Chapter XXXIII
Cao De rode alone to the camp outside Nanzheng City in the early morning of the next day. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Moreover, Cao De did not return to the Taishou Mansion to say goodbye to Ren Hongchang with tears and kisses goodbye or anything like that. just sent a message to Ren Hongchang, saying that he was going to stay in the camp for a while. After Cao De arrived at the camp outside the city, he immediately watched Cao Ren's customized training plan, but Cao De did not make any changes, and everything was still business as usual. Immediately afterwards, Cao De asked Cao Ren to lead him to see the logistics and supplies of the military camp and other things.
For a whole day, Cao De didn't say anything, but kept observing. Early the next morning, Cao De asked Cao Ren to gather his men. After about half an hour, Cao De appeared on the platform.
I saw Cao De dressed in iron armor. The bright red cloak fluttered in the wind. This was made by Cao Ren overnight after Cao De told Cao Ren that he was stationed in the barracks.
On the stage, Cao De stepped forward independently. Behind them stood Cao Ren and Zhang Fei. The three of them were all dressed in iron armor covered with a red ribbon on their iron helmets and a big red cloak behind them, dancing in the wind. Behind the three of them was a row of more than a dozen guards. The guards were all dressed in half-length armor, and their spears stood straight up.
Under the general's stage, more than 4,000 soldiers were neatly arranged. On the left side of the platform is the pikemen, a new spear with a straight handle next to the owner, shining in the sunlight, from the point of the platform looks like a tall bamboo forest. Facing the point is the sword and shield hand, a round shield with a handle hangs on the soldier's left arm, and the soldier's right side of the waist hangs a snowy ring-headed knife. And on the right side of the point platform are archers. The soldiers carried a stiff bow on their left shoulder, and on their right shoulder hung a quiver full of feathered arrows.
Cao De looked around a few times. And that's just the gathering of soldiers above the rank of chief. As the saying goes, there are more than 10,000 people, and there is no boundary. There were more than 40,000 people and nearly 50,000 people in the entire camp, and if all of them were assembled, it would be impossible to open even if there were two more martial arts arenas. But even so, the entire martial arts arena was covered with flags and swords. Although this is a group of soldiers who have never been on the battlefield, the same Cao De has not been baptized on the battlefield. But Cao De still felt a sense of murder. Could it be that this is the unique temperament of the army, even if it has not been baptized in blood, but the temperament of the army cannot be erased.
There was no noise in the entire arena except for the whirring wind and the crackling flags blown by the wind. Cao De walked back and forth a few times on the pointer platform. The sound of the iron armor on his body as he walked and the squeaky sound of the hard soles of his shoes on the wooden points made a unique melody.
Slowly, Cao De returned to the center of the point. Suddenly, Cao De untied the ring-headed knife hanging from his waist, and the scabbard slammed into the point platform with a loud bang. Cao De Dantian raised his breath: "I, it's Cao De." You, who you are. Cao De held the handle of the knife in one hand, pointed at himself with the other, and then pointed at the soldiers in the audience.
"You, you, you are soldiers. It's a military man. What do soldiers do? Tell me out loud. Cao De said again in a loud voice.
Although, there are a lot of people in the entire martial arts arena, and the martial arts arena is also very large. But Cao De was the only one staring at the audience of more than 4,000 people and nearly 10,000 eyes, so Cao De's words clearly reached everyone's ears.
After Cao De finished speaking, he quietly waited for the soldiers' answers. And the soldiers didn't seem to be stunned. I saw Cao Ren, who was behind Cao De, suddenly stepped forward and said loudly: "We are soldiers, and soldiers are to protect the family and defend the country." Afterwards, all the sergeants also shouted in unison: "Defend the country, defend the country." ā
Cao De raised his hand, and the audience instantly became silent again.
