Zhu Long returned to Zhujiazhuang for half a month, and had a good rest.

It's time for the whole Zhujiazhuang to take a break, the battle has never stopped, and everyone is tired.

In the past half a month, Zhu Long sometimes locked himself in the house, sometimes wandered around, and more often talked to his subordinates to understand some of their thoughts.

He has been thinking about the survival and future of Zhujiazhuang.

First of all, it is a matter of survival!

This time the movement was too big, kill Gao Lian, Gao Yu will never give up, with his influence on Zhao Ji, it is a high probability event for the imperial court to send troops to attack Zhujiazhuang.

Compared with the empire of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhujiazhuang is too small. The Great Song Dynasty had a huge army, sufficient ordnance, and a large number of talents, and there was a huge disparity in strength.

If Gao Yu really led an army of 100,000 to attack Zhujiazhuang, would Zhujiazhuang be able to withstand it?

Zhu Long knows very well that as long as Gao Yu doesn't make stupid mistakes, he can't bear it!

Then how did the heroes of Liangshan carry it? not only resisted Gao Yu, but also carried Tong Guan!

Because there are 800 miles of Liangshan as a barrier!

Thinking of this, Zhu Long was a little entangled.

In fact, in the Zhujia army, there has long been a voice of "moving the capital" to Liangshan, and the reason is also defense and security, and there are many supporters, mainly the original Liangshan general.

But the water in Liangshanbo also hindered the cavalry of the Zhujia army, could it be that thousands of cavalry relied on boats to get in and out?

There are also suggestions to occupy Dongping Mansion, conquer the surrounding prefectures and counties, and then expand the army and defend the city. This was first proposed by Guan Sheng, and Xiao Rang and Hu Yanzhuo strongly agreed.

After thinking about it, Zhu Long vetoed it, because Dongping Mansion is not his ideal base, here is Yanzhou in the east, Jinan in the north, Puzhou and Jeju in the south, and Dongchang Mansion and Daimyo Mansion in the west.

When the time comes, he will be beaten by the surrounding brother state capitals, and he will die an ugly death.

Therefore, Zhulong should clench his fists, it is not appropriate to expand the battle line, just defend Zhujiazhuang, Dongping Mansion can not be completely defeated, and troops must be sent to garrison after the defeat, and the limited troops will be spread out everywhere, which will seriously weaken the strength.

In the original work, Tian Hu and Wang Qing both made such a mistake, defeated several states, divided their troops to defend them, and were eaten by Song Jiang one bite at a time.

If they concentrate all their forces and face off against the heroes of Liangshan, I am afraid that the outcome will be unpredictable.

However, Zhu Long still sent Xiao Rang and Pei Xuan to lead two thousand soldiers to Dongping Mansion to garrison and maintain order, so as not to fall into a state of disorder and chaos in Dongping Mansion, which would be a very terrible thing.

The old people of Zhujiazhuang, such as Luan Tingyu, Zhu Hu, Chen Shou, and Hu Gang, all tended to continue to use Zhujiazhuang as their base camp, because the terrain here is dangerous, the city is tall and strong, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

There are also people who suggest simply hiding in Mount Tai to fight guerrillas, and this person is Bao Xu! Zhu Long smiled and praised, and wanted to kick him in his heart, did he want to continue to be a bandit?

However, in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there is really a big guy who fights guerrillas in Mount Tai, he is the Tibetan tyrant, known as the thief of Mount Tai, as strong as Cao Cao has no choice but to recruit An.

Mount Tai is not far away, between Dongping Mansion and Jinan Mansion in the north, it is the remaining vein of Mount Tai, to the east is Wei Wei Taishan, and Qimeng Mountain, Yunyun Mountain...... A large group of mountains formed a U-shape, with the opening facing southwest, and Dongping Province was at the top of the U-shape in the northwest.

There are also successful examples of hiding in the mountains to fight guerrillas and finally seizing the world, but Zhu Long thought hard for a long time and thought that he did not have the ability and conditions of a great man.

Thinking about it, Zhujiazhuang still has to be guarded, and it can't be easily given up unless it is a last resort.

But there is no need to fight with the officials and soldiers here, after all, it is necessary to aim for the world, and there is no point in stumbling on a Zhujiazhuang, as long as you have a strong army, why worry about having no place to stay.

Moreover, in his original plan, he was originally going to settle in Dengzhou and Laizhou after Zhao'an, that is, the Jiaozhou Peninsula, surrounded by the sea on three sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

But now is not the time, because it is too remote to grow.

Zhu Long planned to absorb enough nutrients in the Central Plains, collect more advisers and soldiers, elite generals, money, food and equipment, and then go there to farm, waiting for the Jin soldiers to go south and the Great Song Dynasty to perish.

After thinking about it for a long time, I returned to the question at the beginning - how to keep Zhujiazhuang?

It can only be a strong military war!

First of all, it is necessary to absorb and digest the results of the battle and integrate the army.

This time I went to Lingzhou, fought bloody battles all the way, searched all the way, and the harvest was indeed very large, first of all, 3,500 war horses were captured alone, plus nearly 1,000 war horses captured by defeating Wei Dingguo and Shan Tinggui, there were already 4,000 horses.

