Yatou Mountain's former grain manager's home.
Three sentry commanders and sixteen captains were crowded into the largest room, and it was still so crowded that there was not even a place to stand.
Liu Chengzong sat cross-legged on the kang and looked at everyone's face. Then he took a deep breath, opened the Yanshui Pass account that was used as a notebook, and said: "A few days ago, I asked you to ask the chief and sergeant about Yanshui Guan Yi wins or loses in the battle, what is the result?”
The captains all looked at the sentry commanders.
The current structure of the Mule Battalion is headed by Liu Chengzong, with three sentries and one team, with a total of more than 500 people in the battalion.
The three posts are Feng Rui's left post, Gao Xian's right post, and Cao Yao's artillery post. Each post has five teams under its jurisdiction.
The first team is the Tangqi team led by Wei Qian'er, which is basically composed of outstanding light cavalry. The Tangqi team lacks professional knowledge.
Feng Yu didn't say anything, so Gao Xian took the lead and said: "Nearly half of the troops on the right sentry were killed or wounded and fled. Although they have been supplemented by surrendered officers and soldiers, their morale is low."
Cao Yao nodded in agreement and said: "In the past few days, I have asked the surrendered officers and soldiers to train soldiers, but earlier we were still life-and-death enemies. It is not easy to expect others to teach others. If you really want to tell me my opinion, it is better to avoid night battles in the future."
Liu Chengzong wrote down their words and turned to look at Feng Yu and Wei Qian'er.
Wei Qian'er waved his hands quickly: "Seventeen of our brothers died, but the leader did not break his promise and did not starve to death. When he was alive, he could eat well and not be angry. He was not as tired when running around as before. This is enough."
His words made everyone burst into laughter, and Liu Chengzong also laughed and said: "Brothers Tangqi are not very demanding. It seems that in the future, the recruitment of troops must be based on this standard to ensure that they die unexpectedly."
Everyone laughed again, and Liu Chengzong asked Feng Xu, "Where's Brother Xu? If you have any ideas, just tell me."
"I, I just feel that Yanshui Pass..."
Feng Lun hesitated to speak. When he met Liu Chengzong's expectant eyes, he thought about it again and again, and finally said: "I think the leader's arrangement was not good. Seizing the pass and firing artillery fire should be left to the artillery sentry. There were no casualties on the left sentry, but there were no casualties." Doing business; the artillery posts serve as infantry, and there are many casualties and escapes."
At this moment, the smiles on people's faces solidified, and even the playful Cao Yao stared at Feng Rui.
It wasn't until Feng Rui was so stunned that he lowered his head that he turned to Liu Chengzong and said, "Zi Zi, that's not what he meant."
Liu Chengzong is the leader of the Lion Camp. At this time, there are not only their old acquaintances but also outsiders in the room.
The four or five captains in the third sentry were all promoted from the surrendered soldiers. They were just living for a living, and there was no sense of belonging.
If Feng Lun's words further affect the leader's prestige, the result will be even worse.
And this is his old subordinate.
Cao Yao was afraid that this would affect Liu Chengzong's inner view of himself.
Liu Chengzong didn't speak. No one in the room spoke, and the atmosphere quickly solidified.
Only Wei Qian'er looked left and right with his big eyes, very relaxed, and even wanted to laugh a little.
He said to himself: The leader's mind is much wider than the Yellow River.
Because of his mouth, he was often scolded by the Yi Cheng in the inn, but in the Lion Camp, even though he scolded Liu Chengzong when he was guarding the inn, he was not treated any differently afterwards.
This is a treatment I have never had since I was a child.
"Brother Cao, what do you think of me? It's okay."
Liu Chengzong didn't speak because he was thinking. After a while, he nodded and said: "Well, Brother Xuzi is right. If we let the artillery sentry go up at that time, our gunners could also learn experience in the battle."
He admitted: "This is my problem. Please pay more attention to it in the future."
Liu Chengzong wrote down this matter seriously, and then said to Cao Yao: "But I think the night battle is not the biggest problem. On the day of Yanshui Pass, the officers and soldiers were also in chaos."
He said: "But soon, they were able to reorganize, and many of us simply collapsed and did not come back after the battle."
Cao Yao smiled and waved his hand, saying: "They are used to escaping. It's just a good time to leave. Those who like to escape are gone. As long as we don't fight at night, we can fight harder."
The battle at Yanshuiguan was a battle of survival of the fittest for the Mule Battalion. After this battle, there were not many old thieves who escaped from Huanglong Mountain left in the team.
Those thieves were originally at the bottom of Lao Hui's men. They dispersed when they couldn't keep up with the team. One group ran away from Yan'an Prefecture and another group ran away from Yanchuan.
Liu Chengzong also agreed with Cao Yao's ideas intellectually.
"Actually, reorganizing the troops in Shanxi was the idea I had when I crossed the Yellow River. Our current team structure is very good, mainly composed of guard flag troops, express delivery soldiers, post soldiers, and camp soldiers. We have weapons and armor. We have everything we need, including mules and horses for the more than 500 people in the camp, and the food can last for twenty days."
Speaking of this, Liu Chengzong changed his subject: "But there are many problems. There are hundreds of lightly and seriously injured soldiers. There were casualties in the previous battle. The morale of the team is not high. It is also difficult for the newly joined border army brothers to integrate. Those captains don't have to be busy. Wave your hands, everyone is well aware of this, and I am willing to let everyone talk openly when we find problems and solve them."
After smiling and speaking to several frontier army commanders from Yanshui Pass and Jingbian Camp, Liu Chengzong continued: "Also, Commander Cao just said to avoid night battles...Brothers, we are building an army from scratch. "
Speaking of the rise, Liu Chengzong stood up from the kang and opened his arms: "Where will this army go? Military structure, discipline, and military strength are related to everyone's life and death. Ask yourself, who are we, where do we come from, and what do we want?" Where to go?"
People in the room looked around, but there was no answer.
Cao Yao said: "Chief, you built both the Lion Camp and the Mule Camp... I don't even know where I'm going, and you actually want us to say where we're going."
This is not a philosophy, just a goal.
People are happy. There are only a few people with goals in the world, and even among these people with goals, how many people can move forward firmly?
More people just choose a way of survival. They don't even choose their own way of survival, they just go with the flow.
You can make a living with only six qian in January, and feel more comfortable with 2 taels in January, which means you are still alive.
"Don't know?" Liu Chengzong glanced at everyone: "I tell you, the patrols, rural soldiers, flag troops, and official troops all want to take our lives. We are enemies of the imperial court, and the imperial court is more powerful than any of us imagined.
If you want to survive, you must combine your strengths and overcome the shortcomings of the officers and soldiers. If the officers and soldiers move sixty miles a day, we will have to carry eighty miles a day. If the officers and soldiers carry food for three days, we will need to bring dry food for six days. If the officers and soldiers are messing around, we will We need to cheer up; if the government and the army plunder the people, we have done nothing wrong; if the government and the army have done no harm, we will help the people.
There are situations in the world where less can defeat more. Who among you has ever seen the weak defeat the strong? "
Liu Chengzong shook his head. There may be a situation where the weak defeats the strong among individual people, but among the closest human organizations and organizations, the weak defeating the strong is just a fairy tale.
He only believes that winning will have something to rely on.
"We will survive, stand with the poor people in the world, be enemies of the imperial court, and will eventually win. I am Liu Chengzong. I come from Yan'an and want to go to Beijing; we are people who don't have enough to eat, and we come from the world Come, let’s go to Beijing!”
