Chapter Seventy-One: Preparations for War I
The six of them chatted late at night in the big tent of the Chinese army, Yang Tingfeng explained some things about the armament and the lease of war horses, and obtained 30 taels of family funds from Chen Liang, and gave 20 taels to Shi Wansui for the cost of renting horses, and ordered everyone to go down to rest.
That Yun Mo also walked back to the tent, along the way, he thought thoughtfully, walked to his camp gate, and heard someone: "Old Mo, wait a minute!" β
He looked back, but saw Yang Tingfeng walking over with a smile.
Mu Yunmo frowned, not knowing what trouble this new brother was going to find him, so he hurriedly crossed his hands and flattened his chest, and stroked Yang Tingfeng's chest and said, "Dare to ask your lordship, what else do you have to say?" β
"Nothing else!" Yang Tingfeng obviously hesitated for a moment before asking: "Old Mo, I heard that you and your people live in the mountains, and you are very good at using bows and arrows, and you can extract toxins from prey objects and smear arrows, yes or no?" β
Mu Yunmo was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Poison? Naturally, there is, dare to ask what adults mean? β
Yang Tingfeng was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Lao Mo, this time to rob the caravan, we must kill with one arrow, kill with one blow, and never leave a single living mouth." This time, we are fighting with all our troops on horseback, and it is very likely that we will have to use projectiles to annihilate the enemy. However, once projectiles are used, it is difficult to ensure lethality. So, I need a poisoned arrow that kills, even if it is a scratched wound, it can be fatal. Think about it, in your hometown, is there such a poison. β
When Mu Yunmo heard this, his heart was shocked, and he thought for a moment before he spoke: "When I was a child, I heard an old hunter in the mountains say that there is a very sharp, wild fruit with hard thorns, which lives by absorbing the carrion of birds and insects, and it itself contains strange poisons. β
When Yang Tingfeng heard this, he couldn't help but say, "It's amazing, can you get it from the mountains now?" β
Mu Yunmo shook his head and said, "This kind of wild fruit, it only had to be warmer before it was born, and now it can't be found everywhere." β
Hearing this, Yang Tingfeng was extremely disappointed, and was about to ask if there was any alternative toxin, but he heard Mo Yunmo say: "However, in addition, there is also a kind of poison. β
Yang Tingfeng's eyes lit up, "Hurry up, don't sell it!" β
Mu Yunmo glanced at Yang Tingfeng and said: "That kind of poison is a secret recipe for the black captives, it is successfully prepared with nearly ten kinds of highly poisonous animals and plants, and as long as it is rubbed on the arrow, as long as it scratches a little skin, it can not only kill people instantly, but also die in an extremely miserable state, without any chance of survival." It's just that...... Just ......"
Yang Tingfeng was listening attentively and said hurriedly: "Just what?" Although he adheres to the training of the Divine Machine Sect, no matter the arrow and hidden weapon, it is not quenched, but it is a matter of life and death for everyone, plus he has a natural curiosity about unknown things, and when he heard the important point, he couldn't help but ask.
Mu Yunmo said with a smile: "I don't know the secret recipe below, and I still have to ask the captain to come to the military camp to configure the quenching poison." β
Yang Tingfeng heard Mu Yunmo say this, looked at him with a very surprised look, and blinked.
Mu Yunmo explained: "My lord, the preparation of this kind of poison is not very easy, in addition to requiring a lot of raw materials, it also needs to set up an iron pot and constantly stir and boil, this heat can only be controlled by the black captives, in other words, even if you know the ingredients of this poison, you may not be able to boil it successfully, so ......"
Yang Tingfeng stared at Mu Yunmo for a long time, nodded, took out five taels of silver and handed it to him, and instructed: "Then I will take you a trip and invite people back; If they feel that the money is not enough, you can say that it is a fixed money, and it really has a killing effect, and the captain will have a great reward at a later date. β
Mu Yunmo took the silver, smiled slightly bitterly, turned around and entered the camp, but after walking a few steps, he suddenly walked back again, hesitated for a while, suddenly mustered up his courage, rubbed his hands and asked, "My lord...... Can...... Can you ......?"
Yang Tingfeng glanced at him, guessed and guessed, and took out five taels of silver for himself, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, with this tolerance, you can also take a few cronies home, buy more things for your clansmen, don't be cold, lose our face." β
Mu Yunmo was surprised for a while, trembled his hands, took the silver, and said gratefully: "My lord, my lord, this, this ......" wanted to compliment, but it was a little difficult to speak.
