Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 690
Chapter One and Three
"Heaven sends a great mission to the people of Sri Lanka, and they must first suffer from their will, exhaust their muscles and bones, and starve their bodies and skins!"

Li Shimin's ambition is extremely tenacious.Ever since he became the general manager of Bingzhou University, Li Shimin has devoted himself to training the new army. Of course, the name is still Xuanjia cavalry, and the number is still more than [-].In Taiyuan in September, the sun is still scorching hot, the earth seems to be cracked, and the autumn tiger is rampant, which makes people unable to lift their spirits.

Dozens of instructors in Hou Junji were holding a bamboo whip as thick as a thumb, and they were wandering around in the phalanx that was being practiced under the scorching sun with malicious intentions. If they saw any movement that was not standardized, they would be whipped, and they would be punished. If the beating is unbearable and the pain is unbearable, if you snort or rub it with your hands, you will immediately receive a heavier whip.

Thousands of soldiers, holding shields in one hand and spears in the other, stood upright against the scorching sun, motionless, letting the sweat slip off their faces like broken beads.For the pikemen, the shields weighing more than ten kilograms were purely redundant, but Li Shimin felt that it was very necessary to have shields.The pikemen are the nemesis of the light cavalry. Once the pikemen are formed, even the most elite cavalry can only fight for casualties and exchange lives with the pikemen.

Li Shimin discovered that, in fact, the armor of the Hooked Lancers under Chen Ying's command was not necessarily as strong as that of the Xuanjia Cavalry, but in terms of combat effectiveness, the Xuanjia Cavalry really couldn't catch up.Of course, after careful analysis, Li Shimin found that the biggest difference between the Xuanjia Cavalry and the Hook and Sickle Cavalry is two, one is discipline, and the other is an extra shield.Shields are really not a big deal to Li Shimin.Taiyuan City can also be regarded as Li Shimin's hometown, and it is easy to get thousands of shields.

As long as the pikemen are allowed to hold the shields, the Turkic cavalry will be very uncomfortable when facing the pikemen.Although this shield is no more than six feet long and three feet wide, it can protect most of the pikemen's vital points.

From time to time, Hou Junji corrected the officers and men whose movements were irregular, and those who were disobedient would be dealt with.However, under Hou Junji's training, the discipline of the soldiers of the new army has been greatly improved.

These wooden spears are very envious of the robes next to them, who are practicing assassination.

Although assassination training consumes more energy, anyone who has stood in a military posture knows that relatively speaking, they are more willing to practice stabbing.

Beside this phalanx, a phalanx also composed of pikemen was holding long spears. Following the officer's command, they stabbed at the wooden stakes in front of them shaking around again and again. After repeating it no less than two hundred times, I was so tired that I could barely lift my arms, but the damn instructor still didn't have the slightest intention to stop everyone. They had to treat themselves as an unconscious robot. When the password sounded, even if it was If you fall asleep, you will also shoot out like a counter-test!
Presumably those guys who are exhausted are very envious of the group of wooden people who can stand there motionless?Of course, the wooden man also envied them very much, it was really uncomfortable to be so motionless.

Duan Zhixuan trained Xuanjia cavalry according to the method left by Zhai Changsun.In order to exercise his courage against the cavalry soldiers, some of his soldiers lined up and shot arrows at the Xuanjia cavalry with a bow and crossbow.

Of course, these arrowheads were all taken down, but the force of the crossbow is very strong. Even if there is no arrowhead, once it hits the face or a vital part, it will still cause certain casualties.

However, in order to train Chen Ying's iron-blooded army who can grit his teeth and endure huge casualties, and charge against the enemy's dense arrow rain, Li Shimin still strictly trains soldiers according to this method.

After more than eight months of training, the new Xuanjia iron cavalry has already formed an army, but the Turkic people have not moved, which makes Li Shimin feel lonely.

