A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 85
On February 25th, the ninth year of Chongzhen.

In the afternoon, at the teaching ground in Shun Township Fort.

Wu Zhengchun raised his gun sideways and made an attacking posture.

His dark and thin face was fixed on the human-shaped wooden handle twenty steps away, his eyes were full of sharpness.

Suddenly he shouted loudly and charged forward with his gun.

"kill!"

Rushing forward, the spear in his hand pierced out like lightning!
"Puchi!" With a sound, the spear in his hand stabbed the wooden handle's throat.

Around the handle of the gun, a wooden ball has appeared on the tip of his gun.

Looking at the wooden ball on the tip of the gun, Wu Zhengchun was full of emotion, and he scored seven out of nine stabs. This is considered a superior skill in the future sergeant skills test, right?
Thinking of my own hard work during these times, even in the middle of winter, I still refused to give up every day, practiced hard day and night, and finally achieved this result. Presumably the defense master will be pleased to comfort myself after seeing this change!

But I can't slack off, I heard that my old opponent Shen Shiqi also has the skill of nine stabs and seven hits, I still have to work hard to suppress him!
Thinking of this, a trace of determination flashed in Wu Zhengchun's eyes, and the shrinking cowardice in the past seemed to be completely gone!
"Really good!"

A soft voice sounded next to him, the person who spoke was a young Ming soldier in his early twenties, wearing a leather jacket, with a round face, fair appearance, and a badge on his waist, which showed his identity: Zhong Xiancai, the commander of the first team of the first team of the left sentry team of the Shunxiang Army.

With a bang, Wu Zhengchun cupped his fists against his gun and said loudly, "Thank you, Chief Zhong Jia, for your praise!"

Chief Zhong Jia in front of him looks very young and gentle, but in the entire Shun Township Army, no one dares to underestimate this young leader!He is the ace firearms player of the Shunxiang Army, and he has a very high talent in shooting. He once set an excellent record of [-] out of [-] hits!

Zhong Xiancai is now the captain of Squad A, and also the deputy of Team A. If the captain dies in battle or is transferred away, he will take over as the captain at will.

Zhong Xiancai said: "Sergeant Wu, work hard, I am optimistic about you!"

Wu Zhengchun nodded gratefully. Now everyone in the team knew the news that Wu Zhengchun was going to compete with Shen Shiqi, and also knew Wang Dou's encouragement to Wu Zhengchun that day.Originally, with Wu Zhengchun's temperament in the past, no one looked down on him, but his recent efforts have won unanimous praise from the brothers in the team.

It's about the honor of the Zuojiao team, and everyone has expressed concern about the future competition between Wu Zhengchun and Shen Shiqi!
"Boy, it's not bad. Nine thorns and seven hits. It seems that after the assessment, you must be a top-ranking sergeant. In the future, you can be on an equal footing with me!"

Xie Shangbiao, the captain of the Left Sentinel Team A, walked over with strides. He was 30 years old and tall. He was honored to be a captain.

He came laughing, followed by two tall guards, both of them were stout, and they looked good at it!
His thick palm patted Wu Zhengchun's shoulder heavily: "Boy, be more aggressive, don't lose face to our Left Sentinel Team A!"

The sergeant of Team A who was training next to him also cast friendly glances, and many people shouted at Wu Zhengchun: "Wu Zhengchun, come on!"

Wu Zhengchun nodded heavily!

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In the evening, the soldiers of the Shunxiang Army returned to their barracks from the teaching ground, washed their hands and faces, and prepared to eat.

The barracks and horse shops of Shunxiang Fort are located in the northwest of the fort. The barracks are divided into two large areas, one is the left-post camp and the other is the right-post camp.

Each team has a row of barracks with more than [-] people, and each armor has a large room. Inside is a kang, which is hot in winter, and it is enough for the soldiers to survive the cold winter.There are two latrines and two wells at each post to keep the barracks clean.

In each room, there is a weapon rack on one side, where everyone's weapons are placed, and on the wall, the internal affairs regulations are pasted. Even if the soldiers are illiterate, they must memorize the regulations by heart.The army draws their backs regularly, and every time they recite a wrong sentence, the sergeant will be hit with five sticks, and the armor commander will be hit with ten sticks.

In each sentry, there is a big kitchen, which is quite large enough to accommodate more than 200 officers and soldiers in the whole sentry to eat and drink.After washing his hands and face, the bell for eating had already sounded. Wu Zhengchun picked up his bowl and chopsticks, and under the leadership of Jia Chang Zhong Xiancai, he lined up to the kitchen.

