XXXVII. The Concept of Heavy Cavalry (II)

Since Gu Qiaoxi had already made up her mind to follow Chen Yan, she was naturally very concerned about everything, and of course she would not be as stingy as Chen Yan for the two sworn brothers of her father-in-law, so she had already prepared a meal, and even took out the wine stored at home to entertain them. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Di Yong glanced at Gu Qiaoxi's back and said to Chen Yan: "It's time to give the girl a name." ”

"There are some things you don't know."

Chen Yan thought that he even burned Gu Qiaoxi's deed of sale, and asked the dynasty to re-register him, but Gu Qiaoxi has been prevaricating since he knew that Chen Yan and Miss Liu had a marriage contract. Although the two of them have been rolling the sheets for half a month, Gu Qiaoxi still has no head, she is still dressed as a girl, of course, there are some things that cannot be hidden from Di Yong and Zhao Zongxuan. The charming color between Gu Qiaoxi's eyebrows can be seen as long as you are not blind.

Zhao Zongxuan gnawed on the chicken leg and said inarticulately: "How are you and the Liu family thinking about the matter?" ”

Chen Yan shook his head: "I didn't think about it, even if I wanted to withdraw from the marriage, I couldn't do it, after all, this was a verbal appointment between Old Man Liu and his father." ”

"Humph!" Zhao Zongxuan can be regarded as putting down the chicken leg and said: "I was thinking of marrying the eldest lady of the Liu family, but this time it seems that there is no play, it is said that Zhao Zongbo has already proposed to the Liu family." ”

Regarding Zhao Zongxuan's affairs, Chen Yan and Di Yong actually didn't pay much attention to it, after all, this guy was a child of the clan, and some things could not be decided by himself.

After eating, Chen Yan naturally drove his brother away, two high-wattage light bulbs are here, how can he live a two-person world with Gu Qiaoxi! These days, Shuang'er has not come back to live, after all, the queen mother's health has not improved, Chen Yan has also been to see a few times, but there is no big problem, but the body is not very good, the dynasty and Shuang'er are filial sons, so naturally they have to serve the bed as much as possible.

Gu Qiaoxi was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Chen Yan took the opportunity to reach out and hug him, and said, "Why don't we try other tricks tonight?" "In this era, there is no electricity, and it is impossible for him to go to Golan Vashe, so this entertainment is naturally something.

"No! Xianggong, you haven't reviewed your book today, and now that this is about to take a big exam, you can't be sloppy. She has all followed the statement, and this title naturally has to be changed.

These days, under the guidance of Chen Yan, Gu Qiaoxi has naturally unlocked a lot of postures, what old trees are rooted, the old man has long been very proficient in pushing the cart, even so, she has not everything as Chen Yan wants.

"Ugh! All right! Chen Yan reached into his clothes, touched Gu Qiaoxi's long legs comparable to the supermodels of later generations, and said in his heart You can't run away anyway, what are you afraid of!

Gu Qiaoxi's whole body was soft when he touched him, leaned on his lap, and said coquettishly: "Don't be like this, you will fulfill Xianggong's wish later." ”

Chen Yan smiled proudly, touched it between his legs and on his chest, and then went to his room to read the book contentedly.

It feels so good to read a book at night with red sleeves, hehe......

After Zhao Zongxuan returned home, he went into the study and began to write a strategy, after all, it will be handed over to the official family for review tomorrow. Although he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, he has read a lot of military books and everything, summarized Chen Yan's thoughts, and synthesized his own opinions, so a strategy that can be seen is finally freshly baked three hours later, and the title of the strategy is "On Heavy Armored Cavalry". Compared with the succession, Zhao Zongxuan is actually more interested in military affairs, but he also knows that this is impossible, after all, since the founding of Taizu, there are almost no generals in the clan who command the army.

As early as before the seven sons entered the palace, the official family set the teachers of the seven of them, namely the Hanlin Bachelor, the History Museum Revision Ouyang Xiu, the Hanlin Scholar Zeng Gongliang, and the Longtu Pavilion Scholar Wen Qixiao. And the scholar of Guanwendian University knows that Yan Shu, the envoy of the Yongxing Army, is not in the ranks of the seven sons, but it just so happened that he returned to Beijing to report on his work, and he was about to leave Beijing to take up his post in Henan, so the official family asked Yan Shu to give lessons to the seven sons in the past few days, and by the way, he took the examination to see if the seven sons' studies had improved in the past few days.

