Chapter 16 The Eve of the Great War
Half a month later, the guards of Qi could not stay anymore. They followed Chen Luo's advice and took the lead and met with Ninggu County, the first county town after leaving the mountain.
Qin Lei continued to polish his scout team slowly. It was not because he was biased. It was because the situation was forced by the situation. The scout team was too important.
The training of the scout team is interesting and challenging for some people, but it is distressing and torment for others. Therefore, Qin Lei stipulates that scouts can voluntarily withdraw, but once they withdraw, they will not regret it for life. There are many other squadrons who are greedy for novelty in scout training and can learn more from His Highness, and they all ask for replacing the team. This is why no one is willing to voluntarily withdraw from the scout team.
After spending time together day and night, the team members have completely accepted the prince's "instructor" who eats and lives with them and knows everything. No one cares about his age.
Qin Lei stipulated that only the top 25 squadrons were eligible to sign up for the scout team, which undoubtedly raised the scout team level. This was Qin Lei's idea. He was planning to build the scout team into a special force of this era in the future.
At a plenary meeting, he announced the decision in front of nearly 300 people, and also announced that from now on, no matter how many people there are under his command, only these 300 people can call himself "instructors."
Zhang Jianzhi and Shen Luo were dumbfounded. His Highness's way of winning people's hearts is to step on the snow without any expenses, and it can also arouse the sense of honor of these people. These 300 people will be the direct descendants of the direct descendants. Zhang Chenqi will regard Qin Lei as his idol.
All fifty qualified people signed up. Qin Lei kicked the two captains back, then drove all the forty-eight people who registered to the same mountain, gave them an hour to hide, and told them that they could join the scout team if they were not discovered in half an hour.
One hour later, Qin Lei told the scouts that they would implement an irregular elimination system from now on. This time, those who could not find anyone will be eliminated, and then they were scattered into the mountains...
Sixty to forty-eight, in the best case, one of the five players would be eliminated. The scouts were like chicken blood, and they wanted to dig three feet into the ground to find all the radishes. Now they all call rookies radishes.
The gap between professionalism and amateurism was quickly revealed. The scouts calmly climbed down the mountain, and poked a wooden stick on the top of the tree, and a radish would scream and fall. When stirred in the bushes, another radish would jump out with a "Oh" sound. Throwing a few honeycombs into a cave, he would run to the side to hide with a wicked smile. After a while, several radish would scream and jump out of the cave, jumping down the stream beside it.
One by one, the carrots were pulled out. After half an hour of chaos, eight were still not found.
This means that twenty scouts will be eliminated, and eight new radishes will be supplemented. These eight radishes each have their own tricks. One of them is the skinny boy named Shen Qing, who is the most clever. He dug a hole beside the trail at the foot of the mountain, covered a wooden board, sprinkled it with floating soil, and finally lifted the crack and drilled in. Anyone who has played hide-and-seek knows that the person he is looking for will always subconsciously take two steps before starting to look for it. He uses this inertial thinking to hide at the starting point. As a result, all sixty scouts passed through and did not find him. Shen Qing was also ranked first this time by Qin Lei.
The most tragic thing was a man named Shi Meng. The man was also hiding in the cave at that time, but when the bee rushed over, he curled himself in the corner of the wall, gritted his teeth and did not scream, nor rushed out.
After the test, Iron Eagle shouted to call on the eight winners to go down the mountain, and one was missing. When everyone found the cave and found Shi Meng, he was unrecognizable and swollen all over, and had fainted.
When he was lifted down the mountain, the tenacious brother woke up, barely opened his swollen eyes, and looked at the instructor pitifully. Qin Lei wanted to laugh and felt distressed, nodded to him, and made people quickly treat him. The fierce general fainted again with relief.
Looking at the listless look of those who were eliminated and those who were not selected, Qin Lei sighed in a timely manner and announced that all the players who were not selected could participate in the next selection. As a result, the morale was even higher. Those who were not selected were in a position to avenge their previous shame next time. Those who were selected also tried their best to train for fear of losing the next time.
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No matter how slowly he was, he would have a day of walking. In June, Qin Lei and his guard finally arrived in Ninggu County. At this time, the guards were in a strict manner and high morale, like a sword unsheathed, showing their sharpness.
After repairing in Ninggu County for five days, he delayed his journey. The guard Qi Jun was also used to the slowness of this man and did not urge him anymore.
A horse came from the West, disrupting the rhythm of Qin Lei.
"I didn't expect that Qi's country has reached such a situation." Shen Luo shook his head and smiled bitterly. The guards sent to Yingzhou to do business have already returned, and the public was in a state of resentment. After a little fanning the flames, a riot occurred. At this time, it became more and more intense, and it was spreading across the state. The Qi army continued to advance and tried its best to suppress it.
This is a strange phenomenon in Qi. The three-legged tripod is in a decline in Qi. In order to counter the oppression of Qin and Chu, Qi had to invest huge amounts of money in military supplies. Thirty years ago, Zhao Wujiu established a military household system and separated the military family from taxes. Although in the long run, at least in this generation, the enthusiasm of the army was well protected. The army was not weak in military equipment, and the income of officers and soldiers was not low. Astronomical military expenditure plus the extravagant and extremely desireful lifestyle of the upper class was almost all transferred to the poor people. The people would rebel if they were miserable, and the rebellion would be suppressed by the powerful army. After the suppression, it would be more severely exploited, rebelled and suppressed.
Drinking poison to quench thirst is the definition of Qin Lei’s national policy.
The three-member leadership group of Qin Lei, Shen Luo and Zhang Jianzhi quickly adjusted their plans and ordered the troops to speed up their advance, traveling a hundred miles a day, and strive to arrive in Yingzhou City before the riots were suppressed.
This change made the guards of Qi miserable, and they fell behind after following for three days. They also stunned many forces. Before the various traps in the design were arranged, they watched the more than 300 cavalry advance rapidly and never return.
Seven days later, there was still one day away from the riot Yingzhou. Qin Lei asked the team to stop and rest for a night. He had to wait for several information and also sent off a few people.
At the edge of the camp, Tie Ying, wearing a strong outfit, looked at the young His Highness solemnly, and he was most moved by Qin Lei's changes. Qin Lei's figure was thin and straight in the sunset, which was obviously taller than a few months ago and was much stronger. He could already tie the game with Tie Ying. But the biggest change was his eyes, and his bright pupils were firm, making him look much older than his actual age.
Especially after entering Qianzhou, Qin Lei was in command and dispatched freely. He even trained a group of domestic soldiers as if they were fingered and ordered to enforce orders. Tieying, who was a good player in the army, also learned a lot.
The cowardly and fearless proton who was originally confused and confused turned into Qin Lei, who is now bold and capable. Tieying was happy from the bottom of his heart. Five years ago, because of offending the powerful and proud, he was originally proud to take over his retired ex to Shangjing and had no future.
Seeing the changes in His Highness’s body over the past few months, Iron Eagle has been dormant for a long time and is slowly reviving. Now he is going to see His Majesty two thousand west and send his handwritten letter to His Highness. This is the key to Qin Lei’s entire plan. If something goes wrong, everything will become meaningless.
Qin Lei was silent when facing Tieying, and the outline of his face became deeper in the afterglow. He didn't know if Tieying could arrive at Hangu Pass safely, but at this time he could only choose to trust the big man who had been with him.
After a long time, the two of them hugged each other hard. Tieying turned over and galloped away without saying a word or looking back.
Chapter completed!