On the first day of October in the thirteenth year of Longsheng's reign, soldiers from the left and right Shenwu armies and the left and right Shenwei armies entered the camp.
The total number of captains and brigade commanders drawn from the Yulin Army is more than 8,000. In addition to the more than 80,000 young men selected from Beiyuan and various imperial villages, the nearly 90,000 people who were previously transferred have only left the left and right feathers.
Lin Weiyiwei's Beiyuan Camp was buzzing with people.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Dong dong dong!"
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The drum beat became more and more urgent, and the generals and generals of each department whipped their horses back and forth to patrol their stations.
The Beiyuan camp is divided into six camps and three military offices. The six camps are divided into two rows, with three camps in each row. The military camps are opposite, with the left guard in the north row and the right guard in the south.
The platoon and camp are called North Left, North Center, North Right, South Left, South Center, and South Right, with the suffix Daying.
There are three military offices in the center, one for each army. The military offices are surrounded by flat grassland, which is used for military exercises by the entire army.
The two central camps belong to the Yulin Army, the Shenwu Army camp is in the west, and the Shenwei Army camp is in the east. Except for the Yulin Army, which has to garrison Nanshan Palace, the camp only has one guard all year round, so one camp is always left empty.
The next four camps are divided into two armies, Shenwu and Shenwei.
The layout of the big camp belonging to each guard is basically the same. It is not a square camp, but a rectangular one. It is divided into six small camps. They are arranged in two rows from east to west, with three camps in each row. The names are similar to the big camp, with a single character suffixed.
Small camps, such as the large camp in the north and the small camp in the south and right.
The central camp on the side near the military government office is home to the school grounds of the military government office, and the remaining five campsites are allocated to each government.
The center of the camp belonging to each prefecture is the school field and the Weifu. The so-called Weifu is the small yamen of the five prefectures in the front, rear, left, right, and center of each guard. The Zhonglang general who usually commands the imperial army sits here.
There are many differences in the military formations of the various armies of Daqian. For example, the Anbei Protectorate's army formation strikes from behind and has a balanced force. The Anxi Protectorate's army formation is thunderous and rainy, with mainly light and heavy cavalry. The Annan Protectorate's army formation is as solid as a rock, with infantry as the main force.
Shooting is the main force, while the Anton Guards' military formation is strange and unpredictable, with light cavalry being the main force.
Due to different battlefield environments, the Daqian military formations have different requirements for soldiers. Although the five armies are arranged in the front, rear, left, right and center, there are great differences between the military formations.
As the Emperor's Sixth Army, the Beiya Imperial Guards and the Nanya Sixteenth Guards sit at the center of the empire. They are responsible for guarding the capital and assisting various border prefectures. Therefore, they pursue the speed of mobilization of the army, and in order to be able to adapt to battlefields in various environments, they are extremely
Pay attention to the all-round ability of soldiers.
The foreign troops among the Nanya Mansion soldiers, that is, the twelve military guards except the four guards who are mainly descendants of officials and do not lead the government soldiers, have their own responsibilities. Therefore, they are not directly dispatched to fight alone. When encountering
During war, it is customary to draw soldiers from each guard to form a large army. Therefore, each guard has different emphasis and the arms are pure.
You can tell the focus of each guard's training by looking at their bugles. The left and right guards are called Xiaoqi, the left and right Xiaoguards are called Leopard Cavalry, the left and right Wuwei are called Xiongqu, the left and right Weiwei are called Huben, the left and right leading guards are called Shooting Sound, and the left and right Jinwu guards are called Yifei.
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There are various types of arms including armor, heavy cavalry, light cavalry, light infantry, heavy infantry, bows and crossbows.
As the emperor's personal army, the Beiya Imperial Guards could go out to fight at any time when Nan Ya's troops were depleted. The most basic requirements were to mount horses to shoot and dismount to fight on foot.
The Ling Guards and the Peony Guards are mysterious. Except for the saint and the prince, no one else knows the number of these two armies. Even though the second prince Zhao Zaicheng was once in charge of the Peony Guards, the second prince only took charge of one part of the Peony Guards.
, not full control.
The armaments of the Sixteenth Guards of the South Yamen were different according to their respective arms types, and the armor and weapons were different, while the armors and weapons of the Sixth Army of the North Yamen were very unified.
