Su Xiu resolutely rectified the officialdom of Taishan County, and many people who had intertwined relationships in Taishan were cleaned up before they had time to launch their own networks, so Su Xiu was able to take over Taishan County smoothly. Next, although he will continue to strengthen his control over Taishan County, the resistance will not be too great, it is nothing more than some local scholars in Taishan and some official gentry who have not yet shown their heads, which is no longer a big obstacle for Su Xiu, and then Su Xiu will prepare to improve the combat power of the army.

A few days later, Yu Ban accompanied Su Xiu to the barracks training ground, and after gathering all the soldiers in the camp, he saw Su Xiu standing on the high platform and said to everyone: "I believe that most people already know who I am, that's right, I am Su Xiu, that is, the current county guard of Taishan County, standing next to me, I think many people have also heard of his deeds, he is Yu Ban, who once fought against the bandits in Sawing County and beheaded the enemy chieftain Yu Ban Yu Wenze, From today, he will officially serve as the governor of Taishan County. Here I would like to ask, how many of the people standing in this training ground are natives of Taishan County? ”

"Tell your lord, all the 5,763 people on the training ground are from Taishan County." Under the high platform, a general stood up and said to Su Xiu.

"Good, good! Since they are all Taishan people, then I want to ask everyone, how are everyone's families doing now? How are your relatives doing? Have you ever been infested by bandits? As soldiers, have you protected your family? Do you have what it takes to protect your family? ”

A few questions in a row made the vast majority of people in the audience bow their heads, it is obvious that the purpose of this group of people joining the army now is to be able to live well, as for their families, they can still take care of one or two, and other relatives may not be able to take care of them.

After a pause, Su Xiu began to ask again: "Then which of you will tell me what you joined the army for?" ”

Immediately, a voice came from below: "Defend the family and defend the country, serve the court!" ”

"Good! Well said! Defending the country and serving the court is really good! Defend the family and the country, protect the family first, defend the country last, if you can't even protect your own family and relatives, what are you talking about defending the country? . Look at what you look like now, what do you do to defend your family? Now Taishan County is full of bandits and bandits, how many years, you are still here shouting to protect the family and defend the country, I want to ask whose home are you protecting? ”

Seeing that the people below were no longer talking, Su Xiu continued: "If you are still a little bloody, then pick up the knives and guns in your hands, and go to fight to the death with the bandits and bandits who have invaded our family, let them know the fate of coming to rob our homeland, tell me are you willing?" "Yes! Willing! Willing! The audience shouted down the mountain, and a general in the audience came out and said to Su Xiu: "Please lead us to exterminate the bandits, there are too many people who have collected over the years, it's time for them to pay for their blood debts." ”

"Exterminate the bandits? Why? Are you or me? Look at their bears, after entering the mountain, they can't tell the difference between the east, the south, the west, and the northwest, and what to fight with the bandits. ”

Seeing the indignant appearance of a group of people in the audience, Su Xiu sneered: "Don't be unconvinced, in this way, I have twenty townsmen here, and you have fifty people, whether it is a heads-up or a military formation, if you can win, I will retract what I just said." After speaking, he nodded towards Yu Ban, and Yu Ban stepped down to bring over 20 villagers.

The sergeants in the audience saw that the county guards looked down on them so much, and they signed up to challenge, and the generals of each battalion were also very unconvinced, and screened out the strongest people in each battalion, wanting to save the image of their own military camp. But Su Xiu had already mentioned this matter to Yu Ban, and the selected Xiang Yong was also a good hand taught by Yu Ban, and the martial arts and cooperation of these people Su Xiu were very clear, especially the cooperation, Su Xiu was defeated in less than fifty rounds with the cooperation of these twenty people. Therefore, Su Xiu believed that they would have no problem cleaning up this group of peasants wearing armor, after all, this county soldier had been abandoned for many years, and it was estimated that serious training would be rare once a year.

