Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 4 Joining the Army
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the feudal lands of princes and kings were set up as prefectures, and the administrative level was the same as that of prefectures.Pingyuan County was originally Pingyuan Country, but because King Zhao was deprived of his title for some reason, the country was changed to a county. These were also introduced by Jian Yong on Zhao Feng's way.

"So that's how it is!" After listening to Jian Yong's introduction, Zhao Feng finally understood why Liu Bei was only mentioned as Prime Minister of Pingyuan in the history books, but did not mention who the princes and kings he assisted. The relationship had already been withdrawn.

Although Pingyuan County is also a county-state, but in terms of population or wealth, this small county that has experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion for a long time is far worse than those states and counties that have not been invaded by war, such as Xiangyang or Hanzhong.When Zhao Feng followed Liu Bei to Pingyuan County, there were skinny victims everywhere on the street, and some even lay curled up on the side of the road, not knowing whether they were alive or not. From that posture, even if they were not dead now, they were not far away.

"A disorganized person is not as good as a rich dog!" Zhao Feng finally had an intuitive understanding of this sentence.Liu Bei and Jian Yong both sighed after hearing this, and even Zhang Fei, who was very noisy along the way, fell silent after seeing the desolate scene.

In the next few days, Zhao Feng followed Liu Bei to check for omissions and make up for vacancies as he did when he first arrived in Pingyuan County.Although Pingyuan County is not completely a grassroots team, there are many vacancies for officials at all levels, so Liu Bei has much less resistance when appointing an official position.After appointing two sworn brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as captains, Jian Yong was appointed as a meritorious officer.As for Zhao Feng, Liu Bei wanted to appoint him as a civil servant because he was good at farming, but Zhang Fei objected.

"Brother, you don't know something. Boy Zhao is good at martial arts. He is good at war. It would be too humiliating for him to be a civil servant." Zhang Fei is telling the truth. Since the first fight with Zhao Feng, Mr. Zhang He became more and more interested in Zhao Feng's Tai Chi Kung Fu, and often pestered Zhao Feng to compete.Naturally, Zhao Feng would not refuse the leveling package that was delivered to his door. As the two played more and more times, Zhao Feng could also last longer under Zhang Fei's hands.From a hundred moves at the beginning, it is now possible to make about two hundred moves.Of course, this is just a sparring match. If there is a real fight, according to Zhang Fei, the winner will be decided after about 50 rounds.

In addition to fists and kicks, Zhao Feng also compared weapons with Zhang Fei.Taiji Spear VS Zhangba Snake Spear, Zhao Feng couldn't hold it for less than twenty moves at first, but now he can probably hold more than ten moves.Zhang Fei was very excited by such rapid progress, wishing that Zhao Feng would quickly grow into a master of the generation so that he could have a big fight with him.

"Third brother, don't mess around. Bo Tao is good at farming. Now that there is a shortage of food in the plains, it is natural to let others do their best. More food can save lives." Liu Bei's tone this time is very firm. There are priorities, and he doesn't want to Small things lose big.

"Brother, I asked Boy Zhao. Although he is good at farming, he just knows how to farm. If you want him to get more food, you just need to ask him to supervise more during spring plowing and autumn harvest every year. Other than that Besides, he has nothing to do, so let him serve as a soldier and compete with me, Lao Zhang." Zhang Fei analyzed seriously, but the last sentence revealed his true intention.

"Damn, use me as a human sandbag." Zhao Feng smiled wryly in his heart, but he didn't say anything. To be able to compete with Zhang Fei, such an opportunity is rare.

"My lord, what the three generals said makes sense." Jian Yong thought about it and agreed with Zhang Fei's proposal. "This!" Seeing that Jian Yong also said the same thing, Liu Bei nodded in agreement.But then he asked: "Bo Tao, do you know the art of war?"

"My lord, Feng only knows a thing or two." Zhao Feng said truthfully.Although as a time traveler, I know a little bit of common sense in this area, but it is obviously not enough.At this time, Guan Yu, who had been silent all this time, said, "I have some military books and strategies, you can take them and have a look."

"Thank you, Second General." Zhao Feng quickly thanked.So Liu Bei also ordered that Zhao Feng be appointed as the commander of the army under Zhang Fei, who happened to be directly under Zhang Fei's jurisdiction.

"Thank you, my lord." Zhao Feng was also quite proud.In his previous life, he had studied the military system of the Han Dynasty, and he knew that an army Sima had about 400 people under him, and a captain had four or five army Sima under him.Now Zhang Fei is the captain, and he is a military commander under him, almost equivalent to the battalion commander of later generations.Thinking of myself as an undergraduate, even if I graduated from a military school, I only got a deputy company post, and now I am a real official.

Of course, Zhao Feng also knew that Liu Bei was cultivating himself on purpose, hoping that he could lead soldiers while practicing martial arts well, instead of being a martial artist who could only fight.Otherwise, just appoint yourself as a personal guard.

On the second day after the appointment, Zhao Feng followed Zhang Fei to the barracks.Although Pingyuan County is a small county, according to regulations, there should still be 4000 local guards.But now after years of wars, there are less than 2000 people.Liu Bei appointed Zhang Fei and Guan Yu as captains, each with [-] men.If the amount is insufficient, recruit recruits to make up for it immediately.Originally, I wanted to recruit more soldiers, but Pingyuan County didn't have much food in stock.

