The cold wind is howling, and it is getting colder every day in Shaanxi after winter begins, and the days are passing faster and faster.
Although Liu Chengzong formulated a military training plan, all the ministries were too busy digging holes to take care of the drills. It was not until November that the planned drills were put on the agenda.
"As we enter the twelfth lunar month, it's getting colder and colder."
The Sky Monkey trembled into Liu Chengzong's house, like a black coal ball, and squatted next to the stove. Feeling the warmth, he exhaled comfortably.
Liu Chengzong was writing the command manual that would be used in the future in the light of the window. He put down his pen and turned to look over and asked: "Where are your military uniforms? There is a new cotton-padded jacket lying around. If you are not cold, who is cold?" "Giving it away."
The monkey in the sky was wearing a mandarin duck war coat that he got from nowhere. It looked as thin as a single coat. It was also wrapped with two pieces of spiked armor from the guardhouse. His hands and legs were also wrapped with strips of rags, making him look miserable.<
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In the eyes of serious military officers, such a deputy general has no dignity at all.
Moreover, this guy spoke easily, which made Liu Chengzong feel angry: "Can you give that soldier's uniform away?"
"Why are you quarreling with me? It's your soldiers who are sent as a gift. There are dozens of auxiliary soldiers at each post who don't have cotton-padded jackets to wear. I'm so dirty that I can't bear to wear the new cotton-padded jacket."
"You!"
When Liu Chengzong knew the reason, his anger was gone, and he was left with only helplessness. He raised his finger and pointed at the monkey in the sky, and sighed: "If the commander has your character, why should the Lion Battalion be afraid of the army?"<
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In fact, he has been thinking about the job of Sky Monkey.
Since the joint venture, Shangtianhou has completely put itself in the position of a annexed party, pushing out any power given to it and taking nothing.
He only has a deputy general in name only, but in reality he doesn’t have even half of the soldiers he can command.
The status of a person in the Lion Camp is only two words, which is superfluous.
The monkey in the sky curled up and warmed himself for a while, then turned around and said: "I went to the work post to see that the old armors have been repaired and the new weapons. The division post commander said that he has hundreds of novices there who are made by people.
A bow and arrow maker, or a firearms maker."
Liu Chengzong said: "Firearms maker, although there are many bows and arrows in the camp, firearms are easy to make. At this juncture, where can I find tendons and angles to attach bow blades to."
"Okay, I'll warm up by the fire and go there again."
"No, let others handle this matter." Liu Chengzong stopped him and said, "I have something to tell you."
When the monkey in the sky heard this, he got up from the stove, pulled up a stool and sat on the opposite side, saying: "What's the matter?"
"What are your thoughts on rebellion and recruitment?"
Liu Chengzong got straight to the point, and then said with a smile: "You must know that I don't want to recruit, but you can speak freely, I just want to know your opinion on this matter."
The monkey in the sky curled his lips: "I don't know."
"Don't know?"
What kind of answer is this?
"I have never thought about becoming an official. If the court asks me to be the Qian President, I might become one, right?"
The Heavenly Monkey looked at Liu Chengzong and said honestly: "But if the imperial court wants me to lead the troops to attack the old brothers, I may not accept them. If they ask me to go to fight against the Donglu, I will probably go... I really don't
If you know, I will recruit you."
"I don't even know if the imperial court will rebel again if they don't give me food, food and pay after I was recruited."
Sky Monkey scratched his head in distress and laughed at himself: "I am just a refugee leader, why do you have to let me think about these things? Anyway, if I am surrounded by the army and captured, just remember to save me."<
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Liu Chengzong felt that Dirty Monkey was not lying.
Except for very extreme people, most ordinary people have not experienced the matter and it is difficult to determine what they will choose.
Even at the critical moment of making a choice, you still have to look at the surrounding environment.
Even if the same person makes a choice when he is besieged by the army and has no chance of winning, the choice he makes will be different from the choice he makes when his power is at its peak.
But at least he can be sure of one thing: Sky Monkey has no subjective intention of surrendering to the imperial court.
That's enough.
Liu Chengzong thought for a while, raised his hand and pointed to the book he was writing on the table, and said: "Zui Tianmao, you can go over there and study."
"Read, read?"
The monkey in the sky was confused: "What book are you studying?"
"To teach literacy, how long can you read? The more words you know, the better... Forget it, you didn't learn much in the past, so how about I teach you how to read?"
Liu Chengzong pondered for a moment and then said to the Sky Monkey: "That's what I think. You are the deputy general of the Lion Battalion. You can't read and write. Taking advantage of the time this winter, each sentry also practiced sentry drills four times and two whole-battalion drills. The question is
It’s very big. I’m planning to compile a few manuals and you can study next to me.”
