Home!
The man stared wide-eyed, and these words hit his soul like a heavy hammer.
Shocked to the point of thunder!
Is he going back for home?
No, no, no….
He is afraid! fear death!
He is a soldier from Youzhou, and the scenes of fighting on the battlefield in Youzhou a month ago linger in his mind like a nightmare!
The living lives, the tragic faces, and the cries before death made him feel that life was so insignificant!
Brothers and comrades fell in front of our eyes, how could we remain indifferent?
"Take the general away, and I'll distract the pursuers!"
"There are still people in the city, we can't retreat!"
"Damn it, where are the reinforcements? Where are the reinforcements? The Turkic barbarians are about to break the city!"
"We can't hold on anymore, we must take the people away!"
"Goodbye...goodbye...my unmarried...wife..."
"Xiaoqijun, charge!!"
On the day the city was broken, those hundreds of stupid people, with their lonely figures, rushed towards the Ten Thousand Hu Division with such determination!
Walk alone!
The man pressed his head and burst into tears at the thought.
He fears!
He is so scared!
He is afraid of death! !
Afraid of war, he knew that he had embarrassed Youzhou's ace army Xiaoqijun and also embarrassed Governor Chai.
He doesn't want to be afraid either!
But he couldn't control it. Whenever he wanted to fight, he would think of that scene of blood and tears!
He is really... really too scared...
He didn't want to step into the bloody battlefield again and watch scenes of life and death unfold before his eyes.
That's not a battlefield, that's hell!
One day we could still laugh and talk, but the next day we were separated from heaven and earth.
Coupled with the fact that he was captured in Turks for more than half a month, he collapsed.
Those inhuman tortures made him fearful when he saw Turks.
Even when Captain Yang wanted to escape with his men, he didn't dare to follow him. It was only in the end that King Chu defeated the Tiele tribe and rescued him.
He raised his head and looked at the people who had stayed behind. Their energetic faces, and even the children of several years old were looking at him with glaring eyes. He didn't know when these people stayed in a foreign country with His Royal Highness the King of Chu. , will turn into cold corpses, lying in a pool of blood and twitching...
They will die. This is not Datang after all.
But they, it seems, are fearless….
I am willing to give everything including my life for that man...
"I, I, I..."
His tears came out even more fiercely, and he fell to the ground as if he wanted no money.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm a coward, I don't deserve to be your brother or sister, I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it, I don't have a family in the Tang Dynasty..."
He collapsed again, holding his head and crying wildly.
He kept mumbling words.
The unafraid will of these people who stayed behind was like the light standing at the highest point, making him dare not raise his head to look at them.
They are so dazzling, so dazzling, so dazzling….
How could he, a deserter, deserve to be on par with them?
Extremely broken.
Next to him, the person who had just spoken stopped maintaining his salute and stepped forward to hug him heavily.
He didn’t say much, just kept saying, “It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay…”
That man was a farmer. Before the city of Youzhou was captured, he was still thinking about how to acquire an extra acre of land. It wasn't until the Turks captured him that he realized that Youzhou had been captured.
That man is an idiot, and he doesn't even know Chinese characters. How can he comfort this soldier?
All I could do was keep saying, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay..."
And the collapsed man, under the comfort, constantly recovered to normal.
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….…….….….….
This scene is, after all, the tip of the iceberg.
Many people still haven't seen it.
Just like the biggest military officer who returned this time, Ding Governor Shi Guosong.
"I'm sorry, Captain Yang, I... want to take my brothers home, especially many brothers who asked me to take their bones back before they died."
"I want to go back to see Governor Chai to let him know that the Xiaoqi Army has not disgraced him. I also want to let him know that there are thousands of people in Youzhou on the Turkic grassland who want to go home..."
Guo Song's face was filled with guilt.
Captain Yang patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Go ahead, I won't blame you, and neither will the brothers who stayed behind."
Guo Song nodded lightly: "Yes."
They are best friends and each other's best friends.
This is a farewell, I don’t know when we will see each other again.
Perhaps, we will never see him again for the rest of his life.
Even so, they didn't say much, they just kept looking at each other, looking at each other...
It seems that he wants to reflect the other person's face deeply into the depths of his soul, and never forget this important best friend in his life.
