Chapter 4 From the Army

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the princes were divided into counties, and the administrative level was the same as that of the county. Pingyuan County was originally a Pingyuan Country, but later the king of Zhao was removed from the title for some reason, so the country was changed to a county, which was also introduced by Jian Yong on Zhao Feng's road.

"So that's it!" After listening to Jian Yong's introduction, Zhao Feng understood why the history books only mentioned that Liu Bei was the prime minister of the plain, and did not mention who was the princes he assisted. The relationship had long been revoked.

Although Pingyuan County is also a county, in terms of population or wealth, this small county, which has experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion for a long time, is more than a little worse than those states and counties that have not been disturbed by war, such as Xiangyang or Hanzhong. When Zhao Feng followed Liu Bei to Pingyuan County, thin and skinny victims could be seen everywhere on the street, and some people even curled up on the roadside without knowing life and death. Even if they were not dead now, they would die not far away.

"It's better to be a rich dog than a disied person!" Zhao Feng finally had an intuitive understanding of this sentence. Liu Bei and Jian Yong both sighed when they heard this. Even Zhang Fei, who was very noisy all the way, was silent after seeing this desolate scene.

In the next few days, Zhao Feng followed Liu Bei everywhere to fill in the gaps, just like when he first arrived in Pingyuan County. Although Pingyuan County is not completely a grass team, there are many vacancies for officials at all levels, so that Liu Bei has much less resistance when appointing official positions. After appointing two sworn brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, as captains, Jian Yong was appointed as meritorious Cao. As for Zhao Feng, Liu Bei wanted to appoint him as a civilian because he was good at farming, but Zhang Fei objected.

"Big brother, you don't know anything. Zhao Xiaozi's martial arts are good. He is a material for war. It would be too condescending to let him be a civil servant." Zhang Fei is also telling the truth. Since he fought with Zhao Feng for the first time, Third Master Zhang has become more and more interested in Zhao Feng's Taijigong, often pestering Zhao Feng to fight in martial arts. Naturally, Zhao Feng will not refuse the training bag sent to the door. As the two play more and more times, Zhao Feng can also support Zhang Fei for a long time. From the first hundred moves, now you can make about 200 moves. Of course, this is just a competition. If you really play, according to Zhang Fei, you can win or lose in about 50 rounds.

In addition to fists and feet, Zhao Feng also compared weapons with Zhang Fei. Taiji Gun VS Zhangba Snake Spear. At first, Zhao Feng couldn't hold up less than 20 moves, but now he can probably hold up more than a dozen more. The speed of progress also made Zhang Fei very excited. He couldn't wait for Zhao Feng to quickly grow into a generation of masters, so that he could beat himself up.

"The third brother is not going to mess around. Bo Tao is good at farming. Now there is a shortage of food in the plains. Naturally, we should let others do their best. Only with more food can we live more lives." Liu Bei's tone this time is very resolute. There are priorities. He doesn't want to lose a lot because of small things.

"Big brother, I have asked Mr. Zhao. Although he is good at farming, he just knows how to farm. If you want him to get more food, you just need to let him supervise more during the spring ploughing and autumn harvest every year. In addition, he has nothing to do. It's better to let him be a soldier and accompany me to play martial arts. Zhang Fei analyzed seriously, but the last sentence exposed his true intention.

"Damn it, take me as a human meat sandbag." Zhao Feng smiled bitterly in his heart, but he didn't say anything. To be able to compare with Zhang Fei, such an opportunity was also unattainable.

"Your lord, what the three generals said also makes sense." Jian Yong thought about it and agreed with Zhang Fei's proposal. This!" Liu Bei saw that Jian Yong also said so, so he nodded and agreed. But then he asked, "Butao, do you know the military battle array?"

"Lord, Feng only knows a little." Zhao Feng told the truth. Although I, as a time traveler, I know more or less common sense in this regard, but it is obviously not enough. At this time, Guan Yu, who had been silent, said, "I have some military strategies there. You can take it and have a look."

"Thank you, Second General." Zhao Feng hurriedly thanked him. So Liu Bei ordered Zhao Feng to be appointed as the military commander of Zhang Fei's subordinates, which happened to be directly under Zhang Fei's jurisdiction.

"Thank you, Lord." Zhao Feng is also quite proud. In his previous life, he had studied the military system of the Han Dynasty and knew that there were about 400 soldiers under a military commander, and there were four or five military commanders under a captain. Now Zhang Fei is a captain, and he is a military commander under him, which is almost equivalent to the battalion commander of later generations. I want to be an undergraduate. Even if I graduate from a military academy, I will only be a deputy company. Now I am a real camp.

Of course, Zhao Feng also knew that Liu Bei was deliberately cultivating himself, hoping that he could lead the army while practicing martial arts well, instead of being a martial artist who could only fight. Otherwise, just appoint yourself as a personal guard.

The day after his appointment, Zhao Feng followed Zhang Fei to the military camp. Although Pingyuan County is a small county, there should still be 8,000 local guard troops according to the regulations. But now after years of war, there are less than 4,000 people. Liu Bei appointed Zhang Fei and Guan Yu as captains, with 2,000 people each under him. If the amount is insufficient, recruit new recruits immediately. I wanted to recruit more soldiers, but Pingyuan County didn't have much grain in stock.

