All the way to the south, the group rode the horse that Song Wen had bought from the Bianliang Horse Market and went straight to Baihe County in the south, which is far away from the official road, which is the most remote mountainous area near Bianliang.

After a day, Song Wen only felt a hot pain in his thighs, and Li Yan sneered: "What's wrong?" The little turtle with fine skin and tender meat has broken the skin? Hahaha...... If you don't pass this level, you will have to ride like a girl! ”

Song Wen gritted his teeth and bumped on the horse, in the memory of his previous life, he really learned to ride a horse a few times, so in this life, Song Wen quickly became familiar with the old horse under his crotch...... It's just a little slow.

The bonfire was lit, Song Wen lay on top of a blanket on all fours and felt tired to death, but Li Yan began to be excited as if he had returned to his soul, he had not galloped so happily between heaven and earth for half a year, this man who was used to running the rivers and lakes was happy all of a sudden, and seemed to have forgotten Chunniang for the time being.

Li Erlang ran over to help Song Wen get a jar of trauma ointment left by An Daoquan, and Song Wen took off his pants with a grin and applied it himself...... Over there, Lin Chong and Li Yan had already begun to roast dry food and prepare for dinner.

The ointment was cool, making Song Wen hum comfortably...... Lin Chong took a scone and handed it to Song Wen...... "Brother, eat something!" Otherwise, it is easy to fall asleep after drinking some alcohol. ”

The night in early summer began to be a little stuffy, and there were some mosquitoes buzzing around, but Song Wen had a sachet in his arms, mosquitoes and poisonous insects that could be smoked away.

Song Wen suddenly asked, "Uncle Li, what are the marching tents of the Great Song soldiers like now?"

"Are you dreaming? Unless the Northland march must have a tent, otherwise you think that the soldiers can have tents to sleep in? I've seen it, wooden strips of cowhide, and iron hooks and felt...... It's a lot of work to set up. However, together with the big tent of the Chinese army, a big battalion has been erected! The small tent next to it houses the guards and the main bookkeeper Sima, and the outside four sides are the commander and the marquis of Yu, and the head of the capital and the team in turn...... The outermost chief can only take the soldiers to live in the grass bunk, and it is good to have a rope on his head to pull a tarpaulin to cover the rain. ”

Song Wen smiled...... "Is there a class law in the army?" Level by level, level by level, and above the head of the commander, there are eunuchs and civil officials of the army...... Those who are officials drink the blood of soldiers to get rich, and those who are soldiers have a hard time eating their stomachs! What is the use of such an army, even if there are a million? A hundred thousand Tartars can chase them and slash them......"

Li Yan suddenly put down the wine jug in his hand and glanced at Song Wen: "Boy, don't underestimate my soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty...... There are still a lot of good men who can fight! If it weren't for Tong Guan's indiscriminate command in the west, I'm afraid that the Western Army would have broken those military divisions in Western Xia a long time ago! ”

Song Wen nodded: "They all rely on the pro-army of the four major generals, where can their equipment be compared to the ordinary forbidden army?" Besides, there are not many soldiers and nobles, and the Great Song Dynasty has so much military spending, if you can streamline the soldiers and raise a cavalry well, will you still be afraid of the Tartars in the north? ”

Li Yan sneered: "How do you know that I don't have an elite cavalry in the Great Song Dynasty?"

"Where?"

"Silent Cavalry ......"

Song Wen thought about it, and it seems that in the early Northern Song Dynasty, such a cavalry did appear in the Northern Expedition to Yanyun, but with this cavalry's expedition to the east and west, and the Great Song Dynasty lost the Hetao horse breeding land...... Slowly, this cavalry disappeared into history.

It's just that it seems to have been recorded in the history books and field history that this cavalry was extremely fierce and almost never defeated against the cavalry of the same level! Even the Khitans and the Tangut people were terrified of this cavalry......

Song Wen muttered: "We all know that the Great Song Dynasty lacks horses, is there really such a cavalry?"

Li Yan raised her head and looked at the moon and said while reminiscing: "Of course there is! Destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty and swallow the Northern Han Dynasty...... Until the time of Emperor Taizong, the Jingsai cavalry was still the most terrifying combat force in the Great Song Dynasty, but it was a pity...... Later, the Jingsai cavalry was divided by several generals, and they originally wanted to bring up a few more cavalry troops, but unfortunately the later horse politics were corrupted and the number of forbidden infantry troops increased...... It's too expensive to raise a cavalry with strong combat power! A hussar has to be trained for more than three years, and he must be equipped with two war horses, one with a load on a long journey, and one capable of carrying heavy armored cavalry for a short charge! Plus a baggage battalion for horses and horsemen and handymen...... The cost is more than ten times that of ordinary infantry wearing armor or leather armor, or even more! ”

"But the combat power of 10,000 cavalry, I'm afraid it will exceed 100,000 infantry?"

"This question has to be decided by the officials themselves, what do you want to do with this kind of problem? However, the Zhe family and the Yao family still retained a batch of seeds of Jingsai cavalry, but the number would not exceed five hundred...... The Yang family, which originally retained the most Jingsai cavalry, has long since declined, and most of those cavalry have also died on the battlefield with the Liao. ”

"The Yang family...... I don't know if there was a Yang family's Tianbo Mansion at the beginning? ”

"The Yang family has never been qualified to open a mansion in Bianliang! Where did you hear about it? There is an ordinary house, but unfortunately it has long been sold by the descendants of the Yang family, and now most of the Yang family members have moved back to their hometown Taiyuan City...... There are only a few side branch disciples on Bianliang's side. ”

Song Wen sat up suddenly! A name flashed through my mind...... In addition to his favorite Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, and Lin Chong, who have already mixed up with him, there is another person in Bianliang who seems to be able to solicit him, but Song Wen has no confidence at all.

did not lose the flower stone gang, nor was he trampled on by Gao Yu's contempt...... The real disciple of the general, the blue-faced beast Yang Zhi! Can he mess with himself as a market guy and a grass farmer? You must know that Yang Zhi's martial arts are the Yang family's unique learning, and when you start to do it, you are afraid that it is not inferior to Lin Chong in the slightest!

Song Wen was still thinking nonsense, but in the night, Lin Chong suddenly let out a loud shout: "What person? What do you want to do? ”

A bright silver spear lightning struck a cold light in the night, stirring up a bunch of glittering bonfires and coals to fly into the darkness!

Ahh

Li Yan stretched his waist and sat up, scolding and scolding: "Lin Chong, if they come over, they will kill a few!" They are not men who eat knives and knives openly, I am afraid that they are some thieves who cut paths and harm people. ”

The group of people seemed to be armed with long knives and daggers, and rushed into the fire as they bewitched each other...... A big war seems inevitable.

Li Yan frowned, Lin Chong's height is no different from that of an adult now, and he is even better at martial arts under the guidance of a famous teacher since he was a child, but this temperament seems to be a little indecisive...... Speaking out by himself just now, if Lin Chong took the opportunity to kill the thieves when they were panicking, I am afraid that a few thieves would have to be put to the ground now.