Ding ~

Xudu, outside the military camp in the eastern suburbs, outside a blacksmith shop, Cao Xin came here to check the progress of forging the new armor.

For a warrior, it is different to have no armor, just as a swordsman with or without shoes is to be different.

Those with armor are called elite soldiers, and those without armor are called cannon fodder.

The more advanced the armor, the higher the status, and the life is more valuable.

A good pair of armor can effectively protect the soldiers and greatly reduce the casualties caused by the war, but armor is more expensive than life, and it is not easy to get a good pair of armor.

In the Cao Army, ordinary soldiers wore cloth armor, leather armor, rattan armor, and only generals above the tun commander (100 generals) could receive a set of simple iron armor, except for special troops.

In General Cao's Langya Army, as long as you can be selected into the Langya Army, you will have the opportunity to wear the iron armor of the Langya Army.

The armor of the Langya Army is a willow leaf armor made of rhinoceros skin and iron leaves.

Thousands of iron blades are connected to each other and closely arranged to protect key parts such as the front chest and back.

Because the willow leaf-shaped armor is black, it is called the willow leaf Xuanjia, and each set of armor weighs more than 40 catties.

The Langya Army General's Armor is a high-grade fish scale armor composed of more than 2,000 polished metal armor leaves, which can improve protection by increasing the number of armor leaves.

Each set of fish scale armor is more than 60 catties, bright silver, with front armor, back armor, shawl, basin collar, arm armor and hand armor, which can protect the whole body, and there is a beast head on the shoulder, which is made precisely, the style is mighty, and the protection is more tight.

Although the armor is good, the current smelting level is limited, the production process is also limited, and the armor production is not easy, and a workshop of ten people can only take out two sets of armor at most every month.

Cao Xin had twenty workshops under his command, and after more than half a year, he only handed over less than 400 pairs of armor.

In addition, there are armor and riding equipment used by Langya cavalry, which are pierced with iron armor and leather strips, and stacked horizontally and vertically on each other to form a tightly bound set of horse armor, which can prevent sword and bow attacks and reduce horse casualties.

The production process of horse armor is simpler than armor, and there are more than 200 pairs of armor and riding equipment in the warehouse of the Langya Army, which is enough for the time being.

After inspecting the armor making workshop, Cao Xin led people to take away 500 sets of armor and 100 sets of armor and cavalry equipment and came to the military camp outside the city.

"Old Yu, how did the recruits pick?"

Cao Xin walked into the training ground, looked at Yu Poison who was training, and asked.

Yu Poison is one of the commanders of the Langya Infantry Battalion, serving as the Sima of the other divisions, commanding 500 Langya infantry.

After he was promoted to General Weilu and Nanyang Taishou, he planned to expand the Langya infantry and Langya cavalry, expanding the infantry battalion of 500 people to 1,000 people in one section, and the Langya cavalry to 200 people in two tuns to form the top soldiers under his command.

"General, we have finished picking, there are 122 people selected from the farm guard, they have served in the guard for more than a year, participated in more than three times to suppress bandits, and performed well.

The remaining more than 300 people were selected from other infantry battalions, and the people from other battalions heard that the Langya army was recruiting, and the money was always distributed in full every month, so they rushed to come over and sign up for the election, and we almost chose one out of 20 and selected more than 300 recruits with good strength. ”

Yu Poison said.

Cao Xin nodded, sat on the sidelines and watched the training.

On the training ground, the recruits practiced in full swing.

Five hundred young people held standard red tassel guns, and under the guidance of the sect leader Bai Feng, they shouted to kill! Kill! Kill! Practice a few assassination techniques repeatedly.

This spear technique is simple and practical, and it is very powerful.

Practicing spear assassination is mainly used against enemy cavalry.

In addition, the Langya infantry also had to practice sword and shield techniques, which are advanced military martial arts and are generally taught separately after soldiers have served for half a year.

On the training ground, Cao Xin also saw that the recruit Yang Aruo, wearing a uniform red military uniform, except for two eye-catching scars on his face, which was not much different from the recruits around him.

