His Majesty's letter said that he would arrange for someone who knows the art of war to come and cooperate with him.
Then here comes the problem!
Who would be the person who knows the art of war?
Jin Rixi?
This guy is a prince of the Huns. Although he is very loyal to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, will Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty trust him if Zhao Xin betrays him?
Li Guangli?
Let’s put aside the question of whether this guy understands the art of war. Just based on the favor his sister Mrs. Li received, it is impossible to say that His Majesty will really arrange for her to come here.
after all.
Arranging for people to gain military merit is something that His Majesty often does to his relatives.
besides.
Could it be his elder brother, General Huo Qubing?
This possibility is relatively small. Huo Guang would rather believe that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty recruited the entire Peking University camp to form the blue army, which is more reliable than this.
General Hussar was the favorite general of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!
How could it be possible to arrange for his unknown brother to be a consultant?
After much deliberation, Huo Guang couldn't guess who would come.
All we can do is wait slowly.
but!
Now that he has become the coach of the Blues, a series of troublesome things are coming.
First choose your troops!
There were five thousand soldiers and horses. Without saying anything, Huo Guang first asked for three thousand of the assault cavalry equipped with the three-piece cavalry suit.
This assault cavalry has the three treasures of cavalry such as high bridge saddle, stirrups, and horseshoes.
Its combat power has undergone earth-shaking changes.
this point.
It may take until the Xiongnu battlefield that General Wei Qing discovers it. But at this moment, it is an exercise, and the forces of both sides are offset, so the true combat effectiveness cannot be displayed.
After asking for three thousand assault cavalry.
Huo Guang only had two thousand troops left. Considering that this time it was the Blue Army, the imaginary enemy of the Wei Qing Army, Huo Guang still asked for two thousand cavalry and archers.
If it weren't for practice.
Huo Guang directly selected all five thousand soldiers and horses for the assault cavalry!
After all, they are much more powerful than mounted archers.
After choosing the troops and horses.
Huo Guang returned to his team of one hundred people and scanned his "direct descendants" of one hundred people, preparing to disperse them into the camp of five thousand blue army troops in order to achieve the effect of order and prohibition.
In the past, Huo Guang always couldn't figure out what the so-called direct lineage was for.
Now Huo Guang understood the benefits of direct troops.
But then again.
The direct troops were good, but it was a pity that the hundred of them were new recruits. In terms of ability, they were far inferior to the five thousand elite soldiers and generals he selected.
I don’t know if I can convince the public.
To this.
Before Huo Guang inserted these one hundred people into the five thousand soldiers and horses, he cheered them up.
"Brothers, don't be nervous. As the head coach of the Blue Army, I have already selected five thousand troops for this confrontation between the Red and Blue Army arranged by the above!"
"And you, as the soldiers trained by me, Huo Guang, are my true direct troops!"
"Be confident."
"I will divide you into these five thousand soldiers and horses in batches. When the time comes, you can control them just like I usually control you, and you must reach the level of order and prohibition."
"Did you hear everything?"
After Huo Guang's greetings, the one hundred cavalrymen immediately replied loudly: "I heard it!"
"Well, very good, very energetic!" Huo Guang nodded with satisfaction, and then called Lin Yaoqing and asked him to go to Chang'an Here's Le Restaurant to do something.
Even though His Majesty said so.
He will send someone who knows the art of war to assist him.
but.
For Huo Guang, his best deputy is Lin Yaoqing.
The rest.
Who knows if it might be a burden? For example, if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty brought over Li Guangli, he would have a headache.
"Old Lin, go to the restaurant and find Bu San. Tell him to bring the paper cylinders produced in the industrial park. Also, bring me the powders that are easy to catch fire. Remember, don't touch the water. , it's useless if it touches the water." Huo Guang warned Lin Yaoqing.
Lin Yaoqing immediately handed over his hand and replied: "I will definitely live up to Huo Shuai's trust in my humble position!"
Huo Shuai?
Hearing this kind of address, Huo Guang couldn't help but grin, and his heart became even more happy.
did not expect.
Normally, Lin Yaoqing seemed like an ordinary guy, but as a result, he turned out to be much better than ordinary people when he flattered him.
"Oh, there are some paints, bring them to me too, I can use them!" Huo Guang thought for a while, and then said: "Okay, that should be all, you can leave."
Lin Yaoqing immediately said: "No."
The words fell.
This guy raised his whip and walked away.
Looking at Lin Yaoqing's leaving figure, Huo Guang shrugged, returned to his tent, and began to write some notes on the red-blue confrontation drill.
The paper used for writing was naturally passed over from General Wei Qing last time.
Last time I wrote about saddles, horseshoes and stirrups. There are still many that have not been used and cannot be wasted.
