This recruitment, the harvest is very rich, far beyond expectations. When it was first conceived, it would be good to be able to recruit full, but where did you think that there were so many Ding Zhuang who came to Yingying, and the quality of the soldiers was so good.

Looking at the recruits gathered in the barracks, Wu Ji's face was flushed, and there was fire in his eyes, there were such good soldiers, no matter what, they had to be trained into an elite.

The quality of these recruits is much stronger than that of Li Mingchu, and it would be a pity if they couldn't be trained to be elites.

"Let's do the basics first." Wu Ji waved his hand, and Li Mingchu responded and began to train this group of recruits.

The army under the command of Wu Ji was 2,500 people, and Wang Shao allocated him 1,000 elites, plus more than 200 people from the original Converting Army, and the recruits he could recruit were more than 1,200 people.

For these recruits, cohort training is mandatory. Although the queue is not very useful on the battlefield, it is the most basic and cannot be left unpracticed. At the same time, it is necessary to explain the rules and military orders of the barracks to the recruits, and only after completing these can they be divided into branches of the military and targeted for training.

Under the command of Li Mingchu, the recruits were trained. Although the training was hard, no one complained in the slightest, and they wished they had completed the training as soon as possible and practiced their ability to kill the enemy, so that they could kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions.

The army of the Song Dynasty was full of corruption, and it was rare to find a general like Wu Ji among a hundred generals.

Therefore, the recruits trained very seriously, and Wu Ji saw it in his eyes and was relieved in his heart.

After training for half a day, no one complained about the recruits, no one complained about being tired, and what was even happier was that because of their good physical fitness, they were not very tired. This made Li Mingchu crazy with jealousy, took a moment, came to Wu Ji and muttered: "They eat well and dress well, unlike us who are homeless people who join the army, they can withstand the toss!" If we tossed for a long time, we would have been tired and tired, and they would have been fine. ”

This is the truth, the converted soldiers who participated in the training couldn't help nodding in agreement, they were also homeless, their families couldn't get by, and they had to enter the army to accept exploitation.

"They're still able to withstand it, and they're training more." Wu Ji stared at the recruits and ordered loudly: "How ruthless you are, use it all, don't worry, you can't die." ”

"They are as strong as oxen, and if you want to train them to death, you must first exhaust me to death." Li Mingchu laughed and went to train again.

Originally, after such a big victory, Wu Ji wanted to give the Converts a holiday and let them go back to reunite with their relatives and friends, but the matter of training recruits could not be delayed, so Wu Ji finally decided to take a turn off, first take half of the people's leave, and leave Li Mingchu and them to train. Wait until the holiday comes back, and then let Li Mingchu and them take vacation.

No one will have any objections to this move, and they all understand that Wu Ji is the best way to deal with it, not only to let them take a vacation, but also not to let go of business.

"Commander Wu Du, shouldn't we train cavalry?" Huangfu Song looked at the recruits who were training, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't move away: "Such a good strong man, if he doesn't use it to train cavalry, it would be a pity." ”

The quality of the recruits is very high, they are natural cavalry, and it would be a pity if they were not used to train cavalry.

Speaking of cavalry, Wu Ji is a look of regret, although the Guixin army fought such a big victory and relieved the siege of Xiongzhou, it can be said that it is famous, but there is no cavalry. Think about the first time Yelu Bodhisattva led his troops to attack the converts, the converts defeated the Liao army, but because they did not have enough cavalry, they could not pursue, so they could only watch the Liao army flee.

The second attack of the Liao army converted, if the Liao army had not been put into the city, it would not have been ordinary to annihilate Yelu Bodhisattva, it was difficult, it was difficult, it was difficult to go to the sky.

Similarly, in the battle of Xiongzhou, if it were not for all the Liao troops entering the city, but outside the city, not to mention the total annihilation, it would not be possible to even have a big result. The Liao army has many cavalry, can't beat it, can't run? The two-legged Song army, where can the four-legged Liao army, it can be said that the victory in Xiongzhou is a miracle.

Cavalry is the shortcomings of the Song army, and there are not many cavalry in the entire Song Dynasty, and the conversion army is even more straightforward, without a single cavalry. The original conversion army only had a dozen or so inferior horses, which were used for heralds, and the better horses were all sold out to He Wanquan. At that time, Wu Ji wanted to form a cavalry, but he had no horses and could only give up.

Now, Wu Ji has more than 8,000 war horses in his hands, and the prerequisites for forming a cavalry have been solved.

"I have long wanted to form a cavalry, but there are no war horses, and now, there are war horses, just to form a cavalry." Wu Ji nodded in agreement.

"Good! If we have cavalry, we don't have to be afraid of Liao dogs in the future. Not to mention anything else, Liaogou suffered a defeat, so we don't have to be like before, stupidly chasing four legs with two legs, chasing four legs with four legs, who is afraid of whom? Qi Dabao applauded loudly.

Cavalry was the dream of all Song people, including the emperor of the Song Dynasty, but they had to give up because of the lack of horses.

"The cavalry must be formed, but how to form it still needs to be discussed by us." Wu Ji raised his eyebrows and said, "I have seen the cavalry of the Xiongzhou Army, although it is good, I am not satisfied. ”

"The cavalry of the Xiongzhou Army, that's the elite, you're still not satisfied?" Qi Dabao was a little surprised.

