What is the most direct way to help people unleash their potential
The answer is simple, it’s a reward!
It is said that under heavy rewards, there must be brave men. Under Yan Liqiang's reward, more than 800 young people he gathered from the Hui family returned to Pingxi County in the name of servants recruited by the Yan family in Liuhe Town. On the first day of training, they started to get excited, because Yan Liqiang told them that after twenty days of training, he would select 200 people with good performance from all of them, and each of them would be rewarded with a rhinoceros horse. A set of armor and weapons, the top ten with the best performance, in addition to the rhino, dragon, horse and armor and weapons, each will also be rewarded with 100 taels of silver, and will have the opportunity to be promoted.
Yan Liqiang's reward simply scratched the itch of all young people. As a young person, who doesn't want to have a majestic and majestic horse, a golden sword, and the so-called rhinoceros, dragon, horse, armor and weapons are very expensive equipment, and those in life Although young people in Huijiaji and nearby mountainous areas have seen these things since childhood, it is impossible to own them.
Whether it was for money or face, from the very beginning, after hearing the rewards Yan Liqiang said, the more than 800 young people he recruited exploded.
More than 800 servants would definitely be eye-catching in other places, but in a war-torn border state like Ganzhou, conditions were relatively relaxed. The court had no restrictions on the number of servants recruited by local gentry and wealthy families. If you have money to support you, just don't commit crimes and harm the village. In addition, the relationship between the Yan family and the county governor Wang Jianbei, everyone from Liuhe Town to Qinghe County is not surprised by the large number of servants recruited by Yan Liqiang, but there are no It caused even the slightest stir, and many people even took it for granted, because it was quite normal for a big family like the Yan family, which had the money to build a fort wall for the entire Liuhe Town, to recruit hundreds of servants. In Pingxi County, this kind of owner had several people. There is definitely more than one big family with hundreds of servants.
The training was very simple. In the first seven days, Yan Liqiang divided everyone into eight teams, with each team having 100 people. He began to train the queue and cultivate everyone's team concept and discipline. This is exactly the same as the Kyudo Club, just like It was the same as the military training for new students. After seven days, the queue training was somewhat satisfactory. The hundreds of rhinoceros horses and a large number of longbows and other military equipment that Yan Liqiang had bought also arrived. In the next two weeks, Yan Liqiang asked everyone to continue in the morning. Train the team, and practice riding and archery in the afternoon.
Those more than 800 young people live in harsh conditions. They have been fighting against the sky, the earth, and people since they were young. They have long learned the skills of survival. Basically, all of them can ride horses and archery, but their levels are different. That's it, now they have the opportunity. They don't lack everything for bows, arrows, and horses, and there are famous teachers to guide them, allowing them to master the most correct methods and essentials of horseback riding and archery. With the supply of bows and arrows as if they are free, it is just a short time. In a short time, everyone will make obvious progress. That is to say, during these three weeks of training, those who performed well in various trainings stood out one by one and were noticed by Yan Liqiang.
On September 16, Yan Liqiang asked more than 800 young people to hold a big competition. Everyone rode on rhinoceros horses in batches and ran two kilometers in a circle within the specified time, facing the 100-meter track. Twenty arrows were shot from twenty pot-lid-sized targets outside, and the winner was determined by archery results. After one day of competition, the 200 best performers among the 800 people suddenly stood out.
This is basically a ratio of 4 to 1. The 800 people recruited by Yan Liqiang are inherently tougher than the average person. The people who can be selected in such a competition are definitely the best among the young people. In terms of bravery, the average combat strength of these selected young people has definitely exceeded most of the ordinary sergeants in Pingxi City.
Yan Liqiang didn't expect to train any invincible cavalry in a month. His purpose was just to put these people to use. At critical moments, they could help him contain the enemy for a moment.
Yan Liqiang then fulfilled the rewards he had promised and distributed 200 rhinoceros horses and 200 sets of armor and protective gear and war bows. For the first time in their lives, those 200 people had their own war horses, armor and war weapons. At nightfall the next day when the young man's morale was extremely high, Yan Liqiang, in the name of training, led these 200 people, riding rhinoceros horses, carrying bows and arrows, and disappeared into the night, heading straight for Gansu. The border between the state and Yinzhou.
Accompanying these more than 200 people were more than 30 four-wheeled carriages that had been prepared by the Manufacturing Bureau and about 60 sergeants from the Manufacturing Bureau led by Zhou Yong. Supplies, arrows, tents, and Yan Liqiang’s dragon spine steel spear. Because the spear is too heavy, if Yan Liqiang holds the spear in his hand, the dark clouds and snow under his crotch will be suppressed and he will not be able to run away. Get up, so the long gun can only be taken away on the four-wheeled carriage.
Yan Liqiang, who brought these people to the border between Ganzhou and Yinzhou, did not stop at the border, but went directly hundreds of miles into Yinzhou, and then hid in the deserted mountains. Exploring the terrain, selecting the place for the ambush, making various preparations and targeted training, nervously waiting for the troops from the Northwest Transfer Yamen to arrive.
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At noon on September 26, Yan Liqiang, Zhou Yong, Shi Dafeng, Shen Teng, and Chang Kuan lay down behind a pile of rocks on the ridge of a valley. They pointed at the road 300 meters in front of them that could lead to this side. The slope less than twenty meters wide spoke to several people, "The valley below is a road from Yinzhou to Ganzhou. There are not many caravans taking this road because it is desolate and there used to be bandits." However, I judge that the soldiers and horses of the transfer Yamen will definitely take this road, because this road is the closest to Ganzhou. Taking this road can save the cavalry of the transfer Yamen more than 200 miles and save the cavalry team. In half a day's time, after getting the news, those people sent troops and horses to Ganzhou. They must be full of murderous intent and want to fly over with wings. In addition, there are many of them and they are not afraid of any blind bandits on the road, so they will definitely leave. We just happened to set up an ambush here on this road to catch them off guard. When the ambush starts, the cavalry from the transfer office find that the front and back roads are cut off in the valley, and they will definitely want to rush towards the mountains from here. You guys My mission is not to rush down and fight them, but to help me hold this slope with bows and arrows. I don’t need people to rush up and interfere with me. You just need to help me hold on for half a stick of incense here. We will win this battle. …”
Speaking of this, Yan Liqiang's heart suddenly palpitated. He raised his head and glanced at the sky without trace. In the distant sky, he saw a silver falcon flying from a distance drawing eight characters in the air. , after quietly retracting his gaze, Yan Liqiang took a deep breath and said, "The people from the transfer office are expected to arrive in the next two days. We don't have much time, so everyone better prepare!"
(End of chapter)