When Tang Jing went out, ten ironclad knights were ready.

In order to cope with the upcoming battle, in addition to Xiyuan, there were still five ironclad guards on duty, and all the remaining troops in Tingshan were transferred to the front line.

Even the east and west gates were handed over to the officials to take over temporarily.

Even though the soldiers were so nervous, Ji Li still personally selected the ten most brave ironclad knights to guard Tang Jing's left and right at any time and act as Tang Jing's personal soldiers.

Zhong Xiong, the newly appointed captain of the pro-soldiers, brought Tang Jing's mount - the green worm.

There is Mu Jiao's blood flowing in his body, his hair is pure green, his body is tall and strong, half a head taller than ordinary war horses, and his head, elbows, and back are covered with silver outfits made of iron and fine forging.

Even if you carry a weight of 200 kilograms, you can still walk like a fly, and travel thousands of miles a day.

This dragon horse is still a foal that Tang Jing bought from Ge Tianguo, the overlord of the Horned Star Domain, when Tang Aigong spent a lot of money, which was a sub-star beast bred by Ge Tianguo's Zhenguo National Star Beast Mu Jiao and War Horse.

The annual feed expenditure alone is enough to feed five or six ordinary families.

Riding on the frog horse, Tang Jing became more and more heroic, walking on the long street, attracting countless young girls with peach blossoms, and they couldn't wait to recommend their pillows.

The children's eyes were full of envy and awe as they looked at the ironclad cavalry.

Tang Jing deliberately paid attention to the reaction of the people.

In the past few days, the army has been assembled and mobilized, and there has been such a big movement, although the news released by the yamen is the routine autumn training of the township soldiers, anyone with a little common sense can think of it - war is coming!

Nine times out of ten, it was the Inuyi people who came to commit it.

In the face of the sudden war, the people of Tingshan behaved very calmly, they should go to the streets, and the shops should be open, and there was no panic at all about the imminent war.

One is that they have experienced too many Inuyi invasions.

Second, the performance of the city defense battalion in recent years has given everyone great confidence.

After crossing the long street and exiting the East City Gate, a clay-tamped dirt road stretches to the west entrance of the valley.

Five wheelbarrows, a camel beast, and a standard grain transport team configuration.

After Tang Jing's guidance, the wheelbarrow can easily transport about 150 catties of grain with only one soldier pushing, which is low cost and practical.

The camel beast looks like a camel, but its limbs are thicker and more powerful, and it can easily carry three or five hundred catties of arrows, weapons, armor, leather, dismantled siege equipment and other military supplies.

The two humps of the camel beast can store a large amount of fat, and can go without food for ten days and half a month, as long as they are fed when they set off, they can greatly reduce their consumption on the road.

It is the most precious capacity.

"Meet Childe!"

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, all the soldiers knelt on both sides of the road, and five of the six were slaves.

This is not surprising.

Although the Tang Law stipulates that adult men are obliged to serve in the military, it does not exclude large families from replacing them with their own slaves, as long as they do not send some scrawny and indiscriminate slaves.

Slaves were more miserable on the battlefield.

The root cause of this was that slavery was regarded as a tradable commodity in the vassal states and was not included in the scope of servitude, thus giving the nobles the opportunity to exploit the loopholes.

hearsay

The Shang Dynasty's imperial uncle Bigan had more than 500,000 slaves at home, and he worked day and night in his food estate. Slaves did not have to serve in forced labor, they did not have to pay taxes on their food and fields, and all the profits went into the pockets of the nobles.

Shiyi has become a country within a country.

The prince of the people once intended to reform the slavery system, but was resisted by the nobles of the court and the central government, so he had no choice but to give up.

Tang Jing didn't stop, he rode quickly and swept by, looking from afar, the towering Tingshan was like a taciturn giant, guarding this side of the land day and night.

The garrisons of the first and second battalions of the township soldiers are located at the foot of the mountain on the north and south sides of the entrance to the valley.

There was no water source in the valley, and there was no time to dig a well, so even if it was only three battalions, it was not suitable to plunge into the valley in one go.

Placing the camp at the entrance is more logistically supportable.

Only when the city defense battalion is really deployed near Hulukou, and chariots and horses are arranged to transport drinking water and food every day, will the township barracks be drawn and rushed to the front line to support when the war begins.

The first battalion of the township soldiers was stationed.

Because it was a temporary camp, the barracks were very messy, and the equipment on the village soldiers was even more miserable.

There is not one in ten who wears armor.

In an era of food scarcity, there was no surplus feed to feed large livestock such as cattle and horses, and even if there were, most of them had to be used as animal power, which doomed leather to be rare.

As a government-run material, pig iron is difficult to buy because of the blockade of Danling Mansion.

As a result,

Weapons and equipment have become the biggest shortcoming of the township soldiers.

If the weapons and equipment can be replenished, the combat effectiveness of the township barracks will directly catch up with the city defense battalions, and they will immediately be converted into formal establishments to compete with the standing army.

