Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 47 Forming the Militia
It was good for Xiang Kang, because it was a step late, and Yu Jian and Yu Zhi's father and son didn't see the intimate scene between Yu Ji's little girl and Xiang Kang, and Xiang Kang escaped being tortured and interrogated by the future father-in-law Bad luck, and because Xiang Kang was injured in the fight last night, the somewhat conscientious Yu family father and son came up to ask his health and care about Xiang Kang's injury.

Xiang Kang was indeed seriously injured, the bone could almost be seen from the wound on his left shoulder. Although he was young and could bear it, Yu Jian ordered his eldest daughter, Yu Miaoge, to take good care of Xiang Kang, and Yu Miaoge agreed with a complicated expression. , took over the task of being alone with Xiang Kang for a long time, and with the help and persuasion of others, took Xiang Kang back to Xiang Kang's dilapidated courtyard to rest and wait for the medicine. Feng Zhong and other Xiang family children It is responsible for cleaning the battlefield and sending people to the city to report to the county temple.

Driven by Lao Yu's family's money, the medical workers came to Xiang Kang's dilapidated courtyard soon, and gave Xiang Kang medicine for sores. After the medical workers left, the second aunt who came to help take care of Xiang Kang also knew about it. He bid farewell and left, intentionally leaving time for Xiang Kang and his fiancée to be alone with each other—not to mention, this was the first time Xiang Kang had the opportunity to be alone with Yu Miaoge since he met Yu Miaoge.

Being alone for the first time, Xiang Kang and Yu Miaoge didn't speak to each other, and even rarely touched each other's eyes, the atmosphere was extremely awkward.Finally, unable to hold back his guilty conscience, Xiang Kang said, "There is no other relationship between me and my little sister."

"Ah."

Yu Miaoge answered with a snort, but she lowered her head and couldn't see the expression on her face.However, the more Yu Miaoge reacted like this, the more timid Xiang Kang became, and he couldn't help but said, "You have to trust me."

"I believe in you." Yu Miaoge finally spoke, and said softly, "I won't take it to heart, and you don't have to take it to heart either."

Quietly heaved a sigh of relief, but Xiang Kang couldn't find anything to say, but Yu Miaoge took the initiative to pour a bowl of boiling water in front of Xiang Kang, and said softly, "You must be thirsty after bleeding so much? Have some hot soup."

Xiang Kang nodded indiscriminately, and stretched out his uninjured right hand to catch the water, but Yu Miaoge didn't hand it to Xiang Kang, but just held the water in front of his face and blew it cold carefully, and then fed it to Xiang Kang's mouth with his own hands. When Kang saw it, he felt a little moved and felt guilty, and said, "Miao Ge, you are so kind."

Yu Miaoge's face turned red, and he didn't speak, but carefully fed the boiled water to Xiang Kang, then helped Xiang Kang to lie down, and said softly: "Go to sleep, call me when you're thirsty. "

Staring at Yu Miaoge's gentle eyes, and her pretty face that is not inferior to Yu's little girl, Xiang Kang sighed softly again, and said to himself: "Why didn't I meet you first? If I were to meet you first , I will never fall in love with your naughty sister."

The injury was indeed not serious. Not long after lying down, Xiang Kang fell into a drowsy sleep, but unfortunately, after the injury, Xiang Kang did not enjoy the treatment he deserved from sleeping until he woke up naturally. In the afternoon, Xiang Kang was awakened by the noise outside the house.And then, before the sleepy Xiang Kang understood what happened, the door of the room was pushed open by Feng Zhong from the outside, and before entering the door, he yelled at Yu Miaoge and asked, "Sister and sister, is my brother awake?" The county lord is here, and the county lord has come to visit him in person."

As soon as the words fell, County Magistrate Zhou, who admired Xiang Kang very much, strode in from the outside wearing an official uniform. Just as he saw Yu Miaoge, he smiled and said, "This is the future Mrs. Xiang, right? It's better to be famous than to meet, she really is beautiful." Ruo Tianxian. Mrs. Xiang, how is it? How is Mr. Xiang now?"

Being treated directly by Feng Zhong and the county magistrate as Xiang Kang's wife one after another, the very thin-skinned Yu Miaoge was of course extremely shy, but he couldn't respond, so he could only quickly raise his voice and salute to the county magistrate Zhou, blushing Said: "The daughter of the people has seen the county magistrate."

