Chapter 30: Comparison
The day before yesterday, the matter of Zhang Fei's drill in the camp had already spread all over the camps and became a joke in the camps in the past two days.
There is really no entertainment in these years, and there is an incident that is obviously worth gossiping and ridiculing, which will surely be remembered for a long time, not to mention that it has only happened for less than two days.
Therefore, this time, the colonel of Guan Zhao's second battalion was not so much ordered to visit, but purely to be a person for fun and watch jokes.
If you can see a few familiar colleagues who fell on the spot, then there will be a joke for the next six months.
I really didn't mean to make fun of people, it was really a lack of entertainment in these years, and the cultural literacy of the army was almost non-existent.
The illiteracy rate of soldiers in these days was 100 percent, and the literacy rate of the colonels was not high.
It would be too difficult for such a junior colonel and non-commissioned officers to expect them to understand what empathy is.
Therefore, the elementary schools of Guan Zhao's second battalion came to see the jokes today, but I really didn't expect that they would also have a time to practice.
And what about the soldiers in Zhang Fei's camp...... I saw that these bastards were not pleasing to the eye.
When I came to the school field, before I started to practice, a familiar school came to the door, and there was a burst of blatant ridicule, saying something like "I can't hold on to standing for an hour, it's better to go home early and ask the girls for milk" and something like that, which made Lieutenant General Zhang Feiying, who was also a small school, angry and anxious, but he couldn't refute it.
If it weren't for the prohibition of private fighting in the army, and several generals happened to be in the military tents, I am afraid that the fight would have started long ago.
This also made the officers and men of Zhang Fei's battalion secretly think to themselves, no matter what, today can't be like the day before yesterday...... At least hold on for a while, and you can't be seen as a joke on the spot.
This is also a major reason why Lieutenant General Zhang Feiying insisted on "standing in a military posture" today.
Unexpectedly, after standing for almost a quarter of an hour today, there was still someone to accompany him.
The general above suddenly ordered the small colonel of Guan Zhao's second battalion to temporarily form a group and participate in the drill together as required.
Now, let these bastards who watch jokes also taste what this "standing military posture" is like.
Moreover, once there is a comparison, the lieutenant general Zhang Feiying has the motivation to persevere.
There is also a coincidence in this.
The lieutenant officers and men of Zhang Fei's battalion started the drill first, while the junior colonel of Guan Zhao's second battalion started the drill a quarter of an hour late.
Standing in a military posture, the first half an hour is the most difficult time, once you get through it, your body is stiff, and you can feel better.
And just when the lieutenant soldiers of Zhang Fei's battalion were the most difficult, the small colonel of Guan Zhao's second battalion went to drill, which gave these people the motivation to persevere.
But the junior colonel of Guan Zhao's second battalion, their torture has just begun.
About a quarter of an hour later, the colonels of Guan Zhao's second battalion also began to feel the power of "standing in a military posture", and what they could do at this time was to grit their teeth and persevere.
Today, I came to see the jokes, but I didn't make jokes to make others laugh, so I had to stick to it.
As for the soldiers in Zhang Fei's camp, people who couldn't hold on gradually began to appear.
The six colonels in Zhang Fei's battalion are still gritting their teeth and persevering, but not everyone in the battalion can hold on.
Some of them are problems of willpower, and if you are so lazy that you can't insist on it all at once.
Some are also a matter of physical fitness, after all, the physical fitness of the soldiers in these years is really uneven.
But on the whole, compared to the last exercise, when half of the people fell, and the failure rate was as high as eighty percent, the number of people who fell this time was also within Zhang Fei's expectations.
As the number of fallen soldiers gradually increased, it also affected the morale of the non-commissioned officers on the school field to some extent...... And at this time, one of the colonels in the temporary formation of Guan Zhao's second battalion couldn't hold on and fell.
Xu Shu glanced at the fallen colonel, but he didn't say anything, but Zhao Yun was already blushing.
The colonel who fell was a man from his camp.
Zhao Yun's current responsibilities are actually different from those of Guan and Zhang.
Guan Zhang and the others are generals, and their main responsibility is to lead the troops, but Zhao Yun's main responsibility now is not to lead the troops.
At the beginning, Liu Bei was scattered by Cao Cao in Xuzhou and defected to Yuan Shao, and after meeting Zhao Yun again in Hebei, Liu Bei gave Zhao Yun a secret task - to help Liu Bei secretly recruit soldiers and horses.
Zhao Yun's task was completed quite well, and he helped Liu Bei recruit hundreds of people under Yuan Shao's nose, but Yuan Shao didn't know at all.
These people later followed Liu Bei to take refuge in Liu Biao, forming the basic plate of Liu Bei now.
Over the years, Zhao Yun has still been helping Liu Bei recruit people everywhere, and he has not been in Xinye some time ago, and the training in his battalion is basically in charge of his deputy general Zhang Zhu.
Although Zhao Yunming's official position is only that of a lieutenant of the Yi Army, this official position was created by Liu Bei himself, and he did not report to the imperial court at all, and he was not a serious general.
But you have to see what he actually does...... Guan Yu is still a general, and the Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion is not in charge of more than a thousand people, which is seriously inconsistent with his status.
Therefore, it is not a big deal to assign a deputy general to Zhao Yun, a "school captain", Zhao Yun has been running outside all the year round, and someone must help him train the soldiers he is responsible for.
But now Zhao Yun feels a little embarrassed.
Although Zhao Yun also heard that there was something peculiar about this new method of military training, and also knew that the purpose of this "standing military posture" was to exercise the perseverance and endurance of the soldiers, it was normal for some people to be unable to hold on...... But why is the first school that can't hold out in his own camp?
