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As soon as the question came out, the messenger's face showed a strange expression, and the people in the hall were anxiously waiting for the number, looking at the messenger's expression, and said in his heart, Could it be that Xia Cheng also died a lot?

The messenger took a deep breath before he said in a tone of surprise: "More than eighty dead, one hundred and seventeen wounded. ”

"How much? More than eighty? How could it be that so many people died? Are you mistaken? ”

"That's right, I've been following E's side, I know very well how many people there are in Yangguan, in fact, there weren't so many deaths in the battle of Yangguan, seven people were attacked by more than 300 ambushes prepared in advance by the grassland tribe when they returned to Xia City, and some people died in the process of defending the city......"

When the messenger said this, the hall fell silent, and everyone in Echeng looked at each other in disbelief how all this had happened.

E Yue was no longer anxious this time, and said, "What did E Yu tell me?" Also, tell me slowly how they fought this battle, and I want to hear it all! ”

Before the messenger left, Eden knew that her father was a little impatient, so she asked the messenger to pass it back in the simplest words.

"On the second day of November, Ji Xia showed weakness, and the grassland tribes could not attack the city. On the tenth day of the first month of November, the grassland tribes cut down trees to build a wooden tower of the arrow platform, and Ji Xia continued to show weakness and did not go out of the city to attack. On November 15, the full moon, Ji Xia went out of the city at night, burned the wooden platform of the arrow platform, burned the horses of the grassland, and hacked thousands of horses. ”

When E Yue heard this, she couldn't help but applaud and shouted, "Good way! Those people were on horseback, and it was still easy to run, so I said, how could Ji Xia only let three or four hundred people escape back, so that's the case! You go on! ”

"Sixteen, the grasslands dug up the river, Ji Xia dug a well in the city, and the spring water gushed out, but he asked people to deliberately go out of the city to find water......"

"Well?"

"Yes, she said that with the well, we can make it possible for the village not to live along the river, and some small villages can occupy flat land without a river. Even if you dig a pit in the ground, there will be spring. ”

Eyue thought to herself, wouldn't it collapse if she dug the pit? But thinking that the envoy may not know so clearly, I am afraid that he will have to wait for his son to come back and ask carefully.

"Ji Xia pretended that there was no water in the city, went out of the city for a decisive battle, the grassland tribes thought they would win, surrounded more than 300 people with wolf skins on all sides, Ji Xia took the chariot to cover and kill from behind, and in two or three breathing hours, the defense line of the grassland tribes was broken through and fled in all directions."

"Chariots?"

E Yue imagined the situation at that time, he had fought many battles, and it was easy to guess what the situation was at that time, but this tactic required great courage from the clan, and it also required the people who were attacking from behind to have the confidence to open the gap as quickly as possible, otherwise they would be eaten by those who lured the enemy and then backhanded against them.

The messenger said that he broke through the defense line of the grassland tribes in a few respites, and E Yue felt that he could never do it, and calculated the strength of Yangguan, the maximum number of people who attacked was 200, and these more than 200 people could break through the enemy's defense line so quickly, and the chariot that the messenger said must be extremely important.

"What is a chariot? How to use it? ”

The envoy described it, and when it came to the scene of the impact on the battlefield, he remembered it vividly, but several people in the room changed color, and they couldn't imagine that the wheels could be used in this way in addition to transporting goods.

"Ehuang said, if we encounter a chariot in the future, we must not discharge a thin formation, to say the least, it will take seven to eight platoons to withstand it, otherwise the chariot will cut through the front like a knife for cutting tofu, and the military formation will be completely chaotic."

After listening to the role of the chariot, Eyue thought of this, and was very satisfied with her son's suggestion, but ...... He thought about it more.

It is true that seven or eight columns may be able to block the impact of the chariots, but in the same way, the front of the army formation will be narrowed, and the front will be safe, but such a narrow front will easily go around the flanks and back.

After thinking about it, E Yue felt that the only one who could deal with the chariot at this time was the chariot. If you also have a chariot, you won't dare to row the wide and thin front, and it will not be easy to go around the flanks, and no one will dare to move first until the chariot battle decides the winner.

As for the role of the chariot, the battle in Yangguan has been vividly demonstrated.

E Yue thought to herself that her 700 men might be able to defeat more than 2,000 people on the opposite side, but the price of defeat would never be just the death of such a few people, and even if the opposite side did not win, he could escape on horseback.

From the beginning to the end, E Yue carefully reflected on it, and he also felt that he had learned a lot, although the chariot could change the form of the battlefield in an instant, but if there was no previous arrangement, it would be absolutely impossible to achieve such a terrible result.

"That Ji Xia fought very well, and there were chariots and bronze, if we fought them on flat ground, we wouldn't be able to win."

"Yes, if the grassland tribe attacks Echeng, I can defend it, but it is impossible to fight like this."

"Ji Xia is only fifteen years old this year, is there really someone who knows everything by birth?"

E Yue also shook her head, thought for a while, and said: "Jiu'er, you prepare some jade gifts, personally take people to Xia City to celebrate, by the way, tell Huang, I am very happy, and tell him again, I will personally lead people to the alliance and competition in May next year." ”

Shu Jiu couldn't help but be happy for his son, but he said calmly on his face: "The gift is to be prepared, and the art of digging a well must also be learned." ”

While they were discussing, someone outside said, "E-Yue, Ji Xia's sister wants to see you." ”

"Please."

The messenger knew he couldn't be here at this time, but before leaving, he forgot to tell her about the night that was as brilliant as thunder and lightning.

