Ding ding ding ding~

Xudu, outside the military camp in the eastern suburbs, outside a blacksmith shop, Cao Xin came here to check on the progress of the new armor forging.

For a warrior, whether or not there is armor is different, just like whether a swordsman wears shoes or not.

Those with armor are called elite soldiers, and those without armor are called cannon fodder.

The higher the armor, the higher the status, and the life is more valuable.

A good pair of armor can effectively protect soldiers and greatly reduce the casualties caused by war. However, armor is more valuable than life. It is not easy to get a good armor. Even in a wealthy family, the collection of armor can only be

Calculate according to how many pairs.

In Cao's army, ordinary soldiers wore cloth armor, leather armor and rattan armor, and only generals above the camp commander (hundred-man general) could receive a simple set of iron armor, except for special units.

In General Cao's Langya Army, as long as you are selected into the Langya Army, you will have the opportunity to wear the Langya Army's unique iron armor.

Langya Army armor is Liuye Xuanjia made of rhinoceros skin and iron leaves.

Thousands of iron blades are interconnected and arranged closely to protect key parts such as the chest and back.

Because the willow leaf-shaped armor pieces are black, they are called willow leaf black armor. Each set of armor weighs more than forty kilograms.

The Langya Army general's armor is a more advanced fish scale armor, consisting of more than 2,000 smooth metal armor leaves. The protective power can be improved by increasing the number of armor leaves.

Each set of fish scale armor weighs more than sixty kilograms, is bright silver in color, and has front armor, back armor, shoulders, basin collar, arm armor and hand armor, which can protect the whole body. There are animal heads on the shoulders, which are precision made and powerful in style.

More protective.

Although armor is good, the current smelting level is limited and the production technology is also limited. It is not easy to make armor. A workshop with ten people can only produce at most two sets of armor per month.

Cao Xin had twenty workshops under his command, but after more than half a year, he had only produced less than 400 pieces of armor.

In addition, there is also the armor and riding equipment used by the Langya Cavalry. Iron armor pieces and leather strips are interwoven with each other and stacked horizontally and vertically to form a tightly integrated horse armor suit, which can prevent attacks by swords and bows and arrows and reduce horse casualties.

The production process of horse armor is simpler than that of armor. Langya Army has more than two hundred pieces of armor and riding equipment in the warehouse, which is enough for the time being.

After inspecting the armor production workshop, Cao Xin led his people to take away 500 sets of armor and 100 sets of armor and riding equipment, and went to the military camp outside the city.

"Lao Yu, how did you choose the new recruits?"

Cao Xin walked into the training ground, looked at Yu Du who was training troops and asked.

Yu Du is one of the commanders of the Langya Infantry Battalion. He is appointed as the Sima of another department and commands 500 Langya Infantrymen.

After he was promoted to General Weilu and Nanyang Prefect, he planned to expand the Langya infantry and Langya cavalry, expanding the 500-man infantry battalion to 1,000 men in one section, and the Langya cavalry to two camps of 200 men, to form his vanguard troops.

"General, we have finished selecting. There are 122 people selected from the farm guard. They have served in the guard for more than one year, participated in the suppression of bandits more than three times, and have performed well.

There were more than 300 people selected from other infantry battalions. People from other battalions heard that the Langya Army was recruiting people, and they were given monthly money in full. They rushed over to sign up for the election. We almost picked one out of twenty.

We have recruited more than 300 capable recruits."

Yu Du said.

Cao Xin nodded and sat on the sidelines watching the training.

The new recruits were practicing enthusiastically on the training ground.

Five hundred young men holding standard red-tasseled spears, under the guidance of their instructor Bai Feng, shouted kill! Kill! Kill! Repeatedly practiced several assassination spear techniques.

This spear technique is simple, practical and powerful.

Practicing spear assassination is mainly used to deal with enemy cavalry.

In addition, Langya infantrymen also practice sword and shield skills. Sword and shield skills are advanced military martial arts and are usually taught separately after the soldiers have served for half a year.

On the training ground, Cao Xin also saw the recruit Yang Aruo, who was wearing a uniform red military uniform. Except for two eye-catching scars on his face, he was not much different from the surrounding recruits.

"Lao Yu, in addition to exercising their physical bodies, we must also do a good job in their ideological work. Let them know whose food they eat, who they fight for, why they fight, and abide by our rules."

"Understood general, all generals will train them according to your instructions."

