Cheng Chumo felt very ashamed and irritable when the old man pointed out the weakness in his heart. Now when he heard the old man said to go east, Cheng Chumo couldn't help but immediately thought... Could this old man have come here specifically to try to bully the young master?
A horse-riding battle is imminent, but the Romans are in the west!
At this time, you ask me to go west. This... Although I admit that I am far worse than my father, and I have learned the lesson now, the war is about to break out in the east. No matter how dangerous it is, run west at this time.
——Become a deserter and run south to China...
In an instant, Cheng Chumo felt that he had been directly humiliated. He was furious on the spot and wanted to grab Sun Simiao and punch him. But then - he saw that Sun Simiao not only did not dodge or evade nor was afraid, but instead stepped forward and came closer, whispering
He said, "Although the general's plan is dangerous, the key lies in this steam car. If this steam car is really powerful, then even if...the imperial court only produced more than a hundred vehicles this time, they are definitely not Roman bodies."
A mortal fetus can bear it."
"ah?"
Cheng Chumo was startled. He didn't expect that this old man actually had something serious to say... But what's there to say? Didn't I already say it just now? But then Sun Simiao continued, "But this steam car, because His Highness the Holy King has recently
I have just researched and found out that the athletes of the Tang Dynasty are not yet skilled in driving, and it is said that many of them are damaged... It seems that there are only about fifty vehicles heading towards Anbei City at the moment."
Anbei Protectorate is this military town, also known as "Anbei City". Having said this, Sun Simiao paused, and then lowered his voice a little further before continuing in a low voice, "It is said that these remaining
Fifty steam cars were also left behind, and they were forced to be abandoned in Tuyuhun... or somewhere. Because they couldn't be transported, some people had to be left to guard them. Seeing this, I'm afraid that the school officer in charge is planning to abandon this batch of goods.
Already..."
"Isn't it... that I don't want it anymore? This thing... is probably worth a lot of money, how can I just throw it away?"
Cheng Chumo's young tiger eyes widened, and he couldn't understand why he didn't want it - since it was said to be the latest and strongest combat power of the Tang Dynasty, shouldn't he have to pull it over? What if it was repaired...
However, seeing that Cheng Chumo was puzzled, Sun Simiao continued, "General Xiao Cheng doesn't know something. Although this steam car is very powerful and can pull several strong horses backwards, it is extremely powerful... but it is also extremely heavy.
It’s heavy. If these chariots that can’t move by themselves are hauled here by horses, I’m afraid they’ll miss the opportunity to fight. But based on what I’ve seen, there are still many craftsmen in the army who are quite skilled in mechanisms. Originally…”
Speaking of this, Sun Simiao showed a somewhat embarrassed smile, "I advised General Cheng to send all these craftsmen there to see if they could repair as many as possible, but the general refused."
"Rejected? Why?"
Cheng Chu was silently surprised and couldn't understand.
Since this steam car is so powerful, even His Majesty was shocked by it, and...there are fifty of this thing abandoned in the wilderness.
With so many high-value assets, it’s okay if we don’t have craftsmen on hand. There are obviously them, so why not repair them and bring them back? When Cheng Chumo asked, Sun Simiao became a little gloomy and said, "What the general means is
"Although this steam train is good, it's freezing cold in this season..."
When Sun Simiao mentioned the words "the sky is cold and the ground is freezing", Cheng Chumo immediately glanced around with a sinister look. It was obvious that he was extremely unconvinced by what Sun Simiao said and his father's judgment - although Cheng Chumo was afraid of losing his father, the giant Buddha.
, but he is still a young man after all. Apart from the most terrifying possibility of his father being killed in battle, he still has abundant basic martial ethics.
But then Sun Simiao said, "Little General Cheng, please don't get excited. This old General Cheng must have his own experience..."
The implication is that Cheng Yaojin himself judged the weather and sent a large number of craftsmen to find the abandoned steam locomotive. It would probably be extremely dangerous... not to mention that there would be no return.
You must know that this latitude is colder than Goguryeo and Tuguhun!
When Sun Simiao said this, Cheng Chumo fell silent for a moment, but he still frowned and said, "In that case, what the old gentleman means is..."
"Hmm... Old General Cheng refused this proposal. In addition to thinking that in the ice and snow and the short days, it would be easy to lose money by sending people out, he also had another concern... These craftsmen have always been working with the army. They have to deal with His Highness the Holy King.
I am afraid that my magic skills are not enough...and since the war is about to happen, the outcome is uncertain, and it is not good if there are no craftsmen in the army to build the horses, arrow towers and other things, so this is the decision."
"That's what happened..."
Cheng Chumo frowned and began to think hard. In addition to solemn anxiety, the previous...shock also appeared in his eyes again.
War is indeed not that simple. You don't have to fight bravely to be qualified to take command of a general!
The most important thing in the army is order and obedience, but the essential difference between generals and soldiers is that generals have the courage to make decisions and take responsibility alone. This is different from the ordinary bravery of rushing to kill.
However, seeing how troubled Cheng Chumo was, Sun Simiao stopped talking about other details and directly expressed his opinion, "But General Cheng..."
"In my opinion, although the craftsmen in this army have indeed not studied under His Royal Highness the Holy King, I also feel that... some things cannot be taken at face value. The craftsmen currently used in the army are all relatively young. Although
They have not studied the magic arts of the Holy King in several academies, but they are all diligent and promising young people, and many of them secretly learn on their own..."
"Oh?...That's true!"
Cheng Chumo was just about to say that there was such a thing? Then he remembered - aren't there some of the hundreds of brothers he brought with him who were learning machine arts?
These days are no better than in the past. Although opportunities to enter various colleges are still scarce, most of his subordinates have no chance to enter... But now that there is printing technology, the price of books is compared to the "Luoyang paper is more expensive" since the Eastern Han Dynasty.
, but it’s a lot cheaper!
For this reason, although there are many young soldiers in the army who are no longer able to study in various academies, some people do secretly study the pirated "scientific" books from various printing houses and study the techniques, because now the entire Tang Dynasty knows that doing
The factory brings in too much money, and this thing requires an understanding of "scientific" techniques.
Thinking of this, Cheng Chumo suddenly became enlightened.
Since this is the case...
It seems that I have to try to take advantage of it!
