After a sharp whistle, the two groups of students who were originally distinct jumped up reflexively, and then quickly ran into the playground and lined up in two squares.

At this moment, even the noble students who seemed to be lazy and lazy became quick to act and did not dare to delay.

Although there were more indistinct complaints from the mouths of these noble children than those of the civilian cadets who lined up in silence, their bodies had completely and consciously obeyed the orders represented behind the whistle.

When Yu Zhigao appeared in front of this group of students with Zhang Xie, looking at the neat formation of these students, he couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.

Compared to a few months ago, these cadets now finally understand what is called discipline in the Naval Academy. The actions of these students made him feel quite face-saving in front of Zhang Xie.

Although Zhang Xie is only a lifter, he has never been an official in his life. However, among the Fujian gentry and the southeastern literati, he has always been well-known. Some people even gave him the title of a master in Wanli.

This refers to the fact that he has written a lot of books on a daily basis, and his writing standards are very high. Although Zhang Xie did not become a scholar, he wrote books and lectures in his hometown, accepted many students, and had a prominent reputation in education.

Although Yu Zhigao served as a chief military officer in Fujian, his reputation was still a grade lower than that of a literati like Zhang Xie.

Accepting Chongzhen's order and establishing this naval officer school, it is also a bright road for him to cultivate cronies in the future naval fleet, and he is quite concerned about it.

But this Zhang Xie, recommended by Ni Yuanlu, actually won the trust of the emperor and took over his daily management of the Naval Officer Academy, which made him quite unhappy.

However, he also knew that Zhang Xiewen was very famous, and his friends were all outstanding figures in Jiangnan Shilin, and his education was really not comparable to that of a martial artist who had become a monk halfway. What's more, even if he was dissatisfied in his heart, he could not openly resist the emperor's decision.

In addition to accompanying Zhang Xie to hand over the work of the school, he invited the other party to inspect the entire school by the way, so as to remind the other party that he founded the school.

Yu Zhigao said to Zhang Xie beside him with a boastful mood: "Don't look at how they are standing now, most of them couldn't even tell the difference between left and right three months ago. It took a lot of effort for the old man to teach them what they are now. ”

Zhang Xie looked at the neatly arranged in front of him, but the clear distinction between the left and right student teams, and he could completely see the internal division of these students.

However, whether it was Yu Zhigao or the other instructors, they turned a blind eye to this, as if nothing had happened among the students.

Zhang Xie doesn't think this is a good phenomenon, if he can't solve the small contradictions between the trainees now, how can he trust his allies on the battlefield after they graduate and take charge of the army.

He sighed slightly in his heart, but asked quietly on his face, "How many students are there in the school?" And how are the classes divided? ”

Yu Zhigao didn't pay attention to Zhang Xie's expression, and replied briskly: "The first batch of cadets of the Naval Military Academy is divided into six classes, and the rated number of each class is 35 people.

At the beginning of the school, the number of students in each class was full or exceeded, but in the past three months, many students have been expelled for violating the school rules, and now the number of students in each class is generally dissatisfied..."

Walking back to the staff's office from the playground, Yu Zhigao simply handed over to Zhang Xie about the management of the school.

When Yu Zhigao was about to leave, Zhang Xie suddenly asked him: "Governor Yu, after you handed over the school affairs with me, if I think there is anything inappropriate in the school affairs, can I directly make the decision to adjust it?" ”

Yu Zhigao was stunned, and subconsciously replied: "It depends on what you are going to adjust, if it is a major change to the school, I am afraid you have to apply to Your Majesty first." ”

Zhang Xie smiled and said, "What if I just want to reclassify the students in the school? ”

Yu Zhigao was silent for a moment, and then said, "If you just reclassify the students, you have the right to do so." But how do you want to divide it..."

At the beginning of July, a battalion of Che and 1,000 cavalry sent by Jizhou Town arrived in the capital, led by Zuo Liangyu, the commander of the Cheyou Battalion.

Chongzhen was taken aback when he heard the name, but he quickly returned to normal. In addition to personally inspecting the army, he also met with several commanders.

The General Staff led by Sun Chengzong immediately began to rectify this army. The first is to redress this unit, and the other is to install nearly 3 or 40 middle-level officers in the army.

Although the equipment for this unit was built before the reform of the Ordnance Supervision, the most inferior ordnance has been selected, and now these equipment are still worthy of use.

Compared with the original equipment of the army in Jizhou Town, it is still much better. Especially those Tiger Squat Cannons and Franc machine guns, most of the artillery brought by this car battalion has rusted, and some have even cracked, and it is obvious that this unit has not fired with these guns for a long time.

Regarding the placement of military attaches in his own troops, Zuo Liangyu was naturally a little dissatisfied in his heart. However, for this Jizhou soldier who has been rectified for a round, Zuo Liangyu, an official who was transferred from Liaodong to Jizhou Town, is also an outsider.

