As the weather gradually became colder, the craftsmen became busier and busier in the military weapon prison.

Sheepskin boots, dog leather hoods, thick cotton pants, autumn clothes and long pants, cotton gloves with oil cloth fabrics, cotton masks, chicken and duck down military uniforms with oil cloth fabrics, sheepskin belts, etc. are all being produced quickly.

In the gun shop, special wax for guns, lubricating grease, etc. are also in full swing.

In the transportation workshop, sleds and manual poles are being built in a hurry.

Among these objects, in addition to cold-proof clothes, the ones that attracted the most attention of Li Zhongyi are sleds and dogs.

Kaifeng City is not that cold yet, and cold-resistant dogs are not easy to raise, and the transportation workshop mainly produces sleds.

In Youzhou in the north and Lingzhou in the west, each county has raised a large number of cold-resistant dogs in advance.

The off-season attack on the Northern Barbarians was a strategic policy set by Li Zhongyi himself. Whether it was the military or the local government, how could he dare to neglect it?

In the past, the effect of counterattacking Beilu was very poor, mainly because they did not take advantage of the sled.

On the Mongolian Plateau in winter, whether it is a grain truck or a cannon, due to loading, the wheels will fall into one meter deep snow and cannot march smoothly.

When fighting, the logistics are all about fighting. The grain trucks can't keep up. How can tens of thousands of troops go deep into the Mongolian Plateau to attack the enemy?

It’s different now. Since the day when the new army was trained, cold-proof equipment and sleds have been in preparation.

On the Mongolian Plateau, in winter, war horses are actually unable to move outdoors.

In the severe cold at night, all cattle, horses and sheep can be easily frozen to death.

However, the cold-proof dogs unique to the north are different.

As early as when Li Zhongyi was the ruling king, thousands of cold-proof dogs he brought from the far north settled their homes on Hebei Road and the northwest region.

After more than ten years of population cultivation, there are as many as hundreds of thousands of these cold-proof dogs.

According to the experiment, individual soldiers have sleds to march, and they can travel more than a hundred miles a day in the snow.

More than a dozen cold-proof dogs dragged the 6-pound cannons hanging on the sled, and could travel as many as 200 miles a day in the snow on a flat mountain.

This is not the point. The cold-proof dogs mainly drag campers, grain trucks and artillery.

That's right, it's a camper. This kind of car is impossible for soldiers to sleep while lying down, but they can squeeze together and sit back and sleep together.

After experiments, camping in the snow normally takes more than three hours. Moreover, on the extremely cold Mongolian Plateau, 10 soldiers stayed in a tent for one night, which was likely to freeze 9 people to death and one frostbite, and there was no possibility of being spared.

Therefore, under the personal leadership of Li Zhongyi, a snow camper was designed and finalized. This wooden camper with tart cloth covered with roof was the kind of big cart that Genghis Khan had in the Western Expedition, but it was unloaded the wheels and switched to a sled.

It is no exaggeration to say that snow camping vans are definitely epoch-making logistics equipment.

Think about it, compared to the tent that can freeze people on all sides for more than three hours a day, and the tent that can freeze people on all sides, how convenient does it provide for a warm snow camper that can sleep anytime and anywhere?

Moreover, this kind of snow camper can disassemble the wooden boards on the side and extend the rifle to shoot. It can be said that one car is multi-purpose and one car is multi-purpose.

In late autumn, before the Yellow River was about to freeze, a large section of canal outside Kaifeng City was martial law by the garrison.

The canal was filled with Yellow River Navy, Offshore Navy, and Yangtze River Navy warships, with more than a thousand large and large warships.

Looking up, a large area of ​​darkness covered the entire canal.

On the military dock, the soldiers of the newly formed army's first and second towns were boarding the ship.

“Hi…ho…”

"Listen to my command and...recommended together."

Unlike the infantry who silently boarded the ship, the artillery and logistics troops were all shirtless, shouting horns and pushing vehicles onto the ship.

Accompanied by Lin Renzhao, Zhang Sanzheng and the second town troupe Wang Ken, Li Zhongyi stood at the highest point on the dock, looking at the heroic posture of the heroic soldiers boarding the ship from afar.

The so-called running water does not rot, and the door hinge does not rot.

The six commanders of the old group of imperial guards, including Yang Lie, did not serve in the new army.

The newly formed army will have to form ten towns, each of which will be about 30,000 people. Among them, the town, the cooperative and the Biaotong must all be from the Guards and the Martial Arts Hall.

Within the military, senior generals who privately called the New Army were the upstarts in the military of the "King Guards".

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that as the establishment of the new army continues to accelerate, the commander of the old imperial guards will be transferred back to the capital for retirement sooner or later.

The green mountains cannot be covered, after all, they flow eastward.

The modern army, the army that beats the agricultural civilization, is an inevitable advanced replacement and backwardness.

Li Zhongyi had reason to believe that even the Khitan cavalry that was terrifying the world would be vulnerable in front of the newly established army.

What's more, the Imperial Army was conducting an off-season attack. When the weather was cold and cold, the Imperial army suddenly appeared on the Mongolian grasslands and attacked the Khitans fiercely.

Hehe, when they were forced to transfer, the cattle, sheep and horses that the Khitans froze to death were definitely not a minority.

