Chapter 355

"... the reason why I called you here is to ask, who will remember the names of these dead? Who is the brigade commander in charge of this Ranger?"

"It's the last general!" a strong school Captain stood up and replied.

Zhang Zhou looked at the red faced man and had some impression that there was not too much contact between them because of decentralization and dereliction of government.

"You're Xiang Li, aren't you?"

"It is the last general!"

"Let me ask you, can you remember their names?"

"This... Report to the general, these..."

Xiang Li was unwilling and wanted to explain specifically, but Zhang Zhou didn't give him a chance.

"Just answer, can you remember!"

"The end will not!" Xiang Li sighed, lowered his head and simply recognized the bad luck.

Rangers are not just subordinate to jubeiguan, but the whole border army cavalry should carry out rotation training here to achieve the purpose of maintaining the combat effectiveness of the whole cavalry. There will be a batch of changes in six months. Where can he remember everyone's name? Talk back. Forget it. Your arms can't twist your thighs. You can only admit bad luck and grow obediently. The result may be better.

"General Xiang Li, you don't have to be upset, because no matter who is in this position, you can't remember these people's names! Even if you love soldiers like children and are smart! Even if you can remember the next 100 names, can you remember 1000? 10000? One year later? Ten years later?"

Zhang Zhou also sighed gently, and then said, "maybe some people think that these soldiers are just small people, and the battlefield is their life. They used their own death to exchange a pension for their family. It's worth it! But!"

Zhang Zhou suddenly raised his tone.

"Today, I want to tell you most solemnly that these soldiers are definitely not dead. What they bear is not just the 200 Liang silver pension! Because I said, you are the heroes of the country. You are fighting for the Tang Dynasty, for the happiness of the imperial people, and for our majesty!"

Zhang zhouyue said more and more excited, almost roaring!

"It is the dedication of the Longzhou border army that ensures the long-term peace of the Empire! It is the sacrifice of these unknown people that makes the enemies of Beiyan know our blood and bravery, and makes them dare not set foot on the territory of the Empire easily! Since they are heroes, how can their names be forgotten! How can they be forgotten! As paoze brothers, if we even remember ourselves If you can't stop these people, who can count on to remember them? Ask your conscience, will you agree? Ask this Longzhou defense line poured out with hot blood, will you agree? "

The whole square was cold and silent! For a long time, suddenly a crisp voice sounded first!

"No!"

Yan Xinxin is the first to make a sound! Sometimes, her unexpected performance makes people have to admire.

"No!" cried Wutong.

"No!" shijiro shouted.

"No!" Yin Dongshan and Zhonghe responded in unison!

"No!" the voice rang out one after another, and finally the whole square was boiling.

Zhang Zhou waved and his voice stopped for a moment, but everyone's mood had been stimulated to a boiling degree by his words.

"Today, I am here to announce that we will build a monument on this square and engrave the names of all those who died in refusing Beiguan, so that these dead paoze brothers can see how we can continue their steps and protect this refusing Beiguan! Also, let us those who survived by chance remember their names and their efforts ! we want the names of these heroes to last forever with this Guan City! "

At the beginning, Zhang Zhou made some impassioned speeches to boost morale, which made these people feel excited, but they can only be excited. They don't know what this excitement will bring to themselves. As for deeper things, they can't understand.

But who doesn't want to leave a reputation? Who doesn't want respect? Who doesn't want to be an admired hero?

But in history, how many can remain famous or be remembered by people? I'm afraid those brigade marshals dare not have this extravagant hope. Today, Zhang Zhou is going to change all this, not only to change their cognition, but also to change the reality. They can leave names and be regarded as heroes. Zhang Zhou wants to give them an opportunity to be remembered by future generations.

A soldier who stood on the head of the city to watch fell to his knees and cried, "refuse to thank general Wu Xiaoer, the soldier of Beiguan, for uncle nine!"

"Although Li Daqiang, a soldier of the Beiguan army, thanked the general for his dead brother!"

"Wang Rong, a school captain with a knife, thanked the general for his dead brothers!"

"Thank you for my father, general..."