In addition, many of the military attaches in the army this time are officers who have been transferred from Jizhou Town to study at the Army Military Academy, so most of the sergeants have an attitude of welcoming their arrival.

After the army was reorganized, the improvement in the treatment of officers and men made the last trace of dissatisfaction in their hearts disappear.

On July 5, Cao Wenzhao, the deputy commander-in-chief, also arrived in the capital with 3,000 Liaodong cavalry. Compared with the men and horses led by Zuo Liangyu, these 3,000 cavalry really have the appearance of Guanning iron cavalry.

This cavalry is not only stronger than the Jizhou Town Car Battalion in terms of discipline, but also much better in equipment.

Most of this cavalry were Liaodong Han Chinese, and only a small part were Mongols. However, the riding skills of these Han Chinese were not weaker than those of the Mongols, and many of them were also good riders who had been exposed to horses since childhood.

Most of the cavalry had a blood feud with Hou Jin, so when they first received the order, they were not so willing to leave the gate.

In fact, after the news came out that Chongzhen advocated peace with Hou Jin after he ascended the throne, the morale of the Liaodong army was greatly damaged.

If it hadn't been learned later, the purpose of the peace negotiation was to bring back the dead comrades in Liaodong and restore the morale of some of the troops. I can't say, what kind of chaos will come out of this military reform in Liaodong.

However, after they arrived in the capital, under the personal reception of the emperor and a large amount of supplies from the staff, the Liaodong cavalry, which was originally a little demoralized, quickly recovered.

Although this is only a cavalry of 3,000 people, with the spare horses, the entire cavalry team has nearly 4,600 military horses.

The ordnance supervisor only replaced some of the armor for them and allocated a batch of spare ordnance, but as for the horses that should be supplied the most, the capital was powerless, and in the end it only replenished more than 800 horses.

These two armies were in the capital for nearly 10 days, and it was not until July 15 that they set off for Xuanfu, and they were on the road with nearly 7,000 logistics baggage troops, together with the wartime base camp led by Sun Chengzong.

On the morning of this day, Chongzhen personally went out of the city to the camp in the northern suburbs to send Sun Chengzong and the troops on the expedition. The nearly 20,000-strong force was divided into three parts, and it took most of the day to complete the operation.

By the time we returned to the city, the sun had already set in the west, and it was estimated that it was almost 2 o'clock. At this moment, Su Changqing began to miss the modern era with various fast transportation modes such as trains, cars, and ships.

In his own time, it was not a day from Datong in Beijing, but now it will take nearly 20 days for the army to march, which is already considered a very smooth march.

While Chongzhen lamented the backwardness of transportation, a storm was brewing in Xi'an, thousands of miles away.

In Fulin Village, near Chang'an County, Xi'an Prefecture, Shaanxi Province, there is a rich boy named Qian Wenjun, who became a student of Xi'an Fuxue through bribery.

This person did not study hard in the school, but used his identity as a student to give out usury.

Wang Guoxing, the chief military officer guarding the provincial capital, recruited 500 family members because of the continuous drought in Shaanxi and the news of the people everywhere, including Wu Rong, Jia Qi, Li Xing, Zhang Wen and other street scoundrels.

These people borrowed nine taels of silver from Qian Wenjun because of their tight money, but they had already repaid eight taels of interest and stopped losing the principal. Qian Wenjun sent people to pursue it several times, but Wu Rong and others shirked and had no money to pay back.

So Qian Wenjun asked his servants to take a few street idlers, taking advantage of the days when the soldiers were paid military salaries, blocked Wu Rong and others at the gate of the barracks, beat and scolded a few people, and pulled a few people to prepare to take them back.

Since most of the soldiers were in the camp on the day of the barracks' salary, seeing that these people were so excessive, they spontaneously stepped forward to recapture Wu Rong and others, and killed three Qian Wenjun's domestic servants in the battle.

Qian Wenjun first went through Wang Guoxing, the chief military officer, and sent Wu Rong and others to prison to recover debts. He also sued the Yamen of the Military Preparation Road, and wanted to punish Wu Rong and others on the grounds that these people had beaten up and killed people.

Qian Wenjun's method of rushing to kill finally made the soldiers in the barracks feel the same hatred for the enemy.

Although the emperor sent a eunuch to Shaanxi to clean up the army's arrears and soldiers' debts, Pang Tianshou went to the border after arriving in Shaanxi, and his priority was still the border army near the border, and he was negligent to the army in Xi'an.

Shaanxi had a severe drought last year, and this year is almost like a severe drought, and even if the army's salaries are not in arrears, it may not be able to afford to buy grain on the market, not to mention the fact that it is still in arrears from time to time.

Seeing that their families were at risk of starving to death, these soldiers were already restless, and now they were provoked by this case, and many soldiers in the battalion began to go around in tandem, preparing to rob the prison and launch a mutiny.