Chapter 59 Chapter 59 Using the Army for a Moment
Lin Si now has more than a hundred well-trained soldiers, which is a considerable number.
From a modern perspective, more than a hundred people are not many. If you just shout on the street that you can get eggs, hundreds of old men and women will flock to you.
After Lin Si traveled through time and began to build his territory, he realized that all those descriptions of a hundred thousand cavalry or a half million troops were nonsense. Not to mention how big an area would be needed to cover the fighting between the two sides, the food and fodder alone was a huge expense, not to mention each man and his horse, fully equipped with armor and weapons made of fine iron.
It may take three more rounds of taxes to afford it.
800 people participated in the Xuanwu Gate Incident, 200 people participated in the Tanglong Coup, and 500 people participated in the Battle of Mangshan.
A few hundred elite soldiers can fight a high-end game like usurping the throne. Although Lin Si's hundred people are not elite soldiers, they can at least fight a low-end game without any problem.
After Nan Shuang and Nan Qiao were officially appointed as coaches by Lin Si, Lin Si also exchanged military books on troop deployment from the system for them to read.
This book is a combination of ancient and modern, very easy to understand, and the name is straightforward: "Even a fool can become a general after reading it."
Lin Si patted the sisters on the shoulders and said, "I'll leave these chapters to you. Apart from you, I have no one else to entrust this book to."
After saying this, he pretended to be upset, sighed, and turned away.
That painful expression lingered in the minds of the two sisters for a long time.
Nan Shuang and Nan Qiao looked at each other and said, "We are the only ones left for the county lady!"
The two looked at the book on the table and asked, "This book has no cover and no title. Could it be a book about cultivating peerless martial arts?"
With excited hearts and trembling hands, the two of them turned to the first page.
How to deploy troops.
Nan Shuang: "Sister, I am really glad that we can read. Otherwise, how can we understand this book? Wouldn't we have failed the county lady's expectations of us?"
Nan Qiao also agreed, "The county lady didn't lie to us. Literacy is really important. Let's continue reading."
Nan Shuang and Nan Qiao spent a night studying the book intensively, and the next day they trained their troops until they were exhausted.
Gan Lang was so tired that he lay on the ground, "Are the two coaches crazy?"
Even Yin Sheng felt a little overwhelmed by such intense training, panting and saying, "The two coaches must have their reasons for training like this."
Since the last loss to Wu Geng Tian, the training intensity has been increased, and today's increase made everyone say that they could not bear it.
However, Nan Shuang and Nan Qiao did not soften their hearts because the book said that if you can't practice to death, then practice until you die, so as to increase your upper limit.
Can what is said in the book be deceiving? Moreover, this is a book given by the county lady! After all, the book has its own things such as Yan, jade, and gold!
The weapons used by the troops now are made of wood and iron.
It was not until today that one hundred weapons were finally created.
There are swords and knives, and the carts are pulled to the training base.
The soldiers' eyes lit up as they watched.
"This is a weapon made of fine iron. We now have weapons!"
Xu Chuo used to be a miner and iron smelter, and he felt that he knew better than anyone how hard it was to get these one hundred weapons.
In fact, the three blacksmiths who hammered this weapon day and night knew better than anyone else how hard it was to come by.
Ding Pu has transformed from a skinny and handsome servant into a muscular man with strong arms. He is so busy that he has no time to take care of his beard.
Lin Si hadn't seen him for a long time and was surprised.
My neck, arms, shoulders, and everything else have gotten thicker.
Lin Si:........It is not advisable for men to lift weights excessively.
Perhaps because he spent his voice change period working as a blacksmith, Ding Pu's voice resonates deeply as soon as he opens his mouth, which shows how high his lung capacity is.
"County Lady, now that the weapons have been forged, could you allow me to rest for a month?" In sharp contrast to the deep voice was the grievance in the tone.
"Even if you didn't tell me about this, I was planning to give you three months of paid leave."
After hearing this, Ding Pu left happily.
The Nanshuang men's doubles team pointed to the weapons piled up casually, seemingly free of charge, and said, "This will be based on the overall ranking. The ones with the highest ranking will go first."
