The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and it’s midsummer before we know it.

Midsummer in the desert is particularly difficult. It feels like being in a huge furnace. Human beings have all become roast ducks in the furnace. The outside is roasted by the scorching sun and the inside is tender. When you pinch the skin on your arms, you will feel a crispy and comfortable feeling.

The refreshing feeling greatly increases appetite.

Gu Qing had taken five showers today and was lying on the beach chair he designed himself. The guard next to him was waving his fan so hard that he almost collapsed. However, Gu Qing still felt unbearably hot and felt like he would suffer from heatstroke at any time.

Every time at this time, Gu Qing would miss his past life extremely.

The air-conditioned room in the previous life, iced watermelon, happy water, and all kinds of fascinating American dramas, British dramas and mainland dramas, all kinds of Aizawa Fukada Momonogi when you have evil thoughts... A computer, a pack of tissues, a bottle of Nutrition Express,

He held the whole summer in his hands, not letting down his youth or the hormones of youth, but only letting down his children and grandchildren who were wrongly paid to him in the end.

But now, Gu Qing lives in the Tang Dynasty, which is the most barren Western Desert in the Tang Dynasty. There is no ice watermelon or happy water. Even the unseemly picture album looks like a mockery of his failed life.

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"Two people should fan the fan, harder." Gu Qing, sweating profusely, said to the bodyguard beside him.

The two personal guards were relieved and replaced by two other personal guards to fan the Marquis.

Han Jie came back from the camp with a dusty look on his face. He didn't have time to salute when they met, so he grabbed the skin bag of a personal guard, raised his head to the sky and drank half of the water in the bag, and then exhaled comfortably.

"Master Marquis, I have gone to inquire. Gao Jieshuai and Feng Changqing have not behaved unusually in the past few days. Especially Feng Changqing. For some reason, he has been lazy and unable to cheer up these past few days. His speech and actions are not as good as before.

It’s so refreshing.”

Gu Qing snorted and said calmly: "This is normal. I always feel anxious when I haven't finished my homework. I've experienced it too."

Han Jie gave him a puzzled look. The Marquis often came out with some words that he didn't understand. In the past, Han Jie would tirelessly ask for the truth. After getting used to it, Han Jie learned to ignore it automatically and generally understood the Marquis.

The meaning behind the words is fine, there is no need to delve into the details.

"Master Marquis, on the contrary, Bian Lingcheng, the supervisor of the army, has been jumping up and down these days. The day before yesterday, he had a banquet for no reason with the chief historian and Sima of the Jiedushi Mansion, as well as several generals of the Anxi Army, including your superior.

The Ma Lin I met last time..."

Gu Qing frowned, pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "There is a missing part. After all, he is not of my race. We should pay more attention to this supervisor in the future. Brother Han, send a few more smart brothers to keep an eye on him in disguise."

, let’s see what tricks he is going to do under my nose..."

Han Jie nodded and said: "The Marquis is loyal to Your Majesty, and he is bound by the Holy Family. The little supervisor will not be so presumptuous as to dare to stroke the Marquis's beard. The general guesses that Bian Lingcheng wants to deal with it.

Most of them are handsome men."

Gu Qing smiled and said: "The secret connection is to force the palace. I can guess Bian Lingcheng's tricks with my buttocks. It's nothing more than to bribe and win over a group of officials and generals from the Jiedushi government, and then jointly submit to the imperial court.

Chang'an submitted the impeachment memorial, and with a large number of people, His Majesty had to consider whether Gao Xianzhi was really loyal..."

Han Jie said cautiously: "Although the commander-in-chief Gao Jie made some mistakes in his strategy of Anxi, the merits outweighed the faults in the end. Mr. Marquis, should we do something?"

"We don't have to do anything, just sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers, and don't easily intervene in the internal fighting of the Anxi Army..." Gu Qing thought for a while, and then said: "It is in my best interest if they both lose, do you understand?"

"The interests of the Marquis refer to..."

Gu Qing's expression grew colder: "Gao Xianzhi was pushed out by Bian Lingcheng and transferred out of the Anxi Protectorate. But Bian Lingcheng, I will take care of him."

Han Jie finally understood: "At that time, the Marquis was the number one person in Anxi and held the military power in Anxi..."

Gu Qing yawned and said lazily: "As long as you understand, in short, let's be calm now and let them have a good time. If the fight is limited to the upper echelons of the Duhu Mansion, we don't have to intervene. We can dismiss a few officials.

, changing a few generals will not affect the overall situation of the Anxi Protectorate. Unless one day their fight affects the ordinary soldiers of the Anxi Army, then I will not have to be polite to them."

Han Jie nodded vigorously: "Master Hou, I understand. I will send people to keep an eye on Bian Lingcheng and Gao Xianzhi at all times."

Looking up at the sky, Gu Qing sighed: "Another meaningless day has passed. Brother Han, please send an order to Chang Zhong and the others to prepare for drills in the evening. All 10,000 soldiers in the army must participate in the drills, and no one is allowed to be absent.

"

Han Jie hesitated and said: "Master Marquis, most of our soldiers in the Tang Dynasty train every three days and every half a month. Since you came to Anxi, you have ordered the soldiers to drill every day. The weather is so hot. Is it right?"

Let the soldiers rest?"

Gu Qing said solemnly: "You can't rest. You must practice every evening, rain or shine."

Han Jie helplessly clasped his fists and gave the order.

As the sun was setting in the west, ten thousand soldiers stood neatly in formation on the sand outside the camp. Under the scoldings of their respective commanders, they started practicing each move with their halberds in hand.

