According to human habits, whenever a new place is completely unfamiliar, they will subconsciously look for familiar people to huddle with each other, looking for the so-called sense of security, which is called instinct.

The young farmers in the school yard were the same, and with the order of the generals, they turned around to find familiar faces.

After about a meal, the recruits finally finished holding together, and more than 70 subdivided teams stood up in the capital, and the soldiers, under the leadership of the leader, raised their necks and looked at the generals.

The hustle and bustle in the field was a little quiet.

By the light of the fire, Jiang Wei squinted and watched carefully.

In fact, if you really want to talk about it, the leaders of these farmers have nervous expressions and a bit of a helplessness, which is not much better than the recruits behind them.

But no matter what, at this moment, the detachment is completed, and only one team is standing in a row, and the school field adds a bit of solemnity out of thin air.

According to his concept, the criterion for selecting grassroots generals is to have both ability and political integrity, and to focus on morality.

Most of the leaders spontaneously selected by the recruits were of the same nationality and hometown, and many of them had relatives and personal friendships. These leaders can be elected by the soldiers, at least in a certain sense, to be able to serve the public, which is called moral service.

In Jiang Wei's view, these more than 70 elected leaders can be convincing, and it is obvious that they can fundamentally become a link to maintain internal unity and unity. Of course, as a general, martial arts and command talents are also essential, but these can be cultivated slowly through the day after tomorrow, and there is no need to rush for a while.

In one night's work, the battalion's 800 soldiers were divided into more than 70 teams.

Zhang Wei, as the governor of the left department, led more than 30 teams; Zhao Guang, as the acting governor of the central region, also led more than 30 teams, and these people will serve as the backbone of the battle.

The remaining five teams will be led by Huo Yi and Jiang Wen, from which they will select two teams of personal guards and three teams of ambulances to train carefully.

The establishment has been completed, Jiang Wei immediately ordered the disbandment on the spot, and the troops will be assembled for training tomorrow.

The generals Zhang Wei, Zhao Guang, Huo Yi, and Jiang Wen immediately led their subordinates back to the camp.

It was still early, and they were ready to chat with these newcomers in the camp tent and get to know each other better—

"Generals can know soldiers, soldiers can know generals", this is Jiang Wei's first request to them before leading troops.

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Turn left!

Turn right!

Turn back!

The next day, not long after the rooster crowed, a stern slogan was heard from the new military academy.

More than 800 recruits were in a mess and stood in the school yard for their first training since joining the army.

To their surprise, the practice on the first day was not an imaginary sword practice, but an inexplicable "turn to the left, turn to the right"!

They don't understand what the use of it is; But the simplicity of their hearts only told them that when soldiers eat food, no matter what the generals order, they just obey.

However, the reality is that most of them grew up in the countryside, and they can only distinguish between the front and the back, and they can't distinguish between the left and right at all.

Zhang Wei looked at this group of subordinates who were either at a loss or couldn't help laughing, his brows couldn't help frowning, and his expression gradually became serious.

Last night, after the soldiers had fallen asleep, he and the generals Meng Jiangwei convened to discuss the next training matters.

The general's speech was simple and clear, first practicing physique and military discipline, and then officially starting to practice swords, guns, swords, halberds, and military formation tactics.

Among the generals, except for Zhang Wei, who has some experience in leading troops, others such as Zhao Guang, Huo Yi, and Jiang Wen are all the first time to play a sedan chair, and naturally have no objection to the program proposed by Jiang Wei.

And for this group of honest farmers, this is indeed a good way to take it step by step.

The physical fitness is easy to practice, nothing more than long-distance running, lifting stone locks. As long as the food supply can be provided, with the long-term labor of the farmers, they can train a good physique suitable for the military in one or two months.

The controversy arose over how to train military discipline.

In Zhang Wei's view, according to the experience of this era, there is no one more representative of strict military management than Zhou Yafu, so he put forward a proposal to prohibit orders, establish military regulations, and strictly enforce them.

Zhou Yafu, the wind of the fine willows, everyone here has heard of it.

In the sixth year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu invaded the border of the Han Dynasty on a large scale. Therefore, the imperial court appointed Liu Li, the official of Zongzheng, as the general, and the garrison was in the overlord; Zhu Zihou Xu Li is a general, and the garrison is in Jianmen; Zhou Yafu, the Taishou of Hanoi County, was appointed as a general, and the army was stationed in Xiliu to prevent the invasion of the Hu people.

One day the emperor himself went to comfort the army.

