"My subordinates would like to hear about it!" Li Yunshui played with the lid of the cup in his hand, he didn't believe that Li Zicheng could come up with a way to deal with the Mongolian cavalry.

"The west of Xining is the West Sea (now Qinghai Lake), the Mongols did not have warships, it was impossible to cross the sea, they invaded Xining, they could only follow the mountains on the north and south sides of the West Sea, where canyons, mountains, rivers are dense, the cavalry can never be as fast as the grassland, without speed, the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian cavalry will be greatly reduced."

Li Zicheng is not familiar with the topographic map of this area for the time being, and after going to Xining, according to the marching map and the actual investigation, he can put them in his mind, but Li Zicheng knows that the reason why "Xining" gets its name is that the imperial court hopes that "the west is peaceful", and this area is the eastern foot of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the terrain will never be flat.

Liu Yunshui is just a bun, he doesn't know a single big character, and he has never been out of Ganzhou, will he know the terrain near Xining? Li Zicheng is not worried that his half bucket of water will be pierced by him.

"My lord, will the Mongol cavalry really be subject to the terrain? Xiningwei has at least 5,000 soldiers, if this is the case, why did they ask Ganzhou for help? ”

Hearing the first half of the sentence, Li Zicheng was secretly happy, this Liu Yunshui is really geographically blind, but the problem behind him is to the point, and even Xiningwei can't solve the problem, how can these more than 100 new troops solve it?

"Yunshui, each officer may have a different way of dealing with the enemy, but Xiningwei's request for help from the imperial court and Ganzhou shows that they blocked the invading Mongolian cavalry," Li Zicheng smiled slightly, looking quite relaxed, he used reverse analysis, Xiningwei's request for help was a sign of their success, "Although I don't know what method they used, I can figure out that they must have also taken advantage of the mountainous terrain, and the Mongolian cavalry could not carry out large-scale attacks." ”

"This ......" Liu Yunshui still wanted to refute, but he couldn't find the right words for a while.

"Yunshui rest assured, Xiningwei only fought against the Mongols for a long time, and the casualties could not afford to consume, so he asked the imperial court and Ganzhou for help."

"My lord, my subordinates have some understanding," Li Guo, who had been silent, interjected at this time, with a look of sudden realization, "Take advantage of the terrain, ambush the Mongols, and then poke them with spears, no wonder your lord has always asked the soldiers to fight together, and also use spears." ”

"Shuangxi can think like this, it's really gratifying," Li Zicheng gave Li Guo a thumbs up, glanced at Liu Yunshui from the corner of his eye, and compared the two sides, "The spear is an important means to defeat the enemy's cavalry, if you use a short knife, you haven't got close yet, I'm afraid that the Mongolian cavalry will be scattered, and you can't even cut the legs of the horse, let alone people." ”

Liu Yunshui's questioning this time was mostly in the nature of a reproach, that is, to let Li Zicheng nip all the problems in the bud, which was impossible, Li Zicheng had never fought against the Mongols, all the ideas were just from the experience of later generations, plus his very limited understanding of the Mongols, Liu Yunshui's words just gave him the opportunity to play on the topic.

"In addition to the spear, there is also a numerical advantage," Li Zicheng paused, and continued: "The Mongol soldiers are not many in number, so we managed to introduce them into the mountains, and then use the absolute superiority in numbers to use the spears to eliminate them one by one, and consume the living strength of the Mongols. ”

The corners of Liu Yunshui's eyes suddenly turned up, and Li Zicheng's words gave him a breath of hope, "How do you know that there are not many Mongolian soldiers?" In the event of a large-scale invasion by the Mongol cavalry, how will we respond, my lord, this is a soldier but my brother! ”

Ma skimming, blowing too much, let Liu Yunshui seize the loophole, too many words will be lost, "These soldiers are also my brothers," Li Zicheng could only desperately remedy, he took a sip of tea and adjusted his thinking, "If the Mongolian soldiers really have thousands of troops, Yunshui thinks, with the strength of our hundreds of people, how long can we resist?" Not to mention our recruits, even the entire Xiningwei, I'm afraid we won't be able to resist for a few months, right? ”

"My lord, if the Mongols come and there are thousands of troops, how will we deal with the enemy?" Probably feeling that his words were a bit excessive, Liu Yunshui added: "It is unlikely that the Mongols really came with thousands of troops, and the subordinates said that in case, the adults should think about the lives of their brothers!" ”

"Yunshui, you also said that this is unlikely," Li Zicheng was a little annoyed, this was obviously nonsense, but there was no change on his face, "The so-called war, we have to make some predictions before the war, and the real decision needs to be made on the battlefield, I am now thousands of miles away, will the Mongols send us to death according to our ideas?" Everything, we can't know until we go to Xining, besides, whether Xiningwei will let us directly confront the Mongols, I don't know yet, we still want to train soldiers for the time being. ”

Liu Yunshui also didn't know the art of war, and all his questions were just to make things difficult for Li Zicheng, and seeing that Li Zicheng was right, he had no interest in continuing to ask.

In the next two days, these recruits began to carry out coordinated training as Li Zicheng planned, that is, to treat each small flag as a neat one, and train them to "five people in one" and "ten people in one" tactics.

On the afternoon before the recruits left for Xining, the kingdom really sent military supplies, but he himself was not present, and it was Ning Dapeng, the quartermaster of the Ganzhou Left Guard, who transported the supplies.

But when receiving the supplies, Li Zicheng was dumbfounded, as if he had poured a scoop of cold water on his head in three or nine days.

