Chapter 184
Faced with the dilemma of two confidants, Zhao Xing patiently explained: "My chariot formation has regained the huge restriction of ancient chariots on cavalry. But the Wuhan Iron and Steel Vehicles in our Ministry of Works are extremely bulky and require the Flang machine cannon as equipment, which is piled up with money, and we don't have the financial resources."
Zhao Zi and Chen Ce studied Zhao Xing's chariot warfare method and believed that it was feasible, so they supported Zhao Xing's implementation. However, when it was really done, the two felt difficult. The two of them asked for the two hundred chariots and the four hundred large-sized two-person lifts equipped with it, which simply made the current finance unable to support it. This thing is too expensive.
Seeing such a large amount of grain and Zhao Xing received a lot of bribes from the eight families, he could not afford such expenses at all.
Zhao Xing smiled and explained: "Actually, the so-called chariot I need is not the expensive, heavy and single-purpose Wuhan Iron and Steel Vehicle. I just need to add our ordinary cart to the four walls that can block arrows. Usually, we can ship the food and supplies we carry. In wartime, the rear of the car rushed out to form a car city, and the guns on it will be carried to kill the enemy. In this way, directly purchasing qualified chariots from the people will not only save trouble, but also reduce huge costs, but also can transport them in leisure. In wartime, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?"
When Zhao Xing settled the score like this, Zhao Zi and Chen Ce breathed a sigh of relief: "In that case, the cost of the modified carriage is at most ten taels of silver. According to our current grain price, it is only seven stones of rice, which we can afford."
Zhao Xing continued with a smile: "And such a light chariot does not require two horses to drag. Are we rich in donkeys in Shanxi and Shaanxi? Anyway, we don't need to use chariots to chase the enemy, so donkeys are competent, so we can save a lot of money."
Chen Ce clapped again: "It's good to feed the donkeys, as long as there is hay, we will save a lot of beans, which is simply too cost-effective."
"The caliber of my customized gun is larger than that of the Works Department, twice as thick as the pipe wall. It is much more powerful than the suicide weapon fire guns equipped by our army, or the two-person lifting. I call this thing a troll, a large troll. If you shoot it out, you will get hundreds of lead iron sand. In front of the impacting enemy, I will give him a wall of iron. I can't spit him to death."
"Okay, we can't fight with their Iron Cavalry, so we will swear to death." Zhao Zi clapped his hands and applauded excitedly.
"We cannot achieve real victory by defending alone, so when we are dizzy, we must attack, so my formation is arranged like this." As he said that, he took out a drawing from the bookshelf and spread it out to two people: "Our 10,000 soldiers and 5,000 cavalry intercepted the enemy before facing the enemy's assault, and bought time for the chariots to be placed, and then he was responsible for attracting Jiannu. Then our cavalry retreated to the chariot formation to rest, and five,000 infantrymen operated these chariots to attack the enemy.
The enemy retreated, and our cavalry chased, and then did not fight hard with the enemy, and once again attracted the enemy to the chariot formation, and then handed it over to the trolls to squirt them. After this, the enemy suffered heavy losses and exhausted. After we regained our energy, the cavalry attacked again, defeated the enemy in one fell swoop, and then pursued, and finally won the final victory."
Faced with such a flexible formation and such strict calculations, Zhao Zi and Chen Ce really admired Zhao Xing's ability.
So the four of them no longer had a meal, but lay together to carefully study and supplement the shortcomings of the formation. Cui Yan was born as a general and was extremely proficient in various ancient formations. The disadvantages he pointed out were at the critical point, and with the help of Zhao Zi and Chen Ce, he could come up with solutions. In addition, Zhao Xing's various evil methods of damage in his later generations, this formation was improved while also enhancing its combat effectiveness.
In this way, everyone has changed from tragic to full of confidence in defeating Jiannu in the future.
As the army training was in full swing, time continued to go on. Chongzhen issued several edicts to ask Zhao Xing to return to Beijing, but Zhao Xing was alleged that although the border troops were appeased, the bandits had not been thoroughly understood, and he resolutely stayed in the northwest and refused to leave.
At the same time, with his own convenience, the investigation against the trilateral governor Yang He was also beginning, and he wrote many letters to Yang He's improper policy, hoping that he could change the policy and not be deceived by the cunning bandits' tricks of surrender. This is also laying the groundwork for Hong Chengchou's rise.
Hong Chengchou was also doing a great job during this period. He recruited several bandits in Yan'an and Suide and other places, distributed them to their land, garrisoned and settled a large number of refugees. As long as they rekindled the stubborn bandits, Hong Chengchou immediately borrowed troops from Zhao Xing to encircle and suppress them.
Zhao Xing gave firm support for such a breakup. According to Zhao Xing's strategy, training and practical combat needs should be combined. In later generations, it was a helpless move without an opponent. Now that there are ready-made enemies, why bother to do exercises? Just come directly.
Four brigades took turns to fight.
Those mobs were only able to receive the title of head in a blink of an eye when facing a strong army with strong soldiers and high morale.
Regarding the surrender, Hong Chengchou's policy is to kill his leader and place his subordinates. For those who do not surrender when fighting to the death, they are to follow Zhao Xing's strategy, advance and attack in a row, and pursue relentlessly. They will pursue cavalry and encircle and suppress them with infantry, and they will definitely be completely annihilated, so that they will not even have the chance to rekindle.
The foreigners who were jealous of Yansui and stable and prosperous, came to plunder the bandits, were chased directly into the nest by Zhao Xing's cavalry, and no one dared to look at Yansui at the sight of him.
Of course, those landlord families that do not accept rent reductions are always attracted by the wind and will be looted by bandits rushed over from other places from time to time.
However, these bandits are not guilty of landlords and gentry families who are separated by a wall and accept rent reductions. They are just doing things for heaven, and those families who are compassionate with tenants are all good people. How can a hero who is doing things for heaven bully good people? Never.
And these bullied bad guys always call the police, and the scene where the police always appear in the last scene, and then chase the butts of a group of bandits, and the smoke and dust disappeared without a trace.
In this way, in August, there were no more bandits in Yansui. Later, under the settlement and rent reduction, in October of the golden autumn, there were actually money and grains paid in Yansui, but the people did not starve to death.
This is how the Chinese people are. As long as they live with a bowl of porridge that can see people, they will never rebel and will be happy to be obedient to the people.
Chapter completed!