Datang New Order

Since Li Chengzhong's military training, the big cave that was temporarily converted into a school was brightly lit every night, and officers above the battalion commander had to attend lectures here.In addition to the training outline arranged by Li Chengzhong, the content of the lecture also included Feng Dao's literacy popularization.

But tonight, these officers are not here to attend lectures.On the lecture hall, Mabu Yuhou of Pingzhou Army and Zhang Long, Lieutenant of Yuhu School, unfolded the silk script in their hands, and read out the letter of appointment issued by Lulong Jiedu Mansion:

"Li Chengzhong, the head of the Jiadu capital of the Zuoying in Pingzhou, removed the commander of the former battalion in Pingzhou, and moved the rank to the captain of Xuanjie." This is the order of promotion.It was stamped with the seal of Lulong Jiedu's death.

"...Specializing in the industry, having a good temperament, being prepared for martial arts, and having all kinds of talents, bravely undertaking special tasks, and being able to do extraordinary things, this is a good choice. You can follow the previous one. October [-], Guanghua [-]nd year. "This is a commentary on the aforementioned promotion order.

Three generations of farmers in Zhang Long's family, and he himself is a rough man, he doesn't know these words, but he has already memorized these sentences before leaving the customs, and now he seems to be reading them out, which seems to be quite elegant .It's just that the confession was reversed, but he didn't know it.Nine out of ten officers listening to orders in the hall were illiterate, but they didn't realize it. Only Jiang Miao, Zhang Xingzhong and Yuan Xingqin were secretly laughing below.

The words and sentences in the confession were not obscure, but basically everyone didn’t understand them. They just knew that this was a confession to promote Li Chengzhong’s official position. Words, everyone understands that their Dutou has finally become the commander of the first battalion, the captain of Zhibie Xuanjie, and the top eight rank.After careful calculation, Li Chengzhong has become No. 1 in the Pingzhou Army since Zhou Zhiyu.At the moment, thunderous cheers were heard in the cave dwelling.

Li Chengzhong stepped forward and bowed, took the confession from Zhang Long, and unfolded it at home to read it again, feeling boundless joy in his heart.This appointment report is different from his previous reports as a team officer and the head of the capital. The previous reports were blank reports brought by Zhou Zhiyu from the Jiedu Mansion when he left Pingzhou, and filled in by Li Chengzhong. Just put the name on it, and stamp the seals of the military envoy and the governor's mansion, and you're done.This piece of confession came from the Jiedu Mansion of Lulong, and was written by Guo Tongpan of the Jiedu Mansion. It not only contained the promotion order, but also commented on it. The affixed seal was also the seal of the Jiedu Mansion.

Zhang Long laughed and said: "Brother Li's great achievements in White Wolf Mountain have been reported to Youzhou, the Jiedu Mansion is very happy, and the matter has been passed on to the border. It won't be long before Brother Li's name will spread throughout the Lulong army. It is said that the commander-in-chief personally asked about the battle in detail, and repeatedly praised 'good'..."

Li Chengzhong chuckled, and solemnly put away the confession, and saw that Zhang Long had taken three copies of the confession and handed them to Li Chengzhong: "This is the promotion and confession of several capable subordinates of my brother." According to the usual practice, these confessions The body should be read by Li Chengzhong.Li Chengzhong took it and read it one by one on the spot. Amidst the cheers of all the officers, Jiang Miao, Zhang Xingzhong and Zhou Maidao stepped forward to take it.All three of them were promoted, the word "inspection school" was removed, and they became the head of the actual post, and the rank was also promoted from Deputy Lieutenant Renyong to Lieutenant Renyong, and was promoted to the ninth rank.

Zhang Long finally handed over a thick stack of confessions, and said in a low voice: "The envoy asked me to transfer these blank confessions to you. The officers of the former battalion, the ordinary team, and below are judged by my brother. After they are ready Just make a copy and report it to the Military Commissioner's Office and the Governor's Office."