According to the regulations of the Shun Township Army, in the morning and evening, sergeants can eat miscellaneous grains, rice, steamed buns and pancakes, plus vegetable soup, but they must not be wasted.There are two taels of meat per person for one meal at noon.

Tonight is to eat black-faced steamed buns. Everyone has been training all afternoon, and they are all hungry. Everyone queues up tightly. Everyone gets a few steamed buns and a bowl of vegetable soup. Eat up.

After a quiet chewing sound, the kitchen regained its vitality. Everyone started joking, talking about the training on the field, and the martial arts assessment for soldiers in a few days.

Wu Zhengchun was sitting with himself and Brother A, surrounded by sergeants from Team A. Suddenly his eyes turned cold, and a few sergeants came across from him. All of them were tall and full of flesh. Shen Shiqi, his old rival.

The eye contact of the two sparked sparks, and Shen Shiqi snorted. In just two months, Wu Zhengchun had changed a lot, which was beyond his expectation.But since childhood, his disdain for Wu Zhengchun has been deeply rooted. No matter how big Wu Zhengchun changes, why should he be afraid?

But today he heard a piece of news that made him pay more attention to Wu Zhengchun. In the afternoon when he practiced marksmanship on the teaching ground, Wu Zhengchun achieved a good score of [-] out of [-] stabs, which is already comparable to his own. It seems that he has to work hard up!If he loses to someone he despises in the future, he can't afford to lose this person.

Shen Shiqi took Shi Datai and Zeng Yiyi to sit on the seats of Team B, and while eating black-faced steamed buns, he stared at Wu Zhengchun from time to time. Wu Zhengchun, who used to dodge his eyes when he saw him, was unwilling to be outdone today. Staring at him made Shen Shiqi even more annoyed. He secretly swore that he would definitely push Wu Zhengchun down in the future so that he would never be able to lift his head up!
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On the first day of March in the ninth year of Chongzhen, two days after Qingming, spring plowing was over.

In the Shunxiangbao teaching ground, the wet and cold wind whizzed by, rolling up everyone's clothes. Wu Zhengchun clenched the spear in his hand and stood up straighter. He knew that today was the time to decide his own destiny.Beside him, there were densely packed sergeants holding long guns and firecrackers, none of them wearing armor.

Wang Dou now has dozens of pairs of iron armor and leather armor, and less than a hundred new-style fire blunderbusses and bird blunderbusses.Firecrackers and armor cannot be equipped to every soldier, especially iron armor, only a part of them can be selected after the assessment.Although the iron mine in Huiyao Castle had produced iron last month, the supply was not enough for the soldiers to use. Every firearms soldier who didn't have a firearm still held a long spear.

The two Shunxiang troops lined up in a neat array and stood quietly on the teaching ground. Everyone looked serious, stabbed like a forest with spears, and a murderous air spread.

After several months of rigorous training, these Shunxiang Fort military households have become qualified sergeants. Today is the time to decide their status in the army.

A few heads away, one step away from the left side of Wu Zhengchun, the ten members of Team A of the Left Sentinel, Zhong Xiancai, the chief of the armor, was standing upright, holding the bird gun that he usually loves like life in his hand, and the bird gun went up. Hanging a flag of the team.

The five A squads form a brigade, and two steps away from the brigade, the captain of the left sentry A team Xie Shangbiao stood with his forehand and a knife on his waist, and a tall flag bearer stood beside him, holding the team A's flag in his hand. Behind Xie Shangbiao, there were also two tall guards and a drummer.

Teams A, B, C, and D formed a left whistle phalanx. Right in front of the left whistle, the whistle chief Han Zhong also stood with his blade on his blade. Beside him stood two standard bearers, and behind him were also four tall guards and two drummers.

The right post of the Shunxiang Army led by the Han Dynasty is located on the right side of the left post new army.

Next to the right post, Wen Fangliang and Sun Sanjie each led a team of 20 soldiers, and they all stood upright.

Xu Lu and other team officers were ungrateful and led their family members away from Shun Township Fort. Only Wen Fangliang and Sun Sanjie stayed.

There are rumors in the new army that the defense master will also expand two sentries, let Wen Fangliang and Sun Sanjie each lead one sentry, and there will be four sentries in Shunxiang Fort in the future.

