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Under the city of Xiazhou, a large-scale military training is underway, and the western soldiers are training. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Western Army, known as the elite of the world, was the pillar of the Song Dynasty, and with the rise of the Song army in the north, its status declined, and its tactics were outdated and needed to be retrained.

Despite this, the quality of the soldiers, morale, and experience of the Western soldiers were all first-class, and if they were trained and rejuvenated, their combat power would soar, which was a great thing for the Song Dynasty.

Wu Ji had long wanted to do this, and after it was determined that the battle to destroy Western Xia would be postponed, he began to do it. At present, I have received the news that Tubo has joined, and the opportunity for the decisive battle is going to be pushed back, and Dong Yu must be given enough time, and he must be asked to mobilize all the troops that can be mobilized, and then deal a fatal blow to it.

Only in this way, after this battle, can the land west of the river and the land of Tibet be peaceful. Otherwise, even if Wu Ji wiped out the Western Xia and pacified Tibet, it would still leave a huge aftermath.

With this period of stability, it was used to train Western soldiers. Once the Western Soldiers are trained, they will give Wu Ji a great boost. You must know that after the next decisive battle, the Song army will march into the Western Regions and recover the Western Regions.

The situation in the Western Regions is somewhat complicated, not only with the Uighurs and other alien races, but also with the forces of the Great Eclipse. Two hundred years ago, the Tang Dynasty was in its heyday, although it was pressed against the Great Food, after all, the Great Food was the only empire that could confront the Tang Dynasty at that time. The Tang Dynasty defeated Da Shi many times, but it only hurt its fur and could not move its muscles and bones.

At present, the Great Eclipse is still strong, although its eastward expansion has been halted and it can no longer attack to the east, its strength should not be underestimated, and it has great influence in the Western Regions.

When the Song army entered the Western Regions, it might have to confront the Great Eclipse, and if it fought against the powerful opponent of the Great Eclipse, it would be a new test and a new topic for the Song army, and it was impossible not to make all preparations.

This preparation is nothing more than strengthening the western soldiers and raising the combat power of the western soldiers.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Bursts of shouts of killing sounded, and the western soldiers were training under the guidance of the northern soldiers. The Song army in the north has made remarkable achievements and has become a hero in the eyes of the Song people, and is no longer the former "thief with army".

For the Western soldiers, the Northern Song Army was their target to catch up. The Western Soldiers used to be the most elite army of the Song Dynasty and were synonymous with the elite, but now, their status has declined and they have been replaced by the Song Army in the north. The guidance of the Song army in the north, they conscientiously carried out and trained hard, although it was expected to be a cold spring, they all sweated like rain and trained extremely hard.

"You are Western soldiers! The elite of the Great Song! You can't give up! You have to persevere! Grit your teeth and persevere! ”

The Northern Song soldiers who served as instructors cheered them on loudly: "Our northern army can fight, you are very unconvinced!" It's nothing! As long as you work hard and are willing to endure hardships, you are no worse than us! ”

"Hold on! Hang on! ”

The northern army is able to fight, and the amount of training is extremely large, although the western soldiers are well-trained, they still can't stand it and grit their teeth and hold on.

"Western soldiers are Western soldiers, I have doubled the training, and they can still persevere." Wu Ji, accompanied by the cultivators, was patrolling the school field, and couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the training scene.

"Dashuai, this is to love them." He did not regard Wu Ji's actions as a difficulty, but was grateful: "The decisive battle is about to be held, the time is tight, if not, it will be difficult for the western soldiers to be promoted in a short time, this is not to be done!" ”

"Yes!" Yao Gu echoed, and said with a smile: "I don't know if I don't know, I don't know if I don't know, this insight, we just understand why the northern army can achieve such great feats in a short period of time, their training is far beyond what we can imagine." The training of the army of the previous dynasty is nothing more than that. Perhaps, there is something worse. ”

"You are glad that your brothers' combat strength has increased, and I am most happy that we both have four legs." Li Xian's shrill voice sounded, and his eyes narrowed together with a smile: "When we were in Shaanzhou, we relied on two legs to fight, and we never dared to think that we could have four legs. Hehe! ”

Wu Ji fought all the way and captured a lot of war horses, all of which were used to equip the Western soldiers. With war horses, the mobility of the western soldiers has been greatly improved, and it can be said that they come and go like the wind.

Li Xianyi reminded that Chong Ge and Yao Gu were squinting their eyes, enjoying it very much, rejoicing, and saying with emotion: "Since the Middle Tang Dynasty, China has been short of horses. The invincible army of the previous dynasty no longer came and went like the wind, moved freely, and could only rely on two legs to fight, and this drawback continued to this dynasty. This dynasty promoted horse politics and built cavalry, and also wanted to follow the example of the previous dynasty and let the brothers grow four legs, but it has not been realized for more than 100 years. Now, we finally have four legs. ”

The reason why the Tang army was able to fight had a lot to do with the fact that it had a large number of war horses. When the Tang Dynasty was strong, regardless of the type of troops, everyone had a war horse. Even if you are an infantry, you can't walk when you march, you can ride a horse. This not only improved the mobility of the Tang army, allowing the Tang army to come and go like the wind, but also saved physical strength, which was of great help to the Tang army.

Li Jing dared to lead 3,000 warriors to attack Yinshan at night, and took the old lair of Jieli Khan, which had a lot to do with it. Although Li Jing only led 3,000 warriors straight to Yinshan, behind him, there were more than 100,000 Tang Dynasty troops coming one after another, giving him powerful reinforcements.

