At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Zhao Yun's words are still modest and cautious, even though he is in a high position, he has not changed.

This made Guo Peng very emotional.

"No, Zilong, there is no one who can stand shoulder to shoulder with you in my heart, otherwise, I would not trust you to lead the 10,000+ guards. Your contribution may not be as great as theirs, but you are in my heart The position in my heart far surpasses them."

"His Majesty……"

Hearing Guo Peng's evaluation of himself, Zhao Yun was very moved.

"They are good at fighting, they can fight for me, and they can guard the frontiers. But in terms of the ability to manage the army, they are far inferior to you, Zilong. Over the years, the armies of various places have been slack."

Guo Peng narrowed his eyes: "I can do things like collude with local officials to embezzle state funds and abuse the people. In the past, I never dared to think about it. No matter how high I demanded of them, it seems that There are always those who don't want to do it."

"The world has been stable for a while. Without a strong foreign enemy, people will naturally relax. This is an unavoidable thing, so greater supervision is needed, and it cannot be stopped."

Zhao Yun gave his own suggestion.

"You're right, you can urge people to do it, no matter what you do, you have to do it. No matter how good the rules are, if you don't enforce them, it's meaningless. If you want them to implement them honestly, you need me." The emperor kept his word and kept his word.

But this time after the local investigation, I realized that I have not been out of Luoyang for a long time, and I have not led troops to fight for a long time. Some people have gradually forgotten how the Wei Kingdom was established, and some people have already dreamed of the dream of the sky high and the emperor far away. , Thinking of being the emperor of the land. "

Guo Peng's words carried a murderous air.

This surprised Zhao Yun.

"Your Majesty's reputation is so powerful, how can anyone dare to forget?"

"Of course there are. Where I can't see, those people may know how to close the door and become kings and emperors, so I will never let them go."

Guo Peng nodded: "This battle is not only to completely eliminate the threat of Xianbei, but also to revive my prestige, so that some people with bad memories can remember how I became emperor."

"Guards and soldiers, at your Majesty's disposal."

Zhao Yun immediately expressed his opinion.

"okay."

Guo Peng was very satisfied with Zhao Yun's statement, thought for a while, and asked, "Zilong, this time, do you want to go out with me?"

"It's up to His Majesty to decide."

Zhao Yun returned the right to choose to Guo Peng, and let Guo Peng make the decision for him, as before.

This is what Guo Peng likes most about Zhao Yun. He is good at following orders and executing them, but he is not good at giving orders by himself.

He is an absolute master who can carry out orders to [-]%, but when it comes to his own independent orders to do things, Zhao Yun is not as good as other generals who command troops outside.

This is also one of the reasons why Guo Peng chose to let Zhao Yun command the guards to garrison the Gyeonggi area.

Zhao Yun is like a perfect tool man, pointing to where to hit, but he doesn't have too many ideas, obeying orders and doing things is the truest portrayal of his life, he is loyal.

From this perspective, Zhao Yun is a pure and perfect soldier.

No matter what order is given to him, he will never complete it meticulously. Within the framework of the order, he can do it to the limit.

Isn't it a lucky thing for Guo to have Zhao Zilong by his side?

"Okay, Zilong, this time, don't follow me. You stay in Luoyang for me. All military responsibilities in the Gyeonggi area are entrusted to you. You can control and mobilize everything in the Gyeonggi area except the Northern Expeditionary Army." The army, cooperate with Feng Xiao, and assist the prince to supervise the country together."

Said, Guo Peng patted Zhao Yun's shoulder: "Zilong, there are not many people I can trust, you are one of them, the prince has not experienced too many things, some things are right and wrong, you have to tell him, Understand?"

Zhao Yun knelt on the ground to express his determination to Guo Peng.

"As long as the minister is alive, he will do his best to protect the crown prince."

Guo Peng nodded and helped Zhao Yun up.

"That's it. Let's go, Zilong. Come with me to inspect the army. This time the Northern Expedition, the guards are going to show their strengths. Let's go see how the cavalry is doing."

"According to the order!"

Zhao Yun took the order, and then went to inspect the army with Guo Peng.

chapter 1075 one thousand eighty-five Wei Yan is by no means a good boss

There are a large number of guards, and they are mainly stationed in four camps.

The general directions are in the four directions of Luoyang, the southeast, the northwest, and each has its own defense area and mission. Zhao Yun is located in the general camp, which has the largest training ground and is often responsible for training recruits.

The military system of the Wei Army has not changed. The identities of the battalion soldiers and local garrison soldiers are not fixed and can be changed at any time. The guards also belong to the category of battalion soldiers.

Therefore, anyone can be a battalion soldier stationed in the center and become a member of the guard, and also become a garrison soldier stationed in places and borders, and become a frontier soldier.