The result can be imagined, in less than a stick of incense, all the county soldiers turned on their backs, whether it was a heads-up or a military formation, all of them were defeated. Su Xiu sneered: "You still want to suppress bandits like this?" Don't go out and be embarrassed. Now let me ask again, do you want to go home and farm, or do you want to show a little blood, practice martial arts and fight with me? ”

The tooth general on the other side hung his head and said dejectedly: "This is how to suppress bandits, are you sent to death?" ”

Although the voice was not loud, Su Xiu still heard it, but Su Xiu did not blame him, but said: "This general is right, it is indeed to send you to death to let you go to suppress bandits like this, but it is not terrible to have no ability, what is terrible is that you don't even have your own confidence." You can practice your skills, but if you don't have the guts, then give Lao Tzu to go home as soon as possible and hold his daughter-in-law to roll the kang head, Lao Tzu's military camp doesn't want this kind of cowardice. ”

After a few words, the entire training ground was silent, and the county guard on the stage looked polite, and suddenly said such a thing, so that everyone didn't turn the corner, obviously he was a scholar, but suddenly he gave people the appearance of a veteran ruffian, and for a while he really didn't know the number of the county guard.

But just now these words are more in line with the character of these soldiers, the military camp is originally full of rough men, where can there be so many crepe words, there are many people who scold their mothers if they don't agree, so Su Xiu's words just now can be regarded as narrowing the distance between himself and these big-headed soldiers.

Su Xiu ignored the silence in the audience, and continued: "Now tell me, if you want to go home and hug your child and daughter-in-law, if so, get out of here." ”

"Nope!"

"The head has fallen off the bowl and has a big scar, what is there to be afraid of, it's done!"

"This county guard and I have an appetite, besides, what he just said is right, his own mother-in-law and aunt can't protect it, and what else is there to protect the family and defend the country, others don't know, anyway, my old Zhang did it!"

……

Looking at the reactions of the county soldiers in the audience, Su Xiu knew that he had just aroused their blood, the first step had been successful, and it was time to announce military discipline and military law.

So Su Xiu pressed his hands and said: "Since everyone is willing to follow me Su Xiu, I Su Xiu will not treat everyone badly, and all those who are soldiers in the military camp will be paid double the salary." But I have a request, once I violate my military discipline, the punishment will also be doubled, and don't blame me for the ruthlessness of military law when the time comes. ”

"My demands are very simple, first, do not oppress the good, do not prey on the people, violators of the army 100 sticks, serious beheading; Second, it is forbidden to gather people to gamble and drink, and the offender will have 100 military sticks; third, absolute obedience to orders, violators will be punished heavily, depending on the circumstances; Fourth, go forward bravely on the battlefield, dare to be a deserter, behead; Fifth, and most importantly, all the brothers in our army, as long as there is still a breath of air, will never abandon, do not give up, violators, behead! The above five points must be fulfilled by both officers and men! And if the soldier breaks the law, the captain sits in a row, the captain breaks the law, and the captain sits in a row, and so on. Did you hear it all? ”

"Hear me clearly!"

"The lieutenant is forbidden to listen to the order."

"Yu Ban is here!"

"You start training today, and you must get them ready within three months."

"Yes!"

"Each battalion listens to the order, and the team below Sima of the army leads the team to conduct training against the enemy!"

……

Soon, there were straw men on the training ground, and all teams were chopping at them. Su Xiu frowned for a while, and then asked Yu Ban: "This is how you trained Xiangyong when you first trained?" ”

"Yes, my lord, after all, Xiang Yong is not a regular army, and they still have fields to plant, so there is not much intense training. And now the whole Dahan training is about the same. ”

"Let them stop, I have something to say."

The order was quickly executed, and Su Xiu said loudly: "Now throw away the grass target in front of you and conduct a real combat confrontation, one-on-one, two-on-two, five-five, regardless of the situation, all knives and guns are put into storage, and replaced by wooden guns and knives." ”

After the order, there was an uproar, and a military commander asked: "My lord, many people will be injured in training like this, can you change the way to a safer way?" ”

"Why, has anyone forgotten what I just said about military law? Where are the military judges? The commander and the commander each beat 20 sticks, and after hitting two sticks, they re-enforced the law. ”

As soon as everyone heard this, obediently, twenty military sticks were going to break two military sticks, and it was estimated that it would take at least five or six days to get out of bed.

"Although your military commander just now violated the obedience rules I said, his intention was for your good. But in my eyes this is harming you, because you are going to war, you are going to fight the enemy. The enemy is not a straw man, he will cut you, he will stab you, so you must understand that training is actual combat, today you are injured in training, bleeding, or even broken bones, tomorrow maybe you will be able to survive better on the battlefield. I'd rather you bleed in training than see your corpses on the battlefield later. From tomorrow onwards, I'm going to re-define the training for you, and for the next month, I'll be training with you every day after noon, and I hope you can show me the difference. ”