Chapter 133: The Army of Scholars
"It's kind of ridiculous!"
Zhou Tong smiled bitterly and explained to the four of them: "Captain Tong will lead a large army through Tangyin County next month, and he asked Jiang Zhixian to report to him on his achievements, but Jiang Zhixian really couldn't find any achievements, and I don't know who gave him a bad idea to form an army of scholars." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Army of Scholars!"
The four of them looked at each other, it was indeed ridiculous, and they actually organized the scholars to join the army, this kind of absurd thing that only Jiang Dadao would do, from the primary school to the county school, was made into a miasma by his compulsory martial arts, and the final result was to form an army of scholars.
"Does Jiang Zhixian want to organize us to join the Song Army?" Wang Gui asked cautiously, with a hint of anticipation in his heart.
Zhou Tong shook his head, "Impossible, if you really join the army, you will be impeached by the imperial history, and he doesn't dare to do this." ”
"And what does he mean?" Li Yanqing asked puzzled.
"It's just to temporarily form an army of scholars and perform in front of Captain Tong, saying that he hasn't messed around in the past few years, and he will be disbanded after Captain Tong leaves, and it's just a formality."
"Are we all going to participate?" Yue Fei asked again.
Zhou Tong nodded, "You all have to participate, as a cavalry drill, except for Yanqing, he is not a county student, so I need to ask for his own opinion." ”
Li Yanqing pondered and asked, "Does the master want me to participate?" ”
Zhou Tong heard Li Yanqing's voiceover, he was probably a little reluctant, and Zhou Tong didn't want to force Li Yanqing, but Jiang Zhixian begged for help, and he really couldn't refuse this favor.
"Let me tell you so! You are the key to this soldier army, you have the identity of Xie Yuan, and you can ride and shoot, with your performance, Jiang Dadao can be handed over in front of Captain Tong, otherwise just with a soldier army, Captain Tong is not so easy to fool, Yanqing, you should do the master a favor! ”
Li Yanqing nodded silently, the master's words had already reached this extent, and he personally came to invite him, how could he be embarrassed to refuse?
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Early the next morning, they came to the county school as usual, but they saw a large notice posted on the stone pillar at the gate, with dense names written on it, and the surrounding area was full of students, and there were many discussions, and many people were jumping to scold their mothers.
Wang Gui was anxious, ran up, and ran back after a while and whispered to the three of them: "Master is not joking, Jiang Dadao is really going to form a soldier army, and the list is out." ”
Everyone urged the horse to check the notice, and the beginning of the notice was written very clearly, 'List of 100 Soldiers', the following is a dense list of names, there are as many as 100 people, the first name is Li Yanqing, Yue Fei, Wang Gui, Tang Huai, etc., twelve cavalry shooters are listed.
They will train for a month, and the head of the martial arts week will be fully responsible.
The four of them knew what was going on, but the other students on the list were confused, and everyone looked at each other, what is this called, there is no sign of anything, did they forcibly recruit them into the army?
"Let's go ask Master Zhou!"
Another cavalry student named Huang An shouted, turned his horse's head and ran towards the county school, dozens of students followed, everyone's heart was full of dissatisfaction and worry, what is the soldier army, can they still go back to the county to study?
On the school ground, Zhou Tong said slowly to the hundreds of students on the list: "I have already asked Jiang Zhixian yesterday, the so-called soldier army and normal soldiers are not the same thing, let's put it this way!" You are just temporarily formed, parade for Captain Tong, and disbanded after the parade, so you don't have to worry, your identity is still a county student, and it has nothing to do with the army. ”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and someone asked loudly again, "When will Captain Tong come?" ”
"It will be in a month, so this month I and a few instructors will train for your task, when Wang Gui and Tang Huai will go out to shoot the infantry bow, Li Yanqing will be responsible for riding and shooting, Yue Fei will shoot the god arm crossbow, the other eight riders will rehearse the cavalry queue, and the other eighty-eight students will practice the infantry spear formation, the time is very tight, I hope everyone will work hard this month, survive that day, and everyone will complete the task."
Speaking of this, Zhou Tong added with a smile: "In order to compensate for everyone's hard work, all the students who are selected into the Shizi Army will be rewarded with five yuan each, and at the same time, they will be exempted from next year's county examination." ”
Hearing that there is a reward of five guan money, and you can also be exempted from the county examination, everyone immediately cheered, and the indignation just now was immediately washed away by the surprise brought by the five guan money and the exemption from the exam.
