Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1312 Killing You With Money

Chapter 1310: Killing You With Money

The total number of shields equipped by Yuan Meng is less than one-third of Qin Hao's [-] army. What kind of concept is this?
It means that Yuanmeng is extremely short of steel.

There is no way, iron ore is the most lacking in Yuanmeng, and the Jin army, which produces the largest iron ore, does not buy iron ore for Yuanmeng.

Although the other princes of the Han Dynasty were willing to sell, they could only maintain enough steel in Yuanmeng, far from filling the huge gap in the entire Yuanmeng Empire.

The amount of steel produced is the cornerstone of a country's military power. If steel production is insufficient, enough equipment cannot be produced, and the combat power of the army will naturally not be much stronger.

For the Yuanmeng Empire, which is short of iron ore, iron and steel resources are the most precious strategic resources. Regarding the use of iron and steel, the whole country is in a state of careful planning, and every catty of iron ore must be used wisely .

Therefore, instead of using precious steel to make shields, Yuan Meng might as well use it to make weapons. After all, one shield is enough to make four or five steel knives.

Yuan Meng couldn't even afford a shield, let alone armor that consumed more steel.

In the Han Dynasty, although iron armor is also a rare item, it is still relatively common, and it is the standard equipment of the elite troops under the command of the major princes.

But in Yuanmeng, no matter whether they are elite or not, it is absolutely impossible for soldiers to wear iron armor anyway. Only generals above the rank of commander can wear iron armor, so the armor rate of Yuanmeng army is naturally pitifully low.

In general, Yuanmeng's equipment was several levels behind the Han army. Temujin knew this, so he made more efforts to develop Yuanmeng's cavalry. This is to make up for the gap in overall equipment with the Han army.

When he saw Qin Hao's 10,000+ army equipped with [-] to [-] shields, Temujin felt envious and jealous, and at the same time strengthened his determination to rule the Central Plains.

The resources of the grassland are too poor, and any state of the Han Dynasty, even the poorest Liang Bingyou, has much more abundant resources than the grassland. If Temujin wants to realize his ambition of conquering the world, he must It must rely on the huge resources of the Central Plains.

On the battlefield, Yuan Meng's cavalry and archery tactics were easily resolved by Qin Hao's shield array, and Temujin considered that the Han army had a huge base of shields, so he gave up the idea of ​​continuing to shoot arrows outside the Longmen array to kill the Han army.

The strong crossbows of the Han army are much sharper than Yuanmeng's bows and arrows. If the two armies shoot against each other, it must be Yuanmeng who suffers. Therefore, after several rounds of cavalry shooting failed, the Yuanmeng cavalry put away their cavalry and shooting and adopted a charge position. A most primitive rush is about to start.

Qin Hao on the command tower saw that the Yuanmeng iron cavalry was about to collide with the shield array, and waved the command flag again and shouted: "Javelins, throw without distinction, throw."

After the soldiers hiding behind the shield array got the order, they quickly threw out the javelins in their hands, tens of thousands of javelins were thrown in the first round alone.

Due to the close numbers and the high density of the Han army's javelins, the Yuan and Mongolian cavalry had nowhere to grab them, and the shields in their hands could not stop the javelins. Nailed to death, the state of death is simply miserable.

"Humph……"

Seeing this, Temujin in the rear snorted extremely unhappily.

The javelin is a great weapon for both infantry and cavalry, but due to the low iron production in Yuanmeng, it is naturally impossible to equip this kind of disposable equipment.

However, the Han army threw it out without restraint, which seemed to Temujin too extravagant and wasteful.

In Temujin's eyes, the javelins thrown by the Han army were all money. Was Qin Hao hitting him with javelins?This is simply smashing him with money, and it is still the rhythm of smashing him to death with money.

"I don't believe that the Han army's javelins will never run out, charge, let me charge directly." Temujin gritted his teeth and ordered.

The double blows of the strong crossbows and javelins in the Longmen Formation formed an extremely dense firepower net, which made the Yuanmeng Iron Cavalry rush to a maximum of 30 meters outside the formation, and could no longer advance an inch.

The bones of the fallen Yuanmeng cavalry also became an obstacle for the cavalry behind, which greatly reduced the speed of the cavalry and made it more difficult for the cavalry to charge forward.

So there was this story:
The Yuanmeng iron cavalry sprinted towards the Longmen formation crazily, but when they were just 30 meters away from the Longmen formation, they were either shot to death by arrows or nailed to death by javelins, but the cavalry behind them still went on, ramming the guns of the Han army without fear of death.

On the command tower at the center of the Longmen Formation, Qin Hao watched this scene with a smile, and his mood was unprecedentedly good.

"Want to consume our army's javelins? Don't worry, old iron, I have a lot of javelins prepared, a full 100 million javelins, just waiting for you to slowly consume them."

For the decisive battle with Temujin, Qin Hao had made sufficient preparations. He had prepared as many as 100 million javelins alone, which was almost [-]% of the javelin reserves of the Qin and Jin armies.

Qin Hao knew that the javelin would be a powerful weapon for infantry against cavalry, so he not only emptied all the armories in Bingzhou, but even transferred more than half of the strategic materials in Sizhou and Jingbei, just to catch Temujin by surprise in the decisive battle .

Qin Hao looked outside the formation, and whispered to himself: "This time, even if you use money to smash you, you will be smashed to death."

Temujin uses people and horses to make up for the lack of resources, while Qin Hao uses a lot of resources to make up for the lack of cavalry. Both sides have their own advantages and disadvantages, but in general, Qin Hao's method of using resources to offset human lives is definitely better. wise.

After all, resources are dead, and people are alive. As long as there are people, more resources can be created, and no matter how many resources are accumulated, it is useless if no one uses them.

Of course, it is not advisable to only use resources to hard-pile and win battles.

The reason why Qin Hao dared to do this, apart from the fact that the Qin and Jin armies were rich and powerful enough to withstand his consumption, was mainly because he still had the Treasure of Heaven as his hole card.

In the Battle of Hetao, in the end, no matter who wins the final decisive battle, it will not be the winner. Qin Hao and Temujin can be said to have lost both sides.

Even if Qin Hao can successfully expel Temujin, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed or injured in Hetao, a large number of homeless victims are waiting for rescue, and the number of soldiers and militiamen who died in battle may exceed 20.

Therefore, the pensions that need to be issued are enough to crush the finances of the Qin and Jin armies, and this may prevent Qin Hao from having any external aggressiveness in the next few years, or even ten years.

Qin Hao knew that both sides would suffer, but he still dared to fight Temujin face-to-face, because he had the 'Treasure of Heaven' to heal quickly, while Temujin could only silently lick his wound with tears in his eyes.

Therefore, when the army lacks cavalry and it is difficult to defeat Yuanmeng iron cavalry by strength, killing Temujin with money may not be a good way for Qin Hao. After all, Qin Hao, who is sitting on the treasure of Tiangong, is really not short of money. .

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