After washing, Cheng Chumo finally had a little appearance, and then, the steward of the house actually brought him some new military uniforms for him to try on, saying that this was the military uniform and ceremonial dress for tomorrow's swearing-in ceremony, and explained to him the badge, rank, and meaning of the badge he was wearing.

He has now been promoted to a guerrilla general, the position of the collar, there are two ears of wheat, three silver stars, and then up, the famous General Ning Yuan, General Dingyuan, etc., are four silver stars, and when he reaches the general Mingwei and General Xuanwei above the fourth grade, he will be replaced with gold stars, and the right Weiwei general of Daddy Cheng bites the gold is three gold stars, only the town army, the auxiliary country, and the hussar general have four gold stars, however, Datang does not set up these positions for the living generals, that is to say, the current military general sequence, the three gold stars are full.

"Second brother, when did our Datang's military uniform change like this? However, it is convenient to wear. ”

Cheng Yanjin's three sons-in-law all have military positions, and the second Cheng Chuliang is only fourteen or fifteen years old now, with the rank of captain, but he has not yet held a substantive position.

"I just changed a few months ago, not only the military uniform, but also the armor and equipment, and you can see some of them tomorrow at the ceremony. By the way, the military rank not only corresponds to the salary, but also corresponds to the status in the army, when the imperial court does not designate an officer on the battlefield, or when the designated officer dies, the person with the highest military rank will automatically serve as the commander of the army.

Moreover, now there is a new set of military law that governs all soldiers, and when the offender is caught by a military judge, the military rank is useless, and he should be beaten and punished, and they have the final say, and resistance is tantamount to rebellion. ”

"So strict?"

"Yes! Have you ever seen the scene of the captain of the fourth rank of Zhichong Mansion being beaten with a military stick in public on the training ground? Now, this is nothing new, during the training of the Sixteen Guards in the Longshouyuan Battalion, there were only a few people who had not been punished, and I was afraid that I would participate in such training in the future. ”

"If you don't train well, you have to be punished?"

"Yes! The equipment control is not good, the designated tactical actions cannot be completed, they may be punished, running with trees, rolling in the mud puddle or something, there are a lot of ways to toss people, and now, but Li Fujiao and General Hou are in charge of training. ”

Li Jing's strict management of the army, Cheng Chumo has long heard of it, Hou Junji learned from Li Jing, basically there is a kind of learning, when training, the soldiers under the opponent are very hands, after the equipment is updated, they have formulated a new set of training outlines, like Cheng Chumo, a general who came back from the border, may not be able to adapt to it all of a sudden, Cheng Chuliang, who was fortunate enough to go to the Longshouyuan school to visit the sergeant training, when he told him about it, his expression was a palpitation.

Because, the pictures he saw were very cruel, no matter what obstacles were in front of him, the soldiers must rush over without hesitation when the general gave an order, and of course, the most terrifying thing is that these generals also require soldiers to read and learn arithmetic.

It is said that if you don't know these basic knowledge, you can't control the new equipment, which is fatal for him, and the old Cheng family can hold on to the book and not doze off, so the old Sancheng will be in charge.

"Well, then I haven't participated in their training, this time, can I lead the troops to the battle?"

"It is estimated that you can't lead the troops, it's almost the same as doing logistics, my mother has already arranged it for you, go to the account of the governor of Sundu, and be a general responsible for escorting the grain and grass, brother, after you have eaten, you will hurry to the official warehouse to report, after the oath ceremony, the grain and grass will be pulled first."

Even if Cheng Chuliang didn't say it, Cheng Chumo wanted to go to Sun Xiangfu quickly to see how many interesting things he had missed in Guanzhong, but he really didn't want to do the errand of escorting grain and grass, because, in the west for more than two years, he spent more time on horseback than on the ground, and he was about to become a circle of legs and an iron ass, and he hated the errand work.

At dusk, Cheng Chumo, who had slept at home for two hours, sat on a comfortable tricycle and came to the official warehouse, where it had already been taken over by the sergeant in charge of the grain, Li Shimin really wanted to take the army to the north this time, only more than 30,000 people, but the person in charge of the baggage escort, there were as many as 5,000 people, when he entered the warehouse, the sergeants were doing the final count, and a kind of box car that Cheng Chumo had never seen before, neatly arranged around the warehouse.

"Yo, this is, Chu Mo, you really rushed back!"

Sun Xiangfu, who was wearing a light official uniform, was waiting for his subordinates to finish counting, and after the grain painting was escorted out of the warehouse, he saw Cheng Chumo in a military uniform, but he didn't recognize it for a while.

"That's, I didn't think I wouldn't see you for a few years, you have mixed up with the title of the duke, by the way, you are still my superior, according to the new rules in the army, should I give you a salute like this?"

Cheng Chumo raised his right arm with a smile, and according to the way Cheng Chuliang taught him before, he put his fingers together and stopped at the position of Qi Mei and said.