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…….….….….….
Not long after.
The people who want to return to Datang have gathered.
General Baihu led his army on horseback, and beside him was the arrogant King of Chu.
"Your Highness, you must be more careful after I leave."
"After all, there are a lot of people missing, and that little Confucian general is extremely thin. I'm really worried about whether he and his army can protect you."
General Baihu spoke.
Li Kuan was stunned by these words.
Little Confucian general?
Li Kuan rolled his eyes: "Bai Hu, someone else has a name, Chen Qingzhi, Zi Ziyun."
Bai Hu curled his lips: "Okay, I understand, but be careful anyway."
He seemed to dislike Chen Qingzhi very much.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Chen Qingzhi fought against him every time these days.
After completely walking out of Tamsui Town, General Baihu said: "Your Highness, you can just send it here."
"good!"
Li Kuan didn't say anything and stopped where he was.
General Baihu did not lead his army to set off, but looked at his Highness silently.
This farewell, I don’t know when we will see each other again.
He also wanted to see more of this man who had brought them supreme glory.
Silence.
Li Kuan didn't bother him and watched quietly.
A long while.
General Baihu sighed and said seriously: "Take care."
"Well, take care."
Li Kuan nodded.
General Baihu turned around fiercely, no longer hesitated, raised the water and shouted loudly: "All troops, set off!"
At this order, the commanders of the major White Tiger battalions rode their horses and walked around to control their small teams, shouting "All troops, set off".
Finally, they set off.
It's just the backs of many people who returned to Datang, a little lonely and depressed.
It seemed like an army that had lost a battle.
yes!
They just lost the battle!
They think so of themselves.
As they walked, until the people were almost turning into black spots, Li Kuan was ready to go back with the people who had come out to watch.
As for the leaving team, no one dared to look back.
Those eyes left behind by the common people and soldiers, they dare not look at, they are not worthy, not worthy to look...
However.
Halfway through, a soldier suddenly turned around and shouted loudly: "Your Highness!!!!!!"
The voice was so high that it stopped the King of Chu and the people who had already grabbed half of their bodies to go back.
They turned back again and looked at the people in the distance who were about to become little black dots.
For the person who turned back, His Highness King Chu also became a black spot at this moment.
But that wasn't the case in his eyes.
King Chu's small figure has expanded dozens or hundreds of times, and he is a giant tree that can stand up to the sky and the earth.
"Bang!"
He fell to his knees heavily, his eyes were red, tears welled up in his eyes, and each tear fell to the ground as if it was free of money.
"Bang!"
There was another sound, his head hit the ground hard, and he was worshiping the man.
"This time!"
"Thank you for your trouble!!!"
He shouted with a choked voice, shouted loudly, and shouted with all his strength.
Other people who were going back immediately joined in one by one, and the sound of "bang bang bang" was heard endlessly. They fell to their knees and hit their foreheads heavily on the ground. Some people even hit their heads with blood because of excessive force.
But they...don't care...
"Your Highness, thank you!!"
"Your Highness, I am willing to go through fire and water for you in the next life!"
"Your Highness, Your Highness!!"
"……."
Every sound and every sentence is different.
After all, there are common people among them, who will not speak out in unison with the soldiers, but only care about venting their innermost words.
Thousands of people knelt down, cried and shouted. This scene was too shocking.
Li Kuan's eyes flickered, and he immediately looked up to the sky and smiled: "Hahahahaha!!!"
"Get out of here, get out of here!"
"Don't let me see you again in the future. When I see you again, it will be in the Turkic grasslands. I don't want to spend any more troops to rescue you who are so stupid and captured!"
"Get out of here, get out of here! Go back to your homes!!"
The sound was not loud, but it was like the voice of the sky, echoing in the ears of everyone who was going back.
At this moment, many people couldn't help but laugh.
then.
Under the command of General Baihu, they got up again and headed towards that house.
finally.
King Chu and Fushui Town behind him can no longer be seen.
General Baihu ordered people to stop and said, "Everyone, please don't mention His Highness's existence after you go back!"
"Just say, you were rescued by me, the white tiger, do you know that?"
People nodded heavily to show their understanding.
Despite this, General White Tiger did not hold out much hope.
Human nature is complex and interests come first.
