The first thousand two hundred and sixteen chapters of the law of training
"Start crossing the river."
"Yes, General."
The captain of the reconnaissance team signaled to the flag bearer beside him. The blue flag of the Chinese army was pointed in the direction of the Qianxian County soldiers in Rongcheng County at the front, and then tilted in the direction of crossing the river. The blue flag of the Qianxian County soldiers in Rongcheng County was sent to the ordering soldiers.
A little further in his own direction, he immediately began to distribute orders to the captain of Rongcheng County. After a while, the infantry drum of the Rongcheng County soldiers sounded, and a thousand soldiers of Rongcheng County were the first to cross the river. After crossing the river, they quickly formed a mandarin duck formation.
County soldiers from the other seven counties also began to cross the river one after another. Although they knew that there were no enemies nearby, they still strictly followed Shan Xiongxin's order. Every time a thousand county soldiers crossed the river, they immediately set up their formations. The four thousand from the first four counties
After all the soldiers crossed the bridge, they spread out on the other side. Then came the Chinese army and the four thousand county soldiers behind them, and then came the baggage train.
After the Chinese army crossed the river, two reconnaissance cavalry came from the front and handed over the information to the captain of the reconnaissance team. After Shan Xiongxin read it, he sent people to notify the captains of each county to come to the Chinese army to discuss matters.
The captains of the eight counties were originally selected from the group of guards in Fanyang County where Wang Junlin first came. They were all old men who had followed Wang Junlin for many years. Although they did not participate in the expedition against Goguryeo, they had followed Wang Junlin many years ago.
We have fought against Tuyuhun and Turks in the northwest, and have rich war experience. However, this is our first contact with the training and marching as well as battle formations and tactics at the Shedao training camp. For more than a year, we have strictly followed the instructions issued by the Shedao training camp.
The "Training Regulations" train troops, but today is the first time they have been put into actual combat.
Soon all the eight captains came under the banner of the Chinese army. Although the county soldiers were all infantry, the captains had horses, which made it easy to travel. Shan Xiongxin summoned them. The captain of the reconnaissance team took out a map, and everyone gathered around.
The captain of the reconnaissance team pointed at the map and said: "Commanders, after passing the Zhangshui River, there are no big mountains and rivers ahead. The sentry horse has arrived at Heiji Town and found many rebels in Gaojibo. According to the original plan,
Did not move forward. Judging from the intelligence received yesterday, eleven villages near Gaojibo and Heiji Town have been secretly controlled by the Gaojibo rebels, and there is even a rebel camp in Heiji Town. It is estimated that they will be there tomorrow.
Fight them."
The captain of Rongcheng County was the first to ask: "Then shall we camp in Xiaoshizhuang as originally planned?"
The captain of Fangcheng County immediately shook his head and said: "Xiaoshizhuang is too close to Heiji Town. I think it is better to camp near here. We will march twenty miles tomorrow and we can fight in the afternoon."
The captain of Gu'an County simply said: "How about we start a rapid march now, arrive at Heiji Town after dark, and attack the rebel camp in Heiji Town. Captain Liu, is the rebel camp in Heiji Town strong?"
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Captain Liu of the reconnaissance team glanced at Shan Xiongxin and saw that the latter looked like he was making other captains argue, so he said: "According to the spies' report, the rebel camp is not very strong, it is just some private houses or even shacks."
The eight captains had no doubt that they could easily defeat the rebels. Although Wang Junlin emphasized to Shan Xiongxin not to underestimate the enemy, especially the rebel leaders Dou Jiande and Sun Anzu, Shan Xiongxin still did not take the rebels in his eyes, but he did not
He planned to use an attack method, because an attack could not achieve the effect of military training. It should be known that such an opportunity to train soldiers was very rare, so he still hoped to fight in a frontal battle formation.
The eight captains had different opinions and argued endlessly. Shan Xiongxin listened for a while, and when he saw that it was almost done, he made a decision: "We will camp here today and go straight to Heiji Town tomorrow to eliminate the rebels in the town first."
"I humbly obey my orders." The eight captains agreed at the same time.
The reconnaissance captain asked for instructions: "Please general, please decide on the position of the middle army."
Shan Xiongxin looked at the front, which was relatively flat about a mile away, and said: "One mile ahead of the Chinese military flag, the camp will be set up. The reconnaissance team will be responsible for issuing flag positions to each department, and the county soldiers from each county will set up camp according to the flag. The reconnaissance cavalry will set up camp.
After the rear area was recovered, each ministry sent out latent, mobile and fixed sentries according to wartime camping regulations, and the reconnaissance team uniformly dispatched several groups of latent sentries on the periphery."
The eight captains and the captain of the reconnaissance team immediately clasped their fists and obeyed the order, then mounted their horses and rushed back to their respective headquarters. Shan Xiongxin's Chinese army advanced slowly, and after marching for about a mile, the Chinese army flag was set up. Liu Fangyi, the captain of the reconnaissance team, led two
Soldiers, measure the location and issue flags to each department, roughly forming a triangular camp.
After they returned to the central army to report, Shan Xiongxin's four soldiers each held a trumpet and blew the team trumpet.
As soon as the trumpet sounded, each unit went to their respective positions and began to set up camp. The quiet queue began to make some chaotic noises, and the officers' shouts could be heard everywhere.
The carts of the baggage team were divided into various departments, and many five-foot-long javelins were taken from them. Three of them were bundled together to form a simple horse-fighting horse. Each team bundled six, and inserted the iron points deeply into the ground. Then each county's
The captains each sent a team to cut down trees nearby, and after moving them, they placed the tree trunks across their horses. This became the wall of their camping camp.
Then he took out strings of iron caltrops and laid them out along the outside of the camp wall. This kind of iron caltrops has four iron points, and every six are in a string. Each string is one step long, and there are iron heads at both ends for grasping.
It's quick to put and put away.
Generally speaking, their lower camp was still very simple, without digging trenches or erecting solid wooden walls.
After all the ministries had set up their camps, Shan Xiongxin, in accordance with the "Wartime Camping Regulations" issued by Shedao, sent flag soldiers to wait for orders at each gate on the three sides. When the soldiers were in place, the Chinese army sounded a drum and all counties
The leading soldiers of the county army lined up at the camp gate one after another. After the soldiers were counted, they went to chop wood and fetch water nearby. After the soldiers were counted, they were still waiting at the door.
Shan Xiongxin looked at the cavalry of the reconnaissance team. Because they had released a lot of cavalry, there were now only more than fifty cavalry, already waiting at the east camp gate. The captain of the reconnaissance team quickly laughed and said: "These horses are starving."
Shan Xiongxin smiled and waved, and the Chinese army raised the yellow flag and the green flag. The cavalry flag was yellow, and green was water and grass, which meant that the cavalry could go out of the camp to drink water and eat grass. The cavalry also went out to drink water and eat after counting the numbers at the camp gate.
Damn it, after they came back, the soldiers of the three gates returned to Shan Xiongxin's Chinese army to hand in their numbers. After checking, there were no omissions.
Immediately, two soldiers went out and walked along the camp wall with their gongs, beating the gongs. After a circuit, the soldiers in armor took off their armor one after another, and the fire soldiers began to set up pots and light up the fire.
The trumpeters under Shan Xiongxin immediately blew the horns with the specified special tone according to Shan Xiongxin's order, and the military commanders from each county went to the Chinese army camp to listen to the order. Shan Xiongxin's Chinese army camp was also very simple, not that gorgeous.
It was a stately type, larger than ordinary tents. After everyone came in, it was a little crowded, and the call outside the tent did not stop until all the officials arrived.