After entering the study, Zhang Jun and Dong Xian made a promise to Wang Xiaolie.
Wang Xiaolie said: "There are stools here, you can sit down and talk. - By the way, I brought this year's good tea, you can try it together."
Dong Xian was the controller at this time, and Wang Xiaolie was the Xuanfu envoy. The gap in official positions between the two sides was very large. After hearing Wang Xiaolie's request to sit down, Dong Xian couldn't help but hesitate. Zhang Jun didn't care so much and sat down.
Cui Qing served tea. Zhang Jun stood up quickly, took the tea and said, "Thank you, brother."
After Cui Qing said goodbye and went out, Zhang Jun sat down again. Dong Xian saw Zhang Jun sitting down and sat down carefully.
Looking at Zhang Jun, Wang Xiaolie said: "You have been at the military academy for more than half a year. Have you learned the skills of leading troops?"
Zhang Jun said: "Xuanfu knows what kind of person I am. I'm not stupid. I worked hard after entering the military academy and I roughly figured it out."
"Just understand it roughly." Wang Xiaolie said with some emotion. "When leading soldiers to fight, you can only understand it roughly at the beginning. If you really want to understand it, you have to be a soldier for several years. It is impossible to understand everything in a military academy."
Zhang Jun said: "That's what Xuan Fu said. I think so too."
Wang Xiaolie looked at Zhang Jun. After a while, he sighed slightly: "You have become much more tactful in the past six months. You used to be very arrogant, and even though you often got into trouble, you still felt happy in the end. Now like this, when things go smoothly, you rarely get along with others. Contradictory, but you are no longer the same person you used to be. In this life, you still have to grow up. Sister Yunu has been by your side for more than half a year and taught you a lot."
After hearing this, Zhang Jun was stunned for a while and then nodded. Said: "What Xuan Fu said is that people have to grow up after all. Now that I have a family, I can no longer be the same as before. There are many things that I knew before but had grudges and grudges, but now I don't think about them that way."
Wang Xiaolie nodded, looked at Zhang Jun, and said nothing for a long time.
Zhang Jun has been in Wang Xiaolie's army since he was a child. It can be said that Wang Xiaolie watched him grow up. From being lawless at the beginning, sometimes even a bit violent, to now being sophisticated and smooth, Wang Xiaolie could see Zhang Jun's change.
Is this growth? Wang Xiaolie couldn't explain clearly. All I know is that Zhang Jun is now more adaptable to this world than before. As long as Zhang Jun likes it himself, why should others say more? When people live in this world, who dictates how to live?
After a moment of silence, Wang Xiaolie looked at Dong Xian. He said: "Dong Tongzhi has been in the military academy for a few months. How do you feel about it?"
Dong Xian said: "I learned a lot. In the past, when leading troops, I mostly followed my own will and added some military knowledge I heard. After entering the military academy, I realized that there are so many things to pay attention to when leading troops. It was an eye-opener. Get familiar with Xuanfu’s army.”
Wang Xiaolie said: "When you graduate from the military academy, you must start from the leadership position. Don't think your official position is too low."
Dong Xian said: "I used to have three thousand soldiers and horses, and I still have three thousand today. How can I think that my official position is too low? To be honest, I used to say everything myself, but now I have to obey orders, which makes me feel a little awkward. But time As you grow older, you will gradually get used to it.”
Like Zhang Jun, Wang Xiaolie also gave some subsidies in addition to Dong Xian's salary. Dong Xian is a person who loves money, and he is still very grateful. Salaries in Wang Xiao's hunting army were all paid in cash on time. With this extra salary, Dong Xian felt that he was better than others.
Wang Xiaolie said: "There is a reason why military academies must start with control. What is taught in military academies is what middle and lower-level officers need to learn, and senior officers must come from actual combat. Controlling this officer is our responsibility. The military is called the middle level. To lead a regiment, you need to have the knowledge of lower-level officers and start to get to know senior officers. Without going through this level, many things in the army will not be familiar to you."
Dong Xian said: "I understand."
"Just understand." Wang Xiaolie nodded. "Train the army well and achieve some military merits in the future. What's the big deal about official positions? Now in a time of great chaos, are you afraid that there will be no battles? In the army, everything still depends on military merits."
Dong Xian said: "I will bear in mind Xuanfu's cultivation of me. When I get to the battlefield in the future, I will definitely know that I can live up to Xuanfu's expectations!"
"Okay, it would be best if you can think about it. After occupying Shaanzhou, we decided to recruit troops from Shaanxi. Originally, we thought that it would be good to recruit 10,000 to 20,000 people, and it would be great to have 20,000 to 30,000 people. Who would have thought that one In two months, 50,000 to 60,000 people from Shaanxi joined the army. Since the founding of this dynasty, the best source of troops has been from Shaanxi Fifth Road, and it is the same now. These 50,000 to 60,000 Shaanxi people who have joined the army are a fortune. Your newly built This army is based on these Shaanxi people, which is extremely rare. This time you came to Ruicheng to select soldiers, how many people did you choose?"
Zhang Jun said: "A total of 5,700 people were selected. Xuanfu, we select soldiers for the army, not all of them are under our control."
Wang Xiaolie smiled and said: "Of course I know. We have already decided on the general framework of the new army this time. Half of the officers in each command and capital will be drawn from the old army, and the other half will be those who have just graduated from the military academy. The following are For the team, one-third will be transferred, and two-thirds will be promoted from the soldiers who made meritorious service in the Battle of Xijing. The soldiers below can only use newly recruited people, such as the soldiers you brought back this time."
Zhang Jun said: "Fifty or sixty thousand people from Shaanxi have surrendered to the army, and not much is given to us."
Wang Xiaolie said: "Most of them have gone to your army. There are about seven or eight thousand people who have joined the old army. Three or four thousand people have gone to Hedong and been incorporated into Jiang Min's subordinates. There is also a shortage of people at Jiang Min’s place.”
At this time, Shaanzhou, Jiezhou and Hezhongfu belonged to the Shaanxi Road, and the plain area of the Hedong Road was much smaller than that of Shanxi Province in later generations. Jiang Min could not recruit 30,000 troops from Jiangzhou and Jinzhou alone, so he had to recruit troops from Shaanxi Road and Jingxi Road. Soldiers from Longde Mansion and other places in the east should be replenished into the old army.
Zhang Jun sighed: "Jiang Min is about the same age as me, and he is so proud now!"
Wang Xiaolie said: "How can you compare with Jiang Min? When you enter the military academy, it will take you more than half a year to learn what Jiang Min learned in one month."
Zhang Jundao: "That's right. When it comes to studying, Jiang Min is a monster. When we people see it, we are really envious!"
The Battle of Xijing began with Jiang Min's great victory at the Holy Mountain and the complete annihilation of Wanyan Yuying's army. It was Jiang Min's performance that greatly increased the confidence of Wang Xiaolie's army, expanded the scale of the war, and won three major victories in Zhongmou, Shaanzhou, and Hucheng.
During the Battle of the Holy Mountain, Jiang Min's command was decisive and well-arranged, proving his commanding ability. To be honest, if Wang Xiaolie was commanding the battle, he would never fight like Jiang Min. But it was precisely because of the difference that Jiang Min showed his flexibility.
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