In the next two months, Qingzhou Xiangjun made frequent moves.
Every morning early in the morning, the people in the city can hear the chants coming from the military camp in the north, and then more than a thousand soldiers line up in neat lines from the north gate, surrounding the city for dozens of miles. Run half a circle and enter through the south gate. By then, it is already bright.
But this was just the beginning of a day's training for this local army. After they returned to the military camp, bursts of shouts continued to sound. If the curious people ran over there to look, they would see thousands of soldiers divided into several groups. Block is conducting various drills in the spacious military camp.
On the east side is the sergeant who is trained in boxing and kicking kung fu by Luda with his fighting strength. All of them were tall and strong, with extraordinary strength. Even if they didn't carry any heavy weapons in their hands, they were shouting and waving their fists and kicks following Luda's instructions with great momentum and astonishing momentum.
On the west side, Lin Chong personally gave instructions. About 300 weaker people used sticks as spears to practice the simplest battlefield marksmanship. Although the movement of these people is not as good as those in the east, and their moves look very simple, nothing more than stabbing and provoking, etc., but once hundreds of people use them together, they will still be like a forest of spears, which will chill the hearts of the viewers.
The number of people practicing together in the south was much smaller, just over a hundred, and they were led by Yang Zhi to practice bow and arrow shooting. Although Yang Zhi is actually proficient in many martial arts, the longest of which is not bow and arrow, he is the most proficient in archery among these people, so it is appropriate for him to teach all the soldiers archery. Every time he gave an order, more than a hundred feathered arrows would be shot out in unison, directly piercing the target eighty steps ahead, making the people who saw this scene become a little nervous.
And these are not all the military drills. In the afternoon, it is the most dazzling military formation drill. Under the command of Qi Desheng, who has a lot of research on this, more than a thousand soldiers will be divided into several formations and constantly changing their positions, either a Qi-shaped formation for charging and attacking, or a Yanyue formation with a rainbow-like momentum, covering up and killing. Or it could be a circular formation that retreats like a mountain...
Every time there was a change, the people outside burst into applause. Although they did not understand the mystery, they could also see how difficult this exercise was. These thousands of people were able to advance and retreat together, like arms. It's really admirable.
In fact, not only them, but also Qi Desheng, the commander, could not believe what he was seeing. He had never thought that the soldiers and horses under his command would be so obedient. As long as he waved the flag in his hand, they would be ready in a moment. The formation changes in a short time, the steps are not chaotic, the formation is stable, and there is no flaw at all. If this is put on the battlefield, the enemy will not have time to react.
Sun Tu was deeply satisfied after watching the changes in the advance and retreat of the thousand-man team. He patted Qi Desheng on the shoulder and said: "General Qi, I am really lucky to have you this time..." This was not a false politeness, but Totally happy from the bottom of my heart.
In the past, he really didn't know that today's military operations also have battle formations and other details, and the changes are so complicated. Although Sun Tu was a time traveler and had a military background, the modern armies of later generations did not pay much attention to these things. High-tech combat, infantry-tank coordination, or the improvement of individual combat capabilities were what later armies valued. Battle formations and the like have long been eliminated by new weapons.
But in this era, even gunpowder has not really played a role in the army. The battles between the two armies are still based on close combat or crossbow shooting. At this time, the military formation becomes the key to victory or defeat. Compared with the chaotic charge and coordination of advance and retreat, the lethality of a self-contained military formation is much more powerful.
Sun Tu even had some opinions. If he had brought those Jiangzhou soldiers to fight with today's Qingzhou soldiers, with the same number and equipment, the Qingzhou soldiers who were well versed in military formations would have been able to crush them as soon as the battle began. If Jiangzhou soldiers are eliminated, their own casualties will not be too great. So in the final analysis, I still underestimated the generals of this era.
After hearing the praise, Qi Desheng finally felt more at ease. As a person who had just joined Sun Tu's tent, he always wanted to perform well. But after seeing the martial arts of Yang Zhi and Lu Da that far surpassed his own, he suddenly felt ashamed. It wasn't until he started practicing military formations that he was able to show off his talents.
However, he did not feel complacent because of this, and immediately said humbly: "Everyone's words are serious. The general is just passing on what he knows to everyone. What can really make the soldiers make such progress in the military formation is the basic skills from before." Practice. So in the final analysis, I still take credit for your efforts."
This is not to flatter Sun Tu, but it is true. Not to mention the recently re-established Qingzhou Army, the elite Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty or the Western Army, even the Liao army in the north, it would be quite difficult for those troops to be able to constantly change formations as skillfully and simply as the Qingzhou soldiers. It's difficult, maybe the whole army will be in chaos at some point.
