Chapter 23 The Great Training: Armed Cross-country
Tomorrow is 515, the anniversary of the starting point, and the day with the most benefits. In addition to the gift bag and school bag, this time's "515 Red Envelope Flip" must be seen, how can there be a reason not to grab the red envelope, set the alarm clock high~
"Knock knock...", accompanied by a rapid drum beat, the barracks were noisy, the soldiers who heard the drums got out of the barracks, and hurriedly began to line up, and it took two quarters of an hour for the soldiers to stand in line under the shouts of the squad leader. Looking at the soldiers in front of him who were still a little flustered, Liu Fan was furious, "From the drumming to now, you have shared more than 2 quarters of an hour, if there is an enemy to attack, will they give you time to wait for you to finish the formation before attacking?" Is this the result of your usual training? Now listen to me! All of them! Turn left, run and go! After saying that, he ignored the ashamed crowd and took the lead in turning around and running out of the school grounds!
This time, Liu Fan did not run around Niutun Fort, but marched towards the official road of Tongzhou City at the beginning, although the soldiers were puzzled, but the obedience that they had trained for a long time still made them run with Liu Fan unconditionally. The sun is getting higher and higher, it is now the middle of June, the weather is very hot, on the official road to Tongzhou, an army of several hundred people is advancing rapidly, steaming and hot air is gathering from above the team, the soldiers are wet on the chest and back of the sweat down the cheeks, and they do not dare to wipe it and still bury their heads and run ahead, and it is already an hour later when they run outside the city of Tongzhou.
Outside Tongzhou City, Liu Fan looked at the elongated team, and couldn't help shaking his head, it seems that there is still a lack of training, it is only less than 20 miles of march, and the team has actually run away, and there is no discipline at all. Those with good physical strength rushed to the front, and those with poor physical strength fell behind, looking like a group of peasants with spears from a distance, and if you want to use an evaluation, it is a rabble!
When the last soldier arrived, Liu Fan shouted loudly, "Assemble!" The soldiers in the panic hurriedly stood up and lined up, and when the soldiers lined up, Liu Fan said, "Look at what you looked like just now, is this still an army?" This is a rabble, and if someone attacks you on the way, they won't have to beat you and you'll be defeated! There are still people running ahead, how can you be very good? Now you can abandon your teammates and run to the front, is that the same when you are fighting? How did the comrades-in-arms give you their backs? Are you worthy of his trust? Think about it all for me! You are a collective! Rest now! Return in an hour! Hearing Liu Fan's words, the soldiers were ashamed, especially a few who ran to the front, they were still proud, but when they heard Liu Fan's words, their heads were about to lower into their crotch!
An hour later, Liu Fan gathered the team and began to return! This time the team is obviously much neater! Liu Fan, who was running in the middle of the team, shouted: "Remember that you are a collective!" I don't want speed! It's discipline! Do not abandon yourselves! Don't give up! ”
"Now listen to me! All of them! Slow down! Keep up with the top of the line! As soon as the words fell, the team suddenly slowed down, and after a while, the team was noticeably much more tidy!
"Good! Sing with me now! Unity is strength ready to sing! "Unity is strength, this power is iron, this power is steel, harder than iron and stronger than steel, fire at all enemies, let all enemies in front of you die, towards the sun towards freedom, towards the new Ming Dynasty shines brightly" (the plot needs not to like it, do not spray) There were bursts of loud singing in the advancing ranks! The soldiers were suddenly in high spirits and swept away the previous decadence!
In the following time, Liu Fan tried his best to normalize the long-distance armed march, which would be carried out every three days. In the absence of horses, only a fast marching speed can maintain high-speed mobility on the battlefield.
