Chapter 65: The Ox Cart

"General, I thought we should build a car battalion." Wang Jincai was the first to speak.

Of course, Wang Jincai did this, not because he had any real insight, but when Zhang Xuan tested the gun, he participated in the whole process, and naturally knew that Zhang Xuan wanted Wang to make a gun car. Naturally, he could think of it, and Zhang Xuan wanted to practice the car camp. He was just following the advice of his leaders.

"The car camp is really a good idea." Cao Zongyu said: "However, if you are in the camp, we have so many livestock there, is it difficult to push it away?" If so, it would be better to use a simple gun carriage. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "What Youjin said is exactly what I want. A hundred and fifty cannons, maybe more, so many cattle, where are they going to come from? ”

Zhang Xuan didn't mean to ask others.

It's not that Zhang Xuan doesn't look down on other people, but Zhang Xuan understands the abilities of these people.

Luo Dai charged ahead, mounted and shot unparalleled, led hundreds of cavalry, vertical and horizontal assault, invincible, this ability is also a leader in the Cao camp, but every time he fights, he does it according to his own will, and forgets the orders of the generals and the overall situation of the battlefield. Asking him these questions is simply asking about blindness.

And Deng He seems to have grown up in the pile of dead people since he was a child, and his temperament is a little cold. Don't take killing seriously, and also have no education, literacy, but also after coming to Zhang Xuan's subordinates, little by little to teach, in the battle battlefield there is a kind of ruthlessness that does not take one's own life seriously, nor does it take other people's lives seriously, and can be regarded as a good hand on the battlefield, but let him think about such a problem, he inevitably has some clues, it is estimated that even the car battalion, he still can't figure it out.

And the Wu brothers, they are the remnants of the Linying bandits, they are swarming in the battle, defeated, confused, what opinions can they put forward, and they have just joined the gang, and they dare not speak more, lest they offend people.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan directly omitted the more pragmatic topics and set the tone. Implement it at the practical level.

As soon as the topic is here, they have something to say.

"There's no livestock to grab." Luo Dai was the first to speak, he said: "Since the general settled in Linying, he has been busy with those messy affairs all day long, Lao Tzu, no, his subordinates are idle and their bones are itchy, and they have already inquired clearly, there are several big villages around, it is said that they are very rich, we break a few fences, and we have everything." ”

Luo Dai did not change his habits, and his first thought in the face of problems was to rob. However, Zhang Xuan did not deny it.

I have to say that after a year of hard struggle, Zhang Xuan's pedantry and cleanliness have long been washed clean. Of course, he wanted to act as a Linying Order, but if the following didn't understand, he didn't mind letting Luo Dai act as he was.

Even being an official has a strong blow. What is a strong, capable, disobedient, and rich person, that is. Zhang Xuan already has the consciousness to fight Haoqiang.

"Linying's various enclosures, although there are some horses and mules, but they are the life-root of each enclosure, and they are easily unwilling to give up, and in total, I'm afraid there are not many, adults want to support a car camp, I'm afraid it's not enough?" Wu Laiqing said.

The Wu brothers are locals and know the local situation best.

After three years of drought in Henan, the bark and grass roots have been almost eaten. Not to mention livestock. I don't know how many animals have been eaten almost, and the people who can save the animals at this time are not easy to get along with.

Zhang Xuan frowned.

"Why bother to be confined to the territory of Linying, the vicinity of Linying is the territory of the rebels, but the local enclosures don't obey the order, and they have a few more things." Deng He said lightly. It seems that in his opinion, there is nothing that can't be solved by beating dirt fences, if not, just play a few more.

Since Chongzhen ten years ago, the form of Henan has deteriorated particularly fast, so people with lofty ideals know that chaos is coming. The so-called small chaos in the city, big chaos in the countryside, these capable people have returned to their hometowns to build walled villages and forts, just like the fire shop according to Fu Zonglong.

It became the so-called earthen fence. By the end of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, there was hardly a village that had not been walled, and if there was, it must have been a deserted village.

And the famous scholars, the old people in the family, and the patriarch naturally become the leaders of every Tuweizi, many of which are closed doors, forming their own world, not only against the rebels, but also against the official army, and some Tuweizi are even more difficult to fight than the county town.

