"General, more than 8,000 people have signed up!" A young general stepped forward to report.
Cheng Yaojin nodded, waved for the young general to go down, and then said to Lin Xuan: "There are more than 8,000 people now, how about giving them all to you?"
Lin Xuan was a little embarrassed: "General, your Majesty asked me to choose 6,000 people. Isn't it bad to have so many more people?"
Cheng Yaojin said nonchalantly: "Don't worry about this. As long as you are still in the military camp, I can still make the decision. You just need to train the people as soon as possible."
After all, he is General Wei, the leader of the left army. As long as he does not move troops out of the camp without permission, he can still make the decision on this matter.
"Yes, I have taken the order and asked the general to set aside a separate camp for me." Lin Xuan said.
"Okay, you go down and rest first, the other old men will make arrangements, and those people will be in place tomorrow," Cheng Yaojin said.
Lin Xuan bid farewell to Cheng Yaojin and returned to his tent. Cheng Chumo and three others were already waiting for him.
"How's it going? How many people have signed up?" Cheng Chumo asked immediately when he saw Lin Xuan coming back.
He was worried that not so many people would be willing to come, which would be a shame.
Lin Xuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, there are more than 8,000 people in total."
Cheng Chumo, the three of them all breathed a sigh of relief.
Yuchi Baolin smiled and said: "Now that we have all the people, we can have a big fight."
Lin Xuan said: "Let me tell you about training first."
When it came to business, Cheng Chumo and the others stopped smiling and looked at Lin Xuan seriously.
"The general means that more than 8,000 people should be given to me. When they arrive tomorrow, I will divide them into three groups. Each of you will lead one group. Then you will train with them." Lin Xuan said.
Cheng Chumo asked in surprise: "So, I can command more than two thousand people?"
Cheng Chumo and the other three looked excited at the thought of bringing so many people with them.
Lin Xuan smiled and said: "Don't be too happy too early. After training, I decided to conduct an assessment every seven days. Those with the worst grades will wash their clothes and socks for seven days for those with the best grades. This includes you three."
This punishment is actually not severe, but it is very embarrassing.
People can only unleash their potential when they are under pressure.
And his training methods are very difficult, so some means must be used to squeeze their potential.
Yuchi Baolin said: "We don't need to participate."
Once every seven days is too frequent. If he loses, he will be the future Duke after all. It would be too embarrassing to spread the word about washing clothes and socks for others.
"If you want to develop in the military in the future, you must learn to share joys and sorrows with the soldiers. If you want to inherit the title and enjoy the blessings at home, you don't have to accept the punishment together with the soldiers." Lin Xuan deliberately provoked them.
Cheng Chumo laughed and said, "I'm not afraid, Yuchi Baolin. If you are afraid of losing, just go back and be your little prince!"
"Who says I'm afraid of losing? After you lose, I'll change my clothes and socks three times a day and exhaust you to death!" Yuchi Baolin said unconvinced.
Qin Huaidao smiled and said nothing. He and Cheng Chumo were different.
Their two fathers are in good health, and I dare not say that there will be no problem in living for ten or twenty years.
Considering the physical condition of Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong, they can at least lead soldiers for ten years.
With this time, I can completely pave the way for my son.
Qin Qiong has completely faded out of the military system. Although he has taken the medicine given by Lin Xuan and his health is much better than before, he will never have the opportunity to lead troops in this life.
The Qin family will rely on him to survive. No matter what, he will seize this opportunity.
"Since you are so confident, it's settled." Lin Xuan said with a smile.
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Early the next morning, with the help of his own soldiers, Lin Xuan put on his general's armor and took Cheng Chumo and three others to the camp assigned to him by Cheng Yaojin.
In the school field, more than 8,000 soldiers stood in a very scattered manner because their organization was disrupted, and they had no formation at all.
Lin Xuan saw this scene when he came to the school grounds and frowned slightly.
When the soldiers saw Lin Xuan approaching, they slowly became quiet.
