Overlord!

Chapter 191 Three Thousand Profound Armor
After Zhang Zhaohui reported the population, after Sun Ce had a general understanding of Jiangdong's situation, he immediately turned his attention to the military.

The great affairs of the country lie in the Rong, and the great affairs of the Rong lie in the horses.

Naturally, Sun Ce was most concerned about the number of horses in Jiangdong. The cavalry had been out for so long, and they charged again and again on the battlefield, and more than 600 horses were damaged.

War horses are not as tough as human endurance. They can survive with countless wounds and arrows.War horses are very precious. If he steps into a pit during the charge, the horse's legs may be broken, and if a spear is inserted through the horse's chest, he will never be saved. If he is stabbed by a few arrows, after he gallops for a while and retreats from the battlefield, he will basically die. Bleeding profusely, dying.

Therefore, in the face of cavalry charges on the battlefield, it is also a strong bow, and the horse is first shot at the man.

From the battle with Lu Bu, to the decisive victory with Yuan Shu, and to the crushing of Liu Biao by Chaisang, the Jiangdong cavalry made great achievements and lost a lot of wealth.Especially in the last battle, the cavalry forced hundreds of miles from Danyang to Chaisang in five days, and then launched a decisive charge.With less than two thousand cavalry, five thousand disciples of Commander Huang Zu were crushed head-on.

Such long-distance marches and fierce battles will inevitably cause a lot of damage to the horses.

The number of six hundred horses is not a small number, accounting for [-]-[-]% of the thousands of cavalry.

Therefore, being able to replenish the war horses is the most important thing Sun Ce is concerned about at the moment. Sun Ce looked at Zhang Zhao and asked, "Chang Shi, how many war horses are there in Jiangdong at present? Gu Yan Yan is the shepherd and captain, responsible for herding sheep and war horses, and trading horses in the market. How did it work?"

Zhang Zhao immediately replied: "The general defeated Lu Bu in Huaipu, defeated Ji Ling in Dongyang, and defeated Huang Zu in Dongyang. When the power shook the Jianghuai River, he captured nearly two thousand horses. The shepherd Du Weishi got a thousand horses. More than 570 and [-] horses in Jiangdong's army."

Zhang Zhao said with a smile: "It is definitely enough to form a warrior knight equipped with dragon and sparrow cavalry. The Zhu clan alone has provided the general with more than a dozen brave children."

From "Military Policy Order", it tells how he himself was on the front line of the Yellow River, how to use a small number of cavalry to defeat the enemy by surprise, beheading Yan Liang, Wen Chou.Instead of his tens of thousands of troops, there are only twenty sets of iron armor.

This battle can be regarded as the most difficult battle Sun Ce has ever fought, and it lasted for more than a year.The grandeur, loyalty and generosity of the members of the Lu clan impressed Sun Ce deeply.

The recruitment system must ensure that soldiers join the army voluntarily.Only with the freedom to withdraw at the expiration date can there be the possibility of recruiting more heroes to serve the country.

If Cao Cao had an army of 6 or 400 people and only [-] sets of iron armor, he would not have participated in the competition. [-] years ago, any local army could have hoisted him, a military strategist in the late Han Dynasty, and hammered him.

It is precisely because of the full production of the Military Weapons Supervisor that Jiangdong has sufficient military tents, military uniforms, equipment, pommel horses, and two armors. How could so many black armors be produced?

After all, the late Han Dynasty was a powerful manor economy. Powerful and powerful families controlled the politics of states and counties. It was impossible for their side to be so powerful that they could even influence the princes.There are not even thousands of strong disciples on one side.That's too contradictory.

Even if the Military Weapons Supervision is fully engaged in production, it will be difficult to achieve this scale in a year or two.

"Even the Lu family has a clansman who participates in the selection of martial arts and serves for the general."

Of course, as Cao Cao said, "Yuan Benchu ​​has ten thousand armors, and I have twenty armors; Benchu ​​has three hundred horse armors, and I cannot have ten."

Thinking of this, Sun Ce was in a great mood, and said, "Now that we are getting more and more help from the Jiangdong clan, it can be seen that we are gradually becoming stronger and more wings."

With Sun Ce occupying Jiangdong as a foregone conclusion, it is impossible for the whole clan to give up their official careers and choose to be tough with Sun Ce to the end.

At the beginning, Sun Ce agreed with the soldiers in the army that he could end his military career after serving in the army for three years.Every three years, there is an opportunity to disarm and return.

And Cao Cao fought in the south and the north every day, and his hometown was attacked from time to time, so he couldn't organize many black armors.

But when Cao Cao was at his worst, in the Battle of Puyang, Dian Wei personally recruited dead soldiers and wore double-layer heavy armor, so he ignored Lu Bu's army's random bows and crossbows and repelled Lu Bu.

Sun Ce did not require Lu Xun to become an official now. Jiangdong's foundation allowed him to travel and study until he became weaker and then joined the army.

