Chapter 78 The New Escape Method
"The enlightenment of escaping, I said to the owner of Hassan, what do you mean?"
Zhao Xu couldn't understand what Hassan meant at all. His escape for three consecutive days was already fast enough. (_ ) But now, as soon as he saw Hassan's convoy, he knew that he was not escaping fast enough and not far enough. If Hassan's large convoy could catch up so quickly, then Zhao Fubo's cavalry would catch up faster. Hassan looked at Zhao Xu's appearance and was somewhat proud when he blinked his little eyes.
"Master Xu, you have always been a big shot. Most of the time, you don't care about small things. It's normal for you to be unproficient in these things. Just look at our convoy and you should understand why I said you don't have the awareness of running away!"
Zhao Xu felt a little harsh when he heard the word "escape", but at this moment it was not the time to discuss this matter with Hassan. When he became the emperor, he believed that the shrewd Hassan would not say that. When Zhao Xu saw the owner of Hassan's vehicle, he completely understood why he had escaped slowly.
You should know that the most mobile team at this time was the cavalry. Originally, camels were the fastest when crossing the desert, but now with a large cart with wide wheels, the speed and carrying capacity of camels were not as good as those. However, in the desert, using camels to pull the carts to achieve the two-way merger between camels and chariots in the past. Of course, this was not of any benefit to the Chinese Empire. With the "road" and stations, there was no such problem at all.
Many people may not be familiar with the camel cart, which also includes Zhao Xu. Perhaps this matter requires some small popularization. The dromedary camel legs are longer, unlike the Bacteria camels in China and around China. When the Bacteria camel cart, 2 carts can be pulled by one cart. In South Africa, 1 meridian camel cart can carry a two-wheeler, and the load can reach 750 kilograms. However, this is completely different from Hassan's approach, and his approach is really advanced enough.
A large car with three pairs of wide wheels can carry 3 to 4 tons of heavy objects. The wide wheels reduce the resistance caused by the narrow wheels due to excessive pressure on the ground. The 3 pairs of wheels also make these vehicles more adaptable to desert areas. Moreover, the pair of wheels in the middle can be lifted and lowered. If the ground is hard, it can be lifted and saved a lot of effort.
The four camels were connected like horses. This was not Hassan's invention. This was the product of the combination of the four-cart made by Martin and the "Desert Boat". The car could carry up to 4 tons of cargo, which was improved after using wide wheels. Moreover, these camels could maintain a speed of 13 to 16 kilometers per hour for 18 hours.
Of course, Hassan would not use these camels so cruelly. In the Arab Empire, the number of camels was sometimes a symbol of wealth. As a businessman, he would not easily lose his wealth. About 13 of his big carts were a vehicle with only one bar for camels to rest. A 6** cart could carry up to 6 camels, and they were fed to the camels produced in China.
It can be seen that Hassan can keep his convoy moving as long as he changes the camels and drivers who pull the cart every once in a while. Compared with horses, it is a bit similar to the comparison between tortoise and hare racing. Among horses, Mongolian horses are probably the most hard-working, but compared with dromedary camels produced in the Arab Empire, it is a little worse. Now even if he only maintains a speed of 13 kilometers per hour and runs for 24 hours continuously, the trip of the entire convoy is quite far. Although the horses are said to be 25 kilometers in the current situation, it is difficult for the horses to maintain such speed for a long time. The longer the trip, the greater the difference between them.
Looking at the equipment of Hassan's convoy, Zhao Xu immediately realized something. No wonder Hassan said he wanted to have the "enlightenment of escape". Obviously, Hassan's convoy was prepared for this goal. However, after Zhao Xu saw it, he couldn't help but feel troubled again, because he didn't have many camels and he didn't have many big cars. This made many wounded soldiers who could not ride horses thrown on the road by him. Even if the soldiers were upset, his army would lack the supplement of veterans in the future.
This is not difficult for Hassan's convoy. For example, each large car is equipped with three drivers, and it is rotated three times a day. Hassan's convoy has trucks, which pull food, water, and some valuable goods. Other vehicles are people, but ordinary people only have seats and no beds in the car. The beds are two-story hammocks hanging in the middle of the car, so the people in the car have to take turns to sleep. There are also vehicles that carry camels for rest for the tired camels.
Hassan felt Zhao Xu's grateful and complimentary eyes, and his little eyes blinked, and he actually looked a little embarrassed.
"Master Xu, this is not the solution I came up with. This is the solution that merchants came up with so that their goods could reach the ground faster. With the convoy, they could reach a place thousands of miles away quickly without stopping!"
"Oh, Hassan, your method is good, but we have not had so many big cars besides war horses?"
Zhao Xu sighed, he was a little depressed. Although he had some money at this moment, where could he buy it? But Hassan obviously had already thought of a solution on the way he came, so he provided Zhao Xu with a path.
"Master Xu, serious, we have to leave quickly. Otherwise, if the second young master sent someone to chase him, I'm afraid no one of them would be able to escape. And there are some soldiers and generals under your command, so it's better for us to rob them all the way. The merchants have big chariots and camels, and there are food and supplies in each city. Don't we have reincarnation cannons and raindrop cannons? As long as they blast a few times, even if they don't open the city to surrender. Running all the way, as long as we keep going day and night, it's not easy to be caught up!"
When Zhao Xu heard Hassan's method, he was not bad. But he was a little worried about the combat ability of his soldiers, after all, they were a new journey of defeat. But during their subsequent itinerary, he was surprised to find that Hassan was completely correct.
During the battle with other cities, he found that it was quite easy to deal with ordinary city gates by the reincarnation cannons and raindrop cannons that could shoot flowering bullets. When opening a city, you can often get the supply of troops, food, money and materials. This made Zhao Xu's convoy expand rapidly. It was precisely because of this problem that he became the leader of a wandering robber army.
Soon he approached the area controlled by the Mongols, which shows that Hassan's new life-escaping method is very effective and it is also another opportunity for Zhao Xu to strengthen himself.
So the question is, why did Hassan give him these ideas?
Chapter completed!