Chapter 531: Good things always have a past, and new difficulties are added before the war
In this way, relying only on the more than 3,000 elite cavalry of the garrison regiment, I am afraid that it will be difficult to protect the pikeman army formation at that time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Head Liu has been seizing the time to think about solving this problem.
Before the arrival of the new four-wheeled carriage today, there were only two solutions that Commander Liu came up with. First, try to avoid entanglement with the Tuliao cavalry in the plains, and quickly break into the city. Second, find a way to increase the number of cavalry, so that it can effectively cover the pikemen of their own infantry in the plains.
These two methods seem to be feasible, but they are difficult to solve when they are actually implemented. The first method must ensure that it is close to the city, although the foot soldiers of the Dingbei garrison regiment are elite, but in the plain area, they can not outrun the Tuliao war horses. If they were too far away from the city, the foot soldiers would inevitably expend a lot of physical strength on the long march, and then engage the Tuliao cavalry, and the casualties would increase greatly.
The second method looks good, but it is not easy to train foot soldiers into cavalry, and without months of continuous training, it is impossible to train qualified cavalry. And Commander Xiao Liu did not intend to give such a long respite to the Tuliao Kingdom. Although it is possible to recruit Yi cavalry, these Yi cavalry recruited from the attached Yi tribe have always been inferior to their own cavalry, and it is difficult to do it in wartime.
Now, with this new four-wheeled carriage, Commander Xiao Liu felt that he could try what was said in the book "The Romance of Taizu Dingchao", using four-wheeled carriages to connect end to end to form a circular fortress, and protect the infantry array inside, so as to resist the sudden attack of the Tuliao cavalry from all directions.
Commander Xiao Liu is not those rigid and arrogant generals, let alone those shameless people who think that only they are right and do not admit their mistakes. He is an excellent general, a general who is extremely responsible for the lives of his soldiers. Although the method that the junior brother said now is from the book, if it can be effective after testing, Commander Xiao Liu will not hesitate to adopt it and formalize it as one of the tactics of the garrison regiment.
Although Captain Xiao Liu has always objected to his junior brother reading those miscellaneous books, now his junior brother has been able to prove that "The Romance of Taizu Dingchao" is not nonsense. Captain Liu happily admitted his mistake and quickly accepted the new four-wheeled carriage and put it to use.
Li De was overjoyed, and immediately said to Li Jiang: "Lin Cheng, the craftsman who made this new four-wheeled carriage, should be rewarded!" Does he already have a family? ”
"Hey, before this Lin Cheng came to Dingbei County, he was a poor car repairer, his family was so poor, his wife almost starved to death, where did he have the money to marry a daughter-in-law. Now in his forties, he is still an old bachelor. Mr. Li said.
"Mr. Li, after you go back, you will personally preside over the promotion of him to the master of the Dingbei Craft School, and all the treatment will be according to the first-class soldiers, and then depending on the situation, he will be a good daughter-in-law." Li De said with a smile.
"Don't worry, Xiao Li, I'll do these things when I go back. Now the daughter-in-law of a veteran of our Weibei Battalion is cute and cute. Find this little sister-in-law to help, and ensure that you can give Lin Cheng, an old bachelor, a young daughter-in-law. Li always smiled and agreed. He was also very pleased to see that the carriage was so useful.
At this time, the third uncle came out of nowhere, and when he saw the four-wheeled carriage, he was also quite curious, and walked closer, looked here, looked there, and even squatted down to look at the bottom of the car. After watching it for a long time, the third uncle nodded approvingly, and he was ready to continue walking.
Li Deyi suddenly approached the third uncle and said, "Third uncle, what do you see?" This four-wheeled carriage is good, right? This new four-wheeled carriage is exactly the same as what is written in the book "The Romance of Taizu Dingchao". ”
The third uncle shook his head and said: "Your four-wheeled carriage is made of wood, and the carriage mentioned in "The Romance of Taizu Dingchao" is made of pure steel, only the carriage part, and it is made of wooden boards. ”
"Yoh? Third uncle, have you ever read this "The Romance of Taizu Dingchao"? I really didn't expect that you, an old man who asks for food, still have the leisure time to read these idle novels? Li Deyi couldn't help but ridicule the third uncle.
