Chapter 519: Do they have the final say?

China has to build a post station very early, how early? Very early anyway. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info the earliest beacon tower established in the Zhou Dynasty, which can also be regarded as a kind. Anyway, the Chinese have known for a long time the importance of intelligence transmission.

Minxin is much slower, but it's early. In fact, in the Tang Dynasty, there was a folk postal system, called the post donkey. However, it is only established in some places where commerce is more developed. Moreover, he is not popularizing the whole people, this kind of post donkey, specifically for the service of merchants to get the postal system, like Chang'an to Luoyang, to Yangzhou. Some small places have not been set up.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a civil letter bureau for the people. Appeared in the Yongle years, by the famous Ding Ning. Wave merchant founded. The business is similar to that of a modern post office, with exchange, sending regular letters and parcels. There are almost no stamps. The price is fair, the credit is good, and there is a compensation mechanism, which is very popular.

This system also continued into the Qing Dynasty, and after the five ports were traded, even the Nanyang generation could send letters. Even Nanyang has a civil information bureau. It's really at the forefront of service, where there is a need, there are them.

Li Chen wants to establish a private postal system in Datang. Whether the stamps should be printed or not. This system has to be established, and in his vision, it depends on the right. Usually they are literate. Even if there is no recruit trained by Li Chen, he will be able to serve as Lizheng.

As mentioned earlier, there were a lot of things to bear in the Tang Dynasty. If you haven't forgotten, Li Zheng is also responsible for opening a kind of household registration book called "hand-based", Tang Dynasty household registration book, how to open illiterate. It is also necessary to open a Tang Dynasty pass called "passing place".

Basically, one is only managing a few hundred people, although there are a lot, but it doesn't take long to get acquainted. At that time, whether you write or receive letters, let Li Zheng go, which can alleviate a lot of trouble. Like the address, you don't need it. As long as you write which one is right, the one will notify the people there.

As for the post station, it was changed to a semi-private enterprise. I think it's okay to get it, anyway, now that there is a telegram, there is no need to rush a hundred miles. As for whether someone will take over, it shouldn't be a problem. Although the annual expenses of Datang Station are a bit large, it is still doing well. It has become the first choice for many people to travel.

On the one hand, he plans to use the post station, which has been laid throughout the country and is very popular, and on the other hand, he plans to develop a private postal service. This is the country of belonging.

On the other hand, the inn attached to the inn had to be separated. It is not directly managed by the private sector, which involves a security issue. The official camp has a sense of security. Because the post station is very important to the imperial court, there are even post stations that belong to the post station. Directly and completely private, I am afraid that in terms of security, there will be a little discount.

So he planned to change the inn into the Royal Hotel Group, or the Royal Hospitality Group. In the future, it will be built into a global hotel brand similar to Hilton.

With this royal signboard, as long as you don't make a reputation, it is a gold-lettered signboard. In this way, it can be counted in one fell swoop, and there is security. The local government did not dare not fail to do so. It is also possible to maintain a certain level of security.

For the imperial court, it saves a lot of money. In the future, officials will still live in post stations when they travel, but the officials only subsidize a certain amount of travel expenses, what level of official status, what level of treatment they enjoy, and they will pay for their own expenses.

Dare not pay? Open your titanium eyes and see, where is this? You dare to take advantage of the emperor's advantage. Officials have been spared travel and a sum of money has been saved on road maintenance. The post house will be responsible for the maintenance of the road in a certain section. And the royal family, under Li Chen's operation, will have another income.

Well? You say this is taking advantage of the country? There should be a clear distinction between public and private, what is royal is royal, and what is public is what is public? As long as the imperial court restructured the post station, it could also earn a large amount of income. Yes, the annual internal allowance for the national treasury will be subsidized, and I will calculate it clearly.

Every year, there is so much subsidy for internal money, and there is a record in the year when Li Chen first entered the audit, which is 2 million. Later, Li Chen reformed the tax system, and the income of the imperial court increased, so there was no need for subsidies, but there were still the costs of the Longxi War and the construction of the Shence Army.

Not to mention that Li Chen and a few Zai had all kinds of imaginations about the telegram, now on the battlefield in Youzhou, the two sides are about to start contact. In the beat of the drum, the two sides approached step by step.

As the two sides approached, Ye Lan and Da Mingjun's faces became more and more solemn. I was disdainful just now, thinking that it was the sound of a drum for my own funeral, but as the Shence Army approached step by step, it had become like a knock on their hearts.

