Over the past two months, the military camps of the Wu State have been in chaos. Inexplicable things happen all the time, and power struggles break out from time to time.
Even though we know that someone is deliberately making trouble, human nature is selfish. There are always people who want to take advantage of the situation to gain profits for themselves, which makes the water even more muddy.
But General Xu's situation was very different, because no one came to cause trouble here at all. Instead, he and Jiang Yunqi concentrated on training the heavy armored soldiers.
To be precise, although the heavy armored soldiers are brave, after such a long period of training, the problems of this type of soldiers have also been exposed.
Firstly, the cost of heavy armor soldiers is very high. Just the well-made armor on the soldiers and the special armor on the horses are all very expensive. This is also because General Xu promised to win with these heavy armor soldiers, so the Emperor Wu specially approved him to train these 50,000 heavy armor soldiers.
Secondly, heavily armored soldiers are not very flexible. Although they are invincible when charging, the heavy armor restricts the flexibility of both the soldiers and their horses, making them only suitable for fighting on plains.
Thirdly, the heavy armored cavalry is very heavy all over. The horses will be exhausted after charging two or three times. Once the horses fall down, it is difficult for them to stand up again. Even the soldiers will find it difficult to stand up again while dragging their heavy armor. This shows that the endurance of this type of soldiers is very short and they are suitable for quick battles.
It was precisely because of various reasons that General Xu felt that he could not delay any longer.
"We have to fight a battle. Otherwise, given the terrible monthly expenses of the heavy armored soldiers, His Majesty and those old guys above will probably not allow the heavy armored soldiers to continue training." General Xu said with a frown.
In fact, now is not the best time, the number of heavy armored soldiers is still too small. He had originally thought of adding more people in the future, using heavy armored soldiers to catch the Song State by surprise, and then annihilate the Song State in one fell swoop.
But today, another eunuch came to the camp, saying that he was here to monitor the military expenses. To put it bluntly, he was reminding him that the higher-ups felt that the cost of these heavily armored soldiers was too high.
What a short-sighted bunch.
But General Xu knew that he would not be able to get rid of these people unless he produced some actual results.
When Jiang Yunqi heard this, his heart started pounding with excitement.
He had long been fed up with the days of training troops every day. God knew how much he wanted to lead this group of heavily armored soldiers into battle and defeat the State of Song in a heart attack, so that people would know his abilities. Now he finally had the opportunity.
Jiang Yunqi knelt on the ground and said solemnly: "I am willing to lead the troops to the battle."
The disappointed look on General Xu's face gradually faded. He looked at Jiang Yunqi fiercely and said, "Besides me, you are the one who is most familiar with the heavy armored soldiers. Even if you didn't mention it, I would have given you this chance. But you have to remember that you can only win and not lose."
Jiang Yunqi kowtowed heavily, "Thank you for your help, General. I will definitely win a great victory and live up to your kindness."
General Xu then relaxed his expression and went to help him up.
Seeing his forehead was red from the bump, General Xu felt even more satisfied and couldn't help but smile: "You are such an honest kid. Now we are a family, so why bother to say such polite words."
Yes, at the beginning of last month, Jiang Yunqi married General Xu's daughter. Although they kept the wedding simple because they were in a hurry to train troops, and Jiang Yunqi even returned to the military camp on the second day after the wedding, the marriage contract was left at the county government after all.
Jiang Yunqi stood up and did not really acknowledge his relationship with the general. Instead, he said seriously, "Inside, I am the general's father and son. Outside, I will always be the general's subordinate."
General Xu stroked his beard and laughed, no longer doubting his loyalty.
*
Jiang Yunqi had just arranged for the soldiers to attack the camp, and soon the news reached Mingyue. Mingyue threw the letter in her hand into the brazier and immediately called a meeting with Commander Zhou and a group of bandits.
"I just received a report from a spy. In three days, Wu is going to attack our camp. And this time, Wu is going to use those 50,000 heavily armored soldiers. All the previous preparations should be done. We will make sure they all come and never return." Mingyue narrowed her eyes slightly, her pupils as deep as a pool.
"Don't worry, Boss. We are ready and willing to obey your orders at any time."
"The Wu Kingdom is finally willing to send out those heavy armored soldiers. I have long wanted to see them."
"Haha, so what about heavy armored soldiers? Our boss is very smart and is the nemesis of those heavy armored soldiers. Boss, if we win this time, can you give credit to our brothers?"
"Yes, it doesn't make sense that the positions of His Majesty's personal soldiers are not as high as those of the young generals in this barracks. Boss, you don't know that we have been ridiculed as a ragtag army these days."
"That's right, Boss..."
As the bandits spoke, the topic suddenly turned to the matter of the bandits being laughed at by the regular soldiers in the barracks, making Commander Zhou, who was sitting nearby, look extremely embarrassed.
Mingyue had been with these bandits for a long time, so she naturally knew how to flatter them.
Under the surprised gaze of General Zhou, Mingyue said calmly: "Yes, if we win this time, I will ask for official positions for you, so you all have to live well. If you die, you will have nothing."
The bandits did not think that this was perfunctory or a lie. Their blood boiled and they all wanted to rush out to attack the Wu State immediately.
Commander Zhou looked at them with a somewhat indescribable look, then looked at Mingyue with a strange look, and took the initiative to change the subject: "Mr. Song, do you know when Wu attacked?"
Mingyue readily took over the topic and changed the subject back to the original topic.
The group of people discussed for more than an hour and filled in all the loopholes before disbanding.
In the blink of an eye, three days passed.
Jiang Yunqi led a large group of heavily armored soldiers and officially set out at Chou time (two o'clock in the morning) and headed for the Song camp on the border of the Song State.
But Jiang Yunqi didn't know why, but he felt his heart beating unusually fast before leaving, as if he always had a bad premonition.
However, he did not take this premonition seriously, thinking that he was just too excited. After all, this was his first time as a captain, and this would be the beginning of a new journey in his life.
Holding on to a beautiful dream, Jiang Yunqi shouted loudly: "All troops, listen to my orders and set off."
The mood of the heavily armored soldiers was the same as Jiang Yunqi's. They knew how powerful they were now. That powerful impact capability, that unstoppable force, could finally be used against the enemy.
Unfortunately…