"Excuse me, excuse me." County magistrate Zhou waved his hands several times, then smiled at Xiang Kang who had just been woken up: "Young Master Xiang, you came here uninvited, did you not disturb the beauty of you and your wife? Alas, you are hurt, you don't need to get up, just lie down and lie down."

Quickly stepped forward and pushed Xiang Kang, who was struggling to get up, to lie down again. The county magistrate first carefully looked at Xiang Kang's wound dressing, and then said half complaining: "Mr. Your boss, why did you catch the thieves by yourself? This should be Feng Youyu’s business, why are you meddling? You see, it’s just a shoulder injury, what if the injury is fatal?”

"There are too many bandits, Brother Feng and his subordinates are short of manpower, so we have no choice but to follow." Xiang Kang endured the pain and explained, and then said: "The Honorable Lao County came to visit in person, and this junior is really terrified."

"Haha, it should be, let's not say that you have made great contributions to Xiaxiang and Xiapi counties this time, and benefited the people of the two counties. Based on the friendship between me and you, I should also visit you." County magistrate Zhou haha Laughing loudly, he continued: "Mr. Xiang, Feng Youguo has already told me about the situation this time. Mr. Xiang, you are indeed very resourceful. You have done a lot of hard work to remove a big harm for Xiaxiang and Xiapi counties in one fell swoop. Don't worry, the bounty that should be given to you, I have already brought it to you, and it will be officially distributed in a while."

Xiang Kang hurriedly expressed his thanks, but County Magistrate Zhou shook his head and smiled and said, "You don't have to thank me, I should thank you. Donghai County and Xiapi County were supposed to be responsible for exterminating the bandits in Maling Mountain, but unexpectedly they fell In the hands of you and Feng Youkuo, this matter is included in Shangjili (Government Work Report), and I just can’t think of any limelight. Hahahahaha.”

Seeing Magistrate Zhou smiling happily, Xiang Kang hurriedly took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, I still have something to say about this matter. The bandits in Maling Mountain have been wiped out temporarily, but no one knows if there will be any bandits there again." I don't know, in addition, in our Xiaxiang County and the surrounding counties of Xiaxiang County, there are still many small thieves who are harming the people. Whether they will do harm to one side like the bandits in Maling Mountain in the future, no one knows. I can assure you, regarding this point, I don't know what the county lord has planned?"

As mentioned earlier, because of Qin II's cheating frequency of conscripts, many civilian soldiers who fled were forced to gather together as bandits. Also having a headache about this.So after hearing Xiang Kang's words, the smile on Zhou County Magistrate's face suddenly became a little bitter, and he said: "What you said is very true. Suppress one stock and don't give them a big chance."

"But what if a large group of bandits from other counties flee into the Xiaxiang to commit crimes?" Xiang Kang asked again: "As far as I know, the Tongxian County to the south of the Xiaxiang, Ling County to the east, and the west. There are large groups of bandits no less than the bandits in Maling Mountain, if they wander into the lower level, kill people and set fire to them, how can we guard against them?"

Magistrate Zhou fell silent completely, and his brows could not help but frown. Xiang Kang observed his words and took the opportunity to say, "Master County, regarding this point, this junior has an immature idea. I wonder if it can be done?"

"Mr. Xiang, if you have any good ideas, please feel free to tell me." County magistrate Zhou replied.

"How about letting all the townships under the Prime Minister set up militia teams?" Xiang Kangtu looked at him poorly, and said: "The younger generation thinks that the county lords might as well let the wealthy families in all the townships under the Prime Minister actively donate money and elect leaders to form militia teams. , go to work in the fields when the farming is busy, and receive military training during the slack to learn the methods of army warfare. In this way, if a large number of bandits flee into the lower ministers to cause disaster, the lower ministers will not need to ask for help from the county, but can immediately Assemble the militia and assist the soldiers of the pavilions in each township to resist and wipe out the bandits, so who would dare to peek at Xiang Xiang with such a large group of bandits in the surrounding counties?"

The method Xiang Kang said is actually the prototype of the regiment training of later generations, and it is roughly similar to the private soldiers of the lords in various places during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods—except that the private soldiers are loyal to the lord, not to the country.So County Magistrate Zhou understood Xiang Kang's meaning after a little thought, and he also used his brain to ponder the feasibility of this suggestion. Private soldiers, all armies, can only be dispatched under the jurisdiction of the imperial court..."

