Chapter 1 Light and fierce Wu Feng
After the generals met, Xu You ordered them to fulfill their duties and concentrate on training troops, leaving only Zuo Qi, He Ru, Qi Xiao, Han Baoqing, Ming Jing, Lu Bozhi and Wang Shibi.
Han Baoqing, contrary to his name, was as thin as a pole and had a donkey face. He was one of the eight immortal thieves under Qi Xiao. He was as meticulous as a haircut, rigorous and steady as he did not say anything, but he always got the word of it, and was always respected by Qi Xiao.
Ming Jing, one of the heads of the Eight Thieves, has a handsome appearance, like a handsome young man, and is very erect. He usually depends on him to deceive the women and women of wealthy families into the ambush circle, but don’t be deceived by his appearance. This person is good at using two swords and is extremely brave. Whenever he fights, he often breaks into the enemy with bare shirt and is covered in blood, and is terrifying like a ghost.
Lu Bozhi, with a seven-foot body, three-foot beard, and his eyes were narrow and long and spiritual. The former subordinate of the Xu family of Yixing was the confidant of Xu Zi, the general of Tiger Leap. He was good at counting and calculating the art of scattering branches. He was privately praised by Xu You's grandfather as having the talent of Xiao He. He was unable to escape that year and escaped into Ningyue. In just a few years, he accumulated more than ten million yuan of wealth. Now that he learned that Xu You had risen again, he settled his family and went to Chongshan alone to surrender. His loyalty can be seen by the sun and the moon.
Wang Shibi, former former subordinate of the Xu family, followed Xu You's father for many years and had a good relationship with Qi Xiao. He was also one of Xu You's old acquaintances. He was short and thick, with three or two rat whiskers and eyes like mung beans. He often looked at him from the corner of his eyes. The people in the tent were the most vulgar and ugly with his temperament.
However, this person is Xu You's main purpose in visiting Cuiyu Camp today.
"Is the soldiers available?" Xu You asked.
Qi Xiao looked at Zuo Qi, and Zuo Qi smiled and said, "Brother Qi has something to say, there is no need to avoid it in front of the husband." He is the military commander of the military camp, that is, the person who commanded the army in Cuiyu Camp. Qi Xiao was just here and did not want to take over the master. Therefore, before speaking, he solicited Zuo Qi's opinions. This is the way for smart people to deal with the world.
"The robbery of more than 2,000 people in the immortal life is still considered brave. It is time to train and fight. However, the more than 1,000 young and strong people selected from the five thousand refugees are fierce and aggressive, but they are willful and irritable, unrestrained, dare to offend superiors, and fearless military laws. The chief officials at all levels are very troubled..."
Xu You looked at Zuo Yu, and Zuo Yu nodded and said, "That's true, but these are also expected. Wu blocked the Yangtze River. Since the Spring and Autumn Period and Qin and Han Dynasties, the people have been light and well-trained and unstoppable. They are available soldiers. But if they are not well-trained, they will fight on their own. No matter how brave they are, they will be just a mob. The two armies will die in front of the formation."
Later generations thought that the southerners were weak and not good at fighting than the northerners. In fact, it was a misunderstanding after slapping their imagination. Since the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, the people in Jiangnan had extremely light customs, advocated martial arts, were brave and cruel, and were righteous and heroic. They would revenge if they had any grudges. For example, Wu and Yue were fighting each other. The people of Wu and Yue were fierce and brave, and the people were accustomed to fighting and defending the law. However, the people of Yue were casual and simple, using boats as horses, coming and going like the wind. Although they did not obey orders, their sharp soldiers could die, and their edge could not be controlled. By the Qin and Han dynasties, this kind of folk custom still caused a headache for many people. Zhou Yafu once lamented the strength of the Wu people: "The Wu soldiers are very sharp and difficult to compete with."
From the imperial court to the people, most people at that time felt that the elite troops in the south of the Yangtze River were not in the northern territory, and one person could be the courage of ten people. This was the confidence that countless wars over the past thousands of years, and on the battlefield, the confidence to win was the main source of morale of the three armies.
In summary, these people are good soldiers, but they are not available yet!
Practicing elite soldiers is the dream of all generals. How can a general without soldiers fight if he has no arms? But the reason why dreams are dreams is because knowing is easy and hard to do. Simple minds will think that training is not difficult, recruiting people, strictly enforcing military discipline, teaching the methods of war formations, and then pulling them out to win every battle. If it is really so easy, there will not be only 72 people who have enjoyed the Martial Temple for thousands of years and will be remembered forever.