Everyone sighed and looked at Yin Sheng enviously.
Yin Sheng ranked first in many training sessions, and he was undoubtedly ranked first overall.
Nan Qiao began to read out the names, "First one, Yin Sheng."
Yin Sheng walked forward calmly, "Can I try them all first?"
Yin Sheng tried the knife and sword, and after hesitating for a moment, he chose the knife.
Finally, I picked and chose from the knife cart.
There were messy water marks on each knife, and each one was different. Yin Sheng finally chose the one on the edge.
If for no other reason, the ripples on the water seemed to form the word "quiet".
Of course, this is purely Yin Sheng’s personal imagination.
Yin Sheng picked up the knife, and then thought, is this too obvious? What if someone else, or Madam Mo, finds out?
He thought so in his mind, but in fact he had already picked up the knife, selected the scabbard, and returned to his original position.
Yin Sheng finished his selection and said, "The second one is Xu Chuo."
Xu Chuo was a little surprised. He was only one place lower than Yin Sheng. Doesn’t this prove that he is also very powerful!
Nan Qiao seemed to see through his thoughts and rolled her eyes at him. "Your overall score is almost two digits lower than Yin Sheng's. What are you so happy about?"
Xu Chuo's face wrinkled into a bitter expression. "I know, I know. I will work hard. I will certainly impress the two coaches."
The crowd below started to jeer, "The Hu people are quite fluent in speaking idioms."
Like Yin Sheng, Xu Chuo tried both the sword and the knife, and finally chose the sword.
It took a whole morning to try and select one hundred people one by one.
Everyone carved their names on the sheaths of their knives and swords with a knife.
The scabbards for the knife and sword were both sewn by female workers in a textile workshop. They were made of leather and came with a rope to tie around the waist. The end of the sword was wrapped with an iron ring to prevent it from being punctured by a sword.
After tying them around their waists with ropes, a group of people walked around boasting, "Hey, you know what, we look pretty impressive with these swords on our backs."
After selecting weapons in the morning, a new round of devilish training began in the afternoon.
But the soldiers were all in high spirits. After all, it was the first day they got their weapons, and they were still excited.
Three days after receiving the weapons for training, Lin Si gave the first instructions to Nan Shuang and Nan Qiao.
"The county lady said, let the troops go out to suppress the bandits? Where should we suppress the bandits?"
Lin Si spread out a map with a picture of spring.
Although I don't want to admit it, Chunyi is not very talented in Chinese and mathematics, but she is extremely good at drawing.
It all started one day when Lin Si was drawing a map with a pen. Chun Yi came in to bring her some snacks. Seeing Lin Si writing and drawing, she praised him, "Are you drawing a turtle? It's a great drawing. The patterns on the turtle's shell are so lifelike."
Lin Si was silent.
After a moment, he said, "Is there a possibility that what I drew was a map?"
Chun Yi was horrified and pointed at a lump on the map and asked, "Is this a map? Then what is this?"
Lin Si looked gloomy: "This is a mountain, this is a river."
Now it was Chunyi's turn to be silent. It turned out to be mountains and rivers. She thought they were patterns on a turtle shell.
Chun Yi handed the Ice and Snow Leng Yuanzi to Lin Si, "If the county lady doesn't mind, let me try it?"
Lin Si was craving for a cold drink, so he handed the pen and paper to Chunyi and talked to her while eating.
In fact, the painting is a map of the entire Xihe Road and the surrounding areas of Li County. The spring scenery around Li County can be roughly depicted without Lin Si's description.
Then she discovered that Chunyi was really good at drawing. For example, she could draw this straight line very straight without any auxiliary tools.
In no time, spring arrived and a map of the area around Li County was completed.
Lin Si handed the bowl to Chun Yi and said, "From now on, everything related to drawing will be handled by you."
Lin Si pointed to a hill on the road between Li County and Tao County.
"A group of refugees have gathered on this hilltop. They've become bandits, causing harm to the people and stealing their property and food."
Nan Shuang and Nan Qiao: "So we're sending the troops to wipe out these bandits?"
