Late Tang

(Thanks to Mizuki Xiaoxiao and kun111 for their support, thank you! This chapter is actually a few minutes late, it hurts!)

Behind a dirt slope next to the avenue in the east of Songzhou, a long table was set up with a white tablecloth spread on it.Li Jing's big tent was next to the table, and the fiery town [***] clan was flying on the long flagpole, and he was sitting under the banner to have lunch with his generals.

Li Cunxiao and the others arrived a little late. These days, their senior brother was the sixth one sent by Li Jing to the new barracks as a coach, commanding a group of new recruits to train in formation, physical fitness, riding and shooting knives and guns. Teaching all kinds of regulations and military discipline is simply killing him.Leading a group of recruits is more tiring than fighting against the enemy for a day on the battlefield.At this moment, the six of them felt exhausted and listlessly climbed up the slope, walking towards Li Jing.

Although several people are now serving as coaches in the auxiliary army, their positions in the Black Banner Army have not been removed.Moreover, as Li Jing's disciples, they are eligible to attend Li Jing's dinner party, and Li Jing will also invite them to eat every day.It's just after noon, in the afternoon of May, the air is full of the scent of Sophora japonica, under the shade of the row of big trees on the slope, it really makes people feel exhausted after half a day.

At this time, the cook had brought today's lunch, a canned whale, a canned beef, and a canned chicken, plus two canned fruits.There are also a few fresh wild vegetables, plus two plates of sauerkraut and pickles.The staple food is corn rice, and the yellow corn rice is delicious.

Although these dishes are not considered exquisite, they are more than sufficient. Although several dishes are canned, the canned food provided by the town [***] is really good, and the soldiers in the army never tire of eating it.Although the regular meal at noon was smaller, Li Cunxiao and the others salivated when they smelled the aroma.

"Sorry, we're late!" Liu Xun first apologized to Li Jing before sitting down.

"Huchen, I don't think you guys have tempered enough." Li Jing put a piece of braised beef into a bowl, and said very flatly: "At first, I thought you guys should be able to be independent, but now it seems that there is still a long way to go. .But with a few recruits in the area, they already look like this, obviously unable to do what they want. Wouldn’t it be even more embarrassing if they really want to lead the army to fight and fight on their own.”

"Hey, Marshal, I'd rather go to the battlefield to fight, than lead a group of recruits to practice formation and talk about military discipline. These people are so stupid, they are just talking to cattle." Li Cunxiao looked at the piece of beef saliva in the bowl DC, but he could only put down his chopsticks and answer Li Jing's words first. "Marshal, I don't want to bring too many, can I just bring a hundred soldiers?"

Li Jing snorted, didn't raise his head to pay attention to him, poured himself a glass of red bayberry wine, and skillfully cut the big piece of beef with a table knife.The juice of the processed canned braised beef is immediately left, full of fragrance.

"According to Li Wei's scout report, Wang Xianzhi of Yucheng has 2 troops, [-] infantry, and [-] cavalry under his direct command." Li Jing put the sliced ​​meat on a plate and said, "But in Several soldiers and horses were found near Yucheng, with a total of about [-] people. These people are hiding near Yucheng, and it seems that they are preparing to wait for us."

"Commander, it doesn't matter if there are 3 people, if you let the Black Banner Army and the Silver Spear Suburban Army go together, I can guarantee that it will take only three days to beat that shitty general Wang Xianzhi to the ground. North." As Li Cunxiao stared at the piece of beef in front of him, he said helplessly: "But if the commander-in-chief sends those five thousand recruits, I don't think they can defeat the enemy. Now I am a little worried about the five thousand sets of equipment. It's going to be wasted."

Li Jing looked at Li Cunxiao with some dissatisfaction: "There are no incompetent soldiers, only incompetent commanders. Similarly, if the auxiliary army is not well trained, it is not their fault, but the fault of the coach. Since you want to lead troops so much, I will give you a chance. From now on, you will be the commander of the auxiliary army, commanding the first and second battalions of the left wing with a thousand troops."

This decision made Li Cunxiao stunned for a while, and even Li Zhen and others couldn't help being stunned.This auxiliary army is a cannon fodder army. It is too serious to throw Li Cunxiao into the auxiliary army now.Liu Xun and the others also knew the purpose of the establishment of the auxiliary army, and they all pleaded for Li Cunxiao at this time.

Li Jing said with a dark face, "Why, even you look down on the auxiliary army? How did I say at the beginning, no matter what, the auxiliary army is also a town[***]. If you all have such an attitude, how can you teach the auxiliary army well? If this is the case, then you all go down and lead the auxiliary army. Liu Xun, Gao Siji, and Wang Yanzhang each lead the second battalion, and Fu Cun and Yang Shihou each command the first battalion. Now you and the auxiliary army are bound together Together, how to lead this army well, you should work hard on your own. In order to let you concentrate, your positions in the Black Banner Army will be removed from now on."

