Chen Ben treacherous

On the second day, Jia She took the [-] elite soldiers left by Gu Pengfei, together with Wang Ren and the [-] guards led by Wang Ren, and set off to the secret training place near Baidi City.

In the early morning, the sky was full of rosy clouds, and Jia She stood on his horseback. Although the total number of people was only 600, they looked mighty and mighty in the narrow mountain road. Wang Ren and Jia She walked in front, watching the scenery all the way. The mountains on both sides are like knives, surrounded by white clouds, and the top of the mountain can't be seen, let alone the sky.A narrow path in the canyon, many times even horses are difficult to walk, and they have to dismount and walk.

Jia She sighed, "It is said that Xichuan is easy to defend but difficult to attack. I have never been here before, so I still don't believe it. Seeing it today, it is as it should be!"

Wang Ren was very proud. He pointed at the cliffs on both sides with his horsewhip and said: "This is the only way to enter Sichuan. If someone wants to attack Xichuan, he only needs to send two ambush soldiers to lie in wait on the top of the mountain. Shoot random arrows and keep the enemy's dead body!"

Jia She was secretly startled, he calculated in his heart, if Xi Chuan rebelled, with Tianshui Dynasty's current strength, it might not be able to calm down with the loss of soldiers and generals.

Thinking of this time, he was even more determined to take advantage of this opportunity to train the new army and show his strength.

Along the way, Jia She chatted some gossips with Wang Ren, and in a blink of an eye, seeing Wang Ren's eyes always fell on a thin soldier beside him, Jia She couldn't help but look at that soldier twice more.It's okay if you don't look at it, but when you look at it, you are surprised, that soldier is not someone else, but the prostitute he bought when he was in Yangzhou, and later became his maid Biyun girl!

These days, Jia She has been overwhelmed with his own affairs, and he doesn't have the time to pay attention to Biyun.But I don't know when she disguised herself and went on the road with him.

Seeing Wang Ren's eyes frequently looking at Biyun, Jia She said to Wang Ren in a low voice: "General Wang, that is my maidservant, I didn't expect her to change and move forward, if you don't want to see her , I will let her go back!"

Wang Ren shook his head with a smile and said, "Young Master Jia doesn't have to be like this. Miss Biyun's transformation is my idea!"

Jia She was surprised, why didn't he close his mouth, Wang Ren said: "She said she had never seen a soldier training, she wanted to come and see, but women are not convenient, so I asked her to refit and come with her!"

While talking, Biyun came over and smiled at Jia She: "My lord, you won't drive this slave away, will you?"

Before Jia She could speak, Wang Ren said, "Miss Biyun, the mountain road is rough. You see that you are sweating profusely. You must be very tired. Come and ride my horse!" Living in Wang Ren, he said in a low voice: "General Wang, I'm afraid it's wrong to hide female family members in the army! The mountain road is rugged and there are many people walking. You are a general, and riding a horse is a matter of course. But if you give up the horses to the female family members, I'm afraid you will die." It caused dissatisfaction in the hearts of ordinary soldiers!"

Wang Ren looked at Biyun reluctantly, Jia She lowered his face and said to Biyun, "Go back to your team!"

After Biyun left, Wang Ren smiled and said to Jia She: "Young Master Jia is too strict. I am the commander in chief of the army, so it is not surprising that I have two female relatives!"

If this was said by a general in Jia She's own army, Jia She would have scolded him, but the other party was Wang Ren, and Jia She had something wrong in his heart, so he didn't bother, and just smiled: "General Wang is really a young man. !"

Wang Ren laughed out loud, and Jia She sneered in his heart: At first, he thought that Wang Ren really wanted to do something big, but he didn't know that training the new army was such a big deal, but he was careless. From this point of view, it's no wonder he can accomplish something!

The group walked slowly, and Biyun pretended to serve Jia She once at night, but after being rejected by Jia She, he simply lived in Wang Ren's tent.Jia She passed by Wang Ren's camp occasionally at night, and could hear a low-pitched teasing from inside, obviously Wang Ren and Biyun were fighting fiercely, and they couldn't tell each other apart.

Five days later, Jia She finally arrived at a dangerous peak behind the White Emperor City.The army camped in the flat and wide area of ​​the mountain. When he came to the camp and looked up into the distance, he saw a pass built between two cliffs in the distance. steep.

