Chapter 72 The first assessment
When Li Qin heard Jia Xu's voice become smaller, he knew in his heart that Jia Xu was afraid that others would hear it. After all, Jia Xu's idea was based on the current actual situation of Fujiao Fort and chose the most realistic method of building the army, which is different from the ideas of many generals nowadays.
Not all, but if most generals want to expand their army, they are willing to take one step to equip the best army directly, such as Gongsun Zan's Baima Yicong, Liu Bei's Baier soldiers, Lu Bu's camp commanded by Gao Shun, Ma Chao's heavy cavalry, Shu's last elite Wudang flying army, etc., are all representatives of elite soldiers in this era.
But these armies have a characteristic, that is, once the main general is finished, the army disappears. In other words, these armies appear with the emergence of famous generals. Just like craftsmen with superb skills, outstanding craftsmanship can only be used to be or left to their children, becoming ancestral craftsmanship without being taught to outsiders, so that the method of training is like a flash in the pan. The development of strong soldiers is not sustainable, and the army fights less and less, rather than more!
If Li Qin wants to build an army, he cannot take a narrower path, but a wider path, and is not afraid of others learning the methods... Because he himself is not very clear about the specific methods, he can cross the river with a stone, and walk the path of a hero and three helpers, and everyone is getting high fireworks.
In this way, it is very important to go from simple to complex, from low to high, and gradually progress, and the most basic army in this era was the spearmen.
Nodding, Li Qin also whispered: "What my brother-in-law said is reasonable. First, we must practice spearmen, and then practice other troops. Cavalry is easy to talk about. Daliang Qiang has good riders, and the key is archers and scouts, so we must have them."
Jia Xu thought for a while and said, "Arrowers are also good at training. When shooting arrows in a array, they are not particularly important than a hundred steps away. As long as they can shoot the arrows in full, they will be able to shoot the arrows tightly. When the enemy is close, the elite archer will shoot arrows to learn from their strengths and weaknesses, and cooperate with the shooting."
Li Qin nodded and said, "A group of soldiers with archery magic can be trained to come out, and the main generals who specialize in shooting the enemy are used as snipers. If you only attack sneakily, you can often achieve great achievements."
"Sniper? Well, this name is good. As the name suggests, I think snipers can be used as scouts. Scouts are the best at secretly attacking. Look at that Wudanzi, who is sneaky all day long!" Jia Xu smiled and pointed at Wudanzi in the crowd.
Li Qin looked over, but saw Wu Danzi standing outside the crowd. Others were standing on tiptoe, but he just bent over, just occasionally straightened up, quickly looked at Jing Qi on the door panel, and then bent down, just like a very alert little animal, looking around from time to time.
Li Qin smiled and said, "This is called habit becoming natural. If he wants to change it, he can't change it!"
After talking for a while, the two got off the roof and went to do their own things. Li Qin went home again, hid in the house, thinking carefully about how to assess the soldiers and select the right soldiers.
The next day, Li Qin got up early and came to the threshing ground alone, but saw that there were already many people sitting on the field, all the soldiers who supported the corners were there, even Dian Wei was there, and Jia Xu was there too. It was so energetic and full of energy.
Seeing Li Qin coming, Jing Qi hurried over and said loudly: "Captain, is it okay for the teacher to let my father be a teacher? He doesn't plan to practice medicine in the city. He wants to be a doctor in the future and teach everyone to read in his spare time. Don't worry, my father will definitely write four words!"
Li Qin smiled, glanced at Jia Xu, nodded and said, "It's true, let your father come. We are our own people and can discuss it, so we can't let your father be in vain."
Jing Qi hurriedly said, "No, my father said that teaching is not expensive, so he wants to be in vain." Of course, his father Jing Chun did this for him, and wanted to lay the foundation for him and expand his connections.
Li Qin refused to agree and had to pay the wages.
He knew very well that if Jingchun came and did not charge money as a teacher, he would raise the threshold for entering Fujiaobao. He didn't want money, and he would be embarrassed to ask for money when others came in the future. Many people came here not only for food and drink, but also for money that could make their families live better. If they didn't give money, fewer people would come.
Only by doing good deeds and being a good person and not causing losses to good people will more people do good deeds. If good people do good deeds but suffer losses, fewer people will do good deeds. Now in Fujiaobao, people with abilities can come, that is, they will do good deeds. If they do not pay them, it is actually equivalent to harming the interests of those who do good deeds, and then fewer people will come in the future.
What Li Qin wants is a powerful general and a strategist. He can only rely on his own acre of three-point land to select it, so how can it be done!
After talking about the teacher, Li Qin clapped his hands and said, "Ring the gong, bringing everyone together. The sun is shining on his butt, are you still sleeping in!"
Jing Qi smiled and said, "Everyone slept late yesterday and couldn't get up in the morning!" He ran to get a gong, and it rang and woke up everyone in the village.
Xu Xiaoni shouted, "Brother Qin, are you going to talk about recruiting soldiers? Then I'll call the people from the castle too!"
