The cold made military training quite difficult. Most of the people are cats in the house of Longfenggou, where they are stationed, and they spend the cold winter by wrapping themselves in quilts, which is more similar to animals, a bit like hibernation.

Longfenggou was originally a large village, similar in size to Baoji Village. In recent years, due to frequent wars, soldiers and bandits have been rampant. Longfenggou, which was originally overcrowded, now has few families left. After repairing the vacant houses a little, Zhao Hong's subordinates were stationed in this stockade.

Zhao Hong walked on the snow-covered streets, and several young men who had just come down from the night yawned and walked from the opposite side of Zhao Hong with tired faces, obviously preparing to return to their houses to rest.

Because Shangai was threatened by the cavalry of the county from Zhan County in the southwest, Zhao Hong and others, who had seen the lessons of the past, arranged a lot of night guards. Each of these young men can wear a pair of leather armor made of nitrate when they are in charge of the night. This type of leather armor includes the upper body armor and the lower body leather skirt. The leather armor on the upper body is actually a very fashionable leather coat in later generations. It's just that compared with fashionable and aesthetic leather clothing, this kind of leather clothing is thicker and stiffer for defensive purposes. As for the leather skirt on the lower body, although it was the clothing of women who loved beauty in later generations, it was the armor worn by warriors the longest in this era. The peaked fur hats worn by these returning youths were also the standard winter attire of the era. After all, in this era, cotton, a cash crop, has not been widely cultivated in China, and cotton clothes and cotton cloth do not need to be thought about. For the poor who could not afford to wear leather clothes, they either did not go out much in winter, or they had to be wrapped in layers of linen and other fabrics, and stuffed with thick hay.

The problem of insufficient materials Zhao Hong did not have a good solution for a while. In this cold winter, the soldiers at the bottom of the Baibo Army are often who go out and wear winter clothes, and winter clothes are public goods, which makes Zhao Hong sigh that this span is really quite bold to change the day, in this case of material shortage, the Baibo Army in Longfenggou ran directly from the decadent and backward feudal system into communism.

Leisurely, Zhao Hong took two turns in the village of Longfenggou, and he didn't find anything unusual. The set up sentry was guarding the enemy from the high ground, and a few soldiers patrolled back and forth on the ruined wall. At this time, the houses of the stockade were covered with a thick layer of snow, but the thatch on the roofs of several houses could not bear the weight of the snow, and unfortunately they were crushed. A few young men in leather armor were braving the cold weather and were lying on the roof of the house to tinker. In the alleys of Longfenggou, a small number of people left a series of footprints that were one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Looking at the young men on duty under his subordinates, Zhao Hong couldn't help but think about the frequent wars that would inevitably break out in the future. The root of settling down in these troubled times is military strength, and what kind of military technology development direction does your small team adopt?

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The superiority and inferiority of the military technology of the East and the West in the era of cold weapons has always been a topic of endless debate in Zhao Hong's previous life. Who is more powerful is not Zhao Hong's first consideration, since the time travel is in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, then Zhao Hong is naturally more inclined to use Western military technology. Although China's cold weapon technology is also very developed, Zhao Hong is not very interested.

Zhao Hong felt that compared with the ancients, there was really no chance of winning in the military technology of this era, after all, the generals of the Han army in this era could be said to be experts in oriental cold weapon tactics. Using oriental military technology to fight against the official army is similar to playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong. Like Hitler's blitzkrieg, the enemies of Western classical military technology in this era must have been unheard of, belonging to the type of plug-in. Such new tactics often catch the enemy by surprise, so that they can gain a certain advantage in the early stages of the war, and this is enough.

In the classical era before the Middle Ages in the East and the West, the two peaks of Western cold weapon military technology were the Macedonian Empire's ultra-long spear phalanx and the ancient Roman javelin-throwing sword and shield infantry.

The Macedonian Empire's seven or eight-meter-long phalanx of super-long spears lined up for a battle of 10,000 people is indeed very stylish, and the spears are indeed very powerful in terms of momentum. However, the Macedonian spear phalanx has too high requirements for the terrain, such as uneven terrain, slopes, and jungle terrain. That is, a military aristocrat like Alexander, who has been trained since childhood, can play, and commanding this thing requires extremely high talent.

The spears of seven or eight meters were cumbersome and heavy, and the formation of infantry phalanxes was even more cumbersome. If a phalanx of super-long spears were killed from the flanks by an enemy armed with short arms in battle, the spears and burning sticks in their hands would be similar. Therefore, the powerful Macedonian spear phalanx requires extremely high cooperation between arms and the ability of commanders, and basically the phalanx infantry are professional soldiers. With the extinguishing of the flame of Alexander the Great's life, since his untimely death and death, this infantry phalanx declined sharply, and was soon replaced by other tactics and disappeared into history...... Until the rise of muskets.

Zhao Hong felt that the phalanx of super-long spear infantry relied too much on the personal qualities of the commander and soldiers, and as a high school student, Zhao Hong still had a certain amount of self-knowledge, and he really didn't think that his command could be compared with Alexander, who had received military education since childhood.

Since there were few military nobles other than Alexander who could use the Macedonian spear phalanx well, Zhao Hong had no choice but to give up this seemingly stylish infantry tactic. Instead, they favored Roman sword and shield tactics, which had a lower need for command and the quality of soldiers......

"Lord Duber!" Zhao Hong, who was thinking while walking in an alley in the village, was stunned when he heard it. Immediately, Zhao Hong followed the sound and saw a strong man wearing a pointed hat and a deep nose and high eyes, who turned out to be Ma Yao, a descendant of ancient Roman soldiers.

I still have a pillow when I'm sleepy, and I want to do whatever I want. Zhao Hong smiled slightly at Ma Yao, who was a little sleepy-eyed, and then Zhao Hong took two steps forward, stared at Ma Yao's pale blue eyes in his sunken eye sockets, and said in a light tone.

"Brother Ma, pay attention to keeping warm on such a cold day." Although Ma Yao is only a military commander now, he is quite brave, and the seven or eight subordinates he brought with him are tasked with protecting Zhao Hong when he fights. At present, it belongs to the direct jurisdiction of Zhao Hong, which can be said to be the prototype of the guard class.

"The subordinate house has been stuffy for a long time, and I plan to come out to breathe and walk around outside the village."

Ma Yao, who looked a little tired, stretched his waist and stretched his limbs, and then he wrapped his leather armor closer, as if he wanted to say goodbye to Zhao Hong. But before he could make a farewell move, his arm was grabbed by Zhao Hong.

"Brother Ma, I have something I want to ask you about, come, let's find a room and sit down and talk slowly."

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