Monument Yangmen

Chapter 454 The Idea of ​​Preparing to Build a Cavalry

The three brothers spoke together, and Yang Da, Yang Wu and Yang Qi stood on the united front.

Yang Qi was really excited about this.

Brothers fighting tigers, father and son soldiers in battle.

With the support of his brothers, Yang Qi felt that his foothold in the northwest would be more stable.

Yang Qi told Yang Da and Yang Wu some of his plans.

Such as the plan to build cavalry.

Yang Qi approached Yang Da and Yang Wu, and said carefully: "Currently, the imperial court has increased the strength of the Datong Army to [-]. After Father arrived in Daizhou, he took the military power of the Datong Army into his own hands.

I looked at my father, probably wanting to rebuild the Volcanic Army.We can't intervene in the affairs of the Volcanic Army.So I can only let my father do it.

Dad has always used the policy of better troops and simpler administration for the Volcanic Army, and preferring shortages to excesses.

Therefore, I deduce that the number of soldiers in the Datong Army will not exceed [-] in the end, since Dad is so aggressively recruiting troops.

Among them, the newly trained Volcanic Army is likely to maintain the original number of about 8000, and the maximum number will be maintained at [-].

The remaining [-] are likely to be the servants of the Volcanic Army.

In this way, there are still [-] troops left for the Datong Army to operate.

The fourth brother once wanted to establish a cavalry in the northwest.

So I want to put forward this plan of the fourth brother and implement it.

There are [-] soldiers left, and I am going to train a cavalry secretly.

Among them, the number of heavy armored cavalry was kept at 1; the number of light armored cavalry was kept at [-].

In addition, 2 logistics and logistics servants will be expanded. "

Yang Wu didn't get angry, and said with a straight face: "I'm not good at building an army, so don't tell me these things. Just tell me what to do."

Yang Da was more thoughtful than Yang Wu. He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Seventh brother, do you know how much is the armor and weapons that a heavy cavalry wears? Five thousand heavy cavalry ? Ten thousand hussars? How much will it cost? Do we have that much money?"

According to the standards of heavy armored cavalry in the Song Dynasty, the total equipment of a heavy armored cavalry is more than 100 taels of silver.

And that's not counting the extra horses.

The ranger's equipment is not expensive, the most valuable thing is the scimitar between the crotch and the horse under the crotch.

Even so, a ranger's equipment costs about 30 taels.

Horses are also not counted.

Besides the horses.

Heavy armored cavalry has extremely high requirements on horses.

The horses are required to run fast and bear extremely strong gravity.

This means.

The horses of the heavy cavalry must be first-class horses.

And it must be done, at least one person and two horses.

Ten thousand high-quality horses add up to millions of taels of silver.

And money can't buy it.

Most importantly, the horses also wear armor.

This costs even more.

Rangers are not as demanding on horses as heavy cavalry.

But it also needs a horse above the middle level.

And it also requires a pair of horses.

Yang Da sat there, carefully helping Yang Qi to calculate a detailed account.

Yang Qi listened thoughtfully.

Yang Wu was shocked.

Because every number that comes out of Yang Da's mouth is an astronomical figure to him.

Yang Da calculated to the end and gave a very conservative and frugal figure.

"At least 800 million taels of silver."

Yang Wutao used his own salary to do some calculations, and found that he would have to be a commander of the Datong Army for at least 700 years to be able to save so much money.

Yang Qi didn't care about money, but gave some suggestions based on Yang Da's calculations.

"Brother, if we want to build, we need to build the most powerful heavy armored cavalry. At least their armor and weapons must be more than [-] forged. They must be made of fine steel."

"Sigh~"

Yang Da gritted his teeth, and said in a deep voice: "All the equipment has reached more than 1000 forgings, and it is all made of stainless steel... Such a heavy armored cavalry is invincible in the northwest in terms of combat power... Similarly, the cost is also huge. The... at least about [-] million taels..."

After being shocked, Yang Da added: "And every year, I have to add several 10 taels of silver to it..."

Yang Wu felt that he could take a shower and sleep.

He bluntly said to Yang Qi: "Our family can't afford such a huge expense. Even the imperial court can't afford it. Moreover, it is impossible for the imperial court to give us so much money to build such a building. cavalry."

Yang Da and Yang Wu felt that Yang Qi's idea was a bit beyond reality.

Yang Qi twitched the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Brothers, since the younger brother can tell the story, it proves that the younger brother has a way to get the money."

