Zhang Ji quickly entered Du Zhongxiao's official hall and sang the promise with his hands.

Du Zhongxiao said: "The Privy Council asked you to bring a thousand soldiers into Beijing in a month. Have you read the official documents?"

Zhang Ke said: "The general of Ji has seen it. It is precisely because of this that the general of Ji came to meet Ji. Ji, Ji, is different from other generals from Suizhou. He has only been in the army for a few months. He really commands the battle, especially when competing with the imperial guards, and is afraid that he will lose the face of the soldiers and horses on Hequ Road."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "The face of the soldiers on Hequ Road was earned from several wars. How could it be so easy to lose? This time I went to Beijing and Beijing, I lost my face, but I lost my own face. Speaking of which, the time you entered the army was much longer than when the imperial guards were trained. How could you worry that you were not as good as them? Even if you go and use your own knowledge, you will really encounter famous generals who are rare and will not be ashamed to lose."

Zhang Ke sighed: "I came from a farmer family, but later joined the army, so I didn't recognize many words. I became a subordinate of Jieshuai, and I really tried my best to learn new things. But - I was reading and recognizing words, and I had to learn all kinds of knowledge I had never heard of before, which was really a bit ashamed."

Du Zhongxiao stood up, walked back and forth a few steps, and said, "You are like this, but the generals of the imperial guards are the same. The court does this not to let you compete, but to see what is the difference between the generals and soldiers taught in the military academy in the capital and the generals and soldiers taught in the military academy in Hequ Road, and you can learn from them in the future. Of course, since it is a competition, there is a victory or defeat, and it is not possible to have no desire to win or lose. In this way, you don't have to worry about the training of soldiers. I will find someone else to be responsible for the election. Tomorrow, let Yang Wenguang return to Shengzhou to teach you specifically."

After hearing this, Zhang Ji was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Ji Zheng! General Yang led his troops to fight several times and won many times. With his guidance, it would be easier!"

Du Zhongxiao said: "General, what you want to learn now is the knowledge of books. This time, in addition to the two armies' drills, there are also exams. From you, officers at all levels in the army must be tested according to the textbooks. The same is true for the soldiers, but they don't have much content, mainly depending on the military posture and array. The winners and losses of the drills between the two sides are one, and the test scores are two. Only when the two are combined will the officials make a judgment."

Zhang Ke's face was a little bitter: "The only thing that is that he didn't know much literacy before, and it was very difficult to learn the knowledge in books."

Du Zhongxiao said seriously: "It's wrong for you to think this way. When the military textbooks were compiled, they tried to be as simple and easy to understand because the generals and soldiers didn't know much literacy. If you can't even read the textbooks in the army, it would be even more difficult to use the newly compiled textbooks of the imperial court in the future. The generals in the army started practicing from the beginning, and there were many people who could not read it, but they had learned it bit by bit. Yang Wenguang came, but what knowledge was important and which knowledge was relatively unimportant, and it would help you figure it out. But learning still depends on yourself."

After hearing this, Zhang Ji couldn't help but sweat on his forehead. Du Zhongxiao was talking about the truth, but Zhang Ji couldn't blame him for this matter. The main content in the military academy is to train soldiers. Even officers at all levels are training soldiers. The real advanced content can be said to have not started yet. Zhang Ji mainly relied on self-study and asked teachers at all levels in the military academy for advice. The learning progress naturally could not be fast. Besides, the former generals at all levels of Hequ Road had been practicing and studying on Jingxi Road for several years, so he could not compare in a few months.

Du Zhongxiao said: "However, you don't have to worry too much about this. The same is true for the imperial guards in the capital, just like you. The actual exam may be better than you, but the juren who failed the exam. They trained with soldiers, learned these textbooks, and the number of people is large, and it is not surprising that they will be better than you in the army. The military exam is not a Jinshi, but a good exam is only part of it. The real thing depends on the ability to lead troops in the army. Yang Wenguang is here, on the one hand, helping you figure out the knowledge you want to learn, and on the other hand, teaching you how to practice and how to lead troops. In just a few months, not only do you learn less knowledge in books, but you don't have any drills. It is not enough for generals to only learn books, but it is the fundamental thing to truly understand and master what you have learned through drills. This time, it is important to return to Beijing, but it is not as important as you think. It is enough to just do your best."

Zhang Ke crossed his hands and said yes.

Although the military academy in the capital is presided over by generals and lords from Hequ Road, and the instructors are mostly generals and veterans selected by Hequ Road, they are bound to be influenced by other officials in the capital. Especially the Privy Council, directly interfering in military academy affairs cannot be based on the meaning of several people. Compared with the military academy in Hequ Road, there must be many differences. Whether this difference is a good or a bad thing, it is actually difficult to say very well.

The so-called bystanders is clear. The practice methods of Yingtianxiangjun in the past are not necessarily correct. Located at the bystanders, you can point out many shortcomings, find a better method, and change to a different form. Not to mention them, Hequlu has changed a lot of contents.

But no one can explain which ones are really useful and where they are improper modifications. Once this kind of thing is involved in theory, it is difficult to make a clear statement. To talk about verbal battles, how could the generals on Hequ Road be the opponent of court officials? In the end, they used this method to compare directly. After three months, they each selected one thousand soldiers and corresponding officers and went to the capital for exercise.

Those who participated in this martial arts exercise required that the original Hequ Road personnel could not be used, and both the generals and soldiers were trained later. Hequ Road chose Zhang Ji to lead the team. There was no one else except him. Yang Wenguang and Zhao Zi were considered as the last generals, and no one compared them.

Du Zhongxiao wrote a letter to object, believing that this is very unreasonable. The training of officers has not actually officially started. Now the martial arts practice is not very effective in testing the quality of officers. No one in the court paid attention to it. Whether it is reasonable or not, it will be compared first. If you don’t do this, the high officials really have no confidence in their hearts.

Seeing Zhang Ji looking nervous and trepidated, Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "General, don't take this matter too seriously. The imperial court wants to perform martial arts, but it is nothing more than a lack of clarity on the current military academy teaching. You have to look at it before you can feel at ease. It is okay to train soldiers for three months, and you can compare them. This time is enough. The generals are far from enough. Without several years, they cannot learn completely. When the capital comes back, they choose soldiers and then the generals really start to learn to lead troops. At that time, as long as you are careful, you will compete in the future."

Zhang Ke was silent for a while and suddenly said, "Jie Shuai, do you believe that I will lose this time when I enter Beijing?"

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "It's not that I believe you will lose, but no matter how you calculate it, we will lose more."

Zhang Ke said: "How does Jishuai think so?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Hundreds of thousands of imperial guards in the capital are all selected from the world. In terms of the quality of the soldiers, they are not comparable to us. If they are only trained by soldiers, the soldiers they train should be stronger than us. Moreover, the imperial guards have always been strict in order, and the fourth army is not comparable to other imperial guards who are not in Beijing. We practice hard, but I am afraid that they will train harder. If we only compare with the soldiers, we will not have many opportunities to win."

Zhang Ke was silent for a while before nodding: "The truth about Jieshuai's words."

Du Zhongxiao said again: "If you want to win this time when you enter Beijing, one way is to pass the exam, and you know it is difficult. Another way is to achieve victory that makes people have nothing to say during drills. The army is a war, no matter how strict the soldiers have military discipline, no matter how good the generals do the exam, they will not be able to fight the battle. For me, I ignore the other two items. As long as you lead the army to win when the two armies fight, it is good enough!"

Zhang Ke crossed his hands: "The last general will take the order!"
Chapter completed!