For the Yulin Army, sophisticated bows and crossbows, chariots, sandwich wool felt armor, stainless steel spears, hook sickles, horse lances, scimitars, etc., are all conventional equipment, compared with the equipment of the Northern Army, in fact, it is not much worse.

What can really make the Yulin Army stand out is actually the war horse in the end.

Yang Chuan knew in his heart that this was still an era of light cavalry dominating the world, especially when fighting against the Huns, heavy chariots and heavy armored cavalry could only be used as a useful supplement after all, and could not be ignored, but they could not be relied on too much.

When it comes to sturdiness, how can a super chariot compare to a fortified city?

However, whether it is in the clouds, Dingxiang, Yanmen and Shuofang, in front of the erratic and elusive Hun light cavalry, they are almost just decorations, but they will slowly wear out the will to fight of the border soldiers-

An impregnable city, while protecting your life well, is actually indirectly weakening the courage and determination of an army to fight in the field.

Tuntian in Shuofang County is about to reap a bumper harvest, which can be regarded as a good start for Yang Chuan; Next, it is to stabilize his footing and move forward step by step, and one day, he, a big chef, will become the real person in charge.

Therefore, after some careful consideration, Yang Chuan finally decided: throw a king bomb first.

I just don't know, the current Han Empire, especially the middle-aged man in Weiyang Palace in Chang'an City, do you want it? Can you get up or not......

……

When Yang Chuan took out a few 'gadgets' made by war horses, Huo Quzhi and Cao Xiang were stunned.

The horseshoe was the first thing that Yang Chuan took out, and now, it has become a secret weapon of the Han Empire, and it is the standard equipment of the two armies of the Northern Army and the Yulin Army.

In the last 'Henan War', the 30,000 elite cavalry commanded by Wei Qing was able to run more than 1,400 miles in an extremely cold environment in an extremely cold environment, and directly beat the Xiongnu Youxian King in the direction of Gaoque out of the.

The other things, although they are all new.

However, with the vision and insight of Huo Quzhi and Cao Xiang, they immediately knew what these things meant to the cavalry.

Especially Huo Quzhi, he suddenly raised his head and glared at Yang Chuan: "Yang Chuan, this thing hasn't been circulated, right?" ”

Yang Chuan scolded with a smile: "I'm looking for death?" How dare you take this thing out for people to see? ”

"Let me tell you the truth, these things, a few of us, are the only ones we have ever seen in the world......"

Stirrup. Takahashi saddle. Horseshoe.

Quadrangular Army Thorn. Machete. Iron axe. Iron flail. Spear with hook.

Among them, the four-edged military thorn, scimitar, iron axe, iron flail, and spear with hook are several 'new blades', which have already been seen by Huo Qubing a year ago, but because of the lack of fine iron, they have never been made in large quantities.

What interests Huo Quzhi the most is stirrups and Takahashi saddles.

The equipment of these two war horses.

Well, Huo Qubing reacted immediately, once the war horses of the Yulin Army were equipped with these two things, the more than 1,000 Yulin orphans would be trained into a light cavalry with amazing combat power in less than a month or two.

You must know that the reason why the Hun cavalry is strong is that the erratic tactics are important; At the same time, the ability of individual soldiers to fight, is mainly reflected in the people's unparalleled riding skills, excellent archery skills, those grassland people almost born on horseback, regardless of men and women, old and young, because long-term horseback archery has become a circle of legs; Because of the difference in cavalry between the two sides, this also led to the fact that the cavalry of the Han Empire encountered the Hun cavalry, and generally did not dare to carve and charge head-on, and could only rely on chariots, infantry and other formations to meet the enemy.

Without him, you can't get people.

When the frontal chiseling formation, the cavalry on both sides usually need to hold spears, horse lances, halberds, ge, and other 'big weapons', and carry out difficult actions such as ramming, splitting, sweeping, and poking.

In the melee, once the cavalry is knocked to the ground, nine deaths.

The head will be cut off by the enemy, or the swept horse will be trampled into a puddle of mud, and even the flesh and bones will not be together.

