Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 267 Training Soldiers and Horses 2
While the soldiers at the camp were eating, the hunting team brought another batch of prey. In addition to common prey such as wild boar and roe deer, there were also leopards and tigers.

Although these prey are not many, they are a huge temptation for those soldiers who have not eaten meat. Gongsun Xu looked at the drooling soldiers and shouted: "Whether you want to eat meat, no matter if it is a tiger or a wild boar, you are up to me." Mom is meat, do you want to eat it?"

At first, most of the soldiers didn't know how to answer. Finally, two stunned young men replied, "I think, I want to eat, I want to eat..."

The corporal leaders of the two Lengtouqing's team rushed over and kicked them down, cursing at the same time: "The general is talking, how can you interrupt, go to work for me after eating, don't worry!" It embarrasses me."

Gongsun Xu looked at it with a disapproving smile and said: "Hahaha, there is no free lunch in the world. If you want to eat meat, you have to show some grades. In the training this afternoon, you will get meat if you perform well, and you will eat big cakes if you perform averagely." , those who perform poorly, the food will be halved, wait to starve, do you hear me?"

After hearing this, everyone held back their energy. If there is meat to eat, who doesn't want to take a bite? Although eating big cakes is quite a good treatment, who doesn't want to make progress? Moreover, if the performance is poor, even big cakes None, how can this work.

Seeing that the fire was almost ready, Gongsun Xu stopped talking nonsense, and he just waited for the soldiers to finish their meals before starting training.

However, looking at these prey, Gongsun Xu couldn't help but sigh that there are so many good things in the nearby mountains and forests, even tigers can be hunted. It seems that there should be many good things in the vicinity.

In order to improve the training enthusiasm of the soldiers, Gongsun Xu thought for a while and called Huang Xu and said: "Send someone to carefully investigate the nearby terrain, and also find out when we can get out of such a mountainous area and enter the grassland.

One was added to the soldiers during training in the afternoon. The 3000 worst performers not only had their meals halved, but also had to follow the veterans into the mountains to hunt the next day. What they hunted should be given to the best-trained teams first. "

After hearing this, Huang Xu nodded and replied: "Subordinates understand, but, my lord, this place in the deep mountains and old forests may be very dangerous, if..."

"The battlefield is more dangerous." Gongsun Xu replied indifferently: "Go, after we enter the grassland, we will lead the cavalry to hunt yellow sheep, hehe, maybe we can even meet a herd of bison."

Huang Xu understood the meaning of Gongsun's continued words, he nodded and immediately went down to carry out the order.

Those who were in charge of hunting in the mountains were all veterans of the forward selection army. Originally, Gongsun Xu's plan was to find a way to hunt a large number of wild animals on the grassland after entering the grassland. However, after starting from the Black Mountain, Gongsun Xu realized that going north There were more than three days of mountain roads, so Gongsun Xu had no choice but to let the Xuanfeng army dismount to look for food in the mountains.

After all the hunting teams in the mountains came back in the afternoon, Gongsun Xu discovered that there were indeed too many wild things in this remote mountain. Bears and many wolves were hunted down.

Some soldiers even reported that they found a large number of wolves. Upon hearing the news, Gongsun Xu said to Huang Xu with a smile: "Catch up on patrol at night, and continue to track the traces of wolves tomorrow. Eat wolf meat for two days."

Huang Xu is also a master who is not afraid of heaven and earth. Although he has heard veterans tell about the horror of prairie wolves, but now that he has more than [-] troops on his side, he is still afraid of wolves.

In the evening, the soldiers who had trained all afternoon hurried to the nearby lake to take a bath, and then rushed back as fast as possible to bury the pot for cooking. Naturally, the teams that performed well were assigned prey. The bonfire was roasting fat and oily prey. This scene directly spoiled the group of soldiers who hadn't eaten meat yet.

In the evening, Gongsun Xu summoned the four lieutenants of the Selected Front Army, pointed to the map and said to them: "We are still in the mountains. If we want to enter the grassland, I am afraid it will take two days. Within these two days, you have to Strengthen vigilance, and there must be no accidents.

Some soldiers said that a large number of wolves were found nearby. This is a dangerous signal. If any soldier is left alone, it may be very difficult to survive. I have sent an order to Zhang Yan, the former army, to get closer to us.

You are all veterans who have been in the army for many years. You must know the power of prairie wolves in the cold winter. How many prairie tribes did not die in the severe cold, but were buried in the mouth of wolves. Otherwise, the prairie tribes would not have the habit of slaughtering wolves every year. .

I guess, the nearby mountains and forests should be a hiding place for wolves. Although the grassland is large, it is not suitable for habitat. We probably violated the territory of these animals. Anyway, the nearby grasslands will also belong to our Northern Xinjiang Army in the future. , we happened to get rid of this group of scourges for the local people.

Everyone in the frontline army is good at riding and fighting. However, I don't know how much combat power the frontline army can retain after entering the mountains and dismounting from their horses. From tomorrow onwards, you will take turns leading soldiers into the mountains, and at the same time there will be infantry , tell me, is there a problem? "

"No." The four captains replied at the same time.

