"My lord, the treatment you gave them...isn't it too generous?"
Zhang Changde on the side was a little speechless.
You know, like an ordinary palace guard, the monthly salary is only one or two taels of silver.
These men are just ordinary refugees. Ji Lie provides them with food and accommodation, which is a rare grace.
There is really no need to give another one denarius every month.
"I want the horse to run, but I also want the horse not to eat grass. How can such a good thing in the world be possible?"
"Commander Zhang was born in the military, doesn't he even understand this?"
Ji Lie showed a meaningful smile.
Seeing the lively scene of a group of refugees gathered around the guards for registration, Zhang Changde showed a look of understanding on his face.
"The prince is indeed wise, but his subordinates are confused!"
If they only provide food and accommodation and treat these refugees as ordinary tenants, they will naturally not be loyal to Ji Lie.
Once faced with a critical moment, they might even flee in panic.
But if we follow Ji Lie's example and give the refugees generous treatment, they will have a way to rise.
Let them know that even if they die in battle, their families will receive preferential treatment.
In this way, the refugees will definitely be loyal to Ji Lie, and when they go to the battlefield in the future, they will forget life and death and fight bravely to kill the enemy.
After a period of busy work, the first batch of refugees were properly settled.
In the next few days, Zhang Changde recruited many refugees from Youzhou City and surrounding counties.
In the end, a total of 300 strong men were recruited, including their families, a total of 1,000 people.
Zhuangzi, which was originally relatively spacious, suddenly became full of people.
Don't look at these selected men, they are considered to be physically strong among the refugees.
But they lacked training and had no discipline.
Therefore, after completing the recruitment, Ji Lie immediately arranged for Zhang Changde to train these 300 people.
"Dong dong dong!"
The dull sound of drums echoed in the sky above Zhuangzi.
As the drumbeat changes, the team of 300 people rotates back and forth, forward and backward.
Ji Lie sat on a high platform nearby and watched Zhang Changde lead people to train new soldiers.
But after watching for a while, he frowned slightly and ordered Laifu behind him,
"Go and invite Commander Zhang."
Knowing that Ji Lie wanted to see him, Zhang Changde did not dare to neglect, handed over the training at hand to his cronies, and quickly came to Ji Lie's side.
"I've met the prince. I wonder what his instructions are?"
"Commander Zhang, what are you training for?"
Zhang Changde was a little confused, but he still said truthfully,
"This subordinate is training the soldiers to act according to the beat of the drum."
"I think there's something wrong with your training methods."
Ji Lie shook his head.
"Reporting to your lord, this is how our Daxia Dynasty trains its new recruits."
Zhang Changde was somewhat dissatisfied.
In his opinion, he may not be as good as Ji Lie in other aspects.
But when it comes to training the army and marching to fight, Ji Lie is far inferior to him!
From Zhang Changde's expression, Ji Lie guessed what he was thinking.
But he wasn't angry either, but chuckled and said,
"In that case, does Commander Zhang dare to compete with Gu?"
"May I ask the prince how to compete?"
Zhang Changde asked tentatively.
"It's very simple. You and I each lead a team of new soldiers and train them. After seven days, the two teams will fight each other."
"If General Zhang wins, I will reward you with a year's salary."
"If you lose, Commander Zhang, I will fine you one year's salary."
"I wonder what Commander Zhang wants?"
Ji Lie said with a smile.
Seeing him looking so sure of victory, Zhang Changde murmured in his heart.
Is it possible that the immortal taught the prince how to train soldiers?
"Why, Commander Zhang doesn't dare?"
Ji Lie deliberately used the method of provoking generals.
Although simple, it is extremely effective.
Zhang Changde nodded and said without thinking,
"Now that the prince has spoken, his subordinates naturally dare not refuse!"
He has been on the battlefield for a long time, but he wants to see how powerful Ji Lie's military training method is!
So the two divided the three hundred new soldiers into two, each ordered a team of troops, and agreed to conduct training seven days later.
…
Time flies by like a flash, and three days have passed in the blink of an eye.
After the new soldiers could advance and retreat according to the beat of the drum, Zhang Changde began to train them in weapons.
One hundred and fifty new soldiers were arranged in a line of ten, each holding a long stick.
Under the guidance of several palace guards, they stabbed hard at the dummy made of straw in front of them.
Zhang Changde looked aside for a moment and showed a satisfied smile.
Although these new soldiers are still far from elite divisions, they already have the prototype of an army.
As long as you keep practicing, it won't be a problem to go into battle and kill the enemy before long.
At this moment, one of Zhang Changde's soldiers ran over in a cunning manner.
"Meet the adults!"
Zhang Changde looked around and found that no one was paying attention to him, so he asked in a low voice,
"How's your prying going?"
"I have been ordered by my lord to take a peek...to watch the prince train his soldiers."
"But what is strange is that the prince did not train the new soldiers according to the common training methods."
"In the past few days, the prince has been training the soldiers."
"Training queue?"
"Yes, the prince has been asking people to shout slogans and train the soldiers to move left, right, and walk in unison. Other than that, there is no other training."
The soldier said honestly.
When Zhang Changde heard this, his face was full of surprise.
Most of the current military training methods focus on training soldiers to slash, slash, and assassinate.
As for military discipline, as long as you can hear the sound of drums to attack and the sound of gold to retreat.
If you can follow the general's command and formulate military formations.
If you fight bravely to kill the enemy in battle, retreat without breaking out when defeated, and maintain your formation, you can be considered an elite division.
But Ji Lie's training methods were completely different from those in the world.
Forget it, let the prince go.
Anyway, if he loses, he might get an extra year of salary.
With this in mind, Zhang Changde turned his attention to the new soldiers in training.
…
The seven days passed by in a blink of an eye, and soon the date Ji Lie had made an appointment with Zhang Changde came.
Early in the morning, Zhang Changde ordered his troops and waited quietly in the open space outside Zhuangzi.
Not long after, heavy footsteps were heard in Zhuangzi.
One hundred and fifty new soldiers trained by Ji Lie walked out of the village with neat and powerful steps.
Although there were only one hundred and fifty people, they marched in formation as if they were one person, without any confusion!
Such a shocking scene really stunned Zhang Changde and all the palace guards.
After arriving at the open space, the new soldiers stopped in unison.
After hearing this, their bodies raised their heads and chests high, staring straight ahead.
There was not a single noise in the entire queue!
Seeing this situation, Zhang Changde's pupils shrank suddenly, with a look of horror on his face.
