On the school field outside Anyi City, the third batch of recruits has been recruited since Chen Mo came to Anyi. The batch that Xu Huang recruited when he was the cavalry captain of Anyi has been taken to Chenggao by Xu Huang

, the newly recruited soldiers and horses were originally planned to be trained by Chen Mo himself. Now that Taishi Ci has arrived, Taishi Ci is responsible for the training.

Not all generals are able to train elites like Gao Shun, but a qualified general must at least have the ability to form combat effectiveness of his troops in a short period of time. This in itself is a part of testing a general's ability.

After all, Taishi Ci was not as battle-tested as Xu Huang, nor was he famous, so now Chen Mo's subordinates, both civil and military, were holding a wait-and-see attitude as to whether Taishi Ci could be qualified for the position of Cavalry Commander.

Anyi's county troops are fully equipped, with one school, five divisions, and two thousand troops. Even now that the princes have begun to expand aggressively and the cavalry captain has begun to become less valuable, he can command two thousand troops just after he becomes an official.

Horses are also highly trusted and treated with courtesy.

Taishi Ci was assigned to be a Cavalry Commander by Chen Mo before he had accomplished anything. He was grateful to Chen Mo, but he also held his breath. He almost didn't go home these days. He ate, lived and trained with the soldiers every day.

He wanted to train an elite force. Once there was a war, he wanted to make a name for himself in a battle to repay Chen Mo for his trust and at the same time to prove himself to his colleagues.

On that day, Chen Mo had nothing to do, so he took Xu Shu and Dian Wei to the school field outside the city to see how Taishi Ci was training. Xu Shu was talented and intelligent, and also had the ability to memorize. According to the evaluation of his father-in-law, although Xu Shu was not very knowledgeable,

Comprehensive, but it is better than 80% of the scholars in the world. Helping Chen Mo while studying at the same time may be more helpful to Xu Shu, so now Xu Shu spends most of his time with Chen Mo.

Especially on the battlefield, Cai Yong is actually weak in this area. He has read a lot, but he has never really experienced a war in his life. His understanding of military books and tactics is more superficial than that.

Chen Mo will teach him. Although Xu Shu is two years older than Chen Mo, there is absolutely no problem for Chen Mo to be Xu Shu's teacher in terms of leading troops to fight and understanding battle formations.

"Yuan Zhi, how do you think Ziyi's battle formation is?" The group did not approach the school grounds, but went up to the arrow tower on the edge of the school grounds. Chen Mo pointed at the battle formation Tai Shici was practicing and asked with a smile.

"It is a variation of the ordinary round formation, square formation and front arrow formation. These three formations are indeed sufficient to cope with most situations. The more complex formations, if not trained well, will not be as useful as these three formations." Xu Shu held his hand on the railing.

Observing Tai Shici's military formation from a high position, he replied with a smile: "But General Ziyi is really capable of arranging these new soldiers in order in just a few days."

"General Gao Shun once told me that what a general in an army is like, you can find his shadow in his army." Chen Mo nodded. In fact, the reason why he dared to use Taishi Ci in this way was more.

According to Taishi Ci's fortune, it can be seen that the other party is definitely not mediocre, but in terms of understanding of Taishi Ci, the two have not seen each other for several years. They have known each other since they were young, and they have some understanding of this person. He values ​​righteousness and is generous, but

When it comes to doing things, Taishi Ci is actually more utilitarian, the kind who does whatever it takes to achieve his goals.

"This..." Xu Shu looked at the military formation on the school field, shook his head and said, "I can't tell."

"Actually, I can't see it either." Chen Mo nodded understandingly. Gao Shun certainly had his reason for saying that. After all, music, chess, calligraphy and painting will have a strong personal color when they are refined. Perhaps military training is regarded as an art.

If so, Gao Shun has also reached that level, but Chen Mo hasn't, or most people in this world haven't, so naturally they can't see the difference.

Xu Shu glanced at Chen Mo speechlessly, wondering if it was necessary to say anything. He thought for a while and said, "My lord, although I can't see any difference in the military formation, I think General Taishi is a little anxious now."

"Did you see it too?" Chen Mo smiled and nodded.

"Actually, I think that given General Taishi's current reputation, the lord would be most suitable for him to be a military prince. If General Taishi has the ability, the position of military prince is enough for him to perform. There is no need to let him lead an army from the beginning. Instead,

It will put him under pressure." Xu Shu looked at Chen Mo and said.

"I have different opinions from Yuan Zhi on this point." Chen Mo shook his head and said: "What Yuan Zhi said is correct. It applies to most people, even military princes. You only take what I say on my face, right?"

Xu Shu nodded silently. In fact, in the beginning, when he didn't show any ability, even giving him a general would not be too much.

"But there are people." Chen Mo shook his head and said: "Some people may spend their entire lives and be just a captain, but some people are born to be able to command troops. People are born different;

Of course, you can also say that he may not have this potential, but I am optimistic about him, Qi Duwei. For him, it is indeed a bit high now, but it is not a motivation. If he really has higher potential, he feels that he is not worthy now.

