His Majesty's letter said that he would arrange for a man who knew the art of war and military affairs to come and cooperate with him.

Then here's the problem!

Who will be the one who knows the art of war?

Kim Il-pan?

This guy is the prince of the Xiongnu, although he is very loyal to Emperor Wu of Han, but with Zhao Xin's betrayal in front, will Emperor Wu of Han trust him?

Li Guangli?

The question of whether this guy understands the art of war or not, put it aside for now. With the grace of his sister Madame Li, it is impossible to say that His Majesty will really arrange for her.

After all.

Arranging for people to make a military exploit is what His Majesty often does to his relatives.

Besides.

Could it be his brother, hussar general Huo Quai?

This possibility is small, Huo Guang would rather believe that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty pulled the entire Beida Battalion to be the Blue Army, which is more reliable than this.

The hussar general is the favorite general of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!

How could he arrange to be a staff officer for his younger brother, who was not famous?

Thinking about it, Huo Guang couldn't guess who would come.

You can only wait slowly.

But!

Now that he's manager of the Blues, a series of troubles are coming.

First of all, you have to choose a soldier!

5,000 soldiers and horses, Huo Guang didn't say a word, so he first asked for 3,000 of the cavalry cavalry equipped with a three-piece cavalry suit.

This cavalry cavalry had the three treasures of cavalry such as Takahashi saddle, stirrups, and horseshoes.

Its combat power has changed dramatically.

This.

may have to wait until the Hun battlefield before the general Wei Qing can find out. But at this moment, this is an exercise, and the forces of both sides are hedged, and the real combat effectiveness cannot be displayed.

After asking for 3,000 cavalry.

Huo Guang only had 2,000 soldiers and horses left, considering that this time it was the Blue Army, as the imaginary enemy of the Weiqing Legion, so Huo Guang still asked for 2,000 cavalry.

If it weren't for the drills.

Huo Guang directly chose all the 5,000 soldiers and horses to the cavalry!

After all, it is much more fierce than cavalry.

After the selection of soldiers and horses.

Huo Guang returned to his team of 100 people, his eyes swept over his "descendants" of 100 people, and prepared to disperse them into the camp of 5,000 Blue Army soldiers and horses, in order to achieve the effect of ordering and prohibiting.

In the past, Huo Guang always couldn't figure out what the so-called lineage was for.

Now Huo Guang understands the benefits of the descendant troops.

But then again.

It's good that the descendants are good, but it's a pity that his 100 people are recruits, and in terms of ability, they are much worse than the 5,000 elite soldiers and strong generals he selected.

I don't know if I can convince the public.

on this.

Huo Guang cheered them on before inserting the 100 people into the 5,000 soldiers and horses.

"Brothers, don't be nervous, this time the Red and Blue Army confrontation arranged by the above, I, as the commander of the Blue Army, have already selected 5,000 soldiers and horses!"

"And you, as the soldiers taught by my Huo Guang, are also my real descendants!"

"Be confident."

"I will send you into these five thousand soldiers in batches, and when the time comes, you will be able to control them, just as I usually manage you, to the level of the order and prohibition."

"Did you hear everything?"

Under Huo Guang's greetings, his 100 cavalrymen immediately replied loudly: "I heard it!" ”

"Well, it's good, it's very energetic!" Huo Guang nodded with satisfaction, and then called Lin Yaoqing, a guy, and asked him to go to Chang'an Le Restaurant to do something.

Although His Majesty said it.

Will send someone who knows the art of war to come and help him.

But.

For Huo Guang, his best deputy is Lin Yaoqing.

The rest.

Who knows if it will be a burden? For example, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty brought Li Guangli's straw bag, so he would have a headache.

"Lao Lin, go to the restaurant to find him, tell him, bring the paper cylinders produced in the industrial park. Also, I got the powder that caught fire and brought it to me, remember, don't touch the water, it's useless. Huo Guang told Lin Yaoqing.

Lin Yaoqing immediately replied: "The humble position will not live up to Huo Shuai's trust!" ”

Huo Shuai?

Hearing this title, Huo Guang couldn't help but grin at the corner of his mouth, and his heart was even more happy.

Unexpectedly.

Usually, Lin Yaoqing seems to be a husband, but when he turns out to be a sycophant, he is much more powerful than ordinary people.

"Oh, some paint, bring me too, I'll be useful!" Huo Guang thought for a while, and then said, "Okay, it should be that, you can go." ”

Lin Yaoqing then said, "No." ”

The words fell.

The fellow raised his whip and drove away.

Looking at Lin Yaoqing's departing back, Huo Guang shrugged his shoulders, returned to the camp where he lived, and began to write some attention items about the red-blue confrontation drill.

And the paper used for writing was naturally from the general Wei Qing last time.

Last time, I wrote hastily about saddle horseshoes and stirrups, and there are many more that have not been used up and cannot be wasted.