In fact, the best place to get started is in Zhuantianmao, where the most professional teachers are there.
But now I have been studying there for more than a month. The transfer student Shang Tianhou has passed by, and it will be spring soon after studying.
The weather is getting warmer and there is no time to study.
The effect may not be as good as learning from Liu Chengzong
"Okay, Sir, please accept my disciple's bow!"
The monkey in the sky saluted gracefully, and groped around for a gift, but couldn't find it. Finally, he had to sit back on the bench with a shy face, read the book on the table and read: "Tang, your order
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"The Commander's Manual is a manual written specifically for commanders. The requirements for them are written in it. Now the commanders are next to the commanders. In the future, commanders will be set up next to the captains and sentry commanders.
The commander of the camp general is you for the time being."
The monkey in the sky was confused when he was told that, and he laughed innocently: "I am the biggest commander? I don't even know what this commander does."
"Don't say you don't know, many of the commanders below don't know either, that's why we need this."
Liu Chengzong spread his hands as he spoke. He was also very worried: "I want to explain things to them in detail, but there are more than 300 commanders, and I don't have time to teach everyone step by step. Besides, our commanders need to do a lot of things."
Unlike the imperial commanders, they are not literate yet and can only learn it bit by bit in the future."
"The first priority of the commander is to unite the soldiers, to unite the twelve soldiers and auxiliaries, to cultivate the loyalty of the sergeants, to encourage the cowardly, to praise the brave, to comfort the tired, to punish the evil and to promote the good, and to serve the people with justice
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The monkey in the sky listened with bright eyes, nodded and said: "I can do it!"
"Don't worry, this is just the beginning. We also need to educate the sergeants in the army to treat the people well, abide by military discipline, and inform the emperor, vassal kings, corrupt officials, unscrupulous generals, and evil squire's evil deeds; during training, encourage the soldiers
Drill, urge soldiers to learn, inspire courage on the battlefield, and disintegrate enemy morale."
Liu Chengzong looked at the troubled Sky Monkey and raised a smile: "Contact the people during the march and garrison, preach that our Lion Battalion is a benevolent and righteous army, personally lead the soldiers to help the people, punish the evil sergeants, in order to win the hearts of the people and gain the
Intelligence, supplies, and support from soldiers."
"In addition, we must conduct confidentiality education in the camp, arrange for sentries, teams, and even sergeants to do things other than training when they are stationed in the camp, so that they will not be idle and cause trouble, leak information to the people and the enemy, and at the same time prevent dangers.
Before it happens, be aware of the rebellion and dissension in the imperial court in advance. When the general or soldiers are moving strangely and their purpose is unknown, report them in advance or collect evidence to capture them."
After Liu Chengzong finished speaking, he closed the manual and smiled at the monkey in the sky, whose mind was buzzing: "Even if a sentry leader is about to surrender to the army or defect on the battlefield, let him run away on his own and not control the troops."
After he finished speaking, the monkey in the sky waved his hands repeatedly: "General, I can't handle your job."
The monkey in the sky thought to himself that each of these conditions was more difficult than the last. Being able to unite the sergeants was already a great achievement. Even outside where there was famine everywhere, he could still be a small mountain king.
Who knows that the latter ones are even more powerful? Even if he collects all the people he knows in his mind, selects talented people from them, and then combines the talents and abilities of these people into one person, it may not be able to meet all Liu Chengzong's requirements.
"No one can do it. Nothing is learned slowly. Our journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. We start with literacy first and then consider other things."
As he spoke, Liu Chengzong raised his hand, spread his fingers and said: "In five years, if we all live, by the eighth year of Chongzhen, you can bring out the commanders in the team, all of them can read and follow the requirements in this manual.
If you do it, you will be successful."
"Five years?"
The monkey in the sky thought about it in his heart, but his face was still a little troubled, but he still nodded and said: "If it takes so long, it is still possible, but if we are still alive in five years, how many troops do you have?
There aren’t even enough people!”
"Enough, do you know where the Lion Battalion comes from? It came from when I was training Xiangyong in my college. At that time, I wanted everyone in Minzhuang to have the ability to be a captain."
Liu Chengzong said with a sly smile on his face: "If the backbone of the team can succeed, the team can be expanded. One team can be expanded into a team, one team can be expanded into a sentry, and one sentry can be expanded into a battalion. That is more than 20,000 people."
People."
At this point, the smile on his face solidified again, and he said: "But when it comes to expansion, it's really worrying. The Lion Battalion has more than thirty sentry drills, but the two camp drills were not done well."<
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"Ah?"
Sky Monkey blinked: "I think it's pretty good. The team is much better than before."
That’s because your old team is much better.