Lin Si nodded. "But not everyone needs to go. Yin Sheng will lead the team, and the rest of you can draw lots. Thirty people should be enough."
It doesn't take much to raise an army; truth can only be discovered through practice.
Nan Shuang and Nan Qiao received the task and immediately returned to the training base.
The eyes of the troops were all shining with excitement. They were worried that they had no place to use their weapons. They couldn't just kill their teammates.
Nan Shuang and Nan Qiao took out a map and pointed to the hill they were heading for. "Yin Sheng will lead the team this time. Aside from Yin Sheng, the rest of the team will be decided by drawing lots."
"Huh? Why aren't all of them going?"
Nan Qiao: "There are only forty or fifty bandits on that hill. What's the point of sending a hundred of us? There's not enough room for them to stand on the hill! If we did, you wouldn't even have space to draw your swords."
Nan Shuang added: "I went to investigate at five o'clock in the morning. Those bandits are very weak. Sending a hundred people is a waste of resources."
Then everyone fell silent.
Wouldn’t it be a big loss if you can’t go?
"The county lady said there will be a next time. Next time, we'll draw from those who haven't been there. And the next time, we'll just let those who haven't been there go."
Everyone then accepted their fate.
The chopsticks used for drawing lots are discarded from the county lord's mansion. You can participate by painting the bottom of the chopsticks red.
Yin Sheng didn't have to participate in the draw, so he shook the lottery box in his hand and asked people to come up and draw according to yesterday's obstacle race ranking.
The first one to be drawn was Xu Chuo, who bowed devoutly to the sun, which is the most sincere way of praying on the grassland.
After praying, he hesitated and finally drew the middle lot.
He pulled it out nervously, and it was okay, no redness.
The troops underground burst into laughter, "It's a good thing we didn't win!"
Xu Chuo could not accept this result. He finally understood why the young man who did not choose his own troops that day was so devastated.
"Damn it, why didn't I hit it?"
The lots were drawn very quickly. Those who got the lot were so happy that they shouted, while those who didn’t get the lot were confused.
Those who were not selected watched helplessly as the thirty selected people went into the house to hold a combat meeting.
This time, Yin Sheng planned to use a surprise attack, which was the same method he used against them last time at Wugengtian.
"You know what, the methods of those young men and women are quite effective. They will definitely catch those bandits off guard."
After arranging the battle plan, Yin Sheng said, "This time, Madam Zhu from the clinic hopes that we can bring back at least one intact body."
"clear."
Yin Sheng paused and said, "The county lord wants to reward people based on their heads."
"Don't compete with me, I want the most heads by myself."
"Don't be so loud, it's up to us to decide!"
Nan Qiao followed as the supervisor and recorder of this operation.
The soldiers ate special military rations sent by Lin Si. Although they were very different from modern military rations, they were easy to carry and had a strong sense of fullness.
The bandits who had no professional training and could only rely on the power of others to bully others were no match for the troops.
Not to mention that they also used surprise attack tactics, and the people guarding the door were already dead before they could react.
Yin Sheng and his companions successfully infiltrated the village and captured the entire gang of bandits. The entire process was very quiet, but someone suddenly shouted, "Coach Nan, I'm the only one!"
Then the voices of the soldiers rose up like monkeys, "Master Nan, I, Chen San, just killed another one!"
Nan Qiao couldn't stand it any longer, "Shut up! I know what I'm doing."
Those bandits relied on their seven or eight shovels as weapons and were used to bullying others in this area. They felt humiliated when someone came to kill them. When they saw this group of people wearing strange armor still had the mind to fight and chat at the same time, they immediately became angry.
He rushed over with a shovel in hand, "I'm going to fight you guys!"
He was then stabbed to death by a member of the troupe, who kept saying, "We're just worried that you can't see clearly."
The person who was stabbed used up all his strength and said, "Who are you?"
Nan Qiao took a small notebook to record the number of people, and finally counted the total number of people. After matching them, she put the notebook into her small bag.
"Can we keep the complete body?"
"I'll keep it, I'll take it back."
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