Chapter 40: Roman Tactics and the Fiscal Deficit

"But through your desperate efforts to prevent the enemy from coming back, you have also caused great damage to Darius's army, and they have only won a miserable victory, in fact, you have achieved your strategic goal of keeping the enemy out of the country, haven't you?" Zhang Xiao smiled and put the parchment in his hand on the table. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Sir, you can't say that, you didn't experience that battle yourself, do you know how many people lost their fathers, husbands, sons, brothers and friends because of that battle!" Isco suddenly became extremely excited.

Seeing Isco's excited appearance, Zhang Xiao waved his hand, signaling him to calm down first, although Zhang Xiao didn't say it, but Zhang Xiao couldn't help but think of a sentence in his heart: "Ten dead people are a tragedy, and the dead 100,000 people are just data." ”

But Zhang Xiao would never be stupid enough to say such a thing in front of a soldier who had experienced the hardships of war, Zhang Xiao handed a sheepskin water bag beside him to Isco, signaled him to calm down, and asked casually: "Actually, the commander's decision is not too wrong, it's just that the tactics are relatively old-fashioned and rigid, and in the end, it is right to use the right wing to raid the royal court, what happened to His Excellency the commander later?"

"Ahem, ahem, ahem, wine?" Isco opened the parchment water bag and took a big sip, and then suddenly choked again, apparently thinking that the bag would be water: "Later, our commander was transferred to the capital as the Minister of War for a year, and it seems that he was discharged and returned to the field because of a disagreement with some officials in the imperial court. ”

"That's right. Zhang Xiao nodded thoughtfully, for him, every commander in this kingdom could be his enemy, so he could get ready if he knew where to go.

"Isco, what do you think of my militia team?" Zhang Xiao asked abruptly changing the subject.

"The elite of the militia, the garbage of the soldiers. Isco took a sip of the wine in the water bag gently, don't think that anyone in this era can drink and eat meat, food is tight in this era, even wine is expensive and abnormal because of the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, where do ordinary civilians have the opportunity to drink often, and if they have the opportunity to drink, they would rather taste it slowly than take a big sip, why does it seem heroic to drink in ancient times? Although it is an exaggeration, it cannot be denied that ancient wine is expensive, and even countries such as Europe that make a large number of fruit wines have to face a lot of wine taxes in ancient times.

"That's a good point. Zhang Xiao still agrees with Isco's opinion, after all, his team has only been in the army for less than a month, and he has experienced very few formal battle formations, so Isco's evaluation is indeed very correct, Zhang Xiao paused, looked at Isco sincerely and asked: "Isco, sir, as an official of the kingdom, I have the heart to serve the kingdom, but you have also seen the incompetence and jealousy of these officials, so I need your help, I need you to help me become enough to make the kingdom face it." ”

Listening to Zhang Xiao's words, Isco obviously hesitated.

"I need you!" Zhang Xiao interrupted Isco's hesitation.

"Yes, sir, since you can afford Isco, then Isco will fight for his life to serve the country with you!" Isco nodded heavily.

"Haha! Okay! With Isco's help, my lord, I'm like a tiger with wings!" Zhang Xiao laughed and stood up, walked to Isco's side and held his hands and said: "I officially appoint you as the inspector of the village protection team, our village protection team has set up a total of two inspectors, the other is the newly appointed Alonso, I hope you can cooperate with him sincerely and help me take charge of this village protection team together!"

"Sir, who is this Inspector?" asked Isco, hesitantly.

"The Inspector is in charge of 5 teams, each team has 6 people, and your military affairs will be ordered by the Military Affairs Officer, and as for how to carry out military affairs, it is up to your Inspector to decide. Zhang Xiao explained simply: "In this way, you first go to understand the 5 groups you master, and follow the table to understand the detailed training regulations and the significance of the group model of our village protection team." ”

"Yes, Captain!" Isco gave Zhang Xiao a military salute and walked out of the camp tent on his own, as for the news of his appointment as inspector, the little Hillman outside the camp had already been conveyed to the whole army.

