On the training ground, there is a high platform built of solid wood.
He Zhang led everyone across the training ground and walked directly towards the high platform, ignoring the soldiers who were practicing on the training ground.
Seeing the appearance of He Zhang, wearing the uniform of a fourth-grade military attaché, followed by Liu Manniu, Zhang Cheng, and Li Pi, the most powerful and influential military attachés among the new soldiers, the soldiers naturally paid attention and became noisy.
The training ground quickly became quiet.
Many people have also speculated about He Zhang's identity, and some well-informed and intelligent people have even vaguely guessed something.
After He Zhang ascended the high platform, he sat on the main seat with a golden sword, and then nodded to the soldiers around him.
The soldiers stepped forward and shouted to the soldiers of the new army: "Accepting the order of the imperial envoy Zhao, General He Zhang, the garrison officer, will be the commander-in-chief of the new army from now on! General He is here now, and everyone is lining up to gather.
Listen to General He’s instructions!”
After the soldier shouted loudly several times, Zhang Cheng sent people to tell him. The soldiers of the new army finally knew the order and lined up under the high platform one after another. However, the efficiency was extremely slow. He Zhang
After waiting on the high platform for a quarter of an hour, although the thousands of soldiers on the training ground gradually gathered together, they could not line up neatly. Many soldiers could not even find their teams and positions, and many others
The soldiers were pushing and yelling at each other, and the whole scene seemed chaotic.
Seeing this situation, although He Zhang was well prepared, his eyes gradually darkened.
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Among the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, Zhao Junchen valued two generals the most, one was Qi Bin and the other was He Zhang!
Among the generals of the border army, these two men stand out in terms of ability and military exploits!
However, the two men's methods of leading troops are fundamentally different.
Qi Bin is a descendant of Qi Jiguang. He is familiar with military books such as "New Book of Ji Xiao" and "Records of Military Training". He attaches great importance to military discipline and formations. He believes that the first priority of an army is to maintain strict military disciplines, enforce orders and prohibitions, and maintain formations during war.
If there is no chaos and tacit cooperation between different military services, then it will be a strong army! If paired with sharp firearms, it will be invincible and invincible! As long as such a strong army is trained, there is no need
The generals have strong commanding abilities, as long as they set up combat formations and use strength to defeat cleverness.
He Zhang has a different style. He does not attach so much importance to military discipline, tacit understanding of formations, and cooperation among services. He values the bravery and fighting spirit of an army more. He believes that the duties of soldiers are only to resolutely obey orders and fight bravely.
To kill the enemy without retreating, the task of the generals is to assess the situation and issue correct orders, and to lead by example to boost morale. As long as these points are accomplished, you will be able to defeat the powerful enemy!
Therefore, Qi Bin is better at training troops, but not as good at commanding as He Zhang! He Zhang is better at leading troops in combat, but his ability in training troops is far inferior to Qi Bin!
Compared with Qi Bin's approach, He Zhang's ideas are undoubtedly backward. The reason why he has repeatedly achieved military exploits over the years is only because He Zhang dares to fight bravely and his soldiers have high fighting spirit!
Of course, Qi Bin is only good at training new recruits, and has extremely strict requirements on the source of soldiers. He only recruits "good family members" to join the army. The new soldiers are all unruly veterans. If they are trained in the same way as the Qi family army, it will be impossible to train them.
It might be counterproductive, so after Zhao Junchen thought for a long time, he still handed over the new soldiers to He Zhang for training. He Zhang's method of training the new soldiers was just right, and He Zhang's reputation was enough to subdue these unruly soldiers.
A tame and proud soldier.
However, although He Zhang didn't pay much attention to military discipline and formation, he still frowned after seeing the scene in front of him. He felt that the performance of the new soldiers had far exceeded his bottom line!
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In the end, He Zhang waited for a long time, but the soldiers of the new army still did not get into formation.
On the contrary, Hong Gaogong, a member of the Jinyi Guard Qianhu, finally received the news and led a group of military attaches out of the camp and came to He Zhang.
On the high platform on the training ground, He Zhang finally met Hong Gaogong.
Despite all the rumors, He Zhang's first impression of Hong Gaogong was extremely bad!
The most important thing for the new soldiers is to train and run in, but while the new soldiers were training, Hong Gaogong hid in the camp and never showed up, turning a blind eye to the chaos on the training ground.
After Hong Gaogong appeared, He Zhang smelled a strong smell of alcohol. Obviously, Hong Gaogong stayed in the camp not to deal with military affairs, but just to drink and have fun with the military attaches!
Thinking about Hong Gaogong's various actions during this period, He Zhang became even more disgusted with the playboy in front of him.
However, Hong Gaogong didn't seem to notice He Zhang's dislike for him at all. He still smiled and looked familiar as he cupped his hands at He Zhang and said: "I have heard about General He for a long time, and now I finally see him.
Real person! I heard that from now on, General He will be the commander-in-chief of the new war army? Haha, with General He, our new war army will be even more powerful!"
He Zhang replied with a cold face: "Thanks to the promotion of the Imperial Envoy, from today on, I will be responsible for handling all matters related to the new army!"
Hong Gaogong still didn't notice He Zhang's alienation or indifference, or that he didn't care about He Zhang's attitude at all.
