"Why don't you go in?"

Li Chengzhou pouted: "Look, General Meng is teaching inside, let's wait and go in." ”

"Okay."

The two of them waited for a while, and Meng Biao finished today's military lesson and asked the soldiers to invite the two people outside.

"What is the matter with Your Majesty's coming to the barracks today?"

"It just so happens that everyone is here, and I want to discuss with you about the reform of the army."

Meng Biao was a little puzzled: "Reform? I think it's good now. ”

"It's good, but now the forces are a little scattered, and our combat strength can't be gathered together."

"Then what does Your Majesty think?"

"I think so, the weapons in the iron ore area have been cast, we have to distribute these weapons to the Tang Army, if the battalion is too scattered, for example, the Mo knife should be gathered and used, and if it is dispersed, it will not give full play to the advantages of the Mo knife."

"After that, our Tang army will face a large army of the enemy, all of which are 10,000 team battles, which requires us to coordinate all departments and concentrate personnel to fight against the enemy. As for the tribal bandits around the various cities, or any rebellion and commotion, a thousand defenders should be able to solve it, and if it can't be solved, then send a regular Tang army to it. ”

"Your Majesty has a point, keep talking."

"I think so, we now have an army of more than 13,800 people, and in addition to the Royal Foresters, there are 13,500 men, and I think we should recruit another 1,500 men to make up an army of 15,000 people. In addition, 5,000 special support personnel such as cooks, craftsmen, blacksmiths, and physicians should be recruited. ”

"After that, if we form more troops, we will still form combat units of 20,000 and 15,000 people in each Tang army."

"How are weapons distributed, and how are the arms divided?"

"Of the fifteen thousand men, the horizontal sword and the round shield are the foundation, and every soldier is equipped with these two kinds of equipment. On this basis, there were 3,000 cavalrymen, horses dressed in horse armor and equipped with saddle stirrups, and cavalry wearing bright light armor, equipped with horned bows, and holding horse lances. The Mo knife team has 2,000 people, wearing bright light armor, equipped with a longbow, and holding a Mo knife. The rest were ordinary infantry, 10,000 men in all, dressed in chain mail, armed with longbows, and armed with spears. ”

"Where's the crossbow?"

"Five thousand logistics personnel are armed with crossbows and horizontal knives. Fire support in the rear is sufficient. ”

"Isn't there a crossbow in the regular army?"

"It's still a better bow, with a high firing frequency and a long distance, and the bow produced in the iron ore area is more powerful, and with the developed armor-piercing arrows, the power is not lower than that of a crossbow. Of course, the improved crossbow has a stronger ability to pierce armor at close range, and for troops with high defense, they can't shrink back, so they use the crossbow to penetrate their defenses closely. ”

"Fang Dun, it doesn't seem to be of much use."

"Five thousand shields are stored in the transport vehicle, and when there is a strong long-range attack, the infantry will be equipped with a square shield to carry arrows in front."

The generals were speechless, after all, Meng Biao had not yet spoken.

"Your Majesty, how will the commanders lead their soldiers after that? How many people does each person bring? ”

After that, the commanders were directly dispersed into the army, one person directly commanded the cavalry, one person directly commanded the Modao team, and the remaining infantry was divided into the front army, the middle army, and the rear army, which were led by a certain commander. Probably this is the idea, does General Meng have a positive opinion? ”

"Your Majesty thinks so, it's naturally no problem, of course I strongly support it! After that, when I think about how to assign the functions of 15,000 people, and then decide on the functions of each commander, how about it? ”

"Yes, anyway, the cavalry has not yet been established, and it is not very anxious, first train all the soldiers according to the method of infantry for a period of time, and then train the Modao team and cavalry. Let's go hand out the gear first. ”

"Is it all according to the infantry equipment?"

"Let's do it for the time being, when the training is almost done, then select strong soldiers to form a Mo Knife team, and agile soldiers to form cavalry. These will be established when there is a horse, can it be General Meng. ”

"Your Majesty decided so, naturally there is no problem. The last general went to gather his army and go to the iron ore area. ”

"Let the soldiers of the fourth battalion in the north wait, the current equipment is not enough for 13,000 people, only enough for 10,000 people. Let 1,500 recruits be recruited, train with the soldiers of the 4th battalion in the north, and then issue equipment after training, it will not take too long. ”

Wang Ping agreed: "The fourth battalion in the north disliked that the armor was too heavy before, and it was just right, so they suspended the equipment, no problem." ”

The group quickly decided how to get their weapons.

Under the command of Meng Biao, except for the soldiers of the fourth battalion in the north, the rest of the soldiers had been assembled and headed towards the iron ore area.

They lined up in battalion units and received chain mail, horizontal knives, spears, round shields, longbows, and arrows.

After changing their equipment, they lined up again and put their previous equipment - spears, knives, shields, crossbows, leather armor, bronze armor, and crossbows in the arsenal.

The Tang army rejoiced, the shotguns were exchanged for cannons, they were all equipped with armor and sharp weapons, and now their combat power was simply full, and they were confident that they could defeat any strong enemy.

The spear is similar to the spear, and the horizontal knife and round shield are the same as the previous sword and shield combinations. The only problem is the longbow, the Tang Army's mastery of the bow is not very good, and it takes a lot of time to run in.

Moreover, the weight of today's equipment is extremely large, and the equipment on a single soldier reaches more than thirty kilograms, which requires a lot of physical strength.

In the past, it would be nice to be able to march 50 kilometers a day, and to enter 30 kilometers.

Seeing that some soldiers were a little out of breath when they arrived at the barracks from the iron ore area, Li Chengzhou frowned, such a weight is indeed large, and the soldiers may not have much combat effectiveness when they enter the battlefield.

"General Meng, we have to find a way to strengthen their physical fitness, otherwise how can they form combat effectiveness?"

"It's easy to do, and then we mainly focus on physical training, and since they like the new equipment, let them train with the new equipment. Practice bows and arrows in the morning and physical fitness in the afternoon. How's that? ”

"General Meng just looks at the training?"

"There is another requirement, that is, the food supply in the barracks must be good, there will be an occasional shortage of food before, and then the salary must not be stingy, so that their efforts can be rewarded, so that they can take the lead."

"Yes, what you need to do after that, General Meng can decide for himself."

"Then the minister will arrange it."

Meng Biao followed the army to the barracks, ready to start devil training.

The distribution of weapons is not over, and there are still three hundred Imperial Forest Soldiers and Twenty Shadow Guards standing behind Li Chengzhou, this is the dearest son, and their equipment is naturally the best.

The Imperial Guards directly issued a strengthened version of the Mingguang Armor, an extended version of the Mo Sword, an extended version of the horse lance, a special horizontal sword round shield, and a special horn bow comparable to a longbow.

The Shadow Guard has obtained a special inner armor with a defensive effect comparable to chain mail, as well as special concealment weapons such as knives and hidden arrows. Of course, they also have that set of equipment for the Royal Guards.