Liu He's appointment of Gao Shun, Hou Cheng and Zhang Liao was emphasized. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zhang Liao is probably going to soar into the sky this time, and Gao Shun's position is also good, he has actually become the head of the training department that has been vacant for a long time, and he also leads the position of commander of the guards battalion.

I am afraid that the only one who is a little lost is Hou Cheng, who had a higher status than Zhang Liao in front of Lu Bu's tent, and now he only has an errand to train scouts for various armies.

Gao Shun could lead the 800 dead soldiers in the camp to face the thousands of troops under Li Dao and not retreat, Zhang Liao could lead the lone army out of the city to rescue Song Xian and Wei Xu, who were besieged, and later fought fiercely with Li Dao at the foot of Lishan Mountain, both of whom were favored by Liu He with their real skills. On the other hand, Hou Cheng was a little less prominent, and was defeated by Zhang Xiu outside Chang'an City, so he could only flee back to Chang'an.

Five fingers stretched out have a long and short length, Liu He can't treat the three of them equally, those who have the ability have to be reused, and those with average ability can only get an ordinary position.

Hou Cheng is not the kind of person who is too ambitious, although he envies Zhang Liao, but it will stop there, as long as he can have a decent errand, and then get one or two jars of Jicheng special brew from the general's mansion every once in a while to feast on it, Hou Cheng feels that this day is also happy.

With Gao Shun in the guard battalion, Liu He released Murong Ping and asked him to be Zhang Liao's deputy to assist Zhang Liao in creating the Yue Cavalry Guard. Zhang Liao was appointed, full of enthusiasm, and he didn't care about celebrating the New Year in Yecheng, so he took Murong Ping and went straight to Macheng.

Why did Zhang Liao go to Macheng? Because the military headquarters of the Xiao Cavalry Guard is located in Macheng, he wants to go over to ask Zhang He for advice and learn all the experience accumulated by the Xiao Cavalry Guard, so as to ensure that from the very beginning, the army building idea of the Yue Cavalry Guard is at the same level as the Xiao Cavalry Guard, and it will not be too difficult to catch up in the future.

Liu He completely agreed with Zhang Liao's idea, and he didn't want Zhang Liao to do things with all his passion, so he hurriedly pulled up the team as soon as he came up, and then slammed around like a headless fly. After suffering a lot of losses, I realized what to do. Sharpen the knife and chop wood, the ready-made teacher is in Macheng, if Zhang Liao doesn't know how to make good use of it, then he is not the powerful Zhang Wenyuan in history.

Liu He had high hopes for Zhang Liao, and he personally wrote a letter to Zhang He, suggesting that Zhang He taught Zhang Liao unreservedly and not to worry about the incident of the sect's apprentices starving to death of their masters. When Zhang He received Liu He's letter, not only was he not unhappy, but realized that he might have to succeed Zhao Yun and become the second commander of the unified army under Liu He. Since Zhao Yun is in charge of the south. Then it is obvious that in the future, Liu He will leave Zhang He to be alone in the north, or let Zhang He lead the army to attack in one direction. Zhang He has taught Zhang Liao now, and maybe Zhang Liao will return to him in the future, so Zhang He only hopes that Zhang Liao can learn more skills from himself.

After Zhang Liao arrived in Macheng, Zhang He first told him a story, and the protagonist of this story was actually Liu He, a hussar general.

Zhang He is talking about Liu He's time as a soldier at the bottom of Macheng, although Liu He's training time as a soldier was not long, and he was not promoted twice in a row in the middle, but what happened then directly changed the fate of the Youzhou army at that time. Even now, no one can surpass it.

After Liu He finished his training as a soldier at the bottom, he carried out a huge large-scale military training activity in Macheng, and it was this large-scale military training that opened the curtain of the reform of the Youzhou army and also brought the Youzhou army on the road to strengthening the army.

Zhang He definitely didn't tell Zhang Liao this story in order to shoot Liu He's sycophants. Because with his current status, he doesn't need to do that at all. After Zhang Liao listened to Zhang He's story, he only left one sentence. "General Zhang, Wen Yuan will move into the Xiaocai Guard Heavy Cavalry Battalion from today to live with ordinary soldiers, and please give the general advice!"

Zhang He was very satisfied with the attitude of the family watch in front of him, who was more than ten years younger than him. If you want to figure out the trick of guarding the world's first horseman, how can it be possible without losing a few layers of skin? Zhang He had heard of Zhang Liao's achievements. also knows that he was born in the Bingzhou cavalry, but if Zhang Liao can't let go of the past honors and achievements, how can he bring out a new Bingzhou cavalry?

For the next period of time, Murong Ping was responsible for selecting a batch of seeds from the Xiao Cavalry Guards, while Zhang Liao followed Zhang He and practiced day and night. According to Liu He's plan, the newly formed Yue cavalry guards were mainly divided into three parts, the main body of the army was the local Han family children in Bingzhou, and thousands of young men were selected from the attached Southern Xiongnu and Hexi Qiang people to join.

The soldiers in the Xiaocai Guard are mainly the children of the Han army in Youzhou, and then supplemented by the Wuhuan cavalry and the attached Xianbei people, such a troop composition not only ensures loyalty, but also ensures combat effectiveness, and also plays an exemplary role in national integration.

