"Congratulations on arriving at the station...", a train, carrying hundreds of passengers, entered the station with a rumbling sound, and after the train made a sound similar to congratulations to the station, it stopped, and a group of sergeants in red jackets got off the train, and they got off the train with them, as well as dozens of men in brocade robes. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Is this a train?" , The brocade-robed man who got off the car, looked around, feeling incredible, he looked at another place, it was another train, but this time the train was out of the station, heading to the northwest, very shocking.

On the train, it was full again, but this was not a person, I saw a black carriage, the side door was not completely closed, and a large number of materials could be seen, this was a freight car, bags and bags of materials, filled with the entire carriage. He knew what it was. Watching the train change from slow to fast, the rumbling sound from slow to urgent, with a speed that is not lost to the galloping horse, out of the station.

He knew where the train was going, and he had seen many settlements along the way, and they had given up their land, occupied by the Tang Dynasty, and one camp after another was built.

He heard the sound of congratulations on the arrival of the train again. The train stopped, and this time it was a human being, and this was another platform, this train station, three platforms, six lines. Two are loaded with goods, and four are for people to get on and off.

Quite a lot of people, they are getting off in an orderly manner, this is the Tang Army. However, this train not only carried the Tang Army. Looking through the window, you can see that many people are still waiting. There are men and women, old and young, all ordinary people.

Everything is dazzling to see him, Datang, it's terrible. He was very glad that he had made a decision, and although it was a difficult decision, he did not regret it, and he could not harm the life of his whole clan for his own selfishness.

"Datang is changing so fast." A man who followed him muttered, "Isn't it, this train is so terrifying, so terrifying, as fast as a galloping horse day and night, and can pull heavy goods, this time the group of people is miserable." "Yes, yes, that idiot, what else do you say that when the Tang army runs out of food and retreats, there is this kind of non-food and grass, and it can pull a large number of people and goods to get the artifact, how can the Tang Dynasty run out of food." "That Yun Deshi of the Yelu Department is still counting on finding that non-existent people, if he finds it, I see what he can do except stare dryly, as soon as the train hits, it will turn into flesh."

"The wisdom of the Tang people is really terrifying, there are weapons with unparalleled power, and now there is such a mode of transportation, and it is not limited by the terrain, the old way in the past can't cope with it at all, it's ridiculous that those fools are still dreaming." , The person in front of the leader shook his head, no wonder the Tang Army's march this time was not like the past, and what was being explored in front was that the Tang Army was steadily repairing roads and camps. thought that this was the means of the Tang Army, who knows, it is terrible to be behind. The more terrifying artifact, the railway, is constantly being repaired.

They couldn't understand why this thing could generate so much power just by burning coal, and it could move forward day and night to move so many goods and people.

It doesn't matter if they don't understand, as long as they know where the railway is built, a large number of soldiers and weapons of the Tang Army will go. In the future, he also saw that many suitable lands for planting began to appear in the Tang people. Even the people came.

He was very glad that he had made up his mind and took the lead in attaching himself to Datang. Judging from all kinds of signs, Datang sent troops this time, and he did not plan to leave, he moved forward steadily and steadily, step by step, which made people realize that Tian Khan had the will and could not be moved.

If you don't surrender, you're dead. This is the same as heavy snow, drought, and epidemic on the grassland, which is unpredictable and cannot be stopped. Only obedience.

Even along the way, he found a terrible sign, he didn't know if other people noticed it, he didn't say it, if it was true, Datang really left no room for it this time.

"Ah, have you arrived? How is it arranged? Just find a big tent to set it up in.'" Spring flowers bloom in April, Li Chen leisurely wandered around, nothing to inspect the construction site, the whole Youzhou has become a large construction site, the new Youzhou has been expanded many times, the old city has not moved, the new city is in an orderly manner. When the new city is completed, the people of the original Youzhou City will be relocated to the past, and the old city will be sorted out.

This new Youzhou City will cover an area of eighty-five square kilometers, which is a little larger than Chang'an City, and the size is not the point. The key is the appearance, not the same square as Chang'an, but round.

This gunpowder era is coming, and Li Chen has long considered how to deal with it in case Youzhou is attacked by artillery. At the moment, no one takes this into account at all.

