Chapter 045 Building a Long Knife Camp

The second year of Yuanxing (AD 403). Autumn.

Jingkou in autumn is orange. This orange is not a single color, but is made of red and yellow. The red ones are the leaves, and so are the yellow ones.

The retreat of summer finally allows people to go out. But the scenery outside the door seemed to take off the green shirt overnight and put on this red and yellow dress.

People often say that there is no autumn in Jingkou, which is true. Because winter is very impatient, it is not allowed to stop in autumn and rudely drive it away with summer. The frustrated autumn has only been looking forward to it for half a month.

People in the city visited relatives and friends and enjoyed the moon and flowers in this half month before the future of the north wind. More people take their relatives and friends to enjoy the leaves in the mountains.

I don't want to enjoy these scenery, because some things come faster than I thought, and some things come slower than I thought.

Establishing a long knife camp is something I have always wanted to do. Over the past year, from the experience of Kuan and I, I think we can refine and play the advantages of this weapon and extend my bravery to the array. In the name of building a vanguard battalion in the army, I selected 400 soldiers from the barracks stationed in Beijing and trained them myself. It is called "Pioneer Camp", but in fact, I hope to cultivate my own army.

Because the number of people was not large, Huan Xiu did not stop it. On the contrary, he appreciated me for my diligence in military affairs. I also feel that since I went to Huan Xiu's house for a banquet and Huan Qian talked to me, the Huan brothers were very close to me, so they did not interfere with what I did.

The main weapon equipped with the Long Knife Camp is naturally a long knife. However, these long knives are different from my moon knives and ordinary long knives. One side of the knife is the blade and the other side is the hook. The blade side is suitable for attacking infantry, while the hook side is suitable for both cavalry and water warfare.

Although I haven't experienced a riding battle so far, I may not encounter it in the future. Northerners are good at riding and southerners are good at walking. Infantry against cavalry is always weak in terms of mobility and aggression.

Although the southerners exerted the offensive and defensive power of the formation to the extreme, the northerners also learned to use cavalry formations to destroy the stride arrays in more than a thousand years of attack with the Central Plains. The ordinary step, after the impact of the iron horse, is difficult to keep it.

In the past, when Sun Wuji was a Sima, he and his subordinates had discussed how to fight against cavalry. Although everyone proposed some new methods at that time, they were not very safe.

After I gained actual combat experience with Liu Laozhi's expedition to Sun En, the method of infantry against cavalry came to my mind again. At that time, I thought that if there was an effective way to fight the cavalry with infantry, it would not only provide opportunities for the Northern Expedition of the Great Jin Dynasty, but also a major breakthrough in the form of war.

Although I have a lot of thoughts, the most basic point is the improvement of weapons. Short weapons are obviously powerless to deal with cavalry. Long weapons, or long weapons and long-range weapons such as crossbows, can effectively attack cavalry.

Although the thrust weapons such as guns and halberd have a good effect in preparing for the first assault of the cavalry, it is not easy for the infantry to use the thrust of guns and halberd to deal with the cavalry after the cavalry breaks into the array. The long knife has the effect of killing and stabbing, and the hook on the back of the knife can hook the enemy soldiers from the back of the horse, depriving them of their high superiority.

Of course, it is only my idea to use the hook against the enemy, and it is not known whether it is effective. Although some horses have been found for demonstration, it is impossible to find a large number of horses to form formations to fight against the charge.

What Jin lacks most today is two things: one is horses and the other is loyal ministers.

Although I seem to be idle since I returned to Beijing, I am actually very busy every day. Leisure is given to others, and busyness is because there is a burning fire in my heart. This fire urged me to do something that people don't understand and can't be understood. These things are not big, but even the most trivial things often require me to do it myself.

The personal training of the long knife camp has only been carried out for more than ten days, and I have to give it to others. The person I chose is Wei Yongzhi.

Wei Yongzhi is the person I mentioned when I warned Liu Daogui before that he did not smile for three months. This story has almost become a legend.

