Huang Zhong is not only a bow god himself, but he also has a unique way of training crossbowmen, these crossbowmen are well-trained, shoot accurately, and most importantly, they cooperate tacitly, the three-stage shooting seems to be endless, forever covering the range of seventy to one hundred steps in front of the phalanx, it is conceivable that if the enemy wants to attack the phalanx from the front, this area will become a death zone that the enemy can never rush.

After the crossbowmen, there were a thousand sword and shield hands with left shields and right swords, rushing towards the imaginary enemy army, all of them were also vigorous and brave, which made Wang Heng also see that his blood was boiling, and he wished that he could also be on this battlefield.

This made Wang Heng discover that his blood was the same as other men, and he had the factor of yearning for war, but he had never discovered it when he lived in peacetime.

The whole exercise lasted for nearly an hour before it ended, and it can be seen from the drill that Huang Zhong's best and favorite type of troops is still bowmen, half of the 5,000 soldiers are crossbowmen, and the other half of the soldiers are composed of pikemen and sword and shield soldiers.

Huang Zhong really has a very good set of leading troops, these soldiers have only been taken by him for more than a month, and they already have such a level, with skillful tactics, neat queues, tacit cooperation, and high morale, which is indeed commendable.

But when Wang Heng praised Huang Zhong, Huang Zhong just smiled and said: "Childe, these crossbowmen are all healthy servants sent by the Nanyang clan, they have all practiced archery and have been trained before, so this month or so is mainly to train their cooperation, otherwise, even if I have the ability to reach the sky, it will be difficult to train a raw hand into a skilled crossbowman in such a short period of time." However, most of the spearmen and sword and shield bearers were recruited in Wuling, and most of them had some kung fu foundation, and it was not difficult to train. ”

The crossbow soldier can be regarded as a technical class, and the training time required is much longer, but the training of pikemen and sword and shield soldiers does not have so much technical content, the people in Wuling are fierce, and Huang Zhong's recruitment standard is high, so it is naturally not difficult to recruit a group of soldiers with kung fu foundation, and this crossbowman really has to accept the love of those Nanyang clans.

The healthy servants of the big clan generally receive military training, military skills and military literacy far exceed ordinary people, and the obedience is also very good, so it is the best source of soldiers, but unfortunately if there is no support from the local clan, no one will hand over these sources of soldiers for no reason.

These Nanyang clans sent out these thousands of healthy servants, naturally for the sake of Huang Zhong and Zhang Ji's face, and at the same time, it is also a kind of political investment in Wang Rong, since it is an investment, of course, there must be a return, Wang Heng is also ready to make a return, so that others can also see the benefits of investment.

After listening to Huang Zhong's words, Wang Heng also somewhat understood, why Cao Cao was able to form combat effectiveness so quickly when Chen Liu's troops were raised in history, and it seems that most of the soldiers he recruited were healthy servants supported by Chen Liuwei's clan and other big clans.

Huang Zhong continued: "There is another reason, that is, the three hundred Yicong sent by the Assassin Shi have served as officers at all levels of this army, they are skilled in martial arts and have combat experience, and their survival has at least increased the combat effectiveness of this army by thirty percent. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Zhong sighed again: "It's a pity that there are no horses in Jingzhou, and now there are only more than a hundred horses in the army, which can only be equipped with scouts, otherwise, even if it can be equipped with a thousand cavalry, with the infantry, the combat effectiveness of this army can increase by a few percent." ”

Wang Heng nodded and said, "There will definitely be enough war horses in Jingzhou in the future!" ”

At this moment, Zhao Chou strode up to the point platform, knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists and said: "The last general Zhao Chou came to give the order!" ”

Huang Zhong motioned for Zhao Chou to get up, Wang Heng stepped forward and patted Zhao Chou on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Ugly, no, it should be Captain Zhao now, today's drill is very good!" ”

Zhao Chou said loudly: "Childe, still call me Ugly!" ”

Wang Heng shook his head and said, "No, this is in the army, or follow the rules of the army!" Now you look like a general, too. By the way, I heard that you just came to the army and there are still some unconvinced Huang Bingcao, how about it? Are you convinced now? ”

