Chapter 103: September beacon shocks Chang'an

"When a great responsibility is given to this man, he must first suffer his mind and mind, exhaust his muscles and bones, and starve his body!"

Li Shimin's mind is extremely tenacious. Since he became the chief general of Bingzhou, Li Shimin has been devoted to training the new army. Of course, his name is still the Black Armored Iron Cavalry, and his organization is still more than 30,000 troops. In September, Taiyuan is still scorching like a fire, and the earth seems to be cracked, and the autumn tiger is raging, making people unable to express their spirits.

Hou Junji dozens of instructors were holding a bamboo whip as thick as a thumb, traversing maliciously in the square formations that were being practiced under the scorching sun. When he saw that one movement was not standard enough, he would whip it. If he could not bear it and hurt if he was beaten, he would hum or rub it with his hands, and he would immediately attract a heavier whip.

Thousands of soldiers, holding shields in their hands and spears in one hand, stood upright against the scorching sun, motionless, allowing sweat to slide off their faces like broken beads. For spearmen, the shield weighing more than ten pounds was purely unnecessary, but Li Shimin felt that it was very necessary to have a shield. Spearmen are the nemesis of light cavalry. Once spearmen form formation, even the elite cavalry can only fight for casualties and exchange their lives with spearmen.

Li Shimin discovered that in fact, the armor of the hook and sickle cavalry cavalry of Chen Ying's troops was not necessarily strong with the armor of the Xuanjiao cavalry, but in terms of combat effectiveness, the Xuanjiao cavalry was really not up to the same. Of course, after careful analysis, Li Shimin found that the biggest difference between the Xuanjiao cavalry and the Hook and sickle cavalry was two different, one was discipline, and the other was an extra shield. The shield was really not a big deal for Li Shimin. Taiyuan City is also Li Shimin's hometown, and it is easy to get thousands of shields.

As long as the spearmen are asked to hold the shield, the Turkic cavalry will feel very uncomfortable when facing the spearmen. Although this shield is only six feet long and three feet wide, it can protect most of the spearmen's vitals.

Hou Junji corrected the soldiers who were not regular in their movements from time to time, and waited for disobedience to get rid of them. However, under Hou Junji's training, the discipline of the soldiers of the new army has greatly improved.

These wooden spears are extremely envious of the robes next to them, which are practicing assassination.

Although assassination training consumes more physical strength, those who have been standing in military postures know that relatively speaking, they are more willing to practice stinging.

Next to this square formation, a square formation composed of spearmen was holding a spear. As the officer's command was again and again, they stabbed at the wooden stakes in front of them, which were shaking around again and again. They had been repeated for more than two hundred times, so tired that their arms could not be lifted. But the damn instructor still had no intention of stopping everyone. They had to treat themselves as an unconscious robot. When the command sounded, even if they fell asleep, they would stab them out like a conditioned counter-test!

I guess those guys who are tired are very envious of the wooden men next to you who can stand there and remain motionless? Of course, the wooden men also envy them very much. It is really uncomfortable to remain motionless.

Duan Zhixuan trained Xuanjia cavalry according to the method left by Zhai Changsun. In order to train the courage to the cavalry soldiers, he formed a group of soldiers of the Shooter Army and took a bow and crossbow to shoot arrows at the Xuanjia cavalry.

Of course, these arrowheads were all taken off, but the crossbow had a very strong force. Even if there was no arrowhead, once it hit the face or vital part, it would cause certain casualties.

However, in order to train Chen Ying, who could grit his teeth and bear huge casualties and charge against the enemy's dense rain of arrows, Li Shimin still strictly trained his soldiers according to this method.

After more than eight months of training, the new Xuan Armored Iron Cavalry had already formed an army, but the Turks had not been moved, which made Li Shimin feel lonely.

Li Shimin's idea of ​​taking the initiative to attack the Turks. He sent seven memorials to Li Yuan in a row, but Li Yuan's reply was the same. Don't be impatient.

In fact, the Tang Dynasty is now in Ganzhou, Suzhou is fighting against the Tubo people, and the Western Turks and the Western Regions are also eyeing each other. Li Yuan does not want to go to war with the Eastern Turks at all.

Even if he encountered small-scale Turkic cavalry attacks, he would avoid fighting.

Even though Li Shimin was reluctant, he had no choice. He practiced soldiers every day, and Li Shimin felt that one head was bigger than two.

At this moment, Li Shimin said to Changsun Wuji: "Wuji, go out for a walk with me!"

The sky is so vicious that the wind in the air is hot. However, the people in Taiyuan are very happy because September is also the season of harvest.

In the hot and hot weather, countless farmers were waving sickles in the fields with their upper bodies naked, harvesting wheat quickly. The sun made their skin red and even burst. Their work must be very hard, but everyone was full of energy and their thin body seemed to have endless energy. They were cut by mu, and the wheat was tied into bundles, and then quickly placed on the ox cart and pulled into the wheat field to thresh.

Due to Chen Ying's reasons, fertilizers began to be promoted. Li Yuan ordered farmers from all over the country to adopt additional fertilizers. Although the yield of phosphorus fertilizer is too small, it is basically monopolized by various major families. However, a large amount of fertilizer is still obtained. These fertilizers are basically organic fertilizers. A kind of fertilizer is made of various animals, plants, various orange stalks, fallen leaves, grass, animal and plant residues, and human and animal manure as raw materials, mixed with each other in proportion or mixed with a small amount of soil for aerobic fermentation and decomposition.

