Great Tang princess

Chapter 255

While chatting with Geng Yunqiang, a student suddenly trotted over.

Seeing this child, Geng Yunqiang turned around and said hello: "Instructor!"

That's right, the roles Li Yuechen arranged for these two students were instructors. After all, while they were teaching culture classes, they would also spread the idea of ​​being loyal to the country and the royal family from time to time. Such a role arrangement was not wrong.

This student was none other than Boss Zhang, the oldest student among his own students, even two years older than Li Yuechen.

"Your Highness, the students want to ask, will we follow this expedition?" Boss Zhang asked.

Li Yuechen raised his eyebrows: "Why do you follow?"

"We are also soldiers now, so naturally we should fight for the Tang Dynasty..."

"Well said!" Li Yuechen nodded and interrupted, "You will indeed go to the battlefield, but I want you to figure it out. The army, each perform their duties! Your main job is to stabilize the morale of the army, not to kill people. "

"This..." Boss Zhang was a little puzzled, "How can a soldier not kill the enemy when he goes to the battlefield?"

"Kill the enemy?" Li Yuechen asked back, "You have not received any combat training, and you don't even know how to hold a knife. How do you kill the enemy?"

"I……"

Li Yuechen waved his hand: "Okay, let's go back and prepare. As the instructors, you really should go to the battlefield to see."

Boss Zhang saluted and agreed: "Yes!"

After explaining things, he was about to leave when Wang Gangdan came over suddenly: "Your Highness, I have researched a new artifact, why don't you go and have a look?"

Hearing this sentence, Li Yuechen waved his hand immediately: "Let's go!"

Following Wang Gangdan to the Engineering Institute, he saw craftsmen talking to a large square bag.

Seeing Li Yuechen coming in, the craftsmen saluted and greeted him one after another.

After walking two steps forward, Li Yuechen looked at the big square bag in front of him with some curiosity. This bag was made of linen and was very strong.

The whole is a square shape, with a length, width and height of about 1.5 meters, and the surroundings of the bag are connected by criss-crossing iron wires to form a network of small squares pasted on the outside.

"What is this thing for?" Li Yuechen asked.

"Your Highness said last time that you want to study things that can quickly build a barracks. This is what we are studying." A craftsman explained, "Just fill the pocket with soil and connect multiple pieces to form a wall. Two layers After getting up, add a few main beams and spread thick linen on it, and it will become a military camp..."

Listening to the craftsman's explanation, Li Yuechen couldn't help but nodded secretly, not to mention, this way is really pretty good.

This group of people is really good at it. Last time, I just said that I can use the same principle as building blocks, but I actually made it in this way.

Not to mention, this thing is really simple, just fill it with soil, and there is no quality requirement, it is really simple!
"Please look, Your Highness!"

The craftsman pointed to a corner of the bag, where the iron wires were intertwined in a ring shape. The craftsman stretched out his hand and pulled out the iron rod inside the iron ring, and the corner of the bag was immediately split.

"When you want to recycle, you just need to disassemble the iron rod and dig out the soil inside, which is very convenient!" The craftsman explained in a slightly ostentatious tone, "The most important thing is that this object is thick and ordinary. Neither weapons nor arrows can penetrate it! Even if a horse hits it, it may not be easy..."

Listening to the craftsman's explanation, Li Yuechen squinted his eyes and simulated the scene in his mind, nodded slightly, let alone, it seems that it is really feasible!
So she turned her head and asked, "That's right, how much did it cost?"

Hearing the question, the eloquent craftsman turned a little blushing, and replied falteringly: "One, about half a penny..."

"How much?" Li Yuechen turned his head abruptly.

"Half puncture..."

"Half money? Are you crazy?" Li Yuechen suddenly raised his voice, "It's just this broken bag that costs half money? The company I saw a while ago didn't have any money..."

"Ahem..." Li Yuechen, who noticed a slip of the tongue, suddenly stopped, "No, it's too expensive. Let's study other things!"

Hearing that Li Yuechen was a little angry, the craftsmen quickly agreed: "Yes, I will think of other ways later."

"Well, don't worry, I'm about to go on an expedition, so I won't be here for now. You should also take advantage of this time to think carefully and confirm the direction..."

Li Yuechen didn't want to put too much pressure on them and let them think about it slowly, but this thing really doesn't work, it's too expensive!
……

The next day, the emperor issued an order. Pei Xingjian was the general manager of the Dingxiang Road march, and Li Yuechen was the deputy general manager. At the same time, Cheng Wuting, the governor of Fengzhou, and Li Wenyu, the governor of Youzhou, joined the army.

