"Drink ~ Drink ~"

Outside the city gate of Meihe Town, more than 1,000 people from the three banners of the Jingwei Battalion "Han", "Yang" and "Yang" (Yang Youhuai) are ready to go, holding spears and bows in the cold wind.

At the gate of the town, Liu Ce stood in front of the Three Flags Array, with a forest of flags behind him, waving in the wind, and his Xu Hui, Qin Mo, Wu Liwen and others looked solemn and stood straight.

Liu Ce looked up at the sky, the weather is good today, although it is cold, but depending on the situation, it should not snow again, and there should be no surprise for more than a thousand people to attack a manor with less than five hundred thieves, and it is just right to open meat for Han Feng's archers and Yang Fan's recruits. It is better to train hard at home for a year than to go out and see blood, this is the best way for Liu Ce to train soldiers, war is the best shortcut for an ordinary person to quickly grow into a qualified soldier, of course, the risk and price are also extremely high......

"Let's go!" Liu Ce waved his arm, and Xu Hui's 100 auxiliaries behind him quickly lined up, and the three soldiers in the front row blew the horn of the battle.

"Woo woo woo ......"

The dull and solemn sound echoed in the ears of the soldiers of each banner, Yang Youhuai took the lead in marching to the avenue, and the other two banners also followed Yang under the command of his generals, and one hundred auxiliary soldiers under the leadership of the new Bai Chang Wang Cheng beat the marching war drum and slowly followed the side of the army......

Wu Liwen saw that the army was getting farther and farther away and gradually disappearing from his sight, and his heart was full of worry, but when he saw Liu Ce, Qin Mo and Xu Hui's indifferent eyes, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but he still had a sad face.

Seeing Wu Liwen's appearance, Qin Mo stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "Mayor Wu? Looking at your face, are you worried about the safety of the soldiers?"

"Alas~" Wu Liwen sighed, "The veteran of the Jingwei Battalion, the lower official has seen it, even tens of thousands of thieves can be wiped out in the snap of a finger, and it is natural to attack a manor of hundreds of thieves, but those new soldiers have only practiced for more than ten days, in case the war is unfavorable, the lower official is really worried that it will cause chaos to the strong man's department......"

Qin Mo said with a smile: "Mayor Wu, please rest assured, how can my general's actions be disproportionate?" Now that I have nothing to do, I heard that Mayor Wu played a good hand of chess, and he had set up a game in the town for three days, and it happened that Qin also knew a little bit about chess, so it was better to take this opportunity to play a game, and it would be good to guide Qin? It's better to wait for the soldiers to return triumphantly. ”

"This ......" Wu Liwen heard that someone praised his chess skills, and he couldn't help but feel proud in his heart, but he still made a look of embarrassment.

Seeing this, Liu Ce hurriedly said: "Mayor Wu, since Mr. Qin asks for advice, you can reluctantly agree, and I will definitely go to admire the mayor's chess skills after I finish handling the affairs in my hand......"

Wu Liwen hugged his fists: "Don't dare to ask for advice, since Mr. Qin has this Yaxing, then you and I will learn a thing or two, but Mr. Qin, let's talk about it in the front, the biggest preference of the official in this life is to play chess, and everything else can be allowed, but it can be ...... on this chessboard."

"Naturally, please Mayor Wu must go all out, please."

"Please."

Seeing Wu Liwen walking towards his mansion with Qin Mo's fart, Liu Ce patted Xu Hui on the shoulder, signaled to close the team, and then trotted all the way to Feng Yinggao's old man's blacksmith shop......

For this Jingwei battalion's expedition to attack the thief stronghold fifteen miles away, not only Liu Ce, but even Qin Mo and Ye Bin felt that there was no big problem. Although the two battalions are recruits, and the training is less than half a month, the Jingwei battalion has always been fighting in unity, discipline is far more important than personal bravery, and often the battle is a spear formation. In addition, Yang Fan and Han Feng are also relatively stable, knowing that they only need to meet the enemy in the usual way of drilling, not to mention that half of the veterans in Yang Youhuai's banner have already reached the standard of elite soldiers in Liu Ce's mind in terms of psychological quality and immediate reaction.

