Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 263

[Chapter 263 Admonition]

Yan City.

South camp.

When Chen Shou went to Pingcheng to rebuild the Ship Division.

Zhao Xu turned his attention to this.

The arquebus seized from the pirates made him deeply aware of the importance of developing the flintlock.

After all, matchlock guns are becoming more and more popular.

At that time, if I don’t have the means to deal with it, I’m afraid I will die a miserable death.

But now, he was calm and unhurried.

“Yes, walk like this.” At this time, Zhao Xu was walking backwards.

Ahead of him, a line of soldiers marched almost arm in arm, side by side.

Their steps are in unison, uniform.

And the palm of the left hand holds a stick vertically, while the right hand holds the middle of the stick.

This stick represents the flintlock.

The way soldiers walk now is the way soldiers armed with fusiliers march on the battlefield.

“Have you seen everything clearly? This is the training.” Zhao Xu said.

Chang Wei and six generals stood behind Zhao Xu.

Originally, Bai Shang was supposed to be there, but he was temporarily dispatched to encircle and suppress the pirates.

“Hee hee…” The soldier walked in a strange way, which caused some recruits to laugh.

Chang Wei pointed to the laughing soldiers and shouted, “You guys, go out and run around the South Camp ten times.”

“Yes, General.” Six soldiers stood up and started to run around the South Camp.

Seeing this, the other soldiers immediately fell silent.

Zhao Xu has no objection to Chang Wei’s handling.

The military is a disciplined place.

Especially after being equipped with flintlock guns, the soldiers of the palace are no longer the idle feudal aristocratic army.

Soldiers must obey orders in the barracks.

Only in this way can we strictly abide by the military orders on the battlefield.

The six people in Qinshan also kept in mind all the points taught by King Yan.

They all compete with each other to win in this training.

Only the victor has the right to command the army of flintlocks.

“There are still these military formations.” Zhao Xu took out the formation diagram he had drawn.

There are more than ten kinds of formations of the flintlock army in battle, including horizontal formation, vertical formation, hollow square formation and so on.

What is the significance of these changes, he also explained in detail below.

“For 30,000 people, each of you will lead 5,000 people. The deadline is one month. The three with the best drills will become the generals of the new recruits.” Zhao Xu said.

Hearing this, the six people gave each other a provocative look.

Seeing Zhao Xu, he was slightly satisfied.

His generals must have this kind of energy that no one will admit defeat.

Then he gave Xu Lie a look.

Xu Lie handed over six whips.

Zhao Xu handed the whip to Qin Shan, and the six Guan Tong sent it out one by one.

The six people showed puzzled eyes and closed the passage: “Your Highness, what is this for?”

“Of course it is for admonishing the soldiers.” Zhao Xu said loudly.

Hearing this sentence, the faces of the soldiers changed immediately, and there was a faint dissatisfaction in their eyes.

They all heard that the king of Yan was benevolent, and now the king of Yan actually gave the general a whip.

Chang Wei smiled, he didn’t say anything, he understood what King Yan meant.

“Hahaha…” Qin Shan picked up the whip and waved it at the soldiers, “This is the whip given by His Highness, if you don’t train well, you will suffer a lot.”

Zhao Xu noticed the eyes of the soldiers.

They have complaints in their hearts and can understand.

To the soldiers in front of him, he said loudly: “I would rather you shed blood and tears during training than let your relatives cry because of insufficient training on the battlefield.”

The expressions of the soldiers softened. This is the original intention of King Yan.

Chang Wei nodded slightly.

He has always been strict with his subordinates, because he also understands this truth.

The idleness in the barracks is exchanged for blood and tears on the battlefield.

Thinking of the current situation in the four northern counties, Zhao Xu continued: “Currently, the four counties are in crisis, Beidi is still eyeing the north, and now Xiliang has conquered Jinzhou and is pushing towards Feihuguan. The Yuan family has revived, and just two days ago, The pirates attacked Jinghai County, and hundreds of soldiers died.”

Chang Wei, Qin Shan, and the soldiers’ faces suddenly became heavy.

The consecutive victories during this period of time made it seem that everything in the North Four Counties was fine.

In fact, it was just the calm before the storm.

“Think about it carefully, in such a crisis, who else can protect your wives, children, brothers and sisters, except yourself? And this is the meaning of your joining the army, not the three taels of silver.” Zhao Xu finally shouted.

The soldiers fell silent.

This question strikes right into their soul.

Before joining the army, many people came just for the high salary.

I didn’t think about why I was fighting.

And Yan Wang pointed them out.

After Jincheng was conquered, it is said that it was massacred.

In order to vent their anger, the Xiliang people killed all the soldiers in the city.

And Beidi people have the habit of slaughtering and praising the common people.

They must not let this happen in the North Four Counties, their hometown.

Seeing the resolute eyes of the soldiers, Zhao Xu nodded in satisfaction.

The purpose of his stuffing five hundred scholars into the army is for this, ideological education.

Only when soldiers know what to fight for can they exert their greatest combat effectiveness on the battlefield.

This is the will to fight.

It is also the most fundamental difference between the modern army and the feudal army.

Of course, this kind of education is for the sake of strengthening the army.

But again it is true.

If the people of the four northern counties don’t take the defense of the four northern counties as their own responsibility, it will be a mess.

Soldiers ran when they saw the enemy, or had to rely on a supervisory team to go to the battlefield.

Then the iron hooves of Beidi and Xiliang will run across this land one day sooner or later.

Then there is the remaining land of Dasong. The people of Dasong will shave their hair and wear clothes easily, and become inferior slaves.

After leaving these words, Zhao Xu turned and left.

Chang Wei followed up at this time, “Your Highness said well, the last general is really passionate.”

“This is what those scholars in the military school will do in the future. Swords are weapons, and thoughts are also weapons.” Zhao Xu said.

“Thoughts are also weapons!” Chang Wei recited a sentence, thinking about it.

When he came back to his senses, Zhao Xu had already gone far.

Training arrangements go down.

Zhao Xu is going to shift his focus to the expansion of various production capacities.

After leaving Nan Daying, he went straight to Chengdefang.

Zou Rong also supervised the construction of a bastion in Wu’an County.

Dong Jianan, the deputy head of Cao, the official employee in charge of Chengdefang.

During this time, Dong Jianan has been listening to lectures in the Government Affairs School.

He learned very well about architectural construction and planning, etc., and asked a lot of professional questions.

He also reported the construction of Chengdefang with him from time to time.

“Your Highness.” Seeing Zhao Xu approaching, Dong Jianan greeted him.

“Can Nanfang District be handed over in ten days?” Zhao Xu asked.

At present, Chengdefang is divided into Nanfang District and Beifang District.

Nanfang District is reserved for the Bing Zhansi, which is specially used to produce weapons and armor.

The Beifang District is prepared for the Wangfu Workshop, including cement, glass, etc., which must be moved from the Bingzhang Division to Beifang District.

In order to keep it secret, there is a high wall between the two squares to separate the two squares, and there will be heavy guards in the future.

At the same time, the two squares have adopted the same layout pattern.

That is, the east side along the river is the production area, and the west side is the living area of the craftsmen.

(end of this chapter)