Chapter 548 Military Exercise and Chicken Eating Contest
Chapter 548 Military Exercises and Chicken Eating Contest
Du Hongjian could only irritably direct the soldiers to enter the military camp. After a period of confusion, a pontoon bridge was set up on the opposite side. Xu Jun and Xue Hu walked side by side and came to Du Hongjian.
"I am wearing armor and am unable to perform a full ceremony. Xu Jun, chief of staff of the Longyou Governor's Mansion, pays homage to Du Jieshuai."
Xue Hu also raised his hand as a gift and greeted Du Hongjian.
Du Hongjian looked at Xu Jun. Along the way, he also kept inquiring about Longyou's situation, and also gained some understanding of Longyou's military system.
Originally, each army in Longyou had an economic envoy and a military envoy as its adjutant.
For example, in the Wuwei Army, the military envoy was Xue Hu, the magistrate of Liangzhou, and the military envoy was Fang Jianguo.
All military envoys were generals from the Longyou Dudufu and were directly responsible to the King of Yue.
But the superior of all military envoys is the General Staff of the Governor's Mansion.
The military envoy is not responsible for daily training and logistics on weekdays, but only leads troops to fight during expeditions.
The person responsible for the daily routine of the army is the military commander, so the staff office is equivalent to the general organization responsible for daily military training and logistical supplies in Longyou.
The chief of staff of the General Staff Department can be said to be a high-ranking official and the boss of the Longyou Army.
Through the quartermaster's mouth, Du Hongjian also learned about the regulations for army garrisoning and logistics and supply regulations, which were formulated by the Staff Office.
How could such a talented person be snatched away by the King of Yue?
Du Hongjian really didn't understand.
If such a person could serve the Tang Dynasty and plan logistics for Marshal Guo Ziyi, the rebels would have been put down long ago!
However, Du Hongjian quickly shook his head. Not to mention whether the Tang Dynasty had the financial and material resources to support the army, but the chaotic situation in the Tang Dynasty. Even Guo Ziyi, the great hero who supported the emperor, had to resort to self-degradation to reduce the chaos.
Due to the attacks on him from the court, it was absolutely impossible for the emperor to give Xu Jun such great power to reorganize the military system of the Tang Dynasty.
When he thought of this, Du Hongjian became even more depressed.
However, just training troops can't explain anything. The Shuofang army he brought were all veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles, and Xu Jun also saw that many of the Longyou army were new recruits.
No matter how neat the formation is, they are still new soldiers who have never been on the battlefield!
Du Hongjian was still full of confidence in the Shuofang elite he had brought.
Du Hongjian held up his hand as a courtesy and asked directly: "When our Shuofang army rests for two days, we can conduct that, uh, military exercise."
"But what about this military exercise? Is it the same as spring defense?"
There were also military training similar to exercises in the border areas of the Tang Dynasty, so after Du Hongjian heard Fang Jianguo's suggestion of exercises, he quickly agreed.
Spring defense is a practice held in border areas to prevent northern nomads from going south in spring.
In addition to training the team for field marches, spring defense also includes weapons training and military confrontation training.
Xu Jun nodded and said: "Longyou's drill is very similar to Spring Defense, but there are also detailed regulations and arrangements. Commander, let's go into the camp and talk about it in detail."
Du Hongjian entered the camp with everyone. The layout of the Xinzhuang camp was similar to the previous temporary camp, except that a tiger hall was built in the center of the camp.
The Tiger Hall is the place where military meetings are held. The ancient military talisman is called the Tiger Talisman. The Tiger Hall is also the place where the Tiger Talisman for mobilizing troops is stored.
A heating stove had been prepared in the Tiger Hall, and everyone felt as warm as spring after entering.
Du Hongjian once again lamented that Longyou was well prepared. After everyone sat down, Xu Jun said:
"Commander Du just mentioned the military exercise. Our Longyou military exercise has its own customization. This is stipulated in the drill code set by His Highness the King of Yue himself."
Hearing the instructions of the King of Yue, Du Hongjian pricked up his ears again.
The Code of Conduct is a code of conduct that guides military thought. Although the Tang Dynasty also had Code of Conduct, its execution had already gone out of shape.
But up and down Longyou, whether it was the chief of staff or the lower-level soldiers, they were all following the drill to the letter.
This alone was enough for Du Hongjian to take it seriously.
Xu Jun said: "Military exercises are divided into training exercises, review exercises and large military exercises."
"Oh? I wonder what the difference is?"
Xu Jun said: "The training type is an actual combat performance in which both sides use wooden swords and wooden guns as weapons, pretending to be two fighting parties on the battlefield, and compete for a certain stronghold as the goal. The party that can achieve the military goal in the end is the winner."
Du Hongjian smiled. The military exercise was similar to what he had expected. It was time for the Hexi Army to see the strength of Shuofang's elite.
Xu Jun then added: "In a review-type exercise, all military units line up in a square formation and receive a review from the chief officer."
Du Hongjian nodded. This was similar to the Tang Dynasty's prisoner presentation ceremony. It was equivalent to a general's triumphal ceremony.
"A major military exercise involves both, with training exercises first and then a review ceremony."
Du Hongjian smiled and said: "What about this time?"
