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

Not only did he use easy-to-understand vernacular in his speech, but also in terms of content, Zhang Yan chose the actual progress and changes in Lujiang after he arrived in Lujiang in the past two years.

This caused a subconscious look of nostalgia to appear in the eyes of many people present, and even those "new Lujiang people" who moved to Lujiang later turned red with excitement.

It can be said that they have experienced a complete set of changes in Lujiang just after they moved here, and the sense of participation can be said to be full.

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"So far, we have gone through two years together, and I believe that in the future, we will continue to move forward together, going farther and farther!"

"Without further delay, I announce that the first Lujiang military exercise and military parade ceremony in the sixth year of Zhongping has officially begun!"

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Following Zhang Yan's order, the phalanx that had been prepared earlier began to move.A large number of soldiers formed a neat team, set off from the barracks, and marched towards the city gate.

After that, they will enter the city after being inspected by Zhang Yan, and circle around the important nodes in the city under the gaze of the people.

It's just that Zhang Yan doesn't need to care about the following things.

At this moment, standing at the front of the tower, Zhang Yan looked at the phalanx approaching him in the distance, and his heart became uncontrollably excited.

Chapter 40 Armed Infantry

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Music (yue) is a form of expression of emotion, and it is also a tool that can be used by people.

In ancient times, in addition to serving as an atmosphere for sacrifices and banquets, music often also played the role of conveying information.

As early as the Shang Dynasty, because the situation on the battlefield changed rapidly and manpower was sometimes unavailable, music, as a kind of ancient military command art, was passed down by people.

Subjects such as snare drum performance were compulsory subjects for gentlemen in the Zhou, Qin and even Han dynasties.

Just like now, what accompanied the crowd to the city gate was the deafening sound of military drums, in addition to the orderly army like waves.

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"Boom, bang, bang—"

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The low-pitched drum beat resounded through the land like a heartbeat. Standing far above, Zhang Yan's mood couldn't stop jumping up and down with the drum beat.

Snare drums... How should I put it, before the appearance of horns, this is the most exciting thing in people's hearts.

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"Ugh-"

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The excitement in Zhang Yan's heart has not yet dissipated. With the sound of a horn, the team in front gradually accelerated and walked towards the city gate.

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"The one who came to us first was the phalanx of swords and shields led by Pei Yuanshao, commander of the Lujiang Army and Horse Division..."

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"Ahem, nothing, nothing."

Coughing twice suddenly, Zhang Yan saw a group of heavily armed soldiers walking towards him, a familiar feeling arose spontaneously, and he couldn't help but whispered something to the people around him.

But when he found that everyone was looking at him with a strange expression, he scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and changed to a sentence pattern that everyone was more familiar with.

"Look, everyone, this is my Lujiang sword and shield phalanx. It is also the largest number in the entire Lujiang army, and it is also the phalanx that is the absolute main force."

In the direction Zhang Yan pointed, a large phalanx composed of a hundred people was slowly walking towards them.

Different from most of the arms of this era, this hundred-man squad is wearing a skirt-like armor made of iron sheets. The hands, feet, and limbs are protected by armor sheets. colleagues of this era.

Compared with the armor on their bodies, the long knives on their waists and the wrapped wooden shields tied to their arms are a bit inconspicuous.

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"Hiss, are these equipped infantry?"

"De Mao, I'm afraid it will cost twenty or thirty catties of copper and iron for this suit of armor and weapons?"

"You are really willing!"

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Beside everyone, Tao Qian was the first to notice that something was wrong with this team.

He knew the level of equipment of the Lujiang soldiers, and he had sold the surplus armor in the treasury of Xuzhou to Zhang Yan at a discount.It's just that now, apart from the original armor, Zhang Yan seems to have modified a lot of things on that basis.

For example, the skirt armor used by everyone to cover the lower body is something that soldiers of this era, or "light fighters" seldom equip.

