Chapter IV: Joining the Army
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the princes and kings were divided into fiefs as counties, and the administrative level was the same as that of the county. Pingyuan County was originally a plain country, and later because King Zhao was cut off his title for some reason, so the country was changed to a county, which was also introduced by Jian Yong on Zhao Feng's road.
"I see!" After Zhao Feng listened to Jian Yong's introduction, he understood why the history books only mentioned Liu Bei as the plain minister, and did not mention who the princes and kings he assisted were, and the feelings had long been withdrawn.
Although Pingyuan County is also a county, in terms of population or wealth, this small county that has experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion for a long time is more than a little worse than those states and counties that have not been invaded by war, such as Xiangyang or Hanzhong. When Zhao Feng followed Liu Bei to Pingyuan County, the streets were full of skinny and skinny victims, and even some people were curled up on the side of the road without knowing life or death.
"It's better to be a rich dog than a chaotic person!" Zhao Feng finally had an intuitive understanding of this sentence. Liu Bei and Jian Yong both sighed when they heard this, and even Zhang Fei, who had been very noisy along the way, fell silent after seeing this desolate scene.
In the next few days, Zhao Feng followed Liu Bei everywhere to check and fill in the gaps, just like when he first arrived in Pingyuan County. Although Pingyuan County is not completely a grass platform, there are many vacancies for officials at all levels, so Liu Bei has much less resistance when appointing official positions. After appointing two sworn brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, as captains, Jian Yong was appointed as Gongcao. As for Zhao Feng, Liu Bei wanted to appoint him as a civil servant because he was good at farming, but Zhang Fei objected.
"Big brother, don't you know, Zhao Xiaozi has good martial arts skills, he is a war material, if he is made a civil official, it will be too condescending." Zhang Fei is also telling the truth, since the first fight with Zhao Feng, Zhang Sanye has become more and more interested in Zhao Feng's Tai Chi Gong, and often pesters Zhao Feng to compete. Zhao Feng naturally would not refuse the leveling package sent to the door, and as the two of them fought more and more, Zhao Feng could hold the ground under Zhang Fei's hand for longer. From a hundred moves at the beginning, it can now be about two hundred moves. Of course, this is just a competition, if it is a real fight, according to Zhang Fei, it will take about 50 rounds to win or lose.
In addition to fists and feet, Zhao Feng also competed with Zhang Fei with weapons. Tai Chi Gun vs Zhangba Snake Spear, at the beginning, Zhao Feng couldn't hold it for less than twenty moves, but now he can probably hold up more than a dozen moves. Such a speed of progress also made Zhang Fei very excited, and he couldn't wait for Zhao Feng to quickly grow into a generation of masters, so that he could have a big fight with himself.
"The third brother Hugh wants to mess around, Bo Tao is good at farming, and now that there is a shortage of food in the plains, it is natural that he should let others do their best, and more food can live more lives." Liu Bei's tone this time was very resolute, there was a priority, and he didn't want to lose a big deal because of a small thing.
"Big brother, I asked Zhao Xiaozi, although he is good at farming, he just knows how to farm. If you want him to get more grain, you just need to let him supervise more during the spring and autumn harvest every year. In addition, he has nothing to do, so let him be a soldier and accompany my Lao Zhang to compete in martial arts. Zhang Fei analyzed seriously, but the last sentence revealed his true intentions.
"Damn, use me as a human punching bag." Zhao Feng smiled bitterly in his heart, but he didn't say anything, being able to compete with Zhang Fei was also unavoidable.
"My lord, what the three generals said also makes sense." Jian Yong thought about it and agreed with Zhang Fei's proposal. "This!" Liu Bei saw that Jian Yong also said the same, so he nodded and agreed. But then he asked, "Bo Tao, do you know the art of war?" ”
"My lord, Feng only knows a little bit about it." Zhao Feng said truthfully. Although as a traverser, I know a little bit of common sense in this regard, but it is obviously not enough. At this time, Guan Yu, who had not spoken, spoke: "I have some military books and battle strategies there, you can take them and take a look." ”
"Thank you, Second General." Zhao Feng hurriedly thanked him. So Liu Bei also ordered and appointed Zhao Feng as the military commander of Zhang Fei's subordinates, which happened to be directly under Zhang Fei's jurisdiction.
"Thank you, Lord." Zhao Feng was also quite proud. In his previous life, he had studied the military system of the Han Dynasty and knew that there were about 400 people under a military commander, and four or five military commanders under a lieutenant. Now Zhang Fei is the captain, and he is a military commander under him, which is almost equivalent to the battalion commander of later generations. I want to be an undergraduate, even if I graduate from a military academy, I only have a deputy company position, and now I am a real battalion.
Of course, Zhao Feng also knew that Liu Bei was deliberately cultivating himself, hoping that he could lead soldiers while practicing martial arts, rather than being a martial artist who could only fight. Otherwise, just appoint yourself as a personal guard.
The day after the appointment, Zhao Feng went to the barracks with Zhang Fei. Although Pingyuan County is a small county, according to the regulations, there should still be 8,000 local guard troops. But now, after years of war, there are less than 4,000 people. Liu Bei appointed Zhang Fei and Guan Yu as captains, and each led 2,000 people. If the amount is insufficient, recruit recruits immediately to make up for it. Originally, I wanted to recruit more soldiers, but there was not much food in the stock of Pingyuan County.
