Episode 23: Changguo reorganizes the army, and the soldiers are not expensive in the fine

After Zhang Di established the Penghu system, he was ready to continue to the north, and among the people around him, Ye Cheng was accustomed to following Zhang Di and did not go to the trade branch of his brother Ye Ji to do things, and Zhang Di was also willing to keep him as a follower. Most of the other men, horses, and ships were left as a force to stabilize the foundation, and only two ships and more than a hundred veterans saved by Annan were brought with them.

　　For these veterans, Zhang Di once promised to let them return to their hometowns, although he was insincere and was an act of buying people's hearts, but he could not be a man without credit, and the things he promised could not be treated as if they had not happened. But no one wants to go, and gratitude is naturally one thing, but most importantly, they can't go back. The reason was written on their faces, each of them had a tattoo on their face, and when they were captured by Annan, they were all tattooed with the words "So-and-so of the Northern Rebel Army". Many people were captured twice, first by the Song army and captured by the Mongols, and then by the Mongols to attack Annam and then captured by Annam, and these people also stabbed the original Song army's number and military registration.

　　Therefore, returning to their hometown with such a face, even if they are not caught as deserters, it is difficult for them to raise their heads and live, and their only way out is to follow Zhang Di, even if they go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, it is better than the humiliation and reminder to return to their hometown to hide. Moreover, Zhang Di also expressed explicitly or implicitly that he would fight with Meng Yuan in the future, which further aroused their hearts to kill the enemy Xue Shame.

　　More than 100 people arrived at Daishan Island in early June. After more than half a year, the master and apprentice naturally have a lot to say, especially Zhang Di's experience in Nanyang is called ups and downs, dangers, heard that the newly built ZTE Society is booming, and even more heard that Nanyang has returned to bring back more than a thousand people, Hu Li is really surprised and happy, and has a lot of feelings.

　　In the past six months, Hu Li did not have so many wonderful experiences, just a mental training, he was strict, and the soldiers were arranged by him to practice confrontation every day after basic training. Half a year ago, Zhang Di went down to Nanyang to take some of his men and horses, and there were fifty veterans and 400 new recruits left on Daishan Island. These people are divided into four teams by Hu Li, every three to five to carry out confrontation practice, but also in the confrontation results of the ranking in order, the first rank has a reward, the last is punished, the reward is most mainly reflected in the food, the best performance is added to the meal, there are dishes and meat, the worst can only eat brown rice, pickle soup. Punishment is mainly based on corporal punishment, or physical training, or undertaking whole-camp chores.

　　For teams at the bottom of the ranking more than three times, five soldiers are added first, and if they still fail after adding people, the captain is changed. After half a year of fierce competition and elimination, the four hundred teams are now of equal strength, and few can win the championship more than three times in a row. At the same time, four outstanding leading captains emerged, known as the four king kongs under hu limen. These four people, named Chu Shiyao, Chen Andao, Lü Sheng, and Zhao Liuyi, were all young and sharp people, and they were attracted to meet Zhang Di, and each of the four of them performed military salutes, all of whom were decent, serious and steady.

　　Zhang Di also introduced consorts to the master, because Liu Shijian, Zhang Luzhen and others were all left in Liuqiu, and these people who were now brought were all raw faces except Ye Cheng. He Shaoji, Li Qi, Liu Yunfu, Li Angui, and the sword enemy Meng All came to see Hu Li, and when they heard that they were all veterans for many years, Hu Li had the heart to show off his strength in front of these people, so that the "four great Kongs" pulled out of the team and practiced on the small school field, brandishing swords and guns, shouting and killing Zhentian, and holding a crack army atmosphere.

　　Hu Li was a little proud to ask He Shaoji and the others, "How is my son Lang?" ”

　　He Shaoji held his head high and coldly replied, "Looking at all the brave warriors, but without blood and fire, it is difficult to call a strong soldier!" ”

　　Hu Li felt that he had been refuted, and his heart was not angry, he whispered two words to the guards next to him, and after the guards went down, after the guards went down, Chu Shiyao walked over and went directly to He Shaoji and went straight in front of He Shaoji: "I heard that Brother He is a veteran of hundreds of battles, and there are few defeats from north to south, Shi Yao is not talented, please advise!" The so-called rare defeat is a secret irony that He Shaoji and others have fought in defeated battles and taken prisoners.

　　Generally speaking, talented people are often a little arrogant, He Shaoji fought from northern Sichuan to southern Sichuan, and then from Dali to Annan, it is not easy to live from the corpse mountain and the sea of blood to the present, he was a centurion when he was driven by the Mongolian army, which also proved that he had some ability. But his most humiliating thing is the two experiences of being captured by the Mongolian army first and then being captured by Annan, and the most taboo is mentioned. Although Chu Shiyao did not say it explicitly, he had already poked his sore spot, and his self-esteem made him have to fight for face. So he replied, "If you don't dare to teach, you will take your brothers to compare!" ”

　　Hu Lizheng wanted to give people a dismount, and immediately ordered the vacate the venue, take the costumes and weapons used for the exercise, and let the two sides be ready for the test. Zhang Di also had the heart to see if the veterans he saved were worth reusing, so he did not stop them and was happy to see them succeed.

