Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 33 Building an Army
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"Not one qualified?"

On the field, Li Yan looked at Shi Qian and asked.

Shi Qian rubbed his hands and said, "Not a single one."

Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, Guanghui, Shan Shiqi, Zhu Jing, Bian Xiang, Deng Fei and others who were waiting for the selection of soldiers did not believe their own ears, "Is Shi Qian stupid now?"

It's no wonder that Ruan Xiaoer and the others think so, as long as they are not blind, they cannot fail to see that Li Yan's two battalions of ten soldiers are all good soldiers with high obedience!

Although on the surface everyone is talking and laughing, secretly Ruan Xiaoer and the others have already started to choose their favorite soldiers!
This challenge made Ruan Xiaoer and the others smile even more - each of them picked hundreds of good soldiers they liked!

At the same time, Ruan Xiaoer and the others complained to Li Yan, "Why did the thief Shi Qian pick first? If he picked all these good soldiers, wouldn't he destroy these good soldiers!"

however!
What made Ruan Xiaoer and the others unbelievable was that Shi Qian didn't even like these good soldiers!

Li Yan understood Shi Qian's thoughts, but he still couldn't help but said: "Is there really no one? Among them, there are some who are light and fast, and some who can walk through Yang with a hundred steps. Can't they all be used by you, brother?"

Shi Qian could tell that Li Yan attached great importance to him and his secret special battalion, otherwise Li Yan wouldn't have let him be the first challenger!

But it was also because Li Yan attached great importance to Shi Qian, and Shi Qian, who wanted to repay Li Yan's kindness, could not let it go, or else he would have let down the importance Li Yan attached to him!

Shi Qian said: "Brother, Shi Qian couldn't see that these are very rare and good soldiers, but...they have too much military spirit, and these soldiers have a spirit that the officers and soldiers don't have. Spirituality has been imprinted into their bones, and anyone with a discerning eye can tell it at a glance, so it is impossible for them to complete the special warfare missions such as going deep into the enemy's interior to spy on intelligence and sabotaging behind the enemy's rear as my brother told me."

Hearing what Shi Qian said, Li Yan couldn't help feeling a little disappointed!
Li Yan knew that Shi Qian's words were true. The soldiers he personally brought out were not bad, but their temperament was too special, and some of them were not suitable for camouflage, and they were not suitable for infiltrating behind the enemy's rear!
Some people may ask, since Li Yanming knew that these soldiers were not suitable, why did Shi Qian choose them?

This is for a reason.

Shi Qian and Shi Qian's people are all thieves after all, are they really reliable?Taking a step back, even if Shi Qian is reliable, are Shi Qian's people absolutely reliable?In the future, the secret special battalion will grow bigger, will they obey Li Yan's orders?If other people give the report to the secret special battalion a favorable treatment, will the report to the secret special battalion switch to other people, or even turn their guns to deal with Li Yan?

Don't think that Li Yan's worries are unfounded.

Yue Fei fought half his life, and more than half of it was actually fighting against his own people who turned their guns.

So this kind of thing has to be guarded against.

Although the 1000 people trained by Li Yan are not many, they are obedient and most of them are absolutely loyal to Li Yan. Loyalty of a classified special battalion.

pity!

Everything has pros and cons. Although the 1000 people trained by Li Yan are obedient and loyal, they are not qualified for special warfare work!

In this case, Li Yan could only choose to believe in Shi Qian, and at the same time think of other ways to increase the loyalty of the secret special battalion.

After making up his mind, Li Yan said: "Since they can't do it, then brothers should spend some effort to recruit good men from all over the world to join the secret special battalion. From now on, the secret special battalion will be entrusted to my brother. What I can do for my brother is to do my best!" support!"

Shi Qian bowed to the ground and said: "Brother gives my younger brother two years, and my younger brother will build a world-renowned special camp for reporting secrets!"

Li Yan helped Shi Qian up and said, "Okay! Let's wait and see for my brother!"

Seeing that Li Yan attached great importance to the thief Shi Qian, although the others didn't say anything, they all said in their hearts: "I'll wait and see what kind of bird camp this thief can build!"

After Shi Qian stopped picking, Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu immediately went to the pawns of the water-carrying battalion.

It's not that the bullying of Guanghui and others came later, but that the water battalion is special, their soldiers must be able to swim, and there are really less than two hundred of the thousand soldiers who can swim, that's why Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaoer Five picks first.

As for Ruan Xiaoqi.

After talking with Ruan Xiaoqi, Ruan Xiaoqi no longer served as the leader of the water camp, but officially became one of Li Yan's personal leaders.

The reason why Li Yan made Ruan Xiaoqi his personal leader was not because of Ruan Xiaoqi's martial arts. Ruan Xiaoqi, who left the water, was really average in martial arts. He might not be the opponent of Li Kui, a third-rate expert, but because of Ruan Xiaoqi. Loyalty is also because Ruan Xiaoqi does his best to help Li Yan recruit people all the time. Of course, there is another very important reason. As long as Ruan Xiaoqi is by Li Yan's side, the water camp of Shuibo Liangshan is in Li Yan's hands. Then there will be no changes in Shuibo Liangshan, which has to rely on the water battalion to enter and exit and defend!
Ruan Xiaoqi, who was born in a small village and is the head of Yu Xiaocun, is also happy to gain experience with Li Yan, so he is naturally willing to be Li Yan's personal leader!
Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu are also happy that Li Yan likes their younger brother Ruan Xiaoqi, and would like to see their younger brother Ruan Xiaoqi accompany Li Yan to see the world!

That said, it's an all-win arrangement.

After Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu each selected a pawn, Guanghui, Shan Shiqi, Zhu Jing, Bian Xiang, and Deng Fei took turns to choose pawns—for harmony and to balance the strength of each capital, every time Each leader only picks ten people, and then it is the turn of the next leader to pick ten people, and so on. In the end, each of the five of them chooses one team, and the remaining three people continue to be led by Song Wantong.

By the way, the five soldiers of Guanghui, Shan Shiqi, Zhu Jing, Bian Xiang, and Deng Fei are all infantry, and there is no horse army.

The reason why Li Yan didn't build a horse army was not that the current Shuipo Liangshan couldn't make up a horse army, but because they didn't know how to build a horse army.

Not to mention Li Yan, although he has been secretly studying the art of war, his level is still extremely limited. It is only two swords to build an infantry army, let alone build a horse army.

Although Shan Shiqi, Zhu Jing, and Deng Fei can ride horses themselves, they will all be generals of the horse army in the future, but now they are not out of the category of Jianghu people, and they are not qualified to be a first-level army. How can they manage them? More professional Ma Jun?
Guanghui and Bian Xiang's background is even worse, they don't even know how to ride a horse, let alone build a horse army.

Therefore, at present, Guanghui, Shan Shiqi, Zhu Jing, Bian Xiang, and Deng Fei can only establish the infantry of the five capitals first. It's the field army.

In other words, although Li Yan earned nine leaders back during his trip to Jizhou, there is still only one battalion of the field army in Shuibo Liangshan, one of which is mainly responsible for defense, and each of them has a leader. They are all rookies who are too good at cooking.

But then again, no matter what, Shuibo Liangshan has already established an army, which is a big step forward!

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(End of this chapter)