Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 104

"By the way, old man, how's the military training going?"

The three knives have been divided up, the Hengdao was snatched by Qi Hu, the machete belonged to Han Peng, and the Modao became Wang Tiehui's weapon as a matter of course. In fact, apart from him, no one has such arm strength to hold the Modao. The dance is like flying, if it doesn't belong to him, who will it belong to?After the swords were divided, Yang Menglong started to talk about business. It could be seen that he really cared about the military training, but he just forgot it occasionally.

Qi Hu smiled and blew the whistle.When the soldiers who were sitting in twos and threes looking over at the school field heard the whistle, they jumped up like rabbits that had been shot, picked up their training bamboo guns and hurriedly gathered together. Their movements were quick and clean, but Han Peng nodded repeatedly. Apparently quite satisfied with the performance of his soldiers.

Yang Menglong was not satisfied, because he saw that the soldiers gathered quickly enough, but there were still many soldiers bumping around like headless ropes during the gathering, which seemed a bit chaotic.He said dissatisfiedly: "After training for so long, this is the level?"

Qi Hu glanced at him: "They have only been training for less than a month, and their performance is of course not satisfactory. If they want to do what is forbidden, it is absolutely impossible without a year or two of training."

Yang Menglong's face wrinkled: "It will take a year or two!?"

Qi Hu nodded heavily: "This is already the most ideal. The vast majority of soldiers are illiterate, and it is not an easy task just to let them distinguish between east, west, north, south, front, back, left, and right. It is even more difficult to charge with drums and retreat with gold. As for building camps, setting traps to resist horses, forming an army formation, and cooperating with multiple arms... It may take several years to slowly explore and get used to it."

Yang Menglong's face was so bitter that he could squeeze juice out.How many years will it take to train an elite team?What the hell, didn't it mean that the omnipotent traverser could train a well-trained army within three months, and the pikemen and musketeers could cooperate with each other to fight invincible all over the world? Why can't he do it?
Qi Hu seemed to see that he was unhappy and felt a little helpless: "If we are dealing with Japanese pirates and rogue bandits, a few months of training is enough, because they have very poor discipline and can hardly talk about any cooperation. The mandarin duck formation is enough to sweep them away. But if you want to go head-to-head with Jiannu, even a few years of training may not be enough, because Jiannu is very good at working right away, and military law is strict and military discipline is strict. If we want to defeat them, our military law must be better than theirs. It must be even stricter, military discipline must be stricter than them!" Pointing to the soldiers standing tall in formation, "They were just a group of farmers a few months ago. It's not easy to turn farmers into well-trained soldiers!"

Yang Menglong realized that he had taken it for granted, how could it be so easy to train an elite soldier?That's fed by a lot of money and manpower, okay?He squeezed his chin and said, "Nonsense, of course it won't be easy. If it's easy, why would I want you?" He looked at the forest of bamboo spears, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Old man, I also thought about a weapon for training soldiers." Addiction, how about letting me lead the soldiers for a few days?"

Qi Hu looked at him vigilantly: "What do you want?"

Yang Menglong smiled like a weasel after seeing a chicken: "I am the commander of this unit. If I don't train them myself, none of them will recognize me. How can I be a fool?"

Qi Hu thought so too, soldiers who don't know the generals are still fighting. Yang Menglong's request is very reasonable, so he nodded: "Well, it's their luck that the general personally trains them for a few days."

Satisfied, Yang Menglong hooked his fingers at Wang Tiehammer, and strode towards his troops with this loyal little brother.

More than 1000 people lined up in five columns, towering like five city walls.Although they don't have armor, uniforms and weapons, they can't be considered a real army, but seeing so many people lined up neatly in front of him, Yang Menglong also feels a sense of accomplishment.Now it's time for him to show his skills. If you don't train your troops, what kind of time traveler you don't, just like if you don't have a thrilling and omnipotent palace fight with the 72nd concubine of Sangong Sixth Court, you can't be regarded as the protagonist of Jinjiang beauty writer's works Same.Besides, this group of soldiers is also quite good, tall and strong, and those military households who are as thin as cucumbers are incomparable to them.Hebei, known as the land of Yanzhao in ancient times, is the backbone of China, a place that must be contested by military strategists. The soldiers are naturally not bad.

More than 1000 soldiers were also sizing up Yang Menglong.This childish-looking boy killed four Houjin Cavalrymen with one sword in Xiaojiazhuang, led a group of villagers to annihilate a small group of Houjin Cavalry, and led a group of guards officers and soldiers with eroded combat power to fight to the death in Dingxing. He defended Dingxing County, and his name was well known to everyone, but for a while it was difficult to connect this guy who smiled even when he wasn't smiling with the young hero who was fearless in the face of danger, brave enough to do his job, and also had strong martial arts skills.On the contrary, Wang Tiechui, who looks like an iron tower next to him and is wearing a four-foot-long Mo Dao, is more in line with their image of a hero...

Yang Menglong coughed and said, "Well, everyone must know me. I am Yang Menglong, and Yang Menglong is me, your leader! I am here today to tell you some good news."