From early in the morning, a few sentinels of the Shunxiang Army stood on the teaching ground, motionless and silent.

Standing in this formation, the front, back, left, and left are all the brothers in his team. Feeling that power, Wu Zhengchun is also excited.He subconsciously looked in the direction of team B on the right side, and found that Shen Shiqi was also looking at him through a head.

The eyes of the two collided, and when they met Shen Shiqi's fierce eyes, Wu Zhengchun snorted coldly, turned around, and made himself stand upright again!
The damp and cold wind was still blowing, and after an unknown amount of time, the sound of hooves suddenly sounded, and suddenly a sharp, sharp voice from the left sounded: "Wan Sheng!"

It was the shout of Jia Zhang Zhong Xiancai, and when the voice reached Wu Zhengchun, he shouted loudly without thinking.

"Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"

Like spring thunder rolling, the overwhelming sound of Wan Sheng came wave after wave.

All the sergeants in Shun Xiangbao raised their arms and shouted, whether it was Zhong Xiancai and Wu Zhengchun from Team A, or Shen Shiqi from Team B, they all shouted hoarsely.

Han Zhong, the whistle chief, drew out his own weapon and waved it along with the shout.

Amidst the whistling sound, Wang Dou rode his horse and came slowly. Four flag bearers and four drummers led the way, riding fine horses.Behind Wang Dou, there were eight more guards, all of them were wearing iron armor, and they were also riding war horses, with the sound of hooves.

Wang Dou was wearing the silver-white iron helmet that was seized from the later golden and white armor. He rode on the horse and looked at the simple faces in front of him. At this moment, they all cheered at him. .Wang Dou's eyes suddenly became moist. I don't know how many of these good men will die in the national war in the future. He suddenly drew his epee and pointed it straight at the sky!

The teaching field was even more ebullient, everyone shouted hoarsely, and everyone looked at Wang Dou with reverence in their eyes!

The defender is young and mighty. He killed ten Tartars with the strength of nine men. He even killed five Tartars himself. His military strength has always been admired by the army. I don’t know how many people take him as a role model. .

The guarding adults and wives are also kind and kind, they divide the fields, and they are sympathetic to the lonely. Whether they are in the army or at home, they have heard that they will fight to the last drop of blood for the adults!Hearing and seeing, dying for the king is the heart of everyone in Shun Township.

With the flags flying, Wang Dou rode his horse around the teaching field, and after receiving cheers from everyone, he came to the martial arts high platform.

Here, Lin Daofu, the officer of the Fort Camp in Shun Township, and Chi Dacheng, the town governor, greeted him on the stage.

On the high platform, Lin Daofu's five guards and Chi Dacheng's five disciplined sergeants all stood up straight with their faces taut.

Wu Zhengchun stood up straight, listening to the battalion officer Lin Daofu lecturing to everyone on the stage, with all kinds of eyes, only watching a few big figures on the stage.Lin Daofu is also wearing an iron armor and helmet with red tassels and phoenix wings today, and a big red cloak behind him, full of energy.

His voice is thick and can be heard even from afar.

Today's martial arts assessment is very important, it is related to the treatment and status of each sergeant in the army in the future.The skill is superior, and the iron armor is given immediately, and you can eat four taels of meat every day.In the future, in the army, facing the captain, you can sit on an equal footing, and when you meet the captain, you only need to bow, and you don't need to kneel.Future promotion and technical ability are also important criteria.

Especially for Wu Zhengchun, this skill assessment is also related to whether he can wash away his shame and feel proud in front of Shen Shiqi in the future!
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The assessment is divided into two parts: pikemen and firecrackers. Wu Zhengchun is a pikeman, and all the firecrackers beside him have gathered on the other side of the teaching field. All kinds of cheers came faintly.

Wu Zhengchun and all the pikemen still formed a neat square formation. In front of the square formation, a row of human-shaped wooden handles was placed. The pikemen of each team stepped forward one by one for assessment.

In the third-class and nine-level assessment, each spearman sprints at the target on the wooden handle [-] steps away, sprints nine times, and the one who hits the target nine times and picks the wooden ball on the target to the tip of the spear is the top. first class.Nine thorns and eight middle marks are the best middle marks.Nine thorns and seven hits are the top and bottom.

These are all high-class sergeants, and the assessment results are personally evaluated by Wang Dou, and the sergeants who have been certified by the high-level martial arts assessment are all awarded with iron armor, waist badges, and personally encouraged by him.

