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Shan Shi said curiously: "When I was in Qinzhou, I had an old acquaintance. He traveled frequently to the north and was familiar with the situation in the Liao Kingdom."

"My little brother will write a letter and ask him to buy some horses for me."

Shan Shiqi was envious when he saw Bian Xiang's cavalry battalion. He was originally from a wealthy family and did not like to read or read. He only liked to wield swords and guns. Although he had practiced with dozens of dealers, he had never led

If there are enough horses in Liangshan, with his ability, it will be more than enough to command a battalion of horses.

Zhang Zhengdao said happily: "If we are old acquaintances of the Shiqi brothers, we can buy good horses for the village. In terms of money, everything will be easy to discuss."

Shan Shiqi hesitated for a moment, then said his inner thoughts: "If my acquaintance can buy horses for the village, I would like to ask the village owner to let me train a battalion of horse troops."

Zhang Zhengdao laughed loudly and said: "What's the difficulty? If you have horses, I will give you the position of commander of a battalion of horse troops."

Shan Shiqi was overjoyed and clasped his fists in his arms and said, "I'm going to go study now."

Seeing that Shan Shiqi left happily, Zhang Zhengdao said to Sun An and Sui Sheng: "I know that these two brothers are also capable people. When the horses in the village are sufficient, I hope to command a battalion of horse troops."

position."

Sun An said: "I would like to thank the leader of the village."

Wei Sheng shook his head and said: "I was asked to go into battle to kill the enemy without even frowning. If I were asked to train soldiers and horses, it would be really difficult for me."

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "When the time comes, we will equip Brother Suisheng with a deputy who knows how to train soldiers and horses."

Sui Sheng grinned and said, "The leader of the village has thought carefully."

Qiao Daoqing watched the flying cavalry army shouting for kill, and from time to time a horse soldier fell off his horse. He couldn't help but sigh: "Leader Bian Xiang is training the horse army so fiercely!"

Zhang Zhengdao said seriously: "You sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war."

Sun An agreed: "What the village leader said is true."

Sun An, who knew strategy well and was good at martial arts, knew how to train soldiers. Seeing Bian Xiang's fierce training methods, it seemed that he was not caring about his subordinates, but in fact he went to the battlefield for the sake of these horse soldiers.

After fighting, one life can be saved.

After everyone watched the flying cavalry drill for a while, Zhang Zhengdao took a few more people to the infantry training camp in Sanguan.

Today, there are four battalions of infantry in Yangshan. The attacking army has 2,000 infantry and is stationed in the first pass of Shanzhai. The Hanshan army is stationed on Jeju Island.

The two infantry armies, the defending army and the trapped camp, have just been organized into an army and have not yet formed a combat capability. Although they have been practicing day and night, the momentum of the army formation is obviously far behind that of the attacking army.

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Zhang Zhengdao glanced at Li Kui, who was shouting in the formation, frowned, called the black guy closer, and scolded: "You guy, you don't know how to practice, why are you just following around and making trouble."

Li Kui grinned and shouted: "As the leader of the trapped camp, I, Tieniu, must of course take the lead. If I don't take command in the camp, how will these brothers think highly of me in the future?"

Zhang Zhengdao was stunned by what he said. He didn't expect that this black guy was actually a little unreasonable.

Qiao Daoqing watched the training of the trapped camp and saw three people forming a plum blossom formation, one holding a gun in front of him and stabbing, and the other two using regiment cards to guard them.

These two thousand infantry formed a total of 666 small plum blossom formations, three of which formed more than 200 medium-sized plum blossom formations, and then formed a large plum blossom formation.

As Xiang Chong and Li Gun waved their flags, the formation changed from time to time, either to attack or to defend the formation.

Although the formation is sometimes scattered, it already has some shape.

"Master, this camp will definitely become famous all over the world in the future." Sun An sighed.

Qiao Daoqing also nodded in agreement.

Zhang Zhengdao is certainly aware of the power of this battle formation. As long as he practices it properly, he will be like a giant ax when he comes out of the battlefield on the battlefield. For example, if he enters the enemy camp, it will be difficult to kill him.