They had never seen such a neat and consistent, thousand-person pace. Accompanied by the beat of the drums, every step down, it seems to knock on the door of their heads and shake into their hearts. This is a strong army, a very terrible strong army, walking dozens of steps, without disordered steps, indicating that this army is well-trained.

They have not seen the army in the world. Even if they were beaten like dogs, the Youzhou Army under the leadership of Zhang Zhongwu did not have this level.

Da Mingjun looks like the army of the Bohai Kingdom, his footsteps are scattered, and it is not easy to maintain a strict formation. Constantly ask the officers to shout and reorganize, otherwise they will be in front of the enemy and ensure that there will be a mess. Their Bohai State has an army, imitating the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, which is already very sophisticated, but at this moment, the military appearance is scattered, not to mention, from him, the supervising army, to the ordinary soldiers, they are all shocked to the point that they can't do it.

'It's okay, this army is just walking in order. Da Mingjun comforted himself like this, "Also, their formation is too thin, with spears and shields in front, and only two columns in the back, such a formation will collapse as soon as you rush." ’

Ye Lan was also apprehensive in his heart, and at the same time glad in his heart, worried that this army seemed to be well-trained, and fortunately, he didn't have to face it, completely reversing the regret just now. He is not as naïve as Da Mingjun, thinking that it is not good if the formation is thin. Since it is a well-trained army, there must be a reason for its thinness.

Fortunately, he was facing the cavalry, although he was fully armed, the closer he got closer, the more chilling it became, but he still had confidence in the Khitan cavalry. He looked at the front of his house, strong and strong.

In order to break through the Tang army as soon as possible, he lined up the strongest warriors in the tribe, with the best horses, plus precious armor, in the front, hoping to perform in one fell swoop. Looking at those heavy weapons, he had confidence again, and in horse warfare, no one was an opponent for Khitan warriors.

Two hundred steps, both sides stopped at the same time. On one side of the Shence army, the frame was doubled, and the whole army stopped. I didn't look at the scene, I thought it was as if it was a giant, and I didn't say anything about it, and the sound was huge. The armies of the Bohai State and the Khitan were much worse, but with the efforts of the generals, they were calmed down as soon as possible.

Then, the Bohai State attacked. First, the infantry marched forward gradually, and when they reached about one hundred and fifty paces, a group of crossbowmen poured out. Because the Bohai National Army imitated the Tang Dynasty, its tactics were almost the same.

Although there are sub-battalions in the Tang Dynasty, when facing the enemy, they will be uniformly deployed. The Chinese army raised 1,000 people, and drew out 2,800 people, 56 teams, which were combat soldiers. Among them were four hundred crossbowmen and four hundred archers. The horse army is 1,000, the jumping 500, and the odd soldiers are 500.

Originally, the popularity of bows and arrows in the Tang Army was extremely high. However, bows and arrows are very expensive, not to mention the time required to be produced, and they usually have to be maintained. Arrows cost a lot. Later, gradually there were no longer so many archers, and many people did not have bows and arrows, and they were pure infantry.

The other armies were the same, and about seventy percent of the combat soldiers were drawn. The ratio of crossbowmen and cavalry, jumping and other types of troops is almost the same as that of the Chinese army. In the end, they will gather together, and the Chinese army will command them with flags, drums, and horns.

The queue is arranged in such a way that the crossbowmen come first, followed by the archers. Behind is the most elite tax front infantry. They were followed by the Horse Army, the Jumping Swing and the Odd Soldiers.

In offensive mode, the crossbowman is first 150 paces away from the enemy and fires a bolt. Then, changing archers stepped forward, at a distance of sixty paces, and kept shooting arrows. The infantry continued to advance, and when they reached twenty paces, the crossbowmen would drop their crossbows and slash into the enemy line with their swords and clubs, along with the infantry of the warfront.

At this time, depending on the situation. If it is unfavorable, the back jumping, surprise soldiers and horse soldiers all come forward to meet together. If the battle goes well, the enemy army is defeated. Then there will be horsemen and surprise soldiers. Pursue and defeat the enemy, and the other branches of the military will not move.

When the Bohai Kingdom moved, the Khitans also moved. Compared with the infantry army, the horse army also needs to estimate the distance, the horse charges, and it takes time to reach the high speed, but you can't run too early, otherwise the horse is tired and just runs in front of the enemy, so the horse army is simply door-to-door delivery. How to actually operate depends on how the Ma army on the opposite side responds.

When the Bohai people and the Khitan people moved, the Tang army also moved, the distance was closer, and the pressure on the Bohai and Khitan was even greater, as if there was a behemoth, pulling mountains and trees. However, no matter how much pressure it is, it has to be on top, and it is close, and now it is too late. The commanders of the two armies gritted their teeth and urged the soldiers to march.

