Chapter 33 Combat Readiness Escalation

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. ------Spring and autumn. Confucius's Analects. Wei Linggong

It is said that Chen Long ordered troops at the Lingling School and met Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng by chance. Han Sheng's skills are itchy, and he wants to compete with Chen Long in front of the army, comparing bows and arrows. Chen Long took the carving bow, carried the Xuangong, the longitudinal horse, shot the eagle feather, raised the heroic courage, looked back at the moon in one style, the bow opened like a full moon, the arrow went like a meteor, and a target was blown up and smashed in a hundred zhang away. When the army saw this amazing and brilliant performance, they were fascinated by it, and it took half a day to burst into earth-shattering cheers, and the mighty roar of the Taishou sounded like a mountain and a sea.

Huang Zhong was also dumbfounded, seeing Wen Long galloping back, holding his hard-tempered iron bow in front of his chest, his courage immediately surged, as soon as he turned over and stepped onto the war horse, just between the two horses of Chen Long, his right hand had already drawn out three carved arrows, and his left hand circled the horse's head, and the horse walked sideways, and the three carved arrows were instantly wound, and the three arrows were swishing in succession, and it was rare that he was in the heart at the same time. The three arrows were neatly and neatly inserted in the red heart, and the generals of the army also applauded when they saw such a miraculous skill, and Huang Zhong laughed back.

Chen Long hurriedly greeted him and said: "Hansheng's stunt, even the beads and arrows hit the target at the same time, and can not lose the line, I might as well too." Huang Gai hurriedly shook his hand and said: "Wenlong, no matter the distance of the arrow, the strength of the arrow, I am greatly inferior, Han Sheng admires the five-body throwing to the ground." The two were touting each other, and Huang Gai next to him said: "Uncle Shi, you still have a good knife technique, why don't you show it together?" Everyone burst into a roar, and Chen Long also said: "I am about to see Hansheng's sword technique, and I must not refuse." ”

Huang Zhong couldn't refuse, and called a junior general next to him and said, "Fu Tong, take my red blood knife." When Chen Long heard Fu Tong's name, he seemed to have seen it in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and quickly activated the light brain to check it, sure enough, there was Fu Tong, and this person was loyal and brave. His son, Fu Yan, was also a famous general of the Shu Han Dynasty in later generations. couldn't help but start Fu Tong's little abacus.

Fu Tong took a long knife and handed it to Huang Zhong. Chen Long saw that the knife was made of pure steel, the blade was slender, the handle was about the same length as the blade, and the whole knife was depicted with a simple pattern, and there was a faint red blood light in the flash, knowing that it was a treasure blade, he couldn't help but take it over and appreciate it carefully. But I saw that the blade was as red as blood, and the blade was streamlined, with a slight arc at the tip of the knife, which was extremely sharp. The back of the knife is thick and heavy, with a deep blood groove in the middle, which extends straight to the hilt. Chen Long praised it, Huang Zhong got on the horse again, and played a few knife techniques on the empty field, the knife light passed through, the red light was pervasive, and the strength was cold, it was really a big killing weapon.

Huang Zhong played with himself for a while, felt that it was not enjoyable, and shouted: "Wenlong, the three armies are in front today, why don't you dance with me?" Chen Long was overjoyed when he heard this, and just tried his Han family's marksmanship, but he didn't have a weapon in hand, so he took Liu Xian's steel gun, jumped on the horse, patted the horse and came to Huang Zhong's horse and arched his hand: "Han Sheng's men are merciful!" ”

Huang Zhong's face became solemn, and he said slowly: "This knife is called Red Shadow, and it was obtained by me from the Black Bamboo Secret Realm in the south of the county in the past, Wenlong be careful." As he spoke, he slashed with a knife in a dignified manner, and it was very dignified. Chen Long knew that the first move was called politeness, so he raised the steel gun and knocked it slightly, and sure enough, Huang Zhong's knife changed instantly, the red knife flashed, and the red shadow knife changed from vertical to straight poke, and the blood went straight to Chen Long's lower abdomen. Chen Long shook his spirits, and his marksmanship also changed accordingly, his left and right hands were smooth, and the steel spear raised on his top became vertically intercepted, and the tip of the Red Shadow knife was deflected with a bang. This time, the two wrestled and fought equally, Chen Long saw that the steel gun in his hand actually had a faint scratch, knowing that the Red Shadow Knife was sharp, not comparable to his own steel gun, so he used the internal force to preemptively attack and began to attack, the Han family's marksmanship was sharp, and several spear flowers shot at Huang Zhong's face. Huang Zhong shouted well, the red shadow knife accompanied him like a shadow, hitting the tip of Chen Long's gun with great accuracy, this time both sides used eighty percent of their strength, sparks splashed everywhere where the knife and gun collided, Huang Zhong only felt a slight pain in the tiger's mouth, knowing that Chen Long's strength was superior, so he carried a set of defensive knife techniques, the red blood light was impenetrable, resisting Chen Long's fierce attack, and occasionally cutting out a knife by surprise, which also made Chen Long come out of a cold sweat, which is a typical defensive counterattack tactic. For the first time, Chen Long used the Han family's marksmanship to fight against the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, and he only felt very happy, and used the Han family's marksmanship 28 style like a rainstorm, and there were a lot of insights in the middle, and he kneaded into the skills of modern combat, and created some new tricks by himself. I don't know how many times the steel spear head and the red blood knife collided, and suddenly the gun head flew out and was cut off by the red blood knife.