Yan Shu's prestige and status in the court can definitely be compared with today's Prime Minister Pang Ji, Fan Zhongyan, Kong Daofu, Wang Anshi are all from his disciples, Han Qi, Fu Bi, Ouyang Xiu, etc. are all cultivated and recommended by him, which shows his high status. What's more important is that Yan Shu, like Pang and Fan Zhongyan, has served in the Northwest Army, understands military affairs, and is a civilian official, so he is very trusted by today's officials.

After school ended this day, Yan Shu sat on the chair and looked at the strategies handed in by the seventh son, the first six strategies of Zhao Zongshi and others were generally decent and not too brilliant. When he saw Zhao Zongxuan's strategy, at first glance, he felt that this son was too whimsical, but after careful inspection, he thought it was indeed feasible.

With a long sigh, Yan Shu rubbed his somewhat dizzy eyes, got up and walked out of the Nanyuan study, and walked straight to the imperial study.

Chen Yan was sitting at the table at this time, thinking about what he said casually yesterday, in terms of ideas alone, it was indeed feasible, but in practice, it was too difficult to operate. Even if you can smuggle enough horses, but what about the others, the heavy cavalry heavy cavalry, how did the heavy armor come, how did the soldiers come, and more importantly, the cost of this heavy cavalry is absolutely astronomical, even if the official agrees to open a new field in the north, the tax is afraid that it will not be enough to support a heavy cavalry, so it is all a fantasy! If only Di Yong could be in the army, at least there are some possibilities to realize! As far as the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty is concerned, although the south is in rebellion, Nong Zhigao is afraid that it will not be long before he can reach it, and after the rebellion is quelled, how to strengthen the military is the most important thing. Of course, this is just his personal thoughts, and it is estimated that today's officials will not think so.

Similar to Chen Yan's expectations, Zhao Zhen had a noncommittal expression after reading the few strategies brought by Yan Shu, although Zhao Zongxuan's strategies made him a little moved, but the difficulty of operation was indeed a bit great, so Zhao Zhen did not react.

"What does Yan Qing's family think?" Zhao Zhen still spoke.

Yan Shu said slowly: "The old minister thinks it is feasible, but it is not feasible. The feasible thing is that as long as the operation is done properly, the current situation of the lack of horses in our Great Song Army can be solved, and the unfeasible thing is that the cost of this heavy armored cavalry is very large, and I am afraid that it will not be realized in the short term. ”

After the Xin'an Army, although Zhao Zhen does not know much about the military, but also realized the importance of the horse army, now the Great Song Dynasty is not only short of horses in the army, even the people are also so, if it is feasible to smuggle horses from the sea, then even if it is impossible to form a heavy cavalry in a short period of time, but it can also form a medium-sized light cavalry, with the current national strength of the Great Song Dynasty step by step, in the future, it will naturally be able to form a heavy cavalry that can compete with the Khitans. Although Zhao Zhen is generous, he is also an emperor, and there is no emperor who does not want to expand his territory and dominate the four seas. Although the Qingli New Deal failed a few years ago, Zhao Zhen is now in the prime of life, and his ambition has not been extinguished.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Zhen said, "That's it for today." Yan Qing's family is about to leave Beijing in a few days, and they can recuperate in the house in the next few days. ”

Yan Shu got up and said, "Thank you for your kindness, the old minister retired." ”

When Yan Shu came out of the imperial study, Zhao Zhen seemed to say to himself: "Is it feasible?" ”

A figure walked out from behind the screen in the imperial study, looked at the dress that seemed to be an internal servant, bowed down and said: "Lao Dao is the same as Yan Xianggong's idea, feasible or not. ”

In the inner court of this palace, in addition to Zhao Zhen, only the chief eunuch Li You knows the true identity of this person, the descendant of Zhang Tianshi, the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain, Zhang Poyi. This Taoist has studied through the past and the present, proficient in the Five Elements Bagua Qimen Dunjia, and has entered the realm of transformation with a body of kung fu, if it were not for the personal favor owed to Zhao Heng of Song Zhenzong back then, I am afraid that he would not stay in this great interior.

"Oh?!" Zhao Zhen was a little surprised, this rag has been by his side for decades to protect his safety, and he has never participated in the affairs of the DPRK and China, but today he made an exception.

Zhang Poyi straightened up and said meaningfully: "The change of luck is not the will of heaven. ”

Zhao Zhen was startled, and looked at Zhang Poyi with disbelief on his face.