In the next two months, the Qingzhou Xiang Army made frequent moves.

Early every morning, the people in the city can hear the sound of trumpets coming from the military camp in the north, and then more than 1,000 soldiers line up in a neat line from the north gate, run around the city for dozens of miles, and enter through the south gate, and by that time, the sky is already bright.

And this was only the beginning of a day's training for this local army of officers, and after they returned to the barracks, the bursts of shouts and cheers continued to sound, and when the curious people ran over there to see, they would see thousands of soldiers divided into several pieces in the wide barracks and school yards for various exercises—

On the east side is a sergeant led by Ruda to practice fist and foot kung fu. All of them are tall and strong, even if they are not carrying any heavy weapons in their hands, at this time, with the shouting and following Luda's guidance, the fists and feet are not small, and the momentum is amazing.

On the west side, Lin Chong personally went down to the field to instruct, where more than 300 weaker people practiced the simplest battlefield marksmanship with sticks and guns. Although the movements of these people are not as good as those in the east, and the tricks look very simple, nothing more than stabbing and provoking, etc., once hundreds of people are used together, they are still like spears, which makes the viewer's heart chill.

The number of people practicing in the south side was much smaller, just over a hundred, and they were led by Yang Zhi to practice bow and arrow archery. Although Yang Zhi is actually proficient in many martial arts, and the longest one is not a bow and arrow, he is the most proficient in archery among these people, so it is appropriate for him to teach the soldiers to shoot arrows. Every time he gave an order, more than a hundred feathered arrows would shoot out in a salvo, nailing straight into the arrow target eighty paces in front of him, making the people who saw this scene a little nervous.

And these are not all the exercises in the army, and in the afternoon, it will be the most dazzling exercises of the whole army. Under the command of Qi Desheng, who has studied this well, more than 1,000 soldiers will be divided into several formations and constantly change their positions, either for the contract-shaped formation for assault and killing, or for the glaive formation that is like a rainbow and covering the killing, or for the circular formation that retreats like a mountain......

Although they don't understand the mystery, they can also see how difficult this kind of exercise is.

In fact, not only them, but also Qi Desheng, as the commander, also couldn't believe what was in front of him, he never thought that the soldiers and horses under his command would be so obedient to the command, as long as the flag in his hand waved, they would change the formation in a moment, the footsteps were not chaotic, the formation was stable, there was no flaw at all, if it was put on the battlefield, the enemy would not have time to react.

Sun Tu was also deeply satisfied after watching the changes in the advance and retreat of the thousand-person team, patted Qi Desheng's shoulder and said: "General Qi, this time I really owe you ......" This is not a fake politeness, but a complete heartfelt joy.

In the past, he really didn't know that the army now has a battle formation and the like, and the changes are still so complicated. Although Sun Tu is a traverser and is still from the military, the modern army of later generations does not pay too much attention to these things, high-tech combat, infantry and tan coordination, or the improvement of individual combat capabilities are the things that the later generations of armies attach importance to, as for the battle formation or something, it has long been eliminated by new weapons.

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But in this era, even gunpowder has not really played any role in the army, and the battle between the two armies is still based on hand-to-hand combat, or bow and crossbow shooting, and the military formation has become the key to victory or defeat. Compared with the chaotic charge, the advance and retreat coordination, the lethality of the self-contained military formation is much stronger.

Sun Tu even had some opinions, if he had brought those Jiangzhou soldiers to fight with the current Qingzhou soldiers, with the same number and equipment, the Qingzhou soldiers who were well versed in the way of the military formation would have been able to crush the Jiangzhou soldiers after the battle began, and their own casualties would not be too large. So in the final analysis, I still underestimated the generals of this era.

Hearing the praise, Qi Desheng's heart finally settled down. As a person who has just taken refuge in Sun Tu's account, he has always wanted to perform. But after seeing Yang Zhi and Luda's martial arts far beyond their own, they immediately became ashamed. It wasn't until he trained the military formation that he was able to show his strengths.

However, he did not become complacent because of this, and immediately said modestly: "The overseer is serious, and the last general is just teaching everyone what he knows, and what can really make the soldiers make this progress in the military formation is the basic training before." So in the end, it's all your credit. ”

This is not a slap in the face, but it is. Not to mention the Qingzhou Army, which has been re-established for a short time, it is the elite forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty or the Western Army, even if it is the Liao army in the north, it is quite difficult to make those armies as skillful and simple as the Qingzhou soldiers constantly change formations, maybe the whole army will be chaotic at any time.

The reason for this lies in the basic training in the past half month. The boring training of standing in line, turning, and walking in unison has already formed the instinct of these soldiers to obey the command, and then put them into the military formation, they have truly achieved twice the result with half the effort.

