C19 Preliminary Enlistment

The Hanzhong was around the same year as the first month of spring.

Although the deep winter had become a thing of the past, it was still cold in the early spring. The farmers in the fields couldn't help but tighten their clothes and continue working.

"Form up!"

"Here!"

Ta ta ta ta!

One thousand and two hundred soldiers stood in the cold wind. Even though the cold wind was blowing through their bodies, they were still motionless. They stood in the same spot, leaning against each other, warming themselves with the warmth of each other's bodies.

A few months ago, these one thousand and two hundred soldiers inevitably had some color on their faces, but after two months of training, Xiao Yan had let them eat as much as they wanted, so when they were full, they would naturally have strength, and their complexion would be better.

Of course, although he had roughly trained for two months, it didn't look too good in terms of the array or the color, but compared to his relaxed appearance two months ago, it had changed by a lot.

At that moment, other than the two hundred Archer, the remaining four hundred men and six hundred men were lined up in two rows. The man and Longspear were each in half.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Shi and the rest were standing on the platform. Xiao Yan was clad in an armor of leaders and was clad in a brocade robe. He had a calm expression on his face. Behind him were ten guards, all of them wearing armors with Ring Head Knife s at their waists, raising their chin.

So, other than the captain and officers above, the rest of the armors were all concentrated on Xiao Yan's personal guard team. Usually, besides being responsible for Xiao Yan's personal safety, they would also act as the supervising team.

"Duke, a troop of men is ready. Can we fight?" Xiao Shi ran in front of Xiao Yan and asked.

The Han Dynasty's military system consisted of five people in a single unit, ten people in a single unit. There was Sergeant, Shi Chang, a team of fifty people, and a hundred people in a single unit. There were captains, Train Head, and two hundred people in a single unit.

According to the military system, Xiao Yan was already a soldier. Other than that, there were also two hundred Archer, which was not a small number.

Xiao Yan nodded and said in a clear voice, "Begin."

Xiao Shi turned around and said loudly, "Duke ordered the two armies to fight."

"Kill!"

A thousand men burst into battle cries as they ran through the roiling cold wind. Then, each side's five hundred men rushed forward together.

Longspear was at the front, but it was just a drill. Naturally, what they were holding wasn't spears, but long sticks.

However, this staff was also extraordinary. After all, most of the soldiers had no armor on them.

As the two armies closed in on each other, they began to fight. The fight was intense, with sabers and shields holding rattan cards in one hand and short sticks in the other. They were using rattan cards to block the long sticks.

The situation was quite intense at the beginning, but Xiao Yan soon frowned.

These one thousand soldiers looked quite impressive, but after entering melee combat, they quickly exposed their weakness and became chaotic.

Originally, the group of five had a team of ten or so people, but once the two armies got entangled with each other, they immediately fell into disarray.

Seeing Xiao Yan frown, Xiao Shi smiled awkwardly and shouted with dissatisfaction, "How do you train yourself normally? Relying on your comrades, you cannot easily break away from the formation! "

The formation of an ancient army was very important. If one's formation was coordinated with the enemy, it would be able to form a powerful combat force. Once the enemy dispersed, it would be equivalent to being massacred.

Especially in the Qin Dynasty, amongst the other members of the army, if one of them ran away, the rest would be punished to death. This was called sitting down, so the organization and combat ability of the Qin soldiers were exceptionally strong.

However, Han Dynasty did not have such strict laws, so the organization and power of the army were naturally slightly weaker as well.

Originally, there were only five people and ten people standing together. However, as the two armies engaged in a chaotic battle, the formation of the troops was suddenly disrupted.

As for the Archer, of course they could not participate in the battle, after all the spear and Ring Head Knife could be replaced with long sticks and short sticks, the arrows could not be replaced, it would be bad if they were shot or injured.

Xiao Yan sighed, "Forget it, let's call it a day."

"Let's call it a day!" Xiao Shi was worried, so he shouted loudly.

After the thousand soldiers who were fighting heard the order, they immediately responded and quickly left. However, many of the soldiers were already confused and disoriented. They continued to brandish the wooden sticks in their hands. After a long while, they separated from the chaotic battle and lined up again.

Naturally, he had expended quite a bit of strength in this free-for-all. However, after rearranging his troops, he appeared to be in a relaxed state. His entire spirit and spirit seemed to have collapsed in an instant, and was no different from two months ago.

Xiao Shi lowered his head and said, "Duke... "I'm not good at military training. Duke, please punish me."

Xiao Yan shook his head, "Nothing, you've worked hard too."

In modern military training, with sufficient food and supplies, they would have to train for at least three months, not to mention in ancient times. If they wanted to train a strong soldier, they would have to train for at least half a year before they could be considered elite soldiers.

Xiao Yan did not expect to be able to train a elite soldier in two months. Even if Taishi Ci was still alive, it was impossible for him to be able to do so, unless Sun Wu was reborn.

"No worries, just continue practicing."

Xiao Yan calculated in his heart. Zhang Jiao had planned to uncover the truth in March, but because traitors Tang Zhou informed on the situation, the rebellion was moved forward by a month, which was February.

There was still a month's time, and if he trained for another month, this group of soldiers would be able to increase in strength. At that time, defending the Dock Fort and resisting the attack of the yellow scarfed army might not be impossible.

"Here!"

Xiao Shi waved his hand and shouted, "Continue with the drills."

"Here!"

One thousand and two hundred soldiers continued practicing in the cold wind, while Xiao Yan tightly gripped his brocade robe and sighed.

Who would've thought that the Eastern Han Dynasty, which had survived for more than a hundred years, would fall into an unprecedented turmoil in more than a month?

"Men, prepare the horses!" I am going to pay a visit to Master Xu and Liu Gongzi. " Xiao Yan said.

Although training the troops and building Dock Fort s were important, the most important thing was something else.

Lift the filial piety.

The so-called filial piety is actually two requirements, namely, "filial piety to the elders, integrity to the elders", that is, requiring both public and private moral outstanding talent.

The two systems complemented each other. The investigation system was a system whereby a county recommended a talent to the imperial government, and the levy system was when the imperial government heard of a certain person's reputation. Thus, the emperor appointed that person to the imperial court.

And to raise filial piety is the system of investigation, local promotion of filial piety.