Li Xin stood in front of Xiao Cheng dejectedly, with a look of begging on his face.

"Erlang, I don't want to go to the army, I just want to be by your side." Li Xin pursed his lips and said, "You tell me what I did wrong, and I will correct it, but don't let me go."

Got it!"

Xiao Cheng looked at this companion angrily and amusedly.

He may be said to be his companion, but Li Xin grew up with him. In his heart, he is as good as a brother.

"If you stay with me, you will always be a servant. What future can you have?" Xiao Cheng looked at him with hatred: "You will not be able to take the path of a civil servant. Although you are literate and knowledgeable,

It’s not too bad, but if you want to pass the examination to become a Jinshi among the people, it’s too far off. So I can only go to the military to gain a good background.”

"I don't want to go to the army!" Li Xin whispered.

"Why? Are you afraid of hardship?" Xiao Cheng frowned and asked. "You have been here for half a month and you can't bear it?"

Li Xin nodded vigorously, "Hai Zi is a madman. He has to get up at four o'clock every day, practice, practice and practice again. It's just dark at night, except for the night watch, everyone else has to go to sleep. They are like corpses. Where can they sleep?"

"

Xiao Cheng held back his laughter and said, "That's what the army is like. Can't you bear this little hardship?"

“There’s still food!”

"Aren't you full?" Xiao Cheng suddenly raised his eyebrows.

"That's not true." Li Xin said quickly: "It's just a meal of millet rice, or wheat rice, and steamed buns with mixed noodles. Each person has a bowl of mutton bone soup and a salty dumpling. I really can't get used to it. Hammer

The mutton has been cut into pieces, and we compete every day after training, and only the winner can eat the meat. Erlang, look at me, I have lost a lot of weight."

He looked Li Xin up and down. Well, he had indeed lost a lot of weight.

He is a person who never tires of food and food. As his personal companion, Li Xin, of course, has also developed a naughty mouth along with him. The dishes in ordinary restaurants cannot impress him, let alone the army kitchen.

Planting a big pot and stove, being able to cook it well and keep it full is the highest requirement of this era.

"You're not going to be an ordinary soldier. How can you go without meat?" Xiao Cheng became a little curious.

Li Xin said with a bitter face: "Hammer said that my skills were too poor. One day I went to the battlefield just to kill people, so I was included in the team for training, and I was compared with the team he led personally.

, Every day, they have meat to eat, and we can only chew the bones. How can I beat him? "

Xiao Cheng laughed: "I guess you have been complained a lot by your teammates, right?"

Li Xin lowered his head.

"I didn't expect that Hammer would have such thoughts! He looks reckless, but he is actually very delicate!" Xiao Cheng said.

"Erlang, that guy is just looking for trouble to punish me!" Li Xin said angrily.

Xiao Cheng shook his head, "Li Xin, you said that in the army, what is the most important thing if you want the soldiers to be convinced?"

"Yongli!" Li Xin said, why did that Hammer guy win over everyone as soon as he showed off his skills in the team? Isn't it because no one can beat him? Not to mention one-on-one, it's ten-on-one.

, and was beaten all over the floor by him.

But I can't do it myself.

"Speak one thousand, say ten thousand. In the army, courage is what matters. Especially the generals who directly lead the troops!" Xiao Cheng said: "So the hammer is not punishing you, but tempering you. If you

If you don't have enough courage, how will you gain a foothold in the military in the future? No one can think highly of you. Even if you rely on my reputation, everyone respects you, but I'm not sure how you will be arranged in the future!"

"But if this continues, you still don't think highly of me, and you lose every game!" Li Xin said angrily.

"Is Hammer going to fight you alone?" Xiao Cheng asked.

"That's not true!"

"In this case, the hammer has given you a chance. Single combat and group fighting are two different things. How can you defeat him if you don't use your brain?" Xiao Cheng pointed to his brain and said: "I believe that as long as

If your own bravery is improved by two levels, and your ability to command the army is improved a few points, the hammer will allow you to win a few games. From now on, the two of you will have exchanges, loses and wins. In this way, you

His prestige has naturally risen. Hammer has good intentions, but you actually come to me to complain?"

"He has that kind of brain?" Li Xin didn't believe it.

"You can ask him yourself after you go back!" Xiao Cheng said: "Li Xin, do you know why I put you in the army?"

"Erlang just said that he wants me to have a good background."

"This is just one of them!" Xiao Cheng said: "The real reason is that I regard you as my most reliable brother, the person I can trust with life and death, you know?"

Li Xin's eyes widened.

"You have been following me for so long, and you have come to understand after thinking about it. The biggest difference between me and others is that I pay special attention to the military, right?"

"Well, I usually hear Erlang say that!" Li Xin nodded repeatedly.

"Speaking of which, the current army of five hundred people is the one that I, Xiao Erlang, have truly organized independently!" Xiao Cheng smiled slightly: "Five hundred people are just a starting point. Li Xin, these five hundred

People, I train them as officers. In the future, when the team begins to expand, the people in this army will go out one by one and become the commanders of the pro-army. Li Xin, now you understand

? Now you are their commander, and you will always be their commander in the future. Even if some of them may have a higher official position than you in the future, this is a piece of history that cannot be erased!"

