Chapter 335: The real power is in the hands of the Empress Dowager Dou Tai (20)
With Qiao Mu's order issued, the huge force she developed in eleven years began to show its strong foundation and quickly operated.
Because the power developed by Qiao Mu is almost in a form of a commercial group, the only leader of the group is her. Therefore, any order she gives is completely a one-man show model and there is no need to argue or coordinate.
So, her order was delivered.
The departments quickly coordinated.
The manpower in the imperial village was specifically responsible for manipulating and regulating national grain prices. The day after receiving the news, he began to prepare various military reserve grain and canned food.
At the same time, the remaining required materials and military equipment are also being quickly transported to the western border to ensure the logistics of war in a few months.
The Ordnance Institute is stepping up the production of various firearms that are conducive to dealing with cavalry. Flintlock guns and flower fireworks are the two most suitable firearms.
It is actually not easy to manufacture firearms to this point in ten years. After all, there was no foundation for firearms in the early Western Han Dynasty. The manufacturing of firearms required the creation from steel from scratch, so it is normal to have a slower innovation speed.
Qiao Mu is already very satisfied with this efficiency.
What's more, the level of this firearm is enough for the time being. After all, she is the only one in the world who has such a weapon at present. So what if the quality is slightly inferior, it can still beat everyone.
In addition to the coordination and preparation of these two aspects.
The rest is mainly the training of the firearm army and the caravan candidates for later promotion. The former needs to find a relatively hidden place to avoid being discovered by others. The latter also needs to find some courageous caravans that have some understanding of the Huns and can complete the Chinese mission.
Fortunately, Qiao Mu was prepared for the specific matters, so manpower and training are not difficult, so it takes a little time to get them all together.
After that, I waited for the New Year.
And Liu Che's actions.
After the Chinese New Year, the spring of the sixth year of Yuanguang.
Because of heavy snow last winter, the Huns suffered heavy losses. In order to make up for the losses, their Shanyu ordered tens of thousands of cavalry to invade Shanggu and kill and loot officials and civilians. Liu Che was immediately overjoyed and immediately sent General Wei Qing, General Gongsun Ao of Cavalry, General Gongsun He of Light Vehicles, and General Li Guang of Cavalry, each leading tens of thousands of cavalry to attack the Huns.
Liu Che was just as he could not think of a reason to attack the Huns, but the Huns came here, so they were not allowed to use military tales to dispatch more troops to fight.
As for the result, I'll be hilarious.
Wei Qing arrived in Longcheng and killed 700 Xiongnu people.
Gongsun He gained nothing.
Gongsun Ao was defeated and lost seven thousand cavalry.
Li Guang was captured and pretended to die and fled back.
The four armies, including Wei Qing, Gongsun He and Li Guang, won’t say how many of the army they died, but there are definitely a lot of them. Anyway, there are definitely a lot of them. Just those with clear numbers are 700 to 7,000.
The specific casualties and injuries will probably double.
Originally, Wei Qing killed 700 Hun cavalry and was not a big contribution, but compared with the achievements of the other three armies, he was a great contribution, and he was absolutely a great contribution.
As a result, Wei Qing forced himself to kill 700 Huns and took the position of the pass.
I have to say that there must be comparisons.
If everyone else had killed seven thousand, Wei Qing would have killed seven hundred. It would have been better if he was not demoted. How could he have been rewarded by these marquis now?
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Weiyang Palace, in the front hall
Liu Che sat on it with a happy expression on his face. The Queen Mother next to him also smiled and praised his son very much.
The ministers below looked at each other.
But there was no refutation.
Some of the thick-faced people also praised them.
Only Qiaomu sat on the upper left and rolled his eyes. When Liu Che was talking about it, he clapped his hands: "Come here, send the gifts from Ai's family.
The emperor, the guard in the pass, has just ascended to the throne of the marquis.
The Ai family happened to have a gift to give to him."
"Oh, what are the emperor and grandmother going to give?"
Liu Che was not angry because he was interrupted by Qiao Mu. After all, this was a rare joy since he ascended the throne. He finally killed some of the Hun cavalry, so he would not be so angry.
“You can check it out later!
Kuijie, please send something up.”
Qiao Mu said with a meaningful smile.
After saying that, someone walked up with a carved box of gold and wood, held the box in front of Wei Qing, and reached out to open the lid of the box.
Immediately, a head appeared in front of Wei Qing. Of course, Wei Qing could not be scared no matter how he did it. After all, he had gone to battle to kill the enemy.
I wouldn't be scared by my head.
Wei Qing was not scared, but it didn't mean that he was joining in the fun. The people who came to see him were not scared.
Several Lehous, who were sitting next to Wei Qing and wanted to see what the Empress Dowager gave in advance, were immediately frightened. Someone even screamed out, and an older one fainted from fright.
Liu Che sat in a high position, and someone screamed out the head just now, so his face couldn't help but feel cold and asked:
"What does the emperor's grandmother mean?
Is it going to be scary or…”
"This is a good intention for the Ai family. Didn't Your Majesty hate the Huns a little. Is it a great achievement to kill 700 Huns at the same time? The Ai family's box contains the head of the Huns' Khanyu. I wonder what marquis' throne will be given to the warriors who killed the Huns' Khanyu. By the way, in addition to the remaining heads, there are more than 60,000 Hun cavalry heads outside Chang'an and have not been transported in. If you calculate this, you may have a lot of more marquis!"
Qiaomu continued to say with a smile.
After Liu Che sent troops to the expedition, Qiao Mu's firearms battalion followed him, and the speed was much faster than Wei Qing and the others. After all, the soldiers of the firearms battalion did not need to carry food and grass. However, Qiao Mu did not let her firearms attack first, but asked them to wait on the spot, waiting for the early dispatch to give them the map of the location of the Xiongnu Chanyu and the residence of all tribes.
Wait until Wei Qing and the others finished the war and returned home.
The generals of the Firearms Battalion also received a complete map of the Huns, so they naturally broke through one by one and slowly advanced forward. The army of the Firearms Battalion in the front advanced, and the caravan in the rear led the men to gather the herdsmen while building cities and developing.
Qiao Mu's so-called Shanyu and more than 60,000 cavalry's heads are mainly the Huns near the Hetao Plain. Then the Xiongnu's Shanyu royal court was also built there, so the firearms camp was carried out to clean the Lianwo.
Therefore, now only a few Hun kings who were far away were still alive. As the firearm camp continued to advance, I thought I would not live long, and sooner or later I would have to surrender or die.
As soon as Qiao Mu finished speaking, several envoys who had been on missions to the Huns came over and took a look with interest. Then, they were all shocked and quickly replied: "Your Majesty!
Chapter completed!