Liu Ce sent more than 1,000 people to attack the bandit stronghold this time, first, to train the troops, and secondly, to run in the cooperation between the various banners, and after a few days of investigation, not only this attack on the stronghold, but also a few bandits within dozens of miles have no decent long-range or guarding weapons, and this trip is completely like going out to travel......

And what Liu Ce is most concerned about now is still Chen Qing's cavalry department, although he has the help of stirrups, but it is not easy to train a qualified cavalryman. When Chen Qing heard that the thief plan immediately called for war, Liu Ce refused without even thinking about it, what a joke! Is being able to ride a horse even if you are a cavalryman? The cavalry is really so easy to train, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty will not be killed by the Great Xia and Hulan people to flee in all directions, and there will be no piece of armor left behind in the battle of Saiwailiuzhou where 100,000 soldiers were killed by 7,000 Mengluo iron cavalry......

Thinking of Chen Qingman's unwilling disappointment eyes, Liu Ce also sighed, in fact, he was more anxious than Chen Qing to let his cavalry quickly take shape, but he also understood that he couldn't become fat by eating in one breath, and now he didn't even have the cavalry equipment......

"Old Feng, how's it going?" Liu Ce came to Feng Ying and asked. Despite the cold weather, it was still uncomfortably hot in the iron shop, and Liu Ce watched as a piece of burnt red iron was clamped onto the forging table, and then the two blacksmiths began to wave the hammer in their hands and hit the iron fast, splashing a little spark......

Feng Ying wiped his sweat, poured down his saliva and said: "I and Lao Gao and a few of them have to study this ring of the first knife, according to the method you said, the rest is not a problem, or the blade quenching still needs to be grinded, at most it can be made in three or five days, the cavalry armor has completed the amount of forty-three pairs, all of which are made of fine iron, one set weighs forty-six catties, and now those girls are fighting for armor leaves, and it should be delivered to Chen Qing in three or five days." ”

Liu Ce nodded and continued, "What about the riding gun?" ”

"This spear is made of inferior wood and a head made of pig iron as you commanded, but it ......"

Speaking of this, Feng Ying paused, "I tried it with a few craftsmen, it was too brittle, and the spear shaft cracked as soon as the spear head hit the stone without much force...... For the cavalry, no ......"

"Uh......" Liu Ce was speechless for a while, "Could it be the material reason?" ”

Liu Ce didn't know much about ancient cold weapons in his previous life, but he had the impression that the gun barrel used by the cavalry charge was absolutely impossible to use hardwood, especially after the high-speed charge pierced the opposite cavalry, it was estimated that the cavalryman's arm would also be crippled or dislocated by the reaction force.

Feng Ying persuaded: "I think it should be built according to the spearman system, practice more, and at least ensure that the enemy is killed immediately without too many accidents." ”

"Hard point?" Liu Ce muttered to himself, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Old Feng, do you think this is okay?" You make it of hardwood, but can you drill the front port of the spear shaft into a hollow shape?" Liu Ce remembered that in his previous life, there was a famous iron cavalry - the Polish hussars, known as the "Spear of God", the cavalry they used to pierce the enemy with the help of horsepower, and the front edge of the gun barrel would be broken into two, which was a one-time shoveling, which could well prevent the wrist and arm from being injured by the impact of the reaction force.

"Huh?" When Lao Feng heard this, he was immediately interested, "This is okay, the front end is drilled into a hollow and inserted into the spearhead, so that when charging, it will only break if it can't bear the weight when it pierces the object, and it can avoid wrist injuries and prevent the cavalry from being thrown off the horse, wonderful!" Wonderful! ”

Seeing Feng Ying nodding, Liu Ce exhaled, this problem was finally solved, but he immediately looked like he wanted to say something.

"What's wrong? You don't look like your mother-in-law, you have something to say. "In private, Liu Ce and Feng Yingna have no distinction between superior and inferior positions at all, as long as the technical issues are reciprocal exchanges and discussions.

