Fang Jie found that he liked the atmosphere on the school field very much, and liked to feel the magnificent fighting spirit erupted by the soldiers. It has been more than two years since I left Fan Gu, and the feeling that was already a little strange overflowed from my heart again. The long spear is like a forest, and the horizontal knife is like the sea. Every time I see this kind of scene, I will be very excited in my heart.
The zhechong battalion assigned by Luo Yao to Fang Jie was named Shanzi Ying. Unlike other soldiers who were named after A, B, C, and D, Luo Yao's left front guard had more than 300 battalions. Ten battalions made up one army, and one army had one There are 12,000 soldiers, 2,000 auxiliary soldiers, plus grooms, veterinarians, and veterinarians, and there are about 15,000 soldiers and horses.
The designation of each army is arranged in numbers, and the ten battalions of each army are arranged according to the ten characters of collapse, big, mountain, shift, wide, sea, soldier, mighty, mighty, and dang.
Fang Xie was assigned to the Shanzi Battalion of the Thirteenth Army of the Left Front Guard, with 1,200 combat soldiers, 200 auxiliary soldiers, and 100 handymen and others. It also included a hundred light cavalry, and the rest were infantry. At the beginning, the Shang Kingdom and the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty had contacts, and the borders were interlinked, so the Shang Kingdom had a certain number of cavalry at that time. But the southerners don't like war horses and prefer boats, and the Shang country's cavalry is useless. However, the horse farms all over the country of Shang provided many horses for the left forward.
Although the quality of these war horses cannot be compared with Meng Yuan's fine cavalry, they can be used in battle. It can be said that the left front guard was not only the most powerful soldier in the Sui Dynasty, but also the wealthiest soldier in the Sui Dynasty. One must know how many caravans Li Yuanshan plundered and even the missions of small countries in the Western Regions visiting the Sui Dynasty in order to gather a cavalry force.
But Luo Yao didn't need to do that, what he inherited from the people of Shang country was barely enough. Although it is impossible to create a strong cavalry team, the standard configuration of each cavalry battalion can still be satisfied.
Because Luo Yao's army is too large, and cannot exceed the number of generals for each guard stipulated by the imperial court. Therefore, the Zhechong Battalion, which should have been commanded by the five-rank general, was commanded by the captain Zhechong in the left front. Lieutenant Zhechong's rank is the sixth rank, one level higher than Captain Xiongwu, and three levels higher than Captain Guoyi, the lowest rank.
Team leaders and brigade leaders are not regarded as military officers, and only those above the rank of lieutenant have the salary paid by the court on time every month.
According to the rules of the Sui Dynasty, Luo Yao was a general of the third rank and had the right to appoint generals below the fifth rank. However, military positions above the fourth rank must be submitted to the imperial court and reviewed by the Ministry of War to take effect.
Fang Jie is a Ranger General from the fifth rank. Although it is a vacant position, it is one level higher than Captain Zhechong.
The captain of Shanziying is named Leihu, he is in his thirties, and he is full of vigor. This person was promoted to Captain through accumulated military merits, and he had been in the army for 12 years before he got his current status. The speed of promotion was not fast. It can also be seen from this comparison that Fang Jie's promotion speed is already extraordinary.
Lei Hu is a typical soldier, with a burly figure, a stern expression, and a serious expression. It could be seen that he was dissatisfied with the general's order to assign the Shanzi Camp to Fang Jie, but obeying orders as a soldier is something in his bones, so he didn't say anything. When meeting Fang Xie, he also maintained enough respect, but from the expressions on the faces of everyone in Shanziying, Fang Xie could tell that it was not easy for him to lead these 1,500 people well.
Fang Jie went to Shanzi Camp and snatched the command from Lei Hu. Fang Jie could understand Lei Hu's mood, even if it was him who changed, he would never feel comfortable. Shanziying is Leihu's fists and feet, he can move wherever he wants. He has the final say on how to move his legs and how to punch. But now that Fang Jie is here, it means that his things have left his hands and are now in the hands of others.
After coming out of the school grounds, Fang Jie went directly to Shanzi Camp, bringing Chen Xiaoru Yan Kuang and forty-eight flying fish robes with him. Walking to the gate of the military tent that belonged to him now, the five school lieutenants, twelve brigade leaders that Fang Jie had summoned in advance, and Lei Hu were all standing at the gate waiting for him. Although they were very dissatisfied, they did not dare to disobey the Left Front Guard's military rules. Luo Yao's strict rule of the army can be called the head of the sixteen guards.
"The lowly-ranked Lei Hu and the officers of the Shanzi Battalion led the officers to pay a visit to Mr. Xiaofang!"
Lei Hu took a step forward and gave a standard military salute.
Fang Jie could feel the resentment in this man's heart when he heard that he called himself a lowly position rather than a subordinate.
He returned a military salute, and then walked into the military tent.
Sitting down behind the table, Fang Jie looked at the captain's seal placed in the middle of the table, was slightly startled, then picked it up and threw it to Lei Hu: "Put away your things."
Lei Hu was stunned, hesitated for a moment and said: "Without the captain's seal, how can Master Xiao Fang lead the troops and give orders?"
"Do you recognize my face?"
Fang Jie pointed to himself and asked.
"know!"
"That's good."
Fang Jie said indifferently: "From today until I leave Shanziying, the rules have been slightly changed. I know that you used to carry the captain's seal with you when you transferred troops, but this rule has disappeared since I sat here. I said The word is a military order, and it is a military order without the captain's seal. How long I will stay in Shanziying is not up to me but to you. If you perform well enough, then I will leave Shanziying soon because the general I won’t let me hold on to an elite team for a long time. If you are a bunch of rubbish and behave worse than scum, then I guess I won’t leave Shanziying until you retire. Don’t worry, I’m thick-skinned enough so don’t think about it. If you deliberately lose the competition in a month, I will leave, so please don't think about it."
