Special War God

Arriving at the Quartermaster's Office, Qi Laifu learned that Xia Zhongnan was visiting, and immediately walked from the inner hall to the middle of the hall to meet him. As soon as he entered the door, he laughed and said, "Chief Instructor, why did you come to my house in person today? If you need anything, just ask someone to come over and say hello!"

Xia Zhongnan was already sitting on a chair, and he quickly stood up and bowed, saying, "Master Qi, I was busy studying the formation before, so I couldn't be distracted. I came here specially to thank you for your care."

Qi Laifu invited Xia Zhongnan to sit down again and said with a smile: "It's all for the Thirteenth Army. You Tianxing is busy every day. It would be strange if I could take care of you! Tell me, a busy man like you wouldn't come to me for no reason. There must be something important."

Xia Zhongnan didn't beat around the bush and asked directly, "When can the shield and dagger that I asked you to customize last time be delivered?"

Qi Laifu replied: "These all need to be customized. The Marshal is already working hard to speed up the production. Today, one thousand shields and one thousand daggers were delivered. The remaining one thousand shields and daggers will take some time to complete."

Xia Zhongnan's eyes lit up when he heard this. He had originally wanted to come over today to urge them, but he had not expected Xu Shouting's support to be so strong that half of the quantity was completed in less than 20 days. He hurriedly said, "Can you bring out a set for me to see?"

Qi Lai Fu nodded, and immediately a soldier went to get a set of swords and shields.

Xia Zhongnan picked up the shield and tried the feel. He felt that it was made of a material similar to light steel. The shield was about one and a half meters high and more than seventy centimeters wide. Although it was large in size, it was relatively light, weighing only about fifty pounds. For the soldiers here, it was not considered too heavy a burden.

The unique feature of this shield is that it has two sharp brackets about ten centimeters long at the bottom and a groove at the top.

Qi Laifu asked curiously: "Xiao Fei, this shield looks rather bulky. You customized so many of them. It's probably not easy for ordinary soldiers to fight with it, right?"

Xia Zhongnan smiled and said: "This shield is indeed a bit big, but it is very advantageous in terms of defense."

Qi Laifu also smiled and said, "That's right. Holding such a big shield is like carrying a turtle shell. It is indeed a good defense. But in the end, fighting still depends on attacking and killing the enemy. How can you kill the enemy with such a big shield on your back?"

Xia Zhongnan explained: "The way of war should first consider the possibility of failure. When facing a powerful enemy, you must first avoid the opponent's edge and protect yourself before you have a chance to destroy the enemy (mousha hostility means to destroy the enemy)..."

Courage is important, but if we lose a lot of troops every time we go to the battlefield, then we only have 10,000 troops and cannot afford such losses many times. Once it reaches the later stage, we will have very few people left, so how can we talk about winning? "

Qi Lai Fu thought for a moment and replied: "You have a point! Anyway, I am just an official in charge of logistics. I just need to ensure your supply of materials. You will have to rely on yourselves when the real battle starts. One thousand bows and one hundred thousand arrows have arrived. You can send someone to pick them up at any time."

Xia Zhongnan said happily: "Great, thank you, Master Qi. Also, please help me prepare 7,000 spears."

Qi Laifu asked: "Seven thousand spears? Are you planning to have all the soldiers use spears? But many soldiers are already used to using weapons like swords. If they switch to spears, they will need to be retrained. Is this really necessary?"

Xia Zhongnan replied: "We are all new soldiers. Even if we are familiar with our original weapons, we still need to change them. How quickly can you be ready, Lord Qi?"

Qi Laifu replied: "If it is a standard model rifle, Marshal Xu has it in stock. I will apply for it today and it will be delivered early tomorrow morning."

Xia Zhongnan said gratefully: "Then I'll trouble you, Lord Qi. I will arrange someone to pick it up tomorrow. I'll take my leave first!" After that, he took Tiedan and left the quartermaster department.

From the second day, under the command of Xia Zhongnan, twenty teams of one hundred men, totaling two thousand soldiers, were required to change their weapons to large shields with short swords, another ten teams of one hundred men, totaling one thousand soldiers, changed to bows and arrows with long swords, and the remaining seventy teams of one hundred men all changed to long spears.

In fact, the soldiers' training was mostly repetitive. After Xia Zhongnan made some adjustments and clarified the training direction for the soldiers, more than a month later, they finally had some free time.

During these months, at Xia Zhongnan's request, Gu Xiuzhan was not transferred to the monk team or to do other tasks, but instead kept practicing his "Thirty-Six Wind Chasing Swords".

Early that morning, Gu Xiu Zhang was about to go out to practice swordplay when Xia Zhongnan asked, "Xiu Zhang, it's been more than two months. I wonder how your swordplay is going? Is your practice progressing well?"

Gu Xiu Zhang stopped and asked, "Why are you suddenly concerned about my swordsmanship progress? Isn't Mr. Yi's coaching work very busy every day?"

Xia Zhongnan explained: "I was indeed a bit busy a while ago, but now I finally have some free time. You are my brother, so I should naturally care about your situation."

Gu Xiu Zhang was originally planning to go out, but he turned around and sat back on a chair, looked at Xia Zhongnan and said, "Since you recognize me as your brother, there are some things I have to say!"

Seeing his serious expression, Xia Zhongnan laughed out loud: "No matter how busy I am, we will always meet. Is there anything you want to say to me that you have been holding back?"

Gu Xiu Zhang responded: "I see that you have become complacent since you became the so-called 'chief instructor'!"

Xia Zhongnan asked in confusion: "How can I be considered as 'getting carried away' as the chief instructor? Am I putting on airs with you?"

Gu Xiu Zhang continued, "I'm not saying that you're putting on airs with me, but that you don't understand the basics, and don't know what you should do and what's most important!"

Xia Zhongnan said in confusion: "Now that you put it that way, I am even more confused. I think I have done a clear conscience as the 'chief instructor'. I have been very busy during this period, and I have devoted all my efforts to the 13th Army!"

Gu Xiu Zhang replied: "You really didn't understand what I meant. It seems I should have enlightened you earlier."

Xia Zhongnan seriously asked, "What exactly happened?" At the same time, he quickly reflected on everything he had done, looking for negligence or impropriety, but he did not find any clues.

Gu Xiu Zhang sighed and said meaningfully: "Brother Fei, haven't you seen it clearly? This world is ultimately a world where cultivation is respected, a world of cultivators. No matter how well you perform as a chief instructor, how much help can it be in improving your own cultivation strength? I see that you are now obsessed with the power of the chief instructor and have almost forgotten your fundamental goal. Isn't this picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons?"

After hearing this, Xia Zhongnan stared with his eyes wide open for a long time before he came to his senses. He had to admit that Gu Xiuzhan's words really hit a sore spot.

He sat down in frustration and said with emotion: "Xiu Zhang, why do you think we have to travel hundreds of miles across mountains and rivers to join this army?"

Gu Xiu Zhang replied: "Do I need to ask this? Of course, it is to escape from the pursuit of the Tian Feng Sect, and at the same time, we also need to obtain more cultivation resources to improve our own strength! If we don't come here, how can we easily get these Ning Yuan Dan, your Yuan Shi, and the 'Chasing Wind Thirty-six Blades' skill that I have comprehended?

As long as we cultivate here with peace of mind, we will not be afraid of not being able to make a name for ourselves one day!"