Chapter 143: Surprise

Zhao Ta understands that turmoil is coming, and having a strong army in his hand is the fundamental guarantee for his own survival in the world, and this expansion of the army is a turning point, and now he and his father are still in the 'honeymoon period', once his potential development to a certain extent, it will cause him to be vigilant, whether it is him or the people who do not deal with him in the DPRK and China, he will not let himself dominate, at that time, the family law and rules will be set on the body, and it will be more difficult to develop, so he must seize this rare opportunity-

In order to build a modern army, the most difficult thing is the training of cadres, and the most difficult thing in training cadres is the training of senior cadres. Zhao Tan comes from the future, and what he has studied is modern military theory, but some things are not applicable at this time, and he is still in the exploratory stage to integrate them with the current theory, and he cannot form his own system, and he can only learn from existing things in compiling training syllabuses and various military orders and regulations, and this requires him to adjust and make use of them.

A famous general of later generations once said: Seventy or eighty percent of the military principles, whether they are capitalist countries or socialist countries, whether they were in the past or in the present, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, are basically the same and consistent. Who wouldn't say that if superior forces are concentrated to destroy the enemy? The key is to make full use of the principles, apply them according to the characteristics of the war, and integrate them with the actual situation on the ground at that time.

Regarding this assertion, Zhao Ta also deeply believes that the same "Sun Tzu's Art of War" has been read by many people, and there are as many understandings as there are, Ma Tanyong lost his head, and Zhuge Liang became a generation of famous generals after learning; Pang Juan and Sun Bin were taught by one master, but one was defeated and died, and the other left a masterpiece for the ages. That is to say, the focus is not on the teacher, but on the student, not on learning, but on using. Therefore, Zhao Ta can't be like his ancestors to engage in the set of battle must be awarded, but he can only formulate some basic principles for them to gradually digest and understand, and the rest can only be used flexibly on the battlefield by himself in combination with the actual local situation at that time.

Because Zhao Ta's staff have accepted the study of the ancient art of war since childhood, some of them can be said to have been immersed in it for many years, but now it is difficult to turn the corner when they arrive at the Xiangyi Army, so the things formulated and the principles he formulated are often separated, and they are chosen at will, revised over and over again.

"Second master, wipe your face and drink a bowl of ginseng soup!" Now that he is a son, Zhao Ta is still reviewing and approving official documents, there is no way who makes him the number one, although some things do not have to worry about him, but he also has to sign and seal to implement the report, and he also needs to understand the content, but these official documents are written in classical Chinese, which makes him look very difficult, and he can only review them slowly and carefully.

"Okay, you guys can rest first, I still have to watch for a while!" Zhao Ta took the towel handed over by Zhao Xin and wiped his face, "See, are you kid greedy for all the money you used to buy candles, why is this candle so smoky?" He looked at the pitch black on the towel, even his nose, eyes, ears and eyes were black, and he asked with a frown.

"Second master, am I going to do it?" Seeing that Xi is now also worth more than 100,000 yuan of family wealth, unlike the earlier few pennies are also good, "I see that the second master has to review the official documents every day until very late, I am afraid that you will burn your eyes, and the stone candle specially bought, the smoke is bigger, but it is burn-resistant and bright, if the second master doesn't like it, I will change it tomorrow!" Seeing that Xi pouted with a kind face, he looked like a donkey's liver and lungs, and said aggrievedly.

"Stone candles, what are you made of?" After listening to this, Zhao Ta took a closer look at the candles in front of the case, and he knew that at this time, the candles were made of beeswax, and the price was also very high, which was not something that ordinary families could use. …,

"Second master, I only heard that this is made of 'oil', and Shen Kuo, the former envoy of Yanyan Road, personally used this cigarette to make ink, and it is called 'Yanchuan Stone Liquid' It is said that pine ink is not as good as this!" Miki said.

"Oil, there is oil at this time..."Zhao Ta stood up and excitedly pulled the mill around the room, the role of oil is clearer than everyone now, people in later generations will not hesitate to launch wars for it, this is the blood of industry, why did he forget this good thing!

At this time, Zhao Ta felt pressure not only the training of the army, but also the increasing economic pressure, more than 10,000 people have food and drink with the state, but the guy in his hand has to solve it himself, the little money saved over the years is not enough to toss for a few years, and now the luxury goods produced in Zhuangzizhong, in addition to the benefits of wine, are shrinking, and now there is an urgent need to develop new products to supplement.

"See Xi, you immediately instruct Sun Erqian to send someone to collect oil, it's best to find an oil well, the more the better!" Zhao Ta walked a few laps, and suddenly turned to Jianxi and said.

