Not long ago, Yang Qing set up martial arts halls and literacy halls in the army, and started literacy and martial arts education for soldiers.
Managing troops and practicing martial arts is a tradition that Zhuge Liang has maintained since his military training in Jingzhou. To train an elite army, it is inseparable from the sergeants' familiarity and understanding of battle formations, tactics and even strategies.
In particular, the formations used by Prime Minister Zhuge to train the army are so profound and mysterious that it is not very effective for only a few generals to understand them. Only by allowing middle- and lower-level officers to be familiar with the ways of gathering, dispersing, and changing the formation to advance and retreat can the power of the battle formation be maximized.
Therefore, an elite division must be a well-organized and disciplined army. Yang Qing believes that this is inseparable from the cultural level of the sergeants.
Therefore, Yang Qing added literacy education for small soldiers on the basis of Zhuge Liang's martial arts system. This can not only enhance the combat effectiveness of the army, but also slowly discover and cultivate outstanding middle and lower-level officers. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.
As the name suggests, the Literacy Hall is a school that teaches county soldiers to read and write. It uses military Chinese officials and lower-level literati hired as teachers to provide basic literacy education to all illiterate soldiers.
This is a long-term project, and Yang Qing's requirements are not high. It is enough that every soldier can recognize commonly used characters.
The Jiangwu Hall is mainly a military school for lower-level officers at the Tun and Qu levels. It mainly teaches military tactics and battle formations, so the requirements for teachers are very high.
At present, the main teachers of Jiangwu Hall are Zhang Yi, Liu Yin, and Xu Hui. Zhang and Liu are all-rounders who are familiar with Tao strategy and the art of war. Xu Hui is an experienced veteran in the army. Therefore, Jiangwu Hall The three of them are the most suitable teachers.
Of course, Yang Qing was a half-hearted guy. With the military wisdom of later generations and Zhuge Liang's advice over the past few months, a group of students quite liked listening to his lectures.
The literacy hall and the martial arts hall not only impart cultural and military knowledge, but are also responsible for conducting ancient propaganda at night. According to Yang Qing's request, the ancient stories mainly tell stories about the predecessors' loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, and battles on the battlefield.
Based on the deeds of Emperor Gao who defeated Qin and destroyed Chu, Emperor Xiaowu who defeated the Xiongnu, conquered the Western Regions, pacified South Vietnam, conquered Korea, and Emperor Guangwu who led the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai to revive the Han Dynasty, the story is entertaining and educational to enhance the loyalty of the soldiers. The patriotic enthusiasm of the Han Dynasty and the pride of being a Han army.
Not to mention, due to the lack of nightlife for little people in this era, talking about ancient times is the sergeants' favorite program. Whenever there is a lecture on ancient times, all the sergeants will rush to the school grounds, hoping to get a good seat.
"Master Fu, in the afternoon, the sword and shield soldiers, spear soldiers, and crossbow soldiers will jointly practice military formations with a song. Please go to the commander's tent to rest at noon."
It was already noon, and Yang Qing felt a little hungry, so he went to get some food, take a break at noon, and then go to review the county soldiers' formation formation.
He was about to let Dong Xuan lead him to rest when he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind.
"Master, there is an urgent report. Chief Yang asked the Master to return to the mansion as soon as possible." Before he had taken a few steps, he saw Yang Xi's subordinates running over to report.
Yang Qing nodded, waved the clerk to leave, turned to Zhang Ni and smiled bitterly: "It seems that we can't practice the formation today. After all, the day of the competition will be here in a few days. I will come over to see it then. Looking at your abilities, I hope Boqi will not disappoint me."
According to the agreement, on the day of the big competition to determine the ownership of the Huanshou Dao and the Arm Zhang Crossbow, Yang Qing would also review the formation drills, so he was not in a hurry.
Seeing what Yang Qing said, everyone immediately agreed in unison.
"Wen Ran, what happened?" Returning to the county temple public house, Yang Qing couldn't help but ask Yang Xi in front of him before he sat down.