Just entered the barracks,

Tang Jing noticed a veteran standing in the corner on duty, in his thirties, with a resolute face and an empty sleeve in his left hand, and stepped forward to blame him: "Uncle, why are you here too?" ”

"The children are on the battlefield for the first time, and I am not at ease."

The veteran is the former commander of the Mingguang Brigade, who was injured in the Battle of the Valley ten years ago and was transferred to Tingshan County to recuperate. Because of Tang Mi's usurpation, the Mingguang Brigade was tragically purged, and these veterans were forgotten in Tingshan.

It wasn't until Tang Jing became a vassal that these veterans were placed in various villages, assigned slaves and servants, and finally lived a stable life, and later became the head of the township soldiers in each village.

It is precisely because of the existence of these veterans that the training quality of the Tingshan Township soldiers is so high. Even Ji Li, Suixiang and others can be regarded as half of the disciples of these veterans.

"Childe, I stopped it, but I didn't stop it." The battalion that took up the post was following the elephant and hurriedly stepped forward to explain.

"Forget it!" Tang Jing waved his hand, these veterans have a special status, and they are not easy to use, half joking and half serious: "Uncle, don't you take it as an example." ”

"One time is enough!"

The veteran smiled, and with the first time, these cubs also grew.

"Is there any difficulty on your side?" Tang Jing asked with the image.

"Nope!"

Sui Xiang shook his head, "I hope that the Wind Dog people will come soon, and if the war starts a day earlier, we will save a day's food and grass." ”

"You're really good at budgeting." Tang Jing shook his head amusedly.

Inspecting the two township barracks, Tang Jing arrived at the city defense camp just in time for dinner, and the soldiers who went out with the army set up twenty cauldrons in the camp.

Eat in units of two, staggered meals.

Lunch is very simple, millet and radish are stewed in a pot, less oil and less salt, because they are all soldiers, they must ensure that they are full of qi and blood at any time, and a little extra meat foam and secret medicine will be added.

Five hundred people eat this meal, which is worth the expenses of an ordinary family for a year.

No wonder it is said that war is a burning of money.

Not only did this battle Tingshan have to win, if he couldn't grab enough loot, then no matter how much Tang Jing wanted to maintain the establishment of three battalions, he would also disband the troops on the spot because of lack of money.

Declined Ji Li's proposal to open a small stove, Tang Jing picked up a bowl of millet porridge, snorted three or two times and killed it, and drank two large bowls, only half full.

This is the standard in wartime.

"Is there any latest movement from the enemy?" Tang Jing asked.

"I just got the news that the Wind Dog Tribe has completed the assembly of its army, and it is expected that it will advance into the valley tomorrow."

"How many are there?"

"Three thousand."

"Three thousand?" Tang Jing raised his eyebrows slightly.

Dongyi is vast and sparsely populated, although the jurisdiction of the Wind Dog Tribe is large, the population is more than 100,000, which is equivalent to Tingshan, even if all the people are soldiers, limited to martial arts talents, they can mobilize up to 3,000 soldiers.

"The Wind Dog Man is really fried this time." Ji Li said with a smile.

"That's good." Tang Jing was not worried at all, "Just annihilate the Wind Dog army in one fell swoop, so that we can reap the fruits of victory and maximize the benefits." ”

Ji Lifu was thoughtful.

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As the seat of Danling Mansion, Danqiu City is barely the third largest city in the Tang Kingdom, because it is located on the border, it is not very rich, but it is also a strong people.

Ranger is common on the streets.

In the palace, the deputy brigade of the Black Hammer Brigade, Shuai Yangjian, is reporting the latest military situation, "The Wind Dog people have completed their assembly and are expected to set out tomorrow." Isn't it time for us to leave, Master? ”

"Don't worry," Uncle Leopard, the lord of Danling Mansion, looked indifferent, "I heard that Tingshan is not ready to gather the city to defend it, but instead pulls the army to the deep valley, preparing to fight to the death with the wind dog people in the wild?" ”

"By all indications, it is." Yang Jian couldn't understand Tingshan's decision-making either.

Shu Bao thought he understood, and said with a sneer: "Tingshan is sure that the Black Hammer Brigade will definitely send reinforcements, so there is nothing to fear." Gongzijing treats war as child's play, and he really ......"

"Mansion Master, be cautious." Yang Jian reminded in a low voice.

"There are no outsiders here!"

Shu Bao waved his hand absently, as one of Tang Gongmi's henchmen, he well understood Tang Gongmi's potential intention, which was to take the opportunity to make trouble for Tingshan.

I was worried about the timing of the troops, and the Tingshan side was so self-conscious.

"What does the lord mean?" Yang Jian asked for instructions carefully.

The expression on Shu Leopard's face was elusive, and his voice was even more erratic, "Wang Ting's order is for us to rush to the aid of Tingshan, as long as we make sure that Tingshan City is not lost, the rest don't need to be ignored." Do you understand? ”

"Understood."