The rule of tug-of-war is that each side will produce 20 people, and the hemp rope with the thickness of the child's arm will be compared, and the two wins will be won in three games. At this time, the tug-of-war was over, and the Lushun army was happily celebrating the victory, while the Beisha side was dejected.

It's not the other side's opponent at all

That Qiu Tuo was abducted to participate in the tug-of-war, his strength is amazing, if it is one-on-one, no matter who is afraid of both sides, it is not his opponent, maybe only by playing straight can he have a little upper hand. However, in the situation of twenty against twenty, they lost so much that they did not even have the slightest chance of winning.

"What did General Luo see?" Ye Chang saw Luo Jiuhe's thoughtful look, and asked with a side face

"Working together and being disciplined." Luo Jiu River Road.

This is indeed the key to seeing, the victory of the Lushun army is not really strong, but they can use their strength in one place. Under the orders of one officer, they used the same rhythm to exert force, while the Beisha army was too far apart. In the first game, there was no time to exert force, and the Lushun army pulled the Beisha army over; In the second game, the Beisha army was on guard, and used force at the beginning, but the Lushun army only loosened and tightened under the command of the officer, and let the Beisha army become a mess, and then the Lushun army made another effort, and pulled them over again; In the third game, the Lushun army did not use any means, but completely clumsy and forceful, and after a stalemate for a while, the Beisha army was still exhausted and was pulled over again.

In other words, whether in terms of organization, wisdom or brute force, the Lushun army was superior to the Beisha army.

Luo Jiuhe also saw Ye Chang's style of using troops: he had the upper hand with his own training strategy, supplemented by strange tricks, and he would not fight until the most reckless.

"Hehe, let's look at it next, runner...... Our army attaches great importance to running soldiers, whether it is rushing to kill and chasing the enemy, or temporarily retreating away when it is unfavorable, they must be able to run, and if they can't run, they can't run. Ye Chang said.

First ran in 100 steps, Luo Jiuhe listened to Ye Chang's prompt, and guessed that this was specially practiced for battlefield charges. As a result, the four people sent by the Lushun Army took the top four, and although the Beisha Army selected the four most capable people from more than 1,000 people to participate in this event, the result was still a complete defeat.

Four hundred steps is still like this, and the successive defeats made Luo Jiuhe, who originally didn't have much desire to win, a little unbearable on his face, he originally thought that even if he couldn't get the first, the second or third would always be able to get one, but he never thought that the person he sent out who was good at running couldn't even get the fourth.

The last item of the race is 5,000 steps, which is a long-distance race, and Xin Yun participates in it. He reached the line where the lime had ticked, waited for the order, and began to run forward. Seeing this scene, Xin Yun secretly shook his head: Five thousand steps is not short, such a fierce rush, it would be great to be able to support five hundred steps, it would be better for him to take his time like this.

Sure enough, the people of the Lushun Army were also like him, only slightly faster than him. They ran around the school yard, and the speed of the three Beisha soldiers who rushed to the front slowed down significantly. On lap two, they began to close the distance to each other, overtaking each other on lap five, and even overtaking each other by lap eight.

At this time, the only one who could keep up with Lushun was Xin Yun.

"You're a good soldier." Ye Chang turned his face to Luo Jiuhe Road: "If he has received special training, I am afraid that there are few people in the Lushun army who can outrun him." ”

Luo Jiuhe was a little embarrassed, he knew in his heart that this was actually not his soldier, but his subordinates pulled it from nowhere.

Five thousand steps had to go around the lime road in the school yard ten times, and when Xin Yun heard the lap counter tell him that there was only one lap left, he deliberately observed that the other three members of the Beisha Army had been pulled down nearly two laps, and now they were almost not running but walking. The four members of the Lushun Army were still walking like flying, and their speed was barely slow. Xin Yun hesitated slightly, thinking of the reward promised by the officer, gritted his teeth, and began to speed up his pace.

At this time, he still had the physical strength to accelerate and sprint, which surprised Ye Chang. However, as soon as Xin Yun exerted his strength, the four Lushun troops over there suddenly also exerted their strength, and the five of them chased after me, and began to speed up their pace, and the two armies that watched began to roar.

The drums of the Lushun army and even the generals moved out and began to beat rapidly, and in the rain-like drumbeat, the four Lushun soldiers ran faster and faster, Xin Yun only felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat, he opened his mouth wide, roared angrily, and used all his strength to eat.

"Quick, fast"

Running and running, there was no Lushun Army in his eyes, only a red silk horse held in front of him - as I said before, whoever won the first place would be rewarded with three red silks, the second would be two, the third would have one, and the fourth would have nothing.

