heavy weapon is king

Chapter 226 Building a Military Training Ground

Because thinking about the many things waiting for him to be busy in the future, basically, Nie Zheng didn't close his eyes much all night.

After finally surviving until dawn, Nie Zheng turned over and got up immediately, and then shouted loudly to the outside: "Come here!"

"Yes, handsome!"

After hearing the call, several guards outside the door rushed into the house, bowed and said: "What's your order, Commander?"

Nie Zheng glanced at them and said, "Immediately go and inform Xu Shijie and Shi Zheng to come see me."

"Yes, handsome!"

After receiving the order, several guards immediately went down to obey.

It didn't take long for Xu Shijie, Xue Changsheng, and Shi Zheng, who were in charge of city defense affairs, to rush to the study of Jinlin Garden.

After Shi Zheng, Xu Shijie and other leaders entered the study, they came to Nie Zheng's desk, and they all bowed their hands and said: "This subordinate pays respects to the commander in chief. I wonder if the commander in chief summoned me to come. What is your order?"

Behind the desk, Nie Zheng looked at everyone with a serious expression, pondered for a moment, and said, "Brothers, we have recently received information that Sangkang, the king of Dayue, may personally lead an elite army to attack us during this period of time. Yangzhou, do you guys know about this news?"

"I know, Mr. Yi told his subordinates and others about this yesterday." Everyone nodded, expressing that they knew about it.

Nie Zheng nodded and said: "It's good to know. From now on, we must be vigilant and prepare for war, because the people of Dayue may approach the city at any time. In this extraordinary period, we must take precautions."

Hearing this, he was in charge of the administration of Nancheng Defense, and suddenly said: "Commander, since Sang Kang may lead an army to attack Yangzhou at any time, should we send more troops to the eight counties under Yangzhou's rule? After all, Within those county towns, there are only less than 300 troops, and if the Da Yue people really come to attack, the subordinates are worried that the city defense forces in those county towns will not be able to support them."

Nie Zheng lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "It is definitely necessary to send troops to strengthen the defense of several other counties, but it will take a few days. In the near future, I plan to reorganize and train an army. The training is almost done, let’s make plans.”

Shi Zheng nodded and said nothing more.

At this time, in order to implement the battle plan in his mind as soon as possible, Nie Zheng stopped talking nonsense and directly ordered: "Brothers, I summoned you here today, and I have two very important things to do for you."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone bowed their hands and begged for their lives: "Just do as the commander-in-chief orders, and I will definitely do it according to the commander-in-chief's request."

Hearing this, Nie Zheng nodded in satisfaction, looked at Shi Zheng and Xu Shijie standing in the front, and quickly ordered: "Shi Zheng!"

"Subordinates are here!"

"After you go down, immediately record all the people in the city who have the strength of the first rank or above in detail about their martial arts cultivation base, and then make a list for me according to the rank. Remember, all the people of the first rank to the eighth rank must In the list of samurai, not a single one can be missed.”

Shi Zheng was taken aback for a moment, he didn't understand what Nie Zheng suddenly asked him to count the list of all warriors, but despite his doubts, he quickly bowed his hands and said, "Yes, Commander!"

After saying that, he led several leaders and hurriedly left Jinlin Garden.

After Shi Zheng and the others left, only Xu Shijie and Xue Changsheng were left in the study.

At this time, Nie Zheng cast his eyes on Xu Shijie again, and ordered in a deep voice: "Xu Shijie!"

"Subordinates are here!"

"After you go down, you must select [-] strong and quick-witted brothers from our people inside Longhu Mountain within the shortest possible time, and let them gather outside the north city gate early the morning after tomorrow, When the time comes, I will arrange for them to conduct firearms training."

Hearing this, everyone cheered up, and hurriedly cupped their hands and said, "Obey, Commander!"

Seeing this scene, Nie Zheng nodded in satisfaction, waved his hands, and said, "Hurry up and do it, remember, it must be fast, otherwise, it will take a long time, and I am afraid that there will not be enough time for training."

Xu Shijie grinned and said, "Don't worry, Marshal, before it gets dark tomorrow, the subordinates will definitely follow your instructions."

"So good!"

After Xu Shijie took the order to leave, only Xue Changsheng and a few other leaders were left in the study.

Nie Zheng slowly cast his eyes on Xue Changsheng, hey hey hey, he pondered for a moment, and said, "Xue Changsheng!"

"Subordinates are here!"

Xue Changsheng took a deep breath, walked quickly to the desk, bowed his hands and saluted, "Commander, please tell me."

Nie Zheng said indifferently: "You wait to discuss with Jia Xiufang, let him allocate some money from the treasury, then recruit some laborers in the city, go to the wilderness outside the north city gate, and build a temporary shooting range .”

"range?"

Xue Changsheng was taken aback for a moment, and asked in puzzlement, "What is a shooting range?"