Jia She discussed with Wang Ren. On the first day, he wanted to see the overall quality of these soldiers. Wang Ren was not ambiguous. He immediately ordered the soldiers to practice attacking the pass. Jia She stepped forward in person. He noticed that although the soldiers were tall , looks very brave, but is actually rather cowardly. When passing the suspension bridge at the feigned attack pass, a few planks on the suspension bridge fell off, leaving only bare iron chains. Stop, wait for the suspension bridge to be repaired before attacking again.

Jia She then ordered the soldiers to abandon their horses and run fast, but found that the speed of the soldiers varied from fast to slow.Those who run fast have reached the pass, while those who run slowly are still panting on the road.

As for archery and other items, it is even more difficult to say. Jia She still remembered that he had fought Lie Dagger Tu when he was in Ezhou. Most of the soldiers in Ezhou were very accurate, at least seven out of ten arrows could hit the enemy.However, at this moment, it seems that among the soldiers selected by Wang Ren, it is not bad to be able to shoot five arrows accurately out of ten arrows.

However, Wang Ren didn't realize that there was any problem with his troops. Instead, he asked Jia She triumphantly, "Jia Shaofu, are my soldiers from Xichuan strong?"

Standing on the top of the hill, Jia She looked at the chaotic attacking situation below, shook his head and said, "Strong is strong, but coordinated operations are still not enough! There are many more problems!"

Wang Rendao: "Jia Shaofu's words are wrong! That day when the Tatars attacked Xichuan, the Tatar Khan was killed by me. How can there be many problems?"

Jia She said: "The terrain of Xichuan is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Tatars have traveled long distances to come here. Relying on the right time, place and people, it is of course no problem to stick to one place! But if General Wang wants to use such an army to compete for the world, not to mention fighting the Tatars, if he just rushes out of Xichuan and goes south to Ezhou, he may not be able to defeat Ezhou Sgt!"

Wang Rendao: "Jia Shaofu has been stationed in Ezhou for more than a year, so he has full confidence in his army. What's more, Jia Shaofu has the advantage of firearms, so he can defeat Lie Dagger Tu. If Jia Shaofu generals this new army If you are trained to be able to fight with firearms, I believe you will be able to sweep the world! If the new army trains well, these methods of training can be spread throughout the country!"

Jia She smiled, but did not answer, and went to see the soldiers' abilities one by one with Wang Ren. After observing for ten days, Jia She went to Wang Ren's place and discussed his ideas with Wang Ren.

This time, based on the basic principle of letting Wang Ren count the money after selling Wang Ren, Jia She presented his ideas to Wang Ren one by one through multiple disguises.

The first point is to change the training mode of the new army.

Change the daily training of boxing, martial arts, riding, and formation to training in marching, archery, and throwing.Jia She's excuse was that Xichuan didn't have many horses. Although it was necessary to train the cavalry, in actual battle, most of the troops were infantry.Training and marching can make the troops act in a consistent manner and reduce the loss of troops falling behind during the raid.The accuracy of archery can not only kill the enemy, but also save arrows.As for throwing, it is to cooperate with the use of a large number of grenades produced.

Seeing that Jia She's suggestions were all in line with the use of new firearms, Wang Ren was quite satisfied and agreed.But there are also some doubts: "If you go down the river in the future and the cavalry is not good enough, how will you attack the city?"

Jia She knew that Wang Ren's plan to fight the Tatars was fake, and that he wanted to seize the capital first, so he followed Wang Ren's words and said, "The south is mostly densely covered with water networks, which is not conducive to the cavalry. On the contrary, the walls are high and thick, so it is not easy If you want to break through, if you want to win a quick battle, it is best to practice a lot of methods of defending and attacking the city! As for cavalry and archery, the cavalry of the Tianshui Dynasty is not very helpful, so there is no need to worry!"

Wang Ren said again: "So, naval training is even more essential?!"

Jia She asked rhetorically, "Above the Yangtze River, going down the river, attacking all the way, can the downstream navy be able to resist? The new army only has 3000 people, how to train for large-scale water warfare?"

Seeing that what Jia She said was reasonable, Wang Ren no longer objected.

Jia She continued: "These [-] elite soldiers should be used as the vanguard for attacking the city and plundering land. The general must be able to control it at any time, and he must be able to control it well!"

Wang Ren nodded in agreement, and Jia She took the opportunity to say that the original group of ten people was not conducive to training. There are only three people in the formation that can reach the level that you can command as a general.It is simply difficult for the coach to control it with ease.The more people the coach can command, the more the army can act according to the coach's wishes.If it should be organized into threes and threes, a small team of ten people, a squadron of three squadrons, and a large squadron of three squadrons, then you will have ten generals under your direct command, which can be more conveniently configured. If it is feasible, wouldn't it be extended to the entire army? better?

