In these years, when marching and fighting, except for soldiers and armor, which were issued by local arsenals, the rest of the change of clothes had to be brought by themselves, and quilts were no exception.

"Quilt", is the quilt of this year, hot in summer, is a single layer of thin quilt, now it is late autumn, the weather is getting colder, just a thin quilt can no longer keep out the cold, you have to use a thick quilt.

Because everyone brought their own homes or bought them at the market at the camping site, there were many different things in the house. The quilts covered by generals like Li You in the army were not only sewn with the best silk silk, but also lined with a layer of soft deerskin, and then stuffed with duck and goose fluff, which was light and warm, and only the nobles could afford it.

A military official like Heifu, who was born in a Chinese family, sewed quilts with better kudzu cloth, such as a quilt he covered, which was sewn for him by his mother, and in late autumn, the reeds on the edge of Yunmengze were full, which were soft to the touch and enough to keep warm on the body.

The poorer ordinary soldiers could only use burlap as a quilt, and stuff some withered grass and wheat straw into it in the autumn time......

But in this tent that could accommodate ten people, Li You found that no matter what shape the quilt was, it was carefully folded and placed at the end of the bed.

Although it is impossible to fold it into the "tofu block" of the People's Liberation Army in later generations because of the material problem, it looks extremely pleasing to the eye in the eyes of Li You, the commander who likes to be neat and uniform. You know, not to mention the Nanjun soldiers, even the most elite Guanzhong soldiers, the bedding in the camp tent is also placed horizontally and vertically, and no one has ever subconsciously folded it.

He was speechless except for his astonishment when he first entered, and he walked out of the tent of ten people, and looked at the other tents in the camp of the hundred-man man of the Hefu family. But without exception, the bedding was neatly stacked, and in addition, the armor, clothing, weapons, and shields all had a place to be placed, which was in stark contrast to the mess of the other tents......

Li You casually picked up a piece of wood on the couch, on which was the attendance schedule written by Heifu, getting up at sunrise to fold quilts, eating at mealtime, and going out to train at no time...... Almost every hour, there is a corresponding routine.

"Who told you to fold this quilt?"

It can't be the soldiers' consciousness, it must be the order of the military officials.

Heifu, who followed behind, immediately agreed: "It was ordered by the subordinate to do it." ”

"Why do you have to do that?" Li You asked.

Heifu said: "It is for the hearts of the people." ”

"A crowd of hearts?"

Li You was interested, and sat down on a neatly stacked floor with a quilt on it, and let Heifu come over.

Hefu looked at the leaders and five hundred lords who were standing in a circle outside the tent, and was a little embarrassed.

Li You said: "It's okay, you can talk about it carefully." ”

Heifu lowered his head and said: "Dare to speak up to the captain, the soldiers under his command are all from all counties in Nan County, there are people from Anlu County, Yan County, and Jingling County, and they didn't know each other before. And after everyone was conscripted to go north last year, the labor teacher was away for a year, and he couldn't return for a long time, and it was inevitable that he would miss his home in his heart, which was the so-called difference in his heart. If there is a battle, they will hesitate to look forward to each other, and they will not be able to move forward according to the command. ”

"When the subordinate is in the county, he has participated in the training of the guards, and he must first be restrained by the marching queue, so that he must be in the same pace, neatly and uniformly, and not chaotic. When they arrived in the barracks, it was even more strict, even if the soldiers were to do things such as chopping wood and grazing, they were not allowed to go out alone, and they would be in a march, and those who did not become a marching were not allowed to pass. ”

This is the same as in the army of later generations, three people had to line up when traveling, all in order to let the soldiers develop good discipline in life.

The same role is played in the internal affairs of the army, such as folding quilts.

This kind of "formalism" of the troops was criticized many times in later generations, but its original intention was good, and it played a great role in promoting the uniformity of the troops. If you can't even fold the little bedding neatly every day, you don't have to expect the soldiers of this army to obey more stringent orders when marching, stationing, and fighting.

Looking back, when I was in the police academy in my previous life, although I cursed the boring formalism of folding quilts every day, now, it has become a habit that is difficult for Heifu to let go.

Uniformity is an important way for collective strength to gather and gradually develop and accumulate, which is what Heifu called "a lot of hearts". Whether it is the ancient art of war or the armies of modern countries, they are all subconsciously doing similar things.

Soldiers, murder weapons!

