Chapter 22: Erlang, I'm a horse who feels sorry for you!
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Coming out of the weapon workshop, Tang Jing stepped on the green worm horse, and walked out of the north city gate surrounded by Zhong Xiong and other guards, and as far as the eye could see, the refugee camp outside the city was obviously much empty.
Over the past week,
Under the organization of the county government, the quarry alone recruited 6,000 young and strong laborers, and in order to speed up the progress of quarrying, the county government even opened up three quarries at the same time.
On the other side,
Every time Chunguan Xizhong surveys a Tang potato planting area, the county government will randomly select 20 to 100 households of wind dog people to settle in according to the size of the plot, reclaim wasteland, and build homes.
It can be seen that Zhao Jian is still not very at ease with the Wind Dog people, not only broke up all the original village organizations of the Wind Dog Tribe, but also set an upper limit of 100 households.
Limit the gathering of wind dog people to make trouble as much as possible.
Whenever a new village is established, the first thing the county government officials do in the village is to compile a new household register, preach the system of protecting armor and the system of continuous sitting, and only distribute three days' rations.
In the coming winter, the Wind Dog people will inevitably have to struggle on the food and clothing line.
Tang Jing and his entourage came to the foot of the mountains in the western suburbs, the original barren land, but at this time there was the sound of barking dogs, and the mastiff garden that Tingshan had painstakingly built was located here.
Counting the black mastiffs captured in the Battle of the Valley, there are nearly 1,000 black mastiffs living in the mastiff park, and more than a dozen sheep need to be consumed just for the daily meat feed.
They're the real big eaters.
In order to supply the needs of the mastiff garden, Tang Jing also had to give special approval to entrust the captured lambs to the mountain people to raise, and then they will be collected by the yamen when they grow up.
The price is that
The yamen wanted to exempt these mountain people from certain taxes.
If new lambs can be produced in the coming year, the yamen can sell them to the mountain people at a low price.
And so on and so forth,
Maybe you can really develop a goat breeding industry in Tingshan.
A small horse farm was built next to the mastiff park, which served as a cavalry training base and a temporary station for the cavalry battalion of the city guard brigade.
When Tang Jing arrived, the cavalry battalion of the new officer was Yang Jian, who was leading his troops to conduct cavalry and archery training.
The Battle of the Valley,
Yang Jian's first contribution coincided with the reorganization of the City Guard Brigade, and he was promoted to battalion because of his merits.
Suixiang and Longsheng are two township barracks, one is in charge of the infantry battalion and the other is in charge of the bow and crossbow battalion.
Although Ji Li was in charge of the prisoner of war camp, Tang Jing did not treat him badly, and was promoted to the deputy brigade commander of the City Guard Brigade, in charge of the deployment of military supplies and food for the whole brigade, which can be described as a high power.
Before he got off the horse, Tang Jingyuan noticed that the yellow horse under Yang Jian's seat was already foaming at the mouth.
It can be seen that the training is hard.
The war horse that Yang Jian had ridden before was killed by White Fang, and after the war, Tang Jing intended to give Yang Jian the black mastiff king ridden by Wuchi, but the latter insisted on not wanting to.
The reason is very speechless,
Say anything: Because the whistling dog is a dog, it will never ride a dog.
Yang Jian was wearing armor, coupled with the three-pointed two-edged knife forged from star stone, the weight of his whole body exceeded one hundred and eighty catties, and ordinary war horses really couldn't carry him, and he was out of breath after riding for a short time.
"Erlang, come here!" Tang Jing really felt sorry for that horse.
"Senior brother!"
Only then did Yang Jian notice Tang Jing and his entourage, and told his subordinates to continue training, and he arrived by puffing his horse, looking a little excited, "Senior brother, are you here to review the cavalry battalion?" ”
"Just take a look, how are you doing?" Tang Jing asked with a smile.
"It's not good, it's still running-in."
The cavalry battalion was based on the palace guards, but there were still a small number of recruits, and even horseback riding had to be practiced from scratch, where was it so easy to form.
plus limited war horses,
Half of the cavalry will also ride a black mastiff, which is even more uncomfortable.
If the cavalry battalion wants to truly be like an arm commander on the battlefield, it will have to make a thousand-fold effort in peacetime, constantly running-in, running-in, and running-in.
The run-in between people and horses, the run-in between people, and the run-in between people and weapons.
Fortunately, Tingshan also has a secret weapon, that is, the stirrup that Tang Jing made up before, including the repeating crossbow, bed crossbow and other weapons, which are naturally his masterpieces improved in the past ten years.
According to archaeological excavations, stirrups did not exist in China until the Wei and Jin dynasties.
