It wasn't until late at night that the captain finished talking about military law. There was a sound of fighting in the army, and everyone went to bed.

The seven recruits all lay down as if they were paralyzed, and for a second, they snored loudly.

Xue Shao lay on the hard wooden plank, covered with a stiff quilt, listening to the thunderous snoring and smelling the dizzying smell of sweat, he quietly wrote things in the marching notebook with a little torch light thrown from the mouth of the tent.

There are some things that can only be understood and experienced by in-depth practice.

Datang is now very wealthy, and the ration of each recruit athlete can reach the standard of two liters of rice per day. These two are, of course, the result of conversion, and all the rations in the army are converted into rice. Two liters of rice per person per day sounds like a dead person. But in practice, this is not necessarily the case.

The military rations in the army are mainly corn, supplemented by millet (millet rice). As for white wheat noodles and white rice, they were only the staple food of the nobility in the Tang Dynasty, and they were not easily eaten by ordinary sergeants in the army, and were generally only available to officers.

In addition to staple food, the military rations in the army also include things like wine, meat, vinegar, sauce, tea, and salt. Sake is a fruit wine that is not easy to sour, and there are winemakers in the army who accompany the army. According to the rules, each person has a pound of wine per day, but except for officers, no one can usually drink alcohol. Generally speaking, the general mobilization before the war is not only after the victory of the battle, but the ordinary guards can drink some wine.

The meat is pickled sorrel or air-dried dried meat, and according to the standard, one pound of meat per person per day can be eaten. In the same way, it is difficult to eat meat unless it is an officer or after a pre-war victory. It's not bad to actually get two taels of meat in each guard's bowl every day.

The first meal that Xue Shao and the others ate in the army today only put a few spoonfuls of lard, and there was no meat at all.

In the military, it is a luxury to want to eat fresh vegetables and fruits. Salt, tea, vinegar and oil are all available in limited quantities per person.

Horses in the army are a precious resource, and horse feed is a mixture of alfalfa, soybeans and corn.

A horse is better fed than a man, and one horse is worth the ration of six people.

……

Xue Shao wrote down in detail what he saw and heard on the first day, and understood one thing - fighting a war is a comprehensive national strength. 300,000 soldiers eat horses and chew horses, and the daily expenses are staggering. Therefore, in the Art of War, it is said that "those who make good use of the military will no longer be a member of the army, and the food will not be used for three years, and the food will be used for the country, and the food will be used for the enemy." Every war is a great loss of national strength and a great burden on the people, and being able to take one pound of grain and grass from the enemy is equivalent to saving twenty pounds of grain and grass for the national strength. On the contrary, if you are defeated in World War I, all the grain and grass will be lost to the enemy, and your own national strength will decline greatly and boost the enemy's strength, which is equivalent to weakening your own national strength and boosting the strength of the enemy country.

War is directly related to people's livelihood and national fortunes. Therefore, the soldier is the "order of the people".

In addition, the ordinary guards of the Tang Dynasty did work that was more tiring than that of slaves, carrying their heads to the front line to play for their lives, but their lives were very hard. Many people came for that little military pay or to be rewarded after the war.

How many of them can come with the ideal of "serving the king, protecting Xinjiang and defending the country", I really don't know how to do it. Obviously, we cannot expect these peasants, vagrants, and slaves with an inferior level of education to have such a high level of ideological consciousness. These ordinary guards are not very demanding, and they are usually very satisfied if they can eat well. It is their greatest expectation that they will be able to receive military salaries and be able to fulfill the rewards after meritorious service.

Therefore, Xue Shao believes that if the generals can truly love the soldiers, share weal and woe with the soldiers, and have a clear word of rewards and punishments, they will be able to win the support of the soldiers. Only when the foundation of mutual trust is established can we talk about the prestige of the generals, can we command orders and prohibitions freely, and can an army become a whole.

It's not so easy to be a good general. He still has countless homework to do before he can use the strategy of war to command his army to defeat the enemy.

This is probably the reason why it is easy to get a thousand troops and hard to find.

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On the first day of joining the army, Xue Shao had a lot of feelings, and he finished writing a whole tube of ink, and he had to find a way to borrow some ink tomorrow.

At dawn the next day, Xue Shao and the other recruits were still asleep when they were woken up by the fire chief kicking the bed board.

"A bunch of pigs, still sleeping! Get up and practice! ”

The recruits struggled to get up, and many of them were swollen and sore. The movement was slow, and the whip of the fire was already drawn.

Xue Shao, together with all the recruits, stood in a queue after washing each with a bowl of water in a very short time, and then picked up a wooden gun to follow the training.

The training is carried out as a team, and the entry-level military martial arts routines are carried out.

Xue Shao followed the practice one by one, and practiced very seriously. He didn't want to be whipped like the scrambling recruits.

Team Zhao was walking among the recruits while watching, and his eyes fell on Niu Ben.

"Do you know martial arts?" Team Zhao asked.

Niu Ben was still a little scared after eating his twenty lashes yesterday, and replied honestly that in the past, he had to wrestle or fight with people every day in the Western Regions, and sometimes he had to deal with wolves and robbing horse bandits on the grassland, so he had practiced some bows and horses and swords and guns to defend himself.

"Have you ever used a Mo knife?" Team Zhao asked.

The Mo knife is the "big killing weapon" used by the infantry in the Tang Army, and the three-meter-long Mo knife weighs more than 60 catties. Mo Dao soldiers have naturally become a high-level soldier in the army, and they are treated better in all aspects.

