The Infinite Heavens Run Away

Chapter 251 7.7 Troubled Affairs Army Training
Chapter 7 I forged the soul of Han in the Three Kingdoms
7.7 Troubled affairs and military training

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"Ming Gong handled the affairs of the county soldiers so neatly, which is quite unique." After the military affairs were arranged, Deng Feng directly left Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and Wang Yue's 10 apprentices, and took the remaining people and 8 The little ghost returned to the prefect's mansion.

As soon as he arrived in the lobby, Chen Gong said to Deng Feng with a strange expression.

"Are you worried?" Deng Feng asked with a smile.

"Anyone who can be a captain must have his own power behind him. Duke Ming killed him too hastily." Chen Gong sighed and said it anyway.

"I don't have time to grind my teeth with them. If it's the court, don't worry, my path is far beyond your imagination; if you say someone wants my life, don't worry, I will let them never come back. Not going."

Since Deng Feng dared to take action, he must have already thought of arrangements.

"In that case, Gong Duo said." Chen Gong nodded to express his understanding, "Recruiting troops is easy, 1000 infantry only takes three to five days.

The cavalry is a lot of trouble. I'm afraid it will take half a month to assemble 500 cavalry. These are nothing, but Ming Gong needs to arrange some manpower to assist. "

"Wang Yue still has five apprentices. I'll give you three."

"It's much more troublesome to contact the local aristocratic families. The palace will arrange it personally. If you want to collect 1000 war horses and matching equipment and weapons, one month will definitely not be enough."

"Okay, I'll give you full authority on this, as long as you get the job done."

"We still lack food and grass, so we have to contact the family."

"No problem, but don't leave it to one family, no matter how good the conditions they offer are."

"Don't worry, Ming Gong, Ming Gong will save you." Chen Gong breathed a sigh of relief, "I just hope Ming Gong recruits a few more literati, otherwise Gong alone may miss Ming Gong's important events."

"Do you have any classmates or friends in the public broadcaster? Don't worry, I still have a lot of positions in my hands and I won't treat them badly." Deng Feng thought of the original work of "Three Kingdoms", where recruiting one person can lead to a series of things.

"This——Ming Gong forgives me, Gong is ashamed!" Chen Gong refused with a red face.

"Huh?" Deng Feng didn't understand at first, but then he thought about it.

In the original work, Chen Gong has always been a loner and the only counselor under Lu Bu. It seems that his bad temper is not only disliked by the bosses of all parties, but also by ordinary people, so that he does not even have a close friend.

"Forget it, you first need to find a few people from the local area who are of decent ability. Even if they can't work alone, they can still be your assistants."

"Thank you Ming Gong for your understanding!"

"Don't worry about money. How much timely reporting should be done? We are just starting now. The most important thing is to have our own power. As long as things are done, we don't have to worry about any financial losses.

When we stand firm, we can earn it back at any time. "Deng Feng added.

"Don't worry, Ming Gong, I will save you." Chen Gong saluted and turned to leave.

"Girl Ling, have you finished writing?" Watching Chen Gong go out, Deng Feng turned around and asked inside.

"Master, please take a look." Cheng Lingsu came out and handed two pieces of valuable-looking silk to Deng Feng.

"Very good -" Deng Feng read the content and nodded with satisfaction, "I will send someone to deliver it right away."

These two copies were actually the recruitment orders that Deng Feng asked Queen He when he arrived.

At first Deng Feng didn't pay much attention to it, but when he got it, he discovered that the ten recruitment orders were all made of bright yellow silk. They were about two feet long and one foot wide. They were thick and durable. The material alone was very valuable.

Only then did Deng Feng realize that the main writing medium in the late Eastern Han Dynasty was still bamboo slips or wooden slips. If they were high-end documents, they were usually made of expensive silk.

Forget it, but Deng Feng currently only has one senior civil servant, Chen Gong, and the rest are not on the stage at all.There are five people in the family, but only Cheng Lingsu is good at calligraphy. Deng Feng received a modern education and has very low requirements for calligraphy, let alone brush calligraphy.

Xiao Zhao grew up with Deng Feng, and had no problem with writing and reading, but not much; Xiao Longnu only knew how to read and write, not even mentioning calligraphy.

The little fox has been educated in a private school since she was a child. The problem is that the education she received was mainly for the imperial examination. But she is a girl who just wants to study, and she has no interest in practicing calligraphy.

