Chapter 43: Loyal to My Soldiers

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When Liu Feng took over the task of leading the army into Lushan, he took the opportunity to propose to Xu Shu to transfer Ma Jian to assist him.

Although the Ma family is not a well-dressed family in Jingzhou, the fame of the Ma brothers is still spread outside, but because Ma Tan is still young, Xu Shu only knows about this person, but he doesn't know what his talent is. Since Liu Feng asked for someone, and he was not an important person who could not leave his job, Xu Shu immediately agreed.

Although the westward march to Lushan, according to the expectation, it was just a feint that would not engage the enemy, but Liu Feng was thinking of taking advantage of this opportunity to practice a loyal army, the number of this army can be small, but it must be fine, and the most important thing is to be able to absolutely obey himself.

Governing the army, especially training elite soldiers, is by no means as simple as standing in line and shouting slogans, which is the same as learning the art of war, it requires a systematic and scientific process, and Liu Feng can only be regarded as a beginner in how to govern the army and train troops.

That's why he needs Ma Tan, not only can he take the opportunity to take him under his command, but also let him help him train his troops, and he can also inspect through military training.

Although Liu Feng is the eldest son of the Liu family, although his status is high, his actual military position is only a captain, so the position he can give Ma Jian is only a military Sima one level lower than himself. However, it can be seen from Ma Tan's high mood that he is quite satisfied with his transfer of position.

"Eldest prince, do you just want to train soldiers, or do you want to train elite soldiers?" As Ma Tan spoke, his eyes swept over the five hundred soldiers as if he were picking vegetables.

"Of course it's a crack soldier." Liu Feng replied very simply.

Ma Tan turned his head, looked at Liu Feng squarely, and arched his hand slightly: "The eldest prince is transferred to his subordinates, which is naturally an honor for his subordinates. However, if the eldest prince asks his subordinates to help you train an elite army, you need to follow the methods of your subordinates in everything. ”

Ma Yan: This is in demand.

That cold and calm face, revealing vigor and confidence, listening to his tone, it seems that he has become a bamboo, Liu Feng said: "As long as you can train these people into elite people, everything depends on you." ”

After getting Liu Feng's promise, Ma Yan's face was a little more confident, he raised his head, pointed at the five hundred nervous sergeants, and snorted contemptuously: "If you look at me, half of these five hundred people can directly send them out." ”

With a stroke of his pen, Ma Yan cut the five hundred men and horses to two hundred and five, Liu Feng was a little puzzled: "These five hundred people are all the elite under Zide's account, and they can be regarded as the best warriors in Jiangxia, why do you want to brush off half of them." ”

"With all due respect, Zide Gongzi doesn't know anything about the way of army management and military training, and the so-called elite soldiers under his command are not much better than the families in the homes of large families in the eyes of his subordinates, otherwise there would not have been such a ridiculous thing as the Beiying Mutiny a few days ago." Ma Jian was really outspoken, and unceremoniously dropped the number given by Liu Qi.

Ma Jian was right, Liu Feng thought that this trip to Lushan, the task was just a bluff, and the effect of 500 and 200 people was actually about the same, and it was just a big deal to plant more camouflage banners and set up a few more fake tents. If Ma Tan can really help him train an elite army of 200 people, let alone 500 people, even 5,000 people, he is willing to cut them down.

Thinking of this, Liu Feng said happily: "Okay, it's up to you, you can brush as many people as you want, but I'm curious about how this is done." ”

Ma Yan's gaze swept to the five hundred soldiers on the school field again, and the corners of his mouth raised a sneer again.

In fact, the 500 people selected by Liu Qi are basically over seven feet tall and have a sturdy body, which is better than ordinary people in terms of appearance alone. However, according to Ma Yan's understanding, these are only the primary physical conditions for becoming an ordinary soldier, and if you want to achieve the physical fitness of an elite soldier, you still need to be strictly assessed.

Ma Tan's first assessment was very simple, and that was to let them control the crossbow. It is not an ordinary small crossbow, but a hard crossbow with a string force of twelve stones, and it is fired under the weight of the whole body armor, an iron helmet, and a short sword at the waist.

In Jingzhou, a region with dense water and complex terrain, the role of the bow and crossbow is great, especially in water warfare, the victory or defeat of most battles is often decided in the battle of long-range strike of the bow and crossbow before boarding the ship, so ordinary soldiers often need to be familiar with the bow and crossbow, let alone elite soldiers.

However, in this assessment, Ma Jian only examined their physical fitness, so he only required them to be able to drive a hard bow under weight, and did not ask for their shooting accuracy.

Ma Tan is really right, a tall man does not mean that he has a lot of strength, and after a round of testing, about 100 people could not pull the crossbow string.

"The more than 100 people who couldn't pull the string of the crossbow, you can roll up and get out of the way now." The hanger-like horse crossed his waist and shouted to the panting soldiers with a sneer.

The soldiers didn't expect that this round of testing was used to eliminate the unqualified, in fact, these soldiers were not willing to be soldiers under Liu Feng's hands, but now when they heard that they had been kicked, those who originally felt embarrassed and unqualified immediately became elated. On the contrary, more than 400 qualified people shouted regret, thinking that if they had known this, they should have pretended that they couldn't pull the strings just now.

A hundred unqualified ones left the group happily, and some of the bold ones turned back to make schadenfreude grimaces at those who were "unfortunate" left behind before leaving.

Seeing this situation, Liu Feng, who was watching silently, frowned secretly, and suddenly worried in his heart: You can't do this, these guys are used to being pampered, I can't wait to go back to Liu Qi, you have such an assessment method, I am afraid that there will be no one qualified in the next round.

As soon as Liu Feng wanted to remind him, Ma Jian said loudly to Liu Feng in a high voice: "The eldest prince, the hundred people who have been eliminated are obviously all indiscriminate and indiscriminate, and they are not worthy of being elite soldiers at all. Trouble the eldest prince to say hello to Zide Gongzi later, and suggest that there is no need to let these more than 100 people go back to the military camp, just send them to the ordinary camp. ”

The pro-military camp is well-dressed and well-armoured, and the accommodation treatment is extremely high, and the family members can also receive preferential treatment such as exemption from military service, and the welfare treatment is much higher than that of the ordinary battalion. The hundred people were originally glad that they were incompetent, but when they heard Ma Yan's words, they were all dumbfounded one by one.

'This kid really has the means. ’

Liu Feng breathed a sigh of relief and said briskly: "No problem, I will definitely tell Brother Zide." ”

Watching the dejected losers leave the school with contempt, Ma Tan's gaze turned back to the remaining four hundred. At this moment, they were still secretly complaining, but they secretly rejoiced again, thinking about being a soldier under this Liu Dagongzi, although they had to worry about being afraid, they were still worth it compared to losing all kinds of preferential benefits in the pro-military camp. As soon as they do it, they will be in good spirits and ready to deal with the next assessment.

However, when they heard the content of Ma Yan's second assessment, they all gasped.

"Everyone is wearing armor and carrying three days of food, and they hurriedly march to the wharf five miles west of the city, and the two hundred people who are left behind will be eliminated!"