Liaodong is already vast and sparsely populated, and in addition, there is not a single city in the entire exercise area, so that there are no people within a radius of several hundred miles within the exercise area, and the external environment is very conducive to the cavalry troops interspersed with attacks.

In order to increase the difficulty of the cavalry's long-distance attack, the Captain's Office had already arranged a large number of scouts in the exercise area, and even local government soldiers and militia cooperated with the scouts to search for the traces of the cavalry.

Therefore, it was not easy for the cavalry participating in the exercise to hide from the 'enemy' and successfully reach Xi'anping.

As soon as the exercise began, Nengchen and Wang Xiang disappeared into the wilderness with 6,000 cavalry. No one knows their detailed route of action, only that their destination is in Xi'anping.

In view of the backward communication conditions in ancient times, Wei Shuo did not want to master every move of the participating cavalry, he only gave the participating cavalry a task, and did not care about the process of completing the task.

When Wang Xiang and Neng Chen left with the cavalry, Wei Shuo took a large number of staff members to Xi'anping along the east-west artery, and the entire exercise headquarters would also be moved to Xi'anping, and the next exercise would be held in southern Liaoning.

……

Two days had passed since the exercise began, and at this time, Wang Xiang and Neng Chen had led their cavalry to a hidden nameless valley, where they planned to rest for a short time and then discuss countermeasures.

"Nengchen, our task is not easy! Not only are there a large number of scouts patrolling along the way, but there are also some government soldiers and militias in various places to cooperate with the encirclement and suppression, and it is not easy to enter Xi'an Ping without knowing it! The captain is really embarrassed. ”

"Wang Xiang, what can you do for us to avoid the attention of those scouts?"

Nengchen knew that he was not good at giving advice, so he looked up at his partner Wang Xiang. Wang Xiang has followed Wei Shuo since Xuzhou, and he was able to climb step by step from the low-level soldier to the high position of the commander of the Xiang Army, not only relying on Wei Shuo's trust in him, but also relying on his own efforts and skills.

"It's not easy to avoid the scout's eyeliner completely. You don't know how powerful the Liaodong scouts are? The lord had long had the intention of building a separate army and setting up a scout division for the scouts, but because the lord had been busy with military and political affairs at the beginning of Liaodong, he did not have time to put this idea into practice. ”

"Of course I know how powerful the Liaodong scouts are, but I didn't expect them to be so ruthless to their own people!"

As soon as Neng Chen mentioned the scouts, he hated them so much that in the first two days of the exercise, he and his cavalry could only choose to walk on remote paths in order not to be discovered by the scouts. I don't know how much suffering I have endured in the middle.

"Didn't the lord say it? Exercises, of course, should be as serious as possible! The scouts are crazy looking for us, and we may not have to worry about being discovered by them for a short time, but after a long time, it will be troublesome. Six thousand cavalry gathered together, even if they hide and hide, it is impossible to disappear out of thin air, since sooner or later we will be discovered, we might as well take the initiative. ”

"Be proactive?"

"Yes, we can divide the army of six thousand into two forces, one bright and one dark, with each of us under our command, and one person responsible for attracting the attention of the scouts. while the other led the main force to look for an opportunity to go to Xi'anping. ”

……

While Wang Xiang and Nengchen were racking their brains about how to avoid the eyes and ears of the 'enemy army', Wei Shuo and his party were enjoying the beautiful scenery of the journey. Liaodong in winter is not only cold, but also charming, into the eyes of the white world, Wei Shuo wearing a thick coat surrounded by everyone along the road towards Xi'anping.

"In such cold weather, I wonder if the cavalry participating in the exercise can return to their positions within the specified time?"

Lu Chang lifted the curtains despite the cold, poked his head out of the carriage and came to Wei Shuo's side, after all, he was a literati and didn't dare to ride a big horse in winter like Wei Shuo and them.

"Even if you don't take into account the weather conditions. It is still difficult to travel nearly 120 kilometers in ten days without being noticed by the scouts along the way. What's more, they also have to be tested by severe cold weather. It is even more difficult to intercept and search for scouts and government soldiers along the way. ”

"Then why did the lord make such a strict drill plan?"