"Little Hillman, go and call Marcelo and German for me. Just after Isco left, Zhang Xiao instructed little Hillman outside the tent.

After a while, Geman and Marcelo both walked into the camp, Zhang Xiao stretched out his hand and gestured to Geman, motioned for Geman to sit aside for a while, and then asked Marcelo: "Marcelo, I know that you are from a noble background, but I have never known your quality, have you ever gone to school?"

Listening to Zhang Xiao's question, Marcelo nodded heavily and said, "Back to Captain's words, Marcelo was originally a student of the Glory Knight Academy of the Lindu Kingdom!"

"Then you are still a quasi-knight?" Zhang Xiao frowned, you must know that a quasi-knight is barely considered a nobleman, although Zhang Xiao is eager to be accepted by the existing interest class, but it does not mean that he can tolerate a subordinate who joined the interest class earlier than him.

"I'm not a quasi-knight, I can only be counted as a servant. Marcelo explained with a smile and a wave of his hand.

After listening to Marcelo's explanation, Zhang Xiao nodded affirmatively and asked, "Then did you just learn about the situation of the village protection team?"

"Yes, Captain! I have an understanding, I have to say that the master's recruit training regulations are simply perfect!" Marcelo came up and slapped Zhang Xiao on the back first, and then explained his views on military affairs.

Zhang Xiao sat in the first place and listened to Marcelo's report and nodded noncommittally, this Marcelo was born in a professional class, and some of the insights did have a lot that Zhang Xiao had not yet considered, which also proved that the experience summary of school teachers is still very useful, but in general, Marcelo's thinking is still too rigid.

"Okay, Marcelo. Zhang Xiao nodded and interrupted Marcelo's report: "You can boldly try out the reform plans you just mentioned in the army, and I will adjust them according to the reaction of the soldiers." ”

After Zhang Xiao explained a few more words to Marcelo, he let him go down to rest, and then Zhang Xiao looked at Geman again: "My money bag, how are you doing lately?"

Zhang Xiao is the head of the two villages, but he needs to sit in the military camp himself, so the enjoyment of being powerful in the village can only fall on Geman's head, in fact, Geman has lived a very fulfilling life during this time, he has been running back and forth in three places, he can feel that his talents are being used as he wants, and he no longer has the feeling of being cautious and restrained everywhere before.

"If you go back to the master, Geman is just one of your errands, and if you are satisfied with Geman's work, Geman is naturally better than anything else. "Geman, a small-eyed money fan, is not an amateur.

"Alright, let's get down to business. Zhang Xiao looked at Geman with a smile: "Have you received the rewards for the villagers who came to 'help the war' today?"

"Yes, sir, but..."

Zhang Xiao didn't wait for Geman to finish speaking, and continued to ask: "How about those armaments and weapons? The shields, bows and arrows I want, and the samurai uniforms have been prepared, right?"

"Master, the samurai costume has been prepared, I will have people wash it and send it when I turn around, a total of six hundred sets, as well as two hundred shields, fifty short bows, and more than 1,000 arrows, but the master ......"

Zhang Xiao didn't give Geman a chance to speak, but asked tiredly: "Geman, how much money do we have?"

Hearing Zhang Xiao's question, Geman immediately became sad: "Master, we have no money!

"You asked me to accumulate military rations that can last at least until the winter, I have prepared, you want to expand the armaments, I have also expanded, you also want the villagers to help in the war, and you have to give rewards, and you will also reward the soldiers after the battle this time! Master, we really have no money to reward the soldiers! We still owe people the money for weapons and food!"

Listening to Geman's report, Zhang Xiao gasped, he didn't expect his financial deficit to be so high, which made Zhang Xiao can't help but be big, but after hesitating for a while, Zhang Xiao still said: "Geman, I want to implement the Roman method of training, and I need protective equipment for training." ”

"No money!" German angrily got up, took off the money bag from his waist and slammed it on the ground.