There is no bow and arrow, this is still secondary, and the left guard of Ganzhou also has a reason, the recruits have not trained archery, and it is useless to ask for bows and arrows, and there is no time to train bows when they go to Xining.

But all the spears are the kind used in later training, a wooden stick, with an iron spear head in front, if you really go to the battlefield, you can cut off four or five spears with a single knife, and the spears are only eighty shots, and the number is not enough.

Li Zicheng refused to sign the bill of munitions, but his eyes were fixed on Ning Dapeng, "Lord Ning, what about more than 20 spears?" My soldiers are going to battle against the Mongols, how can these white guns defeat the fierce Mongol cavalry? ”

Ning Dapeng crossed his hands on his hips, put one foot on the carriage, his face was flushed, and his eyes seemed to be looking at aliens, "Li Zicheng, are you a recruit?" Ao, I forgot, you are indeed a recruit, although you are a hundred households, but the time of enlistment is only two months, this time it is the general who has greeted him, otherwise, you inquire, who has received more than fifty percent of the military supplies? Do you want it, don't pull it down, the brothers don't have to work hard to move it up and down, let's take this with us, go back! ”

Ma Youshui walked behind Li Zicheng and said softly, "My lord......"

Li Zicheng suddenly came to his senses, it turned out that this was the practice in the army, that is, the unspoken rules, he was a hundred households, what right did he have to break the convention? Thinking of this, he hurriedly bent down and said with a grim face: "Lord Ning, the villain is indeed a recruit, and the rules in the army, the villain really doesn't understand, don't blame the adult!" ”

Ning Dapeng's face softened a little, "Even if you know each other, Li Zicheng, for the sake of Lord Wang, I have given you eighty percent of the spears, you should be thankful, in addition, I will not take back the spears you usually train, the right should be supplemented, and I can't let the brothers deal with the Mongols empty-handed," and pointed to the quartermaster, "Lord Li, sign, the delivery is completed early, and we can go back to pay the errand." ”

Li Zicheng can't do it, he doesn't have a # scene in Ganzhou, he really wants to make trouble, destroying the harmony in Ganzhou, I'm afraid that I can't even get this number, so I have to endure my anger and sign the quartermaster list, saying that he has received a full amount of spears, just plus the wooden sticks used for training, this recruit is a white pole soldier.

There are quite a few pieces of armor, but except for three pairs of Mingguang armor, the rest are all leather armor.

"Lord Ning, can this leather armor withstand the bows and arrows of the Mongols?"

Ning Dapeng glared, "Li Zicheng, you inquire, in the entire Ganzhou Left Guard, which army is all equipped with Mingguang armor?" In a word, do you want it? After speaking, he muttered again: "Grandma doesn't care for the new army that my uncle doesn't love, and there are so many requirements?" If it weren't for Lord Wang, these leather armors would only be fifty percent. ”

Li Zicheng picked up leather armor, most of them were inferior pigskins, sheepskins, and very few cowhides, he had to argue a few words, and it was useless to think about it, so he had to sign the corresponding military bill.

In addition to a small amount of flatbread, that is, fried wheat, the dry food is packed in cloth bags one by one, the quantity is quite a lot, but the amount is indescribable, Ning Dapeng repeatedly vouched for his personality, and the grain was a lot, which could ensure that the soldiers could eat Xining.

Li Zicheng smiled bitterly, although he saw Ning Dapeng for the first time, but with Ning Dapeng's personality, the soldiers were afraid that they would be hungry halfway through the mountain.

There were some water bottles and clothes on the car, but there was no military pay.

Li Zicheng frowned, these recruits are not simple government soldiers, they should be regarded as recruits, they are paid, and now the recruits in Liaodong are paid seven or eight cents per month, and they are more than one or two during the war, Ganzhou is poorer, and they can't get the favor of the imperial court.

"Lord Ning, what about the soldier's salary?"

"Military salary? The soldiers have not yet fought, where will there be salaries? Ning Dapeng was very disdainful, he glanced at Li Zicheng from the corner of his eye, "During the two-month training period, those who eat and wear the left guard, and even the training equipment are all left guards, who do I want from such silver?" If you want military salaries, you should go to Xiningwei! ”

Li Zicheng was speechless, Ning Dapeng was just the executor, the real greedy head should not be him, and it would be in vain to talk to him more, but Ning Dapeng's words reminded him, "Then please ask Lord Ning to write a note, and the villain can ask Xining Wei for it." ”

Ning Dapeng didn't want to write down the note, just a prevarication just now, but he couldn't resist Li Zicheng, and he didn't want him to pay, so he still wrote a note in arrears, a total of one hundred and four taels.

"Lord Ning, after the new army goes to Xining, how will the military salary be calculated?" Li Zicheng was worried, what he was most worried about was being kicked in the ball, and in the future, Ganzhou and Xining would not be paid military salaries, and if they couldn't even eat their bellies, it would be strange if the soldiers did not mutiny.

"When I went to Xining, it was naturally Xiningwei who paid the military salary - after the delivery of this batch of materials, you no longer have anything to do with Zuowei, and your new army came to prepare for Xiningwei." Ning Dapeng finished handing over the supplies and took his soldiers away.

It turned out to be abandoned, Li Zicheng had such a feeling, before he arrived at his new home, he was stripped off by the Ganzhou Left Guard, if Xining Wei no longer looked down on their new army, then ......

Unless they can achieve impressive results at Xining and be able to stop the Mongols from advancing eastward.

But what a fierce army the Mongol cavalry was, and they were murderous.

Li Zicheng secretly became anxious.