Chapter 220 Troop Status
On this day, Yanmen, in the north, ushered in the first snow of this year.
In this era, clothes for keeping cold are still very luxurious, because cotton did not appear, and nobles all rely on fur clothes to keep warm. Ordinary people can only hide at home and try to go out as little as possible during this season.
Liu He was far from wealthy and powerful enough to allow soldiers to wear marten fur fur, so except for special circumstances, other daily exercises have greatly reduced the intensity. He only did some simple exercises and running every day, and then returned to the city to avoid the cold.
The Xianbei and Xiongnu nomadic peoples lack weaving technology, which is more difficult than the Han people in this regard. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to dispatch large troops to attack in this weather. Therefore, Liu He and others relocated the people from the southern part of Yanmen Pass to the city, but they were all concentrated in Yinguan City and Mayi City.
During these days, the total number of people who have been fleeing from all over the country has reached nearly 40,000, of which about 24,500 are healthy young and middle-aged people. Even if the elderly, weak, sick and disabled can escape from the guards of the Xianbei, they will not be able to run all the way to Yanmen during this period.
These people, as well as local people, all signed up to join the Yanmen border army, but after strict screening, only about 13,000 people were selected to join.
The troops recruited from Langdiao County, Yun County, Fenyang County, Yangqu County and Helu County were also dispatched, with about 15,000 people.
As a result, the army controlled by Liu He grew to a total of 95,000 people, which made everyone very excited.
In order to facilitate the supply of military ordnance, Liu He specially transferred three blacksmith masters and their casting team of more than 2,000 people to Wu County, and placed three metal mines in the mountains outside the county town.
The county is surrounded by mountains and there are already many minerals. Coupled with the supply of these three metal mines, it is enough to support the Anmin Army's military's ordnance consumption for a period of time.
Zhang Yu also brought Liu Zheng, Guan Yu and Cheng Liang's wife, from Langdiao County to Yinguan City, gathered with Liu He and others, preparing to spend the New Year with them.
Everyone originally thought that the governor's office would come to a letter asking them to send troops to Xihe County to help resist the Huns, but the letter was still missing. This made Liu He and others, who had been exhausted for a long time, finally relax for a while.
Liu He was gathering with everyone, while roasting the fire, while discussing military affairs for the next period of time.
"Lord, now the different troops, soldiers and weapons mentioned before are ready, and we will step up training after the beginning of spring. Just to distinguish them, please ask the lord to name these troops."
Cui Jun's suggestion was unanimously agreed by everyone.
Now Guan Yu, Cheng Liang, Zhang Yong, Zhu Ye, Ye Xiang, and Gao Shun all have their own troops, but only Cheng Liang's God Tiger Cavalry and Zhu Ye's Golden Hammer Cavalry have their names. Other troops can only be called "the troops led by a certain general" on weekdays, which is really inconvenient.
Liu He has never paid attention to this issue. Now that Cui Jun mentioned this, he suddenly realized it.
"Well... what the military advisor said is reasonable. Let me think about it..."
Liu He held his chin and thought hard for a long time.
"Well, there is! General Gao's five thousand infantrymen are 2,500 shield soldiers, and they are 2,500 spear soldiers. Under this combination, if they are trained properly, even if they are infantrymen, they are like an iron wall with spikes. They can not only block the enemy, but also kill the enemy. They can be called the weapon among the infantrymen of our Han army, so they are called the "Han Wuzhang".
Everyone kept muttering the name "Han Wu Zu", and all their expressions were showing joy, especially Gao Shun, who rarely had an expression on his face, and he was inevitably a little happy at this time.
"Good name! Thank you General Liu for your trust!"
The name "Han Wu Zu" is not just a simple and nice title, it also contains a lot of content.
Liu He hoped that this army would truly become the elite of the entire Han infantry, and at the same time, he could shoulder the important task of restoring the supreme glory of foreign wars during the Martial Emperor period. Gao Shun was so excited after understanding this. After all, not everyone could afford this burden, and it required how much trust Liu He had in him.
Liu He turned to look at Guan Yu: "After the captured Xianbei war horses and the batch of war horses they gave not long ago, the commander Yun had just purchased them and added a batch of war horses. In addition to 30,000 infantry, the cavalry also grew to 5,000. I had discussed with Yun Chief Yun to equip this batch of cavalry with horse armor, and the soldiers were replaced with heavy armor, and the armed forces became heavy cavalry. In this way, the use of static movements to improve lethality and protection are used to prevent the Xianbei attack."
