The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 401 Mule Army (Full Order)
After talking with Liu Kai about the military affairs of Jingzhou Mansion in Zhizhou Mansion, Bai Gui resigned and left.

Please don't bother me any more.

It's just that compared to before coming here, when Bai Gui walked out of Zhizhou's mansion, he was riding a saddle with an extra high-quality simple knife on the victory hook.

This is what Liu Qi used in the past.

After the peace talks in Shaoxing, Liu Qi, a famous general, was also sent to Nanshan by Ma, and took up the civil post of magistrate, and no longer led the army to fight, so he donated this simple knife to Bai Gui, a close nephew.

In this world, although Bai Gui wears a sword, he travels in casual clothes, and a scribe wears a sword.In the Han residence, he had been learning battlefield killing from Han Shizhong, and the sword was too light, so he picked up his Guanshan knife again.

Guanshan knives are knives made by later generations of knife makers based on the simple knives made in Song Dynasty.

It's just that the former has a short handle and the latter has a long handle.

Pu Dao has a short head, long handle, and no sheath on the blade body. The long handle can be removed from the head and used as a stick.

The simple knives that Liu Qi presented to Bai Gui were all made of iron, not the ordinary simple knives popular among the people, but more like the Qinglong Yanyue knife used by Wu Sheng Guan Yu.

A single horse walks down the street.

From time to time, he went to a Lifang in the south of Jingzhou City, found Lizheng, and showed his tooth card.

As Tang Wan said, officers who have reached Baigui's level no longer need to hang out with low-level soldiers in the military camp, and live in private residences in Jingzhou City.

Li Zheng greeted him personally, and called a few rough envoys and servants to clean up the court.

Although this house is located in a remote place, it is only a second entrance.There are not many interiors, and it looks relatively simple.But Bai Gui was used to living a hard life in the early years, so this little problem is nothing to him.

As for Liu Kai, although he is valued more, it is obvious that he will not make too much arrangements in this regard.

If you can't bear even this small setback, why bother to join the army, just go home and be a scribe.Although it is not enough to have simple clothes and food, it is still a test in disguise.

The maid cleaned up and left.

Bai Gui moved in with a calm mind, without the slightest bit of arrogance.

ten days later.

Bai Gui then went to Zhizhou's mansion to visit Liu Qi.

Liu Qi talked about this matter, "My nephew was born in a wealthy family and lived in a back alley, and he never showed any resentment. It seems that Han Liangchen really took in a good disciple."

Sometimes, looking at history books, the test of the ancients is very simple.

But the simpler it is, the more you can test out your true temperament.

For example, Lu Zhi, an upright official in the Tang Dynasty, once went to visit Zhang Yi, a well-known governor of Shouzhou at that time. Zhang Yi thought that Lu Zhi was a rare talent, so he gave Lu Zhi millions of dollars when he was parting. Lu Zhi only accepted some tea leaves, but refused other money.Later, Lu Zhi got a lot of benefits because of his reputation of being clean and honest, and he became the prime minister.

Maybe there is really something scheming.

But in other words... If you don't even have the ability to maintain this scheming, then there is no need to talk about trials.

Regardless of whether there is scheming or not, being able to make such an appearance has already surpassed many people.

In Liu Kai's view, Bai Gui is the son of a rich family. He grew up with a golden spoon in his mouth. When he was young, he won the prize of Tongzilang, and then won the champion of martial arts. People like this go to the back alleys. , which proves that its character can be cultivated.

"Uncle Liu has won the prize."

"The Master said: Eat sparsely, drink water, bend your arms and sleep on them, and enjoy yourself. I heard that Uncle Liu is choosing good soldiers and generals for me, and he has prepared a lot of military equipment. From this point of view, Jingzhou City is the best. The mansion is only about a hundred years old, and it is not worth a good horse."

"In my dream, I dreamed of many good horses. What worries do I have to live in this back alley?"

Bai Gui replied calmly.

What the "Han family army" wants is not a modest gentleman, but a junior who is good at making progress, so as to maintain their interests and connections, and to continue their "orthodoxy".

So the meaning of Bai Gui's words is obvious.

He doesn't mind such a simple life because Liu Kai is arranging elite soldiers and armaments for him.A good mansion in Jingzhou City is only more than 100 guan, but the value of a good horse is at least hundreds of guan, and it is clear at a glance who is better and who is worse.

Even if he resells arms, he can still make a lot of money.

Why care about these ten days of back alley life.

"Good! As expected of Napo Hanwu's disciple."

Seeing this, Liu Kai couldn't help but burst into tears and praised loudly.

This sentence greatly changed Bai Gui's impression in his heart.Citing Confucian classics, this is the seedling of a Confucian general, a man of culture.Citing the Confucian classics, but not sticking to the Confucian classics, this is the fickle way of the battlefield.At the same time, being good at judging the situation and bearing one's temper is one of the most important factors in becoming a commander.

Don't look at some veteran generals on the battlefield who look down on Confucian generals who were born as civil servants, thinking they are commanding blindly.But in private, each of them has never lacked in teaching their children and grandchildren. They all want to become generals and have a few more Confucian generals.

