In the middle of the night of the same day, an order came, and the army made food on the third watch and started on the fifth watch. In order not to get out of the basket, Wang Xian only slept for two hours, and then got up and urged his subordinates to bury the pot and cook. Naturally, it can't be compared with the camp when going out, so the Huotou army boiled a large pot of bags of rice and wheat, added a little coarse salt grains, and scooped them into the helmet after cooking, or broke two branches as chopsticks, or grabbed and ate them with crisp hands, and hastily solved breakfast.

The rest of the rice and wheat are kneaded into rice balls, which are divided into two for lunch and used as lunch, which is why salt is added when cooking rice.

Wang Xian didn't care about eating, and urged the teams to finish eating quickly, quickly pack up and prepare to leave, and hurry up slowly, so that he didn't miss the pull.

After the army set off, he sat in a carriage, took the rice balls handed by Wu Wei, and devoured them.

As soon as he finished eating a rice ball, he saw Zhu Zhanji coming over, and said with a displeased face: "What formation did you let them practice?" Turtle Formation? ”

"Or else?" Wang Xian happened to be choked in a panic, so he gave him a big roll of his eyes and said, "You still want to fight with them with real swords and guns?" ”

"If this really comes in handy, you have to let Zhu Zhanyan laugh at them." Zhu Zhanji said with a bitter face.

"When it really comes in handy, you don't think so." Wang Xian patted his chest, swallowed the mouthful and said: "Your Highness, we have already excelled, as long as we remain undefeated, don't think too much." ”

"I didn't think too much," Zhu Zhanji also knew that his idea of galloping across the field and killing all sides was too unrealistic, and whispered: "I just feel that it's too boring to shrink like this." ”

"Sun Tzu said that the strong must be invincible first, and then wait for the enemy to be victorious." Wang Xian is now speculating and selling.

"I know the way, and I also say that those who are good at fighting have no great achievements." Zhu Zhanji pursed his lips and said, "Old-fashioned. ”

"Young man, if you suffer a loss, you will know that the old man is precious." Wang Xiansuo xìng showed him old-fashioned.

"You're only a year older than me, aren't you?" Zhu Zhanji pouted.

While the two were talking, a brocade guard came to give an order saying that the enemy situation had been discovered forty miles to the west, and the right flank of the army had quickly received the order and quickly rushed westward. The emperor ordered the rest of the troops to defend in situ and maintain a posture of readiness for battle.

Zhu Zhanji received the order, and under the order, the army stopped advancing and began to dig trenches, arrange deer villages, and form a circular defensive belt. The habits developed on the training ground made everyone dare not slack off, and they were meticulously arranged according to Wang Xian's requirements.

Hurry up, an hour and a half later, the fortifications had just been completed, and another decree came, jǐng reported that it was lifted, and the army continued to march. The crowd was so angry that they wanted to scold their mother. I had to load the Luzhai rejection horse into the car again, and led my subordinates to continue to hurry

After that, the emperor continued to issue orders, and the armies continued to march in the east and west directions, and when he went down to camp in the evening, Wang Xian could clearly feel that the original boundless company camp was much smaller.

On this day, the Ming army marched only forty miles, but it had already exhausted the young army who had just entered the battlefield. It's no wonder that after sweating and raining to build fortifications for two hours, and walking for another day, he only ate two rice balls, and the gods couldn't support it.

Under Wang Xian's supervision, the officers and soldiers forcibly attacked the god Jīng, built fortifications, and set up camp in the village. Supporting the soldiers is the firehead army behind them who is cooking in a pot......

The meal was not cooked, and the fortifications were not repaired, when suddenly there was a sound of jǐng, and the enemy army took advantage of their unstable foothold, and actually came close to a mile away from the Ming army to challenge, but this time the emperor did not give the order, and let each should do it himself. Zhu Zhanji did not dare to slack off, and ordered people to observe outside the camp while waiting for the battle.

In the end, under the threat of their own dense guns and bows, the other side had to retreat one after another, but its camp was not chaotic, slowly retreated, and orderly, and obviously would return at any time. Fortunately, one of his own car battalions followed behind the enemy, constantly attacking, and expelled the enemy troops, and this night, the large battalion was finally stable. However, after the completion of the repair, it was already midnight when the officers and men felt that they had just closed their eyes, and they sounded the horn of preparing to set off again.

After walking for half a night hungry, the genius was bright, the officers and soldiers were tired and tired, full of resentment, their morale could no longer be compared with the beginning, and the training during the march had become unsatisfactory.

"People are iron and rice are steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry." Zhu Zhanji couldn't care about whether he was pulling the wind anymore, and said with a worried face: "How can you march and fight with an empty stomach?" ”

"We don't have experience." Wang Xian reviewed: "I went to other troops just now to take a look, and everyone has prepared a few days of food in advance, so that they can deal with emergencies. ”

"Yes, including me, the officers in the battalion are all on paper, and none of them have actually led soldiers to fight." Zhu Zhanji didn't stiffen his mouth either: "Sum up experience, learn a lesson丨 Don't do it again next time."

