After cheering up a little, Qin Tieliu raised his voice slightly: "However, since the empire has a young and promising man like you, I think there is still something to be done."
Wu Feng shook his head noncommittally. He didn't know whether he disagreed with Qin Tieliu's view or didn't appreciate his compliment. He pulled the topic aside: "We won't talk about such a far-reaching topic today, let's talk about our own affairs. I hope we can wait. After those guests from the west arrive here, you two can arrange their work reasonably, and it is best to make use of their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, so that they can display their abilities and contribute more to our school."
"In addition, the overall quality of our current students is generally low. I hope you will strengthen basic education during training. Of course, as time goes by, the quality of our students will gradually improve in the future. Later training The pressure will be less, but you will have to work harder in the early stage." Wu Feng has regained his condescending aura and is making arrangements slowly.
Three days later, Su Qin and the uneasy Watt set off for Barona, the central city of the Luobi people. As the plenipotentiary representative of Wufeng, he would negotiate with the Luobi people on the surrender of the Yuli people to Li Wufeng. Before leaving, Su Qin had another private conversation with Wu Feng. No third party knew the content of their discussion, but Wu Feng looked very satisfied with the conversation afterwards.
Immediately, Wufeng instructed Xiao Tang to delay alliance negotiations with the countries in the Western Regions, which puzzled Xiao Tang. At the beginning, Wufeng also instructed to speed up negotiations with the Western Region countries and the Mote people, and strive to complete the alliance as soon as possible, so that the northwest region will be in a relatively safe and stable peaceful environment, so that his side can develop the economy or take other actions with peace of mind. After all, threats from the Yinchuan Mansion, Taixuan Mansion and even the Hessi Luo people still exist. Making too many enemies will greatly restrict one's own energy.
But now he has to change course again, Xiao Tang is thinking why Wu Feng has become a half-hearted person. Since the goal has been determined, he should pursue it to the end. Interruption in the middle will also cause unnecessary hostility from the other party.
Seeing Xiao Tang's puzzled look, Wu Feng didn't say much. He just told him to execute it, but he also had to be careful. Delay is not interruption, and he should try to be as discreet as possible.
A few days later, Kapok sent people from Luzon to report that he had met with the Gaoyue clan elders in Luzon and conveyed Wu Feng’s message. The other party readily accepted the invitation and would come secretly after arranging clan affairs in the near future. Qingyang. On the other hand, the intelligence department is also operating at high speed and has contacted several influential figures among the Tang people in Luzon. They will also come to Qingyang to meet with Wu Feng in the near future.
But the news from the Pasha Kingdom is not optimistic. The military exercises in the southern part of the Pasha Kingdom are kept very secret, and intelligence personnel cannot get close to them at all, let alone understand the situation. As for the activities of several important military and political officials, no abnormalities have been found so far. The situation in the Grand Duchy of Luzon also seems a bit confusing. Logically speaking, it is impossible for Prime Minister Brundtland to have no knowledge of the situation happening under his nose. However, as of the time when the intelligence personnel sent back the intelligence, Brundtland still had not been found. Any harbinger of action.
The combined intelligence plunged Wu Feng into deep confusion. Although he could not find any doubts from the existing intelligence, an intuitive instinct allowed him to smell the seemingly innocent things on the surface. It is more likely that there is infinite murderous intent hidden beneath the situation. But this feeling is just Wu Feng's own hazy belief, lacking evidence to verify it.
The hot weather made people even more irritable. Wu Feng stayed in the study and studied the map hard, hoping to get some clues from it based on the information he had.
"Sir, Sir Ling would like to see you."
"Invite him in." Wu Feng felt slightly relieved. Some time ago, in order to supervise the training of the security forces of each prefecture, Wu Feng asked Ling Tianfang and Lu Man to inspect the training of the four prefectures' security forces non-stop. According to the situation and the construction of the reserve force, it seems that the two have completed their mission and returned. In the past ten days, Wu Feng was quite tired from the complicated daily work. Now that Ling Tianfang and Lu Man are finally back, he can relax a little more.
"I've met you, sir." Ling Tianfang's originally dark skin became even darker, and he seemed to have lost some weight, but he was still full of energy.
"No need to be polite, just sit down." Wu Feng observed Ling Tianfang's appearance and greeted him warmly, "Tian Fang, you have worked hard this time. You should have a good rest before you come back."
"This is the duty of my subordinates. Let's talk about it after the report." Ling Tianfang shook his head.
"That's fine, how about this inspection?" Wu Feng stopped being polite. He knew that Ling Tianfang's character had always been strict with himself.
"It's quite good. This inspection should be said to be fruitful. The work in several places has been carried out well." Ling Tianfang showed a satisfied look on his face.
Wu Feng knew that he had always been strict with his work requirements, and being able to get him to praise him meant that he must be quite satisfied. "Oh? It seems that you are very optimistic about their work?"
"Exceeded my pre-estimates. Both the training and mental state of the troops are quite good. The reserve work is also going smoothly. In addition, many talents have been discovered." Ling Tianfang made no secret of his attitude.
