Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 337 Training and Food

The big green bricks on the wall are real, not the special bricks used in street fighting.

Even if the brick is broken, if it hits the head, there will be a big hole.

Sun An asked: "How far can this thing be hit?" Sun An is an expert. Although he has never been a general, he understands that if it can hit far, it will be of great use. If it can hit close, it will be a close combat arms.

"If you don't pay attention to accuracy, fifty feet is no problem. A distance of fifty feet can break through leather armor. If you pay attention to accuracy, it is a distance of ten feet. I think this thing is most suitable for melee combat. I haven't started fighting yet. Bang bang bang bang bang, five enemies fell down. The lethality is second, mainly because of the strong shock effect. A month ago in Qinling, I encountered bandit No. 60, who ate uncooked rice. If I want to make peace with others, I can’t even give ten taels of silver tolls. No way, I beat two of them with this guy, and the others fled in fright.” Ma Ling said.

"What, you can hit five times in a row?" Sun An said in surprise.

Ma Ling turned on the wheel, and quickly refilled the two he just hit, saying: "After emptying, it only takes a few seconds to reload."

Sun An couldn't help shaking his head: "Once this thing comes out, decades of work will become insignificant."

Qiao Daoqing said: "Congratulations, brother. You have this thing. I am afraid that there will be few opponents in the world when you fight against the enemy in the future. It's just that some victories are not martial arts and martial arts. Such ingenious things are difficult to popularize and can't change anything. Big situation."

Ma Ling blew on the smoking firecracker, put it back into the holster after it cooled down.

Ma Ling lowered his voice, and said mysteriously: "The battalion I'm in has a hand. It's a guy a hundred times bigger than this guy. With a loud noise, the city gate a few hundred feet away disappeared. You will know when you think about it. The two armies faced each other, and before the fight started, the opponent lost part of his manpower, which was a great blow to morale. And don’t think that Cangzhou soldiers only practice this, soldiers also attach great importance to basic skills, every day The training time is up to four hours, and there is often a surprise training in the middle of the night."

"Every ordinary soldier has leather armor, short knives, waist knives, maces, etc., and at least three or more weapons. In addition, there are water bottles, short-handled shovels, and the luggage and weapons weigh more than 50 catties. Get up early. Not to mention, first run ten miles to warm up." Ma Ling said.

Sun An said: "Brother Ma, it's not that I doubt you. It's just that what you said is a bit mysterious. The high-intensity training for four hours a day consumes an astonishing amount of soldiers. I won't talk about other materials, just talk about this The consumption of food is a big deal, three full meals a day is not enough, there must be meat, otherwise the soldiers would not have such great physical strength."

Qiao Daoqing said, "I see, you're blowing your socks off."

Ma Ling was speechless and said: "Well, what's there to brag about. Let me tell you about the food. I get up early every day after training and come back to have breakfast. Breakfast is relatively simple, usually all kinds of porridge, millet porridge, sorghum porridge, Buckwheat porridge comes in turns. Each person has one salted duck egg, white flour steamed buns, at least two kinds of pickles, one kind of seasonal green vegetables, green vegetables, radishes and beans, which come according to the season."

Sun An nodded: "This breakfast is not bad, usually there are pickles and rice porridge. You also have salted duck eggs and green vegetables, which is very good."

"Lunch and dinner are great. Usually pork or chicken and duck stewed with a vegetable. Of course, the average person eats very little meat, but at least there is meat in the dishes. The staple food is steamed buns, pancakes, and rice. Choose according to your own taste. Every few days, I will eat fish and shrimp, there are small shrimps, there are big shrimps, and the best one is stewed big fish, I have never seen those fish." Ma Ling said.

"Twenty Wen's food expenses for this day may not be enough." Qiao Daoqing said.

"By mistake, the food expenses for one day are only six or seven yuan. Each battalion has its own vegetable field, and the area of ​​​​the vegetable field is allocated according to the number of troops. The seasonal vegetables are self-sufficient, and there are also small farms for raising chickens, ducks, pigs, etc. Animals, and even Huotou soldiers have all kinds of pickles they pickled themselves. After training, the soldiers did the work, which greatly reduced the logistical pressure." Ma Ling said.

The three of them returned to the house again, Qiao Daoqing said to Sun An: "What do you think?"

"Who doesn't want to have a good future? Hearing what Brother Ma Ling said, I feel that Chaijiazhuang still has an advantage, much better than Tianhu. It's just that the two of us may not have received much attention in the past. I know Baodu Village. The three village masters above, Tang Bin, Wen Zhongrong, and Cui Ye, are all brave people, let's go over and talk about it, and if we agree, we can go together." Sun An said.

Ma Ling said: "You two brothers, don't hesitate. Chaijiazhuang is only used, and you don't care about it. The three in Baoduzhai are closely related to Chaijiazhuang. I don't know the specific situation. The two brothers just Don't go, this matter involves confidentiality, and I don't know."

Qiao Daoqing and Sun An understood after thinking about it.

The chariots and horses recruited by Chaijiazhuang depart from Luquan at the foot of Baodu Village to Cangzhou every day. If these three have a bad relationship with Chaijiazhuang, how can the convoy go down the mountain?
Sun An slapped his thigh and said, "Done it, and gain fame with one knife and one gun."

Qiao Daoqing said: "Okay, then let's go and join Mr. Chai. Let's talk about it first, Ma Ling, if you dare to fool me, I will turn around and leave."

"Crap, I'm fooling you. Come on, 20 taels of pocket money per person." Ma Ling took out two big silver coins and distributed them to the two.

"It's not good to take the money before you have done your best." Sun An was still a little embarrassed.

Ma Ling has already seen that Sun An is poor, and Qiao Daoqing is not rich.

"I didn't pay the money personally. If you want to enter the account later, you two can keep it." Ma Ling said.

Qiao Daoqing and Sun An received the money.Qiao Daoqing said: "It's not too late, Brother Sun, let's pack up and set off right away, this place is going to be chaotic soon."

The two packed their luggage and each took a weapon to defend themselves.

Ma Ling wrote a letter of introduction to Qiao Daoqing and took it personally, so that he would be well received when he arrived at the dealership.

Ma Ling said: "The two brothers go to Luquan in Zhending Prefecture, where there is a car dealership from all over the world. Taking a mule cart can save a lot of time."

"Okay, then we'll leave first." The two left as soon as they said they would, and they didn't want the house anymore.

Sun An said, "Then Brother Ma won't be with us?"

Qiao Daoqing said, "Don't worry about him, he might arrive before us."

Qiao Daoqing and Sun An set off.Ma Ling wandered around Weisheng for a day, but didn't find any great talents, so he turned around in the evening and rushed to Hutuohe, Zhending Prefecture.

In the south of Zhending City, on the bank of the Hutuo River, Chaijiazhuang Commercial Company rented a [-]-acre wasteland here for warehouses and stables.

But today, when Ma Ling came around, he couldn't find the wasteland. Instead, there was a large courtyard with a square wall of seven or eight meters high, and there were arrow towers every ten meters. This courtyard was like a small castle.

Ma Ling saw that there was a wooden sign hanging at the door, which said Cangzhou Laifu Commercial Firm.

Ma Ling was about to knock on the door, when suddenly he heard a loud shout: "What are you doing, sneaky, raise your hand."

It turned out that someone on the gate had already aimed at Ma Ling with a crossbow.

Ma Ling knew how powerful the crossbow was, so he hurriedly said: "My own people, come to Director Shi Xiushi."

(End of this chapter)