Yang Wu glared at Yang Qi angrily, and said, "How to do it, go grab it?"

Yang Qi didn't need to hide anymore, he said bluntly: "When my younger brother took Daizhou, he copied 1000 million taels of silver from Yang Bao..."

"Forehead?!"

"impossible?!"

Yang Da and Yang Wu looked in disbelief.

Yang Wu yelled directly: "That idiot Yang Bao, even if he digs Daizhou three feet, he still can't get so much money."

Yang Da nodded in agreement.

Yang Qi shook his head and said: "My two good brothers, you are too small for Daizhou. Daizhou is at the junction of the Three Kingdoms. There are countless merchants passing through the border. According to my investigation, only Shi The family sells grain and tea to the Liao State, and the annual profit is more than one million taels. This is not counting the business of other families.

Yang Baoka was in Daizhou, a special place, where he ate and took, and he was greedy for the military pay of the Datong Army for several years.

It adds up to 1000 million taels of silver, which is not too much. "

General Yang asked suspiciously: "There are really so many?"

Yang Wu yelled, "Yang Bao is a shit. He collected so much in Daizhou and saved so much money. When he comes to our house every year, he still cries for poverty. I wish I could chop him up."

Yang Qi grinned and said, "When I broke through Daizhou that day, I sent Yang Bao down. The family properties of Yang Bao and his subordinates were searched, and the sum was indeed more than 1000 million taels."

Yang Qi said solemnly again: "I may go to Dangxiang in the near future, and then maybe I can get a batch of good horses that don't cost money."

Yang Da excitedly blew on the bed and said, "If this is the case, then your idea is indeed feasible."

Yang Wu was also excited. He announced unceremoniously: "I must be the commander of the heavy armored cavalry. I must kill all the Liao thieves."

Yang Qi looked at the two elder brothers with a smile.

After they calmed down a bit.

Yang Qi continued to speak: "Brothers, heavy armor cavalry can't be raised overnight. The reason why I told you this plan is to let the two brothers use the fiery eyes you have trained for many years, To select the available soldiers."

Yang Wu patted his chest and said solemnly: "This is no problem. I, Yang Yande, can tell at a glance what kind of soldier can take on the important task."

But Yang Da said with a strange expression: "Seventh brother, the soldier of Daizhou, but he was targeted by father. You won't let us snatch people from father, will you? Father will enforce the family law."

"Hehe~"

Yang Qi smiled indifferently and said: "Brother, you are overthinking. Although the folk customs of Daizhou are strong, the soldiers and horses that come out are not fierce enough. I still don't like it. I want you to choose some soldiers in Daizhou. General officer seeds, start cultivating. First set up the shelf."

Yang Da heard this and asked curiously, "Then where are you going to recruit soldiers?"

Yang Qi said with a smile: "Shengzhou."

Yang Da and Yang Wu looked puzzled.

Yang Da said: "Shengzhou is in the hands of Liao people. How do you recruit soldiers from Shengzhou?"

Yang Qi set up the music score, and said: "Shanren has his own tricks. In short, you just follow what I said, just pick the generals. I have three followers, they are good generals.

Also, when I leave, there will be a person named Peng Pai left behind.

He has a good set of training methods in his hands.You'd better let the people you choose learn all of them.

However, he didn't know anything about the battle.

So you don't have to listen to him about things on the battlefield. "

Yang Qi was unwilling to say.

Yang Da and Yang Wu were also unwilling to force them.

They just need to know that they have enough money to support their military training.

As for the issue of soldiers, they are not very worried.

In the Northwest, the land of three wars, there is really no shortage of people.

Once the Liao people hit the grass valley, there will be a large number of refugees.

The three brothers got together and talked about some details.

By the time the chat was over, the moon was already in the sky.

The housekeeper, Yang Hong, has already urged Yang Qi several times outside the door to have dinner.

Yang Qiyi went out.

I saw my sister-in-law Hua Jieyu and fifth sister-in-law Ma Saiying standing at the door with dinner in their hands.

When they saw Yang Qi, there was an obvious expression of resentment on their faces.

Yang Qi led Yang Shun and the other three who were waiting for him outside the door, covered their faces and fled.

On the way back to his residence.

He specially grabbed a servant of Yang's mansion, asked him to go to the main hall, and told She Saihua that he would have dinner in the room tonight.

back to the residence.

Peng Pai was waiting for him outside the small building.

