Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

"But strength is not achieved overnight, and the hard work on the training ground is hardly comparable to the fighting on the battlefield, so that soldiers can really enter the state of going all out."

"With sufficient nutrition, we can only make a soldier's physical fitness meet the basic requirements, and his combat skills tend to be proficient."

"The rest still needs to be trained in actual combat. After all, the saying that the survivors are the elite is a bit cruel, but there is nothing wrong with it."

After explaining the situation to Zhang Yan, Yang Feng also knew that although the opponent's strength was not bad, it was definitely far from enough compared to them, so he explained in more detail.

On the other side, Zhang Yan nodded and continued to give orders like this.

"Okay, then think about what I said, add meals...and strengthen physical training."

"By the way, there is still this thing. When you have time, contact Wei Xian and let the group of craftsmen under him see if they can be mass-produced."

"This kind of thing is called a stirrup. With the matching Takahashi saddle, it may help soldiers get familiar with horses."

Suddenly remembering something, Zhang Yan suddenly sketched a simple sketch on a piece of white paper on the table, and then passed the extremely crude sketch of the stirrup to Wei Xian and others below.

You know, unlike the shoe that requires a special person to operate, the stirrup is almost no difficulty for the blacksmiths of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and at the same time, it does not need to modify the horse, so it can be said to be a very useful thing.

It happened that among the craftsmen brought by Zhang Yan, there were several blacksmiths.

Of course, this is not to say that the local blacksmiths in Lujiang are less skilled, or that Zhang Yan only prefers his acquaintances... It's just that this kind of invention that can have a huge impact on the strength of the army, casually spread to the people is very important to the present. Not necessarily a good thing for him.

Although Zhang Yan is now the prefect of one place, he still has a long way to go compared to those princes who have a lot of troops.

If at this time, some things that enhance one's own strength are passed on to big cavalry players like Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan through the aristocratic family, it will definitely not be a good thing for one's future development.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Zhang Yan still told Wei Xian and others not to spread this kind of thing to the people easily, at least until he popularized the stirrup.

"This... a stirrup?"

He glanced at the blueprint in Wei Xian's hands in surprise. For generals like Yang Feng or Xu Huang who were born in powerful places, they could tell at a glance that it was of great help to the soldiers' horse riding.

Want to know why a soldier can't exert his combat effectiveness on horseback?It is nothing more than the inability to grasp the balance, and the emptiness under the feet, and the lack of strength. These are the most important points.

The emergence of stirrups and improved saddles solved this problem very well.

I saw Yang Fengyao arched his hands towards Zhang Yan, and the look on his face became a little more confident, a little impatient.

"Hehe, this is a wonderful thing!"

"My lord, don't worry, with the help of this stirrup and saddle, I will be able to train this trilogy in the shortest time!"

With a slight "hmm", Zhang Yan also knew that with his shallow knowledge, he could only provide Yang Feng with this level of help in cavalry training, and he had to rely on himself to slowly groping.

As for Xu Huang's side, there is nothing to say.

Judging from the current distribution of troops, Xu Huang is in charge of leading the [-] troops directly under Zhang Yan allocated by Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty. The forbidden army is not far behind.

From the current point of view, this army is undoubtedly the one that relieves Zhang Yan the most among all the arms.

"My lord, the five thousand archers on the last general's side are dispatched by the Han family, and they are not new troops that need to be trained, so they can be put into use at any time."

"In addition... since we have not many arrows at present, only more than [-] arrows, according to the normal standard of thirty arrows in a pot, only about five or six hundred soldiers can shoot at full strength, or one person in the whole army Three Arrows look like this."

"But fortunately, even if they can't shoot bows and arrows, the strength of these archers in close combat is not that bad."

Sure enough, this archer unit is currently the only one under Zhang Yan that can be directly put into battle, so Xu Huang's answer is also full of spirit, which is quite characteristic of his own thunderous voice.

It's just that Zhang Yan on the other side heard the words, but almost spewed out a mouthful of tea, choking himself to death.

