Chapter 756 Military Review (Part 1)
Three days passed in a flash, and on the morning of the fourth day, the boat of the Han tribe responsible for picking up the high-ranking officials of the Tang tribe had already stopped on the other side and was waiting.
This time, not only Tang Ji and Tang Yao were invited to watch the military review, but also the patriarchs of other clans of the Tang tribe, because Luo Chong's plan to borrow troops originally needed their support. By borrowing some from the Yu tribe and some from the Tang tribe, the gap in troops could be almost filled.
Luo Chong did not wait for them in Takuhai County, but took a few people from the Yu tribe to sit on the boat together. After picking up the visiting group of the Tang tribe, they took the boat directly to the barracks.
Takuhai County gathered more than 10,000 troops. Naturally, it was impossible to put the barracks and the urban area together, because the army needed a large area for daily training. The wasteland a little further south of Takuhai County was obviously more suitable. There were almost all large plains there, and choosing this place was relatively close to the river, so they could review the only navy of the Han tribe, the Fubo Guard.
The deterrence of the army alone may not be too shocking. If the performance of the gunboat is added, it will obviously be more powerful in deterring people.
However, this is just Luo Chong's advanced thinking. In fact, for the natives of the world such as the Tang tribe and the Yu tribe, the heavy armored infantry and cavalry of the Han tribe alone are enough to make them realize the strength of the Han tribe. The people of the Tang
tribe
stepped on the gangway and boarded the review ship under the leadership of Tang Ji. At a glance, they saw Luo Chong who was guarded in the middle.
The young and strong appearance, the wise and domineering eyes, the luxurious crown and belt clothing shining in the sun, the sword hanging around the waist symbolizing force and power, and the faint pressure brought by being in a high position for a long time, all show his identity.
This person is Luo Chong, the supreme leader of the Han tribe, and the young man who has a secret crush on her niece. Perhaps, in the future, he will be the leader of the Tang tribe. Tang Ji couldn't help but think secretly.
Tang Ji took the lead in performing a salute to Luo Chong according to the etiquette of the Han tribe. Luo Chong slightly bowed in return. Although the Han tribe was stronger, the Tang tribe was also large, so the communication between the two tribes was still equal.
"I have heard that the leader of the Han tribe is young and promising, and it is also convenient for us to cooperate with the Tang tribe. Today, I am fortunate to be invited to visit and see the style of the Han leader. It is really worth the trip."
After the ceremony, Tang Ji spoke first, but it was all official language for the occasion. I don't know if Tang Yao taught her in advance.
Luo Chong glanced at Tang Yao and found that the little girl was also peeking at him, but now the occasion was not appropriate, so he ignored her, but turned to look at Tang Ji and said with a smile.
"Chief Tang, you are too kind. The cooperation between the Han and Tang tribes is a win-win situation. The Han tribe helps you improve your agricultural and sericulture technology, and the Tang tribe and we jointly develop medical technology. This is beneficial to both sides. Therefore, in order to strengthen the cooperation between our two tribes, we specially invite Chief Tang to visit the military strength of our Han tribe today. Maybe we can discuss other cooperation."
"Oh? Other cooperation? I wonder what kind of cooperation Chief Han is talking about?" Tang Ji asked doubtfully, and then turned her head to look at Tang Yao, her eyes full of doubts and inquiries.
Cooperation? What kind of cooperation? Why didn't there be any news before? Tang Ji thought her niece knew, so she asked her with her eyes.
However, Tang Yao was not aware of this matter. She originally thought that Luo Chong came to invite Tang Ji to be a guest, but she didn't expect that there were other cooperation to discuss. The key point was that she didn't know anything about this matter. In the end, she had to shake her head innocently, indicating that she didn't know.
Luo Chong didn't care. It was not easy to talk about borrowing troops. If they didn't see the military strength of the Han tribe and just asked for it, even if they agreed to borrow troops for the sake of face, they would probably have many concerns. The most typical example was the people from the fishing tribe. So if there was anything, it would be better to wait until after the military parade.
"We will talk about cooperation later. A few days ago, our Han tribe established several new guards. Today is the day for full-scale military training. How about Commander Tang go with me to review the style of the Han army?" Luo Chong smiled and explained the real purpose of this invitation.
