Chapter 87: The Battle of the City (3)
"Late at night, no order to kill the walker!"
"Those who spread rumors and disturb the morale of the army will be killed!"
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When Zhao Xun left the house, he saw the government soldiers in armor coming and going on the street, patrolling back and forth, and at the same time loudly announcing the discipline during the city defense period.
"Let's go, let's go to the barracks!" Zhao Xunfei got on his horse and went straight to the West Camp with the soldiers of the personal guard battalion.
When Zhao Xun came to the West Daying, he thought that he had made a mistake, and there were people outside the camp.
"Lord Zhao is here!" I don't know who shouted, and the people who were originally waiting quietly hula all surrounded him, making Zhao Qingshan nervous for a while.
"Out of the knife! Defense! Zhao Qingshan drew his horizontal knife and shouted, and a team of guards and soldiers around him immediately drew their knives and surrounded Zhao Xun, staring at the people around him with their eyes.
"Stand back! Kill those who dare to approach! ”
"Kill! Kill! The fifty guards shouted loudly, which relieved the people who were surrounding.
"Aoyama!" Zhao Xun stopped Zhao Qingshan's move because he didn't feel the malice of the people.
"Lord Zhao! Thank you for waiting for us today! ”
"Yes! Thank you, Lord Zhao! ”
"Thank you, Lord Zhao!" More than 300 people knelt down together and thanked Zhao Xun. Zhao Xun suddenly understood that these were the people who were exchanged back today.
"Rise up, all of you. You guys are like this, Zhao Xun can't afford it! Zhao Xun hurriedly dismounted, walked to an old man in his fifties, helped him up and said.
The old man took Zhao Xun's hand and said gratefully: "If it weren't for Lord Zhao today, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to survive!" On behalf of all the 12,000 people who were rescued, more than 350 of us would like to thank Lord Zhao! Lord Zhao, you are our reborn parent! ”
Zhao Xun looked at the old man in front of him with a smile, and said with a smile: "Old man, as a soldier, this is what we should do, you don't have to do it." It's not early now, go back and rest early, have you arranged your residence, the government army? ”
The old man said excitedly: "Lord Zhao's words are wrong, there are many troops in Yanzhou City, and there are many people who eat the imperial court, but they don't think about us, only the Huolin army from the battalion soldiers will take action, this kindness, we will never forget!" As for the resting place, the government army temporarily arranged for us to be in the school field of Dongdaying. ”
"Did you prepare food for you?"
The old man smiled bitterly: "Who cares about these now!" ”
Zhao Xun turned to Zhao Qingshan and said: "Qingshan, you immediately ask Zhao Ning to prepare two thousand catties of grain, which will be sent to Dongdaying in a while, and the people must not be starved. ”
When Zhao Qingshan heard this, he immediately sent people to the camp to find Zhao Ning to prepare.
The old man suddenly had tears in his eyes, he was so excited that he didn't know what to say, and he was about to kneel down for Zhao Xun, Zhao Xun hurriedly hugged him and said: "Old man, you better go back quickly, staying at the gate of the barracks is a violation of military discipline, go back so that people can prepare it, and the food will be delivered in a while." ”
Under Zhao Xun's repeated persuasion, these people reluctantly said goodbye to Zhao Xun and left the gate of the camp.
"My lord! It seems that we are doing well today, and these people know that we are good! Zhao Qingshan said with a smile on his face.
Zhao Xun is also secretly happy in his heart, what he did today has finally paid off, and these people will be his foundation in the future. Those who can survive from the hands of the people are all strong and powerful, and these can be used as soldiers in the future, as long as they have a little training, they will become not defeated and old soldiers, after all, these people have experienced the battlefield of war, have the hatred of their relatives being killed, and go to the battlefield, and they are by no means afraid of death.
"My lord! I've got you done. After Zhao Ning learned that Zhao Xun was coming, he also arrived immediately.
"How's the soldiers?"
"The momentum is very high, I heard that there is going to be a battle with the Tatar people, and the soldiers are sharpening their knives, repairing bowstrings, feeding the horses, and preparing to teach the Tatar people a lesson tomorrow."