Yang Qi was outside the small building, and told Peng Pai: "Recently, I may have to travel far away. When that time comes, you will follow my eldest brother and fifth brother. There is a group of people who need your training. How do you train the scarecrow? How to train them. You don't need to worry about other things."

Yang Qi turned around, pointed to the three little guys behind him, and said to Peng Pai: "These three will be handed over to you in the future."

Although Peng Pai was somewhat reluctant to go with others, he was unwilling to disobey Yang Qi's order.

He bowed and said: "This subordinate understands."

Yang Qi waved his hand and said, "Take them down to rest."

Peng Pai nodded, walked up to Yang Shun and the other three, and said coldly, "Follow me."

Yang Shun said reluctantly: "We want to follow Master Qi."

Yang Qi put his hands behind his back, and said with a half-smile: "Peng Pai is my most capable subordinate, except for a pervert. If you want to follow me, you have to learn from him. Only after surpassing him can you be qualified to stand on my side. around."

Zhong Heng is more shrewd, he rolled his eyeballs and provoked Di Sanlang to say: "Then why, brother, we have to measure his skills... Di Sanlang, you go."

Di Sanlang was also polite, nodding in agreement.

"it is good."

Yang Qi looked like he had nothing to do with himself, folded his arms around his chest, ready to watch a joke.

Peng Pai squinted his eyes, and glanced coldly at the three little guys.

"Come on together."

Zhong Heng frowned, and a look of joy flashed in his eyes.

"Then we're welcome."

The voice fell.

Zhong Heng suddenly drew out his long knife and rushed out.

With a flash of sharp knife light, he slashed in front of Peng Pai.

Di Sanlang and Yang Shun were not slow to react.

The two people followed closely behind Zhongheng's skill, and swung their knives to chop off.

The cooperation of the three is very organized.

Divide into upper, middle and lower, and cut towards Peng Pai.

It can be seen that the three of them have a tacit understanding and are very good at cooperating.

Although Peng Pai is thin and thin, he is still a scholar.

But after Peng Pai joined the Scarecrow, in order to make up for his shortcomings, he practiced martial arts day and night.

And when I was in the southern country, I often looked for heroes from all walks of life to learn from each other.

It can be said that his martial arts progressed by leaps and bounds.

Due to Peng Pai's original body shape, almost all heavy weapons were not suitable for him, so the weapon he chose was a Tang knife.

Facing the offensive of the three little guys, Peng Pai twitched the corners of his mouth and chuckled lightly.

"Still alive..."

As soon as the words fell, the Tang knife in Peng Pai's hand twitched, the knife was not out of the sheath, and the knife head knocked three times quickly and urgently.

"Clang~"

The long knives in the hands of the three little guys fell to the ground.

"Shu~"

A silver light flashed, and the cloth bags on the heads of the three little guys fell off, and their hair fell down and fell on their shoulders.

It seemed that it was to shock the three little guys, so Peng Pai drew the knife very quickly.

It was almost too late for the three little guys to see clearly.

Peng Pai put away the knife, and in the astonished eyes of the three little guys, he smiled coldly and said: "This is the gap, so I advise you to behave better in front of me in the future. Otherwise, you will suffer."

"Clap clap~"

Yang Qi clapped his palms and praised: "What a sharp sword, your sword skills are already quite advanced. It seems that you have practiced a lot in private."

When Peng Pai faced the three little guys, he was cold.

When faced with Yang Qi's admiration, he was very happy.

He smiled cheerfully and said, "Helping you, young master, and handling the scarecrow. Naturally, Peng Pai knows some martial arts. You can't be compared to him by his subordinates."

After a pause, Peng Pai said again: "Besides, this subordinate's martial arts skills can't be compared with yours, young master."

Yang Qi waved his hand and encouraged him: "Keep working hard, there will be more important tasks for you in the future. Go on."

When it comes to Yang Qi's martial arts, Yang Qi is obviously a little unnatural.

Because of the dark sky, Peng Pai did not see the change in Yang Qi's face.

"The subordinates will retire first."

Peng Pai cupped his hands at Yang Qi, and kicked each of Yang Shun's three little guys on the buttocks.

"Take your knives and follow me."

The three little guys picked up the knife, cupped their hands at Yang Qi, followed behind Peng Pai, and left in despair.

"Hey~"

When only Yang Qi was left at the gate of the building.

He let out a long sigh.

When Peng Pai mentioned his martial arts just now, he remembered Fahai's old advice.

(End of this chapter)