At present, as Xiao Tang led the new army to the east of Jieshan in Fenzhou to set up a village to intercept the henchmen of the thief army, in addition to Xiao Jiasui, Xu Guanzhong, Hua Rong, Shi Xiu, Niu Gao, Pang Wanchun, these henchmen and brothers, there are also Wang Jin, the head of the new army, the commander Dang Shiying, Dang Shixiong, and Wang Wenbin, who is now transferred to the new army to listen to the use of Wang Wenbin and other generals.

It is impossible to build military fortresses such as dock forts and stone castles in a short period of time, but the entrenchment camp takes the trench as the main body of defense, usually excavates a trench with a bottom width of one zhang and two feet, a mouth width of one zhang and five feet, and a depth of more than one zhang in the direction of intercepting the enemy's army, and the excavated soil pile is tamped and strengthened on the side of the trench, and the earthen wall that is four or five feet above the ground can be piled up without building a city, which is much more time-saving and labor-saving than building a fort with stone.

The shack camp is also one of the most common camps when marching and stationing. After digging many pits on the ground where logs could stand, the soldiers and the people of the new army used some of the trees cut down around them to make fences with hemp rope standing logs, and set up obstacles such as deer barricades and horse rejection on the outside.

Nearly two hours later, the New Army had already erected a simple fence in the direction of the entrance to Jieshan Mountain, and had already dug a trench five feet deep. After all, people are not iron-clad, and Xiao Tang ordered the officers and men of the new army to rest in place and rectify them temporarily. During this period, Xiao Jiasui, Xu Guanzhong and others also noticed that although the work of building a shack was tiring, none of the officers and men of the New Army complained bitterly.

Although Xu Guanzhong also knew that the most basic condition for building a brave and warlike army was strict military discipline, it was said that the military law must be strict, and the chief general also needed to cherish his own soldiers.

But now seeing that these new army soldiers who were originally from rural families and have not been in the army for a long time are very efficient, and the mental outlook of the military is also very different from what he imagined, Xu Guanzhong couldn't help but nod his head, and sighed to Xiao Tang: "Why does my brother have to impose heavy laws to control this new army, and now I finally understand." ”

Xiao Tang smiled slightly, and said in his heart that although Xu Guanzhong was resourceful and could think deeply, he had never personally led troops after all. Moreover, there are countless famous generals in the history of ancient Chinese warfare, each with the style of fighting and commanding the army, just like the Sui Dynasty fierce general Shi Wansui is said to cherish his soldiers, although he led the troops to pay attention to the combat quality of the soldiers, but also did not pay much attention to the form of the army. Usually when the army is marching into battle, it does not deliberately govern the military regulations, and the soldiers are all at their own safety, in short, they can fight how they can win, and they can also perform miraculous feats.

However, the reason why every famous general can leave a name in history is that he also needs to make full use of his own advantages and conform to the war environment at that time. If Shi Wansui is allowed to go to Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, it seems that Qi Jiguang will go to exterminate the Japanese invaders, and according to his first-class and resolute combat methods, it will be difficult to train a force to replace the officers and soldiers of the weak guards in the past in a short period of time.

According to the different backgrounds of the troops, Xiao Tang's henchmen and brothers manage the soldiers and horses in the Green Forest Force and the way of this new army is also different, like Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, Xu Ning and other brothers who teach cottage people and horses also know that although the characters born in the Green Forest are good and evil, they are mostly unruly and untamable, although they are also strict in governing the army, but not yet Xiao Tang has carried out militarized management to the extreme, and even some minor trivial matters in the army have to be pulled out and severely punished. And most of the new army are honest peasant men, in the past, those scoundrels and evil officials could scare them into a daze, unless they really forced the honest people to death, these new sergeants and soldiers in order to support themselves and their families, they all thought in their hearts that as long as you can let my whole family live, I will follow the military orders and regulations.

Because of this, under the subtle influence, these new sergeants have gradually turned into a whole, once the commander gives an order, they will subconsciously obey and obey in unison, and will never have the slightest intention of violating the military order.

At this time, Xiao Jiasui also felt something on the side, and said: "After a few months, if you want to train a group of homeless people who originally needed help from the official army into a usable army, you can't say that you can only follow such a disciplined step, from a peddler to a tiger brigade, how can you do it without tempering?" ”

At this time, Xiao Tang sat cross-legged with his soldiers, the Dang brothers who were resting, and Wang Wenbin, who seemed to be checking the supplies, looked over, the corners of his mouth suddenly curled, and said: "After all, people can also change......

At this moment, Xiao Tang and the others suddenly heard a sharp whistling from the side of the mountain, and Hua Rong, who was not far away, was slightly stunned, and immediately turned on his horse and led more than ten Yanyun horsemen to gallop forward to investigate.

When Hua Rong rushed up to a low slope raised in front of him, and looked at the mountain for a moment, he shouted loudly: "Brother, the thief bird hiding in Jieshan is really going to break through!" There was a sentry of men and horses, about a thousand people up and down, galloping towards here. There is smoke and dust in the back, and I don't know how many people there are! ”

Shi Xiu, Niu Gao, Pang Wanchun and others all jumped up when they heard this, and each of them drew their weapons and prepared to fight. Xiao Tang thought that the thieves in Hedong who gathered in a corner of Fenzhou were really unwilling to be beaten passively, and they wanted to take the initiative to go out of the mountains to loot money and grain, and try their best to echo the thief army led by Tian Hu. Now their own reaction is also timely, and they intercepted this group of thieves here before they moved around, but now Yao Pingzhong, Wang Huan, and Han Cunbao led the troops to Weisheng's army Qinyuan to block the enemy army, and Guan Sheng and Hu Yanzhuo, although they also went to the area around Jieshan, they took two other directions to intercept the thieves. At present, the trench camp and shed camp are not fully built, and the army under his command is really going to fight with the breakthrough thieves!

"Assemble! Array! ”

At this time, Wang Jin suddenly gave a loud order, and the soldiers of the new army, who had been resting, immediately got up and acted one after another, and these soldiers quickly arranged a horizontal formation, behaving neatly between advance and retreat. In a few moments, there were swords and spears and crossbows wound. Seeing the vigorous and resolute movements of these soldiers and the neat and strict military appearance, they are not only far superior to the old Hedong army that was abandoned in the past, but if you only talk about the rapid and neat appearance of the action, it is even better than the warlike forbidden army under the command of Wang Huan and Han Cunbao, and the soldiers of the Western Army under the command of Yao Pingzhong who are not afraid of death.

Seeing such a neat and powerful posture when the new army formed the formation, it immediately caused Shi Xiu, Niu Gao, Pang Wanchun and others behind Xiao Tang to secretly shout hello. Wang Jin immediately strode in front of Xiao Tang, and bowed his hand and said: "Xiao Jieshuai, the soldiers have been prepared and lined up, how to resist the enemy, please give a military order!" ”