The Yulin Army in all dynasties and generations wore red clothes and black armor, and the armor was in the shape of Mingguang Armor. Although the divine power and divine power were on par with the Yulin Army in every aspect, there was still a gap between them and the Yulin Army.
After all, the Yulin Army has been the heart and soul of saints in the past. For a hundred years since the founding of Daqian, all members of the Yulin Army are equipped with Mingguang armor, a painted halberd, a three-stone strong bow, and a riding crossbow as standard equipment. However, the knives used are still Huanshou swords. This is also the characteristic that distinguishes the Yulin Army from other armies in Daqian except Huaji.
However, this cannot be said to be envious. After all, the Yulin Army is all the orphans of the soldiers. They have grown up in the military camp since they were young. The use of complex weapons such as painted halberds is not something that ordinary soldiers can handle. Even Su Ce probably doesn't know how to draw a halberd either.
But even so, Shenwu Shenwei is stronger than the Sixteenth Guards of Nanya. The soldiers are all the descendants of Yulin Army and Huangzhuang. Although they have not been trained by Zhechong Mansion for two years, these people who have practiced martial arts since childhood are better than The soldiers of the same age who first received the order to select the frontman were much stronger.
The left guard of the Shenwu Army to which Su Ce belonged was in the Beizuo Camp, and Su Ce's former military headquarters was in the Beizhong Small Camp of the Beizuo Camp. The camps were all made of adobe barracks, standing under the city wall of Chang'an City Looking from a distance, the entire area of Su Ce's barracks is in the shape of an indented row. The vacant space is the school ground, and the Wei Mansion is directly opposite the school ground.
At this time, the three-way drum had stopped, and Su Ce took the two generals he had just met a few days ago to board the dianjiang platform. It is said that the dianjiang platform is actually a square platform piled with loess. A three- to four-meter-high wooden platform was built on the earth platform. There were three flags on the wooden platform. The highest one in the center was the Daqian military flag. The left side of the military flag was the camp flag, and the right side was the general flag representing Su Ce.
The military flag of Daqian has a unified format, with black characters on a red background and a big "Qian" in the center.
The camp flag is also the military flag of the former military mansion led by Su Ce.
The green dragon and the white tiger have palms in all directions, and the red bird and black tiger follow the yin and yang.
It is advisable to use a red bird in front of the army, and the flag is red with a black background.
The military queen should be in the palace, and the queen should use Xuanwu. The flag color is black and the picture is red.
The left side of the army is yang, the left side is a green dragon, and the flag color is blue with a white background.
The right side of the army is yin, the right side is a white tiger, and the flag color is white with a blue background.
The Chinese military flag is the most complex, usually with a unicorn as the pattern and a yellow background with red figures.
The flag of the saint in the army has a nine-dragon pattern as the pattern, the color of the flag is a bright yellow background, and the pattern is embroidered with gold thread.
The prince used the four dragon pattern as the pattern, the flag color was apricot yellow, and the pattern was embroidered with silver thread.
As for the prince, he uses the coiled dragon as the pattern, and the flag color is the color given by the saint, but the yellow background cannot be used, and the pattern is embroidered with silk thread.
There are many flags in the Beiyuan camp, and the military flags are of different levels. The flags have different names, representing different levels. The military flags are divided into four levels. The first is called Hui, for the generals. The second is called Zhi, for the generals. The third one is called Zhi, which is used by the brigade commander. The fourth one is called Zan, which is used by the leader.
The general in charge of the army uses the flag, that is, the big flag. Six big flags are set up in the middle of the army to show the location of the base camp. Two red flags are set up at the military gate, and five square flags are set up to point to the five directions, also in the middle. The camp is behind six big flags to facilitate the generals and soldiers to identify their position. During the battle, they stand in front of the wooden platform for commanding the battle, and the flags are protected by brave men in the army.
Zhi is a handsome flag, used by generals who are partial to divisions. The shapes of general flags are square or rectangular, and they are usually painted with surnames. For example, Su Ce used a square flag in order to distinguish it from the handsome flag of his immediate superior, General Dugu Jin, the left guard of the Shenwu Army. The general's flag has the word "Su" embroidered on it, which means that Su Ce is the commander-in-chief of an army's partial division. Because Dugu Jin's commander's flag uses a rectangular flag shape.
