After more than three years of study, more than 600 boys and 200 girls of the 1,200 students in the Fuxing School have reached the age of 18. Guan Yi is going to let them come out to do things from next year, that is, the fifth year of Jing Yao.

What to do? Boys work as officers, and girls work as teachers — educating the children of soldiers. In wartime, it is a field nurse.

In the past three years, these boys of the Fuxing Society have received inhumane training from the veterans of the Wujiao Army and the cavalry of the Zhao family, and most of them have developed complex skills. However, these children were originally trained and trained according to the standards of middle and low-level officers, and they should learn more. But the soldiers they are about to lead don't need to learn so much.

In Guan Yi's conception, everything was for the war to destroy the country a year and a half later. Only when that battle is won can we have the opportunity to think about the future. And that battle was basically fought on the territory of Shu Han. So for the time being, he didn't think about training a large number of formed cavalry.

His 20,000 troops were basically infantry. However, in terms of types, it is divided into two parts.

The 10,000 soldiers of Zigongting were mainly composed of salt workers. Workers need to work in three shifts on time, and the concept of time is absolutely strong. In the work, it is necessary to work in accordance with a certain standard operating process, and the discipline is guaranteed. In life, you need to live with a large number of non-family members for a long time, and interpersonal relationships and mutual trust are also basically guaranteed. So such a soldier is a natural pikeman soldier.

The pikeman is a transcendent weapon that must be used by the time-traveler who has traveled to the era of cold weapons to conquer the world. In Guan Yi's opinion, Shu Han's Hubu army held a spear of less than two meters in one hand and a shield in the other. In the Guan Yi version of pikemen, each soldier only takes a spear and does not need a shield. But each spear is three meters long. Moreover, in addition to practicing spears, the spearmen of the Hubu Army of Shu Han also practiced shields and swords. Guan Yi's pikemen only needed to train in formations and spurs.

"You've all remembered that when you train, you need to make the soldiers react instinctively to the brass whistle and the war drums. It is necessary to make the soldiers numb and mechanically move forward, backward, draw and collect their guns according to the whistle and drum...... In short, the soldiers of the pikes are machines, and they don't need to think at all - thinking, directing, or whatever, it's your job to be at the center of the guns. ”

"No, please rest assured, we will live up to the trust of the mountain chief."

"Well, I will come to Jiangyang County again in three months, and if I don't do well by then, I will resign myself."

"No, if the mountain chief is not satisfied after March, I will wait for myself to come and see you!"

The 10,000 soldiers of Fuling County are mainly composed of the aborigines of Wuling Mountain such as Bizka and Mengzihei, as well as the Han people of Fuling County. Because these people have lived in harsh environments for a long time, almost all of them are natural hunters. And because of the extreme lack of materials, almost everyone is an expert in transforming tools and making good use of tools - they can use whatever they have at hand, and no matter what it is, they can play with flowers.

Of course, such a source of soldiers cannot be used to train into spearmen. The goals set by Guan Yi for them were: the Mandarin Duck Array, the Five Elements Array, and the Three Talents Array.

“…… The above is the basic composition and operation of the Mandarin Duck Array, the Five Elements Array, and the Three Talents Array. I believe you can also see that in order for these three sets of formations to fully exert their strength, the soldiers who make up these three sets of formations need to have absolute trust in each other and cooperate skillfully. Therefore, after you go down to lead the team, you should try to let the people of a family or a barbarian village be in a set of formations...... Got it, right? ”

"No! I'll get it. Mountain long. ”

"Well, do it. After three months, I took the best ten sets of Mandarin Duck Array soldiers to Jiangyang County to have a drill with the salt workers and spear formations there. Let's see who is better at leading troops between you and those classmates in Jiangyang County. ”

"Hahaha, don't worry, the victory must belong to our Fuling County!"

After sending off his students, Guan Yi's face, which was still happy just now, immediately became very anxious, and he frowned and said to the horse: "Change, how is the matter of weapons and armor?" ”

Yes, it took three and a half years for officers to be trained, and now there is a source of soldiers. As for money and food, there is no shortage of food. But the soldiers can't just go into battle shirtless, right? But Boss Liu only approved Guan Yi to build an army of 3,000 people, what do you mean by suddenly asking the imperial court for tens of thousands of pairs of armor?

Originally, according to Guan Yi's previous thoughts, there were many families on the Eastern Wu side, and the control of the central government was the weakest among the three kingdoms. Moreover, the Fuxing Society has the Bu family, an ally that is almost bundled into one, and it is very convenient to buy a large number of weapons and armor from Soochow. As a result, after the actual negotiation, I found out that it was not the case.

