The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Early the next morning, Cheng Yan sent someone to Yingyin to deliver the letter, not to mention, Wang Lan came again before the hour was over.

Wang Lan brought an order from Prefect Wen. Yesterday Xunzhen asked for food, money, ordnance, military horses, medicines, military doctors, etc., and Prefect Wen agreed. With this order, you can go to the county government to collect people and things.

Xun Zhen called Shang Xun Cheng, the newly appointed transport officer, and Ding Zhuang, who was about to be incorporated into the transport camp, and went to the city together.

When he arrived in the county, Xun Cheng took the order and took Ding Zhuang to each Cao to collect people and things. Xun Zhen went to see Prefect Wen, firstly to thank him for his "generousness", and secondly to invite him to the review that would be held in the afternoon. Prefect Wen agreed.

The review system has existed since ancient times, but the scales are different.

There are two kinds of inspection systems in the Han Dynasty. One is the "Lao Liu" and "Chengzhi" held in the capital, and the other is the "All Examination" held in the county. After Emperor Guangwu revived the Han Dynasty, in order to strengthen the centralization of power and ensure that the central government placed more importance on local military affairs, he dismissed the provincial military state soldiers five times in a row, and made the provincial commanders of all commanderies. It stopped.

According to the five-day military training plan, today is the last day. In the afternoon, Xun You and Xi Zhicai will lead the guests under Xun Zhen’s gate and the people trained in Fanyang Pavilion to tell the new soldiers and Ding Zhuang that they need to pay attention on the battlefield. matters.

Most of the guests under Xunzhen's gate and the people trained in Fanyangting have fought the enemy with real swords and guns, especially those who have been with Xunzhen for a long time, as early as two or three years ago. Raise, cross the border and attack thieves", rescued the neighboring pavilion of Fanyang Pavilion, and eliminated the wandering bandits. Not long ago, most of them followed Xun Zhen "Xue Ye broke the village" and fought Bo Cai and Bo Lian. When Bo Cai was besieging the city, they followed Xun Zhen out of the city to fight against the "thieves". It cannot be said that all of them have experienced battles, but at least they have been on the battlefield and fought with the enemy, and each has some experience in "fighting with the enemy".

Before teaching them to Xinzu and Ding Zhuang, Xun You and Xi Zhicai first summed up their experiences, and there are twenty or thirty articles in total.

For example: when charging, you can't be afraid of the enemy's arrow rain.

The so-called "three arrows in the face of the enemy", in the case of close combat, even the best archer, it is difficult to shoot too many arrows in a short period of time. Archers are fine, crossbowmen are slower. The crossbow machine of the Han Dynasty, there are single-shot and continuous-shooting, there are many single-shooters, and few continuous-shooters. According to its range, it can be divided into the crossbow, the crossbow, the open crossbow, and the heavy crossbow. The first three can be used by individual soldiers. The crossbow can be pulled away with the strength of the arm. Shooting with the feet", the waist-opening crossbow must sit on the ground, use both feet to climb the bow, and the strength of the waist can be pulled apart. The rate of fire of these types of crossbow machines is not fast.

Therefore, when charging, facing the enemy's arrow rain, you must not be afraid. You must use the fastest speed to rush up. As long as you rush to the enemy, you can fight with the enemy hand-to-hand, and the enemy's arrows will be useless.

Another example: When fighting the enemy hand-to-hand, don't use your personal bravery.

The power of an individual is limited. Battlefield fighting is different from market fighting. Fighting in the market is all you need to be brave, and fighting on the battlefield pays attention to cooperation. Once separated from the large army and surrounded by the enemy, no matter how brave an individual is, he cannot escape death. What a brave man of Chu Bawang? The ability to lift a cauldron, when caught in the enemy's siege, didn't it end up killing the Wujiang River with hatred?

Another example: in battle, never scramble for the enemy's head, and if the enemy has left something behind, don't **** it.

If they all go to grab these things, it is equivalent to giving the enemy a chance to breathe. Not only may the enemy take this opportunity to breathe, but they may even take the opportunity to counterattack. Once this happens, defeat is not far away.

There are twenty to thirty articles in total.

