& Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, there is nothing but vastness, and the rivers up and down suddenly lose their turbulence. Silver snakes are dancing in the mountains, and wax figures are galloping, hoping to compete with the gods."
The cavalry came here and stopped. In the distance were mountains and ridges, the Great Wall was between the mountains and ridges, there were woods everywhere, and there was a vast expanse of white everywhere. Seeing such a scene, Wu Dong couldn't help but say this
A few words.
Lyrics and music were popular in the Song Dynasty, and Niannujiao was one of the most common lyrics. Zhang Xiannai was born as a farmer, so he thought this poem was simple and straightforward. Na Zheyanwen was from a noble family. He was reading it secretly at the moment, feeling both surprised and admired. Although
This poem is a bit incomplete, but the majesty in it is
He had never heard of it. There were many famous poets in the Song Dynasty. Liu Yong, Su Shi, Ouyang Xiu and others in the Northern Song Dynasty were all famous throughout the ages. Although their poems were elegant, they did not have such momentum. Zhe Yanwen thought that Wu Dong was worthy of making a name for himself from scratch.
Of all the people in heaven and earth, only such people can write such poems.
But he didn't know that this was originally done by a generation of heroes in later generations. The first half was just fine, but the second half that Wu Dong didn't pronounce was even more full of imperial domineering and could never be done by ordinary people.
"Come on, let's go take a look in front!" Wu Dong laughed.
He galloped forward, and everyone hurriedly followed. Liangshan soldiers could be seen in the ice and snow in the distance. These soldiers were training hard. Countless soldiers were drinking together, punching together, or stabbing together.
Spears. Some soldiers had no sticks. They shouted loudly and rubbed the ice and snow on their bodies to hone their will! Under the Great Wall, it was steaming for dozens of miles ahead!
There are also cavalry training. Those cavalry are roaring over. Each cavalry has two or three horses. They jump from one horse to another, constantly exercising themselves! As far as Wu Dong knows, these cavalry are training hard.
Some people eat and sleep on horses, and some even live for three or four days without getting off their horses! The Han people are not a horse race, but hard work can make up for their weakness. Continuous, hard training day and night is enough to continuously improve their riding skills, and even
Can surpass those foreigners who grew up on horses!
"Grand Governor!" They walked forward for more than ten miles, and at this moment a group of cavalry rushed towards them. The leading young general saluted Wu Dong on his horse, extremely excited.
"Yue Fei, thank you for your hard work." Wu Dong smiled.
It turned out that the person coming was none other than Yue Fei. Before Wu Dong arrived, someone had already informed Yue Fei, so Yue Fei had been waiting here early.
Zhe Yanwen looked at Yue Fei secretly. He found that Yue Fei was very ordinary, like a farmer in the countryside, but he knew that this man was very extraordinary. Apart from anything else, Yue Fei's martial arts was said to be already outstanding, even Lin Chong.
No match for his disciple
Well, some people say that Yue Fei is already the person with the highest martial arts in Liangshan. In addition, his military skills are also extraordinary. In just a few years, he has become famous. He has defeated Song soldiers, Khitans, Jurchens, and Mongols. From then on,
From now on, this person will also be his superior.
"Let's go to Guancheng in Shanhaiguan!" Wu Dong laughed.
Now a group of people headed towards Shanhaiguan Pass.
"Yue Fei, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, how are you preparing?" Wu Dong said on the way.
"The main thing is to prepare some meat so that the soldiers can celebrate the New Year well! In addition, we have also prepared some programs for everyone to celebrate! The programs in the military are a bit boring, that is, they compete in martial arts and strength.
Something like that." Yue Fei smiled.
"I'll celebrate the New Year with you," Wu Dong said.
"Okay!" Yue Fei was very happy! This has always been the tradition in Liangshan. In the past, when we were in Hedong, Lin Chong celebrated the New Year with everyone, but now it is Wu Dong.
"This winter, food is still being transported here in a steady stream! Now Shanhaiguan's grain reserves have exceeded 300,000 shi, and will soon reach 400,000 shi. There will be no shortage of military rations in the next year! But we in Liangshan
Our military rations are different. When we go to war, those military rations need to be made into fried noodles, and these need to be made by dedicated people." Wu Dong said.
"Grand Governor, we now have 10,000 logistics troops who are specifically responsible for these matters. There will be no problems." Yue Fei said.
"Very good." Wu Dong nodded.
An hour later, they arrived at the gate of Shanhaiguan. The gate of Shanhaiguan was also very different from before. It was originally very dilapidated, but now it has been renovated and become stronger. In addition, in
To the south of Guancheng, Liangshan built another auxiliary city here, which was specially used to store military supplies and weapons.
Wu Dong, Yue Fei, Zhang Xian, Zhe Yanwen and others entered Guancheng and sat down in the central room. There was a stove here and it was unusually warm.
Wu Dong pointed at Zhe Yanwen and said: "This is a member of the Zhe family, Zhe Yanwen. I have handed him over to you. You give him a position."
Yue Fei nodded and said: "Okay."
