In the inner city of Liaodong City, only a hundred steps away from the mansion of the marshal Chen Kefu, there is a mansion slightly smaller than the marshal's mansion.

The same high wall of Zhumen, with flying eaves and tiles, covers an area of nearly 20 acres, and is one of the largest houses in the inner city. The whole house actually has five yards, and a beautiful back garden, a cloister rockery, and winding paths.

This luxurious mansion is the family of the marshal, and the newly appointed marching soldier Sima Mao of the Marshal's Mansion lives.

There were many people from Chenjiazhuang this time, except for the strong guards recruited here, the rest of the dozens of old family members in Chenjiazhuang all lived in this house. Fortunately, the house has five courtyards and dozens of rooms, but they are all arranged.

In addition to transferring a team of guards from the guard battalion of the Marshal's Mansion to guard them, Chen Kefu also transferred a team of 50 people from the Military Police Department to strengthen the guards.

In addition, dozens of honest and reliable women were selected from the Liao captives in the city to serve.

At this moment, in the study room of the easternmost courtyard, Sima Maoxi, the marching army of the Marshal's Mansion, was entertaining a guest, the young patriarch of the Yaoyuan clan of the Khitan clan, Abao Cave.

"Come, how about this tea? This was brought by the old man from Zhuo County, which is rare in Liaodong. ”。

Abao took a sip of the cup of tea, but felt a little unaccustomed. The tribes on the grassland are accustomed to drinking milk tea and adding goat's milk when boiling tea. Tea made with a variety of condiments like this is really a bit unaccustomed to drinking. Just a light sip, and then put it down.

He knew that the person on the other side was the Sima of the Marshal's Mansion, and even more so the old family of his sworn brother Chen Pojun, and he heard that the relationship between the two was like that of father and son. It seems that he was coerced by semi-forced people all the way to Liaodong City, and Abao Grottoes has always been a little worried, and he doesn't know how Chen Pojun will treat him. After all, he led his troops to ambush Chen Kefu that day.

Mao Xi saw his appearance, and said with a smile, "Look at me, I almost forgot, the young patriarch is a man on the grassland, who is used to drinking tea from the Central Plains." Come on, quickly give the young patriarch a cup of milk tea. ”。

The more Mao Xi was so affectionate, the more Abao felt bottomless, and after a long time, he finally couldn't help asking, "I don't know if Lord Mao invited me here late at night tonight?" What are your commands? As long as it is mine, I will not give up. ”。

"Don't be so restrained, I know that you and Pojun are sworn brothers, and Pojun is just like my own child. Since you are his sworn brother, you are naturally also the younger generation of the old man. I invite you to come today to drink tea and chat. ”。

The more he said this, the more nervous Abao Cave felt, although he was among the Khitans, he was a person who liked to use his brain. But no matter how you say it, he is also a man who grew up on the Khitan grassland. I still like to go straight to what I do, like now, I was coerced to see Liaodong, that is, I was not a prisoner, but my actions were restricted everywhere, and a group of Sui troops followed him wherever he went, which really made him extremely depressed.

"It's the first time the young patriarch has come to Liaodong City, right? How does it feel here? ”。

"It's indeed the first time I've left the grassland, this Liaodong City is really majestic, and the Sui army is even more elite. In particular, the big man arranged a good arrangement for me and the brothers, arranged a big house for me, I did not live in a tent for the first time, and the brothers' barracks were also very well arranged, with wine and meat, and everyone was very grateful for the arrangement. ”。 Abao said with a cautious smile.

Mao Xi smiled and changed the topic, and asked, "I heard that the young patriarch is the eldest son of the great patriarch of Adina?" I don't know how many brothers and sisters you have? ”。

"I'm really the eldest, and I have five younger brothers and seven younger sisters under me. …”

"Are they all the same mother?".

"There are no two younger brothers and one sister who are of the same mother, but they were born to my father and other women." Abao Cave asked and answered, but he couldn't understand why this thing suddenly started.