"It's good to defend your home and country. Although the current Han Dynasty is peaceful and prosperous, there are still many jackals, tigers and leopards who want to bite our Han, and we need to kill these jackals, tigers and leopards for so long to defend our Han. Therefore, as soldiers, we must not have the slightest slackness or slackness. Wait for the arrival of the enemy at any time and kill them again. Only in this way can we protect our family and defend our country. ā
After Cao De finished speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Country and home." Without a stable country, how can there be a warm home. If our country is attacked by enemies everywhere, how can we keep our home safe? So, we've always been fighting for our families. Look at the knives and guns and arrows in your hands. That is your weapon to guard your home. Look at your hands, and that's what you are doing to guard your home. ā
Suddenly, Cao De choked and pulled out the ring knife in his hand. "Now, raise your weapons. Tell me if you can guard your own home. ā
After Cao De finished speaking, the entire martial arts arena suddenly remembered the sound of drawing a sword. Immediately afterwards, the soldiers in the audience raised their weapons one after another and shouted in unison: "Yes, yes, yes." ā
Cao De nodded with satisfaction and stretched out his hand again. Suddenly, the entire martial arts arena was silent again. "In order to protect your family and your own home, the first thing you need to do is to train hard and always be ready to fight to the death against the enemy. Now, let me see your might. ā
As soon as Cao De's words fell, the entire martial arts arena suddenly remembered the sound of drums. And the sergeants also let out a roar. Cao De stepped off the stage with this blood-boiling roar, walked to a big drum, and took off his helmet. Grab the drum hammer with both hands and hit it hard. At this time, Cao De only cared about beating the drum hard, and did not notice that the roars of the sergeants were getting higher and higher.
Until the next morning, when Cao De got up. There were still the roars of the sergeants and the drums in the martial arts arena yesterday, and Cao De suddenly felt that his blood was about to boil. Cao De rubbed his somewhat sore arm, and sighed in his heart: It seems that he is lazy. After only a dozen drums, I can't stand it, how can this work. Looks like I'm going to have to be myself.
So, after Cao De washed his face, he started basic training in his military tent that he hadn't done for a long time.
After lunch, Cao De found Cao Ren, who was training soldiers. The two then sat down cross-legged on the edge of the training ground. "Zixiao, what do you think of this group of soldiers." "Lord, it's not bad. From the beginning, everyone's enthusiasm for training was very high, but after returning from the martial arts arena yesterday, this group of boys trained and died. Cao De was deeply surprised, what Cao De didn't expect was that his actions really had an effect. At first, Cao De did not have much expectation of his own encouragement, after all, the most basic ideas will be very different depending on the ideas he accepts. But what Cao De didn't expect was that yesterday really had a certain effect.
Then, Cao De said to Cao Ren. "That's good, then let's practice hard, sweat more on the training ground, and bleed less when you get to the battlefield. Zixiao, I'm going to divide these more than 40,000 people into several grades. First of all, a total of 20,000 people in each branch of the army will be selected for rigorous training, and this group of people will be trained into elites, which will be our knives in the future. Then pick out 10,000 people, after all, these people are inferior in all aspects, but they also have to train hard, this group of people is our shield, guarding the gates of the Han for us. After the training of this group of people is completed, they will be immediately distributed to various checkpoints, and then the people who are currently stationed will be transferred back and trained and selected. Then, among the remaining 10,000 people, 7,000 people were selected, and after passing the training, they were assigned to each major city as city guards. Then after the remaining six or seven thousand people have finished training, don't dismiss them yet, I have other uses. By the way, when the army was recruited, did those only children in the family be screened out? ā
Cao Ren nodded and said, "All the severance pay has been distributed and sent home." ā
Cao De also nodded and said, "That's good." Zixiao, when training, we should pay special attention to some people who are very good in all aspects. I'm going to build a cavalry of these people, and that's the sharp knife of the sharpest of the sharp. ā
When Cao Ren heard that Cao De was going to form a cavalry, he first shook his head, and then Cao Ren's eyes burst out with a light like fire.
Cao De got up, patted the dirt on his body, and patted Cao Ren's shoulder. "Hurry up and get all of this done, and then I'll take you to see something interesting." After finishing speaking, Cao De left with a wicked smile on his face, leaving Cao Ren alone, who was confused.