"You don't have to look at me with that kind of resentful and dissatisfied eyes. I can tell you the most direct way to get me out of Shanziying. It doesn't take time, it will be very fast."
Fang Jie paused for a moment, then raised his chin slightly and said, "All of you are allowed to challenge me now, including the twelve people in the military tent, whoever can let me down, I will get out. If you can't take me down, I will You are as entangled and hypocritical as a woman, so don't blame me for killing you one by one. I am neither arrogant nor arrogant, and to be honest, you may not be my opponent if you fight together."
"but… "
Fang Jie ignored the strange eyes of those brigade captains, and continued to say calmly: "Just because one person can fight doesn't mean he can lead troops. There are not a few of you in Jianghu who can overthrow twelve of you, but there are not many." I will lead the army. I have only one homework that I haven’t missed during the year at the Martial Arts Academy, and that is the art of war, and I have never lost it for more than a year. So in a game where all twelve of you can’t beat the art of war In front of someone who is stronger than you, you have no other choice but to obey."
Fang Jie's tone of voice was flat, but hurtful.
"I am a very straightforward and realistic person. If you are better than me, I will listen to you. If you are not as good as me, then I will listen to me. What I just said always counts. If anyone in the Shanzi Battalion knocks me down one day, I will let you They are all soldiers, don’t just shout like a brothel woman, I have the ability to make you look up to, and you have to have the ability to make me look up to. If you are a man, hold your head up and use your strength to declare that I am not worthy of being fooled Your leader then proudly kicked me, if you are all soft bastards, I would be happy to laugh at you every day, just for fun!"
He stood up and glanced at the officers: "Now go out and gather all the soldiers of the Shanzi Battalion, including auxiliary soldiers and miscellaneous servants. Those who fail to show up after the three drums are sounded will be dealt with according to the military law. Every soldier is required to bring all his belongings. Equipment, except clothes, as long as it is a weapon that can kill, don’t leave any of it behind. I’ll check after the assembly, and if anyone doesn’t bring it all, he or she will get ten army sticks and be beaten to death.”
"Yan Kuang!"
"exist!"
"Drumming outside the door!"
"Here!"
Hei Ziyan responded wildly, and strode out of the military tent. Lei Hu and the eleven officers under his command exchanged a glance, then clasped their fists and shouted "Hey" before walking out quickly.
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Chen Xiaoru followed Fang Jie out of the military tent, and asked cautiously from behind: "Sir, tell those people like this, they really won't be provoked to target you?"
Fang Jie smiled and said: "I just want them to hate me and scold me from the bottom of their hearts, so that they can show their true skills. You don't understand soldiers, and if you coax them, they will feel that they are masters and you can't do anything about them." On the contrary, if you look down on them, they will try their best to impress you. The soldiers in the left front guard are more proud than each other, and there is no way to deal with such people."
"What if they join forces to deliberately slack off and force you to leave?"
"I don't mind killing people."
Fang Jie said as he walked: "The entire left half has a sense of pride that no one can look down on. Who is the source of this pride? It is Luo Yao. Because of Luo Yao's pride, each of them is also proud." Since Luo Yao entrusted Shanziying to me, he will not regret it. Even if I use military law to deal with a few people, he will not say anything because of face. You should know that the more proud a person is, the more face he wants."
"If you really don't obey, you really kill someone?"
Chen Xiaoru opened his mouth wide and asked.
"If you don't obey, you will kill."
Fang Jie replied in a flat tone.
Outside the door, Yan Kuang had already sounded the second battle drum. The soldiers of the Shanzi Battalion were well-trained, and most of them had found their positions and stood up. Fang Xie believed that by the time the drums beat for the third round, there would be at least one of the 1,500 soldiers standing on the school grounds, even if they were handymen.
As expected by Fang Jie, after the third blow of the war drum, 1,500 soldiers stood neatly. No matter which direction you looked from, the queue was as straight as a line drawn with a ruler. Not only were all the soldiers lined up, but according to Fang Jie's request, everyone took all the weapons they could bring.
"If you think you are good at archery, go out to the left. If you think you are good at martial arts, go out to the right. If you think you are good at everything, stay where you are. If you think you are not good at anything, get out!"
When Fang explained these words, all the soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay.
"Didn't you hear me?"
Fang Jie asked loudly.
There were whispers in the crowd, no one knew what Fang Jie was going to do. But out of habit, these soldiers still started to stand in separate lines according to Fang Jie's request. After they stood up, Fang Jie looked to the left and saw that there were about 200 people, most of them were on the right, and there were less than 50 people left in the middle.
"you!"
Fang Jie pointed to the remaining dozens of people in the middle and said loudly: "From today onwards, I will be my personal soldier, and I will leave my back to you. If it is our Shanziying's turn to fight on the battlefield, you will find me Instead of being in front but hiding behind you, you chopped me off with one knife."
"grown ups… "
Lei Hu was surprised for a moment, and then couldn't help asking: "No competition?"
Fang Jie shook his head and said loudly: "You are all soldiers, and soldiers will not lie to their leaders. In a word, I will try to trust you from today, and you can also try to trust me! If the general and his soldiers No one can trust anyone, so there is only one way to go on the battlefield... Death!"
"Are you afraid of death!"
Fang asked.
The soldiers froze for a moment, and subconsciously replied: "Not afraid!"
"I'm afraid!"
Fang Jie said loudly: "So I must trust you! And whether you are afraid of death or not, if you want to survive on the battlefield, you must trust me."