Everything starts with Kou Feng's participation in this ceremony.
After a month of training, Kou Feng felt that his ragtag group finally looked like something, so he naturally participated in the spring drill with confidence.
But Kou Feng didn't expect that the ragtag group under his command was not as simple as some appearance, but more like elite soldiers.
At least in Liu Bei's view, this is indeed the case.
Liu Bei knew when Kou Feng's soldiers were recruited. After all, he personally gave the order.
But Liu Bei never expected that in just over two months of military training, Kou Feng was stunned to make these newly recruited soldiers do what they ordered.
With an order, three hundred people stood in the school field together. With a change of formation, the three hundred people completed the change of formation in more than twenty breaths, and there were no big holes in the formation change.
Although it is still not as good as the troops led by Liu Bei himself, you must know that Liu Bei's troops are veterans of hundreds of battles who have followed Liu Bei all the way, while Kou Feng has only recruited refugees for two months.
Liu Bei was a veteran in the army, and he was also a man who practiced volunteerism and made his fortune. Of course, he knew how difficult it was to form a soldier composed of a group of refugees.
To put it bluntly, Liu Bei felt that when he was training volunteers to form an army, those volunteers were not as good as the refugees that Kou Feng trained.
Liu Bei looked at the new recruits in the school field, and then saw Kou Feng's majestic appearance and commanding attitude. He was overjoyed and felt that he had found a great general.
Not only Liu Bei was delighted, but all the generals under Liu Bei were also quite surprised.
Although Guan Yu squinted his eyes and said nothing, he looked at Kou Feng with strange expressions. Zhang Fei was more direct and asked Liu Bei directly for the people he wanted. He wanted to bring Kou Feng and these three hundred people into his camp. This was a rare move. Zhao Yun, who came back once, also expressed his appreciation after seeing Kou Feng's performance and called him a young general.
Liu Bei was very happy. After the training ceremony was over, he specially summoned Kou Feng and asked him to participate in this banquet that only generals could participate in. By the way, Liu Bei also wanted to ask Kou Feng how he did it. He trained a group of refugees into elite soldiers in two months.
Then our honest man, General Kou Feng, sold his "brother" again.
"Feng doesn't have this ability. It's all thanks to my brother's strength that we can get such elite soldiers!"
Kou Feng, who was in the limelight on the school field, did not forget his good brother. When Liu Bei asked him about military training, Kou Feng told him everything.
Liu Bei was frightened at that time and looked at Guan Yu subconsciously.
When Liu Bei met Zhang Xi for the first time in the recruiting hall, he thought he was just an ordinary scholar who had studied for a few years. He was good at numeracy. He didn't believe Zhang Xi's claims.
But when talents came to invest, he had to accept them because of his emotions and reasons. After all, he really didn't have a choice now, so he arranged a medium-sized grain and grass master position for Zhang Xi.
There are various mature systems in this position. Whether Zhang Xi does well or not will not affect the operation of the army too much.
Later, Liu Bei slowly discovered that Zhang Xi was at least diligent and handled things reasonably well. Coupled with Zhang Fei's troubles, Liu Bei felt that Zhang Xi could be slowly observed and reused in the future.
But after the New Year, Guan Yu found Liu Bei privately and reported Zhang Xi's words and deeds in Guan Mansion to Liu Bei. He also shared his guesses and got Liu Bei's approval.
If there really is an alliance of aristocratic families behind Zhang Xi, Liu Bei feels that he should be more cautious in appointing Zhang Xi. How and where to use Zhang Xi need to be carefully considered.
This is not due to Zhang Xi's ability, but to the forces that may exist behind Zhang Xi.
But after the school parade, Liu Bei found that he seemed to be unable to let Zhang Xi stay in the position of chief grain officer.
Regardless of whether there is a force behind Zhang Xi or what his purpose is, Zhang Xi's ability to train troops will be put to good use by any prince of any force.
If Liu Bei continues to let Zhang Xi be a neither big nor small nor very important grain and grass master at this time, he is really burying his talents and will be ridiculed by knowledgeable people.
Only then did Liu Bei lead his generals to stand up to greet Zhang Xi.
Zhang Xi was speechless after learning the cause and effect.
Liu Bei thought Zhang Xi could train elite soldiers, but Zhang Xi himself knew that this was not the case.
"My lord, these are not elite soldiers!" Zhang Xi quickly stood up, bowed his hands to Liu Bei and apologized, saying, "General Kou Feng's troops are just illusory. A general who is good at fighting in the army only needs to supervise his own troops and horses. If you disperse them, you won’t be considered an elite soldier, and if you train them by the stream, you won’t be considered an elite soldier!”
When Kou Feng saw Zhang Xi's appearance, he thought for a moment and asked Liu Bei for forgiveness.
To be honest, Kou Feng was not convinced. Why did he say that his soldiers were not elite soldiers?
But Kou Feng believed in Zhang Xi and what Zhang Xi had said to him before - these soldiers were trained to prevent him from being embarrassed.
Liu Bei frowned slightly and looked at Zhang Xi with some hesitation.
He wasn't sure if Zhang Xi really didn't know how to do it, or if he was being modest about himself, or if he was taking a step back to make progress.
Guan Yu squinted his eyes and was thinking about the same question.
