Tiger Guards

Chapter 19: Equipping Tactics
In the dim barracks, Zhao Ji's bunk was piled with thicker bundles of straw.

He lay down lazily, feeling quite comfortable.

Raise your hands. After winning the daytime competition, the skill "Break Through the Thorns" has been upgraded to level five, with damage increased by 40%.

Adjust your breathing and empty your mind.

It has been confirmed that what you have obtained is the ranger skill, or the plot version of breaking through the thorns, the highest is 64%.

As for the online version, the increase seems to be 100%, or maybe a little more than 100%.

The melee weapon is "Brazil Over Thorns", and there is also a skill using a bow and crossbow, with a similar damage increase ratio.

But these two skills seem to be integrated, and then there are the ranger-specific forging, air control, and air recovery skills.

There are also some other status enhancements and skills, but Zhao Ji feels that these skills have no meaning if they exist alone, and they are likely to be combined into one skill.

Compared to these skills, he cares more about "Qi". In Qin Shang's game, there are warlocks, low-intensity spells, and strange beasts from the mountains and seas.

He had no interest in riding or eating exotic beasts, he just wanted to practice Qi.

Only by practicing Qi can he feel a little safer.

Look at how much has happened today. If the external situation changes drastically, we can only go with the flow.

The so-called garrison commanders have no sense of security at all.

So what if the court appointed him as a general?

Even the emperor was busy traveling, so Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Ce had to fight on the front line in person.

This world is full of dangers, and no official position can guarantee your safety.

Many years later, even the emperor would be stabbed to death in the street.

Only by practicing Qi, and only by practicing Qi, can he feel a little bit of security.

With this little bit of extravagant fantasy about practicing Qi, Zhao Ji fell asleep quickly.

Only by staying in good shape can you meet the challenges of every day.

In the barracks opposite him, Pei Xiu was in a state of high excitement, his emotions were extremely volatile, and he had difficulty falling asleep.

Today, they joined forces with Wei Gu to force Jia Kui and Wang Zhi to make concessions, and took control of the development of the situation, so that no fighting or bloody conflict occurred.

Tomorrow may be the real test. Only by blocking and thwarting the military attack can we have the opportunity to take the next action.

Before this, he just thought that a group of bandits would attack them, maybe the Jishan bandits, maybe the Xiongnu bandits, or maybe Xu Huang's gang.

Through Zhao Ji's reaction, he has ruled out the suspicion of being a Jishan thief; Jia Kui is also willing to guarantee for Xu Huang.

This means that it is most likely the Huns who are attacking, as there are more than 200 horses in the camp.

Including the Tiger Guards who will arrive tomorrow, there will be more than 300 horses in the camp by dusk tomorrow, which is already a force that cannot be ignored.

There were a thousand soldiers stationed in Jiangyi, but only a hundred or so horses.

Only through a real fight can everyone prove his own worth, and only by enlisting as a Tiger Guard can one prove his significance to the court and strengthen the emperor's determination.

But swords have no mercy, and when a battle breaks out, anyone can die.

But if we inflict heavy damage on the invading Huns, wouldn't that arouse the vigilance of Baibo's former generals?

It may even inspire the reunion and fighting among the old Baibo generals.

Don't overestimate Yang Feng's morality. This man has no bottom line and is even more shameless than Li Jue and Guo Si.

Li Jue and Guo Si were just cruel and tyrannical, while Yang Feng was shameless.

The emperor moved eastward, and countless officials, guards and soldiers were killed. Li Jue and Guo Si fought repeatedly, and officials from all sides plundered and caused countless people to suffer.

It was Yang Feng who completely disrupted the situation that was originally under control and indirectly caused so many disasters.

Otherwise, if Guanzhong was stable for several years and people's minds were settled, when Li Jue and Guo Si were complacent and negligent, the ministers would have been able to calmly plot their killing.

Instead of engaging in such a chaotic battle, which would have resulted in the deaths of countless future pillars of the imperial court.

Thinking of these things, Pei Xiu was very angry and clenched his fists repeatedly.

I was sulking and fell asleep without realizing it.

When he woke up, he smelled smoke from cooking. Feeling a little listless, he yawned and walked out of the house, where he saw Zhao Ji practicing with a sword.

He used a two-handed sword, but Zhao Ji held it in his right hand; while in his left hand he held a branch upside down, which was shaped like a hook.

A dozen Tiger Guards who had gotten up early stood at the edge to watch. Pei Xiu did not disturb them. He stood in front of the door and breathed in the fresh air to refresh himself.

At the same time, he observed Zhao Ji's sword dance posture, which was very slow. He basically practiced several killing moves combined with hook swords.