Li Jing's decision can be said to be Lei Li's popularity, throwing the six disciples into the auxiliary army at once.Although they were all in command in the Black Banner Army, they became commanders in the auxiliary army, and even one person commanded the two battalions.But everyone knows that the command of the Black Banner Army is much stronger than that of the auxiliary army.For a while, I didn't know why Li Jing was so angry.On the contrary, Li Zhen and Guo Cheng'an, after persuading Li Jing a few words, felt that this was Li Jing who was sharpening his disciples.

After Liu Xun and the other six took over the new appointment with serious expressions, Li Zhen put down the meat cleaver in his hand and leaned forward slightly: "Our Chief of Staff has an idea. Moreover, the auxiliary army will be in the front line, and you will march into Yucheng alone."

Li Zhen's idea was actually Li Jing's plan.But now that Li Jing's six disciples have been added to the auxiliary army, Li Zhen feels that this plan may need to be revised.Otherwise, if the six disciples were compensated, it would be a small loss.

Li Cunxiao had just cut a piece of beef and was putting it into his mouth, when he heard this, he immediately put it down.Surprised and asked: "Send troops alone?" He repeated with some doubts, he knew the ability of the auxiliary army, and he also knew the purpose of the auxiliary army in the first place.He suddenly had an ominous premonition, did the commander have some bad opinion of them?

"The auxiliary army has high fighting spirit and high morale!" Li Zhen smiled and said, "Besides, you are not really asked to fight alone. The main army is right behind you, and reinforcements will arrive at any time."

"High fighting spirit, high morale?" Wang Yanzhang couldn't help repeating the words of Sima Marching.Li Jing was still sitting there eating his canned braised beef without saying a word.

Liu Xun also gave a wry smile, and sighed: "The recruits of the auxiliary army are indeed high-spirited, but they are fighting among themselves. Just last night, a group of guys from Songcheng beat a Ningling to fight for a berth. In the middle of the night, the man from Ningling called three fellow villagers, grabbed the sleeping Songcheng man and dragged him out, and beat him up. The matter was not over yet, the Songcheng man called his fellow villagers, but yesterday The people from Songcheng and Ningling in the Wanfu military camp fought violently, and in the end more than two hundred people were involved in the gang fight. In the end, dozens of people were slightly injured, and a dozen had broken hands and feet. It wasn't that our brothers arrived and tried our best to stop them, otherwise, even if there is no Xiaoying, we will have to kill a few of them."

"This has always been the case with new recruits. That's why officers and coaches were set up in the army. The 200-person brawl happened because the soldiers lacked discipline, and it also shows that your coaches are incompetent." Li Jing sneered.Li Jing is naturally clear about what happened last night. Today he threw six disciples into the auxiliary army, not only because the auxiliary army really needs skilled officers to lead, but also because Li Jing did not want to promote a few apprentices too quickly, but I also don't want to suppress them. This time is an opportunity. If they can perform well, then no one will have any objections to their promotion later.Another one is because of the big fight last night, which made Li Jing very dissatisfied.

The commander-in-chief always has a way to subdue people's hearts and make the soldiers follow, even at the expense of their lives.Liu Xun's six brothers are very envious of this ability, but they don't have such charm.They are still too young now. Although they have the status of Li Jing's disciples, sometimes, such status makes it difficult for them to convince others in the army.

Seeing that some of them were still somewhat unconvinced, Li Jing smiled slightly and said: "Why, not convinced? Why didn't you ask about the situation when I first joined the army. At that time, I was a united soldier. Those soldiers It was compulsory recruitment, one out of [-] selected by random inspection, which was far worse than today's recruitment. However, from a team leader to the team leader, my soldiers were very obedient. Later, when I arrived at Samana Town, you have recruited thousands of soldiers, but they are all well-led. The recruits are all the same, but if you can't lead them well, it is your own problem."

After saying this, Li Jing turned to Li Zhen. "His disciples can't even lead a few subordinates well, so it is obviously overestimating them to play forward. In this case, I think they should be transferred to the rear to protect the logistics."

This sentence made Liu Xun and the six of them stand up all of a sudden, their faces flushed.If Li Jing really transferred them to the Queen's Palace today, then they would never be able to make their mark in Zhen [***] in the future.

"Marshal, don't worry about us, no matter what, we can lead the auxiliary army as the forward of the army!" The six said in unison.

Li Jing smiled and looked at the next six excited disciples, "Are you sure you can lead the auxiliary army well? It won't be directly wiped out by grass thieves at that time, then I will be sorry for the five thousand sets of equipment prepared by Songzhou for you .”

Li Cunxiao said to Li Jing angrily: "I've already eaten, now I should go and train those bastards well." After saying that, he turned his head and left, "Marshal, I will resign first." He was cursing while walking Said, "Damn it, I can even command a flock of sheep to be obedient, I don't believe that I can't punish a flock of recruits."

Liu Xun and the others also suffocated their energy and retreated one after another. (To be continued.)