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Song Wen's words actually scared the recruits on the spot, not only did Li Jing feel very faceless, but even Wang Chong and Zhang Hong, the heads of the left generals, also turned dark. And Song Xi, the newly arrived tenth general of the Wendeng Battalion, looked even more gloomy.

It's too embarrassing, such a coward, if you really want to go to the battlefield, then you have to turn around and run away immediately?

Song Wen didn't have any expression, as if he had expected this group of unsuccessful recruits to behave like this. He turned his head and beckoned Li Jing and said with a smile: "You have seen your soldiers yourself, do you have any training plans to change them?" He asked this, mainly because he had heard of Li Jing on the way here, and knew about Li Jing's exploits in killing four bandits in a row.

Moreover, he also received a secret letter from Song Wei, the marshal, in which Song Wei told him that the Dengzhou officialdom was now Cui Yunqing and Zhao Wang Li Xiao and Sima Yuxuan were in a faction, and Feng Yanqing and other local forces were in a party wrestling with each other. and explained that Cui Yunqing and Yu Xuan accepted Li Jing as their protégé, and Feng Yanqing was involved in letting his nephew impersonate Li Jing's accomplices' military exploits. After Song Wei let Song Wen arrive in Penglai, he took Li Jing as the breakthrough point and carefully observed Li Jing first, hoping that he could take Li Jing as an opportunity to enter Dengzhou, pull Cui Yunqing and Feng Yanqing into use, and stabilize the position of Song Wei's envoy.

In addition, Song Wen also had the commendation and promotion order of the Temperance Envoy Marshal Mansion for Li Jing and others at this time. However, Song Wen didn't plan to take it out immediately, he wanted to take a good look at Li Jing's performance first.

Li Jing looked at Song Wen's gaze at him and pondered for a moment. He sensed from the other party's gaze that this was not a casual question, this should be a very serious question from Song Wen, and this was a test for him.

Song Wen is the Marquis of Duyu, and Li Jing doesn't want to leave a bad impression in front of him. Just now, his subordinates were scared by a few words and peed their pants, Li Jing didn't want to be put in a useless range by Song Wen.

"Back to the capital of Yuhou, I thought that the newly recruited united soldiers this time were actually generally not bad, and their ages were between fifteen and twenty-two-three. It can be said that this group of united soldiers is actually better than the soldiers recruited by the imperial court in the past. As long as you train properly, you think this is an elite. However, it is precisely because of the youth of this group of solidarity soldiers that there are still many shortcomings, first of all, they have no experience at all, and everything has to start all over again. Fortunately, these are all blank sheets of paper, which are suitable for any kind of ink and training to become the strong team we want. ”

"The analogy of blank paper is apt, these recruits with no experience at all are the best and most useless soldiers. The uselessness is that they have no experience, such soldiers are the most difficult to train, and once they are pulled into the battlefield, they will be the first to die. It can be said that this kind of soldier is the best, because as long as the trained person has the ability, he can train a strong team with twice the effort. Listening to you, it seems that you already have a furrow in your heart? Do you have a mature plan, let's hear it. Song Wen was a little surprised by Li Jing's words, and he was a little expectant.

Li Jing faced a battlefield general like Song Wen, but he didn't dare to pat his chest and make any guarantees, which would only make the other party laugh. He said cautiously: "Elite soldiers can't be made in a day, if you can give the lowly post three years, the lowly post has the confidence to train an invincible warrior." ”

"Three years is too long, how about March?" Song Wendao.

Li Jing was stunned for a moment, March? He did have a preliminary training plan in mind, but what was it for him in March? He said that three years is short, and three months is enough to practice a queue or something.

But how would he answer? If you say no, does that mean you are incompetent? Or is it feasible, and it is a promise beyond one's own ability, and it will not be worse if things do not work out at that time?

After hesitating for a moment, Li Jing still decided to say it directly.