"The remaining 3000 sets were captured by the general, especially in the battle with Ruo Rong, he won more than [-] Xuanjia, the battle with Lu Bu won nearly a thousand Xuanjia, and the battle with Yuan Shu, I read the battle report, there are also more than [-]. However, the general did not accept it, and delivered it to Liu Xuande. In the end, the general defeated Liu Biao and Huang Zu in Chaisang, beheaded more than [-] soldiers, and took all their food and supplies in the first battle."

"Even Shaxian, the most important place in the treasury behind, was conquered in one battle, and thousands of armors were obtained!"

Sun Shizhi had regrets, but he was still in a good mood. There were many members of the Lu clan. When guarding the Lujiang River, they climbed the city wall and entered the city to fight to the death for Lu Kang.After the first battle, nearly half of the clansmen were killed or injured.

But even so, it is necessary for the princes with a solid foundation and long-term management to have tens of thousands of armored men.Such as Yuan Shu and Liu Biao.

This wave is after the war, exaggerating the strength of the opponent and reducing the size of their own troops in order to brag about their great martial arts.

This is all he is bragging, to show how outstanding his military skills are.

These are Jiangdong warriors, professional elite soldiers. Fighting on the battlefield, they can easily defeat 1 or even 2 other princes.

Sun Ce's eyes widened instantly, full of shock. This number really far exceeded his expectations.

According to this selection standard, there are tens of thousands of Wuqi, and even the Shu Han formed Wuqi and Sanqi.

When the power has grown to a certain level, the aristocratic family's official career is not just for the monarch alone, but more consideration is the political distribution of the entire power.

With seven hundred dragon and sparrow cavalry, leading such elites, where in the world can't they go?Clear the world, and be alone!
Then Sun Ce continued to ask: "How many sets of Xuanjia are there in the arsenal?"

And Lu Xun is not the young governor of Jiangdong in the novel, he is 15 years old this year, and he is the one who helped the young Lu Ji prop up the Lu family.

Sun Ce understood in an instant. After doing the calculations, the number of armors captured plus the output of the Military Weapons Supervision may exceed the current scale of Xuanjia.

After so many expansions, downsizing, recruitment and retirement, the number of soldiers and the establishment of generals are very vague, and the organizational system is incomplete, which greatly affects the combat effectiveness.

Zhang Zhao replied: "The Military Weapons Supervision has produced with all its strength, and the general has seized a mountain of armored weapons on the battlefield. There are already more than [-] sets of Xuanjia!"

However, the soldiers wanted to retire, and it was not easy for Sun Ce to stop them directly.

Gao Shun led the [-] camps, and he was able to open Wushuang in his entire army.Lu Bu led the cavalry and could easily defeat Cao Cao in one battle.

But fortunately, Zhang Zhao continued: "However, when the old soldiers leave the army, the people are more eager to serve the country. The people are most worried about joining the army at eighteen and returning at eighty. Seeing the general's words, he must believe it. The old soldiers retreated from the barracks and resettled in the place. The heroes all enthusiastically surrounded the recruiting place. Among them, there were many children from rich families like Wuling boys, who were good at bow and horse and proficient in the art of war. Many of them joined the army with horses and brought their own bows and knives. Arrow."

"The Lu family of Wu County?" Sun Ce's eyes lit up, and he asked, "But Lu Xun?"

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, because of the recruitment system, there were basically no large arsenals in the local area. It was not until after the Yellow Turban Rebellion that the imperial court allowed heroes to recruit troops to counter the rebellion that the control was slightly relaxed.And it wasn't until after the heroes challenged Dong that the local princes really started to forge Xuanjia and armed forces on a large scale.

"Goodness! Great kindness!" Sun Ce laughed loudly, feeling that his ambition was bursting.

The achievement of the young Wan Douhou was achieved so quickly?
Sun Ce asked in surprise, "Why are there so many black and heavy armors in the army?"

In this way, Sun Ce doesn't need to worry about which general has too much military power and prestige, so he can delegate power with confidence.With the other three governors around, anyone who rebels is throwing himself at the dead end.

Sun Ce felt that it would not be a big problem for him to pick thousands of Xuanjia cavalry over seven feet and seven inches from the millions of people in Jiangdong.

Zhang Zhao said: "Since the Northern Expedition, there have been a total of more than [-] soldiers who have been killed in battle, disabled and retired, and returned to the fields after being disarmed."

You must know that there are not only armored cao in the Military Weapons Supervision, but also bows, spears, weapons, feathers and arrows.

If he had the arsenal level of the Western Han Dynasty, how could Liu Bei be defeated by Lu Bu and Yuan Shu?
With [-] Xuanjia soldiers, Liu Bei can sweep the princes of the world with his eyes closed.

There may be hermits in this world, but it is impossible to have a hermit family!
Lu Kang's direct descendants may choose not to be an official, but if the entire Lu family wants to maintain the lintel of the aristocratic family, they must send their children to serve under Sun Ce's command.

Recently, the army has been rectifying, the focus of which is to sort out the number of troops.

This speed is much faster. With sufficient armor pieces and skilled armor craftsmen, a set of Xuanjia should be able to be compiled in two or three days.

