Chapter 754

"This is natural, after all, the equipment of my Great Song Dynasty has always been in short supply, and it has always been mainly to supply the forbidden army and the border army of Zhulu, as for the box army, most of them use some weapons and equipment eliminated from the forbidden army and the border army."

"And the armor is even more scarce in my Great Song Dynasty, or we have won successive victories before, why most of the armor captured by us have been transported to the border areas, it is because many border soldiers can't even approve the iron armor, so they can only rely on leather armor to cover their bodies." Zhi Keshi, who was beside him, explained to Wang Yang.

Wang Yang couldn't help but feel a little confused. "But the van troops who went with me to aid Shaanxi Road before, although there are not many iron armors, they are at least wearing a body of leather armor......"

The seed master and Zhe Keshi glanced at each other, and finally Zhe Keshi coughed twice and then reminded Wang Yang in a whisper. "After all, it's Bianliang's Xiang Army......"

Wang Yang patted his head suddenly, how could he forget this stubble, too, according to the court, all good things in the court are eager to collect in Bianliang, Tokyo, plus the Great Song Dynasty likes to concentrate the main military forces around Bianliang.

The equipment of the Xiang Army of Bianliang of the Beijing Division is naturally much better than that of the Xiang Army of all walks of life, because the Xiang Army of the Beijing Division is also known as the School Reading Xiang Army, and this title still comes from the Renzong period, which means that the low-cost elite troops are built in accordance with the methods and training of the forbidden army.

It's just that in the end, the Xiang Army of the Beijing Division claims to be built with the School Reading Xiang Army as a sample, but in fact, it is only similar at most. But it's good to look good, the equipment and everything must be neat, plus the feet of the Son of Heaven, the training is also diligent.

But actually they fought, huh...... Anyway, after Wang Yang came to Shaanxi Road, he also knew very well that the combat effectiveness of these Jingshi Xiang troops could not even be done by those brave and ruthless villagers in the northwest border.

However, the special school parade army is equipped with neat armor, and now, most of the school parade army and the forbidden army have returned to Bianliang, the capital division, and only Huanzhou, where the Su scholar stayed, still has 10,000 forbidden troops and 10,000 van troops.

Wang Yang couldn't help but show a sad look on his face. Even if there are 70,000 troops migrated from the three states of Yan, You, and Hong, please note that a big problem is that there is no protective armor, and another huge problem is the lack of long-range weapons.

In the middle of the battlefield, even if the defending side has a city as its backing, it is equivalent to suicide to engage the enemy without the protection of armor.

"My lord, ...... are you" Seeing Wang Yang's extremely ugly expression at that moment, the seed master and Zhe Keshi couldn't help but look at each other, and Gao Shi, who also came with him, was also very puzzled.

Could it be that Lord Wang is worried that a large-scale war will soon occur in these three states? But that's not possible. Now, with the strength of the Western Xia, it is already very good to be able to protect itself, where is there still the spare strength to attack the land of these three states in the south.

Unless they don't even prepare to ask for the national capital Xingqing Mansion, they intend to fight for their lives. However, this possibility is unlikely for either Gao Shize or the officials present.

"How many Yuanyou crossbows and divine arm crossbows are there in Youzhou?" Wang Yang didn't leave much time for these people to think, and directly began to inquire in detail about various armaments in Youzhou.

The defenders in Youzhou City have a total of 2,000 divine arm crossbows, 5,000 Yuanyou crossbows, 3,000 riding bows, and more than 3,000 various foot bows. The total number of arrows and crossbows stored in the store was 600,000.

Of course, there are weapons workshops, armor workshops and bow and crossbow workshops in such border towns in order to maintain daily consumption, as well as to repair damaged armor and weapons after the arrival of the Great War, and of course, it is indispensable to make arrows and crossbows to maintain a certain amount of consumption.

Don't look at the number of crossbow arrows and arrows as many as 600,000, but the problem is that the consumption of this thing is definitely not ordinary fast, when Zhe Keshi was guarding the Hongdezhai defense line, the more than 300,000 crossbow arrows and arrows carried were only 100,000 in just a few days, which shows that the consumption of long-range weapons is extremely amazing.

Even if the defense of the fortress of Youzhou is far above the defense line of Nahongdezhai, but if you want to rely on 600,000 rounds of long-range weapons to defend it for three months, it is simply unrealistic.

However, there is a large amount of bamboo and feathers stored in the castle, and it is not too much of a problem to make the same number of crossbow arrows and arrows as before.

But the problem came back again, relying on these more than 10,000 defenders alone, to deal with the attack of hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, it is inevitable to take care of one and lose the other, but on top of these armless van troops, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses, which will greatly affect the morale of the army.

Previously, Wang Yang also considered preparing to transfer another 10,000 Xiang troops from Hongzhou to help garrison here, but now it seems that another 10,000 unarmored Xiang troops are as impractical as sending 10,000 lambs to the slaughter.

It is no wonder that in the Great Song Dynasty, the Xiang army generally did not need to go to the battlefield, but the problem was that the iron armor and even leather armor that were originally captured had been transported to the border guards of all roads.

And in these three states, in each state city, there are no more than two thousand spare iron armor and leather armor at most, which is too small.

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"What are you worried about, my lord? Do you think that with the current strength of Western Xia, can you still raise a large army to defeat it? After entering the city and entering the mansion, at this tasteless dinner, Zhi Keshi couldn't help but ask again.

And Youzhou Shou General Seed Master He, Gao Shize, and Youzhou General Judge Tang Xuncheng set their eyes on Wang Yang's sad face.

Wang Yang finally made a decision, even if he was ridiculed in the end?

It's much better than trying to find a way to remedy it when something really happens, at least remind yourself in advance, and it's good to let everyone be prepared in your heart.

After thinking clearly, Wang Yang cleared his throat and bypassed the desk, looked at the civil and military officials in this room, and said in a deep voice.

"Everyone, maybe Wang is too worried, but maybe, it's not that Wang is sentimental, there is one thing, I didn't want to say it, but this is about the land of my Great Song Dynasty, the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, even if this news may be biased, I also feel it is necessary to remind you that you are ......"

Fortunately, because of the trust of the officials present in Wang Yang's behavior and super ability, they did not subconsciously think that Wang Yang was grandstanding at the first time, but listened patiently, wondering if the old driver really found something.

"Wu Qilang, take out the things......" Wang Yang turned his head and tilted his head towards Wu Qilang. Wu Qilang untied the wooden box he was carrying and opened it, revealing a silk cloth with a pattern inside, and then on the ground in the house, he and Ling Zong carefully spread it out.

Zhi Keshi couldn't wait to stand up, and when he saw the place names that were standard on this silk map, he couldn't help but subconsciously say authentic. "Isn't this a map of Northern Liao?"