When he returned to the barracks, the tower, the old dog, and the leopard held a welcoming ceremony for him: four bowls of water and wine, four bowls of beef cut into large pieces, and it was so simple. Perhaps the officials will ask, this cow was forbidden to eat in ancient times, how could there be a scene of eating beef.

Well, I just want to say that anything can happen on the battlefield, such as this dead cow, when it was alive, it diligently cultivated the land for the people of Yuguo, and when it was dead, it made the last contribution to Wang Rong's reception banquet.

Wang Rong picked up the wine bowl, saluted the three comrades, and said, "Thank you seniors for your hospitality. The tower, the leopard, and the old dog also took up the wine bowls, and the four of them drank all the water and wine. Wang Rong smashed the bar and smashed the mouth, this kind of wine is the most inferior wine, the taste is very light, it can only be said to be used for people who are good at wine. Alcohol was not forbidden in the army, but it was not possible to let the soldiers get drunk and not be able to fight, so this kind of water and wine was born.

Without using wooden chopsticks, Wang Rong directly grabbed a piece of boiled beef with his hands, tilted his neck, the meat entered his mouth, the juice burst out in his mouth, and the long-lost taste of meat made Wang Rong satisfied for a while. These days in the wounded barracks, he was almost spoiled. The old dog looked at Wang Rong and said: "Zhong Ming, after our chief died in battle, we have always been under the direct management of the chief, and now that you are back, we plan to nominate you as the commander, what do you think?" ”

Wang Rong listened to the old dog's words, and his heart couldn't help but move, this is not like the words that the old dog who likes to take advantage can say, he looked at the leopard and the iron tower. The leopard did not move, neither refuted nor agreed with the old dog's words, but only drank wine and ate meat there. The tower drank and ate happily, and there was no reaction to the old dog's words.

Wang Rong knew, it must have been the old dog who persuaded the leopard who had opinions, and the iron tower knew that he was not the material to be an official, so there was nothing to disagree with. Wang Rong looked at the three of them and said sincerely and modestly: "The three are my seniors, how can the younger generation surpass the seniors and become the captain?" ”

The old dog saw Wang Rong's resignation, and he didn't play those false things, he lifted the wine bowl and took a sip of a bowl of water and wine, and said directly: "A few of us have been stirring horses and spoons in a pot for almost three months, so it can be said that we know the roots, so I won't go around the bend with you." First of all, let's talk about the iron tower, you know, he is a fierce man himself, and he doesn't know anything about the command of the battle array, let him be the captain, we are all dead, and he may still be alive. Let's talk about the leopard, yes, the leopard has a bit of talent for command, but he has scout skills, and we are all soldiers of the right division, or the main pawn of the front team, and the work of the cavalry scouts of the northern regiment has nothing to do with us at all. In the end, I said that I am the oldest in our Western Army, and I have been in the army for the longest time, but my family knows my own affairs, I don't know a single word, and I don't know anything about the command of the military formation. So, now I see that only you, a good family, are the most suitable to be this captain. ”

While eating the meat, Wang Rong listened to the old dog give him an analysis of why he could be a captain, and his heart was constantly pondering, he looked at the old dog and the leopard and asked, "Then what if the captain or the captain is transferred from somewhere else?" As for why he just looked at the old dog and the leopard, it was because Tie Ta had already inserted his face into the pot of meat, and he couldn't hear what Wang Rong said.

It was the old dog who took over the conversation, and he didn't want the leopard to interject at all: "Then you put your heart in your stomach, now there are many soldiers killed on the front line every day, and if the captain wants to transfer people from other places, he has to have someone first." ”

Wang Rong listened to the old dog's words, and his heart relaxed, although the old dog gave up the position of Wu Chang to himself had his ulterior secret, but Wang Rong was not afraid. He has lived for two lives and has more than 2,000 years of knowledge, even if he can't pit the ancients, he can guarantee that he will not be pitted by the ancients.

In this way, after the recommendation of the old dog, the leopard, and the iron tower, and the fact that the chief really did not have the manpower to help him share the command, the other commander of the right army under him died in battle for several days. If he wants to say that he commands one or the remaining eight people, he can not help, but once he falls into a chaotic battle, it is impossible for him to gather eight people around him to command, and to kill up to four people around him, so he urgently needs someone who can share the command.

In this way, Wang Rong became the commander of the Xiwu Army. The first order he received from the chief was to reorganize the armament, and if there was any shortcoming, immediately report it to the applicant for completion.

Back in the camp of the four, Wang Rong looked at the old dog and asked, "Senior, what are the weapons we have now?" ”

The old dog didn't say much, he took Wang Rong to the back of the tent, and the back side and the front side were separated by a curtain to divide the camp into two spaces. There are five bamboo mats on the back side, which is where several people sleep.

On the bamboo mat of the original Wu Chang Sun Size, there was his urn and a black cloth bag, which was opened from the shape of the things inside, which should be his salary.

On the remaining four bamboo mats, the old dog first went to his own bamboo mat and turned out the armament, a burying sheath ring head waist knife, a short bow, fifty long arrows of various types, and a square shield. Then there is the armament of the leopard, which is also a sword, a bow, and a shield. The weapons of the tower are different, first with an extremely long blade and a slightly curved two-handed ring knife, then a crossbow, fifty crossbows, and a tower shield.

