Zhang Xi's idea is simple - he feels that he really doesn't know how to train troops.
Military training is basically the first subject that recruits are trained after joining the army, and it is also the most basic thing... Does anyone really think that after participating in a student military training, he will become an excellent soldier? !
Moreover, Zhang Xi actually knew nothing about the military training methods of this era. He was also worried that if he copied the modern student military training program mechanically, it would not meet the actual requirements of this era. He urgently needed to discuss it with someone who understood the art of war.
There is no point in discussing with Zhang Fei, the black guy. This black guy can only deal with you right, right, right, right, right, right.
But Xu Shu was different. He had obviously read military science.
Although in history, Xu Shu's political ability was stronger than his military ability, and later he also served as the censor Zhongcheng in Cao Wei, a senior civilian official who was obviously not involved in military affairs.
However, if you read the storyline, you will find that Xu Shu has a very keen sense of military affairs.
Cheng Yudu only noticed something was wrong with the serial plan, but Xu Shu had already thought about the fire attack later.
Unable to figure out whether the Xu Shu in front of him was following the historical line or the fictional line, Zhang Xi still shared the training plan he had discussed with Zhang Fei two days ago and asked Xu Shu for help. Ask your advisor.
The more Xu Shu listened, the more he felt something was wrong.
There is no big problem with Zhang Xi's training plan, but the problem is Zhang Xi's way of expressing it.
Zhang Xi has come up with almost all the military training methods he knows, and the purpose of each military training method is also very clear. What training items are used, what methods are used, and what is the purpose of this training? , Zhang Xi’s explanations are very detailed and simple, so simple that as long as you can remember them, you can follow them.
This is not quite right, or in other words, it does not seem to be what is recorded in the systematic military manual.
The military books of this era would not have such detailed records. They would only have a rough outline and tell you roughly how to do it to achieve the effect - even a thousand years later, the records in Marshal Qi's "Records of Military Training" are still in this way.
Moreover, Zhang Xi's military training method seems to be very unsystematic. Many things are just like a hammer and a stick. He just talks about whatever comes to his mind. If he randomly comes up with a new idea, this guy actually thinks about it. Can you provide a more effective suggestion?
This gave Xu Shu a feeling that Zhang Xi's military training method did not seem to come from a military book at all, but was pieced together from many places.
This is unreasonable.
Zhang Xi now holds the military position of Marching Sima, but he still looks like a civilian official... If you want to say that this guy has been in the army for many years, and then summed up this set of rules while serving in the army, can anyone believe this? !
But if that wasn't the case, could it be that Zhang Xi, who had stayed under Liu Shijun's tent for so many months, could come up with an effective way to train troops just by simply looking at military training? !
If this is the case, is Zhang Xi a natural-born general? !
Xu Shu felt that this was too unrealistic, and Xu Shu did not believe that there were such people in the world who were born with such knowledge.
Either Zhang Xi was just hiding his clumsiness in front of him, or Zhang Xi had some adventures in the past five years.
Xu Shu didn't think about what Zhang Xi was worried about. After all, in these days, normal people's imaginations were obviously not as big as those of later generations.
Another thing is that the scribes of this era, whether they have hidden clumsiness or adventure, are very marketable in this era.
For example, Guo Jia was hiding his clumsiness when he was under Yuan Shao's tent, because Guo Jia felt that Yuan Shao was not the wise master he was looking for.
Qiyu is better understood. Zhang Liang, one of the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, is now rumored to have achieved great success by Huang Shigong's military skills... The scribes of this era believed in this.
In Xu Shu's opinion, Zhang Xi is most likely the latter. He also got some opportunities and was taught by some hermit masters... But there is a high probability that the hermits taught too much, and this kid has the qualifications. Not enough, not good at learning, I only memorized a lot of things roughly, and my learning was relatively loose.
If that's the case... Xu Shu feels that he needs to talk to Zhang Xi more in the future, in case he learns something.
The channels for disseminating knowledge in these days are really too narrow. They are basically controlled by wealthy families, and Xu Shu is from a poor family. It is difficult to read a complete ancient book, let alone learn all kinds of knowledge. Knowledge.
Although Xu Shu also felt that what Zhang Xi "learned" was too complex and unsystematic, but well... it was better than knowing nothing at all.
Fortunately, they are now under the lord Liu Bei's account. The two of them are old acquaintances and are from the same hometown. Xu Shu simply inquired about Zhang Xi's residence, and without saying a word, he moved out of General Zuo's temporary residence and also moved there. When I arrived in Dengjiacun, I rented a house.
In this way, they can take care of each other, and it will be convenient to "chat" with Zhang Xi in the future.
In this way, Zhang Xi basically went to Zhang Fei's military center during the day, presided over the drills when there were drills, and helped Zhang Fei handle some paperwork when there was no drill. In the afternoon, when there was nothing to do, he could go home from get off work early.
As for Xu Shu, he had just taken office as Xicao Yu. He would often discuss things with Liu Bei, but he would usually go back to Dengjia Village at night. If nothing happened, he would come to visit Zhang Xi.
