ps: Thanks to Brother Tieren and Hui Pengpeng for the reward, and thanks to airfish and Huxiang Tianxia for their monthly ticket encouragement.
Outside the south gate of Youzhou, three miles away from the official road, a long fence surrounds a large area of houses, including military offices, military buildings, granaries, stables, kitchens, etc. To the north of the houses is a large area with more than 100 buildings.
The school grounds with an area of 1 mu can accommodate thousands of people reading at the same time, and at least thousands of people exercising at the same time.
This is the original left wing military camp of the Lulong Yameni Army, and is now one of the four major recruit training camps in Lulong.
Dozens of rows of sergeants are training in formation on the school field. Each row has ten people, led by a veteran, turning left and right, or moving forward, stopping and then moving forward... rigid and wooden, simple and boring. It is this year's Lulong Training Division
Part of the fourth batch of recruits recruited.
Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao stood on the review stage, staring at this kind of training without blinking their eyes for half an hour. This group of sergeants finally finished the training of monotonous and repetitive movements, and the endless succession of passwords
The whole team left the field with the sound, and the next batch of sergeants were already waiting outside the school grounds. They immediately entered the school quickly, filling the school grounds that had just been empty for a moment. Various commands were sounded again, and the same actions were repeated on the field.
Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao seemed to have just woken up at this moment, and they let out a sigh of relief at the same time. The simple and boring movements did not seem to affect their interest in watching. They turned to look at the accompanying officer Lu Long, and Li Cunxu asked
: "How long have these soldiers been training?"
The officer accompanying the two people to watch was Li Weiye, the Marquis of Yu of the Training Department of the Training Department, who was in charge of military training matters. He was a senior general in Lulong and his imperial rank was from the fifth rank to the general of rangers. He was also an old veteran who accompanied Li Chengzhong out of the country.
One of the brothers has a very senior position in the Lulong Army.
Qualifications are a very mysterious thing. To say it is fictitious is indeed false, but to say it is real is indeed very real. For example, comparing Li Weiye with the famous Liu Jinhou in the Lulong Army, Li Weiye's power and official position seem to be slightly weaker than Liu Jinhou's. Military achievements and prestige
Hope is even more incomparable. But every time Liu Jinhou saw Li Weiye, he had to bow his head and respectfully call Li Duyu, and Li Weiye would naturally pat Liu Jinhou on the shoulder and say hello cordially:
"Xiao Liu is here?"
All of this was because Liu Jinhou was recruited by Li Chengzhong when he came out of seclusion, and Li Weiye at that time was already an old brother under Li Chengzhong.
It was Li Chengzhong's personal decision that Li Weiye should accompany Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao to observe the recruit training, so Li Weiye could only take time out of his busy schedule to receive and explain.
"It's been more than half a month. I can only make do with this. Some training courses are too rushed, so I can only make do with it."
"More than half a month?" Li Cunxu couldn't help but feel a little thirsty. Both he and Guo Chongtao were familiar with military affairs. He even knew the military camp better than Guo Chongtao. He felt that it took half a month to train the soldiers to this level.
Quite shocked.
To an outsider, a simple formation training might just be a spectacle, and they might think it is just a show. But in Li Cunxu's eyes, after each of these show-offs is put on the battlefield, when they are assembled into a military formation,
Its power is absolutely unusable
It is described in words and phrases. The profound meanings contained in it - the strict observance of military discipline, the unity among fellow soldiers, and the way the whole team works. No matter which one is taken out, it can be used as a unit.
The army grows into the foundation of a strong army.
"How long does training last in a day?" Guo Chongtao asked hurriedly.
"Four and a half hours, one hour in the morning to queue, another hour to practice. Another hour in the afternoon to queue, half an hour to use weapons, and one hour to read and read in the evening..." Li Weiye explained in detail.
Before Li Weiye could finish speaking, Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao jumped at the same time.
"Four and a half hours? How could the sergeants persist? Is it like this every day?" This was Li Cunxu's question.
"Teaching the sergeants how to read and write?" This was Guo Chongtao's question.
