Ever since Butcher Chen led his men out to intercept the people from Fengjiazhuang, the calmness of the past has returned to the foothills of Huangzhu Mountain.
Men are farming and women are weaving, cocks are crowing and dogs are barking, creating a peaceful and idyllic scene.
No matter who looks at Huangzhu Mountain like this, it is unlikely that they would guess that this is the 'Datang Dynasty' which is famous within a hundred miles and has even attracted the attention of the government and is preparing to mobilize troops to enter the mountain to encircle and suppress it.
In fact, this is indeed the case. When not going out to rob and fight, the bandits in Huangzhu Mountain are actually no different from ordinary villages.
The only thing that can tell that Huangzhu Mountain is different from ordinary villages is that in a large open space at the foot of Huangzhu Mountain, at least hundreds of people are doing various exercises every day during this period.
As early as many days ago, the Tang Dynasty's standing army had completed changes in its organization. The original more than 300 young men were divided into nine teams, each with a standard size of 36 people.
Only the qualified heavy armored sword and shield soldiers and archers could not actually meet the requirements of the establishment. In order to make up the number, some additional novices were selected.
For example, two teams of archers require thirty-six people each, making a total of seventy-two people. However, there are only more than fifty archers found up and down Huangzhu Mountain, and in fact, these more than fifty people
People's levels also vary.
In order to supplement the number of people, about 20 people were selected from the young and strong for archer training. Naturally, Li Xuan and other senior officials of the Tang Dynasty would not expect these novices to become qualified in just one or two months.
Archers, they only need these novices to be able to bend the bow and nock an arrow in two months, and successfully shoot the arrow.
After all, there is nothing that can be done about it. The training of archers takes too long, and the requirements for physical fitness are also quite high. In less than two or three years, it is impossible to train a qualified archer. If
He is an elite archer, which takes more than ten years to cultivate.
Compared with the shortage of archers, the problem of bows and arrows is not small. The Tang Dynasty originally had more than ten sets of bows and arrows, and then successively incorporated Shuilong Village, Jiguan Mountain, Huanggui Mountain, Black Tiger Village and other surrounding cottages. These cottages had original
Some archers had bows and arrows, and some bows and arrows were also captured from the Ming army.
Therefore, although there is no shortage of bows and arrows for the time being, the types of these bows and arrows are different, their power is also very different, and the number is only so small.
If more bows and arrows cannot be captured in the future, the Tang Dynasty Standing Army will actually be unable to continue to increase the number of archers, because the production of bows and arrows is just like the training of archers, both are very time-consuming. A qualified military
The production process of strong bows takes more than a year, and the material requirements are strict. Today's Tang Dynasty simply cannot produce a large number of qualified bows and arrows in a short time.
This is also the reason why Li Xuan wants to develop muskets. A farmer can become a qualified musketeer in three months of training, and a craftsman can make a musket in one month. This time can even be shortened further.
The time and cost required for musketeers is much lower than that of archers!
And this is also the fundamental reason why muskets eventually replaced bows and arrows in history. It is not a matter of power, but a matter of cost-effectiveness.
As for the musketeers, who replaced the archers and then replaced the spearmen and even sword and shield soldiers and other close combat units, it was naturally because of the invention of the bayonet.
If everything goes well and the hardware conditions can keep up, Li Xuan will definitely use musketeers to replace archers, spearmen, sword and shield soldiers and all other cold weapon types except cavalry.
In the end, the standing army of the Tang Dynasty would only have three combat arms: musketeers, artillery, and cavalry, plus auxiliary baggage and engineering troops.
It's a pity that the muskets produced by Li Xuan are only matchlocks, not flintlock guns. The bayonets are also plug-in bayonets, not sleeve-type bayonets. The reliability and power of the muskets are just a little bit behind.
More importantly, the Tang Dynasty only had such a small population and only a few blacksmiths, so it was impossible to mass-produce the muskets it needed. Now there are not even enough muskets for the Guards, so it is naturally impossible for the standing army to equip them.
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So if he wants to be fully equipped with muskets, Li Xuan can only say: The wish is beautiful, but the reality is cruel!
After once again watching the training of the Standing Army and the Guards at the playground, Li Xuan returned to the palace with a satisfied smile. Now he did not have to worry about the training of the Guards. Wang Danxu carried out the training he planned very well.
The plan and the training are in good shape. The only thing that needs to be worried about is whether these Guards can perform to the level of training during actual combat.
If the level of training can be demonstrated, then Li Xuan is estimated that even if it is not a strong army, it should at least have the performance of a regular army, and this is enough for Li Xuan and the weak Tang Dynasty.
There are many problems with the training of the standing army, but it is still better than expected. After completing the training, you can eat a rationed dinner in the middle school, and with the stimulation of excellent training and the opportunity to become a corps commander, although it is not all, but
Half of the bandits train quite carefully, and a very small number of them even train very hard.
As for the remaining half of the bandits in the standing army, they did not take the training seriously and even cheated and cheated. Li Xuan could not do anything about it. After all, he was not a god. He couldn't expect all these veterans to listen to him. Now half of them can
After training honestly, this is already an unexpected surprise.
Li Xuan was quite satisfied with the training situation of the Standing Army and the Guards, so he was naturally in a good mood when he returned.
After returning to the palace, Li Xuan rarely relaxed. He pulled Dong Yunyun and played a trick of warming wine and squeezing her shoulders. After squeezing Dong Yunyun, he held her on his lap.
Since the two of them broke through the last layer of thin paper, the two of them have been spending almost every day together, which is when they fall in love.
When Dong Yunyun was held by Li Xuan and sat on his lap, even though Dong Yunyun had met his skin many times, she still showed a shy expression.
However, although she looked shy, Dong Yunyun did not struggle, but sat obediently on Li Xuan's lap, and then continued to hold the wine glass and feed Li Xuan a sip.
Li Xuan looked at her with a slightly red face, smiled, and then touched her hand irregularly.
Since the breakthrough of their relationship, he can clearly feel that Dong Yunyun cares more about him, not only in tolerating his frivolity, but also in her dependence on him.
Yes, Li Xuan felt that this girl was more dependent on him than before, and this dependence was psychological.
Sometimes Li Xuan wonders if Dong Yunyun is a little bit prone to Stockmore syndrome. After all, Dong Yunyun was robbed by bandits like Fang Dongquan and others, and then they used coercion to make her and
Li Xuan gets married.
Therefore, no matter how much excuses are made, one fact cannot be concealed: Dong Yunyun was snatched away to be Li Xuan's wife.
But later, Li Xuan took good care of her based on some modern people's moral concepts, which made Dong Yunyun develop a special affection and dependence.
This symptom is quite typical of Stockmore syndrome.