The imperial court is not incompetent at all.

No, many craftsmen were sent out to help Jinguyuan and Shao Yuan repair the water mills, and at the same time, they also used the accumulated wood to make a new batch of chariots - this is what Shao Xun wanted.

Unfortunately, the time is still short, and only more than 200 vehicles are currently being produced.

Fortunately, there are still remnants in the Shaofu Treasury, about three or four hundred.

Shao Xun personally inspected it and found that it was a little shabby.

"Don't look at it, it's all repaired, come and deliver it quickly." Wang Dun, the secretary and supervisor, took several officials of the Shaofu and handed over these partial vans to Shao Xun on the order of the Son of Heaven.

Shao Xun was not angry with him, and after checking them one by one, he signed and received them with a seal.

has already taken advantage of Wang Dun, why bother with him?

Song Yi's delicate panting that was almost out of breath, I don't know how much vitality she cheated herself, and she will be the main member of her private band in the future, and she has already made a lot of money.

Wang Chuzhong, read the military book well.

"Pull the car away, and let the sons and daughters get acquainted with it first." Shao Xun commanded.

"No." Wang Qi'er and Li Chong, who came to accept the chariot on behalf of the Silver Spear Army and the Yamen Army, responded in unison.

"Let's go, go to Kim Yong City." Shao Xun waved his hand, surrounded by soldiers, and came to Kim Yong City.

Wang Yanzheng, a lieutenant in the Northern Army, is waiting here.

"The prince is not atmospheric enough." Wang Yan shook his head and sighed.

On this expedition, the Xiao cavalry army allocated 500 cavalry of the "Hit Tiger Ben Governor" and 100 cavalry of the "Youzhou Raid Cavalry Governor", which were led by the cavalry governor Duan Liang and temporarily assigned to Shao Xun's command.

Shao Xun was not stingy, and gave 100 horses to the Xiao cavalry so that they could sell some strength when they went on the expedition.

After receiving the horses, the cavalry asked if they could buy 500 horses?

The matter was reported all the way to Wang Yan, and Shao Xun finally gave a conscience price: 250,000 grains.

After some bargaining, an agreement was finally reached, and the grain storage in the large warehouse of Liang County reached more than 720,000 hu, which was close to the limit of reserves.

Lao Wang didn't plan to pay for it at first, but exchanged it for more than 400 old chariots collected by various departments of the forbidden army.

But Shao Xun didn't buy it at all. The troops, which were supposed to leave for the expedition in early September, did not move for a long time.

In the end, Wang Yan recognized the situation clearly, knowing that this time was different from the past, and the military leaders were not so easy to call, so he pinched his nose and agreed to lend the forbidden army chariot to Shao Xun, and return it after the class.

"Fighting for the court, even bringing the trilogy, isn't this atmospheric?" Shao Xun seemed puzzled.

Wang Yan shook his head, stopped arguing with him, and said instead: "The car has been repaired, has a skin, and can prevent fire." Even the draft animals pulling the carts were covered with a thick blanket of felt. If you don't have enough, add a layer yourself. ”

Shao Xun took a closer look.

From the time the van was designed, it was designed to be anti-arrow and fire-proof.

The so-called partial van car has a baffle on the outside side and the top to defend against arrows fired by the enemy.

The baffle should be treated with fire prevention to avoid being ignited by human-launched rockets.

There is a shooting window on the baffle, through which the archers stand and shoot through the window - 2-3 people can shoot arrows at the same time.

There were also 2-3 melee warriors, dressed in armor, sitting in the carriages. If the enemy infantry attacked, immediately rely on the side car to fight the enemy.

The draught animals have also taken fire prevention and arrow prevention measures.

The arrows that came directly were shot by the baffle, and the arrows thrown were not strong enough, and they were defended by felt blankets and skins - in fact, a layer of partitions could also be added, but in order to save costs, they were not made.

This was the standard equipment when Ma Long went on an expedition to Liangzhou.

The whole car does a good job of counterweight, to ensure that the center of gravity is stable, into two rows, when encountering the enemy end to end, forming a ring of defense, as long as you bring enough all kinds of military supplies, the sergeant is calm and calm, brave and good at fighting, Ma Long, Liu Yu have strongly proved that Xianbei, Southern Yan, Northern Wei cavalry can not take them.

The key is that your infantry must be good at fighting and have a big heart, which is the most important thing.

After collecting a total of more than 1,000 chariots, the army marched to the foot of Mangshan Mountain in the north of Luoyang City, where it trained for three days, waiting for the gathering of auxiliary troops by the way.

