What should an elite army have? Young and well-trained soldiers, well-equipped, well supplied, and tenacity and perseverance honed over the years.

Among them, in a certain period of frequent wars, the most difficult thing to do is the problem of supply and equipment. As for the number of soldiers, it is secondary. The waves washed the sand, and those who survived the war years were high-quality soldiers. In terms of the productive forces of antiquity. Once the war is too long, it will be difficult to meet the needs of the army with supplies and equipment. This is also the reason why weak rulers hate protracted wars the most. After all, it is impossible for a person not to eat, and it is impossible for weapons and armor not to wear out. Zhao lost the Battle of Changping, in addition to Zhao Kuo's personal factors, Zhao's national strength was not as good as Qin's, which was the fundamental reason why Zhao lost the war.

And now Saigo is also facing such a problem. Although Saigo is backed by the West Mountain, there is no stable supply of fur and tendons. Fur is an essential ingredient for leather armor, and tendons are also essential for longbows, crossbows, and other long-range weapons. Especially the recent large-scale production of Xixiang's crossbows, especially lacking tendons, even if Liu Ye has disbanded some of the short archers into the mountains to plague small animals, but this can not solve the current urgent need.

In Saigo, the longbowmen were an independent branch of the army and were not subordinate to the various military commanders. The longbowmen were built by Liu Ye the Traveler in imitation of the English longbowmen. The longbow is a giant bow specially made according to Liu Ye's memories. It is very powerful, and it is a sharp weapon to deal with the light cavalry of the Hu people.

In the future, Liu Ye will definitely fight with Hu Ren in the field. The powerful attack power and penetration of the crossbow are definitely a sharp weapon against the Hu people's light cavalry. However, there are drawbacks to the crossbow. The rate of fire of the Tension Crossbow is simply too slow and not flexible enough. Dealing with the particularly flexible Hu people archers, the crossbowmen are a little uncomfortable, which requires the supplement of the longbowmen. Compared to crossbowmen, longbowmen are significantly more agile. Moreover, the power of the longbow, combined with the special long arrows, could easily shoot through the defenses of felt cloth and horse skin. Once shot, it is definitely a nightmare for the Hu people archers. (During this period, the Hu archers were only auxiliary troops, mainly harassing and luring the enemy.) The main force of the Hu people is the assault cavalry and the armor mounted cavalry. )

However, the source of the longbow soldiers made Liu Ye very worried. Longbowmen must be tall and strong. It's not that the others can't pull the longbow, but they don't have the energy to pull it two or three times. What's the use of putting this on the battlefield?

Although there are many strong and strong people among the martial arts, they are not skilled in archery. If you want to raise them to grow archers, it will take too long. Liu Ye didn't have the leisure to slowly cultivate. Next year, there will be chaos in the north! The time left for Liu Ye is too short. Moreover, Liu Ye also lacked the talent to train longbow recruits. Although Huo Ying and Luo Zhu's archery skills are amazing, it is impossible for you to let them teach the recruits to fire arrows by hand. One is that they don't have the patience, and the other is that it's a waste of talent.

This is also the reason why Liu Ye will be overjoyed about the surrender of Green Forest Village. In addition to being able to solve a major hidden danger. Liu Ye also learned about some of the conditions in the Green Forest Village through San'er: for example, there are a large number of furs and tendons in the Green Forest Village. They planned to present these things to Liu Ye as a meeting gift. Not only that, but there are also many hunters who have been carnivorous for a long time and are tall and strong, they are the best source of longbow soldiers, and they can go to the battlefield with a little training. At the same time, there are many experienced old hunters in the green forest village, who are very familiar with bows and arrows, and these people can serve as instructors for archers.

For Liu Ye, this is simply a big pie falling from the sky. As for what San'er said in the end, keep the green forest village, and let the people in the village freely choose to move out or stay. Liu Ye didn't care much. Compared with the value created by Lvlinzhai for Liu Ye, these are negligible. And Liu Ye recruited all the young and strong people in the cottage, what can the remaining old and weak do?

However, Liu Ye still planned to go to Lvlinzhai in person. The first is to appease the surrendered green forest villagers, and the second is to recruit longbowmen and train archers.

As for whether the green forest village is a false surrender, and then wait for the opportunity to attack Liu Ye. Regarding this, Liu Ye doesn't have to worry. Because after accepting the surrender of Green Forest Village from Liu Ye. On the large map of the system, San'er has turned green instead of pseudo-descending red. And it can be seen through the system that San'er's favorability and loyalty to him are not low. But just in case, for the sake of your own life. Liu Ye still brought a lot of guards. Of course, this must also include Liu Ye's little lover Su Qing.

