Chapter 30: Expanding the Army
Sima Lang saw that the generals and officials were full of fighting spirit, and he looked yearning, so he said, "Lord, that Lu Bu has not yet retreated, and he still has to deal with the Tuoba Department, can we really fight?" Your lord, you don't have many soldiers under your command, and there are only a few thousand people who can fight. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe enemies around him are tens of thousands at every turn, and now they have to find a way to repel Lu Bu, and the others have a chance. Besides, my lord, there are so many enemies around, are you really not afraid in your heart? ”
Tang Hua looked up at Sima Lang and said honestly, "I'm afraid!" ”
Now everyone around was stunned, how could Tang Hua say such a thing.
Tang Hua paused for a moment and then said: "It's useless to be afraid, we must face the reality and find a way to solve the dilemma." ”
Hearing this, all the generals breathed a sigh of relief.
"Everyone has actually analyzed it when recovering Yanmen, and the situation is not much different from what we analyzed at the beginning, since everyone is confident, then what am I Tang Hua afraid of? I think that through the efforts of all of us, we will definitely be able to cope with it, but we must really take it seriously and not be careless, because this is not only a matter of the survival of our army, but also has a bearing on the safety of the people in Yanmen. ”
Zhao Yun and Zhang He have not spoken out, because they have just arrived, they don't know anything about the situation, and they can't express any opinions.
After listening to this, Zhang He still asked: "How many troops does our army have?" ”
Zhang Liao said with a smile: "Junyi, our army has a total of 15,500 people, of which 2,500 are in Yanmen Pass, but the real ones who can fight are really like Boda said, only about 8,000 people." The others were all recruits or newly surrendered horse thief soldiers. Although the recruits are not as good as the veterans, they are much better than the average soldier in other places. On the one hand, the conditions for our recruitment are already strict, and on the other hand, our training is all confrontation training, and our training methods are diversified. If others want to be in the army in a year, then we can do it in February or March. In addition, when we recruit troops, we are required to be able to ride war horses, be able to shoot bows and arrows, and also require eight out of ten arrows, and five arrows in the red star, so the training is much faster. ”
Zhao went and asked: "Then there are soldiers alone, and there are no war horses." ”
Zhang Liao and other generals laughed when they heard this: "Zilong doesn't know, we wiped out the Xianbei tribe and captured a lot of war horses. We have more than 25,000 war horses, so war horses are not a problem for us, if we don't, we can send troops to grab them from the Tartars. ”
After hearing this, Zhang He said: "Are our troops all cavalry? Is there really no infantry? ”
Zhang Liao said: "Junyi, we have just arrived in Yanmen, in the past, we dared to ask for infantry, and we did not defend the city, we took the initiative to attack the enemy, and we all fought on the prairie, so there was no other type of troops except cavalry." However, the lord said that he would form a python army. ”
Zhang He asked, "What kind of python army, what kind of army is it?" ”
Zhang Liao said: "Now our cavalry is called the Flying Snake, and the python is the infantry. Listening to the lord, even the military flags are different, although they are all snake patterns, but there are big differences. ”
Tang Hua heard this and said: "We are so good, our Flying Snake Army has recruited 20,000 people, and the training of the Flying Snake Army is mainly based on Wenyuan, and Zilong assists in training the cavalry." In addition, another 10,000 python soldiers were recruited, including 3,000 sword and shield soldiers, 3,000 strong archers, 3,000 pikemen, and 1,000 javelin soldiers, and the training of the python army was in charge of Junyi. This is already the maximum number of troops we can afford, and this is still with the support of the Zhen family, otherwise no matter how many soldiers there are, we can't raise it. ”
Zhang Hedao: "What kind of class is the javelinmen?" ”
Tang Hua said with a smile: "On the basis of pikemen, let each soldier insert five short guns behind his back, which is specially used for throwing and killing the enemy, so the javelinmen require all strong men." Wen Yuan, what is the effect of the snipers that Li You is training now, let Lu Bu try his role in actual combat this time. ”
Zhang Liao laughed after hearing this, and said: "Lord, if you let the group of snipers trained by Li Jin deal with a certain general together, most of them will ascend to heaven immediately, and there is little chance of surviving back." If I hadn't known beforehand, I wouldn't have been able to escape this fate. His group of people were originally the sharpshooters among the Orions, and now through systematic training, the lethality is really irresistible, and if it takes a little longer, it will be even more powerful. ”
Zhao Yun said with a puzzled expression: "I've listened to it for a long time, a sniper is an archer, right?" ”
Zhang Liao said: "Yes Zilong, the sniper was called by the lord first, and we didn't understand it at first, but now our army is used to this kind of name." Tanma is called scouts in our place, and the military system of our army is relatively simple, not as complicated as in the court. ”
