"Although Your Majesty promised to give us support for horses, armor, and weapons, but the specific number is not stated, we still don't know, whether these armaments are enough or not, we can't help but think about it first, Shanggu wants to develop cavalry, and make a perfect strategy, it is estimated that we will inevitably have to rely on our own strength, but fortunately, Your Majesty has also delegated some authority, and we will not be constrained if we do it. However, the last battle of the military camp lost 5,000 troops, these military forces to replenish, but can be used flexibly, but so many soldiers, to be trained, it is not an easy thing, all of this, each of which is very related, the next few days, but you and I are busy. After dispersing the generals, Li Guang left Qin Cheng alone and told him.

"There are 2,000 cavalry in the barracks, and those with excellent skills can be used as the basis for training new soldiers; as for war horses, armor, weapons, and other things, it depends on how many cavalry the general intends to develop, but the cavalry soldiers can be selected from the existing three or four thousand paces and chariots." Qin Cheng muttered, the cavalry in this period is the best in the army in terms of combat power, and those who meet the requirements of the chariot infantry can become cavalry, and after becoming a cavalry, if the training does not meet the requirements, they will be demoted to chariot infantry.

"It's nature." Li Guangdao, "As for the number of cavalry, the general thinks that since we are fighting the banner of vigorously developing cavalry this time, it is better to simply make it bigger and create a 10,000-strong iron cavalry!" ”

"Ten thousand iron riders?" Qin Cheng was taken aback, and said with a smile: "The general is really a big deal, if he can really cast a team of 10,000 iron cavalry, next time he will deal with the Huns, he will have enough confidence." It's just that the subordinates are worried that we won't be able to eat this 10,000-strong iron rider for the time being. ”

"I can't eat it for a while, are you afraid that I won't be able to eat it one bite at a time?" Li Guang's expression was firm, "The cavalry armament in the current military camp, in addition to the war horses, is not a problem to equip four or five thousand cavalry, plus Your Majesty's supply, it should be able to equip six or seven thousand, these six or seven thousand cavalry, plus three or four thousand cars of infantry in the barracks, is the temporary staffing of the military camp, and when the armament is complete in the future, the three thousand soldiers that Your Majesty has given grace will be supplemented, so that the Shanggu defenders will definitely be an iron army that makes the Huns fearful!" ”

In the end, Li Guang's expression became a little excited.

"The general's arrangement is naturally very appropriate, and his subordinates have no objections. However, how does the general plan to arrange the allocation of these three or four thousand infantry? Qin Cheng continued.

"Against the Hun cavalry, the number of heavy infantry is small, but it is useless, it will only increase casualties, I mean that as long as the heavy infantry stays enough to defend the city, there is no need to fight against the cavalry. The configuration of the infantry should also be appropriately reduced, and the number of chariots is not necessary, and I heard your words before, and the general also felt that the chariot could play a non-negligible role in defense. The remaining quota of troops can be equipped with a large number of longbow light infantry, so that there can be two or three thousand longbow light infantry, although these light infantry cannot run long distances, but in cooperation with the cavalry in the battle array impact and defense, the significance should not be underestimated. Li Guang said in a deep voice.

"The general has hills and valleys in his heart, and his subordinates don't need to say anything more." Qin Cheng said with admiration, "It's just that such a change can be described as earth-shaking, but there is no way back for us." ”

Li Guang waved his hand and said: "If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent, if you can destroy the Xiongnu and eradicate the trouble on the border of the Han Dynasty, you will not worry about your own life and death." After a pause, Li Guang said again: "There are thousands of things to do in cavalry training, and Qin Lang wants to complete all the affairs here, and the burden is not light. Although this general is said to lead the overall affairs of the arms reform, the cavalry has to be done by Qin Lang himself, and how Qin Lang's cavalry is trained directly determines the success or failure of our arms reform. ”

"Subordinates should do their best!" Qin Cheng hugged his fist.

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The steps of developing cavalry in Shanggu were finally about to begin, and Qin Cheng was a little excited in his heart. When I came to this era, honor and disgrace were closely linked to cavalry.