"Back to the capital Yuhou, three months is indeed too short, these are inexperienced recruits, and they can't learn anything in three months. If it is a veteran, the reorganization in three months may double the combat strength, but such a united new soldier, please forgive me for being incompetent. ”

I thought that this answer would be exchanged for a few reprimands, but unexpectedly, Song Wei turned his head to look at him a few times seriously, and said with a smile: "Yes, if you really answer that it can be done in March, then you can pack up and go to the room to cook now." The most taboo thing to lead troops is to not see the situation clearly and not measure their own strength. Now tell me what your plan is, and don't care about the time limit. ”

"The plan of the lowly position is to conduct a thorough assessment first, and then promote the outstanding ones to the team and the captain. First, appoint and form a top-down officer structure, and then organize the army according to the strength of each person. ”

Song Wen nodded and chuckled: "The idea is good, the snake can't be without a head." A good officer is half of an army's combat effectiveness. Only the upper and lower are unobstructed, and the order is forbidden. Let me give you a suggestion, after the selection and appointment of officers, the most important point is military discipline. There are no outnumbered soldiers, no courage and cowardice, and if you rule it, you will win, and if you are chaotic, you will lose. The soldiers don't know the generals, the generals don't know the soldiers, they don't hear the drums, they don't stop hearing the gold, although there are millions of people, they use them to fight the enemy, such as the meat and the tiger, can An be able to win? The so-called ruler is to read and learn when he lives, and he is firm when he moves; You can't make a mistake when you advance, and you can't chase when you retreat; The previous robbery is like a festival, and the left and right should be represented; It can be combined but not separated, and it can be used but not tired; Although it is a formation, although it is scattered, it is also a cure. ”

"The ancient law said: The three officials are not Miao, and the five religions are not chaotic, which is called a capable army. The three officials, drums, gold, and flags; The five teachings are the eyes, ears, hands, feet, and heart. Teach the eyes to know the flags of all shapes, teach the ears to know the number of orders, teach the feet to know the degree of advance and retreat, teach the hands to know the strengths and weaknesses of the soldiers, and teach the heart to know the use of rewards and punishments. The use of the five is the rule of victory. Therefore, the use of soldiers wants its convenience, the use of weapons wants its benefits, the generals want its fine, and the soldiers want its teaching. Therefore, if you don't read it every day, you are teaching and not gradually; If you don't talk about martial arts, you will be training and useless. Si is used for each other, and it becomes a tool for breaking and rushing quietly. If the husband takes advantage of the gap between the three farmers and the six teachers, he will learn the appearance of the six divisions; Shun Weiyi, Ming Shaochang, strict rewards and punishments, Chen orders; The commander must obey, and the commander must go, and the commander should ask for one or two of them and act accordingly. Do you understand what I'm saying? ”

Li Jing thought carefully about what Song Wen said, and replied: "What Du Yuhou means is that soldiers should first learn to order and prohibit, and know how to advance and retreat. And then do you learn the ability to kill the enemy in battle formation? ”

"It's a little bit thorough, it's smart. I might as well tell you directly, these words were still said to me by Song Jieshuai at the beginning, and it took me a long time to understand the meaning of these words. But I didn't expect you to understand so quickly. But understanding is only the first step, do you know how to do it? ”

Easier said than done. To put it bluntly, since ancient times, there are several armies that can really make it impossible to enter, retreat can not chase, advance when they hear the drums, stop when they smell the gold, do not mess up the battle, and do not collapse when they are defeated?

"Du Yuhou, I have a not very mature idea."

"Straight to the point."

"The idea of the humble position is that after appointing the low-level officers, there will be a squad of three people, and the three squads will be a squadron, and each squad must have one person as the core, and each squadron must have a small squad as the core."

"Go on."

"I don't practice fighting swords and guns first, but practice weight-bearing running and queues every day."

