Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 227 Before Training
Li Mu's words strengthened Han Xin's heart, and this messy Han army camp began to change from this time on.

The first thing that changed was that the lazy soldiers began to look for whetstones around the camp, squatting next to the river camp and sharpening their weapons.

For a moment, the entire camp was filled with the sound of grinding.

The reason why these soldiers did this is because the military camp will pay them tomorrow, but the requirement is that only those with sharp swords can receive them.

A group of soldiers who had just pulled out their feet from the fields were naturally very enthusiastic about the fact that as long as they sharpened their swords, they would get food. They even praised General Han from time to time as a good general while sharpening their swords. Then Several soldiers who had approached Li Mu before also held their chests high and said that they had told General Mu Long about this matter. General Mu Long was also a good general who loved his soldiers.

As for their beloved General Mu Long, he came to the old barracks at this moment, and gave each of the few elite soldiers in Han Xin's hands a few whips woven from hemp.

These hemp rope whips have been soaked in tung oil, making them shiny and strong.

And their task is that in the following training, as long as any training soldiers fall behind, they will be given two whips immediately, and they will not be able to receive the reward until these whips are all broken.

A group of veterans were full of doubts when they saw this situation, but they could suddenly be appointed as instructors, and there would be generous rewards afterwards, and they all became proud, and they all patted their chests to promise.

Li Mu, who watched all this, looked calm, even frowning.

Li Mu's solution is actually very simple, that is to give these hastily recruited soldiers a military training.

To teach these tens of thousands of soldiers a set of flexible warfare techniques within 20 days, unless they are practicing family skills or have a flexible mind, there is no hope at all.

However, there are not many people who don't know martial arts, but those who wield swords and stab with weapons can basically take a look at them.

Although I don't know what the level of King Zhao's troops will be, Li Mu, who has been through the battlefield for a long time, knows that on the ancient battlefield, individual martial arts can never play a decisive role. The general's strategy is important, but the most important thing is the soldier's morale.

The collapse of the army is a scene that happens all the time on the ancient battlefield. As soon as the decline becomes apparent, the next moment is almost the beginning of a great rout.

Not everyone has the courage of the overlord of Chu, and not all the generals have the determination of the Marquis of Huaiyin to fight with his back.

Li Mu knew that the next battle was almost a last stand. Although Han Xin won in the end, what happened before?
Han Xin was forced to fight to the death, doesn't it just explain the difficulty of this battle?

Although surviving is victory, Li Mu will not forget that this is the battlefield experience on the third floor. All signs indicate that what he encounters here will be even more tragic, so the situation he may face at that time will also be the most critical .

It was never Li Mu's choice to pin his hopes for life on the unpredictable future.

What Li Mu is thinking about now is how to truly transform these soldiers into combat effectiveness. Military training can allow them to roughly do what is ordered and prohibited, but then what?
Can a tight battle formation and basic moves really bring about earth-shaking changes?

Li Mu imagined what he saw in the Macedonian phalanx, but those were all the results of professional soldiers. For the current miscellaneous soldiers, it can be said that there is one sky and one earth.

"This is the difficult mode." Li Mu really couldn't think of any practical solution, so he could only shake his head with a wry smile. At this time, the whole camp was beating drums. Order.

The entire camp was boiling almost immediately, and Li Mu could even see several shirtless soldiers running out with their newly polished weapons.

Li Mu was also walking towards the school ground quickly, and at this time, Han Xin was standing there alone on a high ground in the corner of the camp, looking at the school ground not far away, looking at the people in the camp around the school ground. Soldiers poured into the school field like a rushing tide.

It was the first time that the soldiers were so excited by the sound of the drums. They scrambled to arrive at the school grounds, and even more excitedly talked about how to polish the weapons in their hands so that they would be able to get more food from the general.

Li Mu came late, and when the soldiers saw Li Mu, they all immediately cast their fiery eyes. Li Mu smiled slightly, and immediately asked the quartermaster to distribute food to them.

The whole school ground suddenly boiled up, and the heavy soldiers frantically pushed away the miscellaneous soldiers who rushed up, and spent a lot of effort to distribute the food, but at this time Li Mu suddenly spoke.

"Everyone, until this time tomorrow, you can bring food home as much as you can, and those who come back on time will be rewarded again."

Li Mu said softly, but the people below heard it clearly, and everyone was very excited. They never expected that General Mu Long would be so generous. One day off.

Immediately, a soldier shouted that General Mu Long is wise, and the voice resounded throughout the school grounds. The surrounding officers were a little stunned, but they saw a strange arc drawn at the corner of Li Mu's mouth.

For the first time, Li Mu squinted at the soldiers in front of him, and said softly again.

"However, if someone fails to return at this time tomorrow, he will receive a hundred lashes."

This sentence made these soldiers stunned for a moment, and the soldiers below rolled their eyes one by one, thinking about this matter.

However, several officers felt that their general was too much of a child's play. They thought there must be cowards who were afraid of being punished and ran away. Will they really punish the soldiers who came back?

Then will this battle still be fought?

Several officers hurried up to ask Mu Long to think of other options, or simply cancel the decision to let these soldiers leave the camp.

But Li Mu just shook his head resolutely, overwhelmed all the voices, and said again to the soldiers.

"Everyone was once a citizen of the Qin land. The law of sitting in the Qin land in the past must have not been abolished today, right?" Li Mu said lightly, but all the lowly people shivered.

The method of recruiting soldiers is only to recruit good people. Although Han Xin enlisted as a gangster, he has a very principled selection of soldiers. Li Mu has long known that these people are all good people.

Under the pressure of the law, they could not think of fleeing.

Li Mu thought about explaining the truth to them, but how could he explain it clearly to the people who couldn't read a word?

What's more, these people don't know who they are fighting for. They used to be the people of Zhao State, they were the people of Qin State, and today they are soldiers of the King of Han. , the parents live on.

They can put down their weapons and return to the land at any time, and then they can surrender to someone who doesn't know who they are, and then shout long live.

Only the food in their hands, and the wives, children, and parents behind them are their last hope.

Only when they see hope in the Han army camp and think of their wives, children and parents living on their own rations, can they really fight it out.

As for where he can go all out, Li Mu can only wait until twenty years later to see the result.

With a wave of his hand, the gate of the camp in the distance opened. These soldiers were asked to hand in their weapons and armor, and they left the camp gate in a mess, and then disappeared in all directions.

Han Xin on the high ground in the distance watched all this with his fists clenched, his stern eyes slightly narrowed but then slowly released, his tense face suddenly relaxed, a soft sigh came out of his mouth, and his fingers slowly dropped.

"Today was an education."

"It seems that I think too much."

Han Xin shook his sleeves, got on the horse, turned the reins, and headed towards the camp. The bay red horse paced, and Han Xin on the saddle followed suit, but took out a wine bag leisurely and took a sip very comfortably. a mouthful.

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(End of this chapter)