Therefore, the major battalions of the Wei Army have a quota for recruiting recruits every year, and of course the camp of the Wei Army also has a quota for recruiting recruits.

Recruits often enter the guard camp, and they are trained under Zhao Yun's nose, and then incorporated into the ranks of the guard.

During this Northern Expedition, the requirements for cavalry were particularly high, and the number of cavalry was also required to be particularly large.

The horse farms of the three major armies of the Wei army will provide a large number of war horses to enter the military camps in the Gyeonggi area for the Wei army to train cavalry, master riding skills, and comprehensively increase the proportion of cavalry in the guard army.

Guo Peng's plan is to strive to make the army reach the level of the Northwest Corps before the official expedition, and fully or at least 80.00% of the quota for the motorization of mules and horses in advance.

At that time, when the army goes out and gathers in Bingzhou and Youzhou, it will become a sea of ​​mules and horses.

Both mobility and endurance will far exceed the imagination of Xianbei people.

Wei Jun will crush the Xianbei people with unprecedented momentum and crushing power.

And this time, taking advantage of the information gap between the two sides, Guo Peng also planned to invest a certain amount of heavy cavalry. Using heavy cavalry to deal with Xianbei's cavalry archers must be a very good attack mode.

Destroy the cavalry group of the Xianbei people head-on, and then realize a roundabout outflank, and wipe out the cavalry of the Xianbei people.

After the Wei army completely controlled the entire Central Plains, the heavy cavalry had only a few chances to play.

Although every opportunity to play did bring victory to the Wei army, the heavy cavalry was not suitable for galloping on the dense water network and broken plains in the south of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, the heavy cavalry has been stabilized by Guo Peng at a quota of 1000 so far, and it is still handed over to Wei Yan to command and stationed near the camp in Luoyang.

Although the quota is only 1000 people, the number of people who have received heavy cavalry training is more than this number.

However, all soldiers whose height and weight meet the requirements have received the training and selection of heavy cavalry in the heavy cavalry camp.

There are really not many people who pass successfully.

But as long as the pass is passed, even if the quota of soldiers in the heavy cavalry battalion is full, it will be recorded and become a member of the heavy cavalry battalion, live in the camp of the heavy cavalry battalion, and enjoy the treatment of soldiers in the heavy cavalry battalion. Become the most envied elite.

There have been no more than 3000 such people since the founding of the country. The current number is 960, and there are still 37 people to reach the number of [-].

Over the years, the selection and testing of the best of the best has been carried out continuously. With a collective of 10 people, the number of qualified heavy knights is still less than 3000.

One can prove that the physical fitness of the population of the Wei Empire is not high, and the per capita lack of protein diet is extremely lacking, even for the army.

The two can prove that the selection requirements of the heavy cavalry battalion are very high, and the participation level is the limit. The elite of the non-elite cannot enter, and cannot enjoy super high standard treatment.

Of course, the requirements of heavy cavalry are very high.

Wearing heavy iron armor, riding a tall horse, holding a mace, galloping on the battlefield with your comrades in arms, crushing, crushing, and tearing the enemy on the opposite side, creating the best opportunity for the follow-up main force to encircle and annihilate the enemy. .

This is the powerful heavy cavalry.

This is the strategic significance of heavy cavalry.

For people, for horses, and for the empire that owns it, the demands are very high.

When Guo Peng came to the heavy cavalry camp to inspect Wei Yan's heavy cavalry training, Wei Yan was instructing a group of about [-] soldiers to receive heavy cavalry training.

The soldiers in that group were all tall and strong, and they looked like they were the absolute elites selected by each battalion.

Because of the overall rotation garrison system of the Wei army, soldiers stationed in any place may come to the center to become a guard, and then accept Wei Yan's selection.

Each battalion will also select the most elite and strongest fighters to go to the heavy cavalry battalion for selection.

Over the past few years, the heavy cavalry battalion's harsh selection method has spread throughout the army, and all soldiers in the army are proud of accepting the selection. Those who successfully pass the selection and enter the heavy cavalry battalion are the strongest among the strong, and they can boast for a lifetime.

Soldiers selected according to such physical strength can be used not only as heavy cavalry, but also as heavy infantry.

For example, the Modao soldiers, the powerful troops of the Tang army sweeping the world, are powerful heavy infantry.

Mo Dao hands have great requirements for height and weight. They wear heavy armor and will be transported by special chariots and horses to maintain their physical strength before going to the battlefield. When they go to the battlefield, they will raise their knives and line up, such as lining up on the wall, or stabbing, or chopping. , or chop, the power is great.

[The two wield giant knives and kill several people with one swing. There is no firm confrontation before them. 】

This is the powerful heavy infantry - Mo Dao Bing.