Mao Xi asked casually, "I heard that your sister is sixteen years old this year, and she is the most beautiful flower of your Yaoyuan tribe. Even our handsome man is very admired after knowing it, I don't know if there is a marriage match? …”

Abao was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?" ”。 Hearing this, he already faintly felt that this was not quite right, this sister was indeed beautiful, and this sister was also his father's favorite daughter, the elf was eccentric, it was his eldest brother, and he loved this sister very much. At this time, when I heard that my sister was mentioned, I couldn't help but be alert. ,

Mao Xi took a sip of the teacup and smiled slightly, and some pores of the laughing Abao Cave were erected.

"Here's the thing, Dashuai overheard the rumors of your sister saying that Alina is like the most beautiful flower on the grassland, and as a result, he was moved and admired. You also know that the handsome man is in his prime, and it is normal to have admiration for Ling Mei. As for me, I am a handsome elder, and he is not easy to talk about this matter, so I will open my mouth. I invited the young clan here today, just to ask the patriarch of Adina on behalf of the marshal to marry Alina to our marshal. ”。

"But, but, Alina was going to marry Morgo." Abao Cave stammered a little.

Mao Xi sneered, "Brother Mo? The Mogo who turned his back on your brotherhood? The Mogo who lured you to ambush my handsome in order to help his father snatch the title of the Khitan king? Are you still planning to marry Alina to him? Or is your Haruka clan still preparing to ally with the Oga clan? ”。 The more he talked about the back, Mao Xi's tone became colder and colder.

Abao even felt that if he answered yes, it was very likely that the old man with white hair would smash the cup, and then a group of axemen would come in and chop him into meat sauce.

While wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, Abao Cave said busily, "No, no." Mao Sima misunderstood, misunderstood, Mogo treacherously did such a thing, how could we still ally with them. A few days ago, I had already sent someone to inform my father of what was happening here, and our Nine Clans had already raised an army to fight against the Dahe Clan, and we were already at odds with each other. ”。

"Then doesn't the young patriarch think that our handsome man is not worthy of your Alina?"

"No, it's just that things are a little too sudden, and I was a little surprised when I heard it." ”。

"Young patriarch, if the Yao Yuan clan is willing to marry Adina to our marshal, my marshal is willing to give 10,000 Goguryeo slaves and 10,000 taels of gold as a gift. And if the marshal of my family marries Alina, then the marshal of my family will be both a sworn brother and the son of the patriarch of your Adina, isn't this closer and closer? When the time comes, our marshal will definitely fully support the Adina patriarch to become the Khitan king. ”。

There are some things that don't need to be said, just point them out.

As the young patriarch of the Khitan grassland tribe, Abao Grottoes is naturally very clear about marriage. The tribes of the steppe are more likely to marry than the Central Plains, and the powerful tribes usually only marry with equally powerful tribes. For example, his own wife is a woman of the Oga clan, and his mother is the sister of the chief of the Oga clan. Originally, it wasn't for this accident, his sister Alina was going to marry Mogo, the young patriarch of the Oga clan, in the end.

The Oga clan and the Haruka clan have already started a war, and Alina naturally can't marry Mogo again. And if you marry Chen Pojun, then you will definitely be able to bring more benefits to the Khitan people. Chen Kefu was also his brother-in-law when he arrived, and this relationship was much more stable than their semi-forced relationship now.

Chen Kefu has 100,000 soldiers, and he has just been promoted to the Duke of the Kingdom, and he has the final say in the entire Liaodong, as a Khitan clan in western Liaoxi, if he can get his support, then the Yaolin clan will become the royal family of the Khitan, and his father will become the king of the Khitan just around the corner.

As for whether to be a wife or a concubine after marrying Chen Kefu, they don't care too much about these. After all, Chen Kefu is much stronger than them, and he can't ask too much in this regard.

