Gouzi quickly pulled out the white paper and charcoal pencil from the drawer, then opened the thick book, corresponding to the piece of paper that looked like a ghostly drawing, and piece by piece spelled out all the words hidden in the paper.
"On page four, the third word, Yang... on page five, the seventh word, state! There is a change on page... Yangzhou! Everyone, come quickly?"
He translated the last word almost tremblingly. At this time, Gouzi's eyes were already burning with excitement and his whole body was trembling!
Checking his translation results again and making sure that there were no mistakes, he couldn't help it anymore. He threw away the charcoal in his hand, grabbed the fat man next to him and started shaking it desperately!
"Damn it! Fatty, fatty! Did you see that?! We finally have something to do. The Marquis asked us to go to Yangzhou to fight! Finally we don't have to grow hair in this shabby ravine!"
The fat man was still tilting his head at this time, trying hard to read the words written by Gouzi. Suddenly his arm was grabbed and he was shaken violently! Even though he was wearing a fat body, he was almost shaken to pieces by this force!
"Brother Dog, Brother Dog! Don't get excited...tell me what happened first!" The fat man hurriedly grabbed the table, steadied himself, and yelled at Gouzi!
"What happened? Something big happened! Haha, we are going out!"
Gouzi laughed loudly, pushed the fat man away and ran out. After running a few steps, he stopped and shouted to the fat man behind him: "Stop standing stupidly and go beat the drum! Go now, quickly!"
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"Drum? What drum?"
Looking at the suddenly nervous dog inexplicably, the fat man was about to catch up and ask again, but suddenly he thought of something!
"Wait a minute, go out? Beat the drum? Could it be, gathering drums!"
The whole person froze in place, and then the fat man's eyes widened wider and wider! Even the one with panda eyes that had just been photographed was now wide open!
"Jujianggu, it must be Jujianggu!" He slapped his head fiercely, but the fat man forgot that his head was swollen just now when a bird slapped him! This time, it felt so sour...
"Oops! Let me go... Uncle Nen! It hurts!"
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"Dong dong dong..."
The thunderous sound of war drums sounded in the courtyard at the foot of the mountain.
The rumbling drums were carried by the mountain wind to the Qinling Mountains. The originally peaceful back mountain immediately became commotion after the drums sounded!
There were people jumping out of all kinds of strange places such as grass nests, caves, tree crowns, etc. Then, after looking at each other, they rushed towards the courtyard at the foot of the mountain!
This is the sound of the Gathering Drum! Is the new Fire Guard going to war?!
Unlike those soldiers who get frightened when they hear the general drum, the soldiers of the New Fire Guards, after training for more than half a year, almost get red-eyed thinking about fighting!
Kong has the best equipment, the most powerful weapons, and the most awesome logistical support!
But they spend all day training in the mountains without even being seen by outsiders. How can these young and energetic guys endure this?
When I heard the drum sound at this time, it was no wonder that they felt like they had been given blood!
Your clothes were torn by a branch? No matter!
Fallen? Get up and keep running!
If you lose your shoes, you have to run barefoot!
I’m afraid that if I go a little late, this opportunity will be snatched away by others!
"Three, two, one!"
In the courtyard, a fat man with a swollen head was beating a big cowhide drum desperately, as if he wanted to vent all his grievances on the big drum!
The dog, who had already put on a suit of armor, stood in front of the drum, with three fingers raised on his raised palm.
"Dong dong dong..."
The three-way bulge passed, and the dog bent his last finger!
At this time, the originally empty courtyard was already crowded with people.
In fact, there is no need for a three-way drum at all.
By the time of the second call, all the new Fire Guards had arrived. It was just for the sake of military camp rules that Gouzi waited patiently until the end.
"If you don't come even after three drums, you must be killed according to the law! Are everyone here now?"
When the drumming stopped, the dog jumped onto a set table and yelled at those people!
"We're all here!" The crowd below shouted, looking at the armored dog like a pervert seeing a peerless beauty!
He even put on the armor, and he didn't run away now. He was definitely going to fight, but he just didn't know who to fight?
Ah! Who are we to fight? With the guy in our hands, even if we fight the Turks, it’s just like playing!
The eyes of everyone below were enthusiastic. Gouzi, who was standing high up, saw this and couldn't help but nod proudly.
This is the soldier he led, this is the new Fire Guard!
After scanning the energetic team again, Gouzi held back his energy and shouted loudly: "Okay! You have been training for more than half a year now, and it's time to see the results!
The Marquis once said that whether it is a mule or a horse, it should be pulled out for a ride! Now, everyone is ready, take five basic weapons with you, and set off for Yangzhou in half an hour!"
"Here!"
The guessed thing came true, and hundreds of responses immediately rose into the sky!
The huge sound echoed among the mountains, and even the frightened falcon flapped its wings and flew into the sky, hovering in the sky and looking at these young people below.
The New Fire Guards, as a brand-new military system in the Tang Dynasty, is the only one composed almost entirely of young people!
Among the New Fire Guards, except for a few instructors who teach battlefield experience, there is no one over twenty years old, including Xiao Han!
Such a strange age configuration is almost impossible in a big team that focuses on veterans!
In fact, when Xiao Han made this decision, both military generals represented by Cheng Yaojin and civil officials represented by Changsun Wuji came to persuade him.
Let him learn more from other generals, use veterans as the skeleton of the team, and recruits as the flesh and blood. This is the right path!
Xiao Han shook his head and rejected these suggestions. For this reason, he even made Lao Cheng lose his temper. In the end, if Xiao Lizi hadn't spoken out, there probably wouldn't be this youngest team in history!
Everyone dispersed. When Lao Cheng and the others looked at Xiao Han, they all looked like they hated iron. Little did they know that Xiao Han was also suffering!
He has been on the battlefield and naturally knows what veterans represent in the army!
But the problem is that what he wants to form is a brand new team dominated by firearms!
This is definitely the first time that such a team has appeared in front of the world. Whether it is fighting methods or training methods, it is destined to be completely different from the previous model!
Those veterans who are accustomed to close combat have long been hardened in their thinking and cannot adapt to the ever-changing firearms and new and roundabout methods of combat!
Fight to the death and never retreat!
It is the most powerful military spirit in the cold weapon era, and it is what all famous generals pursue throughout their lives.
But it is the only one that is not suitable for Xiao Han.
What Xiao Han wants in his heart is a team that combines mobility, suddenness, and strategy!
Only by selecting young people with strong receptive abilities can he achieve this goal and maximize the role of firearms without reducing firearms to an auxiliary role for a certain military unit.
Depart from Chang'an in the morning and arrive in Xiazhou in the evening!
A journey of several hundred miles is no burden at all for a new Fire Guard with one person, two horses, or even three horses!
If they hadn't carried a lot of firearms and were afraid of being in danger if they were too hasty, they could have been faster.
Before dark, everyone arrived in Xiazhou, and Gouzi, without stopping, led the people onto the big boats that were always waiting for them at the ferry. Then the big boats unmoored and sailed down the river to Yangzhou.
