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Chapter 286
The affairs of Zhuojun have initially settled down.

Li Chongjiu immediately counted all the armor and armor in the arsenal, and equipped them to the army.

For example, Yu Chigong, Zhao Quanting, Zhao Que'er, Chen Ke and the others looked at batches of armor, strong bows and crossbows equipped in the army, and their eyes were dazzled.

The [-] soldiers of Shanggu County, the [-] soldiers of Zhuo County, and the [-] soldiers of Liaoxi County all put on armor.

Most of the armor in this arsenal is two-tier armor, there are also a lot of bright light armor, and a small amount of sleeve armor, enough for [-] county soldiers to hold one armor.

Not much. For most infantry, the armor is still too heavy. It is basically impossible to travel long distances wearing twenty or thirty kilograms of armor. Therefore, the armor is usually loaded on the cart and carried by the auxiliary soldiers. Wear it uniformly.

Therefore, the infantry is most afraid of ambushes. On the march, if they are ambushed, their armor will not have time to wear.Even after the formation, if the infantry wants to pursue them, how can they pursue them wearing such heavy armor, so the heavy infantry without cavalry will always have to defeat them and cannot win.

As for strong bows and hard crossbows, that is the biggest gain in the arsenal. There are only three thousand arm crossbows with three stones, one thousand crossbows with four to five stones, and five hundred crossbows with five stones. There are a thousand horse crossbows used by the horse army for horses, as well as light hand crossbows, and continuous crossbows that can be loaded with five arrows for continuous shooting, and there are hundreds of crossbows for one bow and three arrows.

Of course, there are also twenty bed crossbows. These bed crossbows include three-ox crossbows, five-ox crossbows, and eight-ox crossbows. Among them, there are not only sharp weapons like the bed crossbows that killed the Khitan general at the head of Yuyi Town, but also is even better.

These weapons are the accumulation of the national strength of one country in the Sui Dynasty, and the materials of 190 counties in the country. In order to realize the hegemony of conquering Liaodong, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty stationed these materials in Zhuo County. Now they are all cheaper than Li Chongjiu.

The rest of the swords, spears and guns, Mo Dao, horses, rifles and rifles need not be mentioned, and the arsenal is piled up like a mountain.

Li Chongjiu's [-] county soldiers, after this equipment, at least in terms of equipment, did not need to give way, or even surpassed, the most elite government troops who went on an expedition to Goguryeo in the Sui Dynasty.

As for the 4 people in the granary that can store grain for three years, Li Chongjiu decided to use it as military supplies, so that the [-] county soldiers under his command will no longer need to be stationed in the army, and they will be off-duty for standing army training.

He also picked up a thousand horse armors from the arsenal. Thinking of Luo Yi's impressive Youzhou iron cavalry, Li Chongjiu thought that if he used troops to Hebei and Liaodong in the future, he would definitely be able to use heavy armored cavalry in the land of Pingchuan. It is a good weapon for breaking formations.

It's just that most of Li Chongjiu's battles now are Turkic horses on the grassland, or Yanqi horses raised by the Sui army's ranch, and the rest are a large number of draft horses.Li Chongjiu had no shortage of horses at all, and there was no shortage of horses in the Sui army. According to later, when the Tang army's soldiers went to battle, the soldiers in a team of ten had to be equipped with more than six batches of pack horses.

However, although draft horses and pack horses can bear heavy loads, they are not good at sprinting and have almost no explosive power. Although Turkic horses run fast, endure hardships and stand hard work, and can tolerate rough feeding, they are short and poorly loaded.As for the Yanqi horse, all aspects are considered, there are no obvious shortcomings, but there are no specific advantages.

Therefore, Li Chongjiu wanted to form a heavy armored cavalry, and he only thought of Liaodong horses, so Li Chongjiu persuaded Tudiji to select hundreds of Mohe cavalry, supplement them into the Wansheng Army, and expand the Wansheng Army into a fine cavalry of [-] cavalry.

Among the Wansheng Army, the [-] Mohe cavalry were uniformly armed with horses and horses. Li Chongjiu and Tu Diji inspected the troops outside the city of Zhuojun.

I saw the Mohe cavalry, all wearing thick armor on the inside and felt shirts on the outside, but their faces were covered with iron masks, almost only two eyes were exposed, and the horses were also apart from this. The tall Liaodong war horses dragged the heavy armor and people, but very easy.

In addition to the iron armor, compared with Luo Yi's Youzhou iron cavalry, the Jurchen cavalry is much more casual on the horse. In addition to all having a horn bow, they also have maces, bones, spears, big guns, and sticks. , big axe, small axe, hammer and so on.

Li Chongjiu was also surprised that when the Sui cavalry charged into battle, they mostly used horse spears, or spears and spears, all of which were very uniform.

Where there are such Jurchen cavalry, Tudiji didn't care, and said to Li Chongjiu, sons are used to being lazy, you Han people have so many rules, they don't know it, don't worry, we Mohe people have their own warfare. Law.

Li Chongjiu wanted to make a sudden attack, so he practiced the Mohe heavy cavalry.Tudiji laughed out loud, saying that we don’t know how you Han people practice. We Mohe people spend our entire lives on hunting. Hunting and fighting are the same, the difference is that one kills animals and the other kills people.

After speaking, Li Chongjiu asked Tu Diji to let the Mohe cavalry practice during the safari. I saw that the Mohe cavalry, which seemed to be scattered, marched in an orderly manner, marching forward and backward in groups, and bow cavalry Take cover.

