Three thousand miles in exile

On the second day after the recruits enlisted in the army, the recruits who changed into military uniforms lined up in the school field for the first time to receive inspection groups.

This time, a total of 100 people were recruited, which was already exceeding the standard according to the normal establishment. Liu Zhan didn't care, anyway, the superiors didn't plan to pay the [-] recruits, and he would pay the salary for these recruits.

Liu Zhan stood on the stage and presided over it himself. Li Asan moved a chair, and Song Fenglin sat down.

On the school field, veterans and recruits are lined up on the left and right, the veterans are neat and uniform, and the recruits are chaotic.

After Huang Dekai and other veterans who made trouble left, Liu Zhan did not promote the new general and Xin Xiaoqi. Before that, Liu Zhan never revealed who would take over. He only saw the expressions of the sixteen soldiers brought by Liu Zhan. Both expectant and serious.

Liu Zhan stood with his hands behind his back.

"Cao Zhuang."

"Here!" Cao Zhuang shuddered and stepped forward.

"Li Xiaolian."

"Here!" Li Xiaolian stepped forward with a solemn expression.

Liu Zhan said in awe: "Cao Zhuang and Li Xiaolian have the highest martial arts skills in the camp competition, and the best results in wild hunting activities and training activities. I appoint two new generals of Tongtianguan."

The two were shocked, and immediately knelt down on one knee excitedly to swear an oath to Liu Zhan. "I am willing to follow the head of a hundred households and go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Liu Zhan nodded in satisfaction, let the two stand beside him, and continued to announce. "Cao Ming, Zhang Xiaoman, Zhou Ziming, Wei Chenggui, Li Futian, you are the new Xiaoqi."

Every time Liu Zhan thought of a person, that person walked out of the line and stood up, five people standing in a row.

"Zhou Ziming, Wei Chenggui, each of you leads ten troops under the banner of Cao Zongbing. Cao Ming, the ten soldiers under Li Futian's banner are under the command of Li Zongbing. In addition, Zhang Xiaoman is a civil servant, with two soldiers as assistants. Mr. Song takes care of everything in Guanzhong."

The five were convinced and knelt down on one knee to take the oath.

Besides, the five small flags were also carefully considered by Liu Zhan, Zhou Ziming, Wei Chenggui, Cao Ming were brave and aggressive, and Liu Zhan brought his own people from the village. Naturally, Xiaoqi was the best candidate, and Li Futian was a hereditary veteran. He was appreciated by Liu Zhan for his bravery and high obedience during wild hunting. At the same time, Liu Zhan also considered the need to balance the psychology of hereditary veterans, and it would be best to promote one of their descendants.

As for Zhang Xiaoman, temporarily pretending to be a civil servant and taking him with him for education.

And Wen Qingshan just came to relax and help for a while, and he will definitely go back to Yunzhong Academy to study after a while.

With such an arrangement, Liu Zhan's team finally took shape.

Next came the grouping of recruits.

"There are three hundred catties and five hundred catties of stone here, and those who are confident that they can lift them above their heads come out and have a try." After Liu Zhan's words fell, the recruits whispered among each other, and soon someone stood up.

"I'll try five hundred catties!"

There was an uproar in the audience, Liu Zhan took a closer look, and found that this person was Guo Donghu!

After Guo Baihu died in battle that year, Liu Zhan never saw Guo Donghu again. The 19-year-old Guo Donghu was more than nine feet tall, half a head taller than Cao Zhuang.

Guo Donghu didn't talk nonsense, loosened his arms, and lifted the [-]-jin boulder above his head in one breath!

"Okay!" Liu Zhan clapped his hands and cheered. "Guo Donghu entered the Jiazi group."

Guo Donghu put down the boulder and stood proudly.

This guy is indeed a good seed. Liu Zhan accepted him at the time because of his physique, but his temper is still very arrogant, and he might have to work hard to tame him.

"Is the next one coming!"

Then several people came forward to list the 21-jin boulder, but no one tried again for the [-]-jin boulder.At present, only Cao Zhuang and Guo Donghu are the only ones under Liu Zhan who can lift [-]-jin boulders, and there are [-] veterans who can lift [-]-jin boulders. Including the [-] recruits who succeeded in this trial, there are as many as [-] people.