"One... three arrows per person?"

"Why are there so few? Didn't the Luoyang Arsenal provide us with all the equipment?"

Some curiously asked Xu Huang, Zhang Yan remembered that Xu Huang took the order signed by him to the Luoyang arsenal to receive 5000 longbowman armaments, which should include bows and arrows.

On the other side, Xu Huang also shrugged helplessly at Zhang Yan when he heard the words, acting as if he was somewhat innocent.

"No... just three arrows per person. This is the normal configuration of a longbowman in non-wartime."

"My lord, you don't know. The archers of our big men all use longbows of about two stones, and some strong ones use heavy bows of three stones. A battle usually only shoots two to three rounds, and the rest If you shoot too much and too fast, you will have to draw your sword for close combat, and you may exhaust your archers and fall into the danger of being surrounded by heavy soldiers."

"Although in terms of armament regulations, a fully loaded quiver can hold [-] long arrows, but that is only issued to soldiers during wartime and in the case of long-distance large-scale battles. capital, which is not available in peacetime.”

Chapter 22 First things first

Peaceful time...peaceful fart!

After hearing Xu Huang's words, although Zhang Yan also understood that what the other party said was not too fallacious, he still couldn't help but cursed in his heart.

Peace?What is peace?

Is the world in chaos and yellow scarves everywhere called peace?

Is it peace to be targeted dozens of times by bandits along the way from Luoyang to Lujiang?

Is it called peace that most of the land in the six counties of Jiangdong is occupied by Shanyue?

Leaving aside my hapless neighbor Danyang, there are thousands of Shanyue bandits entrenched in the Lujiang River alone. Can this be called a peacetime?

Peace shit!

Zhang Yan couldn't help but feel his head buzzing when he thought that he, the prefect of Lujiang, kicked a bandit leader to death as soon as he entered his jurisdiction, and that such a situation could be classified as a peacetime.

This isn't a time of peace, it's clearly because the Captain Sili, who is in charge of managing the arsenal, is corrupt and can't produce so much equipment now!

Cursing secretly in his heart, Zhang Yan originally wanted the only soldier in his hand who could show his strength on the frontal battlefield to wipe out the mountains of the Lujiang River, but how could this man with three arrows kill the bandits?

Is it possible to expect them to be able to shoot all arrows like sharpshooters?

Although these longbowmen can also be used as melee units... But the training cost of an archer is not comparable to that of ordinary soldiers. It was really a loss to grandma's house.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Yan also knew that Shanyue in Lujiang was definitely going to be suppressed, but if we looked at it according to the current situation, the matter of suppressing bandits might not be something that could be done directly in three to five days.

"In this way... Gongming, you should train normally for a period of time first, and the arrows will be funded by the Lujiang treasury first, and a group of idle craftsmen in Lujiang will be recruited to manufacture a batch according to the normal standard of iron arrows and wooden poles. Market price is calculated."

"The situation in Lujiang is different from ours in the Central Plains. The bandit rule here is very serious."

"Give those craftsmen seven days. After seven days, you, as the commander, will take Liao Hua and the five thousand longbowmen in the barracks to the Qianshan Mountains south of the Lujiang River to suppress the bandits. You must completely eradicate those mountains from the Lujiang River."

Instructing Xu Huang, Zhang Yan also knew that these 5000 people were actually a bit too small, but among the current 2 people under his command, only these [-] longbowmen could pose a certain threat to those Shanyue.

As for the other soldiers who haven't been trained yet, it's not a big problem to let them bully the Yellow Turbans. If they fight against the relatively brave Shanyue, they may not be able to get any benefits.

Don't you see, when Sun Ce and Sun Bofu took the untrained recruits he had just recruited in Danyang, Zu Lang, the leader of the Shanyue bandit, wiped them out, and even Sun Ce himself was almost killed by Zu Lang.

Although the Shanyue in Lujiang is definitely not as strong as the main force of Shanyue in Danyang, it is not too weak to think about it.