　　In order to show fairness, Hu Li proposed to compare three battles, archery, bravery, and battle, and his usual training subjects for soldiers were mainly based on these three.

　　He Shaoji and others had no opinion and did not care at all, and the veteran always seemed to have such a natural psychological advantage over the recruits.

　　First of all, compared with archery, the first heavy bow and crossbow in the Great Song Army, about two adults in the general forbidden army practiced bows, and more than 40% of them practiced crossbows. This was mainly because the Song army had few horses, while the north, whether it was Liao, Xia, Jin or Mongolia, was known for cavalry. During the battle, the Song soldiers often lined up with infantry to protect the perimeter, and used strong bows and crossbows to shoot at the enemy from a distance.

　　The arrow target on the school field had been set up, and a soldier named Chen Anian in the Hu Li Army took the lead in the line, holding a strong bow with a stone force, firing ten arrows in a row from a hundred steps away, hitting ten shots, and eight red hearts. In the Song Dynasty, the test firing was made with a stone bow and six shots in one stone, and the third was the first class, the second middle was the second class, and the first middle was the third class, if this was the standard, Chen Anian's archery was already above the superior. To this end, Hu Li's soldiers all cheered.

　　He Shaoji, the following veteran, with Li Qi's best shooting skills, he did not say a word, took the bow that Chen Anian had just shot, tried the strength, lightly pulled full and put it back, it seemed that what was in his hand was only soft and silky gluten, not a strong bow with more than a hundred pounds of strength. However, he did not ask for a change of strong bow, skimmed his lips, and then took the arrow and shot straight, he shot extremely fast, and opened the bow left and right, and suddenly nine arrows flew out, all of which were firmly nailed into the center of the red heart.

　　By this time, the high and low had been divided, and everyone present had already seen that Li Qi's archery was far above Chen Anian's, a large group of old brothers on the sidelines had begun to applaud loudly, and the Changguo soldiers were whispering unwillingly. But Li Qi suddenly stopped, as if he was unwilling to shoot the last arrow lightly and skillfully.

　　After stopping for half a moment, Li Qi suddenly shot an arrow into the air quickly, only to see a small sparrow flying into the outside of the school field, just skimming over the school field, and was immediately shot by a sharp arrow, far away on the grass. Soon, someone picked up the bloodied feather arrow and the broken limbs of the sparrow.1

　　Hu Li praised from the bottom of his heart: "Good shooting! ”

　　Li Qi dropped his bow and arrow, clapped his hands, and slightly arched his hand at Hu Li, still returning to the queue.

　　In the first round, it can be judged that the veteran wins, the main reason may be that the archer training is not easy, and the Changguo soldiers, even if they are trained diligently, only have half a year to train a truly skilled archer. Li Qi and others were archers in the Song army more than ten years ago, and then fought for several years, although they were captured in Annam for more than ten years, but their ability to take care of the family was not yet lost.

　　Next, he Shaoji personally fought against Chu Shiyao.

　　He Shaoji took a thick-backed long knife from the weapon rack, held it in his hand, and then took a pair of heavy wooden shields covered with cowhide from the side and walked into the room. With his back to the east and west, with his sword and shield, he stood steadily.

　　Chu Shiyao used to use a thirty-pound fine iron spear, lifted it lightly, and danced a gun flower, and the gun flew like a red umbrella. Then the right hand was heavy, the barrel of the gun popped a deep pit in the ground, and the left hand reached forward to make a gesture of please.

　　He Shaoji side shielded, lowered the long knife, and gently pointed to the ground, counting as an answer.

　　The two of them were forty or fifty steps apart, and Qi Qi trotted forward, and then the speed became faster and faster, and finally they were close to the front.

　　Chu Shiyao, with a Taigong fishing posture, stabbed the spear straight out of the front door, like a dragon out of the abyss, sharp and abnormal, and when it opened and closed, it also exposed the empty door.

　　He Shaoji swung his heavy shield, flicked the tip of the gun, stared at the gap, raised the knife and slashed, the knife was fast and fierce, like a frightening dragon flooding the waves.

　　Chu Shiyao was originally just a false shot, his body was deftly flipped to the right, the back hand was raised, the tip of the gun had fallen sharply downwards, and it stabbed straight into the lower plate, and the momentum was strong and heavy, like an iron bull ploughing the ground.

　　He Shaoji did not retreat, he jumped up slightly, and the shield slammed forward, and the long knife in his right hand flicked back, and then cut the wrist of the other party, Chu Shiyao flipped again, returned to the gun to close the momentum, and the two of them mistakenly passed and turned around in unison.

