The next morning, after breakfast, Old Liu led the 160 people selected yesterday out of the Zhen family's courtyard and prepared to go to the manor outside the city.
This time, everyone did not ride horses. Old Liu deliberately increased the difficulty of the training, so when they left the city gate, Old Liu asked everyone to stand properly. After all, they had not received any training. After a long time, they finally stood in a line.
Standing in front of everyone, Old Liu said,""Brothers, you were selected from thousands of people, which proves that you are all excellent soldiers. From today onwards, everyone will be trained according to my requirements. I think you all know the treatment. Now, we will carry out the first training of today. Everyone will go to the Zhen family's courtyard. The first three to arrive will each be rewarded with 10,000 yuan.”Everyone agreed in unison.
Then, Old Liu shouted,"Let's go!"”
This time, more than a hundred people ran away without restraint. Afraid that they didn't know the way, Old Liu took the lead and ran in front. The people behind him all wanted to get the 10,000 yuan and rushed to catch up with Old Liu. The dusty scene made the people who entered the city in the morning confused. They asked around and found out that it was the servants of the Zhen family who were training.
The distance of more than ten miles was about the same as yesterday's test. Two hours later, Old Liu was the first to run to the gate of the manor. A few guards recognized Old Liu and hurriedly opened the gate. Old Liu did not say anything and ran straight to the sports field.
When they reached the field, Old Liu waited for the crowd behind him.
After a while, Hu Kui was the first to run in, followed closely by two people who almost ran to Old Liu at the same time. It seemed that these three people were the best among the 160 people.
After a while, the others ran into the field one after another.
Just like yesterday, some people were so tired that they fell to the ground, but they basically didn't vomit anymore. Old Liu asked everyone to rest first. At the same time, in front of everyone, he asked the manager to give each of the three people 10,000 yuan.
Half an hour later, Old Liu asked everyone to stand up and begin practicing the formation.
First of all, Old Liu divided the 160 people into four teams and appointed Hu Kui as the leader of each team. He had asked the two people who arrived at the same time as Hu Kui. They were brothers. The elder brother was called Lv Kuang, and the younger brother was called Lv Xiang. Old Liu remembered that these two brothers used to be Yuan Shao's subordinates. Later on, they surrendered to Cao Cao and were killed by Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun in Xinye. Unexpectedly, they had come to his subordinates in advance. They were lucky. He would not be killed by Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei again.
Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang's martial arts skills seemed to be similar to Hu Kui's. Old Liu made the two of them team leaders respectively. There was also a team leader position left for Chu Yan.
Then, Old Liu had the three of them choose forty people each. He would lead the remaining thirty-seven people today. When Chu Yan returned, he would let his subordinates participate in the test to see how many could pass. Then, he would distribute the passing ones evenly among the teams.
Very soon, the teams were all selected. They had already run more than ten miles today. Old Liu decided not to do any heavy training today, so he began to let everyone practice in formation.
First, the forty people in each team…
They stood in four rows and ten rows. The teams that were not full would stand one row less. Then, Old Liu began to teach everyone the most basic formation practice movements, such as standing at ease, standing at attention, looking right, counting off, and stepping. These seemingly simple movements were practiced until noon. Before disbanding, Old Liu asked everyone to remember their positions. They must not be chaotic when they gathered in the afternoon, and they must be fast.
As expected, everyone had half a catty of cooked meat for lunch. There was also meat broth and vegetables. They could eat rice and pancakes as much as they wanted. Although they were tired in the morning, they were still very happy to be able to eat meat every day in the future.
After lunch, Old Liu brought everyone to the military camp. The rooms were very large. Each team had two rooms, and each room could accommodate twenty people. Now, there were only a dozen bunk beds, so they had to let everyone make do underground for a few days.
He asked the servants to build a toilet at the end of the river. The filth after the toilet was washed away by the river. Otherwise, if everyone urinated and defecated everywhere, the courtyard would be uninhabitable in a few days.
At noon, Old Liu asked Lu Qi and the others to build a simple platform with wood. This way, it would be convenient for them to stand on the platform and command during training in the future.
The afternoon assembly was indeed much better than the morning. After all, Old Liu had told them to remember their position and the companions around them, so it only took about two minutes for the four teams to gather.
Old Liu went on stage and began his first speech since arriving in Han Dynasty.
"Attention!" Hu Kui was the officer on duty today. Seeing that Old Liu was standing properly, he immediately shouted.
The morning's training was not in vain. The 160 people stood at attention in unison.