Moreover, there are so many people here that it is difficult to guarantee that secrets will not be leaked.
This was also the main reason why he did not agree to King Chu and let these people go back.
If the secret is leaked that the King of Chu is still alive and preparing to establish a country, then General Tiance will know about it soon. Then, General Baihu cannot imagine how crazy General Tiance will become.
Just know, it’s going to be absolutely crazy!
A mortal man managed to escape and prepare to found a country...
This is more terrifying than any threat!
Admiral Tiance will definitely use all his strength to destroy him and his Jiangdong.
Really, taking these people back will do all harm but no good.
But His Highness is too willful.
He also has no choice.
Lamented.
General Baihu thought no more and continued to lead the team forward.
However, he still underestimated the determination of these people.
I underestimated it, I underestimated it...
…….….….….….
the other side.
Farewell to these people.
Floating Water Town is back in action again.
Make briquettes when it's time to make them, chop wood when it's time to chop it, patrol when it's time to patrol...
Everything is back to normal.
However, there were still nearly two thousand soldiers gathered in the main square.
These were all summoned by Li Kuan.
General White Tiger and his White Tiger Camp left. He needed to expand new military forces to continue to defend Floating Water Town.
The original soldiers from Youzhou were ready-made soldiers, so they were the most suitable.
Those people chose to stay, so naturally they did not hesitate to the King of Chu's orders and did whatever they said.
Although they come from different ranks and different arms, it doesn't matter. Their main task is to be responsible for patrolling, vigilance and other town protection work.
In foreign wars and plunder, the White Robes naturally serve.
This was a newly built army, and Li Kuan named them the Self-Defense Army.
The purpose of gathering together at this time is to train them well.
All are centralized and will be managed and trained by Chen Qingzhi today and even in the future.
Today is the first day of training for this new army.
If a newly assembled army has not undergone any training, cooperation and tacit understanding, even if it is equipped with powerful armor and weapons, its combat effectiveness will still not be very high.
Such an army is like a mob on the battlefield.
The equipment in your hand is also a weapon given to the enemy to kill you.
So training is necessary.
It will take at least a few months of training and some results will be achieved before this army can be worthy of the title of Self-Defense Force.
And Chen Qingzhi, who trained them, is undoubtedly a top military master.
He is very proficient in arranging troops and forming formations.
On the school grounds, 1,945 Youzhou soldiers were densely packed.
Chen Qingzhi was walking around the school grounds, constantly giving out his training tasks.
Ancient military training did not include many items. One was to be able to understand drum sounds and orders, such as evacuation and attack.
The second is actual combat training. In addition to the use of various weapons, there is also strength!
The strength of the legs relies on jumping with various weights, the strength of the upper limbs relies on throwing stones, drawing bows, and weapons exercises, and the overall strength of the whole body, in addition to wrestling training, mainly relies on weightlifting.
Take the big cauldron used for cooking meat!
Li Kuan walked around and found that Chen Qingzhi's training methods were different from those of the general public. They mainly trained the mutual cooperation between soldiers and various formations.
The soldiers formed formations of three and five, using everyone's abilities to the fullest on the battlefield.
The strength of an army does not depend on how brave individual soldiers or generals are, but more on the overall coordination.
In battlefield fighting, even if he is as brave as Xiang Yu, his effect is limited relative to the entire battlefield.
Unlike cavalry who rush, encircle and destroy formations, infantry often form battle formations and face the enemy with majestic force.
Often faced with large-scale melees.
Therefore, by forming a formation of three to five and forming small groups to avoid fighting alone, you can perfectly display your combat effectiveness.
Li Kuan was surprised. After all, Chen Qingzhi was a cavalry general and had such experience in infantry training.
He originally planned to go out and train these people personally after a period of time, when this group of people had a preliminary understanding, but now it seems that there is no need to do so.
"Your Highness."
Finally, Chen Qingzhi found King Chu and quickly saluted.
Li Kuan stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Zi Yun, there is no need to be polite, I am just here to watch the military training."
"I've just inspected the area, and I have to say, Ziyun, your training methods are pretty good."
"I am very relieved to hand over these 1944 soldiers to you."
