Volume 3 Chapter 74 The Yak Army
After listening to Crick's words, General Zia was both happy and puzzled, how he saw that the person in front of him was Socrates. Such a brilliant idea could only be devised by a wise man. But he thought about it and shook his head. It's a good idea, but it's a difficult idea to put into practice.
Yaks are very aggressive, and if they are not well controlled, let alone used against the enemy, they may want to bury all the Athenian army.
"Crick, your idea is very good, but that yak can't tell the difference between good and bad, and if it is frightened, it may hurt its own people. ”
"General, since I want twenty taels of silver, I naturally have a way to tame these beasts. If I can't do it, you will punish me according to the Athenian law, what do you think?"
"Okay, I'll give you this chance. If I can really retreat from the enemy, let alone twenty taels of silver, it is ten thousand taels of gold, and I am willing to give it. ”
The next morning, Princess Amoxys awoke, still feeling dizzy and weak. But she still bothered to summon General Zia to inquire about the situation of yesterday's war.
General Zia reported them one by one, and then told the princess about Crick, but did not mention his appearance. General Zia knew that the princess had always been very sad about Socrates' death, and now that the enemy was in the present, the princess was so weak that he weighed it again and again and made this decision.
The princess reluctantly walked around the courtyard, trying to use her vitality, but she felt that the world was spinning, and it seemed that her vitality could not be recovered in the short term.
The princess clenched her silver teeth, and hated in her heart, the fairy world really deceived me too much, and one day I will take revenge for this.
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At the same time, a mysterious unit was organized on the Athenian training ground, the Yak Army.
On the training ground, which should have been tense and serious, bursts of laughter came from this time. Many sergeants have been in the army for many years and have rich experience in warfare, but they have never seen a general waiting for a herd of cattle to come to the training ground for drills. Look at the old man who led the team, with long hair and beard, broad lips, hooked nose, and dark skin like a farmer, this is the material for leading the troops to fight.
Many soldiers Nahan, General Zia, how could he summon such a liar to command the army at the moment of the great enemy and the Ottoman army, and what should the future of Athens be.
The sergeants in the yak army whispered without the slightest sense of discipline, and even the commander of the thousand, who had been sent to assist Creek in managing the army, stood in the middle with his head down, allowing the sergeants to quarrel and shout. The commander also has his own plans, as a general, this is the time to serve the country, and although he is still honorable to die, it is better than accompanying this clown here to perform this farce.
According to what he meant in his heart, he wished that the sergeants were more chaotic, and it was best to scare this charlatan away.
But things did not turn out as the commander thought, and Crick was indifferent to the riot, and his face remained as calm as water.
That seems to mean that you are making trouble with you, and it has nothing to do with me.
The sergeants were in a commotion, bored, and they all wanted to see what the new instructor wanted everyone to do, so the crowd fell silent.
Crick saw that everyone was looking at him with wide eyes like brass bells, and knew that it was time for him to say a few words.
"Rank, I was found by General Zia this time to defeat the enemy army. ”
Boom, another commotion.
"What, I heard you right, you can retreat from the enemy?"
"Yes, let you go into battle, and you can't be scared. ”
"Don't make a noise, don't make a noise, listen to what he has to say. ”
The crowd quickly fell silent, all pricking up their ears to hear what Creek had to say next.
"See these yaks?" Crick turned and pointed to the mooing animals behind him, "If they can do my bidding, they can reach thousands of horses." ”
There are not many words, but each word has a thousand pounds. At a time when Athens was in trouble, and now someone gave them the hope of victory, how could it not be expected.
"Instructor, what should I do, how can this beast with horns on its head obediently listen to people?" asked the commander in confusion.
"Huh. Socrates stroked his beard and said apologetically, "I don't know about this either. ”
The fighting spirit that the sergeants had just ignited was suddenly extinguished again.
"However, I believe that with our cooperation, we will be able to find a solution, and you please believe that the success or failure of this battle is in your hands. ”
After that, this unprecedented yak army began its training journey. Although General Zia gave Creek to lead the army, the merchant was very humble and consulted the commander on everything, and put him in charge of organizing the troops. Not only that, but on the second day of training, Creek held an all-army meeting to give advice on how to control the yaks.
Some say that torches are put behind the tail of the ox, some say that the cow is blindfolded, and some say that the ox is whipped severely when the war starts. There are many different methods, but there is one problem with all of them - there is no guarantee that the herd will attack differently.
Once the herd starts to go crazy, it's no joke, maybe they will break their own team first, and this is a problem that must be solved.
There was a consensus that the only way to do this was to give the herd a selective attack on the Ottomans.
There was no training or exercise on this day, just everyone gathered around to discuss.
Some people looked down on Crick, why did he get so much, and gave Zia Elsulfus a description of the incident. The army he trained was free and loose, without military law, and compared Crick to a liar and a god.
General Zia quietly listened to the general's report, looked at him with a gloomy face, and said coldly: "General, now the enemy is the most important thing is to unite as one, since I gave power to Crick, he is the general of Athens like you, and if you do this, you will only make the relatives and enemies happy." Needless to say. ”
The general was reprimanded, and Nono bowed and walked out of the room.
When he was gone, General Zia said to himself, "Discussion? Crick, you really look like Socrates." ”
On the third day of training, the Yak soldiers were in high spirits, and many stayed up all night, holding their heads and staring at how to make the herd obedient.
Before Crick could explain how to continue training today, he saw a group of sergeants shouting outside the training ground, led by a tall man in armor who also looked like a general. But the general obviously hadn't fought for a long time, his body was a little fat, and he swayed the crowd with a straw belly, pouting and shouting: "Hey, hey, which is Crick." ”
The yak army all knew the comer, General Nock, he was also a general by virtue of the military exploits of his ancestors, and he was not happy to see anyone at ordinary times, and everyone did not want to see him.
So he asked three times, but no one answered.
Seeing that these sergeants ignored him, Nock was angry, and grabbed a sergeant who was a big mouth, "Damn, your General Nock asked, are you all pretending to be deaf?"
The slap made the sergeant's cheeks swollen and the corners of his mouth bloody. But the young man had a lot of backbone, and even then he didn't reply, glaring angrily at Nok.
"Oh yo, it's the other way around, you kid dare to stare at me, come here, call me. He beckoned his men to surround the young sergeant, and he was about to make a move.
At this moment, Crick separated the crowd and came to Nock, saying, "This general, this sergeant has not made a mistake, and I hope that the general's men will show mercy." ”
Nock looked Creek up and down, pointed at his hooked nose and smiled: "Look at your ugly appearance, you are Crick, you kid, you deceived my general Zia with your sharp teeth, and you became a general." But you can't fool me, you're a charlatan, and you're here to bewitch the public. ”
When Nock's men heard this, they burst into laughter. Nock told these people before he came, today is to find fault, how to be presumptuous, how to come, he will stand up to something.
Seeing that Nok not only beat the innocent sergeant, but now he is also ashamed of their general in public, pressing their weapons with their hands and looking at Crick, it seems that as long as the general gives an order, we will fight with him.
But when he saw Crick, he calmly listened to Nock's words, smiled slightly, and said: "It turns out that the general is worried that my training will not be fruitful, so don't bother you, we have already mastered how to make the herd send troops to fight, and we can let General Zia test it in three days." ”
Nock thought to himself, three days, you can't do it in three months. "Crick, how can anyone control a horned beast, you're talking nonsense. ”
"Does the general dare to bet?" said Creek, still expressionless.