C10 Preliminary Preparation

For example, during the battle between Han Dynasty and West Qiang, the famous generals of the "Three Great Liang Prefecture", Zhang Shi and Duan Ying, had joined hands to attack.

To be able to achieve such a glorious result, other than the heroic and valiant Han Troops, the great Zhang Shi and Duan Ying had great command, and most importantly, there was a huge disparity in terms of equipment. The Han Troops s used iron spears and arrows, the ones who wore Leather Armour s and armor, and the ones who were behind in terms of productivity used bone and stone arrows.

"Duke, now that you have the weapons, you should send them down and organize the armies." Taishi Ci suggested.

Xiao Yan nodded: "Yes, although there aren't many rural soldiers, but they are all small and well-equipped. At the very least, we need to split them into a few branches."

There were more than one thousand two hundred rural soldiers, Taishi Ci picked two hundred with good judgement. As the Archer, among the remaining one thousand people, there were six hundred that were made up of Longspear, and four hundred that were made up of warriors who were made up of blades and shields.

Since there were still a thousand people, why couldn't they just split it between Longspear and the daggers and shields?

Firstly, because the materials needed to forge the spear were few, a single piece of metal could be used to forge dozens of spearheads. All one needed was a wooden pole, and the spearhead was only a small part of the structure of the spear.

The Ring Head Knife s consumed a lot more metal, and it was easier to train the pikes, so he could just directly stab them with his spear. Xiao Yan did not plan to leave the city to fight the Yellow Ribbon Bastard for the time being, he could just rely on the Dock Fort s to defend, and training Longspear would also be a good thing.

Xiao Yan ordered the cobblers and blacksmiths recruited in the mansion to speed up the forging of weapons and armor to meet the requirements of the military. After all, only a fifth of the army was equipped at the moment, and most of them were still holding wooden spears.

"Thrust!"

"Kill!"

In the barracks, Taishi Ci was standing in front of the six hundred men training.

"It's easy to use a spear. Just one move. Thrust!"

Taishi Ci held a long spear in his hands. The moment the word "stab" came out of his mouth, he exerted force into both of his arms and thrust the spear forward with great force.

"Remember, no matter how many enemies are charging towards you, you will all be able to survive after killing the enemy with a single stab."

"Here!"

Six hundred Longspear and more than four hundred people with wooden spears were still practicing diligently.

Xiao Yan stood to the side and watched Taishi Ci train his troops. He said to Xiao Shi, "Xiao Shi, how about you supervise the troops by using your sabers and shields?"

Xiao Shi hurriedly shook his head: "Duke, this shield and blade is too boring. I am willing to lead Longspear into the fray."

Xiao Yan frowned, "Fine, I will listen to your advice. Stay by Ziyi's side and learn how to fight properly. Don't just learn how to fight fiercely, okay?"

"Thank you, Duke!"

Hearing that Xiao Yan agreed, Xiao Shi was overjoyed and ran to Taishi Ci for advice.

"Xiao Zhong, do you want to bring a blade, shield or a Archer?" Xiao Yan asked Xiao Zhong again.

Xiao Zhong bowed and said: "Duke, I am a hunter, I am willing to be the Archer."

En," Xiao Yan replied. Xiao Shi was a straightforward man with courage and bravery, and although Xiao Zhong wasn't as brave and aggressive as Xiao Shi, he was a lot more cautious. Although these two weren't famous generals, they were loyal and devoted.

Although there were only a few people, the training was in full swing. Because Xiao Yan had no qualms about eating, he opened up the food supply, so he could eat however much he wanted. One had to know that among these soldiers, many of them had a big appetite. As the saying went, "half a kid, eat to death." If you could eat to your heart's content, then you would naturally have the strength to train.

Although Duke Mansion only contained provisions of ten thousand stones, Xiao Yan understood that money would be useless in the near future. Thus, he ordered the old manager to convert most of the two million into grain and rice, and buy food from the various counties in the Qing Prefecture. Currently, he had already accumulated several tens of thousands of stones of food.

"No, a thousand soldiers is still too few." Xiao Yan shook his head.

Yellow Ribbon Bastard swarmed over, divided into thirty-six sides, with each side having tens of thousands of people, especially Qing Prefecture. After that, he once swept away millions of yellow scarves, and after being recruited by Cao Cao, chose to train 300,000 young and strong elite soldiers.

Even if the initial stage of the yellow cloth was not as serious as the disaster that happened afterwards, with just one thousand and two hundred War Soldier and the Duke Mansion's several thousand year support, Auxiliary Soldier, it was still a little difficult to deal with them.

"I haven't seen teacher in days and have been listening to my teacher's teachings. Xiao Shi, prepare the carriage!"

"Here, Duke."

In ancient times, there were six ways to be a gentleman. One of them was to drive a horse carriage, but not to ride a horse. Therefore, Xiao Yan had to ride a horse carriage.

Xiao Shi drove the carriage to the front of the Xu Estate. Xiao Yan opened the curtain and said, "Student Xiao Yan is here to pay his respects. Please inform Master."

The concierge also recognized Xiao Yan. He turned around and walked in. After a while, he came out.

"Patriarch, please meet Duke inside."

Xiao Yan carried his skirt and walked in with small steps. He followed behind the guide and entered the living room.

Hsu Shen was resting with his eyes closed. Seeing this scene, the people who were leading the way quietly left. Liu Tie walked up and said in a low voice, "Student pays his respects to Master Xu."

"Yes, sit." Hsu Shen replied, then asked, "What is your disciple from the Ghost Valley doing here again?"

Xiao Yan said with a laugh, "Master Xu is joking. What Master Xu is learning is passed down by Gong Yang. I will naturally follow Master's teachings, unless Master is also treating The Ghost Valley Zi ."

"Hmph."

Hsu Shen shook his head: "You scoundrel, you're bothering me again? What do you mean by that?"

Xiao Yan also stopped being glib tongued and said carefully, "Recently, the Taiping Road has been broad and broad. Talismans and water have been distributed to the north and south of the Yellow River. I wonder what Master Xu thinks about this?"

"So you have come for this?"

Hsu Shen's brows also became serious: "This Taiping Dao has a few methods. Many patients drank their rune water and really didn't get sick. I don't know what's so miraculous about this rune water."

"Master Xu, do you know that there are also many people who died of illness even though they drank the water from the rune?"

Xiao Yan's tone turned serious: "Yesterday, I personally saw two Taoists preaching in the county city. Countless citizens crowded around them, shocking the heavens."

"The Taoist Master worships the Great Deer Zhang Jiao of the Ji Prefecture as his great and virtuous teacher. All the people in the world admire him. How is this the fortune of a nation?"

"You're right. I thought you wanted to take me as your master, but all you wanted was to make Zhang Fen not dare to bully you. I didn't expect you to have such wisdom. How rare!"

Hsu Shen looked at Xiao Yan in admiration, then stood up, "I'm going to pay my respects to Venerable County Magistrate and report this matter to you. Please accompany me."

Xiao Yan was overjoyed. "Thank you, Master Xu!"

Hsu Shen obviously admired him. Otherwise, why would he let him accompany him to meet Venerable County Magistrate?