Valley Emperor

In a sandy open space under Huangzhu Mountain, about twenty and a half boys lined up in a neat formation, constantly advancing and then turning.

These half-old boys, who were only fifteen or sixteen years old, were obviously not able to fully adapt to this dense formation, and the slogan of turning left and turning right in the mouth of Lin Zhe next to them.

When Li Xuan shouted to take a few steps forward, some people took three steps and some took four steps, which made the originally neat formation instantly become a mess.

And when Li Xuan shouted to turn right or turn left, someone would always follow the password and make the right turn, but some people couldn't tell the difference between left and right, and then made the wrong choice.

Whenever the formation was out of order, the sturdy bandits who were watching from the side and brushing swords would stop, then burst into laughter, and then look at Li Xuan as if they were looking at an alien.

They couldn't understand why their emperor would drag these half-year-old children to play in line.

Three days ago, Li Xuan, Fang Dongquan and others said that he would build a guard army.

At first, Fang Dongquan expressed his objection euphemistically. His objection was within Li Xuan's expectations, but he was afraid that Li Xuan would surpass him and take control of the military.

So Li Xuan directly said that the guards would not be selected from the backbone bandits, but only from half-old children between the ages of thirteen and sixteen. At this time, Fang Dongquan thought that Li Xuan just liked to play. So I went with him.

In fact, if Fang Dongquan gave him the backbone of the bandits with all their bravery, Li Xuan would not want them.

Because the guards he wants to organize are not pursuing personal bravery, but discipline, absolute discipline!

Although Li Xuan was not a military expert or even a fan in his previous life, he knew to a certain extent that if an army wanted to become a strong army, its weapons and equipment, tactics, etc. were not mentioned first. The most important thing was The point is to obey orders.

Especially those modern troops who play in line to kill, they need to face the enemy's cannonballs and bullets, ignore their comrades and continue to fall, advance step by step, and shoot until they reach tens of meters in front of the enemy.

Naturally, Li Xuan can't expect to train a modern army, but he feels that at least the formation is necessary, and the basic battlefield discipline must be in place.

You can't be like those bandits, rushing forward in a chaotic manner. In the end, only a few brave people really participated in the fight, while more people waved their flags behind, fought against the wind, and ran away in a swarm when they saw that the opportunity was not good.

Those adult bandits are basically old fritters, and it is as difficult as going to the sky to bring them back to practice.

However, these half-year-old children are easier and more convenient to train. As for personal martial arts skills and lack of physical strength, these are not too big problems.

Because in Li Xuan's vision, after they go to the battlefield, they only need to obey the orders and execute the predetermined tactics.

As long as the formation is tidy and orders are followed, then Li Xuan's psychological expectations are met.

As for the twenty-something people, what should they do if they encounter heavy armored infantry, cavalry, and archers, and what else can they do?

With only twenty or so people, you really want to have a decisive battle with the officers and soldiers. If you can defeat other weak chickens and bandits, you will be very satisfied with Li Xuan, a county hero who can block hundreds of officials.

Training such a group of half-year-old children to form a line, distinguish between left and right, and obey orders, this is Li Xuan's most attention and even the only thing he cares about in the past few days.

Because this is the key to whether Li Xuan's follow-up series of plans can be carried out smoothly, he has to know that his training method is feasible.

It's just as the saying goes, half the eldest son eats Lao Tzu, even though the half eldest son who was recruited by Li Xuan said that they brought their own food and even the spears and swords used for training, Li Xuan would never give out a penny. salary.

However, after the training intensity has increased, the physical requirements are quite high, and to maintain sufficient physical fitness, you have to eat well.

If you don't have enough to eat and play high-intensity training every day, it's easy to train soldiers into skin and bones!

These half-eldest families are not rich and noble families, and they are already in a shortage of food, so it is naturally difficult for them to eat enough.

After discovering this kind of problem, Li Xuan found Liu Bagou: "Prime Minister, the guards will prepare an extra lunch for them in the future, and the public will produce food!"

After Liu Bagou heard this, he thought about it in his heart and said, "This minister follows the order!"

But after agreeing, Liu Bagou said again: "It's just that our food reserves are running out. If we spend more money, it will be even more difficult to persist until the autumn harvest!"

Li Xuan said, "Didn't you guys discuss the purchase of food for the past two days?"

Liu Bagou said, "We don't have much money, and we have to buy some iron tools to make weapons. I'm afraid we won't be able to buy much of this food!"

Li Xuan has long known that this bandit den is poor and poor. If this bandit den is very rich, Fang Dongquan and the others will not go out every year to loot the countryside and caravans, and it is not because they are forced to eat. ~www.wuxiax.com~ The money Liu Bagou mentioned was actually brought out by Li Xuan and the others when they fled. The Li family used to be a landlord anyway, and they still had some savings. Madam Bai packed them up when they escaped. Although the time was very tight when I was soft, I still brought out some silver, but it was not much, just over a hundred taels.

"What about General Fang and the others, what can be done?" Li Xuan continued to ask.

Liu Bagou said: "General Fang said, after the summer harvest, they will go out to see if they can collect some food and come back, but the officers and soldiers are still looking for our traces, if we go out on a large scale, it will easily attract the attention of the officers and soldiers! "

After listening to Li Xuan, he frowned slightly, and then said, "Where's the Water Dragon Village?"

Going to grab the Water Dragon Village and playing a black game, butcher Chen and the others were discussing this matter many days ago. After Fang Dongquan came back, a few of them just said this, but they haven't decided yet.

But whether it was to loot the village outside, or to play the black, eat the black and rob the Water Dragon Village, they all had to wait for Xia to be over before they could free up enough manpower to act.

So they still have at least half a month's buffer time, so they don't need to worry too much for a while.

Liu Bagou said, "They are still discussing, but it will be difficult to make a decision for a while!"

"If that's the case, let's wait until Xia is busy before talking about it!" After Li Xuan finished speaking, he let Liu Bagou retire first, while he himself was thinking about how to train most of the children so that they could become more effective in combat. , become a real army, not just bandits.

He is very clear that whether he can survive in the future depends on the army formed by these half-old children. As for Fang Dongquan and the other old fritters, that is unreliable.