Zhang Xuan said secretly: "If there is no other opinion, I can only come according to this method." Although he didn't want to kill more, but if he had to do something, then he couldn't help it, and he only deeply understood at this moment what it means to be in the rivers and lakes, and he can't help himself.

"It doesn't have to be a mule to pull a cart, but a cow is fine." Wu Zilan suddenly said: "Now there are more cattle in the countryside than horses and mules. ”

Although the Chinese do not worship the cow as much as the Indians and sacralize the cow, if the villagers are left with a kind of animal in the end, it must be the cow and not the horse. Horses are a non-essential commodity for the people, while cattle are a necessity and a tool of production.

Therefore, the number of cattle maintained by Linying must exceed the number of horses, mules and donkeys.

Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up and said, "Is there a lot of cattle?" ”

Wu Laiqing's eyes lit up and said: "There are a lot, in peacetime, all parts of the country have to go to Fancheng to sell cattle, and there are many other livestock. In this way, I want to come to the place with the most livestock, that is, the prosperous city. ”

Zhang Xuan's gaze swept over everyone around him, and finally fixed his eyes on Cao Zongyu.

Among all the people around Zhang Xuan, he liked Cao Zongyu's opinion the most. Cao Zongyu also understands this, although he didn't say it explicitly, but most of them know that the number one general under Zhang Xuan is Cao Zongyu.

Although Cao Zongyu didn't want to do more killing, he also knew that this was something that had to be done, not to mention anything else, even if he didn't get any artillery trucks, just saying that Zhang Xuan had saved so many belongings in Linying, once something changed, when he wanted to leave, he didn't have enough animal power, and he couldn't transport it at all.

Collecting local livestock is inevitable.

"As long as you take Fancheng, you only need to order all parts of the county to worship horses and mules on Chinese New Year's Eve, and you will also save the pain of attacking." Cao Zongyu didn't want to use troops against the local enclosures, but he also knew that in the troubled times, swords and guns were always better than words, and said: "Of course, there are those who don't know how to lift, and it's not too late to move troops after the year." ”

What Cao Zongyu said is exactly what Zhang Xuan wants.

Zhang Xuan thought in his heart that if he could not kill, he would not kill, and if he did not have to kill, he would kill less. said: "In this way, please ask Youjin, Cao Zongyu listens to the order." ”

"Subordinates listen to orders." Cao Zongyu stood up and said.

Zhang Xuan said slowly: "Cao Zongyu is moderate, Luo Dai." ”

Luo Dai immediately got up and said, "The subordinates are here." Zhang Xuan sent Luo Dai to Cao Zongyu, the most important thing was to take a fancy to the more than 100 cavalry under Luo Dai. Can cover the battlefield for scouts.

"Wang Jincai. Wu Zilan. ”

Wang Jincai and Wu Zilan stood up one after another and agreed with a bang.

Zhang Xuan sent Cao Zongyu to the two of them for consideration, there must be people left in the city, and Wang Jin is the general, if Deng He is sent out and Wang Jin is left behind, Zhang Xuan is not at ease. Leaving Deng He and Wang Jincai together, Zhang Xuan felt that Cao Zongyu's department only had less than 2,000 regular soldiers, plus a few hundred auxiliary soldiers, which was a bit weak, and he must know that Tuweizi was not too easy to fight. Moreover, the Wu brothers are also newcomers, and Zhang Xuan is still absolutely separate, which is more assured.

"And the men and horses of the headquarters, and ten artillery pieces. Enter the bustling city. Be sure to capture the horses, mules, and cattle and return. ”

If Zhang Xuan could give Cao Zongyu more artillery, it would not be impossible, but thinking that there was not enough capacity, he had to cut it to ten.

"The subordinates obeyed. The subordinates will definitely lay down the prosperous city. Raise enough mules and horses for the rebels. Cao Zongyu said. He was slightly excited in his heart, of course he knew that this was Zhang Xuan's opportunity to give Cao Zongyu a chance to stand alone. If it weren't for Zhang Xuan's trust in himself enough, he would never have given most of Zhang Xuan's troops to himself, and Zhang Xuan himself had only more than a thousand people left.

Cao Zongyu felt an urge to die for his confidant.

Seeing Cao Zongyu like this, Zhang Xuan felt that he also had a little bit of experience in controlling people's hearts.