Guan Yu believed that he could indeed win against Kou Feng's soldiers with his own troops, but...it was impossible to disperse them easily.
These soldiers are already skilled in the military formation. As long as they add weapons, the military formation commander is not an idiot. It is not easy for anyone to eat it in one go. It is not easy to disperse them.
Zhang Fei, on the other hand, was impatient and impatient.
"You, sir, are so unhappy!" Zhang Fei stood up angrily, grabbed Zhang Xi over and said to Zhang Xi, "Sir, since you said that soldiers like this are just their appearance, I, Mr. Zhang, like these soldiers." How about you train a brigade of soldiers with the same type of skills before me?!"
With that said, without waiting for the reaction of everyone present, he dragged Zhang Xi away.
Zhang Xi was helpless, unable to pull him away, so he could only look at Liu Bei pitifully, hoping that Liu Bei could stop him... but Liu Bei was actually indifferent.
Zhang Xi is confused...What happened to Liu Bei? ! Do you know that your personality is broken? ! Where has your benevolent attitude gone? !
Guan Yu also didn't understand. He stood up and came to Liu Bei's side. He looked at Zhang Fei dragging Zhang Xi away and asked in a low voice, "Brother, what do you mean by this?!"
Liu Bei smiled slightly and said, "It doesn't matter if I let my third brother give it a try... But where should I place this person?!"
Obviously, Liu Bei didn't believe what Zhang Xi said, and although Zhang Fei's character was straightforward, he was not unreasonable. It would be good to let Zhang Fei try Zhang Xi's true ability.
But it was clear that Zhang Xi could no longer be the chief clerk of grain and grass, so he had to find a position to mention to him, which could be regarded as recognition of his ability in military training.
If Zhang Xi really has the ability to train troops, then Liu Bei will still use Zhang Xi regardless of whether there is a so-called family alliance behind Zhang Xi.
Guan Yu pondered for a moment and said to Liu Bei, "Since the third brother asked Mr. Zhang to go to his tent, why not ask Mr. Zhang to be the soldier in the eldest brother's house and also the marching commander of the third brother. Once he comes, please help the third brother train the troops." , Secondly, it can also be restrained by the third brother, what does brother think?!"
Liu Bei nodded and expressed his approval.
Bing Cao is an official in the Zuo General's Mansion and can be regarded as one of Liu Bei's own.
Zhang Fei's marching Sima was an important figure in Zhang Fei's camp in charge of military training and military discipline.
Guan Yu also took the trouble to raise Zhang Xi's status on the one hand so that Zhang Fei would not dare to bully Zhang Xi at will. On the other hand, Zhang Xi, as a marching commander, could help Zhang Fei train his troops and take care of Zhang Fei by the way.
Of course, it’s not too late to deal with these matters until tomorrow. For now, let’s have a banquet with the generals.
As for poor Zhang Xi...well, Liu Bei isn't worried.
Liu Bei really doesn't have to worry.
Although Zhang Fei has a bad temper and is not very good to his subordinates, always beating and scolding him, but for his colleagues, this guy actually has a very high emotional intelligence.
Although he pulled Zhang Xi away from the banquet very rudely, when he returned to his military camp, Zhang Fei hosted a banquet for Zhang Xi and apologized on the spot.
What can Zhang Xi do...can he still escape from Zhang Fei's military camp? !
Although the process of being "invited" was very unpleasant, when he arrived in Zhang Fei's army, Zhang Fei treated him quite well, at least he treated him with courtesy.
Coupled with the Shu Han filter accumulated in the previous life, Zhang Xi's anger has also disappeared.
"Third General, it's not Xi who is being modest, it's Xi who really doesn't know how to train troops!" Zhang Xi had no choice but to explain to Zhang Fei again.
Let's start from the beginning this time, telling Zhang Fei everything about Kou Feng who came to ask for help, and what he thought and how he trained.
"Therefore, although those soldiers look majestic and powerful, they have no actual combat power. Once they go to the battlefield, they will probably flee in all directions when encountering adversity."
Zhang Xi once again emphasized that what he trained was just a showy thing without any lethality.
But Zhang Fei is not Kou Feng.
Zhang Fei has been fighting with Liu Bei for more than ten years. He has seen, experienced, and fought against countless soldiers.
Zhang Fei thought for a while and said to Zhang Xi, "As the teacher said, it's just that the soldiers have not completed their training. There is only formation drill and no weapon drill."
Zhang Xi shook his head and said, "If you are skilled in ordnance training, you are just an ordinary soldier. Moreover, this method costs a lot of money and food, so it is useless to practice it."
"Hey!" Zhang Fei waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "Sir, there is no need to worry about money and food, and Fei doesn't care about it either. As long as I can train such elite soldiers with your help, I will be satisfied!"
Zhang Xi was depressed and impatient, but there was nothing he could do.
"In that case, Xi can give it a try!" Zhang Xi thought for a moment, cupped his hands to Zhang Fei, and said, "But there is one thing, third general, please forgive me!"
"Sir, please speak!"
"If this soldier is not trained to the liking of the third general in the future, don't blame me!"
"...You spoke so eloquently earlier, which made me, Lao Zhang, pretend to be pretentious. It's annoying."
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