In the next two months, the Qingzhou Xiangjun moved frequently.

Early every morning, the people in the city could hear the sound of horns coming from the north barracks, and then more than a thousand soldiers lined up in an orderly line from the north gate, ran around the city dozens of miles for half a circle, entered through the south gate, and by then, it was already dawn.

But this is just the beginning of the training of this local official army for a day. After they returned to the barracks, bursts of shouts kept ringing. If the curious people ran over there to see, they would see thousands of soldiers split into pieces and performing various training in the wide barracks and schoolyards.

To the east are the soldiers who practice boxing and foot skills with Lu Da. They are all tall and strong and powerful. Even if they do not hold any heavy weapons in their hands, they will be very loud and whispered with Lu Da's instructions and whispering their fists and feet as they shout.

On the west side, Lin Chong came to the stage to give instructions. More than 300 weak people were constantly practicing the simplest battlefield gun technique with sticks as guns. Although the movements of these people were not as good as those of the east side, the tricks looked very simple, and they were just pricking and provoking, etc., once hundreds of people were used together, they were still long spears, which made the viewer feel cold.

The number of people practicing in the south was much smaller, only more than one hundred, and they were led by Yang Zhi to practice archery shooting. Although Yang Zhi was actually proficient in many martial arts and the longest was not archery, he was the most skilled among these people, so it was appropriate for him to teach the soldiers to shoot archery. Every time with his order, more than one hundred feather arrows would be shot out in one go, nailing them to the target eighty steps ahead, which made the people who saw this scene nervous.

And these are not all the training in the army. It is the most dazzling training for the entire army. Under the command of Qi Desheng, who has studied this, more than a thousand soldiers will be divided into several formations and constantly changing their respective positions, either for the storm-like formation, or for the storm-like formation that is astonishing as a rainbow, or for the circular formation that is retreating like a mountain...

Every change is seen to make people outside applaud. Although they do not understand the mystery, they can also see how difficult this kind of exercise is. These thousand people can actually advance and retreat together, just like using their arms to use their fingers, which is really admirable.

In fact, it was not only them, but Qi Desheng, who was the commander, who could not believe everything in front of him. He never thought that the soldiers under him would obey orders so much. As long as the flag was waved in his hand, they would change their formation in a moment, keep their steps unchaotic, and have no flaws at all. If they were put on the battlefield, the enemy would not have time to react.

Sun Tu was deeply satisfied after watching the advance and retreat of the team of thousands of people, patting Qi Desheng on the shoulder and saying, "General Qi, it's really a blessing to have you this time..." This was not a false politeness, but a complete joy from the bottom of his heart.

In the past, he really didn't know that the army now has some quality of combat formations, and the changes were so complicated. Although Sun Tu was a time traveler and a military member, the modern army in later generations did not pay much attention to these things. High-tech combat, the coordination of the intra-tank, or the improvement of individual combat capabilities are what later generations attach importance to. As for combat formations, they have long been eliminated by new weapons.

But in this era, even gunpowder has not really played a role in the army. The two armies are still fighting in close combat or crossbows to shoot. At this time, the military formation becomes the key to victory or defeat. Compared with the messy charge and cooperation between advance and retreat, the lethality of the self-constructed military formation is much stronger.

Sun Tu even had some opinions. If he had brought those Jiangzhou soldiers to fight with the current Qingzhou soldiers, under the same number and equipment, the Qingzhou soldiers who were well versed in military formations could have completely crushed the Jiangzhou soldiers after the war began, and their casualties would not be too great. So after all, he had underestimated the generals of this era.

Hearing the praise, Qi Desheng finally felt a little calmer. As someone who had just joined Sun Tu's tent, he always wanted to show his performance. However, after seeing Yang Zhi, Lu Da and others who were far superior to their martial arts, he suddenly felt ashamed. It was not until he practiced the military formation that he was able to show his strengths.

However, he did not feel complacent because of this, and immediately said modestly: "The ministers are so serious, and the generals are just teaching everyone what they know. What can really make the soldiers make such progress in the military formation is the basic exercises before. So in the end, the ministers will still be your contribution."

This is not a flattery, but it is indeed the case. Not to mention the Qingzhou army that was rebuilt, the elite imperial guards of the Song Dynasty or the Western army, even the Liao army in the north, it is quite difficult to make those troops change their formations as skillfully as the Qingzhou soldiers. Maybe the entire army will be in chaos at any time.