Yang Xi stuck his head out the door and looked around. Seeing no one, he immediately closed the door tightly, turned around and approached Yang Qing and replied: "Master Fu, Wu Que just received news that a large number of barbarian soldiers have arrived." We are gathering towards Xindao County."
"Oh? Do you know how many people there are?" Yang Qing frowned and asked hurriedly.
"According to the sentry report, there are about five hundred barbarian soldiers, all of them cavalry."
Gu Yangqing asked again: "Do you know their intentions?"
"Wu Que has personally gone to Xindao County to inquire about the information. I believe that the agents we sent to Qiondu will find out clearly."
Yang Qing nodded, walked around the room, and said after a while: "The cavalry comes and goes without a trace, which is suitable for long-distance attacks. They are all cavalry. Could it be that they want to rob Anshang County?"
Yang Xi thought for a moment and said, "It's very possible, but Fu Jun's five hundred cavalry may be the front of the Yi people. Maybe a large number of Yi soldiers will arrive later."
"That's right. In that case, I'd better not draw any conclusions now. Let's wait until Wu Que brings back the exact information before making further calculations."
In a quiet valley in Xindao County, hundreds of barbarian cavalry armed with various weapons such as Huanshou knives, spears, and spears were getting ready to go.
Although only some of them wore leather armor, at least they had an iron weapon in their hands. In the realm of Nanzhong, five hundred cavalry with this configuration can be regarded as an elite force.
Li Qiucheng looked back at his soldiers on horseback and saw that all the soldiers were ready. He raised the long sword in his hand, pointed forward, and shouted loudly: "My sons, I will take you to have a good time, follow me." Rush."
All the barbarian soldiers waved their weapons, whined loudly and screamed strangely, and drove their horses forward. After the Yi soldiers rushed out of the valley entrance, they divided into three groups and headed towards Anshang.
Li Qiucheng personally led one hundred and eighty cavalry to the boundary of Dingxiang. Dingxiang was very familiar to him. Just about two months ago, he led his troops to launch a surprise attack here against Gong Lu, the former prefect of Yuexi. , annihilating more than 300 county soldiers under Gong Lu in one fell swoop.
Once again coming to the place where he had achieved success, Li Qiucheng was still a little excited. This time he chose to settle in the countryside and plunder, hoping that this blessed place would bring good luck again.
He looked forward to the success of his plan again, thinking that maybe this time the Han governor would be in his hands. By then, with the merit of killing two governors, not only his own tribe would occupy a greater position under the king's command. The important position, and his reputation will spread throughout Nanzhong is Shuzhong.
Thinking of this, Li Qiucheng's heart became even hotter, and he immediately ordered a group of barbarian soldiers to rush towards the Han village.
In the last battle in Anshang, the main targets of the Yi soldiers were Gong Lu and the officials and county soldiers under his command. Li Qiucheng and the others just looted along the way, so they did not intrude on the people in the townships and pavilions in the south of Anshang. It's pretty big.
Only Dingxiang suffered more severe military disasters because it was a battlefield. Many houses were burned down, many farmlands were trampled, and much food was looted. Every household suffered losses, large and small.
In fact, since Gaoding rebelled, he has absorbed the lessons of the 23rd year of Jian'an and deliberately restrained his troops.
Therefore, the large-scale looting by the rebel barbarians this time was not too much. After all, he still wanted to become the king and hegemon in Yuexi. It was not a wise move to lose the support of the people through looting and massacre.
Due to the recent deterioration of the situation, Anshang City must be conquered in order to cope with the imperial court's upcoming southern expedition.
Therefore, Gaoding could not care about the unpopularity of the people. According to Li Qiucheng's plan, he sent troops north to plunder Anshang in an attempt to lure Yang Qing out of the city.
As Li Jiucheng's troops divided into three groups, the people in Dingxiang and nearby Xiangting suffered hardships. The Yi soldiers went from house to house to rob money, food, livestock and other items.
Not to mention the ordinary people, even the local surnames were not spared this time. For a while, the people who stayed in the south of Anshang lived in dire straits and were bullied and tortured by the barbarian soldiers.
Just when the rebels were burning, killing and looting in the southern part of Anshang, Wu Que finally found out the news and returned to the county temple.