"Mine, the reward is mine" He roared all the way, his voice was like thunder, and the smoke and dust were billowing under his feet, and he slowly narrowed the distance between him and the Lushun army in front.

When he was only half a lap away, he was only one step away from the fourth Lushun army, and although the Lushun army tried to speed up, he was exhausted, and he saw that he had overtaken him, and then when there were still a hundred steps left, he approached the third Lushun army.

At this time, the Beisha Army has been screaming wildly, they have lost to this day, they haven't even won the top four, and they have long been holding their stomachs, although most people don't know Xin Yun, but it does not prevent them from treating Xin Yun as their representative.

Not only the Beisha army shouted wildly, but the people of Beisha City, who originally came to see the excitement, also shouted wildly. In this shout, Xin Yun got faster and faster, and finally surpassed the third Lushun army and began to approach the second place.

But the first two Lushun sergeants didn't give him any chance, and immediately accelerated, and in the blink of an eye, they crossed the finish line one after another.

Rao is like this, when Xin Yun ran to the finish line, he still ushered in a cheer, and it was the Lushun army that also applauded.

When Xin Yun took a breath, he realized that Ye Senjun had already stood in front of him at some point.

Looking at him with a smile, Ye Chang patted him on the shoulder hard, picked up his thumb, and then said: "I have never been specially trained to run well, and it is already very remarkable to be able to run like you...... I heard that you are still a filial son? ”

But it was Luo Jiuhe who confessed to Ye Chang after he understood Xin Yun's situation, and when he heard him ask like this, Xin Yun said breathlessly: "It is not easy for my mother to give birth to me and raise me...... Filial piety and respect for elders is the nature of people. ”

He heard this from a person in Beisha City who had read some books, and he said it casually, which made Ye Chang even more impressed: "Okay, you can join the Beisha Army and join the Beisha Army...... General Luo"

Luo Jiuhe heard that Ye Chang wanted to recruit this person into the army, and he was overjoyed: what he was most worried about was that the Beisha Army would be canceled, and now it seems that Ye Chang would not only not cancel, but also personally intervene in the affairs of the Beisha Army.

This means that the Beisha Army will also be like the Lushun Army, becoming Ye Chang's henchmen

As for the idea of taking charge of the Beisha Army alone and making the Beisha Army his own territory, Luo Jiuhe has never had this kind of thought. He knew very well that this was a big taboo, if he committed this matter, no matter how broad-minded Ye Chang was, he would never tolerate him.

"This person is a filial son, and he has perseverance, and if he practices well, he may be able to become a great weapon." Ye Chang said: "I have an idea for the support of his mother, that is, there must be a charter for the support of military families in the Beisha Army, not only the military salary must be able to support the sergeants to support the family, but also there must be special personnel to solve the shortage of labor for the military families - so that the soldiers and farmers can be completely separated." ”

"Huh?" Luo Jiuhe didn't understand.

"Talking while watching the game." Ye Chang smiled and pulled him onto the stage again, and at the same time pulled Xin Yun onto the viewing platform

It was the first time in Xin Yun's life that he was so eye-catching, his face was flushed, and he was so excited that he didn't even know where to put his hands. Someone brought the Hu bed, he sat down, but saw that Ye Chang and Luo Jiuhe had not yet sat down, and immediately jumped up again.

In addition to him, the top three runners in the three runs, a total of nine people, were all invited to the viewing platform to watch the ball game with Ye Chang, Luo Jiuhe and others. Even in the Lushun Army, this is a rare glory, so everyone is excited, looking at Ye Chang's gaze, it is even more respectful.

This scene made Luo Jiuhe completely understand what Ye Chang meant by "the honor of a soldier".

"General Luo, I have some thoughts about the military system." After the two of them took their seats, they did not avoid the sergeants present, Ye Chang spoke.

There are three main ideas in his mind: First, the entire population of Jili Prefecture is about 100,000, and now there are only tens of thousands in their hands, so there is no need to raise a military department that is too large. Only 1,000 standing soldiers are prepared to be retained, and these standing soldiers are truly professional soldiers, who mainly conduct drills and training in peacetime and are the backbone of the troops in wartime. Among them, the Lushun Protector Army should be expanded, from 500 to 600 people, while the Beisha City Protector Army can only have 300 people, which requires the reorganization and elimination of the current Beisha Army. Second, the reorganization and dismissal of the soldiers does not mean that they have given up completely, they are organized into regimental training, and they also have to use time to practice in peacetime, but in addition to drills, they also need to do some farm work such as building roads, building walls, and even cooperating in sowing and harvesting, which can be regarded as half-work and half-soldiers. Third, it is necessary to improve the remuneration of the military, so that professional soldiers can not only support their families, but also be able to live a relatively decent life and have a higher status by virtue of this. Although regimental training is not as good as that of professional soldiers, it can also support a family and learn a skill in regimental training. Those who perform well among them can be added to the professional soldiers every year.

