Chapter 83: Formation of the Hawk-Dog Squad
Looking at Tan Jie with a different kind of charm, Li Ji suddenly felt like his soul was about to leave his body.
He reached out to hold Tan Jie's soft hand, and at this moment, Qiu Ju came out and whispered:
"Sir, the bath water is ready, please take a bath."
Li Ji stopped running wildly and said repeatedly: "Good!"
He walked into the bathroom, and Qiuju stretched out her chubby little hands and carefully took off Li Ji's coat.
Tan Jie walked into a bedroom in the inner room and was greeted by the aroma of incense.
She suddenly felt a little dizzy.
Could it be that he is drunk? No way, this amount of alcohol shouldn't be enough.
She sat down on the soft couch beside the bed, and her whole body sank into it. What was that? It was as soft as cotton.
Half an hour later, Li Ji came out of the side room. When he walked into the inner room, Tan Jie was already breathing lightly.
He fell onto the bed and soon fell into a deep sleep.
The next day.
Qiuju and Dongxue took Tan Jie for a stroll in the Xun Mansion, where they just looked at the rockery scenery and talked about some secrets of women's needlework.
When Li Ji arrived at the county government office, Yu Cheng had been waiting in the lobby for a long time.
"Yucheng, how are the accommodations for the soldiers sent to Tanjia Bay arranged?"
Yu Cheng smiled and said, "I'll be staying in the warehouse outside the manor for now."
Li Ji was silent for a while, then he frowned.
"This may not work. A team can make do with this in the short term, but it is not suitable in the long term."
"My Lord, what do you think we should do?"
"Contact the housekeeper Li Ai and use the treasury silver to build a base for the personal soldiers in Tanjia Bay."
"It's called the Tanjiawan Training Camp, codenamed 'Hawk Dog', and this team is called the 'Hawk Dog Team'."
"The plan is to have 10,000 people, with the age limit relaxed to 13 years old. Team members will be selected from the Wagang Camp first."
Yu Cheng asked, "How many people will be selected in the first batch?"
"Two thousand."
"Okay, I'll go."
Yu Cheng took the order and left.
After a while, housekeeper Li Ai and Yu Cheng arrived at the county government office.
"My Lord, are you looking for me?"
Housekeeper Li Ai asked hurriedly.
"Butler, I suddenly thought of a problem. We must build our own iron army."
"What about the Wagang Army?"
Li Ji looked at Li Ai, and then said earnestly:
"The Wagang New Army is a ragtag army composed of many forces. You can imagine the quality of its personnel. They are capable of burning, killing, looting, and anything else."
Li Ai said: "It is exactly as you said. I have been trying to rectify the military discipline these days, but those leaders are full of shit themselves."
"I just discussed with Yucheng that we are going to set up a Xingyang Iron Army in Tanjiawan, Mi County. We will call it the 'Hawk and Dog Squad'."
Li Ai asked in confusion: "Who will be responsible for this?"
"I have already chosen me as the leader. Zhang Shan from the Jizi Camp will be in charge. You will be in charge of the personnel selection."
"The first batch of 2,000 people will be selected from the Wagang Army. Then, we will select from across the country."
Li Ai immediately responded: "That's great. Not only do we have the Wagang Allied Forces, we also have our own Iron Army."
"The construction of the base and the selection of team members will be carried out simultaneously. I will take care of the funding issue. You can withdraw the first installment of start-up funds directly from the treasury bank."
Li Ai knelt on her knees and said loudly: "Yes, sir!"
After Li Ai left, Li Ji drove to Dahai Temple with Yu Cheng.
After the carriage stopped in front of the gate of Dahai Temple, Li Ji got off.
The wise master came to meet him from afar.
"My Lord, what's the emergency?"
"I want to see Master Zhiming."
"Okay, this way please."
Turning around the alley, in a tall and spacious hall, Zhang Xutuo was sitting cross-legged in meditation.
As soon as he saw Li Ji coming, he hurriedly stood up and saluted.
