But without waiting for Yuan Rui to rest for two days, King Huai quit.

Now that everyone is busy, how can this young man with high expectations be lazy, shouldn't he do things!

As the saying goes, those who can do it will work until they die, and those who can play will play recklessly, and people are forced out.

King Huai immediately found something for Yuan Rui, and quickly equipped the current army with chariots, and if he really wants to fight, he can't be the same as before, it's a mess, it's all human life.

Immediately, under the arrangement of King Huai, Yuan Rui recruited a lot of local carpenters in Longzhou to study how to make new board cars.

Now there is no such mechanical equipment, and many large cars are just made of wheels, wrapped with iron on the side, and nailed with iron nails in the middle to strengthen the sturdiness.

But in this way, it is very cumbersome, and with the car plate, not to mention transporting goods, it is very laborious to push the empty car.

Yuan Rui was directly helpless for a while, and when he encountered these objective conditions, he had no good way.

However, he did not easily deny it, and found two carpenters and blacksmiths alone, starting with gadgets, ready to try to make iron wheels.

He and the blacksmith first tried to make a small cart with six iron rods, with an iron ring on the side, filled with cow's wool and thatch, and bound with cowhide on the outside.

Not to mention, such a car is easy to push and pull on the stone road, and then to the grassland for an experiment, along the turf, very smooth and fast.

The two blacksmiths and carpenters were stunned at once, and if they used three horses, the normal cart could catch up with the cavalry. Nearly ten days later, a medium-sized cart appeared outside the big tent in the Huaiwang military camp.

The new board truck is still made of wood, nearly six feet long and less than three feet wide.

There were iron plates nearly two feet high on all sides, and there were wheels on each side of the front, rear, left, and right, and the wheels were a bit strange and hollow, with an iron hoop in the middle and outside, supported by six iron rods.

The iron ring was wrapped in cowhide, and the inside was bulging, looking like a fallen wooden cabinet.

King Huai didn't ask much, and told them to try it.

The two men inspected the cart in detail again, pulled a horse over, set it up, and a groom sat in front of the cart, shouting, and the horse ran quickly. I saw that the wheels were turning rapidly, and the speed of the car slowly increased, and in an instant, there was no shadow in sight.

King Huai signaled again, and six heavily armed soldiers got into the carriage, and then saw that the speed of the carriage was almost not affected, and it was still able to run quickly.

King Huai glanced at Yuan Rui, "Yuan experience, how big can such a car be, and how many materials can it be loaded at one time?" ”

"Tell the prince, this is small, such a cart of goods within 500 catties, with manpower alone, only two people on the grassland, if you use horses or cattle, such a cart can be connected together, three to five carts at a time is no problem."

Yuan Rui took King Huai to the car, "Lord Wang, look, at this time, the hook, the car behind is hung on this, if there are two cows in front, thousands of catties of materials are completely fine on such a grassland." In fact, just like a boat in water, as long as the weight is moderate, the buoyancy of the water can make the boat move quickly. The grassland has grass in summer and snow in winter, which can be conducive to heavy dragging. ”

There is one thing Yuan Rui didn't say, in the physical inertia theory, after the car is pulled up, it is more effortless.

King Huai stepped forward again and patted the iron car plate and tested the hardness, "Is this car board for bows and arrows, and this is also a car that can be stacked?" ”

"Yes, please look, such a car can be stacked at least three layers or more, that is, to one zhang, you see this wheel is taken down and placed between the two cars, and the strength comes up all of a sudden. The inner layer is stacked with supplies at the back, and the war horses can't rush at all, so our soldiers can give the enemy a fatal blow by hiding in the circle. ”

"Okay, okay, this thing, then all the board cars will be done by your experience, according to the standard of a team of fifty cars."

Yuan Rui was stunned, a team of fifty vehicles, how could it be possible, not to mention that the group couldn't come out, but it could be made, how many materials did it need!

"Lord Wang, you don't need too many vehicles, there are thousands of vehicles that can surround tens of thousands of people, too much, and manpower will involve a lot."

"Okay, just kidding, you can be responsible for this matter, and when you go to the border, you still have to follow the customs."

Yuan Rui immediately understood that this was King Huai nodding himself, and nodded quickly.

The northwest is too desolate, this is Yuan Rui's most intuitive feeling, mainly because the land in this place is not good, and the current people have no awareness of environmental protection.

They don't know the root of the natural cycle, they can't live, and those wastelands are suitable for raising sheep, and as a result, the grass is eaten up, the environment is even worse, and it is even more unsuitable for farming, and life is more miserable.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, this is the third New Year that Yuan Rui has experienced, although he has lived a lot of hard days, but now he is still a lot sadder at this time.

