"Li Canjun, I wonder why you called us here today?"
Xuanjia Army, in the side tent, Li Zexuan sat at the head of the table, followed by Zhang Shigui, the captain of the Jia camp, Gao Gong, the deputy captain of the Bing camp, Lu Da, the captain of the Ding camp, and Sun Zhiping, the lieutenant of the Wu camp. They looked almost the same. After everyone arrived, Zhang Shigui took the initiative to ask.
He is also the oldest here. Others may be afraid of Li Zexuan's power and favor, but he is not afraid, so he can only speak this way.
Li Zexuan smiled slightly and said:
"Brother Zhang, Gao Gong, Zhiping, and Brother Lu, I called you here today because there are two things that require your cooperation!"
As the saying goes, if you don't fight, you won't know each other. After yesterday's army fighting competition, Wu Ziying, as the biggest dark horse, fought hard all the way and finally reached the first place. On the one hand, it proved the superiority of Li Zexuan's new drill code. On the other hand, Li Zexuan The relationship with the captains of these four battalions has also become closer.
So at this moment, he did not treat the four people in front of him according to their positions, in order to subtly close the relationship with each other. After all, he is a member of the Xuanjia Army. If he wants to work normally in the Xuanjia Army in the future, this is indispensable. The cooperation of several people!
Of course, this is mainly for Zhang Shigui and Lu Da. As for Sun Zhiping and Gao Gong, Li Zexuan has long followed suit!
"What is it? As long as I can do my best, I will definitely cooperate with Li joining the army!"
Zhang Shigui's eyes flashed, and after pondering for a moment, he smiled and said.
His mind became active, secretly guessing what Li Zexuan said required their cooperation.
Could it be about the military strength competition between the E-shaped battalion and the B-shaped battalion two days later?
But that is a matter for the Y-zi camp and the E-zi camp. How can their A-zi camp and D-zi camp help?
Shaking his head, Zhang Shigui quickly denied the conjecture in his mind.
"Yes, as long as I can do my best, I will fully cooperate with Li Shenjun!"
Ruda also clasped his fists and expressed his stance at this time.
Speaking of which, even Zhang Shigui expressed his support for Li Zexuan. There was no need for him to get into trouble with Li Zexuan. He was not like Qiu Xinggong who had a deep hatred for Li Zexuan. On the contrary, the relationship between him and Li Zexuan had always been good. In the preliminary round of the fighting competition yesterday, Ding Ziying even sold favors to Wu Ziying.
Sun Zhiping and Gao Gong also nodded. Although they did not speak, they still expressed their stance. They were both die-hard supporters of Li Zexuan.
This is also the reason why Li Zexuan didn't invite the captain of Yiziying over today. After all, Yiziying still belongs to Qiu Xinggong's power. If he did, he would definitely oppose any proposal of Li Zexuan unconditionally, which would simply add chaos.
Seeing this, Li Zexuan said: "The first thing I want to do is to select a group of sergeants who can read and write from each battalion. After the training is completed every day, each battalion will be trained between Xu Shi and Hai Shi four quarters. During the period, a one-and-a-half-hour night class was held, and the main content of the early night classes was that these literate sergeants would teach other soldiers how to read!"
"Teaching soldiers how to read?"
Hearing this, Zhang Shigui frowned and couldn't help but said: "Li Junjun, don't blame Zhang for being blunt. Most of the soldiers in this army are rough guys who only know how to dance with guns and knives. Teaching them literacy is not a good thing for them." It’s better to kill them directly! Besides, the purpose of becoming a soldier is mainly to fight, not to take the imperial examination, so why do you need to be literate~? "
Sun Zhiping, Gao Gong, and Lu Da frowned and said nothing. Although they did not speak, they obviously did not think highly of or understood Li Zexuan's proposal.
Li Zexuan was not annoyed at all, as if he had anticipated Zhang Shigui's reaction after hearing about this incident. He said calmly:
"Brother Zhang's worries are not unreasonable. The main purpose of joining the army is to fight, not to take the imperial examination. But because of this, my requirements for the soldiers are limited to literacy. I do not require them to read poetry and books, or to be rich in knowledge, just It’s just asking them to be literate! This request is not excessive and is very necessary!
I call a society with writing a civilized society, and a society without writing a primitive society. Only when a person is literate can he know etiquette, understand righteousness, be loyal to the emperor and patriotism, and know what they are fighting for. Otherwise, he can only be a reckless man! "
Ideological construction is actually very important for an army. This is especially profound for Li Zexuan, a time traveler. I think back when our party just started, it already attached great importance to the ideological construction of the army. Each army not only has political commissars. , and each army will also open night schools to teach soldiers literacy and train junior officers.
