"This group of people have to be replaced." Ye Yongjia walked into the big tent and looked back at Du Qing. "We should carefully select a few people to go up. Did you remember everything when I inspected them one by one just now?"
Du Qing took out the piece of paper he was holding in his hand: "Your Excellency, you will take note of me while you are calling me by name. Everything you are dissatisfied with has been circled and not a single one has been missed. Which ones should be eliminated in the end will only depend on Your Excellency's opinion."
"Any soldier who uses a musket needs to be nimble with his hands and feet. Like Liu Da, who knows very little about shotguns and is heavy and heavy, how can he be qualified as the leader of a team? In this way, everyone will follow suit and not strive for improvement. , if someone with real talent could see him, he would be heartbroken."
"This is all caused by the lower officials' lack of preparation. Sir Wanwang, don't blame the soldiers." Du Qing lowered his head and made a deep bow.
Ye Yongjia could only sigh: "Since the general loves his soldiers as his own children, how can I eliminate them? See if you can transfer all these people to other military camps? This can be considered good governance."
Du Qing suddenly raised his head and looked at him steadily: "Then... I will thank Master Ye on behalf of these soldiers!"
Ye Yongjia smiled and said: "It's just a trivial matter, so how can I say thank you? Compared with this matter, re-electing a new army is more important. You know your subordinates yourself. Choose a few sergeants with sharp eyes and quick hands to see me tomorrow. Remember to strictly enforce military discipline and make the whole army nervous about it."
"I won't wait until tomorrow. I'll do it now." After saying that, Du Qing said goodbye to the two of them and walked out of the tent resolutely.
After receiving Ye Yongjia's order, Du Qing worked tirelessly and conscientiously to select soldiers for him, and repeatedly used military laws to warn him. Anyone who was lazy to deal with it would have his status reduced to serve the people. Everyone had always been treated favorably by Du Qing, but today they saw that he was suddenly harsh. Instead of feeling resentful, they rushed to perform and practiced hard on the school field in order to achieve success.
In order to be worthy of the sincerity of the sergeants, he never slept for days, asked Ye Yongjia to read books, and personally taught them how to use guns. Finally, he selected a suitable replacement candidate and let Ye Yongjia review them one by one.
These soldiers fired the muskets quickly, their movements were more than twice as fast as Liu Da and others, their eyesight was very accurate, and they shot the targets calmly. Basically, they all hit the target ten times out of ten.
Ye Yongjia and Cai Xianqing looked at each other with joy on their faces. They immediately gave them a reward of silver and incorporated them into the new army.
After all the troops were assembled, Ye Yongjia summoned the soldiers on the school field and gave the order: "All officers and men know how to use the blunderbuss, and they can fire it accurately. However, there is also a need to be particular about lining up and should not be taken lightly. I see you loading gunpowder, Taking out the lead and the match rope are all done by one person. Although this method is not important during target practice, once it is on the battlefield, it is difficult to perform it quickly in a hurry, which is not conducive to the situation at all. Therefore, when facing the battle, two people should form a team. Of course, three or four people can also fire the gun alternately, and after one person has finished firing, he can take medicine and rope for others; helping each other can save a lot of time."
Immediately afterwards, Du Qing waved, and everyone immediately formed a team according to his method, staring blankly at the wooden target in the distance. Ye Yongjia began to teach them the drill step by step, and Du Qing also took a pen and paper by the way, observed every move of the soldiers, and silently recorded them on the general stand.
Ye Yongjia taught it five or six times over and over again. Although it was a rough formation, the connection was still not very coherent, so he had to give up temporarily.
When he returned to his account that night, Ye Yongjia lit up the candle and said to Du Qing: "The governor has worked hard for several days and nights. These newly selected soldiers are indeed extraordinary and very skilled. But the blunderbuss is a new thing after all. If they are allowed to It is still too difficult to master all those arrays. But the enemy is fifty miles away, and time is tight, which is a headache."
"My lord, please don't be anxious," Du Qing grasped the calluses on his hands under the light, "In order to ensure the safety of the two of you, Du has sent people to investigate the captives many times and found out that the troops coming from the north have not yet joined up, so they are just holding on to the danger. I don’t dare to go out to fight. We have to wait almost a month.”
"Is the time too short? I dare to ask the governor for his advice." Cai Xianqing didn't know anything about the military, so he didn't dare to make rash remarks at this time, so he only humbly asked Du Qing for advice.
Du Qing took a deep breath: "Short is a bit short...but I have a stupid way to make the new army become elite instantly!"
"Please speak!" they both said in unison.
"A low-ranking official is not talented. When I was a junior high school student, I served as a scout for many times, conducting remote reconnaissance of the enemy and drawing maps, so I learned the art of painting. Most of the officers and soldiers are rough men. Today, I might as well draw the entire array diagram with them. Look, the advance and retreat of the team are naturally clear." Du Qing gestured with his fingers on the table.
Cai Xianqing said: "I heard from Ye Shangshu that there are more than a dozen ways to form an array. How can we draw them all at once?"
Du Qing shook his head and smiled softly: "It doesn't matter. But if I have to spend a little more effort, what's the problem! Besides, when Mr. Ye just told it, I had already written down all the essence on paper, and I kept the simplicity. I have my own way of doing it in my heart.”
Although Du Qing's performance was very relaxed, both of them knew that this was definitely an extremely difficult task. Their expressions suddenly 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 to this, but gritted his teeth and said: "You can be loyal to the country and kill thieves in the side court, even if you die with all your strength, why bother? I won't sleep tonight, you guys take out a few good things from the cabinet The paper needs to be very large, and I’ll start drawing right away!”
Ye Yongjia nodded and said: "I am here with you tonight to help give you some advice, and I won't sleep anymore!"
The three of them removed the curtains outside the big tent and stayed under the weak candlelight to make array diagrams. When one candle was extinguished, Ye and Cai lit a new one without any pretense or complaint. Du Qing was deeply moved and started painting with all his heart.
The next many days were spent like this, except that Ye Yongjia considered Cai Xianqing's old age and repeatedly advised him not to stay up late. The latter did not come to stay with him just now, but only came to ask about the situation in the morning; and the remaining two Then there is not much time to rest, and I can only close my eyes for a while in the early morning, and I can only sleep for an hour and a half at most.
After all, Ye Yongjia was born as a civil servant. Such endless fatigue made him unable to support himself. He accidentally contracted a cold and had to lie down in bed. Fortunately, Du Qing had been outside the Great Wall for a long time and was used to such weather. In addition, he was strong and strong, so he would not fall down. He no longer had the time to take care of Ye Yongjia, so he concentrated on painting every day. After struggling for about six or seven days, he finally finished all the array pictures and handed them over to Ye Yongjia.
Ye Yongjia was so happy that he did not hesitate to support his sick body to read Du Qing's drawings.