It's cold everywhere, he's okay, and he can still have some firewood to roast and roast for warmth, and many soldiers are even more miserable, there is not so much wood to burn the fire. this

Or when most of the soldiers are equipped with down vests and fur, otherwise the cold alone can kill many people.

This Yuan Rui could only watch, and he had no choice. When I had time, I curled up under the quilt and read the few ancient books borrowed from the government.

King Huai also knew that he liked to read, so he asked people to send a few books, but his books were all popular in later generations, either military books or history books, and for Yuan Rui, it was not even a review.

Later, he heard that there were some ancient books on the side of the government, so he went to borrow a few and came back, this is good, and it is really different from the official history books, how to say it, it seems to reveal the secret.

For this war, the court invested the most materials, not to mention that it was so terrifying to gather the strength of the whole country, but the logistics were indeed very well prepared.

According to several important ministers, they are ready to tighten their belts and live after this battle.

Tanzhou, Jingzhou and Shuzhou have brought all the grain that can be transported, and they also understand that this time to defeat the thorns, the northwest can be protected for at least 20 years.

Of course, if the thorns are destroyed in one fell swoop, the northwest border will be stable for more than fifty years, and it can be said that this time Great Xia gambled on his wealth. It is conceivable how much responsibility the current Huai King and hundreds of thousands of border troops bear.

This year is also very tasteful, King Huai, as a general, came to the border army this time, and he didn't bring a family member or a maid.

According to his own words, if he doesn't extinguish the thorns this time, he won't return to the court, and he will be considered to have died at the border.

The eleventh year of Xining was over, and he was very lonely at the border, so on the day of the New Year, in the morning, King Huai sent someone to invite some important generals to his residence.

The sumptuous banquet surprised Yuan Rui a little. There are several jars of wine, not to mention beef and mutton, and the most unexpected thing is that there are several plates of melons and fruits, which is too rare at this time.

I heard that General Wuwei specially sent someone to send it to King Huai, but he took it out directly.

Yuan Rui doesn't like the current liquor very much, almost has a sour taste, even if the imperial gift is slightly better, it is still not as good as the mellow liquor in later generations.

King Huai seemed to notice, smiled slightly, and commanded. The guard turned to leave, and after a while, he took several glass bottles from outside and put them in front of Yuan Rui.

"Yuan experience, this is also a gift from Wuwei, saying that it is such a wine, I don't drink it, I'm not used to it, you look at it and drink it!"

King Huai guessed that Yuan Rui should not be used to liquor.

"Thank you, Lord Wang," Yuan Rui was really a little surprised, wine, you can try this.

Not to mention, this wine is really good, almost no different from later generations, very delicious.

Roasting on the fire and eating hot beef and mutton, Yuan Rui suddenly had the feeling of eating supper, and he gave a few orders to a soldier beside him.

Next, King Huai and several generals were surprised to find that a soldier came in with a large plate of ice. This is the natural ice in the tank at the back. Just seeing Yuan Rui holding the knife, he cut the ice cubes into small squares and put them in the wine.

At this moment, King Huai was also interested, so he hurriedly asked people to bring it to himself to taste.

It's really good, although it's winter, but the heart is hot, and after the wine with a little ice cubes in the mouth, the slightest aroma is accompanied by coolness, and the taste is unique.

Yuan Rui also deliberately came to the side of the soldier who was barbecuing, cut a little meat, put it on chopsticks, and roasted it slowly according to his own technique, plus the seasoning on the spot, and after a while, the aroma came out.

He deliberately ate one bunch first, and felt good, so he presented the other bunches to King Huai.

The generals on the scene have all experienced life and death on the battlefield, and they don't care much about food.

Even King Huai has the same bold personality, eating meat, drinking wine, and sometimes being half-baked.

However, who doesn't like delicate and delicious things, when King Huai slowly eats these skewers, he immediately feels the difference.

The time is very good, the taste is also in, and with the wine, it has a completely different artistic conception.

"Yuan experience, your strategy and poetry have not only been appreciated by the saints, but also said by Master Zhu that it is the most rare masterpiece in the past 50 years of Great Xia.

Zhu Fuzi is the enlightenment master of King Huai, so King Huai calls Zhu Fuzi as a master on many occasions.

Yuan Rui looked at King Huai and the generals, it was unrealistic to excuse himself, he knew that he had to pass this pass.

He stood up, bowed to King Huai, and bowed to the generals, and then paced a few steps in the room, searching for poems that could be used in this scene.

Suddenly, a poem came to mind, which could be used just in time, although the times were different, but it was indeed appropriate.

Out of the plug

The soldier should sing the big knife ring

Swear to destroy Hu Nu out of the jade pass

Only solve the battlefield and die for the country

Why do you need to return the horse leather shroud

After writing a poem, King Huai, who was watching from the side, immediately stood on the spot.