"I heard that you have been training soldiers for half a month, which is good. Tielin is so beautiful, and my commander sleeps much more peacefully." In the festival hall, Li Kan finished his official duties, smiled at Shao Shude who walked in, and said.
"The commander-in-chief is joking. The prince is entrusted by the imperial court to recruit envoys to the north camp. He will be stationed in the east of the river and the northern capital will be left behind. Even if there are some soldiers who are domineering and just seeking money, how can they hurt the prince at all?" Shao Shude's words are a bit confusing.
In fact, the Hedong soldiers are now not only domineering, but simply rebellious. They are only a thin line away from what Li Guochang and his son did. But he still doesn’t know much about Li Kan’s character. He doesn’t know whether he likes to listen to the truth or is just innocent.
words of flattery.
"There are some arrogant and powerful generals who just don't take me seriously and don't take the court seriously..." Li Kan sighed, stood up, looked at the solemn hall, and said: "If you say they are...
They are rebellious, but they are also willing to fight with the Datong rebels. If you say they are loyal and obedient, the two commanders in Hedong both met a miserable end. Oh, and there is Dou Han, but he knows what he is doing and obeys these military leaders.
For this reason, I borrowed money from merchants and barely managed to survive."
"If this Hedong Jieshuai just wants to be a puppet, it is not impossible to stay safe. But if he wants to make a difference, it will be extremely difficult." Li Kan patted the case hard and said with a hint of anger:
"The resort of Hedong, a famous town in the world, has one prefecture, seven states and forty-one counties, 150,000 to 60,000 households, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers. However, it does not want to exterminate rebellious ministers and traitors. It just wants to be a local overlord behind closed doors. Kill generals and chase commanders.
How is contempt of the imperial court different from rebellion? Lieutenant General Shao, tell me, does this Hedong belong to the imperial court or the generals?"
"Hedong generals have been married for generations. In fact, it's not just the top brass. I heard from the former Zhaoyi soldiers in the capital that even the lower-level soldiers and generals are in the same boat and reject outsiders. When we guest troops come, we are really not human beings inside and outside.
No wonder the soldiers in the towns are demoralized and unwilling to fight to the death." Shao Shude glanced at Li Kan and saw that he was indeed dissatisfied with the intricate local forces in Hedong, so he followed his words.
Soldiers and horses from Zhaoyi, Zhongwu, Yiwu, Yicheng, and Heyang towns came all the way according to the order, but the people in Hedong treated them as thieves and guarded them. You thought you were here to help them drive away the Datong rebels, but others thought you were
Those who came to seize territory and plunder property targeted you at every turn and showed their distrust. If you were a guest who came to help me, wouldn’t I be so angry? If you help me with my bird punch, these bullshit Hedong generals should be punished by Li.
Ke should take good care of it.
"Vice General Shao, I want to refresh myself on the Hedong incident. You have to be prepared." After sighing for a long time, Li Kan suddenly said. And his words also made Shao Shude feel trembling. This is going to happen.
Establish prestige! Cao Xiang also killed people to establish prestige back then. Needless to say how it ended. At that time, he still had more than 3,000 Zhaoyi soldiers as backup. Now that Li Kan is in charge alone, the only one who can help is Tielindu.
The future of these 1,200 sergeants is really dangerous and unpredictable.
After leaving the festival hall, Shao Shude returned to the camp with a lot of worries. The officers in the camp were discussing something enthusiastically. Shao Shude took a look and found that mainly the old people from Xicheng had been promoted to the rank of team captain. Unfortunately, Li Kan
I don't know if he forgot or something, but he still hasn't solved the rank issue for Shao Shude. He is still a deputy general so far, so it is difficult for him to promote his subordinates. Well, let's take a look around and see what Tielin will do if he is not promoted to a tenth general.
Are you working hard?
It is said that since the annexation of hundreds of Zhaoyi soldiers, Shao Shude has also learned a lot through constant conversations and studies. The Zhaoyi infantry is famous far and wide for its own reasons. In addition to the fact that the soldiers dare to fight and are skilled in battle formations,
, their grassroots composition is also somewhat different.
Taking the most basic team of fifty people as an example, the Tiande Army is divided into five fires, one fire has ten people. The team is wearing a flag on its back to facilitate identification on the battlefield. But the Zhaoyi Army is different. They stipulate that every three soldiers in the team must
Those who are "self-satisfied" form a small team, and then form three small teams. Those who are proud of each other form a squadron, and then combine five squadrons, and form a large team. This is 45 people. There are 5 people left, one person in the team, and one person in the team.
There is one deputy, one person holding the flag, and one person each on the left and right flags, exactly 50 people.
