On the school grounds, the soldiers are undergoing final general training. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info They have been notified that they will be going on the expedition in the near future. Some Guanzhong soldiers will be given a few days of family leave. Go home to visit your family. They are not a special case, in fact, Li Chen has long been mentally prepared, and the new army is going to attack again. I have already given some soldiers who are far away and have taken an early holiday. They had already returned to camp.

On the school field, the cavalry was charging, a row of ten columns of cavalry, rushing to the peak, approaching the target, got the horse gun in the handle, and stabbed it hard. This shot, without reservation, indomitable, the momentum is amazing, look at the momentum, don't say that there is just a dummy in front of you, even if it is a real person in full armor, or even a big mountain, they will stab out with such a shot.

Basically, it's dangerous, but the gun has a shock force. Don't look at those generals, they often use guns in heads-up, for example, Changshan Zhao Zilong, an iron spear is stabbed, claiming that no one can stop it. But that's a master.

Basically, this is the reason why cavalry is difficult to train. The main weapon of the cavalry in the Tang Dynasty was the gun, which had a crossbow on horse, but it was basically a gun, and the cavalry used it as a horse, a lance, or a lacquer gun.

The reason for limiting the expansion of cavalry was that it was difficult to train. The two sides hedge, maybe your gun is a little slower, it is the separation between life and death. But if it's too fast, maybe the opponent will die, and your hand will be useless, and the anti-shock force can shake your hand bones to fractures.

To avoid this, the lance is usually very elastic, and when it stabs an enemy, the barrel of the gun will bend and absorb this force, which also makes it difficult for the horse to work. Cavalry is difficult to train and expensive, in fact, the Tang Dynasty has relied heavily on recruiting frontier peoples to serve as cavalry. After such large-scale training of cavalry, Tianbao is no longer seen.

Look at them with a shot, they are extremely skilled, they have practiced countless times, they have stabbed such a gun countless times, a shot is out, there is no return, even if it is the early Tang Dynasty, can stab such a shot, it can also be called an elite soldier. However, they have only been training for a year, and they can stab this gun, which shows their hard work on weekdays, but the gun is not good if it is not stabbed fiercely, like this... The gun broke.

The barrel of the gun was broken, but no one reacted, Li Chen did not react, and Shi Xiong, who accompanied him, did not react, on the contrary, he was very satisfied with this kind of training. These cavalrymen, even if they are only a year, have already been trained for many years.

How are traditional cavalry trained? It's rare that they're not like that. Rather, there are four target people, humanoid targets. It's not about stabbing these targets, it's about stabbing them on the head with a square board.

Each target is topped with a square board, the board is not large, and the size of the Tang system is three inches and five minutes. It seems to be not small, one inch in the Tang Dynasty is about 3cm in modern times, three inches and five minutes, about ten centimeters or more, less than eleven. In this way, the board is about more than 100 square centimeters, which is not small.

However, I actually saw that Li Chen was very painful, not small, but very small. There were no area units in the Tang Dynasty. When Li Chen heard about three inches and five points, he thought that the length and width were all three inches and five points, but the result was that the total area was three inches and five points.

Converted to modern units, it is about 10.5 square centimeters. It's about three centimeters on each side.

This small piece of wood is attached to a humanoid target, two on each side. When the cavalry assaulted, they had to stab these four squares with their rifles. Hitting two is qualified, hitting three is excellent.

It's very difficult. Nowadays, in fact, it is not simple, they no longer pierce the board, but pierce a metal ring, and they must target the spear to ride the spear for eight feet and accurately pierce into the ring. But they only need to be stabbed once, and they don't need to be stabbed repeatedly.

When the gun broke, the cavalryman threw down the broken gun in his hand, changed it again, and started training from scratch. And so on and so forth, three hundred and sixty days a year. They have been training for more than three hundred days, every day like this, stab, stab, stab. After a thousand trainings, practice makes perfect. Someone next to you counts the number of times, and if you don't meet the training standards, you will be punished.

'It's time to go on the expedition. Shi Xiong twisted his beard, he was a little impatient, seeing that this cavalry was on the field, he believed that whether it was against the Youzhou soldiers or the foreign races outside the Saiwai race, they would be able to hedge without falling behind.

"A little more time would have been better, but it's good, thanks to the Tibetan people.... Li Chen nodded, the cavalry was done, and the other armies were also made. The new army can strike. I will thank the Tibetan people because most of these war horses were contributed by the Tibetan people, and I am grateful to them for sending many war horses over.

