Chapter 319: Tired Eggs

About four o'clock, Ye Xin sent the carriage to the minister's palace, saying that it was a carriage, but in fact it was a chariot, and the specifications were only one level lower than the prince's frame, which was equivalent to the level of the minister.

The chariot is generally four wheels, two or more horses, the chariot that the prince rides is four horses, and Bailiyan's car has only two horses, in fact, four horses and two horses are actually about the same in terms of efficiency, the difference is the status.

Previously, Bailiyan had been thinking about making four-wheeled carriages to transport grain and grass to increase transportation capacity and reduce dependence on manpower.

The carrying capacity of a four-wheeled carriage is more than three times or even four times that of a two-wheeled carriage, and if the technology is further developed, it can carry even more load, and two horses can be easily pulled without the horses being tired. Of course, there are also issues such as road quality.

Compared with two-wheeled carriages and wheelbarrows, four-wheeled carriages can not only carry goods, but also transport the wounded, transport soldiers, and when acting as a baggage vehicle, they can accompany the infantry without worrying about the large group of men and horses marching too fast, leaving the baggage carts and horses behind, and encountering a cavalry raid, the vehicle can be used as an obstacle on the spot to prevent the cavalry from charging and killing.

Compared to two-wheeled and unicycled carriages, four-wheeled carriages have many advantages, the biggest obstacle is the manufacture of carriage axles, and the mechanical load-bearing of carriages, as well as the steering structure.

Nowadays, the axles of horse-drawn carriages are made of solid wood, and a large number of loads will inevitably lead to high-load operation of the axles, how to ensure that the mechanical structure can effectively carry the burden of the axles during the bumpy process of the carriages and horses, which is a big problem.

The best way, of course, is to replace metal shafts, but it is obvious that at present, whether it is iron production or metal cutting machining, it is still impossible to produce and process metal shafts, and how to solve the most basic cutting tool materials.

The second is the steering mechanism of the four-wheeled carriage, the fundamental reason why the Son of Heaven is a symbol of the powerful is that the four-wheeled carriage needs a steering mechanism, while the two-wheeled carriage does not.

This kind of steering mechanism can only be built by royal craftsmen with high technical standards, and due to the limitations of technology and materials, the life of the steering mechanism is not high, and it cannot be popularized, so all the carriages that can be seen on the market are two-wheeled carriages.

Even if there are 10,000 good four-wheeled carriages, they can't bear the technology, and no matter how good they are, it's useless.

The news that King Xian sent a chariot to pick up Bailiyan (that is, Wei Xian) quickly shook the Minister's Mansion, and even some rumors that Bailiyan was about to ascend to the throne have spread, after all, no one is blind, married two county lords, fought a few big victories, turned the tide in the crisis, and quelled the rebellion in the capital, which is not a shocking event comparable to the ancient miracles.

Da Sima Jiang Yan, Xiangguo Gongsun Yue has been knocked down one after another, a large number of fellow parties have been hit, these vacant positions must be filled by someone, and now Zhao Xun's promotion to Da Sima has been ironclad, so what about Bailiyan, will he become the darling of King Xian after Gongsun Yue? Everyone kept their eyes open and waited and watched......

Ye Xin's headquarters set off at the north gate at seven o'clock, and Bailiyan incorporated Wu Deng into the Lu Gaolong military camp, and promoted Wu Deng to the rank of commander and reorganized into cavalry.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Qian rushed to the Yangting Guangxin Army garrison non-stop, Jiang Min was summoned by Zhao Xun to Yongxing City this morning and has not returned, and Luo Songting temporarily presided over military affairs in the army.

Luo Songting was very surprised by Jiang Gan's sudden arrival:

"Young master, why are you here!"

"Mr. Luo, what about my father." Jiang Qian asked urgently.

"Zhao Xun urgently summoned the lord before dawn this morning, but the lord has not yet returned to the army. Young master, what is the current situation in Chenling. ”

"Let's not mention it first, Xiangguo Gongsun Yue is a secret stake buried by the Black Turban rebels next to King Xian, Mr. knows."

"Gongsun Yue rebelled, Luo was also shocked at first, and vaguely felt that he was suspicious, but he didn't know the inside story. Since the young master is so sure, it must be a secret relationship between Gongsun Yue and the rebels. Just ......"

"It's just that Mr. Luo doesn't know why, but that's the case?"

"Exactly. It is said that Gongsun Yuegui is the prime minister, but he colluded with the rebels, which is a bit unbelievable. ”

"Does that sir know that the Black Turban rebels have been planning for a few years?"

Luo Songting subconsciously thought that Jiang Qian's words had a deep meaning:

"What's the matter, Gongsun Yue didn't collude recently, but something happened a long time ago?"

"It is very likely that before he met the King of Xian, the Black Turban rebels deliberately wedged the minions of the Xian Kingdom, and their various marches for more than ten years were aimed at providing the Black Turban rebels with a place and a hotbed to launch a rebellion."

"Hiss......" Luo Songting only felt a chill down his spine, and his chest was sinking: "No wonder, the people of Xianguo have been living hard since Gongsun Yue came to power, and it turned out that they had been hidden and planned for a long time. In this way, the rebels should have military rations and grass, and they all came from the Xian country? ”

Jiang Qian nodded and said in a deep voice:

"Well, it's not ......"

"What do you mean by that?" Luo Songting asked puzzled.

"What does Mr. Luo think of Qin Han?"

"Him!" Luo Songting was taken aback again, it was obvious that Jiang Gan's mention of Qin Han at this time was by no means groundless: "The young master said that he was ...... It's ......"