Unlike Shu Han's specialty, which is Shu brocade, Soochow's fist product covers a wide range of products: in terms of agriculture, Soochow is a major exporter of grain and seafood. In terms of handicrafts, celadon production was far ahead of the Han and Wei dynasties, and the low-end clothing market was basically occupied by Gebu and Yuebu in Eastern Wu. In addition, the iron smelting industry and copper smelting industry in Soochow are also very developed, and there is no shortage of weapons or anything at all. Therefore, after the Fuxing Society was ready to start training its own private soldiers, it found the Bujia to buy weapons and armor, and the Bu Association was very happy to sell and send a large number of weapons to the Fuxing Society.

But the armor is very sorry: it is true that there are many families in the Eastern Wu, but because there are many families, each family only buys matching armor for their elite private soldiers. Not one more set! And if you want more armor, you can, you have to make it!

Lao Tzu wants more than 20,000 pairs of armor, and the daylily will be cold when you make it.

As a traverser, Guan Yi was a loyal admirer of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and his pursuit of "Jiajian Soldiers" was endless. Therefore, after the Bujia side could not provide the spot, he immediately instructed Ma Guo to contact Cao Wei.

"I have contacted the pseudo-Wei side through the Bu family. The Jingzhou military commanders of the puppet Wei all sternly rejected our temptation! ”

This is common sense, which border lord would dare to sell the armor in his treasury to the enemy country in such large quantities.

"But in the past two days, someone from pseudo-Wei Yangzhou has taken the initiative to contact us......"

"Huh? Who is it? ”

"What the person said is very vague, but it should be the person of the pseudo-Wei Zhengdong General and the military Shibao Shi Zhongrong of Yangzhou. The subordinates are a little uncertain, I don't know if it's a lie...... Hey, why is Taishou laughing? ”

"Hahaha~~~ Change it, if someone else takes the initiative to contact us, I'm really afraid of being deceived. But if it's Shi Zhongrong, then it doesn't matter. ”

As the founding hero of the Western Jin Dynasty, Shi Bao was in the late Three Kingdoms period when he appeared, so his reputation was not obvious. But his youngest son must be familiar to everyone: the first local tyrant in ancient China, Mr. Shi Chong!

Shi Bao and Deng Ai, now Cao Wei's Zhenxi general, were both from humble backgrounds. In 218 AD, Guo Xuanxin, a close attendant of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, was about to return to Yecheng after completing official business in Nanpi County. I asked the official in charge of agriculture in Nanpi County to borrow someone to drive the car. The director of the agriculture bureau of Nanpi County sent Shi Bao and Deng Ai to act as drivers.

On the way, through conversation, Guo Xuanxin praised the talents of Shi and Deng. patting his chest, he promised the two young men that he would recommend them to the imperial court. Then the two stupid young people honestly waited for a long time in Yecheng - they lost their jobs.

After that, Shibao had to become a blacksmith and make a living by striking iron everywhere. During this period, he was also praised by officials at different levels many times, saying that he would recommend them to the imperial court...... But these are empty promises. Mr. Shi Bao has been in the people for nearly 20 years - in the eyes of those officials from big families in the court, it is true that you Shi Bao is talented, but his background is too low. How can such a person be really promoted? A few words of praise and praise are already great kindness, don't think about other things, wash and sleep early.

The one who really turned this appreciation into practical action was Sima Yi, who was then the captain of Cao Wei. He not only promoted Shi Bao, but also many military generals in the later period of Cao Wei, such as Deng Ai, Wang Ji, and Chen Qian...... They were all promoted under Sima Yi and gradually shone brightly.

As far as Mr. Shi Bao is concerned, this person is extremely talented. Especially in terms of military talent, it is no worse than Deng Ai. But compared with Deng Ai, who is overly keen on chasing official positions and power, and does not particularly value money, Mr. Shi Bao's love for beauty and money has reached an irrepressible level.

Perhaps it was because the life of wandering around in his early years was too difficult, and Mr. Shi Bao always lacked a sense of quality of life. Therefore, this master's greedy name was famous in the entire Cao Wei and even later in the Western Jin Dynasty. It's just that he does know how to do things, he can do things, and during his stay in Yangzhou, Dongwu has never been allowed to advance an inch. Therefore, the successive rulers of the Sima family turned a blind eye to his corrupt behavior - if it weren't for Mr. Shi Bao's brazen accumulation, how could Mr. Shi Chong in the back have the capital to be the first tyrant in ancient China?

So when Guan Yi heard that the chief officer in Yangzhou was Shi Bao, he immediately knew where his soldiers' armor should come from.

"Change! You immediately find a way to go to Yangzhou. Shi Zhongrong loves money to the point of dying. No matter how much this guy asks, as long as he dares to sell, we will buy it! Ay! When this officer thought that when he faced the puppet Wei army in the future, our soldiers were all puppet Wei standard armor...... It's a beautiful picture! ”