After Li Chen finished watching the cavalry training, he returned to the palace, and the new army was about to go on the march. This was hotly debated yesterday, and most of the prime ministers were worried, thinking that the Shence Army should not move lightly. It should be used as a reserve of last resort, as a last resort.

In the face of 200,000, the 300,000 alien coalition troops, plus the Youzhou soldiers, it is good to transfer troops from the feudal towns that have already pacified the war and the feudal towns that have not been warn, and reinforce the front line. If the Shence army moves and is defeated, I am afraid that the fortunes of the Tang Dynasty will be interrupted.

It was Li Chenli who overrode public opinion, believing that the Shence army would not be defeated, and he had to have confidence in them, as long as this battle was successful, he could solve many problems by taking advantage of the situation. However, Li Chen did not insist on going his own way, and would still send troops from several towns to the north for reinforcements.

First, if the Shence army wins, he can show the power of the Shence army in front of the armies, the Shence army is defeated, at least there is a backhand, there is support, and it will not be defeated, although he does not believe that it will be defeated, but he must be prepared for the worst.

Li Deyu analyzed, 'The alliance of all ethnic groups is not terrible. The snake can't be without a head, these coalition forces don't have a backbone, and no one obeys anyone. A slight setback can easily lead to the idea of quitting. ’

His analysis is the same as Wang Yuankui's. The interracial coalition seems to be powerful, but the hearts of the people are not aligned. It only takes one of them to frustrate them and they can retreat. After all, if you are sure that you can't beat it, or if you can beat it, you will lose a lot, and everyone will think about saving their strength and want others to break the bloodstream.

The bad thing is that they also know that everyone thinks that way. Let others die and pick up the bargain yourself. Maybe as long as they work together and each of them contributes some soldiers and horses, they can defeat the Tang army, but there must be a convincing leader.

Obviously, they didn't. So, just beat one of them hard. The allied forces will then retreat. As for who to frustrate, both the Khitan and the Bohai Kingdom are a choice, Shan Xi has been scared by the Tang Dynasty, although it is also the credit of Zhang Zhongwu of Youzhou before, but Shan Xi is actually the weakest in their strength, if they want to fight, they must pick a strong one to fight, otherwise it will be difficult to shock the two countries, maybe they will have different intentions, but they will not quit.

If you defeat Bohai or Khitan, the weak will consider whether you can win, and the other country will also worry and repeat the mistakes of the past. The seemingly powerful hundreds of thousands of coalition troops were dispersed directly.

However, everything still needs to be improvised. Because of the importance of the matter, Shi Xiong would accompany the army with his ill life, and he laughed at himself and said that this battle might really have to be returned by the horse leather shroud. Li Chen can't help it, Xiaohu and they are still too young, and this war is also a gamble on the fortune of the country, and they can't afford to lose.

At the meeting, it was also decided that it would use next year's customs tariff as collateral to continue to borrow 5 million yuan, which would be repaid in two years, with an annual interest rate of two cents, that is, 2 percent. Both sides are happy with this. The imperial court can borrow a large amount of money, and there is no need to raise taxes, or rob them. No, how can the court rob, and there is no need to borrow it.

Although I want to pay it back, I tighten my belt and endure it. The prime ministers also unanimously agreed that there must be credit, otherwise who will they borrow money from in the future? In fact, there is another trick, which can issue public bonds. But... Who will buy it?

Usually public bonds are issued, and someone has to take over. Usually a certain bank or an investment bank takes over, they underwrite how much, and then find a way to buy it. It looks like a company or an individual. But at present, Datang is probably still early, although Datang's current financial industry seems to be showing signs of emerging.

Stimulated by Li Chen's Datang First Bank, some private critics planned to jointly set up a bank. Because the first bank of Datang has almost robbed them of all their business, the government has a good reputation and low interest rate anyway, although it is mortgaged, but this interest is not the interest of the donkey's rolling, so slowly, many people began to borrow money from the bank.

If it were just an ordinary businessman, the low interest rate of the bank would have been run by others a long time ago. However, the First Bank of Datang, behind which the emperor stands, is crowded? Don't let the emperor come forward, the officials everywhere will clean them up. Don't forget, local governments have shares.

Therefore, since you can't be forced by means, you can only change careers. Imitate the banking model and establish a private bank. Li Chen is studying the banking law and what conditions must be met to establish a bank. At present, it is still under development, and Li Chen has no precedent to refer to in this regard.

