Several soldiers waiting for orders looked at each other and looked at Liu Feng in unison.

It turned out to be just an old trick of emergency assembly. ’

Liu Feng finally figured out Ma Tan's intentions, and felt a little tasteless, but in order not to sweep Ma Tan's positive surname, his eyes widened, and he shouted: "Jun Sima ordered you to beat the drums, are your ears deaf!" ”

As soon as Liu Feng was powerful, how dare the soldiers delay any longer, they hurriedly picked up their arms, picked up the mallet, and beat the seven-sided cowhide drum desperately.

The night was like a mirror, the silence was shattered in an instant, the rumbling drum beat echoed in all directions, and Liu Feng's ears, who were close at hand, were shocked and faintly painful.

The soldiers who were still asleep were immediately awakened by the sound of drums, and the noise of the various camps and tents was everywhere, and one by one they could not care about their sleepy eyes, and the monkeys were anxious to put on their clothes and armor, find weapons, and rush out of the tents.

According to the "Infantry Battle Order", when the soldiers heard the first drum at night, they should immediately get up and put on their armor, after the second drum, they must go out of their tents and point to the flag to assemble, and at the end of the third drum, they must complete the assembly.

In the center of the pole stands a long pole several feet high, and the blazing fire in the iron basin at the four corners illuminates the huge banner hanging on the top of the pole clearly, and according to military law, this is the direction where the soldiers are assembled.

In the blink of an eye, the third drum sounded, Liu Feng stood under the point platform and stared coldly, only less than fifty people rushed to the assembly place, and the rest of the people who were a little slower had already left the tent and were running wildly in this direction, and the slow ones were either touching their clothes in the tent, or they hadn't even found the weapons anywhere.

Liu Feng shook his head slightly, his face showing a little disappointment: "I can't even assemble on time, this is going to the battlefield, the military orders are changing rapidly, I'm afraid they can't keep up, it seems that if you want to train them into elite soldiers, there is still a long way to go." ”

Ma Yan's expression was not too ugly: "The eldest prince is right, but according to the opinions of his subordinates, their reaction ability is not too far from what I expected." And we're not just training tonight to train their reflexes. ”

Liu Feng only thought that he wanted to train an emergency assembly, but listening to what he said at this time, it seemed that he had other intentions, and Liu Feng suddenly became interested again.

Between talking, the three-way drum stopped.

Liu Feng swept it roughly, and only more than 130 people came to gather on time, and there were still seventy or eighty people still running here.

At this time, Ma Jian hurriedly shouted: "Those who did not arrive on time will all stop, and they will all stand on that side for me, and the two groups of people are not allowed to mix together." ”

Suddenly, Liu Feng saw Ma Yan's intentions.

The so-called military law is like a mountain, and he deliberately distinguishes between the soldiers who arrive late, most of which is to punish these soldiers who fail to arrive as ordered, establish military prestige through punishment, and instill in these soldiers who are used to being slow to abide by military discipline.

Thinking about this, the little sense of expectation in Liu Feng's heart disappeared again. Ma Tan's move, Liu Feng will naturally do it, it doesn't seem to be anything new, if he just relies on this method and wants to train an elite army, Liu Jue's expectations for Ma Jian are probably a bit high.

"Eldest Prince, let's ask you to give orders next."

Ma Tan, this kid, is really smart, he personally stabbed himself when he showed off his might, and now he plans to punish people, so he gave him the position of singing black face.

Liu Feng was slightly displeased, but he didn't show it, and the corners of his mouth barely squeezed out a smile: "In your opinion, how should I punish those who are unqualified." ”

"It seems that the subordinates didn't say that they would punish them." Ma Tan is a little inexplicable.

Liu Feng was a little confused at this time, and said suspiciously: "They didn't follow the military order and finished gathering in the three-way drum, obviously violating the military order, if you don't punish them, do you want to reward them?" ”

The corners of Ma Yan's mouth raised slightly, and he laughed hehehe: "That's what the subordinates mean." ”

"I heard you right, you want me to reward them!" Liu Cover was shocked.

Ma Tan coughed lightly: "The eldest prince may have misunderstood, and the subordinates mean to let the eldest prince reward those who are assembled on time." ”

Ma Yan's words were really unexpected by Liu Feng, he couldn't understand this bizarre approach for a while, as the so-called military orders are like mountains, and it is their duty for soldiers to act according to orders, why should they be rewarded?

If, according to Ma Tan's thinking, the soldiers can be rewarded just by obeying military orders, then if they want to drive them to kill the enemy on the battlefield and win, it is not enough to have an astronomical reward.

"Ma Junsi, are you sure you know what you're doing?" Liu Feng did not hesitate to do it this time, he is not so easy to fool as Liu Qi, everything he does, he must follow the logic of fate, this is his code of conduct.

Ma Yan's expression was quite calm, and in the face of Liu Feng's questioning, he just said lightly: "The eldest prince, these soldiers were originally the soldiers of the prince of Zide, although they have now become your subordinates in name, but if you want them to be willing to die for you, it is not enough to rely on strict military law." ”

Hearing this, all of a sudden, Liu Feng's mind came up with the scene when he mutiny in Beiying.

I still remember that at that time, in the chaotic situation of Beiying, Liu Feng decisively killed Liwei, and at that time Liu Qi complained that he should not kill the suspicious soldier without interrogation.

At that time, Liu Feng's mind instinctively came up with a passage from "Sun Tzu": If the pawn is punished without kissing, he will not accept it, and if he does not accept it, it will be difficult to use; If the pawn has been attached to the family and the punishment is not good, it is not available.

Liu Qi's soldiers were already attached to him, and it was precisely for this reason that they had to be restrained by strict military law. At that time, Liu Feng's practice was in line with the latter sentence, "If the pawn has been attached to him and the punishment is not good, it cannot be used", so now, Ma Yan's practice is not ......

"If the pawn is punished without kissing, he will not accept it, and if he does not accept it, it will be difficult to use." Liu Feng, who suddenly realized himself, blurted out.

A trace of surprise flashed in Ma Yan's eyes, what he was surprised was not that Liu Feng could understand his hard work, but that the eldest prince in front of him could use the laws in "Sun Tzu" to confirm what he did, which was not easy for a young man who was only sixteen years old.

"It seems that the eldest prince also has a deep study of the art of war, since the eldest prince has understood the intentions of his subordinates, then I won't say anything."

If Liu Feng still had a "skeptical" attitude towards Ma Yan's ability before, then now, Liu Feng really knows this young man who is not a few years older than himself, and how many brushes he has in his hand.

Thinking about the intention, his heart suddenly became as transparent as a mirror, Liu Feng laughed, and immediately announced that for those soldiers who assembled on time, they would add meat to one meal at noon.

As soon as this reward was given, the audience suddenly burst into joy. The bunch of soldiers who completed the assembly on time were naturally happy, and the other group of unqualified people, although the worry of punishment could be put aside temporarily, but if they wanted to think that others would eat meat tomorrow, they could only drool, so they were naturally a little depressed, thinking that they had already known that there was a reward, and when they heard the sound of the drums, they should be a little sharper, so why procrastinate.

Looking at the happy soldiers in the audience, Liu Feng suddenly realized that Ma Yan's strategy to let the soldiers attach himself actually still had loopholes.