Ma Yue has been training soldiers for two months, although the method of battle formation has not been effective, but to a great extent changed the spiritual outlook of the soldiers, he got Liang Hu's order to reorganize the soldiers and horses the next day, and brought out Yang Fei Yitun soldiers and horses out of the military camp all the way to the west, in response to the horses sent by Luoyang County.

In recent months, the temperature has plummeted and natural disasters have continued, and the villages of Baili in Longxian County are uninhabited, and the heavy snow has covered the mountains and the fierce beasts foraging for food have always invaded the survival of the people. Half a hundred Han troops marched on the official road, perhaps it was heavy snow for days, even the bandits were reluctant to leave the nest, and Ma Yue did not encounter accidents along the way.

It's just that the routine patrol of the camp every night is always indispensable.

The cold temperature forged the tenacious will and strong body of the Northland boys, but the continuous snow march inevitably caused frostbite on the toes of some soldiers.

Ma Yue is also helpless about this, after all, when he is out of the house, he can only use the marching kettle to boil hot water at night for the sergeants to soak their feet, but the next day is not to continue to march, but Ma Yue did not dare to let the soldiers march in a hurry, just a combination of trotting and galloping, came out with ten military horses, at first Ma Yue has been riding one, and then the soldiers were frostbitten gradually more, and the horses took turns to let the frostbitten soldiers ride, and they walked under the horse.

It was cold and frozen, and the more thick boots he had, the more cold he felt unbearable, but how could ordinary soldiers endure it with only cloth shoes.

Otherwise, in Ma Yue's opinion, there is no old and weak among the Han army, and it is not impossible to march a hundred miles a day.

In order to take care of the frostbite of most of the soldiers, but the speed of thirty miles a day, it took three days for Ma Yue to arrive at a hundred miles, and Ma Yue saw the three hundred Han troops of the county lieutenant Cheng Mu camped on the spot.

"The Longxian Ranch Team is Ma Yue and the county lieutenant."

County Lieutenant Cheng Mu looks like he is five big and three thick, and his beard looks very vicissitudes. When Ma Yue saw him, the bearded man was roasting charcoal in the tent, biting a leg of mutton and eating happily.

"But how can you travel for three days in one day? A certain family was also taken away by a wild wolf. After Cheng Mu finished speaking, the sergeant burst into laughter, but this laughter was not so friendly in Ma Yue's ears.

There is no reason not to bow your head under the eaves, although Cheng Mu is not Ma Yue's superior, but the official position is much bigger than him, Ma Yue did not raise his head, and his tone was still respectful: "Report to the county lieutenant, the lower officials also wanted to come over quickly, but the cold weather and frost soldiers had frostbite, so the time for the march was delayed." I also hope that the county lieutenant is not strange. ”

Cheng Mu is not an unreasonable person, but waiting for the official for so long in the winter made him feel bored, so he waved his hand and said: "It's a person who cherishes soldiers, let's take those hundred good horses with me." In the future, it is a little easier to perform official duties. ”

Ma Yue walked out of the camp with a smile on his face, and asked the soldiers to lead the horse away.

Compared with the difficulties at the time, with these hundred good horses, a hundred miles away is nothing, most of the men in the north are good at riding, and Ma Yue's team of men and horses is no exception, everyone with one person and two horses not only speeds up the march but also saves the soldiers from suffering from frostbite.

The feeling of riding a tall horse is indeed different from that of a horse, and it only takes half a day to gallop a hundred miles all the way.

Now the ranch has been built, in fact, there is no difficulty after the military camp is built, the ranch site is a natural closed valley, there is only one exit, Ma Yue's military camp is there, the valley exit is only a hundred steps, the so-called easy to defend and difficult to attack place.

The interior of the valley is extremely wide and longitudinal and horizontal, and the fertile land is ideal for raising horses.

After putting the horse into it, Chen Feng, the head of the tun, said that someone had come to look for it, and at the same time handed over a carved dagger, Ma Yue knew at a glance that it was Li Hu, a child of the Di people he knew in that Di village before he came to Long County.

The ruler-long dagger was much heavier than expected, made of bronze, and the edgeless tips on both sides were extremely sharp. The unpretentious pattern has a deep historical atmosphere. "Did he send this knife?"

Chen Feng said: "The young man with more than 20 Di people said that he was going to move to Qiuchi Mountain to join the clan, and said goodbye to the team, and left this knife when the team was going out, saying that the team was his big hero." ”

Ma Yue smiled when he heard this, and tied the long dagger on his waist, and after entering the camp, Yang Fei Yitun took a two-day holiday in the camp, and Chen Feng Yitun continued to practice.

After that, Ma Yue went to the surroundings of Longxian County several times to pick up 300 horses, and the number of tall horses in the pasture reached 400.

Ma Yue took advantage of his position, and during this time, he practiced equestrianism every day.

It is worth mentioning that because the two brothers of the Ma family are employed in Longxian County, they began to repair their homes, and Guan Yu helped at home, and today there is no problem at home, so they came to Ma Yue in the hope of having a man who watches the horses, Guan Yu knows the horses, and Ma Yue asked the soldiers to build some wooden houses in the valley, and Guan Yu took Peng Tuo and about 20 people to manage the four hundred good horses.

Of course, Ma Yue reported this matter to Liang Hu, but it could be seen that Liang Hu admired him very much, and he readily agreed without asking in detail. He didn't know that these good horses were all stallions, not for the purpose of assembling soldiers, but to be presented to His Majesty next year. When His Majesty likes good horses, he will make Liang and Youyou three states to breed good horses.

So this horse farm is just the private property of Thorn Shi Lianghu.

Nowadays, good horses are hard to find, and the monopoly of the family makes a good horse that can be sold for up to two hundred gold, and even such a medium good horse can be sold for ten gold each. The emperor could change the fate of many people by complaining at will.

However, the price of a horse is still the same, and you can buy one for a thousand dollars.

Knowing that he was guarding a golden mountain, Ma Yue was even more cautious, and he didn't dare to relax even during the day.

After this period of running-in and formation drills, Ma Yue began to be confident and bold in formulating the training plan, first running back and forth with the Lingshui River for five miles in the morning, two back and forth to exercise the endurance of the soldiers, and after breakfast, the two tun men and horses caught orders and practiced for two hours. After noon, there is a collective battle array drill, and in the evening, there are Shi Suo and other auxiliary soldiers to work hard.

Liang Hu was too little after Ma Yue dialed a strong crossbow, but later learned that this five-stone strong crossbow is not everyone can open, and ten people out of 100 people are selected to step on the strong crossbow and shoot twelve crossbow arrows is the limit, not to mention that crossbowmen and archers need to surpass ordinary people's eyesight, and it is really not easy to choose personnel.

In comparison, bows and arrows are better to use. Ma Yue also took this opportunity to start honing his bow skills, and the candidate for this archery master occasionally came to teach the essence of archery.

Among the 100 people, Ma Yue was divided into four parts, 30 with swords and shields stood in front of the military formation, 40 with Changge and the flanks of the military formation, 20 crossbowmen behind the sword and shield hands, and 10 riders on the left and right flanks. This formation maximizes the offensive and defensive capabilities of the team, but it is not effective in defending against enemies from the rear, but it is suitable for defending the pastures in the valley.

However, in ten years, a group of soldiers have been accustomed to such training, this afternoon Ma Yue and the soldiers are opening the kettle to cook, but saw a strong man from the valley on the horse, I thought it was Guan Yu practicing riding, the war horse galloped to a hundred steps only to find that the person on the horse was short and holding a spear and a cape, Ma Yue hurriedly called the soldiers: "This person steals the horse, stop him!" ”