In this era, there were not so many rules and regulations. Even the lower-level soldiers were called "Zhuangshuai" or general when they met the team leader.
The title "Lang Jun" does lack some majesty...
Li Chengzhi turned his thoughts and glanced downwards subconsciously.
Most of them were generals, and there were only five or six unarmored squires sitting in the corner on the left, including Guo Cunxin and Song Lishen.
But the strange thing is that there is one person who is relatively unfamiliar, but he is the first to go to Guo Cunxin?
Li Chengzhi's mind moved and he made some guesses: This should be his uncle's uncle, the former Sima Zhang Jingzhi of the Zhenbei General's Mansion.
My uncle was not slow in his actions and actually invited him right away?
Just right...
Regardless of whether the person is a senior official or not, he is still an elder. Li Chengzhi did not dare to neglect, and stood up again and bowed.
They were not rude and bowed their hands to him.
After this interruption, he almost forgot the wording he had planned. Li Chengzhi simply stopped talking and rolled his eyes and said:
"According to Tangqi's detective report, a large group of bandits came from Jingzhou, about two thousand people. Although there are many people, there are also many miscellaneous riders, but the flags and flags are messy, and the soldiers' armor is poor, and there are many of them.
The old farmer carrying the hoe is no different from the group of thieves who looted outside the city two decades ago..."
Hearing him lie without blinking, Li Shi was so shocked that he could hardly close his jaw.
As soon as Lang Jun opened his mouth, he more than reduced the number of enemy troops by half?
What farmer, hoe?
The enemy thieves are all young and strong, the worst ones are carrying guns, and most of them are well-armed...
No wonder Lang Jun warned himself so sternly before entering the account?
Did you actually use the trick of suspecting soldiers on yourself?
Unintentionally noticing Li Shi's strange look, Li Chengzhi glared at him fiercely.
This is the first battle after the formation of the new army. In order to win, of course, it is necessary to stimulate the winning spirit of the generals and soldiers as much as possible.
If you don’t deliberately describe your enemies as weak, how can you praise them like gods and demons?
This is strategic contempt for the opponent...
In fact, according to the custom at this time, Li Chengzhi should ask someone to set up an altar for divination, and make some arrangements to reveal some good omens to stabilize the morale of the army.
But firstly, it was too hasty and there was no time. Secondly, he always felt that this thing was a two-edged sword, and if it was not played well, it would backfire.
He wants soldiers with faith, not superstitious soldiers...
"This band of thieves marched until dusk and stationed at the mouth of the Red River, more than 20 miles northwest of Jingyang City. They will enter the country at noon tomorrow at most..."
Li Chengzhi paused intentionally, glanced around again, and then said: "There are now more than 4,000 fighting soldiers in the camp, more than a thousand horses, armor, spears, and swords, and more than a thousand powerful bows.
I'm afraid of this group of thieves... I invite you all to come here, just to ask, are there any people who are timid?"
There was a "buzz" sound in the tent.
It's not a yell, it's a sound of breathing.
And all of them looked angry, staring at Li Chengzhi with burning eyes.
It’s not like you’ve never seen it before?
Last time, more than 2,000 people were taken hostage by the rebels. So what was the result?
Li Chengzhi's question was a bit insulting. It meant that last time I only brought 300 recruits to annihilate so many thieves. Now our military strength has increased tenfold, so I ask you if you dare to fight? p>
Who is not angry?
I don’t know who took the lead, but I heard a burst of noise, knelt on the ground, and then shouted in unison: "The last general invites you to fight!"
Sure enough, the military spirit is available...
"Okay!"
Li Chengzhi nodded with satisfaction, and began to give the order in a leisurely manner: "Li Liang, order the armor-forging camp to stop the furnaces, and lead all the disciples to distribute swords, guns, armor, bows, shields and arrows... After the camp is broken, you will also be responsible for the food, grass and baggage...
