Water-injected version of the Book of War

A cart containing more than thirty scrolls of bamboo slips also shocked Zhang Fei.

"Why so much?!" Zhang Fei asked in surprise.

Zhang Xi smiled sheepishly and said, "I was in a mood last night. Well, I wrote too much!"

Zhang Fei looked at Zhang Xi and then at the bamboo slips, his eyes full of surprise and admiration.

In Zhang Fei's view, Zhang Xi was able to write these thirty bundles of bamboo slips, which meant that he had at least read more than thirty bundles of books, not to mention that he wrote them overnight.

Zhang Fei had never heard of it.

As a member of a wealthy family in Zhuo County, Zhang Fei had been exposed to books since he was a child and knew the meaning of more than thirty scrolls of bamboo slips.

Even for a masterpiece like "Shang Shu", there are only thirty-three articles in total, that is, thirty-three volumes. Zhang Xi wrote a masterpiece of "Shang Shu" level in one night?!

But when Zhang Fei looked through these bamboo slips, he realized that that was not the case at all.

"Sir, why are these writings so straightforward?!" Zhang Fei asked Zhang Xi with a constipated face.

Because the carrier of bamboo slips is relatively bulky, people in this era wrote on bamboo slips as concisely as possible. As long as it does not affect the expression of meaning, the fewer words written, the better.

One word is worth a thousand pieces of gold, but one word is easy to write, which shows how concise the words used by the ancients were in writing books.

Although not everyone can write a book that will be remembered for generations, but no one has ever written the vernacular directly on bamboo slips like Zhang Xi.

In the eyes of people of this era, what Zhang Xi did was simply a waste of bamboo slips.

But Zhang Xi also has his own reasons.

"Isn't this according to the words of the third general, try to use straightforward words so that it can be easily understood by the army officers?!" Zhang Xi said.

Zhang Xi didn't want to write so straightforwardly, but didn't Zhang Fei say it was too profound for the military officers to understand? Wasn't he not used to it?!

Zhang Fei almost lost his temper after hearing this.

"Why do generals in the army need to know how to train troops?!" Zhang Fei's loud voice broke out again.

This is a military manual, a method of training soldiers. How can all soldiers understand it?

The top soldiers only need to know what to do, and the lower-level soldiers only need to know how to execute the orders of the general. Why do they need to understand the military manual?!

The reason why military books are not widely circulated in this era is not because they are particularly obscure, but because some people need them to be obscure.

Otherwise, if anyone can train troops, and everyone can train troops, when will the world be truly peaceful?

If such a straightforward military training method as Zhang Xi's fell into the hands of someone with intentions, it would be a disaster, and Zhang Fei had the urge to set him on fire.

But don't tell me that Zhang Xi's writing is indeed easy to understand. Zhang Fei found it much more pleasing to the eyes, and he was really reluctant to read it for a while.

Finally, Zhang Fei decided to pack up all these bamboo slips and arrange for his confidants to send them all to Liu Bei's house.

Let's leave this kind of thing to my eldest brother.

When Liu Bei saw these bamboo slips, he was confused and did not dare to hand them over to others. He had to read them first, then refine the central ideas, and write them on the bamboo slips in as concise words as possible based on his own experience. Finally, he wrote

Burn these bamboo slips on fire.

Of course, this is a story for another day.

The main task facing Zhang Xi now is to discuss and formulate a new training plan for the military camp with Zhang Fei.

After Zhang Fei read more than thirty scrolls of bamboo slips, he already had some understanding of Zhang Xi's main ideas on military training.

Some of them are understandable, and some are not.

For example, Zhang Fei didn't understand why the soldiers were asked to stand in the so-called "military posture" in the first place. This kind of thing is just standing upright. What's so good about it?

Zhang Xi had no choice but to patiently explain to Zhang Fei that standing in a military posture was not only for standing, but also for training the soldiers' perseverance and endurance, and for the soldiers to develop some superficial organization and discipline.

Zhang Fei said, "I don't believe it. You can exercise perseverance just by standing?!"

Then Zhang Xi asked Zhang Fei to try to follow his own requirements, including raising his chest, tightening his abdomen, raising his head, raising his buttocks, and standing with his hands close to his sides.

Not even standing for a quarter of an hour, Zhang Fei was sweating profusely.

Zhang Xi originally wanted Zhang Fei to experience it, but Zhang Fei refused and insisted on trying what it would feel like after an hour.

Then I stood there for an hour.