At first Zhang Xi didn't take it seriously, but after visiting him three or five times, Zhang Xi found that it seemed that it was becoming more and more difficult for him to chat with Xu Shu.
It felt like Xu Shu was always asking him some very strange questions. Zhang Xi could answer some of these questions, and he could discuss them with Xu Shu if he was not sure. But for some questions, Zhang Xi really didn't know how to solve them.
For example, one day, Xu Shu asked Zhang Xi about the current tax rate adjustment in Xinye County... How could Zhang Xi know anything about this?
Zhang Xi remembers that in the early Western Han Dynasty, the tax rate was thirty taxes to one... But these days, even Liu Shijun, who was known for his benevolence and righteousness, ruled Xinye County, and the tax rate was one ten taxes to one.
It has increased three times, but it is still praised by the people as benevolent and righteous... It is ironic enough.
The consequence of this ten taxes and one tax is that Liu Bei's army relies heavily on Liu Biao's supply of grain and grass.
And what Xu Shu meant was that he was thinking about whether it could be adjusted to five taxes and one... He was very sinister.
But this can't be entirely blamed on Xu Shu, after all, Liu Bei is really poor.
After all, Liu Bei was a guest army. Although Liu Biao said "very generously" that he would hand over all the taxes in Xinye County to Liu Bei... But Liu Biao's generosity was limited to a place less than ten miles away from Xinye County.
A radius of ten miles outside Xinye County, reaching Jiangxia in the south, Fancheng and Xiangyang in the west, is either a wasteland along the way, or it is all under the control of Liu Biao of Xiangyang or Huang Zu of Jiangxia, and has nothing to do with Uncle Liu Huang.
Xinye is located between Nanyang County controlled by Cao Cao and Xiangyang County controlled by Liu Biao. They can only watch the large area of land in the middle being deserted. They don't even dare to farm for fear of giving Cao Cao a wedding dress.
It was really difficult for Liu Bei, and it was also difficult for Xu Shu, the new head of the family.
The control of food and grass supplies was in the hands of others, just like a noose around the neck, completely controlled by Liu Biao... Neither Liu Bei nor Xu Shu wanted this to happen for a long time.
But Xu Shu wanted to double the tax, which Liu Bei didn't want to see... Although Liu Bei was also a warlord in troubled times and was decisive in killing, in his heart, he was still more pretentious than other princes. A little bit of the common people.
So Xu Shu came to Zhang Xi. On the one hand, he couldn't persuade Liu Bei, but on the other hand, he also wanted to get some inspiration from Zhang Xi to see if there was any other way besides raising taxes.
Zhang Xi said he was helpless.
There is no way, Xinye is such a special place, so special that none of the methods Zhang Xi can think of can be applied to Xinye.
In a sense, Xinye is a buffer zone between Liu Biao and Cao Cao, and Liu Biao and Cao Cao are not in a strategic balance of power... It's just that Cao Cao is busy pacifying the north at the moment and can't spare any time to deal with Jingzhou. .
This place is not suitable as a development base at all. All development may become the nourishment of Cao's army in the future, so Zhang Xi's thoughts on collecting business taxes and organizing soldiers and common people to work in the fields are of no use.
Even the last resort, which is to divide the land among local tycoons, cannot be done because there are no large-scale aristocratic families near Xinye County.
The big aristocratic families are either in Nanyang or Xiangyang... In Xinye, at most, a messenger can be left to manage the assets like in Dengjiacun. No serious aristocratic family would come to such a dangerous place. .
Another thing is that Zhang Xi really doesn’t understand people’s livelihood.
One thing to say is, if you build something in the army, you can still have Zhang Fei and other generals to take care of everything, so there is still room for error.
But if you make trouble in people's livelihood... it will be very difficult for people to stay alive these days, and a lot of lives will be lost if something goes wrong.
Therefore, people's livelihood matters are also related to taxation. Zhang Xi really did not dare to give Xu Shu any so-called advice.
Xu Shu asked for a long time and found nothing.
There was nothing he could do. He really didn't have a better way to break the situation. He just wanted to brainstorm ideas when asking Zhang Xi.
As for Zhang Xi, when he couldn't come up with a good idea, he started to think divergently... Think about how Liu Bei broke the situation later? !
Well, later Liu Bei was also trapped in Xiakou after the Battle of Chibi.
The situation at that time was actually not much better than this time. After all, most of Jiangxia County east of Xiakou had been occupied by Sun Quan, while to the northwest was Cao Cao's army, which had just experienced the defeat of Chibi.
At that time, Zhuge Liang's suggestion was to ask Sun Wu to borrow Nanjun... or half of Nanjun.
It can be seen that Zhuge Liang also has no hope of developing in Xiakou.
Even when he was in Xinye, Zhuge Liang suggested that Liu Bei find a way to capture Xiangyang as a base...Xinye was also a place that could not develop.
In other words, Xu Shu's current idea of developing in Xinye is simply unrealistic. It would be better to turn around and suggest Liu Bei to attack Xiangyang when the time is right.
But what about this... Xu Shu felt that Zhang Xi was just having a whim.
Well, Zhang Xi actually feels the same way.