After a year of military life, Heifu has a new understanding of this sentence.

He thinks that the so-called fierceness is not the domineering spirit of winning the battle and conquering the battle, nor the tragedy of the sea of corpses and blood, but the indifference to human life and the suppression of human nature!

Military discipline and military rules are based on the premise of annihilating individual character, and it is necessary to make this discipline deeply rooted in the bone marrow and become a part of their lives, so that everyone can have a strong sense of belonging.

He was ordered to forget his family, to fight abroad to forget his parents, and to kill the enemy in battle to forget himself.

That's right, forget their previous identities as farmers, craftsmen, merchants, husbands, sons, and brothers, and get a new identity, one and only: warriors!

This principle is the same when put into the Qin army.

Therefore, when Heifu was stationed in Humu Township, he asked his soldiers to insist on folding quilts every day to cultivate their obedience and discipline.

Of course, the main reason is that Heifu wants to rely on this way to attract the attention of commanders, and under the transformation of Qin Law, many officials and officers in Qin State are obsessive-compulsive, and Heifu is just the right medicine......

After two months of strict requirements for his subordinates day after day, the opportunity has really come, how can Heifu miss it?

So he said eloquently: "Therefore, in addition to military training, the subordinates think that they can also let the soldiers start from some simple things on weekdays, so as to eliminate their selfish desires when they are the head of the Qian, forget those lazy habits, and make a hundred people uniform, just like one person!" ”

After speaking, Heifu said: "The vulgar people of the subordinates, the shallow views, make the captain smile." ”

"A hundred people are like one ......"

Li You didn't scoff, but he had some appreciation for the little military officer in front of him, he asked where Heifu came from, and when he learned that his family was just a small family without a clan, he was a pavilion chief in the local area, and he got the position of doctor after joining the army with a little meritorious service, and he was even more secretly amazed.

He had read the Art of War and remembered that there was such a passage in "Wu Zi": "If the decree is not clear, the rewards and punishments are not believed, the gold is not stopped, and the drum is not advanced, although there are millions, what is the use?" ”

In this case, it must be because the generals do not know how to govern the army.

So, how can we calculate the "management of the army" by the law?

The so-called ruler is polite when he lives, and he is powerful when he moves! Advance can not be, retreat can not chase, but there is a section in front, left and right should be rubbed, although it is absolutely Chen, although it is scattered.

Today's incident made Li You refresh his cognition of "living is polite".

"Captain Bendu patrolled the camp today, and he didn't come in vain."

He got up satisfied, and when he walked out of the camp, he said to the captains and five hundred lords who were waiting outside with wide eyes and small eyes: "The black man is polite when he governs the army!" Reward him and all the soldiers with ten thousand dollars! ”

Heifu thanked him, and when the subordinates who stood in several columns outside heard it, they also showed joy on their faces, secretly thinking that the quilts had not been folded in vain in the past two months.

Unexpectedly, Li You turned his head and said: "I just don't know, whether the people under Heifu's command can really be one hundred people during the drill, and they can be powerful if they can move?" Tomorrow, Captain Pontus will try it! ”

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The day after arriving at the barracks for inspection, he asked five commanders to lead his subordinates to conduct a large-scale military exercise outside Yangcheng County.

According to the rules of the Qin army, 5,000 people were divided into five teams and lined up in the field to conduct exercises. During the exercise, three wooden dahua watches were erected, one for every 100 paces.

After the troops were arrayed, according to Li You's golden drum banner, they practiced martial arts and spears, fast marching, and running. After repeated drills three times, the army has fully mastered the essentials, and then rewards and punishments are given according to the quality of the drills.

In this exercise, as Li You expected, the ranks of the Nanjun soldiers and the golden drum banner were all mastered, which was far inferior to the elite of Guanzhong.

Only Heifu, who has not slackened his queue training in the past two months, once again attracted Li You's attention......

Take the board as the drum, the tile as the gold, and the rod as the flag. The drum is marching, the low flag is tending, the gold is retreating, the left is left, the right is the right, the golden drum is beating and sitting, each of which is done well.

It may be luck to make the generals notice once, but if you pay attention twice in a row, it is strength.

So after the drill that day, Li You rewarded Heifu and his command with 10,000 dollars, and made a decision that surprised the whole song.

Heifu and his subordinates were all transferred to the short soldiers directly under Captain Li You!