Chapter 175: Recruit Training

Duan Jianwei's plan was very insidious, he hinted in public that Pi Luoge would marry his two most beloved daughters to the sons of King Guigui and Chongdao respectively, in order to show the friendship between Nanzhao and the two Emperors, but the fact was that one of them was married to the son of Jiao Rijin, and the strongest Jiao Chongdao had no share. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the contact some time ago, Duan Jianwei already understood the personality and character of Fu Chongdao, and knew that Fu Chongdao was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and if none of Pi Luoge's two daughters could marry his son, he would definitely not give up.

At that time, Duan Jianwei only needed one sentence to provoke the fire of Chongdao and the king and the sun, so that his plan would be in full swing, so as to complete the strategic attempt to subdue the land step by step.

In one month, in just one month, Pi Luoge's two handsome daughters will arrive in the planing land, and when the time comes, a good show will be staged on time, and Duan Jianwei is the protagonist of this good show.

With the joy of victory and the hope of greater victory, Duan Jianwei left Queensland City and headed for Nanzhao under the send-off of Queensland Thorn Shi Jian Rijin.

At the moment of leaving, he looked back at Queensland City, and the corners of his mouth showed an extremely satisfied smile, maybe it won't be long before Queensland City will become the city of Nanzhao, and even the entire land of Liangjiao will become the territory of Nanzhao.

"Duan Jianwei, are you really a good person?"

When he saw Duan Jianwei leave, Jian Rijin also sighed in his heart.

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In the direction of Hulu Valley, the training work has officially begun, and the 300 officers and men of the Longwu Army have carried out the most basic training for the 3,500 local recruits in Luzhou who have been newly recruited.

Queue up, forward, fight, drum march, Mingjin to collect troops, these basic training items, for the soldiers of the Longwu Army, they are all pediatrics, and it is not difficult to train at all, but this is definitely not able to train an elite army, but these local people, for the time being, do not know anything about the army, must first let them learn what is going on as soldiers, and then, and then carry out targeted intensive training, so that the best effect can be harvested.

"Big brother, the soldiers train very hard, and in the end they are all strong farmers, and they have suffered hardship."

Li Kunxiong was very satisfied with these recruits, and thanks to Ang Lee's high recruitment requirements, otherwise, it would not have been possible to be so smooth at the beginning of the training, at least, none of the recruits fainted from exhaustion during the training.

Li An nodded with great satisfaction, and went to Donggu with a few henchmen, he wanted to personally guide the training of the Ninth Regiment, that is, the Baggage Regiment.

The area of the East Valley is much smaller than that of the Middle Valley, but it still has a vast area of two miles, and the hundreds of men and horses stationed in the baggage regiment are more than rubbing.

On the side of the garrison of the baggage regiment, a granary of small scale was built, and nearly 1,000 deniers of grain were hoarded here to ensure the food supply of the entire Pingnan Army.

The training ground of the baggage regiment was on the south side of the valley, and at the behest of Lee, a criss-crossing ditch was dug here, and the stream was brought in from the ditch.

"Big brother, what are you asking the recruits to dig so many ditches for, and they are filled with water."

Li Feiyu was a little incomprehensible, no wonder, people in this era had never seen the Zhouqiao Army, so naturally they couldn't understand the purpose of Li An's formation of this force, let alone how to train it.

"General, according to your requirements, the soldiers have dug the ditch, filled it with water, and built ladders, planks, and boats."

An instructor of the Long Wujun ran over and reported softly.

Li An nodded with satisfaction and ordered, "Prepare to start training!" ”

"Yes, General."

The instructor of the Long Wujun answered, and then he was confused and asked, "General, how should this be trained?" ”

Li An pointed to these large and small ditches criss-crossed, and said, "If the army goes out and encounters these rivers, how should they cross them, wade across the rivers?" If a soldier is injured during training, the medical team is responsible for treatment, so let's start training! ”

"Yes, General."

Captain Longwu's comprehension was still very high, and he quickly understood what Li An meant, and ordered to start training.

"Big brother, I understand, the terrain in the south is a ravine, a water network, if such a force is built specifically responsible for opening up a smooth road, it will be much more convenient for the army to move."

