Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 471 Jieli Responds to Suizhou's Emergency【Thanks for the reward】

The arrival of the Turkic envoy made Li Zhiyun feel more urgent.He knew that once Jieli was allowed to stabilize the grassland, he would definitely turn around and invade south.

Therefore, he needs to accumulate strength.

In the following month, he continued to send craftsmen to cooperate with Yuwen Rutong and urge them to build light plate armor.

On the other hand, he and the people from Sinong Temple went into the fields again and again, teaching the old farmers how to fertilize and cultivate.

Amidst the busy schedule, the time has come to June.

The good news is that the winter wheat harvest is bumper!
Although there are not many fields cultivated mainly by refugees, and the planting range is not wide enough, but the harvest per mu is still gratifying.

Rubbing the wheat grains, Li Zhiyun showed a sincere smile on his face.

This proves that his idea is correct. In winter, wheat can be grown to store food.

Although everyone does not like to eat food made of wheat, it is also food!
Moreover, having said that, Li Zhiyun has a lot of ways to remove the bran and grind the wheat into delicious fine grains!
Chu Palace, courtyard.

"Yeah, what is this?" Bao Niang stared at Li Zhiyun curiously with her big cute eyes.

"It's delicious." Li Zhiyun said, and then ordered someone to bring up the special briquette stove, ignite the briquette, and wait for it to burn, then take out a thin iron plate made by a hydraulic forging hammer and put it on it.

Pour the oil first.

After the oil is hot and there is a sound of '呲味', use a spoon to dig out the flour paste from the jar and pour it on the iron plate, then spread it evenly, and then turn it over.

After the flour batter is browned, beat another egg and spread it evenly on top.

Bao Niang had already seen that it was food, she was tempted by the aroma and swallowed.

"Yeah, I want to eat too."

"Uh-huh."

Li Zhiyun nodded, then added pickles, salt, and a few pieces of meat.

In this way, the first version of the Tang Dynasty finger cake was done.

"Eat it, be careful it's hot."

I made one for my daughter, and then Li Zhiyun made a finger cake for the eldest son who was afraid to speak.

A pair of sons and daughters ate their mouths full of oil, exclaiming that it was delicious.

Within a few days, the important ministers in the court suddenly discovered that there was a piece of delicious finger cake in the lunch provided by the court when they went to the court.

The taste is far better than the iron-hard Hubing, it's wonderful!

Later they found out that it was made from winter wheat!

Subsequently, Yuwen Rutong, the supervisor of Baigong, was ordered to draw a "mill area" in the workshop, which was specially used for sorting wheat.

Li Zhiyun didn't hide the method of removing bran from others, he told the Ministry of Industry openly, and then ordered him to tell the people.

His purpose is to let people know that wheat is also delicious.

The ministers who had tasted the finger cakes quickly found connections, built mills, bought wheat flour, and made finger cakes.

Li Zhiyun doesn't expect to change people's habit of taking corn as a staple food immediately, he just simply attaches importance to wheat.

Instead of leaving the fields empty in winter, it is better to plant winter wheat, which can also increase grain output income.

Turkic royal court.

Ashina Simo returned and told Jieli what he had seen and heard about the Tang Dynasty.

When the latter heard this, his face was very ugly.

"I shouldn't have retreated in the first place!"

He regrets it a little now, at that time he should have killed Li Zhiyun regardless of everything.Simply killing Li Shimin is not enough, this Li Zhiyun will die too!

Ashina Simo persuaded: "Khan, Li Zhiyun is just being so tough on purpose. From my point of view, the Tang Dynasty does not yet have the strength to provoke a war. He has not been on the throne for a long time, so it is impossible to have time trouble us."

"Do you want me to wait for him to become stronger?" Jieli snorted, "Since he dares to provoke me, how can I not respond to him. Go, let Yusheshe and Aussheshe come to see me!"

Hearing this, Ashina Simo sighed slightly.

"Yes."

