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After a simple lunch, Yan Heng left for another military camp.Wu Ming didn't have time to relax either, and was brought by his side again.

This barracks was newly built more than two months ago. It is located in a hidden valley. There are less than a hundred soldiers in it, all of whom are equestrian masters carefully selected from all over Liaodong.

After two months of training, these people have not only become accustomed to using stirrups to control the horses, but also practiced a new set of cavalry tactics. According to the cavalry's personal ability and horse breeds, they are divided into two types: light cavalry and heavy cavalry. .The former wore light armor, still used bows and crossbows as their main weapons, and paid attention to flexibility and mobility, coming and going like the wind.The latter wore heavy armor with the horses, and their weapons were replaced by spears and sabers for close combat, and they used charges to crush the enemy at once.

A large part of this tactic was borrowed from Lu Liang's cavalry in the previous life, but the spear, saber, and initial heavy armor came from Wu Ming's friendship.Yan Heng brought Wu Ming here on purpose, just to let Wu Ming see these cavalrymen with his own eyes, hoping that he would have a flash of inspiration and provide some clever ideas.

After the new year, the horses purchased from the Xiongnu and Hu people will enter Liaodong one after another, and the soldiers in the valley will also turn into officers to train more cavalry for Yan Heng.

But before that, these people must first go through a battle baptism, and this winter is the best opportunity.

However, Wu Ming has been out of touch with the battlefield for too long, and he has long lost his sensitivity to war. When he heard that the war horses will arrive next month, the first thought that popped into his mind was what will these war horses eat? will freeze to death.

Yan Heng grew up with time-traveling people, and he has long been indoctrinated with the concept of "soldiers and horses before moving food and grass", and he pays the most attention to logistics.The reason why soybeans are planted in a large area in Liaodong is to prepare for this day; if it were not for the placement of these war horses, it would not have been delayed until now to buy the war horses back to Liaodong.

After listening to Yan Heng's explanation, Wu Ming shrugged and stopped giving random suggestions.

Yan Heng couldn't help being a little disappointed, but after thinking about it, he felt that Wu Ming was not a god, how could he be omniscient, so he didn't ask further, and left Yao Zhong to accompany Wu Ming, got on his horse and went to inspect the cavalry in person.

Wu Ming's legs were sore from standing, so he asked someone to remove the saddle and use it as a chair, and sat down beside the school yard to rest.

Yao Zhong leaned forward and asked tentatively, "Madam is not good at equestrian skills?"

Back and forth, Wu Mingdu and Yan Heng rode together. They also rode ox carts on weekdays, and never rode a horse by themselves.

"En." Wu Ming responded perfunctorily.

"Madam, don't you want to go and learn it?" Yao Zhong continued to find something to say, "My lord should be very willing to teach you."

"Not interested." Wu Ming lazily continued to perfunctory.What he needs is a horse that won't kick him, not some teacher who will teach him how to ride.

"Did Madam never think of going to the battlefield with the lord, fighting side by side?" Yao Zhong pretended to be surprised and continued to probe.

"It's fine, why are you fighting?" Wu Ming glanced at Yao Zhong, and asked suspiciously, "Also, why did the county guard go to the battlefield in person? There is no one under his command, or is it because the enemy has reached Xiangping?"

"Uh..." Yao Zhong was depressed to find that Wu Ming's words made sense, at least in this situation right now, he was speechless, even if he could refute.

"Victory in a hundred battles is not a good thing; a soldier who surrenders without fighting is a good man." Wu Ming turned his head and looked at Yan Heng who was leading the cavalry drill in the school grounds, "Zeguo Jiangshan enters the battle map, how can the people live?" Ji Le Qiao Su. According to Jun Mo's words, he will be a marquis, and one will be successful."

Yao Zhong was taken aback.At this time, the four-character rhyme in the Book of Songs is still popular, and the seven-character lines are a bit inexplicable to Yao Chong's ears, but the last line is really simple and easy to understand. It was Wu Ming's sarcasm.

Yao Zhong frowned suddenly.

If the sheriff's wife doesn't take the sheriff's great cause seriously, how can she support the sheriff in the future?

But Wu Ming didn't think much about it at all, he just didn't want to talk about great achievements with Yao Zhong, so he blocked his mouth with the usual tricks of later generations, and seeing that Yao Zhong was no longer verbose, he put the previous conversation behind him , Continue watching Yan Heng's performance.

Having seen machine guns, tanks and planes, the cavalry training that Yan Heng is proud of is nothing more than an equestrian show in Wu Ming's view.

It's brilliant, it's beautiful, but that's about it.

Yao Zhong had been observing Wu Ming, and soon noticed the disapproval on his face, and immediately felt moved, and deliberately praised: "With such a cavalry in hand, the county guard will definitely be invincible in the world."

Wu Ming burst out laughing, turned his head to look at Yao Chong, raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you joking?"

"Don't you think Ma'am?" Yao Zhong asked back.

"I don't think so." Wu Ming pouted, "Give me a hundred auxiliary soldiers, and take care of as many cavalry as you come."

"Madam is you joking?" Yao Zhong was really surprised this time.Not to mention the most incompetent auxiliary soldiers in the army, even if they were replaced by more capable infantry, it would be impossible to block the cavalry with only a hundred people.

"Do you want to bet?" Wu Ming asked, "I'm going to say something ugly. After the bet is over, the hundred horses will probably be scrapped."

