Wannian County has been thoroughly trained by Yunchu over the years. As long as a major event occurs in the county, the entire county's strength will be mobilized immediately.
Sometimes, Yun Chu even believed that the strength of Wannian County even surpassed any of the Sixteen Guards of Chang'an.
After all, no guard can mobilize 500,000 people for something as trivial as capturing the flag in a competition.
The most terrifying thing is that the mobilization of 500,000 people was carried out secretly, without alerting the imperial censors in the court, let alone the people in Baiqisi. And those who were in Wannian County knew nothing about Wannian County.
The rich and powerful nobles are even more concealed.
Before the arrival of Double Twelve Day, Wannian County people had secretly played at least three capture-the-flag games.
A total of eleven teams participated.
This is the real strength of Wannian County. All of these 5,500 people are soldiers under Wannian County who did not participate in the war and did not go to the border to fight.
According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, the Wannian County Lieutenant organized local soldiers to participate in training for two months every year. They were generally led by the County Lieutenant, and the soldiers were naturally organized according to their rank in the army.
In other counties, this is a job that belongs to the Zhechong Prefecture, but Wannian County is a Jing County and does not belong to any Zhechong Prefecture. It directly faces the commander of the Sixteenth Guards.
This kind of training seems to be a heavy burden for the soldiers in other counties, because during the training period of the soldiers, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers need to bring their own dry food and equipment to participate in the training.
However, Wannian County is different. In order to stimulate the training enthusiasm of the soldiers, the food and fodder for these two months are supplied by the government. At the same time, the government is also responsible for repairs and replenishing the equipment damaged by the soldiers during the training.
of arrows.
What really makes the soldiers of the government willing to leave farming and participate in training is that these two months of training are counted as the family's corvee service.
In other words, as long as the soldiers are willing to train well, the rest of their families will be exempted from corvee service.
This kind of conditions cannot be matched even by the Sixteenth Guards, because the soldiers in the Sixteenth Guards come from the 658 soldiers of the Zhechong Prefecture in the country.
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The most elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty came from Guanzhong, and the soldiers of Wannian County who participated in the battle were not selected from the most elite, but whoever had their turn.
Therefore, the first five hundred delinquents under Yunchu's command were already composed of the most elite soldiers in Wannian County, and the original delinquents have turned into upright people one after another.
In order to see the performance of the most elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor opened his arsenal as promised.
There are more than 2,000 craftsmen registered in Wannian County among the generals. Therefore, the weapons needed by Wannian County are all selected by these craftsmen first.
This time the emperor also provided war horses, and there were a thousand horse breeders in Wannian County of the Tang Dynasty...
Therefore, when Yunchu's five hundred soldiers and horses gathered, even Zhao Xiaozu, who had resigned and returned home long ago, was moved with his index finger.
This Tang Dynasty general who was missing an arm and who had put down the barbarian rebellion in the south went out on his own without Yunchu's invitation and worked hard to arrange the equipment of these five hundred people to the extreme.
In the end, what Yunchu saw was an army that couldn't be more plain. The whole army looked dark and not bright at all.
"Why not equip them all with iron armor?"
Yunchu had no requirements for the color, but when he saw that many soldiers were equipped with leather armor, he couldn't understand it.
Zhao Xiaozu scoffed at Yunchu's request.
"What kind of armor does a dancing soldier need? After wearing the armor, can he still dance?
Besides, your army is also equipped with a lot of long poles with iron spikes like bamboos. Although it can effectively prevent the enemy from advancing, have you ever thought that your army will not be able to get close to the enemy?
In this battle, the first priority is to capture the flag. When it comes to foot combat, you may have some advantages. However, once it comes to horse combat and you meet Xue Rengui and Pei Xingjian, I'm afraid you won't be able to take advantage of your flexibility.
When the time comes, whoever is stronger will have the advantage. I heard that Xue Rengui has the ability to throw horses and Pei Xingjian has the ability to lift cauldrons. In a head-to-head confrontation, you will have no advantage.
Therefore, you should avoid horse racing with these two people. Moreover, Xue Rengui's archery skills are unparalleled and Pei Xingjian's archery skills are not bad. Although your archery skills are also good, they are still not as good as those of these two.
Therefore, the only thing you can rely on at that time is your subordinates. You must not only rely on these people, but also assess the situation and make clever use of the other sixteen teams. In short, don't face Xue Rengui and Pei Xingjian at the beginning.
people."
Yun Chu frowned and said, "I heard that one of Zuo Wuwei's men named Cheng Wuting seems to be very powerful."
Zhao Xiaozu chuckled and said: "You just know. A mere Cheng Wuting is nothing. Youwuwei also has a Mo Dao team. Each of these Mo Dao players is more than eight feet tall. They hold Mo Dao in both hands and march forward like a forest. It is a close combat.
With his invincible existence, even the cavalry would not be able to gain favor in front of Mo Daoshou.
As for the heavy armored cavalry of the left Weiwei, the strong crossbowmen of the right Weiwei, and the heavy armored infantry of Xiaowei, it seems that you don't take it seriously, right?
