Chapter 13 Reappearance 1

Hundreds of new recruits were recruited in just a few days. In addition to soldiers, I also recruited some chores, including young and strong women.

So I divided all the recruits into three armies: the army of veterans and recruits, who are responsible for guarding the fortress; the army of strong women, doing chores; and the army of old and young, and the reconnaissance.

Although there are only a few hundred newly recruited soldiers, compared with the existing more than 200 soldiers in our army, the military has been greatly boosted!

This move can not only stabilize the military spirit of the defenders, but also increase the confidence of the people in defending the fortress.

Although Xiaoxi Village was built in a very short period of time, its fortifications are better than that of Zhangcheng.

First of all, the wall is higher than the wall of the sentence; secondly, the wall is shorter than the wall of the sentence. Although Juzhang City is not big, it is attacked on all sides, and the enemy can attack a wide range. If the defenders are not strong enough, it will inevitably be difficult to deploy defense outside the walls, resulting in defensive loopholes. The reason why the south of the city was broken is not that we are weak in defense, but that we have few troops and can't be defended at all. The shorter wall concentrates the defensive points, so that the number of defenders in each place can be doubled.

However, after all, it is a temporary fortification, and it is hard to say whether it can resist the continuous influx of thieves and continuous attacks. Now the thieves have only set up a siege in the north to prevent our army from going north. If more thieves gather, it will be both harmful and beneficial for us. The disadvantage is that, of course, it will trap us here and can't take care of it. The advantage is that we contain most of the thieves with the projectile land of the stream, which can decompose the pressure of the front of Shangyu and Huiji.

Dozens of people who scrambled to join the army but did not meet the requirements for recruitment were summoned to the Chinese army. I entrusted them to pretend to be woodcutter and follow several scouts out of the village from the west. In addition to listening to the enemy around the village, I also sent several people back to the vicinity of Juzhang City to check the direction of Sun En's army. If the thief soldiers have any movement and attack Xiaoxi Village or besiege Xiaoxi Village, they have to rely on these people to send news to Huiji and Shangyu and ask for reinforcements. I also made a timely decision on whether to stick to it or abandon it again.

As soon as I sent these scouts out of the door, I saw Liu Zhong running from a distance with the movement and speed of walking breathlessly.

I shouted to him, "Shizhi, don't run away!" Your body is recovering.

When Liu Zhong saw me at the door, he stopped and gasped and said to me, "Liu Sima, something happened to the school yard."

"Hmm?"

"Kwain beat the captain of another team."

"Why?"

"The two teams compete for a place of training."

I called the small school to bring two horses over, and Liu Zhong and I rode alone and ran to the campus. The terrain in the village is low, and the speed of riding is not fast, but it just saves some manpower. Especially at present, Liu Zhong is in poor health.

The so-called school is actually the only flat place in the village. Zhaizhong people commonly call it a platform.

There are more flat land outside the fortress, but it is too risky to train troops outside the fortress without fortifications. The stream does not occupy a wide area. Although there are many flat land around it, the reason why we station the stream is precisely to take advantage of its terrain with both hills and rivers, so we only encircle the dangerous land in the village.

Because there is only one flat land on the whole mountain, it has become a gathering place for the military and the people. A few days after we moved to the stream, a market was formed around the flat ground turned into a school grounds. So I had to surround most of it as a school yard, and the other half was left to residents and vendors. The land here is narrow and can't accommodate too many people, so all teams in the camp come here to train at different times.

The arch battalion can only choose another low-lying valley to practice archery. There is not enough light in the valley, and the target is sometimes placed in the east and sometimes in the west as the sun moves every day. Most of the things in the village can only be done in this way.

Liu Zhong and I will arrive at the platform soon. Many people gathered on the platform, and some people occupied the distant highlands with a good view. Liu Zhong was the first to greet everyone to dodge a road to allow me to go over.

Two teams were holding wooden weapons for training and shouting in the center of the school yard. K'en is tall and stands very conspicuous in the crowd. He was roaring with a wooden knife with a very fierce expression. Several soldiers of this team pulled his arms and clothes.

The other team of soldiers were not afraid. They pointed to Kwain with shields and wooden knives, and loudly argued with Kwain.

When I saw me enter the school, the people who pointed to me out quickly ran to complain. Probably the content of the narration was too exaggerated. When the unspeakable kuan heard these trickery, he was so angry that he shouted "your ancestors". He raised the wooden knife in his hand and did not dare to cut people. He was so angry that he cut the ground with a knife. He cut off a wooden knife in just two strokes.

The group of people immediately became angry when they saw that I was present to suppress the arrogance of kuon. On the contrary, Kuan was dejected and hated his stupidity and the incompetence of his subordinates. When the people under him saw me coming, they dared not speak and only stood and watched from afar. On the other side, there are quite a few fangs of soldiers.

After listening to these people's explanation, I finally figured out what happened. It should have been the time for other teams to use the campus. Because he made an appointment with someone to gamble and was afraid of missing it, he led the team to the field for training in advance. Of course, the team of soldiers who were on the scene did not agree, which led to a quarrel. In anger, Kwain injured the other party's captain.

"Done, this is the useful time for other teams. If you don't follow the rules of the camp, why do you still hurt people?" I calmed my face to scold Kuai En.

Kyo En defended: "I didn't want to hurt anyone, I just hit him with this wood. Who knew that he was bleeding so unrecrushed. I didn't mean to."

"Whether it is intentional or unintentional, it is a fact to hurt people."

Kon said: "What they call school training is pure self-deception. It's a good training time. What are they doing? They sit on the ground one by one to rest, talk and play. This is the barracks, not the backyard! I brought soldiers here to train, not to fight with them. Since they want to rest and play, please go somewhere else and don't pollinate our military campus. Besides, what does it have to do with such a large open space where you rest and I practice mine?

Since this En was raised as the team leader, he has indeed been very dedicated. Although he has nothing to do with military regulations, he is meticulous in training soldiers. He is not only strict with himself, but also very strict with his subordinates. In his own words, he wants to train his team into the elite division of the whole Huiji County.

It is also my ambition to train Ju Zhangbing into the elite division of Huiji County, so I agree with and am very gratified by Kai En's idea. There are not many soldiers, but the military affairs and civil affairs are very busy. For my Sima, a general in the north, training hundreds of soldiers is obviously not a big problem. But I really don't have time to supervise the school every day.

Although the selected leaders have experience in training, the training method is too old-fashioned and too rigid. Only this new recruit who joined the army can figure out an effective way to train troops from actual combat. The recruit trained by Kwain was more brave and united than the soldiers of other teams.