Chapter XXVI: The Militia
"What the mother said is that her son is in a much better mood."
"It's a pity, when the spring was open, that kid said he would help me raise insects. Now that he has gone to Jiangnan again, it seems that his old body can't listen to the insects this winter. â
"If my son wants to, let him raise him in Jiangnan and send him back to Chang'an."
"Hahaha, the emperor is confused. What is the climate in Jiangnan, what is the climate in this pass, this insect has already frozen to death if it is sent to Chang'an. â
A pair of treacherous mother and son dug a huge pit for Yun Xiao, and now they are clapping their hands in the imperial garden to celebrate, drinking tea and chatting, poor Yun Xiao is worrying in Jiangdu.
After exterminating the remnants of several of the strongest Wu army, the area that Jiangdu City could control was now increased by one hundred and ten li. Places like Gaoyou can now pay taxes normally. The human head hanging from the gate was still there, rotting away. But the Wu soldiers still used straw ropes to wear it and hang it on the city tower.
With this baby's appearance, neither the tax collectors of Xiangguofu nor the soldiers in the city dare to bully them anymore. Trouble is coming, how to feed these tens of thousands of mouths. Yunxiao is not a Monkey King, and he can't change rice noodles like a mountain. Dou Yuan's treasury was also deadly empty, Yun Xiao had read a few books, which were only enough for the Jiangdu garrison, and if he wanted to eat, he could only make up his mind.
In fact, there is food, but it is not in Jiangdu but in Dongting Lake, which is hundreds of miles away. The news brought back by the iron guard is that the lake bandits in Dongting Lake are very rich. They had already hoarded mountains of rice during the summer harvest, and it was no problem to live in Dongting Lake and eat it for a year.
The problem is that there are no people who fight water battles themselves, and the Huns are cavalry. Can't even swim, you let them go to the lake to fight. That's killing them. These murderous men who don't blink their eyes faint at the sight of water. When you cross the Yellow River, you can vomit when you take a ferry, let alone the 800-mile Dongting Lake.
I can only rely on those rebels. However, the will of the imperial court has not yet come down. If you recruit them now, will you be in trouble. Some regretted leaving the fisherman on the Zhuangzi. Now there is no one to discuss when encountering things.
"Hou Ye Zhang Shiyi is here."
The guards reported outside the door.
"Let him in."
"See Master Hou."
Zhang Shiyi respectfully saluted Yunxiao.
"Didn't I let you go to Guanzhong? Why haven't you left yet? â
"Master Hou, the villain won't go to Guanzhong."
"Oh why?"
"The villain still can't let go of those brothers, and the villain feels that Master Hou is in need of manpower here. The villain is willing to ask for orders to organize the township to serve the Hou Ye. â
"Oh"
Yun Xiao's eyes lit up, and it was a good idea to organize Xiang Yong. To put it bluntly, Xiang Yong was a militia, and the imperial court and the vassal king would not allocate them a single military supply such as armaments and horse armor. All their needs had to be paid for by themselves, and they were not counted as military personnel of the imperial court. After the battle was over, it had to be disbanded, but usually such a lack of training and no morale, and the poorly equipped troops were generally fish belly troops, and the imperial court rarely let such troops go to war.
However, these remnants of the Wu army were organized differently. Many of them were junior officers in the Wu army. For many years of military service, the training and combat effectiveness of King Wu's southern expedition and northern war have been guaranteed. As for the equipment, it can be given except for armor Yunxiao. The seizures of these days are piled up there, and they still have some weapons in their hands.
"How many people can you organize?"
"Back to Master Hou, the villain can organize a team of 3,000 people. However, most of them are crossbowmen, because the villain used to be the captain of the crossbow battalion. â
Three thousand crossbows, equipping them with no problem. Not to mention the Jiangdu Treasury, even the crossbow arrows brought by Yun Xiao were also loaded with more than a hundred carts.
"You quickly go and organize the village brave, and come to Jiangdu to gather in the day after tomorrow."
"No"
Yun Xiao happily sent Zhang Shiyi away. Now there are those who need it most. It's time to plan how to grab food, drag through the map and study it carefully. Looking at the map, Yun Xiao was dumbfounded. Eight hundred miles of Dongting Lake, there are boats under his own hands. Yun Xiao suddenly sat on the chair like a deflated ball. There's no boat to fart. You can't swim to attack those water thieves.
The irritated Yunxiao pushed the map away and walked in the military tent like a caged dog. When I was embarrassed in the military tent, I went to the school field.
The school field was very lively, and Dai Yu led two iron guards to train Luan Yong and more than 30 Luan family soldiers. Drill mud pits and climb poles. A bunch of mud monkey-like guys jumping up and down. The mud on his body made the smooth wooden pole extremely difficult to climb, and Luan Yong slipped down halfway through the climb several times. Dai Yu scratched his head. I don't know where I got a few snakes with green bodies and put them under Luan Yong.
patted Luan Yong, who was about to lose his hold. He smiled and pointed at the little snake.
"Mom."
Luan Yong rushed up with a spirit, and the speed of climbing the pole was that the gorilla would be admired when he saw it.
After climbing the bar, the next subject is swimming. Yun Xiao thought it was necessary to learn to swim in Jiangnan, so he specially found a small river with strong water and clear water to teach these landlubbers to swim.
To Yun Xiao's surprise, Luan Yong and Luan's soldiers swam very fast in the river. With a posture of running for their lives, it seems that there is no problem in seeing their speed break the Olympic record.
