In today's Hedong, the cold north is like a signal of war, and Shi Liai's return to the north is like beating the drums of war, heralding the coming of a big war.

Chu Tianya still decided to go back to Qixingzhai first.

When he was separated from Jiao Wentong, Chu Tianya asked him to convey the military order after returning to Qingyun Castle, saying that a heavy meeting would be held in Qingyun Fort seven days later, and all the leaders would participate. During this period, all the troops in Xishan had to pay close attention to drills in preparation for battle. Moreover, as soon as the meeting is over, there will be a "heavy dà" military initiative.

What is the specific military plan, Chu Tianya did not say, and Jiao Wentong did not ask much. After a year of running-in, it is time for the Hedong Righteous Army to show its real swords and guns.

As soon as he returned to Qixingzhai, Chu Tianya went to Tianji Peak to find Yelu Yanchen. As a result, on the same day, Yelu Yanchen was drunk and unconscious.

Chu Tianya was a little stunned, because he knew that Yelu Yanchen was not the kind of person who didn't know self-discipline. He is so abnormal, there must be a reason. So he asked the servant next to Yelu Yanchen, only to learn that it was because of the barrel of the gun!

Yelu Yanchen worked hard to polish the barrel of a flint gun that could be successfully fired, but it didn't take long for him to discover a fatal problem, that is, the barrel could only fire three rounds in a row at most, and it would become as brittle as a burnt bamboo tube. With just one foot on it, it can be broken to pieces!

What is the practical value of such a thing? Could it be that after spending money and food, exhausting all efforts and consuming countless manpower and material resources, he could only exchange for a barrel that can only be fired three times?

When Chu Tianya heard this, he could only sigh.

It was not that Yelu Yanchen was incompetent, but that the existing smelting and casting technology in the Great Song Dynasty made the temperature and pressure resistance of steel far less than the rapid expansion and combustion of gunpowder that supported the flint gun. This gap is a span of hundreds or thousands of years in science and technology, how can Yelu Yanchen overcome it in a short period of time?

Chu Tianya himself is at most a half-tone person who has seen pigs walk, not to mention in the Great Song Dynasty, even in the 21st century, he is not so sure that he can make a gun with his own hands.

It seems that there will be no flint guns on the battlefield this winter.

But Chu Tianya has confidence and patience, and sooner or later he will succeed. He was now worried that Yelu Yanchen would lose this patience and confidence. This diligent old man, who is keen on gunpowder, is borrowing wine to drown his sorrows.

Bai Xu has always understood Chu Tianya's mind best, so he said that he would stay and serve the drunken Yelu Yanchen. When he wakes up, I will comfort and encourage him.

When he left Tianji Peak, Chu Tianya was a little lost. Originally, he also hoped to test shoot the first musket of the Great Song Dynasty today, but he failed to do so.

"That's it, it's a lot of good things! If it was so easy for me to advance the military technology of the Great Song Dynasty by hundreds of years, wouldn't it be disrespectful to those great inventors in human history? Chu Tianya can only comfort himself with this thought.

The next day, Chu Tianya went to the Tiger Riding Camp and personally visited their training. After Anu sent Zhu'er to Tianshu Peak, he returned here to preside over the exercises, and he didn't stop for half a moment. Now that Tang Ang has also returned, the two devil commanders have begun to torture these cavalry soldiers again. The two of them were like two blacksmiths with sledgehammers and hammers, beating the tens of thousands of tiger horsemen one by one, and now there are only 5,000 people left, and finally there are no longer too many personnel to streamline.

That is to say, the original group of tiger horsemen who were mainly based on the exiled riders of the Liao State had been beaten from a piece of stubborn iron into "iron tendons", and they had a bit of elite quality. However, they still need to be tested and tempered in actual combat before they can become real steel cavalry.

Wang Xun, who was responsible for providing "theoretical guidance" to the Tiger Cavalry, was once a cavalry pioneer officer in one of the few capable combat units in the Great Song Dynasty. He said to Chu Tianya that although the formation of the Tiger Cavalry was not long, most of them were once cavalry in the Liao army, and they were cavalrymen who grew up on horseback since childhood, so the foundation of individual combat ability was very good, which was incomparable to the general Great Song cavalry. After this period of training, there is a tacit understanding and affection between the sergeants, and this cavalry already has a bit of the spirit of an "elite army". As long as they fight a few tough battles on the battlefield in the future, they can stand out and become real battlefield knives.

In the era of cold weapons, cavalry often changed the outcome of a war because of its mobility and powerful impact power. The reason why Jin's army is strong is because they have the most powerful cavalry force on the continent at the moment. Tie Tu Fu and Kidnapping Horses, like tanks and armored vehicles on the battlefield today, make it difficult for the flesh-and-blood infantry soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty and other barbarian tribes to compete. Even the Liao State, which used to be the main cavalry, could not compete with the cavalry of the Jin State.

