The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Xun You said: For today's plan, only the inside should be combined with the outside.

Xi Zhicai said: There are so many enemies and I am few, and it is difficult to win with a dignified formation.

Although the two of them have different words, they mean the same thing. "Inside should be combined with outside" and "necessary to borrow from outside" are the same thing.

Simply put: it is to hit the enemy's short.

What are the weaknesses of the Yellow Turbans? Their weaknesses are their strengths. Their strength is "many people", and their weakness is "many people". There are many people, so they are powerful, but due to the lack of necessary training, many people are their shortcoming, which will cause confusion in their organization and organization. Xun You and Xi Zhicai were keenly aware of this through defending the city a few days ago.

The soldiers at each camp of the Yellow Turbans came from various counties and townships in the county, and they were not familiar with each other. When they attacked the city, they gave different orders. This gave Xun Zhen an opportunity to take advantage. You can take advantage of this, either by dispatching a special agent to sneak into it, or by using other methods to cause internal chaos, and then take advantage of the chaos to win.

Xun You said "inside should be combined with outside", and "inside should" means this.

When Xi Zhicai said "it is necessary to borrow external causes", "external causes" also refers to this.

Of course, as for how to "integrate the inside with the outside" and how to use the "external cause", it still depends on the specific situation, and it is hard to say at the moment. After all, although Xun You and Xi Zhicai are resourceful, they are not "wisdom and demons". They are not able to know the enemy's affairs and conquer the enemy with a single calculation, but in any case, they have the same idea: our army wants to To win, you can only start from the enemy's weaknesses.

Xun Zhen also thinks so.

The three of them had the same opinion, and they smiled at each other, and they couldn't help but have a strange feeling of "heroes see the same thing".

...

With two thousand new soldiers, he left the city alone and attacked a hundred thousand enemies.

No matter how timid you are, you can't do it with peace of mind. The three of them, whether it was Xun You who expressed opposition, Xi Zhicai who agreed, or Xun Zhen who seemed calm on the surface, were actually apprehensive and uneasy about this matter.

Before that, none of the three of them had experienced war, and their knowledge of war came from history books.

There were hundreds of wars in the Spring and Autumn Period, seven heroes of the Warring States Period, the King of Qin swept Liuhe, Chu and Han fought for the world, and Emperor Guangwu revived the Han Dynasty. These wars that took place in the past, from the history books, look exciting, countless shining stars, and countless resourceful strategists, but that's just from the books.

It's very different from the book and the personal experience.

From the book, I see stories and legends. Personal experience, experience is cruel and life and death.

When looking at it in writing, those are just stories from the past, just other people's stories. They can be amazed by someone's extraordinary strategy and bravery. They can read it to their heart's content and drink with "Han Shu". , they are just a bystander.

But now, they are no longer bystanders, but witnesses.

War is no longer just a story written in the books, it came out of the books and befalls them.

The three of them were all well-read people, especially Xun Zhen who came from later generations. All three of them knew that the Taiping Dao uprising was so powerful this time that the Han family has only encountered this time in four hundred years. It will be recorded in the history books.

Like the stories they read, their stories may also be read by future generations.

I just don’t know, when future generations read their stories, will they be amazed for their efforts to suppress the rebels, or will they sigh at their failures? Will they admire their bravery and ingenuity, or will they laugh at their stupidity and underestimate their enemies?

The honor and disgrace of the future, and the life and death of the present, are all in the middle. Before defending the city, there is still a strong city to rely on. Five days later, when you go south, you will meet the enemy in the open field. As a person who is new to the battlefield, who would not be uneasy? It should be noted that even if Xun Zhen is not mentioned, even Xun You and Xi Zhicai, who are famous for their future generations, are only in their twenties this year, and they are only two young people who are "first-timers".

At this time, this strange feeling of sympathy between heroes has diluted their unease and apprehension.

...

Xi Zhicai said sternly: "Fame, success or failure, this is all in one fell swoop!"

