Chapter 115: Many men of Suishui died in blood, and the Jianzhang Palace was reduced to ashes.

After arranging these younger generations of the clan and sending Mr. Liang Sanye to Ningzhou City, Yang Zhengshan took the opportunity to visit the Lieutenant General's Mansion.

Zhao Yuan has already gone to the garrison office to serve as a captain, and now the person in charge of receiving Yang Zhengshan is Yang Mingzhi.

"How is it? Are you used to it here?"

After entering the Lieutenant General's Mansion, Yang Zhengshan asked casually.

Are you used to it?
Actually, this is nonsense.

At the beginning, Yang Mingzhi worked in the Lieutenant General's Office for a period of time and also trained some soldiers of the Jianning Guard.

He didn't need any time to adapt after arriving at the Shogun's office.

"Dad, I'm doing fine here, but I miss my children a little!" Yang Mingzhi followed behind Yang Zhengshan and said in a low voice.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at him and asked, "Are you thinking about your child or your wife?"

Will Yang Mingzhi be like a child?

He might think so, but he is not a man who loves his children deeply.

He also loves children, but compared to Yang Mingcheng, he is far inferior.

This is related to his personality. Yang Ming is honest and sincere to everyone. He treats his children with love and care, and looks like a loving father.

Yang Mingzhi is more thoughtful and likes to be an official, so naturally he will not put too much energy on his children.

"Haha, I want both!" Yang Mingzhi said with a wry smile.

He did think that being alone outside without anyone around him would inevitably make him feel lonely.

"How is the place where you live?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"Not bad, General Zhou arranged a small courtyard for me!" Yang Mingzhi said.

"If you want, you can bring Li and the others to live with us!" Yang Zhengshan said casually.

Being separated for too long will affect the relationship between a couple. As for whether they can take care of themselves, Yang Zhengshan doesn't need to worry about it.

"Well, when I'm free, I'll bring them over to stay for a few days!" Yang Mingzhi said.

After talking about this, the two came to Zhou Lan's study.

"Meet the General!"

"There's some new tea that just arrived over there, help yourself!"

In the study, Zhou Lan was writing something and spoke without raising her head.

Yang Zhengshan was not shy and directly took the tea leaves and made some tea for himself. Of course, he did not forget to pour a cup for Zhou Lan.

About half a quarter of an hour later, Zhou Lan stood up and walked to sit opposite Yang Zhengshan.

"Is there a problem?"

Yang Zhengshan put down the tea in his hand and said, "Yes, there are some things."

"What's the matter?" Zhou Lan asked, smoothing her hair.

"What's the situation among the Hu people in the East China Sea this year?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Winter is coming soon. If the Hu people from the East China Sea want to invade the border again, we should be prepared now.

Zhou Lan thought for a moment and said, "They probably won't take any action. They suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Chongshan Pass, and they have been unable to fight us in recent years. However, we still need to be on guard. Fushan City won't take any action, but there's no guarantee that some small tribes will harass the border!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded. This was pretty much what he thought.

However, he had no source of information of his own, so he needed to verify it with Zhou Lan.

From the looks of it, we should be able to have a peaceful new year this year.

"There is also the matter of military pay!" Yang Zhengshan added.

"You can go to the treasury and collect it yourself!" Zhou Lan said readily.

Yang Zhengshan smiled. He liked Zhou Lan's straightforwardness.

As he said, since Zhou Lan took office as the Lieutenant General of Jianning Guard, the soldiers' lives have been getting better and better.

Apart from anything else, as long as the wages can be paid on time and in full, the soldiers will not be too sad.

However, at present, only under Zhou Lan's rule can military pay be paid on time and in full.

Because Zhou Lan was able to get full salary from the governor's office, and officials at all levels were strictly prohibited from withholding salary.

"Is there anything else?"

Zhou Lan glanced at the wooden box next to Yang Zhengshan and asked.

She had noticed the wooden box that Yang Zhengshan brought just now, but since Yang Zhengshan didn't say anything, she didn't have the courage to ask what it was.

Yang Zhengshan noticed her look, opened the wooden box and took out three books.

"This is the training record I compiled during this period!"

He had wanted to write a record of military training since last year, and now, almost a year later, he had finally completed it.

It is more like organizing than writing.

Writing "Military Training Record" was more difficult than he had imagined. Over the past year, he spent a lot of time and energy to complete the book.

The content of this book is very extensive, and part of it was compiled by him based on Dayong's situation, covering all aspects of soldier selection, unit organization, flags, drums, weapons and equipment, military etiquette and military law, and the training and combat of chariots, infantry and cavalry.

The other part was written based on modern military affairs, involving some methods and approaches of modern military training, and he also put forward many modern military theories in it.

For example, the training methods of special forces, medical soldiers, intelligence spies, etc., as well as the necessity of their existence.

He also paid special attention to the necessity for soldiers to read and write.

The purpose of teaching soldiers to read and write is not simply to teach them to read and write, nor is it to understand official documents or military orders, but to enhance their learning and independent abilities.

Learning makes people progress. This sentence sounded a bit like poisonous chicken soup in my previous life.