Compared with those Huns who are wolf-riha, their two lap legs will clamp the horse's belly when they charge into battle, and they are stable, as if they themselves are part of the body of the war horse.

When the distance is a little farther, shoot a group of people with a few rounds of arrow raindown;

When the distance between the two sides was close, they put away their bows and arrows in a good time, replaced them with spears, sabers, horse lances, halberds, and other blades, and rampaged......

Under normal circumstances, this kind of frontal chiseling and charging cavalry battle, even the most elite northern army of the Han Empire, actually does not take much advantage, it is nothing more than exchanging injuries for injuries and death for death, which is almost the appearance of 'one Han, two and three Hu', right?

What the specific situation is, Yang Chuan is not very clear.

But he knew that once the most elite northern army of the Han Empire was equipped with stirrups, Gaoqiao saddles, and a set of armor, scimitars, horse lances and iron flails, they could at least achieve 'one Han and seven and eight Hu'.

That is, the combat power soared twice without any problems.

"Yang Chuan, does this thing have a name?" Huo Quzhi lifted the stirrup, tried to put one foot in it, and lifted it a few times, "With this thing, you can free your hand when you chisel the formation and slash to your heart's content." ”

"Otherwise, it's called a bully, right?"

Yang Chuan, Cao Xiang: "......"

The two of them were speechless for a while, listen, what a broken name!

"Let's call it stirrups," Yang Chuan carried the saddle and the matching cotton pads, bridles, brins, etc., "Go to the sick, bring your treading clouds, you try it yourself, and see if there is anything else that needs to be adjusted." ”

Huo Quzhi smiled and strode to lead the horse.

Looking at Huo Quai's distant back, Cao Xiang suddenly asked, "Have you shown the emperor these things?" ”

Yang Chuan nodded: "I must have gotten the emperor's approval, otherwise, even if I lend Yang Chuan 10,000 heads, I won't dare to make nonsense; However, the emperor sent a secret decree that these things must be kept secret and must not be transmitted to the Huns. ”

Cao Xiang relieved his heart and sighed: "Just the three things of the horseshoe, stirrups, and saddle, it is not too much to make you a liege; My uncle is a stingy skin, if it was in the era of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, you Yang Chuan would probably be able to become prime minister. ”

Yang Chuan smiled and said, "What's so good about being a prime minister?" Almost none of the prime ministers of the Han Dynasty can die well, don't you want me to live a good life? ”

Cao Xiang could only smile bitterly.

In fact, he didn't know that Yang Chuan still had a word to say, and there seemed to be few generals in the Han Empire who could die well......

……

Yang Chuan, Huo Quai, and Cao Xiang were secretly training the Yulin Army in a very secret place in Shuofang County, and in Chang'an City, Liu Che quickly summoned Wei Qing into Weiyang Palace.

"Brother-in-law, I summoned you into the palace today to let you see a few treasures," as soon as Wei Qing entered the door, Liu Che smiled straight to the point: "Yang Chuan, this kid has brains, and he really lives up to my expectations!" ”

"Brother-in-law, have you seen the pattern of this stirrup, Takahashi saddle and saber, tell me about it, what do you think? Isn't it a baby? ”

Wei Qing was slightly stunned, and asked in amazement, "Stirrups?" Takahashi Saddle? Sabre? ”

Liu Che laughed and waved his hand very heroically: "Don't ask what it is, just look at it yourself." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed to a large wooden box under the steps: "Go and see for yourself." ”

Wei Qing walked over with a puzzled face, only to find that there had been three seals pasted on the big wooden box, on which were the seals of Yang Chuan, the Taishou of Shuofang County, Huo Quai, the captain of the Yulin Military Academy, and Cao Xiang, the Marquis of Pingyang, obviously, this is a very confidential thing......

"Your Majesty, this is a secret, and it is inconvenient for Weichen to check it." Wei Qing did not open the wooden box, but turned around and bowed his hand in a proper manner.