The flag is the brigade flag, which is the team flag, and is held by the flag bearer next to the brigade commander. The flag is the team flag, which is usually held by the team. In order to make it easier for the soldiers of each team to return to the team and listen to flag orders, other colors except red are not allowed to be used. The patterns are designed by each team themselves, and most of them are birds and beasts. Of course, the premise is that they must not exceed the flag level specified above.
Military orders are like mountains. On the battle formation, if a group of people disobeys the orders and disrupts the operation of the military formation, the enemy may seize the opportunity to disrupt the general formation. Once this happens, in order to avoid causing the collapse of the military formation, the army will The law stipulates that the commander-in-chief of the army can let the Chinese army's archers and crossbowmen shoot together, without distinguishing between ourselves and the enemy, to eliminate chaos. He can also send a supervising team to kill those who do not respect military orders and punish them as deserters.
So when you are on the battle formation, you should go forward if you are in front of you, behind if you are behind, left if you are left, right if you are right, depending on where your command points. If there is anyone who does not obey the flag order, there is only one way to die.
All in all, the flag represents a person's rights and status.
Su Ce's official position is Zhonglang General, which is the dividing line between generals in the army. Zhonglang General, and the two subordinates Su Ce just met, although their full official titles are: "Shenwu Army Zuowei Qianjunfu Zuo/Youlang General" ". There is the word "general" in this name. The two of them are also at the level of general, but the general in the army is only the lowest-ranking general.
Su Ce is the commander-in-chief of the army. When he hangs out his general flag, the two of them cannot hang out their own general flags. Only when Su Ce is not in the military camp, the two of them on duty can hang out their own general flags. .
These two generals are much older than Su Ce, but the generals in the Shenwu Shenwei army and the four guards are generally very "young" in age.
Dugu Jin, the general of the left guard of the Shenwu Army, was just forty years old and an orphan of a soldier. He grew up in the surrounding Huangzhuang outside the Beiyuan Camp. At the age of fifteen, he entered the Chang'an Zhechong Prefecture. After receiving the order to select the vanguard, he went to Anxi to protect the army. Mansion, caught up with the Duke of Qi, Jiang Bu, who used Camel City to fight in the Western Regions at the Battle of Chixue River in the Gobi.
At that time, Dugu Jin, who was nearly thirty years old, was ordered to guard a water source in the Gobi oasis. After galloping hundreds of miles to the oasis, before he could repair himself, he was faced with the attack of more than 300 coalition forces from hundreds of countries in the Western Regions. Dugu Jin was still the brigade commander. The army of a hundred people had already attacked and defended. One against three, more than 230 enemy troops were killed. The remaining enemy troops fled the Gobi. On the second day after arriving at the oasis, more than a thousand cavalry from the Allied Forces of the Hundred Nations attacked. Seventy of Dugu Jin's troops were killed in the battle. When there were only about twenty people left, Duke Jiang Bu of Qi took Tuocheng to the oasis. Only then did he save the only oasis water source for a hundred miles above the Gobi Desert.
Jiang Bu, who was still the governor of Anxi, led Tuocheng to pursue the Allied Forces of the Hundred Nations. They only defended but did not attack, and contained the Allied Forces of the Hundred Nations. During the four days of confrontation in the Gobi, they relied on the water source guarded by Dugu Jin. He forced the allied forces of hundreds of countries to kill horses and quench their thirst.
In the end, Jiang Bu took advantage of the fact that the Allied Forces of the Hundred Kingdoms were short of water and exhausted, and pressed forward with the entire army, forcing a Chishui River in the Gobi. Jiang Bu's personal guards were also the first to tear apart the Allied Forces of the Hundred Kingdoms in that battle. The military formation, killing the bloody massacre in one battle.
Feng Ze'an, the right-guard general of the Shenwu Army, came from the Anbei Protectorate. Logically speaking, Su Ce should know him, but in fact he was not. Su Ce was guarding the Anbei Protectorate on the border, and it was already the end of the ninth year of Longsheng when he arrived.
