Before leaving Guangchengze, Shao Xun pointed to the east with his riding crop and said: "To the east from here is Xiangcheng County, Yuzhou. There are no big gentry in this county."
After speaking, he pointed to the south and said: "To the south of Guangchengze is Nanyang. There are many noble families, such as the Liu family, the Fan family, the Le family, the Zong family, etc., which should not be underestimated. If we settle here in the future, we will definitely
Be careful in the direction of Nanyang. Once conditions are met, several key passes must be built and defended."
Nanyang is a basin. There are three post roads out of Nanyang to the north. This has been the case since the Han Dynasty.
Well, there seems to be Yin Lihua's bathroom in the mountains beside one of the roads.
Most of the wars, large and small, took place on these three roads. Liu Xiu and Liu Bei both left their deeds here.
If you stick to these three not-so-easy paths, you'll basically be fine.
As for the small roads, you don't have to control them. A certain number of mobile troops are left behind and can be extinguished at any time.
"The focus of defense is still on the east side." Shao Xun said: "If this 'den of thieves' in Yingchuan dares to steal my armor, sooner or later we will settle the score with them."
"I will obey the general's orders." Everyone responded in unison.
Shao Xun nodded.
Now, these core subordinates of his are unified in thinking, which is very important.
Previously in Xuchang, when Sima You and He Lun wanted to enter the city, Huang Biao really couldn't stop them, no matter whether they were civil or military.
In terms of literature, Sima You is the special envoy of Sikong, and He Lun is the commander-in-chief of the army. Do you obey the orders? Do you want to rebel if you don't obey the orders?
As long as you don't want to rebel on the spot, you have to obey orders.
On the military side, Huang Biao's 1,000 men could not even stand on one wall of Xuchang.
What's more, the soldiers have different ideas when facing the governor. Unless you call everyone together and tell everyone clearly that starting from today, I will rebel and eliminate those who are unwilling to rebel with you.
Only by unifying our thoughts can we achieve firm unity from top to bottom.
Shao Xun himself didn't express his attitude publicly at that time, so don't blame the soldiers for not being able to stop He Lun.
Although he didn't say it clearly now, his attitude was very obvious. I have robbed so many armors and want to expand the army. I have to wait for the time to move.
Those who are not willing to join the gang can leave alone - Li Chong did not leave after all. After a long conversation, he seemed to be able to accept Shao Xun as a powerful minister. As for whether to go further, he remained silent.
This person is available now.
In the future, whether it is to quell chaos or fight against the Huns, Li Chong will do his best, there is no doubt about this.
Even in a fight between powerful rivals, he would side with Shao Xun.
Talent is rare, I hope he will change his mind in the future, so that everyone can have a happy ending.
After seeing the scenery of Guangchengze, the group headed north at lightning speed. General Erlang returned to Luoyang, while Shao Xun turned to Yiyang halfway.
As we approached Yunzhongwu, we heard a bell ringing in the distance.
The refugees who were working in the fields stopped one after another, rushed to the carriage parked on the roadside with pickaxes and shovels, and took out weapons such as long guns and ring-head knives on the spot. Some small bosses such as Zhuangtou even put on leather armor.
, and began to string the bow.
The sound of drums for gathering troops also sounded in the dock.
After a while, more than a hundred soldiers in neat uniforms lined up, equipped with guns, bows, knives, and armors. The more than 20 people in the front row even held long-handled axes, wooden poles and other long-handled blunt weapons, ready to smash the knights.
Fall off the horse.
Very good and well trained.
Shao Xun dismounted from a distance.
Tang Jian and other fifty knights also dismounted and surrounded Shao Xun.
"It's Master Shao, collect the equipment." The leading officer yelled.
The faces of the fort residents relaxed, and the guns and knives in their hands slowly dropped.
"Don't move!" Shao Xun shouted, slowly approaching the hundreds of silver spear soldiers who were lined up, and looked carefully.
After one or two years of training, the soldiers have become completely different from the inside out.