Liu Zhan classified all the recruits who lifted three hundred catties of stones into the A-character group and stood in a row.

"The second item, those who know how to shoot arrows, come forward and try."

With a wave of Liu Zhan's hand, Cao Ming immediately put out the archery target. The archery target was set on the city wall. The distance from the shooting point to the target was a hundred steps. From a distance, the red heart on the target looked like a small dot. Those with bad eyesight can't even see clearly.

There was another commotion in the crowd, and soon someone came forward to try it.The first arrow missed and landed in the grass, the second arrow still missed, and the third arrow hit the city wall, which was one foot away from the target. Everyone burst into laughter.

Liu Zhan said with a smile: "Don't feel ashamed. I set this item just to test whether you have basic archery skills. You can practice your accuracy again. Okay, you stand aside first, who will come next."

Hearing what Liu Zhan said, many people dared to come up and try. All those who shot in the air were not retained, and those who shot to the city wall stood aside and retained. After a round of trials, only 22 people were able to hit the city wall near the archery target. , three of them could hit the target. Although none of them hit the red heart, the results were already good. Liu Zhan asked and found out that all three of them were from Orion.

Seeing that no one came to try again, Liu Zhan let the 22 people who passed the shooting technique enter the second group.

Excluding the 35 people who had been selected, the rest of them would naturally have to be judged. Liu Zhan showed a long-lost cruel look. He clapped his hands, and all the sixteen teenagers who followed Liu Zhan up the mountain first came out.

"The next thing is wrestling chaos, rule one, you can't use weapons, rule two, you lose if you fall on the ground, rule three, whoever wins, one of the 16 people can enter the first group, rule four, violators will be expelled from the barracks! "

After Liu Zhan finished speaking, Cao Zhuang and other 16 people immediately took off their shirts and went into battle shirtless. The recruits backed away in fright.

Liu Zhan immediately cursed. "What are you retreating? The military law has ordered that those who flee in front of the battle be killed! Give it to me!"

The recruits didn't dare to move, so Cao Zhuang and the others rushed forward, screaming continuously for a while, especially Cao Zhuang, who was like a human meat grinder, accurate every time he fell.Soon the panicked recruits on the periphery were all knocked down, and about half of the remaining people finally started to fight back, some joined forces to attack one person, and some took the opportunity to sneak attack.

Finally the first person came out.

"Good fall! What's your name?"

"Small yellow noon."

Liu Zhan is happy. "Very good, you can enter Group A."

By now, the recruits basically understood that only those who are outstanding can enter the A-group, and that also means that there will be more opportunities to be appreciated by Liu Zhan.The rest of the people worked even harder, so one person after another won one after another, and all of them entered the first group. In the end, Cao Zhuang, Cao Ming, Li Xiaolian, Wei Chenggui, Zhou Ziming remained on the field. These five people were almost ten against one. The soldiers were shocked.

"Good!" Liu Zhan applauded. "Cao Zhuang, Cao Ming, Li Xiaolian, Wei Chenggui, Zhou Ziming deserve the name of warrior!"

In the third round, Liu Zhan selected 11 winners to enter Group A, and the rest were all classified into Group C. At this point, the grouping of recruits ended.

"All line up!" Cao Zhuang and several other old men reorganized the recruits to line up in groups.

Liu Zhan gave some lectures first, and finally made arrangements. "The recruits from Group A are under Cao Zhuang's banner, and the recruits from Group C are under Li Xiaolian's banner. Cao Zhuang and Li Xiaolian are responsible for the training of recruits for the two groups of coaches respectively. As for Group B, Xiaoqi Li Futian will temporarily lead them."

Cao Zhuang, Li Xiaolian and Li Futian came out to take orders.

Liu Zhan said again: "The current grouping is only for the convenience of training. After ten days, we will formally divide into groups. According to the military law of the Great Chu, ten people in the army are the small banners, and 50 people are the general banners. Now the position of the general banner has been determined, and the small banners will be me. They will be promoted among the recruits, and those who are brave and meritorious will be given priority."

