Chapter six hundred and forty-eight the benefits of Jizhou weapons
Xiong Meicheng was not a person who couldn't bear to lose, but he lost so miserably that he almost lost all his capital. This result still made him feel that he couldn't bear it.
Kuramoto Quan cautiously walked to the deck and glanced at Xiong Meicheng, who was drinking a small amount of sake, looking like he was hesitant to speak.
"What's wrong? If you fart, let it go." Although his back was to Kuramoto Quan, Xiong Meicheng, who was not drunk, still heard the sound of footsteps.
"Daban, the brothers below would like to ask where we are going to go next." Kuramoto Quan said while carefully observing Xiong Meichengyi, who looked like he was about to run away at any time. He was obviously afraid of his own family.
If Dafan would take it out on himself, that would be really unfair.
At this time, everyone is at sea, and it has been half a month, and there is not much food left. If we continue to linger here, we may starve to death.
"Yes, it has been stopped for half a month." He said with a sigh, and then Xiong Meicheng seemed to have remembered something and suddenly looked back at Kuramoto Quan and asked, "According to your opinion, we should
Where are you going? Going back?"
"this..."
"It doesn't matter, to be honest, I still have a certain tolerance for others." Xiong Meicheng waved his hand and said to dispel Kuramoto Quan's concerns.
"No. Dafan, I don't think we can just go back like this. Although our strength has suffered some losses, we will try our best to keep our territory after going back. But if we go back and fail like this, we will definitely be defeated.
This is a joke. We should continue to attack."
"Continue to attack? You already know the strength of Daqian's army. Can we defeat him now when we go back?" Xiong Meicheng asked with a frown.
"No, Dafan. The Dagan army is very strong, and we cannot provoke it lightly. But not every force in Goryeo has the help of the Dagan army. We can bypass Silla and attack Gaya."
"Huh?" Xiong Meicheng raised his eyebrows and his eyes widened for a moment. Just when Cang Benquan was a little at a loss and didn't know whether what he said was right or wrong, Da Fan finally said: "Yes, Cang Benquan
Bensang, you are right. Silla has a large army to help, but Gaya does not. Hahaha, come on, give the order and turn to the land of Gaya. This time we will recover all the previous losses.
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More than thirty warships, large and small, began to turn their rudders. It was foreseeable that Gaya would be baptized by Japanese soldiers soon.
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Jicheng.
In front of Tang Ao, there was a lot of information sent from various places. One of them was the news that the Japanese navy had entered Gaya and wreaked havoc there.
According to incomplete statistics, the Japanese Japanese ghosts have been looting Gaya for nearly ten days this time, and it has not ended yet. For this, Gaya paid a huge price. Countless gold, silver and grains were stolen.
Many of the people below were also killed and plundered.
This time, the Japanese seemed to be crazy, and they played more ruthlessly than the criminals in the past. But all this has nothing to do with Tang Ao. Gaya didn't ask for help from him before, so he had no obligation to help him.
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Even if the other party asks for help now, Tang Ao will not allow the Quartet Army to take action. In his heart, whether it is Korea now or Japan across the sea, they are his potential opponents. Now that there is a dog-eat-dog incident, he
It's too late to be happy, and where will troops be sent to help?
I believe that after this incident, Silla will pay more attention to the Quartet Army. Taking this opportunity, they must let their floating merchant ships help them transport food. Presumably they will try their best to meet this request.
Things about Goryeo were put aside for the time being, and Tang Ao had information about Beidi and the Huns in his hands.
Chengzuo Fu and Gongsun Guang, who had been conquered by Hero Drunk, had agreed to exchange their people for fine wine under the strong demands of Zeng Tong and Han Ce. However, they also said that the number of young people under their command was not very large.
, it is impossible to exchange them all, it requires every strong man to be matched with an old man, a child and a woman.
Beidi was originally a nation with strict hierarchies. The King of Beidi was naturally the highest, followed by several large and powerful families, followed by some small families, tribes and families with the same surname, mainly in villages. The relative people were the common people.
The lowest level is also the least popular.
To use an analogy, when Beidi was most difficult in the past years, the so-called nobles never went hungry. It was only the lowest class of people who were really hungry. Even those nobles would rather waste food than give it to the people.
A little bit. And all this seems to be quite reasonable in their eyes.
It is simply impossible to care for the common people with such people. On the contrary, if you exchange these lowest common people for fine wine, there will be no psychological burden at all. Especially if it can be paired with useless old people, that is even more
A good deal.