And about this red-blue confrontation drill note items.

Much of it is about the benefits of the Blues.

Such as!

The two armies hedge, and the ratio of their consumption forces should be equal to one to ten!

For example, if the Legion wants to replace a Blue soldier, it needs to lose ten figures!

Such!

In order to achieve a real balance, otherwise, the opponent's team of almost 50,000 people, and his own blue army of 5,000 soldiers and horses, what can they resist.

Besides.

The Blues also have all sorts of advantages to come up with.

Like what.

The Blues' weapons are, nominally, higher than those of the Guards.

For example, range.

Huo Guang stipulated that the range of the cavalry cavalry of the Blue Army was 100 meters, while the Guard Youth Corps was only 50 meters!

This!

It's the Blues' equipment advantage.

Anyway, in the end, they will lose to the Wei Qing army, no matter what, Huo Guang will let the blue army cool first.

After writing all the things in these terms and conditions on paper, Huo Guang copied them again.

Subsequently.

So he sent the copied copy to the general's camp.

"General, these are the preferred conditions I have listed for the Blue Army, can you take a look?" Huo Guang presented the book paper.

Wei Qing took the paper, glanced at it casually, didn't care too much, put it on the bookcase, and then said to Huo Guang: "Huo Guang, behave well, although the blue army is just a sparring partner." ”

"But you have to know something."

"Your Majesty is also paying attention to this drill, so you have to perform well, which will be of great benefit to you in the future."

"Remember."

"Don't be as lazy as you used to."

When Huo Guang heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "Got it, General." ”

"That's right."

"I have one more thing to tell you, I don't know if you have time"

The general immediately waved his hand and said, "If you have something to say, just say it!" ”

Hear the words.

Huo Guang immediately surrendered his hand and said, "That, Your Majesty asked me to follow you, so that I can't go out of the camp without permission, I understand that this is a decision made to protect me." ”

'But now, I'm the Blues manager.'

"As the imaginary enemy of our army, I don't know if we can take these 5,000 soldiers and horses out by ourselves?"

"Don't go far."

"It's just to move around to achieve the effect of commanding the soldiers and horses."

Hearing Huo Guang's words, General Wei Qing's eyebrows furrowed.

Apparently.

This incident made Wei Qing feel a little troublesome, but he still said under pressure: "Okay, although Your Majesty asked me to watch you, but now you, as the commander of the Blue Army, should have your own right to act." ”

"Okay!"

"You can go out with 5,000 soldiers and horses, but remember, don't mess around."

Seeing Wei Qing agree, Huo Guang's face immediately added some joy.

With the right to freedom of movement.

Huo Guang can go out to play openly, and at the same time, he can also leave the barracks and do whatever he wants.

Come to think of it.

Huo Guang's face immediately bloomed with joy, and then he arched his hand and said, "Thank you for the success, General." ”

"What if nothing else?"

"Then the general will retreat first."

General Wei Qing immediately nodded and said, "Well, you can retreat first." ”

"No."

Huo Guang arched his hand, and the person had already withdrawn from the general's camp.

After leaving the camp.

Huo Guang went straight to his five thousand Blue Army soldiers and horses, and led them out of the army camp.

Day 1.

I didn't do anything, I just wandered outside in the mountains and forests.

The main purpose is to exercise his command ability in the 5,000 soldiers and horses, and whether the 5,000 soldiers and horses are obedient.

Fortunately, these 5,000 soldiers and horses have all been trained by the great general Wei Qing, and for now, the discipline is very good, and the orders given by Huo Guang to them have not been completed.

There is also no so-called prickly head.

After all, this is ancient times, and if you don't listen to the orders of your superiors in the army, you are looking for death.

On the first day, Huo Guang took 5,000 soldiers and horses around the mountains and forests for a day, and then honestly returned to the barracks.

The next day.

Huo Guang directly took 5,000 soldiers and horses to the farther mountains and forests, and camped there, with no intention of coming back.

Of course.

This kind of behavior.

If the general is dissatisfied, Huo Guang will also think of a reason.

Just say.

The exercise is about to start, and the Blues need to set up their home stadium in advance. Otherwise, if the army has no place to stay, the exercise will not be able to proceed normally.

Let's get back to it.

But the reason why Huo Guang really did this was because Lin Yaoqing, who went to Chang'an City, pulled a large carriage of things back.

Thereinto.

There are paper tubes, there is sulfur, there is wood toner, there is saltpeter, etc.

It is true that the troops need to exercise.

In fact, in order to get the gunpowder, the convoy returned the sulfur from the countries of the Western Regions, but he clashed with Najiangchong on the same day.

As a result, in the following time, there was no opportunity to study the issue of gunpowder.

Gunpowder is a good thing!