Pei Xiu arrived late, but he also understood that Zhao Ji wanted to use the hook held in his left hand to block and restrict the opponent, making it easier for him to kill with the sword in his right hand.

But after Zhao Ji practiced, he threw the branch-like hook near the campfire. Wei Xing asked, "Captain, don't you need the hook anymore?"

"No need. Those who can be killed with a sword are not worth using a hook. Those who can be restrained with a hook can also be killed with a two-handed sword. As for those who can't be caught with a hook, what's the point of using a hook?"

Zhao Ji's answer was a bit confusing, but Wei Xing was skilled in martial arts and had a natural talent for this. He nodded and said, "That's how it should be. He's inherently weak, so he uses the hook. The Tun general is strong, so using the hook is indeed a bit unfair."

"No, you mean an ordinary iron hook."

Zhao Ji raised the long sword in his right hand and gestured with the tip of the sword: "If it is a heavy sword with a hook, the center of gravity is forward, and the chopping is swift. If fighting against an enemy of similar strength, it can also gain many advantages."

Wei Xing observed the tip of the long sword, thought for a moment, and said, "Then the sword shouldn't be used to modify it. The sword is better for stabbing. The Tun general's moves are mainly about chopping and slashing, so the long knife should be used to change it to hooking."

"Yes, but time is running out. It's too late."

Zhao Ji wiped the sword, took the scabbard from Yang Ji, and sheathed the sword.

At this time, Pei Xiu stepped forward, and Zhao Ji and Wei Xing bowed, "Seventh Brother."

Pei Xiu then asked Wei Xing, "Zi'ang, where is Ah Xing?"

"Still sleeping."

"Don't pay attention to him. Follow me to the house to discuss matters."

"Here."

Zhao Ji and Wei Xing agreed and followed Pei Xiu to Hu Ban's house. Hu Ban was copying bamboo slips with a pen. He just nodded to a few people and continued to copy seriously with his head down.

These bamboo slips contain the identity information of the county's tiger guards. Each person has one slip, which is rewritten according to the new identity and will be compiled into a book later as a military register.

After everyone was seated, Pei Xiu asked, "The four counties have a total of 142 people. Aji, you are the garrison commander, but I can only give you three squads. Who do you want?"

"Ten crossbowmen, three heavy crossbowmen, seven archers, and two large shields."

This was something they had discussed preliminarily last night, and Pei Xiu gave him an evening to think about it.

Zhao Ji must protect a few close fellow villagers. If you can't even protect your fellow villagers, who else can you protect?

He also knew that heavy crossbows were hard currency, even harder than ordinary half-body armor!
There was chaos in Luoyang and Sanfu... The court suffered serious loss of technology for manufacturing powerful crossbows.

In other words, in the short term, the imperial court and various parties lost the power to mass-produce powerful crossbows.

The reason why Li Jue, Guo Si and their group of Guanzhong soldiers are so terrifying... is that they inherited the entire arsenal.

The equipment would be damaged, but they had enough in stock.

Even though the reserves were about to be exhausted, the number of powerful crossbows actually equipped by the army still crushed the surrounding armies.

No army can withstand a shooting battle.

The two armies of Li and Guo not only have powerful crossbows, but also armor, as well as rich tactics and combat experience.

The two armies of Li and Guo were not what we should be thinking about at the moment. Our biggest enemy now was a group of miscellaneous Huns whose leather clothes were inlaid, sewn, and hung with iron pieces, copper pieces, bone pieces, and even wood pieces.

Among these Huns, it may not be possible for every one of them to have an iron spear, so it is possible that there were Hun slave infantry who attacked with bone-grabbing spears.

Zhao Ji added, "Ten more sword and shield soldiers are needed, no heavy armor needed. Ten more spearmen and halberd soldiers, all with heavy armor. If armor is insufficient, they can wear leather coats with wooden pendants and wooden face shields. The spearmen and halberd soldiers will use their spears and halberds to hold the Xiongnu knights at bay, while I will strike with my swords and shields."

"These spears and halberds also need to be modified. Use hemp ropes to tie torches to form horizontal branches. When the battle is about to begin, light the torches and wave the spears and halberds. This will scare the horses and hinder the Xiongnu cavalry from charging."

Pei Xiu listened quietly and could already conclude that Zhao Ji must have participated in actual combat during his seclusion in Jishan, otherwise he would not have such targeted equipment configuration.

This kind of knowledge cannot be acquired through hearing.

Pei Xiu looked through the military equipment data and knew that the equipment Zhao Ji asked for was not much, and the most difficult one was ten sets of heavy armor.

At present, there is naturally no heavy armor among the equipment allocated by the county, but dozens of sets of heavy armor can be collected from those who have applied to join the Tiger Guards.

(End of this chapter)