It was Li Shimin's idea to take the initiative to attack the Turks.He sent seven memorials to Li Yuan in succession, but Li Yuan's replies were all the same, so please be patient.

In fact, Datang is now fighting against the Tibetans in Ganzhou and Suzhou, and the Western Turks and the Western Regions are also eyeing each other. Li Yuan doesn't want to start a war with the Eastern Turks at all.

Even if he encounters a small-scale Turkic cavalry attack, he still avoids fighting.

Even though Li Shimin was reluctant, there was nothing he could do.Training soldiers every day made Li Shimin feel that one head is bigger than two.

At this moment, Li Shimin said to his eldest grandson Wuji, "Wuji, come out with me!"

The sun in the sky is scorching, and the wind in the air is hot and dry.However, the folk husbands in Taiyuan are very happy, because September is also the harvest season.

In the sweltering heat and unbearable weather, countless farmers are waving sickles in the fields bare-chested, harvesting wheat quickly. The sun makes their skin red and even burst. Their work must be very hard, but Everyone is full of energy, and their thin bodies seem to have endless energy. Acre after acre is cut fiercely, and the wheat is tied into bundles, and then quickly put on the bullock cart and pulled to the wheat field for threshing.

Due to Chen Ying's reasons, fertilizers began to be promoted, and Li Yuan ordered farmers from all over the country to use additional fertilizers. Although the output of phosphate fertilizers was too small, it was basically monopolized by major families.But generally still get a lot of fertilizer use.These fertilizers are basically organic fertilizers.It is a kind of fertilizer made by mixing various animals, plants, various orange stalks, fallen leaves, grass, animal and plant residues, and human and animal manure in proportion to each other or with a small amount of soil for aerobic fermentation and decomposing.

This kind of fertilizer is also fermented by clearing the silt in the ditches and a lot of fallen leaves.Through the fertilization of the field, the crop yield in the field has been greatly increased. Originally, one acre of land can harvest one stone and five buckets, which is considered high yield.But now, even if it is a low-grade rough field, through fertilization, it can still harvest three stones, especially the high-quality mature fields, and the yield per mu of some fields has exceeded four stones and five buckets.Farmers are not afraid of hard work, and their hard work has been rewarded. Is there anything more gratifying than this?

A small group of knights came galloping, and the farmers who were working in the fields shouted: "His Royal Highness is coming!" Everyone stopped their work and looked to the side of the road, only to see a general in Tsing Yi riding a tall horse with a A group of fierce soldiers galloped straight to the field.

When he came to the edge of the field, Li Shimin jumped off his horse and jumped into the field. An old farmer was taken aback and went up to him and shouted, "His Royal Highness, this is impossible! The field is dirty, don't stain your boots!"

Li Shimin smiled slightly and said: "The boots are dirty, just go back and wash them... I'm here to see the harvest in the field. How is it? Is the harvest okay?"

The farmers ran over excitedly and said excitedly: "His Royal Highness, chemical fertilizers are very useful, and the harvest is too scary! One mu of land yielded two or three stones!"

Changsun Wuji walked up to a pile of cut wheat, reached out and grabbed an ear of wheat, weighed it in his hand, and shook his head at Li Shimin.

He has been to Chen Ying's experimental field in Qinglin, the wheat ears there are completely larger than those here.Li Shimin looked at the old farmer and asked, "How many stones is it?"

"Less talk is three stones, more is four stones and five buckets! My God, grasslanders have dealt with crops all their lives, and they have never seen such a good harvest!" The old farmer smiled.

Li Shimin frowned, squatted down and pulled up a piece of unharvested wheat. He didn't mind the fact that it was covered with dirt, and carefully observed the root system of the wheat. He looked at the root system of the wheat and turned to Zhangsun Wuji, saying: Bogey, did you find the problem?"

Changsun Wuji nodded.