It can be expected that when Sun Ce's northern expedition to Yuan Shu, the number of Xuan Jia will further increase.

Four thousand five hundred and seventy two horses!

As for the Lu family's official career, what excited Sun Ce the most was undoubtedly the possibility of Lu Xun, a young talent of the Lu family, joining the army.

This is a talented person, another hexagonal warrior like Zilong and Ziyi.

In the decisive battle with Cao Cao, he was able to make contributions, help the Northern Expedition succeed, and conquer the Central Plains.

Sun Ce attached great importance to the armor rate of the army, and asked, "Now that there are so many black armors, how many people are there in the whole army?"

But in fact, since there is basically no need for long-distance raids, as long as the outfitted dragon sparrow cavalry maintains one person and two horses, a thousand-scale outfitted dragon sparrow cavalry, paired with two thousand Xuanjia cavalry, exactly more than 4000 war horses.The remaining hundreds of horses can be used as strategic reserves to supplement cavalry losses, or formed as scout light cavalry.

You must know that in the Western Han Dynasty, only one arsenal in Donghai County contained 142701 leather armors, 63324 iron armors, 98226 doudou armors, and 5330 vests;

Zhang Zhao shook his head: "The name is Lu Yuan, not Lu Xun."

Lu Xun has a lot of time to make meritorious service in the army.

Donghai County, which is now the county under Liu Bei's command.

At the age of 15, Lu Meng went to the mountains to kill bandits.Zheng He has been fighting in the Ming army for many years.

Sun Ce frowned slightly. This ratio is really not low. There are more than 700 people, and it will soon be close to [-].

What's more, even Lu Ji, the son of Lu Kang, later went to Jiangdong as an official.

Zhang Zhao calmly explained: "These tens of thousands of armors are mainly produced by the Military Weapons Supervision. The Military Weapons Supervision now has 2 people. Even if it takes eight months for a craftsman to make a pair of armor, two A year is enough to make thousands of sets of armor for generals, not to mention the clear division of labor among the cavalry, and the output far exceeds that of a single blacksmith. It is enough to make more than [-] sets of armor for generals."

The method of choosing a knight in "Six Secret Teachings": Choose a knight under the age of forty, over seven feet and five inches in length, strong and agile, superb, etc., able to gallop and shoot, forward and backward, left and right, maneuvering forward and backward, crossing ditches, climbing hills, taking risks Those who block, block the great river, gallop a strong enemy, and disrupt the masses are called warriors of martial arts.

As an aristocrat with two thousand stones for generations, the Lu family must start from the whole family when considering issues.

Maybe the four major governors of Jiangdong, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Meng, and Lu Xun, can lead the army at the same time to conquer the Central Plains.

The scale of three thousand Jiangdong iron cavalry has been formed, but now the shortage is the source of troops!
Sun Ce asked in surprise, "Are there so many martial knights over seven feet seven inches tall in Jiangdong?"

He will be crowned in five or six years, and Sun Ce feels that he has swept the world in more than ten years, which is considered extremely fast.

Sun Ce burst into laughter, overjoyed!According to this figure, even if Jiang Dong had one man and two horses, he could form an elite cavalry force of 2000 men.

This is also the loss of the recruitment system in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

It can also be seen from this that the heavy armor is the core of an army's combat power, and it is related to the top priority of the entire army.

From 194 to now 197, the first batch of soldiers, those Jianghuai veterans, the Liyang army, are ready to be discharged when they are due.

These people have been fighting for nearly ten years, and many people already want to enjoy peace and live in peace.

In the local arsenal, the equipment is not as huge as the arsenal of the Western Han Dynasty.

This level may not be as good as the Yellow Turban mob.

However, most of the seized armors were broken, requiring soldiers to untie the hemp ropes and re-weave them with armor pieces.

Zhang Zhao nodded with a smile, and said: "Not only that, the general's wings will also hang down to the sky. There are more than [-] sets of horse armor for the military weapons supervisor, and all the armors in the army before. The arsenal has a total of [-] and three horse armors. Set, next year, there will be thousands of fully armed dragon and sparrow cavalry under the general's command."

This news finally made Sun Ce's eyes brighten, and he prepared his own sword, bow and arrow, and war horse to join the army. This is something that the Wuling youth of the Han Dynasty and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty would do!
It can also be seen that Jiangdong Wude has indeed become full.

Under the recruitment system, all the recruits are brave and swift warriors, who are heroes with ambitions on the battlefield.

These people dare to fight and fight, and they are definitely not comparable to ordinary people who are forced to come.

Zhang Zhao said seriously: "It is precisely because there are so many heroes joining the army that the general's armored dragon and sparrow cavalry don't need to worry about the source of troops. Even the black armored cavalry may all be martial knights over seven feet and seven inches."

Sun Ce was also instantly full of confidence. Heroes joined the army enthusiastically, and Jiang Dong selected elites from millions of people. The source of Xuanjia cavalry would definitely be enough!
Three thousand Profound Armor elites are just around the corner!
(End of this chapter)