Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 137 Brother Yun's Army (four thousand)
On the morning of the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, by the Bianshui River, the autumn wind was warm, and many wild ducks were wandering in the reeds on the opposite side of the river. Some nearby villagers wanted to kill two, but the ducks were very alert. When they saw someone flap their wings, they burrowed into the reeds. Among them, few people succeed.

It is also because of this that every time you succeed, it is extremely precious and joyful. The hunter will shout excitedly, and the people around him will gather around to comment, with various expressions on their faces.

Si Chao stood on the sentry tower of Daying, looked over there from a distance, feeling a little nostalgic in his heart, he was very familiar with those days, he used to be a farmer, and then gradually got to where he is today because of various opportunities.

Also because of his background, he is often marginalized compared to others.Si Chao actually understands those things. Even if he is capable, he has won battles and done a lot of things, but most things in the world cannot be seen by officials. If no one speaks in the ears of officials, Officials don't know who did what.

At this time, it depends on popularity and connections. For a general like him who started from a farmer, this is what he lacks the most, so he doesn't have much expectation in his heart. His greatest expectation is to live his life in prosperity and wealth.

But in Zhengyang, he met Shi Congyun, a young high-ranking general who treated him differently. His skills and abilities were far beyond his expectations. I was very touched, but also a little uneasy. I really didn't understand why the other party valued me so much.

Shi Congyun is now the commander of the deputy capital of the Dianqian Division, and his father is the commander of the guards and horse troops. Father and son are both high-ranking and powerful.It's nothing to talk to the officials, so he was easily transferred from the front line of Shouzhou to Daliang, and he was also entrusted with many important matters of training the navy.

Thinking of this, he felt more and more that he must be worthy of Brother Yun's trust and train this navy well.

He was in charge of defending the coast of the Bohai Sea at the beginning, and he had a lot of experience in water warfare. In addition, Brother Yun asked some things he didn't know from the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Training the navy is completely sufficient. Besides, the navy is often Those who want to go ashore to fight have many similarities with land warfare.

It's just that many of Brother Yun's sayings and practice methods made him feel novel and unfamiliar.

He remembered that Jieshuai told them that the courage and force of a few people cannot be used to fight a war. The more cohesive an army is, the more powerful it is, and the more united an army is, the better it can fight.

So he asked the generals to first cultivate the cohesion of the soldiers.

Si Chao didn't quite understand this cohesion. He thought it was to make the soldiers feel that everyone was their own, and they trusted each other on the battlefield.

But the implementation of Jieshuai is very special. He first organizes a flag-raising ceremony, requiring that it be held on the first, tenth, and twentieth of every month. All generals and soldiers of the army must not be absent. Recite "Qin Feng Wuyi" in "The Book of Songs".

Then slowly pull the tooth flag of the Chinese army from the bottom of the flagpole to the top of the flagpole.

Qi said without clothes?Go with the child.Master Wang Yuxing, repair my spear.Have hatred with the son!
Qi said without clothes?Tongze with the child.Master Wang Yuxing, repair my spear.Work with the son!
Qi said without clothes?Same clothes with the child.Division Wang Yuxing, repair my armor.Go with the son!
He didn't know it before, but now he can memorize it silently, and every time he reads it, he feels strange emotions in his heart.

At the beginning, many people raised objections. He, Pan Mei, and several commanders all felt that most of these big soldiers didn't know a single word.
As a result, Jie Shuai took a tough attitude, and even paid for a lot of scholars from Daliang to come to the barracks to teach these men to recite books, and ordered those who got down on their backs to be physically punished. He even went to each camp in person, bragging with the soldiers, and randomly Random checks will be made, and those who cannot memorize the words will be punished immediately.

Fortunately, it is such a world, the world is so chaotic, it is difficult for anyone to settle down. If those who studied in the past held their own identities, even if they were given money, few people would be willing to ruin their reputation to teach them these big soldiers.

Although the army complained to some extent at the beginning, Jie Shuai still insisted on his own opinion.

Si Chao remembered that when he was drinking in Daliang City once, he also asked this question curiously.

He clearly remembered that the young Jie Shuai held the wine bowl and laughed, just like he used to do, crossed his legs and said: "Si Chao, we people come from all corners of the country, and there are differences in language and customs. big.

Many times a small difference will become a big gap, for example, you can't understand what he said, he likes sweet but you like salty, etc., making everyone give up communication and closeness.

No matter how chaotic the world is, people have self-esteem, and the more they are in a strange environment, the more chaotic the world, out of the instinct and nervousness of self-preservation, the stronger the self-esteem and awareness of defense, and the more vigilant and vigilant. other people.Under such a general environment, it is difficult for an army to generate cohesion.