In the past few days, I have discussed a lot with the generals in the army, and the senior officials in the county town have also come into contact with each other, and they also have a general idea of the relevant matters related to the development of cavalry, and the steps have been basically determined. Roughly speaking, there are several main tasks in this period, one is to select those with excellent skills from the two thousand cavalry in the barracks to serve as temporary instructors for the next cavalry recruit training, Qin Cheng and Li Guang discussed and decided to draw 500 people from them, 500 people are not too much, but not too little, and the training of the first batch of recruits can probably be guaranteed at that time. The second is to select a part of the cavalry from three or four thousand rooks of infantry, and at that time the number of cavalry will be determined according to the specific situation, with 1,000 to 2,000 as the limit. There are only two criteria for selection, one is skill, and the other is age. The older ones are resolutely not used, and the restrictions on skills can be appropriately relaxed according to the age of the soldiers. The third is the recruitment of newly recruited soldiers, in which the proportion of cavalry selected will be larger, as long as the body is strong, the brain is not stupid, and the body is flexible, over time, you can become a qualified cavalry. Fourth, the requisition and transfer of war horses, armor, weapons and other armaments, which mainly depends on the allocation of the imperial court. Fifth, it's training. In terms of training, it is definitely necessary to train in batches, and there must be differences in the training of new and old soldiers.

On this day, Hussar Captain Qin Cheng officially took office and commanded the cavalry of the whole army. At present, the three cavalry captains in the barracks have all arrived at the hussar captain's tent and will be sent after listening. The three cavalry captains were Ji Zhu, Zhao Yu, and Ma Dashan. Ji Zhu Qincheng is naturally familiar, the two of them lived and died together on the battlefield last time, and they also have some friendship in private. Zhao Yu and Ma Dashan were both in Li Xisuo's department when they went on an expedition last time, so Qin Cheng couldn't see them, although it was not the first time they met today, but Qin Cheng didn't have any special impression of them.

"I'll see the hussar captain!" The three sturdy men entered the military tent of the hussar captain, and they all clasped their fists and saluted.

Qin Cheng sat behind the desk, and there were a few books on the desk, and at this time, Qin Cheng's right elbow was pillowed on his right knee, and his left hand was propped up on his left knee, looking at the three of them. After the three of them finished saluting, Qin Cheng was not pretentious, and said: "The three generals do not need to be restrained, the general has just taken office, and many affairs in the army are not well understood, and it is inevitable that there will be something inappropriate here, and I hope that the three generals will not hesitate to give advice, and the three generals have been in the camp for a longer time than the generals. You are the backbone of the cavalry in the army, the responsibility is not easier than this future, my Han border county has been harassed by the Huns for sixty or seventy years, which humiliation and hatred naturally needless to say, this general intends to work with the generals to strengthen my Han army and destroy the Huns, I don't know if you can agree with what this general said? ”

"We are willing to work with General Qin to forge an iron cavalry and destroy the Huns!" The three of them said one after another.

Qin Cheng nodded, and then said: "This general governs the army, and naturally there are rules of this general, which is nothing more than the word strict, but all military regulations, no matter who it is, this general will treat everyone equally." I naturally believe in your ability to govern the army, but there may be treacherous people in the army, or there are mistakes made for a while, and I hope you will be cautious. ”

"I don't have any doubts." What Qin Cheng said, it can basically be said to be nonsense, this is all common sense in the army, the three of them naturally have no doubts, these Qin Cheng naturally understand, seeing that everyone's faces are as usual, and they don't pay attention to it, so he said: "However, Sun Tzu has a saying: the restraint is unclear, the order is not familiar, and the crime will be punished; Those who have understood but do not know the law are guilty of the officials. Everyone, do you understand? ”

The three of them were all taken aback, and Fang Cai's relaxed expression was swept away, and they all said solemnly: "The last general understands!" ”

Speaking of Qin Cheng's quote from Sun Tzu, there is actually an allusion.

