Chapter 696 Departure, Jianye City
On a very high peak in the Valley of the Rocks.
Yan Xi was not afraid of the cold wind, he looked down with his hands behind his back.
He didn't move the whole time, like a humanoid rock.
For those who are infinitely close to the realm of the Almighty, it is also a skill to integrate oneself into nature.
He saw exactly what was going on.
He was still very satisfied with Xu Baiyang's command.
Then the figure disappeared with a single movement.
In the distant Mosongling Hidden Light Cave, Yan Xipan sat on a deerskin cushion.
Although it is an exaggeration to think of thousands of miles, it can still be done in a blink of an eye.
The current state of Ranshi Pass will continue for a while, Yan Xiyi is not worried, he has to prepare carefully, and give his enemies a big gift at that time.
Zhang Xian is ready to set off.
Emperor Qin's holy decree also arrived, and it was as Zhang Xian's ministers expected.
Zhang Xian scoffed.
At this time, Zuo Xuan, Zhang Xian, and Kan Hu came to Shangjing with a carefully selected 3,000 elites.
The Three Thousand Black Flag Army is equipped with the latest weapons, and the style has not changed much, but the quality has changed.
It was the weapon that Xiao Suzaku tempered out of the bottle of poisonous pear moth venom to Zhang Xian.
The level of tenacity is not inferior to Zhang Xian's Sunny Sky Sword, but it lacks spirituality, but it has one more skill, which is added by the whimsy of those alchemy masters in Zhang's workshop, that is, the poison that can control the output.
Design a hollow dot line for storing venom in knives, swords, lances, halberds and arrows, engrave a runic array, and set up a trigger mechanism that can be triggered to spew venom when needed.
This hollow point and line are too small, and it is difficult to imagine how difficult it is to engrave the rune array, and it is still in a weapon.
This is the first batch, barely enough to equip the 3,000 Black Flag Army.
It is unlikely that such a weapon will be mass-produced, and it is easier to do without this skill.
This batch of special weapons had been refined a long time ago, and it was intended to be equipped on the members of the guards who escorted Zhang Xian's alliance.
The three thousand Black Flag Army is equipped with these special weapons, and its combat power is not as simple as doubling it.
A little bit of the venom of the poisonous pear moth is basically incurable.
The officers and men of the Black Flag Army were pleasantly surprised when they learned about the characteristics of the weapon.
The officers and men of the Black Flag Army are not like other troops in battle formations.
For example, the lance hand forms a battle array, the shield battle array, the sword axe hand, etc.
They are a mixed group of scattered formations.
It's that they choose weapons according to their own preferences, and they don't have a rigorous battle formation, but it's not really none, but they rarely use them.
They are basically fighting alone, forming a natural cooperation in battle.
These Zhang Xian also want to change their habits, but it is difficult to be effective.
They are naturally formed to cooperate with the battle, that is to say, they have been getting along for many years, forming a small team that can rely on each other, with tacit understanding, life trust, you forcibly disassembled, put it to play a counterproductive role.
Unless a large corps fights, the two armies will face each other, and they must rely on the battle formation, and at that time they will form a battle formation when they are training at the Maoshan base.
Each Black Flag soldier wore several weapons.
I like the choice of long weapons, halberds, but they are all the kind of detachable, three sections are disassembled and put in the backpack during the march, each person has a crossbow sword and a short dagger, this is a new type of weapon, Luo Yu provided the drawings, mainly equipped with Luo Xuan Thorn Hall, Zuo Xuan took a fancy to it, and proposed to Zhang Xian to equip it, so it was distributed to all the Black Flag Army.
There are those who prefer two-handed or one-handed knives, but they are also equipped with swords, repeaters, and daggers.
There are also many people who like strong bows, which is a free choice, and they are not good at riding and shooting, which is a lot of burden for him.
The shield is a small folded shield, alloy, very lightweight, buckled on the left arm when not in use, and quickly popped off when the mechanism is pressed, and the diameter of the small shield is one and a half feet.