Both heavy cavalry and heavy infantry are very powerful arms, and their lethality on the battlefield far exceeds that of ordinary normal troops.

But also because of its particularity and power, the cost is extremely high, and the consumption is extremely high. If it is not for the prosperous dynasty, it cannot be owned.

Only the prosperous dynasty has the financial and manpower and material resources to train a powerful [special forces].

With the current strong financial and material resources of the Wei Empire, Guo even felt that maintaining a heavy cavalry unit was not an easy task. One can imagine how strong financial resources the prosperous Tang army needed to maintain such a large-scale Modao army.

People often only say that the Song Dynasty was rich and prosperous, and the Song Dynasty was indeed rich, but the powerful financial resources of the Tang Dynasty in the early and mid-term were not weaker than the Song Dynasty.

Guo Peng told people to keep quiet, and he watched Wei Yan's military training with great interest.

At this moment, Wei Yan was showing them how to wear heavy armor, mount a horse, and get ready for battle.

"Remember, heavy cavalry is different from ordinary light cavalry. Our armor is several times heavier than theirs. We can't put it on without help, and we can't get on the horse without help.

So when you go to the battlefield, you will have auxiliary soldiers around you who will help you wear armor, mount horses, and carry weapons. According to the standard, each person should be equipped with at least two auxiliary soldiers. If there is a surplus, a heavy cavalry can be equipped with three auxiliary soldiers. .

Can this kind of treatment be achieved by ordinary Qingqi?Look at this iron armor, you can't get in with a knife, you can't shoot an arrow, you can't get a spear in. If you want to stop the heavy cavalry, there are only two ways, either, attack his horse and let him break his neck, or use this Hit him hard on the head with a big stick! "

Wei Yan holds a heavy mace in both hands and shows it to veterans who have never touched a mace.

"See? The front part of the mace is iron. There are sharp iron thorns on the iron. You are lucky if you don't bleed when you rub it. When we ride the horse and run, we don't have to move at all, just hold it tight. Stretch out the big stick, whoever touches it will surely die!"

Saying this, Wei Yan let out a loud roar, exerted all his strength with both arms, and the veins on his forehead bulged, and swung the mace's big stick to slam it on the wooden pile next to him.

The wooden stake as thick as a human thigh was violently broken by Wei Yan.

Wei Yan took a breath.

"See? That's it! This is the Mace!"

The veterans' eyes were full of glory, and they applauded again and again, which made Wei Yan very satisfied.

"I tell you that those who can join the heavy cavalry camp are all elites selected from a thousand miles, the elite among the elite, who can join the heavy cavalry camp, the food is the best, and the meat that can be eaten every day is also the best. , there are still people serving, and the military pay is more than ordinary people, do you want to join?"

"miss you!"

The eyes of a group of strong veterans were all red.

"Think beautifully!"

Wei Yan sneered and said: "Thinking that all of you are the elites selected by each battalion, you can join the heavy cavalry battalion? It's a good idea! If you can't pass the selection of the heavy cavalry battalion, where did you come from, where do you go back, and never again Step into the gate of my heavy cavalry battalion, my heavy cavalry battalion only needs elites, not trash!"

"We are not trash!"

A group of elite veterans are very dissatisfied.

Anyway, everyone also fought all the way here. Among the veterans of the Wei army who have survived to this day, which one does not have dozens of lives?

It's really embarrassing to say that I am a veteran.

"Is it trash? Is it trash? It doesn't count if you say it, I say it! Now give me a test, have you seen this big circle? Run me for twenty laps, and then come here to gather! Those who can't run , go back as soon as possible!"

Wei Yan gave an order, and the excited elites immediately started running fast.

Guo Peng looked at such a large circle, and estimated a little, twenty circles, at least [-] meters.

Without further ado, let's warm up with a [-]-meter long-distance race. Well, this is a heavy riding camp.

So Guo Peng walked forward with a smile.

"Wen Chang, you are too ruthless. After running for twenty laps, can any of these soldiers stand?"

Hearing a somewhat familiar voice, Wei Yan turned his head suspiciously. When he saw the smiling emperor Guo Peng, he was shocked and immediately knelt down to salute.

"The last general, Wei Yan, pays homage to His Majesty! The last general didn't know that His Majesty was coming, so he was far away to welcome you. Please forgive me!"

"Okay, okay, what kind of crime is it, just say something superfluous."

Guo Peng helped Wei Yan up with a smile, patted him on the shoulder, and looked Wei Yan up and down: "Well, it's good, the bones of the body are stronger, not bad!"

Wei Yan laughed out loud.

"It's all because of His Majesty's promotion, the last general can be what he is today. If it weren't for His Majesty's promotion, the last general would not know where he is doing the job of licking blood with a knife."

"Ha ha ha ha."