Chapter 607 Growth
After entering the study, Zhang Jun and Dong Xian sang a promise to Wang Xiaoli.
Wang Xiaoliu said: "There are stools here, you can sit down and talk. - By the way, I brought the good tea this year, you can taste it together."
Dong Xian was the commander at this time, and Wang Xiaolie was the envoy of Xuanfu. The gap between the two sides was very big. After hearing Wang Xiaolie asked him to sit down, Dong Xian couldn't help but hesitate. However, Zhang Jun didn't care about that and sat down.
Cui Qing brought the tea. Zhang Jun hurriedly stood up and took the tea ceremony: "Thank you brother."
When Cui Qing said goodbye, Zhang Jun sat down again. Dong Xian saw that Zhang Jun was sitting down, so he sat down carefully.
Looking at Zhang Jun, Wang Xiaolei said: "You have been to the military academy for more than half a year. Have you learned the ability to lead troops?"
Zhang Jun said: "Xuanfu knows what kind of person I am. He is not stupid. After entering the military academy, he worked hard and roughly understood."
"Just understand roughly." Wang Xiaolie said with some emotion. "Training troops to fight, you can only understand roughly at the beginning. If you really need to figure it out, you have to take troops with you for a few years. It is impossible to learn everything in the military academy."
Zhang Jun said: "What Xuanfu said is. I think so too."
Wang Xiaoli looked at Zhang Jun. After a while, he sighed slightly: "In the past six months, you have become much more smooth. In the past six months, you were so happy that you were always angry. Now, things are done smoothly and you rarely have conflicts with others, but you are not the one you used to be. In the past six months, the Yunu sisters have been by your side and taught you a lot of things."
After hearing this, Zhang Jun was stunned for a while before nodding. He said, "What Xuan Fu said is that people will grow up after all. Now that I have a family, I can no longer be the same as before. Many things I used to know were done with one knife, but I don't think so anymore."
Wang Xiaoli nodded and looked at Zhang Jun. He hadn't spoken for a long time.
Since Zhang Jun was a child, he was in Wang Xiaoliu's army. It can be said that Wang Xiaoliu grew up when he was lawless at the beginning, sometimes even had a sense of hostility, and now he is exquisite and sleek, Wang Xiaoliu has seen Zhang Jun's changes.
Is this growth? Wang Xiaolie can't explain it clearly. He only knows that Zhang Jun is more adaptable to the world than before. As long as Zhang Jun likes himself, why should others say more? Who stipulates how to live in the world?
After a while of silence, Wang Xiaolie looked at Dong Xian and said, "How do you think Dong Zheng was in the military academy for several months?"
Dong Xian said: "I learned a lot. In the past, I used to lead troops, but I often followed my wishes and some of the military knowledge I heard. After entering the military academy, I realized that there were so many things to do with leading troops. It was considered an eye-opener and familiar with Xuanfu's army."
Wang Xiaoliu said: "When you come out of the military academy, you must start with the command. Don't think that your official position is too low."
Dong Xian said: "I used to have three thousand soldiers and horses, but today I still have three thousand. How could I think my official position is too low? To be honest, I used to everything, but now I have to listen to the orders, and I feel a little uncomfortable. But after a long time, I gradually get used to it."
Like Zhang Jun, Wang Xiaolie also gave some subsidies in addition to Dong Xian's salary. Dong Xian is a wealth-loving person and is still very grateful. Wang Xiaolie's salary in his army is paid cash on time, and the extra salary made Dong Xian feel that he was a little better than others.
Wang Xiaoliu said: "There is a reason why military academy has to start from the command. What is taught in the military academy is what middle and lower-level officers need to learn, and senior officers must come out of actual combat. The commander is called the middle-level officer in our army. Leading a regiment requires both the knowledge of lower-level officers and the edge of senior officers. Without passing this level, many things in the army are not familiar with."
Dong Xian said: "I understand."
"Just understand." Wang Xiaoli nodded. "What's the big deal about practicing the army well and making some military achievements in the future? Now in a turmoil, are you still afraid that there will be no war? In the army, everything depends on military achievements."
Dong Xian said: "I remember Xuanfu's cultivation of me. When I get above the battlefield, I will definitely know that I will live up to Xuanfu's expectations!"
"Okay, it's best if you can figure it out. After occupying Shaanxi, we decided to recruit soldiers from Shaanxi. We originally thought that it would be great if we could recruit 10,000 or 20,000 people, but it would be great if we had 20,000 or 30,000 people. However, in one or two months, 50,000 or 60,000 people joined the army. Since the founding of this dynasty, the best source of troops came from the fifth route of Shaanxi, and the same is true now. The 50,000 or 60,000 Shaanxi people who joined the army were a wealth. The newly built army is based on these Shaanxi people. How many people did you choose to select soldiers in Ruicheng this time?"
Zhang Jun said: "A total of 5,700 people were selected. Xuanfu, we are the soldiers in the army, and we are not all under our jurisdiction."
Wang Xiaoli smiled and said, "Of course I know. We have decided on the general framework of the newly built army this time. Half of the officers in the commanders and capital were drawn from the old army, and half were drawn from those who had just graduated from the military academy. One third of the teams below were drawn, and two thirds were promoted from the soldiers who made meritorious service in the Battle of Xijing. The soldiers below could only use new recruits, such as the soldiers you brought back this time."
Zhang Jun said: "Fifty or sixty thousand people from Shaanxi joined the army, and not many people were given to us."
Wang Xiaolei said: "Most of them went to your army. There were about seven or eight thousand people who were added to the old army. Three or four thousand people went to Hedong and joined Jiang Min's subordinates. Jiang Min also lacked people."
At this time, Shanzhou, Jiezhou and Hezhong Prefecture belonged to Shaanxi Road, and the plain area of Hedong Road was much smaller than that of Shanxi Province in later generations. With Jiangzhou and Jinzhou alone, Jiang Min could not collect 30,000 people, so he had to recruit soldiers from Shaanxi Road and Jingxi Road. The military sources of Longde Prefecture and other places in the east should be supplemented into the old army.
Zhang Jun sighed: "Jiang Min is about the same age as me, and now she is so proud!"
Wang Xiaolei said: "How can you compare with Jiang Min? It takes more than half a year to enter the military school. What Jiang Min learned in a month."
Zhang Jun said: "That's right. Speaking of learning, Jiang Min is simply a monster. We are so envious of seeing this!"
At the beginning of the Battle of Xijing, Jiang Min won a great victory in Shenshan and wiped out Wanyan’s army. It was Jiang Min’s record that greatly increased Wang Xiaoli’s army’s confidence and expanded the scale of the war, and won three consecutive victories in Zhongmu, Shanzhou and Hucheng.
Jiang Min was determined in the Battle of the Sacred Mountains, and properly arranged it, proving her command ability. To be honest, if Wang Xiaolii commanded the battle, he would never fight like Jiang Min. But it was precisely because of the difference that Jiang Min showed his flexibility.
Chapter completed!