Chapter 672: The Court of the Northwest War 2
The Han general Li Ling with 5,000 foot soldiers, relying on the cover of the transfer cart, carried 2 million arrows, and fought against 80,000 Xiongnu cavalry, and was able to advance and retreat freely on the grassland. "Words * Love * First * Fa [Big ◇ Book ◇ Bag ◇ Small ◇ Say ◇ Net.dashubao.cc] Please search Pinshu.com to see the most complete and updated and fastest novel Liu Yu deployed a circular chariot array with 3,000 people to defeat the attack of 70,000 Wei troops.
It can be seen that on the plain battlefield, the chariot has a lot of constraints on the horse army. The Song army did not have many war horses, but there were mules, horses and donkeys among the people, and those mules, horses and donkeys that could not perform long-distance battles could completely pull chariots to fight.
The most important thing is that epoch-making significance, the birth of the four-wheeled vehicle, laid the foundation for the development of automobiles, two-wheeled vehicles and unicycles, unable to develop automobiles.
It was a pity that he followed the model of the Ming Dynasty partial van and asked the Yuquanshan Research Institute to launch the results, and the forbidden army did not seem to be very interested in this four-wheeled chariot, so far only each army was equipped with only one battalion.
Obviously, the four-wheeled chariot is still relatively cumbersome, although it is equipped with powerful crossbow arrows, but it rarely attracts people to fight on the car, often a single car or even a team of cars, can not compete with the same number of horse army, the general is still biased towards the development of the horse army.
Also, the relatively flexible two-wheeled military vehicle cannot keep up with the pace of development of the horse army, although it is not a military miracle for a long time, but it is still eliminated by the mainstream, not to mention the larger and less flexible four-wheeled vehicle.
For the development of the Ma Army, he is naturally ranked in the first position, but he will never give up the development of the four-wheeled chariot, regardless of the significance of the four-wheeled chariot, the significance of this chariot to the Bu Bazi is by no means something that can be expressed in the short term, and needs to be proved on the battlefield.
It's one thing to be bulky, it's another thing to be powerful, it depends on what kind of organization the forbidden army can use, and the maximum combat effectiveness of the chariot can be brought into play.
If you let the bicycle meet the horse army, it will definitely not work, if it is mixed and organized, then the carriage and horse cooperate with each other, and what kind of combat effectiveness can be exerted
"In this war, it is natural to destroy the party. However, it is just a party item, and there is no need for the imperial court to go through a lot of trouble, it is just a military training. ”
The words are very crazy, even more capricious, dealing with the Xia who has been with the Great Song Dynasty for more than 100 years, it is actually said that it is military training, what is military training Li Gang, Tan Shiji, Li Guang and others have their eyes flashing, they understand the meaning, and they can't help but be heartbroken.
Over the years, whether they admit it or not, the empire that was dull in the past has become vigorous and vigorous under Wang Xiu's subtle transformation. The changes in the southeast can be said to be unheard of, and it is precisely because of this that they have deepened their proposition of forbearance to recover lost territory and recuperate, and they are gradually inclined to believe in Wang Xiu.
At this time, the two governments and the three ministers and two counselors finally reached a consensus, there is nothing more realistic than this, which means that the highest level of the imperial court is working together, and others are helpless no matter how hesitant they are, the Great Song Dynasty court agreed to the northwest strategic thinking, that is, to exterminate the party members, at least to take the Xiahedong military state and Liangzhou.
The situation of everyone being happy, with the arrival of Zhu Shengfei, has become more confident. If nothing else, it was the Ministry of Justice that brought the top secret military information of the Jurchens, and the troops of the Jin Army going south were mostly bluffing, under the banner of some old Jurchen powerhouses, but they were all new recruits, which made people chew.
This list of official ponds is very clear, the Jin army secretly gathered 30,000 Jurchen elites in the Wanggu Department in the north of Yunzhong, as well as more than 10,000 Xi tribe horse infantry troops. What does this mean for the old fox present who doesn't understand, then it's really humiliating to the two mansions.
"It seems that the captives don't plan to make a big move, but want to fish in troubled waters." Qin Hui, who had been speechless, was simply overjoyed, and immediately abandoned his hesitation and became a staunch supporter of Wang Xiu.
Li Gang also frowned, and said in surprise: "It seems that the captives really want to blackmail, then we must not give in, and we must do our best to increase the troops in Shaanxi." ”
"Lord Li's words are wrong," Wang Xiu shook his cuffs and smiled.
"Oh, where do you start with this" Don't talk about Li Gang, everyone looked at Wang Xiu in surprise.
Wang Xiu smiled and said: "It's still the same old saying, the army is impermanent, no matter how you say it, there are more than 100,000 captives, once you launch a surprise attack, it's really not fun, it's better to be cautious, give them some bones, it's not easy for people, isn't it?"
Although, these words made everyone reflect, they are not ordinary people, and they understand that the Jurchens will not make it easy for the imperial court, and may even do it at a critical time, and it does not hurt to be safe. However, the last sentence caused laughter, and everyone who scolded was in a good mood, and the captives were just pigs and sheep.
"By the way, I'm afraid Cai Yizhi will have a hard time coping with the situation." Tan Shiji suddenly found a problem, and he didn't care about offending people.
At the beginning, Li Gang did not agree with Cai Yi to serve as the Xuanfu envoy, and even thought that the six servants of Shangshu were more capable than you Cai Yi.
However, Wang Xiu is insistence, and the power of the Cai family is also huge, and there are many people in the government and the opposition who bear the kindness of the Cai family.
Those who are as upright as Li Gang have no choice but to make concessions on certain matters, and the complex network of relations and interests between the government and the opposition is by no means controllable by personal power.
Wang Xiu's recommendation of Cai Yi to serve as Xuanfu also has his own plans, he could have gone north, personally controlling this challenging war, and having a strong Xuanfu envoy is obviously not what he wants.
Cai Yi is a Chinese-funded person, and the relationship between the two is very friendly, and they are dependent allies, so they will not strategically oppose him.
Besides, he wanted Cai Yi to go one step further to compensate for Cai Yi, who was depressed all day, and let Cai Yi enter the two mansions and the Cai family become brilliant again, which was the best way to compensate.
"I will do my best to go north, and the western army will complete the mobilization, which is the day of the army's conquest, and I hope that the public will do it." His meaning is very clear, he personally leads this war, and as for Cai Yi as the Xuanfu envoy, everyone can be completely assured.
Li Gang looked very reluctant, but finally nodded, Wang Xiu personally led the war, and he was relieved. However, once the Northwest Strategy was achieved, Wang Xiu's reputation would rise to an unparalleled level, and no one in the imperial court would be able to shake it.
I'm afraid that the day of the success of the Northern Expedition, that is, when the Zhao family's son of heaven is relinquished, this is not impossible, but it is very likely to happen, he looked at Wang Xiu's gaze, and he was more vigilant.
The predicament that he couldn't get out of, Wang Xiu obviously had the opportunity to seize the world of the Zhao family, but he gave up at the best time. The internal and external dynasties were completely separated, and he knew that he was a little vigilant, no matter how he said it, with the unprecedented rise of Wang Xiu's prestige, some things were not transferred by personal will.
Besides, Wang Xiu is a very human minister, and he is gradually becoming strong and arbitrary, which is not a good sign.
Wang Xiu didn't seem to pay attention to Li Gang's strange gaze, and said with a mocking smile: "It's a pity that the eldest princess of Chu State can't catch up with her when she leaves the pavilion." ”