Outside the military camp of the prefecture capital, the soldiers guarding the camp gate immediately blew the horn to open the gate when they saw the lieutenant and the prefect arrive.
Liu Heng nodded slightly. At least the security was passable. However, what happened next infuriated Liu Heng!
Only after the bugle sounded five times did a dozen soldiers run out of the barracks. By the time Liu Heng and the others arrived at the Colonel's Platform, only five to six hundred people had gathered.
Liu Heng's expression darkened, and the anger in his eyes grew. Wei Hong was also furious. He had not expected that the county soldiers would turn out like this after he transferred the backbone of the county soldiers to form a new army.
In the end, it took almost an hour for the 900 soldiers to gather. They were uneven, crooked, disheveled, and dispirited!
After the formation of the new army, the training location was chosen to be in a place with dense forests and convenient transportation. The barracks in the prefecture city were all second-line soldiers who were eliminated after the new army was selected. Other than military discipline, training, rest, and patrolling were all carried out according to the original regulations.
Especially after the selection of the new army, the focus of work was on the new army, including military supplies, equipment, treatment conditions, and so on.
This caused some of the county soldiers to be in a bad mood. In addition, the main generals were focusing on training the new army and relaxed the management of the original county soldiers. Therefore, the situation of laziness and laziness quickly spread.
Although Liu Heng had heard about it, he had been too busy to care about it. That was why he had suddenly come to see such a scene today.
Although Liu Heng knew that this performance would deceive Gongsun Du more than a deliberate arrangement, his serious and strict personality could not tolerate the decadence of the county soldiers. He could not suppress the anger in his chest and scolded fiercely,"What are you doing hiding in the barracks? No organization, no discipline! If the enemy attacks, the city gate will be broken before you can gather!
Humph! How did they educate you? Soldiers were meant to protect the country and attack at the first possible moment! Look at you, do you still look like soldiers? His clothes were disheveled, and he threw away his helmet and armor…"
His words made the soldiers below the stage lower their heads in silence. Gongsun Du, who was watching from the side, laughed in his heart: "That Xianyu Fu often said that this new prefect wasn't simple and insisted that I come over to take a look. Bah! No matter how you look at it, you're still a young kid, far from being a prefect. I'll let you manage Xuantu first, but in a year or two…Hehe, you'll die when the Wuhuan attack!”
When Liu Heng was tired of scolding, he handed it over to Wei Hong to continue scolding. Wei Hong was even more powerful than Liu Heng. After all, Liu Heng had never really trained soldiers, and most of what he thought and said was learned from books.
This Wei Hong was very different. He jumped off the platform and began to patrol the school grounds. The officers started to clean up first, and then from left to right, from front to back…encouraging, reprimanding, instructing, and educating all kinds of methods were combined. In the blink of an eye, the county soldiers looked completely different. At least, they did not have the decadence and slackness from before. Instead, they were hot-blooded and excited.
Seeing all of this, Gongsun Du looked at Wei Hong in a new light and started to think about how to poach this person to Xiangping.
Seeing this, Liu Heng was also very touched, excited to have such a good general.
Seeing Gongsun Du's greedy eyes, Liu Heng shook his head and asked,""There's a very famous Wang's Restaurant here. The dishes and wine are all of the highest quality. Since you're a guest from afar, I'll be the host for Governor Gongsun!”
Gongsun Du saw that it was getting late and said,""Thank you for your kind intentions, Mayor Liu. However, dusk is approaching, and there are still many government affairs to deal with in Xiangping. It's farming season now, so I'm busy! If he had time in the future, he would definitely come and eat a few banquets.”
Liu Heng did not force him to stay. Since you insist on leaving, it's not convenient to force you to stay. I'll personally send you out of the city!”
After saying a bunch of irrelevant pleasantries, Gong Sun Du left with a satisfied smile.
Looking at his back, Liu Heng said lightly,""Gongsun Du, Gongsun Du! I'll let you look down on me for the time being. There's still a long way to go in the future. Let's ride a donkey and read a song. However, I want your Liaodong Peninsula!”
After sending Gongsun Du off, Liu Heng immediately returned to the drill ground. At this moment, Wei Hong had finished training the soldiers.
In the twilight, more than nine hundred soldiers were still standing neatly on the drill ground.
