Fang Shao sent Mrs. Mi and the little prince Adou to Jiangling Mansion safely, and it happened that Liu Bei had just left Jiangling City two days ago, saying that he was going to inspect several counties in the north.

I drank a lot of wine last night, and I still have a little pain in my head until now, Fang Shaozheng wanted to go home and have a good rest, but not long after returning home, he was sent by Zhuge Liang to spread the word, saying that he wanted him to accompany him to the barracks to train the new army.

Fang Shao had no choice, he just lay down and got up, got dressed and hurried to the camp in the north of the city non-stop, and when he saw Kong Ming, it was already afternoon, and Zhuge Liang was watching the training of the newly recruited soldiers.

Fang Shao stepped onto the podium and said with a smile: "Sir, there was some delay on the road, I didn't come late." ”

Zhuge Liang beckoned to him and said with a smile: "It's not too late, come and watch together." ”

Fang Shao stepped forward and watched the practice with Zhuge Liang.

On the school ground, there were about 500 soldiers standing high and low, practicing the array under the command of a captain, and it was the reason for the new recruitment, and the soldiers were not very clear about the order, and the array was a little messy when it was converted.

Fang Shao saw that Zhuge Liang's expression was a little dissatisfied, so he was relieved: "These soldiers are also physically strong, and if they train more, they are not afraid that they will not be able to train an elite soldier." ”

Zhuge Liang shook his fan and said: "Zhongzheng, I have asked you to read military books for some time, and today I just took this opportunity to test you." ”

Fang Shao knew that as soon as his fan was shaken, he had the intention of testing him again, so he coughed a few times and said with a smile: "That, the student is also a beginner in the art of war, and it is too difficult for Mr. to take the test." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Okay, just test you simply, then you can talk about it, in the original battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao's 100,000 army, why was Cao Ying's 10,000 soldiers and horses defeated." ”

This is naturally difficult for Fang Shao, there have been comments in history, he thought about it, and replied very calmly: "Yuan Shao is scheming and indecisive, does not listen to advice, and all the civil and military forces within him have their own ghosts, and Cao Ying is harmonious from top to bottom, and is good at accepting good advice." In addition, although Yuan Shao has many soldiers and horses, but it is not as good as Cao Ying's soldiers, the stalemate between the two sides has not been down for a long time, Cao Ying dares to surprise the army, so he can win more with less, and defeat the strong with the weak. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, and asked again: "Since you mentioned Cao Ying's soldier essence, do you know where its essence is?" ”

In fact, although he is familiar with history, he also knows Cao Ying's soldiers, but what kind of fine method it is, but it is not enough to study it carefully, at this time Zhuge Liang asked, he was a little difficult, and thought for a moment Fang said: "This elite soldier, in Shao's opinion, one must be physically strong, and the other must obey orders, with these two things, it should be regarded as an elite soldier." ”

Zhuge Liang patted his head lightly, shook his head and said, "That's not bad, it's just superficial." Now the Lord has ordered me to train my troops, so you can follow me and learn from it. ”

Zhuge Liang raised his eyes and looked at the soldiers training on the stage, and said meaningfully: "In fact, the so-called elite soldiers, physical fitness is only secondary, but the key lies in two words, 'dare to die'." On the battlefield, if you have an army of 100,000 people, even if they are all as strong as oxen, but if they are all afraid of death, they will be intimidated by the sound of drums and killings before they have engaged in battle. But if it is the old and weak, but they are not afraid of death, let thousands of troops rush to kill, I stand still, and even go to the death, then it is unknown to defeat the strong with the weak. ”

Zhuge Liang said this, Fang Shao suddenly had a feeling, and said: "Mr. said very reasonably, I think that when the lord owned Xuzhou, there were not a few soldiers and horses in his hands, but every time he fought against Cao Jun, even if it was not Cao Ying himself who personally commanded the troops, it was more defeated and less victorious. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "The lord is not ignorant of soldiers, Yun Chang and Yide are also recognized as good generals in the world, and the reason why they have been defeated again and again is that they can use soldiers, but they are not good at training." However, this is not only the lord alone, there were countless princes in the world back then, and those who could train elite soldiers like Cao Ying were also countable. ”

Fang Shao's understanding became more and more profound, and he said: "According to Mr. 'then, in Mr.'s opinion, how can we train this so-called 'dare to die' soldier." ”

Zhuge Liang said: "I have actually studied this since I was in Longzhong, and later when I was in Fancheng, I wanted to use this method to train soldiers for the lord, but the time has been very hasty, and it cannot be implemented at all. ”

So, Zhuge Liang came together with his own training methods, and with the assistance of Fang Shao, after a few days, he sorted them out into a set of effective training methods.

Zhuge Liang has three main methods of military training, 'system', 'clear law', and 'good general'.

The so-called system, Zhuge Liang summarized as: "The incompetent general of the controlled army cannot be defeated; An uncontrolled soldier has a capable general, and it cannot be defeated." This means that the cultivation of an army's military order system and work style and discipline is more important than the ability of its generals, and is a crucial factor related to the success or failure of the army. In fact, in the course of the battle, the whole army, from the chief general to the soldiers, must stick to their respective combat posts to the death, obey the command of the golden drum, and enforce all kinds of discipline.