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the fonts were mainly official script, and running script was also used, but not much. Cheng Lingsu was the only one in the family who could write. Deng Feng could not find anyone to help him for the time being, so he could only let her serve as secretary.

One of the two recruitment orders was issued to our "White Horse Silver Spear Zhao Zilong". At this time, he was barely an adult, and he was probably still following his master. It can only be said to be a chance. If he had already left the army, he would be here. .

If not, then see if there are any useful talents in his family. If so, recruit them so that you don’t have to worry about not being able to come to him when he starts training.

The second one is for Tian Feng Yuanhao, who has the same problem as Chen Gong. He has outstanding abilities and temperament, and he is from an average background. It’s just a good time to see if he can recruit him. Deng Feng currently has too few civil servants, and Chen Gong It's really too busy.

"It's good if you don't dislike it, young master." Cheng Lingsu smiled gently.

"Come here!" Deng Feng called Wang Yue in and handed over the two recruitment orders. "You happen to have two apprentices at home, one for each. Try to recruit these two people over; if you fail, take a closer look. Are there any available talents?”

"Yes, Lord!" Wang Yue said nothing, took the recruitment order and went out.

"Sir, are we too impatient?" Cheng Lingsu said with some distress as he watched Deng Feng collapse on the couch with a sigh of relief.

The furniture of this era is also different from that of later generations. The things you sit on are called "couches", which can be large or small. The more high-end goods are, the larger they are. The more high-status people use them, the more exaggerated the size.

For example, the one used by Deng Feng is actually one size larger than the actual single bed, but its purpose is for one person to sit on.

Of course, it’s not impossible to lie down if you want. You can only do it when there is no one around. It is very rude to lie down in front of others. The normal way is to "kneel down". Today's sitting cross-legged is called "sitting in a daze" at that time. The same It's very disrespectful.

"There is no way!" Deng Feng was also helpless, "Relying on our strength alone, we can probably kill any one of the three immortals by encirclement and killing. The problem is that we have no intelligence source and there is no way to confirm their location.

Even if I see one occasionally, I can't guarantee whether there are other ambushes. If the two of them attack at the same time, I can't guarantee whether you will be hurt. I don't want anything to happen that I will regret for the rest of my life. "

"Don't worry, young master, the sisters are actually not bad in strength, at least compared to most masters of this era. Wang Yue is known as the number one master in the capital, but his strength is only innate and perfect, and it comes at the expense of his body. We have just reached it. Even if there are differences between other generals at all levels, they cannot be higher than us. In such a general environment, even if the "Three Immortals of the Late Han Dynasty" are very outstanding, the upper limit will not be too high.

We are all already at the Golden Core level now, and it has long been stable. Even if we are one-on-one, our difference is probably just a little bit of skill. "Cheng Lingsu is very confident in this mission.

"There is a saying, 'A red heart, two hands prepared'. It is better to be useless in the future than to fall into trouble due to mistakes.

In this damn place, if you are not careful, your life will be lost. I am not afraid of death, but I will never allow myself to watch my lover die before I die, and there is nothing I can do! "For the sake of his family and lover, Deng Feng doesn't want to take even a little risk.

"Thank you, sir." Cheng Lingsu smiled sweetly and gently laid her head on Deng Feng's chest.

"Forget it, I don't want to have all these things." Deng Feng hugged Cheng Lingsu tightly, turned over and pressed on the couch, "Just then I remembered a realistic saying, the secretary has something to do, and it's okay hehehehe."

"Sir, I still have a lot of work to do." Cheng Lingsu refused with a blushing face.

"If I say no, I won't." Deng Feng closed the door remotely and said, "Be good!"

"Young master, I don't want it, ugh——"

In the next more than a month, the entire prefect's mansion was busy.

First of all, in terms of military personnel, whether it is Zhang Liao or Gao Shun, it is not a big deal to be responsible for the training and management of this personnel. The problem is that recruitment takes time, and the recruitment standards set by Deng Feng can be said to be very high according to this era.

Height should be over 23 feet 16 (Han ruler, one foot is about 25 centimeters), and should be between [-] and [-] years old. The body should look strong and strong. You don’t want to be too thin or too fat. Your face must look normal, as it is too ugly. No, don't look like a good person.