Yang Tingfeng laughed and asked, "Is there anything else?" β
Mu Yunmo said: "No...... Gone! β
Yang Tingfeng waved his hand and said with a smile: "Get out!" β
"No!" Mu Yunmo once again crossed his chest and saluted Yang Tingfeng sincerely.
Soldiers only admire the strong, especially the officers who have worked hard with their real skills.
Even if you have a background and a relationship, you have to have something in your hands, otherwise, who can convince you?
Who would dare to go into battle with you?
Second, if you want your soldiers to die for you, it's not just a matter of military pay.
More importantly, as an officer, you should pay enough attention to the needs and lives of your soldiers.
"Sun Tzu" said: Treat the pawn as a beloved son, so you can die with it!
An officer must respect his soldiers from the bottom of his heart.
This is the battlefield, so that your soldiers can fight with you.
On the contrary, you mix up your career and don't treat your hands as people.
And he was only a soldier to eat, so there was no need to take his life for you.
If this really goes to the battlefield, let alone fighting, it will be a disaster.
Historically, have there been fewer defeats on the dominant side?
In the early morning of the next day, Shi Wansui rode Bo Xi Zhezhe's black horse and went to Zisai Ranch to rent a horse; And Xiao Wolf rode another black horse, carried seven days of dry food and water, and went to the vicinity of Xiliu Ancient City to reconnoiter in advance.
Yang Tingfeng personally put on armor and went into battle, carefully training the fifty soldiers selected under his command, during which he continued to practice tactics, and found a nearby rock beach to exercise, and also asked He Ruobi to teach the lingua franca of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions, so as to meet the needs from time to time.
In the next two days, he and Chen Liang, Lao Liangtou and others began to count the personal combat strength of the fifty elite soldiers, and re-selected and assigned the two commanders of Wu Shi.
This move was unintentional.
Unexpectedly, Yang Tingfeng really found a lot of fierce people and had unexpected gains.
According to the standards he set, of the fifty:
Fierce and brave, strong and strong, fast in riding and archery, strong in martial arts, and brave in the army.
There are five people who are brave and brave, majestic and fierce, brave and resolute, burly and rough, and brave and sharp.
Ten people are strong and strong, outstanding in talent, strong and powerful, courageous and brave
Yang Tingfeng set the brave champion of his army as the captain of this team, the brave and sharp battalion is the chief, and the brave and powerful are the captains, so that they can compete according to the formation and strengths, and practice the battle formation during the day, and the physical strength of the bow and arrow in the afternoon, and they need to practice at night, and march fifty miles in the field.
He also adopted the Wei Wushu method of the soldier Yasheng Wu Qi, so that these soldiers were dressed in triple armor, holding a long lance in their hands, hanging a double-ring head sword from their waists, carrying a long beam and a big shield at the back, wielding a strong bow of twelve stones, each carrying a hundred arrows, and marching 120 miles in a day.
According to the record of "Xunzi Discussion of Soldiers": "The military soldiers of Wei take it by degree, the armor of the three genera, the crossbow of the twelve stones, the negative arrow is fifty, the top is placed on it, the crown is with a sword, and the grain of the three days is won, and the day is in the middle of the day and tends to a hundred miles." The pilot test will restore its household, and benefit its field Wei Wu's house. β
This Yang Tingfeng, on the basis of the selection of Wei Wushu, not only doubled the weight of the soldiers, but even increased the marching distance by twenty miles.
During this time, he also added a new training program, Twelve Arrows.
His method was inspired by the Battle of Junji Mountain in Li Ling during the Han Wu period.
According to the "Information Governance Tongjian. The thirteenth chapter of the Han Dynasty records: The Ling army fought between the trees, killing thousands of people, because of the crossbow shooting, single Yu, single down. The Han army marched south, but before reaching the Bahan Mountain, 500,000 arrows were exhausted in one day, and the car was abandoned.
In that year, Li Ling of the Han Dynasty led 5,000 foot soldiers to inflict heavy losses on the 80,000 Xiongnu army, in addition to being well-equipped and well-trained soldiers, the most important factor was fire suppression.
It is rumored that Li Ling's department, a day to shoot out as high as 100,000 arrows, in the peak of the battle, a day can shoot out 500,000 arrows, it can be seen that in the Xiongnu besieged Li Ling in a few days, the Xiongnu cavalry is mostly brave the Han army's arrow rain impact, huge casualties are inevitable.
