In the blink of an eye, a year had passed.
On this day, the first batch of 1,000 cadets from the Central Military Academy arrived at the drill ground to prepare for the graduation ceremony.
Most importantly, during this graduation ceremony, Prime Minister Cao Cao would award the top three military academy graduates and let them lead a battalion of soldiers. The top 50 would be appointed as probationary lieutenants, and the rest would become commandants.
"The graduation ceremony of the first batch of students will now begin.”Cao Zheng took on the role of the host and began to announce the final results in a magnetic voice.
"There are a total of 1,000 students this year. The top three are:
Third place: Guo Huai, Yanmen County, Bingzhou.
Second place: Jingzhou Yiyang people Wei Yan, Wei Wenchang.
First place: Yangzhou Wujun people, Lu Xun, Lu Boyan.”
"Now, let's welcome the top three students to the stage to receive their awards.”
After Cao Zheng finished speaking, modern military music sounded, and the three of them walked up the marshal's platform respectfully.
Then, Cao Cao, Cao Ren, and Xiahou Dun, the three big shots of the military, awarded the top three corresponding rewards in turn.
The first place received a golden sword with a tiger pattern engraved on it.
The second place was a silver sword with a tiger pattern. The third place was a green sword with the same pattern as the first two.
Other than the sword, there was also a letter of appointment.
"The three students above graduated with excellent results and are the best among the current batch of students. Therefore, we made an exception and promoted them to the position of lieutenant, leading an army.”
"In addition, the top 50 with excellent results will be awarded the position of probationary lieutenant. After they have made great contributions, they will be appointed. The remaining 950 will be recruited to other yamens, military camps, and counties based on their talents.”
After Cao Zheng finished speaking, the faces of the three people on the stage were filled with blissful smiles.
Lu Xun was the happiest among them. His grandfather, Lu Kang, was the prefect of Lujiang. He did not want to offend Yuan Shu and his entire family of men to die on the battlefield. Even he was almost killed by Sun Ce's subordinate, Zhou Yu.
Fortunately, he had been hiding his abilities and was unwilling to show his abilities. That was why he was able to protect himself.
"Grandfather, you are watching from the heavens. One day, your grandson will definitely eradicate the Sun family and avenge you.”Lu Xun thought to himself.
After the graduation ceremony, Cao Cao began to prepare for his journey south.
Cao Zheng was doing his best to prepare for the placement of the student soldiers. After all, some of these people had never been on the battlefield, and some had probably never even killed a chicken. Therefore, after careful consideration, Cao Zheng decided to arrange for one-tenth of the student soldiers to be placed in the army. The rest would be arranged in the rear to do some logistics work, and some would be arranged to be Ma Jun's apprentices in the military factory.
In addition, after the northern region was pacified, Cao Cao's military strength increased greatly. There were the surrendered Yuan family's old subordinates, Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army, and hundreds of thousands of newly recruited soldiers.
The total number of soldiers had increased from 200,000 to an astonishing 500,000. Thus, outstanding generals and weapons were all strategic resources that were in short supply. The amount of money and food consumed was even more astronomical.
In order for the troops under his command to quickly form a fighting force, Cao Zheng, Xun Yu, and Cao Cao were in charge of the three heads. Xun Yu was responsible for accumulating money and food, Cao Cao was responsible for training and diplomatic work, and Cao Zheng was responsible for updating and forging weapons and equipment.
In the military factory.
"Young master, the newly forged God Arm Crossbow is ready. Everyone is currently in full production, and it will probably be completed in two months.”
"In addition, the research on the third generation repeating crossbow has also been put on the agenda. This subordinate and the craftsmen under me are working day and night on it, but we have encountered some difficulties.”
"Alright, Deheng, we still need to increase the number of weapons. I don't want our soldiers to not be able to unify their weapons after the southern expedition. Therefore, I will personally lead you to overcome the crossbows in the next few months, and then proceed with the next step of research.”
Cao Zheng and Ma Jun said as they walked.
"Please rest assured, Young Master. The people from the military factory will definitely complete this mission even if they don't eat or drink.”Ma Jun promised.
"It's not that serious. I'm just doing a routine check. Also, I won't cause you any trouble.”
Cao Zheng also went straight to the point, hoping that everyone would be able to relax after hearing this.
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