Chu Tianya had no illusions about creating a cavalry unit that could truly defeat Tiefutu and Kidnapping Horses. This is like attacking the strengths of others with one's own shortcomings, which is unrealistic. But having cavalry does not necessarily have an advantage, and not having cavalry must be at the greatest disadvantage.

Chu Tianya did this, but he also wanted to make the shortest plank on the barrel as long as possible. So that this barrel can be filled with a little more water.

War could break out at any time, and the people of the Jin Kingdom would not give Chu Tianya and the Great Song too much time to prepare.

Seeing the soldiers who were sweating and practicing the school field, Chu Tianya's plan became more and more firm - to hold a large-scale military exercise immediately!

That's what he's going to announce at the meeting of leaders in a few days' time.

The Hedong Righteous Army, in just half a year, expanded to more than 100,000 people, and was stationed in Qingyunbao, Monk Cave and Qixingzhai in Tunzha. There was a lot of strangeness between the various units. If the people of the Jin Kingdom call, they will definitely gather together to unify and defend against the enemy. At that time, not to mention that the leaders and sergeants of these troops will feel strange, and even Chu Tianya, who is in the middle of the command, will be at a loss.

Commanding a 100,000-strong army to fight must be different from the feeling of leading a few military patrols around to fight fires when he was defending Taiyuan. Chu Tianya needs this military exercise to practice his role as a supreme commander, and the leaders and soldiers below also need such a large-scale military exercise to find their role positioning and warm up the feeling of a large-scale battle. Otherwise, when the war breaks out, 100,000 people will definitely be scattered in a hurry. Now there are no high-end communication tools, and a group of strangers get together and go to the battlefield, and it is even possible to fight their own people.

The young leader Chu Tianya, and the 100,000 Hedong rebels under his command, who were also young, urgently needed a large-scale military exercise to warm up, even if it was to sharpen their guns in battle, it was better than rushing into battle.

Almost all the cavalry of the Hedong Righteous Army gathered in Qixingzhai, totaling more than 20,000, except for 5,000 tigers, the rest of the cavalry were under the command of Wang Xun. On the side of Qingyun Fort and Monk Cave, except for Jiao Wentong's three thousand Xiao cavalry and hundreds of Khitan cavalry under Xiao Linglong led by the Yelu brothers, the others were all "Qingyun Chop" infantry.

From this point of view, the Hedong Righteous Army is still mainly infantry as the main combat arm. In view of the special landforms of Taihang and Xishan and even the entire Hedong, the Qingyun Slash infantry focused on training mountain jungle warfare and city attack and defense battles.

These two items are also the weaknesses of the cavalry of the Jin State.

Therefore, from a military point of view alone, if Wanyan Zonghan really went south to attack Taiyuan again, Chu Tianya would really not panic. He was sure that by virtue of his geographical advantages and relying on the city, he would give full play to the strengths of the Qingyun infantry and strike at the weakness of the Jin soldiers, who were not good at mountain warfare and attacking the city. When necessary, compared to the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom, the Xiao Cavalry and the Tiger Cavalry, which are not outstanding in combat effectiveness, can also give the Jin people a deadly attack like a flying knife.

If he only needed to hold Taiyuan, Chu Tianya would have nothing to worry about. Today's Taiyuan, the military strength is more powerful than last year's Taiyuan, I don't know how many times. But the problem is that if you hold Taiyuan Tokyo but lose it, and the Great Song Dynasty perishes, then it will be the real big trouble.

So, Chu Tianya figured out this large-scale military exercise and really found a way to solve this big trouble.

It was already late at night, and Chu Tianya still hadn't fallen asleep. In front of an oil lamp, he crouched down on the desk to write and draw, and there was a large pile of waste paper beside him.

He was drafting the outline of the next military exercise, from the arrangement of the leaders to the location of the army's cantonment, to the subjects and evaluation of the exercise, all of which had to start from scratch. The only thing he can recommend is some introduction to the military system in "The General Essentials of the Martial Arts", as well as those movies of military genres that he had seen on movies and television in his previous life, where there were clips of military exercises.

Innovation is both jerky and difficult, but also exciting and exciting. Although the Hedong Righteous Army could not engage in any three-dimensional operations on land, sea and air, it was also interesting to combine modern military concepts with the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty.

Chu Tianya believes that there has never been such a "military exercise" on the land of China. It's going to be a first-of-its-kind.

Wholehearted devotion made Chu Tianya ignore the concept of time, and in a blink of an eye, the sky was actually bright, but he was not tired at all. Later, he simply called Bai Xu over, and while it was hot, he communicated with him the fruits of his labor that night.

