Chapter 476

Kaifeng.

After the cotton harvest planted last year, the whole Kaifeng Prefecture gradually restored its former prosperity.

Since the beginning of the new year, in the suburbs of Kaifeng City, there has been a constant cry of killing every day, the galloping of war horses, and the sound of banging iron day and night.

The Second Corps, which can be said to have the largest number of troops of the Qin army, governs 15 towns and 10 independent battalions. There are 250000 field personnel alone. Counting the logistics personnel such as Arsenal, clothing factory and carpentry room, the number of the Corps has reached a terrible 400000, not counting the temporary workers in nearby villages.

The second Legion is the first Legion to be officially loaded, as it is the place of the six wars in the Central Plains and has great responsibilities. It gives priority to the allocation of soldiers, materials, money, grain, iron, weapons and firearms.

Similarly, Qin Huan gave the red warbler the greatest autonomy to deal with all emergencies, which the other three military commanders did not have.

At this time, in the wilderness west of Kaifeng, the military formations were dressed neatly and took a clear-cut flag. They held a spear, a shield and a knife, and the neighing of war horses was heard all the time. It can be said to be very spectacular.

There are 15 infantry generous arrays. The four sides of each square array are 3000 long fighters, up to five meters long. They stand together to form a dense Golin, with 6000 knife shield fighters and long spearmen in the middle. In wartime, 1000 archers can be temporarily configured to form a 10000 person battle array.

During the attack, Long Ge Ping put the spearmen and sword shield soldiers on both sides of the Ge soldiers, pushing them all the way.

During defense, the square array can be quickly turned into a round array. As long as the long fighters in the periphery put the Long Ge flat and supplemented by the long spearmen, they can not only defend against the impact of cavalry, but also prevent infantry raids. Archers can carry out long-range attacks in the middle, and sword and shield soldiers can attack and defend.

There are also eight small squares in the middle of the 15 large squares, each with more than 5000 people.

Two of them are Archer battalions with long bows, one is a firearm battalion wearing cotton vest, one is an artillery battalion pushing Frankie guns, one is an Engineering Battalion composed of craftsmen, and the last three are heavily armed infantry.

All of the three heavy armored infantry battalions were dressed in cotton armor inlaid with large and small iron pieces, holding a long handled knife and iron helmets.

In addition, there are two cavalry battalions on one side. These cavalry, both horses and people, are dressed in cotton armor. A short gun is hung on the left, a saber is hung on the right, and a four meter long cavalry gun is clamped under the armpit.

I don't know. I thought it was the first big test after the change of clothes.

"See you, general!"

"See you, general!"

The red warbler rode a tall jujube red horse, dressed in silver armor and red cloak waving in the wind. Under the protection of a team of female cavalry, he galloped between the squares. Where he passed, countless soldiers waved their blades and shouted in unison.

But after a round of inspection, the red warbler's eyebrows were always frowned, because the army seemed powerful, but she didn't feel much murderous.

So the connected battle rehearsals are not interested.

The army was disbanded and the soldiers returned to the camp. More than 20 generals followed Hongying to the commander's tent. They all stood carefully. It was obvious that Hongying was not satisfied with the inspection.

"From now on, the training time of all towns and battalions will be extended for another half an hour. Anyone who dares to slack off will be engaged in military and judicial work. What I want is a division of hundred battles, not a fancy and useless airs."

After sitting down, the red warbler hammered the table several times.

"Madam, the soldiers have trained hard enough, but he is not enough!"

"Yes, madam, in the final analysis, you still have to kill. It's only when you see blood that it works!"

When the generals heard that they were going to extend the training time, they all looked bitter. Now they all know what the problem is.

"Kill who?"

"Kill you?"

"If someone asks them to kill, you need to remind them?"

The red warbler was not angry, and then said with a serious face: "although the division of hundred battles is not trained, it can't be a division of hundred battles without strict training, so the training must be strengthened. Recently, there are more and more Tartars on the north bank. Now almost all the North of the Yellow River have fallen into the hands of Tartars. I guess it's not far from the war."

"Madam, why don't you take a battalion of cavalry across the river to train, or kill the prestige of Tartars."

As soon as Cao Bianjiao hugged kungfu, the cavalry battalion had only doubled. After months of training and additional cavalry, most of them were veterans who had been on the battlefield, so the combat effectiveness was the lowest. The two battalions, with more than 14000 cavalry, could definitely fight Tartars.

"It's not necessary. The cavalry are equipped now. Next, we should seize the time to train. Anyway, the Tartars don't dare to cross the river. If they want to turn, let them turn."

The red warbler waved her hand. Now she is in command of hundreds of thousands of troops. She can't be interested in playing small games. Instead of entanglement with each other, she might as well train wholeheartedly and wait for work with ease.

"Yes!"

Cao Bianjiao had to retreat in disappointment. He felt that his mother had changed since she was promoted to general.

In fact, not only Cao Bianjiao, but also others have this feeling. They found that Hongying's words and deeds are no longer as casual as before.

But what they don't know is that the reason why the red warbler changed is not because he was promoted to general.

It was because Qin Huan had officially become emperor and was afraid that she would be caught and locked up in the back Palace at any time. Therefore, Qin Huan became cautious and even chewed Qi Shaobao's military book every night.

"Report to your mother. The governor has just sent someone to say that Xuzhou has sent an envoy to see your mother!"

Just then, a female soldier rushed into the big account and reported.

"Hum! Niu Er, what the hell are you doing here? Does he still want to ask me to rescue Xuzhou? " The red warbler snorted coldly.

"Madam, Xuzhou's strategic position is very important. You can't fall into the hands of Tartars. Let's meet and ask the situation first!" Qin Meng said.

"Go and bring people here." As soon as the red warbler waved, although she looked down on Niu Er, she couldn't ignore Xuzhou.

The camp left the closed city for more than 20 miles. It took more than half an hour to come back. Therefore, when the messenger brought it in, the faces of the red warbler and the generals were a little ugly.

An acquaintance came in, and almost everyone knew that it was song xiance, Niu Er's chief adviser.

"I've seen the imperial concubine and empress. Your generals are safe."

As soon as song xiance came in, he bent down and saluted the red warbler, and then smiled and greeted the generals on both sides.

The 25 generals in the account, except Cao Bianjiao and a few others, are all people who followed King Qin when they were in Gucheng. It is not surprising that song xiance also mixed with the Chinese army for some time.