Zhao Chou blushed and said: "Zhao Chou was not self-sufficient at the beginning, and Yinghuo wanted to compete with Haoyue, but now he is convinced!" ”

It turned out that when Zhao Chou first came to the army, he was indeed very unconvinced by Huang Zhong, Huang Zhong's name is not visible to the world, and Zhao Chou is the leader of these three hundred elite righteous servants, and when he was in Langya, he led thousands of righteous servants and killed many Yellow Turban thieves, and he was confident that he was skilled in martial arts, and it was normal to not be convinced by Huang Zhong, who was not amazing.

On the first day of entering the army, Zhao Chou launched a provocation against Huang Zhong, and the three hundred elite righteous servants were also clamoring to cheer for Zhao Chou, Huang Zhong didn't say much, and went directly to Zhao Chou, and let Zhao Chou decide how to compete. So the two decided to compete in hand-to-hand combat first, which is what Zhao Chou is best at.

Zhao Chou was full of confidence when he got off the field, and he was very sure that he would defeat Huang Zhong, but the result was that it was just a move, Zhao Chou had just handed out a tentative move, and he didn't even see how Huang Zhong made a move, so he felt that he flew out like a cloud, and his sturdy butt fell to the ground backwards in a flat sand goose style, splashing dust, and Zhao Chou's ass hurt as if it was about to crack.

Zhao Chou himself didn't know what was going on, but the three hundred righteous servants and five thousand soldiers who were watching could see it clearly, Huang Zhong only made one kick, and it was firmly imprinted on Zhao Chou's crotch bone, and Zhao Chou flew out, which shocked the three hundred righteous cong, Zhao Chou's martial arts are among the best in the area of the three hundred righteous cong, not that kind of showmanship, but also on the battlefield to kill thieves, so lightly defeated? And it's so light that it doesn't look like an equal contest at all! The five thousand soldiers were not surprised at all, in more than a month of training, they had already known the strength of this Huang Bing Cao, in their eyes, it was normal for Huang Zhong to defeat anyone, so Huang Zhong failed to make any waves among them even if he defeated Zhao Chou with one move.

Zhao Chou only thought that he was negligent for a while, so he was defeated by Huang Zhong, but he was not a person who lost and did not admit it, so he was ready to save face in several other items, but he didn't expect that in the next few items, he would still be a fiasco.

In the weapon foot combat, he and Huang Zhong both used spears, the same move, the spear in his hand was knocked to the ground by Huang Zhongpei's great force, and then the spear in Huang Zhong's hand was like a poisonous snake against Zhao Chou's throat, and it only took a light probe to shatter Zhao Chou's throat.

Weapons and horse warfare, Zhao Chou once again placed high hopes, because he is a northerner, excellent equestrian, Huang Zhong is a native of Jingzhou, Jingzhou young horses, Huang Zhong may not be good at equestrianism, but at this time he has no extravagant hope to be able to defeat Huang Zhong, only hope to hold a few more moves, if he can rely on the more superior equestrian skills to drag out the victory, it can be regarded as saving some face, but he didn't expect that the equestrian skills he was proud of were also not enough in front of Huang Zhong, the two horses were wrong, the spear in his hand was knocked down by a move again, and his belt was grabbed by Huang Zhong, Volley lifted up.

Finally, there is archery, which is also more than foot shooting and mounted archery, and on the foot shooting, Zhao Chou was seventy steps away and all ten arrows were on target, and seven arrows hit the bull's-eye, which is already quite a good result, but Huang Zhong asked people to insert ten thin branches on the ground, standing directly one hundred and fifty steps away, and the arrows were fired, and the ten arrows broke all the ten branches.

On the riding and archery, Zhao Chou became more and more cautious, and the results were okay, nine of the ten arrows were on target, and four arrows were in the bull's-eye, and Huang Zhong was asked to hang ten copper coins, and also one hundred and fifty steps away, he performed various difficult shooting methods such as hiding in the stirrup and looking back at the moon, and shot the ten copper coins one by one, and nailed them to the wooden board specially erected at the back, each of which was a small hole in the center.