Yu Du laughed loudly, went to the high platform and shouted loudly,

"The new recruits line up!"

Rub rub rub rub!

The recruits picked up their spears, lined up ten in a row, and moved closer to the center. In less than thirty seconds, they formed a neat military formation.

"stand at attention!"

Yu Du yelled.

The recruits immediately stood up straight, holding their spears upright, two meters and three meters long, like a forest of spears.

"Tell me, general, who keeps you from going hungry and having meat every day?"

"General Cao Xin!"

the soldiers shouted.

"Who told you not to be afraid of swords and arrows and to wear iron armor?"

Yu Du shouted.

"General Cao Xin!"

the soldiers shouted.

"Who allowed you to receive sufficient military pay to support your family?"

"General Cao Xin!"

"General Cao gave us meat, armor, and money to feed our families. How can we repay the general?"

"I am willing to die for General Cao! I am willing to die for General Cao! I am willing to die for General Cao!"

The recruits raised their spears and shouted in unison.

In the military formation, Yang Arruo was also shouting loudly, but when he saw General Cao on the stage, Yang Arruo looked slightly embarrassed.

After entering the recruit camp, the instructor began to instill this idea of ​​loyalty and gratitude in everyone.

At first, everyone resisted this and couldn't open their mouths, but the instructors used roast chicken, pork knuckles, and wine to burn knives, and got the armor quota first to tempt everyone. Which team (50 people) shouted louder and louder?

Which team eats meat first, drinks fine wine, and puts on armor first?

Then there is nothing more. For ordinary soldiers, whether it is roasting chicken elbows, burning knives with fine wine, or majestic iron armor, the temptation is fatal. Who can resist this temptation?

With widespread lack of food and clothing, no one could.

Neither can Yang Aruo, who likes to drink.

Shao Daozi is his favorite. At the beginning of the year, he helped people fight in Chang'an. Afterwards, his friend treated him to a bowl of Shao Daozi. When he drank Shao Daozi for the first time, he cried. Firstly, it was too spicy, and secondly, the wine was too weird.

It tastes so good, hundreds of times stronger than lees wine, rice wine, and green ant wine. Even the royal wine in the palace cannot compare with it. He feels that burning a knife is the real wine, and it is the burning blood of the knights.

Yang Aruo once had a dream. When he went out to chop people, he would have a wine gourd hanging around his waist, and the gourd would be filled with burning knives. He would chop a person, take a sip of wine, tsk, that would be a beautiful thing to think about.

Just a jar of Shao Daozi sells for 10 guan, and at the price of 10 shi (about 600 kilograms) of japonica rice, who can ordinary people afford it?

This time it's better. When we come to the military camp for training, the team with the best performance can drink a shallow bowl of roasted knives every day.

He could shout until his throat bled while burning a knife. Others even took the initiative to practice their voices every day, shouting at the mountains, trying to shout the loudest and loudest voice when the instructor asked questions.

"Very well, the last question is, why do we serve as soldiers and why do we fight?"

Yu Du clenched his fists and shouted.

"Put down the troubled times, the world will be at peace! Put down the troubled times, and the world will be at peace! Put down the troubled times, and the world will be at peace!"

Five hundred soldiers roared loudly, the sound was deafening.

Cao Xin nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that Yu Dubaifeng and the others had trained the recruits very well, letting them know whose bowl they should carry, whose rice they should eat, who they should work for, and who should establish beliefs and goals in their hearts.

As for whether the training methods follow the rules, he doesn't care much.

The Langya Army is his private army. Everything these people eat, wear, and take is all earned by him. He has the right to make these people loyal.

Bang bang bang~

Cao Xin clapped his hands and walked in front of the recruits, "Brothers, do you know me?"

"Meet General Cao!"

The soldiers bowed in unison, with neat movements and unified voices.

"Brothers, please wake up!"

Cao Xin raised his hand, took a few steps forward and shouted, "Brothers, you shouted well, and I heard it very enthusiastically, but I want you to not only shout with your mouth, but also remember it in your heart, and know why you are a soldier.

Fighting, just for eight words, to calm down the troubled times and bring peace to the world!"

Cao Xin paused for a moment and then said, "But why do we want to quell the troubled times? Why do we want the world to be peaceful? Why, who will tell me?!"

"General, the world is in chaos and we don't have enough to eat."

A soldier raised his hands and shouted.

"Haha, that's right. What's your little brother's name?"

Cao Xin smiled.
To be continued...