Song Dynasty

Chapter 124 The night before, two places ([-])

"Old Guo, in your opinion, the cavalry may go to battle?" In the signing room of the Huanggang Prefecture Yamen, Wang Shen took the tea bowl that Guo Ya respectfully handed over, took a sip, and asked gently.

Later today, Lao Guo begged for the God Arm Bow for the White Army.

The White Army is Wang Shen's heart and soul, and the army will always agree to what they need, so they immediately sent a hundred crossbows and three thousand arrows to supplement the loss of the cavalry during the previous training.

Old Guo smiled honestly: "Master, you can join the battle at any time. It may not be enough for the boys to charge the battle, after all, they are all recruits. You can use the crossbow to disrupt the enemy's formation, and it is still possible to chase the defeated army."

The reason why the cavalry should be equipped with a magic arm bow is very simple, that is to use cavalry and shooting tactics.

The White Army is a pure light cavalry, and its main purpose in wartime is to scout and patrol for a while, to disrupt the enemy's formation, and to chase, kill and defeat the enemy, so that the enemy cannot restore order in a short time.

The tactics of the cavalry of the Western Army in the Song Dynasty are very simple to say, that is, to attack the light cavalry of the Jiejun Army first, causing the enemy to fall into chaos, and then quickly leave the battlefield.Let the white stiles reinstall the wall and advance, completely destroying the enemy's formation.

After the enemy completely collapsed, the Shengjie army began to pursue.

If the white stile army could not completely defeat the enemy, the heavy cavalry group would withdraw, and the victorious Jie army would rush forward again.

In this way, the light and heavy cavalry groups took turns to attack until the enemy was completely unbearable.

Lao Guo is an old cavalry soldier of the Western Army, and most of Ta Bai is from the same background, so it is naturally this tactic that has been used for more than a hundred years.However, there is a problem with this.When I was in the Western Army, whether it was a white pole or a victory, the cavalry had long and powerful horses in their hands.

As far as the Sizhou Army's current family background is concerned, it is natural that it cannot be equipped with such ridiculously expensive weapons as Ma Qian.But if it is replaced with a spear, trouble will come again.

The spear has no flexibility, and when a spear stabs the enemy, the cavalry's wrist will also be shocked by the huge reaction force.There is no other way but to be equipped with a saber. The current Tabai is just a saber cavalry to put it bluntly.How can a broken hand knife beat the forest-like spears of the enemy infantry formation?To pounce directly on it is undoubtedly to die.

Kong Yanzhou's troops had been trained by Zongze, and they were from the same family as the elders in the Sizhou army. Naturally, they were familiar with the Song army's tactics of defeating cavalry by stepping.

In fact, it is also easy to deal with infantry formations, that is, the tried and tested riding and shooting of the Mongols during the Western Expedition.

However, more problems came again, the Sizhou Army had no archers.

After thinking about it, Wang Shen simply equipped the cavalry with a magic arm bow.Crossbow cavalry is a historical term. The Qin army during the Warring States period were all crossbow cavalry.Relying on the powerful crossbows in their hands, they not only wiped out the six kingdoms and confused them with Kyushu, but also beat the Huns so hard that they dared not take a step beyond Yinshan Mountain.

The magic arm bow has a long range, great power, and is easy to use. Within two days, the cavalry has become proficient. Now it is only a matter of going to the battlefield to see how it works.

Wang Shen: "How's morale?"

Guo Ya: "Responding to the master's words, the morale is like a rainbow. After the soldiers knew the master's order to grant the land with military merit, they were all eager to earn a fortune for themselves and their descendants. The head of the bandit army asks the master for a reward."

The Chinese have had a strong land plot since ancient times. Since Wang Shen came to Huangzhou, he also knew that it is impossible to inspire the fighting will of soldiers and officials simply by relying on nationalism, patriotism, and loyalty in the rivers and lakes.Nationalism and nationalism, which were products of the nation-state during the First World War, are not suitable for this era.

A large number of people in Qi and Huang prefectures fled, leaving a lot of wasteland and a lot of official land. As soon as Wang Shen arrived, he honestly took it back and used it to reward the soldiers.And let Lu Can set a strict reward standard, and there must be certain rules for how much land can be rewarded for how many levels of beheading on the battlefield.

As for the system and government orders of the imperial court, who cares if the mountains are high and the emperor is far away?
Wang Shen nodded: "Very good, you go down and tell the soldiers that all you need is to fight the enemy bravely, and they will not miss some of the rewards they deserve. If there is any shortage, I will go to other places to get it."

Guo Ya smiled wryly: "Master, there is going to be a war soon, I'd better go back to serve you. You should find someone else to bring this cavalry." As he spoke, he swung his right arm: "I This arm can't exert strength at all, how can we charge?"

"Gu Lie has always been jealous of my cavalry, and he has said several times that he wants to lead the cavalry, but the infantry can't do without him." Wang Shen sighed, and said: "In the end, I still lack talents, Lao Guo, You should take this soldier with you first."

"But... But, if you are a general, you can't take the lead, how can everyone obey you? The villain still feels that the servant is at ease by the master's side."

Lao Guo has said this many times before. Anyway, in a word, he doesn't want to be this officer.

"Okay, let's talk about this later, let's do it like this!" Wang Shen shook his head: "Don't think too much now. Tomorrow is the time for the decisive battle. Go back to the camp to stabilize the morale of the army."

