Xu Shi arrived in Pingxia City, and he, the deputy envoy of the Lingzhou regiment, was originally a false position, and at this time, he couldn't even go to Lingzhou, so he reported to Liu Fa, and he had nothing to do.

I still have some floating money in my hands, but there is no problem in life.

The affairs of Hejian Mansion have been basically completed, and Hu Yanzhuo has also been arranged by Zheng Zhi to temporarily take charge of the training of soldiers and horses in Hejian Mansion.

Zheng Zhi himself returned to Cangzhou, and the matter of Cangzhou soldiers is a hundred times more important than those miscellaneous soldiers in Hejian Mansion, and it will soon be reviewed, and the review at this time is also particularly important.

Li Gang has already set aside a place outside the city for the martial arts academy, but the buildings have not yet been built, and a large number of large and small camps have been built.

Zheng Zhi has a general idea of what courses should be taught in this martial arts school, but there is no specific teaching material.

The teachers of the martial arts school are not easy to arrange, but the basic training course is easy to say, and an old Ti Shi like Luda is the best teacher, and many people under Zheng Zhi can come to be teachers.

It is mainly a theoretical course, and the teaching materials involve a lot, and Zheng Zhi does not have time to write them one by one, even if Zheng Zhi writes them, others can't understand them, only Zheng Zhi himself went into battle, and then called a few clerical officials to record them on the side.

All this is planned and arranged, and the martial arts school is about to open, everything is simple, and one hundred and ten officers above the head are selected in the army, and they are the students of the first phase of the Cangzhou martial arts school.

There are more than 500 heads in the army, and there are more than 100 officers above the head of the capital, and these people obviously want to go to the martial arts academy to further their studies, and these can only be done slowly. Zheng Zhi just wants to work hard by himself to bring out the first phase of officers, and then select the best ones to continue to teach, and this martial arts school can be passed on.

Today is the day of the opening of the first phase of the martial arts school, Zheng Zhi came to the school field of the school early, the school field is not there, just standing under a hundred and ten people, a platform, a pitch-black wooden board, there is a small artificial sand dune in front of the platform, and the fine sand in the sand dune will naturally become a sand table.

Liu Dazhuang had just been promoted to the head of the capital, and he met Zheng Zhi on campus last time, and he was transferred to the first batch of students at this time, which was obviously lucky.

Liu Dazhuang traveled all the way, but he was extremely happy, although he didn't know what the benefits of this martial arts school were before, but now he understood a little bit, and knew that this martial arts school was a place for Xianggong to teach everyone to fight.

The military man who walked with Liu Dazhuang is also a capital head who has just been promoted, and has a very good relationship with Liu Dazhuang, and his age is seven or eight years younger than Liu Dazhuang, but this big name is not very good, called Li Qigou, which naturally means small, obviously this Li Qigou is the youngest one in the family, and the name of this big dog and two dogs is really rotten street.

It's just that this Li Qigou is illiterate, so he hasn't changed.

I only heard Liu Dazhuang say as he walked: "Dog, I heard that Xianggong wants everyone to read and learn words this time, and I don't know if it's true or not, if I really want to study, I will be asked to kill me." ”

When Li Qigou heard this, he didn't have the same thoughts as Liu Dazhuang in his heart, but said: "Brother Da Zhuang, where is it not good to learn words, if I ask Mr. to teach me, I don't know how much it will cost, if I learn a few words, I must change this name." The second brother in my clan, originally called Ergou, was given a Li Xingye by Xianggong, you listen, the name Xingye, when you say it, it exudes a taste of cultural people, Brother Da Zhuang doesn't know, since the second brother got this name, he took it out everywhere he went out to show off, and said that this name was given to him by Xianggong, and he had a lot of face. Envy is tight. ”

I didn't think that this Li Yigou and Li Er are still in their own family, although they are not brothers, they are also members of the same family. This Li Yigou wants to learn a few words, and it's because of this name. Li Xingye didn't mean to be a cultural person, and Zheng Zhi was also trying to be auspicious. From the point of view of Li Yigou, it feels like no one has a name comparable to Li Xingye.

"Dog, the original way you want to learn words is to change your name, drink my name should also be changed, Da Zhuang is not good, you learn the word to help me change one." Later, I will ask the minister to see how many words he has to learn, that is, whether it is possible to change the head of an enemy for one word, so that he will suffer less sin. Liu Dazhuang still seems to feel that he is not the material for reading, and reading is a crime.

"Hehe, Brother Zhuang, as the minister said, you must at least be able to read and write letters. If you think about a letter, it is densely packed with a few pages, or hundreds of words. Have you been able to kill hundreds of enemies? It's better to learn to write honestly, you can't bear much sin. Li Qigou smiled.

Liu Dazhuang said disapprovingly: "As long as the Xianggong agrees to change, I will change hundreds of words, mother, go into battle and see how Lao Tzu fights, I will definitely make up hundreds of words for the Xianggong." ”

"Brother Zhuang, you can blow it, don't use the merits of your brothers to change words." Li Qigou didn't look down on Liu Dazhuang, but it was these hundreds of heads, where did they get enough.