After drinking a cup of tea, Abao Grotto has almost made a decision, such a marriage can satisfy both parties, not to mention that Chen Kefu is also willing to give 10,000 slaves and 10,000 taels of gold as a gift. This kind of grace is a lot of wealth, especially if there are 10,000 captives, it can make the entire Yaolin clan grow a lot.

"Master Sima, I agree very much with this marriage, I will send a letter to my father when I go back, I believe that my father is also very happy to marry Dashuai. …”

As soon as Abao Grotto loosened his mouth, things were much easier, and Mao Xi directly began to discuss in detail with Abao Grotto, just like a businessman. In the end, the two of them discussed for more than an hour, and finally reached an agreement.

Chen Kefu took 10,000 Goguryeo captives, plus 10,000 taels of gold and Buyeo City in the northwest of Goguryeo, as a courtesy, and married Alina, the daughter of the great patriarch of Adina. Of course, as an additional condition, Chen Kefu also had to support the great patriarch of Adina to become the Khitan king. Correspondingly, after receiving the gift, the Adina patriarch had to send Alina to Liaodong City immediately and had to send 5,000 cavalry south to help Chen Kefu fight against Goguryeo. ,

For Chen Kefu, at present, except for Liaodong City and Xincheng, all the other mountain cities that have been beaten down are tasteless and a pity to abandon them. After emptying the money, food, materials, and people in the city, these cities that cannot be taken away become useless. Now with such an empty city, in exchange for 5,000 Khitan elite cavalry, how is this calculated.

Mao Xi was very happy, and Abao Cave was even happier. Buyeo Fortress is located in the northwest of Goguryeo, bordering Linju and Murowei Khitan. Not only is the city high and thick, it is the first fortress in western Liaoning, but also a city of trade, a place where all ethnic groups meet and trade. If you get Fuyu City, you can not only expand the territory of the Khitan, but also get such a trading city, which is a good thing. Even Abao Grotto was thinking that after his father became the king of Khitan, Buyeo City would be their royal capital by then.

After even the details had been discussed, Abao Grotto no longer had any nervous speculation, and was complacent, happily getting up and leaving.

Mao Xi knelt on the couch and kneaded his temples, "Finally got a family." ”。

"My lord, the great patriarch of the Linju clan has been invited and is waiting in the back garden." A guard knocked on the door and came in to report.

"Come in.".

The sun is rising, the red light is shining, and it is another good day.

The three-day vacation promised by the marshal had been notified by the whole battalion yesterday, all the rest was canceled, and all the soldiers were recalled to the barracks. Before dawn today, all the sergeants and generals have already begun to reorganize according to the new establishment set by the marshal yesterday. Fortunately, there are not many parts that need to be changed, and all the time is already in place in one morning.

80,000 soldiers and horses, plus more than 8,000 rescued veterans, and more than 40,000 soldiers and horses were temporarily recruited from all the people. But fortunately, most of the recruits this time were auxiliaries, and only some of the soldiers were selected, so there was nothing too difficult to choose.

Every soldier who is conscripted into the army has a settling-in allowance of 20 yuan, and for many people, they can't go home now anyway, and they stay here. Entering the camp in Liaodong, not only have two yuan per month, but also have a settling-in allowance of 20 yuan once selected, where to find such a good thing, the place to sign up, it is crowded with people, go a little late, and it has already been filled.

A total of 28,000 people from the 14 logistical medical battalions and engineer battalions in the auxiliary battalion of the entire Liaodong Xing Battalion were transferred to the school yard in the east of the city, where they were assembled for training. Most of the logistics battalions are transport teams and medical teams, and they do not have to go to the battlefield to fight the enemy during the battle. All of their training is different from that of the soldiers, they have a separate training plan.

The engineer battalion, which is actually a special combat unit, integrates the two major arms of engineering and artillery in later generations. When marching, open roads in the mountains and build bridges in the water. When they were stationed in Boda, they had to be responsible for encamping and defending. When fighting, they will also be engaged in battle, but they are not directly operated with swords and guns, but are responsible for operating all heavy weapons, what catapults, all crossbow bolts of non-individual types, siege vehicles, rushing vehicles, and cloud towers, these are all operated by engineering troops.