It is precisely because of the advanced ideological construction system that our party's army can maintain its tenacious combat effectiveness and defeat powerful enemies one after another.
That's why Li Zexuan thought of asking the soldiers of the Xuanjia Army to learn to read. The prerequisite for ideological construction is literacy. If a person doesn't even know the words, the effect of doing ideological work for him will be greatly reduced!
Only by learning cognition can it be possible to accept advanced military ideas and cultivate a group of outstanding generals with high military literacy who can fight tough battles, dare to fight tough battles, and are not afraid of sacrifice.
Of course, in addition to gathering military morale, Li Zexuan also had another purpose...
"In addition, the general told me before that after the competition between the W-Zi Camp and the B-Zi Camp, I will train a group of communications soldiers for the Xuanjia Army to be in charge of telegraph communications between the battalions."
After a pause, Li Zexuan continued: "By now, you should know some things. The teachers and students of Yanhuang Academy are building telegraph relay stations in Taiyuan and Yunzhou. Once these two telegraph relay stations are completed, we will attack the grassland in the future. We can use the telegraph machine to instantly contact our main force from any place on the grassland, or even directly contact the court. Sending messages thousands of miles is not impossible for the telegraph machine!
It is said that the grassland is vast. If the army of the Central Plains Dynasty wants to go deep into the grassland, it is likely that they will never return. But with the telegraph machine, our scouts can immediately transmit the number and location of the enemy after discovering the enemy's situation. Back at the base camp, the distribution of the enemy's forces will be completely under our control. We can anticipate the enemy's opportunities and we will always be one step ahead of them! By then, the vast grasslands will no longer be a barrier for the Turks, but will become our hunting ground! They will become our prey! "
Not many people actually know about the construction of the telegraph relay station because it is a top-secret task, but there are definitely many people who know about the telegraph machine. At least some important ministers and dignitaries in the court know about it. The generals in the army probably all know that such a thing exists, but not many people have seen it with their own eyes. Naturally, few people know that Li Er and Li Zexuan are planning to use this magical communication in the army and In battle.
Therefore, after hearing Li Zexuan's words, including Zhang Shigui, Sun Zhiping, Lu Da, and Gao Gong all opened their eyes in shock, and even breathed a little faster.
Everyone present, who can achieve the position of Xuanjia Military Colonel, is a person who has experienced hundreds of battles. They have experienced countless battles, and they all understand basic military common sense. Because of this, they Only then will they know better than anyone else the important role that the telegraph machine, which can transmit messages thousands of miles in an instant, plays in the war. Especially when fighting against the Turks, the telegraph machine is simply an artifact!
As Li Zexuan said, the dynasties of the Central Plains have been passed down for thousands of years. Even the wisest dynasties such as Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu of Han could not completely eliminate the foreign tribes in the north because the other side had the natural barrier of the vast grassland. The grassland is so big that it stretches as far as the eye can see. The Central Plains army is not familiar with the grassland environment. The grassland army can completely use this vast strategic depth to deal with or even encroach on the Central Plains dynasty's army. But with the telegraph machine, it is not possible. The same thing, the Turkic army will have nowhere to hide!
"If it is true as Li Canjun said, with the telegraph machine, our victory rate will be increased by at least 30% when the imperial court attacks the Turks!"
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Shigui said excitedly.
As calm as he was, his voice was trembling a little at this time.
"You are all veterans who have experienced battles for a long time. You should know better than anyone the important role of telegraph machines in battles. In this case, I will not brag more here!"
Li Zexuan said half-jokingly, and then he changed the topic and said: "But have you ever thought that although Yanhuang Academy and Qiquge Workshop are willing to provide telegraph machines to the military, those who use the telegraph machine must eventually He is a sergeant in the army, but if the Xuanjia army is filled with white men who cannot read or write, then no matter how many telegraph machines there are, they will only be a pile of scrap metal in the end!
