Ye Li Jingchen was living a good life at the foot of the mountain. When he heard that Shao Shude was leading the army south and was going to inspect Hengshan, he immediately left Lingzhou and returned to the mountain, accompanying him to several villages.
"This sword is not bad." After Ye Li Jingchen arrived, Shao Shude pulled out a sharp dagger and said.
This was made by Yeli's workshop, with a total of 300 swords, and was sold to the Shuofang Army. Some cavalrymen are accustomed to using swords as secondary weapons, so the military envoy's Yamen purchased a batch of more than a thousand swords in total, mainly for private purchases.
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Yelishi Workshop specially selected five of the best swords to present to Shao Shude.
Marshal Shao was not polite and accepted it directly so that he could use it to reward warriors in the future.
"Chashan Iron Mine is uniquely endowed with natural resources, and the swords made from it are extraordinary. How about swords made from Guanzhong or Hedong iron?" Shao Shude asked.
"It's worse than anything else." Ye Lijingchen didn't know what Shao Shude wanted to ask, so he answered truthfully.
"Why?" Shao Shude asked.
Nori Susukaomi could not answer.
Shao Shude sighed, there is only skill and no theory, it is useless.
Of course, he didn't understand the theory. It must be that the iron ore content of Chashan Mountain was somewhat special. Later, Xixia used this iron ore to make the Xia Ren Sword, which was very famous.
However, it was really difficult for them to ask this question, so they decisively stopped.
"Have you ever thought about making other iron tools? In the past two years, we have been a little more prosperous. The field department of the shogunate is purchasing iron farm tools, and currently needs 50,000 pieces. The capital is busy making iron armor and has no time to do these. A certain person has asked Wei
The blacksmith shop will try out a hundred pieces, and if they can be used, we will first buy five thousand pieces and rent them out to the people." Shao Shude said.
It is said to be rented, but in fact it is the same as cattle, it is purchased in installments, and the corn is given after the autumn harvest every year.
Iron farm tools and cattle farming have a long history, but they have never become popular. Let alone now, even if society developed into the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was still not completely popular.
Nowadays, the curved-turn plow used in irrigated fields by rivers is extremely expensive. In order to preserve moisture, the people who cultivate dry land abandoned the curved-turn plow and used straight plows. But no matter which type, the cost is not low.
In the past two years, the shogunate has accumulated some savings, so Shao Shude plans to make some iron farm tools. The pastoral supervisors are also recruiting people to domesticate cattle from an early age, striving to further popularize cattle farming and iron farm tools. Don’t laugh, Lingxia has many livestock.
However, cattle farming has not been fully popularized. You can only imagine what the situation is like in the Central Plains.
"Where did the Wei family get the iron?" Ye Li Jingchen was a little confused.
The Wei family is the Weicai family. They have been making weapons for the military commander's yamen for many years. They have accumulated some experience and the scale is not small.
"Wei's Blacksmith Shop has moved from Xiazhou to Lingzhou, paying money to the shogunate to mine iron from the Helan Mountains." Shao Shude said.
It was said that they were paying money, but it was actually very small and symbolic. But there were conditions. Shao Shude asked them to reduce costs without reducing wages.
This request was a bit strange, but it was good for them, and Wei's Blacksmith Shop agreed to find a way.
"It's not difficult to make farm tools." Nori Susukaomi said, "I will have people make plows, harrows, hoes, and shovels, and present them to the commander-in-chief for appreciation."
"Okay, I'll wait." Shao Shude said with a smile: "I will ask the Yingtian Division to buy from whichever company makes farm tools that are useful and cheap."
"It's no problem." Nori Nobuomi smiled.
Fifty thousand farm tools is not a small business, and the profit is huge. And this is a trivial matter. The key is the purchase of weapons, which one is more profitable.
Shao Shude looked at Ye Li Jingchen's excited look and wanted to laugh a little.
He didn't understand his intentions at all.
If a time traveler goes back to ancient times and invents something, is it useful? I dare not say all of it, but it is probably useless because there is no system and no soil for its survival.
Shao Shude had seen the push-and-pull double wooden fan bellows used in hospitals in Lingzhou. This thing existed in the Tang Dynasty, and then disappeared. It did not appear again until the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. I co-authored your re-invention.
It’s something that has been invented once in history, right?
The most embarrassing thing is that it was still used until the end of the Qing Dynasty, a whole thousand years without any essential progress.
The barrel cart invented in the Sui Dynasty disappeared. Later, people rummaged through boxes and cabinets and found it in old papers, and a few hundred years later they built a similar one.
Why do inventions keep popping up, then disappearing, and then reinvented?
War is a factor. But this shows that it is not used widely enough! If a thing is used by many people, manufactured by many people, and repaired by many people, then it is in urgent need. Even if there is war, it will not be used widely enough.
will disappear.
