Chapter 304 Grandstanding
"The three armies have not moved, but the food and grass go first!"
Facing the faces of the young military officers who were being trained, as well as the generals, general instructors, and His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness who came to attend the class together, Qin Lang chose a well-regulated opening speech.
The plan to brag to these young military officers could only be temporarily changed.
"If you don't fight unprepared battles, you will win the battle! Our Tang army can fight and dare to fight, but it is also inseparable from army logistics, and army logistics is an integral part of military logistics."
"What is military logistics? In my opinion, it is the planning and use of personnel, material resources, financial resources and technology, from material funds, to medical rescue, transportation, equipment maintenance, military depots and castles, etc. to ensure military construction and combat needs. The collective name of its institutions!"
Standing on this podium, Qin Lang decided to talk about something dry.
Especially Hou Junji's gleeful appearance made him very displeased. Although he also knew that he was not from the army, he had never served in a serious military post. It was just a temporary errand. He didn't know why Hou Junji despised him, anyway, everyone also fought side by side in Xuanwumen that day.
In front of famous generals such as Li Jing, Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong, Cheng Yaojin, etc., talking about the art of war and battles is naturally the same.
But since he was talking about military supply and logistics, Qin Lang felt that he still had something in his stomach.
After all, the army of later generations pays more attention to logistics and military supplies, and the system is more comprehensive.
"Everyone, army logistics should be given more attention than it is now. We can't just think of army logistics, but only think of civilians and grain transportation teams. This kind of thinking is completely wrong. Army logistics should refer to the support of the army in combat. , and the logistics needed for construction and other activities, not only in times of war, but in peacetime as well.”
"It can also be divided into strategic logistics, campaign logistics, tactical logistics, etc. according to its performance."
Hou Junji originally wanted to see a joke, but he didn't expect Qin Lang to speak in a set manner, such as strategies, tactics and battles, with words he didn't understand.
"Excuse me, Instructor Qin, what is strategic logistics, what is campaign logistics, and what is tactical logistics? What is the difference?"
"Hou Shangshu's question is good. Let me make a metaphor. The military logistics is like a big tree, and the strategic logistics is like a tree trunk, which does not move. The campaign logistics is like a branch, which is half-moving. Tactical logistics Well, like a leaf, it is fully moving."
Hou Junji was stunned. He didn't understand what kind of big tree trunk and leaves were half-moving or fully-moving.
"Then let me put it simply, except for command and training, all other military affairs belong to military logistics."
This is a big deal.
It also caused dissatisfaction among the generals and instructors.
They are all traditional generals, and they take it for granted that the general in the army is the leader of the army. Of course, the affairs of the entire army are in charge of the general, and all military affairs should belong to the command. Is it just a transfer supply?
How could Qin Lang say that the command and training place, and all other affairs of the army belong to the army logistics?
"In addition to military rations and ordnance, there are many things that military logistics should manage, such as logistics command, finance, as well as military medical rescue, marching and camping, city defense and fortifications, transportation and transportation, siege equipment, etc. In addition to combat All of these should belong to the military logistics."
"So I think that a truly professional army, an army that can win every battle, should pay more attention to the logistics of military supplies. Our senior generals should stop sticking to the old concept that the military needs logistics to transport food and civilians. These are the military craftsmen."
"We should have specialized military logistics officers and personnel. For example, we can establish professional military hospitals to train military doctors. In this way, during combat, there will be professional and capable military doctors with the army to rescue more wounded. .”
"In addition to the normal military rations and ordnance, we should also make more reserves of military medicinal materials. We should also establish a more professional army engineer unit, so that our army can open roads in the mountains, build bridges in the water, and station Able to set up a camp, attack a city and quickly create an auxiliary force for siege equipment."
Li Shimin was quite satisfied with what he heard.
"At first, I thought that Qin Lang was good at appeasing you after the chaos in Youzhou and Binzhou. He was pulled here, and he wanted him to learn some rules. I didn't expect this kid to have something in his stomach."
Punishment Minister Li Jing sat next to the emperor and nodded.
"What you said really makes sense, it's not outside the door."
"Where did this kid learn this? As far as I know, Qin Qiong can't teach him this." Qin Qiong is the kind of fierce general who can rush and dare to fight, and even at the command level, he is actually only at the upper-middle level.
"I feel that what Huailiang said is a bit like a civil servant commanding an army. In the previous dynasty, Yang Su was a general and a prime minister. He commanded an army well. Strict, military law is extremely strict, rewards and punishments are clearly defined, even the military supplies and logistics are well prepared and organized."
Li Shimin asked, "Is Yang Su left behind the art of war?"
"No."
"Then where did Qin Lang learn this?"
"The minister thinks that maybe he got some self-realization after reading military books."
Li Shimin was a little surprised. He has such insight just by reading the book of war? Although Sun Tzu’s Art of War also has a lot of words about grain and grass logistics, but there is no such detailed summary.
Over there, Hou Junji was very unconvinced. He already publicly said that Qin Lang was talking on paper, and that Qin Lang should change his name to Qin Kuo.
Li Shimin's face was not very good, "Go and call Hou Junji, and say that in front of the trainees, it's too inappropriate."
After a class.
Controversial.
However, the trained military officers feel that they have gained a lot.
Cheng Chu silently saw Qin Lang coming out of the emperor's tent, and said to him with a smile, "When Hou Junji came out just now, he was disgraced, did he get approved by the emperor?"
"Tell him a few words."
"It seems that a son-in-law is more popular, but Hou Junji is a small-minded person. If you do something like this today, he probably will hate you."