Taking this position, based on my understanding of him, he will work harder. What he wants now is to prove that I am right. If he has the potential to command ten thousand armies, this cavalry captain can mobilize a thousand soldiers for me.

People will come."

"My lord, do you have such confidence in this person?" Xu Shu looked at Chen Mo curiously. He knew that Chen Mo had always been very stable in hiring people, including Wang Biao and Zheng Tu, who were very close to Chen Mo. Chen Mo had always used them tentatively instead of using them.

For someone like Taishi Ci who was given a high position right away, you must know that Wang Biao has experienced the test of the Battle of Qixian. Yang Mao and Zheng Tu have also experienced several battles, but so far, only Wang Biao is a Cavalry Commander.

Although Zheng Tu and Yang Mao were the same, they commanded different numbers of troops.

Taishi Ci's destiny, without any bonus from his official position, is much higher than that of the Cavalry Commander. But I'm afraid no one can accept this statement. After thinking about it, Chen Mo said with a smile: "I have my own way of observing people.

,He’s more than that!”

"We'll see." Xu Shu didn't refute. In fact, Chen Mo has really never made any mistakes in terms of employment until now.

"Let's go, he saw us." Chen Mo saw that Tai Shici had asked his lieutenants to train. He walked towards this direction, smiled and greeted everyone, and climbed down from the arrow tower.

"I will finally meet my lord!" Taishi Ci came to Chen Mo and saluted Chen Mo.

"No need to be polite." Chen Mo stretched out his hand to help Taishi Ci, and took Taishi Ci to inspect the new army. He smiled and said: "In just a few days, the new army has been trained to be quite impressive. It seems that Ziyi is not the same in Liaodong."

It’s a waste of time.”

"Don't dare. Liaodong is a bitter cold land. Although there are few people there, they often conflict with Karasuma and the people are strong. Compared with those over there, these new armies are much immature." Taishi Ci shook his head and said.

Prestige has been established in the military.

"Border troubles exist here too." Chen Mo nodded and said, "The folk customs over there in Yunzhong are generally tougher than here. Gao Shun selects and trains elite soldiers, and most of the soldiers are selected from Yunzhong."

During this time, Gao Shun had been preparing to build an elite force. The old subordinates brought from Xiyuan were the commanders and generals of the army, and the new soldiers were all selected from the Yunzhong and Yanmen areas.

To train an invincible army, the number of people is less than a thousand. Chen Mo and Gao Shun have seriously discussed this issue. The cost of training this army is extremely high. Not only the food supply must be the same as when Gao Shun trained Chen Mo and his group, but also the weapons and armor.

They all follow the standards of the generals.

The money and food consumed by such an army of 1,000 people can be used to raise an army of 10,000 people. Even Chen Mo was hesitant and discussed the matter with Gao Shun for a long time before settling on it. He was also curious about such an army.

What would it be like if the army appeared on the battlefield?

Gao Shun is currently training troops in Xihe and concurrently serving as a county captain. He is not in Anyi. However, these days Taishi Ci knows all the names of Chen Mo's generals. This Gao Shun was Chen Mo's follower when he was in Luoyang. Chen Mo was quite fond of it.

He relied on Zhong, but Taishi Ci didn't know much about his specific abilities.

"Lord, this army should be ready in March, I don't know..." Taishi Ci looked at Chen Mo and asked eagerly. He was now eager for war.

"In March... it should be about the same." Chen Mo thought, based on his current understanding of Guanzhong, if Li Jue, Guo Si and others continue to make trouble like this, I am afraid that after March, they will not be able to help themselves. Ma Teng,

Although Han Sui agreed to join forces with Chen Mo, he still holds the emperor in his hands. As long as Li Jue and Guo Si make some concessions and rewards, it's hard to say which side Ma Teng and Han Sui will go to.

In March, the other side will be freed up, and a battle will be inevitable by then. Chen Mo looked at Taishi Ci and said with a smile: "At that time, in addition to the county guards in Hedong to maintain public security, other ministries will follow me across the river to fight.

, when the time comes, you will inevitably have the opportunity to become famous."

According to the current level of military training in various counties, Chen Mo should be able to mobilize 50,000 soldiers and horses by then. Although it is not as good as the Xiliang Army's hundreds of thousands, the Xiliang Army is not monolithic. In a battle of this scale, not only

It is only the level of the army and the ability of the generals on both sides that determine the outcome of the battle.

Besides, it is impossible for them to gather all the hundreds of thousands of Xiliang troops, but Chen Mo can really mobilize the 50,000 troops. In addition, the Guanzhong scholars are definitely supporting him now, and the chance of winning is not low.

It is difficult and more time-consuming to capture Guanzhong without any bloodshed. If possible, Chen Mo would naturally be willing to waste time to capture Guanzhong, but according to the current management method of the Xiliang Army, he is afraid that when Guanzhong is captured, there will be no one left in Guanzhong.

"The last general is willing to be the vanguard!" Taishi Ci was shocked and quickly asked for battle.

"Let's train our troops first." Chen Mo shook his head and said with a smile. He has not yet decided who will be the vanguard. This matter is not finalized yet.
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