"What? No way? When I was young, I was a ranger and traveled the world, so of course I was well-informed. Little Lizi, weren't you injured some time ago? It's good so soon? Young people are rough skin and thick flesh, and their blood is vigorous. The third uncle put his hands behind his back and said as he walked.
"Third uncle, you have lived for such a long time. Tell me, have you ever seen this kind of carriage before? Li Deyi asked. He's like a kid who just got a piece of candy now, and he's looking for someone to show off.
"When I was younger?" The third uncle was stunned for a moment, then squinted his eyes and said, "That was too long ago, not to mention that I really saw this kind of four-wheeled carriage when I was young." ”
"Where have you seen it? Third uncle, is the craftsman still alive? Li Deyi hurriedly asked. He is not too many craftsmen who can build such four-wheeled carriages.
"Where? In "The Romance of Taizu Dingchao". Hahaha......" The third uncle laughed and walked away with his hands behind his back.
Li Deyi was not angry with the old naughty boy of the third uncle, and turned his head and continued to look at the new-style four-wheeled carriage.
On the same day, Commander Xiao Liu listed the technology of the four-wheeled carriage as a top secret of the garrison regiment. In order to maintain secrecy, the driver of each carriage must carry fire oil with him, and in the event of an attack, if he could not escape, he must immediately burn the steering mechanism of the carriage and smash the springs.
Then there were a series of other secrecy measures, such as never talking about the new four-wheeled carriage to the public. If anyone comes to inquire, they should immediately straighten their faces and draw their weapons and drive them away.
This new-style four-wheeled carriage will be the key to the future expedition of the Dingbei garrison to conquer the Tuliao State, and the secrets must not be revealed.
After the brothers and sisters discussed a series of secrecy measures, Li Deyi went to instruct Mr. Li to immediately organize a joint insurance investigation after he returned, and all outsiders who did not live in Dingbei County were registered and strictly monitored.
At the same time, several schools should also be designated as military zones, and unrelated personnel are strictly prohibited from approaching without permission. It is strictly forbidden to set up stalls 200 meters to the left and right of the military zone.
Two days later, Dr. Sun returned to Dingbei County with Mr. Li. Li Xiuming took his two sons, and after reluctantly saying goodbye to Xiao Liu, he also set off to return.
After seeing off his wife and children, Regiment Commander Xiao Liu immediately turned around and threw himself into the intense war preparation work. If it has warmed up today, and the next batch of new four-wheeled carriages that have been modified arrives, it is time to launch a new offensive to further attack the Tuliao State.
On this day, Li Deyi was discussing the next strategy with his senior brother, and suddenly received a report from the herald outside, saying that the five generals of the three families had come to visit together and wanted to discuss with the two regiment commanders about continuing to attack the Liao State.
When Xiao Liu heard this, he was a little stunned. This is the first time that the three generals have come to discuss the war in advance. In the past, it was the Dingbei garrison regiment that said how to fight, and then informed the generals of the two countries that they just did it.
This time, Xiao Liu's head obviously sniffed out a hint of wrongness.
Li Deyi looked at his senior brother and waited for his senior brother to come up with an idea. Commander Xiao Liu pondered for a moment and said, "Go to the staff room and see what the generals of these three families want to say first." ”
Li Deyi followed his senior brother to the staff room. In the house, Pharmacist Li, Xu Shiji, Xu Nongda, Chang Fengchun, and the five generals of General Han had already followed the guide soldiers first, and sat there and waited quietly.