Although Tang Ji was confused, she was here and knew that Luo Chong would not make fun of her for no reason, so she agreed.
Luo Chong nodded, and Shouya immediately ordered the sail to set sail. The three-masted ship, which was temporarily used as a review ship, began to slowly move downstream.
The building ship did not go far. After about ten minutes, they saw a large fleet anchored in front of them. The largest four-masted ship of the Han tribe was also among them. However, in addition to being very large, Tang Ji only knew that the ship seemed to have been used to transport people. She did not know what it was used for. Tang Yao had seen the scene of the ship being equipped with artillery, but she did not know what the ship was used for.
Luo Chong did not explain, so Tang Ji and the clan leaders of the Tang tribe, as well as several people from the fishing tribes such as Jiaoshi, had to observe for themselves.
When the review ship passed the fleet, the barracks on the west bank of the river in front were already in sight. They only then discovered that there was a camp of the Han tribe not far from Takumi County, but it looked much weirder.
There are no formal houses in this camp, all of them are tents. There is a circle of wooden fences outside the tent area. Outside the fence, near the river bank, there is a huge open space. There is nothing but wild grass. There are no trees or shrubs. It looks bare from a distance, and it is obviously cleared by humans.
There are many people wearing the same clothes on the open space doing some strange things. These people neither farm nor hunt, and they are not engaged in production tasks at all. Instead, many people are playing games. A group of people are running around on the grass chasing a ball. Some people are practicing archery, but they are only shooting at straw targets. There are also many knights practicing slashing on horseback, but their targets are all scarecrows. They are said to be grazing, but there are only horses, no cattle or sheep, which is really confusing.
However, after yesterday's negotiations and reminders, several people from the fishing tribe have seen the purpose of these people in front of them. These should be the warriors that Luo Chong is going to use to attack Commander Xin.
But isn't fighting something like that a group of tribesmen are temporarily summoned to participate? Why did the Han tribe waste so many people here in advance? Don't these people need to grow food? The chief of the fishing tribe, Jiao Shi, was still full of doubts.
Is the Han tribe ready to send troops immediately? Otherwise, why are they gathering people now? But Luo Chong was still discussing the dispatch of troops with them yesterday. It hasn't been finalized yet, and it is obviously impossible to act immediately. In this way, he was even more confused.
"Everyone, this is part of our Han tribe's standing army. Among them, 10,000 people have just been reorganized recently. This is also an important force to protect the Han tribe. The soldiers who defeated the enemy's 60,000 coalition forces on the grassland before were these people."
Arriving at the shore of the military camp and seeing his own armed forces, Luo Chong became even more heroic, and he unconsciously felt full of confidence when introducing them to others.
When the people of the Tang tribe and the people of the Yu tribe heard Luo Chong say that these people had defeated tens of thousands of enemies, they couldn't help but widen their eyes. Are these people so powerful? From a distance, it looks like a group of red sheep running on the green grass.
Glancing at the reactions of the people around him, Luo Chong nodded to the accompanying Da Shu and said, "Let's start."
Da Shu immediately waved his hand and gave orders to Luo Chong's guards. The guards also began to blow the horns and beat the drums according to the predetermined plan. At the same time, the flag bearers waved the flags and signaled in the direction of the military camp.
Xue Tu, who had been prepared for a long time, was looking forward to this sound. He immediately ordered the messenger to beat the assembly drum and blow the assembly call. For a while, the drums and trumpets in the camp were loud, echoing with the review ship where Luo Chong and the visiting group were, singing in unison. The fleet that had just passed by the review ship also sounded the same drums and trumpets behind Luo Chong and his team, and quickly lined up in a column, slowly sailing towards Luo Chong and his team.
In the eyes of the visiting group, they only saw that after Luo Chong sent out the signal, the camp responded immediately, and there were more intense drums and trumpets. On the two wooden watchtowers at the entrance of the camp, people were waving colorful flags.
And those red-clothed people who were originally doing their own things in the open space, as if they had received a call, all rushed into the camp. At first, they were scattered like sheep eating grass, but when they finally entered the entrance of the camp, they had gathered into a "red flow" that could not be ignored.
The war drums were still beating a special rhythm slowly, and the trumpets were still loud, but in the open space outside the camp, in just a moment, no one could be seen, and they all ran away.