The reason lies in the basic training in the past half month. The boring training of standing in line, turning, and walking in unison has made these soldiers develop the instinct to obey orders. When they are put into the army formation, they can truly achieve twice the result with half the effort.
This foundation was laid by Sun Tu for everyone, so in terms of credit, he, the governor, is the one who deserves the greatest credit. In this regard, Sun Tu was not too polite, he just smiled and said: "That is because the soldiers are willing to endure hardships and practice hard. Now I can really see a bit of the way Cao Mengde led the Qingzhou Army to sweep across the Central Plains."
The Shandong people were already physically strong, coupled with their hard-working character and their respect for Sun Tu, the general who saved them from suffering, which actually allowed them to grit their teeth and persevere after many days of hard training. Of course, this also has a lot to do with Sun Tu's ability to provide everyone with sufficient food and even meat supplements. While most of the people in the city still don't have enough to eat, more than a thousand people in the military camp can already eat three full meals. After getting the money, and as long as those who excel in training can still eat meat every two or three days, this is very attractive to ordinary soldiers. Almost everyone is practicing angrily and does not dare to do anything. No slack at all.
With such dedicated and dedicated training, the overall strength of the Qingzhou Army has naturally continued to improve. Although it has only been in the army for two or three months, it already looks like an elite soldier. In fact, this is not a cheat. You must know that the armies of the Song Dynasty are completely slack on weekdays. The Xiang Army in various places often does not conduct drills for a whole month. The Forbidden Army is better and only practices once every ten days. Only the Western Army and others The border army can only do one drill every three days, but the Qingzhou Army now does two or even three drills a day. This level of intensity in March is already worth several years or even ten years of drills by other armies. If you don't become an elite soldier after such sacrifice, you will be very sorry to them.
By myself.
Because there was enough money and food, Sun Tu could freely train the Xiang army. Because of this, he was not even satisfied with only having more than a thousand soldiers. He directly posted a recruitment list, hoping to recruit another 500 soldiers from Qingzhou people. Entering the camp.
Regarding this arrangement of the military camp, the people in the city really gathered in response. Nowadays, none of us know that the food in the military camp is the best, and the pay is paid in full without arrears. This is much better than digging for food or working in the fields.
So as soon as the list was posted, no less than 3,000 people came to apply. After a good selection, Sun Tu and the others selected 500 young and strong men who were strong and willing to endure hardship and obey orders to join the camp. As a result, the size of the Qingzhou soldiers expanded again, from one thousand to one thousand and five, which also gave Sun Tu more confidence and greater momentum.
The people of Qingzhou are happy to see such a result. After all, only when the official army is strong enough can everyone's safety be guaranteed, and there is no need to worry about bandits coming to rob and threaten. As for the government office, it has completely stopped recently. Whether it is Murong Yanchao or other officials, it is as if they don't know anything these days. They let the Xiang army take over the affairs of the city, and they just huddled in the government office. Here, doing some inconsequential errands, it seems that I have resigned myself to my fate.
However, Sun Tu did not relax his vigilance because of their low-key reaction. In addition to still having people guard the four gates, he also sent people in disguise to keep an eye on the front and back of the Yamen and near the officials' homes to prevent them from causing any trouble.
In addition, while training his troops, he also constantly asked Shi Qian and other soldiers from the scout battalion to go to the nearby gathering places of bandits and bandits to inquire about various information, in order to obtain information in the next battle. A great victory, thus bringing his family's reputation to its peak and blocking the court's mouth.
On the evening of September 20th, a somewhat tired Shi Qian returned to the military camp to meet Sun Tu. Although he was physically tired, he was in good spirits and had an excited smile on his face.
In the past, although he could earn a lot of money as a thief, he could not see the light of day. He was always worried that his identity would be discovered and he would not be able to share his joy with others. But now, since he joined the Qingzhou Army and became the captain of the scout battalion, Shi Qian has gained the respect of many people, especially when he brought back important news about certain cottages, everyone respected him. This fully demonstrates It satisfied his self-esteem and allowed him to truly understand what he wanted.
After listening to him describe the situation on Baihu Mountain, which is located eighty miles northeast of Qingzhou City, Sun Tu's eyes gradually began to glow. Finally, he slapped the table and said: "Now that our army has practiced enough, it's time to put them on the battlefield to experience it. This time, we will choose Baihu Mountain as our opponent first, and we must fight for it." Fight and win!”
The generals in the barracks all cheered up, and then they all crossed their hands and said, "Here!"
After months of preparation and months of training, it was finally time to test the quality of his troops.
The bandits in Qingzhou are being suppressed today!
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