I have to say that Zhang Fei's physical fitness is really good. The physical condition of military generals these days is really no worse than that of some special forces in later generations. Zhang Fei stood in a military posture for an hour, but felt a little sore in his hands and feet, and he recovered after a little exercise.

Already.

But Zhang Fei never raised any objection to this military posture.

Only those who have experienced it personally know how difficult it is for the first quarter of an hour to stand in the military posture. If someone asks you to take a rest at that time, few people can persist until the end.

Zhang Fei, a general in the army, was shaken for a moment.

This is indeed what Zhang Xi said, allowing the soldiers to exercise their perseverance. Zhang Fei even thought to himself that if they could stand for an hour every day and practice like this, then the pain of marching would really be nothing in the eyes of these soldiers.

Compared to standing in military posture for an hour, walking for an hour is nothing.

As for the subsequent physical training, weight-bearing training, etc., in fact, the army in this era has been practicing it, but Zhang Xi has divided it into more details.

Of course, there is something Zhang Fei doesn't understand here, and that's why Zhang Xi stipulates that the soldiers must eat meat. Meat is very expensive, so Zhang Fei can't eat meat every day.

Zhang Xi couldn't explain to Zhang Fei the benefits of fat and protein intake to the human body. Zhang Fei couldn't understand this.

Zhang Xi could only change his perspective and tell him about the benefits of eating meat.

In fact, the reason why soldiers must eat meat is not that meat is more nutritious, or that meat is necessarily better than food.

It's mainly a question of algorithm.

Assuming that in the past, a soldier's daily training consumption was "one", and his daily food intake was also "one" or even less than "one", he could withstand such training.

But now according to the new training method, a soldier's daily training consumption is "two". If you give him the original "one" of food, his nutrition will definitely not be able to keep up.

At this time, unless you give up the new training method and go back to the old way, you have only one option: increase his food supply.

Generally speaking, the normal approach at this time is to provide more food to the soldiers.

In the peaceful and prosperous times, this was not a big problem, because the world was stable, food production was high and the price was cheap. Providing enough food to the soldiers could maintain the army's high-intensity training.

But these are troubled times, and it is not easy to find a stable place to farm these days. The grain output is only that much, and the army's grain ration is suddenly increased. This is a big burden for Liu Bei.

In troubled times, food is even more important. If the princes have food, they can explode their troops. Therefore, food is a strategic material. You may not be able to buy it even if you have money. Where can you ask Liu Bei to find so much food all of a sudden?

?!

Not to mention that he is still dependent on others.

In this case, there is only one way to barely replace food - eating meat.

This is actually not very accurate. The more accurate statement is to find ways to increase starch and protein, and eating meat is a relatively simple and quick way.

Of course, you can also let the sergeants eat tofu, but eating too much tofu will be harmful to the body.

The most important thing is that if you feed the soldiers meat, it will increase their loyalty to you - only the princes in the world eat meat, which prince would give meat to the majority of his soldiers?!

As for meat costing more than food, well, it’s not Zhang Xi’s money anyway.

I explained the truth to Zhang Fei and told him that eating meat can indeed save food, but Zhang Fei still disagreed.

It wasn't that he felt sorry for the little money he had, or that he didn't want to feed the soldiers meat. The main reason was that Zhang Fei didn't agree with Zhang Xi's plan to directly add meat to the soldiers' daily meals.

Zhang Xi couldn't understand it at first, but as soon as Zhang Fei finished explaining, Zhang Xi knew that he had not considered it carefully.

Although it is not difficult for Zhang Fei to find a way to obtain meat for less than a thousand people, the difficulty is that Zhang Fei cannot guarantee that these thousand people will be able to eat meat for every meal in the future.

If meat is added to daily military food from the beginning, soldiers will feel that this is something they deserve.

If one day in the future Zhang Fei can no longer provide meat, the soldiers will be dissatisfied, complain, and even mutiny.

Zhang Fei understood very well the issue of favors over gains and losses, but Zhang Xi still lacked some social experience after all.

Therefore, this meat supply must be something special that the soldiers feel is hard-earned.

This involves the subsequent issue of rewards and punishments.

Meat cannot be the norm, but it can be a reward, something that everyone can only have if they cook well.

But daily life can only be based on food.

This brings us back to the same old problem from the beginning. Where are you going to find these extra grains?!

Zhang Fei had no choice but to go to his elder brother and let him find a solution.

And Liu Bei really has a way.
Chapter completed!