Iron blood Suiming

When I came to the newly built barracks, the barracks were empty, only the cooks were guarding a few cauldrons.Before they got close, the recruits could smell the tangy smell of meat.

"What kind of meat is this?" Most of the soldiers didn't know the smell of meat, but some of them knew that it was beef.

Ma Ying had eaten beef, and that was ten years ago, and he only ate a small piece at that time, and he still remembered the taste.Finally, the recruits heard Li Kaiguo shout: "Let's eat beef today, try to eat as much as possible, beef is enough."

Really beef?Although after all the recruits filled a large bowl and ate the fragrant, tough and strong beef, there were still recruits who couldn't believe that they could still eat beef in their lifetime.

It's no wonder that in the Ming Dynasty, cattle were controlled by the court, and the people were not allowed to kill cattle.Only after the cow died of disease or other accidental death was reported to the government and verified by the government, could it be killed for meat.

This rule raised beef to the status of a delicacy. Even if you want to eat beef, you have to pay a high price to buy cattle that died of illness or accident. If there is no problem with the cattle, no matter how much money you have, you I can't eat it either.

As a result, when a farmer's cattle died of disease or fell to death, the farmers themselves were reluctant to eat them and sold them all.Therefore, there are many people who have never eaten beef in the Ming Dynasty.

Now they can eat as much as they want, and most of the recruits eat meat with tears in their eyes.More recruits secretly hid the meat in their bosoms, preparing to take it home and feed it to their families.

Li Jianguo also filled a bowl of meat and chewed it. It's not that he likes beef. In fact, he has never eaten such unpalatable beef. It only has a little salt and nothing else.But in order to fool these recruits, he had no choice but to pretend to eat and live with the soldiers, so that he could better buy people's hearts.After all, sticks should be used together with carrots, killing people is not beneficial, and the recruits will run away sooner or later.

Feng Guoyong also brought a bowl of meat to eat with him. He didn't think the beef was bad, but he had something to report, "My lord, the bandits ransacked Liuxin Village this morning."

A cold light flashed in Li Jianguo's eyes, these bastards are looting everywhere on Lao Tzu's territory, and Lao Tzu will cut you into pieces.At this time, he already regards all the land, population, and wealth in Gaomi County as his own. How can he allow someone to rob him?

"What is Hao Xi doing?"

"Didn't your lord let him guard the city?"

"Forget it, we still don't have enough manpower." Li Jianguo shook his head, there was indeed no one available.

"After you finish eating, go prepare food and grass for three days. Let's go out of the city and wipe out the bandits."

Feng Guoyong was taken aback, so he recruited more than 200 new recruits, and only trained for a whole morning, what would be the use?Thinking about it carefully, I think my lord wants the recruits to defend the city, and the veterans to go out to suppress the bandits.But with the more than [-] veteran soldiers, Feng Guoyong shook his head again. He knew the virtues of those soldiers. It's over.

Thinking of this, he tentatively asked: "My lord, how many people's food and grass do you want? This subordinate can prepare."

Li Kaiguo said: "Only the rations for these three hundred recruits are enough. There is no need to send heavy soldiers, each of them can carry them with him."

Feng Guoyong was really scared this time, "My lord, are you going to use these three hundred recruits to suppress bandits? My lord can't."

Li Kaiguo said: "Why not."

"My lord, these recruits have only been trained for one morning, and they have never been on the battlefield. The strength of the bandits is three times that of mine, if..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Jianguo cut off his mouth and said, "If these three hundred recruits and two hundred veterans had a battle, who would win?"

Feng Guoyong hesitated, and had to admit that although more than [-] recruits had only trained for one morning, there was no problem in defeating those veterans.It's not that the recruits are brave, but that the veterans are too scumbags.

Thinking of this, Feng Guoyong suddenly understood why Li Jianguo was in such a hurry to recruit soldiers, it was because those old soldiers were really useless.

"My lord, are you going to personally lead the troops to suppress the bandits?"

Li Jianguo swallowed the last bite of meat, threw the bowl away, and said with a smile: "Why, you want to lead troops to make meritorious service for me?"

Feng Guoyong shook his head again and again, and said, "How dare this subordinate. It's just that my lord, if you leave the county, if there are changes in the city, then..." He didn't finish speaking, but Li Jianguo already understood what he meant.

It means that he can still restrain those demons and goblins in the county town. Once he leaves the city, those goblins and goblins will show their fangs.

Li Kaiguo smiled sinisterly, and said, "I am just looking forward to some changes."

After finishing speaking, he patted Feng Guoyong on the shoulder, and said: "Tomorrow, you will guard the city, and I will take Hao Xi. Everything in the city will be left to you, so be careful."

Feng Guoyong's heart shuddered, and he said hastily: "This subordinate will definitely live up to your lord's trust."

The training in the afternoon was the same as in the morning. As usual, after running for half a city, the training of the three-talented spear formation began.It's just that the trainer became Li Jianguo, and Feng Guoyong went to prepare food and build a camp.

