Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Duan Jianwei's plan was very insidious. He publicly hinted that Pi Luoge would marry his two most beloved daughters to the sons of King Cuangui and Cuan Chongdao to show the friendship between Nanzhao and Cuan Rijin. However, the fact was that one of his daughters would be married to Cuan Rijin's son. Cuan Chongdao, who was the strongest in Cuan Land, would not have a share.
In the previous period of contact, Duan Jianwei had already understood Cuan Chongdao's character and personality. He knew that Cuan Chongdao was not someone easy to deal with. If neither of Pi Luoge's two daughters could marry his son, he would definitely not give up.
At that time, Duan Jianwei would only need to say a few words to provoke a fight between Cuan Chongdao, King Cuangui, and Cuan Rijin. This way, his plan would be fully carried out, and he would complete his strategic attempt to conquer Cuan Land step by step.
One month, only one month, and Pi Luoge's two beautiful daughters would arrive at Cuan Land. At that time, a good show would start on time, and Duan Jianwei would be the main character of this good show.
With the joy of victory and the longing for an even greater victory, Duan Jianwei was sent off by Kun Province Governor Cuan Rijin. He left Kun Province City and headed in the direction of Nanzhao.
The moment before he left, he looked back at Kunzhou City with a very satisfied smile on his face. Perhaps it would not be long before Kunzhou City became Nanzhao's city, or even the entire Cuan Land would become Nanzhao's territory.
"Duan Jianwei is really a good person."
As he watched Duan Jianwei leave, Cuan Rijin sighed in his heart.
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In the direction of Gourd Cave, the training had officially begun. The three hundred Dragon Martial Army soldiers started the most basic training for the three thousand five hundred new recruits from Luzhou.
Line up, advance, kill, beat the drums, and retreat. These basic training programs were child's play for the soldiers of the Dragon Martial Army. However, they definitely couldn't train an elite army like this. It was just that the local people didn't know anything about the army for the time being. They had to learn what it was like to be a soldier first. Then, they could carry out targeted training to achieve the best results.
"Big Brother, the soldiers train very hard. They are all strong farmers after all, so they can endure hardships."
Li Kunxiong was very satisfied with these recruits. It was also thanks to Ang Lee's high recruitment requirements. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the training to go so smoothly at the beginning. At least, none of the recruits fainted during the training.
Ang Lee nodded in satisfaction. He brought a few of his trusted subordinates to the East Cove Cave. He wanted to personally guide the training of the ninth group, which was the supply troop.
The East Cove Cave was much smaller than the Middle Cove Cave, but it still had a radius of two miles. There was more than enough space for a few hundred people to guard the supply troop.
On one side of the supply troop's camp, there was a medium-sized granary. Almost a thousand kilograms of food was stored there to ensure the supply of food for the entire army.
The training ground of the supply troop was on the south side of the valley. According to Ang Lee's request, there were crisscrossing ditches dug here. The ditches were filled with water from a stream.
"Big Brother, why did you ask the recruits to dig so many ditches and fill them with water?"
Li Feiyu didn't understand. It wasn't surprising. The people of this era had never seen a boat and bridge unit before. Naturally, they couldn't understand the purpose of Ang Lee's formation of this unit, let alone how they should be trained.
"General, according to your request, the soldiers have dug the ditches and filled them with water. The ladders, planks, and boats have also been completed."
A Dragon Martial Army instructor ran over and reported softly.
Li An nodded in satisfaction and ordered, "Get ready to start training."
"Yes, General."
The Dragon Martial Army instructor nodded and then asked, "General, how should we train them?"
Ang Lee pointed at the crisscrossing ditches and said seriously, "If the army encounters these rivers, how should we cross them? Should we wade across them? The boat and bridge unit will be in charge of building bridges. The transport team will be in charge of driving the vehicles across the pontoon bridges. If soldiers are injured during training, the medical team will be in charge of treating them. Begin training."
"Yes, General."
The Dragon Martial Army's captain was very intelligent. He quickly understood what Ang Lee meant and ordered the training to begin.
"Big Brother, I understand. The terrain in the south is filled with mountains and rivers. If we can build a unit that is in charge of opening up roads, it will be much more convenient for the army to move."