"Madam wants to tamper with the horse?" Yao Zhong immediately thought of poisoning and other tricks.

"Not really." Wu Ming sighed, knowing that Yao Zhong would not give up until he reached his goal, he simply stood up, "Go and call the county guard, don't look for any auxiliary soldiers, let those guards work harder, Snack in the evening, work now."

"Madam later." Yao Zhong immediately asked the soldiers on the sidelines to signal a timeout.

After a while, the training on the field stopped.

Yan Heng rode back directly to Wu Ming, and asked why he was asked to come with a puzzled face.

Yao Zhong stepped forward and explained the reason, Yan Heng's doubts immediately turned into surprise.

"Madam so confident?" Yan Heng turned to look at Wu Ming.

"Stop talking nonsense." Wu Ming replied bluntly, "Hurry up and give me manpower, as well as shovels, sickles, and ropes. Finish the work quickly, and don't delay dinner."

As soon as Yan Heng heard the word rope, Yan Heng immediately had a guess, "Madam want to use a tripping rope?"

"Stop talking nonsense, okay?" Wu Ming pressed his hands impatiently.

Yan Heng had no choice but to turn his horse's head, called all his guards over, and asked people to find the shovel for digging.

The shovel was obviously also produced by the male butterfly, and now it has become a common thing in later generations.It's just that serious iron shovels can only be seen in military camps, while ordinary people's homes are mostly replaced by polished wood.

Not long after, everything Wu Ming wanted was ready.

Wu Ming immediately found a place with soft soil, drew a few straight lines with branches, and asked a few guards who got shovels to dig the soil in the place he had drawn, and then asked two guards who had no shovels to go out to look for branches. But he himself hugged the saddle and sat aside to oversee the work.

If the time-traveling man was here, he would definitely be able to tell at a glance that Wu Ming was digging a trench, but Yao Zhong and the others were in a fog, and they didn't know why.

Yan Heng couldn't figure out what was going on either, but after looking at it for a while, he couldn't help but think of the late emperor.

The first emperor Yingzi Zhan did not carry out drastic reforms in the army. After his father Hu Hai was put under house arrest, he devoted his energy to the people's livelihood. It is managed by the generals themselves, especially those generals guarding the border, and they have gained the trust of the first emperor.

But then the world was in chaos, and the Great Qin Dynasty was at stake, but the generals guarding the border turned a blind eye, and none of them sent troops to serve the king.Surprised, Yan Heng wrote to several generals to inquire about King Qin. Only then did he know that each general had an order written by Emperor Shihuang in his hand, and no matter what kind of changes occurred, they were not allowed to leave the station without permission. Their mission Even if the Qin Dynasty perishes, they can go their own way and ignore them.

General Meng Tian, ​​who was guarding Longxi, warned him bluntly: Qin Mie is the incompetent descendant of the Ying family, and it is not our fault, but if we allow foreigners to take the opportunity to commit crimes, then we are all sinners, even if we die, we will be ashamed Go underground to meet the late emperor.

The first emperor mentioned by Meng Tian was the First Emperor Yingzheng. Only then did Yan Heng realize that these veterans didn't care about the second emperor at all.The emperor they are loyal to is only the first emperor from the beginning to the end. Even if this person is no longer alive, they will only abide by his will and ignore the existence of the new emperor.

When Yan Heng was born, the First Emperor had passed away for ten years. Having never met the First Emperor himself, he couldn't understand the paranoid loyalty of these veterans. He only knew that the late Emperor Ying's son Zhan also kept secrets about his grandfather and was in awe of him.

Speaking of which, the first emperor never showed his talents in the military, let alone went to the battlefield in person.

Yan Heng withdrew his thoughts, and then found that the digging speed of the guards was really unsatisfactory. According to their speed, even if they dug until dark, they might not be able to meet Wu Ming's requirements, so they simply asked people to find more shovels, and let the surroundings watch. The cavalry also went to fight together.

Dozens of people took turns to fight, and finally quickly dug two ditches ten meters long, one meter wide and two meters deep, adjacent to each other.

The branches had already been prepared, but the number was so large that Yan Heng and others were puzzled.

Wu Ming finally stood up, had these branches cut into spikes, buried them in the ditches, tied some with ropes, made them into thorns, and fixed them in front of the first row of ditches.

"In fact, the effect of replacing it with iron wire is better... Forget it, it's just a demonstration anyway." Wu Ming muttered, raised his head and said to Yan Heng, "Let the horse come here!"

Yan Heng didn't answer, staring at the ditch full of traps, thoughtful.

Yan Heng didn't speak, and the rest of the officers didn't dare to speak.Yao Zhong had never led a soldier before, but felt that there were only two ditches. As long as the distance was well grasped, with the horse's jumping ability, any horse could easily cross it.

At this time, Wu Ming slapped his head, "Ah, I forgot the most important thing—do you have Caodianzi? Bring two pieces here."

There is no Simmons these days, even rich families often use meadows to make beds, and soon soldiers dragged meadows from the barracks and spread them on top of ditches according to Wu Ming's instructions.

As soon as Caodianzi was paved, the expressions of the cavalrymen on the scene changed, and Yao Zhong finally realized how lethal these two inconspicuous ditches really are.

This thing belongs to the Pit Cavalry!

If you rush forward unprepared, you will die as many as you come, and don't even think about passing by unscathed!

Thinking of this kind of result, Yao Zhong felt chills in his heart.

Could it be that the cavalry they piled up with money is just a pile of fat for death?