Chapter 477: A New Ballista Before the Western Expedition
The sky is getting warmer, and outside the city, the sky is full of yellow and green.
Outside the camp of the new army, which was close to the base of the city wall, the grass was shining, and the water in the small river rippled with the spring breeze, wrinkling a pool of spring water.
The new army at the gate of the camp has changed its clothes, taken off its thick cotton robes, and put on its spring and autumn uniforms, and the weather of the camp has changed.
Su Lu was wearing a purple general's robe, walked in front of the guards and generals, and entered the barracks.
"The sergeants should hurry up the change of clothes, as well as iron armor and all kinds of weapons, they must be well stocked, and if they are not enough, they will write to the Governor's Mansion, and let Dong Ling ask for it from the household department and the Ministry of Industry."
Su Lu passed through the large camp, watched the training of the sergeants, and instructed the generals behind.
Cao Hua and Qian Buzhou agreed, this time to the west, the army will be divided into three routes, Cao Hua and Qian Buzhou respectively lead the left and right roads, the Chinese army is personally led by Su Lu, Hua Xun is the forward, leading most of the middle route army, and the left and right roads are each other's horns.
January is approaching, and the war is about to begin.
Entering the big tent of the Chinese army, the noise and noise on the school field were isolated from the account, and the generals were lined up on both sides, and Su Lu sat down behind the handsome case.
"Sit down."
Su Lu commanded.
The congregations sat down one by one, and the tent was filled with the sound of chairs moving.
"Win far?"
Su Lu looked at the corner of the tent, and Ying Yuan, who was dressed in the green robe of Zhenwei Deputy Lieutenant Lake, stood up, saluted Su Lu apologetically, and said:
"The Last Will Be"
"What are the number of new troops now, and the ideological work of the sergeants has been done?"
Su Lu asked.
Under the impetus of Dong Ling, the ideological education of the soldiers in Qin was carried out very thoroughly, and now the statement of the Qin State has been basically eliminated, and everyone is fighting for the sake of their fathers and fellow villagers, fighting for the sake of driving out the barbarians, and fighting for the Han State.
Ying Yuan's expression remained unchanged, and he said in a loud voice: "Commander, now there are 86,000 people in the new army, and their thoughts are very good, everyone knows that this war is not only for their own family, but also for the Han country." ”
Su Lu waved his hand, motioned for Ying Yuan to sit down, and commanded:
"Okay, this time, you are the vanguard of the army, sweep the front station for the army, disperse the barbarians and the Tessie alliance scouts, and maybe complete the task?"
Ying Yuan snapped his fists in his chest, and said excitedly:
"The last general will take the order and swear to complete the task."
Su Lu motioned for Ying Yuan to sit down, and continued to command: "Before this time to send out the army, I have already written to Your Majesty to follow the three provinces and determine the purpose of this war, and the ultimate goal of our battle this time is Jiameng Pass. ”
Su Lu said, Wang Xiaoliu and Lu Zhan had already opened a huge defense map and unfolded it in the camp tent.
Huo Ze stepped forward and marked the location of Jia Mengguan on the defense map.
Su Lu continued: "This time to send troops, our goal is to break Xianyang City first, as soon as Xianyang is broken, our army will rest in Xianyang for a month, after January, the troops are divided into six routes, march together, be sure to annihilate the barbarians and Taixi people near the left of Liaoxi, and break the bones of the barbarians and Taixi people." ”
"After capturing the Jiameng Pass in Liaoxi, there will be no more sword soldiers with the barbarians within a year, and the Qin land will be greatly injured after this battle, and the imperial court will not collect taxes from the Qin land within this year, whether it is the new field developed or the old land that was originally registered, it will be exempted from paying taxes for three years."
"Ladies and gentlemen, in the course of this war, we must publicize this article, and we must know that where our Han army passes, even three-year-old children must know the new policy of exempting taxes."
The generals responded with a bang.