　　These two people, one like an ape, deftly moved, relying on the advantage of long soldiers, the spirit snake spit letters like stabbing, taking, lifting, hooking, fast and urgent. The other is as powerful as a fierce tiger, and the sword and shield are even more impeccable, pushing mountains and seas like grids, blocks, splits, and cuts, and fights steadily and steadily.

　　Chu Shiyao was young and strong, and He Shaoji was calm and calm, going back and forth dozens of times, and there was no difference between victory and defeat.

　　Hu Li Zhang Di was also afraid of injuring which one, after all, the real knife and real gun, it was inevitable that there would be an accident, so he stopped and stopped fighting.

　　Chu and He were originally unconvinced of each other, but after this battle, they sincerely praised each other, one praised the exquisite knife technique, and the other praised the magic of the gun. The two can be said to be no fight and do not know each other, and some of them feel sorry for each other.

　　The third game is a battle in formation. The two teams each produced hundreds of people, all dressed in black. Wooden weapons are tied with layers of cloth sleeves, wrapped in white ash, if stabbed or cut, the body will leave a white mark, the spectator supervises, and those with white marks are eliminated. Although it may not be accurate, it is also close to actual combat.

　　Both sides were swords and shields in front and long guns in the back, charging, impacting, and stabbing from a hundred paces away, shouting to kill the heavens, and constantly hearing the muffled cries of pain when people were hit.

　　In the battle of the halls, no one can take advantage of it, and the personal martial arts are not so effective, compared to the neat array and strict orders. In this regard, the veterans who have not been trained and cooperated for a long time have obviously suffered losses, although they are familiar with the army, but more than a hundred people are not originally the same structure, lack of run-in, moreover, doing coolies for more than ten years, the array has been deserted, and then the boats and cars have not been rested, the result is naturally better than the fresh soldiers who practice every day, after a quarter of an hour, the veterans' fronts are split, and one by one they are "annihilated" by the combined attack.

　　So far, the two sides of the three games are one win, one loss and one draw, which can be described as equal strength.

　　However, Zhang Di knew that this was only a superficial phenomenon, and the veterans were defeated in the battle only because of the long-term lack of cooperation and training. Most of these people can be called the rest of their lives, even if they have lost several battles, but losing the battle does not mean that they are incompetent. It is not easy to survive the defeat, and after more than ten years of slave life, it can be regarded as the essence of survival eliminated from hundreds of people.

　　In addition to age and energy, these veterans, whether in will or experience, are incomparable to the recruits of Changguo.

　　This was indeed explained in the subsequent training, and in just a few days, the veterans quickly entered the state, and the Vietnam War became stronger and stronger, especially in terms of combat techniques and tactics, which made the Changguo soldiers who had only trained for more than half a year hopeless.

　　And Hu Li is by no means a jealous person, although he has some good face and protects his calves, but seeing the ability of the veterans, he also has a great consciousness of meritocracy.

　　Moreover, he did it very thoroughly, except for a few outstanding officers such as the "Four Great Kongs", the military commanders, shi commanders, and team generals all selected veterans brought by Zhang Di to fill them. At the same time, in addition to the original training methods, they also improved according to the actual combat experience of the veterans, especially in accordance with the Mongolian tactics, and carried out targeted exercises with long and short weapons from near and far.

　　At present, on Daishan Island, there are more than 550 full-time soldiers under Hu Li and Zhang Di, and after the reorganization, 500 of them were organized into a battalion, with Hu Li as the battalion commander and Zhang Di as his deputy.

　　There are one hundred people in each camp, one person in the set, and one deputy general.

　　All of them will be He Shaoji and the deputy general Li Qi.

　　Both of them were Chu Shiyao and the vice general Zhao Liuyi.

　　The three capitals were Chen Andao and the deputy general Lü Sheng.

　　The four capitals all had Liu Yunfu and the vice generals sword against Meng.

　　The five capitals will all be Li Angui and the vice general Chen Anian.

　　There are two teams under them, each team of fifty people, will be, vice admiral will also be the second team general.

　　Each team has five ten-man squads, led by ten soldiers each.

　　In total, there were five capitals, ten teams, and fifty ten-man squads.

　　In addition to the five hundred men in this battalion, there were still fifty men left, all of whom chose the best physical strength, endurance, and comprehensive combat skills, and served as the personal soldiers of Hu Li and Zhang Di, thirty hu li, and twenty zhang di. Both as a pawn in the charge and as a defender to protect the main general.

　　The direction set by Zhang Hu and his men at the beginning was the elite route, which was why most of the people zhang di brought back from Nanyang remained on the islands in the rear. Although they also wanted to train thousands and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses overnight, they could all go north, but they all knew that their careers had just started, their strength was limited, and their time was limited, and they could not eat fat people in one breath, and they could only stabilize the rear and expand their financial resources as the basis.

　　Moreover, greed and chewing cannot be rotten, and their own five hundred elite soldiers are used properly, and they may not be unable to make achievements.

To be continued...