Shuofang's victory, the whole country celebrates!

But Luo Tong was not happy. This time the results were huge, but the main force of Xiazhou was disabled, except for the seriously injured soldiers, there were only more than 11,000 people left in the Modao Army.

The only gratification is that the soldiers of the border army have participated in this war, and through this great victory since the founding of the country, the long-lost blood and self-confidence have all returned!

It is not difficult to select 20,000 elites from these 40,000 veterans to join the Modao Army, but everything can only start from scratch and train from scratch! Fortunately, the methods of selection and training have matured, and the formation of the army should be faster than before.

Governor's Palace! Council Chamber.

Ma Zhou asked, "Dudu! What to do with those Turkic prisoners of war? ”

"Cut! Tsukiyo view. Do you still want to eat and drink well? How can there be such a good thing. "When he mentioned Turkic Luotong, he came to fire, causing him to lose more than 20,000 soldiers.

"Let me come, I will definitely satisfy the boss!" Fang Yiai's eyes flashed with a bit of bloodthirsty light, his Mo Dao hand didn't have much left, he hated the Turks to the core, so he wanted to kill all the Turks together. When I heard that Luo Tong was going to build a Beijing view, his eyes were green.

Shangguan Yi also said: "Governor, if possible, my subordinates hope that the governor can spare these prisoners." ”

"Uh......" Luo Tong listened to the puzzled face, strange, looking up and down, a few black lines appeared on his forehead, and he didn't know how to speak.

Ma Zhou and Shangguan Yi's proposal was difficult for Luo Tong to do. The two wanted him to let those Turkic captives go, which seemed to him to be a bit incredible, and even a little kind of woman, but according to what he knew about the two, Ma Zhou and Shangguan Yi were excellent politicians. Even their hearts were black, and the kindness of women could not be seen in them, so they let them go on.

Ma Zhou arched his hand and said: "Liu Min and Liu Lan have really destroyed Shuofang, and the governor, as the governor of Xiazhou, is also the military and political power of Xiazhou. This Gyeongju, Suizhou, and Yanzhou have been governed by the Tang Dynasty for many years. The government decree passed, and the governor, as the governor of Gyeongju at that time, was allowed to do not interfere in government affairs. It has its own subordinate and subordinate officials, and it is properly handled. But Xiazhou is different, this Shuofang has been fatally hit by our dynasty, the population is sparse, and the fields are barren. Since the governor is also in charge of government affairs, he has the obligation to develop Shuofang. ”

"Yes, Governor! We have to build the countryside here, the Great Wall needs to be repaired, the canals need to be repaired, and there are more places to use people, and these 50,000 prisoners of war are strong, but the best laborers, it is a pity to kill them like this. ”

Luo Tong immediately understood, and said with a smile: "Makes sense!" It makes sense, killing like this is indeed a tyrannical thing. In this way, to prevent these bastards from escaping and rebelling, I asked Luo Can to lead the 500 broken military camp to escort all the Turkic captives to the fields, and let the captives sort out the fields in Shuofang piece by piece. In order to facilitate the people to go to the fields and cultivate the land in early spring. Now the climate is not right, the fields are hard in the winter, if not, let them plow the fields is also an option. Anyway, if you look at it, Luo Can and the five hundred broken military camps will be handed over to you. Let them do any tired, dirty, and heavy work, and the 50,000 labors they give away for nothing don't need to be used in vain. As for safety, you can rest assured. Luo Can's guy is also a killer, and the Turks dare to make trouble, and they will definitely not be able to pass his level. After repairing the fields and then building the Great Wall, I don't believe that Jieli dared to come after such a big loss. ”

Ma Zhou and Shangguan Yi smiled bitterly at each other, I really don't know what kind of grudge the Turks and Luo Tong have, and they are so thoughtful about them?

But they didn't say much, Luo Tong said that in their hearts, this Shuofang is a remote place, not an important place like Chang'an Luoyang, which is located in a key area, and it is easy to develop. Everyone intends to plan Shuofang, first develop Shuofang, and then benefit the surrounding counties and towns. Fifty thousand free laborers, this is what is needed now.

