In Lulong, in order to change the border day, Li Congjing carried out a lot of construction, military, agricultural and commercial plans, but most of these constructions were based in Youzhou, to deal with the Khitan, but the Yanwu Academy is different, he was built by Li Congjing for long-term discovery in the future, and it was to lay the foundation for Li Congjing's great cause.

"Since the Anshi Rebellion, the world has been smoking, especially since the Huangchao Disaster in the Tang Dynasty, Shenzhou has been divided, and the world has entered a situation of division among the princes. In today's world, it is not easy to conquer the princes of various places and dominate the world, and it will take countless battles. Under such circumstances, it is particularly necessary to establish a martial arts academy. The location of the Martial Arts Academy can not only provide a steady stream of support for the continuous war, but also greatly improve the quality of the generals and improve the combat effectiveness of the army. Du Qianshu, who was traveling with Li Congjing, said, "Since the order of the military commander and the establishment of the martial arts academy, I have been thinking about it day and night, and I am afraid that there is no intention of being as good as the military commander." Now that the military commander is here, whether the martial arts academy is good or bad, there is finally a judgment, whether the heart of humility sinks into the stomach or flies to the sky, it is better than mentioning it in the throat. ”

Li Congjing said with a smile: "The martial arts academy is indeed very important, but you don't have to be so treadful on thin ice, there is no old precedent to follow in this matter, it is tantamount to crossing the river by feeling the stones, it doesn't matter if you don't do it well enough for a while, just improve gradually." ”

Speaking of which, Li Congjing and Du Qianshu are close to the archway of the Yanwu Academy. The archway is three gates, the plaque on the highest door in the middle, there are three vigorous and powerful characters written with "Yanwu Academy", the style is simple, the pen is powerful, there is a killing atmosphere, the typical military style. Although Li Congjing can almost say that he is full of poetry and books, he has no half of the cultivation of calligraphy, and this word is not from him.

Du Qianshu looked up at those three words and sighed: "Every time I look at these three words, if I see a battle on the battlefield, the spirit of Jin Ge Iron Horse is coming, which makes people feel awe-inspiring." The three words of Mr. Fei show the depth of his pen and the feelings in his chest. ”

It turned out that this plaque was from Fei Gaozhang's hand.

"Lord Fei has lived in Youzhou for a long time, every time he fights with the Khitan with the teacher, he has no fear, I have heard the teacher say that Youzhou has been besieged by the Khitan army of 100,000 several times, and those who can stand tall and undefeated, Lu Longjun's strength to fight to the death accounts for half, and Lord Fei gathers the support of the city's civil and material resources, accounting for the other half." Li Congjing said that the teacher in his mouth is naturally Li Cunxian, and Li Cunxian's evaluation of Fei Gaozhang can be said to be very high.

Du Qianshu nodded and said solemnly: "Lord Fei can indeed deserve this praise." ”

While the two were talking, they had arrived in front of the door of the Martial Arts Academy, which was an important place in the army, guarded by its own sergeants, and stood guard in front of the door were two young men dressed in the costumes of the Martial Arts Academy. The costumes of the students of the Performing Arts Academy are blue, with a shield and a sword tattooed on their chests, and the two sons and daughters are straight, looking ahead, expressionless, like statues. It wasn't until Li Congjing and the others approached the position of ten steps to the courtyard gate that the two of them cast their eyes at the same time, and the glittering essence in their eyes had a vigorous and inviolable momentum.

When Li Congjing left Youzhou, the Yanwu Academy was still in operation, and it was in a rudimentary stage, and when any new thing began to appear, its development was extremely rapid, and so was the Yanwu Academy. It's the same now, these two sons and daughters didn't recognize Li Congjing when they saw him.

They didn't recognize Li Congjing, but they recognized Du Qianshu, who presided over the construction of the Yanwu Academy, and when they saw Du Qianshu, they saluted one after another, "Master Du." ”

Du Qianshu's official position in Youzhou is not very high now, so the two sons and daughters saw him standing beside Li Congjing, and they were not too curious, whether it was in the Hundred Battles Army or Lu Longjun, there were many people who could make Du Qianshu accompany him. After glancing at Li Congjing, the two sons and daughters resumed their posture of not squinting and did not pay much attention.

Du Qianshu nodded, didn't say much, and stepped into the door with Li Congjing.

On the previous topic, Li Congjing said to Du Qianshu: "It is the responsibility of the Martial Arts Academy to train grassroots generals and improve the quality of middle and high-level generals, but this is not the whole meaning of the Academy, or even the greatest significance. ”

The Yanwu Courtyard is full of green trees and the environment is elegant, which is commendable, but in addition, the Yanwu Academy, which covers an area even close to the Jiedu Embassy Office, has no other decorations, and the buildings and furnishings inside are all simple and direct, the lines are hard, and there is no slightest mud and water. Du Qianshu and Li Congjing took the lead, walking on the road paved with bluestone slabs, he looked at Li Congjing with an inquiring gaze, "Cultivating grassroots generals, as the cornerstone of the army, improving the quality of middle and high-level generals, thinking that they are the pillars of the army, these two will greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the army, and even hope to shape an army that has never appeared in history." This is not the greatest significance of the Yanwu Academy, so where is the greatest significance of the Yanwu Academy? ”

Li Congjing's inspection of the Yanwu Academy this time, similar to a private visit to Weifu, except for Du Qianshu and the officials and guards who followed him, the Yanwu Academy was not told, everyone walked on the road, and it was inevitable to meet the students of the Yanwu Academy, most of these students were from the middle and lower levels of the army, and they didn't know much about Li Congjing.

