Chapter 128 Forming a Cavalry Team
The same thing happened to his cousin the emperor. After spending the New Year in the military camp, he saw the improved weapons produced by the arsenal. He laughed out loud and thought that the Great Zhou was saved, so he returned to the capital with peace of mind.
Assigning him to be Bai Li's assistant was, to put it nicely, to assist her, but to put it bluntly, to be at her disposal.
But he... had to obey.
"What?"
Nangong Min glanced at her, looking annoyed like a sulking child.
“Puff!”
Bai Li could no longer keep a straight face and chuckled.
She didn't know when it started, but she always liked to argue with him and tease him.
Thinking of the important matter, he straightened his face and said, "Do you know how many cavalrymen Simon has, how many bows and crossbows, shields and armor, and archers he has?"
"This needs further exploration."
"Okay, I'll wait for your news."
"The Simons are skilled in horseback riding and archery. Although our Great Zhou has cavalry, our horsemanship is still inferior to theirs. This is a major weakness of our army."
"I want to train a female cavalry unit. Starting today, I will be unavailable for a while, so you will be responsible for the new recruits."
"That's no problem. It's much easier with your Bai family's son leading the team."
"As for the female soldiers, are you referring to the group that just arrived today?"
"That's right."
"But they were all weak women before this, they couldn't even ride a horse, and their bodies haven't recovered yet... Can they do it?"
"Trust me."
"Well then, if that doesn't work, let Shangguan Ying's female soldiers take over."
"Not for now."
Bai Li didn't want to have anything to do with Shangguan Ying. That person was a brainless person and it was impossible to reason with her.
After Nangong Min finished speaking, he also thought about this question and felt embarrassed to talk about it anymore.
"How about adding a recruitment section to recruit female soldiers aged 18 to 30?"
"Yes, it's best to recruit those who come from poor families and have been abandoned by their husbands and have no place to go."
"Why do you want such a woman?"
"Do you know where it is?"
"Princess Zhou Yu does have a clothing workshop where she recruits homeless women to make clothes and do odd jobs, supplying them to the military camp.
But her garment workshop can only accommodate 500 people, and once they enter the workshop, they will work until they die, with few vacancies.
Therefore, every year many women would find themselves in garment workshops, but when they were not allowed to enter, they would throw themselves into the river.”
“What a pity!”
Bai Li suddenly felt that in front of these women who had experienced hardships, she could never be as carefree and unrestrained as before.
It feels like you can't complain that a chicken drumstick is too oily and tastes bad in front of someone who is eating wild vegetables and tree bark.
"Then quickly ask your subordinates to recruit more female soldiers and send them over. They will be of great use to me."
"They've had such a hard life. Fighting on the battlefield and serving their country is better than committing suicide, right?
If I earn military merit, I will not only have enough food and clothing in the future, but I will also be able to bring honor to my husband's family and my own family."
"Bai Li, I thank you on their behalf!"
Nangong Min couldn't help but be moved. He had thought about recruiting these women as female soldiers a long time ago, but unfortunately his family did not agree.
Bai Li scoffed lightly, "Tsk, they're not yours, why would you need to do that? If they want to thank me, they should come and thank me in person."
Namgoong Min: I can’t respond to that.
"To train cavalry, we need war horses. We only have 500 war horses here, and they are usually sent out for reconnaissance, training, patrols, etc., so we can't spare any for new recruits."
"What does the Emperor say?"
"Last year, due to heavy snow, many caravans that went to Simon, Laos to exchange supplies never returned. Those that did return only brought back leather because the roads were blocked by the snow, and the horses were unable to pull them back."
"Why don't you just say there's no horse? Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
Bai Li curled his lips. The Great Zhou was so poor that it didn't even have war horses. How could it fight against others?
"It seems I have to figure it out on my own."
"What's your idea?"
"Isn't it spring now? Laoguo and Simon's horses are starting to graze!"
"you mean……"
"Keep it secret for now."
"Hey, don't mess around, it's dangerous."
Unfortunately, Bai Li pretended not to hear and turned away.
Three days later, Nangong Min finally confirmed his guess. Her method was—
"There are so many horses, where do these fat and strong horses come from?"
"Hey, it seems to be a war horse!"
"Oh my god, we don't have this much in the entire barracks!"
Under the attention of everyone, Bai Li, along with Gao Dani, several female soldiers and a group of 500 new recruits, rode thousands of horses into the military camp in a mighty procession.
"Where did it come from?"
Nangong Min looked at the woman on the tall horse and asked, "Is she going to get into trouble again?"
I found it uncomfortable to hold my head high while talking to her, "Come down and talk."
Bai Li jumped off the horse swiftly and threw the reins to Luo Yang who was rushing over.
"You should settle the horses first. If there are not enough stables, build one quickly."
Luo Yang and others immediately led the horses away without even asking Nangong Min.
Everyone in the entire military camp knew that Bai Li basically had the final say. As soon as she said something, Nangong Min would do it for her immediately, so she could just say it directly without having to go through him to convey it again.
Bai Li smiled mysteriously after seeing the horses were taken away, "Guess?"
"Do I need to guess? You're not going to kidnap all their war horses, are you?"
"No,"
Nangong Min's heart, which had been hanging in his throat, finally relaxed.
Fortunately, it was just stealing horses from some farmers, so it wasn't a big problem.
"We only robbed a cavalry unit. It would have been much better if we had robbed their cavalry battalion!"
"What?! You're trying to steal Laotian cavalry horses at this time. Aren't you deliberately stirring up trouble and letting Laotians and Simon unite to fight against the Great Zhou?"
"Do you think that if I hadn't stolen the horse, they wouldn't have joined forces with Simon?"
Nangong Min was speechless, because according to the information sent back by the spies in Laos, Laos had already conspired with Simon to attack the Great Zhou together and share a share of the profits with Simon after the success.
"But now they have a legitimate reason to attack our Great Zhou. Otherwise, they have no legitimate reason to attack and can only assist Simon secretly."
"Does it really matter? One comes openly, the other does it covertly. In my opinion, the open ones are easier to deal with. But if Laos were to do something behind our backs while we're facing Simon head-on, that would be far more terrifying."
"Indeed, I will analyze the pros and cons of this matter in detail to the Emperor so that he will not punish you."
"He dares? If he listens to slander again, I will quit my job!"
"Oh, my little ancestor, you can't say that. Threatening the emperor is a capital crime!"
Nangong Min knew that she was just being rude and had no bad intentions, otherwise he wouldn't have let her do it.
Bai Li curled his lips. This was the evil ancient times. Even freedom of speech was not an option.
"I'm telling you, don't go after these horses.
The cavalry I formed is just what you need. There are 50 men in each group, 10 in total, half male and half female, and the horses are just right."
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