"Then let's talk about it in detail." Wu Feng was also aroused.
"Guide's security force has a very good foundation. This time I checked there first. They are well-trained and have high morale. It can be summed up in eight words. It seems that we have underestimated Long Zizi and Hillman. Longzi manages it. Well done, Hillman took the lead, and the two of them cooperated tacitly. In just a few months, their combat effectiveness has made great progress. I think if we continue with this kind of training, it won't be long before we are fully qualified to meet the requirements of the regular army." Ling Tian Fang seems to have a very good impression of Long Ziyi and Hillman.
"Oh? Is there really such a big improvement? It seems that Long Ziyi and Hillman have worked hard. Their original main force was volunteers." Wu Feng is no stranger to Long Ziyi and Hillman. After all, If you want to become the chief officer of a division under your command, even though it is a garrison force, you, as the military and political leader of your side, still have to think carefully. At the beginning of the establishment of the three garrison divisions, Wu Feng had long individual talks with the generals who were about to be appointed. On the one hand, he wanted to understand the situation, on the other hand, he also wanted to examine the other party's loyalty to him, and at the same time, he also wanted to strengthen his position in their minds. Of course, these are not enough to be humane to outsiders.
Ling Tianfang disagreed with Wu Feng's opinion, "Sir, you can't underestimate those volunteers. In my opinion, although those volunteers at that time were not as good as our army, they also had a certain strength. In addition, these volunteers After a period of training, I think this unit has become quite combat effective."
"God, please don't praise them too much. If a troop wants to truly become a qualified force, it is impossible to rely solely on training and some petty fighting. It must go through several cruel wars. This is the only way. , they will truly grow up." Wu Feng obviously insisted on his opinion.
"Your Excellency, you have misunderstood me. I am not saying that they already have the strength to become a qualified force, but that they have a good foundation and are making rapid progress. As long as they have the right opportunity and are tempered by war, they can It can become the main force." Ling Tianfang's originally stern face relaxed.
"That's true. The abilities of Long Ziyi and Hillman are obvious to all. It's not easy to train a volunteer organization to such an extent. This also shows their abilities. After our recruitment, We have added a lot of officers to him. After such a long period of training, it is reasonable for him to make great progress." Wu Feng also nodded in agreement with Ling Tianfang's view.
"However, Tian Fang, I hear what you mean. It seems that you really want to integrate Guide's security division into the Northwest Army." Wu Feng looked at Ling Tian Fang with a half-smile on his face.
Ling Tianfang's dark face showed a trace of redness that was not noticed by others, and he laughed, "Why do you say this, sir? I just praised their fighting power and have no other meaning. Sir, please don't talk nonsense." There will be waves in Tang and Su Minshun’s ears again.”
Officials in the government system have had several arguments with the military over the issue of increasing the army. No one is convinced. Wu Feng has his own plans and does not want to reveal his intentions too early, so he has to fight inside. It is really a last resort. He forcibly suppressed the opinions of both parties. Fortunately, Wu Feng's prestige was already out of reach. Although both parties had opinions, they obeyed unconditionally.
Immediately afterwards, Ling Tianfang gave a brief report on the training situation of the troops in Bonan and Jinzhou, and spoke highly of the reserve work in Jinzhou, praising the local government of Jinzhou for its solid work. The Gaoyue people are very enthusiastic about joining the reserve force. , providing an extremely substantial guarantee for the reserve force of the army.
Finally, Ling Tianfang said that one of the great gains from this inspection was that he discovered many talents, especially many officers from the former rebel army. After careful understanding, Ling Tianfang believed that they could be used by his own side and fully Use their talents.
When talking about this issue, Wu Feng became even more interested, "It seems that Tianfang, you have gained a lot this time. I have seen the two people you mentioned, Jiang Han. He was the one who persuaded Qi Bolin and Gao Gao to surrender. However, We have had too many contacts, and after hearing what you said, I would like to meet this person seriously. What is he doing now?"
"Because this person has a high prestige among the original rebels, we haven't assigned him a position yet until we are completely sure."
"Oh, you can let him come to Qingyang. I'll see him. If he really is a talent, I don't want to waste it. Having high prestige among the rebels should be a good thing. It means that his behavior can be supported by those below. If he sincerely joins us, it will be more beneficial to us." Wu Feng made a decision after thinking for a while.
"By the way, there's that guy named Yan Tong, let's ask him to come too, but I don't seem to have any impression of this guy." Wufeng was very confident in his memory, and he was a little surprised why he was so No one has any impression.
"Oh, this person was seriously injured in the battle with us, and he fully recovered not long ago. This person is careful and calm-minded, and he is also a rare talent." Ling Tianfang's evaluation of Yan Tong Also very high.
"Then I want to take a closer look. To be praised so highly by Tian Fang, he must not be an ordinary person. I hope he can add new blood to our army." Wu Feng's mood became happy, and he swept away the previous Depressed and irritable. He kept in mind the words of his master: "If you want to become a man above others, you will never be able to achieve it by your own strength. You can only give full play to the role of your subordinates, know them well and use their strengths to avoid weaknesses." That’s the way to be handsome.”