On the first day of September in the autumn of the first year of Yanhe, Liu Jin finally returned to Xinfeng from Chang'an City.

He came back with a jaw-dropping convoy!

At least 400 Wugang cars, stretching into a long dragon, the dust raised is still clearly visible thirty miles away!

The so-called Wugang chariot is actually a chariot based on the chariot of the Warring States Period and was magically modified according to the military needs of the Han Dynasty.

It is a heavy truck of the Han army before the Western Yuan Dynasty, and it is the standard configuration of the Han cavalry unit.

Under normal circumstances, the cavalry units of the Han army will be equipped with a convoy of Wugang vehicles to follow the action.

Twenty-three years ago, in the Han-Hungarian strategic decisive battle that decided the fate of East Asia, Wu Gangche played an important role.

Wei Qing's department, in front of the main force of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, used nearly a thousand Wugang cars to form a ring, and almost didn't ask the Xiongnu Yin Zhi at that time: Can you recognize this formation?

The Hun cavalry, who did not recognize this formation, pretended to be bloody in front of the fortress of Wugangche.

The main force of the royal court alone did not fight in a battle.

Just to be spared, everything else was lost.

Even the heirloom of the Xiongnu royal court passed down from generation to generation, the golden crown alone was also seized by Wei Qing.

Shan Yu's Yan, aunt, nephew and other dozens of high-level Xiongnu nobles were captured.

What's more, Wei Qing also took the opportunity to smash Zhao Xincheng and burned the strategic reserves that the Huns had saved through hard work in Mobei.

In the following twenty-three years, the Wugang car continued to be an important auxiliary equipment for the cavalry of the Han army.

When Li Guangli went on an expedition to Dawan, the Han army sent thousands of Wugang chariots to follow the battle.

And the reason why the Han army is so trusting and obsessed with Wugang cars.

The main reason is that this kind of chariot is the most suitable equipment for the strategic and tactical needs of the Han Dynasty.

First of all, it is not slow, and it is very suitable for action in open and flat grasslands.

Secondly, its body is large enough for very agile performance.

The Han army used it to transport various supplies such as grain, grass, ordnance, and medicinal materials.

Even, directly used as an armored vehicle for troop carriers.

In the era of Wei Qinghuo's illness, the Han army relied on a large number of Wugang vehicles, transported a large number of foot soldiers, followed the cavalry to fight, and hammered the heads of the Huns!

After all, before that, the Huns had never thought that the cavalry war would be fought, and suddenly a whole strong crossbow army with powerful firepower suddenly appeared, and even a whole group of heavy infantry with neat steps and large shields appeared.

This is simply a nightmare for the Huns!

Because, the infantry that suddenly came out of the slaughter could immediately disrupt all the plans of the Huns before the start of the battle!

It even gave great damage to the Hun cavalry!

Don't think that the infantry is inherently defeated by cavalry.

In fact, in addition to relying on the defense of fortresses, in field battles, a pure cavalry unit and a unit with a large number of infantry fighting in concert are fought, as long as there are no fatal mistakes in the decisions of both sides, and the combat effectiveness is not crushed by the enemy.

Then, it must be the cavalry who is defeated!

Because, the side that has infantry fighting together has the opportunity to make mistakes and has more options.

And the side without infantry, except for retreating, could not in fact have a chance to defeat its own opponent.

In the long history of China, the Central Plains Dynasty has used troops against the northern grasslands, and each time it has carried a large number of infantry to follow the battle.

This is true of both Han and Tang!

In the decisive battle of Mobei, the reason why the Xiongnu were annihilated by the main force alone was that its main force collided with Wei Qing's Wugang car formation, and then was shot into a hornet's nest by the bows and crossbows of tens of thousands of Han infantry.

The real cavalry decisive battle did not actually take place on the battlefield on Wei Qing's side.

Wei Qing's cavalry did only two things in the whole battle.

The first was to protect the two wings of the infantry phalanx in the Wugang car to prevent the Hun cavalry from breaking through the flanks.

Second, when the Huns fled, chase them and cut their butts.

In this battle, the losses of Wei Qing's department were minimal.

And the Huns paid the price of the annihilation of the entire elite army of the royal court, and the Han army cut off 19,000 Xiongnu heads on the battlefield alone.

All of them are young and strong men from the Hun royal court.

The Hun cavalry who died of serious wounds or died of thirst and starvation after escaping was at least twice that number!

And at this moment, these martial arts cars that appeared in Zhang Yue's sight let Zhang Yue know why the Ministry of Health and Youth was able to achieve such brilliant results back then!

Because......

These Wugang cars are simply armored vehicles before the Common Era!

Their bodies are huge, at least three meters long and almost two meters wide!

On all sides, the carriage was nailed with thick wooden planks and covered with cowhide.

On the carriages on both sides, there were several shooting holes.

It is conservatively estimated that a Wugang car can accommodate four shooters to shoot in it.

The bronze arrows of the Huns, let alone shooting through this kind of armor, I am afraid that even cowhide will not be able to penetrate it.

If there were thousands of archers behind the Wugang car and a pile of infantry, the Huns would not be able to break through such a formation even if they rushed to death.

Not to mention, Wei Qing still put down a circular formation.

The natural enemy of the cavalry!

Napoleon's cuirassiers, who failed to break through the ring of British GIs even when they rushed to Waterloo to vomit blood, are proof of this!