Hearing Ye Chang talk about this new system, Luo Jiuhe took a breath, and his heart was both excited and frightened.

What is exciting is that the status of this new system of generals has been greatly improved, and it can also be seen that Ye Chang attaches great importance to military affairs, Lushun and Beisha are by no means the limit of his goal, and even the land of Jili Prefecture is not Ye Chang's ultimate goal. What is frightening is that if they really act in this way, they are afraid that in three or five years, the people and soldiers under his rule will enjoy war.

"Although joining the army is to eliminate the old and weak, but to put them into the regimental training, it is a piece of benevolence, where can there be other opinions on the lowly position?" Ye Chang urged Luo Jiuhe if he had any other opinions, Luo Jiuhe thought for a while, and then said: "It's just that the number of real soldiers is smaller, and the expenditure is larger...... Joining the army, in the poor land of Liaodong, there is not much wealth to spend. ”

"The problem of money is not a problem, the only thing to worry about is food." Ye Chang smiled again, and then he pointed to the west: "I see that the southwest of Beisha City is flat, and there are a lot of fertile fields that have not yet been opened. Only a small amount of cash grain per mu needs to be paid every year, and it can become a permanent field for five consecutive years. ”

Grain is a big problem, at this time there is no good seed of later generations, even in the grain-producing area, the grain yield per mu is only one stone (the Tang system is larger, one stone is about three stones of the Han system, now more than 330 catties), Liaodong is a year, and it is not a ripe field, the yield will be less. As for money, Ye Chang is convinced that with the workshop that he has built for half a year is put into production, and glass, forged steel and other products are brought to the market, he will no longer be short of money.

What's more, he now has a few hundred catties of gold and silver in his hands from the nobles of Chang'an City, which is enough for him to support him for more than half a year.

"Grain can be purchased from Silla, and Silla should have accumulated a lot of grain in recent years." When Luo Jiuhe heard this, he said: "But we have to wait for the beginning of spring, and now it is not the coldest time, and the land transportation is inconvenient." ”

"Before, it was military affairs, and there were civil affairs...... In addition to Yongye Tian, the naturalization order will also be transmitted here, and I think that after the fall of the Quan clan in Beisha City, it will be less difficult to promote this naturalization order. ”

Luo Jiuhe was a little hesitant when he heard the naturalization order, Ye Chang looked at the appearance that he wanted to say but didn't dare to say, and couldn't help but smile: "Jiuhe, you just have to say it, although we have known each other for a short time, but I think you also know some of my styles, what do you say, spread it out and say, the speaker is not guilty, and the person who hears it is full of caution." ”

"Yes...... Joining the army, Fan Hu has no discipline, and after the naturalization order, they will naturally admit that they have Han blood, but is their heart connected with the Han people...... I'm afraid it's still up for debate. ”

"What you are saying is that there are specific operations under the naturalization order, and all naturalized Fan Hu only proves that he has the qualifications to become a Han Chinese, and if you want to really become a Han Chinese, you still need to take an exam." Ye Chang stretched out his finger: "At the very least, it is a Chinese proficiency test." ”

"Ah, could it be the imperial examination?"

Ye Chang said solemnly: "It's not an imperial examination, it's a Chinese level test, which is divided into eight levels, and I will find people who have learned enough in the Central Plains to determine the content of the exam." If you can't even speak Chinese, wouldn't it be a joke to call yourself a Han?"

Luo Jiuhe didn't know why, he felt that when Ye Chang said this, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he seemed to have a killing intent. He pondered for a while, and then couldn't help but say: "Good plan, good plan, I heard that Emperor Taizong saw that talented people entered Beijing one after another, and once said that the heroes of the world entered the middle of the world." Ye joined the army with this plan, and the heroes of Fan Huzhong returned to the Han Dynasty."

Ye Chang was stunned, but Luo Jiuhe didn't realize it, he still admired himself there: "Only this strategy is better than 10,000 male soldiers, when I arrive at the two towns and festivals, I have been in Liaodong for a long time, and among the Hu, there are also talented people, they envy the prosperity of the Central Plains in their hearts, and they will take the Chinese captivity as their ambition, and Ye joins the army, it is different, they will be poor, just to pass this Chinese proficiency test"