Li Jianguo copied the method used by Feng Guo, but he added that all recruits must obey his command unconditionally no matter what the circumstances.Even if there was a cliff ahead, Li Jianguo didn't call to stop, and the recruits were not allowed to stop.

In the training of killing the enemy, Li Jianguo only asked for one point, that is, stabbing, repeated stabbing, no blocking and dodging, only non-stop stabbing.

By the time it got dark, every recruit was numb from the thorns, and no one knew how many times they had been thorned.Even when eating dinner, with a bowl in hand, there is an urge to stab it out.

Feng Guoyong moved quickly, and the tent for camping was set up in one afternoon. With wooden boards inside, a tent can sleep 30 people.So it only needs to build twelve tents to solve this problem.

However, it was a big problem to boil more than [-] feet of water for washing feet. It took an hour for the cooks to cook several large pots in turn to let the recruits soak their feet.The main problem is heat preservation. There is no way to store hot water in advance, so it can only be washed while burning.

After a tiring day, the recruits soaked their feet in hot water to make them feel comfortable, and their tiredness had already hit their heads. After Li Jianguo ordered a rest, within a few breaths, the entire barracks was full of snoring. People know they are going to battle tomorrow.

Feng Guoyong listened to the snoring of these recruits and sighed. After tomorrow, I don't know how many of these people will survive.

Li Kaiguo shook his head when he heard Feng Guoyong's sigh, and said, "Guoyong, your heart is too soft to lead soldiers."

Feng Guoyong blushed, feeling a little ashamed. Someone said the same thing to him many years ago.Seeing that Li Jianguo also commented on himself at this time, he couldn't help saying: "My lord, I know my shortcomings, and I have tried to change them, but my nature is like this, so it is very difficult to change, and I am disappointed."

Li Jianguo shook his head again. This Feng Guoyong gave up the right to lead troops like this. If he doesn't fight for himself, he must not let him control too many soldiers.But he also has his strengths, such as logistics.Every time he assigned chores, Feng Guoyong could finish them quickly, and he didn't want to make him mess up.This Feng Guoyong is a talent for internal affairs.

Li Jianguo knew Feng Guoyong's position well, and Hao Xi was not good at leading soldiers.It seems that some other seedlings of generals have to be selected and cultivated.No wonder there is an old saying that a thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find. At this moment, what he lacks is a general.

Early the next morning, Feng Guoyong brought the latest news about the bandits.

"My lord, the bandits are still in Liuxin Village."

Li Jianguo nodded. At this time, the recruits had already eaten breakfast and brought enough dry food for three days, and they were practicing assassination one by one.He didn't let the recruits run, and he went to suppress the bandits later, so he was afraid that they wouldn't have to run?

"Bring the map." Feng Guoyong took out a sheepskin map, and Hao Xi who was beside him immediately moved a small table and spread the map on the table.At this time, he didn't know that Li Jianguo was going to take him to disrupt the bandits, and he was still thinking about how to flatter Li Jianguo so that he could be promoted, or at least be a team leader.

Li Jianguo frowned and looked at the map like a landscape painting. What the hell is this map?It's just a rough location, not even a scale.

"Hao Xi, look for it, where is Liu Xincun?"

Hao Xi was a local, but he knew the location, so he found Liuxin Village without much effort.This Liuxin Village is really not far from the county seat, only ten miles away from the county seat.On its side, the closest ones are Caojia Village and Nijiaan Village.Among them, Caojia Village is only three miles away from Liuxin Village.

Seeing how close the two villages were, Li Jianguo asked, "Didn't the rioters from Caojia Village go to rob?"

Feng Guoyong shook his head affirmatively and said: "Absolutely not. The subordinates have already sent people to look at it. People from Caojia Village and Nijia'an Village are too close to Liuxin Village. They already knew that Liuxin Village was in chaos last night. Bandits, this morning, the two villages are deserted."

Li Jianguo nodded. It was in his mind that the common people retreated by themselves, because he was going to choose one of these two villages as the battlefield to wipe out the bandits.

For him to defeat the bandits, let alone bring more than [-] recruits, he can do it even with [-] sheep.It's just that his purpose is not to defeat it, but to wipe out all the gangsters, so that none of them can escape.This difficulty can be great.If he had enough soldiers in his hands, it wouldn't be a difficult task, but he only had more than three hundred soldiers in his hands, which was three times less than the bandits.

There is a saying in the art of war, ten is to encircle it, if he wants to use one to encircle three, then he must consider the terrain.After inquiring about the topography of the two villages Feng Guoyong and Hao Xi in detail, Li Jianguo initially decided to set the battlefield in Nijia'an Village.

Because Nijiaan Village is not far from Liuxin Village, the village built a layer of stone walls to enclose the village, and there is a small hill behind the village, which can be regarded as naturally surrounding half of the village, and the rest can be used for 300 people. Surround the entire village, as long as all the gangsters enter the village, they can be surrounded.