Liu Heng stepped onto the platform and shouted," Your performance today was disappointing. You don't have the momentum to fight the Wuhuan to the death!"
Not only am I angry, but the Wuhuan are even more angry-how could they be defeated by such a group of lazy and cowardly people!
Cheer up, don't let yourself fall just because you weren't selected for the new army. Let me tell you, in my eyes, all soldiers are treated equally. Soldiers must be prepared to fight at all times, defend their territory, and protect their families and people!
All the soldiers present today will immediately run twenty laps around the drill ground as a punishment for your laziness.
Send someone to the government office tomorrow afternoon to collect the reward money. Each person will receive 200 yuan as a reward for your laziness today.
However, the reward was only for this one time. If such a situation occurred again in the future, not only would there be no reward, but they would also be severely punished by military discipline.
All right, listen up! Run around the field! Anyone who falls behind will be penalized one lap, and anyone who escapes will be penalized five laps!”
The county soldiers were immediately confused when they heard these strange words. They looked at each other and began their long-distance run in the evening.
As he watched the squads of soldiers pass by the stage, Liu Heng knew very well: After this incident, they would also become a combat force!
On the third day of the fourth month of the sixth year of Guanghe (183 AD), Gongsun Du immediately issued several orders after returning to Xiangping. Not only did he prohibit the migration of the people, but he also strictly inspected the passing merchants. He also used the imperial edict as an excuse to increase the border protection tax and border protection tax, and gradually expand the military equipment and train the county soldiers.
April 7th, Pingping Smelting Base's blast furnaces and open furnaces were completed and put into production one after another. The daily production of high-quality iron ingots had tripled. Not only did it meet the demand for weapons, but there were also spare parts, tools, and farming tools used to manufacture carriages.
Therefore, after discussing with Liu Heng, Ju Shou transferred more blacksmiths to increase the speed of weapon production.
At the same time, he began to produce new equipment such as plate armor, chain armor, scale armor, vest, cavalry spear, and triangular arrow cluster.
Liu Heng also suggested using steel parts to reinforce the existing bows and crossbows. This improvement would allow the new bow to withstand greater tension with a shorter bow arm, and its power would increase instead of decreasing. Coupled with the special triangular arrowhead and three-tailed feathers, the range of excellent archers could reach 1,500 feet, and the effective range was more than 700 feet. The main indicators were all better than other bows of the same era.
As for the individual crossbows that had been reinforced with steel parts, their range was even further than two thousand feet, and their effective range was more than a thousand feet.
Of course, Liu Heng's technological innovation was also included. Among them, the first was the use of a pulley-block winding. Not only could it increase the range of the crossbow, but it could also make the crossbow useful for cavalry.
This crossbow can shoot three arrows at the same time or a single arrow. There is a scale on it, which is good for accurate shooting.
In addition, Liu Heng also developed a foldable crossbow based on the foldable stock of modern submachine guns. At that time, the crossbow body was quite long and was very heavy because it was made of hard wood. Therefore, Liu Heng carried out a modern transformation of the crossbow body. Except for the power storage part, it was almost entirely made of steel. It was shaped once and then polished carefully. The volume was greatly reduced and could be folded.
Both its weight and size were smaller than the crossbows of the same era, and its stability and mobility were greatly improved.
Chainmail was an improved version of the chain armor worn by the heavy cavalry of the West. It was made of small steel rings, which ensured breathability, reduced weight, and increased protection. It was also not easy to be damaged. Because it was made of steel rings, it could not be cut by swords or sabers, and it was difficult for bows and crossbows to shoot through it. It also played a role in shock absorption to a certain extent, reducing the damage caused by the spread of power.
The plate armor consisted of a chest plate and a back plate. The armpits and waist were tied tightly with cowhide ropes.
In the end, the four-sided pyramid javelin was developed based on throwing short spears. All the equipment was produced in a standardized manner. It was highly versatile and easy to maintain. However, because the power storage components of bows and crossbows were still made in the traditional way, the production of bows and crossbows was limited to a certain extent.
In order to distinguish it from other bows and crossbows, bows reinforced with steel parts were called steel arm bows, while crossbows were called continuous firing steel arm crossbows or continuous firing folding crossbows.
As for the bowstring's steel-like structure, he could only leave it to Zheng Hun to study.
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