." Shi Yiyi took a big sip of cold wine and said to the deputy governor, "But my official career is about to be gone. It will be broken. Come and have a few sips, and treat it as a gift to me." Let’s get started.”
