Chapter 238: The Battle for Jizhou (3)
The warehouse area in the south of the city, that is Deng Mao's heart and liver baby, which is stored in the refined iron, that is, crude steel, has made great progress on the basis of pig iron, and now Chu Yan and the fine scale armor they are equipped with are made of iron, the performance has been greatly improved, not only stronger, but also much lighter, for the soldiers of the cold weapon era, that is the treasure armor, the spear made of iron is even sharper and harder. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
In order to prevent the advanced smelting technology from being mastered by foreign races, Jiang Sheng put the manufacture of iron equipment completely in Le'an, and after the trial and Deng Mao agreed, he no longer transported pig iron to Le'an, but transported the refined iron back, Le'an only needed to return to the furnace to make weapons and equipment, and there was no need to re-refining, which improved efficiency.
Le'an's crude oil was also used, and the fuel in the smelting plant was not all charcoal or coal, but the use of crude oil was gradually popularized, because Yang Feng found that smelting crude oil was far faster than charcoal, and this bookkeeper, who was originally a thief, has now become a smelting technician, and the smelting workers recruited by Zhen Yan's intelligence officers from all over the country have become Yang Feng's subordinates.
Before the group of heroes fought against Dong, Jiang Sheng was already preparing for the crusade against Dong Zhuo, so these conventional weapons have been produced on a large scale, and when fighting Dong, Jiang Sheng's department did not use more high-end fine scale armor in order to hide people's eyes and ears, but they used armor made of iron, and the arrows were also iron arrows, which seemed plain in appearance, and the actual lethality was far better than ordinary arrows.
Hearing that Zhao Yun was here, Deng Mao hurriedly came to meet him.
"Brother Deng, don't come unharmed!" Zhao Yun arched his hand.
"Thanks to the lord and Zilong Hongfu, Lao Deng, I am very good, no, I specially prepared the wine on the grassland, and I will not get drunk with Zilong tonight! Lao Chu, don't run away this time! ā
Chu Yan said: "Old Deng, as soon as you come, you will ask me for a warehouse to build a warehouse, how dare I meet you!" ā
"I promise not to ask you for land this time."
"It's weird, where do you go to build a warehouse if you don't want a site?"
"It's a secret, I'll tell you later!"
"What's the secret? You've started building your own warehouse, right? Tell me, how many have you built? Hurry up, or I can enforce military law! Chu Yan feigned anger.
"Hehe, it's fifty miles away from your earthen city, and the foundation has just been laid."
"How big is it?"
"Anyway, it's not smaller than your dirt city!" Deng Mao was proud.
"The two of them have their own merits, so why not build a gallop road to connect the two cities together? Then we can support each other. ā
"Oh, Zilong's words are like an initiation, we not only want to build two cities, but also build more cities, just like snowflakes, determine a center, and then extend to the surroundings, connected to each other by galloping, that is not an ordinary city, it will be an indestructible city in the future, above the grassland, it is our world!" Chu Yan's thinking turned very fast.
At the wine table, the three of them discussed the details of the construction of the group of cities, in the future, in a circular area within a radius of 100 miles, a main city and six to ten sub-cities should be built, and a wide road will be built between the cities, similar to the high-speed around the city in later generations, this is something that Jiang Sheng did not expect, and these three martial artists actually planned together.
Zhao Yun stayed in Wuhuan for ten days, walked around, and made some understanding of the situation on the grassland, the mining team led by Deng Mao has been extended to the Xianbei control area, and the 20,000-person mine protection team makes the Xianbei people dare not act rashly, plus the military presence of Chu Yanjun, the affairs on the grassland have been completely controlled by the Han people.
Tian Yu led the army to declare force at the same time, the implementation of the policy of sinicization, one of the three kings of Wuhuan Wupa is absolute support for Jiang Sheng, his tribe developed rapidly, a large number of young and strong children were absorbed by Tian Yu into Chu Yan's army, and the Han people are not much different; The warriors selected from Qiu Liju were also sinicized, speaking Chinese, wearing Hanfu, and learning etiquette.
After several years of active expansion, Chu Yan's army has 50,000 cavalry, considering the special environment of the grassland, Chu Yan did not set up infantry, and the capable fighters are all light cavalry and archers, and the strength of the combat power has been proud of the grassland.