After thinking for a long time, Wang Ren finally felt that what Jia She said was quite reasonable, so he agreed, but he still didn't know the wishful thinking in Jia She's mind.The more people the coach can command, the more he can mobilize the army as he likes, but the coach must be able to command them!This method of formation has very high requirements for the coach, not to mention that compared with the previous ten-ten formation, the lower level has one more level, which is more difficult to control in practice. It must be ordered and communicated to be better. use.

It's just that these disadvantages can only be revealed in actual combat, and Wang Ren couldn't think of many of them for a while.

In order to prevent Wang Ren from discovering the disadvantages of the formation method in time, Jia She proposed to divide the exercise into two groups and fight against each other, just like in real war, so that it can play a real role in training soldiers.In this way, in actual operation, Wang Ren can directly order only five people, which will be very convenient and easy to use.

Wang Ren doubted: "What if there are casualties? What's more, arrows and weapons will also be damaged!"

Jia Shedao: "There is a saying in the art of war. When training soldiers, it should be like a war. Only in this way can the real training effect be achieved. As for the damage, Xichuan is rich and rich. Doesn't it mean that he doesn't even have some bows and arrows? If there are casualties, it means that he is not good at all. Only when they are suitable for combat, they can be replaced and trained early can they select truly outstanding soldiers!"

Wang Ren had nothing to say, and Jia She made another suggestion. In order to enhance the cohesion of the new army, officers and soldiers should be required to eat and live together, and corporal punishment such as flogging, insulting, and heart-gouging should be abolished. captured.

Regarding these three items, Wang Ren resolutely opposed them, so he didn't want to eat corned cabbage every day like those soldiers; what's more, he couldn't understand how to restrain the soldiers after the abolition of corporal punishment.As for asking ordinary soldiers to discuss how to fight, this seems ridiculous to Wang Ren.He believes that ordinary soldiers have limited intelligence, and being able to fight is enough. As for how to capture the city and how to break through the enemy's defense points, it is what the generals and counselors should do.

Jia She saw that Wang Ren refused to agree with his last three major killers, so he was not in a hurry, let alone persisted.

After the discussion between the two was over, Jia She watched Wang Ren walk into the tent with Biyun in his arms, the corners of his mouth slightly raised as he ate and drank good wine and meat, and thought to himself: The last three items are the ones that really improve the combat effectiveness and reorganization of the army. The nirvana of the army, within a month, I will definitely have a way to get you to agree.When these three items are implemented in the army, Wang Ren will definitely be handy if he wants to use this army to fight against the Tatars; but if he wants to use such an army to rebel and kill each other, I am afraid it will be even more difficult!Because, the last three items are the methods to completely change the thinking of the soldiers, people, once the thinking changes, no matter what method the opponent uses to obstruct it, it will be irreversible!What's even more frightening is that these are still hidden in the dark, and without historical experience, it is difficult to estimate the terrible consequences of the three major killers!

On the second day, the new army reorganized according to Jia She's request. Jia She broke up the [-] elite soldiers under Gu Pengfei and incorporated them into the team. Because there was an extra rank and many low-level officers, Wang Ren knew that The relationship between Jia She and Gu Pengfei was extraordinary, seeing that Jia She was not partial and didn't doubt him too much, so he let him go.

According to Jia She's request, the craftsmen in the army first made some weapons that were about the same weight as real grenades and rockets for Jia She to use. Although the firearms he produced are not as good as those he used to deal with Lie Dagger in Ezhou.But compared with some of Wang Ren's previous artillery, the power is greatly increased.

Overjoyed, Wang Ren had no doubts about Jia She.Seeing that Wang Ren's mind was half on the training of the new army and half on Biyun, Jia She followed suit and simply gave Biyun to Wang Ren.Wang Ren was even more pleased with Jia She's move, and became closer to Jia She, as if he was on guard at the beginning.

Jia She asked his soldiers to march sixty miles a day in the mountains and forests. Many soldiers were overwhelmed and complained.Some military officers also came to Jia She and told Jia She that it was too difficult to walk sixty miles a day. Jia She retorted, "The real rapid march requires soldiers to walk ninety miles a day and carry weapons packages. Now it is only sixty miles." The ten-mile training has been reduced after considering that the soldiers will not be able to bear it, and it cannot be reduced any more!

The officers had no choice but to suppress the soldiers who came to train.Everyone was riding a horse, holding a whip, and when they saw someone lagging behind, they whipped it down. Some soldiers were even beaten all over their bodies because of their slow marching speed.Some soldiers couldn't bear to insult the officer, so their right ear was cut off as a warning.