The team captains stood there motionless, the flags on their backs whirring in the mountain wind.
The flag shows a tiger with its fangs and claws bared, which seems to indicate their style, like a tiger descending from a mountain, tearing apart the enemy.
The soldiers took the team leader as the center line, and even though the ground was rough, they still lined up neatly.
When holding the spear in his hand, it was neither loose nor tight, just right - Shao Xun still remembered how they looked when they were new recruits, clutching the barrel of the gun so tightly that his knuckles turned white.
"Keep half of the people, and disband the rest!" After looking around carefully, Shao Xun ordered.
"Nuo." The leader of the team shouted loudly: "Draw the team into formation and move forward.
Disbandment and retreat also have rules and regulations, and it is also a kind of training.
For example, on the battlefield, if the enemy cavalry goes around the rear of the formation to attack, what should you do?
Maybe many infantry formations simply couldn't withstand it, but in the Tang Dynasty, there were strict regulations, saying: draw teams.
There are two officers in a team of fifty people. The chief officer is called "team leader", commonly known as "team leader", and the deputy is called "team deputy".
The leader of the team runs to the rear, the deputy of the team pushes to the front, draws a team from every other team, one team faces the front, and the other team faces the rear, then moves forward or back a hundred steps, and stands still.
Prepare your swords and guns, hold your bow and crossbow, and be ready for battle.
Shao Xun asked half of the people to stay and half to leave, just to check their training situation.
Now it seems that I am quite satisfied and I have practiced well. But I don’t know if I can still be so smooth when I am on the battlefield, facing the overwhelming barbarian cavalry, and I am extremely nervous. I guess it is not possible.
One day we will get a cavalry team to come over for training, scare these people, and let them familiarize themselves with the cavalry's fighting methods in advance.
"Let's all disperse, you stay." Shao Xun waved his hand and said.
"No." The governor named one person and asked him to take his troops up the mountain and back to the stronghold, while he stayed behind.
"Your name is Hou Feihu, right?" Shao Xun asked.
There are two governors in the first building of the Silver Spear Army, one is Lu Heigou and the other is Hou Feihu.
Comparatively speaking, the black dog is still more powerful than the flying tiger.
Moreover, Black Dog is only a dozen miles away from Shao Xun's hometown in Donghai, while Feihu is from a neighboring county.
"Yes." Hou Feihu replied respectfully.
"Did your training fall behind while I was away?"
"Practice your skills every day, do one exercise every three days, and one session every ten days, and never slack off."
"After the soldiers got married, did they do their best in training?"
"Go back to Master Shao. If you cheat and play tricks, the military stick will fall."
Shao Xun laughed.
These student officers are really ruthless.
When the coolies first joined the army, they didn't know anything. Faced with the student officers who already had a good foundation in skills, they respected them as gods.
This kind of coercive seed planted from the beginning, watered by long-term strict military discipline, has given the soldiers a bone-deep fear, and their obedience is quite good.
Eating some military sticks is commonplace for these thick-skinned people.
"Practice hard." Shao Xun warned: "Remember, you are recruiting soldiers and serving as soldiers' food. You must be ready to go out to fight at any time."
"No." Hou Feihu responded loudly.
Shao Xun was silent as he watched the soldiers leaving in formation.
Recruitment benefits are relatively good, and they are more suitable for all-weather operations.
During the busy farming season, they can fight.
Even in the middle of winter, you can still go on an expedition.
He remembered that during the melee in the feudal towns at the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was extremely cold one year, and the snow was several feet deep on the flat ground in winter, but the soldiers still fought bravely and chased and defeated the enemy.
When the weather is freezing, the soldiers cannot draw their bows or even break the bow strings, but they still have to fight.
Being able to withstand severe cold and scorching heat, being able to go to war anytime and anywhere without being restricted by farming seasons, this all-weather combat capability is the biggest advantage of recruiting troops.
Of course, the recruits will get married and start a career, and there will even be those who do not marry and have children, because they are well treated.