"Of course it is like this every day. If you eat well and well, you will be able to persevere... There are fifteen days between recruitment and the start of training, dedicated to improving the food... This group of soldiers is not infantry, and the requirements of the queue do not have to be so
Gao, they will transfer to equestrian training next month...Learn 300 words, be able to sign their names, understand basic military orders, and be able to recite doctrine. These are the basic requirements, otherwise they will have no hope of promotion in the future..." Li Weiye said briefly
answered.
Although the answer was short, the meaning was very rich, which triggered more questions from Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao.
"How many meals a day?"
"Ordinance? Is it military discipline? Can I borrow it for a look?"
"Does sergeant need to be literate for promotion? Hmm, is it too strict?"
"Are these soldiers cavalry? Are there so many horses in Hebei? I heard that Badu Cavalry has long been decommissioned. When Marshal Liu was alive, you from Hebei still wanted to come to Hedong to buy..."
"How much does it cost you to raise so many cavalry?"
"If it's an infantry, how long does it take to train?"
"What about cavalry training?"
…
After just one morning of viewing, Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao were deeply shocked. On the way back to the city, they did not listen to the discussion.
"There are really rich people in Hebei... Big dog families... Someone has estimated that during the three-month training period of the Youzhou training camp alone, not counting others, the food consumption alone is twice as much as ours! And the Black Crow
Twice the army! If it were the Han army, it would probably be more than three times!" Guo Chongtao was so jealous that his eyes turned red.
"These two thousand sergeants are all cavalry! The King of Yan actually recruited new soldiers as cavalry. It's really... alas..." Li Cunxu felt sorry for Lu Long to death. The Hedong Army has more than 7,000 cavalry, accounting for one in the entire army.
Cheng San, this is already rare among all the towns in the world. But just
Considering the large number of cavalrymen in Hedong, the selection criteria are extremely strict. They are all elites selected from ten in the army. He has never considered recruiting recruits as cavalry. In Li Cunxu's view, how can these recruits be worthy of the expensive service?
A war horse? Isn’t this a waste?
"Fifty thousand guan per year. We originally thought that Lu Long had exhausted the people's resources to support Hedong, but now it seems that is not the case. It should be more!" Guo Chongtao said fiercely.
"Why?" Li Cunxu suddenly asked.
Guo Chongtao was stunned for a moment, then took a deep breath and lamented: "Indeed, why should they give it to us for nothing..."
Putting this topic aside, the two gradually talked about the military system. Guo Chongtao was very interested in this. He talked enthusiastically about recruiting soldiers, doctrine, literacy, training, etc.
Li Cunxu listened for a while and suddenly said to Guo Chongtao: "Ignoring other things, the recruitment of new soldiers is enough to show your brilliance! Jiedu Mansion recruits sergeants in a unified way, trains them into soldiers, and then distributes them to each army. Each army is not allowed to do so without authorization
During the recruitment process, the vacant posts will be filled by the Jiedu Mansion... Gao, there are experts around King Yan... From now on, the military orders of Lulong's army will be unified, and there will no longer be the disaster of generals taking over power!"
Guo Chongtao sighed secretly. He knew what Li Cunxu was thinking. He also understood Li Cunxu's wishes. As the eldest son of the King of Jin, Li Cunxu certainly hoped that there would be no military leaders in the Hedong Army, and of course he would like all soldiers to obey the orders of the Li family. If he could be like Lu Long,
do it
At this point, he will not live under huge pressure all day long, and the threats brought to him by Li Sizhao, Li Siyuan and others will be reduced to the minimum level. It is understandable, but it is understandable. As a staff member of the Li family, Guo Chongtao,
But we absolutely cannot support Li Cunxu doing this.
"General Yazi, I'm afraid this won't work. Lulong is Lulong. Hedong is Hedong. We can't act according to Lulong. If this is the case, Hedong will fall apart in an instant."
Li Cunxu was silent and nodded unwillingly: "Not only is this impossible to do, we can't learn all Lulong's military system. If we really do what Lulong does, Hedong will no longer be Hedong. Don't worry. Guo Dianye, a certain
I know the importance. It's just a pity that I can't start from scratch like King Yan. Otherwise, I will definitely not be worse than King Yan."