"The county lord is not a private soldier, let alone an army, but a militia." Xiang Kang quickly took advantage of the noun and said, "The militia is also under the jurisdiction of the government. The government has the power to appoint and dismiss the militia captain at any time, and also has the right to disband the militia team at any time. In addition, all the money, food and weapons of the militia can only be resolved by themselves. In this way, there is no need to increase the burden on the court, and it can also become a bandit suppression team that the county respects you to call and go at any time. The safety of each township and pavilion."

If it was changed to Song Dynasty or Ming Dynasty, or even Tang Dynasty and Jin Dynasty, Xiang Kang dared to say such a thing, I am afraid that before he finished speaking, County Magistrate Zhou already understood that Xiang Kang, the remnant of the nobleman of Chu State, was holding back Bad ready to rebel.But there is no way, the current era is at the turn of the Qin and Han Dynasties, and there has never been any warlord separatism before, so of course County Magistrate Zhou didn't know the great harm of doing so, and he didn't understand Xiang Kang's bad water.Thinking about the impact and help it would have on his political achievements, County Magistrate Zhou couldn't help being tempted, and said hesitantly: "The method may be feasible, but if we want rich families in every township and pavilion to contribute money and grain voluntarily, I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

"Master of the county, how about letting the younger generation try it?" Xiang Kang said kindly: "Please allow the younger generation to form a militia team of 60 or [-] people in Dongxiang first, and persuade the wealthy businessmen and big households in each pavilion in Dongxiang to come out." If money is used to arm the militia, if it succeeds, and the lower ministers and towns see the advantages and benefits of the militia, then you can call on the lower ministers and towns to follow suit, wouldn't it be much easier?"

Magistrate Zhou rolled his eyes and did not speak, and stared at Xiang Kang's expression several times to react. Xiang Kang, who was good at putting on airs, had a pure face and clear eyes. In the end, he succeeded in deceiving Magistrate Zhou who was somewhat suspicious of Xiang Kang's intentions. , let Magistrate Zhou make up his mind after thinking for a long time, and said: "Okay, I will go back and discuss with the county magistrate, if they also think it is feasible, I will allow you to form a militia team of 50 people first. "

Of course, Xiang Kang was a little disappointed when Zhou County Magistrate failed to make a final decision. However, considering that he was injured after all, even if Zhou County Magistrate agreed immediately, he would not be able to form a private army right away. Xiang Kang still thanked Zhou respectfully. The county magistrate and county magistrate Zhou expressed some kind words of concern to Xiang Kang, and then handed over the more than 200 gold rewards that should be given to Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong, and let Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong discuss the distribution of merit by themselves.

Out of the need to buy people's hearts, Xiang Kang of course urged Feng Zhong to distribute the bounty more fairly, and when all the pavilion soldiers and apprentices in the blacksmith shop cheered to receive the reward, Xiang Kang gave all the bounty he deserved. He took out all the money and used it to buy wine and meat to reward everyone.As a result, the soldiers of Shiling Pavilion and the apprentices of the blacksmith's shop were of course very grateful to Xiang Kang. They didn't need Xiang Kang to hint or say it clearly, but they rushed to express that if Xiang Kang was dispatched in the future, he would definitely go on the saddle and put on the knife. The sea of ​​fire under the mountain never frowned.

In the next few days, Yu Miaoge took care of Xiang Kang day and night almost without taking off her clothes, while Yu's little girl seemed to have disappeared and never appeared in front of Xiang Kang and Yu Miaoge again.Although Xiang Kang has always been thinking about that little girl in his heart, after a few days of getting along with Yu Miaoge day and night, the relationship between the two has made a lot of progress.After a medicine change, Xiang Kang, who has never been a good person in his bones, suddenly hugged Yu Miaoge and kissed her lips heavily. Yu Miaoge struggled with a blushing face, but his attitude was not Resolute, but it's a pity that just as Xiang Kang put his hand into Yu Miaoge's coat, there was a sudden noise from the Xiang family's children outside the door. Valuable opportunity.

