Under the command of the captain of Changshui was the cavalry of ethnic minorities attached to the Han Dynasty, which began to be added during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

By this time, it may not all be cavalry from Karasuma, Xianbei, Xiongnu, and other places, and there are also Han cavalry.

The cavalry commanded by Guo Peng included about 150 Karasuma and Hun cavalry, and the rest, including Guo Peng's own, were all Han cavalry.

However, these Karasuma and Xiongnu people were also people who belonged to the Han Dynasty, and they all spoke Han and were familiar with the military discipline of the Han army.

Originally, Guo Peng was not familiar with the three hundred and fifty Changshui cavalry, and it would take time to get acquainted, but Guo Peng had a natural advantage on his side.

Guo Jin and Guo Tu want to help Guo Dan deal with the crisis in their hometown, Guo Peng has Guo Huo by his side, he has been in the Changshui Captain army for almost two years, and he has a certain familiarity with these people.

With Guo Huo's familiarity with them, Guo Peng soon got to know more than a dozen of the 350 people who were officers, including Han Chinese, Karasuma and Huns.

After the initial run-in, Guo Peng established his position as Changshui Sima and began to perform his duties.

These 350 cavalrymen and Guo Peng's own 30 family soldiers have all received systematic training and can cooperate with each other in combat.

But the one hundred and thirty-seven rangers who followed Guo Peng did not understand military discipline, and they needed to be familiar with military discipline.

So Guo Peng sent people to explain to them the key points of the army's cooperation and operation, and at the same time set the rules.

"You are willing to follow Guo, Guo is grateful to you, but you must know that going to the battlefield is a fatal thing, not a lip service, but a real thing, on the battlefield, Guo is Changshui Sima, you are a cavalry under Guo, obeying orders is the most important thing, can you understand?"

"Understood!"

The sound was loud, but there was not much urgency.

"Guo said ugly things in front, if you want to quit, there is still a chance, wait for a stick of incense time, if you are willing to quit, you can leave now, Guo will never stop you, you can meet again in the future, if you don't quit, you must be ready to be born and die with Guo, and your life will be controlled by Guo."

As soon as Guo Peng said this, some rangers felt that they were being despised .

"Receiving Guo Lang's favor, he naturally wants to repay Guo Lang! Now that you quit, where is the qualification to continue to do chivalry? I'd rather die than retreat! ”

"I'd rather die than retreat!"

A crowd shouted.

"Good! Rather die than retreat, you must remember this oath! If you want to regret it, there is still one last chance, a stick of incense burns out, you have no way out, then you want to quit again, die! ”

Guo Peng pulled out the first knife in the middle ring of his waist and plunged it into the ground, and the sword was inserted into the ground for a few inches, which didn't look like a joke at all.

For the first time, the rangers felt the meaning of Guo Peng's words and his will, some people beat drums in their hearts, some people didn't care, and some wanted to quit, but they were embarrassed.

The time of a stick of incense has passed, whether it is to save face or really not care, they have all stayed.

Guo Peng pulled out the ring head knife and put the knife into the sheath.

"You all stayed, be Guo's soldiers, okay, Guo thank you, from now on, you are Guo's brother in life and death, as long as Guo has a mouthful of food, you will not be hungry, you are injured, Guo will do his best to rescue, you are dead, Guo will support your family."

"Guo Lang ......"

A few people seemed to be moved.

However, Guo Peng immediately changed his words, and his tone became very stern.

"But! Since he is Guo's brother in life and death, he respects Guo as the general, so he must obey orders! If you don't listen to Guo's orders, you will be killed! Retreat from the battle, and you will be killed! Burn, kill, plunder, kill! Shake the morale of the army, and kill it! ”

Guo Peng's stern tone shouted out the four kills, which not only shocked the rangers, but also the rest of the cavalry, including the Xiahou brothers and Cao Ren, who were all shocked.

"It's not just you, it's the rest of the soldiers, you're all the same! Since Guo has taken you to the battlefield, he will definitely regard you as siblings, and he will never abandon or give up, and he will never leave you alone, but if he doesn't listen to the order, the four will be killed, and there will be no less! ”

Guo Peng's eyes were round with anger, and his murderous words made it impossible to doubt his determination.

He really kills.

This young officer, who is not vicious in appearance and not burly in figure, can really kill.

"Did you hear it all?!"

"Hear me clearly!"

The soldiers shouted in unison.

"I can't hear you! Be a little louder! ”

"Hear me clearly!!"

"Still can't hear you!!"

"Hear me clearly!!"

The soldiers shouted as hard as they could, shouting the loudest at the top of their throats, and Guo Peng nodded slowly.

"Now that I hear it, let's start practicing right away! Guo Huo, you take a few people to train their gang, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren, you follow and practice together! The rest of me come! ”

Guo Peng divided the army into two parts, one was the new recruits composed of rangers, who had personal force and bravery, but had no organization and discipline.

The important thing on the battlefield is not individual force, but teamwork, so they have to learn the teamwork of cavalry.

The remaining part is the original 350 cavalry plus Guo Peng's own 30 family soldiers, they are already well-trained, and what needs to be improved is the tacit understanding and cooperation with themselves.

The soldier needs to be familiar with the general, and the general needs to be familiar with the soldier.

In the next few days, Guo Peng led this cavalry team to gallop around, training tactical tactics, so that they could understand their own methods and some habits, test what they had learned, and enhance their understanding of this cavalry.

This is not all smooth sailing, there are results, there are frictions, but there is military law, and the direct and severe punishment will not be tolerated.

In the evening, Guo Peng personally took the medicine and smeared it on the punished soldier, said some "heartfelt words" to him, and when he recovered, he became the one who obeyed the order the most.

It's the same with eating, Guo Peng eats with them, and Guo Peng eats whatever the soldiers eat, and squats with them to eat very simple military rations.

The military rations do not pay attention to the taste, as long as they can fill the stomach, the Han Dynasty did not have iron pots and other food utensils, and could not afford to eat too much meat, and the military rations were mainly thick vegetable porridge.

It's the kind of porridge that adds a little salt and cuts a little bit of vegetables, and then cooks it with corn to make a very thick porridge, which is simple and convenient, and has no taste other than a faint salt taste.

Guo Peng, as a disciple of the Great Confucian Lu Zhi, ate the simplest and coarsest military rations with them, and there was no unpleasantness at all, which greatly changed the morale of the soldiers.

Guo Peng also killed.

The reason for the killing was not for anything else, but because there were a few rangers who were used to eating meat and couldn't get used to the rough diet in the army, and they couldn't help it, and wanted to leave, so they went to Guo Peng to ask him to be accommodating.

Guo Peng turned his face on the spot, and immediately ordered his own soldiers to arrest the three rangers, and kill them directly in front of more than 500 people.