C6 Taishi Military Training
Xiao Yan put down his wine cup and said with a sincere expression, "It's just because that dog, Zhang Fen, bullied me that I recruited some village soldiers to train. However, I was too poor in talent, so I ask Ziyi to help me."
"Why do you need to do this?"
Taishi Ci sneered and stood up proudly, "What is that Zhang Fen thing? But because Zhang Lian was his brother and he relied on nothing but power, Liu Tie sent the money and grains to take care of his mother. Ci Ci already knew that tonight, she would go and take Wu Tie's head for herself! "
Who was Taishi Ci? In his early years, he was an official of the county, but because of this matter, the county and the state were vile. Who could report this matter to the government first? Thus, he held the advantage.
Taishi Ci had volunteered to rush to Luoyang, but didn't expect that a low ranking official in the state would be able to make it in time, so Taishi Ci asked to borrow his documents to look at it. In the end, he tore it up and said straightforwardly: "The documents were destroyed, but you gave them to me for punishment.
It could be seen how powerful Taishi Ci was. He even dared to offend the state's Prefectural Governor, not to mention the small Zhang Fen.
"I can't accept this!" Xiao Yan exclaimed, "If Ziyi kills Zhang Fen, what should we do? Besides, doesn't your mother have no one to rely on?"
Taishi Ci smiled and said, "After killing Zhang Fen, I will be away for a few years. When the Son of Heaven comes back, I will have to trouble Duke to take care of my mother."
"No need for that." Xiao Yan shook his head and said: "I only hope that Ziyi can help me train my troops. I am well aware that Ziyi is a general, and in the entire Donglai Region, only Ziyi is capable of such a feat."
Hearing Xiao Yan's recognition of him, Taishi Ci was delighted, but he frowned and said, "Ci, as a Cao official, how can you give up on official business for personal matters?"
Xiao Yan immediately said, "Ziyi doesn't have to worry about that. Of course I'm in the county helping out. Besides, Ziyi is a general, yet he does some small things all day. Don't you think it's a waste of his talent?"
"This …" Taishi Ci frowned. What he said sounded good, but in reality, he was just running errands for the county. Military training was a huge matter.
After thinking about it for a while, Taishi Ci finally reluctantly agreed, "Fine, Duke treats me like a national hero. Although his ability is lacking, but I should try my best to repay Duke."
Xiao Yan was overjoyed: "With Duke Mansion Training, Ziyi should be the one to take care of everything!"
"..."
Xiao Yan immediately used all his money to make money and let others take Taishi Ci's place. He then made Liu Tie's life as Taishi Ci's assistant and said that Taishi Ci was his assistant, but in reality, he didn't care about anything. Xiao Yan's only hope was that Xiao Shi could learn 20 to 30% of Taishi Ci's abilities.
"General, please place yourself high above the ground and look down on the soldiers from above. May Duke order people to build an earthen platform."
Naturally, Xiao Yan could do nothing but obey. He immediately had the group of farmers build an earthen platform that was five feet high. He, Taishi Ci, and Xiao Shi stood on the earthen platform and looked down at the group of 1200 people.
Who would have thought that Duke would recruit so many soldiers from the countryside? He didn't seem to be dealing with Zhang Fen, Taishi Ci thought to himself.
However, he did not point it out. Instead, he turned around and said to Xiao Yan, "Duke, fighting a thousand men is not something you can talk about. First come the Golden Drum Flag."
Xiao Yan was already prepared for Taishi Ci.
Taishi Ci picked up the military drum, looked at the thousands of people below the stage and said in a deep voice, "Do you know what this is?"
"Drum." Two or three voices came from below the stage, as they answered carelessly.
Taishi Ci did not think much of it and continued to speak loudly, "Yes, this is the military drum. The emperor has made his move. When the drum sounds are heard, all of you must move forward."
With that, Taishi Ci shouted at Xiao Shi, "Xiao Shi, you're here to beat the drum."
"Alright!" Xiao Shi rushed forward and excitedly grabbed the drumstick.
"Military order, you have to shout it out." Taishi Ci pulled a face.
"Here!" Xiao Shi hurriedly changed his words, grabbed two drumsticks and started beating them.
Dong, dong, dong!
Xiao Shi was a big and powerful man. As he knocked on the war drum, a series of exciting sounds were transmitted.
After hearing the drum, the thousand-plus rural soldiers walked slowly, but a few of them didn't move. They were probably distracted by Taishi Ci's words just now and wanted to move forward without knowing the drum's movement.
"Hold on!"
Taishi Ci's eyes were sharp like a torch as he pointed with his finger and said: "You, you, you still have you! "Come out!"
After being pointed out by Taishi Ci, a few people looked at a loss. Taishi Ci then shouted at Xiao Shi, "Xiao Shi, go and capture those few untouched ones for me. Hurry!"
"Here!" Xiao Shi learned fast. He threw down the drumsticks and jumped off the platform. He ran out and caught the four people who heard the drumbeats but didn't move forward.
These four people also knew that they made a mistake. They walked uneasily to Taishi Ci and Xiao Yan and lowered their heads.
Taishi Ci said in a deep voice, "Why don't you move after hearing the drum?"
The four of them were stupefied and did not know how to respond.
"In the past, my grandson trained for Wu Wang. Those who disobey his orders, behead him!" Taishi Ci said harshly, "Since the four of you are disobeying my orders, I have no choice but to go all out!"
"Mercy, my lord, mercy!" Hearing that they were going to be beheaded, the four of them were stunned. They quickly kneeled on the ground and started crying.
Xiao Yan was also surprised. Why did Taishi Ci want to kill someone the moment he appeared?
At this time, Taishi Ci suddenly gave Xiao Yan a wink. Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment and understood what was going on.
"Brother Ziyi, on account of the four people's initial offense, can you spare their lives?" Xiao Yan took a step forward and said.
Taishi Ci slightly smiled and said, "Now Duke is begging for mercy on your behalf, I will spare your lives, but you can avoid death, but you can't escape death. Everyone, drag it down and beat the enemy ten times!"
"Here!"
When these four people were pulled down, each of them awarded ten military sticks. Each of them touched their butts, not daring to offend them again.
Seeing this scene, a thousand of the country soldiers suddenly felt a chill in their spirits. This Taishi Ci was a ruthless character. He was always shouting about fighting and killing, so he must not fall into his hands.
When the drum rings, we are about to march. As the saying goes, march forward and retreat when the chiming sound comes, but — "Taishi Ci's voice changed:" Retreat is not a defeat, you have to maintain the formation and retreat, do you understand? "
"Understood!"
Hearing the loud roar, Taishi Ci nodded his head in satisfaction and then said to Wu Tie, "Ming Jin."
Dang, dang, dang!
Xiao Shi made the sound of gold ringing. The thousands of villagers did not dare to delay any further. They tried their best to maintain the formation as they retreated. Although it was still a bit chaotic, it was much better than before.
Even though Taishi Ci was very young, he could easily train these thousand men and women. If he was allowed to train for a year and go through another round of fighting, these thousand men would probably become elite soldiers.