The team has been practicing for more than a month. Each of the eight sentry commanders led the team to conduct four sentry-level drills in Wangzhuang Fort, and the entire battalion also conducted two drills.
From Liu Chengzong's perspective, the decline in combat effectiveness is very obvious.
As for the joint venture, originally his people had high military quality, while the people of Heavenly Monkey had low military quality. Now when we join together, it is basically three plus one and one less than two, and the effect is reduced in all aspects.
"Just talking about the rapid march, the distance from each sentry to Wangzhuang Fort varied from ten to twenty miles. We ran here and there and back. The fast ones waited for the slow ones, and many of them fell behind."
Fortunately, the emperor issued an edict to King Qin. If the court used King Qin's strength to deal with him, Liu Chengzong felt that they would not be able to escape after joining forces.
"Fortunately, they are all practicing, and their cooperation will become more and more tacit. In recent drills, the auxiliary soldiers have become more and more presentable. Unfortunately, there is still not enough time."
Liu Chengzong rubbed his hands: "And I have another worry."
"What?"
"Grain."
The Sky Monkey frowned and said, "What happened to the food?"
He thought about it and didn't think there was any problem with food. Before winter, they had raised enough food for the whole camp to prepare for the winter. They were even a little rich, enough to last until February next year, when spring would begin early. "We have enough food now, but what if King Qin's army mutinies and deserts? As long as two hundred men and horses come, we won't have enough food to last until February. What if we have more?"
The monkey in the sky slapped his head and it broke.
They really didn't count the people who came to seek refuge in their food supplies, but in terms of operations, they made arrangements to recruit deserters.
"Because of this matter, I can't make up my mind now. My subordinate Shuang Yao and Yang Yao at the outpost are from Guyuan. He suggested going to the west to recruit deserters; Cao Yao at the artillery post had stayed in Shanxi for several years and suggested going to the east to recruit deserters.
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Sometimes it’s worrying to have all the talented people under your command.
The suggestions from these two people are very good, but including Yang Yanchang who set off with Wu Zimian, they would not have enough food to eat, even if they brought back 300 people on one side.
However, in Fushi County and Ansai County, there are not many large households that are easy to fight. The rest have strong forts and high walls, which cannot be blasted by small cannons and cannot move by big cannons.
"鄜州."
The Sky Monkey said: "I'll go to Yanzhou again, take a few men with me, and grab some food... But then I won't be able to learn from you."
"Are there any other candidates who are familiar with Yanzhou?"
"Feishanhu, I was Qian Chang when I brought the troops here. Now I am the captain under Commander Feng of Zuoshao. He is familiar with Yanzhou. He used to be in Yichuan. He can send Commander Feng to the south to get some food and grass.
Come back."
Liu Chengzong nodded slowly: "If that's the case, we can let Commander Feng lead the troops south, Commander Yang will go to the west, and Commander Cao will go to the east. The two posts will also collect food and grass along the way. We will have enough food in Wangzhuang Fort to last until next year.
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If it weren't for the rare opportunity, Liu Chengzong would actually be unwilling to divide his troops.
It's just that this time the court Qin Wang, in his opinion, must be a disaster for the elite border troops in three sides and five towns.
No one can help but be very moved by this.
Just as Liu Chengzong and Shangtianhou were carefully discussing the dispatch of troops, there was a knock on the door.
Wei Qian'er came in with a solemn face. He looked at Liu Chengzong and then at the monkey in the sky, but he hesitated to speak.
Liu Chengzong said: "What's the matter? Tell me directly?"
"General, there is a letter intercepted by the people from Zhuan Tianmao. I don't know who it is for yet. The person who sent the letter, Shi Baihu, said that the master has ordered that no one can read this letter except you."
Wei Qian'er said as he handed the unsealed letter to Liu Chengzong.
Liu Chengzong opened the letter and saw that it did not clearly state who was receiving the letter. The words were condescending, and the general idea was to tell the recipient not to be impatient. The court promised that his official position would be given to him after the matter was completed, and he was asked to continue to lurk under the leader.<
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When the imperial court decides on the strategy of conquest, it will still act according to the original plan. If it sends people to recruit people, ask them to oppose the call; if it sends people to conquer, they will ask them to oppose surrender.
Strive to let the leader fight to the death with the officers and soldiers. Only in this way can he achieve meritorious service. When the matter is accomplished, he will be promised a thousand commander-in-chief to command him.
The signature is Guyuan Trilateral General Administration.
"Who else has seen this letter?"
Wei Qian'er shook his head and said: "I sent it to the general as soon as I received the letter. No one else saw it."
The monkey in the sky asked: "What does it say above, to persuade you to surrender?"
Liu Chengzong shook his head, took a deep breath and said: "Yang He took action to create a separation."