Wei Yong's family is poor, but he has been hard to learn since childhood. His appearance is not good, and his natural lips are particularly unsightly.

Wei Yongzhi heard that Yin Zhongkan had a famous doctor who could treat his lips, so he went all the way to Jingzhou to see Yin Zhongkan. After interviewing with Wei Yongzhi, Yin Zhongkan thought that Wei Yongzhi was a talent and had the intention of cherishing each other. So he let Wei Yongzhi live in his house. In addition to free treatment for famous doctors, he also provided food and clothing.

After Wei Yongzhi's lips were healed, the famous doctor prepared a pair of medicine. He warned Wei Yongzhi that this medicine must be taken every day, and he could only drink porridge for the next 100 days, not to laugh.

Wei Yongzhi immediately said, "Even if you can't speak for half a lifetime, you still have half a lifetime. What's more, it's only more than three months.

Wei Yongzhi really followed the doctor's advice from then on, kept silent every day, and only ate some food to spend the sun.

Yin Zhongkan was also moved by this and invited Wei Yongzhi to join his shogunate. However, Wei Yongzhi came to seek medical treatment and did not want to live in the West for a long time, so he said goodbye to Yin Zhongkan and returned to Beijing.

After returning from Jingzhou to Beijing, Wei Yongzhi wandered around for several months and still did not make any difference. Wei Yongzhi and I are from the same hometown and have had some contacts since childhood. So I finally recommended Wei Yongzhi to Sun Wu. Sun Wu finally thought that Wei Yongzhi was suitable for his official career, not for the army, and did not value him. It was just for my face that Wei Yongzhi was appointed to an idle position. Wei Yongzhi often sighed secretly for this.

"I seem to have done nothing in my hometown. I want to go out for a trip." Wei Yongzhi came to my military tent one day and said so to me.

I comforted him and said, "It's good that a man should be determined to be all-way. However, with your talent, even in Jingkou, there is a place to use it.

He sighed and said, "That's true. However, maybe by the time I have the opportunity to make contributions, I will be near dusk. At that time, I'm afraid I no longer have the current ambition.

I feel the same way about this. Under Sun Wu's final account, although my position has been rising over the years, I am also a little disappointed when it comes to making great achievements. I asked Wei Yongzhi, "If you really plan to travel, where do you want to go?"

"I lived in Jingzhou when I was treated before. At that time, Yin Hou invited me to enter his shogunate. Because I remember the Jingkou family, I politely declined. Now I still want to go to Jingzhou. If I get the value of Yin Hou again, I will work under his account. Although Jingzhou is far away, he is not afraid of the world. As the emperor's favorite minister and feudal official, Yinhou followed Yinhou and was sure to make an achievement.

I also agree with this and don't say anything more.

A few months later, when I learned the news of Wei Yongzhi, I knew that although he had voted for Jingzhou, he was mistakenly sent to Huan Xuan as the master book of the state. Huan Xuan and Sun Wuzhen do not agree with him. Although Wei Yong was capable in his affairs, he offended many Huan clan because he was more upright. In addition, Huan Xuan didn't like Wei Yongzhi's appearance, so Huan Xuan elbowed him everywhere, which made him miserable.

Although Wei Yongzhi also wrote to Yin Zhongkan hoping to be transferred elsewhere, Yin Zhongkan wanted to treat Wei Yongzhi, who had been gracious, as a cronin placed in Huan Xuan's place, and did not want to transfer him away. Wei Yongzhi couldn't advance or retreat, and finally chose to hang the seal and go.

Wei Yongzhi, who was depressed and had no ambition, felt guilty for failing Yin Zhongkan's value. He was embarrassed to vote for Yin Zhongkan again, so he had to return to Beijing. He wanted to turn to me, but I was fighting against Sun En in the south, not in Beijing. So Wei Yongzhi fooled around for a while and was still very depressed.