Chapter 21: The Depths of the Qinling Mountains

When it was dark, Xue Wanche and Li Kuancai came back from outside, and at this time, the afternoon training had been completed, and this guy Hong Li finally had a meal today. This made him excited, it was not easy, from the morning to the sunset in the afternoon, he stood like this all day, he was stiff, if he hadn't practiced martial arts, I am afraid he would have fallen to the ground a long time ago, and he would have been sent back, which would be a shame for him. Although he had been standing there, he had not become deaf, so he still knew what had happened to those who had fallen to the ground in the morning, and in the last half hour of the afternoon, he had almost reached his limit, and the armor on his body was like a mountain weighing on him, if it weren't for the shame in his heart that made him grit his teeth and persevere, I am afraid he would not be able to hold on.

But even so, at the end of the day, he was still stiff and almost unable to walk. In later generations, the soldiers who stood guard were all rotated, because maintaining a posture like this for a long time was not good for the blood circulation of the human body for a very long time, but Li Kuan would not consider these things, and he didn't understand it very well. In the afternoon, he and Xue Wanche were also tired enough, in order to arrange the venues for follow-up training, those things, although the two of them were extraordinary, they were also extremely tired, no, back to the barracks, the two began to eat, a big bowl of rice, a big bowl of broth, two big pots of vegetarian dishes, the two of them devoured it, and then went back to rest.

At the beginning, Li Kuan came to the training camp of the Royal Horse Farm alone, but after arriving, he found that he couldn't control the three thousand people alone, so he brought Xue Wanche and Liu Wei over. Even Xue Wanche was still busy handling the household registration of the little guy named Di Renjie with the same name as the future. In recent years, the Tang Dynasty has also begun to implement household registration, because the empire has almost recovered from the war. Recuperation and recuperation were fruitful, so Li Er wanted to know how many subjects he had under his hands. How many little brothers can be selected from it who can go into battle. In this way, it can be seen whether the gang of Datang has the ability to expand its territory outward.

In this way, the days in the army are dull, day after day of drills, each day is similar to the previous day, but every day is not the same. After Li Kuan and Xue Wanche worked together for more than half a month, they finally prepared the training things before the first snow of winter. Although the temperature is already very low, not to mention that the dripping water has turned into ice, the bitter cold wind has already begun to cut people's faces like knives.

On this day, the school field of the Eastern Suburbs Racecourse. All the soldiers and instructors were gathered together, and this training project was not available before, even those Xuanjia Guard soldiers who had been trained before were treated equally by Li Kuan and participated this time. Li Kuan understands these people very well that they were sent by Li Er to steal the teacher, because just like these people he is now as instructors, Li Er is also ready to use these people as seeds to prepare for the implementation of Li Kuan's training method in Datang in the future. It's just that although Li Er's abacus is very good, it is not practical. Because many of these things are not just copied, just like the unit trained by Li Kuan now is aimed at special forces, and at the very least, he also hopes that these people will reach the level of scouts, which is not suitable for large-scale promotion. Because the resources needed to train these people alone are a lot of money. Although Datang has eased up, it cannot train such soldiers on a large scale.

It is precisely because of this plan in Li Er's heart that he will hand over these people to Li Kuan so happily. And in return for the favor, Li Kuan can't exclude these people. In addition, these people are actually very familiar with him. So these soldiers of the Xuanjiawei were also pulled in by Li Kuan. Anyway, there are enough people, and there are not less than 200 people.

After the assembly, Li Kuan began to speak, this time he was going to walk out of the Royal Horse Farm, after all, the horse farm is a flat river, many projects are not very suitable, and there are no rivers, mountains and other terrains, which is completely inconsistent with Li Kuan's original intention. So this time they were going to pull these people into Qinling Mountain. Special training of soldiers was carried out in a complex environment there.

In winter, everything withered, and the Qinling Mountains were no longer the verdant scene before, and countless trees in the mountains and forests had lost their leaves, leaving only bare branches, whining in the cold wind, like bursts of ghost crying. A group of soldiers in armor were running, the dust on the ground was shaken by their footsteps, filling the entire road, this group of people and horses was quite numerous, there were thousands of people, black and oppressive, but the sound of uniform footsteps was like an ancient beast walking step by step, there was only one sound, that is, the sound of boots stepping on the ground. Not in a hurry, but heavy as if Mount Tai was crumbling.

These soldiers were panting one by one, but none of them stopped, even if they were already panting and sweating, and even felt that the armor on their bodies was like a mountain about to press into their bodies with every step they moved, but they still clenched their steel teeth, and their eyes were staring at the backs of the people in front of them with a kind of crazy stubbornness, and then they followed step by step, in their hearts they didn't need to let themselves run fast or far, As long as they have one thought, that is, to keep up with the person in front of them, then they can force out the potential of their body, which is a force that does not admit defeat, and it is also a spirit or soul that an army needs.

