Chapter 188: Arrangements Before Departure
Under the leadership of Yin Laoqi, everyone came to a warehouse with a lot of wooden carts in it.
However, unlike ordinary carts, this cart is larger and can hold more things, and the front of the cart is made in the shape of a bull's head, with two huge horns.
This kind of wooden ox cart is inspired by the wooden oxen and horses of Hao's previous life, and the wheels are driven forward by gears, so as to achieve the effect of saving labor.
A wooden ox cart can carry thousands of pounds of goods, but it only takes one person to push it, and it doesn't take much effort at all.
And in case of emergency, you only need to turn the horns on the bull's head to lock the gear.
Once the gears are locked, even if you have the strength of a thousand pounds, you will not be able to push the wooden ox cart for half a minute.
This was also to prevent attacks on the freight road, and the wooden ox carts and goods fell into the hands of the enemy.
"Young master, after you left the manor, we made a total of 5,000 of these wooden ox carts, and General Lu only took 3,000 when he transported grain a few days ago, and the rest were stored in this warehouse."
Looking at the wooden ox cart full of warehouses, Yu Hao was overjoyed: "Uncle Seven, there is really you!" ”
With the wooden ox cart, Yu Hao was able to transport the weapons and equipment made by Yin Laoqi and them to the battlefield.
Thinking of this, Yu Hao hurriedly ordered: "Shihan, you immediately mobilize the staff of the logistics department to disassemble and load all the trebuchets and heavy crossbows." ”
"In addition, I sent someone to the Jianwei army camp to invite Changtian, the Duke of Hubei State, and said that I had something important to discuss with him, and asked him to come to the manor."
Li Shihan nodded, turned around and walked out of the warehouse.
"Black Bull, you tell the brothers of the dart master, let everyone rest well, and we will set off as soon as it gets dark tonight." Yu Hao said to the black bull again.
"Yes, sir." Black Bull nodded in response.
"Young Master, what else are we going to do?" Yin Laoqi hurriedly asked.
"Uncle Seven, I have to work hard for you, and I will make another three hundred sets of leather armor before dark, and the leather armor must not only be light, but also have good defense." Yu Hao said solemnly.
Yu Hao brought back 300 dart masters this time, plus 1,500 people in the manor, a total of 1,800 people, and Yu Hao planned to organize all of them into the guard battalion and go out with him.
At present, the Ordnance Department only has 1,500 sets of iron armor, and the remaining time to build 300 sets of iron armor is definitely not enough.
I had no choice but to settle for the second place and choose to make leather armor.
Although the defense of leather armor is not as good as that of iron armor, it is much more flexible and has good mobility, and it may even have unexpected effects.
"Young master, don't worry, you can come to check before dark!" Yin Laoqi patted his chest and hurriedly arranged for the employees of the Ordnance Department to start preparing materials.
At this time, only Yu Hao and Zhu An were left in the entire warehouse, and Zhu An was standing aside with dull eyes, his eyes full of despair.
"Yu Hao, don't bother, we're going to die this time."
Yu Hao was furious, grabbed Zhu An's collar, and shouted: "Look at your current appearance, you have already been cowardly before you set off, I won't stop you if you want to die, but I haven't lived enough, aren't you just a barbarian?" Who is the grandson and who is the master, you will only know when you fight! ”
Zhu An seemed to be woken up by Yu Hao's scolding, wiped his eyes and said: "Yes, you are right, you have to fight to know, it is not certain who wins and who loses!" ”
Although he said this, he still didn't know the bottom in his heart, after all, the gap between their strength and the barbarians was too big.
However, Zhu An also figured it out, it was useless to complain, he could only pin all his hopes on Hao now.
Soon, Chang Tian was invited into the manor, and during this period, Yu Hao also figured out why Zhu An took the initiative to ask to lead troops to the battle.
Yu Hao thought about many possibilities, but he never expected that Zhu An was because of a woman, and she was also a woman in a green building.
Before Yu Hao crossed over, his predecessor did not go to visit the Qinglou, and he knew that the women in the Qinglou were all masters who gave money.
Isn't it funny that you talk to them about your true feelings?
And Yu Hao listened to Zhu An's narration, and always felt that this Wu Miaomiao was not an ordinary person, at least her relationship with the prince was definitely not ordinary.
But now is not the time to think about such a thing, everything is only equivalent to Hao coming back from the battlefield and slowly verifying.
Li Shihan arranged Chang Tian to the council hall, and Yu Hao and Zhu An also rushed over.
"Junior Yu Hao has seen Master Chang." Yu Hao bowed his hand and saluted.
"Don't be polite, the old man and your father have been friends for decades, if you don't mind, you can call me uncle." Tsuneta said with a smile.
"My nephew has seen my uncle, and I invited my uncle to come today to discuss the matter of this expedition, and my nephew plans to ......" Yu Hao immediately said his plan.
After listening to Yu Hao's plan, Chang Tian was also surprised: "You plan to leave tonight?" ”
Yu Hao nodded and said: "That's right, Shahe Pass is in danger, it may fall at any time, we can't delay time, I plan to take the 1,800 dart masters in my manor to Shahe Pass first." ”
"But you only have 1,800 men, even if they are all cavalry, can you relieve the siege of Shahe Pass?" Tsuneta frowned.
In his opinion, there can be hundreds of thousands of enemy troops outside Shahe Pass, and Yu Hao's 1,800 people can't play much role at all!
"Uncle rest assured, my nephew has his own plans, even if he can't relieve the siege of Shahe Pass, he still has the power to protect himself, but I can only delay for a while, and ask my uncle to lead the Jianwei Army to transport the weapons and equipment on the wooden ox cart to Shahe Pass as soon as possible."
Chang Tian glanced at Yu Hao deeply, and seeing that Yu Hao had made up his mind, he sighed helplessly and said: "Okay, since you have made up your mind, I won't say anything, don't worry, as long as the wooden ox cart is really as easy to use as you said, the old man will definitely bring Jianwei to arrive within half a month." ”
Hearing this, Yu Hao was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Then the nephew will thank my uncle first." ”
Whether it is a heavy crossbow or a trebuchet, they are large killing weapons, and if you want to defeat the barbarians, you have to rely on them.
Yu Hao set off with the dart master first, just to delay time, so that these big killing weapons could be transported into the city before the Shahe Pass was broken.
And what worries Yu Hao the most is that the Jianwei army is all new soldiers, and it is inevitable that they will be delayed on the road, and they will not be able to reach Shahe Pass as scheduled.
Although Yu Hao and Chang Tian have never dealt with each other, I have also heard that Chang Tian is a self-denying person, and his character is absolutely fine.
At this time, with Changtian's assurance, Yu Hao was also much relieved.
"It's all for the country, you don't have to be polite, naturally, the old man will take the first step and go to rectify the soldiers and horses." Tsuneta said with a wave of his hand.
"Uncle go slowly!"
After Chang Tian left, Yu Hao looked at Zhu An and asked, "Are you going to go with me or wait until tomorrow with Master Chang?" ”
"I'll go with you!" Juan said without hesitation.
This matter is all because of him, he must not let Yu Hao be alone in danger, even if he dies, he will die with Yu Hao!