Xun You was not as scornful as Xi Zhicai, he said cautiously: "The enemy is strong and I am weak, and the enemy should not be underestimated."

It will take five days to go south, so don't think about it now, what Xun Zhen thinks is: "The most urgent thing is to train the army. The government has only given us five days, we have to discuss carefully how to use these five days."

"More than a thousand iron officials and apprentices, plus the hundreds of soldiers and 2,000 people who were promised to supply us by the lord of the government, are all new soldiers. They don't know the flag, the golden drum, or the battle formation. There are too many things to teach. Five Heaven is definitely not enough. Zhenzhi, what are your plans?"

"Yeah, five days is definitely not enough, so we have to distinguish the priority and choose the main ones to teach them first, and let's talk about the rest later."

"What is primary and what is secondary?"

"Know the banner, the golden drum, and the advance and retreat. This is the Lord."

Xi Zhicai nodded and said, "That's right. 'As for all soldiers, the system must be determined first, and the system must be established first so that the soldiers will not be in chaos'. Formation of troops, flags, golden drums, rewards and punishments, this is the system. Today, the formation of troops has been It's settled, the part has been completed, and the next step is the flag and the golden drum.

"..., but there are many kinds of flags, according to military law: front, back, left, right, and center, the flags of each army are different, and the orders are also different: if the flag is low, it will be rushed, or it will be strenuous. The golden drum is also light. , Heavy points: 'The drum is advanced, the heavy drum is hit; the gold is stopped, and the heavy metal is retreat.' The drum is divided into step, trend, concentrating, general, handsome, and uncle: 'One step, one drum, step drum It is also. Ten steps and one drum, it is also a drum. The sound is endless, and the drum is also. The business is also the drum. The horn is the handsome drum. With 2,000 people, it will be difficult for them to advance and retreat as if they were one person. I am worried: even if you only teach these things, five days will not be enough."

"All kinds of flags and all kinds of golden drums don't have to be taught. Although our army is new, the thieves are also a mob. We just need to be better than them."

"How can it be considered stronger than them?"

"First of all, on the flag, as long as the new pawns of each song and team can recognize the flag of their own song and their team, and can move in the direction pointed by the flag, it is fine, such as 'the flag is low, it is rushing, or the continuous high is striving'. The semaphore may not be taught. Secondly, on the golden drum, the drum sounds of Bu, Chi, Concentration, General, Shuai, Bo, etc. can also not be taught. Stop if you stop, and retreat if you pay a lot of money. . . . With these two, at least they can understand simple orders and know how to advance and retreat.”

"That's all it takes."

After setting the training program, the next step is the specific training method.

Xun You said: "Two thousand new soldiers, there is not much to say, not much to say, if you put them together, it will be noisy and chaotic, and it will be difficult to train. Zhenzhi, how do you plan to train it?"

Xun Zhen and the three talked and talked, and gradually walked outside the east gate of the city.

The gates were closed, and the towers stood in the dark night.

The long city wall is covered with torches, like a fire dragon in the night. In the light of the fire, there are sometimes teams of county officers patrolling past.

Xun Zhen looked up and said, "There is a saying in the art of war: 'Wu Chang's teaching is successful, and the combination is very long. The Shi-long is taught, and the pawn-long is combined. The pawn-long is taught, and the uncle is the leader. According to this coaching. First teach each 'wu', then 'how to combine', after each team is well trained, then combine the team rate, ..., and so on."

Xun You said: "Wu, Shi is easy to practice, but when you get to the team, tun, Qu and even the whole army, I'm afraid it won't be easy to practice."

There are five people in one group, and ten people in one group. There are fifty people in one team, one hundred people in one group, and two hundred people in one song. It is easy to practice when there are few people, but it becomes difficult to practice when there are too many people, and it is easy to become confused.

Xun Zhen also had no choice but to say, "You can practice as much as you can!"

Xun You and Xi Zhicai were also helpless. Xun You sighed and said it again: "That's the only way it can be."

After discussing the training items and specific training methods, Xi Zhicai asked a question.