For a simple drum cart, the person who invented it probably didn't make much money, and the people who manufactured and promoted it didn't make much money either. Naturally, everyone was indifferent. This is an important reason why it hasn't been popularized and promoted. In short,
The fire did not spread.
Is there such a thing as time travel? It actually "really" happened in history.
During the European Age of Discovery, a ship sank off the coast of America. Several people escaped death and swam ashore, including priests, soldiers, and sailors. They were rescued by Indians. They were very lucky.
More than ten years later, they were discovered by a British or Dutch merchant ship. When they were discovered, these few people worked with the Indians to grow corn using stone farm tools. They did not bring any changes to the Indian society. This was a
Unbelievable things.
How can the things invented by time-travelers not be wiped out by the times, but have the soil to survive and evolve themselves? This is the problem that needs to be solved urgently.
Shao Shude is conducting an experiment to see if a system can be established to completely solve this problem.
If the system can be successfully built, you don't actually need to invent anything. It will run on its own, relying on profits as the driving force and lubricant, constantly improving and innovating, thereby driving the progress of the entire society.
Otherwise, your invention is just a toy that no one uses, will just sit there and eat dust, and will disappear soon. Hundreds of years later, someone will repeat the "invention" again, and then disappear again. Is it interesting?
System, system, system, this is the core thing and the most difficult part.
"Does this sword have a name?" Shao Shude asked, holding a "Xia Ren Sword".
"Please give me a name, Commander-in-Chief," Nori Nobuomi said.
"Let's call it the Tea Mountain Sword." Shao Shude said: "You got this sword out of nowhere. If one day, Wei's Blacksmith Shop uses Helan Mountain iron to make the Tea Mountain Sword, or a better sword, would you be ashamed?"
"This..." Nori Nobuomi choked.
"Think about why Chashan Iron can make this kind of sword, but Hedong Iron or Guanzhong Iron can't. If you figure it out, I won't hesitate to reward you." Shao Shude stood up and said: "'Melting Bag' (Crucible) or
It's the reason, the forging is the reason, the bellows is the reason, the iron material is the reason, in short, think about it. Once you figure it out, don't be too petty, I'll ask other people who use this method to give you money, a lot of money
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After that, Shao Shude mounted the war horse brought by his own soldiers and said: "Let's go, it's time to take the boys and men to hunt. Gather all the athletes from Hengshan and have a good practice."
Tens of thousands of troops are stationed here, naturally not just for fun.
Now the situation is delicate and the opportunity has not yet come, so we can only wait. Taking advantage of this opportunity, let Hengshan Dangxiang select athletes to practice and hunt together with the Yamen army brought here. Hunting at the right time has been a kind of military style since ancient times.
Color activities are good for marching and fighting.
In the next few days, tens of thousands of soldiers and strong men began large-scale drills on the vast Hengshan Mountains.
While the sound of killing was loud, the two scenes were hoeing and herding sheep. The two scenes that were originally incompatible with each other unexpectedly merged together.
Farming and fighting at the same time, that's how magical it is.
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"Kill him!" In Luzhou, the same shouts of killing were heard.
More than a hundred soldiers came to the formation with bows, dense arrows flew out, and screams continued.
"Go! If we don't kill Li and Zhao, none of us will survive." One general, wearing two layers of heavy armor and holding a hammer, rushed forward.
Inspired by him, more than a hundred soldiers formed a formation and marched quickly with guns in hand.
"An Jushou, if you stop now, you still have a chance." A general on the other side shouted loudly with disheveled hair.
"Bah!" An Jushou was not disturbed at all. He kept hammering down several people with his hammer.
"Don't listen to him. We have killed so many Hedong bastards. How can Li Ya'er let us go?" A primary school student shouted: "Kill! Kill them all! Take their heads and present them to Dongping."
The prince of the county will be rewarded with gold and silk."
The sergeants knew there was no way out, so they fought even more fiercely. There were few people on the defensive side, and they could no longer support them.
"I am the brother of the king of Longxi County. I can guarantee your survival. As long as you put down your equipment, you will be innocent." The disheveled general shouted while directing the soldiers to resist.
"Whoosh!" An arrow struck, hitting the man's chest. Because he arrived in a hurry and he was in the city, he was not wearing armor, so he fell down on the spot.
"Li Kegong is dead, kill him!" An Jushou was greatly encouraged by this and rushed to kill him. He was extremely brave.
When the soldiers guarding one side saw that their general had been hit by an arrow, their morale plummeted. They could not resist at all and were immediately dispersed.
An Jushou rushed forward at a trot and ran in front of Li Kegong.