"Yes, Master."

At this moment, suddenly, the door was slammed open.

A tall and burly figure rushed in, his heavy footsteps made the floor rumble, and the whole house seemed to be shaken to collapse.A guard ran in, grabbed the man's hand and shouted, "General Yue, you can't go in, you can't go in!"

"Go away!" That's right, it was Yue Yun who came.I saw that he was fully clothed, with a handful of iron bones hanging from his waist.With a shake of their arms, the two guards screamed and fell out the door.

Seeing his menacing approach, Guo Ya was startled, and shouted: "Yue Yun, you came here with weapons, do you really want to rebel?"

"Master, me, me, me!" Yue Yun pulled out his bone suddenly and raised his head high.

Wang Shen remained expressionless: "Yingxiang, you're here. I haven't seen you for a while now, and you've grown taller and stronger. Tomorrow is the decisive battle. If you're not in the camp to organize your troops, come to me to do it." what?"

"Me, me, me, what rebellion did I make? A certain one just refused to accept it, so I came to you to argue, Wang Daosi, you have to give me an explanation today." Yue Yun yelled angrily, and with a wave of his hand, Gu Duo flew out of the room.It happened to hit a stone jar in the courtyard outside the door to prevent water from leaking.His strength was so great that the stone jar burst immediately, and green water flowed out.

The commotion was so loud that it attracted businessmen and clerks from various houses to run over and stare at it.

"Theory, explanation, what explanation do you want me to give you?" Wang Shen asked lightly.

"What's wrong with my sister? You have all three matchmakers and six hires, but now you want to regret your marriage and remarry?"

"Repent the marriage and marry another, who said that?" Wang Shen was so surprised that he couldn't help asking.

"Pretend, are you still pretending?" Yue Yun squeezed his fists the size of a casserole and shouted loudly: "What you said the day before yesterday in Qichun, more than 20 brothers who stepped on white, and thousands of bandit troops are all naive. Yes. Now, the whole of Qi and Huang are spreading rumors that you want to marry Kong Yanzhou's daughter, and you still want to deny it?"

Wang Shen nodded: "Did someone say that?"

"You, okay, okay, finally admit it." Yue Yun was so angry that his eyes were full of anger: "What else do you have to say now?"

Wang Shen: "Anniang and I have gone through hardships together, and Wang Shen will never forget her deep affection and kindness. However, the situation in Qi and Huang is now critical, and I have other considerations about asking to marry Kong Yanzhou's daughter."

"What are you worrying about? Are you still afraid of that Kong Yanzhou?" Yue Yun screamed angrily: "Why, I'm afraid that I won't be able to defeat the Kong thief, and I want to make the enemy let you go through a marriage marriage, so I am very disdainful. You are afraid of Kong Yanzhou, I Don't be afraid, brothers."

Wang Shen suddenly burst out laughing.

Yue Yun: "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing at you, you didn't know anything and came here to make trouble. You can hear the wind as the wind, and you can see the rain as the rain. If something goes wrong, you must be responsible. Kong Yanzhou and I will fight for the land of these two states. If there is no Qi, Huang, how do you raise soldiers? Benefits come first, who cares whether you are the father-in-law Taishan or the son-in-law of the east bed, you have to fight. You kill me, I kill you, no one is polite. Even if I want to marry Miss Kong Er, Kong Yanzhou is willing to agree Are you willing to lead the army again?"

"Soldiers are tricky, and I also let out a word. After the soldiers of the Kong thief army go to the battlefield, it is not easy to use all their strength."

He looked at Yue Yun reproachfully, and softened his tone: "Ying Xiang, no one knows the relationship between me and An Niang now, and it's also because she doesn't want to marry you. Don't you want to cause misunderstanding by making such a fuss. In front of here In front of everyone, I, Wang Shen, dare to swear to the heavens, if there is anything wrong with An Niang in this life, let me pierce my heart with ten thousand arrows, and die without a place to die."

Hearing this, Yue Yun became happy, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Military envoy, I feel relieved when you say that. It was my fault just now, please punish me, General."

"You must be punished. That's all right, I'll punish you to see your sister right away, so as to comfort her. She knows about this even if she thinks about it, and she may feel sad. If there is something good or bad, I will cut you off."

"Ah, Sister, yes, I have to persuade her to tell her what you just said." Thinking of her sister, Yue Yun's complexion changed drastically, he quickly jumped up, and ran towards the back garden in a hurry.

Lao Guo shook his head: "This little uncle Yue, really, really, is too reckless."

Everyone outside laughed softly, thinking: Wang Junshi has such a wife and brother at the booth, and he is also the number one brave general in the army, he will have a headache in the future.

At this time, Lu Can walked in, saw so many people gathered outside, and said coldly: "What are you doing standing outside, are you free?"

Although Lu Can is a military officer, he is the Marquis of Yu in the army, and he is also elected as the commander of the front army.But he is a literati after all, and he has been involved in local government affairs on weekdays.Even though he was suspected of exceeding his authority, Wang Shen felt that it was necessary for civil and military officials to restrict each other, so he acquiesced.He didn't want the money bag and the army's logistics supplies to be controlled by the civilian officials, no matter how gentle Du Shu's personality was.

Necessary systems should still be established.

Therefore, the civilian officials of the Sizhou Army are very afraid of Lu Can.Seeing him coming, they all said goodbye and went back to work.

(End of this chapter)