There is no such thing as a banquet that lasts forever. My cousin Linghuyu returned to Ping'a first. Qin Liang and others stayed for one more day and had to go back early the next morning.
Wang Ling, who was in his seventies, still got up very early, so Qin Liang and Wang Lingjun went to say goodbye.
After bowing, the maid brought a few glasses of wine. Wang Ling picked up the glass and said, "Zhong Ming has a duty, so I won't ask you to stay, so I'll let your second uncle give you a ride."
After Qin Liang and his wife thanked him, they raised their glasses and drank with Wang Ling. Wang Lingjun said: "We are both in Huainan, and we will come to visit my grandfather when we have another chance."
Wang Ling smiled happily and said, "Okay, okay."
So several people saluted each other again, bowed and said goodbye.
Wang Ling walked to the door of the room. When Qin Liang and a few people walked to the corridor, he turned around and took another look. Wang Ling seemed to be thinking about something. He noticed Qin Liang's movements, so he looked up and waved lightly.
Give it a try.
Qin Liang cupped his hands and said, "If my grandfather is summoned for something, he can send someone to Liu'an, and he will arrive in Shouchun the same day."
Wang Ling's eyes were a little strange, but he didn't say anything, he just nodded in response.
Qin Liang didn't stop, turned around and left.
A few people discussed the important matter the day before yesterday. In the end, Wang Ling just said that if we wait for a while, there will obviously be no results in the near future.
Qin Liang sighed secretly, but this situation was expected.
Wang Guang and Wang Feixiao both came over, and my maternal aunt Zhuge Shu didn't stop until she was next to the carriage. Zhuge Shu and Wang Lingjun talked a lot along the way. After only two days together, she seemed to be a little reluctant to leave, so she said it again, "
Zhongming ordered you to come back and take a walk when you have time.
However, after Wang Guang gets married, he will probably return to Luoyang. He is still working as a Beijing official and his time for leave is limited. Although they said they would see each other next time, they were so far apart that they didn't know when they would see each other next time.
The group left Shouchun. Because they set off relatively early, they changed horses once in Yangquan County and arrived in Lu'an before dark in the afternoon.
After Qin Liang returned to Lu'an, he went to his subordinate officials the next day to count the grain he had accumulated in the past two years.
Due to the widespread rental of Quyuan plows, the area of land cultivated by each household increased, and the yield per mu of compost increased, the land tax revenue of Lujiang counties increased. Qin Liang also used his property to purchase some surplus grain from the military camps, so
The grain stocks in the government treasury have increased a lot.
So Qin Liang issued a decree. This year, all field taxes in the military villages were halved. At the same time, each village must organize a drill every other day. If it rains, it will be postponed.
There are fifty soldiers in a group, so training organized into groups is the easiest thing to do.
Larger-scale drills can only wait until the rotation of the garrison of Lu'an City, with 3,000 people organized to conduct training in the north of the city.
Nowadays, the city defense of Lu'an City is almost zero. Only people from the prefectures, counties and temples go to the city gates to do things like opening and closing the city gates. Anyway, the Wu army has not attacked, and there is no need for so many soldiers to stand on the top of the city.
As for a larger-scale situation, such as the organization of all the more than 20,000 troops stationed in Lujiang County, this has never happened before.
Such a large-scale gathering will easily delay farm work, and the main reason is that it is illegal. In non-wartime situations, if a border governor gathers so many soldiers and horses, he will obviously be suspected of seeking to return.
However, Qin Liang has reorganized all the troops into synthetic brigades, so effective training can be carried out without gathering all the troops. This is because the command system of this synthetic brigade (still called "bu" according to the Wei army's custom) has also changed.
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In the past, the Wei army's command method was a large-corps model. For example, a general commanded 20,000 troops. The general only gave orders to two commanders. The commander would take charge of several participating generals under his command, and the participating generals would command each song.
Then command each brigade and camp. After some operations, it will be very troublesome for the general to control the army.
But Qin Liang's "department" similar to a brigade was different, and the command system was flattened. Each department had three thousand soldiers, and he and his staff directly commanded eight departments.
And because the size of the corps was reduced to 3,000 men, the captain of the first corps could command vertically, and military orders directly reached each 100-man brigade.
This kind of vertical management command system has an advantage: as long as the commander of the department listens to him, Qin Liang can command each department of 3,000 people, and he can command eight departments, with a total of more than 20,000 people.
As long as the captain of the department ensures that each centurion can command, he can control the entire department (synthetic brigade)...
Qin Liang arrived at the school ground in the north of the city early in the morning. When he passed through a simple barracks with a straw roof, he saw three thousand people in the open space already doing exercises. These soldiers who were originally responsible for guarding did not have to farm during their duty period, so they trained every day
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But every now and then, Qin Liang would spend his own money to buy pigs and sheep to kill and feed them for free. Qin Liang’s food for Tinghou alone could equal the entire income of thousands of common people, and there were various inputs, including those in Ancheng.
If a land occupier does not support his family, accumulate money, or build a mansion, it is not a big problem to buy some livestock from other places.
When Qin Liang rode over, Xiong Shou was busy and did not come forward to greet him. He just bowed from a distance and Qin Liang nodded in response. This matter had been discussed with each other before. Everyone was used to Qin Liang often coming to watch, and then
Point out a specific problem.
He often came to the military camp, so every soldier in the camp should know him. However, Qin Liang could not recognize all the soldiers because there were too many people.
There is a large rectangular light cyan flag next to Xiong Shou. The name of the general is not written on it, but only the two characters "Second Department" are written on it, enclosed in a black box. There are also flags of various shapes and sizes in the square array.
