Chapter 7 Formation of Black Armor Cavalry

Author: Yang's Liangjiazi

Chapter 7 Formation of Black Armor Cavalry

In the shocked eyes of Lu Fan and Chen Wu, Jiang Qin excitedly rode his horse back to the camp, jumped off the horse in front of Sun Ce, and said excitedly: "General, this is the first time I know that riding a horse can be so easy and fun, you can do whatever you want! The only one!

It's a pity that it was too dark, and I was afraid of cutting the horse's feet, so I couldn't enjoy it to the fullest."

Sun Ce really had no choice. There were not enough iron weapons in the army, and there was no way to make horseshoes to protect the horseshoes.

Sun Ce said: "After we pass Jiangdong, I will let the craftsmen solve this problem. There are not many war horses in Jiangdong, so they should be carefully cared for."

Jiang Qin nodded regretfully and said: "It's a pity that there are not many war horses in Jiangdong, so it is difficult for this rare thing to be fully effective."

Sun Ce was very open-minded and said with a smile: "It is precisely because there are not many war horses that the preciousness of this saddle is highlighted. It can create an invincible black armor cavalry for us."

Jiangdong is definitely going to the Northern Expedition, and the Northern Expedition requires an elite cavalry force.

There were no successful cases in the Northern Expedition from the south of the Yangtze River. Apart from Zhu Yuanzhang, it was naturally Liu Yu, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty.

The Liu Song Dynasty was not the Zhao Song Dynasty. This was a dynasty famous for its prosperous military virtues. Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty was an absolute champion, a peerless hero, and a god in his military use.

He is Sun Ce's current role model. Sun Ce can basically follow his direction.

As a hero from the south, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty did not have a large number of war horses, so he naturally thought of finding another way. Instead of spending money to build a large number of ordinary cavalry, he concentrated resources and used elite soldiers and generals to create a thousand-man elite force with equipment.

The iron cavalry, called the armored tiger squadron assault cavalry, are all trained in five colors. Their military exploits are brilliant and intimidate the world.

Sun Ce planned to imitate this and also started to build an elite armored cavalry force.

Li Shimin had 3,000 black armor cavalry in his hands and destroyed all the heroes in the world. Sun Ce was ambitious and determined to compete with him.

"Since ancient times, there has never been anyone more capable than Li Shimin in the army, and the second best is Zhu Yuanzhang?" Sun Ce felt that this sentence might need to be changed.

Although Jiangnan is not suitable for cavalry galloping, there is no need for cavalry to gallop. As long as they can destroy the enemy on the frontal battlefield and the flanks, it is enough to help the army gain an advantage.

So when Chen Wu approached, Sun Ce smiled and said to him, "You are here at the right time. You, Jiang Sima and Lu Sima go to their camp to select elite soldiers below the rank of village commander. The only requirement is that they cannot be shorter than you."

Chen Wu's height is very coincidental, seven feet and seven inches.

The Han ruler is 23.6 centimeters long, the seven-foot seven-inch scale is just over 181 centimeters, and the seven-foot six-inch scale is only 179 centimeters.

Sun Ce planned to use all the warriors with a height of over 1.8 meters to form an elite armored cavalry, give them the best-equipped black armor, and follow him to defeat the enemy and seize the flag.

In this era, soldiers who were generally only seven feet tall saw so many majestic cavalrymen nearly eight feet tall charging towards them on tall horses. The sense of oppression was enough to cause many armies to collapse.

This gap is like the difference between Wang Dou'er and Chen Wu. Sun Ce really feels that Chen Wu can easily defeat a hundred Wang Dou'er.

Jiang Qin had obviously imagined this scenario and was very supportive of the proposal. He greeted Chen Wu enthusiastically: "Let's go, let's go. I will take you to select the strongest warriors in my camp."

He is not generous and selfless, but he is a soldier with a height of more than 7 feet 7 inches, and his official position is still below that of the camp commander. It is estimated that there are only one or two in the whole battalion. Even if he is picked, it will have almost no impact. It is better to be more generous.

Win the favor of the general and everyone else.