After Xiao Liu sat down, he took out a page of paper on which he had recently made a simple plan for the next battle written in hard charcoal. It is nothing more than which cities to fight first, and then where to march, as well as how the Pingtang Kingdom and the Pingming Kingdom, as well as the soldiers and horses of the King of Han, should act to cooperate with the offensive of the Dingbei garrison.
Commander Xiao Liu passed down this page, and the five generals read it one by one, nodded, and no one objected.
Seeing this, Xiao Liu quietly signaled to his junior brother with his eyes. Li Deyi got up from his seat and talked about the distribution of the city, and said that before he set out on the expedition, he would divide the remaining cities temporarily managed by the garrison regiment.
The five generals still had no objection to this, and nodded their heads in agreement. Liu Lai, the king of Han, had already obtained a city for nothing, so he did not dare to hope for more. General Han did not have the order of the King of Han, and of course he would not ask for the city without authorization.
Seeing that after the junior brother finished speaking, the five generals still did not express any different opinions, and the head of Xiao Liu was a little drumming in his heart. He originally thought that the three generals came together this time to get a little more benefit for their own family, or to enlist the help of some more garrison regiments in the next battle, so that they could conquer one or two more cities.
But after the junior brother said these two things, the three generals still didn't speak, which is a bit strange.
"Could it be that they want the lion to open his mouth? Hmph, it seems that the forward translation of my garrison regiment is only to show its strength, so it is still not tough enough to suppress these evil tigers. That's it, I can't say that I have to use some swords and blood. Captain Xiao Liu narrowed his eyes, trying to hide the killing intent that surged in his heart at an instant.
Now that head Xiao Liu has the confidence to turn his face with the three families.
Originally, the garrison regiment still had to rely on the three parties to help solve part of the logistics grain and grass problems, but now with the new four-wheeled carriage, even if the three parties turn their faces at the same time, the Dingbei garrison regiment can solve the grain and grass problem on its own.
What's more, with those 200 new four-wheeled carriages, a large number of foot soldiers can be quickly transported to the designated battlefield. Therefore, the head of Xiao Liu has the confidence to quickly extinguish the resistance of the three families.
Now that the infantry of the garrison regiment has wheels to walk, the marching ability will be greatly improved. For the invincible garrison regiment commander's spear infantry formation, how much marching ability skyrockets is equivalent to how much combat power skyrockets.
In the end, it was Pharmacist Li who opened his mouth first, he relied on being more familiar with Li Deyi, and said cheekily: "Two regiment leaders, the five of us came here today because we wanted to discuss something with the two of you. ”
Head Xiao Liu narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter?" At the same time, he secretly sent a gesture to Li Deyi and asked him to prepare to be blackfaced.
Pharmacist Li glanced at the other four generals, and then said: "Two regiment leaders, we want to discuss whether we can spare the lives of those big families of the Tuliao Kingdom, after all, they were also from Pingzhou, and they had to succumb to thieves for the survival of their families. ”
As soon as Li De heard this, he jumped up directly without waiting for his senior brother's code, and said angrily: "This matter is absolutely impossible!" Don't even think about it! How many innocent people have been killed by those shameless families who have taken refuge in the Tuliao State? The life of their family was to survive by stepping on the white bones of hundreds of people! Want to live?! Okay, let's pay off the life debt first! I've always been fair, and I don't let them pay it back, just one life for another! ”
Isn't this to destroy them? This condition is better than none.
But the five generals didn't dare to talk to Li Deyi like this. Seeing that this Li Killing Star has moved the real fire again, who in the audience dares to tease his tiger whiskers at this time? Don't look at the five of them, they are also famous generals, but in front of this Deputy Commander Li, they really don't have that confidence.
Pharmacist Li sighed and said, "Those family members knew that they would die after breaking the city, and they all tried their best to resist. The sons and daughters of the last general were seriously damaged, and as far as the last general knew, the elite soldiers of the Dingbei garrison seemed to have been quite injured as a result. ”
Li De's eyes were furious, but he couldn't refute his words. (To be continued.) )