In the Tang Dynasty, when the era of recruiting soldiers began on a large scale for the first time, the annual reward for a recruited soldier - there was no military salary, only clothing, food, money, and was distributed on important festivals such as New Year's Day, Spring Society, Double Ninth Festival, Autumn Society, Winter Solstice -
- It is converted into more than twenty guan. With such treatment, it is no problem for the whole family to eat and drink well, including multiple concubines.
The recruits for the Silver Spear Army are recruiting wives and having children one after another. This is no problem.
The difficulty is that if we want to transfer in the future, the cost will increase unnecessarily, which will be quite big.
But you can't stop them from marrying, it goes against human nature.
In this matter, I can only watch while walking.
After entering Yunzhongwu, Shao Xun did not rush to check the archives, but first took a look at the Wubao which was under construction.
The overall shape is rectangular, with turrets on the four corners, two stories higher than the top of the wall. Each can hold dozens of people, and crossbowmen are usually arranged to shoot from high above.
Only the south wall has a door and a gate tower.
There is a flying stack connecting the gate tower and the turret to support each other.
There are also patterns of swords, guns, swords and halberds painted on the outside of the city wall. I don’t know where the painter hired them from. It’s a bit wasteful to be honest, but it looks quite mighty.
Anyway, the money for the later period is paid by the Pei family, so it doesn't matter. For their family, building a half-completed dock is not an investment at all.
However, the Pei family did not take this money seriously, and Shao Xun was still very grateful to them.
At least, many of the people they sent were familiar with the design and construction of Wubao. It was clear where the warehouses were located, where the water wells were arranged, how to build the roads passing through the troops, how to arrange the internal rooms, etc.
They even requested that a slightly shorter city wall be built outside the courtyard wall, somewhat similar to the Sheep and Horse Wall.
Trenches were dug outside the sheep and horse wall, spikes were buried, and a suspension bridge was used to pass through. Storing livestock inside the sheep and horse wall would make the entire interior of the fort cleaner, sanitary, and livable.
All in all, it was very experienced and most of the opinions put forward were adopted.
Before winter this year, Yunzhongwu will almost be completed.
The entire Wubao has three floors, upper and lower, with nearly two thousand rooms densely built, and there is a certain margin for new construction.
The room is not big, so it won't be a problem for a family of five to squeeze in.
Soldiers' rooms are slightly larger and have better living conditions.
The best one is of course Shao Xun's building, which has two entrances and even a garden.
this……
I didn't even mention this request, but the Pei family's "designer" arranged it?
It's a little wasteful, but it looks really cool and reflects his status.
After looking at the internal structure, Shao Xun climbed up to the door again and looked down into the distance.
Yunzhongwu itself is located on a platform, facing ditches on three sides, and only the south side has a mountain road leading down.
The road up the mountain is narrow and difficult to walk.
In Shao Xun's opinion, the biggest advantage of this fort is not how strong it is, but the fact that the terrain limits the enemy's strength, making it difficult to deploy any troops.
Even if 100,000 people come, he can only send one or two thousand soldiers in batches like a tactic to add fuel to the fire, while the others can only watch.
The enemy can besieged for a long time, but the cost is extremely staggering. Rather than that, it is better to negotiate.
Historically, there were many forts all over the north. Some were attacked by the enemy, while others stood safely for hundreds of years, miraculously surviving the entire Northern and Southern Dynasties.
Those who can survive for a long time either have strong combat effectiveness and have advantages in military bravery, or the terrain is difficult and difficult, making it impossible for the enemy to exert their strength advantage, or both.
Yunzhongwu at least occupies a dangerous position. As long as the defenders dare to fight hard, the Huns may not be able to take it.
Next year, construction of the Jinmen dock will begin, and the construction of the Tanshan dock will also begin.
The financial pressure was so great that Shao Xun wanted to sell some weapons and armor.
But after all, I can't bear it, so I'd better borrow money first. If that doesn't work, then use the money for military expansion.
Chapter completed!