On this day, Wang Ren rode his horse and took Biyun to the nearby Baidi City to play, while Jia She was doing marching training with ordinary soldiers.In order to exercise his physical fitness by the way, he carried four training grenades on his back, and he also brought a water bag and other things. He was marching with a group of soldiers in the forest among the mountains. Many of the soldiers fell behind, and the leading general saw that Jia She was here, so he didn't dare to be negligent.

The gray mouse was short in stature, but he had a good relationship with the soldiers on weekdays. He couldn't bear the beating at this moment, and shouted loudly: "The boss is riding a horse, but let us run around, what's the reason?!"

The man who was whipping him saw Jia She coming from a distance, and he was afraid that Jia She would blame him, so he reprimanded him sharply: "Of course, sir is different from you. Only those who are born with low life will suffer in the army. You don't obey the military order." , dare to talk back, according to the military law, you should have your heart cut open!"

As he spoke, he commanded the soldiers around him to tie up the gray mouse and dig out his heart to show the public.

A few soldiers around Jia She were very unconvinced, and said to Jia She: "Jia Supervisor, Gray Mouse just told the truth, so he has to dig out his heart. We are soldiers, it's hard work!"

Jia She said maliciously: "I also feel that the gray mouse is wronged, but what can I do? General Wang's actions are like this, the captain is General Wang's confidant, even if I want to dissuade him, if he doesn't listen, I can't Kill him!"

Among them, a soldier with a hot temper and a bold nature saw that the supervisor was ambiguous, so he became more daring, rushed forward, held down the captain, and beat him head-on, the captain begged for mercy, and went to the Jia She called for help, but Jia She didn't seem to hear him at all.

When the soldiers saw that the Superintendent was like this, they became more courageous, and they all stopped one after another, unwilling to do any more training, and only expressed their dissatisfaction with one sentence here and another.

Seeing that Jia She was here, some soldiers pointed their spearheads at Jia She: "Master Supervisor, you let us march sixty miles a day, and we will fight if we can't do it. If you can't do it yourself, don't you want to fight?" whip yourself?"

Without any pressure, Jia She said with a smile, "Don't say that, didn't I march and train like you that day?"

As soon as he said this, the misfortune immediately flowed eastward, and two of Gu Pengfei's soldiers, who had been ordered by Jia She in advance, took the opportunity to say: "Jia Jianjun himself said what to do, so that we can join together, how can you blame him? Some people People, take women to have fun by themselves, eat and drink with big fish and meat, but don't care about our life or death!"

After hearing these words, some soldiers who were marching did not dare to say that Wang Ren was wrong, some remained silent, and some complained a few words, but they all felt dissatisfied in their hearts.

The gray mouse had been rescued at this moment, he was almost killed by the whip, now when he saw Jia She, he shouted angrily: "Just beat me to death, I don't want to work for you anymore!"

When the gray mouse yelled like this, it immediately called out the hearts of many soldiers. Some soldiers said that their salary for this month had been deducted, and some soldiers said that they were fine but were whipped because they were left behind without enough food.Others said that their family was poor, and they all relied on serving as soldiers to make money, but they didn't make any money, and instead suffered a lot.

Jia She pretended to persuade a few words, but it added fuel to the fire. More than 100 soldiers made trouble that day. They didn't dare to scold Wang Ren, so they all scolded Jia She. These days, I have suffered hardships with them, but I just don't want to go any further, and I don't want to arrest and beat Jia She.

Jia She had no choice but to announce the suspension of training, and ordered someone to go to Baidi City to find Wang Ren and come back to deal with the matter.

When Wang Ren came back and heard about it, he was furious. He wondered if Jia She was instigating it secretly. Unexpectedly, as soon as he got in, he saw Jia She's eyes were red, his clothes were messy and torn, and his expression Tired and anxious.

Wang Ren was taken aback and asked, "How did Jia Shaofu become like this?"

Jia She stomped his feet in aggrieved purpose, and complained to Wang Ren with a bit of anger: "Don't say it, your soldiers are too delicate, but they don't want to because the intensity of training has increased, and they are whipped by the officer. Obey the order, I said a few words to them, but they actually dragged me to make trouble!"

Wang Ren saw that Jia She was in a state of embarrassment, and because of this incident, he no longer suspected that Jia She was playing tricks in the dark, but said: "I have already said that your method will not work!"

Jia She also pretended to be angry: "You agreed to it at the beginning, but now when something happens, it is all blamed on me. Isn't my method for training your new army? You are blaming me instead!"