The long-distance training on the march made the Tang Dynasty's imperial army and the Western Qin prisoner army miserable.
Together with the imperial army and the prisoner army, there was also the standing army slave army of the Western Qin Dynasty.
Long-distance training is also very difficult for the Slave Legion, but the soldiers of the Slave Legion have always been trained in this high-intensity training method, so although they are very strenuous, they can still overcome it.
However, the escort army and the prisoner army had never experienced such intense training.
Only ten days had passed since the march, and many of them had lost a lot of weight, and all the slackness on their bodies had been lost.
In such an environment, even if you want to be lazy, you have no chance.
This is not training in a fixed place, nor running in circles.
You can be lazy when running in circles, but being lazy during long-distance training means falling behind.
There is only one punishment for falling behind, and that is death.
There is no other reason, because they are prisoners.
In the assassin army and the prisoner army, there is only one way of punishment.
It's execution, so no matter what mistake you make, even a very small mistake, it will lead to death.
If you want to avoid death, you can only obey, obey, and obey again.
Zhao Ziliang has only done this kind of hell-like high-intensity long-distance training twice in his life.
The first time was when he was transferred to Xilin Guard.
He recruited thousands of people in Chang'an and conducted long-distance training until he arrived at Xilin Guard. , more than 300 people were lost during that long-distance pull, all of whom died of exhaustion on the way.
All the people recruited that time were strong men.
This is the second time.
The assassination army started from Xinjing, the prisoners started from the Tocharian Protectorate, and the end was Jerusalem.
This journey was also thousands of miles long.
During this long-distance training, Zhao Ziliang did some Arrangements, supply points along the way can guarantee basic survival needs, but the food and water that everyone can receive must not be wasted.
Once there is wastage, there will be more than 60% chance of starving or dying of thirst on the way. .
In this long-distance training, in addition to the daily food and drinking water rations, there are strict regulations on the daily marching distance.
How much distance to march and where to arrive every day, you will be given a task before setting off in the morning.
A team of eleven people forms a unit , they have to act together.
Once one person falls behind or fails to arrive at the destination in time, the consequence is that all the people in the team will be killed.
The continuous sitting method is adopted.
This kind of cruel punishment does not exist in the standing army.
Although there is also the continuous sitting method in the standing army. , but the punishment is not that great.
Every day's marching speed and distance, every task is a cruel test to the limits of the human body.
If you are a person with good physical fitness, it is not very difficult to complete, but for people with poor or average physical fitness , is definitely an impossible task, but if the whole team can abandon conflicts, selfishness, unite as one, and help each other, the possibility of completing it is more than 80%.
Therefore, this long-distance training is a huge test for everyone in the assassin army, prisoner army and slave army, both in terms of physical fitness and willpower, pushing them to the edge of death.
It is also a test for them.
The team spirit is a hell of a test.
There is no doubt that everyone who can reach their destination will undergo a transformation, whether it is physical, mental, or will, there will be a comprehensive improvement, and the teamwork of their combat units will also become more closely coordinated.
There is no gap, everyone will give up their selfishness.
Only to this extent can they reach the destination alive.
Even if they were enemies before, after arriving at the destination, they will give up their hatred and become brothers.
On the fifth day of November in 785 AD, the long-distance training finally came to an end.
This day was the last day set by Zhao Ziliang to arrive in Jerusalem.
Those who had not arrived by the prescribed time limit meant that their training mission had failed.
Those who had not arrived in Jerusalem before Even if those who arrive within the specified time limit are not dead, they will be executed by the law enforcement team.
Military law is so ruthless.
On the eighth day of the lunar month, after three days of rest, all those who had completed training were ordered to assemble.
During these three days, everyone did nothing but eat and sleep.
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Even after three days of rest, only a few people recovered, and many others Some of them have not fully recovered yet, which shows how miserable this long-distance training has been for them.
Horses neighed during the civil war in the military camp, and shouts of commands continued to spread around.
Chen Qing, a marching commander in black armor, led a group of generals and soldiers on horseback and galloped over.
They stopped in front of the Chinese army's tent and jumped off their horses.
Chen Qing It's almost the end of the year A veteran in his seventies, his beard, eyebrows and hair are all white.
He has never commanded an army alone, but he has always been Zhao Ziliang's chief of staff.
In the Western Qin army, his status has always been among the top. , no one can underestimate him.
Chen Qing led the generals and soldiers towards the Chinese army's tent.
As he walked, he said to the Long Guard generals guarding outside: "I am going to see the king."
The captain of the Longwei Army on duty clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, please tell me that when General Chen comes, you can go in directly to have an audience."
Two Dragon Guard soldiers at the door lifted the door curtain.
Chen Qing held the handle of the knife in his left hand, picked up his cloak with his right hand and threw it back.
He stepped into the battle room, and other generals entered one after another.
The generals walked in, clasped their fists together, and said loudly to Zhao Ziliang, who was sitting on the throne opposite: "I will pay my respects to the king."
Zhao Ziliang opened his eyes at this time, raised his hand and said indifferently: "Pingshen" "Thank you, Your Majesty" The generals were divided into two rows and stood on both sides, leaving the middle empty.
