The Great Qin Empire---Qin Li

None of the commanders and the five hundred commanders stationed in Yangcheng expected that Captain Li You would patrol the camp as soon as he arrived at the military camp.

"Captain patrols the camp! Captain patrols the camp!"

The slow-paced drums were beaten, and the messengers arrived at the camps to convey the news, causing a commotion.

Then, surrounded by a group of subordinates, Captain Li You walked out of the camp and began to patrol the huge camp in a clockwise order.

Li You was not old, only 28 or 29 years old. He wore a long robe, a leather armor, a flower knot decoration on his chest, and pointed shoes. He wore a pheasant crown, a long face, and a short beard. Although he was a military officer, his demeanor was graceful and elegant.

As the son of Li Si, the court judge, he received a good family education and was both civil and military. At the age of 17, he entered the Xianyang Palace as a guard. A few years later, he was promoted to a guard and began to serve in the army.

What is strange is that although Li You is not young, he has not officially married yet, and no one knows what he is waiting for. It was not until last year that he was able to marry the eldest princess of the King of Qin, and a grand wedding was held in Li Si's mansion, and everyone suddenly realized it.

The general that the King of Qin liked to promote the most was Li Xin, but the minister that the King of Qin used the most was Li Si, which was not even comparable to the Prime Minister Wei Zhuang.

Everyone sighed and said that Li You really had a good father.

After becoming the good son-in-law of the King of Qin, the fifth doctor Li You seemed to have a bright future. Sure enough, when the new war came, he was also appointed as a captain and went to war with Li Xin.

But looking at the camp in front of him, Li You was not happy at all. Every family had a difficult sutra to recite, and he also had his own troubles.

Compared with the elite troops of Guanzhong led by the main general Li Xin himself, and the soldiers of Shandong counties under the general Meng Tian, the soldiers of Nanjun were really a chicken rib with doubtful combat effectiveness.

Li Xin assigned such a weak brigade to Li You for a very good reason: Li You was originally from Shangcai, Chu State, and could still speak fluent Shangcai Jingchu dialect. Giving him a group of soldiers from the old land of Chu State would be convenient for command. When the time comes, he will follow the army and use the language advantage to be stationed in various places, and there is no need to fight a battle of attacking and breaking through the enemy lines.

Although in Li Xin's view, this is a care for Li You, so that he does not have to face the arrows and stones himself.

But in Li You's view, his identity as the son-in-law of the King of Qin not only did not allow him to receive preferential treatment, but was deliberately shown fairness and became a victim. Seeing that Li Xin and Meng Tian, who were both from Langwei, were appointed as the main general and deputy general respectively, he felt a little unwilling.

But there should be no complaints, and even more so, he could not use his father's authority to adjust the appointment for himself. When Li Xin set out from Xianyang, the King of Qin personally gave him an axe and authorized him: "The left, right, and center armies all have their respective duties. If you exceed your duties and ask for permission, you will be killed. There is no second order in the army. Those who give two orders will be executed, those who keep the order will be executed, and those who lose the order will be executed!"

Reporting beyond the level and being dissatisfied with the appointment, such a captain, no matter what your background is, the general has the power to kill.

Li You could only take his 500 short-soldier personal guards, parted with Li Xin and Meng Tian in Yangdi, and hurried to Yangcheng, hoping to use the remaining time to control this army as soon as possible before the scheduled war at the end of September.

As soon as he got off the chariot, Li You beat the drum to let the leader and the 500 masters gather. He spoke kindly, and everyone communicated in the Jingchu dialect, which invisibly brought him closer to the military officers.

Then, it was a whirlwind tour of the camp. Li You must know what kind of army this is, and let the soldiers know who their captain is! Soldiers don't know their generals, and generals don't know their soldiers. This is a taboo before a battle!

However, just from the simple camp layout in front of him, Li You can see that the quality of this Nanjun soldier is far inferior to the elite soldiers in Guanzhong...

The Qin army has its own system for camping, especially this kind of permanent camp for long-term stay, the periphery must be surrounded by an eight-foot-high wooden wall. An army of 5,000 people is also divided into the central camp and the left, right, front and rear rates, each with a separate camp. Each camp is surrounded by trees and digs, and a clear ban is issued. People who are not in the same "rate" are not allowed to enter other camps. If soldiers from other rates enter without permission, the rate leader should punish them and punish their hundred generals and ten-fives, otherwise they will be guilty of the same crime.

And the roads in the camp have a sentry every 120 steps to restrict pedestrian traffic and ensure smooth traffic. Unless you hold the token of the general, you are not allowed to pass!

In addition to preventing spies, this also has an important function, which is to let the soldiers learn to obey orders and follow orders from daily life, and eliminate their laziness and laxity when they were the people!

However, the camp of the Nanjun soldiers was not well done. It was true that the ditches in the camp were slanted and the barracks were staggered according to the terrain. But in Li You's eyes, the trenches between different camps were dug very carelessly, the sentries were too far apart, and the guards were lax. Those who went out to collect firewood and graze war horses also went in and out in twos and threes, without moving in a team.

Even when he was patrolling, he had clearly beaten the drum to warn, and he had clearly asked the messenger to pass the message to each camp, but there were still people walking carelessly on the road between the camps! They were still making loud noises while walking.

Li You was not polite to such people. He nodded, and the short-soldier guards who followed him immediately stepped forward and took him down! Then he took the two men to a camp gate and announced loudly: "General, when you enter the camp, you will close the gate and clear the way. Anyone who dares to act will be punished, anyone who dares to speak loudly will be punished, and anyone who dares to disobey orders will be punished!"