After Xun You and Xi Zhicai finished their summaries, they wrote it down and made many copies and distributed them to each piece of music. Everyone above the "team" had one copy. Xun Zhen made a rule that not only would he talk about these things this morning, but every night in the future, the team leader of each team would also talk to the soldiers of the team. Strive for every soldier to keep these contents in their hearts to ensure that they will not forget them when they go to the battlefield in the future.

Since the formation of the army, Xun Zhen has not made any military orders.

Xun You and Xi Zhicai summed up the 20 or 30 precautions that are the first military orders of the entire army, which are related to their own life and death on the battlefield in the future. The new soldiers and Ding Zhuang learned very hard.

One morning, I taught the first military order.

Before returning to camp at noon, Xun Zhen issued a second military order.

The first order is to teach the new soldiers and Ding Zhuang **** the enemy on the battlefield to survive, and the second order is to set a "penalty".

The most expensive rewards and punishments in the army are about to go south to fight the "thieves". If there is no penalty in the army, it will be difficult to guarantee that they will be able to command their soldiers like an arm and a finger on the battlefield in the future.

The function of reward and punishment is to "reward courage and punish cowardice". Courage is rewarded, fear is punished.

"The people of the three armies are not afraid of the enemy if they are afraid of me, and they are not afraid of me if they are afraid of the enemy. This is why the reward and punishment are set up." The ultimate purpose of reward and punishment is to make the soldiers "fear me". Only "fear me", will not "fear the enemy". Only by not "fearing the enemy" can we defeat the enemy.

The military order of the Han Dynasty was extremely strict, with many clauses covering all aspects, but at present, Xun Zhen could not copy and use it.

Most of his subordinates are new pawns, and he has never been in contact with military discipline or military orders before. If you copy all the laws and regulations in the army, and only teach the soldiers to learn this one, it will take a month at least, and there is no need to go south.

Therefore, he simply stipulated three rules: "Those who do not obey orders shall be beheaded. Those who flee in fear of the enemy shall be beheaded. Those who loot their heads and property before the battle is over shall be beheaded." At the same time, as a supplement, he stipulated one more rule: " After the battle, 30% of the captured items will go back to the army, 30% to the officials, and 40% to the soldiers." This is not a "penalty", but a regulation on how to distribute the captured items on the battlefield.

The two military orders were passed down, and after the soldiers finished their studies, Zhuqu returned to the camp for lunch.

After the meal, the whole army rested for an hour.

Xun Cheng brought in all kinds of supplies from various Cao Li in the prefecture, and distributed the military uniforms to each song during the rest time. In the afternoon review, in order to show their might and majesty, the new soldiers have to wear military uniforms. At the time of Youshi, the whole army was dressed and went out to the camp to start the review.

The venue for the review was chosen in front of the high platform.

Xun Zhen personally went to invite Prefect Wen in advance, along with county officials Fei Chang, five officials Han Liang, county meritorious Cao Zhongyao, county chief bookkeeper Wang Lan, county official Guo Tu, county thief Cao Ye Du You and other county officials from the county court. to.

For a time, the group of officials on the high platform completed their collection.

Seen from a distance, under the waving flag are full of "grand nobles" in high crowns and black clothes. In order to cooperate with the inspection, everyone wore long swords, and the ribbons hung on their waists were of different colors.

People in the city heard the news and came to watch more. There are people everywhere in the city and outside the camp, including commoners, scholars, men and women.

Xun Zhen changed into his military uniform, and stood in front of the drum beside the stage in his armor and sword. After asking for instructions from Prefect Wen, he beat the drum with a mallet and announced the start of the review.

The first is the marching band.

At the end of the six horses, the riders play different musical instruments, either hitting or blowing, and the pace of the horses is in harmony with the music.

There are axes and flags around the school grounds. The band circled around the venue and returned to the left side of the high platform.

The 2,000 new soldiers who participated in the review wore their newly issued crimson military uniforms and stood in a neat queue outside the venue. After the band stopped on the left side of the stage, they entered the venue from the first song of Le Jin and each song in sequence.

Originally, according to the old system, the inspection of the county and the country was mainly to evaluate archery, and secondly to evaluate the ranks and battle formations.

Xun Zhen's new team has not learned any formations, but just walks through the queue, and will go south to attack thieves tomorrow. Today's review is not suitable for very complicated, and it can play a role in boosting morale. , Therefore, the entire process of today's review is relatively simple, without performing the formation method, the new soldiers of the various songs only need to pass from the stage.

