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In the ten days after Yang Guang withdrew his troops, although it rained a few times on the way, the people and craftsmen in the entire camp were mobilized by Yuming and began to train and build weapons. In particular, the transformation of the Modao that Yuming focused on was listed as a high secret, and in terms of material supply, he was given a key guarantee.

And during this time, Yu Ming took a turn in the camp, and he also clearly felt the panic mentality of everyone in the camp.

This is also very normal, the emperor led the main army to withdraw, leaving 10,000 people behind. However, the enemy army numbered more than 100,000 people, and most of them were cavalry. Although Yuming has also expanded by 100,000 people. But for these 100,000 people's troops, neither he nor the officers at all levels thought that they could be of much use.

If we can have half a year of reorganized training, perhaps these 100,000 people will be able to organize and train into a qualified unit. But in this kind of situation where the enemy may attack at any time, the greatest success is that the Minfu army does not cause chaos.

Therefore, Yu Ming also made a decision in his heart. In preparing for this training of the Minfu Army, the various armies will only focus on training the most elite troops of 1,000 to 5,000, with the highest understanding, and the easiest to form combat effectiveness. He didn't plan to spend much time training for the rest of the people.

This is because: first, because of the large number of people, he does not have so much time to train; Second, there are no more than 10,000 troops in the entire battalion who really have good fighting qualities, and it is unrealistic to use them as instructors to train 100,000 people at once.

However, for the carefully selected Mo Dao Army, Yu Ming devoted all his energy and focused on training. He knows very well that there are not many soldiers, but the essence is good. Now he has weapons and equipment, and some people have food, but he just doesn't have time. He must train a combatant army in a short period of time. Not to mention the immediate destruction of Goryeo, at least the Goryeo army must not dare to invade themselves, so that they can talk about gaining a foothold in Liaodong.

After going around the entire camp and appeasing those anxious people, Yuming was still quite satisfied. Although these people are still a little flustered, they are still relatively hard working during training, and they do not find any laziness. Of course, this is also not unrelated to the leather whips and military sticks of Wei Chi Jingde, Cheng Yanjin, Luo Shixin and others.

After returning to the camp, we rested for the night. Early the next morning, Yu Ming summoned the generals of the army to the big tent for a meeting.

And these subordinates, who have just become the commanders of the first army, are also trying to report the current situation to him.

First of all, Shi Du Ruhui, commander of the army, made a general report on the current situation of the army's reorganization and training.

He bowed and saluted: "Marshal, now that the recruitment of recruits for our army has been completed, all 100,000 soldiers have been conscripted into the army, and the officers of all battalions, regiments, teams, and groups have also been put in place. According to the marshal's orders, I first selected all the good riders in the camp. Incorporate it into the Rangers' Army. ”

"There are more than 10,000 of these people in total. Among these people, after some careful selection, I selected the most capable 1,000 people, organized them into a scout battalion, and appointed the regimental commander of the former scout battalion of the Zuoling Guard Army as the brigade commander. ”

"Of the remaining seventeen thousand, I have organized the remaining sixteen thousand into four light cavalry battalions, each of four thousand. handed over to Lin Mo, the commander of the Youyi Army. Prepare to train them into cavalry. ”

"Now there are enough weapons and armor in the army, but there is a big shortage of horses, except for the horses in the scout battalion, which are fully secured, only one-half of the other four light cavalry battalions have war horses. Therefore, if they wanted to train in cavalry, they had to take turns. Although training has already begun, and these people are good at riding horses, it is impossible to become qualified cavalrymen in the short term and enter battle. Du Ruhui reported.

Yu Ming nodded and said, "It's okay to be obscure!" Mo's guerrilla army, originally established at the beginning of its positioning, was mainly based on scouts and cavalry. Cavalry was far more complex than infantry. So, I don't plan on getting the game army into actual combat anytime soon. Their greater role was to provide reinforcement for the cavalry casualties of the Zuoling Guard. When the situation calms down later, I'll find a way to get you horses......"

After a pause, he said: "Because it is difficult to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time. Therefore, we must train earlier, even if we can't let the soldiers go into battle now, but at the critical moment, it is still feasible to have such tens of thousands of horses rushing to the battlefield to fill the scene, and even shouting and charging the enemy formation. ”

"However, although we will not need them for the time being, we must not rest up and train this cavalry with all our might. We fought in Liaodong, and the enemies we faced were mostly nomads from the vicinity, except for the Goryeo army. The other side is almost all cavalry. And if we want to completely defeat the enemy, we must also build a strong cavalry force. Although the Left Ling Guard had 10,000 cavalry. But when it comes to combat, there will inevitably be some casualties. When the time comes, your Ranger Cavalry will be our replenishment. ”

"In my opinion, in the future, if the Zuoling Guards want to replenish new soldiers, they will all be replenished from the five armies that have been trained: Youyi, Shengjie, Tabai, Fengfeng, and Breaking the enemy. If there is a shortage in the newly established Fifth Army, a suitable person will be selected from among the people to supplement it. We must not directly let the Zuo Ling Guards supplement from the people, we must always ensure the strong combat effectiveness of the Zuo Ling Guards. Now they are the foundation of the Liaodong camp, and there is absolutely no room for error! ”

"Yes! We must take to heart what the marshal said! The generals and staff in the battalion were in awe. Originally, some people were a little unconvinced by Yu Ming because he was young. Seeing that he planned the echelon construction of the camp army so well, he couldn't help but be convinced.

