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    The troops in the southeastern theater of the Dashang Dynasty were stationed on the plain a full 130 miles away from Luofeng Village. From this position, looking into the distance, one could already see sparse grassland.  In order to suppress the unique guerrilla tactics of the Qiang cavalry, the Shang Dynasty army used logs, soil and stones to build wooden fences more than six feet high with sharpened tops on the border without a boundary line. They also dug holes in the grass.  A series of traps more than four feet deep and three feet wide, coupled with some technically disguised traps, formed an almost impeccable war defense line.

    No matter how good the Qiang cavalry's riding skills are, they will still have a headache when faced with such dense traps.  Even if they can use acrobatic methods to jump over horse traps with their beloved mounts and avoid the numerous camouflaged traps, the impact caused by losing the cavalry after a period of acceleration will only be affected by the pitiful few in their hands.  Copper knives and copper axes cannot cut through the hard log walls!

    What¡¯s more, half a million troops from the Great Shang Dynasty are now concentrated on the southeastern defense line!  Just looking at the bustling crowds and densely packed scenes in the military camp is enough to be a deterrent.  If a small number of cavalry were to attack the defense line, the new recruits would be beaten to death or drowned if each of them threw a stone.  Hundreds of thousands of spears can become a forest when erected, and the white flowers brighten everyone's eyes. Even if all they hold are ordinary wooden sticks, they can be stabbed with wooden sticks.  Damn the Qiang knights, pounded into a piece of mud like garlic, right?

    The problem is among the more than 500,000 soldiers, at least 470,000 are holding ordinary wooden sticks in their hands. As for other equipment, not to mention standard leather armor, most of them even have the most basic weapons.  They didn't even have military uniforms, they were still wearing the clothes they brought from their own homes.

    Some of these clothes are sewn with home-woven cotton, some are made of tanned cowhide and sheepskin, and some brothers are more simple. They just find a rag and wrap it around the vital parts, and then wipe it on the body.  I bought a few things that I don¡¯t know if they were black with gray on the ground, but I also civilized myself.

    Such a ragtag group of people, carrying a six-foot-long dog-beating stick in their hands, looked like a prehistoric civilization version of a beggar gang meeting. It is no wonder that the expression on Dong Bohou Jiang Hengchu's face was as if he was flipping through a book, and he was excited for a while.  I felt restless and wandered around in the tent in worry for a while.

    Walking out of his commander's camp and looking at the endless army arrayed in front of him, Jiang Hengchu murmured to himself: "Half a million soldiers, even if the soldiers of the entire Great Shang Dynasty were gathered together, there would be no more  I now command more than half of the soldiers! If I really train these 500,000 soldiers rigorously for several months, and then issue them with even the simplest halberds, I will have a very considerable military force.  !¡±

    There are a few more private words that Jiang Hengchu really couldn't say out loud, "If I really control an army of 500,000, maybe I, the Duke of the East, can move up a step further and become the Duke of the World sitting in the center!"

    But standing in Jiang Hengchu's camp, the densely packed army of fifty thousand army commanders dispelled Jiang Hengchu's dream. A legion commander looked at Jiang Hengchu and said cautiously: "Now our legion personnel have been expanded enough. Although we need to upgrade to three levels in a row,  The method is to promote veterans with rich combat experience to captains, but they all lack the necessary command skills, and some do not even have the necessary leadership ability of a grassroots commander. Let them command the army, and it is okay to fight in a small way.  Once the battle begins on the plains, the flaws in our command system will become a fatal flaw in the entire campaign!"

    "That's right!" Another captain complained: "Although I have 10,000 soldiers under my command now, the only ones that can really be used on the battlefield are the 1,000 soldiers from a brigade I originally commanded.  Not only do those new recruits lack weapons, armor and standard military uniforms, they cannot even guarantee their basic life. Fortunately, it is summer and the soldiers can sleep in the wild, but each person can only be given two steamed buns and one pickle every day. Now  The people below me are already complaining, and if this continues, I'm worried that the soldiers who were forcibly recruited together will mutiny."

    "At least you are leading a group of soldiers who can hit people with wooden sticks. You were so anxious that you picked up rocks from the ground and threw ten thousand rocks down. Although it is not as good as a volley of thousands of arrows, it is still a bit better.  Destructive power, right?" A captain of ten thousand shouted: "But what about the ten thousand soldiers given to me? They are all slaves temporarily recruited from the hands of the nobles! In order to prevent the slaves from escaping, those damn nobles  , a copper chain was strung on all the slaves, and they were tied tightly into a string. Such an army could only hold a spear without a spearhead in one hand. As long as one person was hacked to death, it would drag down a whole fifty  An individual! Instead of saying that I managed a team of ten thousand people, it would be better to say that I managed a long team of two hundred slaves tied together!"

     Jiang Hengchu distractedly waved his hand to interrupt the speeches of the other ten thousand captains. He looked at Li Shi, the official in charge of logistics, and asked, "When will Chaoge's food and weapons to support us be in place?"