Zhao Xun sighed: "I don't know if I'm doing this right or wrong!" Once the success is done, I don't know how many people will go with the wind after tomorrow. ”
Zhao Ning said: "If the crockpot is not broken from the well, the general will inevitably die in battle." When you join the army, you are ready to sacrifice, and adults don't have to be like that. ”
"You're right, now is not the time to sigh, by the way, in addition to the east gate, are there any people outside the other three city gates?"
Zhao Ning said: "The other three city gates have not yet found that there is a run-in army, but the team's exploration horses are still appearing everywhere, and the adults are worried about Gushan Fort." ”
Zhao inquired: "I'm not very worried about Gushan Fort, there are no people there, and it is much more advantageous to defend it than Yanzhou City, at least I don't worry about the problem of internal moles, and I don't worry about the peace of the people and disturbing the people." As long as the city is defended, the people will not consume the soldiers there. You send people to work with the Shadow Guard and the Blood Shadow Guard to investigate the situation outside the West City. ”
"Well, my subordinates understand!"
"Let's go to the Governor's Mansion first to get the armor and weapons. You let the soldiers of the Fury Blade Battalion carry it together, and this time you need to get something to arm yourself. ”
"Lord Zhao! You're here to pick up supplies! When he came to the treasury of the Governor's Mansion, a fat man with a fat head and big ears glanced at such a large group of people and said with a smile.
Zhao asked: "Are you?" ”
"Oh, I'm the head of the treasury, and the lords of the Governor's Mansion have already instructed me to come to the treasury today to receive supplies, and the little ones have been waiting here." The fat man said with a smile.
"Then I'm tired, I don't know what's in the treasury?" Zhao Xun asked casually.
The fat man said with a smile: "It's nothing more than some swords, guns, swords, halberds, drums, trumpets, flags, armor and other things, adults have what they need, just get it, your lord's watch today, it's really a big boost to my Yanzhou City's prestige, tomorrow's battle, it's the attention of the whole city, it can help adults, and naturally do everything." ”
"Holy!" Zhao Xun entered the open door of the treasury and couldn't help but curse secretly.
More than a dozen warehouses, what appeared in front of everyone's eyes was a large pile of armor and equipment, all kinds of everything, waist knives, swords, spears, longbows, wooden shields, leather shields, iron shields, cloth armor, leather armor, chain mail, chain mail, Mingguang armor, these equipment is enough to equip more than 10,000 people, Zhao Xun has a desire to transport them all away.
"Zhao Ning, we want two thousand sabers, spears, and longbows, two thousand leather shields, one thousand iron shields, two thousand leather armor, and 50,000 arrows." said that the fat man's face changed a few times, and his smile was much lighter.
Zhao Xun gave an order, and hundreds of soldiers immediately began to carry the things they needed and load them into the carriage, and the fat man in charge of the fat man jumped straight to the face.
"By the way, Lord Chief, do you have crossbow arrows and heavy armor here?" Zhao Xun thought for a moment and turned around and asked.
The fat man's face was bitter, and he smiled: "This ...... This ......"
Zhao Xun's face changed, he held the long sword at his waist in his hand, and said coldly: "What? The Lord in charge wants us to go to the battlefield tomorrow with our bare hands? Or have you embezzled the contents of the treasury? ”
The fat man saw that Zhao Xun's face changed faster than a child, and there were fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and he smiled bitterly: "This should be there, I'll look for it." ”
Zhao Xun said sharply: "It's not that it should be, but it must be, if you can't find it, hum!" ”
It didn't take long for the fat man to find what Zhao Xun needed in a smaller warehouse.
"You say everything I need is here?" Looking at the dusty treasury and the piles of boxes that had been piled up for an unknown amount of time, Zhao Xun asked in disbelief.
"Lord Zhao, the heavy armor you want, it's not something that ordinary people can use, except for the Long Xiang Army, the government army doesn't use that at all, and I don't know when the things here were shipped in, so they haven't been used. So, ......," said the fat man with a helpless shrug.
"That's right, I selected more than 10,000 soldiers to pick out a thousand heavy infantry, which shows that the requirements are so strict, ordinary people definitely can't use that." Zhao Xun thought about it and felt that the fat man was right.
"Zhao Ning, open the box and see if it's the heavy armor we need."
"My lord, these are the heavy armor we need, but there are some that don't seem to be, but they look like they're for the horses."