Pei Xingjian himself also set off with 150,000 troops, and the three parties merged. It is estimated that the final number will be more than [-]!

Not to mention, although the news has not been received yet, the Turkic rebellion, and Xiao Siye, who is alone in the Protectorate of Dadu, cannot sit idly by. When the time comes and merges, the number of troops will definitely exceed 200,000!
Li Yuechen asked Geng Yunqiang and the others to start preparations after the order was issued, but in fact, there was nothing to prepare. This new type of troops can almost be said to be in a state of combat readiness at any time, and they can leave as soon as they say it.

But they are fast, other ordinary teams are not good, and it takes some time to get ready to go.

After receiving the news, Li Zhi had a deeper understanding of the new army trained by his daughter.

Geng Yunqiang and the others are still here as the princess' personal guards this time. After all, their equipment is really good.

Marching in winter is already troublesome. Ordinary soldiers can only wrap a few more layers of sackcloth. If they are lucky, they may be able to get some animal skins or the like to cushion their armor.

And Geng Yunqiang and the others are all cotton-padded clothes with wool inside, so there is no problem with the warmth retention.

Such luxurious equipment must be the princess's pro-army in name, so as not to arouse the envy of other soldiers.

During the period of waiting for other troops to prepare, Li Yuechen would go back to the palace to have dinner with his parents almost every day.

After all, it is already the end of October, and now that they are going on an expedition, even if all the enemy troops are defeated in World War I, they will definitely have to spend this year outside.

But at the same time, because of the Turkic rebellion, Li Zhi, who originally planned to go to Fengchan Songshan this year, also canceled his trip and was waiting for their good news in the palace.

……

On the first day of November, the Great Court Meeting.

The army had been fully prepared, and Li Zhi led his ministers to the tower of the imperial city to bid farewell to the army, putting on a show.

On the city wall, Li Yuechen smiled slightly: "Grandpa, grandma, the child is leaving!"

"Well, the Turks are far away, and it's cold in the north, so keep warm!" Mother Wu Zetian helped her straighten her thick collar.

Li Zhi next to him also smiled slightly and said: "This time, Chen'er tried his best to fight quickly and show off the majesty of my Tang army!"

"Don't worry, Grandpa!" Li Yuechen smiled confidently.

Now that we have hot weapons, it is too easy to deal with the army of this era. As long as they dare to charge from the front, a round of grenade salvo will teach them how to behave!

The power of hot weapons can no longer be suppressed by numbers.

Li Xian, the third brother who was standing behind Li Zhi, also laughed loudly: "With that palm god Xiaolei, you can't win if you don't want to!"

"Not necessarily, if the opponent doesn't attack from the front, it won't be of much use..." Li Lun who was next to him poured cold water on it.

"Don't worry, brothers, I will definitely convince them this time, so that they will not dare to plot against me in the next 100 years." Li Yuechen raised his hand and clenched his fist.

The two sisters in the back didn't talk about the war, but just told her to keep warm, come back quickly after the fight, and don't delay too long on the road.

After the family members explained to each other, Li Yuechen nodded and said, "Okay, don't delay, I'm leaving!"

After finishing speaking, the brothers and sisters each gave a hug, and then came to the father and mother, and each gave the two of them a hug.

"It's a long way to the north. It will be a year after I come back this time. Let's wish my parents a happy new year in advance." Li Yuechen said with a smile.

"Okay, go and come back quickly, I'm waiting for your good news!" Li Zhi nodded.

Li Yuechen nodded, and when she was about to go down the stairs, she turned around, knelt down and kowtowed to her parents: "It's cold, mom and dad take care of yourself. Go away as a slave, don't worry about it!"

After speaking, he turned and walked down the stairs.

Li Zhi from behind had a gratified smile on his face, and looked at Wu Zetian, without saying anything.

Today, she performed such a grand ceremony in front of all the ministers, and more of it was for them to see, so that they should not try to provoke the relationship between the princess and the emperor.

In fact, it is true, Li Yuechen has never thought of fighting for the throne since she was a child, her regrets in her previous life and her concern in this life are only family affection, and the throne has never been her pursuit.

The other ministers naturally understood what she meant, but they didn't show any emotion, they just finished the whole farewell process with standard professional smirks on their faces.