Moreover, they must be from good families who know their roots well. Those with unknown origins are not allowed, and those who are alone are not allowed.

After so many conditions, the recruitment speed was much slower than Deng Feng and Chen Gong expected. It took more than half a month to recruit the infantry alone. It was already a month and a half later when the cavalry was gathered, and it was only 500. people.

Second is the equipment aspect.According to the opinions of Chen Gong, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun, the equipment originally left in the military camp could be used, but Deng Feng looked down upon it.He is not going to make the arms too complicated, he just wants a few simple arms to solve it.

The first is the melee type, which is enough to have spearmen, and it is not the heavy spears or long spears that are still widely used in this era, but the later spears with a total length of about nine feet to one foot, that is, 2.1- —2.3 meters.

The spearhead was designed by Deng Feng. The blade is one foot and a half long (about 35 centimeters), roughly in the shape of a sword, with a sleeve at the end. A chisel blade about half a foot long is reinforced at the joint between the sleeve and the spear blade to prevent assassination. Excessive, it can also be used as a way of attack when necessary.

The casing is connected to a long wooden pole, which can be used by both infantry and cavalry.

The second is the long-range arms. Deng Feng only plans to keep the crossbowmen and eliminate the archers, because the training of the latter requires too much time and talent.As for the production of crossbows, Deng Feng plans to use iron-tied bow technology, using fine iron or steel to solve the problem.

The third armor is a Han Dynasty-style half-length armor with the hem covering the middle of the thigh. It is made of leather and has rivets to fix the metal guards. However, there are only steel guards above the waist and under the armpits to reduce weight. .

A modern style "armed belt" has been added, which is also common to infantry and cavalry.In wartime, unless a soldier is unlucky enough to be hit in the shoulder, neck, or face, there is basically no need to worry about enemy archers.

Again, regarding the governance of the entire Shangdang County, Deng Feng did not ask anything about it and left all the power to Chen Gong. For this reason, Master Chen recruited more than 10 talented people from poor families and frustrated in a short period of time to form the prefect. The government's specialized civil service agency also handed over all matters related to the army. Soldier recruitment was handed over to Wang Yue's three apprentices, equipment issues were handed over to Deng Feng, and the person in charge of financial management was Cheng Lingsu, who will definitely be handed over to others in the future. of.

Finally, there is industrial production. This was mentioned by Deng Feng. Modern people all know a basic common sense that without industry, there will be no development.The problem is that throughout China's feudal era, the policy of "emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business" was always adopted, and little attention was paid to craftsmen.

Deng Feng actually didn't know how to develop industry, but he knew the most basic principle, which was the advantage of scale. To this end, he summoned about 20 blacksmiths and their apprentices from Shangdang County in the form of an administrative order.

The total number of people was about 100. They set up an iron workshop in a small valley outside the county. The reason why they chose this place was because there was a small coal mine here. The reason for the discovery was that people nearby had been using it for many years, but no one knew it. They didn’t know what it was, but it was better than burning firewood, so they used it.

With the staff and money, Deng Feng and the blacksmiths built the blast furnace in less than a month. When the first furnace of thousands of kilograms of molten iron came out, all the blacksmiths knelt down in front of Deng Feng.This blast furnace really took time, and what comes out is not garbage, but genuine pig iron. Deng Feng has been using it in the world of "Heroes" for more than ten years.

If such a product were modern, it would be defective, but in this era, it is high-quality iron.After the pig iron comes out, coke is used as energy source using indigenous methods. Limestone is specially added to desulfurize and dephosphorize, and the stirring method is used to decarburize, and finally wrought iron is produced.Now that we have pig iron and wrought iron, steel is very easy to handle.

After more than a month, Deng Feng used the "casting" method to produce weapons, and easily equipped all the infantry and cavalry with spears and helmets.In fact, it is to design a standard model, then make a basic blank in the form of casting, and finally, with a little forging, the finished product will be of good quality.

Of course, this is based on good materials, especially the spear, which is simpler. The most important thing is that it is produced in this way, the cost is less than half of that of direct forging, and the labor time is more than [-]%.

