Since Li Guangzhong left, I began to fall into endless pain, originally just dealing with the affairs of the Shenji Battalion, I was already busy with the first two big, since accepting the Dengzhou Health Center, all kinds of trivial chores are like cow hair, even the Wei Institute lost a few chickens and ducks will write a report and send it, I don't know how Li Guangzhong survived.

While lamenting the inefficiency of the Ming officials, he thought about whether to hold a meeting of the senior generals of the guard, and ordered that there was no need to report the fight between Da Huang and Er Huang. But Yuruo, who has been helping me deal with these so-called military affairs, said a very classic sentence to me.

"If they don't report it, what else can they do?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention in formulating this policy was probably to change the army into a farmer, restore production, and grasp both production and military affairs, but in this era, these half-hung guards are estimated to be inferior to the militia. Although these guards in Dengzhou are a little better than other places, they are only slightly better.

"Aren't you training?"

"Naturally, it's training!" Yuruo flipped through a document in his hand, and then sketched it casually with a brush a few times, and then left it in the pile of documents piled up on the side: "But when the farm is busy, how can there be so much idle time training, so everyone can usually train to cope with two strokes, but some people don't need to train!" ”

"Why?"

"The old man is sixty or seventy years old, and he can't even carry a spear, if he accidentally flashes his waist and twists his foot during training, will you pay for the doctor and the medicine? Hey, what are you doing? ”

"I, I'm going to Liaodong! Let me take the Shenji Battalion and the Liaodong Iron Cavalry to Liaodong to find Uncle Li and them! Seeing me running wild, packing up my clothes and armor and preparing to go out, Yuruo hurriedly dragged me back.

"It has always been my father-in-law's wish to train the guards, and he handed over the Dengzhou guards to you, hoping that you will have a way to turn them into a powerful force, anyway, now that the training of the Shenji battalion and the cavalry is already in shape, you just have to think of a way!"

It's light to say, although the people in the Shenji Battalion were not professional soldiers before, they still have some foundation, and it is naturally effortless to train, but this group of guards is ugly, I'm afraid they are authentic serfs, if you want to rectify the guards, you must even change the system of the guards, which involves a lot of problems, such as what to do with those soldiers who are still standing guard in the guard post at the age of sixty or seventy? For example, what about the guards who have to harvest rice for the landlord during the busy farming season? The most important thing is the question of the interests of the chief of the guard who have been transformed into landlords, and why should they give up the serfs who bled and sweated for themselves.

The world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit.

These people can't fight the pirates, but if their interests are touched, it's a pack of wolves.

None of these problems can be easily solved.

Li Guangzhong is really looking for a problem for me!

If you want to make those guards who can still fight have a little combat effectiveness, in fact, the most basic method is training, there are many kinds of training, there are diligent training, and naturally there is also training that mixes and jokes, basically the guards are the model of the latter, although the training of Dengzhou guards has been much higher than the frequency of guards in other places, but high frequency does not mean good quality. Laziness and jokes are also a common thing in training, such as the one that is about to start, and this afternoon I was the same as the guard training that Yuruo visited, so I got a taste of what is called god-like training.

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This afternoon's training was arranged temporarily, and I thought that there was a considerable gap between the guards in Dengzhou and the waste troops in my mind, but when I came to the training ground this afternoon and saw these guards in front of me with my own eyes, I suddenly understood why Li Guangzhong was still so worried about the affairs of the guards when he left.

This small army has about 300 people, and it is in charge of a hundred households, and the captain is a bearded man, who looks very strong, but his voice is slow and orderly, and the appearance is not 108,000 miles. What made me and Yu Ruo feel even more like yesterday was that there were nearly sixty or seventy people in this unit, all of whom were gray-haired old men.

I almost cried when I looked at these sixty or seventy-year-old grandfathers, dressed in patched and tattered military uniforms that could not be called clothes, with gray hair and beards, hooked waists, and various weapons that had been rusted, and I almost cried.

"Forget it, let these old gentlemen rest!" I couldn't stand it anymore and waved for the soldiers to leave the field and rest.

"General, you are kind-hearted, everyone admires it!" I couldn't stand the bearded voice of He Chong anymore, so I quickly signaled him to stop talking nonsense and let him start training.

He Chong immediately nodded and picked up the order flag in his hand.

"The first training, formation!"