Li Xin took a deep breath.

"In the past few years, I have done a lot of things, and you know it best." Xiao Cheng said calmly: "If these things were made public, they would really be called treason. But as long as I really succeed, I will

You will no longer be controlled by others, but if you want to succeed, strong power is the most basic thing. Without the support of power, anything you say is nonsense. Just like the current princes of the East and West, they all say they have power over the world, but

If they really want to offend the officials and they are desperate, a few quick jailers will be enough to deal with them."

"Erlang, you, are you going to rebel?" Li Xin's voice trembled.

"Fart!" Xiao Cheng smiled and hit Li Xin on the head: "What am I rebelling against? I don't want to be an official. I just don't want the officials to round me up and flatten me at will, and I don't want the world.

It's not okay to become a member of the official family and be able to do whatever he wants."

"But he is an official! The world belongs to him."

"This world belongs to everyone!" Xiao Cheng snorted: "Okay, you can't think about these things for the moment, so go down and think about it slowly, and then come back to me when you have gained something. Let's talk about the army later.

Come on! Now do you know why I put you in the army?"

"I understand!" Li Xin nodded repeatedly.

"Then, can you bear the hardship now?"

"Yes, Erlang entrusts me with such an important matter, and I can bear no matter how hard it is!" Li Xin said.

"Okay, Hammer will train you on your level of force, and your combat skills will be honed in actual combat. When I have time, I will also teach you major military laws and strategies. Don't be complacent, I still have Hammer!"

Xiao Cheng glanced at Li Xin, who was beaming with joy. "Then do you know now how to win over these officers and make them loyal and unswerving to your son? No matter what happens, they will not betray you.

me?"

Hearing Xiao Cheng's question, Li Xin was dumbfounded again.

Looking at his companion, Xiao Cheng couldn't help but sigh.

"I have done a lot of things since we formed the army, haven't you seen it?" Xiao Cheng said: "The first thing is, when recruiting troops, what characteristics did you notice about this army?"

"It seems that you are recruiting people who have families, families, and honest people. At that time, there were many rangers who recommended themselves, but they were all dismissed by Erlang!" Li Xin thought for a while.

"Ranger!" Xiao Cheng sneered: "It's okay to use these people, but recruiting them into the army will be a disaster. Li Xin, remember, when we train the army in the future, the ones with the most powerful combat effectiveness are those who are honest and honest.

An army composed of human beings, they are easy to train, have simple minds, and do not have too many other ideas. Even if they seem stupid and timid at first, as long as they are tempered in the army, these shortcomings will disappear in the army.

In this melting pot, all will be destroyed. On the contrary, those rangers who usually seem to be brave and quick-thinking will easily collapse on the battlefield."

"I got it."

"After these five hundred people formed an army, what was the second thing I did?"

"Divide the fields and houses to them!" Li Xin said: "I am still in charge of this matter!"

"Have you not noticed where the houses and fields I allocated to them came from?" Xiao Cheng chuckled: "Their fields, houses, and livestock all came from me from Ma Zhizhou and his direct subordinates.

Some of the things I got there were forcibly obtained from local powerful people in Qianzhou. Do you know why?"

Li Xin was not stupid after all. After thinking about it, he finally understood: "Erlang is completely tying them to us. If we fail and those people stand up again, everything these soldiers have now,

Everything must be gone. So in order to keep everything they have, they must follow us wholeheartedly."

"That's right!" Xiao Cheng patted Li Xin on the head: "The more things these people have, the greater the benefits, and the conflict between them and the original beneficiaries will become bigger and bigger, and they will have no benefits.

They have no choice but to move forward with us, because failure means they lose everything they have now and even their lives."

"Erlang is far-sighted!" Li Xin admired him wholeheartedly.

"But this is just a conspiracy!" Xiao Cheng shook his head: "This is just the first step to gather people's hearts, which is called interests. After everyone's interests are related, the second step is necessary. This is when I send you

The reason for going, this second step is to win people's hearts. I can quickly make them become stakeholders with me, but if we want others to have a heart-to-heart relationship with us and become true fellow travelers, it will take time, and in

In this process, we have to take a step back when it comes to means and strategies. I can't get along with them every day and interact with them all the time. You need to do these things. This is why I asked you to be Hammer's deputy and take responsibility.

The army’s money, food, military laws and other matters have to be dealt with.”

"I understand." Li Xin said: "Erlang must keep a certain distance from them and win over people's hearts to make them work for you. Naturally, I will do it. Don't worry, Erlang, I can definitely do such a thing.

He did an excellent job. Li Xin doesn't dare to talk about other things, but making friends is my strength. I will soon become a brother to these people, and I will be the kind of brother who cuts off his head to gain anger."

"Don't become fair-weather friends!" Xiao Cheng said: "You can help them with charity and money, you can worry about other people's needs and think about other people's thoughts, you can teach these people how to read, teach these people the art of war, etc., these things, you
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