Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 548 Military Exercise and Chicken Eating Contest

Du Hongjian could only command the soldiers to enter the barracks irritably. After a while, a pontoon bridge was erected on the opposite side. Xu Jun and Xue Hu walked side by side and came to Du Hongjian.

"I'm wearing armor, so I can't fully salute. Xu Jun, the Chief of Staff of the Longyou Governor's Mansion, pays his respects to Du Jieshuai."

Xue Hu also bowed his hands and greeted Du Hongjian.

Du Hongjian looked at Xu Jun. He was also constantly inquiring about Longyou's situation along the way, and he also had some understanding of Longyou's military system.

Originally, each army in Longyou had an economic envoy, and the military envoy was an adjutant.

For example, in the Wuwei Army, Xue Hu, the magistrate of Liangzhou, served as the economic envoy, and Fang Jianguo was the military envoy.

All the economic envoys are generals of the Longyou Dudu Mansion and are directly responsible to the King of Yue.

But the superior of all soldiers and horse envoys is the General Staff of the Dudu Mansion.

The economic envoy is not responsible for daily training and logistics on weekdays, but only leads the troops to fight when they go out.

The soldiers and horse envoys are in charge of the daily life of the army, so the staff office is equivalent to the general organization responsible for the daily military training and logistics supplies in Longyou.

The Chief of Staff of the General Staff Department can be said to have a high position and authority, and he is the leader of the Longyou military.

Through the quartermaster's mouth, Du Hongjian also learned about the norms of the army's stationing and the regulations on logistics supplies, which were formulated by the staff office.

How could such a talent be snatched away by King Yue?

Du Hongjian really didn't understand.

If such a person could serve Datang and organize logistics for Marshal Guo Ziyi, then the rebel army would have been put down long ago!

But 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 use self-pollution to reduce For the attack on him by the court, it is absolutely impossible for the emperor to give Xu Jun such great power to reorganize the military system of the Tang Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Du Hongjian became even more depressed.

But military training alone can't explain anything, the Shuofang army he brought is all experienced veterans, and Xu Jun has also seen that many of the Longyou army are new recruits.

No matter how neatly lined up, they are still recruits who have never been on the battlefield!

Du Hongjian was still full of confidence in the Shuofang elite he had brought with him.

Du Hongjian bowed his hands in salute, 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 Chunfang?"

The border area of ​​the Tang Dynasty also had military training similar to the exercise, so after hearing Fang Jianguo's exercise suggestion, Du Hongjian quickly agreed.

Spring defense is to prevent the northern nomads from going south in spring and hold training in border areas.

In addition to training the team to march in the field, Spring Defense also has weapons training and military confrontation training.

Xu Jun nodded and said: "Longyou's exercise is very similar to Chunfang, 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 barracks together with the others. The layout of the Xinzhuang Camp was similar to that of the previous temporary camp, but a tiger hall was built in the center of the camp.

Hutang is the place where military meetings are held. The ancient soldier talisman is called Hufu, and the Hutang is also the place where the tiger talisman for dispatching troops is stored.

The tiger hall had already prepared a stove for heating, and everyone felt as warm as spring after entering.

Du Hongjian once again lamented that Longyou's preparations were adequate. After everyone sat down, Xu Jun said:
"Du Shuai just mentioned the military exercise. I have my own custom Longyou military exercise. This is stipulated in the drill code personally set by His Royal Highness the King of Yue."

Hearing King Yue's drill, Du Hongjian pricked up his ears again.

The drill code is the code that guides military thinking. Although the Tang Dynasty also has the drill code, it has long been out of shape when it is implemented.

However, everyone in Longyou, whether it was the chief of staff or the soldiers at the grassroots level, was strictly implementing the code of conduct.

This alone is enough for Du Hongjian to pay attention to.

Xu Jun said: "Military exercises are divided into training-type acting, inspection-type acting and large-scale military exercises."

"Oh? I don't know what's the difference?"

Xu Jun said: "The training type is that the two sides use wooden knives and wooden guns as weapons to act as the two sides fighting on the battlefield, with the goal of fighting for a certain stronghold, and perform actual combat acting. The side that can achieve the military goal in the end is the winner."

Du Hongjian smiled, and 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.

Then Xu Jun said: "A review-type exercise is a phalanx of various arms to be inspected by the chief officer."

Du Hongjian nodded. This was similar to the ceremony of presenting captives in the Tang Dynasty, which was equivalent to a general's triumphant ceremony.

"A large military exercise is a combination of both. The training exercise is conducted first, and then the inspection ceremony is held."

Du Hongjian smiled and said, "What about this time?"