These new salutes and training methods were integrated by Li Jing, Su Dingfang, Hou Junji and others, when they were in Shanyang, combined with some training methods of Sun Xiangfu's escort team, as well as some military etiquette and daily management modes of the Anbei Army, and some of the original rules of the Tang Dynasty soldiers.

In terms of etiquette, in addition to raising hands, clenching fists, there are also raising knives or guns, and half-kneeling salutes will only be used when facing the monarch.

The hand salute was more convenient and commonly used for soldiers who wanted to separate a weapon in one hand, and it was soon implemented on a large scale.

"Hehe, I'm a pretty fast learner! I am different from you, you were born to be the life of the prince, but I have to rely on myself, but what you said is very right, now, I am your superior, so your task is assigned by me, knowing the grain and grass of 30,000 people, why do you want 5,000 people to escort it? ”

"Why?"

"Because, escorting grain and grass is secondary, escorting weapons, medical care, and other important equipment is the main job of our team, you look at these grain trucks, what's so special?" Anyway, it was boring to wait, Sun Xiangfu was also happy to chat with Cheng Chu and guide him to familiarize himself with the situation, so he pointed to the neatly arranged grain carts and asked him.

Cheng Chumo approached one of them, first looked at the axle, then at the wheel, and then knocked on the car that looked very textured, and said in surprise, "Pure iron?" ”

Sun Xiangfu smiled and shook his head and said, "Only the axles and wheels are made of steel, and the carriages are wrapped with a thin layer of iron, and these cars are both grain trucks and chariots, so don't think that your escort work is in the rear, and it will be very safe."

The city on the Goguryeo side is very dense, and the generals of each guard may have to attack the fortifications in separate lines, in addition to escorting some follow-up and replenished weapons and equipment from Shanyang, you are also responsible for escorting grain and grass to various fronts, often going back and forth between various fronts, and it is inevitable to encounter surprise attacks.

Therefore, this logistics supply army must have some targeted training in advance, you have fought a lot of battles in the west in the past few years, how to use the time of the road to find out all kinds of defense, to resist surprise attacks, is your task. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Chumo smiled happily, "It's good to have some hits, and some hits are good!" I was just thinking about how to put off this errand! Now, it seems, no. ”

Sun Xiangfu liked the attitude of the Tang army generals who were happy when they heard the battle, and said, "After the army sets off, my escort team will conduct irregular raids on you throughout the march, for you to simulate drills, before reaching the front line, I hope you can find a set of foolproof tactical methods, because the things you escort may be very valuable, once they fall into the hands of the enemy, they may cause heavy losses to our army." ”

Recently, I have communicated with Li Jinghou Junji and them, and Sun Xiangfu also has a more comprehensive understanding of the war, and small-scale wars are fought with equipment, morale, large-scale campaigns, and logistics and supply are more important.

Coupled with the soldiers that Li Shimin brought to the east this time, the strength of Datang on the entire Eastern Expedition front exceeded 250,000, of course, the number of soldiers belonging to the government was only 1780,000, and there were tens of thousands.

250,000 people eating, drinking, and supplementing medicine, weapons and equipment, if you want to connect them all, it is not so simple, as the general dispatch of logistics, Sun Xiangfu has a great responsibility, and in the past few days, he has repeatedly told all the generals under him.

"Don't worry! With such a solid car as cover, it is not difficult to repel the attacking enemy,"

"It's good to have confidence, but you also have to have real skills, and I hope you can find out the beauty of these cars by yourself, and maximize our advantages."

Historically, Li Shimin's expedition to the east, although he did not defeat Goguryeo, suffered very little battle losses and captured a large amount.

Now, the strategic goal of the Tang Dynasty is to destroy Goguryeo as a whole, which is much more difficult than in history, and it will inevitably cause a joint resistance of Silla, Baekje, and even the Wa Kingdom, in terms of the number of troops, on the contrary, there are more Goguryeo who occupy the defensive position, because if their countries send out their strength, the number of troops that can participate in the war may reach more than seven or eight hundred thousand, which is about three times more than the number of the Tang army.

Therefore, everyone knows that this war will be protracted, and now it is equipped with all the equipment, food, medicine, and fighting, there will be a shortage, the longer the time, the greater the shortage, Sun Xiangfu is only responsible for raising funds in the rear, making more equipment and materials, and really sending these equipment and materials to the front line and handing them over to the soldiers who are fighting.

"What's the trick?"

After hearing Sun Xiangfu's words, Cheng Chumo carefully looked at these cars again, and sure enough, there are really many wonderful points, its handlebars can be folded, so that all the carriages can be connected together through the iron chain hook to form an iron wall, and the roof can be erected to both sides, reaching three or four meters high, and the concave and convex mouth makes it look more like the battlements on the city wall.

"I'm obedient, these chariots are in the field, as long as the carriages are connected, the roof is opened, and they are lined up in a circle, and they will become a moving city, and the soldiers can defend the city in the circle, like defending the city, against the invading enemy······"

For a while, many war scenes appeared in Cheng Chumo's mind, which made him more excited the more he thought about it, Sun Xiangfu was happy to see him have these thoughts, without this tendon, he couldn't be a general who commanded the army.