By doing this, the Khitans will sooner or later be consumed and dying.

"Everyone, when you go to the Khitan territory, annihilation of the enemy is actually secondary. It is mainly to force the enemy to transfer continuously. The longer the Khitans transfer, the more people they transfer, the greater the results of our battle, right?" Li Zhongyi was worried that his subordinates would be greedy for me, and repeatedly emphasized that annihilation of the enemy is secondary and forcing the enemy to transfer is the strategic focus.

Faced with a vast grassland power like the Khitan country with hundreds of thousands of control, the correct strategy is to take advantage of the off-season attack and greatly consume its comprehensive national strength.

In history, Wanyan Aguda, who had excellent military power, took ten years to destroy the Liao Kingdom.

After the new army in ten towns was trained, Li Zhongyi had a rotation army and would definitely change his strategy.

At that time, it will become summer and winter, and two to three towns will be sent to attack the Khitans, making them unable to recuperate and restore their national strength.

Within three years, the Khitan Kingdom will definitely not be able to hold on.

"Thank you for your advice, I understand." Zhang Sanzheng and Wang Ken raised their hands together to salute, showing that they understood.

Li Zhongyi sent generals to use troops, and he always only cared about the correct strategy and no matter the specific tactics, it was impossible to create a mentally retarded trick of placing a formation.

According to the combat plan, this time, the first and second towns will be transported to Youzhou by sea.

Division troops from Youzhou, the first town goes north on the left side, and the second town goes north on the right side. Try to meet as much as possible, and do not force them if you can meet.

In this era, if you want to split up and attack together on the vast grassland, you are not dreaming.

When Emperor Wu of Han attacked the Huns in the north, all the division and joint attacks did not achieve the predetermined combat target.

The officers and soldiers of the first and second towns all left, and Li Zhongyi's two sons also followed.

Li Zhongyi did not go to see off his two sons, and there will be many similar battle scenes in the future. Can I finish giving it?

After coming out of the dock, Li Zhongyi was in a very comfortable mood.

The northern barbarians who threatened the Chinese nation for thousands of years will enjoy the taste of the Han army fighting against Caogu in the south!

All along, the nations on horseback have been the enemy of the Central Plains dynasty.

From the Huns, to the Turks, to the Xianbeis, to the Five Barbarians, to the Mongols, to the wild boar skins, to the old hairy bears, all of them are huge military threats to the Han army.

Now, the days when the Han army was attacked by the Northern Capitols have been gone forever.

On the contrary, the Beilu on the horse's back could no longer sleep!

After Li Qiong was removed from the position of prime minister, she had a very positive attitude. She slept until she woke up naturally every day, and drank very moisturized with two small meals a day.

Although there are the Empress and the Sixth Prince in the Palace, Li Qiong hasn't seen them for a long time.

Life is rare in seventy years, and Li Qiong will be seventy years old next year. The family is harmonious and there is no worries.

His son Li Hu was very successful. Because he had made great contributions in military weapons, he not only granted the title of Marquis of Wanhu, but also promoted to the second auxiliary of the cabinet and the military weapons supervisor.

To put it bluntly, Li Hu, the so-called secondary cabinet assistant, was just because the military production task was heavy and needed to coordinate the money, grain and materials of various departments of the court.

The grandson of the Li family, Li Anguo, is currently the newly-educated sub-brand of the fifth town of the Army.

As we all know, Zhang Sanzheng has been promoted from the first town teaching standard to the town.

Moreover, Wang Ken, the governor of the second town, also had this method.

It is conceivable that Li Anguo will at least be the deputy governor of the fifth town in the future.

Even fools know that compared with the thriving new army, the old imperial guards who were taken away from the elite have no future.

The children and grandchildren are all in good shape, and there are Li Qiniang and the sixth son in the palace. Hehe, as long as you do not forcefully participate in the battle for the throne, the Li family's fortune can be at least three generations.

Li Qiong really took a look at the honest Li Hu.

In the past, Li Qiong always thought that Li Hu would be the top of the minister.

Who would have thought that Li Hu would be attracted by the emperor and promoted to the second auxiliary of the cabinet?

When it was noon on the sun, Li Qiong finished breakfast, picked up the fishing rod, sat down at the lake at home, and fished leisurely.

As soon as Li Qiong caught a big fish, he saw the butler running to report in panic.

"Report to the old man, the emperor is coming to our house, and the nearby streets and alleys are under martial law."

"Hehe, the emperor must be happy. He wants to pull me, the old man, to drink and chat, right?"

Li Qiong knew in his heart that the emperor should be in a bad mood when the new army launched the winter Northern Expedition, right?

Sure enough, after Li Qiong took Li Zhongyi to the lakeside, Li Zhongyi, who never liked fishing, also got the fishing rod and sat side by side with Li Qiong.

"Your Majesty, I heard that those East India business merchants all made a lot of money?"

Li Qiong opened his mouth and Li Zhongyi knew that the nobles in the court were also concerned about the super high profits of overseas business.

"To be honest, after the beginning of spring, the Philippines and the Indian subcontinent will also start to make progress." Li Zhongyi just spoke out, and Li Qiong understood it.
Chapter completed!