This kind of folding shield can also be used for the Black Flag Army, not for other military branches, and the armor of the Black Flag Army is all cotton armor (repeatedly hammered into a very thick cotton felt with cotton, the outside is rhinoceros leather, the key parts are protected by iron sheets, and lined with cotton cloth, mainly for breathability and sweat absorption. In general, it is a spare, placed in a horse bag, covered with a black battle robe.
The banner of the Black Flag Army is an eagle embroidered with wings on a black background, because it is now Zuo Xuan in charge, so there is an orange Zuo character on it, the battle flag is black with a cross-dripping blood halberd, and the four-pole battle flag of the four armies is embroidered with the surname of the toothed general.
The Black Flag Army had 64,000 men, which should have been unified according to the Xia Army, 16,000 men as an army, 8,000 foot soldiers, 4,000 cavalry, and 4,000 baggage.
The Black Flag Army was fully composed of four armies and 64,000 men.
The First Army consists of four divisions, and the commander is a tooth general.
Each division has 4,000 people, the commander is a partial general, and the four brigades are the commander.
This is the regular establishment of the Black Flag Army.
The corps has two more armies, six corps, 9,600 men, plus the corps commander's 400 personal guards, which is exactly 100,000 people.
However, the Black Flag Army was a little special, so when it was established, Zhang Xian authorized it and made it like this;
Zuo Xuan is the main general.
The left and right lieutenant generals Kan Hu and Liao Jinkui each controlled 30,000 people.
Military advisor Zhang Xian.
The six generals, He Chong, Huang Zhan, Gao Yan, Zhao Bengao, Yue Shanqian, and Wang Can, each received 10,000 people.
The other 4,000 men were in the baggage battalion, led by a man named Jawan.
After a period of conquest, the Black Flag Army has changed again, and more than half of them have mounts and become cavalry, so Zhang Xianzheng is trying to buy war horses for them, wanting to make them all cavalry.
Zhang Xian had promised Liao Weikai that he would fully support him in building a corps of all-cavalry, so he was given priority to send war horses, so the Black Flag Army has not yet been fully equipped with war horses.
Most of the armor of the various corps of the Xia Army is mainly leather armor, and some of them are equipped with Ming armor, which is the main equipment of the Xia Army in the future, and it is the most advanced on the Xianyue Continent, but it is not possible to manufacture it in large quantities, which needs to be done slowly.
The most advanced weapons of the Xia army were knives, swords, lances, halberds, and shields, bows, and crossbows, which were easier to make than Ming armor and could be mass-produced.
Special equipment like the Black Flag Army is already very good to be able to equip a Black Flag Army, and now it is barely enough for the 3,000 Black Flag Army to be fully operational.
It is difficult to mass-produce.
The Xia Army's Jinwan Island base can produce a large number of high-quality weapons, which is borrowed from Xu Fang's light, and the iron ingots in Xu Fangdong's mansion were transported to Jinwan Island by the navy.
The Black Flag Army is ready to go.
went to Jianye City, but Zhang Xian did not follow the arrangement of the Qin Emperor's holy decree to name names.
He only brought Uncle Tai, Xiao Fei, Zhang Bao, Luo Song, etc., and secretly accompanied Zhang Heng.
Zhang Xian was appointed as the staff officer and supervisor of the Black Flag Army, and this time he joined the army.
There are also a few civil officials who rely on them to deal with documents and contact with the Qin State government.
Bai Ling'er wanted to make trouble and follow, but Zhang Xian refused, Zhang Xian dissuaded Luo Yu from waiting for labor and needed someone to take care of her, but Bai Ling'er refused to give up.
After all, Luo Yu spoke, and Bai Ling'er was not messing with Zhang Xian.
"Sister, I'm afraid that the big bad guy will go out and spend my heart. ”
Bai Ling'er said to Luo Yu.