Liu Che smiled slightly, and said nonchalantly: "Brother-in-law, you are good at everything, that is, every time you see me, you have to talk about the rules, and you are a salute and a visit, do you say that you are annoying?"

You are my Liu Che's brother-in-law, and I am also the captain and general of my Han Dynasty, and you don't need to be so polite at any time and place in the future, except for the Great Dynasty Meeting. ”

Wei Qing shook his head and said with a straight face: "The king is the king, the minister is the minister, even if it is at home, it can't mess with the rules and increase the jokes of others;

Your Majesty, I beg your pardon for not being able to obey your orders. ”

Liu Che laughed and waved his hand: "Okay, okay, you guy is becoming more and more rigid, I hope that in the future, you won't become so old-fashioned and timid on the battlefield, then you won't be able to win a big battle." ”

Wei Qing bowed: "Your Majesty." ”

Liu Che stretched out a finger, pointed at the box and said with a smile: "It's a new thing made by Yang Chuan, Qu Sick, and Cao Xiang, I think it's good, brother-in-law, take a look." ”

Wei Qing confessed to the crime, and then opened the wooden box.

And then.

The Han Changping Marquis and the general were stunned: "Your Majesty, what is this?" ”

Liu Che chuckled lightly and said leisurely: "It's the stirrups, saddles, and a few improved blades made by those three stinky boys, I seem to be quite interesting to look at." ”

Wei Qing stretched out his hand, lifted a pair of stirrups, looked at them carefully for a while, lifted the saddle again, observed more than a dozen breaths inside and out, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, this is a divine weapon specially tailored for my Han cavalry!" ”

Liu Che's face was quite proud, but he smiled and said, "No, it's so powerful?" Can you even praise the god of war with a divine weapon? ”

Wei Qing excitedly held the stirrup in one hand and the Gaoqiao saddle in the other, and said: "The biggest difference between the Han cavalry and the Hun cavalry is horsemanship, but as long as these two things are equipped, the gap between them will disappear."

Even, as long as we strengthen the training of soldiers, plus our armor and weapons, whether it is infantry and cavalry to fight together, or chariots and cavalry to fight together, we will inevitably completely suppress the Hun cavalry! ”

Liu Che laughed: "Brother-in-law, you can know the power of these two things without trying?" ”

Wei Qing sighed: "Your Majesty, the armor of our Han army is an advantage, which has greatly weakened the lethality of the Huns' wolf tooth arrows; However, Your Majesty, after a few battles between Weichen and the Huns, it was found that even if our soldiers were wearing armor, they were still unable to collide and charge head-on with the Hun cavalry, mainly for two reasons, the first point was that the Han soldiers were weak in their legs and could not clamp the horse's belly;

Even, even when bending the bow and shooting arrows, it is often necessary to clamp the neck of the war horse with both legs, for fear that one will accidentally fall off the horse's back, which will greatly affect the combat power;

The second point is that the soldiers of our Han army are not good at riding, and when they charge head-on, they are often directly knocked off their horses by the Hun cavalry.

However, with stirrups and saddles, the lack of riding skills of the soldiers is naturally not a problem......"

When Liu Che heard this, he laughed and said, "With my brother-in-law's words, I am relieved." ”

"These two things, plus the previous horseshoe, this military merit is enough to wait for the general, right?"

"Brother-in-law, why don't you give Yang Chuan a liehou, and a guannei marquis for the sick child? As for Cao Xiang, he is already a top-tier prince, so what is the reward for a batch of silk money, grain and land. ”

Liu Che counted with his fingers to see what other benefits he could give to the three of them, but Wei Qing bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the three of them are still young, and their titles are too high, which is not a good thing." ”

"In Weichen's opinion, it is better to temporarily exchange their military exploits for money and food as rewards, and when they really make military merits on the battlefield, it is not too late to reward them."

Liu Che's face stiffened, sighed, and said with a lot of resentment: "Brother-in-law, you also said that you will reward money and grain, recently in order to raise grain, I have almost emptied the old foundation of the inner mansion, but I still lack a lot of money and food......