It is not surprising that when artillery began to be used, for a long time no one realized how to defend it. Many people and countries regard artillery as a new, high-power, long-range siege weapon, and the same is true for defense. I didn't think about whether the old city wall could be defended.

After all, I haven't experienced it personally, I don't have experience in this area, plus fortifications such as fortresses and city walls, which are expensive to cost, and it costs too much to replace, so it's normal to update.

But Li Chen knows this problem, and of course he won't ignore it. The new Youzhou City will be a model, and many city walls in Datang will be transformed in this way in the future, even Chang'an is no exception.

In order to cope with the advent of the gunpowder age, Chang'an City will have a major transformation. In terms of city walls, Chang'an City is five meters high and more than ten meters thick, and it is no problem to defend artillery. The problem is that the shape of Chang'an City is too square, which is not conducive to the defense of artillery.

Originally, the best was the Star Fort, which was gradually developed in Europe after the advent of the age of firearms, and had great defensive power. However, Youzhou is so big, causing the amount of work in Star Fort to be not small. Moreover, Li Chen also believes that the defense of the capital is meaningless at all.

It seems that in the history of China, there has never been any major capital offensive and defensive battle. Almost all of them ended without firing a single shot. Like the Anshi Rebellion, did there be an offensive and defensive battle in Chang'an? Back then, Liu Bang attacked Xianyang, and the Jin soldiers besieged Kaifeng, but there seemed to be no attack.

If you should fall into the city, you will fall into the city. After all, if a country gains its capital, it is the last line of defense, and if even the capital is surrounded by the enemy with superior forces, it will almost show that the country's strength has been exhausted, just like the slogan that Taiwan's telephone poles are often pasted with the slogan that the kingdom of heaven is near, and the meaning is the same.

So, there's no need to do that. The circle is actually enough, and besides, the significance of the Star Fort is that the city wall does not need to be so high, but thickened to avoid artillery bombardment, and the city wall cannot withstand it.

However, Li Chen arranged a higher artillery battery in the city, so that the defenders could get artillery and shoot from a distance. There are also many fortresses on the highlands near Youzhou City and on the periphery, which can be shaped like a star castle. This is to strengthen the city wall, after all, no matter how high your fort is, it is not as good as the original high mountain.

After seeing the construction situation on the highlands outside the city, Li Chen went to find a place to play again, the front line was marching smoothly, and he didn't have so much pressure.

There were many nomads on the grassland, who did not dare to be hostile to the Tang Dynasty, and after suffering a big loss, they took out their usual tricks and began to retreat. The cattle, sheep, and people were all migrated to the rear to avoid the military might of the Tang Dynasty.

All this was expected by Li Chen, when Ming Chengzu went out of the fortress five times and made a northern expedition to Mongolia, the next few times were in vain, and this time he encountered both situations.

After first engaging in battle, after testing the strength of the Tang army, he found that the Tang army was invincible, so he began to retreat, waiting for change, trying to exchange space for time, so that the Tang Dynasty could not support it, and withdrew by himself.

Indeed, if they insist on avoiding war, it will be difficult to deal with. Li Chen, like Ming Chengzu, is a royal driver, and Ming Chengzu can't catch the Mongols who are bent on escaping, so he doesn't think about it. Ming Chengzu has been fighting horses for many years, and he has fought against the grassland peoples many times, there are countless times, he can't help it, and it is difficult for him.

However, Ming Chengzu is not a traveler, he is. Ming Chengzu couldn't find those Mongols, and he couldn't help it, but he didn't need to look for them. Like now, there are many nomads who have joined themselves. Li Chen was prepared. He has been preparing for many years and has prepared many ways to deal with them.

The Han people don't seem to have any good way to deal with the grassland peoples, and they always passively wait for them to attack. Only a few times will it be proactive. The Tang Dynasty also has an advantage in this regard, after all, there are a series of passes in the north, the Great Wall, Qin Shi Huang won a great cause, and later generations have to tinker with it, becoming the most important fortification of the Han nation.

Even if it is to take the initiative to attack, it will not use too many troops, first, the Han nation has few horses, and the competition in this area is really not comparable to the grassland, in order not to lose to them in mobility, they can only try to reduce the number of people.

Second, there is a problem of living habits, after all, the Han army did not grow here, and there is no way to learn from the nomads in terms of diet, and many materials have to be transferred from the rear. The best one is probably the Manchu Dynasty, but after all, they have a foundation, and the Han dynasty is difficult to compare.