Chen Qing stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, I and others have counted the prisoners, assassins, and slaves who have completed the training mission in the past few days."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "What's the result?"
Chen Qingdao: "There are 325 people in the slave army who have not completed their training tasks; more than 11,300 people in the assassin army have not completed their tasks; more than 12,500 people in the prisoner army have not completed their tasks.
Excluding the slave army."
In addition to the 30,000 troops, there are still more than 120,000 people in the assassination army and the prisoner army."
"Oh."
There was a glimmer of light in Zhao Ziliang's originally indifferent eyes, "I thought it would be good if there were only 100,000 people for the assassination army and the prisoner army to complete the training mission.
Unexpectedly, the result exceeded Gu's expectations by a lot.
The three armies gathered together How's it going?"
Chen Qing replied: "The three armies and 150,000 men have all been assembled.
Your Majesty can conduct inspections and instructions at any time."
Zhao Ziliang said again: "How is the food and supplies going?"
"I'm afraid it will take another month and a half for the grain and grass supplies to arrive in the Sinai Peninsula," Chen Qing replied.
The army was trained and marched very fast.
Of course, the logistics and equipment could not be so fast, and they were still far behind.
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "Give all the soldiers two more days of rest.
After two days, they will continue to drill as usual.
The focus of the next drill will be on formation drills, infantry and cavalry tactical cooperation, and cooperative drills of the three arms of infantry, cavalry and bow." " Chen Qing agreed: "I will obey the order."
Zhao Ziliang looked at the veteran generals such as Chu Ge, Bai Xiaode, Wei Meng and Bo Lehan, and said, "You guys can't just sit around doing nothing all day long.
I'll send you some errands to supervise the training of each army, and conduct an acceptance review every day.
After completing the review, hand over the report to me for review.”
These veterans were afraid that they would have nothing to do.
Seeing that Zhao Ziliang assigned work to each of them, they all happily agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty."
At this time, the chamberlain Cao Yingxiang walked in with his whisk in his arms and reported: "Your Majesty, General Ma Sui, the chief manager of the Dashi Marching Road, wants to see you."
Zhao Ziliang immediately said: "Pass" You must know that the Western Qin Dynasty set up nearly ten governor's offices with different jurisdictions in the Middle East.
Each jurisdiction has a governor, and the general manager of the Dashi Marching Army Road was a temporary position established before Zhao Ziliang abdicated.
He was in charge of the Middle East.
In all the governor-general offices in the region, Chu Ge, Zhao Hu, and Li Sheng have all held this position.
The administrative office of the Grand Governor of Marching Road was located in Damascus, and Ma Sui also received the news and immediately arranged military and political affairs before rushing over.
Ma Sui was startled when he walked into the tent and saw so many veterans in the tent, but he quickly realized what he was doing.
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He walked to the middle of the tent, clasped his fists and bowed down to Zhao Ziliang on one knee, saying, "Ma Sui, the general manager of the food marching road."
Meet the King” Zhao Ziliang raised his hand: "General Ma, there's no need to be polite, just stay on your side."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Ma Sui cupped his fists and cupped his hands, stood up and said, "I heard that Your Majesty has sent his troops to the west.
I must have thought that Your Majesty would have more troops, so I immediately rushed over to wait for Your Majesty's dispatch."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Gu Gu did have plans to lead the army this time for the Western Expedition.
However, Gu has no plans to use the local garrison yet.
When necessary, the local garrison will naturally be mobilized to participate in the war.
But you came at the right time.
There are some situations that I need to understand from you.
You can take a break today and wait until I have arranged my military affairs.
I will call you for questioning tomorrow."
"yes" The next morning, Zhao Ziliang sent someone to summon Ma Sui for questioning, and Ma Sui rushed over quickly.
Ma Sui is not young either.
He is six years younger than Zhao Ziliang.
He is also fifty-eight this year.
His grandchildren are all in their twenties.
Zhao Ziliang asked: "How many troops do we have in the Middle East now?"
Ma Suidao: "There should be four legions."
Zhao Ziliang was a little confused and asked: "With the strength of the four legions plus the servant army, there should be nearly 200,000 people.
With your talents, you should be able to wipe out the remaining forces of the Mahdi.
Is it possible that the strength of the Mahdi is Big increase” Ma Sui cupped his fists and said: "The Mahdi's strength has indeed increased, but not much.
The current confrontation situation is mainly due to two reasons.
The first is the containment of the Eastern Roman Empire.
According to the information obtained from our detailed work, the Eastern Roman Empire and the Mahdi seem to have formed an alliance.
Every time we use troops against the Mahdi, the Eastern Roman Empire will send troops to assist, or send warships loaded with soldiers and horses to land and attack our food routes. or along Haichengcheng prevents us from attacking the Mahdi with all our strength; on the other hand, the Eastern Roman Empire and the Mahdi have respectively sent agents to operate secretly in the Middle East under our control, beguiling those cannibals, Persians, Jews, Byzantines, The Armenians oppose our rule, and they often secretly organize troops to attack our government offices, posts, towns, and military camps.
These various activities have caused us a lot of trouble and have restricted many of our troops
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