As for the precautions for this red-blue confrontation drill.
Most of them are about the various benefits of the Blues.
for example!
When the two armies confront each other, the ratio of their strength consumption will be equal to one to ten!
For example, if the Wei Qing Army wants to replace a Blue Army soldier, it will need to lose ten soldiers and horses!
so!
Only in this way can a true balance be achieved. Otherwise, how can the opponent's team of nearly 50,000 soldiers and the blue army of 5,000 soldiers and horses resist?
besides.
The Blues also have various superior conditions attached.
for example.
The weapons of the Blue Army are nominally higher than those of the Wei Qing Army.
Such as range.
Huo Guang gave the blue army's cavalry a range of one hundred meters, while the Wei Qing army only had fifty meters!
This kind!
This is the equipment advantage of the Blue Army.
Anyway, they will lose to Wei Qing's army in the end. No matter what, Huo Guang will let the Blue Army feel happy first.
After writing all these terms and conditions on paper, Huo Guang copied them again.
Subsequently.
Then he sent the copied copy to the general's camp.
"General, these are the preferred conditions I have listed for the Blue Army. Do you want to take a look?" Huo Guang presented the paper.
Wei Qing took the paper, glanced at it casually, put it on the desk without paying much attention, and then said to Huo Guang: "Huo Guang, perform well, although the Blue Army is only a sparring partner."
"But you have to know something."
"His Majesty is also paying attention to this drill, so you must perform well. This will be of great benefit to you in the future."
"remember."
"Don't be lazy like before."
When Huo Guang heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "I understand, General."
"correct."
"I have one more thing to tell you. I don't know if you have time."
The general immediately waved his hand and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it!"
Hear the words.
Huo Guang immediately handed over his hand and said, "Well, Your Majesty asked me to follow you so that I cannot leave the camp without permission. I understand that this is a decision made to protect me."
"But now, I'm the Blues manager."
"As the imaginary enemy of our army, I wonder if we can take these five thousand soldiers and horses out by ourselves?"
"Don't go far."
"Just move around a bit to achieve the effect of commanding the troops."
After hearing Huo Guang's words, General Wei Qing frowned.
Obviously.
This matter made Wei Qing feel a little troubled, but he still said under pressure: "Well, although His Majesty asked me to watch you, now as the commander of the Blue Army, you should have your own right to act."
"Fine!"
"You can go out with five thousand soldiers and horses, but remember, don't mess around."
Seeing that Wei Qing agreed, Huo Guang's face immediately became a little joyful.
With the right to move freely.
Huo Guang can go out and play openly. At the same time, he can also leave the military camp and do whatever he wants.
The thought of this.
Huo Guang's face immediately lit up with joy, and then he raised his hands and said, "Thank you, General, for your support."
"If there's nothing else?"
"Then the general will retreat first."
General Wei Qing nodded immediately and said, "Well, you should step back first."
"promise."
Huo Guang bowed his hand and left the general's camp.
After leaving the handsome camp.
Huo Guang went straight to his five thousand blue army soldiers and led them out of the army camp.
first day.
Not doing much, just wandering outside in the mountains and forests.
The main purpose is to exercise my ability to command five thousand soldiers and horses, and whether these five thousand soldiers and horses are obedient.
Fortunately, these five thousand soldiers and horses have been trained by General Wei Qing. So far, they are very disciplined and they will complete all the orders given by Huo Guang.
There is no such thing as a thorn.
After all, this is ancient times. If you don't obey the orders of your superiors in the army, you are courting death.
On the first day, Huo Guang returned to the military camp honestly after walking around in the mountains and forests for a day with five thousand soldiers and horses.
the next day.
Huo Guang took five thousand soldiers and horses directly to the mountains and forests further away, and set up camp there with no intention of coming back.
certainly.
Such behavior.
If the general is dissatisfied, Huo Guang has already thought of a reason.
Just say.
The drill is about to begin, and the Blues need to arrange their home court in advance. Otherwise, there will be no place for the troops to stay, and the exercise will not be able to proceed normally.
Let’s talk about it.
But the real reason Huo Guang did this was because Lin Yaoqing, who had gone to Chang'an City, brought back a large carriage of things.
in.
There are paper tubes, sulfur, wood charcoal powder, saltpeter, etc.
It is true that the troops need training.
In fact, in order to get the gunpowder, the convoy brought back sulfur from the countries in the Western Regions, but on that day, he had a conflict with Jiang Chong.
This resulted in no opportunity to study the issue of gunpowder in the later years.
Gunpowder is a good thing!
Seeing that the battle with the Huns was about to begin, Huo Guang wondered if he could get this kind of thing out quickly. Maybe it would be useful in the decisive battle with the Huns!
otherwise.