"Five days later, I will give you a battalion of cavalry, one man and one horse, and the remaining four battalions will be fully staffed, and there will be no empty pay. Anyway, with your family situation, you are not short of this amount of empty pay. I will give you [-]-year-old iron armor, [-] leather armor, and [-] paper armor..."

With a swipe of his brush, Liu Kai finalized the official document on the copy.

In these ten days, one is to investigate Bai Gui's temperament, so as to determine how much he will invest in this "virtuous nephew", and the other is to mobilize the Jingzhou government treasury and armaments during these days, and calculate the appropriate amount , and then to the newly formed Custodian.

In the past, the Forbidden Army had too many soldiers and officials, and the lack of pay was too serious, so the Privy Council decided to form a new Forbidden Army in Jingzhou Mansion.

"Thank you uncle."

"However... for the five hundred horses, I only need three hundred, and I will ask my uncle to replace the remaining two hundred horses with mules. My nephew will follow Li Xilie's example and form a mule army."

Bai Gui thought for a moment and said solemnly.

The Mule Army was not a special item of the Nian Army in the late Qing Dynasty. Li Xilie, the governor of Huaixi in the Tang Dynasty, formed the Mule Army, and Li Xilie's Mule Army was also very powerful.

There is a saying in the "Old Tang Book": "People robbed Xilie,...the land has few horses, but a lot of mules, riding on them to fight, it is called the mule army, and it is especially brave."

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng also formed an army of [-] mules to fight.

The Nian Army was able to defeat Seng Gelinqin's elite cavalry many times with the mule army.

And he has the advanced experience of the Nian army. Even if he formed a mule army, it was not as good as the Nian army, but it was much better than the situation without horses.

As for why the two hundred war horses were abandoned, there is also a reason...

War horses are military supplies in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it is difficult for private individuals to buy them.But if you don't give up these two hundred war horses, you can't exchange mules at all.Because the imperial army was paid by Da Song, not his Baigui. Even if Baigui could buy so many mules, he would not be able to donate them to the imperial army.Once he did this, wouldn't the forbidden army become his private property? This was a big taboo for generals, and it was even more terrifying than using power for personal gain.

The imperial court can tolerate you eating empty salary and drinking the blood of soldiers, but it will never allow you to give such kindness to the soldiers under your hands.

"Mule Army..."

Liu Kai frowned, and Zhu Bidun tapped on the case, "Li Xilie formed the mule army in Huaixi because it occupied Caizhou, Bianzhou, Ruzhou, and Dengzhou, and the terrain was flat. The reason why my Song Dynasty abandoned the mule army The first one is that mules are not easy to use on the battlefield due to their unstable temperament;

He gave a lot of reasons.

"You know what my uncle said, but the mule army is a lack of horses in the Song Dynasty, and there is nothing to do."

"I don't want you to try it. If it doesn't work, my nephew is not obstinate. I just tried it. If it is possible, I will learn the method of training mules, which is beneficial to the country. Although it will not win the gold people with this method, it is safe to defend with mules. and also."

Bai Gui cupped his hands and said.

Liu Kai's frowning brows gradually loosened, he nodded, Bai Gui's words reached his heart, anyway, it's just a try, it doesn't take much effort, success is a good thing, if not, It can also be regarded as a temper for Bai Gui.

"Since you have made up your mind, uncle will not persuade you."

"Two hundred war horses, one war horse can be exchanged for two to three mules at the market price, but this is the market price... In the "Wu Jing Zong Lue" it is said: 'Each group of the army buys one donkey.', what do you think Leading the army, there should have been 250 donkeys, now I will adjust the number for you, and give you [-] donkeys..."

he said.

Bai Gui made a calculation in his heart.

Three hundred war horses, plus [-] donkeys and mules, these [-] donkeys and mules cannot all be used for riding, and [-] are used for transportation and carrying goods. If each battalion is tighter, then the remaining Seven hundred donkeys and mules made a total of about a thousand "cavalry".

A thousand cavalry, if this power is used well, it is enough to influence the outcome of a great war.

It is already a strong force.

"Thank you uncle."

Only then did Bai Gui thank Liu Qi.

"Although your master has taught you the art of war, training cavalry is not something that can be accomplished in an instant. If there is anything you don't understand, don't hold back, come and ask me."

"Don't be embarrassed..."

After Liu Kai said this last sentence, he waved his hands to make Bai Gui back down.

The [-] donkeys and mules are basically impossible to be sent out by the forbidden army, but by the local civil affairs and Xiang army in Jingzhou Prefecture. Liu Kai is busy with the rest.

It is not an easy task to recruit so many idle mules.

　A cousin, well, brought a partner here, and asked me to play mahjong, and I couldn't shirk it, so after this update, there will be no update tonight.Sorry, the cards may be played until early in the morning, and I will make up at that time. If it doesn't work, I won't play all day tomorrow and concentrate on coding.

　　
　
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