"Oh, equipping horses? Could it be ......" Hearing this, Zhao Xun's heart jumped, and he hurriedly hurried over to take a look, as Zhao Ning said, some of them were heavy armor that he couldn't ask for, and some of the boxes were not used by the soldiers, but some of them were like the armor of war horses, and some of them were even a little damaged.
"This is the armor of the horseman! Strange, how can there be something here? Although the current army rarely uses this, it does not mean that it is useless, but the cost is too great, just a heavy cavalry, it needs two or three servants, although the lethality is large, but the speed is not good, and the long-range attack is not good, but the close range is definitely a sharp weapon, but unfortunately since there is a crossbow, this thing is a bit of a chicken rib, but for me, these are good treasures. ”
"All move out! It's also rusty goods left here, so you might be able to use it when you bring it back! The principal has no opinion! Zhao Xun said casually.
The fat man said, "It's useless to keep these things here, just take them away if you need them." ”
"Good thing, I really didn't suffer a loss when I came to Yanzhou City this time, more than a thousand heavy armor, more than 1,000 armor riders who didn't know where they came from, this time it's really a big deal." Zhao Xun said secretly happy in his heart.
"By the way, what about the crossbow?"
The fat man said with a wry smile: "My lord, this is really not, crossbow arrows are not among the weapons of the government army, except for their own production, there is no government army warehouse." ”
"Then forget it, since we don't have crossbow arrows, let's take another 10,000 arrows, so as to supplement our ranged abilities." Zhao Xun said lightly.
The fat man almost didn't scold, but thinking about Zhao Xun's "evil deeds" several times, he still endured the anger in his heart and said with a wry smile: "Adults are self-sufficient!" ”
Leaving the fat man who wanted to cry without tears, Zhao Xun and his entourage pulled more than 100 borrowed carriages and rushed to the West Daying.
"My lord, don't we have bows and arrows, swords, and spears, and what else do we need to do? Even if you don't need two pieces per person, you can't use them! Zhao Qingshan looked at Zhao Xunle's appearance and asked softly.
Zhao Ning said on the side: "Qingshan, we have it, but there is still a lot of difference in Gushan Fort, even if it is not bad, it is better to stay with us than to stay in the treasury and leave it for the recruits in the future." ”
Zhao Xun said with a smile: "Zhao Ning is right, so many armors in the treasury are actually put aside there and not used ......."
Zhao Ning said: "It's not that they don't take it out and use it, it's just that the government army has been eaten with empty salaries, and the famous army can't use those armors. ”
"By the way, my lord seemed very happy to see those armor clubs earlier, I don't know what they are?" Zhao Qingshan asked.
Zhao Xun said with a happy face: "It is the armor of the cavalry, that is, the armor used by the heavy cavalry." ”
"Heavy cavalry? However, this dynasty was only used during the founding of the country, and it rarely reappeared after that, and it is said that the war horse was difficult to bear. In the case of crossbowmen, it is difficult for heavy armored cavalry with low speed to make great achievements. Zhao Ning frowned and said.
Zhao Xun said with a smile: "What you said is indeed true, after the country is stable, there are few heavy armored cavalry, one is expensive, but the war horse is difficult to support, and the third is the appearance of bows and crossbows." But now it is still a very sharp weapon to deal with the Evil Warriors, especially when the other party does not have a giant crossbow, this is a very good weapon, but this time it is not used. ”
"I said, Lord Zhao, you won't rob the treasury, why did you get so many things." Entering the West Camp, Wu Tong asked differently.
Zhao Xun smiled bitterly: "It's not that the Huolin Army is going to go out of the city tomorrow to fight with the Yan people, they are so generous."
Wu Channel: "It's still Lord Zhao who is brave, dare to compete with the people of the Yan Dynasty out of the city, but unfortunately, I can't see it, we are stationed in Xicheng." ”
"It's just you?" Zhao Xun's heart moved, and he asked rhetorically.
"I am the only one in the government army, and there are also 1,500 battalions under the command of Master Su and 2,000 newly recruited recruits."
"Oh...... That's right! Then I'll go back and prepare first, there will be a battle tomorrow. ”
Wu Tong looked at Zhao Xun's departing figure from afar, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly.