On the 25th, Li Mengxi went to the training ground to check the training results of his rural soldiers.

In the past twenty-five days, all the training carried out by the rural soldiers was just a set of formation movements.

Under the leadership of the instructors, teams of rural soldiers came forward to demonstrate the training results and displayed the training results one by one.

An instructor ran forward, and behind him, dozens of rural soldiers in four columns came running in neat steps.

When they arrived at their position, the instructor gave an order to stand at attention, and with a step, there was a sound of footsteps falling in a neat and orderly manner, and all the soldiers immediately stopped.

After that, in all the queue movements demonstrated, whether it was turning or alignment, this team of rural soldiers performed remarkably well.

In the complete set of queue training, the order from easy to difficult is: standing at attention is the easiest, then aligning, then turning, then turning, then walking side by side, and then running in unison. It can be said that with each step,

The difficulty is doubled.

In the final process of running in formation, after running forty or fifty steps, the formation of rural soldiers demonstrated on the field ran into chaos.

After all, the training is often less than a month. If they can barely run in formation, they can barely line up and charge in the battle formation. The rural soldiers have begun to have the ability to fight in formation.

As the demonstration continued, the training results of each team were similar. The best trained ones could run in formation for hundreds of steps without being in disorder. Even the worst ones could at least maintain an orderly formation while maintaining uniformity.

Press forward. Among them, some of them turned wrong when turning. When walking in unison, they stepped on the wrong foot and stepped on the shoes of the person in front. These mistakes have serious consequences in actual combat. Whether it is a wrong turn or a wrong foot,

If one person makes a mistake, the entire queue will be thrown into chaos, but the training time is not long, so these small mistakes are inevitable.

After a long time, all the rural soldiers completed their demonstration, and Li Mengxi was generally satisfied.

Later, Li Mengxi ordered all the village soldiers to line up in the school field and began to inspect the military posture.

Four to five thousand people lined up in a neat queue and stood motionless. The scene was particularly spectacular.

Li Mengxi looked up at the sun and saw that it was still early.

Li Mengxi stood on a high platform, overlooking the entire training ground from a high position. He hesitated to give the termination order.

One moment passed, two moments passed, and half an hour passed.

After waiting for an hour, he saw that among the array of four to five thousand people, almost no one was moving, and there were four to five thousand motionless wooden figures. Seeing this scene, Li Mengxi smiled. He was extremely satisfied with the training results.

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Rumor has it that the strong soldiers under General Qi Jiguang of the Ming Dynasty could stand for a day without moving in heavy rain. Jinxiang soldiers had a short training period, so they could not have the discipline of Qi's army, but they could stand for half an hour.

It's extremely valuable.

"Disbanded!" Li Mengxi announced loudly.

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Although the rural soldiers were still dispersed after the disbandment, none of them went beyond the scope of the training ground. Within the training ground area, the rural soldiers were still organized according to the team, and each team, each team, and each group formed a group, anywhere.

Get some rest.

While the village soldiers were resting, Li Mengxi walked around and inspected the area.

In the corner, a soldier from Yixiang rubbed his sore ankle and complained, "We are made to stand here every day! There is a ball for us!"

His companions quickly signaled him with their eyes to stop talking.

Sensing something unusual, the soldier quickly shut up.

Then, Li Mengxi and a group of generals walked past.

When Li Mengxi walked away, the soldier who had complained aloud asked anxiously, "Didn't the military advisor listen?"

Of course, Li Mengxi heard the complaint from the rural soldier. Since someone complained, it means there is a problem, and this problem may not be an isolated case.

The environment is different, and the considerations should be different. If you are in Julu, you may not need to consider the thoughts of the local soldiers. Anyway, the day is long, and there is enough time to explain the role of the queue to the local soldiers.

But the situation is different now. Now the Julu Army's guest troops are outside, the local soldiers are not as good as Julu's militia, and the level of trust between the two sides is fundamentally different.

The common common sense in the countryside about the military is that the military should practice fighting skills. If they don't learn the fighting skills, the rural soldiers will feel unsure.

This is different from Julu. Time is tight this time, and the battle is about to begin. There is no time for long-term management, so we must do everything possible to stabilize people's hearts.

Since the general common sense among rural soldiers is that fighting skills are the most important, then why not teach some fighting skills, even if it is just to calm people's hearts.

But when I think about it, just one or two days of practice is too short, and the rural soldiers may still feel uneasy.

The question now arises, how to make the rural soldiers feel confident within three or two days.

The best way to calm people's hearts is not on the training ground, but in actual combat.

Thinking of this, Li Mengxi suddenly thought of the mountains of wood piled up in the craftsman camp.

That kind of wood will come in handy.

Later, Li Mengxi went to inspect the defense line. Although the defense line had been constructed for nearly a month, in Li Mengxi's eyes, it was still too crude.

Li Mengxi ordered people to use the wood stored in the crafts camp to build a wooden wall on the slope of the defense line.