"How could Lao Tzu do such a thing, if Lao Tzu didn't cut off a dozen heads for a while, what would it matter if there were hundreds." Liu Dazhuang really didn't take the hundreds of heads seriously, so he thought about it for dozens of battles, and it seemed that he could always make up enough.

Li Qigou smiled and said, "Brother Zhuang thinks beautifully, I'll see what the prince says later, will he change it with you." ”

The two of them talked and laughed, and they had already arrived at the school field of the martial arts school, so they also stopped talking, just waiting for Zheng Zhi to arrive.

Zheng Zhi arrived early, and after everyone outside, he came out of the tent and stood on the platform.

Everyone's eyes looked on the stage, just waiting for Zheng Zhi to speak, Zheng Zhi has not made such a serious speech for a long time, but he is a little unaccustomed, paused, coughed twice, looked left and right, and said: "Brothers, today is the opening of the first phase of this martial arts school, and you have come here in your busy schedule to learn how to fight."

You will fight battles, and you will also fight countless battles. Now that all of you are officers, you no longer follow orders as before, so you must also learn how to command a war. I will discuss this way of fighting with you here for some time, and I hope that you brothers will work hard and not slack off. ”

"Obey the Prime Minister's military orders!" The audience shouted in unison, with extraordinary momentum.

Zheng Zhi heard this righteous shout, but he was not nervous, pressed his arm, and said: "The first phase of the martial arts academy lasts for three months, and the credits are divided into two categories, one is the teaching of basic knowledge, and the regulations require everyone to learn to read and write letters. Those who do not learn will be postponed to the second period of study. The second is a military course, most of the courses are taught by a certain person, and everyone must be able to pass a certain assessment, and those who cannot pass it will also be postponed to the second period to continue studying. Do you understand? ”

"Understood!"

“。。。 Got it. ”

This time, the voice of the answer was not so neat, some people were full of confidence, and the answer was fast and loud, such as Li Qigou. Naturally, there are also people with bitter faces and worries in their hearts, such as Liu Dazhuang.

Zheng Zhixin is like a mirror, knowing that these people can't read a few big characters, and only a few high-ranking officers can read and write. But Zheng Zhi did not want these people to read through poetry and books, and Zheng Zhi's teaching method was not to teach a literati, but only required these people to be able to read and write letters in the vernacular way of ordinary speaking, and the education method was naturally much simpler, similar to the method of teaching primary school students to recognize words in later generations.

"Haven't you eaten enough? Is it so hard to learn a word? It's not that you want to write poems and lyrics, everyone has to learn, and if you can't learn, you will stay in the martial arts school for the rest of your life, but understand? Zheng Zhi said again, there is not much reason to say with these military men, that is, the military order is given, and it has to be followed.

"Understood!" This time the answer is extremely uniform, although the answer is unified, but some people's faces are becoming more and more difficult to see, for illiterate people, words are such a thing as high, it is even more difficult, this is not a practical obstacle, but a psychological obstacle. It is also related to the supremacy of the literati in this era. To learn, kanji is actually not that difficult.

When Liu Dazhuang was bragging and laughing just now, he vowed to exchange words with Zheng Zhi, at this time, he was really in front of Zheng Zhi, obviously cowardly, where did he dare to speak, only to answer with a loud and clear answer.

Even Li Qigou on the side saw Liu Dazhuang's expression, and he also laughed secretly.

Literacy in the army is too important, and there is a big difference between an officer who can write and read and an illiterate officer, and the importance of letters for the transmission of military orders and military information is self-evident. What's more, there is a map to learn next, if you don't understand the text, you can't understand the place name, and what kind of high line and so on.

Zheng Zhi saw that everyone's voices were loud, and he didn't say much, and said, "Take a seat!" ”

Many soldiers took out small horses one by one and sent them to everyone, and Zheng Zhi also carried a mahogany Taishi chair produced in Dali behind him.

After everyone sat down, Zheng Zhi began the first lesson: "The way of battle formation, everyone says that bravery is fundamental. Everyone here today is brave, and all the brave things will not be said. Today's first lesson will talk about how to save yourself, you are all raised by your fathers and mothers, and most of the families have wives and children to support, so it is extremely important to save your own life. Courage is the basic quality of a soldier, but bravery must be used in the right place, and the lives of soldiers cannot be given in vain. Destroying the most enemies with the lowest casualties is the way to battle formations. From excellent ordnance to rigorous training, to proper command, it is all to save the lives of soldiers to the greatest extent, and you must keep this principle firmly in mind. ”

Zheng Zhi said a word, and everyone in the audience came to see Zheng Zhi with their necks propped up. The general's words, which all require the soldiers to move forward bravely when they go into battle, Zheng Zhi's words, everyone obviously heard it for the first time.

After the war, in the case of extremely low command and dispatch efficiency, for military generals, there is probably only one requirement for non-commissioned officers, that is, to move forward bravely.

What Zheng Zhi has to do now is to refine the command and dispatch, and after refinement, he will be able to have fine operations. Only in this case can Zheng Zhi's theory be applied.

In fact, changes in military theories are often accompanied by changes in command methods and communications, which will inevitably bring about changes in the theory of military command. Requiring everyone to learn literature and picture literacy is the basis of this change.

Illiterate soldiers and low-level officers were in fact the main components of the army until World War I, both Chinese and Western.