"That ......" Liu Ce plucked up his courage and said it: "Lao Feng, is there really no way to do that armor now?" Not much, only fifty sets...... No, thirty sets, thirty sets is fine! ”

"Puff ~ cough cough cough ~ " Feng Ying, who was drinking water, squirted out a mouthful of water, he was really speechless, he just told him a few days ago that there was no way at the moment, why didn't he give up?

"I'm talking about my general!" Feng Ying trembled, and her face full of scars couldn't help twitching, "Don't look at tens of thousands of catties of refined iron now, but what kind of iron should not be used now?" Horseshoes, stirrups, spears, spears, arrows, armor, waist knives, riding spears, and ring-headed knives that are being made, and what armor and riding equipment are made of rich fine iron?"

"Twenty sets!" Liu Ce still didn't give up, trying to bargain with Feng Ying in vain, and some craftsmen around him couldn't help but smile and shake their heads, these blacksmiths have a very low status, and in the eyes of the scholars, they are the lowest level of labor, barely making a living, but since they started with the Jingwei camp, as long as they are willing to work hard to make the equipment they ordered, this treatment is not bad at all, and now Liu Ce gives them a reward that allows their whole family to survive this cold winter.

"No, there is no set, it is better to have this kung fu than to make a pair of iron armor for those three thousand people! Don't mess around anymore, okay?" Feng Ying directly refused, in fact, all he thought in his heart was that he was reluctant to waste one or two hundred catties of refined iron on a horse.

"Fifteen sets of ......"

Feng Ying simply ignored him, picked up the hammer and took it from the stove shelf, put the burnt red waist knife on the craftsman's table and beat it, which was made by re-smelting the seized weapon and re-smelting it through the blacksmith door.

"Ten sets! Just ten sets! ”

Feng Ying was annoyed by the question, so she simply said: "When do you have a mine, let's talk about it!" Right now? There are no doors! ”

Seeing Feng Ying's attitude, Liu Ce could only sigh, and instructed everyone to hurry up and build the required objects, to ensure the quality, and then frowned and left the blacksmith shop, everyone heard that the young general also sighed deeply, some craftsmen with exquisite craftsmanship and unwilling to be satisfied with the status quo began to liven up, maybe they could help the general realize this "small wish".

……

More than ten miles away in Wangzhuang, at this time, hundreds of thieves were lazily huddled in the ancestral hall around the carbon fire to keep warm, and from time to time a few lewd people told meat jokes, which caused everyone to laugh lewdly.

"Well, have you heard? Ten days ago, Jin Heng's Jin family army was wiped out. ”

"Of course I heard about it, when I went to Wuzhuang to look for my brother a few days ago, I saw a few brothers running out of Meihe Town, looking at that, crazy! Ten days later, it's still the same bird......"

"Hey, which way of the official army can destroy Jin Heng's cannibal army, it's good to destroy it, look at the faces of those cannibal troops, think about it, it's ......"

"What do you think it's called? Have you heard of it? ”

"What Jingwei Battalion? It sounds quite majestic, but unfortunately I've never heard of it, and I don't know it. ”

"You say, what if the Jingwei battalion comes to fight this Zhuangzi?"

"Hahaha, let him come, what kind of bullshit Jingwei camp, dare to come to Lao Tzu and let him kneel on the ground and lick the soles of my feet, and then give it to the stick master to open the meat!"

"Hahaha......"

……

Behind the hillside less than a mile opposite Wangzhuang, more than 1,200 soldiers of the Jingwei Battalion were sitting on the ground resting. Both the soldiers and auxiliaries wore a set of freshly made cotton clothes and placed them in their armor, and a cotton hat on their heads tightly wrapped their cold faces.

"Hell, it's still so cold." On the top of the hillside, Yang Fan sighed and rubbed his hands, "Not here yet?" I can't wait. ”

"Relax, the people I sent out will be back soon, don't worry." Han Feng held the dagger in his hand and wiped it back and forth, although his face was calm, his fiery eyes had betrayed his true thoughts.

