Chapter 355 Troop Training? This Rhythm Is Absolutely Wrong!
Chapter 355 Troop training? This rhythm is not right at all! (Second update)
Author: sunny
Chapter 355 Troop training? This rhythm is not right at all! (Second update)
Gao Qiu was riding his horse to slow down, and beside him was a tall and muscular middle-aged man. Next to him was a brave young man, whose appearance was quite similar to that middle-aged man.
At this moment, Gao Qiu was chatting happily with this middle-aged man, and this middle-aged man was Liu Zhongwu, Gao Qiu's immediate boss when he was enjoying his military exploits.
The young man next to him who looked similar to him was none other than Liu Qi, the second son of his family.
The two rode horses side by side towards Gao Qiu's mansion. The reason why Gao Qiu invited this famous northwest general to come today was naturally because of the military training methods developed by his own son Gao Zhang.
Although Gao Qiu considered himself to be both civil and military, he was still half-assed at both. Therefore, Zhang'er now felt that the servants and guards in the mansion were almost as well trained.
I am hesitating whether I should take him to the White Tiger Festival Hall now and make an appearance in front of a group of military officials of the Song Dynasty.
Gao Qiu naturally thought of Liu Zhongwu, the famous northwest general with whom he had a good relationship.
You must know that Liu Zhongwu not only served as his immediate boss, but importantly, Liu Zhongwu was also quite close to the Su family.
He also married the daughter of Su Shi's eldest son Su Mai. Gao Qiu followed Su Shi when he was young and had a good relationship with Su Mai.
Naturally, Liu Zhongwu could be regarded as Gao Qiu's supporter among the military officials of the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, he simply invited Liu Zhongwu to visit his house today, and on the way, Gao Qiu naturally talked about his own son Gao Zhang's military training at home.
Liu Zhongwu was amazed to hear this. I originally thought that Gao Zhang, Gao Qiu's only son, was so talented that it was a miracle that he could become the number one scholar in this subject at the age of eleven.
But now Gao Qiu told himself that his family's Wenquxing actually knew how to run an army and train troops.
This really makes Liu Zhongwu a little distrustful of evil. After all, he was born as a general in the northwest and can be regarded as a veteran in the army.
He was also very concerned about the education of his sons. Under his words and deeds, among the disciples, he was probably the only one who could inherit his mantle.
The only son of Gao Qiu's family already had the talent to bring peace to the country, but now he told himself that he actually had the talent to rule the country.
"Brother Ziwen is a famous general of the Song Dynasty. His military skills and strategies are far superior to those of Gao. Therefore, I specially invite you here today because I want to show you, brother Ziwen, to Haosheng..."
Although Gao Qiu sounded very modest, in fact, his rosy face was full of confidence in his own son.
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After dismounting outside the mansion, Gao Qiu led Liu Zhongwu, Liu Qi and his son directly to the backyard.
From a distance, you can already hear the shouts and shouts coming from the backyard, as well as the rhythmic bamboo whistles.
This made Liu Zhongwu frown and subconsciously said.
"This rhythm is wrong..."
The beloved son Liu Qi on the side also nodded his head subconsciously.
As a veteran on the battlefield, Liu Zhongwu naturally knew that the army was very particular about rhythm, whether it was marching or fighting.
It is not that the faster the pace, the better. After all, even when soldiers are marching, the integrity of the team needs to be considered.
If the rhythm is too fast, some soldiers will be able to catch up, but some soldiers will not be able to catch up. This will inevitably cause chaos in the military formation.
But at this moment, the rhythm of the whistle inside was clearly far faster than the regular rhythm of the Song Dynasty army.
At this moment, I heard Gao Qiu next to me with a surprised expression and a smile.
"I must be doing goose-stepping training at this moment."
"...Goosestep?"
When Liu Zhongwu heard this weird name, his mouth twisted. He almost wanted to ask if your beloved son Gao Zhang could still train the diagonal step?
Liu Qi couldn't help but secretly rolled his eyes. As a man who had been familiar with military art under the influence of his father since he was a child, he had never heard of the "step forward" or "dead step".
At this moment, as he got closer and closer to the backyard, Liu Zhongwu's originally frowning brow changed again.
He heard the footsteps coming from the backyard, which happened to rise and fall with the rhythm of the bamboo whistle.
It seems that... there is no clutter. Could it be that there are only a few people? No, if there are only a few people, how can the footsteps be transmitted so far?
This made Liu Zhongwu frown, and he couldn't help but walk a little faster, leaving behind Gao Qiu who was still walking squarely, and passed through the doorway of the backyard.
As soon as I came into view, I saw dozens of strong men in uniform, amidst the sound of a bamboo whistle blown by a little doll, with their arms flung out. Every time they took a step, they would kick forward a certain distance, then step down steadily, and step on tightly.
Then heel, and so on.
But the footsteps of dozens of people rose up and fell as if they were one person, and they were all in one piece. They directly stared at Liu Zhongwu, the famous general of the northwest frontier army of the Song Dynasty.
Accompanied by the sound of whistles made of bamboo, fifty servants of the Gao family and their guards walked proudly into the backyard of the Gao family.
He swung his arms and walked with such confidence and high spirits. When the rhythm of the whistle changed, the servants and guards of the Gao family stopped and stood at attention accurately.
Then take a break, turn left, turn right, turn back, walk in unison, walk forward, stand at attention...
Stand up, sit down, every command was given concisely and powerfully.
And these servants and guards of the Gao family who used to be brave, fierce, and fond of playing ball now seem to have been integrated into a strong temperament.
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"Elite, how can this be a servant? He must be an elite in the army."
At this moment, Liu Qi grinned exaggeratedly, standing beside his biological father Liu Zhongwu and murmured in a low voice.
Liu Zhongwu watched these strong men performing various actions under such rapid whistles, almost dozens of them seemed like one person.
His eyes suddenly became hot, but after hearing what his beloved son Liu Qi said, he subconsciously retorted.
"No, no, no, it's definitely not the case. They lack the fierceness and murderous spirit of a warrior on the battlefield."
While speaking, Liu Zhongwu's eyes fell on the young man standing on a small earthen platform.
Naturally, he had met this young man several times before. He was Gao Qiu's beloved son, Gao Zhang, who was now famous as the prodigy of the Song Dynasty.
At this moment, he, who was only eleven years old, was keeping a straight face as he continued to issue orders one after another, while a group of strong men were making uniform movements.
At this moment, Gao Qiu finally stood beside Liu Zhongwu, looking at this scene quite proudly, and then asked Liu Zhongwu in a low voice.
"Brother Ziwen, how are you?"
"Lieutenant, how long have they been practicing?"
"Almost a month." Gao Qiu raised a finger and shook it. After thinking about it, he couldn't help but add something to Liu Zhongwu, who had exaggeratedly widened his eyes.
"To be precise, it should be the twenty-seventh."
"...This, how is this possible?!" Liu Zhongwu and his son both exclaimed in a low voice.
After a long day's journey, I arrived in Hangzhou today. I'm exhausted.