Chapter 55: The autumn wind rises, the army moves

The heat of summer is gradually fading, the weather is getting cooler, and autumn is coming.

A martial arts exercise is being held on the school grounds in Xiongzhou.

Wu Ji, Wang Shao, Zhou Wei, Lin Hong and others were all there. Wang Shao and Wu Ji were sitting in the stands, and Zhou Wei was in command.

Teams of Xiongzhou troops lined up in an orderly manner, majestic and extraordinary manner.

Mo Dao's hand is in front, and the Mo Dao in his hand is on the ground, shining in the sunlight, which is very terrifying. Although it has not been used yet, this power alone is enough to make people feel cold.

Behind the Mo Dao Hand is a crossbowman. Each person has a broken crossbow bow and is focused on waiting for the enemy. The knife hand stands in the gap. If an enemy rushes in, they will clean up.

The last row is the knife hand, which is used to protect the back, which is a must.

The two wings are cavalry, each riding tall and big horses, like a dragon and a horse like a tiger, with amazing momentum.

"Haha!" Zhou Wei let out a burst of laughter, very happy: "I never dreamed that I could hold so many war horses and have so many cavalry! These are thousands of cavalry!"

Cavalry is the shortcoming of the Song Dynasty, and it is a rare thing. If he can have thousands of cavalry, it would be a great thing. In the past, Zhou Wei had hoped countless times and could have a large number of cavalry, but he had never been able to do it. Now, his wish comes true. Looking at the cavalry that has been trained, he will not be happy.

"Look at your promising prospects, these are only three thousand cavalry." Wang Shao's eyes kept squinting, enjoying this feeling very much, but came to attack Zhou Wei: "As long as you fight a good war, there are as many cavalry as you want. Liao Gou doesn't have many other war horses, but there are more war horses! The more courage you are, the more war horses you have!"

"Shumi Wang, you are standing and talking without a pain." Zhou Wei laughed and counterattacked Wang Shao: "I remember when I sent troops to Xihe, who was there to count the cavalry with his fingers? Some people said that there were more cavalry, more cavalry. At that time, some people even wrenched their fingers when they were eating and walking for the sake of cavalry. Humph!"

"Who? So unreliable! Call him out and let me see!" Wang Shao was serious, glared at his eyes, and the boss roared out loud.

"Bochi!" Wu Ji could no longer hold it back, looked at Wang Shao, and burst into laughter.

Don’t look at Wang Shao’s serious appearance on weekdays. He is not a good person. He looks like this when he is sloppy. He is clearly talking about him, but he still looks like he has nothing to do with him.

"Brother Wu, why are you laughing?" Wang Shao still looked like he had nothing to do with him.

"I'm convinced! If you are thick-skinned, you will be invincible!" Wu Ji gave a thumbs up.

"Brother Wu, do you have a look? Are you doubting me? Are you the kind of unpromising person? Otherwise, how could I fight the Xihe Battle?" Wang Shao left all the money.

"Brother Wu, let's act in martial arts!" Zhou Wei rolled his eyes, very helpless. He has followed Wang Shao for many years and knew Wang Shao's temper. When he was cheating, no one could blame him. This is a living example.

"Playing martial arts! Playing martial arts!" Wu Ji nodded violently: "What's the point of bitter melon face? Let's watch martial arts."

"Brother Wu, are you talking about who is unpromising?" Wang Shao still looked like a hob.

Wu Ji simply ignored him and looked at the school ground. With Zhou Wei's order, the Xiongzhou army began to move.

"Breaking the barbarian bow, shoot!"

The Bon's bows took turns to shoot, with arrows falling like rain, without any stop. The arrows were dense, so even flies did not want to survive.

"Brother Wu, your method of shooting in turn is really good." Wang Shao's rotating knife disappeared, and he slapped Wu Ji's shoulders and said, "In the past, although the Song Dynasty had a good bow, it was impossible to use the method. After only three or four shots at the battle, it rushed to the front of the formation. Now, there are constant arrows and stones, and the enemy will pay a considerable price every step forward!"

The Song Dynasty had excellent equipment, but it was not used well. Wu Ji's small improvement was not innovative at all, because during the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties, the use of long-range weapons was to take turns shooting, without any interruptions.

Although it is not an innovation, it can only be considered a small improvement, but it greatly improved the combat power of the Song army. In the past, when the enemy could only make three or four shots before the enemy, the enemy rushed to the front and could not effectively kill the enemy. Now, the enemy is always in the rain of arrows on the road to charge, and the casualties are not enough.

"It's too much." Wu Ji said humbly: "The Song Dynasty has excellent equipment, but it's not used well. If it's used well, the combat power of the Song Dynasty's army is very strong."

"Haha!" Wang Shao nodded and said, "I think so too, but it's not as deep as you dig, so much."

"Thunderbolt bullets, throw them!"

One after another, a loud bang came, one after another, a ball of fire flashed, sand flew away, and one after another appeared, with a crater after another, which was so powerful that it was very terrifying. If there were enemies, the corpses would have been flying around, and there would have been heavy casualties.

"Brother Wu, this is the greatest reliance of the Song army. Not to mention anything else, with this thunderbolt, the combat power of the Song army would be much larger than the empty space." Wang Shao looked at the smoke, became excited, stood up, almost singing: "If I had thunderbolt in the Xihe Battle back then, I would have destroyed Xixia."

