Linzi, Shenwu Marquis Mansion, in the study of the three-fold hall, Zhao Jun is sitting opposite Wei Yu, and there is a game of Go on the long case in the middle, Zhao Jun holds the black son, and Wei Yi holds the white son, but the black son was quickly introduced and surrounded by the white son, and finally nailed to the ground.

Wei Yu has been in Linzi for ten days, Zhao Jun told Wei Yu about the military and political situation in Linzi, and did not hide it at all, Wei Yu did not say anything at the time, only said that he was observing and observing, when the two were fine, they often played against each other, but unfortunately, Zhao Jun was not Wei Yu's opponent.

"Strategist, you've won again." Zhao Jun smiled helplessly, he rarely won against Wei Yu.

Wei Yu smiled and said: "Playing chess is like using soldiers, Master Hou has been sharpening for a few years, and he should make progress." ”

Zhao Jun nodded, and said, "How does the military advisor think my Linzi is developing now?" ”

After hearing this, Wei Yu smiled faintly and said: "The government is harmonious, the business and agriculture are flourishing, and there is a thriving appearance, although there is no grand occasion of Linzi in the past, but it is full of vitality, and it will develop greatly in the future, but with the current situation of the imperial court, I am afraid that the development of Linzi is limited." ”

Zhao Jun nodded, the Qin Dynasty was a farming and warfare system, and it had great advantages in farming and warfare, but it was impossible to prosper.

"Maybe as soon as the turning point comes, Linzi will have a chance, but I don't know what the military advisor thinks of Linzi's soldiers and horses?" Zhao Jun asked suddenly.

Wei Yi smiled and said: "The 30,000 troops under the command of Hou Ye are fully armored, trained diligently and have experience in suppressing bandits, which can be regarded as a strong army, but it is difficult to become an elite soldier without several large-scale bloody battles." ”

Zhao Jun nodded after hearing this, what Wei Yu said made sense, soldiers who do not have rich battlefield experience can only be recruits, even if they are not in training, as for suppressing bandits, they can only be regarded as actual combat training, and the regular combat experience is almost zero.

Wei Yu pondered for a long time, and then said, "There are also some problems with other troops. ”

"Problematic with the class?"

"Well, 10,000 cavalry is a rare person with excellent riding skills, all of them are brave, but without the cooperation of the stirrups that Hou Ye said, they can still only serve as auxiliary troops.

Fifteen hundred enclosed ironclad chariots have a unique path, but if they do not have the corresponding troops and horses to follow up and charge in the battle to defend the city, it is difficult to play a role.

Three thousand crossbowmen are considered to be clever in archery, strong in arm, equipped with sharp swords, and will not suffer in short-handed combat, which is considered decent, but the shortcomings are also obvious, the number of people is too small to form an arrow array power, and short-handed can only be used by ordinary infantry.

The remaining 20,000 spear infantry has nothing to say, it is considered the main infantry, but without the cooperation of other arms, it is difficult to exert its power, and the 30,000 soldiers and horses of Hou Ye can naturally cope with small battles, but once the enemy army is more than Hou Ye, or even several times more than our army?

There is no advantage of cooperation, and the number of main troops is small, how to win at that time? ”

Zhao Jun was in a cold sweat when he said this, he thought that his arrangement was very good, but he didn't expect that in front of Wei Yi, he was vulnerable.

Wei Yi smiled and said: "Hou Ye doesn't have to be hurt, although Hou Ye has outstanding merits, he has no experience in leading troops to fight, and it is not easy to train soldiers and horses to be so strong." ”

Zhao Jun did not have experience in leading troops, and only Yingbu, Cao Wushu and Guan Ying had led troops to fight in the frontier, but they were also ordered to lead some troops to fight, and they did not have the experience of commanding large troops, and it was inevitable that there would be problems with the coordination of the troops.

"Please also ask the military advisor for advice." Zhao Jun gave up his hand and humbly sought advice, although Wei Yu was good at strategy, he also had quite an insight in tactics, which was not comparable to ordinary people.

"It's my duty to share the worries of the Hou Ye." Wei Yu smiled and said: "We can't solve it for the time being, and if we take the liberty of recruiting troops, the court will not agree, and it will be true."

Then we can only adjust the internally, the stirrups and other things that Hou Ye said have not yet been built, so for the time being, the cavalry should be dispersed, leaving 2,500 people as scouts is enough, and the other 7,500 people can be divided into 1,500 people as archers, and the arrow array of 5,000 people should be able to exert its due power.

In addition, the commander must have his own personal troops, one is to facilitate command and scheduling, the second is to deter all the departments under his command, and the third is to defend the commander at the critical moment to charge into battle and stimulate morale, so three thousand people can be drawn out as the Hou Ye's personal guards.

The last 3,000 people can be used as the main force, so that the main force has 22,000 soldiers and horses, and then trained in the form of Wei Wushu, with a giant shield to exert the greatest power.

Also, according to the Qin military system, the title of Hou Ye can have 5,000 personal guards, and Hou Ye can recruit 5,000 people to train into spear light soldiers, so that they can replace the original county guards to guard the city, and cooperate with ironclad chariot training in peacetime, and can also supplement the main force in wartime. ”

Zhao Jun nodded frequently while listening, and finally discussed with Wei Yu for a while, and basically decided on the configuration of Linzi soldiers and horses.

On the basis of the original 35,000 soldiers and horses in Linzi (plus 5,000 county guards), 5,000 soldiers were recruited, so there were 40,000 horses.

Among them, there are 23,000 main soldiers, equipped with a one-person high giant shield, that is, a, and an iron canopy to cooperate.