Sure enough, when Jiang Qin left with Chen Wu, Lu Fan praised him: "Jiang Sima is dedicated to the public good and has no selfish thoughts. He is a true hero under the general's command."

Sun Ce laughed and said, "Yes. I heard from his biography that he is very frugal, can save money to improve his soldiers, and has the qualifications of a good general. In the future, he can take on heavy responsibilities and be responsible for his own affairs."

After talking about Jiang Qin with Lu Fan for a while, Sun Ce changed the subject and asked, "Has the seizure count been completed?"

Lu Fan immediately nodded and reported in detail: "The preliminary inventory has been completed, and the two water villages have received a total of more than 500 stones. Zheng Bao's department had previously made weapons, with six iron officers and disciples. In addition to the baskets of armor, they also made swords

More than forty handles."

Sun Ce looked down upon swords. When marching and fighting, spears and halberds always come first.

If these were forty two-foot-long spears or halberds, Sun Ce would seriously form a new army. Five-meter-long spears, arrayed in place, like a forest of spears, would scare the crowd.

Don't dare to go up randomly. If you block a wall and advance, it can also form a very strong push and squeeze.

But holding forty swords in your hands is much less intimidating. It's like the difference between forty young and Dangerous boys and a phalanx of spears.

Sun Ce said: "The sword should be divided equally between your army and Jiang Qin's army."

Chen Wu took away their strongest soldiers and had to give them some compensation in terms of combat prowess.

Sun Ce paid attention to the five hundred shi of grain. The standard staple food for a Han army soldier per month was 1.8 shi. After Sun Ce wiped out the water thieves, the number of soldiers increased to more than 2,600, and the daily food consumption alone was close to 160 shi.

This number is not difficult to calculate. Lu Fan quickly calculated it and said: "General, even if the number of people remains the same, the five hundred shi of food is only enough for the whole army to survive for three days. But heroes are constantly coming to join us, and the soldiers are

In the long run, it is better to reduce the rations of the soldiers."

Sun Ce frowned slightly and said, "Now is the time to rectify military discipline. Cutting soldiers' rations? It would be a bit inappropriate."

In the final analysis, the poor material foundation was not enough to support Sun Ce's grand dream.

You want the horse to run, but you also want the horse to stop eating grass? Liu Bei might be able to do it with his idealism, but Sun Ce thinks he shouldn't be able to do it.

If you want the soldiers to have strict military discipline and clear orders, you must at least make sure that the other party is well fed and drunk. The heroes come to Sun Ce to make a fortune. Not to starve, but to be controlled and eaten by him in all kinds of ways.

It’s a shame. They don’t have lofty ideals, and they’re not looking for abuse.

So if you cut rations for soldiers, you have to accept the reality that they will be hungry and looting everywhere.

Soon Sun Ce made a decision and said: "There is no need to reduce the rations for now. Let the soldiers be fed according to Han army standards!"

"A sage once said, if you are drunk now, don't let the golden bottle stand empty against the moon!"

Sun Ce didn't believe that with nearly 3,000 strong men holding swords, he could still choke to death with food. He couldn't find any food in three days.

At least, if the soldiers are fed and drunk, Sun Ce can still write a blank check, so that everyone can believe that if they endure it and continue to move forward hungry, Sun Ce can still fill their stomachs after following him to Liyang!

But when people’s hearts are scattered, it’s really hard to get them back together again.

Lu Fan also read poetry and books, and had never heard any sage say such two sentences. He felt that these two sentences were very consistent with Sun Ce's temperament, and seemed like something he would say with such a bold and open-minded character.

Such a heroic hero is the most powerful in the world, uses troops like a god, has an open-minded personality, and has unique talents. He is truly an unparalleled hero! How can anyone not die for him?

Lu Fan looked at the unparalleled general under the firelight and sincerely believed what he said. He felt that even if the entire army was cut off from food and grass, just with this magnanimity, he could summon countless people to stay with him and follow him around.

Sun Ce made a plan, so after the bonfire was raised, the dinner was extremely sumptuous. According to the monthly quota of 1.8 shi of grain for each soldier, the dinner was prepared for everyone.