But it is not said that there is no stirrup, you can't ride a horse, you can't train cavalry, there were already cavalry in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and in the Han Dynasty, large-scale cavalry battles were even more common.
The role of stirrups is only to greatly reduce the difficulty of riding.
In the absence of stirrup assistance, those who can be selected as cavalry are veteran drivers who ride horses all year round, and training a cavalryman can be as short as half a year or as long as a year.
In this context,
Compared with the agrarian peoples, the nomads had an innate cavalry advantage.
And since there are stirrups,
Not to mention a strong man, even ordinary boudoir women can ride horses for a spring outing.
It can be as short as half a month or as long as a month, and a novice cavalry can master basic cavalry and archery skills.
The shortening of cavalry training time not only means the lowering of the cavalry threshold, but also means the reduction of time cost and military expenditure, making it possible for agricultural civilization to form large-scale cavalry.
Of course
The premise is to have a sufficiently high-quality war horse.
"Don't rush, take your time."
Whether it's a war horse or a black mastiff, it's all Tingshan's treasures, Tang Jingzhen is worried that Yang Jian is young and vigorous, and he is eager to prove himself and train his subordinates with all his might.
I'm afraid that if I don't wait for the cavalry battalion to take shape, I will toss and scrap the war horses first.
The formation of a cavalry is by no means an overnight achievement, otherwise, the cavalry would not occupy such a pivotal position in the armies of various countries.
Who doesn't offer cavalry as a treasure?
Tang Jing also received a little rumor, so he specially rushed to the cavalry battalion to inspect, cheering for the cavalry battalion, and also relieving Yang Jian's pressure.
"Got it."
Yang Jian vaguely understood something, and scratched his head embarrassedly.
"Don't think too much, I still believe you." Tang Jing reluctantly patted the frog horse beside him and handed the reins to Yang Jian.
"Senior brother, who are you?"
"How can I not have a good horse in my majestic cavalry battalion? This frog horse is also considered handsome, and I will give it to you today, but you have to treat it well. Tang Jing quipped.
"Senior brother, I can't ask for it."
For men,
A war horse is tantamount to half a wife.
How can Yang Jian win the love of his senior brother?
"I'll take it for you, and I'll also point to you to lead the cavalry battalion and continue to charge for Tingshan." Yang Jian went down the mountain, and Tang Jing actually wanted to give him a handy meeting gift for a long time.
"Thank you, brother." Yang Jian was very moved, the senior brother really still loved him, and then he thought of something and asked, "Senior brother, is there another war?" ”
"Come on."
As the dust settles on the impeachment case, Tang Jing expects that the second uncle will choose to reconcile with Susha, push him out as a scapegoat, and bear the anger from Susha alone.
Because I did it the first time, I don't mind doing it a second time.
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Stay in Sand City.
After receiving Tang Gongmi's letter of defense, the chief of Susha Country, Yi Mu Xun, had already made a decision in his heart, and still recruited the general Kong Xuan and asked, "What do you think of this matter?" ”
"Tang Gong is very calculating, and he clearly wants to borrow a knife to kill people." Kong Xuan sneered.
Yi Mu Xun didn't know, "A secret treasure suddenly appeared in Gongzi Jing's hand, and it must be extraordinary, and it can easily defeat the army of three thousand wind dogs. I'm wondering, will this have an impact on the Dark Night Project? ”
"The chieftain means to take the opportunity to clear the hidden danger?" Kong Xuan understood.
"Exactly." "For the night plan, our clan has been preparing for nearly ten years, and Su Sha is taking the lead, so there must be no accidents." ”
"As for Tang Gong, let him jump for a few more days." Yi Mu Xun was joking.
Speaking of the Black Night Plan, Kong Xuan also had a solemn face, "If it is just to deal with Tingshan, then the three parts of Black Dog, Red Dog, and Baihao are more than enough." It just so happens that these three have ideas about the hunting grounds of the Wind Dog Tribe, so it is better to use this as bait and use the performance of the three in the battle to exterminate Tingshan as the only criterion for dividing the Wind Dog hunting ground. ”
Isn't it just borrowing a knife to kill someone, who wouldn't.
"That's a good idea." Yi Mu Xun was very satisfied, "Let the three departments form a coalition army, and the main sect should also send a general to sit in charge, so as not to make them unable to work." ”
"The last will go!" Kong Xuan's eyes were warm.
"No, no!"
Yi Mu Xun shook his head amusedly, "It's just such a small scene, and you don't need the general to go out, let Gao Ji go." ”
"No."
Kong Xuan was a little unwilling.