"Big Brother, this boat and bridge unit can be used as the vanguard of the army. It's the best weapon for the army. The better they are trained, the faster they can move, and the better it is for the army."
Ang Lee nodded. "You're right. The boat and bridge unit is the most important unit for the army to move unhindered. Only when the boat and bridge unit are well trained will the army be able to move freely in the south. It's just like back in Yuzhou. If we didn't have snow and skis, how could our one hundred warriors defeat the Japanese?"
"Big Brother, in the past, when the vanguard encountered a river, they would cut down trees nearby to build pontoon bridges. What are these boats for? Are they used to transport soldiers across the river?"
Ang Lee shook his head. "These boats exist to allow the pontoon bridges to carry more weight and make it easier for more soldiers to cross the river. After all, if we just throw trees into the river, the weight will be too small. If we line up the boats along the river and lay down planks on top of them, the weight will be greatly increased. Furthermore, building pontoon bridges this way is much faster. At the very least, it saves a lot of time and effort compared to cutting down trees. The quality of the pontoon bridges is also much better."
Just as Ang Lee was speaking, the new soldiers had already started their training. They used the materials in their hands to seriously build pontoon bridges.
Two scaling ladders were directly placed in the relatively narrow ditch with some distance between them. Then, wooden planks were placed on top of the scaling ladders and laid horizontally from front to back to form a simple pontoon bridge.
After the pontoon bridge was set up, the supply team at the back gently drove the two-horse supply wagons onto the pontoon bridge and slowly crossed the entire pontoon bridge. One, two, three, all the supply wagons that had participated in the training all safely crossed the pontoon bridge. This proved that the pontoon bridge was successfully built.
After crossing the first narrow ditch, there was a ditch that was fifteen zhang wide. The scaling ladders were far from enough. At this time, the new soldiers of the bridge team immediately took out the small boats on their shoulders and placed them along the ditch. They then nailed the wooden planks horizontally onto the small wooden boats. After ordering one boat, they placed the second small boat into the ditch and nailed the wooden planks horizontally onto the small wooden boats. After ordering one boat, they placed the second small boat into the ditch and nailed the wooden planks horizontally onto the wooden boats. Once the fifteenth small wooden boat was in the water, the pontoon bridge had already been built to the other side. This ensured that the transport team's wagons could smoothly cross.
This kind of specially-made small wooden boat is worth mentioning. This kind of small wooden boat is not the kind of wide boat that we often see fishing. Instead, it is a small boat with a width and height of only a little more than a foot and a length of about ten feet. It is specially made for bridge teams.
In order to reduce the weight and make it easier for the soldiers to carry, the wooden planks used to make the small wooden boats were relatively thin. This way, a single soldier could carry them and save precious manpower.
In addition to the small wooden boats being specially made, the wooden planks used to lay them down were also very particular. The thickness of these wooden planks was not uniform. The front surface was smooth, but the back surface was crisscrossed with gullies. This was using the principle of load bearing. The important load bearing parts were maintained with sufficient thickness while the other parts were made as thin as possible. This allowed a single soldier to carry more wooden planks.
Because the task of the bridge team was likely to be very large and the area they were going to carry out the task was very likely to have complex terrain, Ang Lee equipped every soldier of the bridge team with a yellow ox. He let this strong animal carry the materials for the bridge team.
With the strength of a yellow ox, it was no problem to carry ten small wooden boats or fifty wooden planks. In addition, if the target area had a large number of tasks, the transport team would also bear the heavy responsibility of transporting the materials to ensure the completion of the bridge-building mission.
The bridge team was equipped with a yellow ox and a large number of iron tools. In addition to training to build the bridge, they also had to train to build the bridge. All the small wooden boats, planks, ladders, and other materials used to build the bridge were made by them. Building the bridge materials was also an important mission of the bridge team.
The bridge team of the two teams took turns to train and build the bridge. When one team was training to build the bridge, the other team was training to build the bridge.