When the envoy withdrew, he saw Yu Qian'er with a happy face, Yu Qian'er walked into the house quickly, greeted everyone in the house, and said with a smile: "You also know, right? Your brother has won a big battle, and I'm about to let the number nine celebrate. ”

"Yes, but when my brother went out, I knew he would win."

Yu Qian'er said this, Shu Jiu secretly wanted to laugh, and said that a few days ago, when Yangguan was besieged, your wine shop was no longer working, but I heard that you were crying in the house, but at this time, he said that he had known it for a long time.

Confidence is faith, but Yu Qian'er is not big after all, she doesn't whimper when she cries, and her voice comes out far away from the room, and when she went to see her the next day, her eyes were swollen like apricots, and she was tired of crying and slept until noon.

Before the decisive battle, Chen Jian sent someone to tell Hongyu and Yu Qian'er in Xia Cheng, and at that time she could eat, and the bubbles at the corners of her mouth gradually faded.

Today, with the news of the victory, Jian Chen also asked his sister to do a very important thing, so Yu Qian'er hurriedly came to the hall.

"E-Yue, my brother said that this time he took more than 1,200 prisoners, and more than 200 good horses. But the grain in Xia Cheng couldn't support so many slaves to eat, so he wanted to borrow some corn. Borrow ten and repay ten corn and three wheat, a total of thirteen, and fifty horses. ”

The people in the hall were excited, this is a good deal, borrowing ten to pay thirteen, plus horses, it is really not a small amount, the people in the hall stared at E Yue with burning eyes, if the public property is not enough, they can use private property in exchange.

E Yue didn't pay attention to the eyes around her, and asked with a smile, "How much do you want to borrow in total?" ”

"Hmm...... The wheat harvest will be in April and May next year, and there will be six months left, and each slave will be able to borrow two catties a day, so let's borrow 400,000 catties. These slaves are light and strong who can fight, and my brother said that it would be a pity to kill the monsters, so it is better to use them for work. ”

E Yue touched it, shook her head slightly disappointed, and said, "Four hundred thousand catties? There isn't so much public property in Echeng. ”

When the wife who was in charge of the goods next to her heard this, she was stunned for a while, the public property can completely get the 400,000 catties of grain, and the people of Xiacheng want to borrow it, so there will naturally be pledges, and the 400,000 catties will be next year, but it will be 520,000 catties, and there are so many horses. This is much better than collecting from the clansmen, and even if the public property is not enough, some wealthy clansmen can take it out, but it can be a lot more in half a year.

She was worried about whether E Yue had misremembered, and was about to remind her, when Shu Jiu gently pulled her hand and signaled her not to speak, and the woman had to remain silent.

E Yue continued: "You have been in Echeng for so long, and you also know that public and private property are separated, and even if I am the leader, I can't rob everyone's private property into the public treasury. Your brother is right, so many light and strong, it's a pity to kill, it's a pity to starve to death, so let's do it, I will lend Xia Cheng 100,000 catties from the public property, and the slaves you can't support can be sold to us, and some families still want more slaves, I believe that we can still eat one or two thousand people. ”

"But...... These slaves can't plant, they can't build houses, and they don't have the same skin color as us, and women can't keep to have children, just like sheep with broken legs, and they can't exchange too much corn. A strong, obedient slave who can farm can exchange 800 catties of grain or a sheep, and a woman can exchange 600 catties. But a strong one, who can't understand our language, and who can't farm, I think it's worth four hundred catties of grain. ”

Yu Qian'er argued with E Yue a few more words, and seemed to be a little dissatisfied, but finally agreed to the slave exchange for grain, and 100,000 catties of grain did not need to be mortgaged, and it could be transported back to Xia City after the snow.

After she left, several people in the hall said, "Eyue, why don't you borrow it?" Ji Xia won't borrow it and not pay it back, right? We can ask them to learn how to chariot, and add so many horses ......."

E Yue sighed and said: "Of course Ji Xia will not borrow and not pay it back, they were still in the mountains a year ago, and a year later, they have already built Xia City, 100,000 catties of grain, they can get it." Chariot...... Do you think they will teach us by sticking them with grain? Yu Qian'er said very clearly, it's a pity to kill, what does it mean? It means that if there is not enough food, these slaves can be killed! ”

"He used less than 700 people, and the grassland tribes he fought so badly that he fled back with three or four hundred people and captured more than 1,000 prisoners of war, couldn't he go somewhere else to catch slaves?"

Then he glanced at the people in the hall and said, "Don't just see the grain, O you. How much grain can be produced in one acre of land in Xia Cheng? How much land can a slave cultivate? From not knowing how to farm to being able to farm, with a whip, you can learn it in half a year at most. More than 1,200 slaves, one person planted 30 acres of land, and after a year, it would be 600,000 catties of grain! What about three years? What about five years? With these more than 1,200 slaves in Xia City, how many soldiers can be raised without working and specially trained? ”

Only then did the people in the hall understand, and E Yue frowned and said: "Actually, the best way is not to borrow or exchange, so that their slaves will not survive the winter, and there will be a lot less slaves next year. ”

"But...... If you don't borrow or exchange, you can't do it. Xia Cheng and E Cheng are too close, and they are upstream again. All of you have fought with me, and I only ask you, on the flat land, have you been able to fight those people in Xia City? ”

"If you can't beat it, you can't do evil, if you don't want to borrow, you have to borrow, if you don't want to change, you have to change, what else can you do?" (To be continued.) )