He said: "Zhenzhi, you practiced the people of Limin as early as when you were the pavilion chief of Fanyang Pavilion. Later, when you were a rank husband in Xixiang, you built another courtyard in Xixiang to train the guests and warriors under the door, and formulated the thirteen The order of the Xixiangyuan is similar to the military law, and it is used to control them. A few days ago, I saw the city defending the city and the thieves. I saw it with my own eyes. Banners and Xiao advance and retreat. With them serving as Wu, Shi, Team, Tuen and Qu among more than a thousand iron officials and slaves, they are the backbone and trainers. Five days is not enough to train iron officials and slaves into strong ones. Soldiers, but it should be enough to teach them some superficial battle tactics, but..."

"But what?"

"However, what should I do with the hundreds of Zhuang Zhuang that Fu Jun is going to supply us with?"

Tieguan disciples and Nuli have worked together all year round, and they have established a certain foundation in discipline and organization. Among them, Xun Zhen's disciples are the backbone. It is a little easier to teach. Ding Zhuangzhong is all ordinary people, how should he teach it?

Xi Zhicai asked, "Are you taking out some of the guests under your door and putting them in these Ding Zhuang, or?"

Xun Zhen had already made up his mind, and said: "Soldiers are precious, not too expensive. Instead of separating the guests into Ding Zhuang, it is better to do everything in your power to train iron officials, disciples and slaves. Since I have less than 300 disciples, I can train them. Thousands of iron officials, disciples, slaves, five days is not enough, where is there time to look after the hundreds of young people?"

Xi Zhicai expressed his approval, saying: "Of course, and besides this, Tieguan disciples and slaves are newly created troops, and their formation has just been formed, and the leaders of each wu, shi, team, tun, and song have just been formed. If the appointed person is changed rashly, the order of the day will be changed, and the tactics of war will be taboo, which may cause instability in the military." After expressing his agreement, he asked again, "In that case, how do you plan to arrange the hundreds of people?"

"I intend to entrust it to the minister."

"Entrust it to me?"

"That's right. Zhicai and Gongda, both of you are well versed in the art of war and know how to train. I intend to divide the 2,000 new soldiers into two divisions. On the side of the iron officials and the slaves, Gongda and I will train them...  How about the hundreds of Ding Zhuang, Zhicai, and you will train them?"

Xun You and Xi Zhicai were both wise men, and when they heard Xun Zhen's words, they knew what he meant.

It was obvious that Xun Zhen planned to use Tieguan's disciples and slaves as the main force to attack thieves in the south in the future, and used the hundreds of Ding Zhuang as assistance.

This has two advantages: one is to concentrate on training Tieguan apprentices and slaves, and the other is to divide Tieguan apprentices, slaves and hundreds of Dingzhuang into two systems, which can contain each other.

The Tieguan disciples, slaves, and hundreds of Dingzhuang were all new soldiers, and they didn't know how to react. No one knew how they would react when faced with the enemy. Divide them into two systems, at least when one is changed, the other can be pressed.

Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "You are the soldier Cao Ye, and I am the soldier Cao Shi. You have orders, how can you be loyal? It's just that we only have five days, and I can't guarantee how well we can train them."

"It doesn't have to be very good, just make them into shrooms, know how to advance and retreat, and teach them to wave the flag and shout."

Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "This is easy."

Xun Zhenyu immediately cupped her hands and said, "I'll leave it to you two."

...

When they reached the door, Xun Zhen called to Kaicheng, and Xun You and Xi Zhicai galloped out.

Yue Jin, Wen Pin, Xu Zhong, Chen Bao, Jiang Qin, Liu Deng, Cheng Yan, Xiao Xia, Xiao Ren and others were waiting outside the city gate.

Not far from the moat, it is the temporary camping place of more than a thousand iron officials, slaves, and craftsmen.

Surrounded by Xun You, Xi Zhicai, Le Jin, Wen Ping and others, Xun Zhen first entered the camp to inspect it. Due to the lack of materials and time constraints, the camp was built very crudely, and most of the apprentices, slaves, and craftsmen lived in the camp.