Shao Shude thought for a while, this kind of organization seemed to be more flexible, and the team leader no longer had to stupidly put a recognition flag on his back, like a beacon. So he decided to humbly learn from the Zhaoyi Army's organization, and do the same in Tielin City
.A small team of three people, if they are like-minded and cooperate tacitly, with one person holding a long-handled ax or wooden pole, one person holding a hook and sickle, and one person holding a horizontal sword, it will indeed be more efficient to kill the cavalry that breaks the formation. With Daibei Shatuo
In a battle, dealing with cavalry is an unavoidable hurdle. The Tiande army mainly relies on cavalry to defeat cavalry. Zhaoyi Town does not have that many cavalry, so they can only find a way to resist cavalry with foot. Their experience is also in many times
What is summed up in the war cannot be taken lightly.
In addition, now that there are a large number of people in the city, it is no longer the previous model of small fights. When there are thousands of people, everything becomes complicated, and there are many pots and pans. It is necessary to set up dedicated people to manage. For example, when it comes to eating, I followed Tiande Army
We ate together with the army, and we ate with the inspectors when we were in the Military Academy, but now we have our own place. You have to fire, cook, and have utensils and personnel. When I went to Xizhou to welcome Li Kan, to be honest, it was a bit chaotic.
Assigning people to collect firewood and cook was dizzyingly busy. At that time, there were 600 people, but now the number has doubled. It must be formalized.
I didn’t say anything, but Li Yanling was in charge of this matter. A horse bowl with a capacity of three liters was used for warm food in winter, felt fur, raincloth and rope were used for camping. In addition, there were knives, tongs, pliers, locks, medicine bags, and salt bags.
, bag of flint, untying hammer, sharpening stone, shovel, hammer, axe, saw, chisel, etc., all are indispensable. Without any of them, you will encounter inconvenience when marching and fighting, and it may affect the outcome of victory or defeat.
Shao Shude asked Li Yanling to select more than fifty people to serve as captains of the newly established baggage corps. These people generally do not need to participate in combat, and are mainly responsible for management, using these special logistics equipment, and directing auxiliary troops or civilian support to work. By the way.
, cooking or taking care of livestock are also their jobs, if there are no auxiliary soldiers to drive them. There are also four craftsmen in the baggage team, from the Zhaoyi Army, who can simply repair damaged ordnance. They are considered professionals, and it is not easy to get them.
In addition to the logistics team, Tielindu also organized 22 teams of infantry, totaling 1,100 people, with an armor wearing rate (iron armor) of more than 30%. This is the main force. There are dozens of people left to serve as drummers, corner bearers, and flag bearers.
, door guards, messengers, sentries, patrols, etc. It is a pity that Cai Songyang's group of soldiers are still in Lanzhou, otherwise there would also be a military law enforcement team.
The regularization of the army is so complicated. When I was a soldier in the Tiande Army, I just followed the superior officer for meals. If the equipment broke, I just sent it for repair. When I ran out of things, I just went to pick them up. I didn't think it was too much trouble. But
After I became the master of my own affairs, I found that there were a lot of things waiting for me, which was really overwhelming.
However, this is also an inevitable step in transformation and improvement. You can't just be a small army leader who relies on others all your life, right? You have to be on your own, always try to handle things independently, and try to take this step. People are forced to come out.
, you don’t know how far you can go unless you push hard.
At this point in Tielindu, it has just begun to take shape. It can exist as an independent army and has the necessary conditions to fight alone. Shao Shude is very pleased with this. He has indeed made a lot of money by incorporating the Zhaoyi Army and helped him solve the problem of regularization.
It was a big problem. He sometimes thought about how he was running west with hundreds of people before, and there was no one responsible for setting up camp, no one responsible for cooking, and even the sentinels were temporarily assigned people to look out from high places. What kind of situation is this?
Crude, how irritating to the eyes.
Paralysis, we can’t do this again in the future! We must strengthen our studies and constantly master new knowledge, not only battle formation knowledge, but also military management knowledge, meteorological knowledge, geographical knowledge, logistics knowledge, etc., we must master them all. Those who don’t understand
Just ask others for advice, or work together to review the details, and then form a system and improve it. Otherwise, your army will be like a castle on the beach, without a foundation, and it will be destroyed in an instant.
After improving the army's establishment and formation, Tielin launched large-scale military training due to the support of Commander Li Kan. In fact, they are all veterans and know everything they need to know, but the meaning of military training itself is not just to familiarize yourself with combat skills.
, but also to strengthen the general's prestige, so that orders can be passed down from top to bottom, just like an arm using a finger.
Shao Shude went out with the sergeants as usual, and he must let everyone see him, know him, and respect him. More than a month passed in this way, and Tielin had a rough appearance. During this period, Li
Kan was able to keep his composure, and did not start trouble with the mutinous military leaders as Shao Shude feared. Instead, he planned to take advantage of it slowly, which was good.
On the fifth day of May, because he heard that Li Guochang had led more than 10,000 troops to Daizhou, Li Kan finally took action. He personally ordered more than 10,000 soldiers and horses from Hedong stationed in and outside Jinyang City, and Tielindu served as a bodyguard.
Went to Daizhou to patrol the border.
After being quiet for so long, it’s time to make some moves, otherwise the soldiers and civilians in Hedong might not know about Li Jieshuai.