The scene of thousands of people practicing together was really shocking. In the billowing yellow dust, with the shouts of killing, a breath-taking murderous aura rose into the sky, and the sky and the earth changed color.

Gu Qing was wearing armor and holding a long sword in his hand. He stood in front of the queue with a solemn expression. He quietly watched the soldiers vigorously brandishing their long halberds, but he frowned for some reason.

"Chang Zhong."

"The general is here." Captain Chang Zhong hurriedly walked to Gu Qing and saluted.

"Tell the camp supply officer that tomorrow we will start purchasing mutton from the nearby tribes and herdsmen. The soldiers train hard every day. From now on, there must be meat in every meal. Any money needed will be paid to the Jiedushi Mansion."

Chang Zhong was overjoyed and responded with clasped fists: "Yes! Thank you so much, Lord Marquis, for the generous reward!"

Gu Qing smiled and said: "As long as you practice hard every day, I don't care about a few pieces of meat."

Turning back to the camp, Gu Qing asked his guards to bring a low table from the commander's tent, took out pen and paper, and spread it on the table. Gu Qing drew a strange pattern, then called Han Jie, pointed at the pattern and said: "

Tomorrow I will summon the carpenters from the Kucha Town Association to build this thing out of wood for me."

Han Jie took the paper, looked left and right for a long time, and said hesitantly: "Master Hou, what are you drawing?"

Gu Qing ignored him, drew several more strange patterns on the paper, and then wrote a few lines of words.

"I just observed the soldiers training and found that their training method is too old-fashioned and too rigid. They are making silly moves one after another. Do you expect to rely on these moves to kill the enemy? It's too naive. I created a unique way to train the soldiers.

, I will try to implement it on our left guard first, and if it works, I will promote it to the entire Anxi army."

"What the Marquis drew is a new method of training soldiers?"

"These are the props for military training. This is a balance beam, this is an obstacle wall, a climbing wall, and there are flat sandy areas, parallel bars, rings, pommel horses, and cross stakes... In short, when these things are combined for military training, you will definitely achieve great results.

The same soldiers, and from tomorrow onwards, each soldier will have ten kilograms of sandbags tied to his legs. After they adapt, ten kilograms more will be added, and the soldiers will practice with the sandbags tied from then on..."

Han Jie took a breath of cold air: "Master Hou, you will torture people to death."

"Also, take the team out every day and hike cross-country for twenty miles. Once you get used to it, add another ten miles and increase the load."

"I haven't finished yet. Let's create a reward system for the first place and an elimination system for the last place. The first 100 people who complete the training every day will be rewarded with meat. Those who fail to complete the training subjects every day will have no meat that day. It should belong to them.

The meat will be distributed to the first hundred people."

Han Jie became more and more shocked and said in a trembling voice: "Master Hou, if you practice like this, will the soldiers feel resentful? Isn't Master Hou afraid that Ying Xiao will mutiny?"

"What you said makes sense, um, so the rewards should be more generous. I will reward the top ten in my daily practice with another hundred coins in my own name. As I said, we have a elimination system for the last place. It doesn't matter if you can't complete it. No fight.

There is no punishment, it’s just that we won’t be able to eat meat that day, so it won’t cause a mutiny. If the soldiers still have a little bit of shame, no one would be willing to be among the bottom 100.”

Han Jie was still surprised and said: "Master Hou, where did you learn this method of training soldiers? Does it work?"

Gu Qing smiled and patted his shoulder and said: "It works, but these are just for physical fitness. In addition, tell each battalion and brigade that after daily drills, all battalion commanders and brigade commanders must go into the barracks to inspect, and pay more attention to the soldiers during inspections.

They will understand their personal lives, understand their psychological changes, and promptly appease the soldiers’ dissatisfaction and conflicts. I, too, will also inspect the barracks every day.”

At this moment, Gu Qing was becoming more and more mysterious in Han Jie's eyes.

I can’t figure out where the Marquis learned this weird military training method, and I’m even less sure whether this method will be effective. If it affects the morale and physical fitness of the soldiers, the left guard general, Han Jie, decided to

You must advise the Marquis to stop.

"Master Marquis, there is something unclear about the last thing. I don't know whether to talk about it or not..." Han Jie said hesitantly.

"Don't tell me, I don't want to hear it. Be good, go take a bath, and then go back to the barracks to sleep. If you have money, you can go to a brothel. If you are lucky, there might be new tea on the market today..."

Han Jie:???

Why don't you just have a good chat according to the routine? His train of thought was disrupted.

Seeing Han Jie standing beside him for a long time without moving, Gu Qing said dissatisfiedly: "Can you give way? You are blocking the signal."

Han Jie took a step sideways like a crab, his expression still hesitant.

"Your face of a philosopher thinking about the universe is very annoying. Get out of my sight and don't let me see you." Gu Qing scolded impatiently.

Han Jie did not move this time, and suddenly clasped his fists and said: "The Marquis did not allow me to ask, but I still want to ask..."

Gu Qing sighed and said: "Ask me quickly. After you ask, get out of here and go to the town to buy me some meat before it gets dark..."

"Master Marquis, what the general wants to ask is... Why did the Marquis act in such a hurry after he came to Qiuci? From expanding the city and building a city, to establishing the power of the Anxi Army, to training troops with new methods, do you think the Marquis is doing things in such a hurry?

Too hasty?"

Gu Qing sighed, lying on the beach chair and looking up at the golden sunset in the distance of the desert, his eyes became very deep: "I have to hurry, I'm afraid it's too late, if I can't control the Anxi Protectorate within a year, I will be very passive in the future.
Chapter completed!