This is a rare honor, and all the pikemen breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that they could obtain the examination skills of a superior sergeant.

The pikemen beside him stepped forward to assess one by one, some were beaming, while others were downcast. Wu Zhengchun suddenly became nervous, and he tried his best to calm himself down.

Suddenly there was a burst of cheers, and Wu Zhengchun looked over, but it was Shen Shiqi, a spear sergeant from the second team of the left whistle.

Shen Shiqi roared loudly, and opened his arms to welcome the cheers of the crowd, especially the sergeants of Team B, who shouted loudly.The pikemen in their team have been evaluated by many people. For the first time, there is a sergeant with superior skills. The strong in the army are respected. Even though Shen Shiqi is usually domineering, he has achieved good results today and won honor for the Zuo Whistle B team , everyone still cheers for him sincerely!

Both Wang Dou and Lin Daofu nodded. Whether this Shen Shiqi raised his gun or sprinted to attack, his posture was standard, he was decisive and brave, and he was a good seed.In time, his skills can be improved to a higher level.Han Zhong also laughed out loud. It was the first time a senior sergeant appeared on his left whistle. As the whistle chief, he was not proud of it.

Wang Dou glanced at Shen Shiqi with a smile, and then glanced at Wu Zhengchun in the formation. On the same day, he suggested that Wu Zhengchun and Shen Shiqi should compete with each other to decide their disputes. Now that Shen Shiqi has achieved such a good result, Wu Zhengchun can win. ?

Wang Dou yelled: "What a hero, come here, I want to personally award Sergeant Shen with an iron armor badge!"

Under the envious eyes of all the soldiers, Shen Shiqi strode forward, knelt down to Wang Dou on one knee, and received the iron armor and waist badge.

The iron armor is the best iron armor, the whole body is made of fine iron, and the color of the waist badge is red, which is unique to the top-level skilled sergeant, which shows his status in the army. No matter where Shen Shiqi goes in the future, it will be all the sergeants who greet him adoring gaze.

After receiving the iron armor and waist badge, Shen Shiqi returned to his team beamingly, and gave Wu Zhengchun a demonstrative look.

Wu Zhengchun was still standing motionless, his thin body standing on the ground like a green pine.

A few more spearmen passed the assessment, and suddenly Wu Zhengchun heard Lin Daofu's loud voice: "The next skill assessment is, Shunxiang Army's left sentry team A squad leader spear sergeant, Wu Zhengchun!"

Wu Zhengchun shuddered, finally it was his turn, could his destiny be changed?

He strode out with his head held high.When going out, Zhong Xiancai, the leader of the first team, and the team leader thanked him for the table, and he couldn't seem to hear the encouragement from the brothers of the first team. All his mind was focused on the upcoming assessment.

He stood in the field, the gaze of Shangguan and the eyes of the densely packed spearmen in the phalanx made him tremble all over, he just calmed himself down!

After saluting Wang Dou and other officials, he just walked to the center with a gun, looked at the human-shaped wooden handle twenty steps away, and stared at the several targets on the wooden handle from a distance!
"preparation!"

With a sound of "Wow!", Wu Zhengchun raised his gun sideways and made an attacking posture.

He stood firmly, his hand holding the gun remained motionless, and his movements were standard and graceful.

Wang Dou, Han Chao, Han Zhong, Lin Daofu, Wen Fangliang and other military officers who knew about the dispute between Wu Zhengchun and Shen Shiqi held their breaths.Even Shen Shiqi and the others off the field were also probing their heads, just watching Wu Zhengchun's movements on the field.

Suddenly the drums sounded!

Wu Zhengchun shouted loudly, and rushed out like a jaguar!

"kill!"

Wu Zhengchun rushed to the human-shaped wooden handle twenty steps away, and thrust out the spear in his hand, with a sound of "Puff!", the spear pierced the wooden handle where the eyes were.

Wu Zhengchun brought out the handle of the gun, and a wooden ball appeared on the tip of his gun.

"it is good!"

There were thunderous cheers in the arena!

Wang Dou also nodded with a smile. Only Shen Shiqi off the field still had a nonchalant expression, so he only shot, and it turned out to be far away!
"kill!"

Wu Zhengchun sprinted again with a gun, and in the next five shots, he still hit the target on the wooden handle, picking out wooden balls from the tip of the gun every time.