"Big brother, this boat and bridge team can act as the vanguard of the army, and it is a weapon for the army to win, the better they train, the faster they move, and the more beneficial it is to the army."

Li An nodded again and again: "What you said is very right, the Zhouqiao team is the most important force that the Pingnan Army can sweep across the land, only the Zhouqiao team is well-trained, and the Pingnan Army can bring freedom in the southern water network and act like the wind, just like when it was in Ulzhou, if there was no heavy snow and skis, how could a hundred warriors of our army be able to fight the Tibetan army." ”

"Big brother, in the past, when the front of the army was blocked by the river, they all cut down trees nearby and built pontoon bridges, what is this small boat for, is it used to transport soldiers across the river?"

Li An shook his head lightly: "The existence of these boats is to make the pontoon bridge carry more weight and facilitate more soldiers to cross the river together, after all, if the trees are thrown directly into the river, the load bearing is too small, and if the boats are lined up along the longitudinal length of the river and laid with smooth wooden planks on it, the carrying capacity will be greatly enhanced, and the pontoon bridge is built in this way, it is quite fast, at least it saves time and effort than cutting down trees directly, and the quality of the pontoon bridge is also more guaranteed." ”

While Li An was speaking, the recruits and soldiers had already started training, and they began to build the pontoon bridge in earnest using the materials in their hands.

In the narrow ditch, two ladders are placed directly, separated by a distance in the middle, and then wooden planks are laid on top of the ladders, and a simple pontoon bridge is paved horizontally from front to back.

After the pontoon bridge is erected, the baggage team behind it, with a two-horse baggage vehicle gently drove onto the pontoon, and slowly crossed the entire pontoon bridge, one, two, three, all the baggage vehicles that saw the training passed the pontoon bridge safely, thus verifying the success of the pontoon erection.

After crossing the first narrow ditch, in front of which is a ditch with a width of fifteen zhang, the length of the ladder is far from enough, at this time, the recruits of the boat bridge team immediately took out the small boat on their shoulders, followed the direction of the ditch, put it into the ditch, and nailed the plank horizontally to the small wooden boat with iron nails, after ordering one, then put the second boat into the ditch, and continue to nail the plank, so as to extend the pontoon forward, after the fifteenth small wooden boat was launched, the pontoon bridge has been built to the opposite bank, So as to ensure that the carriage of the transport team can pass smoothly.

This kind of special small wooden boat is worth mentioning, this kind of small wooden boat is not the kind of wide-body boat we often see fishing, but a special small boat with a width and height of only more than one foot and a length of nearly one zhang, which is specially tailored for the boat bridge team.

In order to reduce the weight and make it easier for soldiers to carry, the planks used to make small wooden boats are relatively thin, so that a single soldier can hold them and save valuable manpower.

In addition to the small wooden boats are specially made, the planks used to lay are also very particular, the thickness of these planks is uneven, the front is a smooth surface, but the back is a ravine, which is the use of the principle of load-bearing, the important load-bearing parts are kept enough thickness, and the rest of the parts are as thin as possible, so that a soldier can carry a larger number of planks.

Due to the fact that the task of the Zhouqiao team is likely to be very large, and the area where it will perform the task is very likely to have complex terrain, for this reason, Li An equipped each soldier of the Zhouqiao team with a scalper, so that this strong animal can carry the materials for the Zhouqiao team.

With the strength of a cattle, it is no problem to transport ten small wooden boats, or 50 planks of bridge-building, and if the task in the target area is huge, the transport team will also undertake the heavy responsibility of transporting bridge-building materials, so as to ensure the completion of the bridge-building task.

The configuration of the boat and bridge team is one person and one ox, plus a large number of iron tools, in addition to training to build bridges, they also have to train and manufacture bridge materials, all of which are used to build small wooden boats and planks, ladders and other materials, are themselves responsible for manufacturing, manufacturing bridge materials, is also an important mission of the boat and bridge team soldiers.

The boat bridge battalion of the two teams took turns to train and manufacture, while one team was training to build bridges, and the soldiers of the other team were training to build bridge-building materials.