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"Don't laugh at me, Mr. Tao. You, Mr. Tao, know better than I where these armors come from. If it wasn't for your help, I'm afraid I still can't get these things together."

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"The armors equipped by these sword and shield soldiers are all based on the armor that the Mi family sold to me back then, and are new equipment made by craftsmen in Lujiang later."

"The original armors were also adjusted in shape by my order, and they look almost the same as the ones you have seen."

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Smiling and talking to Tao Qian, Zhang Yan was explaining to him on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was also talking to other prefects from various places.

Especially Sun Jian, after seeing that this phalanx and several subsequent phalanxes of sword and shield soldiers were so fully armed, he couldn't help showing a look of approval in his eyes.

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"Not bad, looks good."

"The ancients once said that the best soldiers are not many. An elite soldier with rich combat experience and long-term training can play a far higher role on the battlefield than several novices of the same level."

"When conditions permit, if the premise is to protect the lives of soldiers, it is really impossible to invest too much."

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He praised Zhang Yan quite approvingly, and Sun Jian couldn't help thinking of his Changsha soldiers.

His Changsha Corps is also based on the policy of elite soldiers, and at the same time it is equipped with a large number of ordinary soldiers, so that it can be invincible on the battlefield.

It's just that Changsha lacks iron and copper, so Sun Jian's armament output has always been a bit stretched.

Like the infantry-level equipment in Zhang Yan's hands, he can only give priority to the frontline fighters in his army.As for other low-level soldiers, the priority is still to meet the needs of weapons, and the armor is replaced by thick clothing or "vest-style" armor.

"Demao, your army is extremely well equipped and energetic enough. It can be called a well-trained army."

"I just don't know, you Lujiang soldier, but all the soldiers are equipped like this?"

"You have so much equipment in your army?"

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Hesitantly asked Zhang Yan a question, Sun Jian murmured in his heart.

If the other party really implements such a system of elite soldiers, then my own evaluation of the other party may have to be overturned and redone.

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"Everyone?"

"Um, not really..."

Hearing Sun Jian's words, Zhang Yan scratched the back of his head in embarrassment:

"As expected, brother Wentai, you understand well..."

"The form of the battlefield is changing rapidly, how can it be possible to solve all the problems with one type of arms alone?"

"These are just light combat soldiers under my command to fill the backbone. The fighters in charge of the resistance line are actually someone else."

After speaking, Zhang Yan pointed in the direction of the distance.

There, after crossing five square formations of sword and shield soldiers, a brand new and completely different formation appeared in front of everyone.

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"Haha, I just said, how can you equip all your staff with such equipment. This outfit is not cheap."

"Even my Changsha soldiers only used such armaments on the front line... Ordinary light combat soldiers are trained in leather armor or wooden armor."

That's right, in this era, in order to avoid knife wounds, it is actually a very common thing to wear wood pieces into a barrel armor like Zhajia, and then wrap it with metal.

After all, everyone is poor, which is not incomprehensible.

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"Uh, wait, you are these not your armored soldiers, but light combat soldiers?"

While talking, Sun Jian was taken aback for a moment, and then looked in Zhang Yan's direction as if he had come to his senses.

And Zhang Yan didn't say anything, just pointed forward with his hand——

At the end of the gaze, the phalanx that was originally hidden behind the sword and shield soldiers had already walked in front of everyone.

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"Crack-"

"Crack-"

"Crack-"

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Different from the sound of rubbing against each other, this phalanx did not take a step forward, and there would be the real roar of gold and iron clashing.

And the weapons equipped by this army are not common knives and axes, but rather ancient things that make one's scalp tingle.

halberd.

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Armor with three attributes of clothing, holding a twelve-stone heavy crossbow, carrying fifty arrows, a crown with a sword, and a spear on it.

This is the history book's evaluation of the first heavy infantry on the land of China: Wei Wuzu, and it is also the final reason why Zhang Yan decided to form this special unit.