With the flag in He Chong's hand waving up and down, I saw my worst formation display so far, yes, whether it was before or after the crossing, it was the worst formation display, those guards could not follow the command of the flag when they turned the direction, some turned left and some right, some shoulders touched their shoulders, some were at a loss, there were two fifteen or sixteen-year-old children who might be doing this kind of training for the first time, but the two of them turned too quickly, one stumbled and fell to the ground, also affected an uncle in his forties next to him.

It's not as as good as a junior high school student after two weeks of training!

I held back my foul mouth. Although I had expected it to be very bad, but I really didn't expect it to be such a bad unit, I also sighed my luck, the performance of the vast majority of the guards in Dengzhou should not be too bad, but today I drew the worst one.

He Chong probably knew that this training was too unpopular, the expression on his face was very embarrassing, he looked at me and Yu Ruo behind me, and smiled.

"The second item, the knife show!"

"Wait!" Before I could speak, Yuruo behind him was the first to speak.

"Miss Ling, please say something, I have always admired Miss Ling very much, your straightforwardness and cuteness! I've been looking forward to the day when I can see Miss Ling on the street, ouch, if Miss Ling doesn't dislike it, you can go to the Rouge Pavilion opened by my family to choose a good rouge! ”

I said why there was a strong smell of rouge just now, it turned out that this bearded man was open rouge at home, no wonder. But what would this bearded man look like if he sold rouge?

When I thought of that picture, goosebumps stood up all over my body.

"I'm not interested in your rouge gouache!" Yuruo didn't seem to be affected, she strode up to He Chong, pointed to a soldier in the audience and said, "I just want to ask what he is holding in his hand?" ”

The soldier standing in the audience was pointed at by Yuruo, and a very embarrassed smile immediately appeared on his face, the knife in his hand had a thick and long handle, and a very short blade, the blade was wider than an ordinary long knife, and the half-moon shape showed the dignity and special of this knife.

Yes, you read that right, the name of this knife is - shovel.

I don't know if it was because he came out too quickly or if there was no knife at all, this young man who seemed to have just been called out of the field was wearing a shabby military uniform, the trousers of the military uniform were full of mud, and his feet were also bare, and he appeared in the last row of the knife formation demonstration, holding his plowing shovel, to demonstrate the knife formation they had been training for a long time.

I didn't have the strength to continue roaring, He Chong hurriedly explained to us, saying that the farm has been busy recently, and many guards have to work at home, so many guards are busy doing farm work at home in the morning and noon, and when the time is about the same, they will rush here to train.

This spirit of making the best use of time is to be encouraged and commendable, but it is better to count on these to be able to go to war than to be able to do it myself.

I really didn't expect Dengzhou to have such a bad guard, I was completely speechless, although I used to know that the guards were only worse, not the worst, but the rotten guards like this are also a wonder.

He Chong was completely faceless, he glared viciously at the guard soldier with a shovel, and then looked at me, barely squeezing out a smile.

"Don't be surprised, general, next, I will personally lead the archery team and show you the results of our training!" He Chong waved his hand at his gang, and the soldiers in the middle two rows hurriedly gathered under the stage, and these soldiers were all disgraced, obviously just coming down from farm work.

Basically, I have no hope for this waste army, although Li Guangzhong has made great efforts to turn the guards in his hands into not so waste troops, but now it seems that his efforts have basically not achieved much results.

He Chong personally went down, and the forty or fifty people under him were probably his so-called archery team, although the posture of watching them pick up bows and arrows was indeed decent, but I really didn't have any expectations for this army in my heart.

A few guards who should be regarded as peasants have already erected a row of arrow stacks at the other end of the training ground, and the arrow stacks are nothing more than a few straw men, each of which has an arrow target, and a crooked circle is drawn at the bull's-eye, which is the bull's-eye of the arrow target.

He Chong led the first team to stand under the platform where I was sitting, the distance from the training platform to the arrow stack was about fifty meters, the distance was not close, not far, He Chong's personal guards had already sent his bow and arrows up, He Chong spoke a little sissy, but the bow in his hand attracted the attention of me and Yuruo.

It was a bow of very fine workmanship, with a longbow carved with patterns and a tightly drawn string, and at first glance it looked completely different from the inferior bows in the hands of the guards beside him.

"This bow has a hundred stones, this He Chong is not simple~" Yu Ruo smiled at me, he was right, ordinary people will never be able to pull this bow, watching He Chong pull the bow and arrow in one go, you know that this sissy actually has two brushes, at least this amazing arm strength is amazing.

It seems that the guards are really hidden dragons and crouching tigers, it is not simple to hide, the last time it was Lao Wan, this time this He Chong is not as completely stupid as I imagined?