Li Congjing said: "The greatest significance of the Martial Arts Academy is to sum up four words, strengthen national defense. ”

"National defense?" Du Qianshu was amazed by these two unheard terms.

Li Congjing nodded, "It's indeed national defense." A country's ability to win a war depends not only on the combat strength of its army, but also in its national defense strength. National defense, including the quality of soldiers, the strength of armaments, military academics - military knowledge, tactical thinking, war thinking, etc., is a system. In short, it is the ability of a country's army to win a war. ”

Speaking of this, seeing that Du Qianshu didn't seem to understand, Li Congjing smiled and continued: "Of course, the national defense strength does not depend on the Martial Arts Academy, it needs the support of a country as a whole. As far as the current situation is concerned, in addition to training lieutenant generals, the Martial Arts Academy has three other things to do. The first thing is to study the enemy's army, including the enemy's tactics and habits, combat readiness system, ways of conquest, strengths and weaknesses, etc., and even the main generals of the enemy's army, which can be regarded as the category of 'temple calculation'. The second thing, the study of armaments, in the past, the Han Wu wanted to use troops against the Huns, and felt that the armor of the Han army was unfavorable, so he obtained the method of refining steel and iron, and obtained the first sword. The reason why the Han army was able to defeat the Xiongnu repeatedly after that was not only because of the talents of Wei Huo's generals, but also because of the benefits of the first sword. Now I want to conquer the world, and my armament must not be disadvantaged. Whether it is a siege weapon, a confrontation weapon, or a defensive weapon, it is necessary to improve and develop it, and strive to win the opponent before the battle, and then win the opponent in armament and draw the advantage first. ”

After hearing about these two things, Du Qianshu was amazed, and after thinking about it, he felt that the benefits and disadvantages were even more serious, the former was against the drug, and the latter improved his own combat power, both of which were the right way to win the battle, and the weight was not heavy. Especially the latter, with the advantage of equipment, so as to defeat the opponent, there are rules to follow in history, Du Qianshu is full of learning, and he can naturally appreciate the weight.

After Li Congjing said these two things, Du Qianshu couldn't wait to ask: "What is the third thing?" ”

"The third thing, based on the first two, is to improve the methods of our army's conquest and battle formation. The cooperation of the troops, the cooperation of infantry and cavalry, the art of attacking and defending the city is different, then the army of attacking and defending the city should also be different, but it is different, and the allocation of resources can be optimized - distinguish the military strength, so that good steel can be used on the blade. Li Congjing said.

In Li Congjing's planning, the army's tactics have also changed along with the change of armaments, and the history of the development and evolution of the world's armed forces is the history of the evolution of weapons and equipment. Since later generations, Li Congjing naturally knows the power of firearms, and it is impossible for him to have no thoughts about firearms. Needless to say before, he didn't have that capital, but now he is saving one side, it is for the little princes, and the ink in his chest finally has a place where he can sway it slightly.

Even if it's not practical to build a musket, what about a cannon? Even if it's hard to build a cannon, can you improve gunpowder and make an explosives pack? If this can be done, when attacking the city, whether it is with trebuchets or manpower, throw 100 explosives bags at the head of the local city, wouldn't the scene be beautiful? Plant a bunch of explosives under the city gate and ignite it, and with a bang, will the city gate be blown up?

Of course, these are Li Congjing's ideas, and it will take time to prove whether they can be implemented, but at least this is a direction and a correct idea, and he is willing to work hard for it.

After thinking carefully, Du Qianshu said sincerely: "These three are all promising, if it can be done, our army's combat strength - my Datang national defense strength, will definitely be able to dominate the world, at that time, not to mention the conquest of the grassland, it is to dominate the world, and it is just around the corner!" ”

Think about the scene after this thing was done, everywhere the Tang army went, the enemy army was defeated, thousands of miles of Shenzhou, under the command of the Tang army, one city after another was planted with the banner of the Tang Dynasty, and in the end, the map of the world was dyed red in pieces, and finally reunited and gathered into a big "Tang" character, Du Qianshu could not help but be enthusiastic.

According to Li Congjing's idea, even if the Tang army conquers the world in the future, reproduces the territory of Taizong Xuanzong's period, pulls the Tang army to Central Asia, and then competes with the West, it is not impossible.

The more he thought about it, the more Du Qianshu was shocked by the picture he sketched himself, and in the end, his voice almost trembled: "The world is so big, but where I dream to go, is where my Datang is!" The military marshal has worked hard, Qianshu knows it today, and it is a great honor for Qianshu to be able to preside over the affairs of the martial arts academy, and he will live up to the expectations of the military commander in the future! ”

Compared with Du Qianshu's excitement at this time, Li Congjing, the "initiator" of all these ideas, is much more indifferent, after all, he is not the first time he has heard of these things, nor is it the first time he has imagined those pictures, for more than ten years, these things have been haunting his mind day and night, I don't know that he has imagined and conceived hundreds of thousands of times, and when the idea has not been realized, Li Congjing will no longer have emotional ups and downs.

Waving his hand, Li Congjing asked Du Qianshu: "Qianshu, tell me, what is the biggest difficulty in doing these three things?" Asking questions in advance has long become Li Congjing's habit. In the final analysis, doing things is to solve one difficulty after another, and when the difficulties are solved, the results will be logical.

Du Qianshu muttered: "It is difficult to do these three things, but the biggest difficulty is that Qianshu steals two words. ”

"What two words?"