Chapter 27: Changes in the Western Soldiers

A large-scale training is under the city of Xiazhou, and the Western soldiers are undergoing training.

The Western Army was known as the elite in the world and was the pillar of the Song Dynasty. With the rise of the Northern Song Army, its status declined, and its tactics were no longer suitable and needed retraining.

Despite this, the quality of the Western Army, morale, morale, and combat experience are all first-class. If trained to rejuvenate, their combat power will soar. For the Song Dynasty, it was a huge thing.

Wu Ji had already wanted to do this matter, and after he was determined that the battle to destroy Xixia would be postponed, he began to carry out this matter. At present, he received news of Tubo's joining, and the opportunity for the decisive battle had to be pushed back. Dong Wen had to give him enough time to call all the troops he could mobilize and then give him a fatal blow.

Only in this way can the land of Hexi and Tubo be peaceful after this battle. Otherwise, even if Wu Ji destroyed Xixia and pacified Tubo, he would still leave a huge future.

With this period of stability, it is just right to train the Western soldiers. Once the Western soldiers are well trained, they will give Wu Ji great help. You should know that after the next decisive battle, the Song army will march into the Western Regions and recapture the Western Regions.

The situation in the Western Regions is a bit complicated, not only the alien races such as the Uighurs, but also the power of Dashi. Two hundred years ago, the Tang Dynasty was in a prosperous era. Although it was suppressing Dashi, Dashi was the only empire that could fight against the Tang Dynasty at that time. It was strong and fought repeatedly and was injured after defeat. The Tang Dynasty defeated Dashi many times, but it was only damaged by its fur and unable to move its muscles and bones.

The Dashi is still strong at present. Although its pace of advancing east has been stopped and it can no longer attack the east, its strength cannot be underestimated and it has great influence in the Western Regions.

When the Song army enters the Western Regions, they may have to face Dashi. If they fight against Dashi, a powerful opponent, it will be a new test for the Song army and a new topic, and they must be fully prepared.

The preparation matter is to strengthen the Western soldiers and increase the combat power of the Western soldiers.

"kill!"

"kill!"

There were waves of shouts and killing sounds, and the Western soldiers were training under the guidance of northern soldiers. The Northern Song army had outstanding military achievements and was intimidating the world. They had become the hero in the minds of the Song people, and were no longer the "thief-match army" they used to be.

For the Western Army, the Northern Song Army was their target for catching up. The Western Army was once the most elite army of the Song Dynasty and synonymous with elite forces. Now, their status has declined and replaced the Northern Song Army. No one will be convinced and must regain glory. The guidance of the Northern Song Army was carefully carried out and trained hard. Although it was a chilly spring cold, they all sweated and trained extremely hard.

"You are the Western Army! The elite of the Song Dynasty! You cannot give up! You must persevere! You must grit your teeth and persevere!"

The Northern Song Bing, who was the teacher, shouted for them: "You are very dissatisfied with our Northern Army! This is nothing! As long as you work hard and are willing to endure hardships, you are no worse than us!"

"Persist! Persist!"

The northern army can fight, but the training volume is huge. Although the Western Army is well-trained, it still can't stand it and grits its teeth and holds on.

"The Western Army is the Western Army. I have doubled the training and they can still hold on." Wu Ji, accompanied by Zhong Yan and the others, was patrolling the school field. He saw the training scene in his eyes and couldn't help but be surprised.

"The Grand Marshal is taking care of them." Zhong Yan did not regard Wu Ji's actions as a slight dilemma, but was grateful: "The decisive battle is about to be held. Time is tight. If this is not the case, it will be difficult for the Western Army to improve in a short period of time. This is not allowed to do it!"

"Yes!" Yao Gu echoed and said with a smile: "I don't know if I don't know. Only after this knowledge did we understand why the northern army can achieve such great military achievements in a short period of time. Their training is far beyond our imagination. The training of the previous army was just like this. Perhaps, there is something worse than that."

"What you are happy about is that your brothers have improved their combat power. What I am most happy about is that we all have four legs." Li Xian's sharp voice sounded, and his eyes narrowed together with laughter: "When we were in Shanzhou, we rely on two legs to fight, and we never dared to think of having four legs. Haha!"

Wu Ji fought along the way and seized a lot of war horses, all of which were used to equip the Western soldiers. With the war horses, the mobility of the Western soldiers was greatly improved, and it can be said that they came and went like the wind.

Li Xianyi reminded that Zhong Yan and Yao Gu had their eyes narrowed, with great enjoyment, joy and emotion: "Since the Middle Tang Dynasty, China has lacked horses. The invincible army of the previous dynasty was no longer coming and going like the wind, and they could only rely on two legs to fight. This disadvantage continued to this dynasty. This dynasty implemented horse politics and built cavalry, and wanted to follow the previous dynasty and let the brothers grow four legs, but it has not been realized for more than a hundred years. Now, we finally have four legs."

The reason why the Tang army was able to fight was closely related to having many war horses. When the Tang Dynasty was in a prosperous state, each had a war horse regardless of the military branch. Even if it was an infantryman, he would not walk during the marching time and could ride a horse. This not only improved the mobility of the Tang army, made the Tang army come and go like the wind, but also saved physical strength, which was of great help to the Tang army.

Li Jing dared to lead three thousand warriors to attack Yinshan at night and drove Jie Li Khan's nest, which had a great relationship with this. Although Li Jing only led three thousand warriors to go straight to Yinshan, behind him, more than 100,000 Tang Dynasty troops followed one after another, giving him powerful reinforcements.

