Chapter 278: The Concept of the Heavy Cavalry
On the Wuguan side, Yingzheng arranged for Wang Ben to guard the town.
Bai Zhong led all the generals, including Ren Huan, Tian Zhen and other people who were originally arranged by him in Wuguan, to return to Xianyang together, and now there is no need to fight, except for training troops and daily handling of military affairs, there is nothing else to do for the time being.
Of course, they want to fight again, and Bai Zhong also wants to lead them to fight with the Huns and see how strong the Huns are.
Half an hour later.
Bai Zhong came to Xianyang Palace and was about to go to see Yingzheng, only to see Zhao Gao hurriedly walking out of Zhangtai Palace.
"The general has come just in time, the king is calling!"
Zhao Gao said, continued to walk out, and continued: "I still have to summon other people to enter the main hall." ”
"Okay!"
Bai Zhong came by coincidence, and Yingzheng had something important to see them.
After entering the main hall, he bowed and saluted, and asked, "The king summoned us and others, but for the Huns?" ”
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Black Ice Terrace has just come back with news, Bai Qing, you can take a look first." ”
With a wave of his hand, the eunuch beside him sent the news to Bai Zhong.
When Bai Zhong was in the Lantian camp, he didn't know that the latest news came back, and the people from Heibingtai felt that the situation was serious, so they sent it to Yingzheng first, and didn't look for him at the first time, so they opened the news and looked at it, and it turned out that Yan Wangxi went to the Huns.
The Xiongnu also sent people to the south, to Liaodong to envoy Yan, the two sides had close contacts, Yan Wangxi's thoughts, no longer hidden, really want to borrow troops from the Xiongnu, help the Xiongnu to enter the south of the Great Wall.
After reading it, Bai Zhong said coldly: "Yan Wangxi damn it!" ”
Ying Zheng said angrily: "It really deserves to die! ”
No matter how well they fight internally, it is also a matter for the Chinese people, and the Yan State has brought in foreigners, breaking their balance and breaking the rules, which is unforgivable.
After a while, Meng Wu, Li Si and others also walked into the main hall.
After they finished saluting, Yingzheng asked Bai Zhong to show them the news of the Black Ice Terrace.
"How dare Yan Wangxi?"
Wang Juan was surprised.
Wei Yi stepped forward and said: "The king, the minister thinks that the first to destroy the Yan State and repel the Huns must not let the Huns go south. ”
Ying Zheng looked at everyone and asked, "What do you think?" ”
Meng Wudao: "The minister agrees with the suggestion of the national captain, the Huns are very ambitious, the strength is not weak, once they go south, it will be difficult to expel them again, and they must not let the Yan State and the Xiongnu succeed." ”
Li Si nodded and said, "The minister also agrees!" ”
"The king, the minister petitioned, and went to fight the Huns in person."
Bai Zhong will not let go of the opportunity to fight, kill the Huns, and earn merit points.
What's more, it was the Huns who were killed, and there was no psychological pressure to kill as much as they wanted.
Ying Zheng was waiting for Bai Zhong to open his mouth and ask, "How does Bai Qing plan to deal with the Xiongnu?" ”
Bai Zhong stepped forward and said: "The minister thinks that to deal with the Huns, it can be divided into two stages, the first stage is the war, it will be defeated, scared, dare not go south, in addition, the Huns are strong horses, most of them fight with cavalry, so the minister has a suggestion about cavalry." ”
He had already drawn the horse lance into a simple drawing, and briefly drew it, among the heavy armored cavalry, the horse armor of the war horse, let people present it, and continued: "This kind of weapon, called the horse lance, and the other battle armor, is for war horses, I call it horse armor, this is a kind of heavy armored cavalry equipment, not only knights wear armor, war horses can also wear armor." ”
"The minister divided the cavalry into two types: light cavalry and heavy cavalry."
"Light cavalry is our common cavalry, and heavy cavalry is this kind of cavalry where people wear armor and horses wear armor."
"The former is fast and agile, while the latter is slow, but has high defense and greater lethality."
When he finished, he bowed again, waiting for a response.
Ying Zheng looked at the simple diagram and felt that Bai Zhong had a lot of ideas, and said, "Show it to the national captain." ”
Zhao Gao sent this sketch down to Wei Yu.
"General Bai's idea is good, but the requirements for war horses are very high."
"A knight, dressed in armor and armed with a weapon, is no longer light."
"If the war horse is also armor-piercing, the burden will be very heavy, killing the enemy in a short time, it may not be a big problem, but fighting for a long time is easy to exhaust the war horse to death."
"Does General Bai have a way to solve this problem?"
After Wei Yi finished speaking his opinion, he looked at Bai Zhong again.
"Nope!"
Bai Zhong didn't think about this and ignored the weight and endurance of the war horse.
Now the war horses used in the army are not strong in weight and endurance, and both men and horses wear armor, which is indeed easy to exhaust the war horses to death, and the consumption of war horses in the army will be greater.
Meng Wu said: "Great King, in the early years, the minister went to the place of the Qiang people once, and found that they have a kind of horse, which is large and coordinated, with a stretched body, full bones, a gentle temperament, and a strong weight-bearing capacity. ”
He's talking about the river meander.
It is one of the three famous horses in China.
Feng Quji said: "To form a heavy cavalry, you have to spend a lot of money, grain and grass!" ”
Heavy cavalry sounds strong, but it certainly doesn't take easy to assemble, especially when crafting new weapons and horse armor.
Ying Zheng had enough trust in Bai Zhong, and he didn't care about this bit of wealth, so he said directly: "Do what Bai Qing and Meng Qing said, how to get the war horse, Bai Qing went to Qin Qing and asked her to be responsible, and the widow will buy it from him in the future." ”
"Yui!"
Bai Zhong responded, and said: "The king, the minister petitions, personally fights the Xiongnu, and then destroys the Yan Kingdom." ”
"Accurate!"
If he really wanted to fight the Huns, Ying Zheng had planned to let Bai Zhong fight.
Now Bai Zhong's ability to lead the army can be said to be the best general in Great Qin after General Wang Qian, and Bai Zhong is the only one to fight against the Xiongnu.
Ying Zheng said again: "What about Bai Qing's second stage? ”
Bai Zhong said: "Build the Great Wall and guard the fence, connect the Great Wall of various countries, and defend the north. ”
This is a matter of the later stage, and now it is still the most important thing to pacify the world and implement the rule of Great Qin.
The Great Wall is not all built by Yingzheng, but connects the Warring States Period, the Great Wall in the north, which was called the Great Wall of Wanli, and later in the Ming Dynasty, it was a major repair of the Great Wall.
Most of the Great Wall seen in later generations was actually built in the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Juan said: "There are no conditions for building the Great Wall yet. ”
"You can start building after the world is pacified."
Bai Zhong added.
Ying Zheng nodded slightly, and said in a loud voice: "The matter of the Huns, the widow handed over to Bai Qing to be fully responsible, and it was decided!" ”
"Thank you, King!"
Bai Zhong said loudly.
When the matter was decided, Yingzheng asked them all to step down.
Walking outside the palace gate, Li Si and Zhao Gao glanced at each other and stopped Bai Zhong.
"General, there are some things we want to talk to you about."
Zhao Gao said with a smile.
When Bai Zhong saw their eyes, he instantly understood what they were going to talk about, and nodded, "Okay, where are you going?" ”
Li Si said: "On my house, the general is invited!" ”
Bai Zhong didn't care and followed Li Si back.