The long-term training has made the soldiers very familiar with standing in military posture, marching in line, walking in unison, running and walking! Considering the needs of actual combat, Liu Fan no longer asked the soldiers to carry out these trainings, and rearranged new training items, the morning was still morning exercises, and then breakfast time, after breakfast, it was to line up with guns, emergency assembly, and some exercises in formation changes, and then lunch, rest, and only practice marksmanship in the afternoon, stabbing, receiving, sweeping, and three things. The main thing is to practice stabbing, how can you do it neatly, consistently, and quickly? That's what a soldier has to do thousands of times a day to train out! Generally, when the soldiers are training in the afternoon, Liu Fan will return to his barracks to deal with military affairs, with the passage of time, the soldiers' food consumption is getting bigger and bigger, and the huge data has been accumulated for nearly a month. The large amount of time occupied made Liu Fan not only have no time to do other things, but also felt more and more tired. The practice of horseback riding that he had planned to do had was dragged down, and Liu Fan couldn't even spare time to go back to Niutunbao, which was close at hand, to visit the two daughters at home. And the barracks are all big and coarse, and there is no one who can share Liu Fan's burden, and Liu Fan, who is anxious, is foaming at the mouth! Later, when he told Wang Yong about this, Wang Yong said, "The adult is a fan of the authorities, and you can go to Niutunbao to ask an account or a scholar to help, even if Niutunbao does not have it, you can go to Tongzhou or even the capital. Liu Fan patted his head and remembered that this matter could be handed over to others to do, anyway, there was nothing else except the military salary that the emperor gave him, just thinking about finding someone he trusted, but he didn't expect that it was completely unnecessary now, and it was not too late to find a henchman to take over when he had his own territory in the future! Looking at Wang Yong, who was smiling on the side, Liu Fan suddenly became angry, and gave Wang Yong a hard shoulder on the shoulder, patted him with a grin, and then said, "You bastard, seeing that your family is so busy, don't say it early." It's fun to see your adult jokes, isn't it? In that case, I'll leave this matter to you! I don't care what method you use to find someone to deal with the money and food for me tomorrow, if you can't do it, I'll clean the toilets for the soldiers! Oh! By the way, prepare a horse for Ben-sama, and tomorrow I will practice riding! After speaking, Wang Yong, who was full of wry smiles, turned around and left!
I have to say that Wang Yong is still very reliable, on the second day, he not only found a down-and-out Xiucai to help deal with money and food affairs, but also found a first-class horse from nowhere! After testing the ability of the man named He Wenchang, Liu Fan became the shopkeeper and completely got out of the busy military affairs.
In addition to the training every morning, Liu Fan was accompanied by Wang Yong every afternoon to start the horseback riding training full of "suffering". At the beginning, Liu Fan, who had never touched horses, suffered a lot! The horse is not like the bicycle and motorcycle of later generations, it is a living thing, whenever it advances, the hind hips will continue to rise and fall, Liu Fan, who has never ridden a horse, let alone ride a horse and gallop, it is this docile mare walking slowly, Liu Fan almost fell off with his legs clamping the horse's belly. Watching Wang Yong, who was doing the demonstration, riding on a horse and running wildly, Liu Fan was full of envy! Sure enough, in ancient times, horseback riding was a man's romance!
The ruthless Liu Fan began to ask Wang Yong for his horseback riding skills.
"My lord, you must first master the correct riding posture when riding a horse, first of all, you must hold the reins of the horse, step on the stirrups with both feet, and don't sit too strongly, you just sat too strong, in fact, this is not possible, you must sit lightly on the saddle, first familiarize yourself with his undulating rhythm, and the body shakes with its rhythm. Then it's about controlling the direction, holding the reins and turning left to pull and right to pull. When you want to stop, just pull the reins with both hands! Wang Yong said while demonstrating!
Liu Fan got on the horse again and experimented according to what Wang Yong said, and he really felt much better! Next, Liu Fan continued to practice according to the method taught by Wang Yong, and at the end of the day, his whole body was sore, his inner thighs were hot and painful, and his skin was worn out. After a few days of practice, Liu Fan finally mastered the essentials of horseback riding, although he still couldn't ride too fast, but walking normally was basically no problem. The next step is to keep getting acquainted.
Liu Fan, who feels that everything is normal, finally has time to go back and see the two girls!
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