When they arrived at the barracks of Bashang and Jianmen, the emperor's entourage drove straight in, and the general and his subordinates rode horses to greet them.

The Emperor shook his head.

Immediately came to the Xiliu military camp, only to see that the officers and soldiers were wearing armor, sharp weapons, bows and arrows, and bows were full of moon.

The emperor's advance guard arrived in front of the camp and was not allowed to enter. The guard who went ahead said, "The emperor is about to arrive." ”

The general guarding the barracks replied: "The general has an order: 'The army only obeys the orders of the general, and does not obey the edict of the Son of Heaven.'" ’”

Not long after, the emperor arrived, and the generals guarding the camp did not let him enter the barracks.

So the emperor sent a messenger with the certificate of the Son of Heaven to tell the general: "I want to go into the camp to comfort the army." Only then did Zhou Yafu give the order to open the gate of the barracks.

The officers and soldiers guarding the gate of the barracks said to the military attache who followed the emperor: "The general has stipulated that horses are not allowed to gallop in the barracks. So the emperor had no choice but to loosen the reins and let the horse walk slowly.

When he arrived at the camp, General Yafu held his weapon in his hand and said, "I am a soldier in armor, and I cannot bow down, please allow me to salute me." ”

The emperor was moved, and immediately leaned over the crossbar in front of the car with a serious expression, and sent someone to greet him: "The emperor respectfully comforts the general." ”

He resigned after the completion of the labor ceremony.

Since then, there has been a saying in the army that Zhou Yafu has the wind of fine willows, describing a certain general who is extremely strict in governing the army.

That night, Zhang Wei's proposal was unanimously praised by the generals, and I thought that it would be decided to close the coffin.

Unexpectedly, the main general Jiang Wei said that the rule of an army, the prohibition of orders is the basic essential, in addition to the military orders hanging above their heads, but also the soldiers must develop good self-confidence and self-discipline.

The generals asked, what is self-confidence and self-discipline?

Jiang Wei replied: "The so-called self-discipline is to make soldiers firmly believe that they are the righteous side, and firmly believe that the wars they participate in are all to protect their families and defend the country, and conform to the way of heaven. When attacking, it is like Kunyang, like a fire ......"

This concept has never been heard of by all the generals, and after listening to it carefully, it was completely stunned for a while.

After a long time, Zhang Weifang recovered from the shock, shook his head and said: "Such a military brigade is wonderful, but with the group of farmers in front of me, I don't know how long and what month I want to practice. ”

Jiang Wei smiled when he heard this, and his eyes were surging with brilliance. At this time, he thought of the invincible, invincible, and invincible mighty army of later generations.

"It is naturally not easy to become such a strong teacher, and it is by no means an overnight achievement...... Most people can't get to that level at all, and they are still instinctively scared on the battlefield. ”

"In fact, carefully speaking, although there are no eyes on the battlefield, the greatest casualties do not occur in the head-on confrontation, but when one side begins to flee. Why did they flee? Because some people are scared and want to retreat, this is human instinct, and it is no wonder that the soldiers on the weaker side ......"

"And the purpose of what I ask them to do next is to make the soldiers give up thinking and obey the command unconditionally......"

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There was another burst of laughter, and Zhang Wei's already distant mind was instantly pulled back into the field.

followed the prestige, but saw that the performance of the soldiers under his command was even more unbearable, and some people even began to be unable to distinguish between the front and the back.

He raised his eyes to look to the left again, but saw that the performance of Zhao Guang, Huo Yi, and Jiang Wen's corporals was not far behind, and he was full of ugliness.

"I thought it was a very simple training, but I didn't want to put it into practice, it was really difficult......"

Sighing secretly, Zhang Wei immediately remembered what Jiang Wei said yesterday:

"Boqi, you don't want to underestimate these trainings...... For example, when the general ordered the soldiers to walk in unison and look left and right, they were all strictly lined up and carried out in unison. The soldiers have been in such a training environment for a long time, constantly repeating a movement, and over time, their psychology will change, and they will become unconditionally obedient to the collective, and the commander of the army will ...... No, it's an army, and that's what you need most ......"

Thinking of this, Zhang Wei gently rubbed the whip in his hand, and said in his heart: "The villagers call me Zhang Boqi Guolie enough to stand up for power...... What's more, I also want to see if there is really such a mighty teacher in this world...... Anyway, I'll do my best to help you train these sheep into tigers! ”

At this time, one of the soldiers turned in the wrong direction.

He hardened his heart, flipped his wrist, and the whip in his palm was drawn mercilessly.