Author: Gongsun Wujiu

In December of the fourth year of Zhenghe, after more than a month of training, 13,000 Han army recruits were reorganized into twenty-six songs.

With the addition of this group of new soldiers, the number of Han troops in the Luntai area alone exceeded 20,000.

If we add the troops from Yi Cong and Zhu Guofan, the garrison in Luntai will reach 36,000.

This also made Zhang Yue feel for the first time that he had ample troops in his hands.

"With sharp weapons in mind, murderous intentions arise!"

After Zhang Yue saw the reorganization of the new army completed, the first thing he thought of was who he should attack.

This made him couldn't help but be more vigilant and secretly warned himself.

"Soldiers are important matters of the country, the place of life and death, and the path to survival. We must observe them..."

The environment in the Western Regions determined the decisive role of cavalry.

Therefore, among the twenty-six songs compiled, the cavalry accounted for twenty songs and the infantry only accounted for six songs.

Wu Zheng and Su Fei were naturally incorporated into the cavalry.

But the difference is that Wu Zheng entered the bow cavalry, while Su Fei entered the lance cavalry.

Because they have different types of soldiers, they are naturally not in the same camp, but they are still in the same song.

Their Qu Junhou was unexpectedly appointed by Zhang Yue's deputy captain Liu Yi.

Liu Yi's identity is now well known. He is a clan member of the Han Dynasty and the descendant of King Zhao Liu Sui.

Although Liu Yi was a member of the Han clan, his life was not as good as that of ordinary people before he came to the Western Regions.

The reason is of course related to the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu.

King Zhao Liu Sui also participated in the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion that year, but was defeated and committed suicide after being attacked by Li Ji and Luan Bu.

After Liu Sui's death, his descendants were demoted as sinners and sent to Yeting.

Liu Yi has been treated as a sinner slave in Yeting since he was born.

Later, he was sent to the Western Regions to guard the border. In fact, he had a trace of resentment towards the emperor in his heart.

It is for this reason that although Liu Yi had been promoted to the position of military prince long ago, Zhang Yue never let him lead the army alone.

The system of barrier officers was widely implemented in the Western Regions, but he was not allowed to serve as a barrier officer.

This time the Han army expanded greatly in the Western Regions, and Liu Yicai finally became a military prince.

When a new official takes office, he has three things to do, and Liu Yi is no exception.

His song was organized into four teams in total, two teams each of archers and lances.

After taking office, he first applied for equipment, weapons, armor and war horses.

What he wanted to do was to first equip the entire army with war horses, armor and equipment.

After receiving Liu Yi's application, Cai Ting, who was in charge of logistics supplies, followed Zhang Yue's instructions and gave priority to Liu Yi's request.

In just two days, 260 sets of cotton-iron composite armor, 260 sets of pure cotton armor, and 15 sets of iron fish-scale armor were delivered to Liu Yibu's military camp.

"Is this the new armor?"

Liu Yi had long heard that the Han army in Luntai would be equipped with new armor, but he did not expect that his new army would also receive such treatment.

He felt both excited and stressed at the same time.

Having been Zhang Yue's personal guard for such a long time, he still knew Zhang Yue very well.

Now, my new army is equipped with new armor earlier than many old troops, which means that my unit will face some dangers.

"It seems that the Kangju people are really ready to make a move!"

He sighed in his heart, but he was not worried.

"This is the time for a real man to use force!"

This is what he really thinks now.

"Come here, send all the armor down!" Liu Yi ordered.

Soon the officer in charge of logistics distributed the armor to various villages according to the plan.

"This is cotton armor! It's really light and comfortable."

After Wu Zheng received the armor, he immediately put it on.

He ran and jumped for a while and was extremely satisfied with the new armor.

"Light and comfortable?" Su Fei weighed the armor in his hand.

"This thing weighs at least forty or fifty pounds, much heavier than leather armor?"

Wu Zheng smiled and said, "Your cotton-iron composite armor is much stronger in defense than my pure cotton armor..."

At this time, Li Zhu also came over dressed.

"You are a lance rider, and you are wearing cotton-iron composite armor, so it is naturally much heavier..."

Li Zhu had been promoted to the rank of General Bai some time ago, so he wore the rare fish scale armor.

Su Fei's eyes lit up when he saw Li Zhu coming over, "Li Bai will go out wearing this outfit, I'm afraid the ladies will..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Zhu slapped him on the head.

"It's not easy for you to wear fish scale armor. All you have to do is go to Yicong!"

Su Fei curled his lips, "What's the point of Yi Cong? How can it compare to my real Han army..."

Li Zhu smiled and shook his head, "Yicong is also a Han army!

Su Fei disagreed, "I still think our place is good!"

Wu Zheng also agreed upon hearing this.

Su Fei was talking to the two of them, and Liu Yi also visited the side at this time.

He saw Su Fei in the crowd at a glance.

He glanced at Su Fei in surprise and then walked away.

However, when everyone saw the military lord arriving, they immediately became quiet.

After the armor and equipment were in order, the horses needed for the next day were also sent over.

According to the standards of the Han army in the Western Regions, Liu Yi also had one man and three horses, plus 20 leather chariots and 20 galloping chariots.

However, compared to the past, the carriages used for transportation today have all been replaced by four-wheel carriages, so the transportation capacity has also been greatly improved.

Liu Yi's previous guess was accurate. In fact, according to the original plan, Liu Yi's cavalry would be added to the Hanjiang Department and stationed in Duixu Valley.

But the plan could not keep up with the changes. A few days ago, news suddenly came from Shule Kingdom that Kangju and Dawan formed an alliance.

Kangju's cavalry actually appeared at the border of Shule Kingdom.

Soon, many powerful horse thieves appeared in Yarkand.

This information immediately alerted Zhang Yue. When Pan Hong went to Dawan as an envoy the year before last, he discovered that the Huns were wooing Kang Ju.

If Kang Ju joined the Han-Hungarian war, it would be quite detrimental to the Han army in the Western Regions.

In order to nip the danger in the bud, Zhang Yue decided to dispatch Liu Yi's cavalry to Shache in preparation for Kangju.

However, Zhang Yue did not feel at this time that the Kangju people had the strength and courage to cross the Pamir and march eastwards.

Therefore, we are only going to send Liu Yi as a new recruit to Shache.

Liu Yibu's mission was more to cooperate with Yarkand to eliminate the horse thieves who threatened the Silk Road trade.

Zhang Yue and the Han army in the Western Regions still kept their eyes on the right side of the Xiongnu.

…

In the palace of King Kangju, King Kangju had just sent away the Huns' envoy.

At this time, Kangju was at its strongest national power.

Four years ago Kangju defeated the state of Yancai, and two years ago he defeated the state of Yan.

Today's Kangju is adjacent to Anxi in the southwest, Dayuezhi in the southeast, and Wusun in the east.

With more than 100,000 troops, it has become a big country on par with Yueshi and Anxi.

This time the Huns came to visit and invited them to jointly send troops to the Western Regions, which was exactly what King Kang Ju wanted.

The proud King Kangju agreed to the Huns' request without negotiating with the ministers.

"Come here, serve me some wine!"

King Kangju was about to have a drink by himself, but unexpectedly an unexpected guest came.

"Mahamu pays homage to His Majesty the King!"

King Kangju frowned and said, "Why is Mahamul here?"

Mahamu said, "I heard that Your Majesty just met the Huns envoy. I wonder what the Huns are doing?"
Chapter completed!