Murong Ping, as the instructor of the bow and crossbow battalion of the Macheng Training Regiment that year, was still very prestigious among the Xiao cavalry guards, because at that time, only the best crossbowmen had the opportunity to be selected to enter the cavalry battalion to receive training from Zhao Yun. It's just that Murong Ping said that those former student soldiers and today's middle-level officers are reluctant to leave the Xiaocai Guard, because they are worried that there will be no battle in two years. Murong Ping was forced to have no choice, so he had to assign tasks to these former subordinates, and let them recommend some potential low-level chiefs and Wu Chiefs to come out as the backbone of the Yue Cavalry Guard.

Time is Chinese New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye, and there is no need to drill and train on this day, except for the soldiers on duty, everyone else can rest in place, and there will be a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner waiting for everyone in the evening. Zhang Hao asked people to prepare sumptuous wine and food, and then sent heralds to invite Zhang Liao and Murong Ping, plus several lieutenants of Xiao Caiwei, everyone sat at a table and ate Chinese New Year's Eve.

Some people recall the past when they ran thousands of miles to attack the surrendered city, and some people remembered the scene when they followed the general to fight in Chang'an, Zhang Liao's identity was special, so he only cared about fighting with others, and did not say much.

Zhang He intended to take the school exam for Zhang Liao, and asked out loud: "Wenyuan, after this period of training, can you discover the trick of Xiao Cavalry Guard to become the strongest army in the world?" ”

Zhang Liao pondered for a moment and replied solemnly: "As far as I can see, it is no accident that the Xiao Cavalry Guard has become a strong army in the world, but it occupies three of them. First, from the generals to the soldiers, they all know what they are fighting for and for whom; Second, almost everyone in the Xiaocai Guard is literate, and even those Wuhuan soldiers and Xianbei soldiers can write simplified Chinese characters, which is simply unimaginable in other armies; Third, the training method of the Xiao Cavalry Guard is unique, and it is neither the kind of brute training that does not care about the lives of soldiers, nor is it a fake training that goes through the motions, but a skillful training that sets out according to the needs of actual combat. ”

Zhang He was noncommittal, and asked Zhang Liao rhetorically: "Don't you think that the military discipline of the Xiao Cavalry Guard is very strict, the equipment is very sophisticated, and the tactics are very advanced?" Isn't this the secret of our army becoming the strongest army in the world? ”

Zhang Liao replied: "These articles mentioned by the general just now do exist and are not exaggerated, but I don't think this is what makes Xiao Cavalry Guard different. As long as he is a general who is good at leading troops, the military discipline must be strict, and I dare to say that the military discipline of other armies in Youzhou is not necessarily worse than that of Xiao Caiwei. Well-equipped equipment is indeed an important condition for victory, and can even help a large army win easily, but this is definitely not the foundation of a strong army. Even if the Xiliang cavalry is now equipped with the same equipment as the Xiao Cavalry Guard, or even better equipment, I dare to assert that it is the Xiao Cavalry Guard who wins. As for advanced tactics, in my opinion, there is no distinction between advanced and backward tactics, only successful tactics and failed tactics. The shape of the battlefield changes rapidly, and the so-called advanced tactics may not be suitable for each specific battle, and no matter how good the tactics are, they must be realized by the joint efforts of generals and soldiers who understand the intentions. ”

Zhang He bowed his head and smiled approvingly. "Wen Yuan said it very well, he can be regarded as seeing the roots. It took me the last two years to fully understand this issue. According to the great general, a truly strong army in the world must be a force with faith, culture, and training. An army without faith, not knowing why it is fighting or who it is fighting for, will be defeated sooner or later. An army without culture is a stupid army, and it is almost impossible to expect a group of soldiers who can't even write 'benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith' to do 'benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith'. Troops that can train will not overly squeeze the lives of soldiers, let alone do those meaningless things, which can keep the troops strong in combat. Of course, for some special soldiers, it is necessary to adopt unconventional methods in training, and hard training is also essential. Just like the trapped-in camp led by General Gao Shun at the beginning, it is said that each of the soldiers here can do one as ten, which is very powerful. ”

Zhang Liao thought of the tragic ending of the trapped camp, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "The cost of training the trapped camp is too high, it is similar to raising Gu, it is practiced with the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers. It's just that even so, it can't escape the fate of destruction. In the face of absolutely powerful forces, no small group of elite troops can play a role, and it is the countless ordinary soldiers who really decide the outcome of the war. ”

"Since Wen Yuan has learned the essence of my Xiao Cavalry Guard, after the beginning of the year, I will go to the north of Bingzhou to recruit soldiers, you are originally from Yanmen, I believe you can get the support of the children of Bingzhou. I'll try my best to help, whether it's a person or a horse, as long as I can get it, I won't leave your hands empty. ”

"The general's grace of teaching, Wen Yuan will never forget, if there is a place where he can be used to defend the Yue cavalry in the future, he will go to the soup and fight the fire!"

This was the end of a conversation between Zhang He and Zhang Liao, which was later included in the lesson plan of the lecture hall, and became a model for countless young officers to learn and think. (To be continued......)