It seems that there is no practice at all, all these fighting skills are innate.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help sighing that the descendants of Heishui Mohe, who were of the same clan as Sumo Mohe in history, were Jurchen cavalry. In history, Jurchen cavalry was famous for their heavy armored cavalry.Song people commented on Jurchen cavalry, saying that the captives had long cavalry, stoicism, heavy armor, and bows and arrows.

The Jurchen cavalry are well-known for their tenacity and skill in fighting. I will not mention the fact that the Jurchen cavalry is less than [-]. They often say that if they can't fight more than a hundred rallies, what is the horse army!It is said that in the battle between Zhu Xianzhen and the Song army, the Jurchen cavalry charged dozens of times.

Thinking of the Jurchen cavalry that destroyed the Song Dynasty in history, Li Chongjiu couldn't help feeling a little unhappy, but looking at the Mohe cavalry, as well as Tudiji, Wu Gunai and the others, they were all laughing, heartlessly Laughing.Their awe of themselves is also from the heart, how can they be compared with the Jurchen cavalry who burned, killed and kidnapped in history.

Just as Napoleon famously said that axiom and justice are only within the range of the cannon, if there is no force to be feared, how can aliens live in harmony with you.Only by being strong forever can we stand in the middle of the forest of nations.

Thinking of this, Li Chongjiu nodded in satisfaction to Tu Diji, and then said: "Wugu Nai, I will hand over this cavalry to you in the future, are you interested?"

Ugunai was stunned. The Mohe people had never had such a cavalry since they could remember, so it was an incomparable honor for him to be able to command such a fine cavalry.
Wu Gu Nai didn't say anything, just nodded, and with a hum, he agreed to Li Chongjiu's appointment.

The formation of the new army is completed, and the following is the reward of the army.

After the treasury of Youzhou was laid down, Li Chongjiu rewarded the soldiers and Fanjun of Shanggu County with silk and copper coins.

This time, all the troops were very happy. For the county soldiers, the benefits needless to say.In the past, all the county soldiers in the Sui Dynasty had no military pay, so joining the army meant serving. Common people were recruited to serve in the county soldiers for one to two years, and they could go home after serving.

Therefore, as far as the county soldiers are concerned, the common people who join the county soldiers really can't survive, just for a bite of food.You must know that the army of the Sui Dynasty only exempted rent and transfer taxes. If you want to make a fortune, you can only earn income by looting after victory or massacring the city.

Li Chongjiu's county soldiers are also average. Now that the world is in chaos, it is not easy for the common people to have a full meal, and the military salary is a luxury.Of course, the county soldiers went out three times, the first time they captured Shanggu County, the second time they captured Liaoxi County, and the third time they captured Zhuo County.

The rewards for the previous two times were higher than those for the first time, but this time Li Chongjiu gave the army twice as much rewards as for the capture of Shanggu County.So for Li Chongjiu's county soldiers, they are so ungrateful to Dade.

Rewards keep morale high, and being well equipped makes soldiers feel valued.Li Chongjiu himself was not a soldier, so he had no idea how to train a strong army that had traveled [-] miles just by virtue of morale and faith in history.

But as a businessman, what he can do is not to be stingy with money, and try his best to equip his subordinates with the best equipment and treatment. I am more experienced as a layman. Li Chongjiu knows that the so-called layman does not interfere with insiders.

As for Fan Jun's rewards this time, they will all be given cloth and copper coins. Huaihuang Town and Yuyi Town are outside the Great Wall, and they are now large logistics distribution centers.After three years, Li Chongjiu finally rooted Huaihuang Town in Beyond the Great Wall.

No one among the herdsmen on the prairie does not know the existence of Huaihuang Town and Yuyi Town. Those who come from the grassland from the west, such as the Turks, usually go to Huaihuang Town, while those who come from the east of Liaodong, such as Khitan and Mohe, go to Yuyi Town. Yi Town.Now Huaihuang and Yuyi Town are already the trading center for trade outside the Great Wall, and they have become a common circle of Han people.

Although everyone here is still fighting for a few stinky money, the negotiation method between the Han people and the Hu people is no longer talking with knives.Just like in history, the Ming Dynasty opened Alta to pay tribute, which actually played a role in the frontier fortress with millions of soldiers. Since Ming and Mongolia, there have been no major wars for decades.

With the two border towns so prosperous, there are many merchants who are used to traveling in Mobei. The chamber of commerce has been established in the two towns of Huaihuang and Yuyi. Small markets were established in the east and west, and they went deeper into the grasslands to trade supplies with herdsmen.

Therefore, because of the convenience of selling goods, the various tribes on the grassland gradually accepted that the Han people used copper coins and cloth as the unit of exchange currency, instead of the previous habit of bartering, especially the five tribes of the Xi tribe. When talking about transactions, it is no longer the unit of horses and sheep, but the copper coins and silk cloth of the Han people.

Therefore, Li Chongjiu simply distributed copper coins to the Fanjun this time, and the fighters of Bubo, Xi clan, and Mohe had no objection to this.
When Li Chongjiu was training soldiers in Youzhou, news came from the grassland that the Xueyantuo tribe in Mobei was defeated by the Turks. The Turkic Khan and Chen Bing had 30 soldiers outside Huaihuang Town.

(End of this chapter)