In the end, 5,000 soldiers and 300 righteous soldiers couldn't help but cheer for Huang Zhong, and Zhao Chou was also convinced and admitted defeat.

Huang Zhong, who has always been generous, defeated Zhao Chou in such a merciless crushing way, also in order to establish his authority in front of these three hundred elite righteous servants, so that in the future, these righteous servants who are about to serve as officers at all levels in the army do not listen to the command, and it will be troublesome. The army is a place where strength is respected, as long as you have strength, no matter how prickly the soldiers are, they will listen to you.

At this point, Huang Zhong's prestige in the army has greatly increased, and he is like a commander to these righteous servants, which is one of the reasons why the training efficiency is so high.

Hearing Zhao Chou tell him about the competition between him and Huang Zhong, Wang Heng laughed and said, "Captain Zhao now knows that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky, right?" ”

Zhao Chou said suddenly: "I know, I know, I was really ignorant and fearless!" ”

Huang Zhong smiled generously and said, "Captain Zhao is serious!" In fact, Captain Zhao's martial arts are really good, we competed that day, Captain Zhao was just not ready, if he was ready, he should be able to support about ten moves! ”

Zhao Chou smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "Bing Cao, don't put gold on my face, aren't I ready for the second and third games, I still lose with one move." However, during this period of time, under the guidance of Bing Cao, Zhao Chou benefited a lot! ”

Huang Zhong nodded and said: "This is also Captain Zhao's outstanding talent, and he is willing to study and practice hard, if this continues, within three years, Captain Zhao's martial arts should reach another realm." ”

Zhao was overjoyed when he heard this, and with Huang Zhong's words, he was also full of hope for his future. He clenched his fists and said to Wang Heng and Huang Zhong: "Son, Bing Cao, then Zhao Chou will go down to urge them to train." ”

Wang Heng and Huang Zhong waved their hands together, and Zhao Chou went down.

Huang Zhong said to Wang Heng: "Zhao Chou's martial arts foundation is not bad, talent can also be, but he is a little older, but he is also a resolute person, that day I competed with him, he was under such a fiasco, the last few games can still play his strength normally, especially archery, non-concentrating and calm can not be accurate, he can not be impetuous, calm shooting, it is already very commendable, as long as I give him more guidance, he can be with me within three years to dismantle ten moves without defeat, dealing with ordinary generals is already more victorious and less defeated." In the future, he can also be a big help to Childe. ”

Wang Heng nodded, and asked again: "He was defeated so badly that day, are the soldiers still willing to listen to him?" ”

Huang Zhong said: "Although I won against him with one move that day, in fact, I used all my strength, and his strength was not brought into play. The next day, he set up another ring in the barracks, and made it clear that he would give up the position of lieutenant if any of his men could prevail against him. Sure enough, many soldiers came to the stage to challenge, but Zhao Chou showed his skills and knocked the challengers out of the ring one by one, and several of them were also won by one move, and these soldiers were also convinced of him! ”

Wang Heng bowed slightly, Zhao Chou's character is indeed very popular in the army, and it is easy to win the respect of the soldiers and mingle with the soldiers.

Wang Heng said: "In addition to martial arts, I also asked Huang Bingcao to give Zhao Chou more guidance on the art of war." ”

Huang Zhong nodded and said, "This is natural." ”

Zhao Chou was one of the first righteous servants to follow Wang Heng, and he has always been loyal to the Wang family's father and son, so Wang Heng also hopes to cultivate him so that he can have a better future.

Today's trip to the barracks also greatly increased Wang Heng's confidence in Jingzhou's military strength, such a tacit understanding, skilled tactics, well-equipped troops, those poorly equipped barbarian rebels can only be regarded as a rabble in front of them, how can they be their opponents? What's more, this army is led by a military god like Huang Zhong, so what can the barbarian rebels do to compete with them? Is it just based on the district star? He may still be a figure in the barbarian cottage, but in front of Huang Zhong, he can only be regarded as a sheep to be slaughtered.