Lin Xuan stood on the martial arts stage, holding a loudspeaker and loudly said: "Yesterday the general told me that the entire left leading army guard is elite, but I just took a look and found that you really can't be called elite."
When the soldiers below heard Lin Xuan's words, they felt insulted. They came not to recognize Lin Xuan as a person, but to get military pay.
But Lin Xuan was a general after all, so they did not retort verbally. They all looked at Lin Xuan with angry eyes to express their dissatisfaction.
Lin Xuan saw the angry look on the soldiers' faces and said: "What, you are not convinced? Look at your formation, do you think you don't know where to stand after leaving the original formation? If it were on the battlefield, wouldn't it?
If your captain dies, you won’t resist? Are you going to stand and wait for death?”
According to the standards of the Tang Dynasty army, every 5 officers and soldiers constituted a corps, with a corps leader. Two corps constituted a group, with a captain. Every 5 groups, with a captain, plus a flag bearer.
The total number of people in a team is about 55. The team was the most commonly used military organization in the Tang Dynasty and was also the most practical.
The soldier looked at his messy formation and lowered his head in shame.
"Knowing that shame is a good thing proves that you have realized your mistakes and can still be saved. The three captains around me are Qin Huaidao, the son of Duke Yi, Cheng Chumo, the son of Duke Su, and Yuchi Baolin, the son of Duke E. You belong to them respectively.
Three people are in charge. They will train whatever you train, and they will eat whatever you eat." Lin Xuan said.
The soldier raised his head and looked at Lin Xuan in disbelief.
In their opinion, Cheng Chumo and the others have noble status and are all future princes of the country. It is their duty to command them. How can they still train with them and eat the same meal?
Lin Xuan put down the loudspeaker and said to Cheng Chumo and the other three: "Chumo is on the left, Huai Dao is in the middle, and Baolin is on the right. You divide the army according to this, and the different numbers complement each other."
"Yes!" The three of them took the order to organize the army.
Because they knew the identities of the three of them, these soldiers cooperated very well with them.
This is also the purpose of Lin Xuan revealing their identities.
The four of them are too young and have no prestige in the army, making it difficult to convince the public.
Letting soldiers know their identities not only allows soldiers to identify with them, but also creates a celebrity effect.
An hour later, more than 8,000 people were divided into three square formations, standing neatly.
"General Qi, the team is complete!" Cheng Chumo and the others said with their hands raised.
Lin Xuan nodded and said: "I will give you ten of my thirty personal soldiers, and let them train you how to do it."
In the beginning, it was just training on military postures, formations, etc. Lin Xuan's personal soldiers were completely competent.
As for the subsequent physical training, we will wait until their military posture and formation standards are discussed.
The more than 8,000 soldiers and Cheng Chumo and the three men began to stand up in a military posture according to the method of hand-to-hand combat.
Lin Xuan said yesterday that the training was very hard. The soldiers thought it would be difficult, but they didn't expect that they would be asked to stand like this for a stick of incense. They all disagreed.
However, as time slowly passed, fine sweat began to flow from their foreheads.
Only a third of the time it took to burn the incense, many soldiers couldn't hold on and moved.
When Lin Xuan's soldiers found out, they quickly stepped forward and scolded them. After asking for their names, they asked them to stand back up.
This was the task assigned to them by Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan asked them to write down all those who did not hold on to half the stick of incense.
In his opinion, those who fail to hold on to even half a stick of incense have very poor perseverance.
Of course, he won't eliminate them just because of this.
Everyone has three chances, and it's up to them whether they can persevere.
Lin Xuan had no intention of telling them about these three opportunities.
A person who does not have strong perseverance may become very strong in order to achieve certain goals, but once they achieve their goals, their perseverance will remain the same as before, and there will not be much change.
After a stick of incense, the military posture was over. When they heard that it was time for them to have a cup of tea, the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, this training method is not particularly tiring, but it is very torturous.
Cheng Chumo and the other three also heaved a sigh of relief. In order not to embarrass their father, the three of them persisted in burning incense for a while without moving.
Although they have a foundation in martial arts training, standing still in a military posture for the first time is already very good.