Bai Xu was really dumbfounded.

Autumn and winter training, this white Xu is not strange at all; The "military exercises" in which the group confrontation simulates actual combat are obscure to him, let alone understood.

But he is a smart person after all, after Chu Tianya explained it to him, Bai Xu immediately understood, and applauded. He said that such a "military exercise" is too meaningful for the current Hedong Righteous Army. The biggest advantage is that the sergeants under the command of the major leaders are familiar with each other, and it also allows the lord to have an understanding of the abilities and specialties of each unit. In the future, when you go to the battlefield, you can command freely. 100,000 soldiers are no strangers to the execution of large-scale battles and tasks on the battlefield.

With excitement and a sense of urgency, Chu Tianya reluctantly slept for two hours, and immediately got up again to formulate the detailed rules of the military exercise with Bai Xu.

Bai Xu told Chu Tianya that after his inducement and persuasion, Yelu Yanchen got rid of the shadow of failure and cheered up again, and continued his "invention and creation".

The guards also reported a trivial matter that Chu Tianya had ordered before, saying that the two sisters of the proprietress of Taiyuan Star Picking Tower, Zichen and Qingyan, did come to Qixingzhai to lecture on martial arts, and were later taken to Tianshu Peak by Old Man He. The two of them have not been seen since.

Hearing this news, Chu Tianya couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and said in his heart, in case this pair of delicate sisters were killed by the old man on Tianshu Peak, it would really be a hot hand to urge flowers. Shi Kequan and his wife are enthusiastic, how can they tell them when the time comes?

Hopefully it's okay.

Having said that, He Bo has been mysteriously tinkering with Tianshu Peak for a while, and he doesn't know what the outcome will be.

There are indeed a lot of big and small things, but Chu Tianya doesn't want to be distracted now, he just wants to plan the next large-scale military exercises.

In the next few days, Chu Tianya almost never sleeped tossing about this plan. has lived two lives, except for preparing for the college entrance examination back then, he really has never been so close to books and ink as he is now. Bai Xu, the dog-headed military advisor, didn't dare to be idle, he called all the clerks from the Military Aircraft Hall to help the lord plan this military exercise together.

It took five full days for the plan for the military exercise to finally come out. Chu Tianya knew that it was not perfect, it was just the product of a group of people working behind closed doors. When you get to Qingyun Castle, you have to discuss the revision with other leaders. All he has to do now is to take the lead and pull out the first thread. The rest is to brainstorm and rely on everyone's wisdom and strength.

When everyone gathers firewood, the flame is high. Chu Tianya is very self-aware, he knows that he is not an all-knowing all-rounder like Baidu and Google, and he does not have outstanding attainments in any field. His only advantage is that he has a little more knowledge than the people of this era. What he wants to do now is to transform this little bit of "insight" into great energy through the efforts of many people.

Newton, who was hit in the head by an apple under a tree, probably never imagined that humans would one day be able to land on the moon in a spaceship. The reason why he is great is that after he was smashed by that apple, he had "a little knowledge" beyond most other people of that era. It is this little "insight" that has made Newton even greater through the efforts of many years of work.

What Chu Tianya wants to do now is the kind of thing that Newton did back then. He does not fantasize about being able to build a spaceship to conquer the solar system by himself, but he hopes that through his own little efforts, he can change the people around him, change more people, and thus change the entire country and the entire era!

Think big, start small. The best thing for Chu Tianya to do well now is two things, one is the flint gun, and the other is this heavy military exercise in front of him.

After the draft was completed, Chu Tianya slept hard, made up for his sleep and recuperated his spirits, and prepared to go to Qingyun Castle to participate in the leader meeting that would be held tomorrow.

When he was packing up in the room and preparing to leave, He Bo appeared at the door.

"Hey, hey! Young master, the old man is back. He's trademark laughter made Chu Tianya feel an inexplicable excitement. Looking at the old man's demeanor, it seems that there is some unexpected surprise.

"The matter on Tianshu Peak, is it over?" Chu Tianya said with a smile.

"Toss? How can that be called a toss! He Bo seemed to be a little unhappy, and said stupidly, "You don't know how much hardship the old man endured and how much heart he worked to select these eleven people for you." Oh, including the old man himself, there are twelve of them! ”

"What eleven, twelve?" Chu Tianya was a little puzzled.

"Hehe, you go to the yard and take a look, don't you know?" He Bo also sold Guanzi.

"Oh?" Chu Tianya laughed curiously and walked outside the house.

In the courtyard, there were ten people standing neatly, four women and six men, some of whom knew and some of whom did not know. But what they all have in common is that they all wear large blue cloaks.

