At around 9 o'clock, the city gate opened, and Yang Anxuan rushed to the military camp on horseback. Far away, he heard the sound of trumpets, followed by the sound of drums, urging the soldiers to get up and wash themselves. Smoke rose from the kitchen in the south, and they were cooking.

The gate of the village was closed tightly, and someone twenty steps away shouted an order, "Who is it? Get off your horse and don't charge into the camp."

Several bows were stretched out from the wooden village, and arrows were pointed at Yang Anxuan with a cold light. Yang Anxuan secretly praised that the camp was beginning to take shape, and Zhao Tian was running the army well.

After dismounting ten steps away, Yang Anxuan led the horse and walked forward, shouting loudly: "Marquis Yang Anxuan, please come into the camp."

After a while, the gate of the village opened, and Chen Hua and several people came out to greet him. The training of new recruits must be managed by veterans. Chen Hua, Sun Zhong, He Qing and others followed Zhao Tian.

Zhao Tian, ​​the new military camp, is composed of two Sima and military marquis. Except for Yang Anxuan, one person is selected from the original Xinye garrison. His name is Yan Zhuang and he is forty-two years old. There are four camp commanders, Chen Hua and Yin Ji, who each occupy one seat, and the other two

One of them is a member of the Yang family, and the other is a former garrison; there are eight captains, including Sun Zhong and He Qing.

The thirty people who followed Yang Anxuan into the mountain to suppress bandits in Panlong Mountain all rose to one or two levels. This made Chen Hua and others deeply realize the importance of following the right person.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, the story of Yang Anxuan composing three poems on the Phoenix Tower spread like wildfire, and everyone said that he would be rated as a high-grade man this year. He should hold on tight to such thick legs.

Entering the camp, Yang Anxuan saw a group of twenty people sitting in a circle. Someone was loudly preaching military discipline (1). Zhao Tian, ​​dressed in military uniform, was leading people to patrol the camp.

Yang Anxuan did not disturb Zhao Tian and went straight to the kitchen. The soldiers were food-oriented. Eighteen copper pots were lined up in a row, and golden corn was tumbling in the pot.

Yang Anxuan picked up a spoon and stirred it vigorously in the pot. It was thick and laborious. It was much thicker than the porridge at the city gate. It was estimated that it could be inserted into the chopsticks without falling over.

The cook added some chopped mustard greens to the porridge. There was a row of pottery pots on the table next to it, containing dark pickles. Under the table was a basket with pottery bowls stacked inside, which were used by the soldiers to serve the porridge.

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After the reading was completed, the soldiers formed teams under the command of the corps commander, and then formed tuns from the teams. Each tun was assigned two copper cauldrons. There were 408 people, plus the veterans who trained them, the commander, the captain, the commander of the corps, and the army.

Hou and others, approximately 450 people.

The cook filled the pottery bowl with a ladle. A bowl of porridge weighed about a kilogram, and he received a bunch of pickles. The soldiers sat around and ate deliciously.

There was a lanky man who ate very quickly, pouring the porridge into his belly in three swipes, then scraped the residue from the bottom of the bowl with the pickles, carefully cleaned it and stuffed it into his mouth, squinting with a happy face.

Yang Anxuan asked curiously: "Brother, are you full?"

The man grinned and said, "I don't know what it means to be full. I used to eat two meals a day (2) at home, with wild vegetables mixed with corn, and I could survive. Now I can eat three meals a day of pure corn, which is considered a blessing."

Yang Anxuan nodded, got up and left, heading to the big tent. The generals in the military camp did not eat with the soldiers. The captain and above had one cake, the camp commander had one vegetable, and the military commanders above had bacon (fish).

Zhao Tian and Junhou Yan Zhuang were already waiting. On the table were large earthenware pots containing porridge, a plate of noodles, and besides pickles, there was also a small plate of dried salted fish, which was golden and attractive.

Yang Jiaxuan did not pretend to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. He could not break the military customs since the Qin Dynasty.

While eating and chatting about training, Zhao Tian said, Yan Zhuang added, and Yang Anxuan occasionally added a few words when he thought of something.

Mentioning what he said that day in front of Yang Quanqi, "Choose the strong, practice courage, understand military discipline, love the soldiers, and understand rewards and punishments", looking at Zhao Tian and Yan Zhuang's reaction to the conversation, Yang Anxuan knew that it was difficult to impress these people who came out of the battlefield with theoretical things.

of veterans.

After breakfast, we started to practice. Yang Anxuan stood on the high platform and looked at these recruits, a mixture of young and old, different heights and messy clothes. Some of them were giggling with their stomachs bulging, some were looking around, some were scratching here and there, shrinking.

The heads were bent and shoulders were bowed, and the formation was twisted and twisted. This greatly disappointed Yang Anxuan, who had seen the military parade in his previous life.

The method of training soldiers comes from Wu Qi's "Governing Soldiers", which states: "Round and square, sit and stand, walk and stop, left and right, front and back, divide and join, and tie and untie".

It is similar to the training queues of later generations. Yang Anxuan did not want to make any nonsense of "turn left, turn right, turn back, and walk in unison". He just followed the local customs.

The new recruits were forced into formation under the constraints of the corps commander and team leader, and were divided into four groups for training. In the morning, they first practiced sitting up, squatting down and standing up. Some of these people were fast and some were slow. They did it sparsely.

Horrible.

The soldiers and horses brought by Yin Ji, who could barely catch the eye, were mostly young men from the Yin family who had joined the army. They had been drilled before, and their energy and energy were far better than those of the other three groups. Yin Ji shouted loudly with his hands behind his back, feeling very proud of himself.

Half an hour later, after a break, the recruits were swaying around, sitting in groups of three or two, standing sideways with arms folded, or even lying directly on the ground.

Then I stopped practicing. This time it was even worse. I walked crookedly, bumped back and forth when standing, and was completely out of shape.

After lunch, rest for half an hour, either sleeping or sitting, without making a sound. After resting, practice for an hour, and then learn to wear armor, hold weapons, and answer orders.

During the dinner at Youshi, everyone, except those on duty, will go back to their tents to rest and lie quietly in bed. They are not allowed to sing little songs or talk about obscene things, which may arouse homesickness and shake the morale of the army. If the captain finds anyone making noise during the inspection of the camp, military law will be enforced.

Twenty whippings.

For three days in a row, Yang Anxuan came to watch the new recruits train whenever he had time. Zhao Tian asked him what he thought several times, but Yang Anxuan just smiled and was noncommittal.

On the evening of the third day, Yang Anxuan did not return to the city. After patrolling the camp with Zhao Tian and others, they came to the big tent to summon the captain and above for discussion. Although Zhao Tian was a subordinate commander, everyone knew that the real person in charge was Yang Anxuan.

Seeing Yang Anxuan's solemn expression, Yin Ji curled his lips and secretly thought to himself that if he hadn't received a letter from home asking him to follow Yang Anxuan's arrangements and train the new recruits with all his heart, he would have wanted to cause trouble.

"You have worked hard these past few days." Yang Anxuan said: "However, with all due respect, the results have been very little."

Yan Zhuang said disapprovingly: "These recruits are mostly farmers and have never practiced formation. How can they see results so quickly? In my opinion, it will take at least more than a month to see the results."

Yin Ji even sneered coldly: "Yang Junhou said it lightly, why don't you try it instead of just talking without practicing."

Yang Anxuan glanced at Yin Ji with a straight face and said, "I'm about to talk about how to train troops. First, all the more than 400 people are disrupted, arranged in high and low order, and reorganized into teams."

"No." Yin Ji immediately shouted, "The clan soldiers I brought cannot be dispersed."

The three families of Yin, Deng, and Cen joined the army with 148 young men. The purpose was not simple. Firstly, they wanted to gain a position in the army. Secondly, they wanted to please the prefect. Thirdly, they were supported by the Yang family and trained their own soldiers.

Yang Quanqi may leave his post, but these well-trained clan soldiers will not leave. The three families are equivalent to more than a hundred well-trained troops, not to mention Yinji. Cen Minghu and others can rely on these troops when they are promoted in the army in the future.

Qu, holding more military power, and gradually controlling the army and horses in the county.

Yang Anxuan said sternly: "Yin Ji, I am not discussing this with you. If you do the following again, be careful and be severely punished by military law."

Seeing Yang Anxuan's murderous look, Yin Ji didn't dare to say anything and cursed in his heart.

"I see that these new recruits have no standing posture or sitting posture. They should practice military posture first." Yang Anxuan said.

"What is a military posture?" Zhao Tian asked with a frown. He was not satisfied with Yang Anxuan's intervention.

"The so-called military posture means standing, sitting, walking, and lying all have standards. 'Stand like a pine, sit like a bell, walk like the wind, and lie down like a bow.'"

Yin Ji thought to himself that this man named Yang was very talented in literature. He casually talked about standing, sitting, walking, and lying down, all of which were catchy. No wonder his eldest brother and him were good friends.

Others were also attracted by Yang Anxuan's words, and Zhao Tian asked again: "What does it mean to stand like a pine tree?"

Yang Anxuan walked to the tent and said: "Standing like a pine means standing upright like a pine, and also standing at attention and standing astride. When standing at attention, we should do 'three straight, three close, one open, one raised' (3)..."

While talking and demonstrating, Yang Anxuan broke down the essentials of movements that he had memorized during military training in his previous life and practiced them again. Everyone was impressed.

Chen Hua smiled and praised: "The third young master is really gifted with talent. This posture looks much more energetic and relaxed."

Yin Ji didn't say anything, but he was a little convinced in his heart. Yang Anxuan stood tall and straight, with an indescribable energy all over his body, twisting upwards.

Wu Qi's "Governing the Army" states: If one person learns to fight, he can teach ten people; if ten people have learned to fight, he can teach hundreds of people; if a hundred people have learned to fight, he can teach thousands of people; if a thousand people have learned to fight, he can teach ten thousand people; if ten thousand people have learned to fight, he can teach ten thousand people.

Teach into three armies.

Zhao Tian and others followed Yang Anxuan to learn how to stand, and Yang Anxuan was on the side giving instructions. After busy for half an hour, everyone finally learned it, and stood upright in the tent, with a strong spirit.

The next day, according to what Yang Anxuan said, more than 400 people were arranged according to height and staggered every four people. The reorganized troops looked much more orderly.

The recruits looked at the captain, who stood up straight with a solemn look on his face, worried in his heart, and moved a little faster.

Next, the captain practices the stance, first teaching it to the commander, then to the corps commander, and then to the soldiers after the commander and corps commander learn it.

"Raise your head, don't hook your chin, what's on the ground... bang... tighten your belly, you're a skinny fucking monkey, hold out your belly and do something... bang, bang... make you laugh..."

Standing on the high platform, Yang Anxuan looked at the captain with an expressionless face. The commanders used leather whips to correct the new recruits' posture errors. They had to train the farmers and refugees into shape in a short time. Corporal punishment was inevitable. Yang Anxuan would not have a wife.

Kindness.

Hu soldiers went south, fought on the battlefield, and fought with their lives. The more ferocious the training in peacetime, the greater the chance of survival on the battlefield. This is true benevolence.

It seemed like a simple stance, but the recruits were exhausted after the day. After dinner, Yang Anxuan followed Zhao Tian to inspect the camp, and they were snoring like thunder everywhere.

After practicing the standing posture, practice sitting up and "sit like a bell". With the breakdown of the essentials of the movements, Zhao Tian and others got started quickly.

In the next few days, Yang Anxuan also broke down the key points of the movements from left to right, walking to stop, front to back, dividing and joining based on his previous life experience. As for making circles and squares, dividing and joining, and untying knots.

Now that you have the previous foundation, I believe you will be able to become proficient in it very quickly.
Chapter completed!