The crowd became noisy again. No one thought that they had just joined the army, and a chance to make a difference was in front of them. After this beating, the eyes of the recruits suddenly changed, especially the members of the A-character group, all of them were gearing up to win.

As expected, Liu Zhan had a way of training soldiers. He beat them first and gave them a future. In just one day, he gathered the hearts of these recruits in Tongtianguan.

Seeing the audience on stage, Song Fenglin really had to be convinced. Before today, Song Fenglin might have doubted Liu Zhan's ability, but after today, he felt that maybe he could choose to trust this person.

Liu Zhan raised his arms and shouted. "Come here! Kill the pig! Welcome the new year!"

Two big wild boars captured alive were driven into the school field, and a small climax was set off immediately. The veterans led the recruits to fight the big wild boars. Eat stewed meat!

The scene was noisy, as if it was Chinese New Year.

Song Fenglin didn't like making noise and returned to the small courtyard early. He sat at the desk and sorted out the books he brought.

About an hour later, Liu Zhan brought in a large bowl of spare ribs himself, followed by Li Asan to help bring large pancakes and rice soup.

"Are you treating me like a pig for taking so much?" Song Fenglin was already impatient.

Liu Zhan laughed out loud. "If you can't finish eating, I will come back to help you eat later. I love the rest of your food."

Song Fenglin. "..."

Life in the barracks was very fulfilling every day, and Song Fenglin found that he hadn't thought of those sad events for a long time since he went up the mountain.

Liu Zhan set a strict schedule for the barracks. He got up at Mao for morning exercises, and at Chen for breakfast. At Si, ordinary soldiers built barracks. Sometimes it is a training activity, sometimes it is a wild hunting activity. You have dinner at You and go to bed at Wu.

There are also various regulations in the camp. For example, you must go to the designated latrine for convenience, and if you are caught defecating anywhere, you will be punished with ten army sticks.

Song Fenglin didn't need to practice with the soldiers, he arranged the rest of his time except for the daily morning meeting.Recently, he was sorting out the soldiers' resumes, which recorded the soldiers' birthplaces, addresses, parents, and relatives. He heard that Qingshan and Zhang Xiaoman had no experience, and their memories were very messy. Song Fenglin couldn't stand it and reorganized.

Also, Liu Zhan is a poor, tinkling, polished commander. Now that so many recruits have been recruited, what will they do with the next month's food and salary?Liu Zhan didn't know if he had other plans, so Song Fenglin wanted to ask him to clarify.

At this time, Liu Zhan was supervising the training of recruits on the school grounds.

Group B is the archers selected by Liu Zhan, but the accuracy of this group of archers is really hard to describe. 15 people shot in volley, but the archery target a hundred steps away was not tied into a hedgehog, only a few scattered arrows were on the target. After several days of practice, there was still no progress. Li Futian led the team and almost cried.

Liu Zhan saw that the arrows they shot were like fairies scattered flowers. Such a Buddhist hit rate would be slick but useless on the battlefield.

"My lord, I..." Li Futian was so ashamed that his face was black and red.

"Give me a try with the bow." Liu Zhan reached out for the long bow and easily drew the bow to the full string. It was easier than he imagined. It seems that bending a bow and shooting an arrow does not require a lot of strength, so these people have such poor accuracy. Purely a technical issue.

In his previous life, Liu Zhan loved all kinds of sports, including boxing, Sanda, Wing Chun, dancing with knives and guns, shooting, hunting, rock climbing, and bungee jumping, but he never played archery.In his opinion, the sport of archery is not exciting enough, but now he regrets not having practiced it before, and now the first archer team he formed has encountered technical difficulties.

However, Liu Zhan has one advantage. He is not afraid of shame. If the people under him can't figure it out, he will try it himself. In his opinion, there is a trick to everything, as long as he finds the trick, it will be easy.

The first arrow, shot empty.The second arrow hit the city wall.The third arrow, next to the target.The fourth arrow hit the target.The fifth arrow, the sixth arrow, the seventh arrow, each arrow is on the target although it misses the heart.From the rookie's point of view, Master Liu is already very powerful. When the arrows hit the target, when will they be able to hit the target with every arrow?The eyes of the recruits are full of admiration.

