The training of the queue and physical fitness lasted about two and a half months, and although the whole mountain was tired, the company commanders, platoon commanders, and squad leaders all deeply felt the reborn changes of the soldiers under their command. There is an essential difference between the spirit and the spirit.

In this process, Long Qian maximized the nutrition of the food, in addition to the regular relief materials outside the warehouse presided over by Lu Huali who had established a foothold in Caozhou, he sent Song Jinguo to purchase pigs and sheep from the surrounding Zhuangzi at a high price, which is definitely a new thing for the villages around Mengshan, and they also knew that the people who bought things were from the mountains, but the people who came took silver and gave high prices, so naturally there was nothing to say. So the herds of pigs and sheep were driven up the mountain and became the dish of the cottage.

Wang Mingyuan is one of the few people who often talk deeply with Long Qian, and he said to Long Qian in private, "Now everyone is very stable, and no one is dissatisfied." Including three teams, six teams, and even those prisoners, there is no need to eat meat and vegetables twice for three days. I don't think you can afford that little money in your hand. ”

Long Qian knew that Wang Mingyuan did not understand his own approach, so he explained that this was necessary to ensure the effectiveness of training, and that eating was by no means something that could be ignored for an army, and eating well was essential for the soldier's body. And the physical fitness of soldiers, that is, strength, durability and other indicators determine the outcome of the war, "Lu Shan, Shi Jun, and others are all a little dissatisfied with the military rules I have set. I feel too bitter. We are bandits, not monks who keep the precepts. Do you feel this way? It is necessary to establish military regulations, and you will know later that those armies are nothing at all. I am also going to come up with a few more regulations to regulate all aspects, so that everyone can really become soldiers and not bandits or peasants in military uniforms. On the other hand, if you are not allowed to smoke big cigarettes, you are not allowed to drink alcohol, women are not allowed to touch them, and you are not allowed to rob ordinary people, few people can stick to it. Because this army does not yet have a soul. Therefore, it is necessary to seek some benefits for everyone within the scope of allowability, and eating a good meal is the most basic and cannot be ambiguous. When the conditions allow, I will pay everyone. What kind of army is it if it is not paid? As for the money, there are still some in hand, the key is that the price is still cheap, the people lack money, and the pigs and sheep they raise are reluctant to kill and eat, and they can sell them to cottages, which is also a good thing for them. I know this. ”

Wang Mingyuan was always fascinated by the fresh words that kept popping up in Long Qian's mouth, and he had noticed this in the past. But now there are more of them, and the novelties of Long Qian will be heard and discovered at any time. Today, Wang Mingyuan still disagreed with Long Qian's efforts to raise the soldiers' food to such a high level. But in the past two months, the new look of the cottage soldiers surprised him, and the current team, not to mention the original Mengshan army, is the old eighth team with the best discipline. So he put down the food problem - he didn't believe that Long Qian was buying people's hearts, and Long Qian didn't need to buy people's hearts. has a group of backbone cronies such as himself, and the team is firmly in his hands. To Wang Mingyuan's delight, Zhou Yi, who had posed a serious threat to Long Qian's status, was finished, because he was injured and could not move, he did not participate in the large-scale military training, so he left the team. Wang Mingyuan's company has more than a dozen people from the original third team, and he has completely grasped the situation of these people, and he has accepted Long Qian, and no longer has other ideas.

Wang Mingyuan then turned to ask Long Qianwei what such a simple way could make the appearance of the cottage change so much.

"Simple?" Long Qian smiled and said, "Mingyuan, the training method I formulated is not simple. As I told you, the biggest difference between civilians and soldiers is obedience, and queue drills are the best way to dispel the casualness of civilians and imprint the core things of soldiers on their hearts. It is true that queue training is of no use for actual combat except that it can improve physical fitness, but in the armies of all military powers in the world today, the training of recruits starts from queue training, which is by no means accidental, because a simple standing upright and turning left and right can cultivate good obedience of soldiers. ”

"How do you know the training methods of the armies of the Daoist powers?"

"Hehe, Mingyuan, I know a lot of things, why don't you stop there?"

"In this way, if we continue to practice, we will be able to train a strong army like the armies of the great powers?" Wang Mingyuan continued to ask, and at this time, several team officers and platoon commanders had gathered to quietly listen to Long Qian's explanation.