Yun Xiao asked Dai Yu in confusion why he could train these landlubbers in just a few days. You must know that when I learned to swim, I learned to swim seriously, but I learned it seriously for half a month, and I choked a lot of water to achieve my current achievements. Dai Yu trained these guys for only three short days, and if they were to get to the next generation, it would be a trick to making a fortune.
Dai Yu didn't answer Yun Xiao, but just pointed to a few dead trees in the river. Yun Xiao's eyes widened, it wasn't fucking dead wood, it was a Yangtze crocodile more than two meters long. No wonder these guys are running for their lives, they are really running for their lives. Imagine, there is a group of crocodiles chasing behind, who dares not to swim desperately?
Luan Yong hates himself to death now, what do you have nothing to do, run to Yun Xiao and ask to go to the battlefield. My brother-in-law is so right, if you don't die, you won't die. Dai Yu, who climbs the pole, puts a snake in the back, and swims Dai Yu puts a crocodile in the water. Dai Yu put the earth dog in the back and tied a piece of meat to each person's buttocks.
Damn, whose living person can drill a hole in the soil, what long-haired beasts? Luan Yong and the family soldiers drugged each other's buttocks, muttering curses to Dai Yusheng's son Mu Youxiao.
When climbing the rope ladder, Dai Yu finally stopped using animals. These boys have long been immune to snakes, insects, rats, ants, and even tigers and leopards. But when everyone was halfway up, they were stopped by Dai Yu, and then this guy struck a match and lit the rope ladder.
Everyone climbed up in panic, and the people who were picked up alive screamed in pain. More people used their strength to climb up, and raised two fingers at the slow guy who climbed on it, and stabbed at the chrysanthemum. The guy who was hit by the trick immediately rushed out like a rabbit with an arrow.
Dai Yu seemed to be very satisfied with his natural training method of creating zĂ o, and looked at Batu who was standing far away with disdain. How can a barbarian who can only hold a whip compare with a cultured person like himself. Look at yourself, I never carry a whip in my hand, and I never beat and scold these Luan soldiers.
"The method of training soldiers of the Marquis of Lintong is really a series of its own, and he can train such a strong soldier in a short period of time, Dou Yuan admires it very much" Dou Yuan has never lacked this thing of etiquette, no matter who he talks to, he looks personable. Yun Xiao can see the admiration for this guy in the eyes of almost all the women, if this guy travels to the next life, I am afraid that he is at least a figure at the level of a young woman killer.
"What if there are soldiers, even if Ben Hou has the ability to catch turtles in the nine oceans, he can only look at the ocean and sigh."
"Oh, why is Yunhou so emotional?"
"Ben Hou wants to exterminate the Dongting rebels, but there are few warships in Jiangdu, so I sigh."
"Hahaha, most of the warships in Jiangdu were plundered by King Wu when he was defeated and fled. There is a shortage of natural warships in Jiangdu, but why did the Marquis of Lintong forget it. There are many warships in the Jiujiang King, which is adjacent to Dongting Lake, and the Jiujiang King is constantly being harassed by the Dongting Water Bandits. If Yun Xiao goes to help the King of Jiujiang quell the chaos, I believe that the King of Jiujiang will not only raise his hands to welcome him, but also send a large amount of military funds. â
Yun Xiao's eyes lit up, how could he forget about the guy King of Jiujiang. Isn't this guy constantly being harassed by the Dongting Water Bandits?
"Thank you Dou Xiangguo, Yun Xiao has thanked you here. Ben Hou then sent a messenger to contact the King of Jiujiang, as long as he had the warship Yun Xiao had the confidence to wipe out the Dongting water bandits. â
"In the first battle of Jiangdu, the officers and soldiers in Jiangnan all knew that the Marquis of Lintong was a famous general from my Han Dynasty. Presumably, the king of Jiujiang will be very happy to receive the letter from the Marquis of Lintong. Dou Yuan is here to wish Yunhou a great defeat of the enemy army. It's just that the king of Jiangdu of my family is now in the hands of the traitor Xiang Sanqiu. Please also ask the Marquis of Lintong to think of a way to rescue the prince. â
"Eat bite by bite, and fight battle by battle. Jiangnan thieves are in turmoil, and Xiang Sanqiu is the most powerful. And the thief himself is also a person who knows the soldiers, and it is difficult to exterminate them. If he is allowed to collude with these thieves, it will be even more difficult to deal with. Therefore, before we can fight the thief, we can only cut off its wings first. In the end, he could deal with Xiang Sanqiu, and the king of Jiangdu could only be wronged. Presumably, the three autumns did not harm the king of Jiangdu at the beginning, and after these many days, it will not be, Xiangguo, please rest assured. â
Dou Yuan understood Lintong Hou's thoughts, and in the current situation, it could only be like this. However, the Xiang thief was stationed in Huxi. If the Marquis of Lintong leaves Jiangdu, Dou Yuan is afraid that Jiangdu's current strength is not enough to protect himself. If Jiang Du loses, I am afraid that the situation in Jiangnan will be even more difficult to fathom, and please ask Lintong Hou to think twice. â
"Don't worry about Dou Xiangguo about this matter, Yun Xiao will let Liu Cheng lead his troops to continue to garrison Jiangdu. Ben Hou took another army and horses to Dongting to quell the chaos. (To be continued......)