But Zhu Long only planned to expand all the cavalry by 2,500 cavalry, leaving 2,000 war horses as training horses to train those infantry.

He first selected 500 of the best horses from the whole army and reorganized a dragoon.

The last time he saw the power of the dragoons, he made up his mind. Lu Zhishen, Hu Yanzhuo, Shi Wengong, Wen Da and others all agreed, especially Hu Yanzhuo. Zhu Long was a little hesitant to replace Qin Ming with Hu Yanzhuo and serve as the chief general of the dragoons.

But after thinking about it, I feel that Qin Ming is more suitable for this position, he has a brave personality, he must go forward in every battle, dare to charge into battle, and is the best choice for the dragoon general.

Zhu Long always felt that although Hu Yanzhuo was brave in killing, he lacked Qin Ming's indomitable momentum, and he was more suitable for commanding the army and commanding battles rather than charging into battle.

The dragoons have horses, and the soldiers will choose the bravest and strongest from the whole army, and now the only problem is the battle armor.

At present, the armor of the captured flying god soldiers is still used, first, the number is not enough, only three hundred pairs, and the second is that this armor is too heavy, plus the horse armor, the burden on the cavalry and war horses is too heavy.

Zhu Long wanted to create a lighter armor without affecting the protective power, so he decided to ask Lu Zhishen, Hu Yanzhuo and Wen Da to come over and ask what kind of armor the Iron Harrier of Western Xia used.

The three of them came one after another, and Zhu Long invited them to sit down and asked the maid Zhiyue to make tea for each of them.

After brushing off the tea leaves floating on the water with the lid of the teacup and taking a small sip of hot tea, Zhu Long put down the cup and opened the mountain to see the door: "I invite three of you to come, I have something to ask!" ”

Lu Zhishen said: "Lord, please speak!" ”

"You have all been in the Western Army, have you ever known about the situation of the Western Xia Iron Harrier?"

The three of them glanced at each other, but Lu Zhishen replied: "Iron Harrier is the most powerful cavalry in Western Xia, they travel a hundred miles, thousands of miles, and they are the most able to come and go, if the lightning shocks the clouds!" ”

Zhu Long was puzzled: "But it is said that they are wearing iron armor, and it is difficult for swords and axes to enter, and they often take the lead and break through the formation of our Song army, is it fake?" ”

"Yes, it is! According to the Sprinkler family, if the armor is strong, even the dragoons are much inferior! ”

Zhu Long was even more puzzled, "Since the armor is so strong and must be heavy, how can it travel long distances and come and go like the wind?" Isn't that a contradiction? ”

Lu Zhishen said with a smile: "Their armor is very special, it is called the Monkey Armor, which is cyan. There is a pair of old scriptures, I once played with it, the weight is very light, similar to ordinary armor, and the thickness is only one-third of ordinary armor, but it is very strong, within fifty steps, with a strong crossbow, it can not be shot through! ”

Zhu Long was very surprised when he heard this, what kind of black technology is this!

"Such a militaristic weapon, why didn't I send someone to steal from the Song Dynasty?"

Hu Yanzhuo continued: "I learned, when Shen Jing was in Yan Yan, I went to watch it, and it was recorded in the book "Mengxi Writings"......"

"Dream Creek Pen Talk"? Zhu Long was stunned, isn't the author the famous Shen Kuo? Could it be that the "Shen Jing is slightly more than a prince" in Hu Yanzhuo's mouth is Shen Kuo?

Zhu Long used to think that he was a science and engineering man who stayed at home and engaged in research, but he didn't expect that he was the commander of the dignified theater of operations, commanding the former army and ten thousand horses, which suddenly subverted Zhu Long's impression of Shen Kuo, and he only blamed the history books for not making it clear.

There was such a scene in his mind: at the birthday banquet of Shen Kuo's father-in-law, Shen Kuo, a science and engineering man with a wooden expression, sat in the corner, disgusted by relatives and friends. Suddenly, 80,000 elite Western troops appeared outside the door, shouting in unison: "Xixia is on the side, please Shen Shuai come out!" ”

The mother-in-law was shocked and asked, "Who is Shen Shuai?" Then Shen Kuo silently got up and went out......

Zhu Long felt a chill, shook his head, threw these messes out of his mind, and then asked: "Since you have learned it, it is recorded in the book, why didn't the Great Song Dynasty create a Qizi armor like the Western Xia?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the three men on the opposite side all looked depressed, Lu Zhishen and Hu Yanzhuo couldn't answer, the room was silent for a moment, and Wen Da said: "Because our Great Song Dynasty's iron can't work!" ”

"Iron can't work?"

"Yes!" Wen Da's voice raised, full of unwillingness, "Xixia Qizijia is to beat the iron piece directly, and there is no need to heat it with fire!" The craftsman hammered it repeatedly until it was only one-third thick. Why is it called a scarlet? Because the top of the iron sheet will be left with a chopstick head not forged, the thickness has been checked, and it looks like a scarf, so it is called a scarlet armor! ”

Zhu Long suddenly realized that the Xixia Iron Harrier's carapace was made of cold forging technology, which was the same as cold rolling.

