Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 246
On the slopes of the barren hills, a group of knights swooped down on their horses, each holding a slender bamboo pole in their hands. Flee away.

On the sloping ground, surrounded by seven or eight people, a young knight galloped out from the river beach and rushed towards the herd of birds and beasts that were being driven down.The boy's upper body leaned lightly, his movements were familiar, he drew the bow and drew the string, and shot left and right. Although the arrow was not sure to hit, most of them could hit the prey.On the one hand, the knights around are responsible for guarding, leading arrows to shoot the fish that slipped through the net, and on the other hand, driving them away to make the prey more concentrated.

After a while, seven or eight people swooped down from the other side of the hillside, and this group of knights was even more majestic than the boy's side.Especially the leader among them, holding a bow in one hand and twirling an arrow in the other, his movements are so fast that it is almost impossible for the naked eye to catch them, suddenly the bow is full like a moon, suddenly the arrows shoot out like locusts, no feathers can survive wherever they pass!

After a while, the two teams of knights met in the valley in the river. The most proficient archer among the knights who set out after that turned over on his horse, and landed on the grass in a short while. Pull the rein and hold it.

Seeing this, the young man laughed loudly on the horse's back, and immediately got off the horse, and then a follower stepped forward to take the bow and arrow, and put on two beard beds.The young man held the arm of the archer, and they sat on the grass facing the river together, then pointed at the man and said with a smile: "I have been practicing riding and arching hard for half a year, and what I have achieved this time may not be inferior. General Yu Han."

The good archer was about 30 years old, with a purple face and a bushy beard. He was full of arrogance when he looked around. When he heard the young man's words, he also showed pride in his expression. He said with a smile: "The result has not yet come out, Mr. Lang's fault for speaking." Good morning! Although your lord loves this way, after all, he is noble and respectful. Compared with us soldiers who depend on this for food, clothing and safety, they are still a little less focused after all."

The young man is Shen Zhezi. Compared with a few years ago, his overall body shape is extremely tall, and he already has an adult posture.The originally delicate and frail appearance has gradually revealed its edges and corners. Apart from being handsome and handsome, his eyes are shining brightly. Now he is dressed in light armor, his elegance is a little less elegant, but his heroism is strong, and his smile is full of amiability.

The person sitting next to him is Han Huang, the supervisor of Su Jun's army in Liyang, and one of the rare fighters among the refugees.Although he is only young, he is already a veteran of hundreds of battles, and he is second to none among all the vagrant commanders in Jiangzuo.

Shen Zhezi came into contact with this Han Huang two years ago, when Jiang Xia Gongwei Chong had a cargo to be transported westward to Jingzhou, but it was detained by Li Yang.Shen Zhezi mobilized contacts to help Wei Chong resolve the matter, and it was Han Huang who was in charge of Liyang's contact at that time.Between coming and going, they have a friendship with each other.

In the past few years, although the relationship between Li Yang and the center has become worse and worse, it is not completely without contact.Not to mention the supplement of all kinds of armaments and supplies, just to satisfy the extravagant enjoyment of many refugees, it is completely impossible to bypass the increasingly powerful business alliance in Jiangdong.Therefore, Su Jun did not forbid his vagrant commander to contact the Shen family, but encouraged him faintly. As for the implication, each had their own considerations.

While the two were chatting, the attendants gradually gathered their prey, and the two piles of prey were piled together. It was obvious that Shen Zhezi was slightly inferior.What is especially jaw-dropping is that most of the beasts that Han Huang hunted were killed with one arrow. The clusters of arrows either inserted into the eye sockets, or pierced through the throat. The essence of riding and shooting is really amazing.

Shen Zhezi didn't care much about the outcome of the hunting contest. Just as Han Huang said, even if he likes this way, it's just a hobby. He can have a strong body, and it's really hard to compare with a veteran of hundreds of battles.

