Chapter 27: Clever Scheme

Yu Shengliang, who had regained his senses and temporarily lived in Yanchang County, did not expect that he would be sold by the three superiors at all - not only did he not expect that this possibility would not even be thought of for a moment, and his mind was full of moving pictures of himself "repaying the grace of the monarch in the face of danger" and sacrificing his life for the country with a sword and a sword. I was very moved by this self-brainwashing, so I jumped up and down all day long like a chicken blood: first, I forcibly requisitioned ox carts to pull big stones to block the city gate, and just blocked it and remembered that the Yanshui River was a big hidden danger, I turned around and went to the blacksmith to build three barrage iron cables, and I heard the blacksmith say that it would take a month to knock out one, pinched his fingers and counted, even if Guan Shengyun climbed over, three months of hard work was enough to climb up, and finally broke his mind, angrily and angrily counted a few knives and guns today, scolded a few words and turned his head and ran to the grain depot, snatched the grain book from the hands of the grain officials, counted the grain, and then turned back to the city wall to supervise the people to transport bricks and stones to the dilapidated wall, and made up the scene of smashing the heads of the thieves who climbed the earth wall with ants and breaking the blood flow......

Li Baked Cake was thundering on the Yellow River beach, stomping his feet and vowing to spread all the ancestors of the day. After three or five days of training, more than 400 rotten people, and they still can't understand the password!

A rabble of people who were put together, Li Yaobi didn't even think about teaching any complicated tactical skills. Sharpen the gun in battle, just be able to deal with it. The movement is very simple, with only two steps: the left foot in front, the right foot in the back, the left hand holding the shield body, and the right hand holding the knife horizontally over the head. Hearing a "kill", the left hand shield pushed forward to block while taking a step forward with the right foot, slashing with the knife, shouting "kill" in unison, and then stepping with the left foot to recover the momentum - such a simple action that could not be simpler, it has not been practiced to this day!

As for the root cause, speaking of it makes Li Yaobi want to cry without tears: the vast majority of people will be left and right!

The first two or three days were spent training formations and forwards and turns.

It sounds strange to train in formation without learning the skills of fighting a big war, but in fact, this is the most basic requirement of a field battle formation - this is also the origin of the infantry phalanx, which is indispensable in military parades around the world today: the soldiers in the queue can only see the situation not far in front of them, and the commander on the rear rambut platform looks down on the battlefield. According to the enemy's reality, command the soldiers through the banner and golden drum, and the latter will immediately advance as a whole or change the direction of the attack, and at the same time be sure to ensure that the front line is not broken, so as not to be interspersed and broken by the enemy army. This method of warfare was a common method of field warfare throughout the world until the advent of modern long-range firearms. The side that can change the formation of the queue in a uniform manner will always be the king of the battlefield. Of course, it takes long, hard training and a reflexive response to orders that sometimes mean death. It is the instinct of all animals to seek advantage and avoid harm, and in the era before the sense of responsibility, honor and patriotism have been instilled and rooted in people's minds, the only way to overcome this instinct is fear: those who do not obey orders will face punishments such as whips, military sticks, pierced arrows, severed limbs, and even public demonstrations.

On the first day, Li Yaobi, who had no experience in training recruits at all, and the other guards rushed ducks to the shelves, and spent a whole day designating places for these guys one by one. When they all stood up, it looked like the array was neat, and as soon as the command to "enter" was exited, the phalanx immediately became chaotic: some stepped on the left leg, some stepped on the right leg, some did not hear clearly, stood stupidly in place, and some did not know how to stop and kept moving forward...... So the Li Baked Cakes had to rush into the crowd in a pile and ask one by one to understand "which team and fruit are you & his & mother", and then dragged them out one by one, pressed them back to their original positions, and then ...... One more time, and the cycle repeatedly...... It wasn't until the sun was setting in the west that one of the guards came up with a clever plan: there were stones on the riverbank, and each man laid one on the ground, and when he heard the order, he took a step forward and stopped on the stone in front of him. This saved the "instructors" from the endless chaos.

The next day, another clever guard named Zhao Ergou figured out a way to distinguish between left and right: take off everyone's left foot and tell them that the bare foot is left, and the one wearing the shoes is only the right ...... This method also greatly improves the efficiency of training - well, the only fly in the ointment is that by the end of the training it has caused a brawl that is not too big - and the tattered shoes in the stinking shoe pile can be good and bad: there are only the best products with only one hole broken, and there are only a few unbearable things connected to the soles - in order to grab the shoes, of course, there will be fights. The prizes were so tempting, and the fight was naturally quite fierce, and there were even a few guys who couldn't participate in the training the next day......