Going down the stairs, Li Yuechen walked outside the palace. Below, there were many eunuchs and maids standing on both sides, also saying goodbye to the army.

When Li Yuechen was about to walk out of the palace gate, he suddenly saw Shangguan Wan'er mingling behind the maid, staring straight at him with a pair of watery eyes.

Feeling the language conveyed in her eyes, Li Yuechen smiled slightly, blinked his right eye at her, and then strode out of the palace gate.

Fulai was already waiting outside the door leading her horse, and when she saw the princess coming, she hurriedly saluted.

Behind Fulai were five hundred soldiers from the reconnaissance battalion who were also riding on horses. They were all wearing black winter military uniforms, and at the same time they were wrapped in a linen cloak, waiting quietly beside them.

At the same time, among the 500 people, a frame was added to the horseback of many people.

As the princess's pro-army, they don't need to follow the big army, but will follow the princess at any time.

There is a dog squatting in the frame on the horseback of these people, looking at the surrounding crowd very quietly, without making any sound.

The other troops around were a little curious, why did these people bring dogs on the battlefield? This is fighting, not hunting.

But he is the princess's pro-military, maybe this is the princess's hobby, and no one dares to ask.

Pei Xingjian is also very clear that although he is the Chief Manager this time, his main purpose is to increase the qualifications of the princess.

But he himself didn't feel disgusted by it. Although she was an anti-military faction, he actually didn't have much opinion on the queen herself.

What he opposed was the fact that the queen usurped the power of acting as the emperor itself, not against Wu Zetian herself.

For the princess, he didn't have anything to dislike. For example, he felt a little happy about the existence of the princess.

He is considered to be relatively young among the generals who can fight in the Tang Dynasty, but he is still 60 years old now.

Among the generals of the younger generation, there is no one who can reach the height of those famous generals before.

Seeing that it was about to fail, who knew that the Tang Dynasty was lucky, and a princess born with supernatural power came out, and she was extremely talented in military affairs!

In this way, even if he gets old and his health fails in a few years, at least Datang still has this princess, and Datang can still maintain peace for decades.

At least during the lifetime of this princess, nothing will happen to Datang.

Moreover, this princess is intelligent, benevolent, filial, and capable. Not to mention the increase in food production, she has also made various items such as soap, transparent glass, etc... It can be said that the only thing that makes Pei Xingjian feel a little regretful is the princess's gender.

If she was a man, even if he stood behind her, it would be no problem to help her ascend to the throne of God.

Such an emperor can definitely continue the demeanor of the former emperor and the current emperor, and let the Tang Dynasty continue to prosper.

……

The army set off, and a group of people embarked on a long march.

Since they were going to the north this time, there was no hardened road built there, so the speed of the army slowed down just after leaving the city.

Every time when this happens, Li Yuechen wants to complain about the road conditions in ancient times, it is really too troublesome.

No wonder things like flying towers, door-breaking hammers, and bed crossbows have to wait until they arrive at the place to assemble them. Otherwise, it’s impossible. It’s difficult to transport them in such road conditions if they are assembled in advance.

But the big problem now is that I still want to study cannons in the future. That thing is integrally formed, and it is impossible to assemble it at the place.

Sure enough, infrastructure is the key. It seems that after this battle is over, we still have to find a way to build infrastructure.

Don't expect to spread all over the country, if you can cultivate more than a dozen official roads in the country in your lifetime, you can be thankful.

Li Yuechen has other ideas, that is, if more than a dozen official roads across the country can be built into hardened roads, it will greatly improve Datang's communications.

Because at that time, the horse can be used instead of the hang glider to transmit the message, which is at least several times faster than the speed of the horse.

The flight of a hang glider does not necessarily have to fly down from a high place. It can also fly like a kite with a few horses running wildly.

Again, as long as you can catch the updraft in the air, you can theoretically fly for a whole day without coming down.

People in this era use exaggerated language to describe a good horse, and they often say that it makes a huge difference in a day.But if the hang gliding can be done, flying five or six hundred kilometers a day is really not a problem.

Li Yuechen, who was fantasizing, suddenly thought of a realistic question - how should pilots in this era be trained?
I used to play skydiving first, and then I went to hang gliding and wingsuit flying.

If you want to train hang gliding pilots in this era, you must first get out the parachute, and the premise is the hot air balloon...

Damn, thinking about it, it really is a long way to go... Li Yuechen shook his head helplessly.

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(End of this chapter)