So I'm just doing some subtle things, so that they are all doing the same thing, so that they have a chance to get closer, and they will gradually realize that everyone is no different, and they are all similar people. Slowly, the barriers can be eliminated and a cohesive force can be formed. "

Brother Yun also said a lot that day, he and Pan Mei both listened, only looking at the young boy, holding the wine bowl frivolously, with his legs crossed, saying those words as if inadvertently, behind him outside the railing People in Daliang came and went, and there was a lot of yelling. Si Chao still remembers that scene in his heart.

What kind of young man is he?
It may be for this purpose that Jie Shuai also added a lot of new training to the army's training, which he called "trust training".

In the past, there was training for soldiers to sprint (run) with heavy loads, requiring soldiers to wear sandbags on their legs and run for a mile without panting.Jieshuai changed the way of training, still running with weights, but asked five soldiers to form a group and run together with logs on their shoulders.

There is also a team of soldiers who tie up everyone's feet and run together. As long as someone in the team makes a wrong step, it will affect everyone.

And there is also a kind of training that looks very simple. The soldiers of each team come in turns, close their eyes and fall back, letting other soldiers catch him.

These trainings are interspersed with the combat training in the morning and evening. The time is not long, but it must be done every day. Si Chao also does not understand the significance of doing this. According to the words of Jie Shuai, "Soldiers rely on fighting, and trust is cultivated over a long period of time." Yes, only when every soldier trusts the robes around him can he be invincible in battle."

Although some people complain that most people don't understand the intention, the change is obvious.

It was another day when the flag was raised, and Si Chao looked from the sentry tower. In front of the general platform in the distance, many soldiers lined up in formation. The square formation was not as sparse as a month ago, and no one was whispering.

The orderly shouts echoed above the camp, the sound was like thunder, and could be heard clearly even several miles away. The wild ducks in the distance outside the camp were frightened and burrowed desperately into the reeds.

"Why don't you say no clothes? The same robe with your son.

Master Wang Yuxing, repair my spear.Have hatred with the son!
Do you say no clothes?Same with Zi.

Wang Yu Xingshi, repair my spear and halberd.Work with your son!
Do you say no clothes?Dress with your son.

Wang Yuxing division, repair my armor soldiers.Walk with you! "

The voice echoed above the camp, and the black tooth flag on the stage in the distance was slowly rising. Pan Mei told him the meaning of the poem, and hearing the powerful and loud chorus in the distance, the excitement in her heart was somewhat suppressed Can't live.

It is not easy for thousands of people to speak in unison, let alone tens of thousands, it is difficult for hundreds of people to make them speak in unison most of the time, but under Brother Yun's seemingly redundant and useless training, these people actually do it. Arrived.

He vaguely felt that this army was slowly becoming more and more like a whole as Brother Yun said.

He thought it might be a good thing to transfer Daliang back.

After the flag raising in the morning, there is another half hour of confidence training, and then the real martial arts training. In the afternoon, you have to go to the boat for training. The time given by the officials is very short, and you have to race against time. It is too late to go step by step.

Brother Yun selected a large number of well-done and eloquent people as instructors. They were not granted military positions, had no right to lead troops, and were responsible for training. These people came to monitor and manage the training at the bottom.

Brother Yun also patrols the camp almost all day long, and he doesn't relax, and he still has a lot of things to do.

Shi Congyun actually knew long ago that the military training in ancient times was not much worse than that in later generations.

It is impossible to train a good army just by knowing how to turn back, forth, left, and right, and go forward and go forward.

The army of this era already has a high demand for formation, and there are also such close professional troops as the Forbidden Army, so the regular training is already very complete.

There are five teachings.

One teaches soldiers to recognize flags of various shapes and colors, understand the semaphore, and know the orders issued by them.

The officers and men of the Second Religion listened to all kinds of orders and understood the number, for example, if you advance ten steps, you must never take eleven steps.

The various steps of the soldiers of the Three Teachings include forward, backward, left and right, vertical and horizontal, split and combined, standing up, sitting, kneeling, prostration and other basic combat movements and changes.

The soldiers of the Four Religions used various long and short weapons.

The officers and men of the Five Religions knew the system of rewards and punishments.

It can be said that in the face of such a complete training system, those superficial and superficial things are not enough to look at.Moreover, years of wars have made the generals understand that formations, formations, and fighting postures are more important than so-called moves and martial arts.

Therefore, in military training, reading flags and listening to orders are the most important, formation and combat posture training is second, and last is the training of long and short weapons.