Their training is also different from that of the combat troops, and they are also trained in a special engineering training program. Learn to dig trenches, dig tunnels, build bridges, set up camps, shoot catapults, shoot crossbow arrows, these professional techniques, and also learn some simple equipment

As for the soldiers, the 49th Battalion of the Seventh Army, plus the 3 battalions of the Marshal's Mansion Guard Battalion, Communications Battalion, and Reconnaissance Battalion, one is the 52nd Battalion with more than 100,000 men and horses. Among the 100,000 horses, the three military camps in the north, south, and west of the city were stationed in the three most elite units of Chen Kefu's Chinese army, Mao Xian's Left Wing Army, and Lu Shishen's Right Wing Army.

Hu Hai's left front army and Chen Gui's right front army were stationed in Xincheng, which was a day's journey, and Liu Tiezhu's left rear army and Zhang He's right rear army were stationed in a large camp ten miles outside Liaodong City. As for the 4,000 cavalry of the Khitan and Linju people, they were all left in the city of Liaodong. Moreover, all the generals with the troops of the two armies were arranged to live in the inner city.

Liaodong Chengbei Campus Field, the largest campus in the entire Liaodong City, is now the Chinese army camp led by Chen Kefu himself.

The 18,000 soldiers of the Chinese army were divided into seven bodhisattvas at this time and were training.

On the first day of training, the generals of the battalion commander-in-chief of the army followed behind Chen Kefu and watched the army training.

In the warm sun, all the soldiers are divided into small units and small groups for training. When Chen Kefu and the others arrived, they saw that the soldiers were desperately running in circles, sweating like rain. ,

After watching it for a while, I found that on the entire Chengbei campus, there were 360 teams, all of which were running, and they were running out of breath one by one, and they almost stuck out their tongues to dissipate heat like dogs.

Li Jie turned around and said to Chen Kefu with a smile, "Dashuai, this is your latest training plan?" Let the sergeants run? But what's it like just to run like that? The purpose of our training is to defeat the enemy, not to race against the enemy, right? ”。 In Li Jie's view, Chen Kefu is completely messy, how can he train soldiers like this. This drill recruits, it also has to be an array drill, practicing archery, knife skills or something.

"That's exactly what I asked them to run, and that's my training plan. Running isn't the whole story of a training program, though. I thought about it all night last night and came up with a whole training plan. According to my plan, I believe that in just one month's training, the combat effectiveness of the entire unit will definitely be raised to a higher level. …”

As soon as Yu Qinming heard this, he came to his senses, "Dashuai, I don't know what good plan you have come up with?" How can this group of people be reborn in a month and improve the combat level of a stage? ”。

In his heart, he didn't believe it. He was born in a family of generals, and his family has been leading soldiers for generations. He has been immersed in the art of war for a long time, and he knows that training troops is sometimes more difficult than leading troops to fight. Fighting a war depends more on the tactical level of the generals and pays attention to strategy. However, this training is a real one, and there is no false shortcut. Without a long period of training, it is impossible to train a strong army.

Chen Kefu's plan is also simple, now this era is the era of cold weapons, and the physical fitness of soldiers is the highest. First of all, it is physical strength. The basic configuration of each Sui infantry included a set of Mingguang armor, a helmet, a horizontal sword, a spear or a long weapon with a lance. In addition, he had to carry a bow and a pot of arrows. And these Liaodong soldiers under Chen Kefu are not well trained because of their sufficient equipment. So he had all his warriors carry a three-shot crossbow with a pot of arrows.

In this way, all the equipment that an infantry member has to carry is at least about forty pounds. Such a weight, even if a warrior is the strongest and youngest, it is generally difficult to support it for too long. If a battle is fought for too long and there is no rest in between, then in the end, you will die of exhaustion if you don't wait for the enemy to kill you.