Li Kegong was injured but not dead. He was lying on the ground and was about to say something when he saw this. Unexpectedly, An Jushou hit him with a hammer and his whole head deflated.
The other sergeants rushed into the post house with shouts of death and searched every room.
Soon, General Yi was taken out.
He was covered in wounds and could not move easily. He did not panic when he saw this, but laughed loudly and said: "An Jushou, if you kill me today, tomorrow the king of Longxi County will kill the whole clan. I will wait for you underground."
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"Noisy!" An Jushou hit him with another hammer, and his laughter stopped abruptly.
"Li Kegong, Li Yuanshen is dead, and Hedong can no longer accommodate us. Now we have no way out except to defect to the Xuanwu Army in Heyang." An Jushou turned around, looked at the sergeants, and asked: "You
What do you think?"
"Having killed the bastards from Hedong, what else is there to say? Li Ya'er is stupid and doesn't care about our sufferings, so he went to join the Prince of Dongping County."
"Quickly cut off their heads as a meeting gift."
"I'm afraid that the head is not enough. It would be better for General Yong'an to stay at the Zhaoyi Festival and then surrender to the city."
"Yes, the Shangdang is already in my hands. If the Bian troops go north to support them, they will have no worries."
"Where are the Bian soldiers?"
Everyone started talking and talking.
Obviously, this kind of rebellion was a "passionate rebellion", and they had never thought about what would happen beforehand.
It's just that Li Ya'er went too far!
Meng Qian raised Xingzhou and surrendered. He didn't need to kill him, but he actually made him the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the shogunate in Zhaoyi Town. None of Meng Qian's cronies were affected, and they were all promoted to general positions. It's outrageous!
You must know that Meng Fangli insisted on moving Zhaoyi Li to Xingzhou, which triggered civil strife. An Jushou and other general Zelu directly launched an army to rebel, leading the Hedong Army into the country, allowing them to easily occupy the two states.
What now? Meng Fangli's brother Meng Qian came back with his people, and he was their immediate boss of the former rebel generals, which suddenly made them panic.
Will Meng Qian take revenge? He will definitely.
In this case, it is better to rebel and seek refuge with Zhu Quanzhong, Prince of Dongping County!
"Everyone" An Jushou cleared his throat and said: "Our army only has more than 300 people. I'm afraid we can't defend such a large Luzhou. Now the Bian soldiers are far away and Hedong is close at hand. How can we abide by the law?"
Say it, say it."
"General An, if you have any ideas, please tell me directly." Everyone said one after another.
"I heard that General Feng Ba Feng wounded Li Yuanshen and raised troops in Qinshui. Now there are more than 3,000 people. It would be much safer to invite him to join the Shangdang." An Ju said.
Feng Ba was also a general of Zhaoyi.
Not long ago, Li Keyong asked people to select Zhaoyi's elite soldiers. Jiedushi Li Kegong immediately followed the instructions, carefully selected 500 elite soldiers, and sent Li Yuanshen and Feng Ba to take them to Jinyang.
Unexpectedly, Zhaoyi's elite soldiers were unwilling to leave their hometown at all, and started making trouble on the way. The escorting sergeant was caught off guard and was killed. Li Yuanshen fled back to Luzhou in embarrassment, and was seriously injured.
After Feng Ba wounded Li Yuanshen, he led his troops to the Qinshui River and recruited people to join the army. Now there are more than 3,000 people, so An Jushou wanted to invite him to join him in Luzhou to fight against Li Keyong.
Li Kegong was the military envoy of Zhaoyi. He saw that Li Yuanshen had escaped with injuries, so he came to visit him. Unexpectedly, there was another rebellion in the city, and he and Li Yuanshen died unexpectedly together. It was so pitiful!
And this rebellion seemed to be like a signal, which quickly spread to Jinyang, Bianzhou, Chang'an, and the ears of Marshal Shao.
Everyone realized that the first battle to siege Hedong had been started by this group of rebels.
The bloody curtain is about to officially begin.
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In Bianzhou City, Zhu Quanzhong stood up suddenly.
"Instructions are sent that Zhu Chongjie, who has stayed behind in Heyang, will immediately lead his army to assist Zelu."
"As commanded."
The generals in the hall were also very excited.
Zhu Quanzhong took a glance: Zhu Zhen, Pang Shigu, Ding Hui, Deng Jijun, Guo Yan, Li Chan, Huo Cun, Ge Congzhou, Yang Yanhong, Li Si'an, Wang Tan, He Delun and other generals were all there.
The four generals Zhu, Pang, Ding and Deng were old men and were trusted generals.
Guo, Li, Huo and Ge are the generals of the Chao Army. They have a close relationship and can be trusted.