However, this scene is really ridiculous in the eyes of experts.

Song Fenglin had never thought of interfering with Liu Zhan's training, but since he let go and followed him up the mountain, he found that he could not stay out of it more and more because of the accounting issues first, and then various matters in the camp.

Song Fenglin couldn't stand it anymore, and kept watching from the sidelines, holding Liu Zhan's hand that wanted to continue shooting.

"give me."

"Why are you here?" Liu Zhan thought that Song Fenglin just wanted to give the bow a try. "Come and try, be careful not to cut your hand by the bowstring."

Today Song Fenglin was wearing Liu Zhan's favorite Tsing Yi, but seeing that he was tall and tall, his feet were shoulder-width apart, his left hand held a bow, his right hand hooked the string, and he opened the bow and set an arrow, his eyes suddenly sharpened.

He fired three arrows in a row, and the arrows hit the red heart without any deviation.

Everyone at the scene was stunned.

Song Fenglin spoke slowly. "Footwork and bodywork are connected, which is the first meaning of the introduction to archery. Beginners must strictly regulate the step position, the basic strength is sufficient, and the whole body is in control."

The ancients said that the inner body is upright, the outer body is straight, holding a bow and arrow to examine the solid, and then it can be said. Song Fenglin held his breath and concentrated, and shot three more arrows.

Liu Zhan felt like his heart was shot away with the arrow. Lang Yan was unique and charming. No matter how good words can describe it, this feeling of liking to the bone made his whole scalp tingle. .

All of a sudden, Liu Zhan suddenly realized that the reason he played with flowers in his previous life was that he didn't meet enough good people.

It took Liu Zhan a long time to recover his voice. "Fenglin, did you learn archery since elementary school?"

Instead, Song Fenglin looked at him strangely. "A gentleman learns the six arts and learns for the family."

"What is the Six Arts?" Liu Zhan blurted out and asked, he was a transgender who had completed the nine years of compulsory education in his previous life, so where had he heard of the Six Arts?

If it wasn't for Liu Xueyuan's profound knowledge to remind him a lot, Song Fenglin would have wondered if he had met a fake Liu's son.

Although helpless, Song Fenglin still explained patiently. "There is a saying in the Rites of Zhou that to raise the sons of the country to follow the Tao is to teach the six arts: one is called the five rituals, the other is called the six joys, the third is called the five shots, the fourth is called the five controls, the fifth is called the six books, and the sixth is called the nine numbers."

Seeing that Liu Zhan still had a misty expression, Song Fenglin had no choice but to add. "In short, it is ritual, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and number." This is the five classics and six arts that the family advocates.

Liu Zhan understood that arithmetic on horseback is also one of the six arts. Looking back, Song Fenglin was also good at writing and archery. The most rare thing is that he is only 17 years old, and he is probably the only one among his peers.Liu Zhan guessed right. Before the Song family was ransacked and beheaded, Song Fenglin was the most famous in the capital.

"Feng Lin, teach me how to shoot. I'll teach them after I've learned it." Liu Zhan was not willing to let his sweetheart deal with a group of rough men.

Song Fenglin said: "I will teach you later, I have something to ask you."

Liu Zhan handed the bow and arrow to Li Futian and the two walked towards the city wall.

"The recruits will be paid next month, and the food in the warehouse will not last for a few days. What are you going to do next?" Song Fenglin asked directly.

Liu Zhan knew this in his heart. "I plan to practice for half a month and take them to try their hands. At that time, it will be the autumn harvest, and it will be the richest time in Yandi."

Song Fenglin was not surprised. In fact, he also guessed Liu Zhan's plan, but he didn't want to rob food if he wanted to.

"The situation at the bottom of the mountain is unknown, do you have a means of self-protection? Also, how do you plan to transport the grain and grass back? The road down the mountain after leaving Tongtian Pass is bumpy. How easy is it to transport grain up the mountain?" Song Fenglin asked several questions in succession.

"Come." Liu Zhan didn't say much, just took his hand and led him into his room.