It was precisely because Jieli Khan knew that the Tang army had a large number of war horses and strong mobility, and as soon as he heard that Li Jing was coming in person, he made a wrong judgment, and thought that the Tang Dynasty army had arrived, otherwise, how could Li Jing have such courage. As a result, Jieli Khan was frightened, threw off the army and fled, leaving the hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops leaderless, and finally giving the Tang army a pot of stew.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty declined, and after the Middle Tang Dynasty, Ma Zheng was corrupted, the number of war horses decreased sharply, and the Tang army was no longer four-legged, but became two-legged, and its mobility was greatly reduced and its combat power was greatly damaged. Without the war horse, even the sharp and incomparable weapon of the Mo knife has withdrawn from the battlefield, which makes people sigh.

After the establishment of the Song Dynasty, Song Taizu and Song Taizong were both emperors immediately, and they would not know the important surnames of the cavalry, and they also wanted to restore the grandeur of the Tang Dynasty and began to implement horse politics. However, because it was too [***], it was not successful, and it was too expensive to buy war horses from other races, and finally it turned into a tragedy, and "riding on foot" turned out to be a national policy.

Let the Song army have a war horse and grow four legs, but the dream of countless people at that time has never been realized. Now, they have finally achieved it, what Li Xian said is what everyone is most happy about, and it is not bad that Chong Mo and Yao Gu are so happy that they don't jump.

"It's a good thing to have four legs, but we don't have weapons yet." Yao Gu also has some people who are not hearty and swallow elephants, and they are not satisfied with having war horses, and they still want weapons.

Chong Mo and Li Xian looked at Wu Ji, their eyes were blank, and they were looking forward to it. The weapons possessed by the Northern Song Army were the dreams of the Western soldiers. They are deeply aware of the power of Mo knives, chopping knives, and thunderbolts, but they can't have them, and they can only watch the Northern Song Army use them, isn't that torture?

It would be nice if the Western soldiers could also be equipped with these weapons!

"Hey!" Wu Ji sighed, with a look of regret, spread his hands, and said helplessly: "This matter is a little difficult to solve." This is 200,000 Western soldiers, even if the craftsmen of the Great Song Dynasty don't eat, drink, or sleep, they can't make so many weapons in a short time. You have to wait, you have to wait, wait patiently! ”

This is absolutely the truth, and the three of them, Chong Ge, Yao Gu, and Li Xian, sighed and had to accept this reality.

"I said you three, it's so easy to be satisfied?" A smile crossed the corner of Wu Ji's mouth.

"What if you don't wait?" He was a little puzzled.

"Does the marshal have a way?" Yao Gu and Li Xian asked stunned.

"If you want to equip 200,000 Western soldiers at once, you can't do it with all the power of the Great Song Dynasty. But what about ......" Speaking of this, Wu Ji sold Guan Zi and hung the appetite of the three of them.

"It turns out that the handsome man is playing with us!" Chong Ge reacted, and he didn't feel angry at all, but a happy face: "Dashuai, what can you do?" ”

"Yes! Say it! Yao Gu and Li Xian urged, rubbing their hands together.

"Actually, it's nothing, it's just to rob the king's privy." Wu Ji smiled a little sinisterly, and said: "He is so rich, we can't help but let him help the poor!" ”

"Huh!" The three of them laughed, their thumbs raised high, and they were full of praise: "High! High! High! It's really high! But will he give it to the king? ”

"If he doesn't give it, he has to give it!" Wu Ji's face was solemn, and he said, "He robbed me, this time, he should return my favor." If he dares not to give it, he will not want to get good things in the future. Hmph, if you want to talk about making sharp weapons, who did I lose to? Wang Shumi, does he dare to provoke me? ”

When it comes to making weapons, Wu Ji admits the second, no one dares to admit the first, if Wang Shao does not support Wu Ji, Wang Shao will not want to have a share in the sharp weapons created by Wu Ji in the future. I believe that Wang Shao will understand the weight, and he will never dare not support Wu Ji.

"Haha!" Chong Ge, Yao Gu, and Li Xian laughed loudly, and the three of them stroked their beards and laughed very happily.

Li Xian also went to brush his beard, but he was empty, and the eunuch had no beard, which was slightly embarrassing, but it couldn't affect their good mood.

"Dashuai, if you can get weapons like this, just get one hundred and eighty thousand and let the brothers use them well." The lion opened his mouth.

"One hundred and eighty thousand is enough, let alone twelve or thirty thousand!" Yao Gu and Li Xian were even more ruthless.

"There is a way that people's hearts are insufficient, and snakes swallow elephants, which is really reasonable, just for you!" Wu Ji smiled and pointed at the three of them to make fun of them, and said: "After Yanyun recovered, the official family sent Cai Jing, Su Shi, and Shen Kuo to Youzhou, which is the top priority to build weapons, and a large number of good workers have been mobilized, and then there is my Wu military industry, which will be built in large quantities." Even so, it is impossible to create so many weapons and armor in a short period of time. ”

"Dashuai, how many will there be?" Chong Ge, Yao Gu, and Li Xian asked in unison.

"If there are more, thirty or fifty thousand will still work!" Wu Ji gave the figures.

"Thirty or fifty thousand? Actually, it's quite a lot! "It's a great joy to plant.

"The combat strength of the 50,000 northern army is amazing, and this army alone can withstand the 320,000 Western Xia army. If another 350,000 Western soldiers are equipped, they alone will be able to compete with the troops of the Western Xia Dynasty. Coupled with the rest of the Western soldiers, in this battle, our chances of winning are much higher, and it can be said that we are nine out of ten! Yao Gu thought further, and counted the accounts with his fingers.

"Yes!" Wu Ji nodded heavily and said, "Right now, it depends on how many troops Li Bingchang and Dong Yu can bring out!" As much as they mix, we eat! ”

(To be continued)