"You, hehe, I want to play with you, alas, my husband's trip is dangerous, I'm afraid I'm going to be distracted by you, listen to my sister, it won't take long to come, I'll travel all over the world." ”
On the 16th day of the first month of the 382nd month of the lunar calendar, Zhang Xian's Luan drove away from Shangjing.
When they arrived at the Luoyan Gorge Fortress, Zhang Rui, Zhang Laowei and Zhang Tong joined the ranks.
This time, the strange master is also going back to the family.
And secretly followed Zhang Huizong and his party.
They haven't been back since that time, and this time they went back to ask the patriarch for their guilt.
Zhang Xian traveled, and there were very few people accompanying him, so this time there was no way.
The 3,000 Black Flag Army was led by Yue Shanqian.
Because considering that Zuo Xuan and Kan Hu are afraid that they will not have time to take charge of the troops.
Out of the fortress, passing by Donglu City, Zhang Xian asked Uncle Tai to invite Pu Yuliang to come.
Pu Yuliang did not enter the court, and Zhang Xian left him in Donglu City, that is, in charge of the affairs of a county, but also to manage the Maoyuan Commercial Bank, and also had to assist Liang Kun in training the county soldiers and giving him advice.
Pu Yuliang and Liang Kun, as well as Tietou, Zhao Shenling, Ma Feifei, etc., don't look at the official position, but they are a special existence.
Donglu City and Donglu County are a special area of the Xia Kingdom, the place where Zhang Xian was born, a military town, and a commercial distribution center, which is very important.
Therefore, Pu Yuliang and Liang Kun both held a gold medal given to them by Zhang Xian.
Don't underestimate this gold medal, whether it is a general in the army or an important minister in the court, they dare not be presumptuous in Donglu County, and the two of them have the right to cut first and then play.
This time, Zhang Xian brought Pu Yuliang with two purposes, one was to rely on him to come up with some ideas, Pu Yuliang thought it was a rare adviser with both military and political skills.
The second purpose is to let him go to Jianye City to prepare the branch of Maoyuan Commercial Bank.
"When you get to Huowang County, I will hand over Xue Mingyi to you, you will inspect him first along the way, and if it is available, you can accept him as a disciple." ”
Zhang Xian didn't forget Xue Mingyi, Xue Mingyi is Xue Mingli's brother, Zhang Xian put him in Huowang County for training, and he performed very well.
"Okay, I heard that he assisted Huo Meng in governing Huowang County very well, he should have some ability, teach it, and maybe he can lead the way. ”
Huowang County is close to Donglu City, which was originally under the jurisdiction of Donglu County, but later turned out and belonged to Chengkang County.
Because Wenchen followed, and he was not in a hurry, this time Zhang Xian brought more than 20 cars, Zhang Rui and the three of them occupied one, and the three of them did not come forward, they had nothing to do in the car to chat and drink tea, but they were also free.
Zhang Xian occupies the largest car, there is no way to let him be the lord of the country, he didn't want to be luxurious, but for the sake of face, this car is now decorated, very luxurious.
The rest are requisitioned by the military generals of Wenchen, and more than a dozen vehicles are loaded with necessary materials.
Picking up Xue Mingyi, the group rushed to the mouth of Yanhe City.
There is a wharf there, and many merchants land here, and it is no worse than Luokou City from Cangkou now.
It is very prosperous, and it has surpassed the main city of Yanhe City.
It was noon when we arrived at Licangkou, and the climate in Jiangnan was already very warm in late January, and only the shade and high mountains could see ice and snow.
"Your Majesty, are we going to cross the river right away or leave tomorrow. ”
Although Licangkou is not a city, it is a large market town, but after more than a year of development, in addition to the lack of city walls, its scale can definitely be regarded as a big city.
When he was about to enter Licangkou, Xiao Fei came over and asked.
"Let's go to the post station first, I guess the people from Wuwei Country and Zongye Country may be waiting there and discuss it with them. ”
Wu Weiguo and Zongye have sent people to say hello, and they want to go with Zhang Xian.