Just be happy that these armies do not participate in such a competition, otherwise, no matter how capable you are, I will advise you to give up."
Yun Chu took a breath, and after listening to Zhao Xiaozu's introduction, he realized that the reason why the Tang army was able to dominate the world was that its strength was very even, rather than the strength of one or two armies.
At this time, the only people whose glory has been really wiped away will be the descendants of the former Hundred Cavalry. The rest of the army, because almost none of the generals who command them are useless, so their combat power is still strong.
Without the use of gunpowder, Yun Chu really had no confidence in defeating these armies.
Zhao Xiaozu chuckled and said: "I still have a way for you to hold on until the end, maybe there is the possibility of capturing the flag.
It’s just that the military formation looks rather ugly.”
Yun Chu said quickly: "As long as I can win, I don't care whether it looks ugly or not."
Zhao Xiaozu laughed and said: "If you don't have fifty branches like this, what do you call it?"
Yun Chu quickly said: "Lang Zhen"
Zhao Xiaozu said with a smile: "This thing has branches and branches, one to five or six feet long. If you hold it in your hand, it can cover your whole body, and it will not be able to penetrate with swords and spears."
However, this thing can only defend against enemies, but it cannot kill enemies who are fully armored. Moreover, this thing is sluggish and difficult to move. If you want to fight flexibly, you must abandon this thing.
However, if it is paired with a battle formation specially designed by me, the power will be doubled, do you want to hear it?"
Yunchu naturally wanted to listen.
"Listen, I have been fighting in the south for a long time, and the wolf trap you made is excellent for dealing with those unarmored thieves in the south.
There are big problems if you want to deal with these heavily armored men in the north.
It would be much better if paired with a powerful crossbow, so that you can balance your offensive and defensive abilities.
I see that you are not the kind of warrior who will go forward without hesitation. Simply, if you want to defend, just defend him shamelessly.
There are many craftsmen in Wannian County. You only need to modify these giant shields and add some linking mechanisms. Once on the battlefield, use these links to form a team of fifty people and connect the shields together to form ten turtle shells. .
At this time, Langzhen was out guarding the enemy, killing the enemy with a powerful crossbow, and Tiaodang was always ready to jump out to defeat the enemy. Finally, he was assisted by spearmen. I thought that with ten big turtle shells like this, even if Duke Wei came, there would be nothing he could do. ."
Yun Chu frowned and said, "If it were me, I would cover it with rockets and burn your turtle shell."
Zhao Xiaozu said faintly: "Don't worry, every team that participates in capturing the flag will not carry rockets. Even the weapons you are using now, the spears will be inserted with wooden wedges, the swords will become wooden, and the strong crossbows will The arrowheads will be removed and wrapped in cork, and your wolf sword will probably turn into bamboo.
If this were not the case, after a capture-the-flag competition, with corpses strewn all over the place, what would your Majesty do for you?
There is a loophole that can be exploited here, because the weapons used by others are restricted, but your shield is not among the restrictions.
It is a real defensive weapon. Those people use wooden knives and wooden guns to break through your defense. As long as you hold on long enough, those people can only kill each other.
When those people are almost killed, you can remove the shield formation and swarm up to kill the scattered enemies.
However, you must always pay attention to where the red flags are. If you are overtaken by others and seize the flag, your turtle tactics will become the laughing stock of others."
"What do you think will happen if I arrive at the location of the red flag first and use my formation to protect the red flag?"
Zhao Xiaozu looked at Yunchu's cleverness and regretfully said to the county lieutenant Zhang Jia who was guarding Yunchu: "Otherwise, you should be the commander of this competition. I am very worried about what these five hundred soldiers will do if they follow your county magistrate. He was trampled into a pulp by the other fifteen armies."
Seeing that his county magistrate looked worried, Zhang Jia hurriedly said: "The old general is joking, there is no one in such a humble position who has such ability."
Zhao Xiaozu said angrily: "When it comes to the battlefield, I would rather have an obedient person like you than a smart one like him.
Every battle to capture the flag is personally designed by a famous general in the world. He will not give you a chance to speculate. To win the first place, you must not only show your true strength, but also supplement it with your personal commanding ability.
, whether the soldiers' cooperation is skillful or not.
Only those who are top-notch in everything will have the last laugh.
The reason for this turtle posture this time is that people like Pei Xingjian, Xue Rengui, and Cheng Wuting underestimate you.
Give up attacking you directly and instead kill each other.
Only in this way can you have the slightest hope of winning."
Yun Chu asked in confusion: "Does the old general look down on me so much?"
Zhao Xiaozu sighed and said: "I am very worried, because as long as you are here, others will attack you first. You are really hated by others."
Yun Chu asked in confusion: "Why do I attract people's hatred?"
Zhao Xiaozu said: "Because the people of Wannian County think that their county magistrate is omnipotent, they all bought you to win in the Chang'an City Flag Capture Pass. I heard that the copper coins bought for you to win have exceeded one thousand."
Pass!"
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