Chapter 5: Training the Militia

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In the early morning, cold dew gradually appeared.

Nearly 50 villagers gathered on the flat land in front of the village.

They were looking intently at a small raised platform built with temporary wood in front of them.

Qin Haozheng, who looked majestic, was standing on a high platform. His towering height and the blessing of the wooden platform made him look even more heroic.

Among the villagers below, almost everyone had reverence in their eyes, thanking him for leading his soldiers to eliminate the bandits who wanted to massacre the village last night.

Chen Hu in the audience saw that everything was almost ready, so he faced the villagers and said loudly: "Everyone, the village was robbed by bandits last night. Fortunately, Master Qin Hao led his soldiers to arrive in time, wiped out the bandits, and saved everyone." Life.

In addition, I have already told all the heads of the family, asking Mr. Qin Hao to stay and protect the village, and everyone agreed.

Master Qin Hao is also kind-hearted and determined to stay and help us rebuild the village. Today we take an oath here. "

"Really?"

“It’s great to be able to stay.”

"Sir, we want to follow you" a young man said in a high voice.

"Thank you, sir, for avenging my husband!" A young woman kneeled down and worshiped with her two children.

Knowing that Qin Hao and the others could stay, the villagers were all happy and excited.

Seeing this scene, Qin Hao was very excited and greeted with both hands: "Thank you for your support, everyone supports me, and I will not let you down.

Today, I, Qin Hao, declare three oaths again. "

1. Everyone has land and every family has food.

2. The village is safe and there is no banditry in the area.

3. Love and protect the people, and do no small evil.

If you violate your oath, you will be killed by both humans and gods!

As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd below burst into loud cheers.

"Long live! Long live!"

The villagers basically don't know how treacherous this word is. If officials of the Ming Dynasty find out, they will be beheaded, but who cares here now.

Slowly scanning the smiling villagers in front of him, Qin Hao felt a sense of responsibility arise in his heart.

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"gather"

With a cry, all the men in the village were gathered into the open space behind the village.

Qin Hao had the Liaodong Iron Cavalry ride on the ground here in the morning to level it and use it as a school ground for training villagers. The Liaodong Iron Cavalry rode for a whole morning before they could finish it, and he was almost dead from exhaustion.

Qin Hao, who had just become the lord of the village in the early morning, announced his first order from the high platform - to summon and train village warriors to prepare for bandits' attacks.

At this time, everyone gathered around and discussed the matter. Seeing Master Qin Hao arriving, they quickly straightened their posture.

Qin Hao glanced at everyone. There were 20 people present, including Chen Hu and Li Yi. This was all the young and strong men in the village now.

"Everyone, I have called you here today for one thing only, which is to train in martial arts and defend against bandits.

If some of you complain and say, "Don't I have such elite soldiers, why do I need to train you?"

Today I will put the answer here, God helps those who save themselves, I will destroy the bandits on the mountain, and I will protect the men's villages at the foot of the mountain. "

"Did you hear that?" Qin Hao shouted with a majestic look.

“It’s easy to understand”

At first, they were still shouting in twos and threes. Li Yi couldn't stand it anymore and immediately taught on the spot.

After a while, everyone shouted in unison: "No!"

Li Yi seemed to like this word very much. As long as it did not hinder the delivery of orders, Qin Hao let him go.

Qin Hao's training for them at this stage is very simple, just line up and line up non-stop.

There are four rows in total, with five people in each row, which is just right.

Qin Hao asked them to stand still without any disorder, walk in unison without disorder, and trot without disorder.

Whether it's in ancient books or later generations' methods of training soldiers, a neat and uniform queue is the first element in the formation of a team.

The purpose is to cultivate the soldiers' consciousness of unconditional obedience.

You must know that the army is actually a unique violent machine. Combat effectiveness is not just the sum of all soldiers. It comes more from the cohesion and propulsion within the army.

However, cohesion and propulsion can only appear in troops with strict probabilities. The carrier of such power is the military formation.

The military formation is not only a tool for the army to exert its combat effectiveness, but also a tool for the soldiers to command the troops.

On the battlefield, only an iron army that will not retreat without orders can win the battle and conquer the attack.

This is Qin Hao's purpose.

"One two one, one two one"

The villagers shouted Professor Qin Hao's strange passwords and kept running back and forth on the school grounds.

"Steady, steady, don't be anxious, don't be chaotic." During the training, Qin Hao kept directing from the side.

Even so, this group of villagers who had not received basic training left in disarray.

Among them, Chen Hu and Li Yi performed well, but the others were not as satisfactory.

Seeing the messy queue they were walking in, Qin Hao felt very regretful: Why should I train them after being full?

It would probably take three or two months to get their training in order, but I couldn't afford to wait for such a time.

Qin Hao wished he could lead his soldiers up the mountain and kill all the bandits now, but his intuition told him that things were not that simple.

This is reality not a game.

If I go up the mountain to suppress the bandits, and another young bandit comes, it will be a disaster for the village now.

Qin Hao still can't bear to do this to his first official territory and the living villagers in the territory.

He can't bear it!

Although the training is very hard, most of the villagers grit their teeth and persevere, which is a little comfort to Qin Hao.

When it gets dark, Qin Hao lets the villagers leave on their own.

The villagers seem to feel liberated, and immediately burst into cheers and go home in all directions.

As if seeing Qin Hao's disappointment, Chen Hu did not leave immediately after the disbandment, but trotted to Qin Hao and said: "Sir, stay."

"What's the matter?"

"I guess you are not very satisfied with today's training." Chen Hu said carefully, fearing that he would dampen Qin Hao's enthusiasm.

Qin Hao turned around and looked at Chen Hu. After a pause, he said softly, "I won't hide it from you. It is true."

Thinking about the strength of these villagers, Qin Hao can say without exaggeration that a Nordic royal guard can easily kill them all if they can hold back their fear and not run away.

"Sir"

Chen Hu stared at Qin Hao and hesitated to speak. After a long sigh, he said, "Sir, I think it is a bit inappropriate for you to train the villagers."

"Oh"

Qin Hao frowned slightly at Chen Hu's words, thinking: He actively supported my suggestion yesterday, why did he start to refute himself today.

Forget it, let's listen to him and make a conclusion.

"I hope you will forgive me."

Chen Hu clasped his fists and said, "Have you ever thought that truly well-trained militiamen are not formed in one day or overnight? How to train and who can accept the training, I hope you will think more about it."

"Hahaha"

After hearing Chen Hu's advice, Qin Hao laughed and turned away.

But there was a shocking wave in his heart: I underestimated the ancients. I thought that with the knowledge of modern people, I could control the ancients tightly, and then rely on the elite soldiers recruited by the system to directly conquer the world. I didn't expect that I would suffer a loss in this small village today and learn a big lesson.

Chen Hu was right. The villagers were born in farmers' families and were good at farming. Now asking them to hold the handle of the knife and start training in formation would be counterproductive.

After all, their consciousness of settling down and thinking about farming is deeply rooted and difficult to change.

This is why the bandits would rather escape when they robbed before, and few people were willing to fight to the death.

And I was too hasty. It was a fantasy to want to form an army quickly.

These farmers' children can't even eat enough rice and grain at the moment. They don't have enough energy to support their large-scale training. Such training will overdraw their bodies.

"Luckily Chen Hu pointed it out today, otherwise I would have suffered a great loss and regretted it in the future.

But Chen Hu actually saw that something was wrong. He is not as simple as he looks like a farmer's son. I can say that I met a talented person today."

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