Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 61 0058 [Retired officials come to train]

It may be that the magistrate and Yasi have taken care of it. The food that night was very rich. Not only was the white rice full, but there was also meat in the dishes.

The accommodation conditions are extremely bad, the school grounds are not big, and the barracks are even more pitiful.

Ju Ming and more than 30 other people were crowded in a Datong shop.

It is now the end of May in the lunar calendar, and the night is also sultry.The smell of sweat from dozens of men, as well as the smell of his feet, made Zhu Ming nauseous, and it took him a while to get used to it.

When I got up in the morning, I didn't know where to wash up. The government didn't even arrange for a water delivery person.

The food has also become worse, the rice is brown rice, and there are hardly any oily stars in the dishes.There was a crackling sound after chewing, but it was because the sand in the rice hadn't been washed away.

Some yamen officials were so bold that under the eyes of the county magistrate, they withheld the archer's food expenses!

"How can I eat this kind of pig food?" Chen Ziyi threw away his rice bowl, got on his horse and said, "Come out with me to eat Hu spicy soup!"

This guy ignored military discipline and rode away on horseback, but no one stopped him.

A group of sluts chased after them laughing and playing. They didn't have mounts, so they yelled at Chen Ziyi to run slower.

Ju Ming watched the whole process, feeling very speechless.

At the same time, I am very relieved that if the local armed forces in the Song Dynasty are all like this, my future rebellion will be much smoother.

After swallowing breakfast wholeheartedly, there was nothing else to do.

The archers sat in twos and threes on the school grounds, chatting and bragging, and some simply lay down and slept.

Until noon, Chen Ziyi came back with the prodigals.

After another half an hour, Xiang Zhixian finally arrived.

There was also an old man with a white beard who came with him, sitting tremblingly on the bamboo chair.The bearer lifted him up to the high platform, put the sedan chair down, and the old man didn't get up, just sat next to the county magistrate.

The archers came to assemble one after another, and the team lined up in a mess.

The county magistrate began to lecture: "You are all warriors in the village. Now that the bandits are in trouble, you have to rely on them to eliminate harm for the people. Today, I invited Mr. Fang. When the old man was young, he worked on the military case of Yangzhou. If you are proficient in the battle formation, you will surely be able to train brave soldiers..."

Zhu Ming rolled his eyes, unable to complain.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, feudal towns were everywhere, and both civil and military officials trained and promoted staff to do things.

By the early Song Dynasty, local officials still had a large number of aides holding real power.In order to centralize power, the imperial court turned these aides into official officials, which is equivalent to the formation of the master group in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.At the same time, it is strictly forbidden for local officials to hire staff privately, and there is not even a teacher at the level of magistrate.

Kongmu officials belonged to the regular staff, who were essentially officials in charge of documents, and were called "registered masters" in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Let a retired civil servant come to train soldiers?

It can only be said that Xiang Zhixian is very imaginative.

After the lecture to the county magistrate, the old Fang Kongmu finally stood up slowly: "In the selection of soldiers, the generals are selected first, and those who are confident in their strength can come forward and listen to them."

The soldiers were treated better. In order to eat white rice, dozens of people stood up in an instant.

Fang Kong glanced around, pointed at Gu San and said, "Come here."

Gu San stepped forward immediately, he was the first to be selected because he held a sharp knife in his hand.

Xiang Zhixian whispered a few words, Fang Kongmu nodded with a smile, and chose Chen Ziyi and Zhu Ming.

Fang Kongmu sat down again, and said: "The rest of the people wait, the corner is a show, and the winner can be the leader."

So the lottery began, two teams and one team, sumo competition.

Ju Ming thought it was funny at first, but he saw that everyone had no objection and showed great interest.Even those archers who had been recruited by force lost their sad faces and shouted and cheered loudly.

Ju Ming understood.

The seemingly child's play method of selecting generals is actually the optimal solution.To deal with a group of bandits, there is no need to be so formal.Those who have the courage can be the generals, and the fair competition on the spot can also boost the morale of the archers.

The school field, which was originally disorganized and depressed, suddenly became lively and lively because of the sumo wrestler selection.

Especially when Zhang Guangdao came on the field, he grabbed the opponent's belt and threw it out of the circle, all the shooters cheered.

At the end of the competition, Fang Kongmu asked Gu San: "What is your background?"

Gu San replied, "I am a tea householder."

Fang Kongmu had some calculations in his mind, and announced on the spot: "A total of 332 archers, and we will temporarily organize them into three capitals. Chen Ziyi is the head of the first capital, Zhu Ming is the head of the second capital, and Zhang Guangdao is the head of the third capital..."

Immediately afterwards, the deputy capital head, ten generals, general Yuhou, and Chengju were appointed.

Ju Ming, the capital, has about 100 people under his command.

The vice-deputy assigned to him is called Dialect, a member of the prodigals, and he still has a tiger tattoo on his chest.Although his physique is relatively strong, he is obviously less reliable than Ju Ming.

Fang Kongmu really knows how to fight, probably because he watched others practice it before.

What he is currently compiling and practicing is the popular Yajiao formation method in the late Northern Song Dynasty. Five people form a team, five teams form a team, and five teams form a formation.The melee soldiers are in front, and the far combat soldiers are behind, with the sound of drums as the command.

Editing, Fang Kongmu was a little embarrassed.

He had never eaten pork, he had only seen pigs running, and soon found out that the number was wrong, and the archers lacked long-range weapons.

What should we do?

Cold!

Just don't care about the formation, 75 people form a rectangular queue.The rest of the soldiers were used as reserves, flag bearers and drummers.