After hearing this, Chen Qingzhi replied humbly: "The general is just familiar with the art of war, and summed up a set of methods through some of his own superficial insights, which made His Highness laugh."
The two discussed training new soldiers for a long time.
Li Kuan suddenly said: "Ziyun, although your military training method is excellent, it is biased towards military formation drills and cooperative operations between teams."
"But the physical strength of the soldiers was not taken into consideration."
Upon hearing this, Chen Qingzhi immediately knew that King Chu had something more to say.
He quickly asked: "I wonder if your Highness has any opinions. I am all ears."
Li Kuan smiled and said: "I have a body-refining method that can make the soldiers' bodies stronger and more powerful. This is also the body-refining method of my four-beast army."
"Using this body training method for the self-defense army will definitely make them stronger in the future. And a group of strong soldiers, combined with Ziyun and your military formation, will definitely be able to train an army that is strong enough to conquer the world."
"In addition, I also have a set of military training methods that can quickly condense the military power and sharpen the military spirit."
After hearing Li Kuan's words, Chen Qingzhi's eyes suddenly lit up.
What Li Kuan said just now can be said to have played into his heart.
He is proficient in arranging troops and how to train his soldiers to fight in three-to-five battles.
But he is not very good at how to quickly gather military power, sharpen military soul, and refine the body.
Take the method of body training as an example. Since ancient times, there has been no systematic training method. Each general has his own way of leading troops, and it is difficult to achieve uniformity.
It is said that Wu Qi mastered a set of exquisite body training methods, so he trained the famous Wei soldiers.
Fifty thousand Wei soldiers defeated the Qin army that was ten times their own. This was simply a miracle.
As for military training methods that can quickly condense military power, Chen Qingzhi has never heard of it.
Looking at Chen Qingzhi, whose eyes were already shining, Li Kuan smiled and said: "It's okay, you practice first."
"I will go back and compile a set of physical training methods, as well as military training methods that can quickly condense military power and leave them to you."
Chen Qingzhi was overjoyed and said with a smile, "Thank you, Your Highness!"
Li Kuan waved his hand to Chen Qingzhi to continue busy with his affairs, while he went to various places in Fushui Town to check on the situation.
Nowadays, everything needs to be done by oneself.
This couldn't help but remind him of the same situation when he first arrived in Jiangdong.
Seriously, I dreamed of returning to Jiangdong.
After returning to his residence, Li Kuan stayed up all night and recorded all the most practical parts of Jiangdong's physical training methods, which are also the military training methods in later generations.
Methods such as sit-ups, push-ups, squats, pull-ups, cross-country marches, weight-bearing running, etc. are all written down.
This is a training method that even ordinary people know in later generations. Although it is simple, it is the result of scientific research and can exercise the body to the greatest extent, so it is also widely used in the military.
Although there are more in-depth military training methods, the self-defense army in his hands has just been formed not long ago, and these basic methods are enough.
The most common training methods for the army in this era are just boxing and spear training, lifting rocks and weights, etc.
Although these can also have the effect of strengthening the body, the training efficiency cannot be compared with those scientifically proven training methods of later generations.
As long as you follow those training methods and train regularly and regularly every day, you can easily improve your physical fitness in a short period of time and achieve the effect of exercise.
In addition, regarding how to build military power, Li Kuan also wrote the same method as training the Four Beast Army.
For example, standing in a military posture, walking in step, walking in step, etc.
It took Li Kuan a whole night to finish writing it. After sorting it out, he sent it to Chen Qingzhi early in the morning.
After Chen Qingzhi received these weird training methods and various suggestions from Li Kuan, although he was very surprised by the contents, he also didn't understand them.
However, he still trained the soldiers according to the training methods given by His Highness, and at the same time began to build the overall discipline of the army.
The main square of Fushui Town.
The nearly two thousand self-defense troops were divided into ten teams and stood in rows after rows under the scorching sun, unable to move.
Captain Yang patrolled as usual. This self-defense force was going to be led by him in the future, so he couldn't be careless.
But seeing so many soldiers standing still today, Captain Yang couldn't help but asked in confusion: "General Chen, didn't His Highness give you training methods? Why did you let them stand here motionless and bask in the sun?"
After hearing Captain Yang's words, Chen Qingzhi turned around and said, "This is one of the training methods His Highness mentioned, which is called standing in the military posture."