Finally, Liu Bei broke the yellow scarf in the early years, which was more or less prestigious. Therefore, when he heard that he was recruiting troops in the plain country, many people also came to join the army. Liu Bei selected more than 500 young and middle-aged people. In addition to making up for the shortcomings of various departments, he specially set up a new barracks of 400 people for Zhao Feng to lead.

"Thank you for your understanding!" Zhao Feng knew that Liu Bei was taking care of himself and didn't let himself take those veterans. Instead, he went to train these recruits. As for whether he is a recruit or not, this problem is automatically filtered by Zhao Feng. At least we are also people who have participated in military training. How can we be considered recruits? Zhao Feng comforted himself.

So in the next day, Zhao Feng followed Zhang Fei to train. In ancient times, military training is naturally very different from modern military training, but there are still some things in common, such as team training. As for personal training, it is still necessary for instructors to teach one by one, and then set up the queue training collectively.

Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are both world-famous generals. Naturally, they are not reckless men who can only fight. How to train soldiers also has its own way. Every day, Zhao Feng also took the new barracks under his jurisdiction to train with Zhang Fei, practicing fists and feet, and practicing weapons. Zhao Feng also carefully compared the advantages and disadvantages of these moves passed by Zhang Fei and others to the army, and his own Taijiquan and Taiji Gun. The conclusion is that there are no advantages and disadvantages in the moves, and each application has its own advantages. The moves used by Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are greatly opened and closed, among which there is a sense of killing, which is obviously more suitable for battle than Taiji guns.

"Martial arts in the battle." Zhao Feng muttered to himself, and suddenly there was a flash of inspiration in his head: Why am I so stupid? Why do I still use a Tai Chi gun? Why don't I use the Yang family's shooting directly? This is naturally more practical.

Taiji gun is claimed to be a collection of 13 marksmanship masters. Although this statement is a little exaggerated, it is obvious that Taiji gun has learned a lot from various famous marksmanship in the process of its birth. Zhao Feng loves to read "Yang Jia Jiang" and has a special preference for the Yang family's marksmanship. Therefore, before practicing the Taiji gun, he specially pestered Zhao Lao's traditional Chinese medicine for the Yang family's marksmanship. It's just that I practiced less later, so I'm not as proficient as the Taiji gun.

"If I had known it, I would have practiced more." While sighing that there was no medicine for regret in the world, Zhao Feng began to practice his Yang family's shooting. After training with Zhang Fei every day, I also practice Yang's shooting in my spare time.

"The spirit snake swings its tail, the poisonous dragon comes out of the hole, and fires the sky..." The 72-road Yang family's shooting method came down one after another, and Zhao Feng felt that he also had a lot of experience.

"Good shooting!" Zhao Feng was practicing hard. Suddenly, he heard applause behind him. Looking back, Liu Bei came slowly, and Zhang Fei and Guan Yu followed him.

"See you, Lord!" Zhao Feng hurriedly saluted, "I don't know when the lord came here. Feng was in practicing martial arts and did not welcome him far away. Please forgive me."

"It doesn't matter!" Liu Bei waved his hand freely and said, "I have nothing to do. I have nothing to do. I see that Bo Tao's shooting seems to be quite exquisite, but I don't know where I learned it."

"This set of marksmanship is a coincidence, taught by an old man surnamed Yang." Zhao Feng said half-truth and half-falsely, and smiled bitterly at the same time: Elder Yang, the ancestor of this "old Elder" still doesn't know where it is.

"The elder surnamed Yang, but I don't know who it is." Liu Bei muttered, and Guan Yu next to him said, "I think this set of marksmanship is exquisite, which is almost no less than Zilong's hundred birds and phoenix guns. This senior Yang thinks he is a person who is indifferent to fame and fortune, otherwise his reputation will not be inferior to Tong Yuan."

"I want to do this." Liu Bei and Zhang Fei also have no point, so they can only do so. Liu Bei came to Zhao Feng today for something else. It will soon be the farming season again. Liu Bei came to Zhao Feng to discuss farming.

"Botao, now there has been a year of drought in the world. If you can have more food, there will be countless people alive. After Liu Bei explained his intention, he also specifically told him.

"I understand!" Zhao Feng was also a little moved and nodded and agreed. It's always good to save a few more lives in troubled times. Even if it's a drop in the bucket, it's better than nothing we can do.

Although the plain is small, there are more than 100,000 people. It is obviously unrealistic for Zhao Feng to teach one by one. At present, Liu Bei ordered that in the eleven counties under the rule of Pingyuan County four days later, the exclusive officials came to see the on-site guidance, and then they went back to teach the officials at all levels under their jurisdiction, and so on, until the ordinary people could learn.

Four days passed in a flash. On this day, Zhao Feng carefully demonstrated how to farm in a higher yield in a test field specially opened by Liu Bei in the backyard. I have to say that food is indeed very important these days. These 11 officials who came to study listened carefully for fear of missing some important links.

"Damn it, we are just doing agricultural training courses." Zhao Feng was so energetic that he suddenly thought about it with some spoofs.

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