After all, the Manchu people started outside the Guan, and they can be regarded as half fishermen and hunters, and half nomads. In terms of the distance outside the customs, they are close to Mongolia, and they have the advantage of being close to the water. Half fishing, hunting, and half nomadic herding, they are ethnic, and they will not lack horses. Relying on the foundation laid by their ancestors, they were able to rule outside the Saiwai and have a relatively great advantage.

In fact, after entering the customs, they gradually degenerated, whether it was to pacify the Junggar Department, or to quell the later rebellion, it was very hard.

To this end, Li Chen prepared a lot of plans, first of all, he began to infiltrate the grassland very early, changed his attitude towards the grassland in the past, organized caravans, and did not wait for them to come to a few designated border jams to trade, and the caravans took the initiative to go out of the fortress and try to expand the trading volume. It also improves their lives in various ways.

Teach them to grow alfalfa, raise sheep and chickens, and buy their wool and meat and chicken. Transporting coarse grains, bean dregs, coal, coal stoves and other things to help them survive the winter, wine, crude ironware, cloth, and tea enrich their material life, as well as various luxury goods in the Tang Dynasty, and even the Datang opera troupe will enter the grassland to perform and enrich their spiritual life.

These methods are not acceptable to everyone, some people are just stubborn and unwilling to change, or the pace of following is slow, and the economic gap makes them divided. Some people can see a bright future and are willing to accept the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and some people are unwilling. It made him so troubled that he couldn't have a heart at all.

This is still a soft knife, a little harder, that is, he has already started to provoke them. The Khitans, he doesn't know what tricks they play, whether it's really incompatible, or just tricks.

No matter what trick you use, I will have a way to dismantle you and split the eight Khitan tribes that were originally very united. Then he instigated other tribes to attack the Khitans. Let them have their own internal friction, and Datang will take advantage.

The knife was even harder, that is, he did it directly, and picked a good time knot to start. Spring is important for the Han people, and even more so for the nomads.

The plan of the year lies in spring, which is not useful for the Han people, but is as effective as the grassland peoples. The Han people wanted spring ploughing, and the nomads hurried to fatten their cattle and sheep. Li Chen chose to do it at this time, but he only got part of his hard knife.

He is not in a hurry at all, Datang has long abolished forced labor, and the current transportation is all dependent on hiring people. At present, although Datang is in a state of spring ploughing, the spring in the south is earlier than in the north. The second is that hired labor, not coercion, will not cause any harm to Datang at all. If there is a spare man, he will come and work, and if he wants to plow, he will plow.

In addition, Datang is now under the promotion of Li Chen, will carry out rotation ploughing, spring ploughing, in fact, not all farmers have to plough, some people planted wintering plants last year, spring is the time to grow, no need to take care of it, just weeding. It doesn't take much manpower, and women, children, and the elderly can do this. The head of the family happened to go out on an errand.

Finally, all kinds of provincial agricultural tools must be promoted. All these factors combined, starting a war in the spring, affected the nomads more than the Tang Dynasty. Not to mention the train, which reduces the loss of long-distance losses and the use of manpower.

He can afford it, he has been preparing for many years, do those nomads have it? I have been making a lot of trouble for many years, not to mention the internal friction for a long time, and I have been dumped by Datang A lot of goods, and I finally got a little money, and Datang made it away. The production has to be turned into daily necessities, and the snatched ones have been turned into weapons and knives. All entered the Tang Dynasty. I don't have much savings at all.

In addition, the productivity of the agricultural peoples was originally higher than that of the nomads, and finally the development of science and technology. The Tang Dynasty can spend many years, slowly consumed, he wants to consume those nomads, and he will not be able to raise it in the future, until their people are exhausted and completely surrendered.

Instead of just beating them up, so that after a few years, the scar is healed and the pain is forgotten. People died, and after ten or twenty years they were born again, and they took away the cattle and sheep, and even more briefly, and a few years later they were a large herd. Only by completely breaking their backbones and smoothing their will is the fundamental way.

Now, the effect is being seen. More and more tribes who feel bad have taken refuge in one after another, which is as effective as Zhuge Liang's seven captures and seven verticals, he doesn't have time to play seven captures and seven verticals, he wants to solve it in a battle, and now, he feels that the time has come.