So the first point of training, that is, to increase the physical strength of the soldiers. This is especially needed for charging jumpers and fighting odd soldiers.

Chen Kefu's training plan starts early every morning, first for basic physical training, then for bows and crossbowmen to practice shooting, and to jump and surprise soldiers to practice knife and marksmanship. Then there is the individual confrontation training. In the afternoon, we will conduct platoon training, team-to-team confrontation training every three days, regiment-to-regiment group confrontation training formation drills every seven days, battalion-to-battalion confrontation training and formation drills every half month, and army-to-army group confrontation training and formation drills every month. In addition, every soldier has to undergo cavalry and archery training, reconnaissance training, and health and medical training and cultural courses in the evening. After the night break, we will gather for training from time to time.

In addition, it is necessary to conduct battalion-level mixed arms coordinated training and army-level large-array training at regular intervals.

It can be said that the entire training plan is very detailed and complete, from the basic physical training of soldiers, to individual combat ability training, to queue training, and team training. Mixed arms cooperative combat training, large array training.

In short, the goal is very clear, such a unit, carried out alone, can fight alone. Pull out in a team, and you have to be able to maintain the array. According to the latest mixed establishment at the battalion level, all officers and men can also carry out mixed and coordinated operations. Even in the end, it can fully cooperate with the array operations carried out by the senior generals of the army.

Not only that, but it is also necessary to train the troops' rapid reaction ability when they gather for combat at night from time to time, and this is a training specially designed to deal with special situations such as ambushes, sneak attacks, and night attacks during war.

In addition to these trainings, there will also be a small amount of time for some special training, such as learning battlefield ambulance medicine. After all, in the era of cold weapons, most of the soldiers did not die directly at the hands of the enemy, but were injured and could not be treated in time.

In particular, injuries such as excessive blood loss and wound infections are caused by which more than half of the wounded soldiers die. And learning simple battlefield treatment can reduce the number of casualties to the greatest extent in the case of cooperating with the military medical battalion.

In addition, the cavalry and archery training can also strengthen the individual ability of the soldiers, and the evening time is used to learn some basic literacy, arithmetic and other simple cultural courses, for better development in the future.

"Well, what do you think of my plan?" It took Chen Kefu most of the day to finish the entire training plan.

When I turned around, I found that dozens of senior generals had already been stunned there, and their faces were full of incredulity.

After a long time, Yu Qinming was stunned and said, "Dashuai, the goal of your plan is indeed very good. However, is it possible that this plan will actually be completed? Most of these soldiers are just honest farmers in the countryside, and the marshal has done so many training programs for so long, and they have done it? Moreover, don't talk about these soldiers, even these officers who lead the troops may not be able to understand the meaning of the general. ”。

Chen Kefu shook his head, "Training has to be systematic and planned. We don't have that much time now, and it takes a year or two to train a soldier. Our time is precious, and every second counts. So I had to come up with more ways to save time. Changing the training method is also a way to improve the quality of training, no matter what, a month's time, I will only give you a month, and in a month, I will see a combatable soldier who can kill the battlefield at any time. ”。

"It's definitely going to take time to get used to the new way of training. I will explain this training plan in detail to you, and you, the battalion commanders, will be responsible for explaining to the captains of the regiments below. The captains of each regiment are explaining to each team and the captains of each team are explaining to each team again. And the commander must make all the soldiers understand. …”

"Tell all the brethren that there is a reward for good training, and only punishment for poor training. The team-to-team confrontation is held every three days, and all the winning teams are rewarded with a pound of meat for each soldier, and the losing team is responsible for cleaning the hut for the next three days. …”

"Once every seven days, the team fights against the winning side, and each person is rewarded with a hundred dollars and a pound of meat. The losing side must wash the clothes of the winning side for seven days. …”

"The battalion-level confrontation is held every half a month, and the winner is rewarded with a consistent reward, one pound of good wine and good meat, and the loser cancels the one-day rest time of the two days off in the army every month and uses it for training."