Xu You pondered for a while, stood up and said, "Let's go, take me around!"
There are still half of the soldiers in the military camp, and the other half are working outside the farm. At the beginning, in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, they had to go out to farm during the day and practice secretly at night. Now, after three months of busyness, the preliminary reclamation preparations have been basically completed. When the soil moisture is almost over, they can sow seeds and wait for the harvest. So recently, only half of the people have been sent out to work every day, and the other half are working in the camp.
In the afternoon, most of the soldiers were resting in the camp. When Xu You went in to check in, they were all surprised. Like Zuo Qi, He Ru, and Qi Xiao, these are big shots, but they followed the young man step by step, and the upper and lower parts were clear. No one knew who this handsome man looked beautiful and handsome, with alertness and doubt in his eyes.
There were about twenty people in a camp, two rows of large bunk beds, a small path in the middle that only one person passed by. The dirty clothes I took off were thrown away all over the bed, shirtless and thighs exposed. The most exaggerated thing was that there was a slut. It was just spring and I was not afraid of the cold, so I just lie or sit in a blanket. I was not afraid of the quilt when I saw my bosses coming in, let alone salute, and looked at Xu You and others unscrupulously, looking at him and seemed unruly.
The people's customs are so gentle!
These people are not strong, but they are not thin and weak. Some of them are even healthy and can be called white and thin. Xu You asked with a smile: "Does everyone usually eat enough?"
Everyone was silent, and finally a bold nostril was facing the sky and asked, "Who are you? I'm asking if I'm full and can't eat enough. Can you still make more food and rice?"
“Bold!”
Qi Xiao changed color. This barracks were not his robbers, but the newly recruited militia. They had never been very subject to the control, but they did not expect to dare to talk to Xu You like this.
"It's okay, I'm here to listen to what you think. You don't have to hide what you say, nor do you have to be afraid of your General Qi's punishment." Xu You smiled and waved his hand, and said to the man with a kind look: "If I can't eat enough, I have my own way to get more grain and rice."
The soldier was stunned. He was straight and not hard. He was embarrassed and said, "Eat is full, and he didn't take away food. He just ate those rice without oil and water every day, and birds faded out of his mouth. There were rabbits and birds on the mountain, and there were fish and shrimps on the lake, and I was not convinced!"
Xu You nodded and said, "Okay, I've recorded this, is there any more?"
Perhaps seeing Xu You easy to talk, but the person who came forward was not punished, the others immediately became alive and chattered and said, "If you are the master, can you spare this hard work? We will come to farm and farm, not fight. What kind of teams will we learn to marching and retreat, and learn to be his grandma's egg..."
"That's right, I don't know a single word, I can only serve the land, but I end up feeling tired every day. I have to listen to the sergeant telling me about the bullshit military discipline. I always kill, kill, whip, and blame the rod... My grandma, who dares to hit me? Yeah, fight with him!"
"Yes, yes, I have a bad memory since I was a child, and I can't read. Now I can't learn to listen to drums and watch flags. But how can this mistake be counted on me? As a result, yesterday the sergeant took me to meet the team leader, and the dogs actually planned to give me a place to go to the baggage camp to wash clothes and cook and be a coolie... I am also a well-known person in Kuaiji County. If I were in shame, I might as well kill me!"
There were twenty people in the shed, and more than a dozen people complained, and the other few people were almost 100% dissatisfied. Xu You looked at Zuo Qi and Qi Xiao standing next to him quietly. Both of them, as in charge of military affairs in military farming, felt their faces were dull.
"May I have your name?"
Xu You looked at the first soldier who spoke. He shrank his body vigilantly, held his hands tightly, and made a defensive posture, saying, "What? Can you settle the score with me afterwards?"
Xu You smiled and said, "Don't panic. I will do what I say. Today's words are not guilty, even if you point at our noses and scold your mother. Of course, only today, you can still raise your opinions in the future, but scolding your mother is not allowed. Not only will you not allow your superiors to scold your boss, but you will not allow your superiors to beat and scold your soldiers at will."
Everyone laughed in unison, and they couldn't blame them. Since ancient times, they were in a low position. If they were not desperate or forced to join the army, or if they had no choice for generations of soldiers, who would have done the job of having a bad belt? Not to mention that since the founding of the State of Chu, except for the Central Army, other troops have almost become private slaves of the aristocratic families. They are not allowed to be beaten and scolded. It doesn't matter if they beat and killed them casually. Their lives are not even worth more than a cow.