Yang, Li, and Wang are old generals of the Xuanwu Army. They have worked diligently and fought bravely in the past few years, which is not bad.
He Delun is a subordinate of An Shiru, a descendant of Huazhou, but he has shown his loyalty many times, so he can still be used.
"Luzhou is in the north of Zezhou." Zhu Quanzhong looked at the generals and said slowly: "Li Hanzhi is also a tiger general. He controls Zezhou and isolates the inside and outside. He must take it. Who can go?"
Pang Shigu stepped forward and said: "I will go there in the end."
He had just returned from Huainan. He had more than 40,000 men, and he was said to be one hundred thousand, but he was defeated by Sun Ru. His reputation among the Xuanwu Army dropped sharply. It was the time when he needed to make new achievements and avenge his previous humiliation.
Zhu Quanzhong was also very angry about his defeat in Huainan. He was not happy in his heart, but his face remained calm and he said: "We are going to help in advance. Why do we need our generals to go out? Deng Jijun, you will lead an army and set off soon."
, Heyang has few soldiers, I am afraid that Zhu Chongjie will fail."
"The general will obey your orders." Deng Jiyun came out of the queue and responded.
"The rest of the generals will go back to reorganize their troops and horses, and go out for the expedition in three days. This is a golden opportunity. Zelu, Jinyang has no danger to defend. In this battle, we will win but not lose. Do you know that?" Zhu Quanzhong said with a serious face.
Come and ask.
"The general will know." All the generals responded one after another.
After the generals retreated, Zhu Quanzhong left behind Sima Jingxiang, who was marching from the left.
Jingxiang had expected it, so he didn't leave just now and kept waiting there.
"Sima Guo is my son-in-law." Zhu Quanzhong said with a smile.
"The commander-in-chief doesn't send Pang and General Ge, but sends Deng Jun envoys to fight alone. It will definitely be successful." Jing Xiang also said with a smile.
Zhu Quanzhong was surprised and said: "Jing Sima actually knows my strategy?"
"It's nothing more than the same word."
"What's the explanation for this?"
"Why does the commander have to be so mysterious?" Jingxiang said: "The towns are planning to attack the east of Hedong. Now there is a rebellion in Luzhou. They surrendered the city. The commander sent Zhu Chongjie and Deng Jijun to send troops to help. But where are the soldiers and horses of Youzhou, Chengde, and Datong?
?He hasn’t left the army yet! So we have to wait.”
Zhu Quanzhong laughed when he heard this and said: "That's ridiculous."
Jingxiang was unmoved and continued: "One more thing, the three generals Ge Congzhou, Li Chan, and Li Chongyin..."
"Hold on! I just heard the old story!" Zhu Quanzhong quickly stretched out his hand to stop Jing Xiang's words and laughed: "I really can't hide anything from Jing Sima."
Jingxiang shook his head and said: "My lord, this battle still requires full strength. If we can capture Zelu, it will be like a sword against Sha Tuo'er's neck, making him restless day and night. I see that my lord is not strong in fighting spirit.
Why?"
"I am impressed by the work of Jing Sima, who has little knowledge." Zhu Quanzhong praised: "Xu, Yang, the war has just stopped, and there are two Zhus in the east, how can they attack Jin with all their strength?"
"As my lord said, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I have besieged several towns, but I have no skills to control them. I am unable to control the left and right." Jingxiang was a little anxious and advised: "Yun, Yan Er Town, the dog guarding the house, Huainan Sun Ru, drunken life and dreamed of death,
Pu in Wuning is already losing his courage. If we don't take advantage of this opportunity to capture Hedong, we will eventually become troubled!"
"However, we don't know where Yan and Zhao's troops will come from. It's probably difficult to rely on Xuanwu alone to hold down the enemy." Zhu Quanzhong said.
"My lord, it is better to ask for help than to ask for yourself. If there are other vassal towns, then that's it. There are dangerous mountains and rivers in the east of the river. Once we go south in the future, there will be no danger in Huai, Meng, Luo and other places. The Jin army can attack Daliang, and everyone will panic.
Jingxiang raised his voice and said: "Even if the fortifications along the river are strong, if the river freezes in winter, the Jin soldiers can cross the river at will, and the cavalry will be unable to defend them."
"This is not a good opportunity for a decisive battle with Sha Tuozi." Zhu Quanzhong also sighed: "How could I not know the benefits of destroying Hedong in one battle and eliminating the enemy?"
"Maybe you can send an envoy to contact Shao Shude, the king of Lingwu County, and ask him to send troops to destroy Hedong together." Jingxiang suggested.
"Jing Sima's words are reasonable. I will send an envoy to Lingxia and see if we can make it into Chengdu." Zhu Quanzhong said: "Li Kuangwei and Wang Rong will also have to send people."