This foundation is exactly what Sun Tu laid for everyone, so in terms of credit, he is the biggest prisoner. In this regard, Sun Tu didn't have much politeness, just smiled and said: "That's also the soldiers who are willing to endure hardships and practice, and now I really see a little bit of what Cao Mengde led the Qingzhou army to sweep the Central Plains." ”

The Shandong people were already physically strong, coupled with their hard-working character, as well as their reverence for Sun Tu, the general who saved them from suffering, so that they gritted their teeth and persevered in the hard training for many days. Of course, this also has a lot to do with Sun Tu's ability to provide everyone with sufficient food and even meat supplements, in the case that most of the people in the city are not full, more than 1,000 people in the military camp have been able to eat three full meals, and there is money to take, and as long as the people who are outstanding in training can still eat meat every two or three days, this is too attractive to ordinary soldiers, almost everyone is practicing angrily, and they dare not relax in the slightest.

With such a concerted and desperate exercise, the overall strength of the Qingzhou Army has naturally been continuously improved, although it has only been two or three months since it became an army, it already has the appearance of elite soldiers. In fact, this is not a joke, you must know that the armies of the Great Song Dynasty are completely slack on weekdays, and the army in various places often does not practice for a whole month, and the forbidden army is better, so it will be practiced once in ten days, only the western army and other border armies can do one drill in three days, but now the Qingzhou army is two or even three drills a day, this kind of intensity, March has been worth the amount of training of other armies for several years or even ten years. If you pay like this, you can't become an elite soldier, but you are too sorry for them

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Myself.

Because of the abundant money and food, Sun Tu could let go of his hands and feet to train the Xiang army, and because of this, he was not even satisfied with the fact that there were only more than 1,000 soldiers in this area, so he directly recruited troops on the list, hoping to recruit another 500 young men from the people of Qingzhou into the camp.

For this arrangement of the barracks, the people in the city really gathered in response. Now who doesn't know that the food in the barracks is the best, and the salaries are paid in full without arrears, which is much better than everyone working hard in the fields to eat or work.

As soon as the list was posted, no less than 3,000 people came to apply, and after Sun Tu and they made a good selection, they selected 500 young men who were strong and willing to endure hardships and obey orders to fill the camp. In this way, the scale of Qingzhou soldiers expanded again, from 1,000 to 1,000, which also made Sun Tu more confident and more powerful.

For such a result, the people of Qingzhou are happy to see it, after all, only when the official army is strong enough, everyone's safety can be guaranteed, so that there is no need to worry about those thieves coming to rob and threaten. And the government office has also completely stopped recently, whether it is Murong Yanchao or those other officials, they have been as if they don't know anything these days, so they let the Xiang army take over the affairs of the whole city, they only shrink in the yamen, doing some inconsequential errands, and it seems that they have accepted their fate.

However, Sun Tu did not relax his vigilance because of their low-key reaction, and in addition to letting people guard the four gates, he also sent people to keep an eye on the front and back of the yamen and the vicinity of those officials' houses in disguise, in case they made any trouble.

In addition, while training the soldiers and horses, he constantly asked the soldiers of the scout battalion such as Shi Qian to go to the nearby gathering places of bandits and robbers to inquire about various news, in order to achieve a great victory in the next battle, so that his prestige could reach the peak, and also to stop the mouth of the imperial court.

On the evening of September 20, Shi Qian, who was a little tired, returned to the barracks again to meet Sun Tu. Although his body was tired, his whole body was quite good, and his face was full of excited smiles.

In the past, as a thief, although he could get a lot of money, he could not see the light, and he was always worried that he would be found out, and he would not be able to share the joy with others. But now, since joining the Qingzhou Army and becoming the captain of the scout battalion, Shi Qian has gained the respect of many people, especially when he brings back some important news of the cottage, which fully satisfies his self-esteem and makes him really understand what he wants.

And after listening to him tell him about the situation on the White Tiger Mountain, which is located eighty miles northeast of Qingzhou City, Sun Tu's eyes have gradually given birth to a light. In the end, he slapped the table and said: "Now that my army has practiced enough, it's time to really put them on the battlefield to experience." This time, let's pick this White Tiger Mountain as an opponent first, and we must win in one battle! ”

The generals in the barracks all lifted their spirits, and then they all crossed their hands and responded: "Oh! ”

After months of gathering momentum and months of drilling, it was finally time to try the quality of the soldiers and horses under his command.

Suppressing a gang of thieves in Qingzhou is today!

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On the 11th National Day, I wish you all a happy holiday. Passers-by should not stop changing during the seven-day holiday, so ask for monthly passes and recommended tickets。。。。。

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