The remaining one of the bamboo mats, is Wang Rong's armament, when he saw his own equipment, Wang Rong was numb, the first sight was a ring head knife, weighing four catties, Wang Rong pulled the knife out of the scabbard, only to see that the knife is 98 centimeters long, the handle is 21 centimeters long, wrapped with fine hemp rope anti-slip, can be held with one hand and waved with both hands; The bronze swallow is seven centimeters long, and the inscription "Ten Thousand Enemies" is engraved on it; The blade is 70 centimeters long, the blade shape is slightly curved, the tip of the blade is a straight oblique edge of about 60 degrees, carefully caress the blade, the knife body has tiger stripes similar to the beast, the texture comes and goes without staggering, the blade grinding is delicate, and you can feel the sharpness of the blade.

The second weapon was a one-handed axe 84 centimeters long, with a rounded and sharp blade, a black handle painted, and a weight of five catties. The third weapon was a four-edged hammer with a total length of eighty-four centimeters, a hammer head of fourteen centimeters, and a weight of five pounds.

The fourth weapon is an arm crossbow, this crossbow is much smaller than the crossbow used in the iron tower, with Wang Rong's arm strength is just able to pull away the arrow with both hands, the crossbow arm is painted to make a bear pattern, weighing four catties, and fifty crossbow arrows weigh four catties.

The fifth weapon is a lacquered ox horn composite bow, covered with wolf patterns, the bowstring is made of ox tendons, the pull force is three stones, weighing four catties, and fifty long arrows of various types weigh four catties.

These pieces of equipment alone have already weighed thirty pounds, plus a full-body armor weighing thirty pounds. At the same time, Wang Rong also had to carry more than ten catties of various other objects, such as whetstones, water bladders and leather bags. The whole body of equipment, about seventy pounds, is simply carrying half of himself to war.

The old dog looked at Wang Rong and said in a grateful tone: "The reason why we were able to survive this time is because of you, Commander Wu, if you hadn't warned us not to go into battle with a ring-headed waist knife before the battle, but to go into battle with an iron axe and hammer, we would have died." These thieves are really treacherous, a few days before you were injured, they were still sword and shield light armor county soldiers into battle, and when we got used to fighting, they changed into heavy armor soldiers of the guards and pro-army to go into battle, our battle was a big loss, and nearly half of the soldiers in the front of each regiment were killed. Among so many troops, only the former Shixi Wu of the East Brigade of the North Battalion of the North Battalion of our Right Division was killed in battle, and you were the one who was injured. However, compared to the fact that some of the Wu were completely wiped out, our Wu was already in the best situation. ”

For the old dog's words, Wang Rong listened, his face was slightly unnatural, the previous owner of this body was very sensitive to the changes in the war. Wang Rong thought for a moment and asked, "Do we still lack anything now?" ”

The old dog carefully checked it, shook his head at Wang Rong, and said, "Judging from the current situation, there should be nothing missing. But Captain Wu, we still have some things to prepare, such as the crossbow arrows used in the iron tower, the weight of fifty crossbow arrows is a drizzle for him, and fifty more crossbow arrows will do. There is also salt, Captain Wu, this salt is an urgent material, we need to prepare more. ”

Wang Rong listened to the old dog's words, nodded, and agreed, salt is an important material both now and in the future. When people leave the salt, they will experience uncomfortable symptoms such as weakness in the limbs and dizziness. And the salt production capacity of this era is certainly far inferior to that of later generations, and even inferior to that of the Tang Dynasty.

Wang Rong wrote down these two things, and then the leopard also made his own request: "Captain Wu, it would be better if you could ask for a longbow from Shi Chang, this short bow is too soft and has no strength." ”

As soon as the leopard's request was raised, he was hit on the back of the head by the old dog, and he heard the old dog reprimand him: "You lack heart, what's wrong with the short bow, your short bow has a fast rate of fire, and it is convenient to fight at close range, you take a longbow, do you think you are the archers of the rear team?" We're the front team, so we just need a short bow to use. ”

Wang Rong listened to the words of the old dog, and realized that the front team, as a grassroots team of the army, is the vanguard, as a sharp knife tip for the army to cut a gap in the enemy formation, the left team and the right team are two wings, is the left and right hands of the front team, they not only undertake the task of protecting the flank of the front team, but also be able to pay attention to the formation changes of the front team at all times, so as to ensure that they can rush into the gap in time, expand the gap, and disrupt the enemy formation. The rear team is composed of archers or crossbowmen, providing long-range fire support to the first three teams on the left and right, while the squadron is centered and acts as a reserve to deal with emergencies.

Wang Rong wrote down the requirements of the three people, and then went to the camp next door, the chief is a grassroots commander, and he is not so extravagant as to have his own camp. At this time, Pei Zongyan, the chief of the Shi, was recording the materials he needed in Dongwu's account, he was nearly thirty years old, ten years older than Wang Rong, and a long scar slashed across his cheeks, turning his originally handsome face extremely hideous.

Pei Zongyan saw Wang Rong coming, he smiled unconsciously, he admired this young man very much, he had only been in the army for three months, for many things in the army, Wang Rong was able to patiently ask for advice and learn, he had not seen such an advanced recruit for a long time.

"What's the chief, we Xiwu need some vinegar cloth, and the iron tower needs fifty crossbow arrows, you know, he can carry it even if he adds another hundred crossbow arrows, but we are fighting, and fifty more crossbow arrows are enough." Wang Rong did not mention the longbow that the leopard was talking about, and if he remembered correctly, this longbow was only available to archers, and the melee foot soldiers only used short bows. It's still the same sentence, professional people use professional bows, foot soldiers make cameos, and it's already good to use a short bow, what kind of big plane do you want.

Pei Zongyan looked at Wang Rong and nodded, indicating that he understood, and then he pulled Wang Rong and asked, "What do you think of our next task?" ”