"The generals have been ordered, and the formation has been arranged, and the rest will be practiced by yourself." This old thing actually slipped away.

He doesn't even teach flag orders and commands, and he probably doesn't know how to do it himself.

But Xiang Zhixian was very satisfied with this, and walked with Fang Kongmu, and the two went to the county government to drink together.

A group of archers were left behind, staring blankly in place.

Zhu Ming was the first to speak: "They're just playing lip service, we're really going to fight, and the generals and generals will come and count together."

"Brother Zhu is right," Chen Ziyi echoed, "I think that old Kongmu has never fought at all."

An open space was chosen in the school grounds, and a group of "general officers" began to discuss seriously.

Bai Sheng also got a military post and was appointed as one of the ten generals.

If it is a regular army, ten generals can probably command a hundred people, but they are the real generals of a hundred people, and they can also be understood as company commanders.But in this broken team that was temporarily organized, he only had ten soldiers under his command.

Among all the archers, Zhang Guangdao wanted to flatten the Black Wind Village the most.

He couldn't wait to say: "Five troops form a team, this kind of formation is not suitable for attacking mountains. I am very familiar with Heifeng Village, and I know how bandits deal with officers and soldiers. There are more than ten farm families by the river, all of which are bandit sentries." Once the officers and soldiers appear, some people will go to the mountain to report the news. There are many farmers near the mountain stronghold. When the bandits get the news, they will gather the young and strong to enter the stronghold, and the old, weak, women and children will flee to the deep mountains. One, there are too many officers and soldiers to expand at all.”

"How wide is the road up the mountain?" a ten general named Zhao Gang asked.

Zhang Guangdao said: "At the widest point, four or five people can stand side by side. At the narrowest point, only one or two people can stand."

Gu San murmured: "This is very difficult to fight. If the bandits are in the narrowest place and just build a waist wall to guard them, no matter how many people we have, we will not be able to kill them."

Chen Ziyi asked: "Can't you climb up the mountain from other places?"

Zhang Guangdao said: "It's difficult, the mountain is really steep, but you can try."

Although Zhu Ming lacks actual combat experience, he talks about the theory in a set way: "When it comes to military strategy, it is best to win without fighting. Does Zhang Sange still have cronies in the village?"

"I'm afraid...all of them were killed," Zhang Guangdao was a little sad. "Even if there are still people alive, they can only be farmers at the bottom of the mountain. Those above the leader must be gone. The brothers from the Tian family by the river can talk to me, but they can't." The inside should cooperate with the outside."

Zhu Ming asked again: "The owner of the village, Yang Jun, is dead. Can Yang Ying suppress the thieves?"

"He can't be suppressed," Zhang Guangdao speculated, "but if the officers and soldiers go to suppress them, most of the bandits will form a group. The bandit leaders and leaders all have land at the foot of the mountain, and they don't want to run away unless it is absolutely necessary. Surrender to the government."

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "Then, when we attack the mountain, we will shout that as long as the bandits surrender, they can forget the past, and we will make them household members of the people. If the bandit leader surrenders, he can be spared, and those who have done meritorious deeds can keep their land. As for The leader of the bandits, whoever captures or kills Yang Ying can also keep his property alive."

Chen Ziyi clapped his hands and praised: "That's the way to use tricks, the bandits will definitely fight among themselves, and there are countless people who defect!"

"We still need to be able to fight," a prodigal son Yuhou said, pointing to the archers in the distance, "Look at what kind of cowardly soldiers they are? These soldiers go to suppress the bandits, let alone let the bandits fight among themselves, I'm afraid they will be killed." Bandit joke."

"Training is necessary," Chen Ziyi said, "Also, get some decent weapons, the weapons given by the government are useless."

Zhu Ming said: "I have a set of formations, which is suitable for fighting in narrow terrain, and can also alleviate the difficulty of insufficient weapons."

Chen Ziyi was a little disbelieving, and asked, "Brother Zhu is so young, did he ever join the army?"

After time travel, Ju Ming really looked too young to be convincing in front of strangers.

Zhu Ming had to show practical results. He patted his chest and said, "Give me two days to practice the formation, and then make gestures. If it works, follow my method. If it doesn't work, follow your method. How about it?" ?”

"That's easy!" Chen Ziyi immediately agreed.

Zhang Guangdao took the opportunity to help Zhu Ming establish his prestige: "I believe Brother Zhu has a plan. Before the bandits attacked at night, he killed more than ten bandits with one sword."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was surprised.

Bai Sheng was very clever, and immediately turned around and shouted, calling the archers from Shangbai Village to testify.

They're all from the same village, so it's natural to have fun.

What's more, Zhu Ming beheaded the bandits that night, and he was the savior of the entire Shangbai Village!

Regardless of whether they were present at the time, they all insisted that they saw Zhu Xiucai kill the thief with their own eyes.

Gu San also cooperated and said: "Yang Jun, the owner of Heifeng Village, died under Zhu Xiucai's sword."

So many archers praised Zhu Ming unanimously, and others couldn't believe it.

Chen Ziyi cupped his hands and said: "He really is a good man, I almost lost my eye. After killing those bandits, Brother Zhu can come to my house as a guest, ride horses and shoot arrows every day, and play with guns and sticks. Wouldn't it be nice?"

"The elder brother of the Chen family is invited, so he must go." Ju Ming responded with cupped hands.

"Hahahaha!"

Chen Ziyi laughed loudly, came over to hook Zhu Ming's shoulders, and said to those rascals: "I have met a good man again. You must remember that seeing Brother Zhu in the future is like seeing me, and you must not neglect it! "

"Don't dare, they are all my brothers." The prodigal sons quickly expressed their opinions.

(End of this chapter)