"Isn't it to test the soldiers' ability to adapt to extreme conditions? To be honest, I don't care much about the final outcome of the exercise, no matter which side wins, the key is that all the officers and men should learn from the experience and lessons. ”

"The lord is far-sighted, I can't wait!"

……

Things were as Wei Shuo expected, and in the end, Nengchen and Wang Xiang failed to return to Xi'an Ping. When he was still 20 kilometers away from the target, he was blocked by the government soldiers and militia. Although the cavalry failed, they also learned too many lessons.

In Xi'an Pingnei, Wei Shuo saw the depressed Wang Xiang and Nengchen, and comforted them: "You don't have to be frustrated by this, the purpose of the school captain's mansion is not to win by force. It's about finding problems and solving them. After you go back, you should work with the cavalry division to properly sum up the gains and losses in the exercise. ”

"No!"

With the relocation of the exercise site to the south, the cavalry and infantry have successively completed their respective tactics, and the winter military exercise plan is gradually coming to an end, leaving only the main event of the Modao duel against the cavalry has not yet been carried out. In the Liaodong Army, many people are looking forward to this peak showdown.

Before the exercise began, the greatest pressure was on the two of them, Shomaru and Liu Yao, one had just experienced the bad news of the cavalry's 'fiasco' defeat in the autumn hunt, and vowed to win the due honor for the cavalry in this competition; the other had received the greatest support and assistance from all over Liaodong since he took over.

In addition to these two people, in fact, Wei Shuo was also very nervous, he had always regarded Modao as the nemesis of the cavalry, but he didn't know how much effect it really had on the battlefield, and this exercise became an opportunity for him to test some ideas up close.

On the school field, Liu Yao and his Mo Dao team formed a formation with Mo Dao in hand against the cold wind, and then they will face the impact of 3,000 cavalry, if they can't defeat the other party head-on, the Mo Dao team that Liaodong spent a lot of money to build will become a joke.

Of course, there will naturally be no tragedy of 'fratricidal killing' during the exercise, and in order to test the combat effectiveness of the troops and avoid casualties, the officers and subordinates of the military department have thought of too many methods.

At the beginning of the exercise, Liu Yao wanted to take the Mo knife hand to personally feel the impact from the cavalry, and the cavalry naturally would not really hit the Mo knife formation, but there were still many Mo knife hands who felt a tremble from the bottom of their hearts when the cavalry launched a charge, and even some Mo knife hands felt weak and weak, and they couldn't lift their strength.

Fortunately, this is not a battlefield, otherwise there is a real risk of causing irreparable flaws. When Wei Shuo heard about this, he didn't blame Liu Yao much, not everyone is born a warrior, and the soldiers of the new army need to grow step by step to become mature veterans. Although the Mo swordsmen are all strong people, they dare not say that they are not timid in the face of cavalry charges.

In the following exercises, the Modao team relied on the assistance of crossbowmen and defeated the cavalry unit very easily. Although they couldn't really see the scene of the duel between the cavalry and the Mo Dao, most of them still felt the power of the Mo Dao from the side.

After the exercise, according to the estimation of the Military Division, if a thousand Mo swordsmen cooperated with the corresponding number of crossbowmen, they were enough to defeat several times their own cavalry head-on.

Seeing the summary given by the Military Division, Wei Shuo was very happy, the Modao team really did not waste the money and effort he spent, and he could finally take on the heavy responsibility, if nothing else, there will definitely be the Modao team in the battle of Youzhou next year.

The military exercise, which lasted for nearly half a month, finally came to an end, and then Wei Shuo and the people in the school captain's mansion held several summary meetings in a row before they were busy with all military affairs. After Wei Shuo was free, he realized that it was almost the time of the New Year.

Since there has been no unrest in Liaodong in the past year, and with the reduction of taxes, the living standards of the people have improved much more than before, and this year's Spring Festival will be more lively than ever.

In addition, because it is inconvenient for Wei Shuo to return to Laoshan for the New Year, this year he plans to take Uncle Zhang from Laoshan to Liaodong for the New Year. (To be continued.) )