"It's not dissatisfied, it's very dissatisfied." Wu Ji nodded and said, "Although the cavalry of the Xiongzhou Army is good, there are several flaws. One is that their long-range attacks are too weak; Second, their slashing is not sharp enough; The third is that the way they use it is very problematic. ”

"You have a lot of questions, three at a time." Huangfu Song was also surprised: "Let's talk about it carefully, let's think about it." ”

For the cavalry, Wu Ji has not been trained, nor has he commanded the cavalry, although he has some ideas, he is not very familiar with them, and it is inevitable to discuss with them, so he immediately nodded and said: "Let's go, go to the house first, let's discuss it well." Oh, and invite Master Zheng again, he is very knowledgeable and familiar with the affairs of the previous dynasty, and maybe he can give us some inspiration. ”

Mrs. Zheng is very knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and with his participation, maybe he can really come up with a lot of good ideas. Wu Ji's show was won by his predecessor, and he is not very familiar with military history, so he really needs someone like Zheng Tai to participate.

The three of them returned to the house, and soon, Mrs. Zheng rushed over when she heard the news. As soon as they met, Mrs. Zheng asked happily: "Commander Wudu, I heard that you are preparing to train cavalry, okay, what do you think, say it quickly, let's think about it." ”

Rubbing his hands, he said with a smile: "Speaking of this cavalry, I feel very sorry, in the Han and Tang dynasties, how many cavalry there were in China, do you know?" That's tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and thinking about that situation makes people's blood boil. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu, how many cavalry did he have? At the time of the decisive battle in Mobei, there were 100,000 elite cavalry alone, and 300,000 war horses were dispatched, which was amazing. There were more war horses in the previous dynasty, and during the Tianbao period, the official government of the previous dynasty owned more than 700,000 horses, 700,000, what an astonishing number. This is only the horses controlled in the hands of the government, not counting the horses of the people, if you add the people, the previous dynasty can easily take out this number of war horses, one million! ”

"A million?" This number is a bit scary, Wu Ji, Huangfu Song, and Qi Dabao exclaimed in surprise.

"Don't believe me? There will be absolutely no problems. Mrs. Zheng wrenched her fingers and settled the account: "Li Jing's night attack on Yinshan and the destruction of the Eastern Turks are a major event in China. Do you know why Jieli Khan was frightened when he heard that Li Jing was coming in person, and fled with an army of more than 100,000 people? It was because the army of the previous dynasty had many horses, acted quickly, and moved like the wind, that Jieli Khan thought that Li Jing had come in person, and what followed was the army of the previous dynasty. He didn't expect that it was only the three thousand warriors selected by Li Jing who attacked his lair. ”

Touching his forehead, he groaned slightly, and said: "Actually, Jieli Khan's idea is not unreasonable, the action of the army of the previous dynasty is very fast, although the army of the former dynasty did not attack Yinshan with Li Jing, but it is not far behind. ”

"Alas! In the previous dynasty, there were so many war horses, regardless of the type of army, one for each person, whether it was cavalry, infantry, archers, it was inevitable to ride a horse, and when the army marched, when the battle began, what should I do. Mrs. Zheng knocked on the door of her head and said very depressedly: "How much time has it been?" Da Song is so short of horses, it's really unexpected. ”

There were so many war horses in the Tang Dynasty, and when they arrived in the Song Dynasty, there was a serious shortage of horses, and even the cavalry could not be formed, which really made people sigh.

Wu Ji remembered a question, he saw a discussion post on the Internet, and said: "This dynasty has lost the place to raise horses, there is no desert, there is no cool place, and it is not strange that there is a shortage of horses." ”

"Yes! This dynasty has lost all the places where good horses come out, and the lack of horses is really nothing. Huangfu Song and Qi Dabao echoed in unison: "In the land of Hetao, Mo Nan and Mo Bei are all in the hands of the Khitans. The Ganliang area is still in the hands of Western Xia. ”

"Haha!" Mrs. Zheng looked at the three of them, and suddenly, she looked up to the sky and laughed, as if she had heard the funniest joke, laughed so much that tears came out, and she pressed her heart and said loudly: "Mistaken! Mistaken! That's what the reader doesn't know! ”

After a slight pause, Mrs. Zheng explained the doubts of the three of them: "Let's not talk about the previous dynasty first, let's talk about the Han Dynasty and understand why it is so wrong." Many scholars in this dynasty thought that the land of horses was in Ganliang, Hetao, Monan, and Mobei. In the case of this dynasty, it is true, but in the case of the Han Dynasty, it is very wrong. ”

"Ganliang, Hetao, Monan, and Mobei are indeed places that produce good horses, but not necessarily, who said that there must be good horses in these places? Before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty broke through, there were no such places in the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't still create the Iron Cavalry of the Han Dynasty, galloping across the country? Under the leadership of Wei Qing and Huo Quai, didn't they still defeat the Huns? Where did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty get his cavalry? Where did the war horses come from? Do you know what the reason is? ”

Mrs. Zheng is more and more excited, Wu Ji, Huangfu Song, and Qi Dabao are more and more confused the more they listen, the three of you look at me, I look at you, but I don't know why.

(To be continued)