The daily patrol of the camp is not a formality, but a daily routine that cannot be shaken. Sometimes, adults will also add a night watch, and it is a love for soldiers to regenerate like a child.

Speaking of patrolling the camp, in the years before Houjin joined the army, Comrade Li Jichun probably would not have been so diligent. The reason is simple: the soldiers do not train every day, the barracks are lifeless, and there is no need to patrol the barracks.

If you want to train every day like the army of later generations, the first thing to do is not to talk about ideals and fight chicken blood, but to provide soldiers with the same calories as later generations.

In ancient times, due to low productivity, except for a few elites, most of the battalion leaders were drilled every three days or every five days.

Like the Yongping Battalion managed by Li Jichun, it is an ordinary local second-line reserve force. For such a unit, the military salaries received on weekdays must not only be withheld by civilian officials, but also pass through the hands of Master Li and the rest of the officers.

In this case, the soldiers could not even receive all the money, let alone eat enough for three meals a day.

So the daily life of the barracks is actually not busy and forging ahead. There are so many supplies distributed by the military department, and less exercise saves calories. If the soldiers don't exercise, the generals don't need to worry so much, and the logical relationship is very clear.

Everything changed after the Houjin army withdrew from Guanwai.

The newly formed Chunlei Battalion has abandoned the old-style military style of the past and has taken the road of a new army. Not only do recruits have to be drilled every day, but many times, the squad leader will also give late drills to the juniors.

So when Master Li walked down the general building with his entourage, he saw a phalanx of soldiers training around the general building.

It was the height of summer, and the soldiers who were training were wearing army green cotton shirts on their upper bodies and army green slits in the style of the Turkish Communist Party on their lower bodies.

The young people who are facing the sun are sweating profusely at the moment. They were in squads and platoons, roaring loudly and moving neatly. Some phalanxes are walking in military postures, some are practicing guns, and of course, there are also cold weapon phalanxes that practice knives.

The Spring Thunder Camp can be regarded as sitting back and enjoying its success this time. You must know that today's soldier training syllabus is summarized and explored little by little by the traverser in the past few years, combined with the existing industrial production capacity and the combat environment of the Ming Dynasty, which is completely different from later generations.

Therefore, the soldiers of the Chunlei Battalion have to train not only in shooting, but also in cold weapons such as knives and spears. Of course, as the most important skill of the Northern army: cavalry training, that is the most important.

In fact, the Chunlei Battalion was originally a pure cavalry unit in the original army building plan of the General Staff.

General Li, who was in the state of review, walked slowly through the training phalanx one after another, and his eyes lingered on a certain soldier from time to time. During this period, he would occasionally stop and salute the squad leader who came to report, and then make demands and orders.

The attitude of the general at this time is serious, the momentum is enough, and everything is in accordance with the rules. If it weren't for the strange military uniform, those who didn't know would have thought that the leaders of later generations would inspect it.

Just take a walk like this, and when it was the turn of the last phalanx, it happened to be midday. At this time, the general changed his serious appearance, and a smile instantly appeared on his face. He not only patted his shoulder and praised a sweaty young soldier, but also told everyone a pre-dinner joke and ended the playground trip in a laugh-and-laugh.

Under the scorching sun, I saw these young men who were full of vitality rushing to the canteen with a scream. Li Jichun, who was standing on the playground, seemed to have melted a lot of gloom on his face before: "If it is a male soldier, Lao Tzu will be able to rely on it when he goes out of the customs today!" ”

It seems that today's General Li is full of confidence in the "male soldiers" under his command.

But before that, General Li didn't think so.

After the consecration in the capital that day, Li Jichun, who had been reinstated as an official, returned to Yongping City with a staff team that Lord Cao had "supported" him before leaving, and began the process of rebuilding the Chunlei Camp.

The newly formed Chunlei Battalion is different from the past, and the recruits recruited are all pink newcomers, mainly young farmers who have no land in the surrounding area and good families in the city.

In this process, Li Jichun, as an old-school general, naturally didn't understand it very well. After all, in this day and age, it was normal for soldiers to run away in wartime. A general leads a thousand people to the battlefield, and when he engages the enemy, there are 800 people left in the team, which is considered to be a good way to lead the troops.

So General Li Counselor kindly put forward his opinion: In the previous Yongping battalion, in fact, many soldiers "ran away" when the Tartars came. Now that many of these people are planning to return to serve, why don't you take in these veterans so that they can quickly form up combat effectiveness?

Then the adult's opinion was ruthlessly rejected by the staff team.

The reason is simple: a blank sheet of paper is good for painting.

At that time, all the resources to rebuild the head of the battalion were in the hands of the staff team sent by Count Cao. Li Jichun, an empty battalion official, in fact, strictly speaking, does not have half the right to speak.

Therefore, Master Li, whose opinion was rejected, did not dwell on this issue after that.

Master Li understands the market.

In the face of great changes, Li Jichun, a middle-aged man who was wandering around in front of the ghost gate, of course, couldn't understand things anymore. He knew very well that he was able to survive to this day, and even if he was reinstated, he was not hacked to death by the imperial court like several Yongping colleagues, all thanks to Lord Cao.

What else do you want?