Hong Gaogong just pointed at the noisy soldiers under the high platform and said: "General He, look at these soldiers, all of them are strong and brave, and most of them have seen blood. They are really a rare force.
A strong army! In my opinion, even the elite of the Forbidden Army cannot compare with them! General He is very lucky to be able to lead this army! With this army, the Mongolian foreign invaders will definitely be defeated in one blow! General He
If you become prosperous in the future, don’t forget me as a brother! After all, I also have a share of credit for this!"
As he spoke, Hong Gaogong showed a proud look on his face. Apparently he believed that he was the veteran of the new war soldiers, and he also believed that his training of the new war soldiers was very effective!
He Zhang looked at Hong Gaogong coldly and didn't answer at all.
Hong Gaogong was still completely unconscious.
Hong Gaogong also has his own ideas.
At the beginning, Zhao Junchen only led more than 500 guards and defeated thousands of Mongolian elites. Hong Gaogong had been hiding behind and did not personally participate in the war. However, because of this, he did not witness the Mongolian combat power with his own eyes and only believed that the legendary fierceness was
The good fighting Mongolian cavalry was nothing more than this, completely vulnerable, and their attitude towards the Mongols completely changed, from the original timidity and fear to the current disdain, with some blind arrogance in their hearts.
Therefore, after Zhao Junchen formed the new army of war soldiers, Hong Gaogong had his mind set on becoming the official commander of the new army of war soldiers and leading the new army of war soldiers into battle to kill the enemy. By then, he would surely be able to perform extraordinary feats again and again, and he would also
Hui Qingyun has also begged Zhao Junchen several times for this purpose. Unfortunately, Zhao Junchen is not as ignorant and arrogant as Hong Gaogong, so naturally he will not agree.
Hong Gaogong had no choice but to settle for the next best thing. He believed that the New War Army would definitely make military exploits many times in the future, so he wanted to take the opportunity to recruit some generals of the New War Army as his cronies to expand the Hong family's influence in the army.
force.
During this period of time, Hong Gaogong did not spend time training the army. Instead, he drank and talked with the military attachés of the new army all day long and exchanged feelings. Now that he saw He Zhang appear, he thought that He Zhang would definitely give him some face.
He himself wanted to recommend a few military attachés who were close to him to He Zhang, so that He Zhang could reuse them. After the new army of soldiers made great achievements, he could also benefit from them.
Therefore, although He Zhang did not answer, Hong Gaogong still greeted him with a smile, introduced the military attachés behind him to He Zhang, and said: "General He, you are new here, and you don't understand the situation of the new soldiers.
The generals of the army are not familiar with them, so let me introduce them to you... This is Zhang Dahu and Zhang Baihu, who was born in a military town in Ningxia. This man has extraordinary military power and courage that no man can match... This is Zhang Dahu and Zhang Baihu.
Situ Nan has a hundred households, is both civil and military, and is familiar with military strategy..."
Seeing that Hong Gaogong still kept talking, He Zhang was a little impatient at first.
But soon, He Zhang noticed Hong Gaogong's thoughts. After a thought in his heart, he actually allowed Hong Gaogong to continue speaking without any intention of interrupting.
Birds of a feather flock together, and people flock together! The military attachés recommended by Hong Gaogong must be the same people as Hong Gaogong who only know how to exploit the enemy's territory and must not be reused.
Soon, Hong Gaogong introduced the close military attaches he had recruited to He Zhang in detail, and said: "These military attaches can all be reused. I hope General He will..."
This time, before Hong Gaogong could finish speaking, He Zhang interrupted.
"Hong Qianhu, the Imperial Envoy has issued an order. From now on, you will no longer interfere with the affairs of the Zhan Bing Xin Army. Instead, you will assist Li Jianjun in collecting internal and external intelligence! I will report to Zhan Bing Xin Army immediately.
The soldiers have been tamed. Don't delay here any longer. Go to the Governor's Mansion as soon as possible to meet with the Imperial Envoy... Oh, by the way, please take these military attaches you recommended with you! Such talents,
I don’t dare to delay their future. After today’s matter is over, I will naturally explain it to the Imperial Envoy in person!”
He Zhang stared at Hong Gaogong and said coldly.
Hearing He Zhang's words, Hong Gaogong was stunned at first, and it took a long time to understand what He Zhang meant.
Hong Gaogong is a member of the Jinyiwei Qianhu. Although his official rank is lower than that of He Zhang, Jinyiwei has a special status and can be said to be one level above the official rank. He also has Jinyiwei Hong Jin as his backer. How could he have ever been humiliated like this?
So Hong Gaogong became furious and pointed at He Zhang and asked loudly: "He Zhang, what do you mean? Do you dare to do this to me? Do you know who I am? Do you know my relationship with the imperial envoy? You ate Xiongxinbao
Are you brave?"
He Zhang was originally a stubborn and unruly person, so he was naturally not afraid of Hong Gaogong. His voice became colder and his expression became more disgusted, and he said: "What I mean is, please leave here as soon as possible with your people. The new army of warriors has been delayed by you."
It's been a while, so don't cause trouble anymore! Of course I know who you are, an incompetent second generation ancestor who only knows how to steal military exploits!"