This expedition included 4,200 Silver Lance Army, 1,000 soldiers of the Six Defense Mansions, 3,000 people of the Six Buildings of the Yamen Army, 600 light and heavy cavalry of the Luoyang Chinese Army, and 200 Yicong, a total of 9,000 soldiers.

In terms of auxiliary troops, the soldiers of the Sixth Defense Government brought 1,000 troops, 4,000 soldiers from Hebei, 800 auxiliary soldiers from the Luoyang Chinese Army, and 2,000 people from Sizhou Ding Zhuang who were temporarily requisitioned, and 3,000 functional personnel such as craftsmen, drivers, grooms, veterinarians, doctors, and construction workers, totaling 10,800 people.

The whole army is about 20,000 cavalry, which can be regarded as a strong soldier and a strong horse.

Moreover, in terms of quality, it is vaguely a bit of the grand occasion when the Luoyang Chinese Army went out to fight. In terms of combat effectiveness, although the Luoyang Chinese Army can also find a lineup comparable to theirs, these thousands of elite soldiers are scattered among the forty or fifty thousand soldiers, completely submerged, and they cannot exert their strength.

On 19 September, all men and horses from all walks of life arrived, and after the whole army had practiced together, they set camp and headed north.

This time, not much attention was paid to it.

For the people of Luoyang, most people don't even know that there is this war - as long as the enemy does not reach the door of Luoyang, it is not a problem for them.

Of course, for those who have a heart, it is still more concerned.

The Son of Heaven is very concerned.

Wang Yan was very concerned.

Wang Dun was also very concerned.

In addition to them, the Yu family and his party also went out of the city to see them off.

Shao Xun even saw Yu Wenjun.

The little beauty mustered up the courage to look at him, and Shao Xun waved his hand.

Cao Fu has come to the door several times to negotiate this marriage. The next thing is to pick an auspicious day of the zodiac, officially hire at the door, and talk about what has been married, but the marriage is determined in advance.

Otherwise, if you don't marry, Yu Wenjun, who is thirteen years old in the New Year, may get married.

There are also some good people watching at the foot of Mangshan.

They may not be too aware that the days when the Great Jin Dynasty has the ability to take the initiative to attack are numbered.

The Rebellion of the Eight Kings wiped out 100,000 Luoyang veterans, the treasury, and the majesty of the imperial court......

This world can be described in one sentence: bad days are still to come.

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Herds of horses galloped past abandoned villages and barren farmlands, scattering hundreds of people.

Wuhuan Huqi ignored them at all, sang pastoral songs freely, and leisurely grazed the horses.

In Hebei, where the military power was close to complete collapse, no one could threaten them, except for the soldiers and horses of Youzhou who were heading south.

But the people of Youzhou are too busy to take care of themselves, and they have no interest or ability to interfere in Jizhou.

Now, the huge Jizhou is already the racecourse of the Han Dynasty, even if you can't occupy it for a while, it's no problem to run if you grab it, not to mention how happy it is.

And all of this is caused by the cannibalism of the descendants of the Sima family, haha, wonderful!

"You, you, and you, quickly take someone to mow the lawn." Kui An stretched out his hand and pointed, and several Jin people saluted respectfully, and then took his subordinate Ding Zhuang to mow the grass.

Some Ding Zhuang seemed to be more afraid of Kui'an's soldiers, and when they heard the order to stay away, they were excited, but they didn't expect to mix garlic on the soles of their feet and fall directly to the ground.

"Haha!" The Qian, Wuhuan, Xiongnu and even Jin people all laughed.

Kui An also smiled, and at the same time looked at the withered yellow grass around him with satisfaction.

When they invaded Hebei last year, they were ordered by the king of Han to sow countless grass seeds on the endless plains.

After a year, the grass has grown very fertile and stout, which is very gratifying.

The Central Plains is really a good pasture, I don't know how many times better than the grassland.

Hebei is the top existence in this good pasture.

The grass in front of me is full of grass that grows half a man tall, and it is not the same thing at all compared to the barren and pitiful dwarf grass on the grassland.

The grass has withered and yellowed, and it may not be noticed.

If it is the height of summer, the stems and leaves are full, tender and juicy, and the horses will be more energetic after eating, and they will not get tired after galloping on the battlefield for a long time.

Shile stepped out of a thatched hut and looked out into the open field.

Hebei's population is less again, and there are more abandoned villages.

Of course, it may not all be run away.

When there are fewer people, there is more land, and the people are free to choose the fields to cultivate. For safety reasons, they prefer to gather together and protect each other.