Wang Xianyi stretched out his hand and asked Wu Wei to take a look at the booklet: "In two days, I have memorized fifty-six articles. ”

"You've got a heart." Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "How long does this exercise have to last?" ”

"I don't know what to do." Wang Xian shook his head: "But if you want to achieve the effect, half a month or even a month is normal." ”

"It's just right," Zhu Zhanji cheered up when he heard this: "Let's use this time to expose all the problems and go back to solve them one by one."

"That's a good feeling, but you have to let the soldiers fill their stomachs first." Wang Xian looked at Tian Sè and said, "It's been four hours, and the emperor has no intention of stopping." ”

"It's clear that it's a toss." Zhu Zhanji pouted.

"Let's talk to the soldiers," Wang Xian suggested, "Cao Mengde wants Mei to quench his thirst, let's also have an obedient voice to quench hunger." ”

"How?" Zhu Zhanji didn't believe it: "Can the truth feed people? ”

"I'll tell you and watch." Wang Xian thought about it, and some things Zhu Zhanji said were not appropriate, so he still had to say it himself, so he shouted loudly to the officers and soldiers of the first battalion: "Brothers, which of you at home has never farmed? Think about how difficult it was at that time, after a year of hard work, I finally had a little harvest, but I had to pay taxes and grain to the government, and I was reluctant to pay the imperial grain because I didn't have enough to eat. Compared to that taste, what is this hunger? ”

The soldiers of the young army are all honest rural children, who can listen to what they say, and they all bow their heads when they hear it. Seeing that these words touched everyone, Wang Xian hit the railroad while it was hot: "Those of us who are soldiers, we don't plow or plant, we don't have to spend our own salaries for food, clothing, and housing, where do we get all this money and food?" It was our fathers and villagers who contributed that they were frugal, and they were hungry and paid the emperor's food, so that even if it rained on a rainy day, you would not have to pay a penny, for what? Don't you just expect us to win a few battles? If we don't care, where is the conscience? Today's drill is to let everyone experience the difficulties of the expedition to the desert, do you say that you should complain, or take the opportunity to hone yourself, but it is better to be prepared? ”

After hearing the words of the military advisor, the soldiers really stopped complaining and hurried away silently...... People are just afraid that they will not be satisfied, they have been raised by the good conditions of the young army for half a year, and they can't stand hunger, and they can't bear to be hungry. Wang Xian's words made them recall the situation before they became soldiers, and they suddenly felt extremely content. What is it to endure this moment compared to that desperate hunger? What's more, what the military advisor said is right, if you really go out to fight, it will definitely be much more bitter than now, if you can't bear this hardship, take advantage of the morning to roll up and go home.

Wang Xian preached from the front army to the rear army, and shouted until his throat smoked, but the effect was really good, Zhu Zhanji handed over the kettle, stretched out his thumb and said: "Wangmei quenches thirst is a trick, and the military division is the royal way." ”

"......" Wang Xian drank water and ignored him, boy, haven't you watched a domestic war movie? Ideological encouragement is a fine tradition of our army. After drinking the water, he said to Wu Wei behind him: "Write it down, the recruitment of the young army should be mainly based on honest rural children, not urban soldiers, no prisons, no soldiers, and no ...... who have passed the car and boat shop."

"Why?" Zhu Zhanji asked puzzled.

"It's coaxing." Wang Xian rolled his eyes and said.

"......" Zhu Zhanji was speechless.

Hold on until dusk, the army set up camp and go down, Wang Xian ordered the Huotou army to bury the pot and cook quickly, and the soldiers were hungry and built fortifications, but there were no complaints. At this time, the other party came to disturb again, Zhu Zhanji was not so nervous, and only sent out to explore the horses, and the officers and soldiers in the battalion were in order, not affected by the outside...... Sure enough, the enemy army was only disturbing a mile away, but there was no car battalion to drive them away today, so they tossed and did not go all night.

However, for Wang Xian, this did not have any effect, because he stayed up all night and led the Huotou army to prepare Yu grain for three days, which was not completed until dawn. When they set off on this day, everyone had three flatbreads in their arms, and there was no need to worry about being hungry for the time being, so Wang Xiancai lay on the cart and fell asleep.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed, under the mobilization of the emperor, dozens of large armies were exhausted, today to the east, tomorrow to the west, more than ten days to march at least 600 miles, but the straight-line distance only 300 miles south, but still did not fight a serious battle. The morale of all the armies is very low, and I don't know when this hellish military exercise will end, even if it can fight with the other side

But for Zhu Di, this is just the feeling of the expedition to Mobei, he is very satisfied with Zhu Gaoxu's ability to endure xìngzi has been maneuvering without attacking, and specially ordered someone to give a reward, and deliberately revealed to him a news - he has returned to the capital, and now it is the prince Zhu Di who is in charge of the Chinese army, and believes that this news can arouse Zhu Gaoxu's fighting spirit and ravage the army better than any reward.

At the same time, one after another chaotic orders were issued from the Chinese army, and the various armies that could barely maintain their mutual echoes were ordered to retreat, some advanced, some stood still, and some moved to the two wings

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