Chapter 93: Trading Military Horses
The land of Jinghu Lake, surrounded by enemies on all sides, is a place where ancient soldiers must fight!
Because of these harsh conditions, the Jinghu men are all brave and ruthless, and have amphibious combat capabilities.
What is an amphibious combat capability?
That is, horse warfare, water warfare, mountain warfare!
Yue Fei's elite cavalry is the heavy cavalry formed by the Jinghu men who are good at riding and shooting, and can compete with the Jin Guo Tie Futu.
Launching can chisel boats, and Jingxiang Sailor has long been famous all over the world.
China's dynasties from the north to the south all first occupied the benefits of Jingxiang, and then used the Jingxiang water division to go down the river and level the south of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop!
Famous battles include the Western Jin Dynasty Yanghu annihilation of Wu, the Sui Dynasty Yang Guang annihilation of Chen, the Northern Song Dynasty Zhao Kuangyin annihilation of the Southern Tang Dynasty......
These unification dynasty battles were all fought through the Jinghu Water Division to level the south of the Yangtze River!
And mountain warfare is what Jinghu men are good at.
The Jinghu Lake area is high and densely forested, and it is difficult for ordinary people to enter, but the Jinghu men have long been accustomed to shuttling in the dense forest.
The mountain danger in the land of Sichuan and Shu is gone in front of the Jinghu man.
Since ancient times, the power of the kings who have been divided, only Jinghu has captured Sichuan Shu, and no Sichuan Shu has captured Jinghu, which is exactly this reason.
Once you enter Sichuan and Shu, it is difficult to get out of Jinghu.
Zhuge Liang and Han Xin can only go out of Hanzhong and attack Chang'an.
Of course, it is also because of the courage and ruthlessness of the Jinghu men and their amphibious combat ability that the land of Jinghu has always become a battleground for soldiers.
Of course, Lin Yuan could recruit a navy army in the territory, but he refused.
The change of the territory is underway, the situation needs to be stabilized now, and recruiting soldiers can easily cause panic among the people.
Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "This matter is easy to do!" ”
"The 2W reserve of the lord of Yingzhou City is directly charged into the water division, they are all Jinghu men, everyone is good at water, and then from the Suizhou 2W Xiang Army, 5,000 soldiers who are good at water warfare are selected, which just form a water division battalion."
"That's what I thought too." Lin Yuan nodded, "But, who should be appointed as the general of the water master?" ”
Lin Yuan's sailors are not ordinary sailors, but advanced sailor fleets that need to be equipped with artillery.
People who are not familiar with firearms are really not suitable for this position.
Zhuge Liang is the most suitable candidate.
Whether it is water warfare, land warfare, horse warfare, or even firearms, Zhuge Liang is familiar with all of them.
However, the Tiger Ben Battalion is inseparable from Zhuge Liang.
And the rest of the generals are not good at water warfare.
At this time, it would be nice if he could recruit a Zhou Yu, of course, Lin Yuan was just thinking about it.
Zhuge Liang and Wang Anshi thought for a moment and shook their heads.
"Since we can't find a suitable candidate for the time being, let's let Wei Yan replace him first." Lin Yuan said.
"Wei Yan is good at using strange soldiers, as a general of an army, he can surprise and achieve some victories, but if he is the commander of an army, he lacks some stability, and if he is used by the enemy to attack him, it is very likely that the entire naval division will be annihilated!" Zhuge Liang reminded on the side.
"Kong Ming's words are exactly what I want to say." Wang Anshi seconded.
Lin Yuan nodded, the consideration of the two was not unreasonable.
As a commander, the most important thing is to be steady, and Wei Yan's strange tactics are really too risky.
"Since this is the case, then appoint him as the deputy commander, and the position of the commander of the naval army is temporarily vacant!"
The other two no longer objected.
The order was issued on the same day, appointing Wei Yan as the deputy commander of the naval division and temporarily acting as the commander of the naval division.
As soon as Wei Yan was transferred to the Longxiang battalion, he was transferred out again.
Of course, this transfer is not a demotion, but a promotion.
At the same time, Lin Yuan's military order was issued to Yingzhou, and with 20,000 reserves, he immediately set off for Yunmeng Daze and was incorporated into the naval battalion regiment.
Wang Anshi took the [Iron Eating Beast Divine Bone] to the Mulan Plain and began to work on the construction of the military horse farm.
Zhuge Liang went to Suizhou City, and then selected 5,000 elite sailors from the Xiang army.
Li Bing selected a group of high-level craftsmen and went to Yunmengze with the Ordnance Division to start building the Naval Battleship.
Others, according to the three strategies, began to act.
Lin Yuan is not idle, if he wants to build a military horse farm, how can he not have military horses?
He made a direct video call and dialed Yan Zhao Wushuang.
"Beep!"
Opposite, Yan Zhao Wushuang's face appeared in front of Lin Yuan.