Xun Zhen carried over the military training of later generations.

Two thousand new soldiers, according to the scale of the "Qu", were divided into ten square formations, and they entered the venue one by one.

In front of each song, the military flag of this song is used as the lead, and the drum sound is the guide. The soldiers follow the flag and walk according to the drum beat.

Between each song, there is a hundred paces.

Following the pre-determined route, the songs went right from the field to the stage one by one. The soldiers who came under the stage followed the order and turned their attention to the stage. The Qi Zhang Shi of Le Jinqu drew a crossbow and drew a sword, while the soldiers of the rest of the songs raised their spears and halberds and shouted in unison: "Kill the thief, kill the thief!"

After shouting in unison, they walked past the stage. The soldiers turned their heads, put away their weapons, and continued on their way through the entire parade field, stopping on the left side of the field. After stopping, everyone turned back and faced the school grounds. After the ten square formations are completed, it is considered to have reviewed the queue.

It's not difficult to just walk in a queue and not play formations. The 2,000 new soldiers have been trained for a few days, and the queues are still very neat and majestic. Next, review the riding shot.

Xun Zhen selected 50 crossbowmen who were good at archery from the music of Yue Jin, and 100 archers who were good at archery from each song. Ten targets were erected in the middle of the school field. These crossbowmen and archers stand out individually and are divided into fifteen groups.

The archers and crossbowmen have different shooting skills. The first ten groups are shooting fifty steps away from the target, and four of the five groups at the back are shooting eighty steps away. The last group to play is the Long shot from a hundred paces away.

Fifteen groups, one hundred and fifty people, each with three arrows, most of them won the bid. Those who failed to hit the target were almost the same, and the arrows also hit the target. The officials on the stage pointed and praised, and those outside the camp cheered.

For example, Gao Jia, Gao Bing, Su Ze, Su Zheng, Liu Deng, Xin Ai and other people with their own strengths also went on the field after shooting arrows, or performed riding and archery on the field, or performed hand fighting and fencing. Or perform tricks and steal horses.

Getting a horse is equestrianism. Stealing horses, also known as equestrianism, refers to a very dangerous and difficult equestrian performance when a knight stoops to get off the horse next to the chariot when the horse is galloping.

What "dangerous" and "difficulty" bring is to dazzle and fascinate the viewer.

There are two performers, Gao Jia and Xin Ai.

When Xin Ai stole the meat, the spectators outside the camp heard women's exclamations from time to time.

People are beautiful, ride fast, cars move, horses neigh. The smoke billowed, and the audience held their breath. Successfully dismounting the horse from the chariot, Xin Ai used her legs to stand on the horse, controlling the territory with one hand, and holding the stolen horse in the other, it circled the field and returned to the stage. There was thunderous cheers on and off the field.

Xun You and Xi Zhicai were not on stage. The two thousand new soldiers were reviewed, and there could be no coordinator. They were the coordinators, and each stood under the stage with a small flag. After witnessing the grand scene after Xin Ai's robbery, Xi Zhicai smiled and said to Xin Ai, who had returned to the audience: "Yulang is very handsome. Today's inspection, two thousand soldiers are not as good as Yulang alone!"

"Not as good as Yulang alone" means that the two thousand new soldiers are not as good as Xin Ai in inspiring morale and people's hearts.

Xin Ai is "arrogant", often giving people the illusion of "arrogance". In fact, he is not arrogant. After hearing this, he has no self-confidence or boasting. He smiled and got off the horse and stood up to Xun , the side of the two of them, raised their heads and looked at the stage.

Queues, archery, horse-riding, and robbery. At this point in the review, today's review is almost over, and there is only one last item left.

The new pawns standing on the left side of the field, accompanied by drum beats and flags, entered the field again and stood under the high platform.

Cheng Yan, who was standing behind Xun Zhen, erected a tall pole on the side of the stage and hung a portrait on the pole. The person in the portrait was Bo Cai.

Xun Zhen dropped his drumstick, walked to Taichung, knelt down and bowed in front of Governor Wen, and said, "Zhen, please shoot the thief statue to encourage the spirit of the three armies."

Prefect Wen said, "Yes."