It is said that after Sun Tzu's Art of War was written, he went to see King Wu's house. Wu Wang Lu looked at his grandson's art of war and felt that it was not bad, so he asked his grandson to be an interview to train the command team, and his grandson naturally had no reason not to agree. It is said that there is nothing wrong with this, but this King Wu Lulu also asked his grandson to command his concubines and daughters to train in formation. After the grandson saw the 180 palace maids brought by the two extremely favored concubines of the house, he didn't say much, and directly divided the 180 people into two teams, and let the two concubines serve as captains. After the appointment, Sun Tzu began to practice, and then the highlight came, Sun Tzu first asked everyone to pick up the halberd, and then gave them three orders to declare the next actions to be performed, and arranged the sword and axe hand who carried out military law next to him, and these beauties also cooperated at this time, and they promised one after another. Then, the grandson began to give an order with confidence, but as everyone knows, when he gave the order, the one hundred and eighty palace maids below laughed and ignored him at all. The grandson was stunned, and said: "The restraint is unclear, the order is not familiar, and it will be a crime!" So he gave the military order again, and then issued the order again, not surprisingly, this time these beauties were still laughing, perfect and did not look like they wanted to carry out Sun Tzu's military order, and then Sun Tzu said: "The restraint is unclear, the order is not familiar, and the crime is also guilty; Those who have understood but do not know the law are guilty of the officials. Then despite King Wu's opposition, the two concubines of the family were beheaded in public. Later, when the grandson gave the order again, the beauties below all obeyed the order.

When Qin Cheng talks about this today, he also means this. Qin Cheng naturally knows that the army is not very pure, and there are also human relationships, but if Qin Cheng wants to build an iron army, he must first strictly order military regulations, and the army will not have iron discipline, so there will be no tenacious combat effectiveness, and Qin Cheng wants to build an army with iron discipline, first of all, it must build a team of leaders with iron discipline, and the army can be trained in the end. In the big picture, this is for the needs of the Han army to defeat the Xiongnu, and in a small way, this is also the foundation of Qincheng's life, and there is no room for sloppiness.

"Among the generals, General Ji Zhu will be familiar with it, General Zhao and General Ma will not be familiar with it, in the future, we will get along with each other day by day in order to build an iron cavalry for the Han army, and we will be familiar with each other, many things, and if we do it again, we will understand more." Qin Cheng knew that his words might not have much effect, but the alarm bell must be sounded, and in the future, everyone will naturally have a time to slowly "get acquainted". "In that case, General Ji will first talk about the situation of your department."

"No!" Ji Zhu hugged his fists and responded, among the three, he was the most familiar with Qin Cheng, and he also knew Qin Cheng's ability best, so his attitude was also the best, at this time Qin Cheng asked him to speak first, so he said truthfully: "General Qin, after the last battle, there are only twenty-three people left in a thousand troops, of which 18 can continue to serve in the barracks, although the number of our department is small, but all of them are elite, everyone heard that they want to train new soldiers, and they all ask to become temporary instructors, and the last general will definitely approve General Qin!" ”

Qin Cheng nodded solemnly, and said: "In the last battle, General Ji's department sacrificed a lot to protect the infantry brothers, if it weren't for the last battle of your generals and soldiers, I'm afraid we would have died in the gourd's belly, General Ji's department, there is already such a merit, this time, I want to make another contribution to the army, this time there is absolutely no reason not to allow it, this time to train new soldiers, General Ji's department, all of them are filled into the head of the sect!" ”

"General Xie Qin!" Ji Zhu clenched his fists hard and said.

Ji Zhu's remaining eighteen horsemen basically witnessed the process of Qin Cheng from beheading the Marquis of Zuo Gu to fighting King Zuoxian, and he lived and died with Qin Cheng, Qin Cheng's prestige in the hearts of these people is also the greatest in the army, and these people will naturally work hardest when they carry out Qin Cheng's orders. Therefore, Qin Cheng did not hesitate to fill them into the sect head, not only that, but in the future, Qin Cheng would also turn them into the skeleton of the iron cavalry of the entire Shanggu military camp, making them the core force of the army!

"General Zhao?" Qin Cheng continued to ask.

"According to General Qin's previous instructions, the headquarters has selected 250 cavalry, most of which are officers, and this training of recruits can be useful!" Zhao Yu hugged his fist.

Qin Cheng nodded, didn't say much, and turned to Ma Dashan, "What about General Ma?" ”

"The situation of the last general's department is basically the same as that of General Zhao, and most of the officers are also transferred to train recruits!" Mardashan Road.

