Looking at the greedy Liu Zhixing, Chen Geng smiled helplessly. Today's 13th Battalion is poor and destitute in the eyes of outsiders, and none of the 3,000 or so people has ever had a weapon. The most special thing is that a battalion is an army, which is both offensive and defensive. From cavalry lancers to archers, I have been in the army for more than 20 years now, and I have never seen what kind of powerful army the thirteenth battalion is today. It can be seen from Liu Zhixing that the entire thirteenth battalion is a ruffian. If Liu Zhixing is allowed to be in troubled times, as long as there are people in his hands, there will be money, and there will be people if he is rich.

looked at the empty tent and said, "Liu Zhixing, you just keep these treasures well, and if you have something, don't get those useless things." A good thirteenth battalion, you look like a bunch of horse thieves. Lack of things to write official documents, this commander can't do it, and your father who is still the secretary of the military department. Take your soldiers, don't get carried away, and beware of someone suing you. ”

Liu Zhixing, who was lying on the grain truck, smiled slightly, as if someone dared to grab these grains and had to do it. Chen Geng instructed the soldiers to line up and leave the grain cart to walk out of the barracks, stood beside the grain cart and said: "Don't think about the boy engineer battalion, as for the manpower of the bow battalion, I can't give it to you." If you feel unconvinced, you can get those people for you. ”

In fact, there are only more than 50 soldiers who have become blacksmiths, and more of them are men in the village. It has become an industry invisibly, and building weapons has become the work of the whole village. The village, which was originally scarce in land, did not grow much food throughout the year. More have to pay rent, and the rest have to pay taxes. With the advent of the engineer battalion, some went to iron mines to make iron, and some were unwilling to go far and stay at home to build weapons.

Liu Zhixing said with a smile: "I don't want people anymore, Dashuai, see if you can give five or six hundred good horses." Let everyone in my cavalry battalion have a horse, otherwise those bastards will go and rob Nanchu's war horses. This is not a good sign, if you have a horse, you can also practice riding well, so that in the future, if there is a war, you will not be so afraid of death. ”

Chen Geng stared fiercely at Liu Zhixing, who was open-mouthed, and now the war horses of the thirteenth battalion must be more than the three hundred horses that were allocated at the beginning. Hundreds of good horses were picked up from other camps, and there were dozens of scouts who came to rob Nanchu for fear of death, and now five hundred is not much. Now that the family of the thirteenth battalion is afraid of death, no one knows except Chu Hanlin, and many of the generals of Caiyuan have made ideas behind them. Soldiers of all classes, going to the mountains to hunt was proposed by a commander from a hunter, and as for selling furs, he was a soldier who was engaged in the fur business at home, but because the branch was not a son-in-law, he had to go to the army to eat a living.

At this time, Liu Zhixing still felt that it was a pity for the more than 50 blacksmith-born soldiers in the engineer battalion, and I was afraid that he still didn't know that the general had sold them to the marshal at an excellent price. Chen Geng's face changed: "The matter of the war horse is hands-free, this commander wants your engineer battalion for your own good." Since you don't want people, forget it. ”

Liu Zhixing, who was in a hurry, suddenly jumped down from under the grain cart and said: "Dashuai, you can't be like this, the most valuable thing in my thirteenth battalion is the blacksmith shop." According to the market value, it is also 50,000 silver, and a few people can be worth a few dollars. Fifty thousand silver is enough to buy five hundred horses, you can't just take it in a sentence or two, let me explain it to my brothers. ”

Chen Geng said: "You think that so many weapons suddenly appeared in a village, and others don't know. Now that the superintendent has passed, Lao Tzu is kind enough to come over and inform him. Liu Zhixing found it interesting, and he has always respected Chen Dashuai and called himself Lao Tzu.

Liu Zhixing lowered his head and smiled: "Then give me your guard Shao Jiu, there is a shortage of crossbowmen in the army, and he can practice well in the bow barracks, and there is no need to go to the mountains to practice archery." ”

Shouting out to Shao Jiu outside, a man in his twenties stared at Liu Zhixing with disdain. I don't understand why I want to be myself, so many people in the army look down on this little general the most. As soon as he arrived in the army, he relied on his father as a soldier in the military department, and he was directly a centurion. The more than 100 people under his command are simply scum in the army. However, I still admired this young man in my heart, and he dared to lead the inconspicuous kamikaze camp of five hundred people to rush into battle. It was not an ordinary Chu army, but the most elite white-armored cavalry army of 30,000 people.