There were thunderous cheers off the field, especially the shouts of the left sentry team A. Shen Shiqi, who was at the bottom, had a solemn expression on his face. With one more shot, Wu Zhengchun would be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with him!What kind of power made this cowardly and incompetent black and thin boy change so much?

At this time, Wu Zhengchun had switched to the front of the third wooden handle. He was a little out of breath, but his eyes were still firm, and his hand holding the gun was still steady!
The drums sounded again.

"kill!"

Wu Zhengchun rushed to the human-shaped wooden handle [-] steps away with his gun again, and with a "Puchi!", the spear in his hand pierced the wooden handle's throat.The handle of the gun was brought out, and another wooden ball appeared on the tip of his gun.

"it is good!"

There was cheering in the field, Han Zhong also burst into a smile, and another high-class skilled sergeant appeared in his whistle.And this person is still Wu Zhengchun, whom everyone looked down on in the past, which is really unbelievable.

Han Zhong suddenly felt ashamed. When Wang Dou suggested Wu Zhengchun to compete with Shen Shiqi that day, he was not optimistic about Wu Zhengchun.

Unexpectedly, Wu Zhengchun really changed!
Shen Shiqi's face was even more dignified. Now that Wu Zhengchun has obtained the same assessment skills as him, he... can he go further?If he really overwhelmed himself, what should he do...

He had already been stabbed seven times, and all seven stabs were hit. Wu Zhengchun was panting even more, and his hand holding the gun was already shaking a little, but he tried his best to concentrate and concentrate. He had a belief that he must surpass Shen Shiqi and fight for himself. Live up to the expectations of the defense adults that day!

Another drum sprint!

"kill!"

A sigh sounded, this time Wu Zhengchun's footsteps were a little scattered, and he missed his target by an inch.Shen Shiqi, who was at the bottom, laughed, it seemed that Wu Zhengchun could only do this, he wanted to overwhelm himself?Next life!
For the last time, everyone held their breath, and Wu Zhengchun also slightly closed his eyes.

The sound of the beating drum sounded, and Wu Zhengchun sprinted wildly amidst the sound of the drum!

"kill!"

There was a flood of cheers, and a miracle was born. Wu Zhengchun once again stabbed the target and brought out the wooden ball.

Nine stabs and eight hits, the first senior middle sergeant in the army was born.

Amidst the cheers, Wu Zhengchun held a spear and burst into tears. He finally overwhelmed Shen Shiqi, defeated him openly, and washed away the shame of the past!Hard training day and night, just for this day!How can he not let him cry when the excitement comes up?

Shen Shiqi was dumbfounded, his eyes full of disbelief, how could this be possible, Wu Zhengchun hit eight out of nine stabs?His current level of sergeant skills is already higher than his own, how could this be?
Wang Dou laughed loudly, and praised Wu Zhengchun who came to him with heavy steps: "You are good, you are very good, you have not let me down!"

Wang Dou personally awarded him the Iron Armor Plaque and encouraged him, "Keep working hard!"

Han Chao, Han Zhong and others beside him also nodded and smiled at Wu Zhengchun.

As if in a dream, Wu Zhengchun took the iron armor and waist badge one by one. He walked towards his queue, looked at the reverent eyes of everyone, and Shen Shiqi's evasive eyes in Team B. Next to Shen Shiqi, Shi Datai and Zeng Yiyi The person is the mouth that can't close in surprise.

Wu Zhengchun suddenly burst into laughter. For the first time, he felt elated, which was all due to his own hard work.

When Wu Zhengchun came over, all the gunmen consciously stepped aside. Although Wu Zhengchun was thin and small, no one dared to underestimate him. He was the first sergeant in the army, no matter how Wu Zhengchun was in the past. Unbearable, the current Wu Zhengchun will be the idol of the army and the target of worship and surpassing by all the soldiers.

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Not to mention how elated Wu Zhengchun was, the skill assessment in the Shunxiangbao Army lasted for three days, and the final results came out.

Including the company spearmen and musketeers, there were 11 sergeants on the left sentry who were treated as superior sergeants, 25 from the right sentry, and a total of four servants from the original two teams led by Wen Fangliang and Sun Sanjie.In this way, [-] members of the Shunxiang Army received the treatment of superior sergeants.

Among these 25 people, except for Wu Zhengchun, the rest are all sergeants of the upper and lower ranks.Wang Dou personally bestowed iron armor and red belts on these people one by one.