Finally, during the visual inspection, except Zhang Zhou, none of the soldiers, generals and schools stood and knelt down. At this moment, Yan Xin's eyes were moist and couldn't see anything else. She secretly told herself that that guy was her own man. This man made her moved and proud again!

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It is Zhang Zhou's consistent style to do what he says. However, no matter how idealized, the difference in class status is something in his bones and cannot be changed at will. The monument to jubeiguan will be built into a pagoda with five floors. The highest level is for those who will step up; Then for the captain; The next two floors are soldiers; The bottom layer is reserved for the unknown! After all, there are many lists of the dead, which have long been lost!

Zhang Zhou originally wanted to announce on the spot that he would increase the pensions of the soldiers killed in battle, but he finally controlled his emotions and didn't mention it! It's not that he loves that little silver, but that refusing Beiguan is not his Kyushu business, which can let him do whatever he wants!

The act of building Memorial towers to boost the morale of the border troops can be justified. Privately increasing the pension of the border troops, regardless of your original intention, is an iron crime - buying the morale of the troops!

Despite Beiguan, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away. Zhang Zhou can even choose to be a domineering and dictatorial local emperor here with the help of the emperor's favor, but he must be more careful in dealing with some things! Especially the kind of thing that can arouse the suspicion of the emperor!

We must not let Zhao Qianyuan have more suspicions and concerns about himself!

In order not to cause trouble, Zhang Zhou immediately wrote letters to the emperor, the crown prince and the military headquarters, including Zhang Shuhe, respectively, explaining the significance and importance of building the memorial tower, and emphasized that the memorial tower was based on "Your Majesty's recognition and encouragement to the border soldiers". In doing so, he was to try his best not to let his impulse cause any subsequent trouble.

That night, Zhang Zhou organized the craftsmen and relevant responsible persons in the military camp to make a safe arrangement for the construction of the memorial tower, and then recruited several brigade commanders in charge of the cavalry to discuss the patrol of the cavalry!

Zhang Zhou's idea is very simple, which is to let everyone brainstorm and see how to reduce casualties as much as possible while ensuring the experience effect.

"General, it's not that we don't want to equip the rangers with fine armor. First, the cost is too large. Second, the armor is too heavy, which will inevitably affect the speed. Our horses are not as strong as Beiyan horses on the whole. Especially in the past two years, the number and quality of the horses provided by Nanping prefecture have declined. If our Rangers can't take the initiative in lightness and quickness, the result will be I'm afraid it will only be worse! "

Xiang Li, the brigade commander in charge of Rangers, had the most say in this. He thought he would be reprimanded today, but he didn't expect Zhang Zhou to come out like this, and he felt a lot better about Zhang Zhou. Therefore, when Zhang Zhou said what he thought, he just reported back according to the facts and didn't ridicule Zhang Zhou's talk about soldiers on paper. He didn't know what he meant.

"So, compared with the Beiyan cavalry, our cavalry has no advantage, right?"

Xiang Li is a little gloomy.

"To be honest, no matter overall or individual, they don't have an advantage!"

"What are the main gaps?"

"First of all, more than half of Beiyan people live on nomadism and have natural advantages in being familiar with riding and shooting, while our riding army needs a lot of training, which not only puts great pressure on financial and material resources, but also takes more time and slow in effectiveness; second, Beiyan has developed nomadism and sufficient supply of war horses, but we can't do that because of financial constraints A large range of cavalry training, so the number is also a disadvantage! "

"Don't chaotang know about these situations? Why do most people think that we can crush Beiyan?"

"Because our Datang army is more centralized and unified in battle command, and the soldiers are more disciplined. In history, the number of battles between the two countries has been countless, but we have always won more and lost less, which is the best proof."

Xiang Li thought for a moment and added: "although our cavalry are not as numerous as each other, they can play a decisive role in every war. Therefore, maintaining the combat effectiveness of cavalry has always been the top priority of border army training! And using Ranger fighting to improve the combat experience of cavalry and ensure the combat effectiveness of cavalry is also the most direct and effective method at present!"

Zhang Zhou stroked the situation and scratched his head. The problems in this are really hard wounds. You can't change them with your head!

For various reasons, the Ministry of work has not made use of the steel making technology he contributed. It must be that Zhao Qianyuan's mind was spent on "struggle" and delayed it. But even if it is promoted now, according to Zhang Zhou's estimation, I don't know how long it will take for the border troops to benefit from the improvement of weapons!