All the peasants looked at Qin Wang Li Shimin anxiously. Li Shimin was the son of the emperor's old man. When these peasants saw the county magistrate, they felt that he was a big man, and they might not have a word with them.

As for Li Shimin, that is too big.

Changsun Wuji said: "Compost is still not as good as chemical fertilizer!"

Li Shimin is a person who is very good at learning. He experimented with Chen Ying's Qinglin, and he was particularly impressed by the yield.Chen Ying actually adopts a circular breeding system in Qinglin, where cows and horses are raised with green grass, and the excrement of cows and horses is added with feed to raise pigs, and the pig manure can be thrown into fish ponds to raise fish and shrimp.Moreover, wheat straw and sorghum stalks do not need to be burned, and can be used to feed cattle and sheep.

In this way, what farmers have increased is not only grain, but also livestock.He copied Chen Ying's method, made farm tools, led soldiers and farmers to repair ditches, and used water drainage trucks to combat drought. Finally, it was the harvest season, so of course he wanted to come and have a look.

The harvest of wheat has improved a lot. A large number of waterwheels, bamboo canals and irrigation wells have provided sufficient water for the wheat fields. The harvest of many wheat fields has reached more than three stones, and some fertile fields have even reached four stones and five buckets, which is quite rare.

But Li Shimin was not very satisfied with the harvest. After seeing several fields like this, Li Shimin couldn't help frowning and said, "The yield is much worse than I expected. The yield in Qinglin is generally more than four stones." , with the same seeds and the same technology, why is there such a difference in yield?"

Changsun Wuji said with a smile, "We don't have enough fertilizer, so the yield is certainly not as good as that over there. If there is enough fertilizer, it's hard not to have a good harvest."

Li Shimin sighed: "Oh, fertilizer!"

He knew that the farmers could not be blamed for this. In order to increase the yield, the farmers used all available methods, such as accumulating manure, retting manure, picking up manure, and even dug up the silt in the pond and put it into the field, but the fertility still could not keep up. .In the Taiyuan Basin, there are dozens of fields, and there are a large number of vegetables and fruits on the shallow mountains. Everything needs fertilizer. Even if they cut all the vegetation on the mountains and burned them into plant ash, it would not be enough.

Li Shimin clapped his hands and said, "It seems that if you want a good harvest, you need to raise more chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep!"

Changsun Wuji said: "Especially cattle, we must raise more. There are so many fields, without cattle, we can't be busy at all!"

Li Shimin said: "It's too slow to raise cattle. It's best if the Turkic people can come. Let's fight a battle and grab some cattle and sheep. The people in Hedong will have a better life!"

At this time, Li Shimin was commanding more than 24 elite troops of the left and right guards and the left and right siyu of the East Palace, as well as more than 10 troops of the Xuanjia Cavalry he newly formed, and [-] soldiers from the Zhechong Mansion of the Bingzhou Governor's Mansion. As many as [-] horses.

It also survived a bumper harvest this year, otherwise it might not be able to afford it.

At this moment, Changsun Wuji suddenly pushed Li Shimin: "His Royal Highness King Qin, His Royal Highness King Qin, three smokes!"

Duyan belongs to Ping Anyan, which is exactly what is written in the poem, the lonely smoke in the desert is straight, and the long river falls into the sun.Two puffs of wolf smoke represent an enemy attack, but the scale must be below [-].

That means calling for support.

But the three wolves are different.This represents a massive force attack.

Li Shimin had been waiting for the Turks to attack for a long time. In fact, after the new army was trained, he had long wanted to find the Turks to train.After finally waiting for the Turks to attack, instead of being afraid, Li Shimin shouted excitedly, "Good job!"

Li Shimin ran like flying, quickly flew to the front of the horse, jumped up, and rode the horse towards the barracks.

However, the three beacons followed one beacon after another, and spread the news of the East Turkic attack to Chang'an. Li Yuan hurriedly called all the ministers to discuss the matter.

(End of this chapter)