"With my understanding of the manager, if you were really a person who abolished the public for personal reasons, I wouldn't have traveled all the way to defect." Zhu Sheng touched the smooth and delicate lines on the wood: "It's just that such a good wood is unlikely to be used to build an ordinary soldier's house." ”

"Why can't it be?" Zheng Yunming smiled and asked, "Brother Zhu Sheng, isn't our purpose to train an elite army?" ”

"Since it is claimed to be an elite exerciser, they are generally given corresponding treatment. Start by improving food, clothing, housing and transportation. ”

Zhu Sheng retorted: "This matter must not be done, it has always been the duty of raising soldiers to be diligent and hard-working, and all the troops who are pampered and treated with good conditions must degenerate to the point of sparing their lives to avoid war, and they will not hesitate to try their best to avoid war in order to live their own good life." ”

Zheng Yunming said solemnly: "They are not asking for freedom from war, but for avoiding death. The preferential treatment of living conditions is not the reason why they are afraid of death, the lax training, the connivance of the superiors. The sloppiness of military discipline is the problem that makes them prefer to avoid war and survive. If we don't do well in other areas, a harsh life will only make them worse. ”

Zhu Sheng nodded yes, but reminded again: "Strict discipline and clear orders are easy to say, and those who can really do this are enough to be called famous generals." Until you actually do that, don't be too kind to these newcomers who haven't seen a battle. ”

"I'll take care of myself." Zheng Yunming said with a smile: "Isn't this fifty-mile heavy march just a dismount? Tomorrow they were told to set off early in the morning, to taste the toil of being soldiers, and when they arrived at the camp, they asked Wang Deng to replace another thousand men to come and continue to carry them. I will first go back to the camp and wait for you. ”

When Zheng Yunming returned to the camp, the camp was very lively. The carts and porters hired by the Jinghu Establishment Envoy filled the open space of the Dajiao Field that had just been leveled.

Lu Xunzhi commanded the sergeants to nervously carry the goods on the car. The envoys from Xiangyang Mansion impatiently urged the Tulong Army to collect it as soon as possible. But Lu Xunzhi insisted on asking the generals and officers to meticulously inspect every vehicle and every basket of materials. From time to time, the two sides quarreled.

Wang Deng saw that Zheng Yunming, who walked into the school yard quickly, had a bad face, so he took a few steps closer and said in a low voice: "As the general expected, many of the ordnance allocated to us by Xiangyang Mansion cannot pass the quality. ”

Zheng Yunming nodded, walked to a pair of burdens, picked up a pair of paper armor from the basket, and said to one of the most noisy envoys: "You come, put on this armor." ”

When the envoy saw the arrival of the chief of the camp, he did not dare to say anything, but refused to obey.

Wang Deng was furious and shouted, "What do you think this place is! The general's orders must be obeyed even by the emperor himself in the Yuanmen! ”

Several Tulong sergeants rushed forward and grabbed the envoy. Everyone put paper armor on his body.

Zheng Yunming casually picked up a wrestling knife that already had a lot of rust, slowly paced in front of the envoy, and stabbed the envoy in the chest with the knife.

In the screams of the envoys, the knife was plunged into the armor, snapped in two, and fell to the ground. Rao is like this, the paper armor has also been split into inches, and the confetti is flying.

"Oh, what a great armor." Zheng Yunming turned his head to Wang Deng and said, "Borrow your Breaking Blade and try it." ”

Wang Deng pulled out the knife from the scabbard, the snow-bright blade was bright and dazzling in the sun, and the blade that had just been opened revealed a thick chill.

"This knife is newly sharpened, please use it with care, manager." Wang Deng glanced at the envoy: "However, the armor of Xiangyang Mansion is strong, and it is expected that this brother will not be injured." ”

Zheng Yunming took the knife and slowly walked towards the envoy, who struggled desperately, but a few big men clamped him like a mountain of cast iron, how could he move at all?

As a last resort, he only cried and spared: "There is still an old mother in the villain's house, the villain's child is just three years old, and the wife is still waiting for the villain to go back at home.

Zheng Yunming slammed the knife to the ground viciously, and shouted angrily: "Your life is life, but the life of my subordinate brothers is not life!" They both have parents and wives and children waiting for them to go back and take care of! Do you let them take such weapons against the Mongol cavalry? ”

The inspection armor master of the shogunate hurriedly came over to the round: "Don't get angry, don't get angry, don't get angry, what is not suitable for use, let's return it as it is." ”

"Sons! Check them out for me one by one! If there's something like this bastard can't use! Returned them all to me! Zheng Yunming's angry order won a battalion of thunderous promises.

"So that's all that's left." Lu Xunzhi reluctantly handed over a list.