After finishing speaking, Yue Fei began to ask about Zhe Yanwen, asking carefully about his martial arts and the art of war, and slowly studied the young man in front of him.
Wu Dong was observing the huge combat map hanging in the room.
There is still a large area of territory to the north of Shanhaiguan and south of Liaoyang. Only by conquering all these territories can Yanyun and Liaodong be connected. Only in this way can supplies from Liaodong and Goryeo be continuously transported. After many years of development in Liaodong and Goryeo,
Construction, material storage there
There are much more reserves than Yanyun. The grain output there is high, there are a large number of arsenals there, and weapons and farm tools can be transported there. In addition, Liangshan has been developed there for many years, and the number of reserves is also very large. Those reserve forces can
Join Yan Yun's army as active duty.
After all, the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun has just been conquered and order has just been restored. The agriculture, industry, and commerce here are far inferior to those over there, and the reserve system has not been formally established here. All these require assistance from over there.
"Grand Governor, I think Zhe Yanwen can serve as Zhang Xian's deputy general first and let Zhang Xian lead him. What do you think?" Just as Wu Dong was thinking, Yue Fei's voice rang out.
"Everything depends on you." Wu Dong said.
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, and thank you, Commander!" Orihiko Wen's face was already filled with excitement.
"Have there been any changes in the Jurchens recently?" Wu Dong smiled at Zhe Yanwen and asked Yue Fei.
"Because we often train on the grasslands outside the Great Wall during this period, the Jurchen cities in the north are closed! To the north are Lizhou and Yizhou. I have led troops to these two places.
Originally I wanted to harass the Jurchens
.It’s just that the villages around these two cities are empty. There are no ordinary people here due to the years of war. The main people stationed in the city are the new auxiliary troops of the Jurchens. During this period, the number of new auxiliary troops seems to have increased.
A lot." Yue Fei said.
"According to the information we have received, the Jurchens are recruiting soldiers on a large scale! Every family has one child, haha, those who are not willing to serve as soldiers may have their families slaughtered! The Jurchens still have some skills. Not only are they powerful, but their new auxiliary troops are also
Very powerful, this time they have recruited so many soldiers, I am afraid these soldiers will gradually become stronger! We must try to eliminate the Jurchens before these recruits become strong," Wu Dong said.
"Yes!" Yue Fei nodded in agreement.
"This winter, the Jurchens have not been dispatched, which is a bit strange." Wu Dong said again.
What the Jurchens like most is winter. They are a people who grew up in the white mountains and black waters. In the past, the Jurchens often launched attacks in winter, but this winter, neither here nor in Liaodong, the Jurchens came.
In fact, the Jurchens also want to launch an attack. Unfortunately, there is too much food shortage this winter, and the Jurchens' logistics capabilities have been greatly affected. In addition, due to military conscription, the Jurchens have some domestic unrest, so the Jurchens are stepping up their efforts to maintain domestic order.
, there was no time to go south.
"Yue Fei, how is the strength of your legion arranged now? I passed by and found that there are a lot of infantry." Wu Dong said again.
"Now we have 30,000 light cavalry and 10,000 heavy cavalry, which are the iron pagodas appointed by the Governor yourself! The rest are 40,000 crossbowmen and 40,000 ordinary infantry." Yue Fei said.
"Except for the crossbowmen, why didn't all the infantry become cavalry? We have now taken over the territory of the Liao Kingdom and have the numerous horse farms that the Liao Kingdom once had. Now we have no shortage of horses." Wu Dong said.
"Cavalry is difficult to train. If infantry wants to become cavalry, it takes a very long time to train! Infantry cannot become cavalry in a short period of time. If all infantry are forced to train towards cavalry, it will affect the original combat effectiveness of infantry! So!
I only selected 20,000 elite soldiers and trained them into cavalry, and the rest are still infantry. In the future, we will slowly turn all these infantry into cavalry." Yue Fei said.
Wu Dong nodded. In fact, he liked the sight of thousands of horses galloping. If it was according to his wishes, it would be best if the army were all cavalry. A charge of more than 100,000 cavalry would be extremely large. But he also knew that from a military perspective, he
There is a huge gap between him and Yue Fei. In this case, everything should be done as Yue Fei said.
That night, he stayed in Guancheng in Shanhaiguan.
On the second day, December 28 of the lunar calendar, Wu Dong began to inspect the company in depth. He continued to meet with officers and soldiers of each company. The same was true on the third day, and on the fourth day, New Year's Eve arrived.
On this day, Yue Fei's army only trained for half a day. In the second half of the day, they began to prepare for the New Year, and the entire army began to celebrate.
All the soldiers began to gather slowly towards the gate of Shanhaiguan, where military camps were set up. There were banners and slogans everywhere in the military camps.
In addition, countless large iron pots for cooking meat have been set up, and the smell of meat is everywhere! The specialty of northerners during the Chinese New Year is making dumplings. Starting from the afternoon, soldiers from countless military camps have begun to gather together to make dumplings. At dusk,
Countless entertainers came to the military camp. These were organized by young people from the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun to perform some festive performances for the soldiers in the military camp.