"This time I won't take credit from you, I won't take a penny of the seized materials, go back to two catties of wine and a leg of mutton to send me a place, this matter is over, but if your people dare to retreat, then don't blame me for not thinking about my comrades." Yang Youhuai's main task this time is to supervise the army, after all, most of his soldiers have experienced bloody battles, and the thieves have long passed the psychological hurdle, although most of the recruits need to be trained, but he believes that under the influence of veterans, they are destined to be elite soldiers.

"Wait a while, my four hundred archers will shoot two or three rounds first, and you Yang Fan will lead the formation to approach, and I hope that Brother Yang will also block the back road, don't let this group of mongrels run away, the general said temporarily, this battle is not for money and food, but for training!" Han Feng quickly drew up a plan and cooperated with Yang Youhuai and Yang Fan.

"Old Han, your archer training has only been seven or eight days, can you do it?" Yang Fan questioned, after all, he was also born in the army, and he knew that the training of archers was extremely difficult.

"If you can't do it, you'll know right away, someone is coming, hidden...... No need, it's Su Wencan and a few of them. ”

I saw that the spy named Su Wencan took the lead in turning over and falling to the side of the three flag generals, hugged his fists and said: "Zhuangzi inquired clearly, the thieves are expected to be less than five hundred, and now they are all shrunk in the ancestral hall, and the entire Zhuangzi people have already been slaughtered, and there are no arrows and crossbows, so you can attack with confidence, and you don't have to worry about hurting the innocent." ”

"Good." Han Feng nodded, the blazing light in his eyes became more and more intense, and when he looked at Yang Fan, he also saw a compelling light in the eyes of the other side.

Yang Youhuai knew that they were as excited as he was before when they led the army to fight, so he said, "Attack Wang Zhuang in a quarter of an hour, and strive to end the battle within an hour!" ”

"It won't take an hour!" Han Feng put the dagger into his waist with his eyes, and said confidently: "Zhuangzi, who has only hundreds of people, will fight for an hour, if the madman knows that he will laugh at us, he can't afford to lose his face......"

"Sun Cheng ......" When Yang Fan heard this, he immediately thought of Sun Cheng, and now the gap with him has widened, and he must work hard if he wants to catch up.

……

The war was about to start, and Yang Youhuai's veterans were relaxed, talking and laughing, but Yang Fan and Han Feng were different, most of them were silent and sat quietly in place.

"Captain A, do you think we can win?" Yang Fan's recruits were asking a veteran who had participated in the Battle of Meihe Town, considering that the psychological pressure of the recruits in the first battle or training of each banner was too great, Liu Ce sent some of the more outstanding veterans of the original Five Banners to the recruit banner to ensure their training progress and calm the recruits' nervous and fearful emotions.

The commander smiled disdainfully: "Usually, according to the general's training method, the formations are neat, and they obey the command arrangement, how can they be defeated?"

After a pause, he said: "Hundreds of thieves can't even see a sharp soldier, this battle is too boring, this kind of thief you can kill a few people together, I think at the beginning, I only practiced for two days, I took Zhang Podun a bamboo gun, followed the general to kill nearly a thousand thieves with their heads and rats, now you are wearing, holding in your hands are much stronger than I was at the beginning, this is going to lose again?" I'm embarrassed to tell people that I'm from the Jingwei Battalion, don't ask such boring questions in the future, it's better to work harder to recognize a few words and take a few beatings of the military stick......"

When everyone heard this, they relaxed, and then they didn't know who said something like sharing money and food after winning, and the venue became even more active, although everyone was still nervous, but the fear had gradually been forgotten.

Yang Fan glanced at the soldiers in his banner and nodded, the morale was available......

"Boom!"

A crisp drum sounded, and a hundred people under Wang Cheng's department quickly got up, and the rest of the three flags lined up and began to force towards Wang Zhuang.

The thieves in Wangzhuang could not have imagined that an army of thousands of people was quietly approaching them, and what happened after that made several thieves who were lucky enough to escape the catastrophe unforgettable for the rest of their lives, and they have been haunted like a nightmare......