General Li even keenly guessed that the reason why his family was able to come back to be this battalion officer was probably because the "far-sighted" Lord Cao wanted to stay in the north and set up his eyes, not because of his own heroes...... Everyone else knows that Shuotuo's head was cut by Li Jichun, but what the actual situation is, Li Jichun knows best in his heart.

With the above mentality, Li Jichun was already very careful at that time. So after a little trial on the issue of conscription, he made a decision...... Since you don't want him to interfere more, then you can be this puppet camp officer with peace of mind, and it can be regarded as repaying Lord Cao's grace in case of emergency.

However, in the days that followed, Li Jichun found that things did not seem to be so simple: in the process of forming the new battalion leader, the staff team not only did not hide anything from him, but even conducted some "training" on him under the pretext of "Lord Cao's expectations".

The training is extensive. Among them, the use of all kinds of hot weapons can be regarded as pediatrics, and the most important thing is the "officer training subject" for Li Jichun, a staff general.

Next, Li Shen began to integrate this old-style officer into the system, see new weapons and new tactics, comprehend new military thinking, and learn the new army command method.

By this time, General Li Shen held "On Protracted War" in his hand...... Wrong, it's the "Multi-Arms Coordinated Campaign and Tactical Command (Training Materials for Intermediate Officers)" that has finally come to my senses: this is to use him as that piece of golden horse bone!

At this moment, the middle-aged man in confusion shed tears of excitement.

To this day, Master Li has not only integrated into a certain military system, but is also at home in it.

With the improvement of his command ability, the staff team has gradually handed over the military command of the troops -- as long as Lord Li has a red heart towards the party, then the staff team will always be a staff team, and every order issued by Lord Li as the military commander will be conscientiously implemented.

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After sending away the hungry playground soldiers, General Li, who loved soldiers like children, also went to the dining room to shave a few bites of potatoes and stewed bacon with the soldiers.

After that, he went to the gate of the main camp to greet the cavalry troops returning from training, and by the way to greet the caravan that was carrying supplies to the camp...... Today happens to be the day of the promised delivery.

Speaking of cavalry, when the army was established before, according to the requirements of the training syllabus, all registered soldiers in the battalion, including logistics personnel, must be proficient in all the subjects of immediate training, and the priority is first. So the cavalry is the highlight of the Spring Thunder Battalion.

This is also where the general smacks his tongue.

You know, a cavalryman costs much more than an infantryman. What's more, this time the cavalry under the command of the general is almost free to train, and the cost is even more unbelievable.

The most terrifying thing is that according to the requirements of the training syllabus, the regular soldiers of the Chunlei Battalion must be equipped with one person and three horses, and the logistics personnel must be equipped with one person and two horses.

Then, when the horse dealers of Xuanfu and Tianjin drove a large herd of horses from the horizon, Li Jichun was completely knocked down: this is to raise a whole battalion of personal soldiers! Can you afford it?

It turns out that Cao's father can afford it.

Just two months after the founding of the army, there were more than 1,500 horses in the battalion. Note that these are horses of the right size and character, and their price is much higher than that of a cart puller.

After that, someone, who was used to living a poor ghost life, began to worry about logistics again. After all, the monthly expenses of today's Spring Thunder Battalion have far exceeded the previous old camp, and the cost of various military salaries and silver is calculated by Li Jichun, which is really astronomical.

You must know that no matter how much the Spring Thunder Camp actually spends, the imperial court only allocates Mi Yin every month according to the previously established amount, and that figure can only be described as a drop in the bucket.

Therefore, every time a caravan comes to deliver supplies, it is the thing that General Li Dashen cares about the most.

Today is no exception.

Standing in front of the gate of the camp, waving the whip in his hand, he greeted the cavalry team that had entered the camp. After that, General Li took his personal guards and waited in place until a long caravan came to him from far and near.

This time, the caravan seems to have brought a lot more supplies than usual. After Mr. Li checked the receipts, he found that the extra ten truckloads of materials were all fried to half-cooked black beans - high-quality horse material.

Then the general laughed.

Walking to the side of the carriage, the general chatted enthusiastically with several delivery merchants. From Tianjin's climate to Tianjin's grain prices, and then from Tianjin's Xingang to Tianjin's collection of displaced people's brigades, in short, the atmosphere was very warm.

The next moment, Master Li suddenly stretched out his hand, lifted the lid of the basket containing the black beans, and then thrust his arm into the basket fiercely.

After stirring a few times, Master Li grabbed a handful of black beans from the bottom of the basket.

Holding the black beans in his hand, the general looked at the rich businessman in front of him with a smile: "Master Xu, shouldn't you be the same as the grain sent by the Yongping County Ya, insects eat rats, and mildew is unbearable to eat?" This is bought by Lao Tzu with white money! ”

"Your Excellency, you should check. This is the horse material ordered by Lord Yao in Tianjin, how dare the villain adulterate? ”

"Hmph, forgive me for not daring! Don't test your own head with the general's knife! ”

Hearing this, Li Jichun stretched out his palm, pulled the black beans in his palm with his fingers, and carefully examined them.

After a while, the adult seemed to have finished the inspection, and finally threw a few into his mouth, chewing sweetly: "The horse material is good, it is a good product." ”