Watching He Chong stride up a meteor posture, the bow and arrow in his hand were even more like holding the moon in his arms, and the expression on his face was not like the pseudo-girl just now, the sword eyebrows were horizontal, as if he was full of energy to earn back the face just now, and the bow in his hand was pulled to the full, proving that this person is indeed quite strong.

Compared with him, the group of archers under his command seemed to be completely different from the guards just now, these two teams of nearly fifty archers were all young men in their twenties and thirties, although each of them had inferior bows in their hands, but looking at their posture of pulling bows and arrows, it was very standard, and it seemed that they were usually trained.

I didn't expect there to be such an archer detachment in this army, no wonder it was arranged to be displayed at the end, it seems that it was intended to surprise me as the final finale, but the previous performance was too bad, which forced He Chong to go down in person, and wanted to earn back the face of this team in front of me.

Thinking so in my heart, the previous idea about Li Guangzhong's training of the guards was immediately denied by me, it seems that Li Guangzhong has indeed worked the guards in the past few years in Dengzhou, although his training cannot change the problem of the entire guards, but if it is completely ineffective, I am afraid it is unreasonable, probably there will be such an elite squad in every unit.

"Ready~" Accompanied by He Chong's majestic order without a sissy voice at all, the two teams of soldiers under him immediately bent their bows and arrows, aiming at the arrow stacks in the distance, which was completely different from the rotten army just now, and everyone's faces were full of seriousness, which made me also have inexplicable expectations for these people.

Under the command of He Chong, the two teams of archers pulled their bows in unison, prepared for the launch, and only waited for an order to fire arrows at the same time, Yuruo and I unconsciously held our breath, just waiting for the result of this demonstration.

"Put!" With He Chong's majestic command, the feather arrows left the string in unison, this burst of shooting was done uniformly, without the slightest drag of mud and water, which shows that the usual training is very strict, it is a wave of qualified arrow rain, even I can't help but stand up, watching the fast flying feather arrows fly towards the arrow stack not far away.

With the sharp sound of breaking the wind, the feather arrow flew towards the target at a high speed, its strength was quite full, even I was very confused, I didn't expect to see these guards so unbearable, but they were also full of combat power, and I felt a lot of comfort in my heart at the moment, at least the guards in Dengzhou were not useless, at least there were talents like Lao Wan and He Chong, as long as a little training, these guards will definitely become effective combat power.

"Good, full of momentum! It's very good! I walked up to He Chong and applauded his momentum as I walked.

He Chong scratched his head embarrassedly, a flush appeared on his face, and he almost didn't let me vomit out the overnight meal, he hugged his fists and said: "Thank you for your compliment, our training these days is really not in vain!" ”

"Oh! How long have you been training? ”

"One year! Since General Li reorganized the training of the guards, we have been training all year round, rain or shine! ”

"I appreciate your hard work and perseverance, I have one last question!"

"Your Excellency, please speak!"

"Why have you been training for a year, but now you haven't hit a single arrow! What the hell have you been training this year? I pointed to the empty arrow stack in the distance, and almost angrily jumped at He Chong in front of me and asked loudly.

Yes, there was nothing wrong at all, not a single feather arrow of the two teams of fifty feathered arrows hit the battlement, and these imposing feathered arrows flew from the head of the battlement, left and right, and not a single feathered arrow hit the battlement, and not even a single feathered arrow touched or touched the battlement, and the battlement was unharmed and unharmed.

He Chong, who was still full of excitement just now, was yelled at by me, and he didn't know how to explain it, he sneered and said, "Do you know the story of the Arrow Battlement God!" ”

"You mean that if you don't hit the battlement, when you get to the battlefield, the god of the battlement will come to the rescue?"

"Oh! It turns out that you also know the legend of the miraculous arrow stack, your lord! If this is the case, the generals must be able to understand how hard we have spent training how not to shoot arrows at the stacks! What are you doing here, my lord? Yes! With a scream, He Chong was kicked to the ground by me.

I couldn't help it, ignoring my usual amiable image, at this time, I raised my foot and kicked He Chong who was rolling and crawling on the ground, if it weren't for the pro-guards behind me who were fast enough, it is estimated that He Chong would not be covered with dust.

"Don't stop me! I'm going to kick this damn thing to death today! Bastard! After practicing for so many days, is it just to not shoot the arrow stack? ”

I knew that Li Guangzhong left me such a mess, I might as well go to Liaodong, at least I wouldn't be angry to death by these guards here, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes today, I really don't believe that the guards of the Ming Dynasty would be rotten like this, if Zhu Yuanzhang had a spirit in the sky and saw that the army protection policy he formulated had become such a situation, it is estimated that he would come back to life from the grave.