Li Qin waved his hand and said, "No need, let's go there while ringing the gong." He raised his voice and shouted, "Whether you can become a soldier or not, follow me. I'll treat you all to lunch today!"
After saying that, he left the village first, and did not ride a horse. Everyone followed behind him, yelling while walking, shouting loudly, and trying their best to attract other people's attention.
I walked along the way, when the sun was about to reach Fujiao Fort, all the people could keep up. By the time I arrived outside the fort wall, the number of people was almost the same.
Li Qin climbed up the fort wall and looked at the people below. It turned out that there were more than 1,000 people from Fujiao Village, and those from Daliang Qiang in the past few days. It seemed that four hundred strong men could not get together, but there was no problem for two hundred to go up.
Li Qin shouted: "Dear fellow villagers, let's have two meals today, one meal at noon, and another meal after dark. All of them are good. I slaughter a camel and invite everyone to eat camel meat. That camel is a good thing, only the emperors and officials in the capital can afford it. Let's have a luxury today, eat a camel and taste it fresh!"
When the old people like Li Tian and Jia’s father heard this, they all felt so distressed that they stamped their feet. This was too much of a prodigal. Camels were big beasts. I had never seen them several times before. I finally had dozens of them, but they actually wanted to slaughter them and eat meat. What meat can’t be eaten? Why eat camel meat!
Jia's father said, "Your son, you can't even take anything hot. If you have something good, you have to do it!"
Li Tian felt sorry for him, but he was unwilling to listen to others scolding Li Qin. He said, "Didn't you hear that Hump is a good thing. My son specifically wants to respect me. You borrow money and still have so much nonsense."
Jia's father said, "Okay, your surname is Li, so you have everything you have. My surname is Jia, and everything you say is fake!"
Li Qin on the wall continued: "There are not much left in the castle, but it is all meticulous work, so I want the elderly and women to do it. The elderly have experience and women are careful. They are the most suitable for them to do it. Are you right?"
The people below nodded together and said it was right. In fact, if Li Qin didn't say that, they wouldn't be able to find anything, but after saying this, they felt that it made sense and didn't think deeply.
Li Qin said again: "Don't care about the age of the rest. As long as they are the men, everyone follows me around the castle to see who can run better. But, the ones who can run must be the best. If I stop, who can run again, who can run the most, who can pick the best meat when eating camels, how about it? Is it fair?"
After entering Fujiao Fort, most men naturally had the idea of joining the army. They knew that Li Qin was taking the exam to better everyone's skills, but this exam was unexpected. They ran around the castle without seeing their origins or their clans, and treated them equally, which was very different from other officials recruiting soldiers.
Li Qin went down the fort wall and shouted, "Whether to eat meat or drink soup depends entirely on his ability!" He began to prepare for activities and warm up.
The Fujiao soldiers were used to following him, so they would naturally do these things. When others saw him, they all started to do it, but they were a little messy and asked while doing it. If the Fujiao soldiers dared to ask like this, they would have to be whipped. But this time Li Qin did not say to the people and did not allow them to ask, and he repeatedly mentioned the benefits of warm-up, without any impatient expression.
As his body moved, Li Qin began to run around the castle, with four or five hundred people following him, and even Ma Chao ran along. Although he was young, he was quite ingenious and did not fall behind in the first half of the lap.
The circumference of Fujiao Fort is about one mile away. Li Qin's circle is a little bigger, about three miles away. There is nothing in the first lap. Except for the age who really can't run, and there are children, most of the adult men followed, and they didn't see much tiredness!
Li Qin looked back and then ran the second lap, but he accelerated this lap, strode away, almost running with all his strength!
All the people behind, the horn-held soldiers, followed closely, and dozens of strong men, but many men fell farther and farther away, especially the Qiang people. Most of them were chewing legs and were good at riding horses. They could even sleep when riding on horses, but if they were off and running, they would be a little worse.
Li Qin waved his hand to Jia Xu, who was watching. Jia Xu understood and began to count, and he recorded what he could run and what he ranked.
By the time of the third lap, it was already six miles up. The man behind him could run, but it was difficult to run fast.
Sweat flowed down Li Qin's forehead, and he began to whimper. He probably couldn't hold on for long!
After the third lap, all the horn-stoppers followed behind him. There may be only a dozen strong men who were following closely. After all, few people in this era run like this. If they practice, there are probably more people than Li Qin who can run. But for the first time, everyone was a little uncomfortable and couldn't adjust.
In the fourth lap, Li Qin's speed slowed down significantly. He knew that he was almost done. Even if he had a very good physique in this life, it would be enough to run more than twelve miles in one go. He couldn't just run away and the strong men at once, and he would slowly improve in the future.
After the fourth lap, he stopped and looked back and followed the gangs. He didn't train them in vain, but the strong men could follow him, but there were only less than ten left!
But even these less than ten people were not tired. Experts could tell if there were any. Obviously, these strong men were good at running around, and they were lasting scuds in the late Han Dynasty!
Chapter completed!