This was a treatment only enjoyed by elite field regiments during the heyday of the Han Dynasty. When a group of people in the camp got their own meals, their eyes almost popped out!

Everyone's tungsten tungsten is filled with rice and rice, and even has a big tip.

"Cauldrons, urns, cauldrons, pans, and tungsten vessels are all urgently needed by the people."

The tungsten pot was the most important tool for drying rice among the people in this era. It was a pottery jar, a bit like the alms bowl used by monks.

Ordinary people don't even dare to dream about porcelain bowls. Even tungsten that breaks the clay, not everyone has it.

Someone simply used the short brown hem to carry the rice and beat it back. This made the cook scold him. This kind of guy didn't even have a rice drying tool, and of course he didn't have pants. When he lifted up the short brown hem, he took out the black rice.

Huhu's lump was directly exposed in front of everyone.

This scene caused the other soldiers to laugh wildly and howl like ghosts.

Lu Fan came in with a whip and whipped the booing soldiers, and then managed to restore order.

Of course, more soldiers were still devouring food in a hurry. After all, those who could abandon their homeland to join Sun Ce must not be from a wealthy family. It was a rare opportunity for them to eat freely, so they naturally had no distractions.

Wang Dou was one of them. He had fought with Jiang Qin, so there was a man named Tungsten. He was squatting on the ground at the moment, stuffing handfuls of corn into his mouth with his hands. He picked up the grains of rice that fell on the ground.

I picked it up immediately and didn't want to buckle it, so I stuffed it into my mouth with all the dirt on it.

Sun Ce passed him while patrolling the camp and asked, "Dou'er, aren't you afraid of your teeth grinding when you eat like this?"

"Ke Ya? What Ke Ya?" Wang Dou's mouth was stuffed with food, and he puffed out his cheeks and said vaguely: "It smells so good, I will...throw away the teeth...and swallow it."

He spoke so vaguely that Sun Ce didn't understand whether he intended to throw away the tooth or swallow it together.

But it was obvious that even if the sky fell, it would not delay his work, let alone a mere piece of sand.

Sun Ce glanced at the rice that was dirty and black with his black hands, and asked: "Can't you just wash your hands before eating? It's easy to die if you pull it with dirty hands like this."

"It's so fragrant. It's so fragrant." Wang Dou said as he stuffed a lot of food into his mouth and said with tears: "General, I have never eaten so full. It turns out that I am full.

It's such a happy thing to be full and warm. Following General Yuan, I have never had such a big bowl of corn rice. I often go down to the river to touch mussels and eat snails."

"Okay, you eat, you eat." Sun Ce stopped disturbing him and turned to Jiang Qin who was accompanying him: "Give me the order, you must wash your hands before eating. If they do this, they will get a little sick.

If it gets worse, you could lose your life."

Sun Ce looked around the camp and saw more than 2,000 people eating at the same time. It could be said that it had been determined that several people would be reduced due to various illnesses tomorrow. In today's situation, illness basically means death.

Any extremely low probability, multiplied by a huge number of people, will lead to inevitable tragedy.

Jiang Qin felt that the general was really suffering from the disease of wealth. Everyone was licking blood from their swords. What crime had they never suffered before, and yet they were afraid that their hands would be unclean? After a day of fighting and working, they were exhausted. How could they have the energy to wash their hands?

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He reluctantly responded and said, "I'll go deliver the order in a moment."

In this era, the average life expectancy is only twenty-four years old, and it’s not without reason.

Sun Ce glared at him seriously and said: "Perform it seriously! In the future, if I see any soldiers who fail to do it, my Sima will beat him with a stick on the spot!"

Jiang Qin's eyes widened instantly. Ten army sticks! Sima of his own department had the most soldiers, and the most lax military discipline.

If there were ten soldiers who were lazy, he would probably be beaten to death with sticks.

He immediately sharpened his spirits, not daring to have any more ambiguities. He personally held the ears of each soldier, taught them what to do, and implemented this iron law.
To be continued...