"The army-to-army confrontation is held once a month, and the seven armies take turns to confront, and the top three are rewarded with ten pounds of money for the winner, two catties of wine and meat, and an increase in the number of times allowed to go to the military prostitute camp in the next month. The losers cancelled all their rest days, and doubled their early morning running training in January, and banned them from going to the military prostitute camp for a month. ”。

Everyone didn't expect Chen Kefu to come up with such a set of reward and punishment mechanisms. Every time he wins, he will be rewarded with money, as well as wine and meat to eat. If you win in a month's competition, it's a ten-punch. And those who lost were miserable, from sweeping the thatched house to washing clothes, to having no rest days, and even not allowed to go to the military prostitute camp to be happy. Although such a punishment appears to be a corporal punishment without a military stick or confiscation of food and wages, in fact, such a punishment is also very severe.

Sweeping the thatched house and washing clothes are all very shameful things. In addition to high-intensity training, those who lose will have to be canceled on their rest days and forbidden to go to women, which is uncomfortable.

Yu Qinming said with a smile, "Dashuai really has a set, a complete training plan, equipped with a fair and just reward and punishment system." I believe that it will definitely inspire the soldiers' enthusiasm for training, and maybe in a month, we will be able to train these farmers into an elite army. ”。

Chen Kefu thought for a while and said, "With such intense training by the logistics personnel, the food of the soldiers must be of the highest standard. Each person must be equipped with at least one pound of meat per day, and the food must be enough. In addition, let the medical battalion teach the soldiers some simple muscle massage methods. At the end of each day, let the soldiers massage each other, which not only reduces fatigue but also prevents some muscle damage. And all officers must be informed that corporal punishment of soldiers is strictly prohibited, that all corporal punishment is abolished in the army, and that it is not allowed to beat military sticks in the future. ”。

Shen Guang said with some incomprehension: "There will always be some thorns, ruffians, veterans, oil, or something down here." If you don't let the baton be beaten, how can you lead the troops in the future, and how can you deter this person? ”。

"Well, if someone violates military regulations, then the officer will report it to the gendarmerie on duty in the gendarmerie department. Then the officers on duty of the Gendarmerie Department will punish them in accordance with military regulations. As long as it is not a particularly important fault, they will be locked up in the small black room, and they will be confined to them. ,

In the case of desertion, rumor-mongering, rape and other major violations of military discipline, they will be temporarily detained by the officers and then handed over to the Gendarmerie Department for trial. With the exception of the Gendarmerie Division, all officers do not have the right to execute criminal soldiers in private. ”。

The generals did not understand that corporal punishment could not be imposed on soldiers and that soldiers who committed crimes could not be punished. This is not allowed, that is not allowed, then these generals, when they lead troops in the future, they will definitely have a lot less effective means to check and balance those disobedient soldiers. However, the handsome Chen Kefu brought up this matter so solemnly, so whether they wanted it or not, they could only abide by it.

In extraordinary times, extraordinary measures should be taken.

Everyone can feel that the handsome Chen Kefu is in such a hurry, and the Liao people are like a sharp sword hanging over everyone's heads. If you can't take the sword, you can only put an iron bucket on your head before the sword falls.

After watching the soldier training, Chen Kefu led the generals to the artisan camp in the east of the city. After this reorganization, the number of heavy infantry increased by 800, and the number of heavy cavalry also increased by 2,800 at once.

There are not many people who have increased the number of heavy infantry, and the required heavy infantry armor and Mo sword are already ready-made. However, the number of heavy cavalry increased by nearly 3,000 at once, and the required armor and cavalry equipment was 1,800 pairs. This is not a small number, and now all the armor craftsmen in the army are working overtime to create this 1,800 pairs of armor and cavalry equipment in the shortest possible time.