" At ease," Old Liu said.
"I chose you from thousands of people. Then, who can answer me? Why did you participate in the selection? Old Liu asked.
"In order to have food to eat and money to earn." Many people shouted.
"Yes, you're right. But you have to know that although we have food to eat and money to earn, do you know how many people in this world don't have food to eat and money to earn?”
Hearing Old Liu's question, everyone fell silent. That's right. In recent years, the government's taxes had become heavier and heavier, and the lives of the common people had become more and more difficult. There were many cases of people rising up because they could not stand the government's oppression. Therefore, having food to eat and money to earn was already an extravagant hope for many people.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Old Liu continued,"" Right now, the Great Han Dynasty is facing internal strife. The surrounding foreign tribes have been preparing their troops and coveting our great land. I've gathered everyone here today to establish my first army. The mission of this army is to protect our country. Although you might not understand some of what I'm saying today, you'll know one day that I'm right.”
"If you follow me, you will not only have enough food and clothes for everyone, but also for your families. For this purpose, we will fight wars in the future. In wars, people will die and blood will be shed. However, if we train hard today and improve our martial arts, we will bleed less and die less. This is called sweating more in normal times and bleeding less in wartime.”
This was an era where the strong ruled. These…
Some of them were servants of the Zhen family, and most of them were refugees and hunters who had been recruited this time. They were all experts who had passed the test, so they respected the strong more. Although most of them didn't know how good Old Liu's martial arts were, they had seen his strength when they ran this morning. They had also heard from Old Liu's martial arts practitioners that Old Liu's martial arts were good. Moreover, the king's aura that Old Liu emitted had already convinced most of them.
At this moment, after hearing Old Liu's words, everyone felt their blood boil. They could not help but shout in unison,"Yes!"
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Old Liu was secretly happy.
In order to facilitate management, Old Liu divided each team into two groups. Each group had twenty people, which meant that they lived in the same military camp. They were organized into a group and elected a leader and a deputy leader. They were democratically elected by everyone.
Everyone's enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high now. Every group sat together and quickly elected their team leader and deputy team leader.
After selecting the team leader, Old Liu continued to train. The training in the afternoon was mainly to turn left, turn right, turn back, walk in unison, run, turn while walking, and so on.
When it was evening, the few teams were able to skillfully follow Old Liu's instructions and complete these movements. Moreover, the unity of their movements had also been greatly improved. It looked like these people were basically an army.
Before evening, Chu Yan brought his sixty men to the manor. The stronghold had been dealt with. Chu Yan had also brought over twenty warhorses, nearly a hundred sets of leather armor, a hundred large sabers, sixty long spears, and over two thousand taels of gold. Those who were unwilling to come had already been sent home with travel expenses.
When she heard that Old Liu had arranged for her to be the captain of a team, Chu Yan was very happy. The people he brought would be tested tomorrow, and those who passed the test would be distributed to the teams.
Old Liu had his own plans for the weapons and protective gear of the personal guards. Therefore, he did not plan to let everyone practice weapons yet. He just wanted to start with the most basic physical training first. When the body was strong, practicing weapons would be twice the result with half the effort.
His team had a very mixed source of soldiers. Old Liu decided to set a few military rules after he returned today. From tomorrow onwards, he would inform the entire army to strictly enforce them.
In order to make it easier to differentiate, Old Liu designated Chu Yan's team as the first team, Hu Kui as the second team, Lu Kuang as the third team, and Lu Xiang as the fourth team. When Old Liu was not around, Chu Yan would take over his responsibility, and the others had to obey.
The few of them were now obedient to Old Liu, so of course, they would not have any objections.
After ordering the team leaders to take care of their soldiers and not to run around at night and disturb the people, Old Liu returned to the Zhen family's courtyard in the city.
After dinner, Old Liu, Zhen Yan, and Zhen Jiang went to the living room to listen to their reports.
Zhen Yan was going to talk about business today, while Zhen Jiang was going to talk about Pinyin for two hours. In addition, the Zhen family had recruited more than ten carpenters, seven to eight blacksmiths, two stonemasons, and five tailors.
Old Liu said," Big Brother, Jiang 'er, you've done a good job. Tomorrow morning, send these people to the manor outside the city. I just happen to need them."”
Regarding the training of the spies, Old Liu said,“……
" Although they don't need to participate in battle, their physical training can't be neglected. From tomorrow onwards, let them run for half an hour in the morning, just like how we tested the personal guards."Their lessons will mainly be taught by the two of you. Of course, you can also find some experienced shopkeepers. I'm mainly training the personal guards now. After the spy training is over, I'll give them another lesson.”