Huang Zhong jumped out of the circle and laughed: "Wenlong is good at marksmanship, I might as well too!" It's just that you don't have the blade at hand, and if there were divine soldiers to help, I would have lost a long time ago. Chen Long threw the steel gun, dismounted and walked in front of Huang Zhong, hugged his fists and said: "Hansheng's martial arts are superb, Wenlong admires it incomparably, today's battle has benefited me a lot, today's battle, how about you and I are invincible?" When Huang Zhong heard this, he laughed, jumped off the horse and hugged Chen Long tightly, both of them felt sorry for each other.

In the cheers of the generals, Chen Long, Huang Zhong and other generals rode back to the city. Along the way, Chen Long and Huang Zhong walked side by side, with the meaning of acceptance. Huang Zhong listened, thought for a moment, and said: "Wenlong, you and I are like each other at first sight, and you value it, it is the honor of my Hansheng third life." With a Taishou like Wenlong, the Qinglong Army of Lingling will inevitably become the leader of my Han Dynasty, and I also yearn for it. But I am still serving in the imperial court, how can I be half-hearted and ignore the current Changsha Taishou Han Xuan. When I return to Changsha, I will report to Han Xuanyu that if he allows me to resign from the military, it will not be too late for me to come to Wenlong's office to take my post. Wenlong nodded slightly, knowing that the twisted melon was not sweet, he was disappointed, and said: "Then the general is here, the mountains are high and the rivers are far away, don't forget what I miss." Huang Zhong was moved and said: "Wenlong's affection, Han Sheng has thanked him here." In this way, the young general Fu Tong I brought is skilled in archery and horses, and he is quite strategic, and I will leave him with you to help you become an army. If I am free, I will definitely come to serve Wenlong, and Fu Tong is the witness. ”

Chen Long was overjoyed when he heard this, Huang Zhong handed over all the young generals of his henchmen to himself, and it seemed that he was still very sincere, and hurriedly said: "That is the case, Wenlong thanks Han Sheng for his kindness, I have Fu Tong today, and I look forward to Han Sheng being my deputy in the future." Fu Tong: I will let him be my deputy division commander, Han Sheng rest assured. Huang Zhong asked, "What is the deputy division commander?" Chen Long explained his military system again, and Huang Gai said happily: "Fu Tong is just a partial general in my place, and Wenlong values it, which is a great promotion." Fu Tong, I haven't come to thank Taishou yet! "That Fu Tong is still young and single, seeing that Chen Long is excellent in martial arts, he has long admired him, and it was recommended by Huang Zhong that he became the deputy division commander, so he naturally thanked him for his kindness.

Back at the Taishou Mansion, Chen Long ordered a large banquet to pick up Huang Zhong. During the banquet, they staggered, calling their brothers and calling their brothers, they had long lost their seniority, and they didn't know what to say about this Huang Gai and Huang An. During the banquet, Huang An and Liu Xian were the longest, everyone called him brother, and Zhou Budo was the youngest, and everyone pinched his face one after another, which made Zhou Budo indignant. Seeing the warm atmosphere, Chen Long got up and raised his glass and said, "Today's banquet, one is to build an army for my Qinglong, and the other is to catch the wind for General Hansheng." After today, I hope that the generals will work tirelessly to train our army into an invincible lion, and when they sweep the world in the coming day, we will drink celebration wine again! Everyone responded with a bang, and they all raised their glasses and drank them all. Chen Long burst out of pride, smashed the cup, and chanted loudly: "When autumn comes on September 8, I will kill a hundred flowers after the flowers bloom." The heavenly incense array penetrates Chang'an, and the city is full of golden armor! Everyone applauded and raised their glasses one after another, only Huang Zhong heard the antipathy to the Han Dynasty in the poem, and his heart groaned slightly.