"Mo Dao, chop!"

The Mo Dao raised it high and slashed it hard, with a terrifying voice and annoying. Feeling the power that was coming to his face, Wu Ji couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

"Caval, attack!"

Three thousand cavalry suddenly galloped, splashing large patches of smoke and dust, like an angry dragon. The sound of thunderous hooves made the earth tremble.

"Oh my God, cavalry!" Zhou Wei sang happily: "I finally saw the cavalry galloping! What would it be if we gathered all 30,000 cavalry and galloped on the battlefield?"

Using 30,000 cavalry to gallop has never appeared in the history of the Song Dynasty and is very worthy of imagination.

"The Song Dynasty has not used it yet, but it can be used to speculate from history." Wang Shao was also happy when he looked at the cavalry galloping across the mountain and stormed, and his eyes were lit up: "Wei Qing rushed to the Hetao area, which was tens of thousands of elite cavalry. He set out from a place thousands of miles away and took Hetao straight, and caught the Huns off guard. Huo Qubing attacked the Hexi Corridor, leading 10,000 elite cavalry for the first time, and the second time he led 20,000 elite cavalry for the second time, with a total force of only 30,000, but it defeated the 240,000 Xiongnu army in the Hexi Corridor, and the Jin people who slaughtered King and sacrificed the sky were captured by Huo Qubing. If there were more than 100,000 elite cavalry in the Song Dynasty, it would not be a problem to cross the desert."

Speaking of this, he looked at Wu Ji and said, "Brother Wu, I'm going to have a long talk with you in my conversion. I increasingly believe that your opinion is correct. The Song Dynasty must build elite cavalry. Without elite cavalry, it is impossible to traverse the land of Yanyun, it is impossible to reclaim the Sixteen State of Yanyun, and it is even more impossible to traverse the desert!"

Cavalry is the ace army in the cold weapon era. The reason why the Han and Tang Dynasties were able to surround the desert and sweep across the nation was because the Han and Tang dynasties had a large number of elite cavalry.

"Our cavalry is about to come out!" Wu Ji was very satisfied with the change in front of him.

It was very difficult to change the national policy of using infantry to control cavalry in the Song Dynasty and it was impossible to do it all at once. First, through this training, the importance of cavalry is demonstrated, and it would be easier to achieve the goal of changing the national policy.

If it weren't for the robbery of the Liao Kingdom this time, the border generals would not have been so unanimously supporting Wu Ji's proposal. It can be imagined that if this victory is made, the future reform will be much easier.

After the Xiongzhou martial arts performance, Wang Shao and Wu Ji rushed to another place for inspection. They went to one place after another and were very satisfied with the results of this training.

It has to be said that the efforts of the Conversion Army in the past few months have achieved the expected results. Compared with the past, these 80,000 elite soldiers are in the sky and the other is in the ground. This gap is really too big.

It can be said that the 80,000 elite soldiers have undergone a qualitative transformation, and their combat power is much stronger than before.

As for equipment, let alone the equipment jointly manufactured by Wu's military industry and the Song Dynasty military weapon supervisor were very excellent, making their combat power even better.

Everyone has a horse to ride, and the mobility is greatly improved. It comes and goes like the wind, and is extremely fast. It is no longer a dream, but a fact.

After the inspection was completed, the Conversion Army withdrew its letter of return. At Wang Shao's order, generals from all over the country gathered in Xiongzhou to discuss and deal with the last issue.

There were all the generals in Wang Shao's mansion. Wang Shao kept walking around and commented: "After several months of training, our 80,000 army has improved a lot. They have excellent equipment and war horses, and they are still stronger and more tenacious than before. I am still satisfied with the training."

"Haha!" A burst of laughter sounded, and all the generals had smiles on their faces.

"I heard that the Converted Army was so good before, but I didn't care. Now, we really know why the Converted Army is so powerful."

"We also have an elite force in our hands."

The generals were very happy and started to talk.

"Shut up!" Wang Shao's face darkened and he shouted fiercely. The joy of the generals disappeared, and everyone was confused. He looked at Wang Shao.

"I tell you that no matter how well the army trained on the school field, it is not an elite! Only the army that is dominant on the battlefield is the real elite!" Wang Shao coldly glanced at the generals and poured cold water on them: "Looking at the school field, you have an elite army in your hand. But this is far from enough! I have decided to let you lead your army deep into the Liao territory and plunder!"

"Okay! Wang Shumi, please give the order quickly! Brothers are waiting!" The generals asked for the battle one after another.

"This time, you will lead the troops alone. If you fight well or not, it is your own business. If you fight well, you will be promoted and rewarded! If you fight badly, you will be punished!" Wang Shao's face became colder and his tone became colder: "I think there must be some of you who are not suitable for this style of fighting. They will suffer a defeat. The Song Dynasty will pay a price. This price is necessary. If you fail, come and see you!"

An army cannot be called an elite without experiencing the baptism of blood and fire. This time the Song army enters the Liao territory to plunder, and the Song army will definitely be defeated. An excellent army does not mean that with excellent equipment and good training, it is elite, and it must also have advanced tactics.

These generals may not be able to do this. Some of them have rigid thinking and are still thinking in the previous way. It is very difficult to ask them to master new tactics in a short time. Although Wang Shao gathered them together and Wu Ji taught some experience.

It is extremely harmful to not expel these people. Therefore, these costs must be paid.
Chapter completed!