The Lotus Mountain camp was built in the Lotus Mountain, in a large valley surrounded by mountains, a large area of flat land was rectified, and the ground was dragged by large animals and pressed over and over again, and became as hard as iron, as long as it was not the continuous rain, it had little effect on it. This valley is the big school field of the Lotus Mountain Camp, and general training is placed in this place.

Rows of thatched huts lined up the hillside were the places where the soldiers lodging and resting.

In the Lotus Mountain camp, there are 8,000 soldiers who are being trained here.

Their commander is none other than the great general Xiang Zhen. And the military codes they apply are generally the same as those used in the Northern Tang Dynasty now.

As the commander, Xiang Zhen did not make any specialization for himself in the Lotus Mountain camp, and like the soldiers, his residence was just a simple thatched house, the only difference was that his thatched house was slightly larger, inside, only he and a few guards lived, unlike other thatched houses, in one room, about twenty people lived.

As soon as the sky was getting bright, the whole camp was filled with a dull drum, and after the first drum, the quiet camp immediately boiled. The second drum sounded, the door was opened, and the soldiers, armed with knives and guns, rushed out of the inside, along the roads, to the school yard at the bottom of the hillside. Some of the soldiers were running and wearing armor on their bodies. The third drum beat took a little longer, and by the time the last beat came to an abrupt end, the five thousand foot soldiers had already formed a phalanx on the school grounds.

On the platform, Xiang Zhen, who was draped all over, looked at the neat team below, and showed a satisfied smile in his eyes, it has been three months of training, and these soldiers finally have some appearance. At the very least, the ban has been largely done.

Glancing at Xiang Ke, the star tooth general beside him, Xiang Zhen nodded.

Xiang Ke took a step forward and shouted loudly: "Today's morning class, climb to the top of the north peak, there are a total of five roads to the peak, all the troops, calculate the results of the battle in the unit of the whistle, and the first to pull out the flag, the whistle rewards five fat sheep and ten jars of wine." The last flag-puller, for the next ten days, will only have some pork soup for the head of the multigrain nest, and he will have to bear the burden of cleaning the latrines of the entire battalion. ”

As soon as Xiang Ke's words fell, there was a burst of laughter below.

Obviously, this kind of encounter has already been encountered by many sentinels.

"Under the north peak, the starting point has been set, and the road up the mountain is easy and difficult, and it is still the old rule, first come, first served. Now, let's go! As Xiang Ke raised the big flag in his hand and pressed down heavily, the dense drum beat sounded again. Thousands of soldiers immediately began to stir.

But instead of swarming towards the outside of the camp, several of the strongest soldiers sprang out of each sentry, and they ran to the bottom of the north peak.

From the big camp to the bottom of the north peak, it is said that it is not far away, and it is not close to it, and it is a full three miles. Whoever runs first can take the lead in occupying the most advantageous position up the mountain, and those who follow can only choose the road that can be steep.

The people who grabbed the position had already set off, and the soldiers behind were led by their respective sentry commanders, unhurriedly lined up in a neat line, shouting trumpets and advancing under the north peak.

"General, after suffering so many losses, they finally found a lot of ways to come out, and now it seems that they are much more organized." Xiang Ke smiled.

"Eat a trench, grow a wisdom, people don't suffer losses, how can they have a long memory?" Xiang Zhendao: "Instead of mentioning their lives, it is better to let them be fooled a few more times and suffer a few more losses, and they will naturally become much smarter." ”

"By sunrise, they'll almost be back." Xiang Kedao. "The results are better and better every time. After three months of feeding, I finally got a lot stronger, and in terms of physical fitness, I could barely keep up with our next training. ”

"It's all white silver!" Xiang Zhen smiled bitterly: "With so much real money thrown in, if there is no gain, wouldn't it be a bamboo basket for nothing?" ”

"General, yesterday I heard that Guiguan sent another batch of tax silver. It is said that there are hundreds of thousands of taels. Xiang Ke lowered his voice.

"Don't fight that idea, it's not our share!" Xiang Zhen shook his head. "It's a drop in the bucket, I don't know how many people are staring at this idea! The officials in the court have been in arrears for several months. ”

"Who eat and drink for nothing!" Xiang Ke flattened his mouth.

"Shut up!" Xiang Zhen glared, and Xiang Ke immediately closed his mouth.