In particular, Han Huang's archery skills are second to none even among the many vagrant commanders in the north and south of the country. According to historical records, after the defeat of Su Jun, this man had to escape alone, leaning on the bed with two bags of arrows to kill the pursuers. People can press forward and wait until the arrows are exhausted before they are collected and killed.

For Shen Zhezi, such a brave warrior is simply a precious asset not to be missed, so he attaches great importance to cultivating friendship with Han Huang.The reason why we meet on the hunting ground is to choose an environment familiar to the other party and lower our guards so that we can speak freely.

This Han Huang is also different from Xu Mao. Although Su Jun's subordinates are also full of factions, under the pressure of the current central government, there are not many disputes among them.In addition, Han Huang himself has great military exploits and extraordinary force, and he is also one of the most valued people under Su Jun's command.

But Shen Zhezi has always believed that as long as he swings the hoe well, there is no corner that cannot be dug down.Besides, he didn't want to win over the relationship between Han Huang and Su Jun immediately, as long as he could maintain a strong influence on the other party, it was enough for now.

After the outcome was clear, Shen Zhezi asked his servants to collect the prey and sent them to Zuojin Village to distribute to the villagers. Then he invited Han Huang to walk along the river and ask him about riding and archery skills.

Southerners are not good at riding, not only because of the lack of horses, but also because they are not necessary in daily life.Jiangdong, especially Wuzhong, has many hills and ditches, and boats can be used as horses to reach all directions, and it does not have the terrain that can be used by large-scale cavalry and a flat river.

Earlier, Shen Zhezi bought a batch of war horses at a great price in Jiangbei, and wanted to try to train a batch of cavalry, but the results were minimal.It's not because the southerners have no talent for controlling horses. In fact, as long as they are equipped with stirrups, riding skills are not difficult to master. Stirrups themselves are an invention used by farming groups to quickly master riding skills to counter nomadic groups.After more than half a year of training, he was able to gallop on horseback, but his combat effectiveness was really hard to measure.

Cavalry combat and infantry combat seem to be just the difference between having horses and not horses, but in fact it is a difference in a whole set of tactics and strategies.Jiangdong has never had a cavalry army that shines in the annals of history, and Shen Zhezi is not the director of military training. Although he spent a lot of energy to create a cavalry team of hundreds of people, in the eyes of a veteran general like Han Huang Still can't help but sneer, demeaning from head to toe to nothing.

Especially after witnessing a battle between his own cavalry and Han Huang's trilogy, Shen Zhezi could only admit that the traversers were not omnipotent, and gave up the idea of ​​training Jiangdong native cavalry.

This is not a difference in physical fitness, but a difference in consciousness. Although the various consciousness and skills of cavalry combat can be gradually cultivated through actual combat, the cost is too high.After an actual battle, I don't know how many unqualified people will be weeded out. Jiangdong's soldiers are not enough, and it is really difficult to maintain such a huge consumption.

As for archery, its importance is beyond doubt.The power of various walking bows and riding bows nowadays has been greatly improved compared with those in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.According to historical records, Huang Zhong's arm strength is astonishing, and a bow of two stones can be broken easily.In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Yang Kan, a good archer, was known as ten stones for walking bows and five stones for riding bows.

This may not be lacking in artistic renderings. Shen Zhezi has been practicing for several years, and now he can barely use a stone bow. If it is thrown, it is more powerful.

But it is true that nowadays, even in the Shen family trilogy, there are not a few people who can use three-stone bows, and there are many warriors who can open five-stone bows.And the Han Huang in front of him, holding the three-stone cavalry bow in his hand, pointed and shot, and its power was not inferior to that of hot weapons.

Strolling along the way, they arrived at the Shen family's weapons workshop, a manor with high walls and heavily guarded between two hills.Today, there are hundreds of craftsmen and nearly a thousand handymen in this workshop all year round, responsible for making bows and arrows, spears, ladder carts and other ordnance.The scale seems to be very large, but in fact the output is not very high. On the one hand, this place is too close to Gyeonggi, if there is too much movement, it will inevitably make people daydream.On the other hand, Shen Zhezi has high requirements for the quality of ordnance.

