Huaizhou Barracks.

In front of the general's platform, 5,000 new soldiers stood solemnly under the scorching sun, lined up neatly.

Li Congjing stood on the podium, quietly looking at these new faces, his heart was not as surging as when he first gave a lecture to the Hundred Battles Army in Qimen, but to say that he was not half excited, it was not true.

"Hurry up and train the new pawn, it is the second hand of the ten hands of the devil's axe, I call this the solid foundation Peiyuan." When Mo Li said this to Li Congjing, he smiled strongly, "Don't underestimate the training of these ten or twenty days, you should know better than me, this is one of the keys that can determine this big victory." ”

Peng Zushan stood behind Li Congjing, his face was a little bitter, and he said to Li Congjing with some grievances: "Marshal, there is no shortage of training generals in the army, you can't always let the future do this training of new soldiers!" Seeing that the war has begun, the last general still wants to go into battle to kill the enemy! ”

Li Congjing stepped forward to hold the knife, let the scarlet cloak roll in the wind, did not look back, and said in a deep voice: "If it is placed in normal times, the new pawn can indeed let other generals practice, but the current situation is different, as the general said, the war has started, and the commander does not have much time." And if you want to train the new pawn in a short period of time, only the general can be competent, although some have wronged the general, I hope the general can understand that it is not easy for the army. ”

Peng Zushan didn't really have much complaint, and when he saw Li Congjing say this, he immediately said: "The military commander still makes a request!" ”

"Okay." Li Congjing turned to look at Peng Zushan, "These five thousand new pawns, this commander can't give you a three-month period, at most he can only give you half a month." Within half a month, Ben Shuai did not seek to train them to be elite, but only had three requirements: courage, knowledge, and ability to rush into battle. ”

Peng Zushan groaned: "To achieve these three, it is difficult to say, and easy to say. ”

Li Congjing said: "Half a month later, these new soldiers will go to the battlefield. Ben Shuai wants them not to be afraid of battle and dare to kill the enemy; Know how to advance and retreat, and be able to cooperate with the army and the battle array; Skills are based on archery and spearmanship, and the worst is to be able to defend the city. ”

After a slight pause, Li Congjing's eyes became sharper, "In this big battle, I know that many people will die in this batch of new pawns, which will be several times more than the old pawns, and there may not be a third left in the end." But even if you fill it with human life, Ben Shuai will also win this war! Ci is not in charge of the army, which war is not won by corpses? ”

"The battlefield has always been the place where new pawns can become veterans, even if there are only a thousand new pawns left in the end, and then recruit them, Ben Shuai is not afraid of them dying, it's a pity that they die, but Ben Shuai doesn't want my soldiers to go to the battlefield, and he doesn't even have the opportunity to kill the enemy at the very least."

"All of this is left to the general. After the battle, they will be assigned to the battalions of the Hundred Battles, but until the end of the war, even if they go to war, you will still be their commander, and you will lead them to death, or to the aftermath of their lives, to defeat or victory. With all that said, the generals know what to do. There is still that sentence, if you have any requirements, you can mention it, and those who can meet it must be satisfied, and if you can't meet it, you will support you here first. ”

Peng Zushan was moved, he lowered his head and hugged his fists and said: "Don't worry, the commander knows what to do." ”

"Yes." Li Congjing nodded slightly, and before leaving, he held Peng Zushan's fist-hugging hand and looked into his eyes, "I hope General, be merciful to these new soldiers." ”

Li Congjing left, his back revealed an indescribable meaning, Peng Zushan stood in place, recalling Li Congjing's words, and his heart was uneven. Especially Li Congjing's last sentence "Be kind to these new pawns" touched him a lot.

What is the benevolence of a soldier? Peng Zushan never thought about this problem. But he knew very well what the kindness of a leader was.

Peng Zushan turned around suddenly, his eyes were red, his face was hideous like a ghost, showing his sharp fangs, staring at the new pawn in front of him, and said viciously: "Listen to Lao Tzu well, here, your life is Lao Tzu's, if you don't practice your skills, Lao Tzu will pick his skin and pull his tendons!" ”

Leaving from the new pawn, Li Congjing went to the other side of the barracks to meet the old pawn. In fact, there is no need to say much about the veterans of the Hundred Battles Army, what Li Congjing really wants to talk about is the temporary war camp and the soldiers.

The end of the war has begun, these people are the blades in the hands of Li Congjing in this big battle, and he must do some work to improve morale before large-scale action.

The temporary camp is okay, but it was moved from Luzhou to Huaizhou, and Li Congjing was replaced to take command, which is not a big deal for these professional soldiers, anyway, Li Congjing has already taken their families to Huaizhou for resettlement. In addition, the temporary camp has been fighting side by side with the Hundred Battles Army twice, and there is an emotional bond between them, and the degree of integration has also improved a lot.

The Liang army was a little more troublesome.

"The Ma Bu Army has 7,000 people, except for the gentleman Du Benshuai, the seven commanders are tentatively designated as the Left Wing Army of the Hundred Battles Army, of which two are commanded by the Ma Army, Li Shaocheng is the commander of the capital, Meng Ping is the commander of the Du Yuhou, each of them is also the commander, and the other six commanders are tentatively designated as the Right Wing Army of the Hundred Battles Army, of which the two commanders of the Ma Army, Meng San is the commander of the capital, and Wu Hook is the commander of the Du Yuhou, and they are also the commanders. After the end of the war, the new soldiers were added, and each of them was promoted to ten commanders. "Reorganization, this is the first work that Li Congjing carried out on the old soldiers.