In August of that year, Li Sizhe, the governor of Anbei, led 40,000 people across the river. He fought with the Jiuhu people on the north bank of the Wuding River. The 40,000-strong frontier army fought with a company of 100,000 Hu cavalry for ten days. Li Sizhe led the Anbei army and the Jiuhu people on the north bank of the Wuding River. There was a battle on the north bank of the Wuding River. The Anbei army was outnumbered and the enemy was large. Although it defeated the Jiuhu people's attempt to go south, they lost their troops and reduced their generals. Less than 10,000 people returned to the south bank of the river.
The former military commander who fought a fierce battle unprecedented in ten years was Feng Ze'an.
As for the two generals on the left and right of the Shenwei Army, Su Ce had not seen them yet. The first camp set up flags in early October, and Su Ce arrived at the Beiyuan camp in late September.
In the entire former military mansion, there was only one Zhonglang general and two left and right Lang generals who were too busy with their heels on the ground. The troop transfer documents needed to check the number of people, lives, and place of origin, because these soldiers were not trained by Zhechong Mansion in two years from beginning to end. They were just Many of the soldiers selected in Zhechong Mansion according to the criteria of the selection order were temporarily registered.
In order to avoid the possibility of imposters, Lieutenant Zhechong of Chang'an Zhechong Mansion did not dare to blink when sending troops, for fear of causing trouble.
There were more than a dozen subordinate officers in the former military mansion, and the total number of the former military mansion was less than 20. In the end, all the guards of the former military mansion were called into the hall to review the military registration. Although the military registration was in quadruplicate and the official one was , one copy from the military office, one from the Ministry of War, and one copy from the secretary's custody file. Su Ce will review the copy from the military office. If there are no problems, Su Ce and the two men will need to stamp each person's general seal, and then The general's status was sent to the Shenwu Army's military office. Although this military office had no owner, the subordinate officers in the military office were exactly the same.
Speaking of the military yamen, the person in charge here is from the palace, a father-in-law, and there are also peony guards wearing peony purple robes. The two of them have no jurisdiction over the Shenwu Army and are only responsible for supervision.
Su Ce reviewed the military status for seven days, and then went to the Arms Supervisor to collect weapons and equipment. Previously, the weapons and equipment of these recruits were temporarily "borrowed" from the arsenal of Chang'an Zhechong Prefecture, so after forming an army, they would need to return them to Chang'an Zhechong Prefecture. go back.
After all, they were new recruits. When the drums sounded, the military camp became a mess, with people running around and wearing incomplete clothes. They lined up in the school yard. After the three-way drums were played, they found their place amidst the shouts and curses of the leader and team leader.
"Stop!" Su Ce shouted. The captains and captains who temporarily acted as war supervisors took a step in front of the wooden platform and yelled: "Order, the whole army stops!"
Su Ce frowned, and the left-hand general Guan Yi and the right-hand general Zhang Lang behind him also frowned, narrowed their eyes slightly, and looked at the recruits on the school field with a stern expression. They shouted to the war supervisor under the wooden platform: " As soon as the drum sounds, it is time for war. If the war supervising officer fails to return to the team, he will be whipped thirty times, if he is not fully prepared, he will be punished with twenty sticks, and if he moves without permission, he will be dismissed."
The military orders were like a mountain. At this time, the four captains and twenty school captains in the audience had murderous intent in their eyes. They were shouting and pulling out hundreds of new recruits from the ranks and kicking them hand in hand.
In addition to the new recruits, the rest of the army are veterans transferred from the Yulin Army. These veterans from the Yulin Army, when their bodies and bones had not grown well when they were young, their strength was not polished. During that time, they studied in Huangzhuang. The first article I learned was the ten-thousand-word Daqian Junlu. This is a group of people who have the Junlu engraved in their bones.
There are also people in the team who are begging for mercy, but these new recruits who were sent to the wrong people have found the wrong people. They expect the war supervisor to let them go, so it is better to ask them to give them a knife.
Without letting Su Ce give any more orders, these temporary war supervisors began to pick up the whips and military sticks that Su Ce had asked the veterans to prepare next to the school field last night and began to beat more than a hundred recruits.
No one spoke, and the entire school grounds could only hear the sound of whips and military sticks hitting people.
After beating one, the recruit's leader came over to take one away.
There were twenty-four people, four captains jailed them, and twenty school captains whipped their whips and wielded their military sticks to punish the new recruits who had made mistakes.
"Crack! Crack! Crack!..."