In the entire army, there are more than 100 non-commissioned officers who have received medium-skilled treatment, and the rest are low-skilled non-commissioned officers.

After all, the Shunxiang Army has not been established for a long time, so it has to strengthen training.

After the sergeant's skill assessment, the Shunxiang Army has become an official strong army. Their combat strength has matured. If they have good equipment, even the sergeants with low skills in the army will be the same if they are taken to other armies. It has the combat power of Meijiading.

Right now, the Shunxiang Army only has pikemen and musketeers, and it is time to start forming cavalry.

Wang Dou brought 140 war horses from Jingbian Fort. There were originally 110 and five mules in Shunxiang Fort, but it is estimated that only a few dozen of them could be used as war horses.As a result, the number of cavalry can only be tentatively set at more than two hundred people.

Wang Dou decided to use two types of cavalry, one is light cavalry, which wears some armor and uses weapons such as swords and spears, depending on the cavalry's own hobbies and strengths.

Archery on horseback is a technical job. To practice archery on horseback, I don't know how long it will take to train. Wang Dou doesn't have this time, and he doesn't have so many horned bows.He planned to equip these light cavalry with handguns in the future, with a range of more than ten steps, which was enough for use.

These light cavalry also serve as sentries and night patrols.

One is musketeer cavalry, equipped with musketeers and sabers. They are actually infantry on horseback. When encountering an enemy, they dismount and fight. Horseback riding is only used to improve mobility.

In Wang Dou's plan, he planned to train one team of light cavalry with more than 100 people, and three teams of musketeer cavalry with more than [-] people.

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"My lord, it is not easy to train cavalry!"

Wang Dou called for a military meeting in the Qianhu Guanting Hall. Battalion Officer Lin Daofu, Zhen Fu Chi Dacheng, Han Chao, Han Zhong, Wen Fangliang, Sun Sanjie and other military officers sat on both sides.

In Wang Dou's plan, the candidates for training and leading the cavalry must be Han and North Korea, especially for the training that is not accepted at night, Han and North Korea must come.Originally, the Han Dynasty trained a team of Ye Bu Shou in Jingbian Fort, but after the Shunxiang Army established a new army, due to the lack of officers, those Ye Bu Shou were also organized as officers.

It's just that there are candidates to train the cavalry, but the candidates for the cavalry sergeant are a bit troublesome. How many teams should be selected from the infantry?
Not to mention that he was pondering, after listening to Wang Dou's words, Han Chao said: "My lord, it's fine if you just train a few sentries and don't charge them at night, but if you want to train hundreds of cavalry, it will cost a lot." Already!"

According to what he said, first of all, good horse breeds are hard to find, and the proportion of horses that can become war horses is very small. I am afraid that there are not many qualified horses in Shunxiang Castle.

Secondly, cavalry is difficult to train, and there is a lot of attention to height and arm length. The new infantry of the Shunxiang Army can be trained in a few months, but a qualified cavalry must be trained for at least one year, let alone a qualified cavalry officer.

The cost of raising horses is high, and the cost of one cavalry is about equal to the cost of five elite infantry, and the cavalry must also be equipped with blacksmiths, carpenters, and veterinarians, which are also expensive.Wang Dou also understood this point. Sun Chuanting once said in the memorial: "For 320 horses, each horse receives eight cents of grass silver per day, and for 54 mules, each head pays five cents of grass silver per day."

A horse costs eight cents of silver a day, and nearly 30 taels of silver a year, which is still in the garrison period.When the war starts, there will be more horse feed such as wheat beans and hay.Those horses in Shun Xiangbao usually cost Wang Dou a lot of money.

Han Chao said again: "For immediate combat, iron, palladium, big sticks, and thread guns are the most effective, but such weapons are not easy to make. Even riding a saber on horseback is different from the waist sabers used by ordinary infantry, and requires special craftsmen to forge it." !"

The swords used by the cavalry do not have sharp edges, but the blades are longer and more curved, which is quite different from ordinary waist swords. The making of such weapons does require professional and skilled craftsmen.

Han Chao said so much because he hoped that Wang Dou would cancel the idea of ​​raising two hundred cavalry.

According to what he said, it is possible to train some nights, but large-scale training of cavalry is still unnecessary. Anyway, for guard soldiers like them, as long as they defend the city and protect their own territory, there are very few opportunities for cavalry to be dispatched. It is also a waste of money and food, especially now that Shun Township's economy is tight.

(End of this chapter)