Liu Zhixing, who seemed to have won a heavy treasure, patted Shao Jiu's shoulder, and said with a smile: "What the thirteenth battalion lacks most now is a sharpshooter like you, and the six hundred crossbowmen will be handed over to you, so how do you feel about letting Zhou Yan be a deputy from Zhao Chaokun." ”

Not only Shao Jiu was shocked, but even Chen Geng was taken aback. There are very few Shao Jiu's skills in the archery army, and in Chen Geng's opinion, this person is qualified enough to serve as a centurion. He has been serving as a guard for three years, and he feels that Qu Cai should have come to lead the army in person. At most, Shao Jiu, who has commanded fifty or sixty people, will become the general of the thirteenth battalion and one army.

Shao Jiu was reluctant, but when he saw the appearance of the big handsome, he had to nod and immediately said: "I can't take over six hundred crossbowmen, it's enough to teach them archery skills and be a leader." ”

Liu Zhixing ignored it and said with a smile: "It is enough to have him, five hundred war horses for one person." As for the horses, out of normal means, the marshal can't take care of it, otherwise the whole army will not be able to ride a horse. ”

At this time, Chen Geng was a little curious about Liu Zhixing's expectations. At the beginning, there was a question whether the 13th Battalion was cavalry, foot soldiers, or siege armour. At that time, Liu Zhixing only said one sentence, Dashuai, you can just look at it. It will definitely give you a big surprise.

For the current 13th Battalion as the commander of the army for many years, the small 13th Battalion has less than 10,000 people, almost including the types of troops used. The most surprising thing is that there are still 200 field soldiers, and 50 sword-wielding envoys. A general can have a combination of multiple arms to fight, and he is no longer just a general, but a handsome talent. Chen Geng couldn't help but think of Liu Ce, the military god of the Great Liang generation, who was opposed by the entire imperial court if it wasn't for the "Pingnan Chu Documents". made a generation of famous generals in their early thirties no longer have the opportunity to lead the army, and only served as a left squire in the court. There is one more strategist for the Great Liang, but there is one less commander for the entire Great Liang army.

There are few generals in Daliang who can be admired by Chen Geng, and Liu Ce is one of them. At that time, the imperial court had just decided that the four countries would attack, and Lin Xie led the Changfeng army to block Southern Chu was only a narrow victory. Liu Ce broke the Turkic 100,000 coalition army with 10,000 elite cavalry, and even broke the alliance for the first time in 20 years. The entire grassland tribe is far away from the border of Daliang, and only this battle brought ten years of peace to Daliang Beijing.

At the beginning, Liu Zhixing charged the 30,000 white-armored army with 500 cavalry, and seeing the white-clothed spearman on the battlefield was like seeing the young Liu Ce. Liu Zhixing, who is now leading the army, is absurd and uninhibited, and the thirteenth battalion is particularly peculiar in the entire Changfeng Army, and has inadvertently changed many of the military styles that have been stable since Lin Xie. Especially in the kamikaze camp that walked closely, the soldiers screamed one by one. The war horse under the crotch seems to be like a human leg, which is not much different from that of a veteran for many years.

Liu Zhi Shao Jiu was very happy to put it on Shao Jiu's shoulder, and Chen Geng said: "It's beautiful, the cavalry is not what the cavalry wants so many war horses for." Don't think too much about this matter, dare to use money to buy a horse whether you want to be locked up or beheaded. I don't know that it is a big crime to sell war horses, even if it is favored by His Majesty, it will not escape death. ”

smiled and said: "How is it possible to be handsome, the kid knows the severity." So I plan to go home after solving those things, and Liu Ce, as Lao Tzu, can't get some benefits for my son. Otherwise, as the son of the secretary of the military department, there is no benefit at all, and he is of no use. ”

Chen Geng was a little surprised, as if the military department was his Liu family. Chen Geng just smiled and didn't say much, thinking about Liu Ce's methods, it may not be impossible. Shook his head lightly and said, "Forget it, just don't do anything out of line." It's useless not to talk to you, it's time to go. ”

Liu Zhixing said behind him: "Congratulations to the handsome." ”

Seeing Chen Geng leaving, Shao Jiu was about to follow, Liu Zhixing grabbed him and said in a loud voice: "You can't go, no one can snatch you away if you are mine now." ”

Shao Jiu looked at Liu Zhixing helplessly, Chen Geng turned his head and said, "Even if it is for you, Shao Jiu has to pack up his things." But when I saw Liu Zhixing, I still didn't let me go. Shaking his head helplessly, Shao Jiu had no choice but to say that someone would send things over.

