Guan Wanshan took a long breath, and while slowly exhaling the turbid air, he said with a slight tremor in his voice: "I have misjudged my position, the Xi Lie Army is really powerful!"
In this simple drill, he could still see some subtle effects. The Xi Lie Army subverted his imagination. As a veteran on the battlefield, Guan Wanshan was convinced.
Ye An shook his head: "The Huaiyuan Army is far stronger than I imagined. You won! No need to be surprised. If it were replaced with the same weapons and tactics, the Xi Lie Army would have been defeated long ago. If it were on a real battlefield... you will definitely be able to
It lasted longer than the Xi Lie Army, with fewer casualties."
Guan Wanshan pursed his lips: "If you lose, you lose. Don't give me any comfort, General!"
Ye An smiled: "From now on, the weapons and tactics of the Huaiyuan Army are the same as those of the Western Lie Army. The military supplies are the same for both armies. As for the official salary and army salary, I will also ask the imperial court for orders, but I don't want to let myself down."
Only the official’s will is good!”
Guan Wanshan raised his head in surprise. After seeing Ye An's sincere smile, he pushed up the golden mountain and bowed down loudly: "I thank you, General, on behalf of the three thousand soldiers of the Huaiyuan Army!"
For a person with a military background, just a few words are a very heavy promise. Pei Chengwen looked at Ye An's young and exaggerated face and felt cold behind him. After taking care of himself, even Guan Wanshan was easily conquered by him.
Ye An said with a smile: "This is how it should be. Don't call yourself a humble position. You should be the last general. From now on, you will be my subordinate, Ye An!"
"The final general honors your order!"
"Okay! Pass the order. All soldiers in the school grounds are not allowed to remove their armor. All the weapons in their hands are replaced by real ones. Troops are immediately sent to surround Qingtang Liquor Shop!"
Guan Wanshan shouted: "The last general takes orders!"
Having just returned home, he only wanted to make some achievements in front of Ye An, but Pei Chengwen was shocked. He didn't expect that this was Ye An's killer move!
Before Pei Chengwen could think about it, the army composed of the Huaiyuan Army and the Xilie Army set off. They had completed the most complicated step of putting on their armor, and all that was left was to change their weapons.
The convoy of Puhui Company transported the weapons and equipment that had been prepared to the school ground. The equipment of both the Xilie Army and the Huaiyuan Army was the same.
Although the training of the two armies was different, they changed their equipment very quickly, the weapons were fixed, and the crossbows were quickly cocked. The only difference was that the rapid ratchet winding surprised the soldiers of the Huaiyuan Army.
The ratchet crossbow is almost the longest-range throwing weapon in this era. Maybe it was the wrong time. Ye An did not see the legendary magical "God's Arm Crossbow" in the general prison of the Song Dynasty, but he saw the black lacquer crossbow.
, yellow birch crossbow, white birch crossbow, yellow birch crossbow, jumping orange crossbow, redwood crossbow, horn crossbow, Neima locust crossbow and many other types of crossbow arrows.
Most of them use a foot-operated winding method to ensure the range, which is extremely laborious, but if a ratchet is installed, it will save a lot of effort.
However, Ye An is still not very satisfied with the current ratchet crossbow. There is no other reason. Although it is fast to cock, it still consumes a lot of physical strength.
It is also necessary to use combined gears to save more effort, but the combined gears must be designed to be very small and very strong, which is a huge test for iron smelting technology.
The craftsmen of Puhui Company do not yet have such ability, and can only try with constant failures. Many people think that it is not wise for Ye An to invest a lot of manpower and material resources for a small gear, but only Ye An and
Qin Mumu knew that this inconspicuous little gear might bring huge benefits to Puhui Company.
But Ye An and Qin Mumu also know that technological progress is accumulated bit by bit, and these seemingly inconspicuous things will eventually converge into a river, roaring, carrying civilization into the ocean of history, creating
The great rise of a civilization will also destroy the decadent eras in the rush...
