God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

Chapter 352

……

Unlike Yuan Shao, who was wealthy, sharpened his sword, and was ready to fight.

At this time, Gongsun Zan was relatively calm.

Gongsun Zan has experienced too many wars. He has been fighting with the barbarians outside the Great Wall all year round. He has become quite calm about wars.

As for preparations before the war, Gongsun Zan could not do much.

Patrolling the camp where he was stationed, checking the status of the soldiers and the preparation of weapons and equipment, all Gongsun Zan could do was to learn as much as possible about everything his side had, and then use it to win the war.

"General, you have started patrolling the camp again."

Gongsun Zan couldn't help but turn his head and look over when he heard the sighs next to him, and then said with a smile, "Yan Gang, how are the local soldiers doing? Are you ready?"

"Don't worry, General, as always, we are always ready." Yan Gang patted his chest, full of confidence and pride at this moment.

Gongsun Zan looked at this scene and nodded with satisfaction, then patted Yan Gang on the shoulder and said with satisfaction, "Let's go on a tour of the camp together."

Yan Gang did not refuse, nodded, and followed Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan walked along the road to the camp and gradually watched these soldiers who belonged to him. From time to time, he went up to ask.

"Yan Gang, what's the situation in the military camp now?" Gongsun Zan stopped and looked sideways at Yan Gang and asked.

Yan Gang walked next to Gongsun Zan, glanced at Gongsun Zan, then thought for a moment, and said calmly, "General, the soldiers' emotions are relatively stable, there is nothing serious, and as long as there is food, the problem is not big. "

Gongsun Zan nodded with satisfaction and asked casually, "How are the preparations for the ordnance?"

Faced with this problem, Yan Gang changed his attitude just now, with a trace of sadness on his face, and then said, "General, I'm afraid this will be difficult to handle. We don't have that much ordnance at all. We can guarantee that every soldier has a weapon. It’s not easy.”

Gongsun Zan nodded after hearing this, indicating that he understood, and sighed involuntarily.

Youzhou was already very poor. Even after Liu Yu's governance, it was able to achieve self-sufficiency, but in terms of ordnance, don't think too much about it.

Liu Yu was not originally a militant, but an educationalist.

If he hadn't sent an envoy to Jizhou for discussion, but was directly destroyed by Yuan Shao, let alone providing food as now, it would have been good if he didn't hold back Gongsun Zan.

What's more, Liu Yu, whose principle is to govern the local area, would not produce ordnance at all.

And Gongsun Zan really doesn't know how to play with these things. Even if he wants to have someone make it, there is nothing he can do.

Even if some people are found to make it, it can be considered a drop in the bucket for the army.

"How are the ordnance preparations for Baima Yicong?" Gongsun Zan thought about the most elite troops under his command and couldn't help but ask Yan Gang who was standing aside.

Yan Gang smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said bitterly, "Although every soldier has leather armor, sabers, and short bows, there are too few arrows. No matter how hard we press, every soldier can only get two." Ten is already pretty good.”

Gongsun Zan was a little stunned after hearing this, and then he realized that this was a normal situation.

Twenty arrows, not even half a quiver, which is quite scary, but this is the norm in the frontier.As a cavalry that mainly focuses on riding and shooting, supplemented by close combat, the soldiers of Baima Yicong naturally possess superb riding and archery skills.

But it's useless. No matter how skilled you are, there is nothing you can do when faced with no arrows to use.

Leading the cavalry and holding the saber to kill people sounds very powerful, but if there were arrows, would Gongsun Zan choose this method to eliminate the barbarians?

Every battle involves wandering between life and death, isn't it because there is no other way?

Compared with arrows used once in actual combat, it is difficult to guarantee whether they can be used a second time, resulting in large-scale consumption.

If you use a saber to go up and chop people, the damage caused will be much less. At least if the saber is blunt, you can just sharpen it again.

When the arrow is launched and hits someone else or the ground, whether it can be recovered is another matter.

Therefore, being poor and having no choice, Gongsun Zan could only choose to get money through various channels to maintain his huge army, including selling horses from the grassland barbarians, various cattle, horses, and sheep.

As long as someone dares to collect these things and pays a price, unless they are in a state of war, Gongsun Zan will basically sell them. The money from the sales will be used to maintain the army on the one hand and purchase ordnance on the other hand.

Not only should every soldier have leather armor, but at least every soldier should have weapons that can kill the enemy.

"Twenty arrows? Okay, that's quite enough. At least it's enough." After hearing the specific number, Gongsun Zan nodded slowly.

Regarding this aspect, Gongsun Zan never had high expectations. If he had arrows, he would use them. If he didn't, he would forget about them.

War doesn't come only when preparations are complete. There is a way to fight with sufficient weapons and weapons. If there are no weapons, wouldn't it be fought?

Once the war starts, who cares about you? Gongsun Zan doesn't mind anyway. Wouldn't he stop fighting without these?
Yan Gang looked at Gongsun Zan's familiar face and couldn't help but feel relieved. At least the general was still the same as before, so everything was fine.

Yan Gang carefully recalled the previous battle scenes, and finally nodded slowly.

It seems that this is really the case, even if there are only twenty arrows, it is a sufficient gesture that cannot be compared before.

Even if he couldn't even fill Baima Yicong's quiver, or even half of it, he couldn't deny that this war was indeed the richest time.

"According to this weather, the ice and snow will melt soon. It won't be long before the war begins." Yan Gang looked at the sky and said with emotion.

When Gongsun Zan heard this, he also looked up at the sky. He didn't see anything strange in the sky, and then shook his head.

"Fight sooner or later and sooner or later, Yuan Benchu ​​cannot refuse the ambition in his heart. It's a pity that some things cannot be decided by more soldiers." Gongsun Zan said casually.

After hearing this, Yan Gang could only shake his head and pretend that he heard nothing.

After all, Gongsun Zan is the general of Zhenbei. There is no problem in directly commenting on Yuan Shao, but he is not strict.

The same words also dispelled the uneasiness in Yan Gang's heart.

General Gongsun still has the same absolute trust in himself as he once did, and Yan Gang also has the same trust in himself, or in other words, has absolute trust in Baima Yicong.

(End of this chapter)