"Lao Yu, in addition to exercising their physique, we must also do a good job in their ideological work, let them know whose food to eat, who to fight for, why to fight, and abide by our rules."

"Understand the general, the last general will train them according to what you say."

Yu Poison laughed, always went to the high platform, and shouted loudly,

"Recruit formation!"

Rub and go!

The recruits picked up their spears, and in a line of ten, they moved closer to the middle, and in less than thirty seconds, they formed a neat military formation.

"Stand upright!"

Yu Poison yelled.

The recruits immediately stood up straight, and the spears in their hands were straightened, two meters and three long, and the spears were like a forest.

"Tell Ben General, who made you not hungry and have meat every day?"

"General Cao Xin!"

The soldiers shouted.

"Who made you not afraid of swords and arrows, and wear iron armor?"

Yu Poison shouted.

"General Cao Xin!"

The soldiers shouted.

"Who made it for you to receive a full salary to feed your family?"

"General Cao Xin!"

"General Cao gives us meat, wears our armor, and gives us money to support our families, how can we repay the general?"

"I am willing to die for General Cao! I am willing to die for General Cao! I am willing to die for General Cao! ”

The recruits raised their spears and shouted in unison.

In the military formation, Yang Aruo was also shouting loudly, but when he saw General Cao on the stage, Yang Aruo's face was slightly embarrassed.

After entering the boot camp, the head of the sect began to instill this idea of loyalty and gratitude in everyone.

At first, everyone was very resistant to this and couldn't open their mouths, but the leaders tempted everyone with roast chicken, pork knuckle, wine and knife, and the first place to get the armor, which team (50 people) shouted louder and louder, and which team ate meat, drank wine, and put on armor first.

And then there is no then, for ordinary soldiers, whether it is roasted chicken elbows, wine and knives, or majestic iron armor, that temptation is fatal, who can resist this temptation?

In the context of a general lack of food and clothing, no one can.

Yang Aruo can't do it either, he likes to drink.

Burning knives is his favorite, at the beginning of the year in Chang'an to help people fight, afterwards a friend invited him to drink a bowl of burnt knives, the first time to drink burnt knives, he cried at that time, one is too spicy, the other is that this wine is too fucking delicious, hundreds of times stronger than bad wine, rice wine, green ant wine, even the imperial wine in the palace is not comparable, he thinks that burning knives is the real wine, is the blood of the rangers.

Yang Aruo once had a dream, when he went out to cut people, he hung a wine gourd around his waist, and the gourd was filled with burning knives, cut a person, take a sip of wine, tsk, that thing is very beautiful when you think about it.

It's just that a jar of burnt knives sells for 10 guan, and the price of 10 stone (about 600 Han catties) of japonica rice, who can afford it for ordinary people?

This time, when I came to the barracks for training, the best performing squad could drink a shallow bowl of burnt knives every day.

In the face of burning knives, he can shout blood in his throat, and the others take the initiative to practice their voices every day, yelling at the mountain, striving to roar the loudest and loudest voice when the head of the sect asks questions.

"Very good, last question, why are we soldiers, why are we fighting!"

Yu Xuan clenched his fists and shouted.

"Calm the troubled times, the world is peaceful! Calm the troubled times, the world is peaceful! Calm the troubled times, the world is peaceful! ”

Five hundred warriors roared loudly, and the sound was deafening.

Cao Xin nodded with satisfaction, it seems that Yu Poison Baifeng and the others have trained the recruits very well, letting them know whose bowl to eat, who to eat, who to work for, and establish beliefs and goals in their hearts.

As for whether the training methods are in line with the rules, he doesn't care too much.

The Langya army is his private army, and the food, clothing, and money of these people are all earned by him, and he has the right to make these people loyal.

Bang Bang Bang ~

Cao Xin clapped his palms and walked in front of the recruits, "Brothers, do you know me?" ”

"Meet General Cao!"

The soldiers bowed in unison, their movements neat, and their voices unified.