"On the battlefield, as long as you don't encounter heavy armored cavalry, you will be invincible if you fall into the camp!" Zhang Zhengdao said with a smile.

Sun An suddenly said: "If I want to build a battalion of heavy armored cavalry, can the mountain stronghold support it?"

Zhang Zhengdao thought silently, looking back on future history, and remembered that the rise of the Jurchens and the Mongols to dominate the world relied on heavy armored cavalry.

If Liangshan were to devote all its efforts to building one or even two battalions of heavy armored cavalry at this moment, coupled with light cavalry and infantry coordination, they would be invincible in the plains north of the Yellow River.

"Do it!" Zhang Zhengdao said suddenly.

"We will try our best to build a battalion of heavy armored cavalry." Zhang Zhengdao said solemnly.

Sun An was overjoyed when he heard this.

Zhang Zhengdao recalled in his mind the Jurchen army and the Mongolian army. In addition to the basic riding and shooting skills, they also had the top-notch configuration of one person and two horses, both of whom wore heavy armor.

At the moment, he had no intention of watching the training of the trapped camp. Zhang Zhengdao took Qiao Daoqing, Sun An, and Sui Sheng back to the Juyi Hall, and ordered his subordinates to get pens and paper to prepare the materials needed to build heavy armored cavalry.

List them one by one.

He also ordered people to call Fang Xuedu and Fan Rui to inquire about the supplies in the village.

"Building heavy armor cavalry?" Fang Xuedu was puzzled, but seeing that Zhang Zhengdao was determined, he had to reply: "Master, there is a lack of craftsmen in the village. If we want to build two thousand pairs of heavy armor, we will need at least

Three years and five years."

Zhang Zhengdao frowned and ordered his subordinates: "Go and invite the most experienced master from the cottage craftsman's workshop."

Not long after, I saw an old man with white hair being brought into the Juyi Hall by his followers.

This old man is a craftsman who is proficient in smelting and forging skills. Last winter, because his family was short of food, he had no choice but to join the Liangshan Dazhai. He was assigned to a craftsman's workshop, taught his apprentices, and helped the village build weapons.

"I have met all the leaders." The old man saluted respectfully.

"Master of the village, this is Mr. Jin, who is now in charge of the village's craftsman's workshop." Fang Xuedu introduced.

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said, "You're welcome, Mr. Jin. Please take a seat. I'm calling you here today because I have something I want to discuss with you."

Mr. Jin had always heard that the big leader of the cottage was a friendly man and was not afraid, so he sat down on a chair beside him.

Zhang Zhengdao ordered his subordinates to bring a cup of tea soup to Mr. Jin, and then asked: "Old Jin, have you ever made a vest?"

Mr. Jin shook his head and said, "May I ask if the vest mentioned by the village leader is used on horses?"

Zhang Zhengdao nodded, then stood up, handed a rough drawing he had just made to Mr. Jin, and said, "Old Jin, please see, is it possible to build such a pair of armor?"

Mr. Jin took the piece of paper and looked at it carefully. He saw a simple outline of a man and a horse, holding a spear. They were all wearing armor. Even the horses were protected by skirts.

After thinking for a moment, Mr. Jin nodded and said: "It's not difficult, but there is a lack of skilled craftsmen in the village, so it may take some time."

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "This is no problem. According to this style, Jin Laoke first led the master craftsmen to make a set."

Mr. Jin asked: "I wonder how much this armor weighs?"

The load-bearing capacity of horses is limited. If the armor is too heavy, let alone fighting in battle, the soldiers may turn over and ride on them after putting on the armor, and the war horses will be crushed.

Zhang Zhengdao thought for a moment and said: "The limit is forty kilograms. The total of the armor and vest should not exceed forty kilograms."

Mr. Jin replied: "That armor cannot protect the whole body like the picture drawn by the village leader."

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "As long as the important parts are protected, make one first and test it. If it doesn't work, then make improvements."