The transport team is the core force of the entire baggage regiment, there are three teams, every two baggage soldiers are equipped with a two-horse baggage vehicle, they usually mainly train to drive a baggage vehicle, a two-horse baggage vehicle is equipped with two people, in order to allow them to rest with each other, to prevent fatigue driving, and the soldier who does not drive for the time being, will also pick up arms, act as a guard, in front of each baggage vehicle, will be placed shields, spears and bows, so that these baggage soldiers can protect themselves when attacked, and even defeat small-scale enemies.

Because the men and horses of the transport team accounted for half of the baggage regiment, for this reason, their daily tasks were also relatively heavy, in addition to driving training, necessary combat training, they were also responsible for manufacturing the bows and crossbows and arrows needed by the soldiers and other military materials that needed to be consumed on a large scale, in addition, they also had to spare part of the time to plant and breed in a large open space in the gourd valley to provide the most basic fresh food for the Pingnan army and reduce the burden on the imperial court.

Of course, all the officers and men of the Pingnan Army are all from the peasants, and all of them are proficient in the way of planting and breeding, so all the soldiers will take part of the time to take turns to help, so as to reduce the planting and breeding burden of the transport team and increase the output of planting and breeding.

The medical team is mainly responsible for ensuring the health and well-being of the soldiers, providing timely assistance to the injured soldiers, and the content of the usual training is mainly to provide assistance, in addition, they also have to take turns to send people to the mountains to collect medicines, learn basic medical knowledge, and make various special drugs for the treatment of external injuries.

In addition, in order to train them and make them qualified soldiers of the medical team, Li An hired a number of skilled doctors in Luzhou City, so that they could enter the barracks in turn on a regular basis, responsible for educating the medical team, and letting the soldiers of the medical team learn all the medical content as soon as possible.

The training continued, with the efforts of the new recruits of the boat and bridge team, one by one the ditches were built on the pontoon bridge, and the new soldiers of the transport team, driving two-horse baggage trucks, passed over the pontoon bridge one after another, which looked quite lively.

Of course, due to the beginning of training, many recruits have some problems with things they have never done before, and many problems are still exposed.

First of all, the speed is not up to standard, and the pontoon bridge is erected, but the time consumed by this erection makes Li An quite dissatisfied, of course, considering that these are new recruits, he is at ease.

In addition, under the urging of the instructor, many recruits were injured in the process of erecting the pontoon bridge due to their unskilled movements, especially in the process of nailing wooden planks, many soldiers' hands were scratched by iron nails, and were helped down by the recruits of the medical team to bandage, and there were more serious soldiers, due to excessive force, the waist was flashed, the most infuriating thing is that some soldiers were carrying small wooden boats, one turned around and beat his comrades into the ditch, and he himself didn't know what was going on, The small wooden boat that is a foot long can run into its comrades if you are not careful, and it also requires more training to make up for the problems exposed in these trainings.

In the training ground of the baggage regiment, many problems have been exposed, and these problems must be improved by intensive training, and only through continuous training can these problems be improved.

Although the results of the training were not satisfactory, the obedience and hard work of the recruits gave Lee hope that these seemingly clumsy farmers were very serious and hardworking, and there was not a single slippery speculator, which was necessary for them to eventually become a strong force, and they would definitely become a strong team.

"General, the soldiers have been training for two hours in a row, what instructions do you have?"

Instructor Long Wujun ran in front of Li An and asked softly.

Li An nodded with satisfaction: "The training attitude of the soldiers is still worthy of affirmation, but they have just started training, and the skills are not proficient enough, so we must continue to strengthen training, okay, change to another batch of recruits and continue training." ”

"Yes, General."

Hearing the order, the instructor of Long Wujun asked all the soldiers who participated in the training to go back to rest immediately, and let another group of recruit soldiers start training.

The retiring recruits and soldiers could not be idle, and they also had to start building various materials for the erection of pontoon bridges, not only as preparation materials for future military operations, but also as training them to build these materials quickly.

For the recruits in the baggage battalion, Ang Lee's requirement was to train for four to six hours a day, two hours for each training, and three teams to train in turn, so as to prevent a single large number of training to injure the recruits.

"Let's go, let's go to the manufacturing site of the Boat Bridge Team."

Li An stretched out his hand and pointed at the manufacturing site of the Zhouqiao team with all his henchmen. (To be continued.) )