When the Heyang army was captured, the horse army was replenished, so although the gentleman had 500 men and all the cavalry, there were still 2,000 horse troops under the 100 battle army.

As for Li Congjing himself, he is no longer called the commander of the capital, and the Hundred Battles Army is now under the name of Huaizhou, and he leads the Hundred Battles Army as a thorn and defense envoy - the identity of the Hundred Battles Army is actually a bit special, neither the Sixth Army of the Tang Dynasty and the guards and the pro-army, nor the army under the Jiedu, it will not be called the "army", but it has a military number. However, at the beginning, Li Cunqiao asked Li Congjing to train in Qimen, but he didn't expect it to develop so fast now.

The second task before the war, Li Congjing arranged for the generals to preside over the "Remembrance of Bitterness Conference", which was an effective way to strengthen the integration of the army.

After the affairs in the army were dealt with, it was already evening when he left the camp, and Li Congjing finally summoned the commanders of the military intelligence department.

"The army has not moved, intelligence first. Now that there are more than 600 people in the MIA alone, it's time to play your important role. This time, the focus of your intelligence lies in three points: one is Mengzhou, the second is the Liang army's grain route, and the third is to cooperate with the actions of various ministries. Li Congjing said to Tao Yaoyao, Li Rong, Zhao Xiangyao and others, "Have you arranged the affairs of the water village properly?" ”

After Tao Yaoyao succeeded to the command of the Military Intelligence Department, Zhao Xiangyao took over her previous position.

Tao Yao said: "This time, Commander Wu cooperated with Meng Ping, and he has already set off. ”

"Good!"

Late at night.

Somewhere on the north bank of the Yellow River, in the jungle outside the Liang Jun Water Village.

A clump of grass and trees moved in the night when they couldn't see their fingers, revealing two squatting figures inside, these two people stared at the Liang Jun Water Village not far away, and the sound of breathing was inaudible.

"This is the Liangjun Water Village, there are six large and small buildings, eighteen watchtowers, four big ships, forty-two small boats, and about 500 sailors in the village." Wu Changjian pointed to the wooden buildings on the bank of the river and explained to Meng Ping.

Meng Ping responded while observing: "Why is it so large? ”

Wu Changjian smiled and said: "The hinterland of the Liang army is south of the Yellow River, and the large water village built is of course also on the south bank. In the past, there were fewer building boats here, that is, the military marshal had recently conquered Huaizhou, and in order to meet the Liang army crossing the river, there were more building boats here. ”

Meng Ping nodded, indicating understanding, and then asked, "Commander Wu, are you sure that Dai Siyuan on the other side is planning to cross the river tomorrow?" ”

Wu Changjian said in a deep voice: "The Liang army is on the other side of the river today, they are here for war, naturally they will not delay, in addition, Mengzhou also sent officials to respond, they have already contacted the other side today, it seems that they are sure to cross the river tomorrow." ”

Meng Ping pondered for a long time, and after being sure that nothing was missing, he returned to the jungle with Wu Changjian. In a clearing in the jungle, 1,000 battle troops had been assembled, beckoning to call the commander of the gentleman Lin Ying, Meng Ping asked, "Are you ready?" ”

"All set!" Lin Ying raised his chest and said, Lin Ying has great respect for Meng Ping, a former gentleman and his former and current boss.

Meng Ping nodded, summoned everyone, spread out the plan of the water village drawn by the Military Intelligence Department, and began to lay out the battle plan, "The key to this battle lies in the surprise attack, the movement must be small, the speed must be fast, and not let a Liang army have a chance to escape!" Once we lose a Liang army, our actions this time may be known by Dai Siyuan on the other side of the strait, and thus be exposed. Now start allocating the combat area, He Xiaofu, you all take this building......"

After assigning the floor plan, Meng Ping took everyone else, picked up the grass, and pointed them out on the spot to ensure that they would not be mistaken.

"General Meng, what if the Liang army desperately wants to set fire to the news?" The one who spoke was a small man, black and thin, only a pair of eyes were exceptionally bright, his name was He Xiaofu, one of the five heads of the gentleman, and he was very familiar with him when Meng Ping led the gentleman in the past.

Meng Ping said without thinking: "Then you are desperate, and you have to stop him from setting fire!" After a pause, he continued: "This battle is the first battle, and the stakes are very high, so the commander sent you to me to command, but you must remember that you are the commander of the army, and you can't fall into the majesty of the commander!" ”

He Xiaofu patted that he was not very strong, but he held his chest high and said: "General Meng rest assured, when I was from Ma Zhi, the military marshal once saved my life He Xiaofu on the battlefield, and when I arrived at the Hundred Battles Army, the military marshal has the grace of knowing me, and I would rather die than fall into the majesty of the military marshal!" ”

Meng Ping patted him on the shoulder as a sign of encouragement. Immediately, the whole army was summoned and the order was given: "Attack!" ”

After a while, hundreds of black shadows flashed out of the jungle like phantoms, holding unsheathed horizontal knives, cats waisting, and approaching the water village step by step.

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