At this moment, Li Chengzhong was really moved. These blank confessions meant one thing. Zhou Zhiyu allowed Li Chengzhong to recruit troops outside the customs to fill the insufficient number of troops in the front battalion. Zhou Zhiyu didn't intervene at all.How much support and trust should this be?Thinking of Zhou Zhiyu's kindness to his family, Li Chengzhong felt that there was nothing to repay.

After the appointment was read out, Li Chengzhong ordered to put it on the table to welcome Zhang Long and other officers who escorted the army. He was a little ashamed and said: "There are a lot of game in the White Wolf Mountain, but there is no wine. I really feel sorry for my brother." …,

Zhang Long laughed: "I knew this day would come, so I specially brought ten altars of fine wine, and got drunk with my brother tonight!"

That night, dozens of military officers held a banquet in the cave dwelling to celebrate, but unfortunately there was still a little less wine, and everyone didn't enjoy drinking to their fullest.

The next morning, Li Chengzhong invited Zhang Long and other officers and soldiers from Yuguan to watch the ceremony. His training plan had been carried out for ten days, and it was time for the review.

More than 300 people from Li Chengzhong's unit formed a horizontal row of ten people in each group, armed with knives, shields, wooden spears, bows and arrows and other weapons, and walked through the school grounds in unison. Turning the head neatly to the right side, paying attention to the reviewing platform, shouting "kill" and passing by.This set of movements was plagiarized by Li Chengzhong from later generations' "separate formula". It took eight days to teach this set of movements, but it took only two days for soldiers to practice.

In Li Chengzhong's eyes, the "parallel" march of his soldiers was too crude.The first is that the horizontal rows are not aligned, either the right side is forward, or the left side is forward, or the two ends and the middle are not aligned, forming a front or rear concave-convex surface, which is really ugly.Secondly, the footsteps of the soldiers are not uniform, there are always one or two in each row that are inconsistent with the steps taken by others.Then, when marching forward in front of the reviewing stand, many soldiers walked with crutches, and a few soldiers jumped and jumped, just like the "goose style" that Li Chengzhong saw when watching TV in later generations. "Going forward, and quite a bit of it, but it looks really awkward to the extreme; what's more, the soldiers shouted "kill" loudly, not brightly, and there was no energy at all...

Fortunately, after the soldiers circled the field for a week, they could still find the final foothold to stand at attention. More than 30 groups of soldiers gradually formed a large square formation of three and six teams, with scout teams and logistics teams on both sides.

Li Chengzhong's face was livid. It's not that he didn't think about this bad result, but he was actually prepared in his heart for a bad effect.After all, the training period is too short. For these extremely low-quality recruits, it is not bad to be able to complete a complete set of prescribed movements in such a short period of time without getting separated or chaotic, and finally line up in front of the reviewing stand. .

If there were no Zhang Long and other people watching the ceremony on the reviewing platform, Li Chengzhong would have encouraged the soldiers in his unit to continue their efforts, but at this moment, he felt that he could not bear the face, so he was so ashamed and angry that he could not speak for a while.Li Chengzhong didn't speak, and the soldiers in the front battalion stood with their chests upright, and no one dared to make a sound.Only among the horses on one side of the scout team, there were some horses panting from time to time.

The soldiers of the front battalion stood in place, with their chests raised and their stomachs retracted, looking forward... This action was called "Standing Military Posture" by later generations of troops, and it was specially trained by Li Chengzhong these days.Every day at noon, all soldiers have to practice this subject for half an hour. Anyone who makes a slight movement will be picked out immediately and punished in front of the whole army. The body adjusts the height of the body through the flexion and extension of the arms, and it is not complete until [-] flexions and extensions are made according to the command of the captain.This action is called "push-ups" in later generations of troops.

Li Chengzhong didn't move, and all the soldiers in the front battalion didn't dare to move, not even the officers who escorted the military supplies brought by Zhang Long on the inspection stand.Instead of learning to "stand in the military posture", they were shocked by the whole "arrangement".