The transport team was the core of the entire supply team. There were three teams in total. Every two soldiers were assigned a two-horse carriage. Usually, they were mainly trained to drive the carriage. A two-horse carriage was assigned to two people so that they could rest together and prevent fatigue from driving. The soldier who was temporarily not driving would also take up a weapon and act as a guard. In front of each carriage, there were shields, spears, and bows so that these soldiers could protect themselves and even defeat small scale enemies when they were attacked.
Because the transport team made up half of the supply team, their daily tasks were also more arduous. In addition to training to drive and the necessary combat training, they were also responsible for making the bows and arrows needed by the soldiers. In addition, they also had to take some time to plant and breed in the large open space of Gourd Cave to provide the most basic fresh food for the army and reduce the burden of the imperial court.
Of course, all the soldiers were farmers. They were all proficient in planting and breeding. For this reason, all the soldiers would take some time to help in order to reduce the burden of planting and breeding on the transport team and increase the production of planting and breeding.
The medical team was mainly responsible for ensuring the health of the soldiers and timely treating the injured soldiers. The content of their daily training was mainly about rescue. In addition, they also had to take turns to send people to the mountains to gather herbs and learn basic medical knowledge. They also had to create all kinds of special medicine to treat external injuries.
Due to the special nature of the medical team, when selecting the members, they all chose the more elegant and nimble farmers. Naturally, rough men would not be able to do this job. In addition, in order to train them and make them qualified soldiers of the medical team, Ang Lee hired many skilled doctors in Luzhou City. They took turns to enter the military camp and were responsible for educating the medical team so that the soldiers of the medical team could learn all the medical knowledge as soon as possible.
The training continued. With the efforts of the new soldiers on the bridge team, pontoon bridges were built in the ditches. The new soldiers of the transport team drove the two-horse carriage and passed through the pontoon bridges one after another. It was quite a lively scene.
Of course, because it was just the beginning of the training, many of the new soldiers were unfamiliar with things that they had never done before. Many of their problems were exposed.
First of all, their speed was not up to standard. The pontoon bridges were built, but the time it took to build them made Ang Lee quite dissatisfied. Of course, when he considered that these were all new soldiers, he felt at ease.
In addition, under the urging of the instructors, many of the new soldiers were injured in the process of building the pontoon bridges due to their lack of proficiency. This was especially true in the process of nailing the wooden planks. Many of the soldiers' hands were scratched by the metal nails. They had to be helped by the new soldiers of the medical team to bandage their wounds. There were even more serious soldiers who sprained their waists because they used too much force. The most infuriating thing was that when some soldiers were moving the small wooden boats, they turned around and knocked their comrades into the ditches. They did not even know what was going on. The small wooden boat that was ten feet long would hit their comrades if they were not careful. This required more training to make up for the problems exposed during the training.
In the supply team's training ground, many problems were exposed. These problems needed to be solved through more training. Only through continuous training could these problems be solved.
Although the results of the training were barely satisfactory, the obedience and hardworking spirit of the new soldiers gave Ang Lee hope. These seemingly clumsy farmers were very serious and hardworking. There was not a single one of them who was slick and opportunistic. This was a prerequisite for them to become a strong force, and they would definitely become a strong force.
"General, the soldiers have been training for four hours. Do you have any instructions?"
The Dragon Martial Army's instructor ran to Ang Lee and asked softly.
Li An nodded his head in satisfaction. "The soldiers' attitude towards training is worthy of recognition. It's just that they have just started training and their techniques are not yet proficient enough. They still need to continue training. Alright, let's switch to another batch of recruits and continue training."
"Yes, General."
When the Dragon Martial Army's instructor heard the order, he let all the soldiers who had participated in the training immediately return to rest and let the other group of new soldiers begin training.
The new soldiers that had retired couldn't be idle. They still needed to build the various materials needed to build the pontoon bridges. This would be used to prepare for future military operations, and at the same time, it would be used to train their speed in building these materials.
Ang Lee's requirement for the new soldiers of the supply team was to train for eight to twelve hours a day. Each training would take four hours, and the three teams would take turns to train. This was to prevent the new soldiers from being injured by a single large amount of training.
"Let's go and take a look at the construction site of the pontoon bridge team."
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