However, Xiang Kang was lucky in another aspect. Also in the past few days, when the signs of chaos in the world were becoming more and more obvious, there was a relatively large bandit flow in Tong County. In the south of Xiangxian County, a pavilion was looted, and many people's money and food were taken away. The local tour and the pavilion chief were unable to resist because of lack of strength in their hands. When the officers and soldiers of the brigade arrived at the scene, the bandits had already fled, and they didn't even catch a hair from the bandits.

It is precisely because of such a big loss that the magistrate Zhou and Xiaxiang County Temple, who had been hesitant for a while, finally made up their minds and officially allowed Xiang Kang to form a 50-member militia team in Xiaxiang Dongxiang, trying to implement Xiang Kang's proposal. local self-preservation strategy.Xiang Kang was overjoyed to receive Wen, and quickly went around with his wounds to lobby wealthy businessmen and big households in various pavilions in Dongxiang to donate money and food to form a militia team. As a result, because Xiang Kang fought a beautiful battle at Shiling Pavilion, Xiang Kang really persuaded a little Local big households are happy to lose money and food, and help themselves form militias to save themselves.

With money and food in hand, Xiang Kang's recruitment of soldiers and horses is of course much easier. He selected 20 people from his blacksmith shop as his team, and recruited [-] strong men from various pavilions in Dongxiang to join him. He moved out, and combined with the modern army training method he was familiar with, the formal training of the Dongxiang militia began with great fanfare. Xiang Kang also, as the acting militia captain, formally and legally owned a quasi-military team that obeyed his dispatch. army.

Only after trying it did he realize that the water is deep and the water is shallow, and it was when he was actually training his soldiers that Xiang Kang realized that he still neglected a very important point-the soldiers he trained had no special features, they were just ordinary infantry, equipped with guards The excellent swords made by the Lingting Blacksmith Shop, however, were not much cheaper than the extremely mature bronze weapons, and could not form any absolute advantage.At the same time, limited by the training intensity, frequency and length of time, even if the militia team has worked hard to practice with a good sword, and encounters the elite Qin army with bronze weapons, it will definitely not gain the upper hand. Can be easily taken down by enemies.

"This is my starting capital. I must use the best weapons, preferably advanced weapons and equipment beyond this era, so that they can form an absolute advantage on the battlefield, so that they can play the role of the core backbone in the future."

When racking his brains to find advanced weapons for his starting capital, Xiang Kang once considered gunpowder, which no one knew about in this era. However, considering the huge cost and hard-to-obtain raw materials, Xiang Kang had to give up and continue. When thinking about other aspects, Xiang Kang accidentally noticed the Qin Changjian given to him by Zhou County Magistrate, and remembered what his good brother Xiang Zhuang once said about Qin Changjian...

"...At the beginning, the reason why our country of Chu couldn't defeat the army of the Qin Dynasty was that the sword was not as good as the long sword of the Qin Dynasty. Weapons are one inch long and one inch stronger. The reason why our Chu country's sword can't It was too long, and it was shorter than Baoqin's long sword, so it suffered a lot on the battlefield. If all the soldiers under our father Wu Xinjun were able to equip Baoqin's long sword at that time, Qixian In one battle, our eldest father may not lose to Wang Jian who tyrannized Qin."

One inch long, one inch strong!This made Xiang Kang find inspiration, but Xiang Kang did not intend to equip his direct army with ground steel swords longer than Qin Changjian, because Xiang Kang also heard from Xiang Zhuang and others that they were limited by the bronze sword. The material of the weapon is hard and easy to break, and the ironmaking technology of this era is still relatively backward. Whether it is the Qin Changjian made of bronze or the Iron Sword of the Six Kingdoms made of wrought iron, the combat method on the battlefield is to assassinate Mainly, fear of breaking is rarely used for chopping.However, the iron sword made of ground strip steel is limited by the material and thickness of the sword body, so it certainly does not have much advantage in slashing. Therefore, Xiang Kang, who has not yet died of his history teacher, quickly set his sights on the cold weapons of later generations. The king of melee weapons on the battlefield - the knife!

The iron knives made by the Shilingting blacksmith shop before were all made of straight-edged knives from the Warring States period. Try increasing the length of the iron knife.It will come to a time when there is no need to hide anything. Of course, Xiang Kang thought of lengthening the blade, and soon thought of a term that often appeared in later games and novels-Zhanmadao!

"It's decided, use the Saber! One inch is longer and one inch is stronger. When it comes to the battlefield, my army will use the Saber to surprise the enemy!"

(End of this chapter)