Remember carefully and don’t make any mistakes!"
"No!"
Li Liang responded solemnly, and immediately laid out the pen and paper. At the same time, he sighed in his heart: It seems that there is no way to win the battle this time...
"Armor ordnance" is considered the core secret of the Li family. The fourth uncle was originally in charge, but the fourth uncle is not here?
"Li Hui, Li Xiaoxian, Li Xiaoyan, Li Zhonghe, and Zhang Xingyi each led their own cavalry... Each cavalry was equipped with two horses, the war horses were fully armored, the pack horses were half armor, and the cavalry were fully armored. They were also equipped with a lance and a saber.
handle, a square shield, a short bow, and two hundred arrows..."
The more the generals below heard, the more they felt something was wrong, and the more they listened, the more jealous they became.
None of the imperial tiger cavalry have such equipment, right?
At least I haven’t heard of one with a saber and a square shield...
Looking at the five cavalry captains, except for Zhang Xingyi who looked shocked, the remaining four old soldiers of the Li family were there, as if they had known this would happen. The generals were even more surprised: How could the Li family be so powerful?
Money?
This is no ordinary saber.
If this kind of stainless steel horizontal sword is worn by all military officers, it can be easily exchanged for twenty or thirty stone grains...
Li Chengzhi had no time to pay attention and continued to issue the order: "Li Yongshou, Li Zhongyi, Li Xiaozhang, Li Rong, Song Shihe, Huangfu Rang... You and other ten people will each serve as infantry in their own team, and everyone will wear full armor... p>
The spearmen are each equipped with a spear that is five feet long, a square shield, and a horizontal sword. The archers are equipped with a hundred arrows, and instead of spears and spears, they are equipped with swords and shields...Each team is equipped with twenty carriages. p>
Li Liang, Song Lishen, infantry, ordnance, food, grass and baggage, etc., will be transported by you and two brigades of auxiliary troops. The auxiliary troops are only equipped with wooden armor and spears..."
This Thousand Steps was carefully selected by Li Chengzhi from the people who applied for the draft. They were relatively stronger and could carry at least fifty kilograms of equipment and still be able to fight.
And it’s not like you just put on armor when you leave the camp. In order to save physical strength, there are carriages throughout the march... That’s what the twenty carriages are for...
The generals finally came to their senses: except for the lack of horses, the equipment of the infantry was no different from that of the cavalry?
No wonder during daily drills, from time to time there are training sessions where you squat down and hold up a shield to cover your head, or drop your gun, and then squat down and slash with the shield?
It actually comes with a shield and a sword?
Li Langjun is indeed kind and righteous, and he is willing to spend a lot of money for the infantry. Such equipment is almost perfect.
Already the spear is five feet long, but the enemy's spear is only about ten feet long. Even if his arms were twice as long, he wouldn't be able to reach it.
If you're shooting arrows, wouldn't it be enough to cover your face with your shield?
Even if he is wearing wooden armor, it is enough to protect against ordinary arrows.
The generals looked at Li Chengzhi, their eyes became brighter and brighter, and the respect in their hearts grew stronger...
Not to mention these military leaders, even Song Lishen and the clan leaders only thought that more than 80% of the armor, full armor, half armor, etc. mentioned by Li Chengzhi were made of wood.
Just because most people know that Song Lishen led the Song family's villagers and monks to build wooden armor for more than a month. There were tens of thousands of armors, and they had already been assigned to the army.
During daily drills, soldiers wear this...
Only Guo Cunxin’s heart trembled when he heard this: Didn’t you hear that cavalry and infantry are all in full armor? What is full armor?
Those wooden armors are half for horses and half for auxiliary soldiers...
The so-called auxiliary soldiers are just a deceptive term. They usually practice mixed drills with heavy steps, and there is no shortage of practice in any formation.
The wooden armor was replaced with iron armor, coupled with swords and shields, and there were another thousand armored soldiers...