At this time, Du Ruhui continued to report: "According to the previous order of the marshal, after we handed over the people who were good at riding to the guerrilla army, we selected all the people who were good at shooting in the camp. All those who could pull the infantry stone longbow and had good archery skills were all recruited into the two armies of Xuanfeng and Tabai. Most of the people who were left behind in this camp were from Shandong, Henan, Hebei, and Hedong. And the people in these places are already relatively tough, and the local atmosphere is still martial. Some of them are still from Orion. We preliminarily selected more than 10,000 men, and according to the instructions of the marshal, we formed five longbow battalions of two thousand men each, each of whom was the best at archery. And the rest of the 20,000 people, we organized them into seven crossbow battalions, each with a thousand people. ”

After Yu Ming heard this, he also nodded again and again. He also knew that the longbow had a long range and strong penetration. However, the rate of fire is slow, and the strength of the archers is required to be large enough, and the archers' archery skills are also required.

Crossbows, on the other hand, require less strength and accuracy from the archer, and have a fast rate of fire, but they have a very short range and can only be effective when the enemy is close. However, if the archer gets close to the enemy, it will be very dangerous. Therefore, using a longbowman with a crossbow archer is the best way to defend against the enemy with a bow and arrow.

Du Ruhui then said: "It is indeed difficult for the people we have only recruited now to train into the army in a short period of time. But the subordinates believe that there is no way to do it. Now that we are in Liaodong, there may be a battle at any time, and the 10,000 horses of Zuo Lingwei's army alone are undoubtedly water without a source, and one less to die is not a long-term plan after all. ”

"We don't have much time to train this batch of recruits, and most of these recruits are farmers who have not experienced battlefield battles. Therefore, it is imperative to strengthen the crossbow troops. Close combat with the enemy, that is the weakness of the recruits, they don't say that they can't beat the enemy, even if the enemy is close, I am afraid that they will run away in fear. ”

"But if they were allowed to pick up their bows and shoot at the enemy at a distance, it would have a much less impact on the recruits. Now we have a lot of arrows left in our camp, and we are not afraid of a lack of arrows, and this is our advantage...... Therefore, the subordinates believe that we should make use of our strengths and avoid weaknesses, and use our advantages in weapons, bows and arrows to make up for the shortcomings of our soldiers in training. ”

Yu Ming was also very impressed when he heard it, and he gave a thumbs up and praised: "Ruhui, I really didn't misunderstand you!" You're so talented. Leaving this conscription to you really saves us all a lot of heart. In particular, you can coordinate the relationship between the various armies, and use the talents of these transferred officers to the best of their ability. That's a pretty good job. ”

After that, he turned his head to Qin Qiong and asked, "Shubao, how did I ask you to expand the Modao Battalion to a thousand people?" ”

When Qin Qiong heard Yu Ming call him, he hurriedly stood up, clasped his hands into fists and said, "Marshal, the last general has recruited two thousand more people according to the order of the marshal. After hearing that they could get five copper coins, and that the food standard was the same as that of the elite troops of Zuo Ling's guard, they rushed to sign up. If it weren't for the fact that the marshal asked for only 2,000 additional recruits, and the physical fitness requirements were very high. It is estimated that 20,000 people can be recruited. ”

For this newly established Modao battalion, Yu Ming also attaches great importance to it, although a strong heavy infantry cannot be trained overnight. Not to mention the Modao team, which is far beyond the average heavy infantry.

However, such a powerful Modao battalion made him very excited, as long as he thought about the Modao army that had been recorded in the history books and made great achievements for the Tang Dynasty to sweep the Quartet, he only felt blood surging in his heart.

Now, although he doesn't have a Mo knife or a Mo knife battle method, he drew a simple drawing according to the style of the Mo knife he had seen in his memory, and handed it to the blacksmith to try to make it according to the experience of making a horse sword. As for the stabbing moves used in combat after the Mo knife was manufactured, it would be necessary for the generals in the army to study it.

However, Yu Ming believes that as long as he is willing to invest manpower, material and financial resources in systematic research, then he will definitely be able to study Modao decades in advance and include it in the army for implementation. And the Modao Battalion will definitely bring him rich rewards in the future battles.

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