3,000 guards, dressed as light soldiers and dead soldiers, uniformly equipped with double-edged heavy swords, and 5,000 crossbowmen equipped with sharp swords and crossbows can fight far and near.

There are also 1,500 people driving ironclad chariots, 5,000 recruits as city defense soldiers, with spears, and at the same time, 5,000 city defense troops can also replenish the main force at any time, and finally 2,500 scouts are responsible for investigating the military situation, equipped with bows and crossbows, and sharp swords.

Of course, according to Qin law, each army can recruit auxiliaries in wartime, that is, baggage soldiers, responsible for marching sundries, which cannot be counted in the regular soldiers and horses, and now they are all managed under Yu Ji, with a total of nearly 10,000 people, and many female soldiers.

Immediately, Zhao Jun recruited several generals under his command, including the Zhou brothers and Dong Peng, who had been transferred back, and announced the appointment according to the newly adjusted soldiers and horses.

Cao Wushu commanded 5,000 crossbowmen, Yu Ziqi was the deputy general, 2,500 sentinels were commanded by Zhou Chang, 1,500 chariot soldiers and 5,000 city defense troops were commanded by Dong Peng, 23,000 soldiers were commanded by Tang Li, Guan Ying and Lu Ze were deputy generals, and finally the 3,000 dead soldiers battalion was commanded by Yingbu, and Bo Lang and Hu Hai were deputy generals.

Tiewei is still in charge of Xiong Le's four major iron guard leaders, and government affairs are jointly governed by Sima Xin and Zhou Ke, and in recent years, many political talents have been recruited through the Jixia School Palace, and he basically doesn't have to worry about the trivial government affairs of Linzi County.

Of course, this time a lot of soldiers and horses were added, and the armor was a little insufficient, but fortunately, Yu Sheng's armor supervisor had accumulated a lot over the years, plus Wuxing used the relationship between the business name to secretly acquire a lot, and Zhao Jun was covered by pro-soldiers on the surface, even if many soldiers and horses were recruited, the imperial court had nothing to say.

The next day, noon.

"Lord Hou, Lord Mutai of Xianyang, Mrs. Heqing is here." Zhao Jun was taking a lunch break in the study, and suddenly a white shadow was outside.

Zhao Jun didn't think of how to arrange Bai Ying for the time being, but fortunately, he was allowed to guard the safety of the Hou Mansion in the past two days.

"Oh?" Zhao Jun was stunned for a moment, then Huo Ran got up, opened the door and said to Bai Ying: "Go, go out with me to have a look." ”

Soon, the two of them went out of the Hou Mansion, only to see a carriage parked on the bluestone avenue in front of the door, luxurious and noble, four horses pulling, and a coachman on the wheel, forty years old.

Behind it was a longboard wagon, loaded with several large boxes, and dozens of sturdy knights, who followed them, seeing that they were carrying swords and had a grim expression, they should be guards.

At this time, the curtain of a carriage in front was lifted by a jade hand, Mu Ning's bright face was revealed, she was wearing a tight-fitting collared floral dress, showing her figure and proud figure, her expression was as cold as ever, followed by Mrs. Qing, who was charming and noble and dignified, mother and son stood together, which could lead people to reverie, and Zhao Jun couldn't help but be stunned.

Mu Ning stepped out of the carriage and glanced at Zhao Jun, and snorted coldly: "Why don't you hurry up and help unload things, what are you doing in a daze." ”

"Eh" Zhao Jun smiled bitterly, he had no choice but to move the boxes, anyway, there were not many things, and he didn't bother to call the servants in the house, and the guards and white shadows at the door came to help when they saw this.

Soon, the goods in the back were all moved into the house, because Zhao Jun knew in advance that they were coming, and the rooms were ready.

In the end, Zhao Jun took Mu Ning's mother and daughter to the house, and in the arranged room, the backyard was very large, and there were several separate courtyards.

"Well, I'm satisfied." When he arrived in the room, Zhao Jun smiled at Mu Ning.

Mu Ning nodded: "It's still your acquaintance." ”

Mrs. Qing said, "Let's come, don't bother you." ”

"No, how can you, it's too late for me to be happy that you're here." Zhao Jun said with a smile.

After a pause, Zhao Jun said again: "By the way, Ning'er, I think you can help me, help me form a soldier similar to the Black Ice Platform, you can rely on the Mu family's business name, there is no need to be too demanding in terms of intelligence, I will let Bai Ying help you." ”

In fact, Zhao Jun has this idea since he came out of Xianyang, the main responsibility of the wind listener is to lurk and probe the news, but it is relatively weak in terms of force, only Zhao Ling has trained a group of masters among the wind listeners, but the wind listeners take care of too many places, and they can't effectively support at all.

The last time Zhao Jun was intercepted and killed by the black-clothed soldiers, it was a warning, if the wind listeners in Xianyang at that time had enough strength, Zhao Jun would not have to take risks at all.

So he wanted to establish another intelligence army that focused on force, and the candidates were Mu Ning and Mrs. Qing, as well as Bai Ying, who was the three leaders of the Black Ice Terrace, and was loyal enough to himself, so he could be trusted.

"That's fine, but I'm afraid it won't work in the short term." When it came to business, Mu Ning regained his shrewdness and ability.

"I can wait." Zhao Jun knew that it was not easy for a group of strong intelligence officers in the training department, even if they were to listen to the wind, they had the foundation of the Mo family, and it took them five or six years to achieve quite results, in the final analysis, the current transportation and communication are all relying on primitive means, and it is not so easy to transmit information at all.

(To be continued)