"The purpose is to cultivate perseverance and military power, as well as forward steps and the like. It is probably to make everyone walk at the same pace... This will be the training content later."
"Captain Yang, you should take a closer look. After a few days of training, it's time for you to take over the training. After all, they are your soldiers."
Captain Yang nodded and replied: "Okay!"
"But standing here and basking in the sun can cultivate military prowess and perseverance?"
His tone was full of confusion, and he couldn't understand the relationship between the two.
"I don't quite understand it either, but since this is the method given by His Highness, then just follow the training."
"His Highness has a quick mind and extraordinary thoughts. How can we guess his thoughts?"
After Chen Qingzhi finished speaking, he turned around and continued to supervise the soldiers for the next round of training.
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….….…….….….
For a whole day, Chen Qingzhi commanded nearly two thousand self-defense troops and practiced all the training methods given to him by Li Kuan.
After a day's training, all two thousand soldiers were tired and sore all over.
Everyone was grinning, and they almost had no energy to move while sitting on the school field.
Even the veterans are like this. They can't imagine how tortured the new recruits will be in the future.
The Self-Defense Force currently only has nearly 2,000 people. It is not that the establishment is only 2,000 people. It will definitely expand in the future.
In the evening, when they arrived at the school grounds, Chen Qingzhi, who came to inspect the training of the recruits, smiled and said loudly: "Everyone did a great job today. From now on, we will have to conduct such intense training every day, and we will be slower in the future." It is increasing slowly, please continue to maintain it.”
And his words immediately made all the soldiers explode.
"We will continue tomorrow!"
"What kind of training is this? Is this training? This is torture!"
"This amount of training is killing me. Are we going to increase it later?"
"General Chen, could you talk to His Highness and reduce the training burden?"
"Yeah yeah!"
"General, what is the use of this training method? I still can't see it. Can you explain it?"
"……."
There was an uproar in the school grounds. After all the soldiers heard Chen Qingzhi's words, their fatigue and resentment after a day of training suddenly burst out.
"quiet!"
Chen Qingzhi's face turned cold, and his shouts spread throughout the school grounds, directly suppressing the voices of all the soldiers.
Then he walked up to the stage and said, "Do you think this kind of training intensity is too harsh and unbearable?"
"If you feel this way, you can feel free to say it, and I won't blame you."
After hearing Chen Qingzhi's words, the soldiers looked at each other in confusion. Finally, a brave soldier stood up and mustered up the courage to say: "That's right! General, you are just talking, but we are going to work hard." .”
"Although we are staying, willing to sacrifice our lives for His Highness, and are ready, but... things like standing in a military posture and walking in a straight line are completely meaningless, and we are almost exhausted to death."
"I suggest, General, that we cancel it."
The soldier's words caused other soldiers to agree.
It can be said that this soldier was extremely rude when he spoke to Chen Qingzhi like this, as can be seen from the ugly expressions on the faces of Captain Yang and others behind him.
But instead of being angry, Chen Qingzhi nodded and said: "If you are willing to sacrifice your life for His Highness, it will not be in vain. I can recognize your determination, but I do not recognize your strength!"
These words silenced many soldiers.
Although they were originally soldiers from Youzhou, some of them were soldiers from Chai Shao's ace army, the Knight Cavalry.
But the white-robed army commanded by Chen Qingzhi was able to kill them all instantly without exception.
He is indeed qualified to say such things.
They are, indeed, too weak….
Seeing that the soldiers' anger was gradually calmed down, Chen Qingzhi struck while the iron was hot and asked: "Now, I would like to ask, if you go to the battlefield now, how long can you survive?"
As soon as these words came out, the soldiers looked at each other in shock.
Yes, how long can you live?
Although they are all veterans who survived the Youzhou battlefield, they are not sure that they will survive if they experience that kind of war again, and they will even die!
Chen Qingzhi glanced around and saw that no one dared to question the training. He knew that he had convinced them, but he continued: "Let me tell you, I, Chen Qingzhi, only need to dispatch two hundred thousand white-robed troops to slaughter you." Almost exhausted.”
"Even if the gap is ten times greater, I can still massacre you, the so-called veterans!"
(End of chapter)
