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Chapter 74 Little Modern People Are Ridiculous

Liu Xie's question stunned Zhang He and the other man.

How do the military train soldiers?

Why does Your Majesty ask this?

Although he was puzzled, Zhang He still answered truthfully: "Your Majesty, the main training contents of the soldiers in the army are currently divided into five categories, namely, training ears and eyes, training courage, training formations, training physical strength and boxing, and training skills."

Liu Xie nodded, and then continued: "How do you practice these five categories? What are the contents?"

If it were an ordinary general, he would probably not be able to answer it immediately.

Because leading troops to fight and training troops are not the same thing.

Some generals can fight wars, but they may not be able to train troops.

However, Zhang He was obviously an expert at this. When he heard Liu Xie's question, he said, "Your Majesty, training the ears and eyes mainly trains the soldiers to be able to 'discern the gongs and drums and distinguish the flags.'"

"When commanding the three armies, there must be the gong and drum rhythm to align the troops. The general must clearly inform the officers and soldiers and repeat the three orders to teach them the changes in the training and daily life of the troops and the command of flags and banners."

"To train courage, we should make soldiers understand why they are fighting through education and rewards and punishments, so that they can understand the reason. Only when they understand the reason can they make firm judgments, and only when they make firm judgments can they persevere in the face of dangers."

After hearing this, Liu Xie understood a lot more.

First of all, the ancient battlefield was chaotic and it was difficult to issue orders, so the only way to command soldiers was through drums and flags, which was also the most important part of mobilizing the army.

To train courage, to put it simply, is to educate and instill soldiers' thoughts and strengthen their will to fight. This is why any army that goes into battle needs to have a name. An army without a name will have no courage.

"As for training formations, this is the most important, because formations are the basis for changing formations and using tactics. It involves setting up squads, determining lines, and standing vertically and horizontally."

"However, it is very difficult for ordinary armies to reach this level. Only elite troops can form neat formations and command the troops with ease, allowing them to exert their greatest combat effectiveness."

Zhang He continued, with some emotion in his words.

Although everyone knows this truth, it is extremely difficult to train such a team.

After listening to the first three types of training contents, Liu Xie found that there seemed to be nothing he could change, as they were already quite complete.

So he had to focus on the remaining two projects.

"What is it like to train your physical strength and skills?"

Gao Lan, who was standing by, spoke before Zhang He and explained to Liu Xie, "General physical training is to let soldiers practice wrestling, horseback archery, boxing, weightlifting, etc."

"The skills are quite extensive. The major ones include infantry, cavalry, charioteer, sailor and other specialties, while the minor ones include bows and crossbows, swords and spears, shields and so on."

"In addition, each major category also has corresponding battle teams and formations, but they are rather complicated, so I will not discuss them one by one."

After hearing this, Liu Xie fell into complete silence.

It turns out that the training of ancient armies... was so complicated?
How come it is completely different from what I imagined!

Liu Xie felt that his initial thoughts were too taken for granted. If training troops was really that simple, then the famous generals in history would be too worthless.

"Your Majesty, are you interested in these?"

Zhang He asked curiously.

Liu Xie looked a little embarrassed. This ancient man was too awesome. After thinking about it, he felt that the only thing he could provide some advice on was physical training, so he said, "Well... I recently thought of a few techniques for physical training, so I wanted to discuss them with the two generals."

"Oh? Your Majesty is good at this?"

Zhang He's eyes lit up, and he asked expectantly, "I wonder what kind of training method it is? I'm all ears!"

Gao Lan next to him had the same expression.

Liu Xie said: "It's not complicated, just sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups, cross-country running with weights..."

As he spoke, he covered himself up and explained to the two of them which parts of the body these exercises affected, what they were good for, and so on.

"Huh..." After demonstrating various movements, Liu Xie was sweating profusely and climbed up from the ground panting.

He dusted himself off, and then confidently asked Zhang He and Gao Lan, "How do you two generals think of these methods of physical training?"

Zhang He and Gao Lan looked at each other in bewilderment.
Seeing their expressions, Liu Xie thought they were shocked, so he smiled and said, "Just say whatever you want to say. Don't worry, there are no outsiders here."

"The two generals can use these training methods to train the palace guards. They will definitely improve their physical fitness."

Liu Xie was filled with a sense of accomplishment at this time.

This is the advantage of a time traveler.

With just a slight move, he had reached the peak.

Come on, come on, praise me! Come on, worship me!

Liu Xie couldn't wait to show his divine power.

"Uh... Your Majesty."

Zhang He scratched his head again, almost scratching his scalp. "Your Majesty's training methods are certainly desirable... but I'm afraid the soldiers in the army can't handle it."

"Because these methods are too physically demanding, small-scale training is fine, but if it is expanded to more than a thousand people, the supply of food for the soldiers will definitely increase. If the supply is insufficient, it may, may cause the soldiers to mutiny."

As a martial artist, Zhang He could certainly see that the strange training methods demonstrated by Liu Xie were indeed useful.

But being useful is one thing, whether it can be used is another.

People who practice martial arts consume energy. The more they practice, the more tired they become. The more tired they are, the more they eat. How can the army possibly supply the food consumption of all the soldiers incurred by such high-intensity training every day?
The soldiers are not well fed, but are forced to train like this. If this continues for a long time, it will definitely lead to mutiny.

Gao Lan also hesitated and said, "And some of the training methods you mentioned, Your Majesty, are actually used in our army."

"For example, carrying a load and marching across the country is no different from marching in armor; weightlifting is like lifting stone blocks and stone locks."

"There is also the marching, which is similar to training, but it does not have much practical significance. To train the military's might, most of the training is done in the form of square formations and battle teams."

Liu Xie's smile suddenly froze on his face.

Zhang He also saw that the emperor seemed to be hit hard, and felt that it was awkward to stay here, so he said: "Then your majesty, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."

After saying that, he pulled Gao Lan and hurriedly left the back garden.

Liu Xie sat back on the stone bench with a dejected look on his face, slumped over the table, his eyes dull and his heart dead.

"Novels are all lies."

Liu Xie sighed and felt a little annoyed.

The wisdom of the ancients is no less than that of modern people. It’s not that they can’t think of some methods, but that the conditions do not allow them to do so.

For example, Zhang He and Gao Lan had their own set of methods to train their physical fitness, but they did not pass them on to ordinary soldiers.

The reason is simple: the food is not good enough.

Liu Xie's later training methods cannot be popularized without good enough food support. The reason why modern armies can train like this is because they have good food, which would not work in ancient times.

Moreover, there were already complete methods of training soldiers in ancient times.

The most important thing is logistics, logistics, logistics!
Logistics is the bottom line!
He should just stay at home and stop tinkering around, as this would only bring setbacks to himself.

At the same time, Liu Xie also felt a little scared after Zhang He left. If Yuan Shao knew what he did today, it would be troublesome.

"According to Guo Jia's plan, we just need to wait for Yuan Shao's internal problems to intensify. We can't create any more complications."

"As long as I do nothing, I won't make any mistakes. Even if I want to do something like today, I must discuss it with Guo Jia first."

(End of this chapter)