"Hi, Xiaolinzi, I haven't seen you for a few days, why do you remember me again?" On the other side, Yan Zhao Wushuang touched his beard and laughed.
"Get out! Uncle Yan Zhao, you are not allowed to call this name again! Lin Yuan has a black line.
"Hahaha!" Yan Zhao Wushuang laughed twice, then thought of something and asked, "By the way, what good things did you get for this event reward?" ”
"What can there be! Just 1 royal token, 2 royal tokens, and a [White Deer Cave Academy] was also given. "Lin Yuan deliberately concealed the [Shennong Statue].
[Fire Cloud Temple] is his strongest hole card, and it is easy for people to know about it.
"What!"
Who knows, Yan Zhao Wushuang was taken aback.
"Why are your rewards so many! I gave 2 king-level recruitment orders! ”
Lin Yuan was slightly surprised, he could see that Yan Zhao Wushuang was not lying.
Yan Zhao Wushuang ranked second, and he was actually only rewarded with two king-level recruitment orders, so aren't there even fewer others?
"Maybe it has something to do with the completion of the mission." Lin Yuan said vaguely.
"Well, I think so." Yan Zhao Wushuang nodded, not too dissatisfied.
"Uncle Yan Zhao, do you remember my agreement with you?" Lin Yuan's words changed and went straight to the point.
"Of course I remember, although I was drunk, my mind was still very clear!" Yan Zhao Wushuang nodded,
"I remember you said that you want to take iron artillery and exchange it for Mongolian horses with me, right?"
Yan Zhao Wushuang's territory, located in Yanjing Mansion.
After passing through the Yanshan Mountains, we arrived at the Mongolian Plain, which at this time was not yet unified, and was a scattered nomadic tribe of all sizes.
Yan Zhao Wushuang and other northern border lords, if they wanted to obtain horses, almost always went to the Mongolian plains to rob these nomads.
Moreover, the land of Yan Zhao was originally rich in horses.
"1 iron cannon, 5 shells, in exchange for your 100 horses, what is the price?"
"Xiao Linzi, it's not like you do business!" Yan Zhao Wushuang shook his head.
"I'll give you 500 pure white horses for free! However, you need to increase the price by 3 times, 3 iron guns, 15 shells for 200 horses, how about it? ”
"Deal!" Lin Yuan directly sounded the hammer.
The cost of iron artillery is very expensive, one cost 3,000 taels of silver, and the cannonball is even more expensive, almost a cannonball is a gold ingot.
3 iron cannons, 15 shells, a total value of about 300 taels of gold.
300 taels of gold for 200 horses.
The average horse is one and a half gold.
According to the unit price of the horse market in the Southern Song Dynasty, a horse of northern horse breeds has been sold for 2 taels of gold.
Yan Zhao Wushuang's offer is quite sincere.
"I need Mongolian horses! And keep some more stallions! ”
"Don't worry about this!" Yan Zhao Wushuang chuckled, "Boss, how many are coming?" ”
"Give me the whole amount of 100 iron cannons first!"
"Shhh Yan Zhao Wushuang gasped and glanced at Lin Yuan deeply, "Little brother, which arsenal have you built?" There are so many reserves of iron artillery! ”
Lin Yuan smiled and did not answer.
These 100 iron cannons are still from him.
He also only has so many reserves.
The transaction was given to Yan Zhao Wushuang, and he didn't have a single iron artillery.
Don't worry, though.
Because he has already purchased a technical manual for the manufacture of iron artillery, and it has already been put into production.
Moreover, Zhong Ziang's iron artillery, with traditional and crude manufacturing techniques, uses a cast iron barrel, which can easily explode.
In fact, the Southern Song Dynasty had already mastered the technology of coal steelmaking.
Lin Yuan meant that he used steelmaking to produce some steel to make iron cannons, and to make steel cannons that did not explode.
These iron cannons were all sold to Yan Zhao Wushuang.
The two parties immediately reached a deal agreement.
Yan Zhao Wushuang sent people to transport 8,000 horses to the border of Xiangyang Prefecture, and then Lin Yuan sent people to receive and hand over 100 iron cannons and 500 shells.
I'm afraid it will take half a month to get this done.
"By the way, Xiao Linzi, I forgot to tell you that many people have exchanged recruitment orders for the merits of the event, and some have even exchanged more than a dozen king-level recruitment orders, you have to be careful......"
More than a dozen king-level recruitment orders?
That's more than a dozen king-level heroes!
How crazy is that!
Lin Yuan suddenly felt a chill in his back.
Knowing that these people were so crazy, he should have exchanged a batch of king-level recruitment orders in the first place.
"Damn, it's sloppy......"
Turning off the video call, Lin Yuan knew that he had to speed up his development.
In this event, many people have won a lot of feats, and all the territories will attract a qualitative improvement.