The topic was a bit heavy. Li Cunxu shook his head to dispel the depression in his heart and said to Guo Chongtao: "By the way, Guo Dianye, I just heard from Li Duyu that the Bailangshan Military Academy in Lulong will be restructured, and the training of high-level officers will be put into
Come from inside the pass and go back to find out when it will happen. If there is a chance, I would also like to sit in on a few classes to see the foundation of Lu Longjun."
It was already noon when they returned to the city. Both of them were hungry. After passing through several streets, Jing Jin, who was leading the way, turned around and said: "General Yazi, Guo Dianye, the Honors and Honors Academy is in front. I heard it is temporary.
courtyard, north
A formal government office is being built outside the city, and I only found out about it after probing for a long time. The Duke should be there, but I wonder if there is any food at the moment? I didn’t think carefully and should have informed the Duke earlier."
With that said, Jing Jin came to the gate of the courtyard, spoke to the officer on duty, and handed over his name. The officer then went in to report the matter. After a while, he ran out again and said to the three people from Hedong: "You three, the Duke has returned."
He was discussing matters with people inside and said that he would invite the three of them to meet directly in his courtroom."
The clerk led the way and led the three people into the Honors Courtyard. However, they saw that there were no pavilions, buildings, or ponds and corridors. They were all rows of wing rooms. Looking around, there were dozens of them. Guo Chongtao took a look.
It turns out that this courtyard was the warehouse of an unknown store and was requisitioned to serve as a director of the government. It was indeed too simple.
Several people came to the small room in the middle of the north wing and heard two people arguing inside.
"The man surnamed Wang made a promise earlier to give a house named Bingyin in the North District to a certain person. How can he not keep his promise!"
"When did you say it was better? Before you sent the money, I could naturally change my story. After receiving your money, I changed my story because I broke my promise. If I didn't receive the money, I could only inform you in advance! The Bingyin House in North District is
If you give it to someone, it will be your destiny to exchange it for you; if you don’t exchange it for you, it will be your destiny!”
"You!...How much do you need to change?"
"To tell you the truth, Minister Yuan gave me more than you, and I have already transferred it to him."
There was a hopping and a commotion among the things, and then a person hurried out of the house, his face flushed, and he hurried away.
When Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao were stunned, another person came out of the room, it was the Duke of Peiping County, Chuzhi. Wang Chuzhi looked at the back of the person who was going away with disdain, and took a sip. When they saw Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao, their faces were full of expressions.
stand
A smile appeared on his face: "Yazi, I haven't seen you for a few years, and you are a little taller... Is this An Shi? I have been to Jinyang several times. You were still working in Ke Xiu Mu at that time, so
I have never seen it, but I have heard about it.”
Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao came forward to salute. After some greetings, Li Cunxu asked: "My lord, what is the reason for the dispute just now?"
Wang Chuzhi snorted: "The common man named Zhang was almost fooled by him! The Academy of Honors and Honors will be completed in more than three months, and the official residence allocated to a certain person has the best location and can bask in the sun.
, the person surnamed Zhang wanted to change, but the price he offered was too low. If Shilang Yuan hadn’t reminded him, I almost would have suffered a big loss!"
After saying that, he enthusiastically let Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao into the house, but he saw a blueprint spread on the table. Guo Chongtao couldn't help but stepped forward and took a look, and saw a sketch of a large area of houses and courtyards on it.
Wang Chuzhi stood at the table and introduced the sketch to the two of them with a face full of joy: "This is the construction drawing of the Honors Academy. It is in the middle of the meeting hall. Here, right here...these smaller single-story buildings are all
This is a public house, and each honorary officer is assigned to a building. A certain person is a county official, and he was ranked first when choosing a house.
I decided to book this building. Well, there is a pond in the front and a garden in the back. The path on the left leads directly to the Assembly Hall, which is closest to the Assembly Hall... But now it has been replaced by the Minister of the Yuan Dynasty. After the replacement, a certain public house is here, and next to it is the 50
A horse farm the size of an acre is perfect for horse riding in your free time..."
Looking at this former military commander of the Yiwu Army, a general who once led thousands of troops and horses into battle, Li Cunxu suddenly felt an unreal feeling, and he didn't know what to say to Wang Chuzhi in a daze. (To be continued...