Qin Cheng nodded again, but he didn't rush to comment, but said slowly: "The transfer of officers can naturally improve the strength level of the sect leader, but I don't know if the two generals have ever thought that most of the officers in the army have been transferred, if the Huns attack, how should we deal with it?" ”

"It's easy!" Ma Dashan has a big temperament, and he came as soon as he opened his mouth, "If the Huns dare to come, I will temporarily transfer these officers back!" After speaking, he looked at Qin Cheng quite proudly, which meant that he hoped to get Qin Cheng's affirmation.

Qin Cheng smiled slightly and asked Zhao Yu, "What does General Zhao think?" ”

Zhao Yu groaned slightly, and then said: "It seems inappropriate to transfer back the head officer of the sect during the war. ”

"Oh? What's wrong? Qin Cheng asked.

"It is too troublesome to transfer officers back, and the situation on the battlefield changes in an instant, and it is not appropriate if the army cannot hear the enemy and move." Zhao Yu said.

Qin Cheng nodded again, looked at Zhao Yu and said, "General Zhao can finish everything at once." ”

"No!" Zhao Yu showed a contemplative look and said: "Moreover, the officer has been separated from the old army for a long time, and he has returned from the battle, and he is afraid that it is also a little inconvenient to command and dispatch, so I have to consider this situation." ”

Qin Cheng saw that Zhao Yu finished speaking, so he asked Ma Dashan: "What does General Ma think of what General Zhao said?" ”

Ma Dashan's face turned red, and he clenched his fists and said: "It's the last general who is not thoughtful, and the general doesn't want to laugh at the last general." ”

"Ben won't laugh at any of you, or anyone in the army." Qin Cheng Zhengse said, "You are all the backbone of the army, and you must think carefully when you are about it, and the general does not want to explain the truth, but you are not only carrying a thousand lives, but if you are at a loss, it may lead to the defeat of the whole army." This general is not alarmist, the last time with the Xiongnu war, you can recall what the general did, if there is a little negligence, the defenders of our Qiansang City will lose the main general, and the heavy will cease to exist. ”

Ma Dashan was even more ashamed when Qin Cheng said this, even though he was unconvinced in his heart, but Qin Cheng couldn't find the slightest flaw in his words, and the truth of every word could not allow him not to be ashamed.

Qin Cheng naturally didn't pay attention to Ma Dashan's change in demeanor at this time, and continued: "What General Zhao said is all true. Therefore, the person who is the head of the sect can be an officer, but not a chief officer, so it will not affect the dispatch of the army in battle. ”

Qin Cheng still has a word that has not been spoken, these non-official officers, after the training of new recruits is completed, they will stay in the recruits to serve as regular officers at all levels, so that on the one hand, they can increase the combat effectiveness of the army, on the other hand, those officers have received Qin Cheng's favor, and it is also more convenient for Qin Cheng to command, and they will not hesitate to give orders.

"The Huns were defeated by us this time, maybe they won't dare to invade for a few years, is it superfluous for General Qin to worry?" Ma Dashankou was straightforward, Qin Cheng asked them to rearrange the matter of the head of the sect, which made him very unhappy, if Qin Cheng had arranged it like this from the beginning, he would not have said anything, but Qin Cheng obviously had this idea, but he didn't explain it in advance, and he had to wait until they selected someone to deny it, so Ma Dashan couldn't help but complain.

It's no wonder that Qin Cheng, after all, Qin Cheng is not very familiar with specific military affairs and has no experience, these are also things he just thought, but this makes Ma Dashan unhappy.

"For the general, don't think about winning, think about defeat first! Does General Ma want to wait for the Huns to burn down the villages of our Han people before dealing with them? Qin Cheng scolded, not at all emotional, "Besides, these Huns are defeated, and they must be unwilling in their hearts, they can avenge the siege of Mayi, and General Ma knows that the Huns will not avenge the defeat last time?" ”

"......" Ma Dashan was deflated again, and he was extremely embarrassed for a while, but he couldn't refute it, so he had to say stupidly: "The last general will lose his words."