"Brothers, please!"

Cao Xin raised his hand, took a few steps forward and shouted, "The brothers shouted well, and I listened to it very energetically, but I want you to not only shout on your lips, but also be able to remember it in your heart, know why you are a soldier and why you fight, just for the sake of eight words, calm the troubled times, and the world is peaceful!" ”

Cao Xin paused for a moment, and then said, "But why do we want to calm the troubled times, why should the world be peaceful?" Why, who's going to tell me?! ”

"General, the world is in chaos, and we can't get enough to eat."

A soldier raised his hand and shouted.

"Haha, that's right, what's the name of the little brother?"

Cao Xin said with a smile.

"General, little Niu Jin, from Nanyang Ye County."

The soldier said excitedly.

"Niu Jin? Good name, General Ben remembers you, who else knows. ”

Cao Xin asked.

"General, my name is Wang Shuang, I am from Luoyang, my father and mother died in the chaos, and I thought that if there was no war, my father and mother would not die."

A black-faced soldier shouted.

"Wang Shuang, you said it very well, since the Yellow Turban, the world has been in turmoil, the people are not living, and many of our family members and relatives have died in the war.

Twenty years ago, there were 48 million people in the world, but after years of war, there are only 15 million people left in the world, where are the remaining 30 million?

Dead, all dead.

Died of starvation, sickness and death, people were killed, white bones were exposed in the wild, there was no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, and there were more than 100 people, this is a troubled time!

We have all survived the war, and if the world continues to be in turmoil, it will be us who will die, our wives, our parents, our children, brothers, do you want to see your loved ones killed? Tell me! ”

"I don't want to!"

"I don't want to!"

"I don't want to!!"

The 500 soldiers roared in unison, and many people could not help but cry when they thought of their homes that had been destroyed by the war in the past and their relatives who died in the war.

"I don't want to, I'm just like you, my family died in the war, and I'm the only one left. I hate war, I long for peace, but I know that what I hate and what I want will not come close to me or stay away from me as I wish, we must pick up the knife and fight, grab and fight. ”

Cao Xin shook his fist and yelled.

Everyone in the training ground looked at him, their faces flushed and their eyes filled with tears.

"This is why we are fighting, why we want to pacify the troubled times, why the world is peaceful, brothers, remember what you just said, and fight for it, General Ben believes that in the near future, we can all see that Kyushu is unified, and the world is peaceful."

"I am willing to die for General Cao!"

Five hundred people shouted in unison.

"Good, all of them, keep training!"

Cao Xin let out a loud shout and walked off the training table.

The recruits on the field gradually got up and looked at the tall back, like a monument, some with warm eyes, some with red faces, and some with tears streaming down their faces. Yang Aruo gritted his teeth and clenched the spear.

"Tsk, I heard that Cao Ziyu is arrogant and lascivious, unlearned, and lustful, how can he have such knowledge?"

On the edge of the training ground, a middle-aged Confucian man stroked his beard and said in surprise.

This person's name is Zhong Xuan, who only came from Chang'an with the emperor last year, served as a waiter, a scholar, and made friends with Xun You and others.

Xun Yu Xun Yuanda next to him shook his head slightly, he and Zhong Yuan were often outside to inspect the military camp, and when they heard the roar of the training ground, Zhong Yuan often came over to take a look and saw the other side of Cao Ziyu.

"Cao Ziyu is a strange person, this person was born as a thief, but he has good knowledge, such as those who win the hearts of the people win the world, the people suffer, the people suffer, and the people can carry the boat and overturn the boat.

"He is indeed a strange person, why don't you invite him to sit in our literary society? Maybe we'll hear more from him. ”

Zhong Xuan stroked his beard and said.

"I have been invited, Cao Ziyu said, empty talk is misleading the country, hard work is prosperous, he disdains clean talk."

Xun You said with a smile.

"Empty talk misleads the country, hard work prospers the country, haha, it's really a strange person!"

Zhong Xuan stroked his hands and exclaimed.

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