"I'm a defeated general, a guy who has ruined the overall situation, and it's already very eye-catching to get this, and we want to get a piece of the money, but I'm afraid it's even more annoying. Next, we need a lot of weapons and armor, and what good will it do us to offend these people. ”

"But with all the money you've raised, we'll be able to hold out for three months at most." Xiang Ke said embarrassedly: "The salary for the soldiers, can you stop for a while, now so many people can't eat enough, they are in the barracks, but they have a round stomach." ”

"When a soldier eats food and gets paid, this is what people exchange for their lives, and they can't owe it. If you owe it once, your morale will immediately fall into one percent, believe it or not? Xiang Zhen shook his head and said: "My house in the city is already being sold, and it is a big businessman from Yulin over there, and the bid is good." ”

Xiang Ke was taken aback: "That big mansion is sold, madam?" ”

"You don't think I only have this one house, do you?" Xiang Zhen smiled.

"But as far as I know, you've sold a lot."

"There are no big ones, there are still small ones!" To the truth.

"Are you used to living in the ladies?"

"There's nothing you don't get used to." Xiang Zhen shook his head and said: "Hold on, there will be anything in the future, if you can't stand it, you won't even have to live in such a small house in the future." ”

Xiang Ke was silent, and he noticed that what Xiang Zhen said was holding on, not winning. Obviously, Xiang Zhen has no confidence in defeating Li Ze of the Northern Tang Dynasty, and now he is trying to do everything he can to train a strong army again, but just to keep all this in front of him.

Squinting his eyes slightly, in front of his eyes, there seemed to be the scene when he was fighting against the Northern Tang army. Like Xiang Zhen, he also escaped by luck and came back with a life. The combat effectiveness of the Northern Tang army is not clearer than that of these defeated generals.

They are both convinced and unconvinced.

What is convincing is that the other party's combat effectiveness is indeed very strong, whether it is one-on-one or group-to-group, the other party is not weaker than himself at all.

Unconvinced, the other side used a large number of weapons that they had never heard of. Now they've finally figured out that the kind of thing that can explode from a distance is called artillery, and the kind of thing that is thrown by a charging soldier is called a grenade.

If it weren't for these things, they wouldn't necessarily lose a battle in Eyue.

However, there is no if on the battlefield, and now, they have lost the key node of Eyue, become the general of the defeated army, and return to Guangzhou, and they are also sinners in the eyes of everyone.

Both fell silent.

Even if the army is trained, it is impossible to defeat the opponent, at most it is just survival, and the reality in front of them makes them speechless.

But what if you don't practice? Waiting to tie your hands?

"These people are the seeds of our troops in the future, and when they are defeated by the Northern Tang army again and again, they will face us squarely, and at that time, these seeds can blossom and bear fruit. Now do you understand why I forced them to simply know some characters, understand military maps, and know some common sense of warfare while training their troops? Or, everybody here will become an officer in the future. After a long time, Xiang Zhencai said: "That's what the Northern Tang army did. At the time, I thought it was a superfluous move, a waste of money and food in the water, but now, I really understand. When every soldier has the potential to become an officer, this army is truly terrifying. Although I'm just a toddler in Handan now, I just hope that it's not too late to make amends. ”

"Or maybe it's too late. Now Li Ze is busy being the emperor and has not taken the opportunity to expand the results of the war, which gives us a chance to breathe, if this time can be delayed for a few years, we will have more time. ”

"I hope so!" Xiang Zhen nodded.

As the two spoke, the sun had risen, and outside the camp, there was once again a clamour, and groups of soldiers walked in wet, as if they had been fished out of the water, and sweat dripped all the way.

But some people are elated, some are not convinced, and some are just depressed.

The shadow of the high pole erected on the school field became slightly shorter, and the drums sounded again in the barracks. This is an assembly order, and in the same way, the soldiers who have not returned from the north peak will be punished more severely, and this is not just as simple as cleaning the latrine and gnawing on the head of the miscellaneous grain nest.

After the three-way drumming stopped, one by one the officers ran to the point general's stage, loudly reported to Xiang Ke the number of people in their team, and heard that all the staff returned on time, Xiang Zhen showed a satisfied look on his face. The physical fitness of these soldiers, as Xiang Ke said, has indeed made great progress in the months of feeding big fish and meat.

Five sheep and ten jars of wine were moved to the front of the stage, and the winning sentry army was rewarded in public, and in the cheers of this sentry army, in the envious eyes of everyone, Xiang Zhen announced that the morning class was over, and everyone could go back to the camp to rest, bathe, eat breakfast, and rest, and after an hour, the formal drill of the day was about to begin.

In the barracks, the aroma of food has begun to waft over the campus with the wind.