Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 52 Bloody Battle Flag

Chen Ying originally thought that embezzling the taxes and taxes in the treasury of Xi County would perfectly solve the problem of insufficient armor and weapons, but when he searched the whole city, he almost smashed the iron pot, and he only got more than three thousand catties in total. iron.

The more than [-] catties of iron also included the weapons and armor of the rebels captured on the battlefield, otherwise the gap would be even bigger.But this is only iron, not steel. If you make a weapon, you need to consume [-]% of the iron material, which means that it is less than two thousand catties that can be actually used.To make Mingguang armor, there are no more than a hundred pairs at most, and if it is made to make horizontal knives, it is only more than two hundred handles.

In fact, Chen Ying thought a little too ideally.This era is no better than later generations. Even in the Tang Dynasty at the peak of its national power at the beginning of the Kaiyuan period, the country’s steel output was only ten million catties. Ten million catties sounds like a lot, but it is only five thousand tons. Even a small steel black workshop in later generations , The monthly output is definitely more than this number.

According to the Tang army system, the four main types of arms are spears, sword shields, crossbows, and light cavalry. With Chen Ying's current five regiments fully organized, nearly [-] horizontal knives, [-] sets of armor, and [-] sets of armor need to be supplemented. There are only spears and spears, and at least four hundred shields are needed.However, in fact, no matter how the three thousand catties of iron are deployed, it is far from enough to meet the needs.

Just when Chen Ying was at a loss, he suddenly saw a dark-skinned blacksmith who was over half a century old, with the help of two apprentices, swung a sledgehammer and forged it on the steel billet, knocking on the billet randomly. , the billet gradually took shape, and Chen Ying was stunned for a moment.

I saw that the billet made by this blacksmith was rectangular, with an arch in the middle, curved sides, a flat front end and a round back end.

Chen Ying was inexplicably surprised, what is this thing?
Although Chen Ying is not an expert in ancient weapons, and he can't name the eighteen types of weapons, he can be sure that this steel billet is definitely not any of the eighteen types of weapons.

The blacksmith slapped his forehead with a big slap, and said angrily: "Oh, look at my brain, I usually beat it smoothly, but I accidentally beat it into a hoe again!"

"and many more!"

Chen Ying instantly thought of a solution to the problem.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Shizhu Chieftain Ma Qiancheng and Qin Liangyu's couple recruited the children of Shizhu's hometown and formed a military force with great military exploits, named "White Soldier". The soldiers suffered heavy losses and became famous all over the world.In fact, when Ma Qiancheng formed the white-armed soldiers, it was also because he had no money to build a well-armored army, so he could only use local materials for cheap.

Ordinary long spears only need four taels of iron as the blade. Although it is cheap, the power of the long spear is not high. When encountering well-equipped armor or heavy troops, they can only stare blankly.Equipped with spears with weak lethality, the price is too expensive, but in the middle is the hook and sickle spear of the white soldiers.

According to legend, white pole soldiers use hard white wood as their pole, equipped with a hook with a blade, and a hard iron ring underneath. When fighting, the hook can be cut and pulled, and the ring can be used as a hammer weapon. When necessary, dozens of spears hook When the rings are connected, it can be used as a tool for climbing over mountains and walls, and cliffs can be climbed in an instant, which is very suitable for mountain warfare.

I am about to enter Shizhou to quell the rebellion. Shizhou is the Jianmen Pass of later generations. The land of Shu is mountainous. Using a white hook and sickle gun as a standard weapon is the best equipment.

Originally, Wei Wenzhong was still having a headache, how to get steel to make armor and weapons, this idiot blacksmith actually hit a hoe, Wei Wenzhong was about to lose his temper.

Chen Ying suddenly grabbed Wei Wenzhong's hand and said, "What's your name?"

Although the black blacksmith is a lowly blacksmith, he has good eyesight. Although he doesn't know what official position Chen Ying is in, he can tell that Chen Ying is of extraordinary status by looking at the attitude of everyone towards Chen Ying.

The blacksmith said repeatedly to Chen Ying: "The little old man's name is Hu Gou Cun!"

"Hu Gou stick!" Chen Ying almost choked on his own saliva when he heard this name. He wanted to laugh but was afraid that this Hu Gou stick would be embarrassing. Said: "How did you choose such a name?"

Hu Gou stick is probably used to it, but he said very calmly: "My father took my mother to flee the famine to beg for food. When my mother gave birth to me, she had a dog-beating stick in her hand, so my father gave me a name. dog stick."

Chen Yingdao: "I will change your name to you, general. Mencius said: "A king is like a benevolent government to the people, saves punishment, reduces taxes, and cultivates deeply. The strong man spends his spare time cultivating his filial piety, loyalty and trust, and enters the world. Serve his father and brother, and serve his superiors, so that he can make a stiletto to attack the strong soldiers of Qin and Chu. The stick is the soldier of the poor, and the dog is as good as the dog, and the same guard. From now on, you will be called Hu Weibing!"