Compared with my righteous indignation, Yuruo on the side was very calm, and it was not the first time she had seen such a speechless training, she looked at me who almost pulled out a knife and slashed someone on the side, and sneered: "How is it?" Now until what is called a nest of soldiers! Dengzhou Wei is not bad, if this is changed to other places, it would be good if this guard soldier could pull this bow and arrow! ”

I cursed Li Guangzhong dozens of times in my heart, I packed up the clothes and armor on my body, and looked at these guards in front of me with their faces pulled, fortunately, these guards still know how rotten they are, and they still have some shame, if they are still happy to shoot arrows like this, then I should go back to train my Shenji battalion as soon as possible, and don't expect any guards anymore.

At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang engaged in this hand, which was to restore production and reduce the cost of war, and its purpose was to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army and ensure production, but how could there be such a good thing in the world, and the soldiers of the guard became serfs, and the officers also became military landlords.

"He Chong, you tell me, who is in charge of your training here for more than a year!" I stared at the captain of the team who was hiding behind Yu Ruo and cowering, this kid is not a waste of firewood, his arm strength is amazing, but he doesn't seem to know anything about bows and arrows, although he looks full of momentum, but he is just a rookie in archery, so after watching their training, I suddenly remembered another thing in my mind.

"It's the last general!" I was just kicked by me, He Chong didn't even dare to raise his head at this time, just lowered his head and let me ask.

"Then let me ask you, do you know archery, queues, battle formations?"

"I don't understand at all, I usually sell rouge gouache at home, if you say what kind of rouge, gouache is good or bad, I am like a treasure, where do I know half a point about such a barbaric thing in this archery battle array! General, you, are you going to kick me again? ”

"Don't stop me, I have to kick this dead shemale to death today?" While I was talking, I was scolding, this damn He Chong seemed to be very proud of his familiarity with rouge gouache, and he spoke in a twisted manner, which made me almost draw my sword and cut people.

"What is a shemale? Why does the general call the villain a shemale! ”

“！！！！！”

Resisting the urge to pull out the flying snow, I glared at He Chong fiercely, and Yuruo next to me seemed to be happy to see me make a fool of myself, and stood in front of He Chong with a big thorn, making it clear that he intended to embarrass He Chong.

Dead girl, I'll keep this account in mind, and I'll see if I don't open your ass one day.

muttered a few words in my heart, although He Chong, a dead demon who is neither male nor female, was so angry that I almost ran away, but through his words, I understood why Li Guangzhong had trained the guards for so long, and these guards still had no progress at all, in fact, the reason was very simple, Li Guangzhong let the guards train, and the chief of the guards who was responsible for training these guards was also from hereditary military households, these military households were already military landlords a hundred years ago, and the family had money, who would let their children learn to lead soldiers to fight, Let an idiot who doesn't understand military affairs train a group of idiots who don't understand military affairs at all, and the result is that idiots train idiots, even if they practice for a hundred years, it won't have any effect!

Li Guangzhong did a lot of calculations, but he didn't expect that in fact, the low-level generals of the guards under his command were simply a group of fools who didn't understand military affairs at all, so even if he gave more training orders and asked people like He Chong who didn't understand military affairs at all to train soldiers, the result would be just like this.

But if I hadn't come to check the training results of this guard today, I probably wouldn't have thought of this stubble, who would have thought that the captains of these guards might be selling jewelry, meat, opening inns, and even selling women's cosmetics like He Chong!

The role of the army in itself is really a stupid thing!

Since this is the case, then we have to let the professionals train these half-peasant and half-soldier bastards, but there is another problem, the guards have become like this, in the final analysis, it is still a problem of the system, if you want to make the guards become actual combat power, then you have to go back to Lao Zhu's era, change the peasants into soldiers, and turn this half-hung militia back into professional soldiers, the first thing to do is probably to separate the soldiers and the people.

If you want to separate the soldiers and the people, the problem will be big, first of all, the problem of military spending, the guards are the integration of the soldiers and the people, and the land is the military spending, but if the professional army is a professional army, then you have to take out the silver to support it. Yurou has already helped me so much, I can't trouble her with everything, since I have decided to stay in this era, then I can't rely on others for everything, especially the Yuruo Yurou sisters, subconsciously exclude them.

Since you can't ask Yurou for help, you can only improve the system itself.