They are all light cyan (because they are all centaurs from the second part), with simple Chinese characters written on them, framed by patterns of different shapes.
At this time, Xiong Shou suddenly shouted: "Get ready for battle!"
The soldiers immediately adjusted their formation. Each column of infantry stood in a dense "pin" formation. In the staggered battle lines, three people were arranged in a "pin" formation in any small area, so that people from the rear team could also support the front team.
The cavalry were on both wings, and the soldiers mounted their horses.
There were four teams of baggage soldiers behind, which were also reserves. They stood beside the empty carriage and formed a circular formation to protect the baggage.
Xiong Shou gave another order, and the six groups of crossbowmen in front began to adjust their formation and formed six rows. People hung their cowhide shields and flying guns on their backpacks on their backs, sheathed their swords, and then bent down.
Use force to string the crossbow.
Xiong Shou's left lieutenant stepped forward with his sword in hand, pointed at the grass handle in front and shouted: "Get ready for shooting!"
The first three rows of crossbowmen were in position. The first row squatted down and aimed forward, the second row knelt on one knee, and the third row stood. With a shout of "release", the gong struck with a "clang", and suddenly
There was a sound of strings, and three dense rows of arrows flew straight to the targets made of straw boards. After a while, countless targets were shot into hedgehogs.
After another order, the crossbowmen from the last three rows stepped forward. The crossbowmen from the first three rows took their places and re-cocked the crossbows.
After several rounds of shooting, the crossbowmen left the formation, put their crossbows into their backpacks, took out their swords and shields, and protected the wings of the formation together with the long-handled swordsmen. The heavy infantrymen with lengthened spears began to advance in unison.
At this time, Xiong Shou shouted again: "The left-wing cavalry army is attacking!"
The cavalry in the formation on the left yelled and screamed strangely. They held shields in their left hands, spears in their right arms, and iron stirrups on their feet. They rushed towards a group of scarecrows and poked the sides of the scarecrows everywhere. Another group of cavalry waved long-handled knives.
, wielding the knife with both hands, he rushed towards the target and chopped down the scarecrows into a mess.
The spear soldiers always maintained their formation and advanced slowly, but the sword soldiers in the rear followed the sword and shield crossbow soldiers and attacked from both wings, shouting and rushing forward. The people ravaged the targets and scarecrows until they were in a mess, and then they stopped.
Then Xiong Shou began to practice withdrawing from the battle. Each team was deployed in depth, with the two brigades stationed in front, and then staggered back with the brigades behind.
After practicing for a long time, Xiong Shou ordered them to sit down and rest, and everyone relaxed. Many soldiers kept turning their heads to see Qin Liang. Xiong Shou also stepped forward to salute, bowed and said, "I ask the general to teach you a lesson."
Qin Liang nodded and said: "It's much better than before. When Bosong asked the soldiers to train in units of villages, they would occasionally retreat and run around, and be killed by law enforcement in the back row." He paused and smiled, "Using a wooden sword means...
one time."
After hearing this, Xiong Shou and other generals started laughing along with him. After a while, Xiong Shou stopped smiling, cupped his fists and said, "Here."
Qin Liang gave the horse to his entourage, and then went to inspect the crowd. Many of the sitting soldiers stood up one after another. Qin Liang made gestures and said: "When brothers are resting, there is no need to salute, just sit down."
He randomly found a soldier and asked, "Can the family have enough to eat now?"
The soldier said with a smile on his face: "There is still some food left from last year. But I eat meat here, and my parents have no meat to eat."
Qin Liang said kindly: "I will think of a way to let everyone and the whole family have meat to eat in the future."
Everyone laughed one after another, and some people didn't know what they meant and knocked the soldier who spoke.
At this time, a general bowed excitedly: "This servant is Qi Da'a. The servant was personally selected by the ruler of the government. Because I know how to read, I was transferred from the county guard to be the commander of the camp."
Qin Liang had no impression at all. He had chosen too many soldiers. He usually just looked at the body shape and complexion. If he looked tall and looked healthy, he would directly join the private army.
However, when he saw that the general's face was red, it was difficult to say that he could not remember it. Qin Liang stepped forward and looked into Qi Da's eyes, looked at his appearance carefully, then nodded and said: "Qi Da, I remember your name. Good job.
As long as you are reliable, you will have the opportunity to be promoted."
Qi Da suddenly wiped away tears: "My third brother starved to death back then, and I never dreamed that I would be able to eat meat. The Lord is my benefactor!"
Qin Liang patted him on the shoulder and said, "You have to look forward."
Another general not far away muttered: "Fortunately, General Wen is gone. In the past, when General Wen was the warden of Lujiang County, he threatened the soldiers at every turn, and everyone dared to be angry but dare not speak out."
Qin Liang didn't want to comment on Wen Qin in public, and he didn't know the man well, so he said: "I will still be merciless in front of military law. Especially those who disobey military orders will be killed."
The village chief hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Here."
Qin Liang added: "But as long as we obey orders and act, neither I nor the generals will treat you badly, nor will we punish the soldiers for no reason. We will not be stingy in rewarding those who have meritorious service."
At this time, everyone had almost rested, and Qin Liang also left the crowd, allowing them to continue practicing formations, formation changes and other events. However, martial arts were not practiced. People usually exercised in tun units, mainly practicing martial arts and the use of weapons.
There is plenty of time.
Qin Liang came to the only tiled house and summoned the military clerks one by one to listen to their oral descriptions of everything.
At noon, Qin Liang did not leave. He stayed in the barracks and ate with the soldiers. The meals of the generals and soldiers were the same. When there was no meat, everyone had no meat. They only had vegetable soup with soybean oil and salt.