Finally, Liu Bei broke the yellow scarf in the early years, and he was somewhat prestigious. Therefore, I heard that he was recruiting troops in the Plains Country, and many people also came to join the army. Liu Bei selected about 500 young adults, in addition to filling the vacancies of various departments, he specially set up a new battalion of 400 people for Zhao Feng to lead.
"Thank you for your understanding!" Zhao Feng knew that Liu Bei was taking care of himself, and he didn't let himself take those veteran oils, and instead went to train these recruits. As for whether he himself is a recruit egg, this question was automatically filtered by Zhao Feng. "Anyway, we are also people who have participated in military training, how can we be considered recruits." Zhao Feng comforted himself.
So in the next few days, Zhao Feng followed Zhang Fei to train together. Naturally, there is a big difference between military training in ancient times and modern military training, but there are still some things in common, such as queue training. As for individual training, it is still necessary for the instructor to teach one move at a time, and then set up a queue for training collectively.
Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are both world-famous military generals, naturally they are not reckless men who can only fight, and how to train soldiers also has their own set of methods. Zhao Feng also took the recruit battalion under his jurisdiction to train with Zhang Fei every day, practicing his fists and feet, and practicing weapons. Zhao Feng also carefully compared the advantages and disadvantages of these moves that Zhang Fei passed on to the army to practice, and his own Tai Chi Boxing and Tai Chi Gun. The conclusion is that there are no advantages or disadvantages to the moves, and each has its own advantages. The moves used by Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are wide open and closed, and there is a sense of killing that will not be returned, which is obviously more suitable for use in battle formations than Taiji guns.
"Martial arts in the battle array." Zhao Feng muttered to himself, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his head: Why am I so stupid, what kind of Tai Chi gun do I use, why don't I directly use the Yang family's marksmanship, this is naturally more practical.
Tai Chi gun claims to be a collection of 13 marksmanship in one, although this statement is a bit exaggerated, but obviously Tai Chi gun in the process of birth of a variety of famous marksmanship. Zhao Feng loves to read "Yang Family General", and he also has a soft spot for this Yang family marksmanship, so before practicing the Tai Chi gun, he also deliberately pestered Zhao Lao Chinese medicine to learn this Yang family marksmanship. It's just that I practiced less later, and I was not as skilled as the Tai Chi gun.
"If I knew better, I would have practiced more." Zhao Feng sighed that there was no regret medicine in the world, and began to practice his Yang family's marksmanship. After training with Zhang Fei every day, he also seized his spare time to practice the Yang family's marksmanship.
"The spirit snake swings its tail, the poisonous dragon comes out of the hole, and the fire burns the sky...... 72 Road Yang family's marksmanship has been used one after another, and Zhao Feng feels that he has also experienced a lot.
"Good marksmanship!" Zhao Feng was practicing energetically, and suddenly heard the sound of cheers from behind, but when he looked back, it was Liu Bei walking slowly, and Zhang Fei and Guan Yu followed behind him.
"Meet the Lord!" Zhao Feng hurriedly saluted, "I don't know when the lord came here, Feng is busy practicing martial arts, and he has not greeted him from afar, please forgive the lord." ”
"Out of the way!" Liu Bei waved his hand very freely and said: "I have nothing to do to walk around, and I see that Bo Tao's marksmanship seems to be quite exquisite, but I don't know where I learned it." ”
"This set of marksmanship is a coincidence, and it was taught by an old man surnamed Yang." Zhao Feng said half-truthfully, and secretly smiled bitterly in his heart at the same time: The old man surnamed Yang, the ancestor of this "old timer" doesn't know where it is.
"The old-timer surnamed Yang, but I don't know who it is." Liu Bei groaned, and Guan Yu on the side said: "I look at this set of marksmanship exquisitely, almost no less than Zilong's Hundred Birds Chaofeng Gun, this Yang senior wants to be a person who is indifferent to fame and fortune, otherwise his reputation should not be under Tong Yuan's predecessor." ”
"I think so." Liu Bei and Zhang Fei also didn't know the essentials, so they could only say so. Liu Bei came to Zhao Feng today for other things, and it was about to be the farming season, and Liu Bei came to Zhao Feng to discuss farming.
"Bo Tao, now there is a great drought for many years today. If you can grow more food, you will be able to live innumerable. After Liu Bei explained his intentions, he also made a special admonition.
"Feng understands!" Zhao Feng was also a little moved, and nodded again and again in agreement. It's always good to save a few more lives in troubled times, even if it's a drop in the bucket, but it's better than being powerless.
Although the plain is small, it also has a population of more than 100,000 people, and it is obviously unrealistic for Zhao Feng to teach them one by one. At that moment, Liu Bei ordered that four days later, in the eleven counties under the rule of Pingyuan County, each sent exclusive officials to come to see the on-site guidance, and then they went back to teach the officials at all levels under their jurisdiction, and so on, until the people of Pingtou could also learn.
Four days passed in a flash, and on this day, Zhao Feng carefully demonstrated how to farm in order to have higher yields in a test field specially opened by Liu Bei in the backyard. I have to say that food is indeed very important these days, and these 11 officials who came to study listened carefully, for fear of missing any important links.
"Damn, aren't we just doing agricultural training classes?" Zhao Feng was uplifted, and suddenly thought a little spoofed.
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