In Li Chengzhong's eyes, the row-by-row march was full of mistakes, but in the eyes of Zhang Long and others, it was really neat and serious.They have never seen such a neat queue, never seen such a uniform pace, and never seen such a solemn standing posture.Although the army of this era pays attention to formation, it does not train soldiers in this way. When soldiers arrange formation, they pay attention to compactness, order and prohibition, and fight bravely. As for the orderliness of each horizontal row, front and rear The spacing of the platoons, the uniformity of the left and right steps, etc., are not important, and no one has ever thought about training soldiers to "stand in the military posture" like wooden stakes. …,

Therefore, Zhang Long and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, everyone was pondering in their hearts, with curiosity, doubt, puzzlement, and even disdain.Yuan Xingqin stood behind Zhang Long, and he felt disdainful about it. In his mind, this Li Chengzhong really lived up to his great reputation. He spent his energy training soldiers to make these useless ostentations. What's the use?Yuan Xingqin believes that the focus of training soldiers should be on the skills of fighting, and should pay attention to cultivating the soldiers' brave spirit. Even if it is rehearsing formations, soldiers should be trained to perform according to formations such as Yanyue formation or sudden arrow formation. A real training method.Is it possible to frighten the enemy by walking neatly?Is it possible to withstand the enemy's swords, guns and arrows by standing on a wooden stake?How ridiculous!

Li Chengzhong secretly looked at the expressions of Zhang Long and others, especially the slight disdain of Yuan Xingqin's mouth, which he saw very clearly, so he felt even more ashamed.Holding back his anger, Li Chengzhong shouted loudly: "Disband!" He stopped talking to the soldiers in the line below the stage, turned around and smiled wryly at Zhang Long: "I'm letting my brother see the joke, the training time is still short, so it can't be taken seriously. It can't be true."

It was the first time for Zhang Long to experience this kind of training, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad. He himself was clumsy with words, so he didn't know what to say, so he mumbled: "It's okay...it's okay..."

It's okay if he doesn't talk, but it's really bad if he talks.No matter how his words sounded like perfunctory words of comfort, Li Chengzhong thought that Zhang Long was not good at pointing out the shortcomings of his team out of politeness, and the pent-up anger in his heart became a little more intense, and he secretly decided to double train these guys when he turned around , Be sure to come up with a breakdown that will make other "brother army" officers take a high look!

Zhang Long led the troops back to Yuguan, it is not good for them to stay at White Wolf Mountain, after all, 800 people are [-] mouths, if they stay here for one more day, there will be less food in White Wolf Mountain.With the experience of confronting the Khitan people when he came here, Zhang Long seemed a little more confident about the return journey, and he was not afraid to set off now.

Before leaving, Zhang Long asked, "I've known you for a long time, but I don't know my name?"

Li Chengzhong scratched his head: "Brother laughed, there is no word yet."

Zhang Long let out an "oh" and couldn't help reminding: "I didn't have a sign before, thanks to the soldier and horse envoy who gave me the word 'Quanhe'..."

Li Chengzhong's eyes lit up when he heard it.He has been in this era for more than half a year, and he understands the relationship and meaning attached to the characters, so he immediately said: "I have a heartless request, I want to ask the soldiers and horses to take a character for me, and I hope my brother On behalf of conveying."

When Zhang Long heard that Li Chengzhong was so upright, his heart became more intimate, he patted his chest and made a promise, and the two said goodbye.

The arrival of fifty carts of military supplies greatly eased the shortage of supplies in the White Wolf Mountain Army Village. The grain was stored in cave dwellings, enough to feed for three months, and the cloth was immediately distributed to women and children, and winter clothes and quilts were sewed.In addition, the newly arrived swords, shields, wooden spears and leather armor were also distributed to the army, and a batch of Khitan sabers and carbines that were not in hand were replaced.

After everything was straightened out, Li Chengzhong began to train the soldiers with all his strength. Based on his self-feeling that he had lost face in front of Zhang Long and others, his drills really went up. Therefore, the soldiers in the front battalion finally realized what Li Chengzhong called "" What exactly does "Devil Training" mean.