"It shouldn't be so, we have no grievances or enmities with him, we are all from the Dragon Sect with military merits." Qin Lang said with a smile. He naturally knew in his heart that Hou Junji had a small belly, but he couldn't say that clearly.
Cheng Chumo was still afraid that he would be at a disadvantage, "Everything is from the military school. Although this Hou Junji is also a confidant of His Majesty's Qiandi, this old boy is from Guanzhong, and his ancestors are also members of the Guanlong Group. He can be regarded as a general, and we Shandong people can't pee in the same pot. Moreover, this guy has always boasted that he has made great achievements in peace and chaos, so he is very inflated. Now that he has become the Minister of the Ministry of War, it is even more serious. I have told people about Uncle Qin several times after drinking, and today I think it is targeted, and if you are not allowed to step down, it will naturally affect Uncle Qin's prestige in the army."
"Forget it, let's not talk about it. If I had known this, I wouldn't have come."
"Let's go, bro, I'll show you the excitement. Have you heard of the old man from the Western Regions in Xishi and the priceless piano? I got news that someone will come to take down the piano today. Let's see who the gods are, that's all." Yes." Cheng Chumo said excitedly.
"There's nothing to see about this. Smarter people know that this is just a deliberate hype."
Cheng Chumo clamored to go, and said that he was locked up in the barracks for several days during the training, and he was so bored that he finally took two days off to rest, so naturally he had to go and have a good time.
He also said that he had invited many partners to go with him.
Qin Lang had no choice but to follow them to the West Market to watch the excitement, only to find that there were really many people.
This matter has been hyped for a while, so there are a lot of melon eaters who got the news today.
The street corner in the West Market, outside the stall for the elderly in the Western Regions, was already crowded. Countless people wanted to come and see the hundred taels of gold qin, and even more wanted to see who had the ability to get a qin for nothing.
Looking at this group of enthusiastic people eating melons, Qin Lang felt that they were still too innocent, had suffered too few beatings, and had been deceived too little.
If it wasn't for his current limited status, Qin Lang felt that the people here are really stupid and have a lot of money. There are ten thousand kinds of deceptions, so he can teach this group of people to be more knowledgeable.
There are more and more people.
Cheng Chumo's Wei Chi Baoqi and his group, relying on their size, forcibly squeezed out a passage and squeezed to the front row.
The next step is to wait.
Qin Lang took a closer look at the violin placed on the ground. It was a very ordinary violin without any gold or jade decorations. It was somewhat similar to his six-string guitar, but it had thirteen strings. It's like playing the guqin.
This made him more and more convinced that this must be a hype event.
Sure enough, in the expectation of countless people who eat melons.
Finally, a person finally came.
"The person who knows the piano is here, get out of the way!"
Separate a passage in the crowd.
A young man in a white shirt came to the old man surrounded by a group of men in green robes.
"You know this piano, can you play it?"
The old man opened his eyes and asked the young man in white shirt.
"Yes."
"Then would you like to play a piece in public?"
The old man in the Western Regions was surprised.
"I am willing to pay a hundred taels of gold to buy this piano."
"Since you know the piano and can play it, I won't give you a penny."
The young man beckoned, so a man in a green shirt behind him brought a box and opened it, which was filled with golden gold.
"Big horseshoe gold, one hundred taels, you count!"
The old man from the Western Regions inspected the gold carefully, and finally nodded in satisfaction. He recruited a few companions, loaded the gold into a carriage, and then quickly squeezed his way out of the crowd and left.
The man in the white shirt picked up the thirteen-stringed zither.
He held up his piano and faced the crowd on all sides.
Everyone is still in shock just now, is there really someone who bought a strange piano with a hundred taels of gold?
Watching him lift the piano, everyone thought he was going to play a song again.
After finishing speaking, he slammed the qin on the ground, and the qin shattered to the ground.
The people who eat melons also dropped their jaws in shock.
The strings of the qin broke, and sawdust flew across. The qin was completely ruined, and no skilled luthier could repair it. One hundred taels of gold!
The man in the white robe finished smashing the piano and crossed his hands at the people around him.
"Fan Yang, Lu Chengqing, has five surnames and seven eldest sons. Fan Yang is the head of the family. He claims to be talented and full of classics. Fan Yang and Lu's children are all heirs of classics, and they are talented. But I didn't expect that this year's imperial examination, my dignified Fan Yang Lu, didn't have a single one. It's ridiculous to be on the list. This time I came to Chang'an in person, just to see the magnificence of Chang'an. This piano is actually just a weird piano. The people in Chang'an are still scrambling to watch and praise it, so Lu couldn't see it, so he bought it for a hundred taels of gold, and then smashed it in public!"
"Why do people in Chang'an prefer to pursue these things, and turn a blind eye to the talents of my Fan Yang Lu family's children? Isn't it weird?"
After finishing speaking, Lu Chengqing called the young men in green shirts over one by one.
Every time one is called, a few brief introductions are given, and then he is asked to take out a box of poetry collections, which are all collections of poems and proses written by the children of the Lu family. He directly opens the box and throws this collection of books at everyone.
A dozen or so young talents of the Lu family, each wrote a collection of poems and prose, each prepared a large box, and threw them all to the crowd.
"This is just a small part of my poems written by Fan Yang Lu Shi. Tomorrow, I, Lu Chengqing, will take over all the restaurants and prostitutes in Ping Kang Fang. Tomorrow, everyone who comes to Ping Kang Fang for drinking will be paid by me, Fan Yang Lu." !"
"Tomorrow, I will introduce more Lu family heroes to Chang'an people!"
"Everyone can receive the poetry collection of my Lu's children for free!"
(end of this chapter)