After that, Old Liu gave Zhen Jiang a two-hour-long training on Pinyin. At that time, everyone started from the Three Character Classic. The teacher would read it aloud, and everyone would follow suit. However, Old Liu's teaching of Pinyin was the exact opposite. First, they would learn the pronunciation, and then they would learn the characters. This was both new and curious to Zhen Jiang and the others, so everyone was very enthusiastic about learning. They also raised some questions. Zhen Jiang did not know how to explain some of them, so Old Liu followed his own understanding and said, Tell Zhen Jiang what to say.
He had thought about it for a long time but still could not answer the question. Old Liu only thought for a moment before he had an answer. Zhen Jiang's admiration for Old Liu had almost reached the peak. That mesmerizing gaze almost made Old Liu lose himself. Fortunately, he quickly remembered that he still had too many things to do. Now was not the time to be in love. There would be opportunities in the future.
After sending Zhen Jiang off, Old Liu returned to the guest room and sat down to solve the problem of military rules. He found a few suitable ones from the three major disciplines and eight points for attention and added a few more to form his own eight military rules:
[First rule: All actions must follow orders. It is a soldier's duty to obey orders and must unconditionally carry out the orders of their superiors.]
The second rule was that deserters were not allowed on the battlefield. If they disturbed the morale of the army, how could they win the battle?
The third rule was to prohibit officers from embezzling military pay and punishing soldiers. This rule was set for Zhang Fei to avoid being assassinated by Zhang Da and Fan Jiang.
Fourth, all the spoils must be returned to the public, and everyone will be rewarded according to their achievements after the war.
The fifth rule was: Do not beat or scold the people. Our army is the army of the people. Of course, we cannot beat our own people.
Sixth: Do not damage the crops and cultivate a good habit of caring for food.
The seventh rule was to not molest women. Only by building a good relationship with the people could they gain their support.
[Eighth rule: Do not mistreat captives. Captives are also humans. Fight for anything you can.]
He wrote down these eight military rules in traditional Chinese and made four copies. Tomorrow, he would give one copy to each of the squad leaders and let the soldiers remember it and strictly abide by it.
Old Liu had already thought of the following training subjects. He would follow the special police training method in his memory. First, strengthen the body. Then, train the equipment and weapons. It was not too cold now. He could also use the river to let everyone learn how to swim. Even if the weather was cold in the next few days, they could still go for winter swimming. This was the most effective training for the body and will.
For the first few days of training, he had to demonstrate it himself. When everyone was familiar with it, he could let them practice on their own under the supervision of a few team leaders.
Today, more than ten carpenters had gone over. The progress of making the bunk bed had obviously accelerated. It was estimated that it would be completed in two days. Then, he would let the carpenters make it according to his…
He would design blueprints and build training equipment. That way, he could use the equipment to train the team members.
What Old Liu needed to do now was to send someone to Zhending to find Yan Liang and Wen Chou. They probably couldn't beat him now anyway, so he could conquer them with force. These two brothers were also martial arts fanatics. As long as the person who went told them that he wanted to find them for a competition, they would probably come uninvited.
Second, Old Liu realized that he had a few generals, but not a single strategist. He had to deal with everything himself. If this went on for a long time, he would inevitably be entangled in a lot of complicated matters. How would he have time to fight for the world? Therefore, he had to seize the time and find a few high-level strategists to help him.
As far as he could remember, there should be Tian Feng, Shen Pei, and Ju Shou in Jizhou Province. He could ask the Zhen Family to send people to investigate who was still idle at home. When he got the news, he could visit them and talk to them. He wanted to see if he could pull them into his camp. As long as he could get one or two of them, he would have someone to help him deal with the daily trivialities. Besides, with the help of strategists, he could also make suggestions and discuss with them.
Third, he had to find time to return to Zhuo County. Although he did not know what the heavens had arranged, he could go back and take a look. If Liu Bei really disappeared, he would feel at ease and do a good job for Liu Bei.
When he arrived at Zhuo County, he could also recruit Zhang Fei. According to historical records, Zhang Fei was born in 165 AD and was already 15 years old. Looking at his situation, he could bring him along or send him to his foster father, Tong Yuan, and let his foster father teach him martial arts. In the future, he could let him learn some military skills. In time, he believed that his martial arts would be better than the one in history. With comprehensive training, he would become a commander instead of a reckless general who only knew how to charge into battle.
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