There are also people who go to the local Haoqiang and the big families to become the guests of the tribe, hoping to save their lives.

The land of Hebei, under the condition of increasingly frequent wars, is undergoing tremendous and profound changes.

"The King."

"General."

"Governor."

Peach Leopard, Wang Yang, Lu Ming and other old brothers rode horses and saluted respectfully.

Shile glanced at the people behind him again.

Zhixiong, Huyanmo and others suddenly realized that they also bowed and saluted.

Shi Le nodded and said, "What's the matter, is Shi Chao willing to give up Yecheng?" ”

"That guy won't let Yecheng."

"He refused to move his nest even if he died, as if Yecheng was his family's ancestral grave."

"Shi Chao wants to rebel, it is better to report to the king of Han and ask the king of Han to decide."

Shile was expressionless and reached out to stop their bickering.

The crowd was silent.

After a year of rectification, and personally served as the vanguard, after breaking through the pot pass, Shi Le's prestige in front of the old brothers is getting bigger and bigger.

Yecheng was originally the governor of Jizhou and Yu Zhenshou.

When the Han army attacked Huguan, this person even sent more than 1,000 soldiers to the west to save Huguan with Liu Kun's general Huang Xiu.

As a result, he was naturally broken by Shi Le's blow, Huang Xiu was defeated, Huguan fell, and then He Yu ran away.

After the capture of Huguan, more than 30,000 Han troops poured into Hebei, and were led by seven generals, Shi Le, Shi Chao, Liu Ling, Wang Mi, Wang Sang, Yan Zhen, and Qi Wuda.

Among these people, Shile brought seven thousand horsemen, who were the main force.

Shi Chao has 3,000 soldiers.

Wang Mi has more than 5,000 people.

Wang Sang had more than 3,000 soldiers.

Liu Ling has more than 4,000 people.

Yan Zhen had 4,000 soldiers.

More than 3,000 soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty stayed at Huguan.

Judging from the composition of the troops, except for the more than 3,000 cavalry under the command of Zhendong General Qi Wuda, who was a serious Liu Han soldier and horse, the others were all miscellaneous cards.

On this expedition, Shile was the nominal commander, but he may not be able to command the other six generals.

Shile also understands this, so he doesn't fight for anything, and just seize the time to reap the benefits.

"This time I went out, did I get anything?" Schler asked.

"All the people have brought here, a total of 8,000, more than us." Wang Yang replied first.

Shi Le nodded, and then asked people to bring a few large packages, and after unraveling them, they were all official seals.

"Let the basekeepers come over." He commanded.

Soon someone invited all the basemen over, no more, no less, exactly eight.

"Those who lead thousands of troops will be awarded the general's seal. If there are less than 1,000, the official seal of the governor will be issued. Shi Le held a seal ribbon in each of his left and right hands, and said loudly: "Do you understand?" ”

"Understood." The eight basemen replied cautiously.

After asking the number of soldiers and horses under the command of each of the eight men, Shi Le sent them down one by one.

After receiving the seal, the eight people knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Meet the King of Pingjin." ”

A smile appeared on Shiler's face.

The shortcomings of the army's deficiencies have gradually been filled.

He had tens of thousands of cavalry under his tent, and this time he brought 7,000, but the number of infantry was very small, and it was not beautiful.

On the land of Hebei, there are many dock forts and barriers.

Some dock forts have a large number of people, the city is high and the pool is deep, and the combat effectiveness is also good, which is difficult to overcome.

Some of the walls are only one or two thousand, two or three thousand strong, and the fortress wall is just a low mud wall, which is easy to attack.

There are also barriers, or even hundreds or thousands of households that have temporarily gathered together and surrounded a wooden fence.

He doesn't have the ability to gnaw on the big dock fort now, so he will start with a small barrier.

Moreover, in troubled times, there is never a shortage of careerists.

Before he could do it, a few bandit leaders and Haoqiang came to take refuge with their troops, so that he had the first batch of infantry - to be fair, he borrowed the tiger skin of the King of Han in this matter, if it were not for the King of Pingjin and the general of the Auxiliary Han Dynasty, others would not necessarily take the initiative to take refuge.

But in any case, he succeeded.

Now it's time to capture and coerce more Dock Forts into handing over their money, livestock, and even Ding Zhuang.

His requirements were not high, and he stopped after receiving 50,000 people and went back to Tuntian.

From then on, he would become the general who led the most troops under the Han king's account, and his status increased linearly.

In troubled times, money, food, and army are the most real.