Nie Zheng shook his head, waved his hands and said, "Forget it, let me teach you how to do it in person."

Hearing this, Xue Changsheng nodded, and said respectfully: "Yes, Commander, the subordinates are now going to recruit people..."

………………

After noon, outside the North City Gate.

At this moment, Nie Zheng was standing on the north tower under the scorching sun, but his eyes turned to a wilderness several miles away from the city.

On the wilderness outside the northern city, Xue Changsheng led thousands of people on the wide and flat wilderness, very busy.

At this time, according to Nie Zheng's request, they were preparing to temporarily build a crude military training ground in the wilderness outside the northern city.

In the training ground that had just taken shape, everyone was sweating profusely, shouting, laughing and cursing incessantly, which was a lively and lively scene.

Under the command of Xue Changsheng and other leaders, thousands of strong men nailed circular target boards deep into the ground one by one according to the specified area.

At the same time, several leaders led hundreds of strong laborers, carrying sacks filled with soil and sand, and piled up a series of crude defensive drill fortifications in the training ground.

In addition to these, there are more than 1000 people who are continuously driving cattle, horses and mule carts, dragging carts of wood, bricks, stones and other construction materials to the edge of the training ground.

In order to build a training ground outside Beicheng as soon as possible, Nie Zheng had already discussed with Jia Xiufang in the morning and asked him to issue an announcement, and then recruited a large number of craftsmen of mud, stone, tile, wood, iron, etc. from Yangzhou City, and everyone worked together According to Nie Zheng's drawing plan, a military training ground with a radius of several kilometers was built as soon as possible.

Anyway, in the morning, Nie Zheng had already issued an order to everyone that the military training ground must be built before dark tomorrow.

However, according to the current progress of the project, it seems that the problem is not big.

After all, building a simple military training ground is not an overly complicated project. In addition, there are many residents in the city, so it is effortless to recruit laborers.

Many people in the city were going to do hard labor, but Nie Zheng considered that it was spring and the people had a lot of farm work to do, so he allocated some money from the warehouse to compensate those recruited people.

To be honest, these people who participated in labor labor had never thought that they would be paid at all, but after Xue Changsheng and other leaders told everyone the news, everyone was ecstatic and worked harder.

Looking at the busy faces of the people outside the city, Nie Zheng was very satisfied with the work performance of this group of strong laborers.

Now, the construction of the military training ground is in full swing, and the next step is how to restore the large formation for the city.

It has been almost an hour since I stood on the tower, but there is still no reply from Wuye Temple.

Immediately, Nie Zheng frowned involuntarily, looked at a guard guarding him, and said casually, "Go to the Five Leaf Temple again and see why Wu Sanren hasn't come yet."

After hearing that, the guard nodded respectfully and said, "Of order, Commander!"

After saying that, he put his hand on the handle of the knife and ran down the tower in an extremely fast manner.

However, not a moment after he left the city tower, a few guards reported loudly from a distance: "Report to Commander, Wu San is asking to see you!"

"Let him come up to me quickly."

Soon, Nie Zheng heard the sound of footsteps rushing up the stairs from the left side of the tower, and after a while, he saw Wu Xuanyin, who was wearing a yellow Taoist robe, rushing to Nie Zheng with an anxious expression on his face.

"Junior...no no...my subordinate, Wu Xuanyin, has seen the commander-in-chief. I don't know if the commander-in-chief sent his subordinates to come and order anything?"

This Wu Xuanyin is also considered sensible. Ever since he saw the strength of a peerless master, he is determined to be a master's younger brother. Now that he sees Nie Zheng, he doesn't even call him a poor man anymore, just like Shi Zheng and Xu Shijie. The following are self-proclaimed.

Nie Zheng turned his head and glanced at him, and found that when he faced him now, he seemed to respect him more than before, especially in his pair of dark yellow triangular eyes, when he looked at him, there was always a light of admiration shining .

His pious and respectful attitude made Nie Zheng very useful. This kind of dark feeling was something that ordinary subordinates could not bring.

So, unconsciously, the way Nie Zheng looked at him became more and more pleasing to the eye.

Nie Zheng looked at him with a gentle expression, and said indifferently: "How is the recovery of the scattered people's injuries recently?"

Wu Xuanyin arched her hands, and said respectfully: "Thanks to the great love of the Marshal, after taking the precious medicinal materials sent by the Marshal these few days, the damaged meridians in the body have improved greatly, and it will probably take a few days at most. be healed."

Hearing this, Nie Zheng nodded in satisfaction, and said, "That's very good. By the way, I have summoned you today, and I want to arrange for you to do something important."

Wu Xuanyin nodded without even thinking about it, and said, "Where you need the help of your subordinates, the commander-in-chief just orders you."

Nie Zheng took a deep look at him, and said slowly: "Can this large defensive formation outside our Yangzhou City still function?"

(End of this chapter)