Finally, it was Liu Bei who broke the yellow scarf in the early years, and he had a bit of prestige.Therefore, it was heard that he was recruiting troops in Pingyuan Country, and many people also came to join the army.Liu Bei selected more than 500 young and middle-aged men. In addition to filling the gaps in various ministries, he specially set up a new army battalion of 400 people for Zhao Feng to lead.

"Thank you, my lord, for your understanding!" Zhao Feng knew that Liu Bei was taking care of him, and he didn't let him take those old soldiers with him, so he went to train these new recruits instead.As for whether he is a recruit or not, this question was automatically filtered by Zhao Feng. "Anyway, we are also people who have participated in military training, how can we be considered recruits." Zhao Feng comforted himself.

So in the following days, Zhao Feng followed Zhang Fei to train soldiers.Military training in ancient times is naturally very different from modern military training, but there are still some commonalities, such as queue training.As for individual drills, the instructor still needs to teach each move one by one, and then set up a queue for training collectively.

Both Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are world-renowned military generals, so they are not reckless men who only know how to fight, and they have their own way of training soldiers.Every day, Zhao Feng brought the new barracks under his jurisdiction to train with Zhang Fei, practicing fists, feet, and weapons.Zhao Feng also carefully compared the moves that Zhang Fei and the others passed on to the army, and his own Taijiquan and Taiji Spear.The conclusion is that there are no good or bad moves, and each has its own strengths.The moves used by Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are open and close, and there is a sense of killing and killing in them, which is obviously more suitable for use in battle than the Taiji Spear.

"Martial arts in battle." Zhao Feng muttered to himself, suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his head: Why am I so stupid, what kind of Tai Chi gun is used, why not just use the Yang family's spear method, which is naturally more practical.

Tai Chi Spear claims to be a collection of 13 masters of marksmanship. Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, it is obvious that Tai Chi Spear has borrowed from various famous marksmanship in the process of its birth.Zhao Feng loves to read "Generals of the Yang Family", and he also has a special liking for the Yang family's marksmanship, so before practicing the Tai Chi spear, he deliberately pestered Zhao Lao TCM to learn the Yang family's marksmanship.It's just that I practiced less later, not as proficient as Tai Chi gun.

"If I had known it earlier, I would have practiced more." Zhao Feng lamented that there is no cure for regret in the world, and at the same time began to practice his Yang family marksmanship.After training with Zhang Fei every day, I also spend my spare time practicing Yang's marksmanship.

"Spiritual snakes sway their tails, poisonous dragons come out of their holes, and set fire to the sky..." Zhao Feng felt that he had learned a lot from the Yang family's marksmanship on Route 72.

"Good marksmanship!" Zhao Feng was practicing vigorously, when he suddenly heard applause from behind, and when he looked back, it was Liu Bei walking slowly, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu followed behind him.

"My lord!" Zhao Feng hurriedly saluted, "I don't know when my lord will come here, but Feng was too busy practicing martial arts, so I didn't go far to greet you, my lord, please forgive me."

"No problem!" Liu Bei waved his hands freely and said, "I have nothing to do and walked around, and saw that Bo Tao's marksmanship seems to be quite exquisite, but I don't know where he learned it from."

"This set of marksmanship is a coincidence of Feng's chance. It was taught by an old senior surnamed Yang." Zhao Feng said half-truthfully, and at the same time secretly smiled bitterly in his heart: the old senior surnamed Yang, the ancestor of this "old senior" I don't know where yet.

"I don't know who the old man surnamed Yang is." Liu Bei pondered, and Guan Yu on the side said, "I think this set of marksmanship is exquisite, almost as good as Zilong's Hundred Birds and Phoenix Spear. This old man Yang wants to come here. He is a person who is indifferent to fame and fortune, otherwise his reputation would not be inferior to senior Tong Yuan's."

"That's what I think." Liu Bei and Zhang Fei couldn't figure it out, so they could only say so.Liu Bei came to find Zhao Feng today because he had other business, and the farming season was coming soon, so Liu Bei came to Zhao Feng to discuss farming matters.

"Bo Tao, the world is suffering from severe droughts year after year. If we can grow more food, there will be countless people alive." After Liu Bei explained the purpose of his visit, he specially warned.

"Feng understands!" Zhao Feng was also a little moved, and nodded in agreement.It is always good to save a few more lives in troubled times, even if it is a drop in the bucket, but it is better than being helpless.

Although the plain is small, it has a population of more than [-]. It is obviously unrealistic for Zhao Feng to teach each of them.At present, Liu Bei ordered that four days later, in the eleven counties under the jurisdiction of Pingyuan County, all the exclusive officials will come to see the on-site guidance, and then they will go back and teach the officials at all levels under their jurisdiction, and so on, until ordinary people can learn it.

Four days passed in a blink of an eye. On this day, Zhao Feng was in a test field specially opened by Liu Bei in the backyard, carefully demonstrating how to farm to have a higher yield.I have to say that food is indeed very important these days. The 11 officials who came to study all listened carefully, for fear of missing any important link.

"Damn, aren't we just doing agricultural training classes?" Zhao Feng was working hard to teach, and suddenly thought a little mischievously.

(End of this chapter)