With the permission of Prefect Wen, Xun Zhennai retreated to the side of the stage and stood twenty steps in front of the high pole. The bravery of the soldiers of the three armies was just inspected and displayed, but at this time the shot image shows the bravery of his main general.

All three shots were hit, he turned around, faced the pawns, and said impassively: "Bo Cai is just a dog slaughterer, now he is just using the name of a demon to deceive the people and create chaos in the county, and he actually calls himself a general. All the monarchs are warriors and brave men, how can they be inferior to him? Han law: 'If you kill an enemy more than 2,000 stone, you will be awarded four ranks of nobility!' , give 100,000 money. Those who kill two thieves and the first captive will be given 20,000 yuan. Those who kill and catch thieves with 8th rank will be given 10,000 coins. Those who kill thieves with 1st level will be given money. thousand'!"

Bo Cai came from a humble background, but only borrowed the way of Taiping to deceive a group of people, and now he calls himself a general. Xun Zhen asked the soldiers: Where are you not as good as him? Xinzhuang and Ding Zhuang heard it and felt that it was indeed the case. Two thousand soldiers stomped their feet and shouted in unison, "Kill the thief, kill the thief!"

Xun Zhen broke the bow and arrow, drew his sword and pointed at the sky, and vowed, "The Han thieves will not stand at the same time! Go south today, and the broken thieves will return!"

The new soldiers and Ding Zhuang shouted in unison: "The thieves are returned!"

This reward was approved by Prefect Wen, and was considered the third military order.

The first order is for teaching war, the second order is for punishment, and the third order is for reward. With these three orders, the military law has just begun. "The reason why the generals fight against the people is the reason why the people fight against qi. If the qi is real, he will fight, and if the qi is taken away, it will be taken away." From the current point of view, the "qi" of the new soldiers is very good.

Xun Zhen was very satisfied. Prefect Wen and others were also very satisfied. The people watching the inspection at the city head and outside the camp were also very satisfied, and sighed: "In just five days, Xun Yu has trained such a strong army. This time, he will be able to defeat the thieves in the south and return home with a great victory. "

...

That night, Prefect Wen invited Xun Zhen to a banquet, and he performed vigorously for him, accompanied by all the officials in the county.

During the banquet, Prefect Wen asked, "Xun Ye's training in the past few days has been quite fruitful, and he will be heading south tomorrow. I don't know how to deal with the thieves. Does Xun Ye have any strategies?"

Xun Zhen replied: "The use of troops is very important. Today our army is small, there are many thieves, and our troops are new soldiers. Most of the soldiers have never been in battle and are afraid of losing. In the past few days, Zhen has carefully discussed with Xi Zhong and Xun You. They all think it is better to be cautious than to strike hard.”

"How to be prudent?"

"Zhen please draw a picture for the Ming Palace to show it."

"Okay."

Xun Zhen got up, knelt down in front of Prefect Wen's desk, dipped his hand in the wine, drew two parallel slashes on the desk, and said, "The one above is Yingshui, and the one below is Rushui."

Prefect Wen nodded and said, "Yes."

Xun Zhen placed two dots on the diagonal line above, that is, on both sides of "Yingshui", one on the south bank of "Yingshui" and one on the north of "Yingshui", and then said, "This is Yangzhai. , this is Yingyang."

Prefect Wen said: "Well."

Both Yangzhai and Yingyang are adjacent to Yingshui. Yangzhai is on the north bank of Yingshui, and Yingyang is on the south bank of Yingshui. The two counties are fifty miles apart. Next, Xun Zhen placed two dots on the diagonal line below, that is, on the north side of "Rushui", and said, "This is Jiaxian County, and this is Xiangcheng County."

Jiaxian and Xiangcheng County are both on the north bank of Rushui River. They have been captured by the Yellow Turbans and are now in the hands of Bocai.

Prefect Wen said, "Yes."

"According to the military reports in the past few days, the main force of the Bocai thieves is now between these two counties."

"good."

"Between the two waters of Ying and Ru, the widest point is about 80 li, and the narrowest point is less than 50 li. This narrowest point is..." Xun Zhen pointed to Yingyang on the north bank of the Yingshui, and then pointed to Xiangcheng County on the north bank of the Rushui River continued, "It is between Yingyang and Xiangcheng counties, and it is only forty miles from Yingyang to Xiangcheng."