After Su Lu finished speaking, he instructed Dong Ling to read out the military arrangements for this war, and the soldiers from all walks of life had been deployed and matched with the proportion in the army.
"Our right army cannot do without a ballista battalion."
After the military order was read, Qian Buzhou was the first to call out, and now all the armies know that their own flying birds are inferior to the Han flying birds, so they all want to have more crossbow artillery in their own army.
Dong Ling put away the military order, glanced at Qian Buzhou, and his eyes were full of sarcasm.
"Everyone knows that the ballista artillery is good, General Qian, you don't speak, and everyone knows that you want the ballista artillery to save your life."
The sound of laughter sounded in the camp, and a group of generals who did not deal with money spoke bustlingly.
"Yes, if you want the ballista artillery to save your life, everyone knows if you don't say it."
"I also want crossbow artillery, Lao Qian's ability to be greedy for life and afraid of death can still be ranked ahead of us."
Qian Buzhou's face remained unchanged, regardless of everyone's ridicule, and continued to speak.
"My old money is not as good as General Cao Hua, not to mention the Chinese army with the commander in person, if you meet the bird soldiers of the Taixi people, there is no ballista battalion to support it, if it is defeated, my old money loses his head and it is a small matter, and it is a big deal to delay the commander of the commander."
Su Lu asked Zhang Gan, who was accompanying him at the end: "How many new ballistae are there in the ballista battalion now, and how many battalion leaders can be divided?" ”
Zhang Ganteng stood up with a smug voice, his face full of pride: "Commander Hui, with the efforts of all the adults in the Ordnance Department, my ballista battalion now has 1,200 ballistae and 3,524 ballista artillerymen, and if necessary, it can be divided into three guard battalions at any time." ”
"Less"
Su Lu glanced at Dong Ling next to him, his face was a little ugly, the Ordnance Department had stopped the production of new flying birds, and made every effort to produce new ballistas, but he didn't expect that after such a long time, there were only 1,200 of them.
Zhang Gan didn't wait for Dong Ling to speak, so he continued: "Commander, since Captain Cao arrived, the lords of the Ordnance Department are developing a new type of ballista, and it is said that it will be completed soon, so the production of the new type of ballista has been delayed. ”
Su Lu's brows furrowed, when did Dani become so bold, for the sake of a new type of ballista that has not yet been finalized, it is really bold to postpone the production of the current ballista.
Dong Ling reminded Su Lu before he got angry: "Fifteen days ago, Captain Wang showed you the bowstring of the new ballista, and you approved the research and development of their new ballista, so they dared to do this. ”
Su Lu then remembered about the new ballista, so he waved his hand and commanded.
"Zhang Gan, you go back, assign ballista artillery according to the bird soldiers who can fight against one battalion, if it is not enough for three roads, it will be assigned to two roads, and it is necessary to ensure the combat effectiveness of the ballista battalion."
After Zhang Gan agreed, he sat down again.
Su Lu was worried about the new ballista, and as soon as the military affairs were arranged, he dispersed the military discussion and took people to the Ordnance Division.
It's been fifteen days, and if Dani can't give herself an explanation, she really has to clean them up this time.
The Ordnance Division's station in Sunrang was located in the middle of the large camp, and after passing through dozens of camp tents, I finally saw the temporary station of the Ordnance Division surrounded by several camp tents.
"Call Dani to me."
Su Lu coldly ordered the sergeant guarding the door.
The sergeant did not dare to slack off, and hurried to the camp, but after a while, he returned with a helpless face.
"Commander, your lord is trying out a new type of ballista with a few adults, please go over and see it for yourself."
Dong Ling's face changed, and with a wave of his hand, Wang Xiaoliu led more than a dozen guards and rushed into the Ordnance Division.
Su Lu didn't care about Dong Ling's obstruction, followed behind, and also entered the ordnance color, and saw the huge new ballista in the ordnance department that was swarthy and emitted a cold light.