Xu Jun said: "According to King Yue's intention, Hexi has not held a large-scale military exercise yet. The King of Yue proposed to hold a training exercise in Xinzhuang first, and then conduct a review military exercise in Wuwei City. Then King Yue will personally attend the military parade. No Do you know what Du Shuai wants?"

Du Hongjian scolded his mother secretly, you asked me what I think, the King of Yue said he would participate in the military parade, so what can I say?
Du Hongjian agreed sternly, and after some polite words, Xu Jun and Xue Hufang Jianguo left the camp of Shuofang Army.

On the way back, Xu Jun asked Fang Jianguo:

"Jianguo, what do you think of the Shuofang army?"

Fang Jianguo changed his previous honesty and said: "The quality of the soldiers is better than that of the Hexi Army, especially the elites are very brave. Lingzhou is worthy of being the best place for soldiers in the Tang Dynasty."

Xue Hu said: "Why did the King of Yue and the General Staff conduct this training exercise and not allow us to use guns? If we lose to the Shuofang Army, wouldn't it make Du Hongjian think again?"

Xu Jun didn't answer him directly, but looked at the Shuofang barracks and said, "Our envoy Du Jiedu is the number one person in the world who can see the direction of the wind."

Everyone nodded, Du Hongjian invested in Li Heng who was still the prince early on.

On that day when Chang'an fell, Du Hongjian escorted Li Heng to flee, and made a military strategy to go to Lingwu to lay the foundation, which can be described as the No. 1 prediction of the Tang Dynasty.

Xu Jun said: "Using cannons can frighten Du Hongjian, but it can't make him really return to his heart, nor can it make Shuofang's soldiers return to their hearts."

"Old Xue, you can't trust our general staff. After training for so long, with our generals around, can't you still win against Du Hongjian's army?"

"Regardless of the outcome of this military exercise, 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 the modern army to engage in physical training?"

Xue Hu also nodded and said: "Since that's the case, then my Hexi army is not afraid of anyone, just compare!"

Next, Xu Jun went to and from Du Hongjian's barracks again, and delivered a detailed battlefield sand table.

The Shuofang army is the blue army, and the Hexi army is the red army. Both sides gathered from a place fifty miles away from the valley fortress to compete for this fortress.Whoever captures the fort and defends it for six hours wins.

Du Hongjian looked at the exquisite sand table. On the sand table, even the vegetation and hillsides were modeled to scale. It was as exquisite as a work of art.

This further aroused Du Hongjian's desire to win. During the rest days, Du Hongjian inspected the barracks every day, encouraged the soldiers, and taught the "pampered" Hexi Army that the army won't win the battle by spending money!
But on the player's side, this time the military exercise caused a huge sensation among the generals and players!

A hot post by Xu Jun quickly became the hottest topic on the forum.

"The King of Yue Cup, Datang's first Chicken Eating Competition was held in Wuwei! "

As the first time the staff department organized an actual combat military exercise, it was still a confrontation with the Shuofang army. The staff department decided to make this an event for players.

Li Yan couldn't help but laugh at 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 the chicken eating competition, no, isn't the chicken eating competition an imitation of a military exercise?
This Datang version of eating chicken seems very interesting, right?

So Li Yan agreed to Xu Jun's suggestion, and sent a mission of "eating chicken" to all the generals and players participating in the military exercise.

All players participating in this military exercise, if they can survive to the end and win for six hours, they can get the title of "Chicken Eater" and a forum badge.

In addition, if the military exercise can be won, Li Yan also rewarded the general with a generous career experience reward.

This further mobilized these generals and players, eager to teach the Shuofang Army a lesson.

And those players who couldn't participate in this chicken-eating competition looked enviously at the players who were discussing tactics enthusiastically. Li Yan saw that the forum became more and more popular, so he simply let the system open the function of live broadcasting on the battlefield. The chicken eating contest will be broadcast live on the whole network.

Now the players are even more enthusiastic. The game Datang Fengyun is now popular on the Internet, and various videos are emerging one after another.

But this is the first time that an official competition has been held, and it will be such a grand event as a team battle of [-] people.

This is a real 2 people on the same screen, a large-scale PK event where brothers come to fight.

Although it is a PVE activity, the "AI" of Datang Fengyun game is very intelligent, and the intensity is no less than the confrontation between players.

In contrast, Yuchixin, who implemented a great detour strategy in the Northeast, was somewhat overshadowed.

The time soon came to the day of the military exercise. Du Hongjian rode 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 by the side of the valley, Xu Jun observed the battlefield with a binoculars. Beside him were two veteran military fans, who were also the live commentators for this time.

As a signal arrow flew into the sky, the "chicken eating contest" for the wooden fortress began!

(End of this chapter)