But here it is absolutely a wise saying. Of course, this study does not refer to the study of those Confucian classics, but refers to various kinds of knowledge such as history books, military strategies, geography, etc.

Even just reading a travel book can broaden your horizons and is of great benefit to ordinary soldiers.

The "Military Training Records" he compiled is divided into three volumes: upper, middle and lower, with twelve volumes of the main collection and six volumes of the supplementary collection.

Zhou Lan opened the book and read it seriously.

When she looked at the first and second volumes again, she was not surprised.

Because she knew almost all the contents in it, but there had never been a book that organized it in such detail before.

But when she saw the second volume, her expression became serious and her emotions surged like a stormy sea.

The first volume of the second volume is about special forces, training warriors to become special forces and perform special tasks such as harassment and sabotage, assassination and kidnapping, reconnaissance behind enemy lines, and stealing intelligence.

In fact, there are special forces here, such as scouts, assassins, spies, etc., all of which are considered special forces.

Another example is Darong’s Secret Guards. In many cases, they perform the same tasks as the special forces.

However, the special forces written by Yang Zhengshan are a systematic and organized special forces unit.

After the special forces are the military doctors. There are also military doctors here, but the medical conditions in the military are not very good.

Yang Zhengshan didn't know any medical skills, and what he talked about was not medical skills, but the benefits of battlefield first aid and treating wounded soldiers.

After military doctor, the next step is spy, some theories and training about espionage.

The large number of spy films in his previous life gave Yang Zhengshan a lot of theoretical knowledge about spy warfare.

Maybe many of these things are impractical, but some of them are still very practical.

An hour passed, and Zhou Lan finally read through the "Military Training Records" in general. She raised her head with shining eyes and looked at Yang Zhengshan.

"Do you think this special forces soldier can be trained?" Zhou Lan still prefers special forces soldiers, especially the decapitation operations mentioned by Yang Zhengshan in the book, which is exactly what she wants.

Yang Zhengshan nodded and said, "Okay, but how much of a role special forces can play depends on many factors."

"Tell me more details!" Zhou Land said.

Yang Zhengshan then began to express his thoughts.

"The special forces I have in mind are not simple soldiers, but small units composed of warriors, or even acquired warriors."

"We don't need too many people, about ten people. Each of them has their own special skills. For example, some are good at poisoning, some can disguise themselves, some are stronger, and so on."

"And there are many kinds of missions they can perform, such as assassination, poisoning, kidnapping, infiltration, stealing important intelligence, etc."

When forming special forces in this world, we cannot simply copy the experience of the previous life, because there are warriors in this world.

The existence of warriors makes many experiences from previous lives unrealistic, so Yang Zhengshan had to consider many factors when writing this book "Military Training Records".

Listening to Yang Zhengshan's story, Zhou Lan fell into deep thought.

"This is similar to the Blood Blade of the Secret Guard!"

She suddenly spoke.

"Blood Blade?" Yang Zhengshan showed a surprised look.

Zhou Lan rubbed the teacup in his hand, stared at Yang Zhengshan and said: "Many men of Suishui died in bloodshed, and the palace of Jianzhang has been reduced to ashes."

"What does this mean?" Yang Zhengshan didn't understand.

"The Jianzhang Palace was the temporary palace of the previous emperor Ji, and our emperor Taizu came from Suishui County."

Zhou Lan narrowed her eyes and whispered, "The so-called Blood Blade was established by Emperor Taizu, but after Emperor Taizu founded the country, the Blood Blade became the Secret Guard."

"But as far as I know, Blood Blade did not become a Secret Guard, but hid among the Secret Guard."

Yang Zhengshan's expression changed slightly, and he probably understood what Zhou Lan meant.

This Blood Blade should be a special forces unit, specializing in doing things that cannot be made explicit for the emperor.

Zhou Lan pondered for a moment, looked at the book in her hand, and said with regret: "What a pity!"

"What a pity?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Zhou Lan said, "Let's delete this volume."

Yang Zhengshan felt a chill in his heart.

What Zhou Lan was talking about was naturally the volume about special forces.

As for why it should be deleted!
Blood blade!
This blood blade seemed extremely dangerous, and even Zhou Lan couldn't avoid it.

"I see!"

Yang Zhengshan took the book without hesitation, tore off the volume about special forces on the spot, and burned it in front of Zhou Lan.

Looking at the burning flames, the emotions in Yang Zhengshan's eyes kept changing.

He seemed to take it for granted.

I think that by writing these things, I will be valued and gain some benefits.

But some things are taboo.

Although there is no description of Blood Blade in the book, the existence of special forces has many similarities with Blood Blade.

The Blood Blade was established by Taizu. Although Zhou Lan did not say it explicitly, Yang Zhengshan estimated that the Blood Blade should have been the sharp knife in Taizu's hand at that time, and made a lot of contributions to Taizu's founding of the country.

Taizu founded the country with the help of blood and swords. What does it mean that Yang Zhengshan wrote such a book now?
Teach the world to learn from Taizu and build a new Blood Blade?

When the flames burned out, Zhou Lan looked at the remaining half of the book and said, "In fact, even without that volume, this book is still very good."

“I love this book!”

"As long as the general likes it!" Yang Zhengshan stood up and said.

(End of this chapter)