"Now that the war is imminent, we must mobilize all the forces that can be used to increase the height and thickness of the fortifications of our important checkpoints and cities as soon as possible, strengthen our defensive capabilities, and improve our defensive performance. It is also necessary to make it clear to the people that the people should also do some volunteer work, which is for the sake of our homes, and the people also have the obligation to do their best to contribute and sweat. All kinds of materials for guarding the pass and guarding the city should be fully prepared, try to prepare a little more, and put it in the city first if the city wall cannot be placed, and there must be more goodness. For the checkpoints and around the city, dig the pits that should be dug, lay the traps, set up the traps, and set up more to eliminate the enemy as much as possible. Tang Hua thought for a while and continued: "The python army trained by Junyi is not only a confrontation between the infantry, but also a confrontation between the python army and the flying snake army, so that the python army can find a way to deal with the cavalry through confrontation, and how the cavalry can deal with the Changqiang soldiers. ”
Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Zhao Yun, Fool, Heizi and others: "It's the lord." ”
Tang Hua said: "As soon as Zilong and Junyi arrived today, we will all pick up the dust for the two of them, and the work on military affairs will continue to be studied tomorrow." As for government affairs, Boda, you have to worry a lot, let Mai Changsui assist you, I just ask, who you want to use is also Boda, anyway, you have to settle the people well and get the economy up as soon as possible. ”
Sima Lang and Mai Zi said: "It's the lord." “
Tang Hua suddenly thought of the Zhaoxian Pavilion, so he continued: "Changsui, has the Zhaoxian Pavilion been built, are there any great talents coming?" ”
Mai Zi said: "Lord, the recruitment hall has been built, but there are no big talents. At present, there are carpenters, masons, blacksmiths and the like. ”
Tang Hua smiled and said, "That's not bad, carpenters, blacksmiths, and masons are all useful talents." If you have the skills to make ceramics, weave cloth, make tea, dry salt, etc., you must stay, and we will be of great use in the future. ”
Mai Zi said: "It's the lord." ”
Tang Hua said: "By the way, have you ever heard of raising carrier pigeons? ”
Sima Lang asked: "Lord, what is a carrier pigeon, you have to explain it clearly before we know, there are too many new terms of yours, we often hear it in a daze, and we don't know what it means." ”
Tang Hua said very embarrassedly: "A carrier pigeon is a pigeon, but ordinary pigeons are raised to play or eat, and carrier pigeons are used to transmit intelligence and news." The carrier pigeon can vary from tens to thousands of miles depending on the ability of the pigeon, and its transmission speed is fast. If we can raise this kind of information transmission pigeons, the information we need can be delivered to us in time, and we can prepare in advance and have enough time to make various emergency plans. ”
Zhao Yundao: "Can it really work? “
Tang Hua laughed and said: "Zilong, if you want to be able to transmit news and intelligence, you have to go through training, just like a soldier has to go through training to fight, and the same is true for pigeons, if you don't pass training, it will definitely not work." If you train well, it's a lot more useful. Besides, even if the training is good, the corresponding pigeon points must be established. It is also useless if there are no more than one pigeon spot. You can't tell the pigeon to go anywhere, and it can't understand people if it wants to, and it doesn't know the flight route. ”
Sima Lang said: "Lord, why haven't I heard of these things before?" How do you know? ”
Tang Hua said with a smile: "Boda, there are many things you haven't heard of, you are a big family, a celebrity, and what you have learned is incomparable." I'm different from you, I can't write a pen, I can't get on a horse, I don't learn anything, I only know how to travel all day long, so I know more anecdotes than you know. Boda, what you understand is the big truth, the big question, the big wisdom, what I know is the little knowledge, the little common sense, the little clever. Of course you understand but I don't understand, and you don't understand what I do. ”
Everyone laughed when they heard Tang Hua's statement of robber logic, and Sima Lang said: "Lord, you are a fallacy and heresy, you always say that you don't learn no skills, and you are so powerful if you don't learn any more skills, if you learn some more knowledge, it will be even worse." ”
Tang Hua smiled and said: "Boda, what I said is true, you are the most knowledgeable person among us, a person with university knowledge and great wisdom, and Changsui and Yuanda only have elementary school knowledge." Don't talk about anything else, just talk about the small aspects, you see, you Confucian scholars and celebrities pay attention to smiling without showing teeth, eating without talking, drinking water without sound, walking with a walking image, sitting with a sitting posture, and standing with a standing statue. And I have all of these, you can see it as soon as you come, but I don't say it, I am just a gangster, but there is one thing, I myself have great respect for you literati, Confucian scholars, and celebrities. ”
Everyone laughed when they heard Tang Hua's nonsense.
Zhao Yun asked, "Big brother, do you want to find the pigeon breeder?" ”
Tang Hua said: "If you want to find it, you must, you have to find more, Zilong, you go and arrange someone to handle this matter." ”
Zhao Yun said: "It's the eldest brother." ”
Sima Lang said: "Lord, tonight is to welcome Zilong and Junyi, is this wine a little better." ”
"Damn, isn't this clearly going to be robbed!"
Zhang Liao, Fool, and Ergou next to him also spoke in unison.
Tang Hua said: "I don't know how much wine there is, why don't you let Heizi ask the girl in my house, if there is, just bring it all." ”
Heizi heard Tang Hua agree, turned around and ran out. Zhang He next to him was inexplicable, what kind of wine could make so many people yearn for this.
At this time, Sima Lang said: "This kind of wine of the lord, I guess even the emperor has never drunk such a good wine." ”