At both ends of the table, and said that Xun Chen told Yuan Shao the news that Han Fu had given Jizhou to Jiang Sheng, Yuan Shao was so angry that he hurriedly ordered Gao Gan, Yan Liang, and Chun Yuqiong to wave their troops westward and attack Anping State, but Zhang Ning's Yellow Turban Army was expanding in Anping State, and Yuan Shao fought, and the two armies faced each other for several months, each with a victory or defeat.
Gongsun Zhan saw Yuan Shao's main force moving westward, so he wanted to take the opportunity to copy Yuan Shao's hometown, so he sent troops from the boundary bridge and went straight to Nanpi, Yuan Shao's army fought hard with the Yellow Turban Army these days, and had already intended to retreat, but Yuan Shao hesitated, this Gongsun Zhan attacked, strengthened Yuan Shao's determination, so he abandoned the Yellow Turban, and quickly withdrew the army into the Pan River.
Zhang Ning's foothold was not stable, and when he saw Yuan Shao withdrawing his troops, he did not pursue, but collected his troops and returned to the city, continued to develop and grow, and did not follow Jiang Sheng's proposal to mess up Jizhou.
Jiang Sheng knew the movements of Zhang Ning's Yellow Turban Army and ignored it, because Jizhou was already chaotic enough, Han Fu was forced by pressure, and was persuaded by Xun You, so he praised Jiang Sheng as the pastor of Jizhou and announced to the world, Jiang Sheng's goal has been achieved, and he doesn't care if Zhang Ning can mess up the affairs of Jizhou.
After Xun You returned to Jizhou, he made a detailed report to Jiang Sheng, and analyzed the current situation in Jizhou, Jiang Sheng left Yang Feng, Zhou Cang, and Zhang He to take charge of Le'an's soldiers and horses, and then led 30,000 cavalry troops into Jizhou.
Liu Bei, the prime minister of the plains, was shocked, thinking that Jiang Sheng was plotting against the plains, so he ordered Zhang Fei and Guan Yu to lead the army to monitor, and Xu Huang and Xiahoulan repeatedly asked for battle, but Jiang Sheng refused.
Jiang Sheng didn't want to make a side deal at this time, so he sent someone to inform Liu Bei that he was just going to Jizhou through the plains, and hoped to maintain a good partnership with Liu Bei in the future.
Le'an and Jizhou are only connected to the easternmost point close to the ocean, and most of them are cut off by the Plains State, and only if they have a good relationship with Liu Bei, they will not be divided.
Liu Bei was greatly favored by Jiang Sheng before, although he had been sheltered by Gongsun Zhan before, but it was inconvenient to treat Jiang Sheng coldly, so he agreed to make an alliance with Jiang Sheng and let Jiang Shengjun pass.
Bian Xi found out that Jiang Sheng's army was going to Yecheng from Qinghe State, and planned to intercept Jiang Sheng halfway, he did not report to Zhang Ning and led the army south without authorization, attacking Ganling, Jiang Sheng learned that after Jiang Sheng learned about it, he ordered Xu Huang to lead 5,000 cavalry to meet Bian Xi, and the rest of the soldiers and horses continued to march westward, and ignored it.
Although there were 20,000 people in Bian Xibu, they were all infantry troops, and while Xu Huang was resting, he quietly approached Xu Huang's camp, Xu Huang only didn't know, but secretly set up an ambush.
When Bian Xibu attacked, Xu Huangbu also attacked, but Bian Xibu attacked an empty camp with less than 200 people, while Xu Huangbu attacked Bian Xibu's belly and back, and as soon as the battle began, Bian Xibu suffered a big loss.
The cavalry led by Xu Huang are all fine scale armor and iron spears, even the war horses are covered with war armor, and the war horses that are not afraid of swords and guns are rampaging under the control of the knights, most of the soldiers of Bian Xi's department are leather armor, and in the face of the rolling iron flow, it is difficult to be its front, and most of the 20,000 soldiers died under the iron hooves of Xu Huang's war horses.
When Zhang Ning heard the news, his eyes darkened, and he sighed secretly: "It's really a disaster!" ā