It was precisely because Jie Li Khan knew that the Tang army had a large number of war horses and had strong mobility. When he heard that Li Jing had come in person, he made a wrong judgment and thought that the Tang army had arrived. Otherwise, Li Jing would not have such courage. So Jie Li Khan was scared and got rid of the army and fled, leaving more than 100,000 Turkic troops without a leader, and finally gave the Tang army a pot of war.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty declined, and after the middle Tang Dynasty, the horse politics was corrupt and the war horses decreased sharply. The Tang army no longer had four legs, but became two legs, with a greatly reduced mobility and a great loss of combat power. Without the war horses, even the unparalleled sharp weapon of Modao had withdrawn from the battlefield, which makes people sigh.

After the establishment of the Song Dynasty, Song Taizu and Song Taizong were all horse emperors. They would not be unaware of the importance of cavalry. They also wanted to restore the grand occasion of the Tang Dynasty and began to implement horse politics. However, because they were too corrupt and unsuccessful, they bought war horses from foreign races, which was too expensive, and eventually turned into a tragedy. "Using foot control of cavalry" became the national policy.

The Song army had a war horse and had four legs. At that time, the dreams of countless people had never been realized. Now, they finally realized it. What Li Xian said was the thing that everyone was most happy about. Zhong Yan and Yao Gu were so happy that they did not jump up, which was already good.

"It's a good thing to have four legs, but we don't have weapons yet." Yao Gu was also worried and swallowed an elephant by a snake. He was not satisfied with the war horse and wanted weapons.

Zhong Yan and Li Xian looked at Wu Ji with a eager look and were looking forward to it. The weapons owned by the Song army in the north were the dreams of the Western soldiers. They knew very well that the power of the Mo Dao, the Killing Barbarian Sword, and the Thunderbolt Bullet were just not possessed, and they could only watch the Song army in the north use it. Isn’t that torture?

It would be great if the Western soldiers could also equip these weapons!

"Oh!" Wu Ji sighed, with a look of regret, spread his hands, and said helplessly: "This matter is a bit difficult to solve. This is 200,000 Western soldiers. Even if the craftsmen of the Song Dynasty do not eat or drink, and do not sleep, they cannot create so many weapons in a short time. You have to wait, wait patiently!"

This is definitely the truth. Zhong Yan, Yao Gu and Li Xian sighed and had to accept this reality.

"I said you three are so easy to satisfy?" A smile flashed across Wu Ji's lips.

"What else can you do if you don't wait?" Zhong Yan was a little puzzled.

"Is there a way for the general?" Yao Gu and Li Xian asked blankly.

"The 200,000 Western soldiers must be equipped at once, and they can't do it even if they put all the power of the Song Dynasty. But..." Speaking of this, Wu Ji kept his hands behind closed doors and sucked the appetite of the three of them.

"It turns out that the Grand Marshal is playing with us!" Zhong Yan reacted, without any anger at all, but instead looked happy: "Master, what are you doing?"

"Yes! Tell me quickly!" Yao Gu and Li Xian urged and rubbed their hands.

"Actually, it's nothing. Just rob Wang Shumi." Wu Ji smiled a little sinisterly and said, "He is so rich. We must let him help the poor!"

"Haha!" Zhong Yansan smiled, his thumb was raised high, and he praised him: "Hao! High! High! Really high! But will Wang Shumi give it?"

"He has to give it if he doesn't give it!" Wu Ji said with a solemn face, "He robbed me. This time, he should pay my favor. If he dares not give it, he will not think of getting good things in the future. Humph, if you want to make a sharp weapon, who will I lose to? Will Shumi Wang dare to provoke me?"

Speaking of making weapons, Wu Ji recognized the second place, but no one dared to recognize the first place. If Wang Shao did not support Wu Ji, Wang Shao would not have the share of the weapon Wu Ji built in the future. I believe that Wang Shao would understand the weight, and he would never dare not support Wu Ji.

"Haha!" Zhong Yan, Yao Gu, and Li Xian laughed loudly. The three of them stroked their beards and laughed happily.

Li Xian also went to stroke his beard, but he was exhausted. The eunuch had no beard, which was a little embarrassed, but it could not affect their good mood.

"Master, if you can get weapons so much, you can get one hundred thousand or eighty thousand, so that your brothers can use it well." Zhong Yanshi spoke up.

"One hundred thousand and eighty thousand is not enough, at least 120,000 yuan!" Yao Gu and Li Xian were even more ruthless.

"It is a deed that people are not in a good mood. It is really reasonable for snakes to swallow elephants. It is just for you!" Wu Ji smiled and pointed at the three of them to make fun of it, saying, "After Yan Yun recovered, the official sent Cai Jing, Su Shi, and Shen Kuo to Youzhou. This is the top priority for building weapons. It mobilized a large number of good craftsmen, and my Wu military industry built them in large quantities. Even so, it is impossible to create so many weapons and armor in a short period of time."

"Master, how many will there be?" Zhong Yan, Yao Gu and Li Xian asked in unison.

"If there are too many, 30,000 or 50,000 yuan can do it!" Wu Ji gave the number.

"Thirty or fifty thousand? Actually, it's not too much!" Zhong Yan was overjoyed.

"The 50,000 northern army has amazing combat power. This army alone can withstand the 300,000 and 200,000 Xixia army. If they are equipped with 30,000 or 50,000 Western soldiers, they can compete with the entire Xixia army alone. With the rest of the Western soldiers, we will have a greater chance of winning in this battle, and it can be said that we will definitely win!" Yao Gu thought further and settled the score with his fingers.
Chapter completed!