Zhao Xun and Liu Hu were eating pine nuts and peanuts, drinking tea, and sitting leisurely in the barracks not far from the Shuaifu, listening to the artists on the stage talking about three points. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info accompanied by several people such as Gao Daquan, Jingtai, Sang Yi, Zhang Kang and Liu Lian.

Recently, the main lecture in the barracks is three-pointed, and it is combined with the local geography and people's feelings, and the story of the Three Kingdoms is used to deepen the impression of the generals and soldiers on the terrain in this area. Tian Guo and Liu Sanbian organized the writing of the script, and Xu Ping asked Chong Shiheng, Shi Yannian and other literati who were familiar with the military to polish and correct their mistakes in geography and military common sense. It is said that the three points are not only entertainment in the army, but also a form of popularizing geographical knowledge and carrying out pre-war mobilization.

The first thing that caught Zhao Xun's interest was the introduction before the formal speech. The introduction is that before the official storytelling, the talking artist first tells a small story such as news and current affairs, wild history anecdotes, etc., to gather popularity first, so that the audience's attention can be concentrated, which has been done since ancient times. However, the introduction told by today's talking artist is very interesting, telling a small story that happened in the army recently.

It is said that near the camp of a group of garrisons, there is a lonely family, the head of the family went out to business, was plundered by the Qiang, and has not known where to go, and only an old mother and a newly married bride and a child under the age of one year are left in the family, struggling to make a living. These lonely families all have a register in the barracks, and every time on the day of hope, the barracks will organize to help them do agricultural talk, and help them cultivate the fields and harvest grain when the farm is busy. As a result, a clever little soldier came and went to get along with the bride of this family.

Speaking of this, the talking artist slapped the table and asked the generals in front of him, "What do you guess the final result is?" ”

Xu Ping's military discipline in the army was not as strict as in other armies, but it was strictly enforced, prohibiting women from entering the barracks. This was originally a prohibition in military law, but most military camps did not enforce it, and some of the army even openly had female prostitutes accompanying them, which was very rare in the Qinzhou army. Even if the forbidden army stationed in Benzhou is with a family, and only the days of rest can go home to reunite, and the Beijing forbidden army came to the northwest alone, a group of big men are together every day, and they are very excited to hear this kind of story, and they have coaxed to let the storyteller talk quickly. Even Zhao Xun couldn't help but put down the tea in his hand and listened to the results with interest.

The storyteller smiled slightly, but he brought out the military discipline, saying that the woman's husband was not known for life and death, and according to the law, it was less than three years, and he should not be sentenced to peace. The little soldier was only happy with the woman, and there was no adultery, otherwise according to the law, it would have been a capital crime. In the end, the army transferred the soldier away and punished him, but he did not punish him severely.

The soldiers below coaxed together and said: "Those two people are happy with each other, and the army beats mandarin ducks like this, won't they break up a good marriage?" The woman's husband was plundered by the Tibetans, where is there any physiology! ”

The storyteller said: "The law is human affection, according to you, if it becomes this marriage, won't it break up another marriage of the woman's husband?" So this matter is handled very well in the army, if the two are really in love, wait for three years, and wait until the woman can be reconciled and separated, wouldn't it be good to be together again? If you can't wait for three years, you won't be in a lifetime! ”

After listening to the end of the story, Zhao Xun smiled and said: "I was going to listen to a novel story, but I didn't expect that in the end, everything was based on military discipline, so boring!" Don't you know that if you don't follow the rules, the soldiers will like to listen to it! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Kang, who was a little excited, put down the tea, and said to Zhao Xun with a straight face: "Yanei, don't just take this talk as a joke, the artist said this, it was decided by the army, how can it be up to him!" ”

Zhao Xun was stunned for a moment: "What, are the words of these talking artists still to be tried by the army?" ”

"It's not just a trial, this was written by someone in the army!" Speaking of these, Zhang Kang finally came to the spirit, "These talking artists, the books they say are all written by the army, no matter what stories they say, they are all useful." Recently, I said that the three points are all about the war of the Northern Expedition of Shu State, which is to let the lieutenant generals and colonels know the local geography and military. The introduction says that such a story is to preach military discipline, but it is not just a casual nonsense. The forbidden army from the capital was stationed in Qinzhou, without family members, and with the indigenous women, Fei Zhi was in love, so nearly ten people were beheaded. ”

Liu Hu said: "If this is the case, why don't you let the talking artist say that the little soldier has an adulterous affair with a woman, and the commander of the army finally beheads him with tears, wouldn't it be more shocking?" ”

Zhang Kang shook his head again and again: "The army uses talking artists to do these things, it is entertaining and educational, the purpose is to teach words, and the means used are to use a music word." If the soldier is beheaded at the end, there will be no fun, and the story will change its flavor and not match the atmosphere of the whole army. This is the strategy of the commander, the military discipline in the army is strict, and the training is carried out every day, which is already depressing, and it is inappropriate to tell some unhappy stories when these are relaxed and entertained. All affairs related to the military should be strictly enforced, and daily affairs should be relaxed and joyful. Blindly intimidating your subordinates will only backfire! ”