"Do you want to train first to strengthen your physique? This is doable, although the recruits are very young, but after all, they were all farmers before. But what's the difference between this queue and the battle formation? Why do you want to train in a queue instead of a battle formation? ”

"The method of battle formation is too complicated, and it requires a very high level of tacit cooperation. And what we lack most now is tacit cooperation, and practicing the battle formation at this time is undoubtedly half the effort. Therefore, the idea of humiliation is to start with the simplest training at the beginning, while practicing weight-bearing, not only to increase the physical fitness of the soldiers, but also to train their obedience, endurance, and physical strength. And the practice queue starts from the simplest standing posture and horizontal column. This kind of training is boring and simple, and cultivates the concept of discipline. The basic purpose of our cohort training is: "order and prohibit", that is, "there is an order must be done, and there is a ban must be stopped". Without rules, there is no circle. Queue training always emphasizes discipline and constantly strengthens their concept of discipline until they form a "conditioned reflex", and no longer ask so much "what to do" in front of orders, but really "orders must be carried out, and prohibitions must be stopped". ”

"Conditioning?" Song Wen didn't understand this new word.

Li Jing reacted and said a new term that the Tang people still didn't understand, and explained with a smile: "The so-called conditioned reflex, let's take an analogy, it's like the bell and drum tower in every city, every day the evening drum and morning bell, over time, as soon as everyone hears the drum sound of the bell and drum tower at night, they know that it is time to close the city gate at night and curfew, and as soon as they hear the morning bell, the city gate of Zhilu Road opens, and a new day begins." The evening drum and morning bell, over time, is a conditioned reflex. As soon as everyone hears the sound of bells and drums, they know what is going on, and they don't think about it at all. ”

"Well, that's a good analogy, it is. If our fighters can really do this 'conditioned reflex', they can do what they order and what they prohibit, and they can expect great success. ”

"Yes, cohort training is not only that, but also about building a sense of collectivity. In the queue, everyone is "sharing joys and sorrows": sharing happiness and sharing, and sharing punishments. I intend to strengthen the students' sense of community through collective punishment measures, consciously or unconsciously, to curb the spread of individual bad behaviors during training. ”

"Yes, go ahead." Hearing this, Song Wen already had a lot of interest in Li Jing's queue training plan.

"There is also the cultivation of tenacious will and firm belief through cohort training. Cohort training is monotonous, repetitive, and boring. Walking around doesn't make sense on the surface, but it's not, and queue action needs to be consolidated. In the eyes of humble positions, the queue is the foundation of all kinds of military formations, and if the queue is not well trained, then the military formation is not to mention. It is troublesome to train in military formations, and it is impossible to train regularly, and if you do not practice for a long time, your movements will be rusty, and the results will be even worse in wartime. Queue training should cultivate tenacious will: everyone always has to do something they don't want to do, unwilling to do but can't do nothing, the more so, the more tenacious will, firm belief and confidence to win. Although the queue training is boring, it can develop a tenacious will to fight. ”

In addition, through this simple and boring queue training, I can also cultivate a style that can endure hardships and fight, and can develop a good temperament. In short, the queue itself is a simple matter, but we can use the queue training to make a complete change in the recruits, train a tenacious, prohibitive, and good style of troops, and then start military formation and other training, we can draw inferences from one another, and achieve twice the result with half the effort. ”

Song Wen pinched his chin and fell into deep thought, and after Li Jing finished speaking for a long time, he was still immersed in it. After a long time, Song Wen happily patted Li Jing's shoulder and said, "Although it has not been tested by facts, I am very interested in the method you said. In this case, you will make a detailed plan and submit your ideas to me in a written order, and I will discuss them carefully with the two instructors Lin and Wang and the officers of each battalion. However, the left one can try it out according to your method first. You are now the leader of the first team of the left capital, and I will appoint you as the head of the left capital, and you and Wang Zhong and other officers of the left capital will train according to your wishes from tomorrow! ”

Although this head of the Left Capital was only a temporary appointment and dismissal, it made Li Jing very happy, which meant that the new Duyu Marquis still expressed his support for his plan.