This fertilizer is also fermented through the silt in Qingli Ditch and a large number of fallen leaves. By fertilizing the fields, the crop yield in the fields has increased greatly. Originally, one acre of land could harvest one stone and five dou of stone and five dou of rice. However, even the inferior crude fields can harvest three stones through fertilization, especially the best mature fields. The yield per mu of some fields has exceeded four stones and five dou of stones. Farmers are not afraid of hard work. Is there anything more worthy of happiness in the rewards they have obtained from their hard work?

A small group of knights rushed over, and the farmers working in the fields shouted, "The King of Qin is coming down!" Everyone stopped their work and looked at the roadside. They saw a general in green riding a tall horse, leading a team of fierce soldiers, galloping straight into the field.

When he arrived at the edge of the field, Li Shimin jumped off his horse and jumped into the field. An old farmer was surprised and called out: "Your Highness, this is not something you can do! The fields are dirty, don't dirty your boots!"

Li Shimin smiled slightly and said, "The boots are dirty, just wash them back... I came to see the harvest in the field. How about it? Is the harvest OK?"

The farmers ran over excitedly and said excitedly: "Your Highness Qin, fertilizer is so useful, the harvest is so scary! Two or three stones were harvested in one acre of land!"

Changsun Wuji walked to the pile of cut wheat, reached out and grabbed a wheat ear, put it in his hand to weigh the amount, and shook his head at Li Shimin.

He had been to Chen Ying's experimental field in Qinglin, where the wheat ears were a circle larger than those here. Li Shimin looked at the old farmer and asked, "How many stones are there?"

"There are at least three stones, and there are more than four stones and five dou! My god, the grass people have been dealing with crops for a lifetime, and have never seen such a good harvest!" The old farmer smiled and flowers.

Li Shimin frowned, squatted down and pulled up an unharvested wheat. He didn't mind that it was covered with soil. He carefully observed the root system of the wheat. He looked at the root system of the wheat and turned to Changsun Wuji and said, "Wuji, have you found the problem?"

Changsun Wuji nodded.

The farmers looked at Qin King Li Shimin with a nervous look on their faces. Li Shimin was the son of the emperor's old son. These farmers felt that they were extraordinary figures when they saw the county magistrate, and they might not say a word to them.

As for Li Shimin, it was so big that it was too big.

Changsun Wuji said: "Compost is still not as good as fertilizer!"

Li Shimin is a very good at learning. He impressed him with the experimental fields from Chen Ying's Qinglin, especially the yield. Chen Ying actually adopted a circular breeding system in Qinglin, using green grass to raise cattle and horses. The feces of cattle and horses can be raised with feed to raise pigs and pigs, and thrown into the fish pond to raise fish and shrimps. Moreover, wheat straw and sorghum poles do not need to be burned, and can be used to feed cattle and sheep.

In this way, the farmers have not only added food, but also livestock. He copied Chen Ying's set, built farm tools, led soldiers and farmers to repair ditches, and used water to drain trucks to resist drought. Finally, it was the harvest season, so of course he had to come and take a look.

The wheat harvest has increased a lot. A large number of water trucks, bamboo canals and irrigation wells provide sufficient water for the wheat fields. The harvest of many wheat fields reaches more than three stones, and some fat fields even have as many as four stones and five dou of them, which is quite rare.

But the harvest made Li Shimin not very satisfied. After seeing the same kind of fields, Li Shimin couldn't help but frown and said, "This yield is much worse than I expected. The yield in Qinglin is generally more than four stones. With the same seeds and the same technology, why is the yield so much different?"

Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "We don't have enough fertilizer, so the output is of course not as good as there. It's hard to have enough fertilizer, but it's hard not to have a good harvest."

Li Shimin sighed: "Oh, fertilizer!"

He knew that this could not be blamed on the farmers. In order to increase the yield, farmers used all the methods they could use, accumulate fertilizer, ferment fertilizer, pick up manure, and even dig all the silt in the pond and put it into the fields, but the fertility still couldn't keep up. There were more than a dozen fields in the Taiyuan Basin, and there were a large number of vegetables, fruits and melons on the shallow mountain, and all of them needed fertilizer. Even if they cut all the plants and trees on the mountain and burned them into wood ash, it would not be enough.

Li Shimin clapped his hands and said, "It seems that if you want to have a good harvest, you have to raise more chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep!"

Changsun Wuji said: "Especially, you must raise more cattle. There are so many fields, you can't be busy without cattle!"

Li Shimin said: "Raising cattle too slowly, it is best if the Turks can come. Let's fight a war and grab some cattle and sheep, so that the people of Hedong will have a better life!"

At this time, Li Shimin commanded the left and right guards of the East Palace, and the left and right commanded more than 30,000 elite soldiers, as well as his newly formed Xuan Armored Iron Cavalry, as well as the twenty-four Zhechong Prefectures of the Bingzhou General Administration, all with the strength of up to 100,000.

We also survived the bumper harvest this year, otherwise we might not be able to afford it.

At this moment, Changsun Wuji suddenly pushed Li Shimin: "Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness, the third wolf smoke!"

The solitary smoke belongs to the peaceful smoke, which is exactly the example in that poem. The lonely smoke in the desert is straight, and the sun sets in the long river is round. The two wolf smoke represents an enemy's attack, but this scale is definitely less than 10,000 people.

That is, it means that call support is needed.

But the three wolf smokes are different. This represents a large-scale army attack.

Li Shimin had been waiting for the Turks to attack for a long time. In fact, the new army was trained, and he had long wanted to find Turks to practice. After finally waiting for the Turks to launch an attack, Li Shimin was not afraid, but shouted very excitedly: "Good come!"

Li Shimin ran like a flying man, quickly rushed to the front of the war horse, jumped up, and rode his horse towards the military camp.
Chapter completed!