Regarding this "system", Zhuge Liang also drew up the most important seven prohibitions under Fang Shao's reminder and supplement: despising military discipline and beheading those with incomplete armor and weapons; Those who neglect military orders, accept orders and do not convey them, and do not listen to the golden drum and banner orders will be beheaded; robbers have bad habits, robbing others of their exploits; Those who are deceived and blinded, whose blades are not sharpened, and whose bows and crossbows are not loaded; Those who violate military orders and leave the battlefield without permission under the pretext of saving lives and helping the wounded will be beheaded; The march is chaotic, the march is chaotic, and those who block the roads are beheaded; Those who obstruct the rules of the battalion, talk about the relationship between the camp and the township, spread rumors, and doubt the troops.

In addition to these seven prohibitions, many military order systems involving land warfare, ship warfare, and formations have also been established.

The system was set up, and then it was the "clear law", that is, military orders and rules should be strictly enforced, from commanders, ministers, cronies, to non-commissioned officers, once a military order is violated, it must be implemented according to law, and the whole army must be announced as a warning.

The "good general" in the third article advocates that the position of the general should not be proud, that he should not be arbitrary, that he should not be supported by others, that he should not be afraid of danger. When dealing with military affairs, we should let others choose who should be promoted, not appoint those we want to appoint, and when evaluating the military merits, we should not let ourselves speculate and have the final say, and we should have clear rewards and punishments.

Zhuge Liang repeatedly discussed his set of military training methods with all the civil and military forces, and then submitted it to Liu Bei for review, which was finally determined and released for implementation by the whole army. Since then, both new recruits and old troops have trained soldiers and restrained generals in this way. As a result, after more than half a year of training, Liu Beijun's quality has been greatly improved.

In the blink of an eye, it has been 16 years since Jian'an, Liu Bei took over the five counties of Jingnan and Jiangxia County for nearly ten months, and the number of soldiers and horses has rapidly increased to as many as 50,000, and under Zhuge Liang's new method training, the combat effectiveness is very different from when he was in Fancheng.

However, just when Liu Bei's side was ambitiously expanding its military strength, Sun Quan suddenly sent an envoy over there, saying that he was going to join forces with Liu Bei to attack Shu.

Liu Bei was not in Jiangling at this time, he was inspecting the counties in the west, Zhuge Liang promoted and perfected his method of training and governing the army in Xiakou, and Xu Shu was helping Zhao Yun to quell the rebellion in the four southern counties.

Liu Bei was of course surprised when he heard the news, so he rushed back to Jiangling non-stop, but this time he didn't come back alone, except for Ma Liang and Jian Yong, who accompanied him, he also brought back a new face.

When Liu Bei entered the military hall in the dust, Zhang Fei, Fang Shao and other civilians and soldiers who had already gathered here hurriedly got up and saluted, Liu Bei entered in high spirits, and returned the salute with a smile, and followed by a short man who was quite ugly.

Although the man's description was a little obscene, his temperament was quite arrogant, and he didn't salute everyone, but only strutted and swaggered into Liu Bei.

Liu Bei sat in the main seat, and the short man didn't need to be called, he sat straight on the left side of Liu Bei's head, that position, generally speaking, was arranged in the order of Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xu Shu and others, and now that others were not there, it should have been Zhang Fei to sit, but he was unexpectedly robbed by this newcomer.

Everyone's expressions changed slightly, and they all looked at Zhang Fei in unison, thinking that they didn't know who this ugly person really didn't know, and he dared to grab a seat with the hot-tempered Zhang Fei, and there was a good show to watch now.

Zhang Fei's face changed immediately, he stepped forward a few steps, stared at the man and asked sharply, "Who are you, why are you so rude." ”

The dwarf snorted coldly, turned his head away, and instead of answering Zhang Fei, he couldn't even look at him.

Zhang Fei became even more popular now, and when he was about to have a seizure, Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Yi Demo is rude, this is Mr. Pang Shiyuan, a famous man in Xiangyang." ”

As soon as Liu Bei's words came out, everyone was shocked, and a pair of eyes brushed away, but that Pang Tong had his nostrils facing the sky, his hands caressed his short beard, and his expression was full of arrogance, as if he was enjoying everyone's surprised gaze.

Fang Shao was not surprised at all, since Liu Bei got Nanjun, he had been paying attention to this phoenix pangtong who was as famous as Kong Ming in private, and learned that he did not withdraw with the Eastern Wu Wenwu, but switched to Liu Bei. Maybe it was because his appearance was too scary, or it was to punish him for throwing himself to Zhou Yu first, coupled with this arrogant and stinky temper, so Liu Bei only summoned him casually, and sent him to a county under Nanjun as a county magistrate.

With Pang Tong's talent, how could he be willing to make a small county order, Fang Shao estimated that he would not be able to do this county order for a long time, and sooner or later he would make Liu Bei treat him differently, sure enough, this time Liu Bei returned from his inspection, and brought it back together, looking at this, eighty percent was already a guest.

However, Zhang Fei's fiery temper is well known to everyone, even if this person is the famous Pang Tong, but he dares to despise Zhang Fei in front of everyone, Fang Shao couldn't help but sweat for him, for fear that Zhang Fei would make some drastic moves.

But he didn't want to, as soon as Zhang Fei heard the name of Pang Tong, the anger on his face suddenly disappeared, and he also changed to a look of reverence, and he was busy bowing, and said politely: "It turned out to be Mr. Feng Yan, Mr. Feijiu Yang's name, Fang Cai is more offended, please forgive me." ”

Zhang Fei's unexpected change of attitude really surprised everyone present.

(To be continued)