The Three Kingdoms began with island farming

Chapter 606 Cultivating the Military Spirit
"The war is about to begin, Zi Bu, your elephant soldiers will surely shine." Yan Yan said enviously.

As a workhorse under Liu Fan, his talent destined him to do only hard labor or just cooperate with others.

Therefore, people are quite envious of Zhang Ren's ability to be the leader in a certain field.

However, besides envy, I feel more happy.

The gap between the three kings of the south, Liu Bei, Sun Ce, and Liu Fan, is even greater than that between the four kings of the north.

Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan are at least very capable in fighting, but as for Liu Fan, his ability and the lineup of his civil and military officers can only be described as "average".

Although he is not weak, he is not as good as other kings.

Being able to be among the seven kings is mostly due to good luck.

It is also a good thing for them that Zhang Ren can gain momentum at this time.

"With elephant soldiers as crossbow platforms, problems such as mobility, coordination, and arrow supply in large-scale army operations can all be solved with almost no flaws." Wu Yi looked carefully at the elephant soldiers in front of him and muttered to himself.

"But the lethality and accuracy are still lacking." Zhang Renyou said somewhat dissatisfiedly.

"It would be great if I could have the ability of the Vanguard Death Soldiers as a supplement. Even if the effect is a little worse, I am not afraid of an ordinary military soul corps."

Upon hearing this, Yan Yan said with a bit of bitterness: "Zi Bu, you are really ambitious! If you are really equipped with this, you can completely become a military soul corps, and it is not a weak one at that."

You know, although the combat effectiveness of Zhang Ren's 3,000 crossbow and elephant soldiers is not that strong on the surface, they have a long range and are easy to coordinate!
Especially in large-scale combat, as long as you are cautious, you can play the entire field and shoot from beginning to end.

Even if it's just "scraping", it can make the enemy bleed profusely.

After all, this kind of attack is continuous and can be easily replenished to any point on the front line.

This means that when the two sides are fighting, one side has an additional continuous volley of arrows to coordinate with.

Its function is no different from that of an ordinary military soul corps, and its functionality is even greater.

Because even if the two military soul legions collide head-on, Zhang Ren's long-range support can greatly affect the outcome and play a key supporting role.

Yan Yan's words were just a joke, but Wu Yi seemed to be reminded and fell into deep thought.

Wu Yi watched Yan Yan and Zhang Ren joking with each other with a slightly empty look. Yan Yan's words just now kept echoing in his mind, and he deduced a possibility.

After a long while, Wu Yi came to his senses and stared at the crossbow and elephant soldiers behind Zhang Ren, muttering to himself: "Perhaps this is really our best choice."

"What choice?" Zhang Ren had already noticed Wu Yi's distraction and asked curiously.

Wu Yi looked at Zhang Ren with a sharp gaze: "Zi Bu, what do you think of turning these 3,000 crossbow and elephant soldiers into a military soul corps?"

???

Zhang Ren's head was full of question marks.

It is not easy to build a Military Soul Corps, otherwise it would not be so rare. There are only about ten Military Soul Corps in the entire Da Qi and the seven kings.

The quality requirements for generals and soldiers are extremely high, and it also requires a certain amount of luck and opportunity to be born.

Although Zhang Ren was confident, he never thought that he could build a military soul corps.

After all, he was just a good second-rate general.

Ignoring the confused Zhang Ren and Yan Yan, Wu Yi thought for a moment and decisively left the military camp to discuss this possibility with Liu Fan, Li Yan and others.

"You mean, we can turn the crossbow and elephant soldiers into a military soul corps? Do we and Zhang Ren have the ability to do this?" Liu Fan asked in disbelief. Wu Yi said with a firm look, "This is our best choice and our only chance. What's more, my lord, you still have the Chixiao sword passed down by our great ancestor!"

Among the seven kings, only Liu Fan did not have his own military soul corps.

Yuan Shao had the Great Halberd Soldiers, Cao Cao had the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Liu Bei had the White Ear Elite Soldiers, Sun Ce had the Overlord Iron Cavalry, and Gongsun Zan had the White Horse Volunteers.

Although Lu Bu's Bingzhou Iron Cavalry is not strictly speaking a Military Soul Corps, it is not inferior to the Military Soul Corps under Lu Bu's leadership.

Liu Fan was indeed too weak in this regard and had no army at all.

Even if he took part in the war, with his strength, he could only do supporting and battlefield cleaning work, without any advantages or characteristics.

How could such a Liu Fan hold his head up high and have a say among the other six kings?

Therefore, among the seven kings, Liu Fan had the strongest sense of crisis.

The first-mover advantage that had previously made him feel complacent had been completely eliminated or even surpassed by Liu Bei and Sun Ce in this year.

Because the civil and military lineups under these two people were too luxurious and developed too fast, taking over Sindhu was as easy as autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

Now, judging from the data on paper, Sun Ce is stronger than him. Although Liu Bei is weaker than him, he is much stronger than him when compared with the lineup of civil and military officials.

We must gain a foothold among the seven kings!
Even if you are the last one, you have to show your value, otherwise you will be kicked out sooner or later.

The civil and military officials under Liu Fan were all very clear about this.

But they couldn't think of a better solution.

The appearance of crossbow and elephant soldiers allowed Wu Yi to see a possibility.

If the quality of the soldiers is not good enough, then make up for it with military types and technology and play a differentiated competition.

If there are too many capable people, your team will not take the lead in attacking, but will play a supporting role. Crossbows and elephant soldiers are just right.

After hearing what Wu Yi said, Liu Fan couldn't help but frown.

The Chixiao Sword is a Han Dynasty heirloom, second only to the imperial seal. It carries a great deal of the Han Dynasty's fortune and has many magical uses.

He had also told Wu Yi about this matter, hoping that Wu Yi could train an elite force for him like the Tiger Guards trained by Dian Wei under Tian Ze.

If possible, he would use the luck of the Scarlet Sky Sword to sublimate it into a military soul corps.

The reason for saying this is that building a military soul corps with the monarch's guards is relatively the easiest and has the greatest possibility.

The condensation of luck and the tempering of soldiers' will are relatively simple.

Although the strength of the Military Soul Corps trained in this way may be a little weaker, and its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced when there is no monarch around, it is still a Military Soul Corps!

The Scarlet Sky Sword can only be said to give an army an opportunity to advance to the Military Soul Corps. Whether it will be successful depends on the quality of the soldiers themselves and cannot be guaranteed.

To be on the safe side, Liu Fan chose Wu Yi.

But now Wu Yi chose to give this opportunity to Zhang Ren.

"Ziyuan, you know that this opportunity may only come once in a hundred years, and it may not be successful." Liu Fan said in a serious tone.

"I understand, but this is indeed our only chance!" Wu Yi said with a firm and decisive look.

(End of this chapter)