Chapter 720 Xu Laosan: I am still too young!
"Uncle, what are you doing?"
It's not that Xu Laosan hasn't thought about doing this, but he really can't think of a good way.
Let’s build the city wall. Let’s not talk about whether there is enough time. Building a city wall in the middle of winter is something only ancient tyrants could do.
Even if Xu Laosan gave the order, how many people could he find to do the work?
Although the Xu family now had a good reputation in Xiangyi Prefecture, reputation was a consumable commodity. Even if it was done in the name of fighting man-eating savages, the hard work would destroy the Xu family's reputation.
"I've seen that the savages don't wear shoes."
"So, all we need to do is spread some caltrops along this side of the trench!"
“……?!”
Xu Laosan was stunned for a moment.
He was really impressed by Yan Mei's little arrangement.
At this moment, Xu Laosan felt from the bottom of his heart that he was still too young!
Look, this is a truly cunning person. Compared with him, I was thinking about whether to dig a pit, or build a city wall, or set up chevaux de frise or something like that. These methods are obviously not up to par.
Caltrops are very effective against infantry.
Even for infantrymen wearing shoes, the soles of their shoes could not prevent the puncture of caltrops, not to mention that the savages were basically barefoot.
Of course, the most brutal thing is that the savages flew over from the other side of the trench and landed heavily on the other side of the trench. No matter whether their feet landed on the ground or some other part of their body landed first, as long as they came into contact with the caltrops, the result would be terrible.
It’s too gloomy!
Too cruel!
Thinking of the scene of the savage being stabbed by the caltrops, Xu Laosan shuddered.
"Uncle, tall, you are really too tall!!"
Xu Laosan admired from the bottom of his heart. He had to admit that such a simple and effective method was really unexpected, but it really worked.
"Okay, just stop cursing your uncle for being sinister and vicious in your heart!"
"Well……"
Xu Laosan was stunned for a moment. His little murmur in his heart was actually guessed by others.
"Uncle, that's not possible!"
Deny, must deny!
Xu Laosan quickly spoke.
Yan Mei chuckled and said, "Alright, go and make the arrangements!"
"Oh, by the way, there are probably less than 3,000 Whirlwind Riders left. The others want to go home, so just give them some money and let them go!"
"no problem!"
Travel money is really not a big deal.
Xu Laosan said goodbye to Yan Mei and hurried back to make arrangements.
…
The Whirlwind Riders were disbanded that day.
Yan Mei didn't say much, just put away the Whirlwind Cavalry's flag, and then took all those who were willing to stay to the temporary training ground.
"practice!"
Yan Mei simply left an order and left with his personal guards.
The training method of the Whirlwind Cavalry has never been interrupted, but why was it that the Whirlwind Cavalry in the past could defeat the Northern Barbarians with only 3,000 people, but now the Whirlwind Cavalry, with only 8,000 to 100, almost failed to win?
Yan Mei was too lazy to analyze, and there was no need to analyze.
He only knew that knowing shame will lead to courage, and the army of the desperate will win.
Now he is deliberately creating such an atmosphere.
The Whirlwind Riders who were willing to stay undoubtedly had their own reasons. Whether it was to wash away the shame they had suffered, to establish a legacy, or for some other reason, they had to become strong enough to achieve their goals.
"practice!"
After Yan Mei left, the captains of the Whirlwind Cavalry decisively took over the army.
"Uncle, you don't care about it anymore?"
Xu Laosan watched Yan Mei leave the training ground, somewhat confused by Yan Mei's actions.
Yan Mei chuckled and said, "As for training soldiers, the King of Yan's methods are already very good. Although I also know some methods of training soldiers, I haven't experienced a battle in many years, so I dare not be self-righteous!"
"Uncle, do you think the King of Yan's method of training troops is feasible?"
"Why? Do you despise the King of Yan's military training methods?"
Yan Mei smiled slightly and glanced at Xu Lao San.
Xu Laosan shrugged and said, "Uncle, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. I really do look down on the King of Yan's military training methods."
"Tell me, why do you look down on the King of Yan's military training methods?"
Yan Mei laughed.
Xu Laosan glanced at the Whirlwind Riders who were training in the snow and said, "Loyalty!"
"In my opinion, if an army lacks even the most basic loyalty, then what kind of army is it?"
"That's it?"
"Yes, that's it!"
Xu Laosan nodded directly.
In his eyes, the first group of Whirlwind Riders might have been truly loyal, courageous, and fearless of life and death. But it seemed that wasn't something the King of Yan had trained them to be, but something they had been forced to do.
The northern barbarians are invading, and there is no choice between life and death.
Prince Yan just happened to appear in Longxi Mansion at that time.
Yan Mei was silent.
Xu Laosan's words gave him a new understanding.
In the past, Yan Mei also thought that King Yan was powerful.
But now, from Xu Laosan's perspective, he suddenly realized that this King of Yan seemed to be really lacking something.
If the King of Yan was really strong enough and his Whirlwind Riders were loyal, then how could he be defeated so quickly and so unexpectedly?
Whirlwind rode beside him, but betrayed him.
The Northwest Town Army followed and also betrayed him.
Before Xu Laosan mentioned this, Yan Mei didn't think much about it, but when Xu Laosan mentioned it, Yan Mei started to think about it.
Throughout history, every famous military general has had a group of soldiers who are willing to follow him to the death.
The Prince of Yan was famous and was known as the God of War who protected the Tang Dynasty, but what happened in the end?
It was understandable that the Northwest Town Army betrayed her, but the Whirlwind Cavalry, who were said to be the invincible army created by the King of Yan, actually betrayed him under the leadership of Leng Ci.
This is really funny!
"Uncle, do you think what I said is right?"
Xu Laosan looked at the silent Yan Mei and asked humbly.
Yan Mei smiled and said, "Perhaps, you are right!"
"So, have you ever thought about how to cultivate the loyalty of an army?"
“I thought about it!”
Xu Laosan licked his lips and smiled bitterly, "What a pity, I haven't figured it out. I feel like I have no clue about this matter at all."
"Tell me!"
Yan Mei also became interested.
"Uncle, let me put it this way, these people I bring with me may betray me!"
"But I dare say that the people my second brother and my father brought with them would never betray them."
“But what did they do?”
“It seems like I didn’t do anything!”
Xu Laosan thought back to how his father and second brother led the troops, and there was really nothing special about them. However, in the battle of Huangfengkou, the 5,000 garrison troops from Xiangyi Prefecture charged fearlessly against the Northern Barbarian cavalry that outnumbered them by dozens of times.
Xu Laosan did not attend that battle in person, but he could imagine it.
Also, after witnessing the brutality of the savages, none of the 5,000 men led by his second brother wanted to desert.
To Xu Laosan, this was truly incredible.
(End of this chapter)
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