Yan 18 and Yan Qi practiced the steel heavy crossbow battalion in Longxi, and the selected soldiers did not let them practice target shooting first, but let everyone run in light armor, and practiced ten miles long distances every day, and those who returned to the camp first had good food. A month later, Yan 18 selected more than 1,500 soldiers who were good at long-distance running. The selected soldiers, Yan Eighteen also asked each of them to stretch out their arms and hold heavy stones in their hands, and they were specially selected for those with great strength and durability, so that a thousand archers were selected.

The shooter deputy was separated, and Yan 18 and Yan Qi trained separately. Yan Qi led a thousand shooters, just practice shooting, first start with a fixed grass target. Yan Eighteen took the remaining 1,000 deputies and still practiced every day, but this time, each person carried no less than two pounds of weight per day.

After the Spring Festival, Xu Ping had nothing to do, so he stayed in the barracks every day to watch the soldiers' drills.

Yan Qi will be a thousand archers, divided into two large tun, the first tun shot, the second tun will follow the shot, a box of arrows and crossbows shot, replace the new arrow box, only need a breath to re-shoot, the arrow rain is endless, the momentum is terrifying. And Yan 18 trained 1,000 deputies, at this time, they no longer practiced, but each person still carried two pounds, and held a shield in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, and was contacting to block and slash.

"It's really a tiger and wolf army, but it's a pity that the daily use is too extravagant and difficult to reach in the whole army." Xu Ping's heart was moved and he was greatly admired. Xindao, if you can personally lead this steel heavy crossbow battalion, why can't you recapture the river?

"Brother Xu, how do you see the combat power of this stainless steel heavy crossbow battalion?"

"It should be better than the 3,000 new troops in the central capital."

"If Brother Xu's arrow crossbow is built in time, this steel heavy crossbow battalion can practice in actual combat, hiding in Longxi to practice and drill every day, but it is helpless."

"Eighteen, actual combat drills, do you dare to go to the river to try?"

"The young master has long known Brother Xu's intentions, if the eldest brother prepares 200,000 arrows and crossbows within a month, he will ask the young master to transfer the new army of Zhongdu and go to the river."

"Is that true?"

"Believe it or not."

Li Guang listened to Sanmao's nagging in the Taishou Mansion, Xu Ping hurried over, and asked Li Guang to borrow the steel heavy crossbow battalion to himself and go to recapture Hejian.

"Xu Ping, you are a scholar, how can you lead the troops? It's not me who laughs at you, if you are allowed to ride on a horse and bump for half a day, you will have to lie in bed for three days. ”

"Sun Bin can't walk, and if the battlefield command is determined, how can I, Xu Ping, not be able to?"

"Can you Xu Ping lead the troops? I was impressed by the Taoist master. ”

"There are two thousand steel heavy crossbow battalions of the young master, why are you afraid of the Hun defenders in the river? According to the supply of the Xiongnu, the defenders of Hejian will not exceed 30,000, even if there is no help from the new army of Zhongdu, only 2,000 soldiers can recover Hejian. ”

"Xu Ping, I know that you have spent a lot of effort in the river, but if you don't have enough arrows and crossbows, it will not be easy to gnaw the Hun defenders in the river."

"I won't tell you, I only ask the young master if he agrees."

"Xu Ping, if you can create 200,000 arrows and crossbows in half a month, you can take advantage of the time when the water and grass in the river are not flourishing, and take the Huns by surprise.

"Young master, there are 50,000 arrows and crossbows left in the treasury at the moment, and the subordinates only need fifteen days, and the craftsmen will be rewarded with good wine and meat, which is enough to drive out 150,000 arrows and crossbows."

Li Guang agreed to Xu Ping's request, and the river was also a fat meat that Li Guang was reluctant to, thousands of miles of fertile soil, a canal to be reopened, and a blueprint drawn by himself, which was occupied by the Huns at the moment, how could Li Guang swallow this breath?

Xu Ping did what he said, personally lived in the weapons camp, and urged Shen Tuye to rush to build it overnight, and after 15 days, 200,000 arrows and crossbows were finally prepared.

"Xu Ping, today I give you the power to command the new army of Zhongdu and the steel heavy crossbow battalion, lead the eighteen cavalry guards, be sure to recapture the river, I want to rebuild the city in the river."

"The subordinates will definitely recapture the river, rebuild a thousand-year-old Xiongguan between the river, and strangle the throat of the Xiongnu."

"From today on, the stainless steel heavy crossbow battalion will be called the sniper battalion, under the command of Xu Ping."

The sniper battalion was finally built by Li Guang, and the first battle was to recover Hejian.

"General Xu, twenty miles ahead, it is the plastic square, and you can arrive in half a day, how to cross the river to fight at that time?" Wang Heng brought the new army this time, and everything was arranged by Xu Ping, and he did not dare to make the decision himself.

"The sniper battalion suppresses the Hun cavalry in the river, and the new army can take the opportunity to cross the river, and after the new army crosses the river, cover the sniper battalion to cross the river and fight."

This kind of operation is the safest, just to avoid the new army crossing the river, the Huns take advantage of the chaos to cover up. General Xu is worthy of being the first strategist beside the captain. ”

Xu Ping prepared the ferry on the bank of the river, two thousand sniper battalion soldiers, first used a small half, only stopped in the middle of the river, and then no longer moved forward, as long as there were Hun cavalry into the firing range, it was a burst of shooting, two hundred steps away from the opposite bank, no Hun could break through to the range of the arrow crossbow. Seeing that the time was ripe, Wang Heng calmly commanded the new army to dismount and cross the river, and within four rounds, the new army landed on the shore.