He looked at Xu Huang with some hesitation, and Zhang Yan didn't feel relieved until he saw him nodding towards him.

"It is said that Xu Huang's nature is frugal and cautious, and he must be much stronger than the brave and foolhardy Sun Ce. Thinking about it, there shouldn't be any big problems..."

Zhang Yan thought secretly in his heart, and then Xu Huang's voice came from the other side.

"Here."

A simple big character, just like Xu Huang's somewhat taciturn character, made Zhang Yan a little speechless and at the same time felt a little bit of peace of mind, as if any matter entrusted to the other party could be done properly.

……

Looking around the room, Zhang Yan found that everyone present had basically reported the things he was worried about in recent days, and he also answered them one by one here. If this is the case, then he can start Follow-up arrangements are made.

Since the former county seat of Lujiang County was in Shu County, it can be said that he didn't even have a place where he could work when he came to Wancheng this time, so he could only temporarily borrow the side hall of the Qiao family for discussion.

He had really considered for a long time about the first decree to be promulgated after he formally took office as prefect of Lujiang.

Is it vigorously reclaiming wasteland and promoting food cultivation?

Actually not.

Things like food must be planted, but in the current situation where he is not familiar with the place where he is born, Zhang Yan has not even figured out the specific situation of his subordinates. Blind cultivation will only affect the care of the existing farmland.

Is that an architectural wonder?

Actually not.

The spectacle will definitely be built, but it is different from when he was in Luoyang. At that time, Zhang Yan could hire those disaster victims and refugees from the Central Plains as coolies as long as he spent money.

In the current situation, before Shanyue was cleaned up, he really didn't have enough manpower to start construction, even when the drawings and technical craftsmen were all ready.

Looking at the nervous young Kuai Qi who was sitting beside him, Zhang Yan's gaze softened a bit.

"Kuai Qi, let me ask you one last time. Have you thought about it, and you want to work under my hands in the future?"

"As I said before, if you don't become an official, that's fine, but if you do, then as your lord, my interests are even higher than your family's, even higher than that of the famous Kuai family in Jingzhou. "

"If you think it over, then I will assign you a task."

Taking his Taishou seal from his side, Zhang Yan asked Kuai Qi with a smile while weighing the seal ribbon.

"Well, I've already thought about it."

On the opposite side, Kuai Qi's face can be said to be complicated at the moment.

Before Zhang Yan set off from Luoyang some time ago, I had an opportunity to talk to him about many things in depth.There are some plans about his future, but more, he is talking with him about the aristocratic family.

As we all know, in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the aristocratic family was a thorn in the body of all the ruling classes.

That night, Zhang Yan put this choice in front of Kuai Qi.

Is your own family's interests the most priority, or the interests of the forces you belong to?

To be honest, this is actually a question of guarding against gentlemen rather than villains. After all, as long as he wants to, he can coax Zhang Yan with random words, and Zhang Yan will not get any fundamental evidence.

But that night, the young Kuai Qi had some insomnia.

From the perspective of an aristocratic family, the most important thing he should do at this moment is to appease Zhang Yan with words. After all, in many cases, the interests of the aristocratic family and the interests of the power do not conflict.

But for some reason, facing this man who took the initiative to recruit himself and provided his young self with his first job, Kuai Qi didn't want to just deceive him.

Probably because he is still young.

Chapter 23 Large Censuses

"My lord, Qi has been thinking about it for a long time."

"Thanks to the lord for not giving up, Qi is willing to follow the lord, and put the lord's interests as the top priority in everything."

After a little silence, Kuai Qi agreed this time rather neatly, and didn't take too long to think about it.On the one hand, this is because Kuai Qi has thought about it for a long time; on the other hand, it is because of what Zhang Yan said that night.

According to Zhang Yan, he didn't really want to be completely opposed to the family, but hoped that the family under his command could make appropriate changes and follow his purpose to make the cake of the entire Lujiang bigger together, and then consider each other. assigned things.

Although he didn't know what the cake was, Kuai Qi could still understand the meaning of this sentence.