What he can do at the moment is to stipulate the amount of capital, and the interest rate must meet the legal ceiling. There must be a limit to lending, and as for the limit, Li Chen asked people to study it, and they could not be allowed to lend unlimitedly. In addition, the most important thing is that you must deposit money in Datang First Bank.

This is a guarantee, how much deposit he absorbs, how much guarantee money must be put in Datang First Bank, to avoid people messing around, over-lending, or lending indiscriminately, or using it to speculate, well, not only to speculate on land, but also to raise prices.

Avoid the chaos of the bank, as a result of the bank collapse and the depositor's deposit is lost. In the unlikely event that this happens, Li Chen will ask First Bank to come forward and first guarantee the depositors' deposits, and then pursue the responsibility.

The bank failed, but it was terrible. It's nothing if a bank fails, but the most feared thing is that in case of a chain effect, this one will be replaced by another. Your house goes out of business and I change it. My family poured his family to relay. As a result, there will be a terrifying knock-on effect, causing large numbers of banks to fail. In the end, it causes economic panic.

The best thing to do is for someone to take over, hold the first bank first, so that it will not fail, wait for the buffer to pass, and then slowly liquidate it, so as not to panic. And this kind of thing can only be done by the state. Only when the state comes forward to take over will people have confidence.

After visiting the military exercise, the next day, Li Chen held a flag awarding and swearing-in ceremony, and after awarding the flag, it means that they are going to officially set off.

Xiaohu and Gao Biao, on behalf of the left and right armies of Shence, accepted the military flag. Then, a team of soldiers, a column of soldiers, passed in front of Xingqing Palace, and Li Chen paraded on the Calyx Xianghui Tower. For the convenience of travel, it was specially changed here.

The soldiers passed in front of the Calyx Xianghui Building, saluted like Li Chen, behind Li Chen were several prime ministers, and the surrounding streets were also crowded with people. The cavalry went ahead, and the metal shimmered in the sun, the light of strength and the light of confidence. Looking at those knights and horses, with the beat of the drums, stepping neatly, the sound of hooves shook the ground, this is the sound of victory in the Tang Dynasty.

The points of the knights' spears pointed to the sky, forming a straight line, as if they were about to pierce the sky.

Then, the soldiers marched, rumbling footsteps, still accompanied by the beat of drums, and the armor of the soldiers was like a god descending from heaven in the sun, with a snow-bright shield, as if moving the Great Wall. Some soldiers carried wonderful weapons on their shoulders, like spears, but they looked very strange, but they were full of faith in the victory of the people.

The three major newspapers of Chang'an coincidentally announced the danger of this battle, as if this battle was lost, and the Tang Dynasty would be destroyed. Its danger is no less than that of the Anshi Rebellion at the beginning.

This time, Suncheon Daily did not take the lead, and the other two newspapers were also very well written. Under their rendering, the people of Chang'an are very concerned about the results of the Shence Army's battle.

Originally, since Xuanzong, there was no point in diligent government affairs, but now it has been reopened. Li Chen was upstairs, and whenever a column of soldiers passed by, when they saluted, he would return the salute. The simple action made every soldier very excited, even if Li Chen was just looking forward, but everyone felt that the emperor was looking at him.

It's indeed true, Li Chen's gaze swept over every energetic face, seeing that their faces were very dark because of their long-term sweating and hard training in the sun, Li Chen seemed to see the future of Datang, which was an excellent army that he had high hopes for. It is also an army that has changed the Tang Dynasty and even China's 5,000-year cycle of chaos.

Even if the parade is over, the army sets off, and Li Chen returns to the palace, he still can't forget it for a long time. This year, there are so many things. The first is the voyage of the Voyage to America. I don't know how long it will take. He remembers that it was half a year, and later generations of galleon trade. Sailing from the Philippines, you can return to the place of departure in about half a year.

Then the return journey takes about three months. In other words, in nine months, he will be able to get news of the Americas. However, that's probably hard, and there are so many problems.

Will they be able to find Kuroshio? Although it is not difficult to recognize Kuroshio, it is difficult to say whether it happened to be encountered. Li Chen told them to go along the coast and make an exploration by the way. Even if you make it to the Americas, you won't be able to come back so quickly.

Let's hope everything goes well, that night, he couldn't stay up all night. Clothed and got up, in front of the Ayaki Palace, looking into the distance, his mind seemed to be divided into two halves, and half saw the five large fleets that were cutting through the waves and thorns on the sea. It seems that he followed the army to the battlefield of Youzhou.

I don't know how long I have been looking for it, the dawn has come, the deepest night has passed, is the dawn still far away? (To be continued.) )