Looking at these Wugang cars, Zhang Yue's mind suddenly opened up.

If the heavy-duty four-wheeled carriage technology of the later European continent is brought out and put on the Wugang car......

The combat effectiveness of the Han army may be improved by several notches in a few ways!

Thinking about this in his heart, in the distance, Liu Jin's carriage had already driven closer.

Zhang Yue hurriedly took all the officials and stepped forward to salute: "The ministers welcome His Highness back!" ”

"Gu'an......" Liu Jin lifted the curtain, stepped down from the carriage, helped Zhang Yue up, and said to the others: "Qing and others are exempt from courtesy......"

Then he turned his head and looked at Zhang Yue, showing off with a smile on his face: "Do you know how much ordnance Gu brought back this time?" ”

Without waiting for Zhang Yue to answer, he said: "There are more than 700 sets of armor, 3,000 bows and crossbows, 3,000 swords each, and more than 1,000 halberds!" ”

Zhang Yue gasped when he heard this, looked at Liu Jin with some concern, and asked, "Your Highness, will it be ...... to transfer so many weapons at one time?"

"It's fine!" Liu Jin said: "This is the will of His Majesty the Imperial Grandfather!" ”

"When the emperor's grandfather heard that Zhang Qing wanted to train in Xinfeng winter, he specially asked Gu to go to the arsenal to transfer these ordnance to Xinfeng ......"

He took out a piece of white paper rolled together from his arms, handed it to Zhang Yue, and said, "This is the dictation from His Majesty the Imperial Grandfather to Qing......

Zhang Yue hurriedly knelt down and bowed: "Respectfully accept the holy order!" ”

Then I took the blank piece of paper, opened it and looked at it, and saw that it was written: I heard that the eldest grandson Jin said: Qing wants to train the people of Xinfeng in winter, and I am very happy! In the past, the soldiers were waiting for the training of the fine willows, Taizong looked at it, and sighed: Woohoo! This is a true general, too!

It's with Qing Qing!

After Zhang Yue finished reading it, his palms were a little sweaty.

The meaning of the Son of Heaven is clearly to tell him - if you want to train soldiers, you can!

I can meet your conditions, but ...... I want an elite army like the Willow Battalion!

Can it be done?

This made Zhang Yue really happy and worried.

Happily, the Son of Heaven opened this mouth, and he might be able to take the opportunity to pull up a new army in Xinfeng.

Perhaps, you can also hang the title of captain or captain.

But that's what worries me too.

When today's son is famously happy and has a big appetite.

He named a 'fine willow battalion', and if Zhang Yue finally handed over the answer, it was a waste snack like the Bashang Army and the Thorn Gate Army, which was 'if it was a child's play, it could be attacked and captured'.

Then he will probably be wanted to lead the troops into battle in the future.

Maybe you may even become a civil servant for the rest of your life.

Zhang Yue doesn't want this!

The civil official in today's Han family is the angry daughter-in-law!

Not only can he not be prestigious, but he also has to suffer from both ends.

How can there be a high position and power in the future of martial arts?

Not to mention, Zhang Yue can't be an honest civil official at all.

The Han family is not the Song and Ming dynasties, and they don't talk about everything, but they are only well-read, on the contrary, in the Han family, the real powerful people have always emerged from the army.

Even if they are corrupt officials, corrupt officials with military merits and corrupt officials without military merits are two kinds of creatures.

The former, as long as he doesn't die, if he dies, he will be punished with three glasses of wine, and he will not be an example.

Once the latter is caught, it will at least go to Juyan to cultivate the earth.

"It seems that this time we have to be serious!" Zhang Yue thought in his heart: "I must show my real ability!" ”

Fortunately, he has not been idle these days.

I went back to a lot of military books I had read, and read a large number of newspapers and manuscripts of contemporary famous generals in Lantai.

We are almost sure about how to train and how to train our troops.

The only problem is......

How much time can the Son of Heaven give him?

"Four months at most, right?" Zhang Yue guessed in his heart, this is also a more realistic thing.

Four months later, spring returns to the earth, and according to tradition, the emperor of the Han family will worship heaven and earth in the suburbs, and it is very possible to take a trip to Xinfeng to see the results.

Four months to train an elite soldier comparable to the fine willow battalion?

Zhang Yue felt Alexander.

Elite soldiers are not trained in a day, and they cannot be built in a few months.

The real elite soldiers and strong soldiers need countless hours of polishing and tempering before they can form combat effectiveness.

In particular, the elite troops in the era of cold weapons are indispensable in terms of discipline, technique and tactics, coordination, courage, and strength.

So......

It is necessary to find a way to train a unit that looks at least glamorous on the outside within four months.

I can think of a way to do this.

But......

Where does military spending come from?

Xinfeng County itself, of course, has county soldiers.

In fact, in the Han system, any county and county government has an army.

Under the name of the county lieutenant of Xinfeng County, there is a nominal county soldier formation.

It's just that......

The establishment of this county soldier has long existed in name only.

The soldiers who are now registered, only three or two kittens, act as a façade and exist in name.

The rest of the soldiers, the ghost knows where they are.

Zhang Yue once planned to fill the compilation of this song, but gave up after weighing the benefits and losses.

Because, I can't afford it!

I really can't afford it!