"Old man, this is the personal guard you selected and trained for me?" Chu Tianya looked at these people, very curious and very suspicious.

"What, what's the young master's dissatisfaction?" Uncle He walked to the side of those people without hurrying. Only then did Chu Tianya realize that He Bo himself was also wearing a cyan robe.

Chu Tianya laughed out loud, "Old man, even you went into battle in person?" ”

"That's right. The old man finally found one thing for himself to do, and that was to serve as the chief of the 'Green Guard' from now on. He Bo didn't seem to be joking at all, his expression was rare and serious, he said, "Didn't the imperial court once confer the title of 'Qingyun Shuai' on the young master?" The young master's personal guard is not called a wolf's tooth and a dog's claw, but a green guard. From today onwards, the twelve of us will follow you inseparably. In addition to keeping you safe, it can do anything for you. Our only purpose is to be loyal to the Lord! ”

"Twelve? There are only eleven of them! Chu Tianya was a little curious.

"Hey, hey!" He Bo smiled a little obscenely again, he limped to Chu Tianya's side, and said, "Don't be impatient, don't be impatient, listen to the old man introduce you first." There were twelve people just now, which reminded the old man of the Taoist legend of the 'Twelve Heavenly Generals'. So the twelve had a new name, a name that only the lord deserved. ”

"What?" The more Chu Tianya listened, the more confused he became.

"The twelve heavenly generals, Qinglong, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Xuanwu, Guiren, Snake, Liuhe, Gou Chen, Sky, Taichang, Taiyin, and Tianhou." He Bo said with a smile.

Chu Tianya also smiled. This kind of play is popular in the Great Song Dynasty, especially for the older generation like He Bo, if everything is not related to Taoism, he will feel unhappy.

He Bo pointed to the woman standing on the far left who made Chu Tianya feel the most complicated, "She, Suzaku." The lord has known each other for a long time. ”

Wanyan Daike, who was wearing a mask, took a step forward, didn't speak or move, just quietly stared at Chu Tianya.

Her eyes were very different than before. In addition to love, there is also a loyalty, which can even be said to be piety.

Chu Tianya nodded at her, but he was surprised in his heart: what did the old man do to them on Tianshu Peak? Even Wan Yan Daike would look at me like this? …… To use an inappropriate analogy, it is clear that a well-trained police dog looks at its owner!

"Twelve Qingwei, each of them has their own specialties and skills. Suzaku, the lord is very familiar, so the old man won't say much. He Bo pointed to a short man who was not striking standing beside Wan Yan Daike, "He is the White Tiger, and the lord is also very familiar with him." ”

"Dumbo? White tiger? Chu Tianya couldn't help laughing. It's really hard to associate such an awesome title as White Tiger with Xiaofei's appearance.

Xiao Fei took a step forward and hugged his fist without saying a word.

Chu Tianya's expression changed in astonishment. Because today's Xiaofei is indeed very different from the past. What's the difference? …… He became quiet and calm, and his eyes were very peaceful, but the fortitude revealed in it was undoubtedly unfolding the strong self-confidence in his heart.

"Lord, Xiao Fei used to be your most trusted personal servant. Now he deserves your trust just as much. Not only that, but his skills are also impressive. He Bo said with a smile, "Don't dare to say anything else, there must be no one in the world who is better than him." Moreover, he has practiced the most special kung fu in the world, does the lord want to know? ”

"Okay, demo!" Chu Tianya was curious.

He Bo didn't make a sound, walked a few steps forward, picked up a small stone on the ground and suddenly hit Chu Tianya.

The old man made a move, how fast!

But faster than him is Xiaofei's figure!

He was like a flash of light phantom in front of Chu Tianya, and he took the stone shot out by He Bo in his hand!

Chu Tianya was taken aback!

It's so fast!

"Lord, you have seen it, in addition to his escape and errands, Xiao Fei's light skills are the most important role, which is to block open guns and arrows for the lord at any time." He said, "He will take what he can catch; If he can't catch it, he will block it with his body! ”

Chu Tianya not only gasped, but also looked sideways at Xiao Fei, with a hint of surprise and pity in his eyes.

Xiao Fei's expression was still calm with a hint of fortitude, and he smiled slightly at Chu Tianya.

"Xuanwu, it's your turn." Uncle He's voice interrupted Chu Tianya's thoughts.

Qiu was injured and walked out.

He Bo walked to Qiu Shen's side and said to Chu Tianya: "Lord, among the twelve guards, the Qinglong Vermilion Bird and the White Tiger Xuanwu are the core. For twelve hours a day, at least two of the four of us would be less than ten paces away from the young master. The place where the Crucus likes to stay is where the Assassin is most likely to hide and attack; Of course, he is also the strongest assassin in the whole world among the twelve green guards, perhaps the whole world! ”