The helmet is a two-piece piece. The left and right halves are cast and processed separately, and then fixed with a leather base and rivets in the middle. It is an iron helmet that everyone has. It is definitely not as good as the overall defense, but the cost is reduced by [-]%, and the labor hours are reduced by [-]%. shortened by nearly [-]%.The armor is more troublesome. The rectangular blades use an animal-powered punch to directly impact the steel and then fix it on the leather base material. It is a steel plate armor that is far ahead of this era.

All weapons and equipment were finally painted with black paint, which was beautiful and elegant - the Han Dynasty promoted fire virtues and emphasized red. The army's equipment was mainly red, but it mainly refers to military uniforms, and it was not bright red. Deng Feng arranged The military uniforms are naturally the original Eastern Han Dynasty standard. Changing the shape of military equipment at will will be regarded as treason, but there is no problem if the weapons and armor are painted black.

Finally, there is personnel training, which also adopts a modern-style "standardized" training model, but it does not abandon the training methods of this era, but standardizes and institutionalizes these training methods, and uses modern concepts as an aid to finally complete the training.

Infantry training mainly involves the "pace training" proposed by Deng Feng, which is actually walking and running. There is no requirement for forward walking because it is not necessary.Use these two kinds of training to control the discipline specified by Deng Feng's simplified modern military regulations.

In line with the formations and changes of this era, Wang Yue assisted Deng Feng in designing assassination training, coupled with appropriate physical training. Just three months later, Chen Gong personally praised the infantry trained by Gao Shun, calling him "the former champion Hou". A great soldier is nothing more than this."

The cavalryman Deng Feng didn't understand, Zhang Liao was the expert, but Deng Feng still gave the famous modern cavalry tactics based on later generations' data - the Phalanx "Wall Charge". All the cavalry originally recruited had a basic equestrian foundation.

The war horse is a high-quality prairie war horse obtained by Chen Gong through the Ding family, the Ding family that later served as governor of Bingzhou, Ding Yuan. The equipment is double-sided metal stirrups and a high-bridge saddle directly "brought" by Deng Feng. Professional semi-circular horseshoe.

After the final training was completed, when 500 cavalrymen charged fiercely in three dense rows with spears in hand, even Zhang Liao, a cavalry expert who had been a cavalryman for several years, participated in dozens of battles, and was awarded the title of garrison commander for his merits, felt that My heart throbbed.

To put it bluntly, these 1000 infantry and 500 cavalry have all completed preliminary training. As long as they continue to strengthen their training for a period of time, they will become the most fierce elite soldiers of this era!
The only problem is that Deng Feng still hasn't solved the problem of long-range firepower.

At the beginning, he definitely wanted to use the former Musketeers. The problem was that when he came up with the propellant according to the optimal ratio tested in the world of "Heroes", he found that these things could only burn violently and nothing would happen. Blasting, no matter how much quantity is used or how tight the pressure is, it will not work.

Chen Gong was very pleasantly surprised by this, thinking that this thing was a magical weapon for fire and water warfare, but Deng Feng looked at the sky helplessly. This world based on aura and martial arts obviously rejected scientific elements.

If the musket fails, then use the steel crossbow.Then I discovered that the ancient iron-tied bow was a very complicated process and could not be mass-produced. However, it was easy to get someone a five-stone bow or something like that.

Deng Feng had no choice but to simplify and standardize based on this, and finally came up with the crossbow arm. However, it was too heavy due to the metal material. A standard infantry crossbow with a range of 100 steps weighs a little more than 5 kilograms according to modern standards.

At the same time, if you rely solely on arm strength to fire, a person who can shoot ten times is considered an absolute elite. Therefore, Deng Feng improved it into a waist-open crossbow. With the help of waist strength to load the arrow, any crossbow soldier can easily fire more than 30 times.

Finally, a cavalry crossbow with a range of about 40 steps was produced in a scaled-down form, and the weight was more than 3 kilograms. It is planned to give one to all cavalry in the future.

However, these two things have just been produced, and crossbow arms can only be made by outstanding blacksmiths who have already left the army. Even if they are produced according to the fastest standards, 300 infantry crossbowmen and 600 cavalry crossbows, there will be no use at all within half a year, mainly because of the excellent ones. There are too few blacksmiths.

In desperation, Deng Feng could only let them get 300 infantry crossbows first, and the cavalry could be used as melee lancers for the time being.

PS: The color and style of military uniforms in the Eastern Han Dynasty are controversial, and it is hard to say about the armor, so I will simplify it here.

(End of this chapter)