Everyone in the army had similar thoughts, but no one dared to interrupt the general and say it to his face.
They wanted to hear what this military advisor had to say.
Everyone's idea is simple. If you want to be gold-plated in the military, you have to sacrifice your face and make a fool of yourself in public.
Those who cannot go to the battlefield can still be of some use if they stay in the army and amuse everyone.
The Bai Song Dynasty was not the first to gild the army. This was a tradition. In the past, every time a Beijing official came to the army, everyone would make a fool of him. This should be regarded as a military tradition.
Li Jing knew that this would happen sooner or later, and he couldn't stop it.
The reason why he asked Bai Song to come was very simple.
It was the Bai Song Dynasty who came up with a surprising strategy five years ago to pacify the Eastern Turks in one fell swoop.
It was Bai Song who bombarded Chengdu three years ago to annihilate the Holy Lotus Sect.
Wherever there is Bai Song, there are miracles. Every time Li Jing breaks the game, it is because of Bai Song's appearance.
Li Jing did not think that Bai Song was his lucky star, but thought that this boy had unknown abilities.
At least when he was pacifying the Eastern Turks, he showed far more vision than ordinary people.
Therefore, Li Jing believed that Bai Song had the ability to take the position of military advisor.
He is not here to be gilded, but to lead the entire army to victory!
But what Li Jing didn't know was that the reason why he was able to make the final decision on the war in East Turkestan was because of the advantage of a prophet. He knew the development of history, knew the outcome of the war, and knew the correct answer.
But things are different now. The Bai Song Dynasty had never experienced this war before, and had not even seen relevant historical records.
So Bai Song was facing an unknown war, and he had no right answer.
Now the problem is thrown to Bai Song. Everyone is looking at Bai Song, and Bai Song himself feels very troubled.
Cheng Yaojin patted Bai Song on the shoulder: "Brother Bai, these bastards don't like you, you have to teach them a lesson."
Cheng Yaojin knew Bai Song very well, and he believed that Bai Song was the savior. It was not a problem for him to create any difficulties in the military tent.
Bai Song was quite speechless now. He said to himself that he had just arrived and didn't even know basic information. What could he say?
"Commander, please don't sit still. Get up and say a few words to everyone."
Someone else spoke to encourage him.
Bai Song had no choice but to stand up slowly and face the crowd and said, "I just came here and I don't know anything about the battle situation, so I can't give you any tactical advice."
"Then let me tell you something that is not tactical. Tell me about our army. What can be improved?"
Ways to Improve the Army...
This is really worth talking about.
Bai Song felt relieved, he could do this question by himself.
Bai Song waved: "Bring my horse here."
"What are you doing with the horse?"
Everyone looked at each other without knowing why.
Li Jing was also curious and waved: "Bring the military advisor's horse."
The horses of Bai Song Dynasty are coming.
Li Jing recognized at a glance that this was his granddaughter's Black Wind.
Bai Song patted the horse, motioning it to be quieter, and then asked: "Can you see the difference between my horse and yours?"
Everyone looked carefully and saw no difference except that the saddles and stirrups were more refined and the horses had better bloodlines.
Bai Song wandered around and when no one spoke, he pointed to the horse's hoof.
Everyone took a look and found something.
The horse's feet seemed to be padded with something...
Bai Song took an arrow out of his backpack and tapped the horse's hoof with the arrow, making several metallic sounds.
Everyone suddenly realized that there was a layer of iron under the horse's hoof.
"This is called a horseshoe."
"horseshoe?"
"With this thing, the horse can run more steadily and will not slip. It will also increase the horse's speed and play a protective role. In other words, wearing shoes on the horse will have a great impact on the cavalry's combat effectiveness.
Big improvement.”
"It's too particular to put shoes on a horse." No one had ever heard of such an idea, and everyone was a little skeptical after hearing it.
Bai Song continued: "If you don't believe it, you can compare it. All the horses in the team I brought were equipped with horseshoes. They drove non-stop for three days in the grassland. There was not much grass and food, and all the horses had no food.
It shows a little bit of fatigue. I wonder if the horses in the army can do it?"
If Bai Song's Xiao Hei is a one-in-a-million horse, then the other horses in the team are not of noble blood.
Anyone who is familiar with horses knows that if it is an ordinary horse, it is almost an impossible task to start from Yunzhou and chase it to Lukou Mountain within three days.
But all members of Bai Song's team arrived, and the horses were not very tired. Could it be that the horseshoe was really the effect?
Li Jing's eyes lit up, he didn't expect such an unexpected gain.
"Military advisor, I wonder what the details are in making this horseshoe?"
"Don't worry, I sent a message to Youzhou before I came here, asking the blacksmiths in Youzhou to make the horseshoes according to the drawings. If there are no accidents, the first batch of horseshoes will be delivered to the army within a month."
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
This military advisor actually came prepared and prepared such a good gift for the army.
The two generals who had asked and made things difficult earlier had a bit of embarrassment on their faces, but they obviously couldn't lose face by asking them to apologize.
Li Jing felt happy, it seemed that he was right to invite Bai Song here.
"Okay, let's not embarrass the military advisor. The military advisor has just arrived and he doesn't understand everything. Even if Kong Ming is alive, he will not be able to command blindly. If you are not convinced, wait for some time and after the military advisor gets familiar with it, we will
Let’s discuss it again.”
The generals nodded and stopped arguing.
But Bai Song had no intention of stopping and pointed at the map behind Li Jing.
"I have indeed prepared something for this visit. The map behind the general also has room for improvement."
“Can the map also be improved?”
"In the West in the seventeenth century, there was something called a sand table."
"Sand table?"
"Jian Shisan, bring the things in."
Again, he was well prepared.
Jian Shisan carried a pile of wood into the army and threw it on the ground.
Bai Song assembled the wood pieces into a long sunken table.
Then he put sand on the table and explained the principles of the sand table to everyone while practicing.
The map built through the sandbox can clearly and intuitively see the terrain. As long as the information is complete, every plant and tree on the battlefield can be mastered.
The principle of sand table is very simple and does not require any technical skills. It is easy for everyone to understand.
Precisely because it was easy to understand, the generals felt the importance of this sand table more clearly.
As a supplement to the map, the sand table not only allows the terrain to be seen more clearly, but also allows the general's orders and intentions to be conveyed to his generals, and the general's strategic goals can be conveyed to every soldier more clearly.
The elegance of the army is silent, this military advisor really has something!
Bai Song either wanted to show off or simply didn't want to die, so he used all the methods he could think of.