Aren't Huo Guang's previous efforts in vain?
"Mononitrate, disulfide and three charcoal, is this the ratio? It's broken. It's been so long that I can hardly remember it." Huo Guang mixed the three items of charcoal powder, sulfur and saltpeter according to the memory of black gunpowder in his mind. Grind them into fine powder and mix them together in proportion.
these things!
It seems very simple, but it is very troublesome to do it.
After equipping a small amount of black powder.
Huo Guang filled it into the short round paper tube, which was specially designed by Huo Guang for loading gunpowder.
Its appearance is the same as the "cannonball" in fireworks.
The top and bottom are covered with soil, filled with gunpowder in the middle, and a fuse is left. This firecracker can be ignited by burning the fuse.
As for the burning fuse issue.
Very simple too.
Huo Guang took a piece of film-like paper, wrapped some gunpowder powder and rolled it up.
so.
Just one lead is ready, it's quite easy.
After the soil on the upper and lower ends of the firecracker was dry, Huo Guang began to experiment with the power of the explosion.
After lighting the fuse, Huo Guang quickly threw the firecracker out.
People stomped behind the stones.
Shortly after.
After hearing a dull explosion, Huo Guang and Lin Yaoqing emerged from behind the stone.
"Huo Shuai, that thing you made exploded!" Lin Yaoqing said with curiosity.
Huo Guang nodded and snorted.
The firecrackers exploded.
But the sound wasn't clear and loud enough, and the explosion didn't feel right, like gunpowder being wet.
This is not the result Huo Guang wants to see.
But his gunpowder powder is obviously very dry!
Why wasn't the sound of the explosion as loud and clear as expected?
Huo Guang didn't understand this.
have no choice.
He had to start over with the proportion of gunpowder. It may be that he did not get the ratio of the previous gunpowder ingredients right, which caused the explosion sound to be not pure enough.
later time.
Most of them are caught up in this kind of research on gunpowder ratio.
The sun and the moon fly like a shuttle, and time flies like an arrow.
Time passed too fast.
Huo Guang was here. Before he could study it thoroughly, the red and blue army confrontation exercises began.
Five thousand soldiers and horses faced the nearly 50,000 troops of the Wei Qing Army.
This is nearly ten times the difference!
Judging from the actual strength of the army, the army will defeat the imaginary enemy Blue Army in a devastating way.
after all.
The difference in military strength is too mysterious.
And it was precisely because of their innate conditions that the veteran generals did not pay attention to Huo Guang's explanation of the special conditions of the Blue Army.
The so-called advantage of ten times the force.
In fact, under the conditions of a ten-to-one loss ratio, the two sides are already not bad.
Because Huo Guang is the coach of the Blues.
Old General Li Guang, who had the biggest conflict with him, wanted to teach Huo Guang a lesson. Without saying a word, he asked Wei Qing for 8,000 troops, and launched a charge against the Blue Army's position in the name of the vanguard general.
And it was this charge.
It also made Huo Guang understand why when Li Guang led his troops to attack the Huns, he always fled back with the whole army destroyed.
Do you know the fueling tactic?
In terms of the battle loss ratio of ten to one, these eight thousand soldiers and horses actually no longer have an advantage.
If Li Guang wants to fight hard, there is no other way.
They can only wait to be eaten by Huo Guang's Blue Army.
at this time!
Huo Guang was standing on the makeshift sand table, analyzing the situation on the exercise battlefield with Lin Yaoqing.
This sandbox.
Of course it wasn't the sandbox that Huo Guang gave his uncle that could be moved at any time.
It was a simple fabrication by Huo Guang. It didn't even have a border. It was mostly filled with dirt and less sand.
"Where have Li Guang's troops rushed to?" Huo Guang asked.
Lin Yaoqing heard this.
Pointing to a place on the sand table, Huo Guang immediately pulled out a flag and inserted it at Lin Yaoqing's finger.
Look at the situation on the sand table.
Huo Guang said lightly: "That's almost it. Let him rush here and form an encirclement."
"Nothing to say, eat him!"
"promise!"
Lin Yaoqing listened to Huo Guang's words and began to issue orders to his subordinate soldiers.
At this time.
Another soldier from outside came to report: "Report!"
"Coach!"
"The man who knows the art of war sent by His Majesty to assist you has arrived."
"Oh, I got it, let him stay, I'll go see him later." Huo Guang said lightly, without raising his head, he concentrated on studying the changes in the situation on the sand table.
And what he didn't expect was.
The "military advisor" sent by Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, had already walked in.
His arrogant attitude was mixed with a playful smile, and he said: "See you later? Huo Yilang, your official position is not high, but you have quite a big air!"
(End of chapter)