Once a large amount of manpower was mobilized, the efficiency was extremely fast. In half a day, a tall wooden wall was built on the earth fortress.

After making preparations, Li Mengxi's purpose began to emerge. He invited the village soldiers to come over to view the strengthened fortifications, and asked the village soldiers, if they defended according to the fortifications, would they be able to defend it?

The rural soldiers looked at the trench that was as deep as one person, then at the earthen ramparts half as high as a man, and at the tall wooden walls made of wooden stakes lined up side by side. They were so tight that even war horses could block them, so why couldn't they defend them?

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The village soldiers expressed their confidence that they were enough to hold on.

"Well, the soldiers from your hometown will come to defend, and my troops will attack. Let's see if you can hold on."

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The battle began, and the rural soldiers participated enthusiastically. They almost crowded every step of the space behind the earth slopes and wooden walls. The rural soldiers stood ready with long poles in their hands. Compared with the large number of rural soldiers, the Julu

The army's combat soldiers were too few, with only 200 combat soldiers involved in the drill.

When both sides are ready, the battle begins.

The soldier centurion chose a weak position with a narrow ditch and a low slope, and led a large group of wolves and tiger-like soldiers to howl and kill the village soldiers.

This was an extremely unskilled attack. Although the soldier centurion had a good vision and spotted the weak spot at a glance, his tactics were wrong. No matter how narrow the trench in front of the defense line was, it was still a trench.

The centurion was extremely brave. He rushed to the front at the forefront. When he rushed to the trench, he jumped suddenly and jumped almost two feet away, directly onto the slope of the earth.

After the centurion jumped over the ditch, he quickly attacked the slope with his shield. There were many rural soldiers standing on the slope. The peasant soldiers poked at the centurion with wooden sticks. This centurion was a fierce man.

Man, he was carrying a big shield, but he was able to hold on.

But in the end, two fists are difficult to defeat with four hands, and it is difficult to attack from below. Although the slope is not high, the slope is not small. It is not easy to stand firm when attacking diagonally upwards. The centurion held on for a few breaths, which is commendable.

, and was finally stabbed by several rural soldiers together.

The centurion was the only one who successfully crossed the ditch. The remaining soldiers were not as brave as the centurion. Without exception, all the soldiers were knocked over in the ditch.

After a while, the soldiers declared defeat.

The rural soldiers personally defeated Julu elite soldiers with excellent armor and stomach on the fortifications they personally participated in building, and the morale of the rural soldiers was greatly boosted.

"Come on, come on! Come on again!" The village soldiers cheered and continued to invite battle.

In the distance, many people were watching with the attitude of watching the excitement.

The confrontation scene just now fell completely in the eyes of the common people. The common people saw that it was not that the officers and soldiers were not strong, but that the officers and soldiers were also very strong. It was as if the officers and soldiers were not afraid of death. They poked one over and jumped over to the other. Ouch.

I screamed so hard, but no matter what, I couldn't even go up the slope.

The defeat of the Julu Army reflected the sharpness of the fortifications, which in turn made the people more confident in the fortifications.

The defeated centurion came to Li Mengxi dejectedly. Li Mengxi looked at how tall the centurion was, and then looked at his gray-haired and dejected face. Li Mengxi could see that when they fought just now, this centurion was really

It's a huge ditch. This guy jumped over it in a flash with his armor and stomach. If he was really fighting just now, and if he had a knife in his hand, he would probably be able to kill him on the slope alone.

He can really break through the formation by himself.

But there are no ifs. If you lose, you lose.

"How embarrassing, tut," Li Mengxi said sarcastically, "We are soldiers, and we were beaten to such an embarrassing state by the soldiers from the countryside. It's embarrassing for us."

The centurion couldn't stand being ridiculed by Li Mengxi. He raised his fist angrily and saluted Li Mengxi, "Commander, let me charge again!"

Li Mengxi sneered, "Do it again? How?"

The centurion was too slow to hear the reminder in Li Mengxi's words. He felt that he had lost a lot of face and had to try again no matter what.

Li Mengxi simply ignored it, letting this simple-minded guy suffer, so he let the centurion go.

The centurion suppressed his anger and returned to the team. He reprimanded his brothers severely, "You should take them all seriously! Don't lose again. You have embarrassed me, but I can't."

Someone’s getting up!”

"Go! Charge!" the centurion roared and led the charge.

"Kill! (Kill!)" The soldiers shouted and the killing sounds erupted like a wave.

The centurion may have a point. Maybe the first attack failed because he underestimated the enemy.

Anyway, this second attack, Li Mengxi folded his arms and saw clearly. This time, the momentum of the soldiers really increased sharply.

The centurion was still very powerful. He once again took the lead and jumped across the ditch. This time, the centurion was more experienced. He paid attention to his steps in case his feet were unstable and he was poked down.

However, the progress of both the offensive and defensive sides was the same. The centurions were familiar with the terrain of the slope, and the country soldiers had not only improved their morale but also improved their cooperation after having the experience last time.
To be continued...