A few days ago, I don't know if I was edified among the Su family's daughters. When facing Liu Ye, without being bitten by Liu Ye's ear, Su Qing actually had a trace of femininity. This made Liu Ye a little surprised. But in the next few days, the femininity disappeared, and Su Qing changed back to the Su Qing that Liu Ye knew well. This made Liu Ye secretly sigh with emotion: Sure enough, the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change.

……

Xixiang, Xishan, two miles outside the green forest village.

"Third Uncle of the Hu family, do you think that Liu Yuanjun will hire us to teach archers?" An elderly old hunter looked at Hu San with blank eyes and asked a little nervously.

Near the old Orion, there were several old men about his age who were listening with their ears wide open.

These old hunters are relatively old, and their physical strength is no longer good, so they can't go to the battlefield at all. But yesterday, San'er brought back the news that Liu Yuanjun planned to recruit archers to teach in Lulinzhai. And the pay is relatively good. This made the old ones feel hot inside.

Compared with the previous few days, Hu San's mood is obviously much better. Because he learned from the news brought back by San'er: Liu Yuanjun had promised not to demolish the green forest village. This made him very happy. The hard work of the old brothers can finally be saved.

Hu San looked at the worried expressions of several old hunters, and comforted with a smile: "You don't have to worry about it. There are a few people in the cottage who can compare with you in the use of bows and arrows. Didn't you train all those little cubs in the cottage? Don't worry, Liu Yuanjun will choose you. ”

"That's good, that's good!" After listening to Hu San's analysis, the nervous hearts of these old hunters calmed down a little.

"Liu Yuanjun is here!" Just as Hu San was chatting with these old hunters, a young man standing on a boulder and looking at the wind shouted.

"Quick! Fast! Get ready! Later, who lost the face of our cottage to the old man. Don't blame the old man for being ruthless. After hearing that Liu Ye was about to arrive, Hu San roared a little nervously.

Although Liu Ye's name of "benevolence" was circulating throughout Xishan, and Hu San had also heard of it, he had not seen Liu Ye with his own eyes after all.

After a while, Hu San saw a handsome young man riding a white horse walking over very coquettishly. He was followed by a large crowd of people. Not only is it well-armed, but it is also very fierce. At first glance, you know that it is not easy to mess with.

Under the reminder of San'er on the side, Hu San hurriedly led everyone forward and saluted: "Hu San of Green Forest Village pays a visit to Liu Yuanjun. ”

Hu Sanxing's salute was very respectful, and he completely buried his head. The people in the green forest village who followed Hu San also followed Hu San and bowed down.

At this time, how could Liu Ye, as a pseudo-actor, not perform well?

Liu Ye hurriedly got off the horse and stepped forward to help: "Elder, please get up!" ”

After helping Hu San up, Liu Ye said gently to the people in the green forest village: "Gentlemen, please get up!" ”

"Thank you, Liu!" Everyone in the green forest village thanked him.

Taking advantage of the time when everyone was saluting, Liu Ye glanced at it roughly. Liu Ye felt a little strange, because he found that there were not many people in the Green Forest Village, and there were relatively few young and middle-aged men, which made Liu Ye, who wanted to recruit a large number of longbow soldiers in the Green Forest Village, a little disappointed. However, as the ruler of the existing city, Liu Ye will not show it.

"Liu Yuanjun is tired from the journey, please go into the cottage and rest." Just when Liu Ye was a little stunned, Hu San on the side said with a smile.

"Then there is Lao Hugong!" Liu Ye, who was awakened by Hu San, said very politely.

"Liu Yuanjun first, please!" Hu San waved his hand politely.

"Please!"

……

The green forest village is built on the mountainside, there is a mountain spring nearby that is convenient for taking water, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. I have to say that the vision of this cottage builder is quite good.

There was a distance up the mountain, and Liu Ye was idle and bored and chatted with Hu San next to him.

Looking at the dense mountains and forests nearby, Liu Ye asked with some curiosity: "Hu Gong, surrounded by dense forests near Green Forest Village, there should be a lot of beasts to hunt!" ”

"Back to Liu Yuanjun! Near the green forest village, it is inaccessible, but the vegetation is very luxuriant. There are many wild deer, cunning rabbits and other animals. The crops in the fields under the mountain of my green forest village are often eaten by these animals. I have to organize people to hunt and drive them away every year, but the effect is not very good. All cottages have very poor annual harvests. Hu San sighed helplessly.

After Liu Ye listened, he comforted Hu San a few words. Then the two of them continued to move towards the cottage with everyone. But along the way, Liu Ye didn't say anything more, he seemed to be thinking about something. However, from the curvature of Liu Ye's face, it can be seen that Liu Ye seems to be in a good mood at this time.