In July of the seventh year of Wude, the Turks went south from Wuyuan and invaded Suizhou. The governor Liu Daju asked the imperial court for help.

After getting the news, Li Zhiyun called Qin Qiong.

"Uncle Bao, I got the news from Suizhou that thousands of Turkic cavalry are heading south and are raging in the Xia and Suizhou areas. I appoint you as the governor of Suizhou and lead the light armored cavalry to repel the invading enemies!"

"The general obeys!" After a pause, Qin Qiong asked: "Your Highness, the general wants Xu Shiji to be the deputy general."

Hearing this, Li Zhiyun nodded, "Yes."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

"Don't thank me in a hurry, this time you have a more important task besides repelling the Turks."

"Your Highness, please show me."

"General Gu will ask Yuwen Jianling to allocate you eight thousand sets of light plate armor. Gu wants you to use this invading Turkic cavalry to familiarize yourself with light plate armor cavalry warfare as soon as possible."

"Cavalry against cavalry?"

"That's right." Li Zhiyun said: "In the previous wars, light plate armored cavalry existed to protect heavy plate armored infantry. However, it costs a lot of money to build heavy plate armor, and it takes a very long time. On the contrary, light plate armor requires Much easier.

Gu thought again and again, and decided to build a large army with light plate cavalry as the main force.So this time, you have to train your troops in battle, and train the light plate armored cavalry as the main cavalry in the past.I don't ask for quick success, but I ask you to get familiar with it as soon as possible, and let the soldiers get familiar with it as soon as possible. "

"As ordered." Qin Qiong said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, the last general led light armored cavalry to kill the Turkic people before, this time, His Highness will not be disappointed."

"Very well, then I will wait for your good news."

"Yes!"

This decision was not Li Zhiyun's temporary decision, but a decision made very early on.The performance of light plate armor is more comprehensive, and the manufacturing speed is faster than that of heavy plate armor. It is more suitable for dealing with abrupt battles in a few years.

Heavy plate infantry can only kill the enemy by surprise, but the Turks have already seen heavy plate infantry.If there is an abrupt battle, the Turks will definitely be on guard.

Light plate armor is not the case. Li Zhiyun's goal is not to simply build light plate armor cavalry, what he wants is to arm an army of [-] light plate armor.

It can only be said that the light plate cavalry is built as a sharp blade, but not a trump card.In Li Zhiyun's view, his real trump card should be like this.

At a glance, the mountains and plains are full of plate armor troops, regardless of whether they are on foot or on horseback!
What he wants is to upgrade all the elite equipment of the Tang army, so that quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes, and the overall combat effectiveness of the Tang army will be greatly improved.

This is the real, unstoppable trump card.

A few days later, Qin Qiong and Xu Shiji assembled [-] cavalry and [-] infantry and headed for Suizhou.

Xu Shiji looked at the knight hiding in the plate armor, and couldn't help asking, "Shubao, is this the Xuanjia Army?"

"No, this is plate armor!"

Xu Shiji muttered, and lightly touched the iron plate on his chest.

When he got the plate armor for the first time, he was still a little uncomfortable, because this plate armor can be put on by one person, unlike chain mail, which requires help from others.

And
He looked at his whole body, there was almost no place leaking out, and everything was tightly wrapped by iron plates.

Even the boots are actually made of iron.

Simply insane!
Qin Qiong lifted his visor, revealing his eyes.

"Mao Gong, if you can make a contribution this time, your highness may be able to command an army alone in a few years' time when His Highness crusades against the Turks."

"Shubao, I won't say more about thanking you, Xu Shiji will keep it in my heart." He said sincerely.

The small group of Turkic soldiers who invaded Suizhou this time is nothing to worry about. Qin Qiong let himself be the deputy general to give himself a chance.

"Don't be careless." Qin Qiong reminded.

Xu Shiji nodded his head heavily, and immediately closed his helmet.

He will never let go of such a good opportunity.

(End of this chapter)