"Old Wangtou, how long will it take you to build these 1,800 pairs of armor?" Chen Kefu looked at the hot artisan camp and asked the old king.

The old king's head was dry and thin, long and black, and Ye Yi looked like an African refugee. At this time, when the old king saw the marshal asking himself in person, his old black face was flushed, and his dry hands didn't know where to put them. Squeaky said, "Shuai, we have just completed the task of building heavy infantry armor. There are no other armor-building tasks in the army right now. All the armor craftsmen are now assembled, and it is estimated that it will be almost completed in a month. ”。

Shaking his head, Chen Kefu said dissatisfied, "A month is too long, I can't wait." I'll give you half a month's time, and you can complete 1,800 armor and riding equipment for me. If you finish it on time, I'll reward you with ten dollars for each suit of armor, if you can finish it ahead of schedule. Then every day in advance, I will give you another 1,000 yuan in reward, and I will give you as much as I want in advance. But on the contrary, if it is later than half a month, one day per night, the reward of 18,000 guan, I will lose 500 guan a day, and 500 a day later. ”。

These craftsmen were all recruited by Yang Guang, and originally they were not paid to serve here, and only had a meager allowance. However, since Chen Kefu took charge of Liaodong, it has been stipulated that all craftsmen have a fixed salary every month, and when there is a task, they will also be rewarded according to the size of the task. At present, there are 1,800 pairs of armor, if you complete the task in half a month, it is a reward of 18,000 yuan, there are many armor craftsmen, there are more than 1,000 people and more than 10,000 yuan, and when it comes to the head, one person also has ten yuan, which is not a small number.

Hearing such a heavy reward, not only the old king, but they blushed with excitement. Even the other craftsmen next to it also have this red-eyed, although they have monthly salaries for staying in Liaodong, but if they can't receive the task to start building, then there will only be fixed salaries, and there will be no rewards.

At the same time, the soldiers who stayed in Liaodong had heavy rewards for their war training, and even the old king, who was a craftsman, had such a heavy reward, which couldn't help but make them jealous.

"You don't have to envy them, I, Chen Kefu, have always paid attention to more work, and there is a reward for contribution. Lao Zhang, I happen to have another task for you here, and the last time you went north, this triple shot single crossbow you built worked well. This time, I ask you to continue to build, no limit to the quantity, you can play as much as you can, there is only one requirement, that is, the quality must be solid. As long as you do your job well, then you will not be rewarded less. ”。

The last time he fought against the Khitans, the crossbow arrows held by the Sui army were very ruthless to those fierce Khitan cavalrymen, and Chen Kefu never forgot them. The five were about to face the Goguryeo people's march north, and most of the soldiers were new recruits. This kind of crossbow arrow, which has a long range and can be fired continuously, gave him great expectations. ,

And crossbow arrows are not like bows and arrows, bows and arrows are very demanding for archers. Such as strength, and also need to be a well-trained archer. However, the requirements of the crossbowman are much lower, and the crossbow can be fired in bursts without much effort. An ordinary archer will be a little unbearable to shoot a dozen or twenty arrows, but a crossbowman will have no problem shooting thirty or forty arrows. And the crossbowman has high requirements for archery, even these craftsmen and folk men can operate it with a little training.

If the Liao people come to attack the city and the troops are tight, Chen Kefu plans to let those people be equipped with crossbow arrows and go to the city to fight. Imagine tens of thousands of crossbowmen, firing three rounds in a row, and that is a rain of crossbow arrows covered by dark clouds. No matter how strong the enemy is, under such a blow, it will definitely not be pleased.

At the beginning, Yang Guang recruited tens of thousands of craftsmen to come to Liaodong, and basically craftsmen from various industries came. In particular, there are the largest number of craftsmen in the weapons category, with tens of thousands of people. Yang Guangcang withdrew his troops in panic, and none of the craftsmen were taken away, all of them stayed in Liaodong.

