Chapter Seventy-Three: The Way of the General (I)
It is necessary to train the old and weak who are careless, first of all, in the selection of soldiers. This number has been selected by Elder Mida, and there is no more choice, so it can only be to lead the weak with the old, after all, the old have a little combat experience.
Second, the establishment of the army enables military orders to be conveyed up and down unimpeded. With the assistance of five people, including Ila and Punu, things are much easier, after all, most of these old and weak soldiers know each other. Otherwise, just by electing grassroots officers, Zhuang Yi and these taunts will not communicate well in language, and there will be quarrels.
An hour later, the matter of the formation was finally completed after Zhuang Yi negotiated with Ila and the other five people, and was carried out by them. A thousand old and weak soldiers are all self-prepared, and they are completely varied. With the smallest 100 people as a unit, according to the quality of their own weapons and soldiers, they were divided into sword and shield soldiers, pikemen, and archers, and were temporarily organized into two battalions and ten capitals.
The low-level officers are given priority to those who have military experience, and those who have a skill, and those who are more able to convince the public are second, Xia Yue and Nerigo are the commanders, each of them leads a battalion and carries a capital, and the rest of Ira and others are used as the capital. He also ordered the soldiers to know their superior officers and rearrange them into ten arrays in the capital.
Those who were elected officers were secretly happy in their hearts, but soon they were not happy, because the next thing was about military discipline and military orders. Military discipline is determined temporarily, and it is relatively simple, after all, it depends on what people say, and a group of old and weak soldiers cannot be expected to be able to write down complex things in an instant, and only simplification is conducive to implementation.
There are two types of military discipline: discipline and discipline, as well as corresponding punishments; There are also two kinds of military orders: the flag and the golden drum are the order, the drum is heard, and the gold is retreated, which is the most basic, if there is a violation of the order, the consequences are serious, and it is normal to directly behead the capital, so all officers are required to keep it in mind.
These are all accelerated training for officers, while the soldiers are very simple, that is, they are required to stand still like a tree stump when they are quiet, and walk slowly around the school yard in a circle according to the "gang" when moving, and the only requirement is not to leave the team.
It was all very simple, and the first day passed by like this, but both soldiers and officers had a preliminary sense of teamwork. From the next day onwards, they began to be really ruthless, first separating the various branches of the armed forces and conducting specialized and independent training, so that after the soldiers were proficient in combat skills, they would be trained in combined and coordinated operations.
Every morning, they gather in line to run slowly and long-distance, and they also have to take care of the physical fitness of the old and weak soldiers. In the morning, further training was given to team formation, formation and flag recognition, and gradually strengthened the awareness and experience of team cooperation. In the afternoon, students will be trained in individual combat skills and the use of various weapons such as scimitars, spears, bows and arrows.
The five-day intensive training in full swing was finally coming to an end at dusk that day. Zhuang Yi is not satisfied with these taunting soldiers, just like a writer has no best for his own works, only better. But "good" results are often revised again and again, not overnight, and it also takes time.
At this time, Elder Yuda and Princess Ailan came, Zhuang Yi thought about it for a while and understood their intentions, Ailan must have come to see him, and Elder Yuda, I'm afraid he came to visit for Turus first, to see how his soldiers were training, if this training failed, the consequences would be absolutely unimaginable. Thinking like this, he was not in the mood to personally direct the soldiers to practice, but turned to meet them outside the gate in person.
Ailan brought two maidservants, including Xuelian and Mei Xiang, in a carriage, and Elder Yuda led fifty guards to ride with him, followed by five carts, the full of goods covered with felt, and it was impossible to see what it was, and the group was waiting by the carriage outside the gate. Zhuang Yi was very happy to see Ailan come to see him, and immediately stepped forward to greet him, exchanged greetings with Elder Yuda, led them into the school grounds, and went straight to the school reading platform.
Under the leadership of the officers, the soldiers are practicing the coordinated operation of all branches of the army, and the drums in the field are shaking the sky, accompanied by the shouts of the officers, and the footsteps of the soldiers running. Zhuang Yi sounded the war drums of the Chinese army, and the officers had to order the soldiers to end the drill, and instead assemble in front of the school parade platform.
"Elder Yuda came just in time, what do you think of this thousand old and weak infantry? Why don't you review it yourself? ”
"Haha! What are these soldiers...... It can only be said that it is average, far from being an elite soldier, but five days! It's commendable! Everyone says that you are just a team of Lu Longjun, I think you still have real talent and learning, and you can tell me, how to be a general? How to generalize? Elder Mida blinked his old yellow eyes and stroked his gray beard and smiled.
"Haha...... Elder MiTA, you're testing me! This is not something that can be explained in a few words, so I will simply say it! For the way of the general, the heart should be cured first. Mount Tai collapsed in front and the color remained unchanged, and the elk was on the left and did not look instantly, and then it could control the interests and harms, and it could treat the enemy. All soldiers are righteous; Unrighteousness, though it is profitable, do not move. It is not a matter of interest, and he will be caught off guard in the future. The husband can be angry with the righteousness, and the righteous can be angry, and the warrior can fight with a hundred battles. ”
Zhuang Yi saw that Elder Yuda listened with relish, obviously this old guy has a lot of knowledge in Chinese, and he completely understands it.
So he continued: "And the way of the generals, General Han Xin, the more the merrier!" That is to say, the so-called governing a large country is like cooking small fresh, and the principle is the same. Governing the country pays attention to the monarch and the virtuous, and the use of people on the basis of merit will make the country stable; And cooking pays attention to the right amount of firewood, rice, oil and salt, and masters the heat. So...... Whether it is 100,000 soldiers or a million soldiers, they can be commanded and moved above the nine heavens and hidden under the nine earths. When I say that, what does Elder Mida think? ”
"Not bad...... It's very reasonable, what you said is the way of the general, the first to cure the heart, why haven't I heard of it, I don't know which military book it comes from? Elder Yuda asked in surprise.
Zhuang Yi couldn't help laughing, this is from the "Book of Rights" of Su Xun in the Northern Song Dynasty, Elder Yuda naturally hadn't heard of it, but Zhuang Yi didn't want to explain. In this era, the military books were still the collections of the wealthy nobles, and the knowledge was in the hands of scholars, which was rare and heard by the common people.
No wonder Elder Yuda was surprised, he always felt that there was something wrong with Zhuang Yi's background, a young man from the Youzhou Cold Incisor Legion, only twenty-one years old, too young, how could he understand these many truths, and his martial arts were even more amazing, this was definitely worshipping a famous teacher, but he didn't want to reveal his teacher's inheritance. Seeing that he didn't say anything, Elder Yuda stopped asking.