In fact, the real fighting power of Beidi is also the direct strength of each family. Other people, such as the lower class people, will also participate in the war, but they are often treated as cannon fodder, or help the noble army transport food. Because these people do not have enough to eat all year round,
The combat effectiveness is naturally very limited.
Precisely because he never cared about it, the exchange of people for wine went very smoothly. When Zeng Tong reported it and told the Beidi people's request, Tang Ao naturally agreed.
Those old people are useless in Beidi, but for Jizhou, they can be used for farming, which is equivalent to liberating some labor force; women can do more things, and no matter how hard it is, they can still find some ways to see it.
If you marry the old bachelors in Jizhou in the past, then their offspring will undoubtedly be able to work hard; as for the children, they seem to be unable to do much now, but once they grow up, they will be the best laborers and soldiers.
They are still young, and this is the best time to instill ideas in them.
It is conceivable that in a few years, with these old people, women and children filling the population, Jizhou will be many times stronger than it is now.
Putting down the information in his hand, Tang Ao couldn't help but look into the distance. At this time, he was like a lion about to wake up, about to open its bloody mouth, showing his most powerful side.
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Daliang City.
After two months of military training, the army recruited at a high price of 30,000 yuan has already begun to look like a real soldier.
It's just that there is still a long way to go before actually reaching the battlefield. The former Princess Di doesn't want to invest a lot of energy and lose the battle with Jin Yin's army after entering the battlefield, so the training must continue. At the same time, the former Princess Di also
I'm trying to think of ways to improve the military's weaponry.
In ancient times, the number of people was the most important in fighting, followed by terrain, military morale, and morale. Of course, logistics and corresponding weapons were also very important. For example, everyone is holding a sword, but one side's weapons are harder. The weapons of one side are somewhat inferior. When they meet on the battlefield, it is obvious who wins and who loses. You can't expect the army to defeat the opponent with a weapon that has no teeth.
If you want to attack first, you must sharpen your weapon first!
After the former Princess Di thought about it again and again, she set her sights on Jizhou. It is said that the reason why the Jizhou army was able to win the battle was because of the strong steel knives in their hands. Steel knives like this were the most popular in the palace. There are some, but only Jinjiawei can equip them, and they were still equipped when Emperor Qianwen was still alive.
Princess Di has seen those steel knives before. They are indeed very sharp and strong enough. They are not comparable to the iron knives they have now. Unfortunately, it seems that Jizhou has no intention of selling them to outsiders. The only ones left in the palace are those in the palace. There are just hundreds of them.
It was only in the hands of the Jizhou Army, and the former Princess Di had a headache. Thinking of Tang Sheng's previous trip to Jizhou and returning without success, she didn't think that Tang Ao would sell such a good thing to herself, especially since she had made it clear that she wanted to restore the country. , that is to say, sooner or later the Jizhou Army will face off, and now selling weapons to oneself, doesn’t that mean siding with the enemy?
Although she didn't have much hope, the former Princess Di still entrusted a businessman who often went to Jizhou to test Tang Ao's thoughts. What I want to say here is that as a large number of things from Jizhou arrived in Dazhou by sea, After the invasion of the south, the so-called blockade of Jizhou existed in name only.
When there is no sea route, anyone who wants to go to Jizhou can only find two roads. One is the slightly farther Guzhou, and the other is the short route Liaozhou. And these are all under the jurisdiction of King Zhong, without his nod of permission. Under this situation, no caravan could successfully reach Jizhou, causing Jizhou to be isolated.
This is King Zhong’s way of dealing with Tang Ao. Your soldiers are very good at fighting, right? Even if he wants to clean up Jizhou, he will have to pay a high price, so he will simply not fight you and rely on economic blockade to deal with you. When you have nothing to eat and nothing to wear, will the soldiers still have the heart to fight?
The idea was good, but I didn't expect that Tang Ao would join forces with Goryeo and reopen a new trade route by sea. In this way, the so-called blockade would be meaningless. What's even more powerful is the product produced in Jizhou The things are indeed very good, whether it is the iodized salt that everyone needs, the perfume and soap that women like, or the glass products that the rich and powerful like, or carriages and other items, they are all the most sought-after items on the market.
Now it's even more powerful. Jizhou has created another kind of hero drunk, which tastes very good. Not only is there no bitterness at all, but the aroma is overflowing in the mouth of the wine. This is amazing, in the ancient people's habit of drinking wine. , which is equivalent to one of the necessities second only to food.