Even in Cuiyu Camp at this moment, beating and scolding is common. Isn’t it easy to make these gentle farmers pick up swords and guns and turn into elite soldiers? If you don’t beat or scold, you won’t remember the lesson. Only in the Year of the Ox and Horses can you fight?
Even they themselves felt that being beaten and scolded in the military camp was natural. The tender and tender man in front of him didn't know the world and was so arrogant that he laughed out loud.
Xu You waited for them to laugh gradually, his voice was gentle but unquestionably determined, and said, "That's right, no beatings and scolding! You came to join the army to protect the country and the people, not to be the sergeant commander, the squad leader and the marquis of the army. Please rest assured that this is what I say!"
Perhaps seeing Xu You's seriousness doesn't seem to be talking nonsense, everyone looked at each other and no one said anything. Xu You asked again and said, "What's your name?"
"My name is Yang Gang."
"Okay, Yang Gang, I have agreed with you a ten-day period. After ten days, your problems will be solved. If they cannot be solved, you can come to me."
"Ah?" Yang Gang didn't believe it and asked, "Who is Langjun?"
Qi Xiao said: "This is Xu Lang..."
Wang Shibi took over the conversation and said, "This military commander of Xu Langjun, the left lieutenant and General Qi are the right-hand men of Xu Jun. In the future, anyone who sees the military commander who does not stand for no reason will be killed!" He was short, but now he was murderous, and the cold aura almost filled the entire camp.
Yang Gang was startled and wanted to jump out of the bed and stand up. He felt that he was losing face. He hesitated for a while, but decided to disobey and disobey. At worst, he could fight.
cut?
Is the head so easy to get?
He Ru smiled but said nothing. Wang Shibi was a smart man. Since Xu You came back, this army must be completely controlled by him. It is not only necessary, but also of long-term significance.
Xu You smiled, raised his hand and signaled that there was no need to be polite today, and said, "I've been tired for half a day, so let's take a rest."
After leaving the camp, Zuo Ting whispered: "I am incompetent in governing the army..."
Xu You shook his head and said, "This is not anyone's responsibility. Time is tight. Even if Han Xin and Bai Qi are reborn, they will not be able to help grow. However, don't be afraid of any problems. If you solve them, just go and go to other camps to see. It is not harmful to listen to the opinions of the soldiers. In the future, such things must be regulated. You must spend time chatting with them every ten days to grasp their joys, anger, sorrows, and sorrows, and then guide and comfort them in a targeted manner. Love soldiers like children, and they cannot be superficial. Remember!"
"Yes, follow the order of the military commander!"
Wang Shibi gave Xu Youan a name, and no one was stupid, so he immediately changed his name. Xu You smiled and said, "It's okay in the army, but it's better to call him Langjun in normal times."
Then he visited more than a dozen camps. Xu You basically understood the situation. Without investigation, he had no say. He could only listen to the report and could not see the most real situation. Whether these soldiers were refugees or immortal thieves, they had not completed the transformation of their identity and thoughts. The refugees still regarded themselves as people, immortal thieves also regarded themselves as thieves, and the thieves and the people were naturally contradictory contradictions. Therefore, the reason why the training of troops in the past three months was not very significant is that on the one hand, it consumed too much energy and could not receive good and systematic training; on the other hand, it was also the most important aspect, they did not complete ideological unity!
An army without thoughts has no soul!
After entering another camp, Xu You was about to end the investigation and research. He asked some questions and received a lot of feedback. One person successfully attracted Xu You's attention. When others complained casually, he didn't say anything. He sat quietly on the edge of the bed in the innermost corner, his clothes were clean and his bedding was neatly folded. His hands were placed on his legs in a regular manner, his waist was straight, and his eyes were not as hostile as others, showing the rare peaceful atmosphere in this military camp.
"What about you, what are you dissatisfied with everything in the camp?" Xu You suddenly separated everyone, walked to the bottom, and asked with a smile.
The man stood up and said, "No dissatisfied!"
This immediately made others unhappy. The largest soldier turned his head and spitted on the ground fiercely, saying, "Ye Min, don't pretend to be a good person. We are all trying to punish our brothers for justice. If you want to please your boss and enjoy the benefits we have committed, there will be no such good things in the world. Do you think this is the case?"
The others responded in a mess, Ye Min was unmoved at all, his eyes were calm, and he faced Xu You's scrutiny gaze, his voice was neither anxious nor slow, and he said, "I have no dissatisfaction!"
Chapter completed!