Zheng Yunming glanced at the strings of pitiful numbers on the list:

307 black oil spears, 225 red oil spears, and 200 white wooden spears

Vermilion paint, 40 knives and guns, 1,502 wrestling knives, and 2,600 hand knives

"In short," Wang Deng said depressedly, "all the weapons and armor combined are only enough to equip three thousand people. Will the remaining 2,000 men be cut down for soldiers? ”

"We'll take care of the rest ourselves." Zheng Yunming put the list on the table and picked up the pen. Xian'er hurriedly lifted the lid of the inkstone and prepared to pour water and grind.

"Haven't you already solved a lot?" It was Yang Yang who spoke, and he walked into the big tent full of wine, without looking at Wang Deng's angry eyes at all.

"I haven't seen you for three days, what do you smell again?" Zheng Yunming said with a smile: "Although I have solved some of the weapons, the necessary things such as armor, flags and golden drums have not yet been found, so I have to find another way." ”

"I've got those things." Yang Luo said calmly: "Officials only need to prepare money. ”

Wang Deng shook his head and said, "This seems to be out of order. ”

"It's okay." Zheng Yunming said, "But you have to tell me how you got these things." ”

Yang Luo sat down on the chair and said with a big grin: "Today, I drank wine with the leaders of the merchants and craftsmen of all sizes in Jinghu for a day. I learned a lot of details. ”

"Where you can make armor, where you can make drums, where to make bows and arrows, where the flags are good and cheap, thanks to the drunken mantra of the craftsmen, I have a rough understanding of eighty or ninety."

"I'll leave this matter to you." Zheng Yunming said: "There is no problem in terms of money, but the quality of what I want is the best." ”

Yang Luo patted his chest: "As long as you have money, there is no problem in this matter." ”

Wang Deng shook his head: "It's really the gourd officer who brought the gourd soldiers, and it's better to do less in the future for such a thing with unclear accounts." ”

Zheng Yunming interrupted him with a smile: "This matter is settled, Lu Weng and I have already decided on a plan for the construction of a large battalion, let's see if there is anything that can be discussed." ”

He took out a drawing, on which the composition of the camp was clearly drawn, where to build a military house, where to build a school field, where to set up an armory, where to build a grain and grass hoard, where to be a medical bureau, all of which were properly arranged.

Wang Deng glanced at the drawings and opened his mouth to say: "Why are there only so many outposts in the south of the camp?" ”

Lu Xunzhi explained: "You have also seen it. The location of the camp is backed by Old Crow Mountain, and the south side is full of steep slopes. We cut down the trees on the southern slope to ensure a wide view, and there is a small river at the foot of the southern slope, which is a natural obstacle. The reduction of guard posts here is also to save troops. ”

"No!" Wang Deng said this categorically, only to find that he was a little disrespectful to Lu Xunzhi, and hurriedly explained: "The art of war is clear, it is the process of gambling and making fewer mistakes on both sides. If I were the enemy's general, I would send a force to attack the front with all my might, so that the garrison would concentrate on the north and be overwhelmed. Then with an elite army around to the south to attack suddenly, not to mention such a shallow river and such a low mountain, even if it is a hundred-foot abyss and a dangerous cliff, as long as you have a heart, it is not a problem! ”

Zheng Yunming sighed and said to Lu Xunzhi: "Lu Weng, I said that this can't pass Wang Jingsong. He wished he had a sentry next to every foot of fence to feel safe. ”

"Then increase the number of southern outposts, and increase the number of traps at the foot of the hill, and extend the antlers and hedgerows."

Wang Deng was still not satisfied, pointed to the map and said: "It is not enough to have a dry trench in front of Dazhai, send people to dig a moat and bring in the water from the small river in the back mountain to become a water trench, so as to ensure it." ”

Yang Luo said impatiently: "When the enemy's army besieges the city, how long can the mighty city wall last?" A year? Two years? The way to do this is to use stratagem and keep the enemy out in the wilderness. ”

Zheng Yunming said with a smile: "Then you still need to say, the current Great Song army is undoubtedly unable to defeat the Mongols, and the only thing we can do now is to consolidate the defense first, slowly train the troops and select generals, Xu Tu increases his field skills, and hopes to be able to compete with the Tartars in a flat place someday in the future." ”

Lu Xunzhi also said: "Pure father, this matter is in a hurry, at least Zheng Shumou has already taken the first step." It is most important to hold on to it now, and only by strengthening the defense can we see the day when we can win the field battle with the Northern Soldiers in the future. ”

Zheng Yunming responded: "That's right, then modify it according to Jing Song's plan, and start building Dazhai tomorrow!" ”

"You don't need to worry about these things." Wang Deng said: "When Ge Tongzhi left, he left a homework for you. ”

Zheng Yunming was a little confused: "What homework can he leave for me?" ”

"From tomorrow onwards, don't pay attention to the things in the camp, and take a good look at the scenery of such a large place from Zaoyang to Jiangling."

"You mean let me travel now?" Zheng Yunming smiled: "When did this reckless character become interested in traveling in the mountains and rivers?" ”

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