Li Ji smiled and said, "Don't bother me if you have nothing to do!"
Zhang Xutuo laughed heartily.
"Sir, I am your soldier. No matter when or where, I will obey your orders."
Li Ji patted Zhang Xutuo's shoulder and said, "Master, you are too modest. You are a great general of the Sui Dynasty. How dare I, a little fortune teller, disturb you so easily? But..."
When Zhang Xutuo saw that Li Ji was hesitant to speak, he immediately knelt on his knees with a plop.
"Sir, please explain!"
Li Ji hurriedly reached out and helped Zhang Xutuo up.
"Master, I would like to invite you to go with me to Tanjia Bay."
When Zhang Xutuo heard this, he nodded quickly in agreement.
He was dressed in Taoist attire and followed Li Ji to Tanjia Bay by car.
"Master, you see, I want to build a military base here."
Zhang Xutuo took a look and saw that the mountains around Tanjia Bay were undulating, and the middle was flat, which was suitable for practicing formations.
"We can deploy tens of thousands of soldiers here."
Li Ji took Zhang Xutuo around for a long time.
Looking at the overall situation of the village, it is high in the southeast and low in the northwest, with mountains behind it and water in front of it, which is the "natural situation" pursued by the situation school.
Tanjia Bay is surrounded by eight small hills, which seem to be connected but not connected, and their shapes resemble the eight directions of the Bagua, forming the outer Bagua.
The bell pond in the center of the village resembles a Tai Chi yin-yang fishnet diagram.
Eight alleys radiate outward from here, forming the Inner Bagua.
The roads in the village are crisscrossed, seemingly connected but actually disconnected, making it hard to predict what is real and what is fake, and strangers often have no way to enter.
There are several peaks in the south of the village that are staggered and shaped like the Big Dipper, with Huagai Mountain locking the mouth of the dipper.
There are five ponds in the village, named after the five elements. "Five waters match the five elements, and they will not overflow when encountering floods."
Each pond is connected to the river and finally flows into the Jishui River.
Twenty-eight more wells were dug to correspond to the stars in the sky.
According to the Feng Shui analysis, Li Ji believed that the design of Tanjia Bay embodied the idea of harmony between man and nature and was a Feng Shui treasure land.
He discussed with Zhang Xutuo and selected the location for the base barracks. Without destroying the feng shui of Tanjia Bay, they built a large barracks that could accommodate 10,000 people.
Li Ji said: "Master, I'll leave the matter of military training to you."
After a while, Yucheng and Zhangshan came over.
"Zhang Shan, this is Master Zhiming. The training of the Hawk-Dog Squadron will be conducted by the Master himself."
Zhang Shan hurriedly bowed and said, "Greetings, Master Zhiming."
"Yucheng, contact housekeeper Li Ai. I'm going to the Wagang Army Headquarters this afternoon."
"Yes, sir."
Yu Cheng took the order and left.
He and Zhang Xutuo drew a rough sketch of the barracks and gave it to Zhang Shan.
"Study it carefully with the housekeeper and start the construction as soon as possible."
"Yes, sir."
"Go to the Tan family compound, choose a place for Master Zhiming to live, and arrange for personal guards. Master Zhiming's daily life must be taken care of."
Zhang Shan knelt on his knees and answered loudly: "Sir, please rest assured."
After a while, Yu Cheng returned from the Wagang Army camp.
At noon, Li Ji and Zhang Xutuo had lunch at Tanjia Bay.
After lunch, Li Ji said goodbye to Zhang Xutuo and went straight to the Wagang Army camp with Yu Cheng.
Li Ai and Zhai Rang were waiting at the camp gate.
They surrounded Li Ji and came to the central army headquarters.
Li Ji smiled and said to Zhai Rang, "Has the steward told you my intention?"
Zhai Rang said hurriedly: "General Li has already said that you want to select 2,000 members from my camp."
"What do you think?"
Zhai Rang said loudly: "I fully support it, but these soldiers are all from bandit backgrounds, and their quality is not high."