More than 1000 soldiers immediately pricked up their ears. Everyone likes to hear good news.

"The first good news is that the school, bathhouse, and clinic in the guard have all been built. After training, you can enter the guard at will, take a bath and see a doctor, all of which are free of charge!"

The soldiers let out a low cheer.They don't need to study, and they don't love school or anything, but after a day of training, dragging their tired bodies to the bathhouse of the guard is also a good enjoyment.

"The second good news is that the guard has built fifteen large water trucks and dug twenty wells, which solved the problem of crop irrigation and no longer fear of drought. I am organizing manpower to reclaim wasteland and plan to reclaim it. No less than [-] mu of wasteland, each of you can get [-] mu of the easiest to irrigate and the most fertile military field, and you only need to pay two buckets of rent for each mu of land!"

"Okay!!!" The low cheers just now turned into loud cheers, and all the soldiers were full of fighting spirit.Since ancient times, China has always had a small land and a large population. In order to feed a larger population, the ancients had to find ways to improve farm tools, improve production technology, and increase food production. When breakthroughs have been made in these areas, everyone will find that the population is larger. It is necessary to continue to improve farm tools and improve production technology... and so on. Therefore, since ancient times, China has always had less land and more people, and Chinese farmers' desire for land can be imagined.Now everyone has ten acres of fertile land, and the rent is unimaginably low. Can you be unhappy?Those who are unhappy are not called farmers.Everyone couldn't believe that such a good thing happened, and asked one after another: "Little General Yang, is what you said true?"

Yang Menglong said: "Of course it is true! When winter comes and the land reclamation comes to an end, I will divide the military land as soon as possible and issue the land deeds to everyone. You can bring your family members to farm this land, or you can Hire local people to farm for you. The rent is so low anyway, so it’s worthwhile to hire people to farm for you.”

All the soldiers shook their heads in unison. For such a good thing, of course they would bring their own families over and let them farm. If you ask others to farm for you, you have to pay a share of money and food. It is not worth it. It is not worth it.Some impatient soldiers couldn't help it and shouted: "General Xiao Yang, where is the third piece of good news?"

Yang Menglong said: "The third good news is that your weapons are available! I am trying to find ways to hire skilled craftsmen from surrounding states to make weapons for you. Soon you will no longer need to use those junk things. This is the sample!" He glanced at Qi Hu. Qi Hu was very cooperative and pulled out the horizontal knife with a swipe. A stream of cold light slowly circulated under the scorching sun. The simple and beautiful lines and the blade were thinner than a razor. The ruthlessness and bloodthirsty unique to cold weapons conquered the hearts of all soldiers at once.The soldiers didn't care about discipline anymore, they moved forward as much as possible, stared at them, and praised:

"A good knife, a good knife! It looks like a precious knife that cuts iron like mud!"

"Exactly! Even a wild boar can be split in two with one knife, right?"

"Even if it's the knife used by the general soldier, it's not so sharp!"

Yang Menglong said proudly: "This knife is called Hengdao. It is made of fine steel. It is extremely sharp. Cutting people in half with one knife is nothing but nothing. From now on, sword and shield soldiers will be equipped with Hengdao..."

The soldiers shouted away: "Little General Yang, you want to equip us with this kind of knife?"

"Little General Yang, are all the knives you equip us like this?"

"Even if I can't achieve this level, I'm satisfied with six or seven points!"

Yang Menglong waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and said loudly: "I assure you, every horizontal knife you will equip in the future will only be better than this one, and there will never be any worse than this one! Which bastard dares to cut corners Well, you can complain to me at any time, and I'll screw his head off for you to see!"

The soldiers shouted loudly: "OK!!!"

Yang Menglong said: "Although the Hengdao is good, it is not domineering enough. This one is truly domineering!" With a gesture, Wang Tiehe pulled out the Modao with a swipe of a hammer and raised it high.

Immediately there was a sound of gasping in the audience.If the Hengdao is exciting and coveted, then the Modao is shocking and daunting. Everyone looked at the Modao in Wang Tiehui's hand in awe, which seemed to be able to split the earth. Taking a deep breath, the eyes of some brave soldiers glowed green!
Who doesn’t like a knife like this?Who is not afraid?

Yang Menglong was very satisfied with their reaction and said loudly: "This is the Mo Dao. The Mo Dao can cut apart the men and horses of the iron cavalry that the northern barbarians are proud of. It is the overlord among the swords! Only the bravest soldiers can." You are qualified to use it! I will select such soldiers among you, equip them with the strongest defensive armor and the most lethal Mo Dao, and put you into the most brutal battlefield. And you must ensure that no matter when and where, You can use the Mo Dao in your hand to cut a bloody alley in the enemy's formation!"

There was a fanatical light in the eyes of the soldiers, and they stared fixedly at Mo Dao, as if possessed by a demon.

It seems that the good news for them today is a bit too much, and some bad news has to be reconciled...

(End of this chapter)