A unit with such a spiritual head is an absolute elite, even if it is not now, but if it persists in this inheritance, such a force will definitely climb to the peak step by step and become a super elite and a division of victory that terrifies all enemies. In Datang, there is such a spiritual head of the army, it is definitely not more than the number of slaps, and even a slap is not used up, don't look at the current sixteen guards are strong and strong, and the soldiers inside have also seen blood on the battlefield, but they are still not absolutely elite. It can only be said that the combat effectiveness is passable, but compared to the Xuanjiawei and the Longxiang Battalion, which was famous in the border army before, these soldiers are still extremely weak. Maybe a few dozen battles can't be seen, but when it comes to a battle of more than a thousand people, three thousand Xuanjia can definitely defeat any of the sixteen guards. Even if the difference in the strength of the two sides is almost ten or even ten times. This is the difference between an army with a spirit of its own and an ordinary army. But the more such an army is, the more difficult it is to control, because such an elite is absolutely wild and untamable. Except for the one who cast it, the rest of the people can only blend in. Rather than being detached from the shelf.

At this time, these soldiers began to gradually develop an independent spirit, or military spirit. They began to transform, and on the narrow plank road deep in the Qinling Mountains, these soldiers were running. They were in a process of transformation, the dark clouds in the sky could not stop the blood burning in their hearts, and the power that felt everyone condensed as one made these soldiers feel that this world could not stop them. It is precisely because of this feeling that this army will become unruly. Except for Li Kuan, the rest of the people definitely couldn't convince them.

Looking at the dark and dreary sky, Li Kuan frowned slightly, because of such a sky, a snowstorm will definitely come tonight, and most of the training in this Qinling Mountains for more than half a month has given him a deep understanding of the vagaries of the weather in Qinling, although it is a cold winter, but this mountain forest is still sometimes windy and rainy and sometimes sunny. Whatever weather comes and goes, it goes. If I hadn't taken shelter from the fire earlier, I was afraid that the night would have been difficult again.

So Li Kuan, who was running at the front of the team, raised his hand, and suddenly the soldiers behind him stopped immediately. The transition between movement and stillness was so abrupt, yet so harmonious, that the footsteps stopped. It's like a person, but this is obviously a military force of 1,200 people. But with such a high degree of unity, no one can believe it. Over the years, many people have been eliminated one after another. These are the people who are not qualified in these experiences in the field, or the people who complain constantly in the team. Those who were unqualified, Li Kuan sent them back, but those who complained, but Li Kuan gave them an unforgettable lesson before sending them away, I believe that in the next career of these people, they will not be able to forget the day when they left this unnamed army, the young man with a gentle smile.

These days, Li Kuan and these soldiers train together, no matter what the project, Li Kuan is meticulous to complete, and he is the first, to demonstrate, and even to practice various skills in this field training Li Kuan is the first person, which also makes these soldiers completely obey Li Kuan. And as an instructor, the Xuanjiawei soldiers were also eliminated in this field training, and these people were also directly sent back by Li Kuan, without the slightest difference from the previous soldiers, and now there are more than one hundred and forty people left, and nearly a hundred have been eliminated. These Xuanjia guards are originally composed of elite in the army, so their elimination rate is very low.

Li Kuan's example and fairness and justice during this period of time made all the trainees, whether soldiers or instructors, admire him. As a result, this army gradually took on the mark of Li Kuan, and became an army that only he could mobilize. Even if this force is handed over to Li Jing, the god of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing may not be able to use it as freely as Li Kuan. That's what makes the branded army special.

"Found a hidden place, a blizzard is coming!" Li Kuan carried a package behind his back, made of felt cloth that looked very heavy, and all the soldiers behind him were carrying one, which was their bedding, and they also had to rest in this field, of course, this was a sleeping bag-style bedding, and no one was in the mood to sleep on a bed in this wilderness, right?

So in the queue behind him, dozens of people immediately rushed out and scattered around, these people were scouts, and they were also scouts in later generations, responsible for things like finding out intelligence or finding out the environment. Now it is also one of their tasks to find a suitable campsite, and these dozens of people are like dexterous apes in the mountains and forests, grasping vines or branches, and they are very good at going up and down the hill lightly.

In a short time, someone reported that not far ahead they had already reached a leeward mountain wall, where a natural depression had formed, enough for their troops to take shelter from the wind and snow. Li Kuan ordered the large army to begin to advance, and finally reached the mountain wall before the blizzard fell.

"Yes, it's a good place to go and find firewood, and the rest of the people are going to hunt, and camp here tonight!" Li Kuan ordered again, and someone in the team immediately put down the burden on their bodies and drilled into the deep mountain.

The black clouds pressed down, although it was not yet dark, but it was still dark, everyone had already laid out their sleeping bags, lit a bonfire, and the people who went out to hunt for food also returned, and they appeared carrying their prey, which was a black boar, that is, a wild boar, this pig probably weighed four or five hundred pounds, because the four soldiers were actually difficult to carry, although the training day and the mountain road was difficult, but also revealed the weight of this wild boar. (To be continued......)