"But ......," said Rotun worriedly, "you can take care of these captives, and if you flee back to the steppe, you will be another brave enemy." ”

Wang Xuance said with a smile: "For this point, the governor can rest assured." In this blizzard, whoever runs is looking for death, the Turks spend the most winter, they have a good year and are not happy, this year this weather will kill livestock, dead people, the Turks know this better than us, but there is a bite to eat, they will not be stupid enough to flee back. ”

"Then I'm relieved!" Luo Tong laughed out loud when he heard this, as a high-ranking person, there are a few more capable people under him, and this efficiency has improved more than just a little bit.

is also because of military affairs such as Wang Xuance and Liu Renliang; With the existence of Du He, Ma Zhou, and Shangguan Yi in government affairs, Luo Tong can rest assured that he can entrust all things and devote his mind to the training of the army.

In the next time, he must strictly grasp the combat effectiveness and re-establish the Modao Army with 30,000 people and 10,000 elite cavalry.

There is no strong army in this pass, Luo Tong is really not at ease, if Jieli or Yuan Han Fuji that madman comes crazy to attack at this time, it will be a big trouble.

However, the talents under him gradually plumped up, as long as the policy is to arrest Du He, Ma Zhou, and Shangguanyi, and the military affairs to arrest Wang Xuance and Liu Renliang, the official affairs of the Governor's Mansion are in his hands. As for the military talents, there are more talents, not to mention Yaochi, Cheng Chuliang, Li Yesi, Almaty, and Fang Yiai, who have all been on the road. Even Xin Fang'er, Zhao Feiyang, and Niu Tong are also good generals who have been delayed by Liang Shidu, these three are now studying Luo Tong's training manual, they are veterans, faster than the original group of young men, they are reused, as if they have a second spring, and they are quite enthusiastic about doing things. The three of them took Luo Tong's appointment to be responsible for recruitment and assessment in Xiazhou, Yanzhou, and Suizhou respectively!

Luo Tong's previous propaganda was in place, and this time it was based on a big victory, and the army was treated well, and as soon as the news of recruiting troops came out, there was an endless stream of soldiers.

The border army and the people have been harassed by the Turks all the year round, and the weak have all died at the hands of the Turks. These people are more than ten times stronger than the people who live in the heart of comfort, and they are the natural source of strong soldiers.

Xin Fang'er, Zhao Feiyang, and Niu Tong selected specialized strong soldiers from them, and after a small competition, the winners were transported to the Shuofang base camp to enrich the main army.

In just ten days, the base camp had a terrifying population of more than 140,000 people.

When the New Year came, when the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty was reunited, Shuo Fang was especially in the vigorous military training, especially in the ice and snow day and night to carry out cruel selection......

Chinese New Year's Eve!

Shuofang's way of celebration is a military-civilian competition!

This kind of big competition is an idea that Luo Tong arose based on the historical martial arts competitions and various sports meetings.

It is true that the army is a place that pays attention to the whole, but the combat ability of the individual is still very necessary. In particular, the combination of individual combat effectiveness and team can play an unexpected effect.

This is the case with the broken military camp under his command, the tactics of breaking the military camp are extremely simple, it is a killing word, the boss will kill wherever he goes, Luo Tong led the broken military camp to attack with his own strength, he broke the formation with his own strong martial arts, and forcibly tore open a crack, and the broken military camp expanded the cracks with terrifying and ferocious lethality, complementing each other and maximizing the strength.

Ordinary soldiers may not be able to do this, but choosing the best among them to grant the position of captain, with him at the head, and leading the charge will obviously be more effective than letting a mediocre person lead the team to charge and kill.

Luo Tong can distinguish the strength and weakness of a person's martial arts, but it is obviously impossible for him to identify and test them one by one, and the outcome of the game is the most fair and just.

And everyone's strengths and weaknesses are different, especially after mastering the Mo Dao Formation, Luo Tong is more aware of this problem. There is no invincible army in this world, only an invincible army.