Guan Yu nodded: "Brother is far-sighted. If this can be done, these five thousand cavalrymen will stand under the city and attack the Xianbei cavalry. Even if he has 50,000 people, we will not be afraid at all."
The impact of equipped heavy cavalry is naturally many times stronger than that of ordinary light cavalry, and its lethality is also incomparable. This is also Liu He's whimsical idea. If he could form a heavy cavalry unit with 20,000 to 30,000 people, it can be said that except for Sichuan and Shu and the Yangtze River, there is no place in the world that he cannot go to.
Liu He sighed: "It's a pity that our army is now limited in financial resources, and it has begun to be a little stretched to support the 95,000 army. If my father and Daozhun and Qingyuan and others had not long ago, they had studied it, which would have increased the output of land. I'm afraid that our army's meals will become a problem next year, so it would never be possible to achieve such a money-consuming thing with heavy cavalry."
At this time, a woman's voice sounded: "Your husband, don't worry. This Yanmen County has thousands of fertile land. The northern counties not only have abundant pastures, but also excellent fertile fields, and countless minerals. In the future, they will regain their hometown and manage them well, and may not have no chance to achieve such a dream."
This voice is nothing other than Zhang Yu.
Although she is a woman, she is not inferior to anyone present when it comes to her knowledge and wisdom. Everyone has always admired this "miss mother", so Liu He specially asked her to participate in today's discussion.
When Liu He saw her speaking, he smiled and said, "What the wife said is reasonable. The Xianbei troubled me for many years. If you want to deal with them, it will not be a matter of one day or one night. You are too impatient for your husband."
He turned his head and looked at Guan Yu again: "But this matter is always something to be done, so it's better to make this position earlier. I think for my brother, the cavalry led by my second brother, is called the Zijin Dragon Cavalry."
This name was actually when he was dreaming about his cavalry team the night before, wearing purple gold armor, and was extremely majestic, so he had such an idea, which had no special meaning.
However, in this era, the colors of black and purple are solemn and noble, so in the eyes of everyone, such a name is indeed worthy of the majesty of Guan Yu and the cavalry team he led.
"Thank you for giving the name to your brother!"
Liu He looked at Zhang Yong again: "Mingwei commanded a 40,000 army, plus 5,000 troops equipped with new long swords. For the 40,000 army, these 5,000 people will be called the 'Golden Sword Camp'."
The weapons of these five thousand people were forged by Liu He with the style of the Modao in his memory and combined with the collective efforts of everyone, and were forged by three blacksmiths. Because the back of the sword was a little dark gold, Liu He took this name.
The most powerful thing about this Golden Sword Camp is that in addition to the carefully selected five thousand soldiers, each of them is that these five thousand golden swords are each a magic weapon that can increase the strength by 1 point!
These five thousand golden swords alone cost millions of money, which really made Liu He feel a little sad, but he knew that the money was definitely worth the money!
A group of well-trained soldiers, holding such a magic weapon, will definitely kill the gods and kill the gods and the demons!
The most important thing is that the sharpness of this kind of golden sword can be compared with the soldiers of Liu He and Guan Yu and others. Its wear resistance is poor. After a big battle, these golden swords must be carefully added with iron and polished again. At present, only Liu He has the technology to create this golden sword. Therefore, even if the golden sword is left on the battlefield after the war and is picked up by the enemy, they cannot use it at all.
Liu He firmly believes that in the future, the purple gold dragon cavalry will not become a shaped heavy cavalry, and the tiger mount of the Divine Tiger Cavalry will not grow. Only this Golden Sword Camp is the most lethal trump card in his hands!
"As for Yuan Qing's 10,000 crossbow troops, each of them is equipped with two stone strong bows and the ten consecutive divine machine crossbows that have just been made, so call them the Divine Machine Camp."
The Shenji Camp was originally a unit in charge of firearms in the Ming Dynasty's Imperial Guards. Liu He deliberately stole this name, hoping that Ye Xiang's crossbow troops would be able to make the enemy scared in long-range attacks like the Ming Dynasty's Shenji Camp.
Zhang Yong and Ye Xiang also thanked Liu He one after another.
Chapter completed!