Both the soldiers of the Western Lie Army and the soldiers of the Huaiyuan Army quickly wound up the ratchets. After winding up, they carried the arrows on their backs without any arrows. This was an extremely rich battle. Each soldier was equipped with a ratchet crossbow, which lasted a full day.
Thousands of them can be said to be extremely wealthy.
Such a luxurious configuration, not to mention Pei Chengwen and Guan Wanshan were stunned, even Chen Lin who came out of the palace was greatly shocked. With a thousand ratchet crossbows, he knew the power of this ratchet crossbow better than anyone else, and he knew it better than anyone else.
Knowing that the cost of this ratchet crossbow is 30 guan, even if Puhui Company has the ability to produce this ratchet crossbow, it will also require 30 guan of manpower and material resources! It is already comparable to the cost of a walking armor with a visor pocket.
!
"You kid Kazuya is too extravagant! This is the cost of thirty thousand guan, a total of thirty million dollars!"
Ye An glanced at Chen Lin, and then smiled at Guan Wanshan beside him: "See, this is the confidence of our Western Lie Army. Follow me, and you will not suffer any loss after all."
Guan Wanshan finally found his "home", and he was glad that Ye An didn't make things difficult for him, and he was even more glad that he didn't get involved too much with Pei Chengwen.
The previous old governor once said that a strong army cannot be made only with money, but it will never become a strong army without money. As for making money, there are many ways to make money. You can make money by robbing the people, and you can also kill good people and take credit for their merits.
Make money, but you won't become a strong army, you can only become bandits and beasts.
The only way to make money is through military exploits. The more military exploits there are, the greater the rewards. The reason is simple. However, military exploits are earned with human lives. As for being raised by a rich general, they have never considered this idea.
Never had.
No commander was willing to spend money to support their group of frontier troops. There were too many old, young, women, and children in the army, but not many soldiers. A Huaiyuan army of 3,000 people had nearly 5,000 old, young, women, and children, but these old men
Where did the young women and children come from? They were not left behind by the dead soldiers!
Tieniu and Guan Wanshan obtained accurate information at the same time. This information came from the special department of Puhui Company, the Travel Consulting Department, which was equivalent to the market research department in later generations, but it was not exactly the same, because they also took on the responsibility of Xi Liejunzhong.
The mission of spying on intelligence.
Guan Wanshan was dumbfounded when he saw the information in his hand. This Qingtang Wine Shop was said to be a wine shop but in fact it was a very large courtyard group composed of multiple small courtyards.
Several small courtyards have been opened up, forming a large interconnected courtyard with excellent privacy. Especially the courtyards in the middle are easy to defend and difficult to attack.
On the periphery of the courtyard group, there are all wine shops. Qingtang's highland barley wine is sweet and refreshing due to its unique brewing method. It is loved by people in the deep northwest, so its sales are good, and Qingtang Tubo has a monopoly in Liangzhou City.
Although the sky is high and the emperor is far away, there is no tax on wine, but if anyone here dares to make wine, Qingtang Tubo will definitely make them lose their money.
One thousand people may seem like a lot, but it is not hard to resist the Qingtang Tibetans who occupy the advantageous location. There are tough Tibetans stationed on the walls and roofs, and there are many elites behind the gates and in the courtyards.
Zhuo Da gritted his teeth. He didn't expect that Ye An would actually do this and release the news that it was a drill between the two armies. In fact, he was gathering troops to besiege him in an upright manner!
It's a shame that Pei Chengwen didn't take away the benefits of Qingtang, but he didn't leak any news to himself!
It is extremely simple for a thousand people to surround the Qingtang Liquor Shop with hundreds of people, but it is another matter to capture it.
It's just that neither Tieniu nor Guan Wanshan planned to attack by force. This was a thankless task. Crossbows and arrows were fired, and the forest of spears made the wine shop on the outskirts unable to resist and was captured. The Tubo people who survived wisely retreated to the courtyard, but the wine was not available.
There was no time to transport it away.
Tieniu was overjoyed. These drinks were not cheap, and raiding the house was also a good addition. Of course, the highland barley wine was not strong enough to ignite, otherwise it would have been easier.