However, continuous shooting of bows and arrows has a huge load on the soldier's body, and it cannot be achieved without strong arm strength and brawn.
Therefore, Yang Tingfeng deliberately increased this project, requiring these fifty people to continuously shoot bows and arrows to practice explosiveness and endurance.
And these fifty soldiers are required to be able to shoot six arrows in an instant, and more than 12 arrows if they do not aim to be qualified.
His requirements are so high that if he were an ordinary person, it would be difficult to do it.
But Yang Tingfeng not only lowered the standard, but also increased the difficulty every day, not only requiring these fifty people to speed up the rate of fire, but also to take into account accuracy.
His stunt of chasing wind and shadows is unique in the world, and his eyesight is even more unparalleled, although the arrows shot by those fifty people are chaotic and chaotic.
But he could see it clearly, and he didn't miss a single one.
Who the hell is shooting nonsense, he immediately went up and hit the ass is a kick.
In this way, no one dares to fool him anymore, they all practice honestly, and they will never dare to cheat and cheat.
Today's Yang Tingfeng doesn't know that he has no ancients before and no one after him, and he is afraid that only he can use it in the world.
Time is like an arrow, and seven days have passed in the blink of an eye.
Counting the days, this Xiao wolf should also come back to replenish supplies.
Thinking of his hard work outside, Yang Tingfeng deliberately asked Chen Liang to go to Zisai Inner City the day before yesterday and bought four fat sheep, and this morning, he let people kill them, and lit a bonfire, smeared salt and roasted it, for a while, the air in the entire camp was filled with the intoxicating smell of meat.
Due to financial constraints, this time, he did not let Chen Liang buy wine.
When it was time to arrive, four fragrant roasted whole sheep were carried to the desk, and Yang Tingfeng ordered four sergeants to lift a roast sheep, use poplar wood to stand it, and send it to the lookout to share food and reward for the soldiers on duty.
He also asked Lao Liangtou to dismember a roast sheep on average, and asked the soldiers to send it to several fellow lieutenants and colleagues, so that they could also taste it.
He himself stood by the roast lamb, ripped off a leg of mutton, chewed, and gave an order - let all the people under the assembly and confidently form a team of 300 people, divided into 60 teams, each team of five people, the two teams face each other, wrestle with each other, and the winner can enter the big tent of the Chinese army to eat roast sheep.
The loser can only stand aside and drool.
His original intention was just to encourage everyone to train hard, who would have thought, as soon as he finished speaking, the crowd below instantly became excited, and his eyes flashed fiercely, like a group of starving ghosts from hell.
There was no way, so I had to let Lao Liangtou hold the order flag, stand on the high platform, and give orders, but when I heard an order, the dust and smoke rose on the school field, and for a while, three hundred people fought together, shouting and killing, each with a back and a wrap, kicking and twisting, jumping and hugging legs, catching the right child and hugging it.
Looking at the beasts below, wrestling with each other, the fierceness seemed to be the duel not against the robes, but the enemyβthe enemy who was destined to kill them
Yang Tingfeng bowed slightly, and his performance was quite satisfied.
At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the tent, and Yang Tingfeng glanced at it like a shade of the sun, but when he saw that Xiao Wolf came back with a gray face, the people were also a lot darker.
In the account, Yang Tingfeng stood up, threw the leg of mutton to him, drank back and left, and asked in a low voice, "Are you here?" β
Xiao Wolf took a bite of the tender and delicious roast leg of lamb, exhaled a breath of heat, and said, "Three days later, it will be there!" β
Yang Tingfeng was taken aback: "Three days? It's coming so fast! β
Xiao Wolf tore off another piece of mutton, stuffed it into his mouth, and spit out white smoke before he said: "I traveled to nine hundred miles outside the ancient city of Xiliu and found a caravan, they have heavy goods, many people, and the speed is very slow, and they only walk two hundred miles a day. β
"Only two hundred miles?" Yang Tingfeng was slightly surprised, and was about to ask the other party's military number, when he suddenly heard the sound of hooves outside the camp gate, and when it didn't disappear, the smoke and dust outside the camp rose, and hundreds of purple horses galloped towards the door, their manes were flying, and they were running wildly.
In the middle of the herd, dozens of wranglers shook their whips and exhaled in their mouths......