If you want the army to be invincible, a single branch of the army will definitely not work. Cavalry is known as the king tank on land, but even cavalry has a relative weakness, they are highly mobile, but weak defense, seize this weakness, and magnify the weakness. You can ride on foot and achieve victory. In history, Li Ling led 5,000 infantry and 80,000 Xiongnu to fight in Junji Mountain, and went deep into the army with a lone army. Fighting tens of thousands of divisions, relying on strong crossbows and sharp arrows. This is not because the Xiongnu were not strong at that time, nor because the Han army fought with chicken blood, but because Li Ling magnified the weakness of the Xiongnu cavalry and fought, so as to achieve brilliant results.

So even though Luo Tong now has more than 80,000 war horses in his hands, he has no intention of turning all his 30,000 soldiers into cavalry. The foot soldier has the strengths of the foot soldier, and the cavalry has the defects of the cavalry. Giving full play to the strengths of the infantry cavalry is the royal way to victory, rather than blindly seeking the cavalry.

The Turks restrained the Mo knife formation. The reason for this is that they are a single soldier. The weakness advantage is really in front of you, which can be completely restrained. If the Turks had a heavy foot soldier to resist the Mo Sword Array's killer crossbows, then the power of the Mo Sword Array would drop by a notch. If the Turks have a strong crossbow that can pierce the Mo sword soldiers. It is also difficult for the Mo Dao Array to operate freely.

This is restraint between the arms. It is also the key to the victory of the Mo Sword Formation, the Turks do not have heavy foot soldiers and powerful crossbow arrows.

As a nomadic people, the Turks have their own advantages in cavalry warfare, while the Tang Dynasty, as an agricultural people, has an inevitable disadvantage in cavalry and archery.

Luo Tong rationally felt that there was no need to blindly teach the Turks in cavalry and archery, and still decided to give full play to their advantages in the Central Plains and face the big war soon after with the cooperation of multiple arms.

Therefore, there are two major competitions in the competition: physical fitness and quality, and there are dozens of specific competition items in these two major events.

In terms of physical fitness, there are 23 subjects such as endurance long-distance running, sprinting, long jump, push-ups, frog jumping, arm strength, and eyesight.

In terms of quality, there are many items such as horse fighting, foot fighting, horsemanship, archery, horse archery, and night fighting. For the winners, Luo Tong is not stingy with rewards, and those who win the first place in the project will be awarded the position of team leader, and they will also be given war horses, weapons, armor, cattle and sheep.

He, the general of Tang Yunlu, the champion Hou, and the governor of Xiazhou, will personally present awards and celebrate the winning soldiers. The remaining top 10 will receive generous rewards, and the top 100 will have exquisite gifts.

Under the temptation of fame and fortune, there is an endless stream of people who enthusiastically sign up for the competition.

It took more than half a month of knockout rounds to select the top 100 in each project.

Those who broke through the encirclement from 140,000 soldiers have a certain level of ability. The top 100 will be awarded the positions of fire commander and army commander, and become the grassroots soldier leader in the army.

Those who excel in horse striking are assigned to the cavalry battalion, and those who excel in foot combat are assigned to the infantry battalion, and are assigned to the nimble jumpers or spearmen who are good at thrusting, according to their respective strengths. The excellent performance of mounted archery was arranged into the cavalry shooting battalion, and the man with outstanding arm strength was a strange knife hand.

At the end of the event, in order to show prudence, Luo Tong specially competed the top 10 in each event and divided it into three days. In particular, the final victory and award ceremony were arranged on a separate day, and the date was set on the day of the Yuan Xi (Lantern Festival).

I haven't eaten pork, but I've seen pigs run!

From childhood to adulthood, this kind of award ceremony will frequently appear in film and television works, Luo Tong followed the memory to set up the award ceremony and task process, and specially let the two handsome guys Wang Xuance and Shangguan Yi, who can speak well and look dignified, serve as the host, and the heroic Hongyan serves as the etiquette lady.