Li Zicheng said leisurely: "The problem is that more than 200 years have passed, and the country has already undergone earth-shaking changes, and the government military system has remained unchanged, so it has slowly lost its combat effectiveness. ”

"Self-contained means that the government military system will also be changed?"

"Lord Liang, the foundation of the government military system is that military households have enough military land, looking at the world, the land allocated by the imperial court to military households back then is still less than one percent in the hands of military households, and the government soldiers have lost their land, and the government military system has come to an end," Li Zicheng played with the wine cup in his hand, he didn't know why he talked so much to Liang Wencheng, but the bad guy was also his boss, so he wouldn't follow him upside down, right? "The government soldiers have lost their land, and they can't get enough military pay from the imperial court, and even eating is a problem, so how can they feed their families? Such soldiers, you still expect them to train and fight for the country at critical moments? ”

“……”

"The current soldiers, that is, the number of people, usually find their own work, they need silver to support themselves and their families."

Liang Wencheng pondered for a long time, but he still didn't have a clue, the key was that he couldn't find a way to improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, "Zicheng, what should you do with hundreds of soldiers?" ”

"So I asked Gonggong Wu that the food and salary must be paid in full, and with the military salary, the soldiers will have no worries, and they will have no psychological reason not to train," Li Zicheng paused, "Of course, this is only a temporary solution, all for the sake of Fuqiang Fort." ”

"This time Wei Li gave a full amount of food, so what about after that?" Liang Wencheng was faintly worried that once Xiningwei changed his decision, Li Zicheng might be annihilated in the food and salary again.

"Xiningwei is not not unpaid, but the previous thousands of households, hundreds of households are greedy for ink, and the food is in the hands of the soldiers, and only a fraction is left, and the subordinates know the suffering of the soldiers, so they naturally dare not have the slightest greed for ink, so that the soldiers will have a weak surplus in their hands, in case the food and salary are not spent, they can deal with it for a period ......of time, but for a long time," Li Zicheng spread his hands, "For a long time, who can say clearly?" ”

His expression was a little lonely, although he was open and honest with Liang Wencheng, he couldn't predict Xiningwei, nor could he predict his future direction, he only knew that in this troubled world, it was more important than anything else to seize the military power in his hands.

Liang Wencheng could only shake his head and sigh, as a soldier, he really couldn't see through the current puzzle, let alone Xiningwei's hope, the only thing that was somewhat reassuring was Li Zicheng's analysis: Da Ming Qi is not exhausted.

This time, Father-in-law Wu did what he said, clean and neat, and in half a morning, he finished delivering the food and gunpowder.

However, there was too much grain and grass, and it would take too much time to carry it back to Zhenhai Fort completely, and besides, the Mongols occupied Fuqiang Fort, which could be ambushed halfway at any time, Li Zicheng only brought ten days of grain and grass and all the gunpowder, and the rest of the food and salary were temporarily sealed in Xining City.

Liang Wencheng is the commander of the guard, he has his own war horse, watching Li Zicheng walk, he is not happy in his heart, Li Zicheng smiled, "Don't worry, adults!" ”

In order to deceive Xining Wei, he hid the war horse ten miles away, and only after leaving Weili's sight did he pull out the war horse.

Seeing that Li Zicheng and his own soldiers were all high-headed horses, Liang Wencheng didn't know whether to be happy or worried, but the momentum of these more than 20 war horses was obviously different from the hundreds of infantry behind him, as the core and spirit of the whole army, it was not an exaggeration at all, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Zicheng, to be honest, how many war horses do you have?" ”

Li Zicheng laughed: "What the adults said was as if their subordinates often deceived adults. ”

Liang Wencheng didn't speak, but looked at Li Zicheng with a playful gaze, his brows first wrinkled into the word "Sichuan", and then he laughed.

Li Zicheng urged his mount tightly and walked side by side with Liang Wencheng, "Don't hide it, there are still more than two hundred war horses." ”

More than 200 horses? In time, the cavalry will form a combat effectiveness, and in the entire Xining Guard, who else can control it? Liang Wencheng silently calculated, what is this Li Zicheng going to do, is his target just the Mongols?

Li Zicheng joined the army, and it has only been three or four months!

In order to recover Fuqiang Fort, Wu Shaoling has allocated all the soldiers of Xining Sanwei to Li Zicheng, and now if he wants to recover the military power, I am afraid that it is not easy, even if he takes back the military power, what should he do with Fuqiang Fort? Is it going to remain in the hands of the Mongols forever? Once the Mongols gained a foothold in Fort Fuqiang, who can guarantee that they would not point their scimitars at Xining?

Without Li Zicheng, Xining Wei will definitely not be able to resist the Mongols, with Li Zicheng, sooner or later it will become a big disaster, as for what kind of big trouble, Liang Wencheng can't guess for a while, but if he has high merit, he will cover the master, and sooner or later he will become a thorn in Weili's side, and he can't help but worry about Li Zicheng.

Driven by more than 20 cavalry of Li Zicheng, the soldiers' marching speed was significantly accelerated, but fortunately they did not encounter a large force of Mongolian cavalry on the road.