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In the afternoon, more than a dozen ox carts sent them a batch of armor, since it was a soldier army, they had to look decent, they couldn't wear Confucian robes to dance knives and get guns, it happened that there was a batch of armor in the military warehouse of Tangyin County, Jiang Zhixian temporarily borrowed more than 100 sets and sent them to let them choose by themselves.
In the diligence hall of the county school, more than 100 sets of armor are piled up like a hill, not only armor, but also standard spears and spears, as well as bows, crossbows, shields, swords and other necessary things.
Hundreds of students are choosing the armor that suits their figures, this time Jiang Zhixian made a bloody investment, and sent them the vermilion lacquer mountain character armor and the phoenix wing hood, which is the armor of the Tianlong Forbidden Army, which is particularly majestic when worn on the body, and each of the cavalry shooters also wears an embroidered shirt.
The students talked and laughed, and everyone was very excited, after all, they were all teenagers, and wearing the armor of a regular army was the childhood dream of each of them, and today their dreams have come true.
Li Yanqing picked out a new armor, although this armor is relatively wide, but his height has exceeded that of ordinary adults, his physique is strong, and his shoulders are broad, so he can completely wear it.
"Lao Li, how is my body?"
Wang Guixing rushed to find Li Yanqing, he was already impatient to put on the armor, he wore paper armor when he was a child, and now he actually wears real armor, how can he not be excited.
Li Yanqing looked at him, and always felt that something was missing, and then finally found out, "Old Gui, you forgot to wear a shin armor!" ”
The shin armor is the armor cover that protects the calves, Wang Gui looked down, he patted his head, and said with a smile: "I'll just say how cold it is on the legs!" He hurriedly rummaged through his shins.
At this time, an army captain walked in and shouted to everyone: "The infantry is a spear, the cavalry is a spear, don't take it wrong, everyone has a sword and a shield, everyone change it now, and go out to line up later!" ”
This lieutenant is called Yang Jin, he is responsible for training the cavalry formation, and there is a lieutenant responsible for training the infantry spear formation, Zhou Tong is the head of the instructor, and he is also responsible for personally instructing Li Yanqing and the four of them.
A quarter of an hour later, everyone changed their armor, and the temperament of a scholar was not the same thing at all, the students selected by Jiang Zhixian were all tall and strong, and they became majestic after putting on the armor, and many people crowded in front of the bronze mirror to look at themselves, very satisfied with their dress, and the two students also drew their swords with great interest to fight.
At this moment, a lieutenant walked in quickly from outside, and he shouted: "All go and assemble!" ”
His voice exploded in the lobby like thunder, causing the students to tremble and rush outside.
One hundred soldiers were concentrated on the school field, the infantry was on the left, and the cavalry was on the right, at this time, the mastermind of the soldier army, Jiang Zhixian finally appeared, and unexpectedly, he also wore the same armor as everyone, which was not the same thing as he usually wore the county magistrate's uniform, and it was actually quite powerful, revealing his original form before he was the magistrate.
At this moment, everyone doesn't hate this big sword magistrate, at least this big sword magistrate is generous, and he actually rewarded them with five dollars, which is really good at buying people's hearts.
"Listen, everyone, although the establishment of the Shizi Army this time is short, only one month, but you have to face Captain Tong, so you can't be a little sloppy, you must strictly follow the regular army to demand yourself, I hope you sweat a little more this month, train hard, give me momentum, do you hear!"
"I heard you!" The crowd shouted in unison.
Jiang Zhixian nodded with satisfaction, "Then let's start!" Form the team first, appoint the team general and escort team, and then start training. ”
One hundred soldiers are divided into two teams and ten fires, each team selects a general, and each fire selects a team, but the cavalry is more special, they are separated from the infantry, not in the establishment of the infantry, and are formed into a separate fire, Jiang Zhixian personally appointed Li Yanqing as the cavalry escort, Li Yanqing is the key to the success or failure of his political achievements this time, and he attaches great importance to it.
The training began to be in full swing on the school field, the infantry soldiers ran in line around the county school, and the thunderous roar of the training captain was constantly heard in the distance, which made Li Yanqing think of his previous military training, isn't this kind of atmosphere?
At this time, Zhou Tong walked up to him and said to him seriously: "You will be the finale of riding and archery, and the most critical practitioner, I want to take this opportunity to teach you to use my copper bow and iron arrows, there is only one month, I don't know if you can succeed, this month you will be a little ruthless, follow me to practice hard day and night!" ”
Speaking of this, Zhou Tong took out the bronze bow he relied on to become famous from the bow bag on his horse and handed it to Li Yanqing, "If you can succeed this time, I will give it to you!" ”