"Second master, it's midnight, do you think everyone is like you, you don't sleep in the middle of the night, let's drink the ginseng soup first, and it's not too late tomorrow!" Zhao Xin shook his head, the prince really remembered that one play was one play, and he would definitely not sleep again when he saw this excitement today.

"Well, then notify him tomorrow, and tell me as soon as you find it!" Zhao Ta picked up the bowl and drank the ginseng soup in one gulp, as if he had drunk a glass of white water, "Also, bring me my picture bag!" ”

Zhao Ta couldn't wait, but he also knew that if he wanted to use it, he also needed to process oil deeply, which was not his business, and he only knew a little about it, but he knew that in the era of soaring oil prices, in addition to the 'Big Three', there was also a group of people active in the land of the motherland to carry out local oil refining, an oil tank, a few iron pipes, and a large stove can produce gasoline, diesel, kerosene and other crude products according to demand. He didn't believe that he couldn't make it, at least he could make some kerosene and wipe the gun, so that he could save the need for vegetable oil every day, and make the greasy clay on the gun, and how good it would be to eat it in his stomach.

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By the end of September, the northwest had entered the winter, the housing of the new barracks had been basically completed, and now the walls were being built quickly, but the living facilities were all ready, all the grain and grass were put into storage, and the required clothing and bedding had also been transferred to the battalion. Grain and grass are okay, just pour them from the treasury to the camp. Those clothes have to be converted into silver first, and then produced through the base, but the base does not have such a large production capacity, and the inventory can not meet the needs for the time being.

In addition, Zhao Ta also built two temples in the camp, the protagonists are all locals in Hedong, one is the well-known martial saint Guan Yu, and the other is the Yurang Temple. After the "three families were divided", Zhibo died, and his retainer Yu Rang did not avenge him, disfigured and disguised, and assassinated Zhao Wuxian three times, although he was ultimately unsuccessful, but his deathbed left this sentence under the millennium, still broken gold and stone, dignified and vibrant.

The northwest region has always been a good source of soldiers, Hedong Road is located in the Taihang Mountains, including today's Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Hebei parts of the area, the residents are simple and loyal, keep to themselves, do not cause trouble, but don't mess with him, annoyed him dare to fight with you, and the loyalty of the northerners is often praised by the Song people, Emperor Shenzong once praised Hedong in the instructions 'its folk customs, known as loyalty'.

Because the Hedong region has been close to the northwest border since ancient times, and the Song Dynasty has been an enemy country with Liao and Xia for a long time, and the residents are deeply harmed by foreign invasion, so the concept of friend and foe, right and wrong is strong, love and hate are clear, and when the country is in danger, there are often loyal and righteous people. The northerners who have been baptized by war are not only burly and strong, but also most of them are aggressive and dare to fight, and the people of Hedong are especially strong and martial, advocating force, being chivalrous and righteous, driven by emotions and forgetting to die, not afraid of the consequences, especially the general courage to fight to the death, which is really both masculine beauty and ruggedness, which can be described as a natural warrior. …,

Another characteristic of the northwest is that it is not found elsewhere, that is, because it is located on the western border, it is inhabited by many brave and warlike Qiang, Khitan, Uighur, Tubo and other nomadic peoples, and the army composed of these people is the so-called 'Fan soldiers' in history, and their riding skills in battle, as well as their fierceness and cruelty are incomparable to those of Han soldiers. Guarding such a good territory, of course Zhao Ta did not want to miss it, and as soon as the holy decree was issued, he sent a recruitment team headed by Shen Songyue, and the proportion of soldiers and Han people living in half of the soldiers and Han people along the border was to recruit new soldiers among the military people and familiar households of the Fan nationality in the border states.

The recruits recruited at the end of the month have arrived one after another, and the walls of the house have not yet dried, so they can only live in first. When the recruits entered the battalion, Zhao Ta did not divide them into battalions according to the usual practice, but scattered them all and assigned them to the stations of each command, and then each battalion carried out basic training for recruits according to unified standards, but after completion, they were reassigned to each general according to the training results and their respective specialties to receive professional training, which was basically carried out in accordance with the modern recruit training model. And those recruited doctors, veterinarians, craftsmen, scribes and other professionals will also enter the camp to receive basic training for recruits, and they will not be specialized.

To Zhao Ta's delight, Yeli gave him great support for the recruitment work, and selected 2,000 children from his own tribe to send them to the camp, and Qu Ru, as his 'house slave', sent his eldest son to his command, and also sent Zhao Ta a big gift, two Kazakh horses and two Cangyi who are said to be 'tengu'. Just as everything was set up and ready to start training, another team arrived, they arrived from Xiangyi Mansion, bringing not only much-needed weapons and ammunition, but also 500 recruits.

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