"No, there are many signs of a strong army, and of course winning the battle is the most fundamental one. To put it mildly, weapons and equipment and logistics are all very important factors. In fact, our ancestor Sun Wu's "Art of War" talks about the main factors that determine the outcome of the war, and he summarized five points in the opening "Beginning of the Plan": one is the Tao, that is, the people's heart, whether the people are single-minded with those in power, whether they fully support the war; The second is the time of day, that is, whether the weather is favorable when the war breaks out, and the third is the location, which you should understand; The fourth is a general, Sun Tzu put forward five standards for a good general, wisdom, faith, benevolence, bravery, and strictness; The last article is the law, which refers to the training of the army and the merits of the domestic system. You see, training accounts for less than one-fifth of the factors he proposes to determine the outcome of a war. But my personal opinion, the degree of training and the well-equipped are not enough to determine the strength of an army. ”

"So, what is that?" Ye Yanbing, who looked like a beauty, interjected and asked.

During this time, Ye Yanbing and Feng Lun, who were born in the sixth team, were better integrated into the Mengshan Army dominated by the eighth team than the people in the third team, and Ye Yanbing, who served as the company commander, was particularly studious, and often asked Long Qian about training after training, and Long Qian also taught him without reservation.

"The spirit of the army. An army has forged its own military soul, just like a person has his own ideals and beliefs, such an army will be invincible! ”

"What is a military spirit?" Ye Yanbing asked. In fact, Ye Yanbing doesn't understand what ideals and beliefs are. But the platoon commanders and company commanders have basically adapted to Long Qian's way of talking, and they can always understand his endless new names.

"To put it simply, it is to be a soldier for what to be a soldier and to fight for what to fight. Yan Bing, can you tell me what you are doing as a soldier for Lu? ”

"I ......" Ye Yanbing didn't organize his language for a while.

"Don't say it, I know that each of you has a different story, but by no means you went up the mountain for ideals and beliefs. An army without an ideal may be able to maintain its morale by relying on strict training, sophisticated equipment, and harsh military methods, and it will never maintain a strong fighting spirit at all times. It will not be lost in the team, and the army will not disperse and move forward. ”

"Is there an army of the kind you're talking about?" Ning Shijun also stood outside the circle at some point.

"If I say that there is such an army, besieged by a strong enemy, forced to leave its nest, embark on a long and purposeless journey, face the encirclement and interception of the enemy army ten times its own for a whole year, have no logistics, no supplies, and even the whole army runs out of food, and feeds on grass roots by boiling belts to satisfy hunger __ not only that, but in addition to fighting, it marches at an average speed of more than 100 miles every day, climbs over a dozen inaccessible and even snow-covered mountains, and crosses more than a dozen rushing rivers, The most difficult part was walking through the uninhabited Everglades...... You must know that it is much more difficult to cross the swamp than to climb the snowy mountain, the soft swamp, if you are not careful, you will fall into it, the more you struggle, the deeper you sink, until the silt completely swallows you, if no one helps, you can't get out like a strong man like Lu Shan. But even so, the team still walked out of the big meadow and continued to move firmly towards the distant future...... By the time they reached their destination, ninety percent of them had fallen on the long journey, each of them skinny and skinny, and their weapons had almost been lost—but the rest of them were still discouraged and forbidden. Do you believe this story is true? ”

"Don't believe it! How can there be such an army, make up stories, right? Ye Yanbing shook his head.

Ning Shijun has read history books all over the world, and he also said that Long Qian is making up stories.

"Make up a story? Do you think you can make up a story like this? Why am I making up such a story to deceive you? Long Qian stood up with a solemn expression, "Yes, there really is such an army." The reason why they overcame unimaginable hardships and hardships in the military history of mankind was that from commanders to soldiers, they all cherished lofty and sacred ideals and were determined to build a new country free from exploitation and oppression, and everyone was equal and happy. It is precisely because of this ideal that they can endure the unbearable pain of others and fight hard for that lofty ideal. That's the kind of army I'm going to build. May you work hard! ”

When he said this, there was a sacredness on Long Qian's face, which made those who didn't believe in this story solemn.

There were more people listening to Long Qian's story, but the latter passage touched many people, Wang Mingyuan said movingly, "I don't know what exploitation is. But I know the meaning of equality and happiness for all. Captain, if you lead everyone to build such a country, I, Wang Mingyuan, will follow to the death! ”

"Captain, did the army you speak of succeed the last? Did they really build that kind of country? Feng Guozhu asked.

Most of the company commanders were from a bitter background, and they were very yearning for Long Qian's description of equality and happiness for everyone.

"After that arduous march, they fought hard for more than a decade, through confrontation with foreign enemies and civil wars, and finally established a nation." Long Qian didn't want to say more, the country that once had a strong utopian color has not really achieved equality and happiness for all. Equality is not a simple arithmetic addition and subtraction, the creation and distribution of social wealth is an extremely advanced science, what should be done, Long Qian himself can not say.

Fortunately, these people do not blindly ask about the meaning of exploitation, oppression and equality, and they seem to be caught up in a sublime experience that they have never had before.

I just came back from a business trip, but fortunately it was still on the 22nd.