Nowadays, all kinds of utensils that can be called ordnance are not simply cut wood to make knives and bamboo to make guns. There are many processes to make a single bow, which takes more than half a year.If such a bow is built and well maintained, its service life is extremely strong.Even a simple bamboo and wood bow can be used for several years after a set of procedures.As for the superior Zhemu oxhorn bow, its service life can easily be estimated at more than ten years!

Perhaps because Jiangdong was not as turbulent and fought more than the Central Plains, the southerners were inferior to the northerners in the manufacture of ordnance.Currently, there are hundreds of craftsmen in this workshop, all accumulated by Shen Zhezi in the past few years, with great investment.Seeing the production process of these craftsmen and the power of the ordnance they created, Shen Zhezi felt that it would be boring to open the golden finger again.

For a long time before, the Han people were able to suppress foreign races, largely due to the development of the military industry.Sophisticated equipment can directly enhance the combat effectiveness of individuals.

When the later generations talk about the Wuhu chaos, they always exaggerate and exaggerate the fighting power of the Hu people.But at present, through Shen Zhezi's own observation, and listening to the personal experience of many refugees, the fighting power of the Hu people is not so strong, especially at this stage, it is even slightly inferior to the Han soldiers.In Jiehu Shile's army, Han people accounted for a large proportion, and they were also the main recipients of the remnants of the Qihuo army.

Even though there are many records in the history books, although the barbarians are raging in the Northland, there are still many dock walls, ranging from a few thousand people to as many as thousands or even tens of thousands of people gathered together to defend the land, which can resist the barbarians. The captives have attacked for more than ten years or even several generations!

The brave blood flowing in the blood of the Han people has never been inferior to the Hulu, especially since the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, the individual combat effectiveness has never been inferior to the Hulu.

As for the overall corruption of the situation, there are many reasons for it. Simply and one-sidedly emphasizing the strong fighting power of the Hulu is a disrespect for the facts and a kind of contempt for the ancestors.

Tyrannical cruelty does not mean strength, but a kind of cruelty that has never been publicized.A group of maggots can dismantle a dead elephant. This is not because of the strength of the maggots, but because of the inaction and non-resistance of the elephant.

Now in Jurong and Qu'e, there are nearly [-] Buqu shade households gathered by the Shen family.Although there are a lot of people, they are formed in batches and accumulated over time, and they are scattered among the many manor industries in the two counties.Except for a very small number of people who are in charge of the overall situation, it is extremely difficult for outsiders to know that the Shen family has gathered a huge manpower here.

These more than 2000 households, because they adopt more efficient group operations and division of labor, have a much stronger production capacity than small households, and can fully support a military force of thousands of people.However, because the location is close to the capital, Shen Zhezi did not dare to disregard the feelings of the center and mobilize a large team of troops to practice day and night. Therefore, the training of soldiers is scattered in various manors, and the most important thing in training is melee street fighting.

Once a war really breaks out, these soldiers can be mobilized immediately and enter Jiankang to protect the various properties of the Shen family in Jiankang City.Unless Su Jun intends to completely tear himself apart from the Shen family, he would definitely not dare to deliberately attack the Shen family.

This is the paradox of the current situation. They dare to rebel, but they dare not completely offend a powerful family.As for more flexible operations on this basis, it is also the main purpose of maintaining a good personal friendship between Shen Zhezi and Su Jun's generals.

　Talking about the height of the house, there are strict restrictions on the specifications of the main hall of the residence and the family temple, which are stipulated by the etiquette system.As for other buildings, if they are too serious, they are definitely not allowed. If the Shen family really stumbles, these can be used as crimes.But if it is flexible, it is possible to play a side-by-side game, touch the edge of religions such as Tianshi Taoism or Buddhist pagodas, and build them on the moon.

　　
　
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