Sweat dripped down Li Xinchen's cheeks drop by drop, falling on his armor. In an instant, it fell along the armor and fell on the wooden board at Li Xinchen's feet, leaving a water stain.
The sun is shining directly. Although it is foggy in Bashu, it is not gloomy every day. When the sun comes out, the sunshine is also particularly bright. When the heavy clothes and armor are draped on the body, the whole person becomes
It was like being in a huge steamer, and sweat naturally broke out frequently.
But Li Xingchen was unmoved. He still stood on the general stand with his sword in hand, watching the countless figures coming and going on the school field not far away. Watching the training of new recruits here has become what Li Xingchen does most recently.
The civil affairs of Bashu have been arranged layer by layer. In fact, there are not many things that Li Xingchen needs to take charge of personally. Especially after King Gu Ye returned to Shu County, these specific government affairs arrangements have actually been handed over to him. This official
The old man who has been up and down for many years is obviously more comfortable with these government affairs than Li Xingchen.
It is naturally best to have someone to help share the worries. Li Xingchen is not the kind of leader who wants to do everything by himself. Compared with the civil affairs affairs that are already on track, what Li Xingchen is most worried about is of course military training.
No matter how important civil affairs is, at least now it is gradually on the right track, but military training has just started due to a lack of soldiers. The reason why Li Xingchen was able to gain a foothold in Bashu was that he had to conquer it first. Without strong troops,
Li Xinchen has long been the fat lip of Northern Zhou Dynasty and Southern Chen Dynasty.
If a small force wants to survive in the cracks, or even want to seize the opportunity to rise, then it is naturally impossible to just have territory or money. The most fundamental thing is a strong army, which is enough to prevent others from easily coming.
Provoke you, and when you provoke others, you will easily defeat the opponent instead of being beaten to a bloody head.
Li Xingchen did not interfere with the basic training of the soldiers. Dai Cai was personally responsible for these. Li Xingchen was very relieved about this steady middle-aged man. At least now the Han and Ba soldiers were training together, and the progress was pretty good. At least there was no appearance.
What a mistake, this is already very satisfying to Li Xingchen.
What Li Xingchen did every day was to watch from this general point platform. He had a meal with the sweaty soldiers who were training at noon and then went back. Almost every soldier could see this person standing on the general point platform.
Young figure, almost every soldier had talked or joked with Li Xinchen.
Perhaps the gap caused by different social classes is difficult to make up, but at least these simple soldiers like to be in contact with this young general who is serious during training and approachable when resting. More importantly, Li Xinchen is almost already
The deified battle examples made this contact based on respect and even worship for Li Xingchen.
A short trumpet sound sounded under the generals' stage, and orders came one after another from the school field. Groups of soldiers began to line up under the command of the battle leader and banner general. Buckets of sweet well water had been poured and placed beside the school field.
, and as the generals gave the order, the neat team suddenly dispersed, and the strong young men rushed towards the bucket one by one.
"Quine up, queue up, drink slowly!" the fire-head soldiers responsible for fetching water shouted with a smile.
The generals did not fight with these new recruits. They gathered around their commanders and listened to the commander's arrangements for the next step. After that, several commanders turned around and reported something to Dai Cai. Soon Dai Cai ran quickly.
He stepped on the general platform, cupped his hands, and said with a smile:
"Does the general think that training like this is still feasible?"
Li Xingchen nodded slightly. It was just basic training now. In fact, it was lining up, running, etc., mainly to enhance physical fitness. There was nothing that Li Xingchen needed to give guidance. And Dai Cai was obviously not bored and came over just to ask Li Xingchen about running.
How was it? He said directly: "General, should we add some projects next?"
Li Xingchen raised his eyebrows, but Dai Cai had no intention of betraying him: "These new Eastern European soldiers have never participated in combat, and now they are rashly incorporated into local soldiers and horses. It is very likely that it will affect the combat effectiveness of these veterans. On the contrary,
, if they are left directly in Shu County or other places to form their own team, they will be more likely to lose in the future due to lack of experience."
Before he finished listening to what Dai Cai said, Li Xingchen already understood what Dai Cai wanted to express. When training soldiers and horses, some veterans are usually selected as the backbone and matched with new recruits to form a new team.
However, Li Xinchen's new recruits did not have such favorable conditions for training. After all, Li Xinchen's previous troops were really stretched, and many of them were recruits who were directly brought to the battlefield for training.
Yes, this also meant that when Li Xingchen dealt with the threats from the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Southern Chen Dynasty at the same time, he had no ability to mobilize a sufficient number of veterans to mix into the new recruits. Instead, he only mobilized dozens or hundreds of people. Obviously, there were no
What an effect.
So in the end, these people who were actually trained on the school grounds were all new recruits. In other words, except for a very small number of selected Northern Zhou prisoners, these people had almost never participated in actual combat, so I wanted to drag them directly to the battlefield, and
Cannon fodder is no different.
What Li Xingchen lacks most now is soldiers and horses. It would be best if he could train a troop that can go to the battlefield without going through the baptism of war. Otherwise, the price paid by the layers of war will be too great. Li Xingchen
I don’t want to bear it, and I can’t afford it.
Dai Cai said in a deep voice: "After discussing with my subordinates, I feel that although there is no way to directly drag them to the battlefield to practice, it would be a good choice if they can be trained with some veterans, such as attributes
The soldiers and horses under my current command, as well as the Pakistani troops under General Du Qi, are both good choices."
What Dai Cai wants to do is actually a military exercise. The so-called drills and military exercises are not concepts that only exist in modern times. The ancients also realized that this method that allows the central and local armies to communicate and compete with each other is of great significance to the military, especially peace.
The construction and development of the army in the era is very helpful. After all, the so-called peaceful era does not mean that there is no war. Especially in ancient China, border chaos and rebellions can be said to have come and gone and never stopped.
However, the drills of the ancients were generally just a formality, focusing on formations and reviews. They were more intended to show the power of the imperial army to vassal states and foreign envoys, with the main purpose of showing off their power. Even in the Song Dynasty, the drills of the forbidden army were
Reviews and reviews are more like sideshows for the emperor and officials. They are mainly about all kinds of fancy performances. They are not what an army should do. Such behavior can't help but make people laugh and laugh.