Niu Ben shook his head, "What is Modao?" ”

"Foolish!" Team Zhao is slamming Niu Ben twice heavily, "You are born to be a good fighter with a Mo knife!" Practice hard, after the recruit period is over, I will choose you to enter the Modao Battalion, where there is meat to eat every day! ”

"Good, good!" Niu Ben was very happy, and his saliva flowed.

"It's a fart, just know how to eat!" Team Zhao scolded angrily and stopped in front of Xue Shao again.

If there was no one next to Xue Shao, he followed the gun practice one by one.

"Do you have a kung fu foundation?" Team Zhao asked.

Xue Shao regained his momentum, "I have practiced with the martial artists in the village for a few days. ”

"The foundation is good." Team Zhao squinted his eyes, "Say, what are you best at?" ”

"Melee combat!" Xue Shao replied.

"How about equestrian and archery?"

"General."

"Then make up for it." Team Zhao said, "I see you like a good soldier, don't let me down." ”

"Yes."

The drill continued, and the Zhao team was carefully observing the characteristics of each recruit, talking to people from time to time or correcting their gun practice movements.

Xue Shao thought to himself that the grassroots officers in the Tang army were indeed very important. Like Zhao Teamzheng, a grassroots officer of the Seventh Rank Brigade, his level of leading troops directly determines the quality of the personnel of the first team. When it comes to fighting, the team is also going to directly lead people to charge into battle. The military quality of a team directly determines the combat effectiveness level of a whole team of 50 soldiers.

Then, if the military quality of grassroots officers can be improved, the combat effectiveness of the Datang army will be greatly improved. In the future, will it be possible for the Martial Arts Academy to develop in such a direction and make it a cradle for the further study and improvement of grassroots officers?

Xue Shao wanted to write something again.

After training, the genius shines. Breakfast was relatively rich, each person ate a steamed bun with meat and a fried loose zi, drank the soup stewed with sheep's head and mutton bones, and also gave out two large steamed cakes as a marching lunch. At noon, I no longer specialize in cooking in pots.

Today's work is still to go to Chang'an Taicang to carry grain. New recruits were constantly being assembled, and the two large battalions of the right guard were soon full. There are 12,500 men per army, and here are two armies.

Military orders were handed down from above, and the first two armies were to escort the first batch of grain and grass and set off first.

Both armies were new armies, of which recruits accounted for ninety percent. The highest commander of the two armies, the commander of the march, was Xue Shao's acquaintance, Li Duozuo, the general of the right guard. Grain and grass and training the new army are both major events, and it is reasonable for Pei Xingjian to appoint his trusted direct family to escort him.

For ten days in a row, Xue Shao's new army spent time transporting grain and grass, learning military law, and practicing in the army. People are very adaptable, and after the first three or four days of discomfort, most people adapt to this hard, excellent and hectic life.

Xue Shao's hands and feet had already worn out two layers of skin, forming a blood cocoon. The recruits who share the same fire have all become iron buddies who share weal and sorrow, and the only time everyone has to spend is listening to Xue Shao tell the meat story adapted from "Golden Vase Plum".

It is rare for the men in the barracks to see a female animal, and they can raise their guns to salute when they hear the slightest bit of meat. Xue Shao naturally became "three vulgar" when he was with them, and he gained a lot of popularity because he could tell stories, and even some fire captains and team members came to listen to him, and when he was happy, he could even reward him with a meat bun.

If you use one word to describe these ten days of life, it is a joy in suffering.

Gradually, the recruits became more and more able to adapt to the life of the army, becoming consciously well-behaved and capable and diligent. The faces of the team and the fire captains are much better than when they first came, and the food treatment for everyone has been improved in all aspects. Once Team Zhao was very kind, and gave everyone in the team a pair of fruit wine, only two taels. Although it was just a wet mouth, it was gone, but everyone was still very happy, and since then they have been grateful to Team Zhao for Dade. The fierce gods often whipped their Zhao team, and gradually became revered like a god by the recruits.

Xue Shao remembered a term he learned in his previous life when he was receiving psychological therapy, Stockholm Complex. In short, there is the potential of "abuse and addiction" in human nature, and the military is a typical representative. They endure all kinds of hardships every day, and gradually they are not only able to adapt to this suffering, but also subconsciously take these sufferings for granted, and even treat them as a kind of enjoyment after a long time. Suddenly, if you are idle and live a good life, you will not be able to stand it. If the people above give a little favor in the process of suffering, they will immediately be grateful to the people above and be extremely loyal.

This is the case in the armies of ancient and modern China and foreign countries. Many people lead troops in this way, but there are few people who know this "theory".

Therefore, the relationship between the guards and officers in the army is very deep. The affection of comrades, sometimes even better than family affection, it is not an exaggeration to say that the two ribs are inserted.

After leading troops for a long time, especially if they have won many battles, a general can often have a lot of diehards.

As the supreme commander of the Tang Army, the generals and young generals led by Pei Xingjian all obeyed him. These people then pass on this message to the people around them and their subordinates. Word of mouth worshipped layer by layer, Pei Xingjian became an idol in the hearts of all the Tang Dynasty guards, and his prestige in the army was unmatched.

More than half of the people in the army have never seen Pei Xingjian in their lives, just because Pei Xingjian is a god in the minds of his officers, or a god in the minds of his officers. As a result, Pei Xingjian became the god of war in the minds of all the Tang guards!

Now Xue Shao felt that the ten days of practice were a thousand times more than the harvest of spending a hundred days reading military books. And that's just the beginning.

Pei Xingjian's arrangement is wonderful. This stern and kind little old man is a good teacher!.

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