The reason is that the basic training in the past half month was the boring training of the team, turning, and walking in a row had already made these soldiers have the instinct to obey commands, and then put them into the military formation, and they really achieved twice the result with half the effort.

This foundation was laid for everyone, so in terms of credit, he is the biggest one. Sun Tu was not very polite about this, but just smiled and said, "That was also the soldiers who were willing to work hard. Now I really saw a bit of what Cao Mengde had led the Qingzhou army to sweep the Central Plains."

Shandong people are already strong in body, and their hard-working personality, and their respect for Sun Tu, the general who saved them from suffering, have made them grit their teeth and persevere in the hard work for many days. Of course, this is also closely related to Sun Tu's ability to provide everyone with sufficient food and even meat supplements. When most of the people in the city are not full, more than a thousand people in the military camp can have three full meals and still get money. And as long as those who are outstanding in their practice can still eat meat every two or three days, this is too attractive to ordinary soldiers. Almost everyone is practicing angrily and dare not relax at all.

With such a dedicated and dedicated training, the overall strength of the Qingzhou Army has naturally continued to improve. Although it has only been two or three months since its establishment, it has become an elite soldier. In fact, this is not a cheat. You should know that the army of the Song Dynasty is completely lazy on weekdays. The wing troops in various places often do not practice for a whole month. The imperial guards are better, and only once every ten days. Only the Western Army and other border troops can do it every three days. However, the Qingzhou Army is now fighting twice or even three days a day. This intensity is worth three months to be trained by other armies for several years or even ten years. If you don’t work like this, you will be too sorry for yourself.

Because of the sufficient money and food, Sun Tu could let go of his hands and feet to train the wing army. Because of this, he was not even satisfied with only more than 1,000 soldiers, so he directly recruited soldiers, hoping to recruit five hundred young men from Qingzhou to join the camp.

The people in the city really responded to this arrangement in the military camp. Now no one knows that the food in the military camp is the best, and the salary is paid in full without arrears. This is much better than digging food or working hard in the field.

So after posting the list, no less than 3,000 people came to apply for the election. After Sun Tu and his team selected five hundred strong and strong young men who were strong and willing to obey orders were selected into the camp. In this way, the scale of Qingzhou soldiers expanded again, from one thousand to one thousand five, which also made Sun Tu more confident and more powerful.

The people of Qingzhou are happy to see such a result. After all, only when the official army is strong enough can everyone's safety be guaranteed, so there is no need to worry that the bandits will come to rob and threaten. The government office has been completely calm recently. Whether it is Murong Yanchao or other officials, they have been knowing nothing during this period, so they let the Xiang army take over the affairs of the whole city. They just shrank in the yamen and did some irrelevant chores, as if they had already accepted their lives.

However, Sun Tu did not relax his vigilance because of their low-key reaction. While still letting people guard the four gates, he also sent someone to disguise himself from front and back of the yamen and near the officials' homes to prevent them from causing any trouble.

In addition, while training the troops, he kept asking Shi Qian and other scout camp soldiers to go to the gathering places of nearby bandits and thieves to inquire about various information, in order to win a great victory in the next battle, so as to reach the peak of his reputation and block the court's mouth.

On the evening of September 20th, Shi Qian, who was a little tired, returned to the military camp to meet Sun Tu again. Although he was tired, his whole body was quite energetic and his face was full of excitement.

In the past, although he could get a lot of money, he could not stand it. He was always worried that he would be found out and could not share his joy with others. But now, since joining the Qingzhou Army and becoming the captain of the scout camp, Shi Qian has gained the respect of many people, especially when he brought back some important news about the copycat, everyone respected it. This fully satisfied his self-esteem and made him truly understand what he wanted.

After hearing that he had reported the situation on Baihu Mountain, 80 miles northeast of Qingzhou City, a light gradually emerged in Sun Tu's eyes. Finally, he slapped the table and said, "Now our army has trained enough, it's time to really put them on the battlefield to experience it. This time, we will choose Baihu Mountain as our opponent first, and we must win in one battle!"

All the generals in the barracks were excited, and then they crossed their hands and replied, "Here!"

After several months of preparation and training, it was finally time to try the quality of the troops under my command.

The suppression of a group of bandits in Qingzhou is today!

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On the National Day of the National Day, I wish you all a happy holiday... Passersby should not stop during the seven-day holiday, so I would like to ask for tickets and recommendations for the next month...
Chapter completed!