Shi Congyun understood this set as early as in the old father's army.

What he did was to strengthen the cohesion of this team through trust training and some daily operations.

At the same time, aiming at the shortcomings of the northern army's inexperience in water warfare, the experience of soldiers in the Southern Tang Dynasty and Si Chao's experience were used as supplements.

But these are not enough, Shi Congyun knows that the best way to enhance cohesion and provide centripetal force is ideal!
A clear and popular ideal is the most cohesive!

Regardless of whether it is a big picture or a real opportunity, we must give soldiers a long-term, sustainable hope that most people can look forward to.

It may not be possible, but it must be said verbally, and the soldiers must be reminded all the time as a motivation to motivate them.

Shi Congyun thought about this hope for a long time, and he also thought about it for a long time. He even had a serious discussion with Zhao Shijian at the bedside at night.

Can it be burned, killed and looted?A windfall?No, Shi Congyun believed that most soldiers would not really look forward to that in their hearts, because the money they robbed could only be squandered for a while, and how to settle down afterwards would still make soldiers fearful and confused, struggling hard.

Died for the Great Zhou, died for the country?No, Shi Congyun believed that most soldiers would not think about those things, and Da Zhou hadn't done that well in winning people's hearts.

Not to mention the loss of popular support due to burning, killing and looting in Shanxi before, a similar thing happened in Huainan this time.And it was surprisingly similar to that in Shanxi. Some local people couldn't bear the heavy corvee and taxes in the Southern Tang Dynasty. After the Zhou army entered Huainan, they voluntarily surrendered and expressed their willingness to provide food and grass for the army.

As a result, the generals of the Zhou army Bai Yanyu, Zhao Chao and others not only didn't care, but felt that a few ordinary people dared to support us without shame?How many armors and swords do they have?
So not only did they not appreciate it, but also allowed their soldiers to plunder the people. The people in many places in Huainan were so disappointed that they began to build walls for self-defense, stacking layers of paper to form armor, known as the "White Armor Army".

Afterwards, the government sent troops to clear the payment, but the Zhou army was defeated by the Baijia army!

This matter was told by Li Gu privately when he was in Huainan, because it was too embarrassing and the matter was not publicized.

Under such circumstances, Shi Congyun did not believe that most of the soldiers in the world were willing to throw their heads and blood for the Zhou Dynasty, and were willing to die for Guo Rong unconditionally.

After thinking about it, he finally came up with a sentence, "The tiller has a field"!
This sentence must be the ultimate dream of the current agricultural civilization.

It is also the reason why the foreign wars in the early and mid-term of the Han and Tang Dynasties were so proactive and smooth, and the soldiers' willingness to participate in the war was so high.

Because every family has land, so defending the country is equivalent to protecting one's own home. Soldiers have no worries when fighting outside, and the children of the family will inherit the land and live in peace when they die;

And like most of the imperial guards are supported by the state today, it sounds good, professional soldiers, but that's because many of them don't have their own land.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the powerful and powerful became bigger, there were many warlords, and land annexation was serious.

If a soldier dies instantly in battle, his wife and children have no support and protection, no land behind him to settle down, and no military pay to support him, life will be difficult.

If you don't die and make a fortune, you will be rich for a while, and you will be precarious, and your long-term livelihood is still in dire straits.

In this case, if you want the soldiers to work hard, and if you want the soldiers to contribute, the only way is to spend money desperately, and use generous rewards to make the soldiers follow.

This is the reason why the founding king of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Guo Wei Huangqi, indulged his soldiers to plunder Daliang City after he was added.

After discussing with Zhao Shijian, Shi Congyun changed the slogan again, first of all, he had to add officials, otherwise he couldn't afford to go around, and then he had to have some words of strong morale.

So his slogan became "open up the territory for the officials, restore the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties! Make the soldiers and the people rich, and the tillers of the world have their fields!"

Shi Congyun personally asked Zhao Shijian to write down these big characters, and went to a tailor shop to find someone to embroider them out, and then hung them outside his Chinese army tent so that the soldiers of the three armies could see them.

He also asked Zhao Shijian to write a short story, frame it, and go from battalion to battalion at night, tirelessly preaching to the soldiers their common ideals and their purpose of fighting.

However, when talking with the soldiers and preaching, he deliberately weakened the part about the officials, but talked about his thoughts and expectations, the purpose of this army.

Her mouth was dry and her throat was inflamed, and Zhao Xiaoniang's eyes were red with distress.

He grinned, took the little girl's hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "This matter must be done in this way, otherwise I don't feel at ease. Now I feel more and more that I may be able to accomplish something big."

(End of this chapter)