Li Zicheng first sent the cavalry back to Zhenhai Fort to convey the news, at this time Liu Yunshui's cavalry had already gone out of the fort to greet him, although he already knew about the expansion of Zhenhai Fort, but he was still very excited to see the soldiers who were pressed by the black, and when he saw Li Zicheng's war horse, he immediately bowed to the ground: "Subordinate Liu Yunshui, knock to see the lord, congratulations on the promotion of the lord to a thousand households." ”

"Get up," Li Zicheng's tone was very calm, "how are the brothers' barracks arranged?" ”

Liu Yunshui knocked to the end before getting up, "Lord Hui, there are too many soldiers added this time, and the barracks are not enough at all, and the subordinates have already set up camps on the flat open space in the fort as a temporary resting place for the brothers." ”

"Well," Li Zicheng thought that after the recovery of Fuqiang Fort, he would definitely divide his troops to garrison it, and in the future, he would divide his troops to build the Triangle City, and the soldiers would be divided into three points, and the barracks would be enough, and the soldiers would be crowded, and it would take more than ten days to build the barracks, and it would not be possible to be so fast, "What about the Mongols?" What are they doing? ”

"No, it's really strange, the Mongols have been in the fort all the time, our people are almost close to Fuqiang Fort, at most the Mongols put a few arrows from the wall, and they didn't leave the city at all."

"Oh, what's wrong with the Mongols?" Li Zicheng racked his brains, and he couldn't guess for a while, so he simply didn't think about it, as long as the Mongols didn't flee, even if they fled, he didn't need to spend a single soldier to recover Qiang Fort, which was considered to scare the Mongols away, thinking of this, he almost laughed out loud, so he had to ask casually: "How is the dinner prepared?" ”

"Don't worry, don't worry, green vegetables and tofu, and white flour steamed buns are enough."

"Then hurry up and prepare the meal, the brothers are tired from afar, eat dinner early, and rest early, time is pressing, and we will train tomorrow." Li Zicheng was originally going to slaughter a few sheep and let the soldiers eat a hot mutton soup, which was considered to be a catch for them, but considering that it was late and the lights and candles were unknown, in case the soldiers saw the meat at first glance and snatched it, it would have an adverse impact, after all, he was not very familiar with the discipline of these soldiers, and the mutton could be had, so it was better to wait until noon tomorrow.

The soldiers had a full meal, each rested, and on this day's rapid march, they showed the strength to eat milk, if it weren't for leaving a good impression on Li Zicheng, the new boss, they wouldn't have worked hard, but they didn't suffer too much if they could eat enough for dinner.

At that time, the sky was already bright, the horn sounded suddenly, and the soldiers immediately began to look for clothes, shoes and socks, Liu Yunshui and Li Guo, the soldiers of the two general flags, had been accustomed to this rhythm, and lined up early to the training ground, while those soldiers who had just joined were loosely stretched into countless long lines, like walking and shopping in the pedestrian street.

Li Zicheng was not surprised by this, with the army at the bottom of the combat strength and seeing that the Mongols would only flee, how much better could the military discipline be? Liang Wencheng frowned and didn't say a word, the comparison between the two types of soldiers made him feel cold in his heart, he had already made up his mind, whether it was training or fighting, he didn't care, from beginning to end, he was really a spectator.

For the first time in training, the soldiers did not feel any different from usual, but Li Zicheng handed over all the original soldiers to Liu Yunshui, and selected more than 100 soldiers who could ride horses from among the soldiers and handed them over to Li to train in the past.

Although Li Zicheng has not yet announced his appointment, a discerning person knows at a glance that after the recovery of Fuqiang Fort, Liu Yunshui and Li Guo are probably about to be promoted to 100 households, and it is very likely that they will be 100 cavalry households.

The rest of the soldiers were temporarily organized into five hundred households, and Li Zicheng also did not appoint new hundred households, but only selected five people from the original officers to temporarily serve as training commanders.

The Mongols still occupied Fuqiang Fort, Liu Yunshui and Li Guo naturally did not go outside the fort to train cavalry, and besides, to recover Fuqiang Fort, they mainly relied on infantry.

As a result, all the soldiers were in the training ground in the fort, which could guarantee the training of at least five or six hundred soldiers, and although there were seven or eight hundred soldiers now, it was not too crowded.

The new recruits are all veterans and do not need basic training such as speed and endurance, and the main thing is the collaborative training advocated by Li Zicheng.

Liu Yunshui's more than 100 soldiers, because of the long training time, have long been deeply aware of the true meaning, first in the training ground to make an example, spears, coordination, momentum, slogans, not only made the blood of the soldiers boiling, even Liang Wencheng secretly exclaimed: no wonder Li Zicheng was able to win the Mongolian war horse, this kind of imposing soldier, has not been seen for many years, the combat effectiveness of these more than 100 soldiers, at least worth a thousand households in Xining.

Next, all the soldiers began to practice cooperatively, because Li Guo had been practicing for a long time, leading more than 100 soldiers to train alone at the corner of the training ground, Li Zicheng's main energy was still on the remaining five hundred households and their soldiers.

Before the official start of training, Li Zicheng particularly emphasized: If there are those who are afraid to move forward and cannot cooperate in combat, they will not be forgiven!

The weapons in the hands of the soldiers varied widely, such as spears, short knives, iron rods, machetes, and even maces, which were commonly used by the Mongols, and probably the short knives were easy to carry, accounting for almost seventy percent.