"Puff puff……"
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When the last recruit was taken away by his leader, the war supervisors each stood in front of their own men.
"The former army! The ones with the most casualties in the battle, the most promotions and promotions.
What the former army wants is not strength, but the tenacity to face death. Tenacity determines victory or defeat!
The former army wants people who can resist and people who know the four words "military orders are like mountains".
Those who are greedy for life and afraid of death will only cause the death of themselves and their colleagues.
Now that the military status has not been reported to the military government, those who are afraid and want to leave can go to the former military government officials to take it away. Those who will not be punished as deserters should think carefully about it, so as not to go to the battlefield in the future and harm others.
If I'm thirsty, I'll come back after a stick of incense."
After Su Ce finished calling, he turned around and led the generals behind him off the wooden platform and walked into the former military mansion. At this time, hesitating sounds began to be heard on the school grounds.
The gang leaders in each row yelled at them not to speak. Su Ce said that those who wanted to leave were not considered deserters, but those who left would have to farm without raising their heads for the rest of their lives.
Anyone who is a warrior can feel timid and fearful. In the past, Su Ce didn't need Su Ce to "scare" the soldiers. In the past two years, the white-haired veterans of Zhe Chong Mansion had already corrected their tempers for the new recruits.
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But as far as Su Ce knew, this batch of more than 80,000 recruits had never experienced the two-year meticulous training of the Zhe Chong Mansion.
The so-called meticulous training is actually a torture that can push people's body and mind to the limit. Those with weak minds will not be able to get the selection order.
The strength of this group of soldiers exceeds the standards for recruits in Zhe Chong Mansion, but Su Ce doesn't want to guess or guess their intentions. Those who are left behind are subordinates. Those who leave are better than those who hold back others on the battlefield. Those who hold back others will die in battle.
, this kind of person should not join the army at all.
Looking at the two drowsy generals holding warm tea and drinking, Su Ce had exhausted these two people during the past few days of receiving weapons and equipment.
"Stay up for a while longer, let each department explain the rules in the afternoon, and patrol the camp in the evening, I'll do it!" Su Ce estimated that the time was almost up, put down the tea cup in his hand, stood up and called to the two people who were about to see Duke Zhou.
Su Ce walked out first, and saw the two people behind him walking slowly for a few steps. Guan Yi whispered: "You are young, but your wrists are very tough!"
Zhang Lang looked up at Su Ce's back a dozen steps away and responded: "That's the general of the East Palace whom the prince himself said. He has no ability to suppress those young princes."
Guan Yi nodded and continued: "I heard that he is still the direct descendant of Li Shuai?"
Zhang Lang shook his head: "That's not the case. I heard my grandfather tell me that after returning from Jiannan, he helped Li Shuai gain a foothold in Chang'an. What happened? My grandfather didn't tell me. He just asked me
Do your job well, this person will not oppress others!"
After Guan Yi heard this, he glanced at Zhang Lang in surprise and even slowed down: "Don't pressure people? What do you mean! Old Zhang, please explain yourself."
"You bastard Zhang, I'm not even older than you! I'm not even married yet, and if you say that, that girl will fall in love with me!" Zhang Lang changed the topic, obviously this was not the time to say this.
Su Ce walked to the steps of the general stage and saw the two people lagging behind. He waved and signaled to follow him quickly. Guan Yi swallowed what he was about to say and whispered in his mouth: "Have a rest on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, De Sheng Tower."
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"I told you earlier, it's settled!" Zhang Lang grinned and wanted to laugh, but when he reached the steps of the General's Stand, he suppressed his laughter. The two of them went up to the General's Stand, and they looked at each other again.
Expressive expression!
"The army is taking off its armor! The leader has arranged his armor and weapons, Captain Zhao!" Su Ce shouted.
At the gate to the south of the school ground, Captain Zhechong of Chang'an Zhechong Mansion, along with the chief executive of Zhechong Mansion, the white-haired veteran soldiers who were retired in Zhechong Mansion, and the candidates for the army soldiers who had not received the order to select the front men, drove their carriages to disperse to each other in the queue.
Place the borrowed weapons registration book on the carriage.
When the carriages arrived at the gate one after another, the subordinate officers of the former military mansion checked with Captain Zhao and nodded to Su Ce. Su Ce stood on the general stand and saluted. Captain Zhao was free and easy.
