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Hasty assembly and awkward deploynt are military taboos. This group of five thousand people is composed of small "units" brought by the Hundred Generals and village chiefs from dozens of village pavilions. So villages are relatively affluent and can purchase so iron armor and weapons, but others are relatively impoverished, with many soldiers lacking even cloth armor. Hastily forming such an army without proper training may struggle to have combat effectiveness. Doesn’t Han Hao understand this?
Is it really as urgent as Shangguan Jian says, has the war situation beco so critical?
But at least there is one good thing; their first mission this ti is to escort these grain and military supplies to Yan. At least there is food to eat and military supplies to use. The road to Yanjing is within the territory of Great Qin, and bandits likely don’t have the courage or strength to raid a grain transport escorted by five thousand Qin Soldiers, so they are relatively safe on this journey.
Ye Shikai found a place to feed so forage to his warhorse and replenish the water supply. The road ahead wouldn’t offer such comfortable conditions.
"Shangguan, Ye, haven’t seen you for so ti." Taking advantage of the rest-break of each unit, Han Hao approached the two.
"Lord Han, just now I was instructing the soldiers and hadn’t had a chance to find you." Shangguan Jian dismounted and greeted him with a gesture.
"No matter, no matter. Departure is imminent, it’s normal to be busy with tasks, I’m the sa, staying up all night preparing for the army’s departure," Han Hao rubbed his head and said with a wry smile.
"Lord Han, is this battle so urgent, not even half a month’s training ti available?" Ye Shikai asked pointedly.
"Ah, Ye’s words have hit the nail on the head. If the higher-ups weren’t in a hurry, why would I be so burnt out these days? It’s precisely because the situation is urgent that I had to resort to this last-ditch strategy. If I don’t assemble the troops and set out on ti, delay the front-line military affairs, I can’t guarantee that my head will be safe."
Listening to Han Hao, Ye Shikai understood that it wasn’t Han Hao’s lack of military knowledge but orders demanding it.
"Hastily assembled troops, lacking training, coordination, insufficient in actual combat, everything requires you two to put in more effort."
"Alright, we’re about to set off in the afternoon, I still have a lot to do. Usually, it’s just a few hundred under . Now, it’s a force of five thousand, really keeping busy." Han Hao chuckled a few tis, turned, and left the camp.
"Sothing’s wrong, village chief, Man Cang got into a fight at the ordinance depot." At that mont, a soldier jogged up, breathlessly reporting to the two.
"What’s going on?" Shangguan Jian’s expression changed, imdiately asking.
"Let’s hurry over and check." Ye Shikai’s heart raced; Man Cang was known for a hot temper, hoping nothing serious had happened.
Ordnance depot.
"Well fought."
"Fight fast."
Hundreds of soldiers had already surrounded it, leaving no gaps. Fortunately, Shangguan Jian instructed village chief Li Ji to clear a path, dispersing the gathered soldiers.
Ye Shikai raced forward, Man Cang was wielding a blade with both hands, donning a chest armor, his arms and back wounded, with a dozen soldiers lying on the ground, moaning.
"Seize him." Then, a team of soldiers rushed over from afar, surrounding Man Cang with spears and long guns.
"Stop." Ye Shikai quickly led his soldiers to charge forward, and the two sides faced off. Shangguan Jian also brought his n, encircling the soldiers.
"Shangguan Baijiang, you ca just in ti, this man trespassed the ordnance depot, injured soldiers here, according to the law, should be executed." An officer from the ordinance depot seed to recognize Shangguan Jian, ca forward and said sternly.
"Nonsense, they refused to give us armor and weapons, called us prisoners." Man Cang shouted loudly.
"What exactly happened?" Ye Shikai pulled Man Cang’s arm, signaling him not to be impulsive.
"Village chief, Shangguan Baijiang, under orders, I ca to collect weapons and armor, but this person not only refused, but insulted us. When I didn’t leave, they tried to drive out." Man Cang quickly explained to Ye Shikai.
"Why didn’t you issue the ordnance?" Ye Shikai, holding a longsword, slowly approached the soldiers at the depot, his cold gaze swept over the crowd, a murderous aura made even Shangguan Jian feel as if Ye Shikai intended to use force.
"The military supplies are insufficient, others can take them, but not the prisoner soldiers. They themselves are a bunch of evildoers." A rather "arrogant" officer from the depot seed not to know Ye Shikai, ca over.
"Kid, who are you, wearing good armor..." As he spoke, the person even reached out a hand.
Ye Shikai suddenly kicked, the foot struck his chest, he flew three to four ters, only stopping when hitting the stone threshold.
Before the person could stand up, Ye Shikai’s longsword had already landed, though he obviously didn’t directly kill him, but the sword was stabbed into the left side of the stone threshold, just inches away from his head, the tip pierced swiftly into the stone.
"Please, don’t kill ."
Ye Shikai’s move was so swift, no one saw clearly, the person on the ground almost instinctively begged for rcy.
"What use are these armors on cowards?" Ye Shikai snorted coldly, pulled out his sword, the person nearly fainted from fear.
"Quick, give them the armor."
"Yes, yes."
Seeing the recognition, Ye Shikai turned to leave.
"The nerve! Village chief, these people look down on us, let teach them a lesson." Man Cang seed still upset.
"Still not enough trouble caused? Hurry back."
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"How is it, are the armor and weapons delivered?" In the afternoon, Ye Shikai sat in the camp reviewing docunts, after the midday commotion at the depot, they ought to have co to terms. In truth, among the prisoner soldiers were those from the armies of the six states, still very strong in combat. Just saw, Man Cang, a Wei Wu Zuo, took down more than a dozen Qin Soldiers, mastering them is like wielding a sharp sword, failing to master them is akin to having a long blade hanging above.
"Of course, these people were frightened by the village chief and quickly delivered our ordnance, and quite a bit too, village chief, you’re now famous, today many saw, all praised your might."
"You think this is good? If it weren’t for the ordnance, I wouldn’t bother to contend with them. But this ti, it’s a lesson. Once we set out, we’ll certainly still deal with the depot people; next ti, I don’t think they’ll dare to be presumptuous."
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