Yu Shengliang didn't care what trouble Li Yaobian encountered in training. Civil officials, who is rare in these details, instructing the country to strategize and then leave it alone is the king - I only give orders, who is impatient to care about what is operable or not! Xing Chong grabbed the captain of the guard who was so anxious that he wanted to scratch the wall: "Burn the cake, this official has thought of a trick to break the enemy!" ”

As soon as the words came out, Li Yaobi, who was already on the verge of collapse, came back to his senses on the spot, and without waiting for the old man to continue, what a clever plan can break the enemy with one move, he pulled Yu Shengliang's sleeve and almost knelt down: "My lord, don't do it!" The battle between the two armies is a real battle of swords and guns, and it is always won by many people and equipped with good equipment! My lord, don't believe what the storyteller said, those ...... It's all nonsense that doesn't pay for people's lives, my lord! ”

Yu Shengliang changed color and said: "Bastard! Fart! What do you know about it! The old man is full of poetry and books, and the sages are full of words and words, and there is no reason to deceive people! ”

When this sentence came out, Li Yaobi was suddenly speechless. Yes, the status of the sage book is supreme, how can an illiterate pig-dog-like martial artist dare to question it? I only heard Yu Shengliang say mysteriously and seriously: "The official suddenly remembered a sentence, 'Since ancient times, the camp has been robbed, and nine out of ten thieves'!" I don't know if you don't understand, so the old man will tell you about it......"

Hearing this, Li Yaobiu didn't care about everyone's eyes, grinned, firmly pulled Yu Shengliang's sleeves and didn't let go, and interrupted Yu Shengliang's words with a crying voice: "My lord, I have been a soldier for more than 20 years!" Before I followed you, I have fought more than a dozen battles, I understand this sentence! It's about stealing camps and robbing villages in the middle of the night, and nine times out of ten, you can get it. But we can't use this method! Don't worry, my lord, listen to me! First, the battalions that were stolen were all the kind where the enemy had just been stationed, had not yet gained a firm foothold, were completely unfamiliar with the terrain, and there were ditches and slopes around them. Second, the people sent to the night raid are all elite families who know each other so well that they can understand each other's meaning without talking, and they are even more familiar with the terrain. You also know that a few of us follow the adults, thanks to you, there is meat to eat every now and then, and you can still see some things at night, but those death row inmates who gnaw on multigrain cakes and even tree bark can't see anything at night! Don't say that if you touch the thief's camp while it's dark, you don't have to fall into the ditch with a deep foot and a shallow foot and fall to your death, it's the ancestor manifestation! Besides, the thieves are not camped in the wilderness, but live in the city, protected by the city walls! I can't see anything in the middle of the night, and I have to climb the wall? My lord, this is a death, not a thief! ”

Yu Shengliang, who was full of excitement, was poured a basin of ice water on his head, how could he be willing to give up, and he said angrily: "Shut up, dog!" What should be the crime of talking nonsense and disturbing the morale of the army? After thinking about it, Li Baked Cake has been loyal all these years, and what he said is indeed somewhat reasonable, he took a deep breath, calmed down, slowed down his tone, and whispered in a heartfelt voice: "Baked Cake, let me tell you the truth, although the thieves are unstoppable, but Yan'an Mansion has lost it, this crime is too big." Even if it is recaptured, alas, the old man should probably go home and farm. Now we really need a victory, otherwise, the old man's life will almost have to be explained here. The great crime of losing the land, the guilt is inescapable, the old man is not sorry to die, but he is really a saint, even if he is subdued by the law of the country, the old man can't close his eyes under the nine springs! As he spoke, two lines of turbid tears overflowed his eyes, fell down his sparse white beard, and dripped onto the back of Li Yaobi's hand.

Li Yaobi, who knew the old man's temper, was moved, hesitated for a moment, let go of Yu Shengliang's sleeves, solemnly hugged his fists and bowed, and said to Shengliang: "Adult, villain understands." The villain should do his best, and give up this cheap life to repay the kindness of the adult's cultivation! But the adult, the villain only has a bit of brute strength, blocking three or five knives for the adult, the villain dares to pat his chest, but the battle in formation, the villain has only been the chief flag officer, and he doesn't even fully understand the golden drum banner order. There are many thieves, and there is a danger of the city, and it is impossible for these death row prisoners to recapture the city. However, in the eyes of the villain, the thief always sent some teams to search for food and property in the countryside. The villain picks some clever ones, takes advantage of the chaos to steal and kill some lone thieves, and during the ten days, he can always bring some heads back to the adults. What do you think you can do? ”

Yu Shengliang said movingly: "Very good, very good!" The old man is counting on you! But be careful, burners, for you're coming back anyway—the old man is counting on you!" ”

This knowledge point:

1. Many people in ancient times did not know the left and right - don't laugh at them, they can quickly and accurately identify the south, east and west, which is better than many modern people.

2. The parade infantry phalanx, especially the fancy formation changes between marches such as column type and left and right turning, all originated from the needs of ancient actual combat.

3. Most of the ancient civilians were night blind because of the lack of meat food - retinoids are fat-soluble A vitamins, and there is not enough oil as a carrier for the human body to absorb.