Xu Jun said: "According to the wishes of the King of Yue, Hexi has not yet held a large-scale military exercise. The King of Yue proposed to hold a training exercise in Xinzhuang first, and then hold a military review exercise in Wuwei City. The King of Yue will personally attend the military parade. No.
What do you think of Du Shuai's wishes?"
Du Hongjian cursed secretly, "Ask me what I think. The King of Yue has said that he will participate in the military parade. What else can I say?"
Du Hongjian solemnly agreed, and after some polite words, Xu Jun and Xue Hufang Jianguo left the Shuofang Army's camp.
On the way back, Xu Jun asked Fang Jianguo:
"Jianguo, what do you think of Shuofang's army?"
Fang Jianguo changed his previous honest attitude and said: "The quality of the soldiers is better than that of the Hexi Army, especially the elites who are very brave. Lingzhou is worthy of being the place with the best soldiers in the Tang Dynasty."
Xue Hu said: "Why did the King of Yue and the general staff conduct this training exercise and not let us use guns and artillery? If we lose to Shuofang's army, wouldn't it make Du Hongjian think again?"
Xu Jun did not answer him directly, but looked at the Shuofang military camp and said: "Our envoy Du Jiedu is the best person in the world who can see the direction of the wind."
Everyone nodded, Du Hongjian had already invested in Li Heng, who was still the prince.
On that day when Chang'an fell, Du Hongjian escorted Li Heng to escape and made a military plan to go to Lingwu to lay the foundation. He was the first person in the Tang Dynasty to predict the fall.
Xu Jun said: "Using cannons can scare Du Hongjian, but it can't make him really return to his heart, nor can he make Shuofang's soldiers return to his heart."
"Old Xue, you can't trust our staff. After training for such a long time, and with our generals and players here, can't you still defeat Du Hongjian's army?"
"No matter whether this military exercise wins or loses, it is an assessment of the combat effectiveness of our Hexi Army and the Central Plains Army. Who said that combat in the age of firearms does not require the quality of soldiers? Then what is the purpose of training and physical fitness in the modern army?"
Xue Hu also nodded and said: "In that case, our Hexi Army is not afraid of anyone, let's compete!"
Next, Xu Jun went back and forth to Du Hongjian's military camp and presented a detailed battlefield sand table.
Shuofang's army is the blue army, and Hexi's army is the red army. Both sides gather from a place fifty miles away from the valley fortress to compete for this fortress. The side that captures this fortress and guards it for six hours wins.
Du Hongjian looked at the exquisite sand table. Even the vegetation and hillsides were modeled to a full scale on the sand table. It was really as exquisite as a work of art.
This further inspired Du Hongjian's desire to win. During the days of recuperation, Du Hongjian inspected the military camp every day, encouraged the soldiers, and wanted to teach the "pampered" Hexi Army that the army could not win the war by spending money!
But on the players' side, this military exercise caused a huge sensation among general players!
A hot post by Xu Jun quickly became the hottest topic on the forum.
"Yue Wang Cup, the first chicken-eating competition of the Tang Dynasty was held in Wuwei!"
As the first time the General Staff organized an actual military exercise and a confrontation with the Shuofang Army, the General Staff decided to make this an event for players.
Li Yan couldn't laugh or cry about this plan. It was obviously a military exercise, so why did it become a chicken-eating contest?
But this military exercise does seem to be similar to a chicken eating contest. No, isn't the chicken eating contest an imitation of a military exercise?
This Tang Dynasty version of eating chicken seems very interesting, right?
So Li Yan agreed to Xu Jun's suggestion and sent a "chicken-eating" task to all the generals and players participating in the military exercise.
Any player who participates in this military exercise can win the title of "Chicken Eater" and the forum badge if they can survive to the end and persist for six hours.
In addition, if the military exercise can be won, Li Yan also gave generous military general professional experience rewards.
This further mobilized these generals and players, gearing up to teach Shuofang's army a lesson.
Those players who could not participate in this chicken-eating competition looked enviously at the players who were discussing the tactics enthusiastically. Li Yan saw that the forum was getting more and more popular, so he simply let the system open the battlefield live broadcast function, so that this time the military
The chicken-eating contest is broadcast live on the entire network.
Players are even more enthusiastic now. The game Datang Fengyun has become popular on the Internet, and various videos are emerging one after another.
But this is the first time for an official competition to be held, and it is such a grand event with tens of thousands of people fighting in teams.
This is truly a large-scale PK event with 20,000 people on the same screen, where brothers come to compete.
Although it is a PVE activity, the "AI" of Datang Fengyun is very intelligent, and the intensity is no less intense than the confrontation between players.
In comparison, Yuchixin's side, which implemented the great detour strategy in the Northeast, was somewhat eclipsed.
The time soon came for the day of the military exercise. Du Hongjian mounted his horse and arrived at the gathering place of the Blue Army, while Xue Hu commanded the Red Army to occupy the other side of the valley.
On the high platform on the edge of the valley, Xu Jun observed the battlefield with a telescope. Next to him were two senior military and military fans who were also providing live commentary this time.
As a signal arrow flies into the sky, the "Chicken Contest" for the wooden fortress begins!