"Exactly, according to Wei Xian's speculation, there is ninety percent certainty that Qin Han is the internal response of the Black Turban Army hidden by his father's side, intending to incite his father to rebel at a critical moment, so that Xianguo is in internal and external troubles and cannot extricate himself. Over the years, he has actively planned for his father to carry out armaments and baggage, and has taken a lot of benefits from Guangxin, and at the same time, he has also smuggled the baggage grain and grass out of Xianguo through Guangxin Port under the cover of Gongsun Yue.

Two years ago, Wei Xian knew that it was instructed by Qin Han, but he was worried that the strong crossbow made by the horse thief Huo Xing was hidden by his father, so he didn't dare to make a noise. In fact, Qin Han secretly instructed the horse thief Huo Xing to rob our trade and accumulate financial resources, and at the same time secretly build strong crossbows and reserve ordnance for the rebels.

Moreover, such as Qin Han, Huo Xing and others, they are only the Black Turban Army in Xianguo, at the tip of the iceberg in the Central Plains, and there are tens of thousands of people like these two. It was with the secret help of Qin Han, Huo Xing and others that the Black Turban rebels were able to accumulate a large amount of financial and material resources in more than ten years.

Now, according to Wei Xian's judgment, Gongsun Yue's rebellion was a plan of the Black Turban Army to attack the west, but in fact, it was to nail the main force of the Xian army between the Yongxing River and the Lingling, and they could not get out, so they secretly transferred the soldiers and horses to Beihai County, and attacked Guangxin and Dingyang in one fell swoop. ”

At this time, Luo Songting's face was pale, his eyes were stagnant in a trance, and he didn't realize that the vicissitudes of the world had changed so rapidly that he was stunned as if he was in another world.

"This bureau ...... It's already bad, and the situation is sinister. Qin Han is cautious, his eyes are all over Guangxin, Chen Yunfeng and others are by no means his opponents, only relying on more than 10,000 people in Guangxin Mansion, I am afraid to resist Qin Han's rebellion. ”

"There are still more than 10,000 county soldiers in the Taishou Mansion, if you recruit strong men to enlist in the army, Guangxin should be more than enough to stick to the army for more than a month!"

"Humph!" Luo Songting sneered weakly, and sat back on the bamboo couch with his head down: "The young master knows that Qin Han did not buy the Taishou Yuzhuang, and the city government Sima Xu Tan and the two of them. Taking a step back, how could Qin Han not have private soldiers. Even if Guangxin can hold on for ten days and a half months, how can Zhao Xun come to save Guangxin. ”

"There are still 150,000 Jin troops in Lei City, why can't the Jin army send troops to save them?"

"The Jin army can't wait for Guangxin to lose, they can send troops to occupy Guangxin, and the Jin army can send troops at this time. In the first battle of Shaoping, the Jin army in Leicheng was still able to condone the rebels to transfer troops south to besiege Wei Xian, but seeing that Guangxin was lost, how could the Jin army send troops. Wei Han's 100,000 Jin army and An Taihou's 100,000 Liang army will not shed blood for Xianguo to save Guangxin.

For the Jin State, I wish that the situation in the Xian State would be worse, and for the Liang State, the situation in the Xian State would be even worse, so that the Jin State could be dragged into it to consume the strength of the Jin State, so as not to make the Jin State bigger in the future, this is all a game of chess played by the countries. I waited for the calculation to calculate, after all, I was calculated by others, and now that I think about it, how ridiculous it is, after fighting for so many years, it is just a pawn in the hands of others. ”

"That'...... Just sit back and watch our inheritance be destroyed! ”

"This is not necessarily, Wei Xian is thoughtful, and he will inform the young master of such details, there must be a solution, but there must be an injury when the two tigers fight in this battle, either the vitality of our army is greatly damaged, or the rebels are injured, Luo really doesn't know how Wei Xian will solve this dilemma."

Luo Songting calculated in detail the ratio of the strength and time of the enemy and us, no matter how fast it was, it would never be possible to transport 100,000 horses to Guangxin within five days, not to mention that 100,000 troops could not be freed up by the Yongxing River, and even if they were freed, 100,000 horses would definitely ride to Guangxin.

At present, the Xian army has more than 140,000 horses, a considerable part of which is used to transport baggage and ploughland, and there is no one person or two horses, and the forced march is at most 12 to 15 times a day, and no matter how fast it is, the horses will be exhausted to death. Even so, it will not be able to catch up with Guangxin within five days.

What's more, it will take at least two days to assemble and mobilize, and prepare grain and grass, which is too late. The rebels must have been on the road six or seven days ago, while storming the Yongxing River, while attacking the east and west when the rebellion in Chenling, the Xian army had missed the best time for reinforcements, and now it was too late to send men and horses to Guangxin anyway.

"Young master, Zhao Xun summoned the lord to discuss this matter, and I am afraid that he will plan for the worst."

"If Qin Han dares to touch a single hair of his mother and sister, I, Jiang Gan, will not share the sky with him!"

The so-called worst plan is that his wife and children will be taken hostage by Qin Han, and even directly put into a brothel camp for sexual pleasure.

Luo Songting also knows Qin Han very well, and with Qin Han's ruthless temperament, once Jiang Min's original wife and Jiang Rong fall into Qin Han's hands, they will definitely use it in every possible way to force Jiang Min to rebel.

Moreover, with the current defense area of the Guangxin Army, which is already at the northernmost point of the battle line, as long as an opening is made and the Black Turban rebels are allowed to cross the river, the line of defense of the Xian Army from north to south will be completely collapsed.

At this time, Bailiyan sat in the chariot rewarded by King Xian, followed the army of Ye Xin and Dingyang Hou, and galloped mightily on the road to Guangxin. In the second half of the night, the state of the horses declined seriously, and the army had to repair on the spot, but the Baili Yan carriage did not stop and did not change, only the coachman was brought with him, and more than 100 people accompanied by the escort to escort the carriage to continue to hurry.