As soon as the voice fell, in front of the leaders, the five hundred masters, and the people who came out of the tent to inquire in the camp, the two unlucky soldiers who came back from collecting firewood were pressed on wooden stakes, and the short-armed guards raised the copper axe and chopped off their heads! Then they were hung high above the gate!

"The system in the army is that five people form a group, and the five protect each other; ten people form a ten, and the ten protect each other. The group leader, the squad leader, the garrison leader, and the hundred generals of these two people will all be flogged twenty times!"

The four men immediately stepped out, took off their clothes obediently, and were whipped on the shoulders and backs with bamboo strips, one after another, and the sound was heard.

In this way, the Nanjun soldiers who had been used to being relaxed for two months no longer dared to ignore the ban, and they were all speechless.

Li You just watched the execution expressionlessly. The amiable superior who had been talking to the commanders enthusiastically before suddenly became a cold-faced captain. This is how the general's prestige was initially established.

Li You learned both civil and military skills since he was a child. He was deeply influenced by the legalist thinking advocated by his father, and this thought was also infiltrated into the management of the army.

A dam of ten feet long can be broken by a hole made by ants; a room of a hundred feet long can be burned by a crack.

Military rules and regulations are often corrupted from small things. Once corrupted, the general will not be able to enforce the orders of the soldiers, and the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

After the execution was completed, Li You also left the main road in the camp, walked into the small camp, and began to patrol the camp with one hundred people per camp.

When walking on the road, he could not see much difference, but when he entered the interior, Li You's face became more and more solemn, because no soldier in the camp satisfied him.

The soldiers hurried out of the tents after learning that the captain was coming. They looked a little messy. They stood on the roadside and looked at the new captain curiously and nervously. Although they didn't dare to whisper to each other, they had a lot of eye contact.

After several camps, Li You finally understood what the difference was between this Nanjun army and the Guanzhong elite army he had led before.

It's not just the strict military discipline, not only the quality of the soldiers themselves, but also the overall morale!

The Nanjun soldiers were recruited in the war to destroy Wei. Now they have been away from home for nearly a year. They had already started to go home, but they were notified that the garrison period would be extended and they had to fight another war. Everyone would be dissatisfied. Therefore, the Nanjun soldiers were a little lax and low in morale, and they were not enthusiastic about this war.

Li You could understand, but he couldn't let them be so lax.

"The Art of War says that if the general is weak, the fort is low, and the troops are in motion, then they can be attacked. I am afraid that such an army will be defeated by the Chu army in one blow even if they are guarding in the camp, let alone encountering the enemy in the field?"

Before Li You set out, his father told him that he only needed to make no mistakes in this battle and be careful in everything, but now it seems that it is difficult to make no mistakes with such an army that has low morale before the battle.

Thinking of this, Li You was almost walking down the entire camp, but when he stepped into the last camp, his eyes lit up!

One hundred soldiers were lined up here early. Although they were of different heights and sizes, Li You felt that they were neat and uniform at a glance.

In the open space in front of the camp, the hundred people stood in ten rows and ten columns. Without exception, the people in the first two rows were all wearing armor. Although the color, texture, and length of the clothes inside were different, they seemed to be a whole. The people in the back row also held spears, held their heads high, and stood straight with their feet together!

Seeing Li You and others coming to the camp gate, a general wearing a long single-board crown immediately stepped out, trotted to Li You, bowed to him, and reported loudly: "The 700th left commander, all 103 people are here, waiting for the commander to patrol the camp!"

"Waiting for the commander to patrol the camp!" Everyone followed suit and bowed. The once lax Dongmen Bao, Ji Ying and others were now well behaved.

Li You saw that the general had a dark face, but a tall and straight figure, and was well-mannered. He also saw that the hundred soldiers behind him were well-organized and in high spirits. The depression of patrolling the camp in the morning was swept away. He nodded and looked at the leader of the group and the five hundred masters beside him: "Whose subordinates are these?"

"It's the subordinates of the lower official!"

The five hundred masters Cheng Wuyou hurried out and pointed at the general and said: "This general is called Heifu!"

"General Heifu, your soldiers are lined up neatly."

Li You just praised, but he did not take a look at the door and leave like the previous camp, but walked into the camp and looked around.

He found that the camp was well-built, with deep gullies, compacted and flat soil, and no larger stones. The potholes were filled, and the toilet was more than ten steps away from the camp...

"The camp is well-built." Li You looked at the young general again and asked him, "Where did you learn it?"

"I learned it from Master Cheng Wubai." Hei Fu was very good at dealing with people, and he gave credit to his superiors.

Li You smiled and didn't agree. Didn't he know that Cheng Wuyou was a rough man? The four generals under his command were all messy, not as good as this camp.

After looking around, he was very satisfied, but when he passed by the open tent, he seemed to see something, and immediately stopped and asked the short soldiers to open the gray tent.

As soon as he entered and took a look, Li You exclaimed "Huh", making a surprised sound, causing the commander and the five hundred masters outside to look at each other in confusion, not knowing what was going on inside. Only Hei Fu smiled and was confident.

Li You was really surprised.

When the captain patrolled the camp, the formation was orderly and the camp was well-organized. Li You had seen many similar armies in Guanzhong.

But the bedding in the tents was neatly folded on each couch. This was the first time Li You had seen it since he was born!