Explosives are definitely a sharp weapon to change the mode of war, but before the absolute critical moment, Zhang Zhou does not intend to take them out and promote them outside Kyushu commerce! This is not a matter of making money or not, but the exclusive enjoyment of explosive technology, which is one of the guarantees for him to settle down!

Once this technology, which is too disruptive to cognition, is introduced, Zhao Qianyuan will force himself to hand over the method of making explosives. What should he do? The consequences of contribution are likely to make yourself subject to its control! Even if the heart of harming others has never existed, the heart of preventing others must be!

But watching these soldiers die, he really couldn't bear it. He must find ways to improve the combat effectiveness of the cavalry. At least, he should change the war damage ratio of the enemy and our sides to a range acceptable to him.

Zhang Zhou put his thoughts on the crossbow little by little.

Crossbow is not a rare thing in the Tang army. It is also one of the more conventional weapons, and it is theoretically prohibited by unofficial people. However, due to the lack of technology on key components and the lack of obvious advantages over bows and arrows in range and frequency, the utilization rate is not high.

However, if the cavalry can use the Kyushu crossbow, the effect will be very different, and the combat effectiveness will be greatly improved!

Moreover, after continuous development and innovation, the crossbow has developed for several generations! Taking out the first generation of products will not damage his own interests, but also greatly improve the combat effectiveness and survival opportunities of the border cavalry. There is some justifiable comfort in his conscience!

Who let himself also be a Tang Dynasty man, and was moved by the scene of the day?

"Maybe we can think of some ways in weapons and weapons!" Zhang Zhou said.

"Our weapons are better than Beiyan's in quality!" Xiang Li said.

"That's not what I mean!"

Several brigade marshals didn't know his ideas at all and didn't dare to continue. Zhang Zhou continued, "if you let the Ranger rest for a few days, will it get in the way?"

"The general means..."

"I mean, if you don't leave the pass these days, will there be a problem?"

"It's the military regulation of the border army for Rangers to go out and patrol every day. They will stop for a few days unless the conditions really don't allow!"

"What if I ordered it?"

"General, I'll know that you sympathize with soldiers, but border patrol is not a joke, and this border is not a place to show mercy! If you stop riding without authorization, don't say if there will be any consequences. It's a serious crime just because of the lack of intelligence and the delay of fighters!" Xiang Li was a little worried!

Zhang Zhou nodded, thought again, and said, "since we can't change the military regulations at will, from tomorrow on, rangers are not allowed to fight with the enemy when they leave the pass. Is there a problem if they only patrol and don't fight?"

"This... This is not explicitly stipulated, but if the marshal knows that the Ranger is perfunctory when he leaves the pass, I'm afraid..."

Xiang Li has a headache. You love soldiers like children, can't you? No fighting, how to train soldiers? If these ideas are really put into practice, it is estimated that none of you can have good fruit to eat!

"You misunderstood me. I don't want to make this arrangement in the future. I only need 20 days. Within 20 days, let the Rangers narrow the patrol scope, and only patrol without fighting. As far as possible, no personnel injury will occur during this period! If the above asks about this, I will bear all the consequences, which has nothing to do with you! You just need to answer, can you do what I ask you ？”

Zhang Zhouhua said this. What else can Xiang Li say? After thinking about it carefully, he finally nodded.

"Twenty days, that's no problem!"

"OK, you draw out 200 more Rangers for me. I'll wait for orders at the school tomorrow. I'll teach them myself!"

Xiang Li hurriedly got up and took orders.

"Yin Dongshan!"

"The end will come!"

"You are responsible for the martial law of the school. No one is allowed to come near and spy. Those who violate the order will be killed!"

"The end will take command!"

"Seed combination!"

"The end will come!"

"You are responsible for summoning all the blacksmiths in the army. I would have wanted them to make some things. Similarly, you have banned the site to ensure that the secrets will not be leaked!"

"The end will take command!"

"General, will the last general know what we are going to do?" Xiang Li asked.

"Nothing, just improve the existing weapons and equipment and enrich the means to deal with the enemy!"