Seeing that he was about to fight with the Huns, Huo Guang thought about whether he could get this kind of thing out quickly, and when the time came, maybe he would be able to use this kind of thing in the decisive battle with the Huns!

Otherwise.

Wasn't Huo Guang's previous efforts in vain?

"One nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal, is this the ratio? It's broken, and I'm almost losing track of it after a long time. Huo Guang grinded wood toner, sulfur, and saltpeter into fine powder according to the memory of black powder in his mind, and mixed them together according to the proportion.

These things!

It seems very simple, but it is also very troublesome to get it.

Wait until a small amount of black powder is equipped.

Huo Guang filled it into a short round paper tube, which was specially designed by Huo Guang to fill gunpowder.

Its appearance is the same as the "cannonball" in the ceremonial flower.

The top and bottom are covered with earth, and the middle is filled with gunpowder, leaving a lead that can be burned to ignite this firecracker.

As for the issue of burning leads.

It's also very simple.

Huo Guang took a piece of paper like a film and wrapped it up with a little gunpowder powder.

Such.

One lead is ready, and it's fairly easy.

After the soil at the upper and lower ends of the firecrackers was dry, Huo Guang began to experiment with the power of the explosion.

Igniting the fuse, Huo Guang quickly threw the firecracker out.

People stomp behind stones.

Soon after.

After hearing a dull explosion, Huo Guang and Lin Yaoqing came out from behind the stone.

"Huo Shuai, that thing you made exploded!" Lin Yaoqing said with a little curiosity.

Huo Guang nodded and snorted.

The firecracker fried is blown up.

But the sound was not crisp and loud enough, and the explosion didn't feel right, as if the gunpowder was wet.

This is not the result that Huo Guang wants to see.

But his gunpowder powder is obviously very dry!

Why is it not as strong as the expected explosion?

Huo Guang didn't understand this.

Helpless.

He had no choice but to start mixing gunpowder again, probably because his previous gunpowder composition ratio was not right, which caused the explosion sound to be not pure enough.

Later time.

Most of them are caught up in this kind of research on the ratio of gunpowder.

The sun and the moon are like shuttles, and time is like an arrow.

Time passed so fast.

Huo Guang was here, and before he had studied it thoroughly, the confrontation exercise between the Red and Blue Army began.

5,000 soldiers and horses, against the 50,000 troops of the Guardian Youth Corps.

That's a tenfold difference!

Judging only from the actual strength of troops, the army will be defeated in a devastating way to defeat the imaginary enemy Blue Army.

After all.

The difference in strength is too mysterious.

And it is precisely because of the congenital conditions that those old generals did not carefully read Huo Guang's explanation of the special conditions of the Blue Army.

The so-called tenfold superiority of troops.

In fact, under the condition of a ten-to-one battle loss ratio, the two sides are no longer bad.

Because Huo Guang is the manager of the Blues.

The old general Li Guang, who had the greatest contradiction with him, wanted to teach Huo Guang a lesson. Without saying a word, he asked Wei Qing for 8,000 troops, and launched a charge against the position where the blue army was located in the name of the vanguard general.

And it was this charge.

It also made Huo Guang understand why Li Guang led his troops to attack the Huns, and always fled back with the whole army annihilated.

You know the refueling tactics, right?

Originally, in the battle loss ratio of ten to one, these 8,000 soldiers and horses actually did not have an advantage.

This Li Guang still has to fight hard, so there is no way.

can only wait to be eaten obediently by Huo Guang's blue army.

At this time!

Huo Guangzheng was standing on the temporarily pinched sand table, analyzing the situation on the battlefield with Lin Yaoqing.

This sand table.

Naturally, it is not the sand table that Huo Guang sent to his uncle that can be moved at any time.

It's a simple fabrication by Huo Guang, there is not even a frame, a lot of it is piled up with mud, and there is little sand.

"Where did Li Guang's troops rush to?" Huo Guang asked.

Lin Yaoqing heard this.

Pointing to a place on the sand table, Huo Guang immediately pulled down a flag, and then inserted it in the place of Lin Yaoqing's finger.

Look at the situation on the sand table.

Huo Guang said lightly: "It's almost, let him rush here, and an encirclement has already been formed." ”

"Don't say it, eat him!"

"No!"

Lin Yaoqing listened to Huo Guang's words and began to issue orders to his subordinate soldiers.

Then.

Outside, another soldier came to report: "Report! ”

"Boss!"

"The man who His Majesty sent to assist you in the art of war has arrived."

"Oh, got it, let him stay, I'll see him later." Huo Guang said lightly, without raising his head, he concentrated on studying the changes in the situation on the sand table.

And what he didn't expect was.

The "military adviser" sent by Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty had already walked in.

In his arrogant attitude, mixed with a playful smile, he said, "See you later?" Huo Yilang, your official position is not high, and the shelf is quite big! ”

(End of chapter)