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Chen Shu and others came to Hanshou City only a few days, the Hanshou branch of Tongjiang business has been opened, Chen Shu acted very low-key and cautious, the opening of the Hanshou branch was silent, he came to Hanshou City on the second day, he bought two street frontage shops and attached residences at a high price, after opening up, it became a quite large shop, because he was willing to pay a high price, so within a few days, this shop was renovated and opened.

Tongjiang business is quite strong in Jingzhou, so the goods of Hanshou branch from south to north are very rich, rouge from Luoyang, incense powder from Chang'an, spices from Tianzhu, pearls from Jiaozhi, sheepskin from Saibei, and all kinds of special products from all over the country.

Of course, the main task of the Hanshou branch is to transport Wang Heng's Wuling spring wine and printed books to the north, these two things are the hope of the rise of the Tongjiang business, and they are too important for the Tongjiang business to be missed, so Lin Bin and Chen Xicai, the proprietor of the Tongjiang business, sent Chen Shu to Hanshou to preside over the Hanshou branch, not only for the sake of safety, but also to allow Chen Shu to accumulate qualifications, and in Hanshou can make him closer to Wang Heng, which is also very beneficial to Chen Shu's future development.

In order to increase production and ensure the supply of Tongjiang merchants, Wang Heng expanded the scale of production of these two things, and Wang Heng specially allocated three courtyards for him in the Thorn Mansion for him to use.

One of the three courtyards was used for a brewery, one for papermaking, and one for printing.

In order to save costs, expand the scale, and keep secrets, Wang Heng has long not been on the market to buy rice wine to distill, now the brewing workshop, from fermentation, winemaking, steaming wine and a series of production processes are completed by themselves, and the raw materials for winemaking in addition to rice, but also increased sorghum, corn and other grains, in order to increase the variety and taste of Wuling spring wine, these various varieties of wine, can meet the needs of alcoholics in various tastes, but also more stimulate the purchase of alcoholics.

This wine-making workshop was presided over by Wang Sheng's eldest son Wang Ren, and dozens of servants of the Wang family worked together.

Wuling spring wine was first steamed by Wang Sheng and his two sons, so Wang Ren can also be called a technician in this industry, and it is the right person to preside over this workshop. And these dozens of slaves, Wang Heng also promised them, as long as they worked hard, after three years, they would be stripped of their slavery and restored their free bodies.

Wang Heng was very good to the slaves on weekdays, and Wang Sheng's family has now regained their freedom, which is a vivid example, so the slaves are all full of hope, and they are also working hard, and the output and quality of the winery are getting better and better.

The papermaking workshop was presided over by another loyal old slave Su Tong, dozens of slaves worked, and the paper produced here was used to print books in addition to the Wang's own use, so this workshop can also be called the papermaking branch of the printing workshop.

Due to its particularity, the printing workshop was presided over by Wang Ji, another nephew of Wang Rong, Wang Ji from elementary school, although the talent is not outstanding, but it is better to be diligent and serious, and it is very suitable to preside over this printing workshop. The dozens of slaves who worked in the printing workshop were all young slaves who had read books, and if not, they would not be able to do the work here.

In the mountains of bamboo slips piled up by the Wang family, those Confucian classics and hundreds of works that are popular in the world can be printed on a large scale, but those books on the art of war cannot be printed on a large scale, and it is better to have such things in their own hands.

For the slaves of these three workshops, Wang Heng promised to let them regain their freedom after three years, which also made the slaves of these three workshops work with unprecedented enthusiasm and high work efficiency.

An altar of Wuling spring wine, printed books, and merchant ships with the merchant ship of Tongguò Tongjiang were transported to the prosperous cities in the north, which would also bring a huge amount of wealth to Wang Heng.

When the first batch of goods was delivered to Tongjiang Firm, Chen Shu personally escorted 10 million yuan and 100,000 stone of grain to Wang Heng, saying that it was the advance payment of Tongjiang Firm, in fact, Wang Heng knew that this was the first batch of support from Tongjiang Firm.

This batch of money and grain came at the right time, and it played a great role in Wang Rong's formation of state soldiers.