He waved his hand, got on the carriage, and drove the carriage out of the gate.
The autumn weather is crisp in October, and Su Ce is not ready to distribute the new military equipment to the new recruits today. These recruits still need to sharpen their tempers, otherwise they will not be able to think clearly and may cause trouble.
In the afternoon, the school ground was divided into four. The 500-acre school ground was enough to accommodate more than 4,000 new recruits. According to the organizational structure given by the Ministry of War, the former army only had 4,000 soldiers. The excess people were either eliminated one after another.
If there are too many men lacking, they can be filled by recruiting troops from Zhechong Prefecture in Wannian County, Chang'an. There are also many people from the Sixteenth Guards of Nanya who want to join the Sixth Army of Beiya.
There is certainly no shortage of people, which is why Su Ce has no intention of having a heart-to-heart relationship with these recruits now, and heart-to-heart talk only applies to people of the same level. Soldiers and generals only need distance, and this distance cannot be too distant.
Don't get too close, otherwise you will either lose your military spirit or lose your majesty. Su Ce needs to slowly figure out the degree of this.
In the afternoon, Zuo Lang General Guan Yi and You Lang General Zhang Lang did not go back to the backyard to fall asleep. Instead, they clicked the numbers on the military registers again. The previous content was correct, the numbers were counted again and again, and there were no discrepancies with the transfer orders.
Then he stamped his general's seal on the receipt from the Ministry of War.
After Su Ce read the acknowledgment written by the two of them, the words were crisp and clear, the things were written clearly, and the number was correct. Su Ce did not add any icing on the cake, but signed his name and stamped his general's seal.
The military registrations were packed in forty boxes. After comparing them again, the three people sealed the boxes with wax and stamped the seals on the wax to mark them.
In the afternoon, Su Ce didn't have to wait long. The subordinate officers from the military office came over to take away the military status, and also took away the receipt sent to the Ministry of War. The Beiyuan camp was semi-closed, and the generals took turns going out to camp on holidays.
Soldiers can only go out of camp one day a month, so they all go out to camp in turns.
The only place for the Imperial Guards to go is Chang'an City. The people who leave the camp are very willing to deliver the documents to and from the Ministry of War and the Imperial Guards. This is because they have one day of business and one day of rest. After delivering the documents, they can go back to Beiyuan University.
Camp, after the Forbidden Army Office confirms the delivery, you don’t have to return to the camp. Calculated in this way, you can take an extra half day off every month. The important thing is that you can spend the night outside. However, you cannot take the weapons out of the military camp during the rest period, but you can carry them with you.
Self-defense knives and barrier knives can be carried with you.
People in the military are straightforward and sometimes cause trouble. If the matter is not serious, the soldiers on the streets of Nanya will probably give the offender a hard lesson and then turn around and let him go if he sees the standard cross sword that the offender is wearing.
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But this is the unspoken rule between the Nanya government soldiers and the Beiya imperial guards. After all, there are government soldiers, imperial guards, and bad people on the streets. Their jurisdictions overlap and overlap. Small things are not serious, and I don’t want to make the two armies unhappy because of these small things. After all,
He is the most protective person in the army.
All the things that should be busy are finished, and those who are not finished need to take time to take their time. Su Ce leaned on the chair in the afternoon, holding the notebook that Li Sizhe sent to Suzhuang at the end of last month. This notebook is Li Sizhe's daily essays.
They all record some of the little things he encountered and heard after he took command of the army.
There is no preaching, it is similar to a diary, it just records some things. Su Ce also understands what the old commander means. It is obvious that Sizhe intends to let Su Ce realize it by himself. After all, if you want to become the commander-in-chief of the army, you only need to rely on
If you imitate your predecessors, you will only be able to catch the enemy's loopholes, and then you will lose your troops and generals, and you will lose real lives.
The styles of military commanders each have their own merits, and inheritance in the military is never about imitation, but more about the transmission of thinking, which requires sufficient understanding.
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Six thousand six hundred words, hahaha
I found a problem, everyone skipped the chapter, so that many hidden threads were ignored by everyone. Although the way the book boy buried the hidden threads was clumsy, I urge everyone to endure the nausea and read it, otherwise I will write out this thread later.
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