……

In the fourth year of Yuanshuo, at the turn of spring and summer.

There was a great drought in the north.

Even in Guanzhong, which has never been short of rain, there is also a general drought, and some crops in the dry land and mountains that cannot be watered have been exposed to the scorching sun for a long time, and the naked eye can see that they have begun to tassel in advance.

The drought in Shuofang, Yanmen, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, and Gaoque is even more severe, and many rivers that did not have much water have begun to dry up.

Officials in many places encouraged farmers to use the water from lakes, seas and ponds to save themselves, which also led to the water level of many lakes and seas dropping or even drying up completely, forming some stinky muddy ponds.

At the same time, Shuofang County has taken a slightly different approach.

Yang Chuan gave a death order, except for the normal progress of water conservancy projects on several large rivers, for those very fragile rivers, lakes, and Haizi, it is strictly forbidden to use it to irrigate farmland, which also caused many officials and military households to complain more than once, and cursed the county Taishou Yang Chuan behind his back is a coward, and he has no asshole when he gives birth to a son.

"If you give birth to a son and don't have an asshole, just cut one with a knife, it's better than giving birth to a son without a little dingding, right?"

Hearing the words scolding himself behind his back, Yang Chuan was not angry, and laughed.

This kind of thing of scolding the leader behind his back is too normal, thinking that at the beginning, he was even ...... Ahem, he even scolded Liu Che, so he didn't want to be angry with the people.

What's more, isn't it just that the drought is severe?

At the beginning, in his planning, the land that could not be watered did not think of reclaiming it at all; Think about it, the entire Shuofang County has a population of 350,000 households, and the alluvial plains on both sides of the river alone can't be reclaimed, what are you messing about?

Judging from the map, the ones that really suffered from the drought were basically the first batch of wasteland reclaimed by Gongsun Ao's idiot, and the area was not large, only 1120,000 mu, and it was lost if it was lost, and there was nothing to be sorry for.

So, with a stroke of his pen, he directly transferred all the people on the original tuntian to the tuntian along the river.

As for whether to recruit people and dig one or two water conservancy facilities similar to the 'Red Flag Canal'? Yang Chuan didn't even think about it.

The land is vast and sparsely populated, so build a fart water conservancy facility.

First of all, we should do everything possible to fully develop and utilize the land that can be irrigated, accumulate enough money, grain, and population, and then expand outward step by step, which is the essence of Tuntian...... All right!

"Sima Qian, the progress of the construction of our Dahe branch canal is a bit slow," On this day, Yang Chuan led a group of subordinate officials to Guangmu and Woye counties on the west bank of the Dahe River to inspect, and found that a water diversion canal planned by him had not yet been repaired, so he called Sima Qian, who was specifically responsible for this matter:

"Tell me, what's the situation?"

Sima Qian said with a bitter face: "This branch canal is divided into seven sections in total, six of which have been basically completed, and now, there is only this section of Guangmu County left, separated by several mountain ranges, the terrain is very complicated, and there is really no way to dig it......"

Yang Chuan nodded slightly.

He is still familiar with this part of the terrain, those seemingly inconspicuous hills and hills seem to be soft loess and sandy soil, in fact, the top layer of soil is dug up, and the bottom is extremely hard rock.

"Let's go, go over and have a look."

Yang Chuan rode his horse, and a group of subordinate officials hurriedly followed, heading towards the hilly and ravinely area.

Half an hour later, the group came to a tall mountain bag, looked at the hills and ravines that stretched for twenty or thirty miles in front of them, and frowned and shook their heads.

The excavation is too difficult.

Yang Chuan also looked depressed, he asked Sima Qian to bring the map, and squatted on the ground to draw in circles, muttering in a low voice, as if he was calculating something.

Long.

He threw down a small wooden stick in his hand, stood up, beat his back and said with a bitter smile: "That's it, we lack the tools to open the mountain and dig stones, and there is no way to do this section of the stone mountain."

Or, re-map and prepare for a detour to excavate......"

(End of chapter)