Watching Chen Geng leave with the team, Liu Zhixing didn't even look at a few truckloads of grain. kept looking at Shao Jiu, as if this person was much more precious than these truckloads of grain. Immediately pulled Shao Jiu towards the shooting range, and as for the food, someone had already appeared to pack it. Who said that the thirteenth battalion was empty, but everyone in the army knew that the thirteenth battalion had done a lot of great things, so the commander had to come and see it in person.

On the shooting range, Liu Zhixing directly handed a bow and said: "Shao Jiu asked me to see your archery skills, I had only seen it from afar, and I must open my eyes today." ”

Holding a longbow, he looked at the arrow target that was no more than a hundred paces, and pulled the bowstring casually and said, "This bow can shoot a hundred and fifty paces, and it can be farther." Liu Zhixing, as the commander of the first army, trotted and moved the arrow target. Only then did he put the arrow target at a position of one hundred and twenty steps, and suddenly an arrow came and hit the bull's-eye. dragged the arrow target with both hands before the other arrow hit again, Liu Zhixing was a little sweaty. Archery is superb, you should also think about me shooting arrows like this, if you can't shoot yourself, you will be scared to death.

Almost every ten steps taken by dragging the arrow target is an arrow. Put it in one hundred and fifty steps to exactly four arrows, and Liu Zhixing, who was sweating profusely, looked at the arrow target and actually only had one arrow. Each arrow squeezes out the other arrow and stabs it firmly at the target, and the last arrow penetrates exactly half of the target without falling. This is more difficult than piercing the target with an arrow, and can only be done by controlling the force of the bow to the extreme. looked at Shao Jiu from afar, and said lightly: "I found a treasure." ”

Holding a longbow and waiting for Liu Zhixing to approach, he said disdainfully: "Satisfied." ”

Liu Zhixing said excitedly: "Satisfied, very satisfied, the thirteenth battalion has you Shao Jiu is simply like a tiger with wings." I've heard that your most powerful weapon is a series of arrows, and you can fire up to a few swords in a row. ”

Gently pulling the longbow and said: "This kind of bow can't do one arrow, three stone bows can fire twelve arrows in a row, four stone bows and seven arrows, five stone bows and five arrows can barely do the same thing, and there will be no survivors within two hundred steps." After that, without three days of cultivation, you can't produce Lianzhu arrows again, and you can't afford Lianzhu arrows like this. With that, he tightened the bowstring, and the longbow snapped with a click.

Liu Zhixing, who watched it, was distressed, and admired Shao Jiu even more. It's the first time I've seen someone who can break a longbow when I've grown so big, and it's not something that ordinary people can do. said: "Shao Jiu, why are you pulling a good bow off, I don't know what is most lacking now." ”

Shao Jiu couldn't cry or laugh, Liu Zhixing's appearance was not pretending to be really distressed. actually snatched the longbow and personally untied the bowstring and put it in his arms, and it was the first time in so many years in the army that he saw a distressed general who had broken a bow. But I heard that Lin Zhong and Liu Zhixing have always been bold in spending a lot of money in Taiping City, and today they feel distressed for a longbow that is not very valuable.

Taking Shao Jiu's hand, he walked towards the camp tent and said, "No one is here today, so I invite you to have a drink first, and then we will have a banquet to welcome you when everyone comes back." ”

Shao Jiu stared at Liu Zhixing and was about to speak, but Liu Zhixing directly interrupted and said, "This is mine, I have the final say." Still unwilling, Liu Zhixing had no choice but to say: "It seems that you have been by the side of the marshal for too long, which general does not hide a few pots of good wine, and it is okay to get drunk today." ”

Only then did he walk to the camp, Shao Jiu suddenly asked, "General, what do you want so many horses for?" ”

Shao Jiu was pressed down and said: "Of course practice, in the future, everyone in the entire thirteenth battalion will ride horses." You said that each person had a spear and a horizontal sword, and how heroic he was on the battlefield in armor. Mounted and cavalry, dismounted as foot soldiers, with bows and crossbows between them, who met and died. Before rushing into battle, he was like a barbarian on the grassland, and he could always kill a few first. After I don't talk about it, I'll know that when Hanlin comes back, I'll teach you a few lessons. ”

A pot of wine was placed in front of him, and Liu Zhixing drank happily and was still persuading him to drink. Shao Jiu looked at the general's happy expression, as if he didn't care at all about the deliberate three arrows just now. picked up the wine jug and drank happily, feeling that Liu Zhixing seemed to be different from the rumored.