Chapter 8 Training Recruits
"Finally, I don't have to learn the theoretical art of war every day, half a month, half a month, I finally met this group of soldiers who belong to me."
Walking in the newly built masonry barracks, Lu Xiu sighed, he had recently followed Zhang Yurong in the small courtyard to honestly study the art of war for nearly half a month, and today he was finally released to see this group of soldiers belonging to him for the first time.
In the past half a month, Lu Xiu and Zhang Yurong have also gained a lot of knowledge, and the art of war is not as simple as he thought before.
Before learning from Zhang Yurong, Lu Xiu thought that as long as he simply took out the people he had studied in his previous life, such as kicking and walking in unison, push-ups and the like, coupled with sufficient money and food supplies and brainwashing declarations, he could train a group of absolute elite soldiers whose discipline and combat effectiveness far surpassed those of ordinary ancient feudal society.
It's just that after some study, Lu Xiu reluctantly found that the art of war is not just a few simple strategies, it also includes how many troops to prepare, how much military food is enough, how to better supply logistics without being cut off by people, how to establish a defensive camp without loopholes when going out to fight, how to change the formation command flag during the battle to prevent the formation from being confused, and a lot of messy things, which are not as simple as ordinary people imagine.
Even Lu Xiu, a gamer who had received higher education in his previous life, and who had outstanding mental power and memory beyond ordinary people in this life, spent half a month in order to understand these things, and he could barely be regarded as having a rough grasp of his ability to command the army.
"This is the five hundred soldiers that General Zhang allocated to you, Senior Brother? It looks like a bunch of sturdy outcasts, with no discipline at all. ”
At the first glance of this group of soldiers, Li Yinsu, who was also given the position of a hundred generals at the same time that Lu Xiu was given the position of the head of five hundred people, couldn't help but complain directly to Lu Xiu beside him.
Looking at the group of scattered and undisciplined soldiers in the barracks in front of him, Lu Xiu was not as angry as Li Yinsu.
Regarding the strength and discipline of this group of soldiers, he had already expected in his heart, as a newly promoted master of five hundred people, he naturally could not get any excellent soldiers, and at present, this group of soldiers who were physically strong and had just been recruited from ordinary people, and most of them were gangsters and bandits before, although the discipline was not very good, but the physical fitness of each one was quite good, and if it was properly trained, it would not be difficult for these five hundred people to become an elite army.
"It's not a big problem, if it's been trained a long time ago, where can we still get our turn, I'm quite satisfied with the level of soldiers, and I'm also selected one by one from many people who have signed up, as long as they have been trained for a period of time, their performance will definitely impress you."
Lu Xiu looked at Li Yinsu and smiled, without discussing this issue too much, just a simple response and walked directly into the barracks.
After Lu Xiu entered, when he saw the arrival of his five-hundred-man master, the group of soldiers inside behaved a little noisy one by one, obviously distrusting Lu Xiu's youth.
"I, Lu Xiu, the five hundred masters of your group of recruits who have just taken office."
"I know that because of my age, some of you don't trust me and think that I won't be a good general in your mind."
"However, as a martial artist who has stepped into the Bone Quenching Martial Master Realm in half a step, his strength is obviously far superior to any of you, and even if he fights ten of you at the same time, you will definitely not be my opponent."
"Therefore, I hope that you will be honest and obedient in the next training, and I will slowly show you my command ability in the coming days, but those who are disobedient may not necessarily live to that day."
Walking onto the general platform in the center of the barracks, Lu Xiu's noisy and scattered group of recruits straightforwardly told the doubts in their hearts and their attitudes.
However, Lu Xiu's arrogant and domineering attitude obviously made the group of big-headed soldiers below quite dissatisfied, but because Lu Xiu's words of demonstration just now clearly explained his strength, even if there were many dissatisfactions in his heart, no thorn dared to come out directly to provoke for a while.
Seeing the silent attitude of the group of big-headed soldiers below, Lu Xiu expressed satisfaction with the effect of his words just now.
He nodded, looked at the five hundred soldiers below and spoke again:
"I know that all of you can stand out from so many people who have signed up, and each of you is obviously considered to be a strong person among ordinary people, but the soldiers under me require more than just martial arts."
"My favorite soldier is the kind of soldier who is resolutely obedient, and I have only one requirement for you, obedience! Resolute obedience! Unconditional and resolute obedience at all times! ”
"Even if there is a pit in front of you, a river, a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, if I ask you to jump, you must jump for me."
"As long as you can do this, I guarantee that each of you will be able to manage enough rice, and at the same time, you will have meat twice a week, and your salary will be paid in full and on time."
Looking at the group of soldiers below who became agitated at his words, Lu Xiu's face did not change at all, if it was in the ordinary ancient world, he might still have to worry about the soldiers making trouble, but in this martial arts version of the ancient world where all the power of Fang Weili was attributed to himself, Lu Xiuzhen, who had enough strength, had the ability to not take this group of soldiers into account at all.
It is precisely because of this confidence that Lu Xiu doesn't care about the uselessness of this group of soldiers, after all, not to mention this group of ordinary soldiers who are not even martial artists, even if a martial artist of his level is really placed on the battlefield of tens of thousands of people, he is in danger of dying at any time, only absolute discipline is the guarantee of victory in real war, and a group of soldiers who are simply proud of their martial arts and completely ignore discipline are useless on a large-scale battlefield.
The soldiers who had been in turmoil immediately stopped the riots after hearing Lu Xiu's words that as long as they completed their training on time every week, they would have meat and white rice to eat twice a week, and their salaries would not be deducted and paid on time, they immediately stopped the riots and screamed with excitement one by one.
As this group of soldiers who can risk life and death to join the red-robed rebel army, they are here for the generous treatment, as long as the temptation given by Lu Xiu is enough, it is not difficult to make them obey the discipline and risk death to charge.