Wang Huan put away these two things that represent his future identity, stuffed some gold and silver to the lieutenant in private, and then bid farewell to Qin Liangyu and rushed back to Wanshou Valley.

Before leaving, Qin Liangyu wanted to hand over all the weapons and armor that had been captured to Tan Wen, but Wang Huan refused to do so, and just asked to send some of the ash pole spears that were standard with white pole soldiers, Qin Liangyu waved his hand and directly gave him all the more than 5,000 spears left in the warehouse, which made Wang Huan's mouth smile uncontrollably.

Returned to Wanshou Valley, and Xu Tiezhu, Ma Chongming and Zhou Cheng and others who stayed in the valley met, several people reported to him respectively in the past few days in charge of the situation, nothing happened, Wang Huan focused on auditing the accounts of the silver mine, and checked on the spot whether the various systems were relaxed by the fat man, after a toss, Wang Huan was relieved, Ma Chongming really regarded the silver mine as the root of life, more important than Wang Huan, all kinds of body searches, security and other rules and regulations were implemented meticulously, and there was no greed for ink, because the secretary in the account room, They are all people brought by Wang Huan from Tusi City, Ma Chongming is still worried that Wang Huan is greedy for ink, and both sides are careful to supervise each other, but it will not cause misunderstandings.

The crops in the paddy fields are thriving, the mines are progressing smoothly, the ore is continuously transported to the workshops in the Wanshou Valley, and even the most dangerous gunpowder field, under the careful operation of the apprentices brought out by Wang Huan, there have been no explosions during this time.

It's just that there are too few fat pigs, glycerin refining is very problematic, Ma Chongming's people are running around in the state capital every day, buying pigs everywhere, so that almost everyone in the neighborhood knows that the life of Shizhu people is getting better and better, and they have to eat pork every day.

In this way, it also indirectly promoted Wanshou Valley, and when the people heard it, good guys, we can't even eat chaff here, and the Wanshou Valley in Shizhu can still eat meat! It's a paradise on earth, so more and more people rush to the stone pillar.

Soon, the total population of Wanshou Valley easily increased to 50,000 people, such a large number of people, so that Xu Tiezhu and Zhou Cheng were very busy, and built houses and shacks on the land that could be used in the valley, resettled the new people, and then distributed them to the mountains to open mines or to find land outside the valley.

Wanshou Valley, which seemed huge at the beginning, immediately seemed a little cramped, although many people were scattered to the mines in the mountains, it was also very crowded, and more importantly, so many people were added, and food was tight.

It is necessary to open up new territory, Wang Huan said secretly, and it is urgent.

Three thousand years of people are strong, after returning to Wanshou City, there is no horse to put Nanshan, but still insist on half a day of labor, half a day of training, Wang Huan also selected three hundred people, all of whom are outstanding in the two battles of the Black Valley and the pine forest, and dare to fight, these three hundred people and one hundred and fifty soldiers together, all day training, as the backbone to cultivate.

The training method has also been changed to physical training in the morning, formation and weapons training in the afternoon, and they must also be familiar with the sound of the golden drum and suona, and understand what kind of signal they are required to do.

Wang Huan is expected to be in the beginning of September to be the military Fengjie, at that time, it is the critical juncture when Zeng Ying and Zhang Xianzhong are entangled, Zeng Ying's troops are not enough, and he will definitely not send troops to interfere, and the soldiers and horses of Wanshou Valley can easily occupy a large area of land west of Fengjie and annex the entire Kuizhou Mansion. Originally, in addition to Tan Wen, Wang Xiang and others guarded this place, but in order to deal with Zhang Xianzhong, Zeng Ying only left Tan Wen, and the others were transferred to Chongqing Mansion, which was very empty.

Taking advantage of your illness to kill you is Wang Huan's daily life, and he will not let go of such a big loophole. Although Zeng Ying received the news of Tan Wen's defeat, he knew that Kuizhou Mansion was empty, and he had no choice but to watch Wang Huan pick up this peach.

So in the period from late August to early September, Wang Huan stayed on the school field every day, supervising the training, and the 3,000 people were strong, and gradually took shape.

In the afternoon of this day, taking advantage of the gap between training and resting, Ma Xintian copied two spears and explained to Wang Huan and Zubian.

"My lord, there are two kinds of spears for the white pole soldiers, one is long and the other is slightly shorter, and they have different uses, each with its own merits. The long one, with a total length of three feet and three feet, is slightly thinner in front and slightly thicker in the back, the blade is two feet long, and the back is equipped with an iron thorn, which can be pierced into the soil to stabilize the body of the gun, and is used to deal with cavalry, because it is heavy, it is not available to the strong, and it is also called a horse rejection gun. ”

"And the short one, which is usually used, is two zhang long, the thickness of the front and back is the same, the blade is one foot and three inches long, and the back is equipped with an iron ring, and the gun can be pierced and hooked, or it can be erected and smashed with an iron ring to the person lying on the ground."

