Chapter 1663: The yummy army needs hundreds of exercises, the training ground is boiling, and the training of soldiers in the city

Even Yang Miaozhen looked at this military advisor Chen in confusion.

After seeing that Military Advisor Chen waited for them to calm down a little, he continued to say:

"It seems unnecessary to reduce the army to 20,000, but this step is actually very important."

"After the troops are reduced, the situation of military rations can be further alleviated and the demand for horses is reduced. This can increase the mobility of the troops again."

"In addition, although the 25,000 people we are currently all elite, there are also a large number of surrendered soldiers. Some of them have insufficient physical strength to cope with the subsequent series of hard battles. Some of them have weak fighting will and are half-hearted. These people must be eliminated from the team."

"Anyway, our next idea for military establishment is..." Even Chen Haonan said to everyone:

"First, the number of troops is controlled within 20,000, and there can be no more people. Second, we must try our best to obtain a large number of war horses and steel arm crossbows, strengthen combat formation training, and improve the mobility and combat capabilities of our army."

"As for the third point, we have to throw away all things that are inconvenient to take away. I ask the entire army to gather in half an incense stick and enter the battle within a cup of tea!"

"I want the army to march and raid, which can reach a hundred miles a day. And it can withstand a large number of casualties in battle, and it will not cause defeat."

Speaking of this, Shen Mo looked at the people in front of him with a serious expression and said slowly:

"Monkey Wanyan Chen beat Li Quan to death this time. Even if this guy survives, he will not be able to pose a threat to the Jin Kingdom in the short term."

"So our Red Jacket Army is undoubtedly the first goal of Monk Wanyan Chen's next step!"

"The Jin army under his command is well-trained, with extremely well-trained war horses and weapons. In addition, this Jin general is full of tricks, outstanding wisdom, and rarely makes mistakes. So when we face him, it is completely meaningless."

"Only by running faster than him and fighting harder than him can you gain an advantage on the battlefield!"

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The amount of information in Shen Mo's words was very large. When everyone first heard his ideas on building the army, they still didn't understand it.

Everyone thinks that you can go into battle within a cup of tea, and such demands are completely unnecessary.

But they didn't know that Shen Mo had already tried to reduce the requirements for this peasant army.

If others don’t say it, just talk about Genghis Khan’s Mongolian army in this era.

Within the time when the Khan bent his ten fingers, they could gather all his troops to prepare for war. Even all his princes, if they could not arrive on time after blowing the trumpet, they would have to beheaded and displayed!

Compared with the Mongolian army at this time, the time for a cup of tea to assemble the army was ten times more than that of others. But Shen Mo was still worried about whether this Red Coat Army could do it.

When everyone heard the situation of enemy and us analyzed by Shen Mo, they realized that the next goal of Monk Wanyan Chen’s tens of thousands of gold troops was himself.

They realized that the goal of Military Advisor Chen's army was actually to adapt to future battles.

If they were still carrying an extremely bloated and slow-moving army, when they faced Monk Chen... the scene at that time immediately made everyone shudder!

Therefore, they undoubtedly accepted the arrangements of Mr. Chen’s this time.

After that, Yang Miaozhen immediately agreed to Military Advisor Chen's military reorganization plan, and then a series of actions began to take place quickly.

Among the existing 25,000 troops, Shen Mo once again asked Wang Yunfeng and Yang Qingyue to screen and identify them. The first batch of soldiers selected were some slightly disabled and physically inadequate soldiers.

After that, soldiers who kept complaining and talking in the army, those who refused to work hard during marches and combat, and those soldiers with insufficient psychological qualities were also eliminated, which finally reduced the number of people in the entire Red Coat Army to 20,000.

Is it worth mentioning that these selected and unqualified soldiers, the place where these 5,000 people are selected?

These people were naturally sent to Caoqiao Town to immigrate to Lintao Road in the next stage.

Although these people seem to be not suitable as soldiers in a regular army in Shen Mo, they are elite in the militia.

When Shen Mo thought of the huge role that these 55,000 people were about to play after they were sent to Lintao, he laughed happily all day long.

The 20,000 troops then determined their respective establishment numbers under the auspices of Shen Mo.

The Shanxing Army led by Yang Miaozhen himself had 4,000 pure cavalry troops. The Dongxing Army led by Ling Feiyang had 4,000 infantry troops. The Hongxing Army led by military advisor Chen Haonan had 4,000 archers and crossbowmen increased the infantry troops.

The Aoxing Army led by the veteran general Ma Zhiyuan had 4,000 infantry troops. After that, there was the law enforcement army led by Wang Yunfeng, with 4,000 spearmen and heavy infantry soldiers.

The remaining two generals, Ma Ying and Yue Laosan, are Yang Miaozhen's direct deputy generals. Yang Qingyue is skilled in archery and horses. When Chen Haonan's military advisor is in charge of the battle, he leads the Hongxing Army to charge.

Therefore, after the formal formation of this Red Coat Army, which includes five armies, was completed, Yang Qingyue and Wang Yunfeng were responsible for the training of the entire army.

The mature and steadfast veteran Ma Zhiyuan immediately took the gold, silver and treasures accumulated by the Red Coat Army for many years to go to Caoqiao Town to buy steel-arm crossbows.

Now, in Yang Miaozhen's heart, this kind of steel-arm crossbow has become a treasure to defeat the enemy on the battlefield.

Facts have proved that during this transition to Tai'an, the power of the steel-arm crossbow made the entire Red Coat Army overjoyed.

The arrows it shoots out at a distance of 200 steps, and generally the bows and arrows can only reach one-third of it. Moreover, the power of the crossbow arrows is powerful and can penetrate the enemy's heavy armor beyond the range of the opponent's bow and arrow.

In addition, as long as the bows and arrows of this era continue to stay in a humid environment for a period of time, the fish glue or animal glue used for bonding will fail and crack.

In addition, animal tendons or bowstrings made of leather will soak and become soft and soft when they encounter water.

Therefore, this traditional bow will basically reduce its power when it rains, and it will be completely unusable once it encounters rainy days that last for several days.

However, since these steel arm crossbows are steel arm strings, even after Yang Miaozhen's Red Coat Army struggled in the mud for several days and nights, its power still did not decrease at all!

Moreover, its parts are sturdy and thick, and they are resistant to falling and hitting. In modern terms, they are very service-oriented.
Chapter completed!