My purpose in giving night classes in the army and teaching literacy to soldiers is to train a group of communication soldiers who can use telegraph machines and translate messages. In addition, it is really important for all soldiers to be literate. Sometimes some military orders that are inconvenient to be transmitted orally must be transmitted by secret message. If the soldiers are illiterate, then there will be a situation where the generals have their orders but the soldiers do not know their meaning. , how can we still fight? "
In the ancient military, almost most of the time, military orders from the upper levels to the lower levels were conveyed by word of mouth. If there were some simple military orders, this method would not be a big problem, but if there were some more complex military orders, This method is very problematic. It should be noted that three people can make a tiger. If a sentence is transmitted by multiple people, it is very likely that it will not mean the original meaning in the end. For military orders, sometimes a single word difference can make the bottom generals confused. There is no precedent for an officer to completely misunderstand the meaning of his superiors and thus make wrong strategic arrangements.
Also, sometimes when encountering some top-secret tasks, the fewer people who must know about them, the better. This requires the use of secret messages, or even secret messages similar to "Morse code" to prevent military orders from being intercepted by the enemy. This It is also necessary for lower-level generals to be literate.
After all, Zhang Shigui and others were experienced veterans. Li Zexuan just mentioned it briefly, and they were able to think of something deeper. After a long silence, Zhang Shigui took the lead and said:
"Although it is difficult to make all the soldiers literate, Li Canjun, you have convinced me that the Xuanjia Army's Jia Ziying Battalion is willing to fully cooperate with Li Canjun on this matter! Who the hell is it? If you neglect or don't care about this matter, Listen to the discipline, there is no need for Li Canjun to take action, I will beat him to death myself!"
Li Zexuan just said so much. In fact, what impressed Zhang Shigui the most was that Li Zexuan wanted to train a group of communication soldiers who can use telegraph machines. In Zhang Shigui's view, Jia Ziying, as the trump card of the Xuanjia Army (well, the former trump card), is You must have your own communications troops. If Battalion A does not cooperate in this matter, then the communications soldiers of Battalion A will probably need to be transferred from other battalions in the future! This is something Zhang Shigui cannot bear. It's not that he has any selfish motives, the main thing is that he can't afford to lose this person!
Khan, isn’t it just a night class? As for beating people to death at every turn?
Li Zexuan was sweating in his heart and couldn't help but mourn for two seconds of silence for the soldiers of Camp A. Then, he looked at Sun Zhiping, Gao Gong and Lu Da. Needless to say, Sun Zhiping and Gao Gong were in Zhang Shigui's presence. After expressing their stance, the two of them quickly clasped their fists and assured Li Zexuan that they would cooperate fully.
As for Luda, he saw that Zhang Shigui had already agreed, so why should he hesitate? Previously, Wuziying won the first place in the first fighting competition because it was the first to be exposed to the new style of training. Lu Da had seen Li Zexuan's skills. Now Li Zexuan has come up with a new idea. Although it has nothing to do with training, But Ruda did not want T-Ziying to fall behind again, so he solemnly stood up and clasped his fists and said:
"The whole Dingzi camp will definitely cooperate fully with Li Canjun. As long as there are tasks assigned by Li Canjun, Dingzi camp will spare no effort to complete them!"
"Okay! Thanks to your trust, when you return to the camp, please immediately select a group of literate sergeants from the military camp and give the list to me! I will prepare literacy teaching materials and some teaching tools. In the future, after the competition between the Wu-zi camp and the Y-zi camp is completed, the night classes in the army will officially begin!"
Li Zexuan smiled, hugged his fists gratefully to the four people present, and said.
Letting all the soldiers in the army learn to read is absolutely inseparable from the support of Zhang Shigui and others. Whether it is the initial stage or the subsequent implementation stage, it requires the full cooperation of Zhang Shigui and others. This is why Li Zexuan politely said Zhang Shigui and others were invited to come over and discuss the reasons with good words.
As for the competition with Yiziying two days later, he may have been worried before, but since Wuziying won the first prize in the fighting competition yesterday, he no longer has any worries, because Wuziying has already boosted its morale. ! Their strength was not weak to begin with, but now their morale was high. As long as they did not make any strategic mistakes during the competition, it would not be a problem to win the B-zi battalion, which had low morale.
"Li Canjun is polite! Li Canjun said earlier that he needs our cooperation for two things. I wonder what the other one is?"
Zhang Shigui smiled and nodded, saying.
Li Zexuan's humble attitude made him very satisfied. He thought that Li Zexuan would be satisfied with Wu Ziying's victory yesterday, but Li Zexuan was not. He couldn't help but secretly thought in his heart, this young man is obviously very strong in all aspects, but he is He is also too modest, which really makes people feel bad! I don’t know how Qiu Xinggong got into trouble with him.
Li Zexuan cupped his hands and said: "For another thing, I want to select an elite team from each battalion as a special operations team to train alone..."
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(End of chapter)