"Well, that's good, I trust you, go get busy." Gongsun Xu nodded and said.

Not long after the four lieutenants left, Gongsun Xu said to Huang Xu beside him, "Huang Xu, tell me, how is the organizational system of our Northern Border Army?"

Without even thinking about it, Huang Xu replied, "It's absolutely sound, at least it's number one in the world. Our army has cavalry, infantry, and navy. In today's world, there is no army like ours."

Gongsun Xu shook his head and replied: "This is only on the surface. Generally speaking, our army's cavalry has the most complete organizational system. There are light cavalry and heavy cavalry. They are all well-trained and well-equipped. However, our army's infantry seems to be poor. A little bit.

Although there are various types of arms, have you ever thought about terrain restrictions?The infantry of our army is more good at fighting on the plains. As for the mountain army, there seem to be very few. This mountain march gave me an inspiration. I think we should train a mountain army. It is best to use these troops who live in Montenegro all year round. The Montenegro within is the foundation. "

Hearing Gongsun Xu's explanation, Huang Xu also felt that there was something missing in the infantry. In the past, whenever there was a war, they usually confronted the enemy in the open plains. Except for ambushing the enemy, the army generally would not take the initiative to launch a battle. Into the mountains.

Now hearing what Gongsun Xu said, Huang Xu also felt that it was necessary to train such an army, otherwise, when he went out of the northern border and entered the mountain forest to fight in the future, he would be in trouble if he was accidentally restricted by the terrain.

Immediately, the two discussed the formation of mountain troops around the map.

The next day, the Northern Xinjiang Army quickly pulled out the camp as usual, and then the infantry marched in a hurry for training.

In the morning, the front guards did not need to hunt. Their main task was to patrol the periphery and at the same time supervise the teams that were not active in training. After the rapid march until noon, Gongsun Xu immediately ordered the scouts to scout for suitable places to camp.

At this moment, the selected forward army on the periphery reported that the former army was about [-] miles away from their side. Gongsun Xu immediately sent someone to order Zhang Yan to find a suitable place to set up camp, and hurried over to hold a meeting now.

After more than an hour, Zhang Yan hurried over. He hurriedly ran to Gongsun Xu's side to salute and said, "The last general Zhang Yan, I pay my respects to the lord. I don't know why the lord is so eager to find the last general? Could it be that he found no trace of the enemy army?" ?”

At this moment, Gongsun Xu was sitting on the ground to test a wild deer. He didn't expect Zhang Yan to come so fast. Just from the speed, Zhang Yan is indeed a very responsible general.

"Have you eaten yet?" Gongsun Xu helped Zhang Yan up and said.

"After the general received the order, he immediately arranged for the soldiers to camp, and then rushed over, before he had time to eat." Zhang Yan replied respectfully.

"Hehe, don't be nervous, I haven't found any enemy, come, try my craft, roast deer in northern Xinjiang." Gongsun Xula and Zhang Yan sat down and said: "Many wolves have been found in the nearby forests. More and more, that's a red flag."

"Huh?" Zhang Yan took the barbecue that Gongsun Xu handed over and replied, "It's just a bunch of beasts. I'll lead others out as the master."

"The total number of wolves, big and small, is probably no less than ten thousand wild wolves. I sent someone to estimate it, and there is no mistake." Gongsun Xu paused and continued: "The further we go, the closer we are to the grassland. It's almost time to enter the depths of the grassland. I suspect that these wolves are a small group of wolves that often haunt the grasslands in winter.

Moreover, the closer we get to the grassland, the more wolves there will be, because there are too many wolves in our army, and the wolves are driven to the grassland by us. If this continues, the wolves will gather together, and there may be more accident. "

"So many. I'm afraid it will lead to a wolf disaster." Zhang Yan replied in surprise: "The wolf disaster in the steppe will harm tens of thousands of cattle and sheep every year, and even many grassland tribes will suffer from extinction. Could it be that the prairie wolves around here are all hiding in this deep mountain?"

"Nine times out of ten this is the case." Gongsun Xu smiled and said, "Hehe, we just happened to meet him, and we really have to raise our spirits to deal with it."

"These wolves are a scourge if they keep them, and they may attack our army's follow-up troops late at night. We should find a way to get rid of them." Zhang Yan replied calmly: "However, my lord, the wolves are hiding in the In the deep mountains, our soldiers cannot enter the mountains in large numbers, even if we enter the mountains, the wolves can still escape, this matter is a bit difficult."

After hearing this, Gongsun Xu took a bite and replied: "Hehe, we will call the generals to discuss this matter later. I thought about it, maybe we will set fire to the mountain and drive the wolves to the grassland. This place is far away from the grassland. It's only thirty miles away, and when the time comes, send people to ambush there first, then we will definitely have a big harvest."

Zhang Yan could tell that such an ambush was as dangerous as fighting the Huns cavalry. However, Zhang Yan was also excited. He had suffered a lot from wolves when he was in Montenegro, but now he had a chance to take revenge. Furthermore, this is also the time to test the combat effectiveness of the Black Mountain Army, and Zhang Yan is also looking forward to it.

(End of this chapter)