Chapter 552

The people did not know the news of the death of Princess Aina. Even if they knew it, they only died a royal member.

In fact, this news is enough to stir up the whole situation in the north.

Jiang Pengji calmly asked about the recruitment of soldiers and the training of recruits.

If it's a war, no one can't.

Because of the drought in the north, many people at the bottom of the Qingyi army or the red lotus sect feel that they can't live on. They break away from the organization and become refugees. For these refugees, Fengyi county is an oasis in the desert. They cut their heads and want to get closer.

Jiang Pengji carefully screened them and selected those with high quality to enter the new barracks.

Thanks to the registered residence policy of female camp, recruitment is quite smooth. Many women forced by life want to come in, but Jiang Ji Ji has raised the threshold of women's camp, and only selected a woman with stronger, agile and firm will to ensure the strength of the women's camp.

Nowadays, the population can only reproduce by women, but the women's camp stipulates that marriage and childbirth can only be carried out after retirement at the age of 24. If too many women enter the women's camp, the population of her territory will inevitably be affected, which Jiang Pengji doesn't want to see.

Moreover, war does not depend on who has more people who can win. The overall quality is also very important.

She would rather have half the number of women than men, but the fighting level must not decline.

Soldiers are expensive, but not much!

Jiang Pengji asked solemnly, "how's the iron ore digging?"

Feng Jin said, "the Qingyi army captured before has sent them to mine. The iron ore vein is still rich, but in smelting... I'm afraid it's necessary to carefully find skilled craftsmen. It's not difficult. Jin can find a way to solve it."

The territory has iron ore, which means that they don't need to buy outside at a high price, which can save a lot of money.

Last year, I bought thousands of sets of simple infantry equipment, but Jiang Pengji was distressed and spent money like water.

Even if the money was contributed by the black sheep in Northern Xinjiang, it was her money in her warehouse!

He said with a puzzled face, "it's just... Just like this, I'm afraid it's difficult to deal with the cavalry in Northern Xinjiang..."

To deal with Northern Xinjiang, they must face their cavalry.

According to previous understanding, the armies of the three ethnic groups in Northern Xinjiang are generally composed of infantry and cavalry, and the ratio of the two is about 1:2.

More than ten years ago, the three ethnic groups in Northern Xinjiang sent troops to attack Shangyu County in Chongzhou, using 100000 troops, including 60000 or 70000 cavalry!

After the first World War, people were as powerful as bamboo and even went down to six cities.

Had it not been for the rapid response of the Marquis house in the north of the town and more than ten days later, I'm afraid the whole Chongzhou would have been beaten down by them.

The three ethnic groups in Northern Xinjiang are nomads. They deal with horses all the year round. To put it mildly, seven or eight year old children can ride horses and run on the flat ground in Northern Xinjiang. The nobles in Dongqing can't even climb up the horse's back without the help of stirrups.

Stirrups have just appeared and are not popular. Only a few nobles will match their horses with simple and fancy stirrups. It's not easy to ride a horse, but many people with excellent riding skills don't like to use stirrups. For example, Li Yun often rides a horse without stirrups. Therefore, he was teased by the audience in the live broadcast room, praising the incomparable waist strength of the young man and the happiness of his wife in the future.

The stirrup can be further improved to assist the cavalry in horse fighting. Even those who are not good at riding can quickly learn to ride.

But in terms of cavalry, even if Jiang Pengji starts to prepare now, it is difficult to surpass Northern Xinjiang in quality, let alone quantity.

Unless——

While training cavalry, she trained special arms that could restrain cavalry.

Jiang Pengji's eyes darkened and her brain began to move. When Feng Jin saw that she was in a state of meditation and involuntarily offset her ten fingers, she knew that her Lord was trying to find a way, so she didn't make a sound interference. She just waited for her thinking to end.

"It's not impossible to deal with Cavalry -"

For Jiang Pengji, no arms are invincible.

Even if it is the gene special warfare force established by the human Federation, they are not invincible. They can still meet "natural enemies".

Similarly, the simple light cavalry like the three ethnic groups in Northern Xinjiang can not be invincible.

Feng Jin asked, "I don't know what the Lord can do?"

Jiang Pengji said, "I want to train an army specialized in horse cutting. Dongqing's horse farms are in Cangzhou, which is also the territory of Meng. They are not with us. If we want to buy enough war horses through this channel, I'm afraid they will lose their wealth. If there is a war in Northern Xinjiang, they will also keep an eye on the whereabouts of horses. Now we temporarily expand our cavalry, which is unrealistic."

Zhang Ping said, "the Lord wants to develop strengths and avoid weaknesses, avoid fighting with cavalry, and instead develop ways to restrain cavalry?"

When it comes to the horse war, the whole Kyushu five countries, even the most powerful zhongzhao, dare not say that he can surpass Northern Xinjiang.

Instead of fighting over the strength of cavalry, it is better to find another way to study special forces that specifically restrain cavalry.

This is really an idea.

Jiang Pengji nodded and said, "The war horse is another life of the cavalry. Once there is no war horse, the cavalry is as fragile as the shelled snail. Now we can make our own iron, make long knives and heavy shields. If different arms cooperate, for example, some soldiers hold heavy shields to resist the first wave of the cavalry's charge, and others stab and kill the war horse with long knives or spears..."

This is only an assumption, and the real implementation needs to be tested.

For example, how strong the cavalry charge is, and what kind of heavy shield and strength can block the enemy and protect the rear formation.

Jiang Pengji said again, "Huaiyu has seen the penetration of the bed crossbow before, hasn't she?"

Bed crossbow?

Use a bed crossbow against the cavalry?

Feng Jin nodded and doubted, "but the bed crossbow is heavy and difficult to move. I'm afraid it's too weak to deal with cavalry."

Zhang Ping shook his head and said to Feng Jin, "Huai Yu is mistaken. My lord meant that if the bed crossbow can move like a cavalry, it will cause much damage to the cavalry. The bed crossbow can be placed on the chariot, which is naturally more convenient to move. Of course, you can also place wheels on the bed crossbow, but the bed crossbow has great tension. Once the arrow is launched, it will drive the whole body to move..."

The thinking of technical house is more agile than that of normal people. Zhang Ping's thinking direction is naturally different from that of Feng Jin.

"You can try it."

When Feng Jin recalled the penetration and range of the crossbow, she felt more confident.

Jiang Pengji poured a basin of cold water. She said, "adding wheels to the bed crossbow or placing it on the chariot can really make the bed crossbow flexible, but it's still too slow compared with the cavalry. It's impossible to rely on this to deal with the cavalry. It's impossible to be surprised and threaten the first wave of charge. When the enemy reacts, this move won't work."

Jiang Pengji added, "although the lethality of the improved crossbow is not as good as that of the bed crossbow, its mobility and flexibility are far better than that of the bed crossbow. If a special force to restrain cavalry is established, soldiers can use the improved crossbow. Such soldiers can be called crossbow infantry."

Feng Jin can understand that it is equivalent to the previous episode and enlarges the number of people ten times.

Jiang Pengji's words opened up new ideas for him.