Fortunately, Zhao Yun's blush didn't last long, because someone's face was redder than him.
Our second master, although he was born red-faced, is not very obvious if he doesn't look closely..... Now it's directly visible to the naked eye.
The second to fall was the colonel in his battalion.
The junior colonel in Zhang Fei's camp insisted on not falling down.
It is understandable that the soldiers fell to the ground, after all, the quality of the soldiers was uneven, and some people were indeed weak or lazy, but the situation was different when the colonel fell to the ground.
Although the junior colonel in the army is only a low-level military attaché, he is also fought on the battlefield, and his physical fitness is definitely no problem.
Now that it has fallen, there is only one explanation, and that is that the willpower is not enough.
It's no wonder that Guan Zhao and the others blushed...... Such a small colonel, if you give him the arduous task of tackling tough problems, it is very likely that he will retreat if it is not going well for a while, and even lead to serious consequences of defeat.
What's more, there is Xu Shu watching at the scene today.
What kind of person is Guan Yu, an extremely arrogant person.
Originally, whether Xu Shu had any real skills, Guan Yu was still skeptical...... But before Guan Yu could find an opportunity to question Xu Shu, he first let Xu Shu see his lax side of governing the army.
Is this still worth it?!
Guan Yu was angry, not only his face was red, but his eyes widened.
However, Guan Yu is not Zhang Fei after all, although he is angry in his heart, he will not attack on the spot, and will only deal with this matter after returning to the camp.
Now, I will accompany Xu Shu to continue to stand like this, watching the drill.
At the end of an hour's "standing military posture", Zhang Fei's camp began to take stock of the results of today's exercise.
It's better than last time, and this time the number of people who reached the target reached thirty-one...... At least it's much better than the last fifteen tithes.
But Zhang Fei was still not satisfied - he had a total of 95 tizzi in his entire battalion, and now the compliance rate was less than one-third.
Zhang Xi could only persuade Zhang Fei in private, after all, you can't expect this kind of thing to happen all at once, you have to take your time.
And today's performance of the soldiers is still good, although there are still two-thirds of them who are not qualified, but it is not the same as the first day, even half of them fell, this time three or four people failed to hold on, and most of them fell in the second half of the hour...... It's not far from reaching the standard, and it will be fine in the future.
The only thing that comforted Zhang Fei was that the six primary schools in his camp were stunned and persevered to the end, and among the primary schools who came to visit, two of them actually fell.
After that, Zhang Xi asked the officers and men in the battalion to move a little, relax their muscles and bones, and after resting for half an hour, they had to start the weapons drill for the remaining hour.
Of course, the commanders who did not meet the standards had to line up unluckily to go to the army after the weapons drill and receive five spinal rods...... Military law is military law, and this is non-negotiable.
But fortunately, this time it was not Zhang Fei who started, and there was no need to worry about not being able to train after three days after beating these people.
There was no point in continuing to observe the normal ordnance drill, Xu Shu looked at it for a while and found that there was nothing new, so he took the initiative to invite several generals back to the military tent.
"I haven't thought about it for a few years, but the chief has learned the way of training the heart of the soldiers!" Xu Shu smiled and gave his affirmation.
Xu Shu finally saw some of Zhang Xi's "doorways" for military training - Zhang Xi's way of training soldiers is not to refine the body of soldiers, but to focus on refining the heart.
The way of training the body is not difficult, and the general with a little understanding, even if you don't teach him, he will slowly comprehend it himself.
But there are really not many people who know how to refine the mind.
Of course, the "heart refining" here is not the kind of ideological work of the rabbit army in later generations, and this one can't kill Zhang Xi.
The refining of the mind here simply refers to exercising the willpower of the soldiers, so that they can strictly abide by military discipline, enforce orders and prohibitions, and obey the command of the commander.
Strictly abiding by military discipline, prohibiting orders, and obeying commands are basically the necessary conditions for a strong army, but how to do this, in this era, is basically a secret of the commander-in-chief.
Let's take a simple example - Gao Shun's trap camp back then.
At this point, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei actually have a lot of say.
In that year, Liu Bei was attacked by Gao Shun Zhang Liao sent by Lu Bu and asked Cao Cao for help, but Cao Cao was not ambiguous and sent the general Xiahou Dun to lead troops to rescue...... As a result, Xiahoudun didn't even see Lu Bu's face, and was directly overwhelmed by Gao Shun's trapping camp.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were by Liu Bei's side at the time, but they watched this happen.
You must know that at that time, Xiahoudun brought 10,000 people to the rescue, and Gao Shun's trapped camp is said to have a total of only more than 800 people...... Either this Xiahoudun is an idiot, or Gao Shun's trapping camp is too fierce.
Obviously, the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang, who stayed in Xu Capital later, all knew that although Xiahoudun was a little bit off the hook in the war, he was not an idiot.
Then it can only be that Gao Shun's trapping camp is too fierce.
But since Gao Shun's death, this trap camp has disappeared...... No one knows the method of military training, so naturally no one can train it.
Xu Shu no longer questioned Zhang Xi's training method, but became interested.
Although this method of military training is taboo in these years, it will not be passed on to others easily...... But Xu Shu still wants to ask, even if Zhang Xi doesn't teach, it's good to discuss with each other, what if they can bypass?!
But Xu Shu didn't expect that Zhang Xi would actually say it.
Moreover, not only did he say it, but he also discussed it with Xu Shu in a serious way.