The discipline of the forbidden army is lax and its combat strength is insufficient, which everyone knows and is also severely criticized. The accepted countermeasure is to administer the army strictly, and the commander-in-chief must dare to fight and kill, so as to deter his subordinates. Like Xu Ping, it is extremely rare to set up artists in the army, try to tell happy stories, and relax the emotions of officers and soldiers. But I don't know that whether it is a general or a small soldier, they are all the same people, they have the same seven emotions and six desires, and if they are strictly controlled in the military, they must be relaxed in life. Blindly high pressure will always make people collapse. What's more, the actual situation of the forbidden army is that discipline is lax, because it can't stand the high pressure in the army, and a large number of soldiers flee at the same time, how can shouting and shouting and killing solve the problem? If you can kill people ruthlessly, you can lead good soldiers, and the forbidden army will not festered like this, how many of the commanders are bodhisattvas? The fact is that because the soldiers are constantly fleeing, the commanders do not dare to take care of it, which leads to lax discipline, and when the discipline is loosened, it is doubly difficult to tighten it again, and once the more people flee, they have to fester.

For those who lead the troops, except for a few people who are not very bright, or whose psychology is not very normal, they still understand this truth. Therefore, a good general in this era is a strict military discipline on the one hand, and strict self-discipline on the other, and at the same time, all rewards are mostly distributed to his subordinates, so as to maintain the combat effectiveness of his subordinates. It's easy to say, but it's rare to be able to do that. What if you can't do it? Then he had to exert high pressure on his subordinates while installing his own cronies in the army to control the army. If these cronies are to be reliable, military discipline has no choice but to be ineffective against them.

It is necessary to be serious in military affairs and lively in life. Operations and training are strictly carried out in accordance with military discipline, and any offense must be punished, and in daily life, it is necessary to let the generals and soldiers be well fed, warmly dressed, and comfortable, which is Xu Ping's requirement for his two large armies. Sang Yi and Gao Da are mainly in charge of strict training, and Zhang Kang and Jingtai have to play the role of kind patriarchs.

Zhao Xun and Liu Hu listened with great interest, they naturally knew that this would be the best way to maintain the army's combat strength, but to do it, it was impossible for them to be in the army now. The army is a system, and the will must be fulfilled by the system and the personnel who support the system.

Listening to Zhang Kang talk about the system in the Qinzhou army, Liu Hu suddenly asked: "Could it be that the artist who spoke just now said that your army has set up a list of widows, widows, orphans, and independence around the barracks, and visited them every time they wanted, and it is also true to help them do their work?" ”

Zhang Kang nodded: "Naturally, it's true." If there is no such thing, how can the officers and soldiers allow him to talk nonsense? ”

"What's the use of that? How many things are done in the barracks every day, and where is the spare energy to do these idle things? ”

"Idleness?" Zhang Kang shook his head. "It's no idle thing. Officials of our border state army often wrote to the imperial court to discuss the forbidden army, saying that the eastern army came to the west, and compared with the local garrison forbidden army, the combat strength was insufficient, and even compared with the Tibetan army. One of them is that the forbidden army is not as good as them, their families are not here, they were not born and raised here, and they can't fight to the death in case of war. So what to do? Is it true that wherever war is waged, soldiers are used? If we want to fight the party, is it difficult to recruit party members to join the army? Therefore, if you only talk about the use of local people by soldiers, it is not half useful, and it is impossible. In history, Qin annihilated the Six Kingdoms, according to this statement, there was no war at all, and the Qin army went to the Six Kingdoms to leave home thousands of miles away, what else did they fight? ”

When Xu Ping arranged these, Zhang Kang, like Liu Hu now, felt that he didn't understand, was it too much. At that time, Xu Ping told him why he took care of the local widows, widows, loneliness, and loneliness, and why he helped the local bridge and pave the road. In a word, the garrison takes the barracks as their home and treats the neighbors around them as family, and they will see you as their own.

Zhang Kang continued: "Actually, seriously speaking, it doesn't take much effort to do these things in the army. But after doing so, it was connected to the place where it was stationed. People have seven emotions and six desires, and when they have more contact, they will always have some feelings, especially when the forbidden army is thousands of miles away from home, it is easier to have a feeling of home. And after doing these things, the local people will also think of kindness and look at the garrison differently. The guest army came to the west, and if they did some idle things, wouldn't they have the same fighting spirit as the Turkish army? The marshal said that the people are like water, and the soldiers are like fish, if you strictly guard the barracks and isolate the soldiers from the local people, they will be like fish in water, and they will naturally lose their vitality. It is said that the forbidden army comes to the west, and as a guest army, it can't fight to the death, isn't this the truth? ”

Zhao Xun and Liu Hu listened, nodded from time to time, and shook their heads again. This seems to make sense, but it is only as if they do not believe that if they do such useless things, the forbidden army will fight to the death like the local native army.

Of course, it is not enough to just do these things, anything will be questioned when viewed in isolation, and only when the whole system is linked together can it be seen clearly. Whether these things done by the Qinzhou army are superfluous or not, we still have to go to the battlefield to prove it.