At present, it is all cheap, Chen Kefu has seen every artisan camp one by one. Most of the craftsmen were given a variety of tasks. From armor to crossbows, to feathered arrows. From catapults, to large bed crossbows.

Defending the city and fighting has a relatively big advantage. Especially after adding weapons such as catapults and bed crossbows to the city wall, because of the height problem, it can exert 12% of the power of the weapon.

The war battalion is training desperately, and Chen Kefu does not intend to let go of these craftsmen. Anyway, I didn't plan to leave a craftsman idle. Things like catapults and crossbow arrows, he simply didn't have a fixed number, and he could do as much as he could. Do more and reward more, anyway, the gold, silver and copper coins stolen from the cities are piled up in many warehouses.

The largest winch crossbow has a range of up to 700 paces and a range of more than 1,000 meters. However, such a large crossbow requires hundreds of people to operate, which is too complicated. Now there are nearly 100 planes in the army that were built when the Sui army besieged Liaodong City, so Chen Kefu did not ask to recreate this terrifying weapon.

On the contrary, the range of the Fuyuan crossbow is 300 steps (450 meters), the range of the arm crossbow is 230 steps (345 meters), the range of the angle bow is 200 steps (300 meters), and the range of the single-bow crossbow is 160 steps (240 meters). Of these four crossbows, the Fuyuan crossbow is the big crossbow, which can only be operated by the strongest warriors, and of course it can also be operated by two or three people. With a range of 300 paces, it is definitely at the leading level of this era.

These four crossbows are also single-shot crossbows, but the range of these crossbows is far beyond the range of bows and arrows, for Chen Kefu, who is defending the city and fighting, and has a city wall to defend. It is the best option to distance yourself and destroy the enemy to the maximum extent before the Goguryeo people approach the city walls. However, the weakness of crossbows compared to bows lies in their manufacturing, firstly, the materials are too expensive, and secondly, the manufacturing technology of crossbows is very high, and not everyone can make them. The most important thing is that the service life of a crossbow is not as good as that of a bow and arrow, a bow can be passed for hundreds of years, and a crossbow can not even last a war, so it has to be repaired.

The high cost, the difficult production technology, and the high failure rate are the shortcomings that limit the use of crossbows with the highest range and highest lethality.

Looking at these catapults and crossbow arrows, Chen Kefu suddenly remembered that it seemed that the Mongols in later generations had a kind of return cannon that was very powerful. And although the return cannon is called a cannon, it is just a catapult. If this kind of return cannon can be built, then the battle against the Goguryeo people will definitely increase the chances of victory.

But he stood there and closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, and he didn't think of a single way to make a return cannon in his mind. He only knew that the return cannon was a catapult, but he couldn't remember the difference between this return cannon and the catapults in front of him.

After thinking about it for a long time, Chen Kefu patted his head, and he had already crossed over. Since you can't think of a return cannon, it's better to build a cannon. However, the cannon is even more impossible, the biggest requirement for the cannon is the barrel, and it seems unrealistic to create a bronze cannon in the Great Sui Dynasty.

When he thought of the cannon, he suddenly remembered that he couldn't make the cannon, but the gunpowder seemed to be very simple. Black powder seems to be refined by Taoist priests now, although the power of black powder is not great, but if you make a little bit of it, during the battle, make a few) big explosive bag or something, even if you can't kill a few Goguryeo people, this momentum can also scare the Goguryeo people to death.

When he thought of waiting for Goguryeo to attack the city, he carried dozens of catties of explosives and threw them into the enemy's line with a trebuchet, and the huge thunderous sound definitely scared the Goguryeo buns who lived on the island of Korea half to death. Thinking about it, thinking about it, Chen Kefu couldn't help laughing.

Chen Kefu suddenly laughed loudly, but all of a sudden the dozens of senior generals who accompanied him were stunned, feeling a little inexplicable. But I vaguely felt that the handsome man must have thought of something important, and it must be a good thing, otherwise, it would be impossible to laugh so happily at this time.

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