The wine was dispersed, Huang Zhong wanted to visit Quanling County, and Chen Long asked Huang An to accompany him. The rest of the people held a military meeting, and although this morning's school field was greatly boosted, the problems of backward equipment, insufficient combat effectiveness, small number of horses, uneven personnel, and so on have also become prominent, and there is an urgent need to reorganize personnel and upgrade equipment. Chen Long asked Liu Xian: "Second brother, how much can the current treasury take out to buy military horses?" Liu Xian said: "The inventory of the treasury has been completed, and there are five baht coins of 5.16 million, about 220,000 taels of silver. There were also 70,000 taels of silver, for a total of 290,000 taels. If there are no major natural disasters in each county this year, the tax silver will be about 700,000 taels, but it will generally be delivered after autumn. Therefore, what can be used now is the 290,000 taels, and the cost of repairing the city wall, buying knives and guns, and recruiting soldiers and brave soldiers is also taken into account. Most of the existing horse dealers are northern horses, with more than endurance and insufficient speed, and the price is about 10 taels and 1 horses, and the real Xiongnu good horses cost 2,005 baht, or about 80 taels and 1 horses, which is very expensive. To replenish the horses of the cavalry division, seven thousand horses would require at least seventy thousand taels of silver. ”

When Long Chen heard this, one head and two big, his heart is really poor and short-minded, and the horse is thin and long, so it is better to ask me to rob it. After thinking about it, he said to everyone: "In this case, first buy 4,000 horses from the north to replenish the combat units and reconnaissance regiments of the cavalry division." In addition, 200 good Hun horses were purchased for the use of the generals and my special forces. Liu Xian wrote them down one by one.

Chen Long called Huang Gai again: "Gongfu, you can go to the old man of the Sheng family and ask him to gather all the blacksmiths and carpenters in Lingling for me, make guns, knives, bows and arrows and stirrups to make up the difference." Iron ore and timber were transported by Yang Huai as much as he could, and supplied the blacksmiths with what they needed. The gun is still based on the current wooden pole gun, only the head of the gun can be made, the arrow can be made of bamboo and wood, and only the iron arrow can be made. Huang Gai and Yang Huai each received their orders to write them down, and then they asked about the magic of stirrups, and Huang Gai explained them one by one.

Chen Long called Liu Min again, and said: "Please ask General Liu to be responsible for building the saddle battle flag armor, it must be unified, and if you have the style, you will show me first." He asked for 6,000 sets of soft armor for cavalry, 30,000 sets of leather armor for infantry armor, and two taels of silver, which Liu Xian would allot. Liu Min wrote them down one by one. He also called Liu Xian and said: "Brother Liu, you can be responsible for logistics, cutting the old, young, sick and disabled, repairing the city wall, raising food and grass, and be sure to leave enough for half a year to prepare for the unexpected." Formulate a plan for recruiting soldiers, limit the silver two, and first make up for the lack of cavalry divisions. Liu Xian also wrote them down one by one.

After everything was done, Chen Long sighed: "Now Lingling is not very rich, we have to arrange it first, everyone also needs to be diligent and thrifty, stimulate businessmen, build water conservancy, open source and reduce expenditure, if there are corrupt people, they will be severely punished." When I went back, I asked Huang An to formulate military rules and regulations, and everyone, including me, must conscientiously implement them. The generals responded with a bang.

Zhou Budo was beside him, and when he heard that he had nothing to do, he kept scratching his head and cheeks. Long Chen looked at him like a monkey and said with a smile: "In war, weapon technology comes first, whoever masters the most advanced weapons will naturally be invincible." I have a weapon atlas here, and I hope that Zhou Junshi will study it. As he spoke, he asked someone to take a pen and paper, draw a pattern of a repeater according to the pattern displayed in the light brain, and handed it to Zhou Budo. Everyone gathered around the pattern and asked one after another, Chen Long answered one by one, and everyone knew that this thing was very powerful, and they were all amazed. Chen Long came from the later generations, and naturally occupied Zhuge 's wisdom, but the details of this repeater were not clear, if Huang Yueying could be recruited, the problem would naturally be solved, but now it was only difficult for Zhou Budo.

After arranging them one by one, Huang Gai suddenly said: "Big brother, I think you are fighting with Uncle Huang Zhong today, which is remarkable, Huang Zhong relied on the Red Blood Knife and fought a draw with you." There are countless divine soldiers in this world, and the eldest brother can send people to find and procure, if he is lucky enough to get a divine soldier, then with the martial arts of the eldest brother, he will definitely be invincible in the world. ”

When Long Chen heard this, his heart moved slightly, thinking of the green sinking spear in the waterfall at the bottom of the pit that day. How could such a divine weapon let it be lonely for thousands of years in the dark underground waterfall?