"Han leader, what are they doing?" Tang Ji asked puzzledly. After the introduction just now, she already knew that these people were all warriors of the Han tribe, but now why Luo Chong gave a signal, these people all ran away, she still didn't understand.
"They are gathering. Chief Tang, please wait for a moment. They will come out again soon." Luo Chong explained with a smile, then turned his head to look in the direction of the camp. The big tree behind him immediately called Luo Chong's guards and gave each member of the tour group a telescope that they had prepared in advance so that they could see clearly.
After everyone took the telescope, they learned how to use it simply under the instructions of the guards. Many people who saw the telescope for the first time couldn't help but marvel at it.
However, Tang Ji, as a senior official, and Jiao Shi, the chief of the fishing tribe, who knew that this matter was closely related to them, held the telescope and stared at the direction of the camp carefully.
In the circular field of view of the monocular telescope, the warriors in red robes quickly ran towards the direction of the tent area and rushed in. Then they ran out again not long after, but when they came out, they had already put on a layer of silver armor on the outside of the red robes, and their weapons were all equipped neatly.
Then these warriors who had changed their armor quickly ran to the flagpole of the camp and gathered together, and began to stand in a horizontal and vertical square formation.
The speed of changing clothes and the neatness of the formation were shocking. It should be noted that not much time had passed since the official signal for the assembly was sounded in the camp.
Almost five minutes later, the three assembly drums in the camp had been beaten. The soldiers who were originally scattered around the camp also changed into gleaming iron armor and lined up under the military flag. A moment later, even the cavalry with the most complex equipment put on their equipment and began to assemble on both wings of the infantry.
After the whole army was assembled, Xue Tu, who had changed into a fish-scale armor, also turned over and rode on his warhorse. He shouted to his personal soldiers, and led the troops out of the camp and ran towards the open space on the shore.
The troops gathered in the camp also followed the flag of Xue Tu and marched in neat steps, running towards the river bank. All actions were based on the flag. No drums would move without them, and no horses would mount without horns. The word "discipline" seemed to be deeply engraved in the bones of these soldiers. According to the officers, this was the important reason why the Han tribe could defeat the troops that were several times their own.
The neat
footsteps of the soldiers brought about the friction of the armor plates, and a neat sound of rustling sounded. The footsteps of tens of thousands of people shaking the earth sounded like muffled thunder. The friction and reflection of the armor plates were like thunder shining in the sky. Coupled with the increasingly close and rushing torrent of steel, both visually and auditorily, it gave the visiting group a great shock.
As Luo Chong said, let's not talk about combat effectiveness first. Just having more than 10,000 armored soldiers standing in a line is already terrifying enough. What's more, an army of more than 10,000 people can still follow the command and move forward so calmly, which itself is a manifestation of combat effectiveness.
Luo Chong did not go ashore for the military parade this time, but stayed on the review ship docked by the river. The ship's tower was the review stand and the only commanding height on the surrounding open space. Only by standing on the top deck, one could have a panoramic view of the entire army.
Not long after, Xue Tu, who was leading the way, came to the shore. He faced the direction of the review ship and shouted at Luo Chong on the deck.
"Hu Ben Wei Commander Xue Tu, bring all the new troops to accept the leader's review."
Luo Chong waved his hand and gave the order, "Line up."
"Xue Tu obeys the order."
After receiving the order, the excited Xue Tu immediately ordered his personal soldiers to wave flags and beat drums, issued new orders to the army again, and planted the central army flag in front of the formation. Then he began to let his Hu Ben Wei line up facing the review stand. Other guards that followed also extended their teams to both sides based on the Hu Ben Wei, until the infantry was lined up. The cavalry also rushed from the rear and finally rode their horses to line up and stop on both wings of the infantry.
After Luo Chong issued the order, it took only about a quarter of an hour for this group of soldiers to complete the armor-wearing, assembly, line up, and marching from a scattered state, and finally lined up neatly in front of the visiting group and stood there.
The whole place was silent, the army stood still, and the word discipline was fully reflected. Everyone's eyes were on Luo Chong on the stern deck, paying him a salute. No matter whether they liked this leader or not, they all knew that the man in front of them was their supreme leader.
"Han leader, what are they doing?" Tang Ji asked again.
(End of this chapter)
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