"It's cold at night, so I can't sleep in the open, so I have to find a way to get some quilts to keep out the cold."

Xi Zhicai blinked and said in his heart, "This camp where the new soldiers are temporarily staying was built under the direction of Zhenzhi himself, and it lacks something to keep out the cold. He knew for a long time that he didn't mention it when he was discussing matters in the Prefect's Mansion, why it was there. Bring it up in public at this time?" My thoughts turned, I understood what Xun Zhen meant, and said in my heart, "Zhenzhi wants the city to be kind to the new deceased, in the hope that he can be attached to him in the shortest possible time."

He replied: "The thieves have been besieging the city for many days, fighting fiercely for days, and the consumption is very high. Now the county government is also in short supply. Xunjun, this cold thing is not easy to deal with."

Xun Zhen said sternly: "The iron officials and the lords traveled more than a hundred miles away, risking life and death to rescue the county and the court. Buy in the city!..., Xiao Xia, Xiao Ren, you two immediately bring people into the city, bring money, go to various li, and buy quilts and thick clothes from the people, as much as you can buy! Make sure not to let one person get cold! "

Xiao Xia and Xiao Ren took over the order: "Nuo!" After calling a few people, they turned their horses back to the city.

"Jun Xun is kind and generous, Jun Xun is kind and kind! It's a great blessing for us to be able to follow Jun Xun now."

Xun Zhen looked around, and saw that the speaker was a strong man with a length of eight feet and a black face and beard, but he recognized it.

This person's name is Qi Hun, a disciple of Tieguan, and he is one of Le Jin's confidants in Tieguanli.

In the two incidents of Yue Jin's sudden arrest of Fan Sheng and the subsequent killing of the Taiping Taoists in Tieguan, this person has made a lot of contributions. In the afternoon, Le Jin specially introduced Xun Zhen to meet him. Because of his merits, Le Jin has now assumed the post of a team leader.

Speaking of which, the reason why Lejin was willing to use this person was because of an incident that happened last year. In October last year, Qi Hun's old father died. He had no siblings. It was Le Jin who asked Xun Zhen to send someone to bury his father. Since then, he has given up on Le Jin. ——Most of Le Jin's other confidants in Tieguanli~www.wuxiaspot.com~ were also received with similar favors.

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A scholar dies for a confidant. Tieguan disciples are not "scholars", and they may not know the meaning of "confidant", but they know "righteousness".

In his role as the "high above" as the head of the iron official, Le Jin, the "dead corporal", not only did not look down on them, the iron official and criminals who had broken the law, but ended up with kindness and righteousness. Death is reported.

Naturally, the dragon has nine sons, and the sons are different. The same rice raises hundreds of people. Not all Tieguan disciples are people who "succumb to justice", but Lejin is not a mediocre person who can't know people. He has also repeatedly chosen the object of grace, and he may be wrong about one person, but not everyone.

...

Qi Hun bowed before Xun Zhen's horse and thanked him loudly.

Xun Zhenxin said, "This guy looks like a rude person, but he has a good eye." He jumped off the horse, personally helped him up, and smiled, "Wait a long way to save you. The county court, the princes of the county court all admire your loyalty, and the lord of the government is full of praise for you. Zhenzi has read the books of sages and sages, and the most respected people are the loyal ones.  … I don’t want to worship you. Dare to be!"

The Xun clan in Yingyin is the hope of Yingchuan, and it is famous all over the world. The iron officials and slaves present have heard the name of the Xun clan.

Xun Zhen used to be the postal supervisor in the north, and he was in the north of the county.

To Tieguan disciples and slaves, Xun Zhen was not only a son of the Xun clan, but also an old postmaster and a modern soldier, Cao Ye, which was really unattainable, but he was so kind and pleasant to Qi Hun, and he praised them so much. , which really surprised and moved Qi Hun and others.

If Qi Hun's previous words and deeds were just because of "winking", after Xun Zhen got off his horse, he was really heartbroken.