Empire

Chen Ziang led 800 soldiers to run around the camp. At the beginning, everyone could keep up, but in the end, most of them were out of breath and fell behind.

Facing these lagging soldiers, Chen Ziang did not scold them, but continued to run in silence.

Although Wang Hu, Li Lang and others were also exhausted, they gritted their teeth and kept up.

Chen Ziang led the soldiers to run around the camp for five or six times. After the total distance was estimated to be more than ten kilometers, Chen Ziang stopped.

"How do you feel?"

Seeing Wang Hu and others gritting their teeth and following him to the end, Chen Ziang was also very satisfied.

"Tired, so tired."

Wang Hu supported his knees with both hands, gasping for breath.

""If you neglect training on weekdays, you won't feel tired if you practice diligently every day in the future." Chen Ziang consoled them kindly.

After hearing this, Wang Hu and others complained bitterly. If they continued like this every day in the future, wouldn't they be exhausted to death?

"Pass on my military order: those who haven't finished running today will only have a bowl of porridge for breakfast."

Chen Ziang looked at the soldiers who had fallen behind and were sitting on the ground to rest, and sneered.

""Yes!"

Wang Hu and his men gritted their teeth and finished the run, while those who fell behind could no longer hold on and hid aside to rest, feeling very unhappy. Now that Chen Ziang said this, they suddenly felt much more comfortable.

The rebels had just won a great victory, and all kinds of military supplies were sufficient, so there was no need to worry about food.

After drinking a bowl of porridge, the soldiers who did not complete the running task could only watch the others continue to eat pancakes and drink porridge, feeling quite regretful.

After breakfast, the leaders did not issue an order to march, and Chen Ziang was too lazy to ask, but continued to train his 800 soldiers.

Although he only has these 800 soldiers, they are the real force he relies on, so Chen Ziang also hopes that they will become stronger.

"Li Lang, I think you are good at swordsmanship. From today on, you will be the swordsmanship instructor for our thousand-man team."

In the era of cold weapons, everything was a fight with cold weapons, bloody and cruel. Proficiently mastering the use of various weapons can maximize combat effectiveness.

The rebel army was originally a group of rabble. When fighting, they all rushed up in a swarm and won by relying on the advantage of numbers.

But Chen Ziang knew that this would not last long, so he had to train an elite force.

Although Li Lang was once just a captain of the dynasty army, his family had been in the army for generations. He had practiced martial arts and swordsmanship since he was a child and had real skills in his hands.

Moreover, the martial arts and swordsmanship that Li Lang learned were all battlefield fighting techniques inherited from his father. There were not so many fancy moves, and each move was a practical way to kill the enemy.

"Sir, I am just a surrendered soldier......."

When Li Lang was called by Chen Ziang, he was also shocked. He did not expect that Chen Ziang would ask him to teach military swordsmanship.

"What's the difference between surrender and not surrender? I've said it before, since you have chosen to join my army, you will be my brother who eats from the same pot. I asked you to teach the brothers swordsmanship because I trust you."

"But......"

"There is no but, I just want to ask you if you are willing?" Chen Ziang stared at Li Lang and said.

Li Lang felt that he was a surrendered soldier, so he was always cautious in his words and deeds, but facing Chen Ziang's trust, a warm current also surged in his heart

"I respect your orders!"

"Good!"

Chen Ziang announced in public that he would appoint Li Lang as the swordsmanship instructor, which puzzled many people. They did not know what Chen Ziang meant.

"From now on, Li Lang will teach you swordsmanship. You must practice it seriously. If anyone pretends to obey but actually disobeys, once I find out, he will be punished with a military stick!"

After Chen Ziang threatened them, he asked Li Lang to start teaching the soldiers swordsmanship.

After Li Lang consulted Chen Ziang, he asked the eight hundred soldiers to form small fighting teams of five people each, and then began to teach swordsmanship.

The swordsmanship taught by Li Lang is simple and practical. When attacking, they are unstoppable, and when defending, they are watertight. They are all summed up on the battlefield of fighting.

Moreover, let five people form a small team and cooperate with each other to exert the greatest combat effectiveness on the battlefield.

Because on the battlefield where millions of people are fighting, the strength of a single person is too weak, and the smallest combat unit of five people is too small. Cooperating with each other can greatly increase the chance of survival.

Seeing that Li Lang is really good at what he does, Chen Ziang is quite satisfied. He believes that by practicing in this way, their combat effectiveness will be greatly improved.

Wang Hu and others initially disagreed with Li Lang's role as a swordsmanship coach, but after seeing the abilities he displayed, they were impressed by Chen Ziang.

When they fought with the Dynasty Army before, they relied on their numbers to rush forward and kill indiscriminately. Although they won every time, they also suffered heavy losses.

Now that they have Li Lang, who came from the Dynasty Army, teaching them to fight on the battlefield, they will not be afraid of the Dynasty Army in the future.

"He ordered the kitchen to provide enough bread and soup to make sure the brothers were well fed and watered."

While Chen Ziang was strictly training his 800 soldiers, he also strengthened the supply of food.

Although these soldiers came from the Dynasty Army, they belonged to the local provincial garrison. The officers in the army were seriously corrupt, so their food was not good.

Now Chen Ziang knew that their training was intense, so he paid great attention to replenishing their physical strength.

These soldiers were trained by Chen Ziang and complained bitterly. Those who were a little lazy were served with military sticks.

But they had no complaints at all, because after completing the training, they could eat a full meal, which was undoubtedly a huge temptation for them.

When Chen Ziang was training his soldiers, he also knew that simple training was quite boring, so he deliberately introduced some tug-of-war competitions, swordsmanship competitions and archery competitions, and taught these soldiers to sing war songs to liven up the atmosphere. Moreover,

Chen Ziang told these soldiers that whoever trained well and performed well would have extra rewards.

At first, these soldiers did not believe it, but when a soldier in a squad won the first place in the confrontation competition, he was immediately rewarded with half a pig, so that the rest The brothers were all jealous, so they trained harder.

When Chen Ziang put all his energy into the training of his soldiers, the leaders of their rebel army had huge disagreements on the next action.

After they defeated the army led by Zhou Wen, the governor of Qinghe Province, and won a great victory, the leader announced a three-day celebration.

But after celebrating for three days, they did not move the camp, but fell into a debate about where to go.

The leader Chen Ru's opinion was very simple, that is, to capture several important prefectures and counties in Qinghe Province, and at the same time contact other rebel forces, and then attack the heartland of the Far East Dynasty after they were strong enough.

However, Zhang Dayuan and Xu Fu's opinion was to directly march into the Jingji Province and launch an attack on the capital of the Far East Dynasty.

Their intention was very clear, that is, they wanted to capture the capital of the Far East Dynasty and kill the emperor, and then they could command the world, maybe they could also have a taste of being an emperor, and they could not refuse such temptation.

It was precisely because of the disagreement of the leaders that the rebels stopped moving forward after winning the victory and lost their goals and direction.