Anything that is too hard will break easily, such as glass. Things that are too soft are easy to be cut by the sword, and they are also easy to deform, and they cannot play a protective role.

Armor needs to have both hardness and flexibility, and this requirement is contradictory. Cold forging technology can solve this problem perfectly, the iron sheet will become hard after being beaten, the surface will be deformed, but the inside is still flexible.

After the acquisition of King Kong Iron Workshop, Zhu Long also has a certain understanding of these aspects, the current solution of the Great Song Dynasty is to use carburizing technology, put the iron sheet into the active carburizing medium, and then heat at high temperature to make the carbon atoms penetrate into the surface of the iron sheet, so as to obtain high carbon on the surface, obtain high hardness, and still maintain the original composition inside.

However, this technical requirement is very high, and the toner must be evenly distributed from the outside to the inside, otherwise the iron sheet will be easily broken, and only experienced masters can grasp the heat and it is difficult to grasp.

Even so, the performance of the Great Song Dynasty's iron armor cannot be compared with the Xixia Qiangzi Armor, because the Qiangzi is very thin and weighs less than half of the Song Armor, which is a great advantage!

Zhu Long made up his mind that he must create a cold-forged armor, the quality problem of iron is not absolute, and he must find a way to solve it, otherwise how will the cold-rolled steel be produced in later generations!

If he has an army like 10,000 Iron Harriers under his command, he can become the king of the field and sweep the north.

Suddenly, Hu Yanzhuo said: "My lord, the iron harrier can run long distances, come and go like the wind, and it is not because of the thin armor, but on the horses, they have three horses per person, one horse rushes into battle, and two horses ride. Even if it was an ordinary Western Xia cavalry, it was one person and two horses. ”

Zhu Long smiled bitterly, where did he not know this truth. But he is not short of horses, how can he compare with Western Xia? He can only go through a strict system and cherish horsepower.

However, the dragoons still have to be guaranteed by one person and two horses, so that they can only be expanded by another 1,500 cavalry, exactly three battalions, which are respectively expanded into the three armies of Qinglong, White Tiger, and Vermilion Bird.

However, it only expanded the cavalry, not the number of soldiers, and changed from infantry to cavalry. After that, the three battalions were 1,000 cavalry and infantry each, and they were still 2,000 men.

The Xuanwu Army will be built into a heavy infantry, not too many cavalry, and a battalion will be responsible for reconnaissance, vigilance, and messenger transmission!

After making up his mind, he looked at the three generals in front of him and said with a smile: "During this time, everyone is repairing, and there are few gatherings, why don't I set up a banquet today and invite everyone to drink together, how about a lively time?" ”

Lu Zhishen smiled and said, "It's so good, it's been a long time since I've had a drink with everyone!" ”

Although it was still early and the sun had not yet set, a banquet had been set in the front hall of Zhujiazhuang, and the generals gathered together and laughed. On the left and right sides of the hall, the people present were Zhu Hu, Wu Yong, Luan Tingyu, Guan Sheng, Lin Chong, Qin Ming, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Shi Wengong, Wen Da, Bian Xiang, Hu Yanzhuo, Hua Rong, Yang Zhi, Xu Ning, Sun Li, Zeng's father and son, Su Ding, Lu Fang, Huang Xin, Yang Xiong, Lei Heng, Hao Siwen, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao, Suo Chao, Cao Zheng, Li Yun, Deng Fei, Ou Peng, Ma Lin, Financial Director Jiang Jing, Han Tao, Peng Xi, Wei Dingguo, Li Yan, Yang Lin, Shi Qian, Sun Xin, Gu Sister-in-law, Huang Fuduan, Jin Dajian, Bao Xu, Shi En, The old men of Zhujiazhuang, Chen Shou, Hu Gang, Zhu Fei, Zhu Kang, plus Zhang Qing and Shan Tinggui, who had just surrendered, totaled 54 people.

In addition, there were Zhu Biao, Zhang Shun, Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaoqi, Zou Yuan, Meng Kang, and Tao Zongwang, a civil engineer, who went to Liaodong, Xiao Rang and Pei Xuan, who were stationed in Dongping Mansion, Fan Xiu and Lehe, who inquired about the news in Tokyo, and Zhang Qingsun Erniang, who opened a hotel in Qingzhou, a total of 15 people, and so far, a total of 69 heroes in Zhujiajun.

In addition, there are three distinguished guests, Chao Gai, Chai Jin, and Liu Tang.

Zhang Qing was reluctant to surrender, but after seeing Huangfuduan, he saw that he was living well in Zhujiazhuang, and everyone respected him, like a gentleman, he knew that he had misunderstood, so he surrendered!

Shan Tinggui saw that Zhulong had traveled thousands of miles and brought his family from Lingzhou, and without saying a word, he bowed his head.

Zhu Long looked at the hall full of heroes and heroes, and recalled that when he resisted the invasion of Liangshan, there were only five or six people, and it was deserted, but now it can be described as prosperous!

He felt that after struggle, he had finally achieved a little success, and he was very happy and drunk.