Hu Goubang knelt on the ground and said happily: "Hu Weibing, thank you General for giving me your name!"

"Get up!"

"Yes!"

"How's your craft?"

"It's not that the little old man is boasting. There is no one in this ten miles and eight villages better than my old Hu..." The freshly baked Hu Weibing closed his mouth in embarrassment.

"Will the hook and sickle gun be built?"

"This..." Hu Weibing became embarrassed.

In fact, it is not surprising that Hu Weibing has never heard of the hook-sickle gun. In fact, the hook-sickle gun is a weapon derived from the development of the ancient halberd, and it began to achieve great success in the Song Dynasty.

Chen Ying recalled the appearance of the hooked sickle gun, found a slender strip from the charcoal, filled it with a pencil, and then found a piece of paper to draw the shape of the hooked sickle gun.Of course, Chen Ying is not a professional painter, and the hook and sickle spear he drew is also horrible, but he can still see the general outline.

Although Hu Weibing has no education, but his head is very smart. He only spent half a day thinking about it and built the hook and sickle gun that Chen Ying wanted. The head only needs 26 taels of iron. Relying on the existing iron materials, more than a thousand can be made, which can barely solve the urgent need.

Barely solving the equipment problem, Chen Ying began to gather troops for lectures.

The veterans of Xun Er's Mansion, which was already full, were extremely happy. They didn't feel the tension before the war.Now you don't have to be a short officer anymore.Chen should assign these new recruits to the various regiments. Originally, there were only four regiments in the Xuner Mansion, but now they have formed five regiments: Xunyi, Xuner, Xunsan, Shesheng, and Yueqi. The brigade has 300 people, plus the personal army, the whole army has 570 people.

Chen Ying cleared his throat and said: "Soldiers, you have also seen the rebel bandits, they are all a group of deranged bastards, they will not let go of a newborn baby, there is nothing to say, if they meet bandits, they will kill their mothers! "

"Cut his mother!"

All the soldiers shouted in unison.

Especially for these recruits, they are all native aborigines in their hometown. Because of this rebellion, they destroyed the homeland they depended on for survival. They have a deep-seated hatred for the rebels.

"but……"

Chen Ying's drawn-out voice suddenly rose an octave: "We're here to suppress the rebellion, not to die, so we'll have some fun with my mother and train well. Don't just have diarrhea when you're in battle..."

Outside Xixian City, more than 12 soldiers held white poles and started intense training.Chen Ying didn't even know that his unintentional move created the only iron-blooded army in mountain warfare in the Tang Dynasty. Twelve years later, when Tubo invaded the Tang Dynasty, this white-armed army galloped five hundred miles in three days and nights, setting a new record. The records of the rapid march in this era, and then without a rest, went directly into the battle, won all twelve battles, and defeated the Tubo army in twelve formations in a row. Since then, the Tubo army has seen the bloody battle flag and fled.

Seven days later, on October [-]th, the first year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, more than [-] hooked and sickle spears were completed, and Chen Ying handed over the batch of hooked sickle spears to the soldiers.Outside the city of Xixian County, more than [-] soldiers and soldiers carrying dry rations for the seven-day march were ready to go.

Chen Ying stood in front of the army, and Liang Zan brought the cattle and sheep in front of Chen Ying, and asked Chen Ying to cut three animals to sacrifice to the flag.

At this moment, an ox cart slowly stepped out of the city gate.A corpse covered with a white cloth was pulled on the bullock cart.Chen Ying stepped forward and asked, "What's going on?"

The woman driving the car was dressed in filial piety, with a sad look on her face.

Liang Zan walked up to Chen Ying and said, "General, the auspicious time is almost over, if you miss the auspicious time, the heavens will blame you!"

Chen Ying pushed Ryazan away.

The filial woman choked up and said: "My husband, he didn't make it through!"

Chen Ying lifted the white cloth from the corpse, and the filial piety woman's eyes flashed with overwhelming hatred.

The Chinese pay attention to the death of the human being, and disturbing the dead is a sworn enemy.

If Chen Ying hadn't been a great general, I'm afraid this woman would have come up to fight Chen Ying desperately, under the puzzled eyes of everyone.

Chen Ying slowly pulled out the horizontal knife, and cut a cut in the palm of his hand. The blood dripped onto the white cloth, showing a bright red color.

Chen Ying yelled: "I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood, and the blood debt must be repaid with blood!"

Seeing this, Liang Zan drew out the dagger, slashed across the palm of his hand and shouted, "I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood, the blood debt must be repaid with blood!"

Duan Zhigan, the lieutenant of Xunyi Regiment, also yelled: "I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood, and the blood debt needs to be repaid with blood."

"I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood, the blood debt must be repaid with blood"

More than [-] soldiers shouted this slogan, and the white shroud had turned into a bloody battle flag.

This bloody battle flag without a letter on it flutters in the wind,

Chen Ying led more than [-] soldiers and rushed towards Shizhou City with resolute steps.

(End of this chapter)