First of all, the infantry army, when the Bohai people were conventional, the crossbowmen wanted to hit the enemy, the Tang army moved, there was a loud bang, and the sky was clear, and they saw the Khitan and Bohai armies in the array, reporting fire.

Thunder? The commanders of the two sides, and Zhou Pan, who was watching the battle from the city tower, all thought so. Thunder, it's not terrible, the Tang Army has thunder, and the secret has been spread. The two armies seem to be underestimating the enemy, but in fact they are prepared. Or rather, think you're ready.

According to the explosion, the dead Ma Yuanwu got the information, this thunder is just loud and scary. As long as you don't get scared by the sound, you're fine.

Don't be scared by the sound, so what to do? Cover your ears and plug them with something. Minimize the impact of sound? So how to command the army? Don't forget, drums and horns are all musical instruments, and if you cover your ears, you won't be able to hear them.

Later, someone came up with a solution, which was to beat the drums. Gather a lot of big drums and beat them desperately. Let the horse, let the man adapt. There was also a curfew in the Tang Dynasty, and it was easy to find drums. Beat the drum every morning, announce the opening of the fang, gather it, beat it desperately, and let the soldiers and horses get used to it. Congratulations, after the battle between the Bohai people and the Khitans, there will be many hard-of-hearing patients.

However, if you can win, you will listen to it again. Probably, Da Mingjun and Ye Lan will think so. But, basically, they don't realize it. They themselves are not in training. Just, does this really work?

'What, the situation? Da Mingjun, Ye Lan, Zhou Pan, and their little friends were all stunned. Only the sound scares people, and if that's all, what is all that flesh and blood flying?

I saw that from the rear of the Tang Army, there was a loud thunderous sound, and after the huge roar, there was a scream. Terrible demons appeared in the sky, falling from the sky, most of them bombarded the positions of the two armies, and some of them fell behind.

Zhou Pan only used a telescope to catch something flying over, but before he could react, the flying object landed. There was a loud bang. It's just that the loud noise doesn't matter, and where the loud noise is made, no one is okay, and if someone gets it, it's flesh and blood.

The first is the appearance of a group of trapeze, or flying horses. Then a piece fell around. Near the landing point, as the center, a circular clearing appeared, and in the middle was a piece of blood red, just enough to blow up, and there would be nothing big left.

'It's thunder. Damn Ma Yuanwu, this is what you meowed, just louder. Zhou Pan was not in the mood to count, he was completely shocked, if he counted, he would find that there were about three hundred round pits.

This represents 300 cannons, and the range of 300 guns reached 2 kilometers, which was nearly 700 zhang in the Tang Dynasty. So much so that no matter how Zhou Pan looked, he didn't find the thunder, and the information was wrong, where did he think the thunder was launched.

Not to mention that Zhou Pan was shocked, the Bohai and Khitan people who faced the front line were even more shocked. What is the situation, I didn't see anything, and I fell a big piece, how to fight this battle. Similarly, he hated Ma Yuanwu to the core, and Da Mingjun only thought that his father killed Ma Yuanwu at once, which was really cheap for him. If he had been allowed to live until now, he would have cut him with a thousand knives.

None of this is too far to think, though. What does it mean that these thoughts are constantly running in his head? Representative, he was overwhelmed. What now? Retired soldiers?

But as soon as you retreat, it's over, the two sides are so close, and their morale is frustrated, and now announcing the withdrawal of the army is equivalent to immediately announcing defeat, and the whole army will immediately break and flee, and then the Tang army will be chased and killed.

'General, hurry, hurry. However, the idea of escaping for his life still defeated these, Da Mingjun panicked, just a few thunderbolts, fell behind him, the Chinese army, and directly fell into the camp of the coalition forces of those other clans who were lying on the frieze, and now they are also in chaos.

He doesn't care if they are chaotic or not, if he can hit them, it means that he can hit him. Before the battle, he didn't think that he might die in battle. In his mind, as long as he didn't step forward, he wouldn't be so upside down and killed by a stray arrow no matter what.

However, now the Tang Army's thunderous range exceeded his expectations. He couldn't keep his composure, Tao took precedence, and was about to flee with his horse.

His ally, Yelan Khan, faced the same choice. He never thought that he would be killed by a thunderstorm, and he might die a miserable death. Now that the threat of death was so near, he wanted to run.

It's just, to be thorough, are they the ones who have the final say?