"In wartime, if the enemy is all foot soldiers and the number is equal, then you can form a sharp cone formation, focusing on our attack, and imitating the meaning of the sharp cone breaking the mud; If the enemy is dominated by cavalry, the number is about the same, and the formation can be in three stacks, with spearmen in the front, archers, crossbowmen and firearms in the back; If the enemy is far outnumbered by us, you can wait for reinforcements in a circle, and the same rejects the horse and gun, followed by the spearmen, and the archers and crossbowmen are the most inward, and if you can have the cooperation of the chariots, you can hold out for a long time without breaking. ”

Zu Bian nodded and said: "This kind of tactics is very similar to the tactics of the Battle of Hunhe, but unfortunately the gunpowder of the chariot soldiers was finally exhausted, and the Jianzhou Tartars dragged the Franco cannon again, so they blasted away the Che camp." ”

Wang Huan looked at the two spears, thoughtfully, squinted his eyes and pondered for a while and said: "If our army and the enemy are equal in number or almost the same, but the enemy army is all cavalry, relying on the gun formation of the white pole soldiers, can we fight with one of them?" ”

Ma Xintian frowned, shook his head and said: "War is capable of fighting, but it can only be defended, as long as the soldiers are well-trained, not chaotic in the face of danger, and keep the gun formation line undispersed, it is impossible for the cavalry to break through, but it is difficult to do this, and this is just a turtle shell, trapped and waiting for death." ”

Zu Bian also said: "The cavalry is not equal to the foot soldiers, I am in Liaodong, and I have worked on an errand in the iron cavalry camp of the Guanning Army. If you can't catch up and run, you can't run, the cavalry will attack if you want to, and if you can't attack, they will harass you from afar, so that you don't dare to march, and you will always be ready to fight, and you will be dragged to death. ”

Wang Huan said: "The terrain in the north is flat, which is convenient for the cavalry to gallop, so there are many horsemen in the north, but what if the battlefield is replaced with mountains?" Can the cavalry still be so free? There are ditches and bumps everywhere, and the cavalry must not be able to run, right? ”

Ma Xintian and Zu Bian were stunned for a moment, thought about it before nodding together, Zu Bian said: "Of course, cavalry combat, terrain is very important, there is no large flat land, you can't gallop, naturally the power will be greatly reduced." ”

Ma Xintian also said: "That's right, when Zhuge Wuhou established the country in Shu, he also lacked cavalry, but he could only rely on foot soldiers to compete with Cao Wei, relying on the rugged terrain of Hanzhong and Guanzhong, in the Qinling Mountains, basically there was no flat land, Cao Wei's cavalry was useless, and as long as Hanzhong took Guanzhong, he could look at the northwest Qiang land, Qiang land can raise horses, and over time can form a strong cavalry team, but unfortunately Wuhou died early, otherwise the Three Kingdoms may be able to rewrite it." ”

Speaking of this, Ma Xintian suddenly realized something, his eyes widened, and he looked at Wang Huan in a daze, he just inadvertently said what Wang Huan had been thinking about for a long time.

Wang Huan thought that if he could make guns and cannons, of course it would be simple, and directly form a modern army equipped with muskets and iron cannons to crush all the way, God block and kill God, Buddha block and kill Buddha, and it will be over all the way to Shenyang with guns and cannons. It's a pity that no, those craftsmen who make guns and cannons can't even find a shadow.

What I have in my hands, only the white pole soldiers, the equipment is only the mountain destroying crossbow and rattan armor, it can be said that it is extremely simple, basically staying in the era of cold weapons, except for the killing bullets, there is nothing to get it to, and I want to fight hard with the Jianzhou Tartars, I am afraid that the odds of victory are not great.

The Jurchen founded the country with cavalry archery, and those in armor were excellent archers with superb riding and archery, and the range of the riding bow was far away from the mountain crossbow, and the firepower output could not win, and the throwing distance of the exterminating bullet could not be farther than that of the ox horn riding the bow, and their own soldiers held the powerful exterminating bullet and did not throw it out, so that the outcome could be predicted before the battle was fought. Therefore, in the battle with the cavalry, the infantry must choose a suitable battlefield, preferably in rugged terrain such as mountains, where the cavalry cannot rush up and are forced to fight on foot.

Of course, the fall of the Nanming in the south of the Yangtze River is another matter, the water town battle, the cavalry of Jianzhou and Mongolia is not of great use, the Nanming is basically defeated by the surrendered Han people, and the Jianzhou soldiers did not make much effort. The armies of the ****** such as Longwu and Yongli lost in morale and morale, and the cold weapon combat was fought for courage and fighting spirit, and without iron will and strong discipline, it was impossible to defeat the strong elite soldiers in a hundred battles. Nanming is a puddle of mud from top to bottom, not to mention the mountains, even if they are allowed to squat in a cement bunker, they will rout.

That's why Wang Huan wants to enter Sichuan, and he wants to master the white pole soldiers, and use the white pole soldiers who are good at the mountains to base themselves in Shuzhong, and then go north to Hanzhong to occupy Guanzhong, establish cavalry, and then look for opportunities to follow-up, this is his road map. As early as the moment he saw Li Tingyu in the ruined temple in Yangzhou, he understood that if he wanted to succeed and turn the tide, with his own conditions, there was no other way but this road.

Zhuge Wuhou did his best and died in Wuzhang Plain, but Wang Huan would not, he firmly believed this.