He walked back on his knees a little, and Fu Bai said, "After the start tomorrow, Zhen plans to go to Yingyang first."

"Go to Yingyang?"

"Exactly. As Zhen said earlier, it is only forty miles from Yingyang to Xiangcheng. With my two thousand works in Yingyang, Bocai is like a light on his back. It is conceivable that he will not They will ignore our department, and it is very likely that they will send troops north to look for opportunities to fight decisively with our department. In this way, it is equivalent to saving the danger of the five counties in the south of the county.”

"Looking for an opportunity to fight your troops decisively... Xun Ju, will this put Ying Yang in danger?"

Prefect Wen's implication was that he was asking Xun Zhenbo whether he would go north and surround Yingyang?

Xun Zhen replied, "It would be great if Bo Cai really besieged Yingyang!"

"how do I say this?"

"Yingyang is on the north bank of Yingshui. If Bocai wants to surround me, he must cross the Yingshui. In ancient times, there was a half-crossing and attacking, and now our department can learn it. This is one of them. The second is that Yangzhai is far from Ying. Yang is less than fifty miles away, and when Pocai crosses the Yingshui North and surrounds me in Yingyang, Yangzhai can take the opportunity to send troops, either to attack him, or to attack his flank.

Prefect Wen nodded and asked again, "It's okay if Bo Cairuo is surrounded by Yingyang in the north, but what if he doesn't care about your ministry and just wants to go south?"

"If he doesn't care about our department and insists on going south, then our department can attack and disturb it."

"The two counties of Jia and Xiangcheng are now in the hands of thieves, and Bocai's 100,000 people can divide their troops. If he leaves two troops and horses in these two counties before going south, so as to prevent you from following and chasing, what should we do?"

"If this happens, my ministry has two options."

"Which two options?"

"Bo Cai is a traitor, and soon after I won the two counties, there must be loyal and righteous people in the counties who can help me. My department can take the opportunity to choose one of Jia and Xiangcheng counties and attack it~www.wuxiaspot.com~ If we attack it Can't go down?"

"The Rushui crosses my county and is several hundred li long. No matter how many soldiers and horses in Bocai, they cannot keep an eye on the north bank of the Rushui. If we cannot capture these two counties, our troops can detour and cross you from another place. When the water goes south, attacking and disturbing waves are the main forces. In short, Zhen Yuxizhong and Xun You think: When the enemy is outnumbered, it is best if the enemy does not move, and I do not move.”

Wen Taishou did not understand the military, so after listening to Xun Zhen's words, he thought about it for a while, and finally nodded and said, "Xun Zhen's plan seems feasible." After seeing Xun Zhen for a long time, he sighed and said, "The five counties in the south of the county. It's all done! You're here, please, please!"

Xun Zhen bowed to the ground and said, "Zhen and thieves are incompatible! This time there will be thieves without me, with me without thieves, the honor of death, and the shame of life."

...

After the dinner, Xun Zhen returned to the camp.

The next morning, the whole army set off.

Wenpin's song performed well in yesterday's review, and Xunzhen fulfilled his promise to lead with his song. Jiang Qin, Gao Su and other songs followed. Le Jin and Xu Zhong followed the Central Army, Xun Cheng escorted the baggage and then followed, Chen Baoqu was in the palace. Two thousand people flocked south.

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1. After Emperor Guangwu revived the Han Dynasty, in order to strengthen the centralization of power and ensure that the central government placed more importance on local military affairs, he dismissed the provincial military state soldiers five times in a row, and the provincial commanders were commanded.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the military control of the local counties and states, one was to strike out the soldiers of the county and state in the counties in the province, and the other was to build troops and garrison in the military key areas, and stationed in the garrison "general troops". The army is directly under the central government and has been stationed for a long time. It is named after the station, called "a certain camp", and performs garrison and mobile combat tasks, such as Liyang Camp, stationed in Liyang (now the east of Junxian County, Henan), Xianglin Camp, and stationed in Rinan County. Xianglin (now Hue, Vietnam), such as Chang'an Camp, stationed in Chang'an, such as Yongying, stationed in Yong (now Shaanxi Fengxiang) and so on.