    Li Shi shook his head and said: "We have urged and urged, but there has been no clear reply from Chaoge. Chaoge is now fighting on three sides. They will first satisfy Grand Master Wen Zhong in the eastern battlefield, and Huang Feihu, the king of Wucheng in the western battlefield.  demand. According to the official's calculation, we will not be able to obtain Chaoge's food and grass supply in a short period of time. As for weapons and armor, even if all Chaoge's inventory is sent over, it can help us arm a force of 100,000 people.  The team is pretty good.¡±

    Including Dongbo Hou Jiang Hengchu, dozens of people in the camp had their eyes widened.  Li Shi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The lower official has urged Chaoge for food and grass many times, but has never received support. However, Dr. Fei Zhong taught me a clever trick. Although it hurts my moral character, it is still possible when I can't.  We can cope with the current situation temporarily.¡±

    "First of all, there is the issue of food and grass." Li Shi raised a finger and said: "What Dr. Fei Zhong means is that when not participating in the battle, each soldier's ration will be halved. Once the Qiang people attack, let them have a full meal."  You can join the war immediately! As for the slaves, we are not afraid of them running away anyway. Even if we only give them a quarter of the rations, they will not starve to death. With this 'cunning plan' alone, we can save 200,000 kilograms of food every day.  Also, when the recruits first come to the military camp, they can be starved for three days. First, they will be well fed and clothed at home. They will not die from starvation for three days, and they can also be slightly suppressed.  Their anger, this can not only save a lot of food, but also teach them a good lesson, let them understand that they are already soldiers!"

    A group of troop commanders who had just been promoted to captains looked at each other in confusion. After a long while, someone shouted: "Even if this is the case, if we don't get support, we will use up all the grain reserves in the city under your uncle's control. We will not be able to support it."  Three months! Once we run out of rations, our army of 500,000 will collapse without any attack!"

    "How could Lord Fei Zhong ignore such a serious problem with his "exhaustive strategy"?"

    Li Shi put on a flat tablet and said in a voice without any emotion: "According to our Lord Fei Zhong's calculations, our uncle's grain reserves can last for at least six months, and maybe more than nine months."  ! Mr. Fei Zhong has a saying that is extremely subtle, "In a battle, ten thousand or eight thousand soldiers will die, and a considerable part of the rations will be saved. And if so many soldiers die, they will have to be killed."  Hundreds of Qiang cavalry will die, right? Each of the horses they ride must weigh five to six hundred kilograms, so you can get tens of thousands of kilograms of meat.' I thought about it carefully, and what Master Fei Zhong said does make sense!"

    Li Shi stretched out a second finger and said: "Regarding the shortage of weapons, Dr. Fei Zhong gave me pertinent suggestions, which really made me feel happy. In terms of logistical supplies, Dr. Fei Zhong really made me happy."  It is the first of its kind in a generation, and it is really about making things that others cannot think of, and thinking about things that others cannot think of!¡±

    "What Dr. Fei Zhong means is that the motley army that was temporarily recruited should first use wooden sticks instead of spears to practice. When they go to the battlefield"

    Li Shi drawled his voice and said word for word: "The soldiers standing at the front should hold real weapons, and the soldiers at the back can just hold wooden sticks!"

    "fart!"

    A captain with the hottest temper suddenly jumped up and roared: "The Qiang cavalry all wear light leather armor made of cowhide. Their most brave warriors even wear three layers of cowhide with honey, egg white and  Heavy leather armor made of quicklime, with a defensive power even better than bronze armor. Even the standard spear cannot guarantee fatal damage to these cavalry. Use wooden sticks to head-on the Qiang cavalry, and let the soldiers die.  What's the difference?"

    "Alas!" Li Shi sighed softly: "This general has obviously not understood the subtlety of Master Fei Zhong's suggestion! Think about it, the soldiers in the front row died, but the weapons in their hands will not die together.  Well, when the soldiers in the back row picked up their weapons, didn't they become fully armed elite soldiers of the Shang Dynasty who could pierce the leather armor of the Qiang cavalry with one shot? Our Lord Fei Zhong even considered using long spears to face the cavalry.  The impact may cause the barrel of the gun to break. Those soldiers holding wooden sticks took the bronze spear head down and put it on the wooden pole in their hands. Isn't this another long spear that can traverse the battlefield?"

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    Li Shi actually extended a third finger and said, "Master Fei Zhong also gave me a small additional suggestion. The 230,000 slaves were all tied together with chains made of bronze. Fei Zhong  Your Excellency said, if fifty slaves die, we can recover a sixty-foot copper chain!"?If such a copper chain is recast, as long as we make the spear head slightly shorter and thinner, we can make at least twenty bronze spear heads.  According to Master Fei Zhong's calculation, with this alone, we will finally be able to obtain 92,000 bronze spear heads!  Master Fei Zhong has optimistically estimated the good situation on the final battlefield for us. Even if we do not get any support from Chaoge, by supporting war with war, exploring our own potential and plundering resources from the Qiang people, we will at least  Half the soldiers will get 'proper' weapons!  "

    There was silence in the commander's tent. After a long time, someone struggled and asked: "Then how to deal with the leather armor of our soldiers? They can't use the wooden sticks in their hands to resist the most proficient riding and shooting skills of the Qiang cavalry.  ?¡±

    "I have also discussed this issue with Mr. Fei Zhong."

    Li Shi replied: "Master Fei Zhong said, what we are going to form is a pike unit, which is light infantry. Why do light infantry have to wear armor? It would be easier to resist the Qiang people's cavalry and shooting. We are here  There are a lot of trees. Many of the soldiers recruited must be able to do carpentry work. In addition, there are 230,000 slaves who have to do everything honestly. There is no requirement to make hundreds of thousands of wooden boards.  It¡¯s too exquisite, as long as the wooden shield has strong enough defense, it shouldn¡¯t be too difficult!¡±

    The handsome tent became even more lonely. After a long time, someone whispered one word: "Fuck!"

    Everyone automatically dismissed this word from their ears. When Jiang Hengchu announced the end of the meeting, fifty thousand captains and Li Shi walked out of the commander's tent. Almost at the same time, fifty-two people spat it out from their mouths at the same time.  One word: "Fuck!!!"
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