Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 541
Chapter [-]

"General Chen, I'm afraid it won't be easy for [-] pacers to take Hebei?" Qu Tutong raised his gray beard, raised his eyebrows, and said, "You young people have the ambition to swallow thousands of miles. There is nothing wrong, but Hebei is where Dou Jiande started, and the people at the bottom are grateful to Dou Jiande for treating them well. In Hebei, our Tang Dynasty has no people to rely on! I don’t have many weapons and equipment, and there is not much food left..."

Chen Yingdao: "Insufficient equipment, insufficient food and grass, I will come up with a solution for these!"

Li Xiuning asked suspiciously, "What can you do?"

Chen Yingdao: "Your Highness, have you forgotten that my mother was born in the Hongnong Yang family, the former Sui Sikong, and the younger sister of King Ande!"

Only then did Li Xiuning remember that Chen Ying's mother was Yang Xiong's younger sister.Xin'an Cijian is not far from the Hongnong Yang family. With the strength of the Hongnong Yang family, if they are really willing to help Chen Ying, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of shi of grain can still be easily obtained.

Qu Tutong also lamented: "Young people are awesome!"

Chen Ying's plan for Hebei has been considered in every aspect. It is obviously not a whim, but a method that has been thought out after careful consideration.Originally, Qu Tutong thought that Hou Mochen's family had already fallen, but seeing Chen Ying, and Hou Mo Chen Xu who personally captured Wang Shichong alive at the risk of his own life, Qu Tutong understood at this time that Hou Mochen The day of Shi's recovery is just around the corner.

Of course, the most important thing is that Chen applied practical actions to prove that there is nothing worthwhile under the name.

Chen Ying acted quickly. First, he personally wrote a letter to Yang Gongren and Yang Rong, stating the current difficulties to them, and wanted Hongnong Yang's support.Zhou Qing had to deliver the letter in person, which also indicated that Chen should attach great importance to it.

Of course, the most important thing is the adjustment of the army.In the East Palace, the left and right Siyu rate and the left and right guard rate led to 24 Zhechong mansions, all of which were supplemented by young and strong captives. There are a total of [-] regiments in Zhechong Prefecture.Luo Shixin is the general of Xiaoqi, and Zhang Shigui is the deputy.

Chen Ying separated the Modao Army again, and the Modao Army had three prefectures and fifteen regiments under it.Take Zhang Huaiwei as General Modao, Zhang Anshi, Gao Feiyang, and Qin Yong as Captain Zhechong respectively.

The other is to reorganize the six or seven thousand refugees and miners under Liu Tong and Xunxiang's subordinates, and Beiwei Army has two Zhechong mansions and three thousand soldiers and horses under its jurisdiction.

In this way, Chen Ying has 27 Zhechong Mansions with 4000 troops under his command.It is true that at this time Chen should use the captives to expand his army by himself, so it will not be a problem.First of all, General Qu Tutong endorsed it, and Li Xiuning watched the whole process. Besides, Li Yuan wished that the more soldiers the better, if Chen Ying could really pull up an army of [-], it would be nothing but meritorious service.

Although the soldiers can be selected from the captured or surrendered Zheng army generals, however, there is no way to solve the problem with weapons.The cavalry cavalry of the 24 regiments of the six Zhechong Prefectures, that is, the hook-sickle cavalry, have enough horses, but the hook-sickle guns are short of two or three thousand pieces, and the hook-sickle guns are not indestructible. , even if the high-manganese steel Mo Dao or Heng Dao is used, it will also be damaged. Usually, Mo Dao needs to prepare one-tenth of it as a spare, and the Heng Dao is almost the same ratio. Wood is used as a pole, and the probability of breaking is greater, so you need to prepare [-]% spare parts.

But these armors are okay to talk about, but the Mo Dao and the hook and sickle gun can't solve this problem at all.After much deliberation, Chen Yingsi decided to transport a batch from the workshop in Qinglinli, Wannian County, Chang'an.After more than four months of production reserves, both the Mo knife and the high manganese steel horizontal knife should have a part of the quantity.

However, Qinglinli is more than [-] miles away from Xin'an, even if all of them are transported by horse-drawn carriage, it will take at least three days to take one back and forth.However, the efficiency of horse-drawn carriage transportation is too low.

Chen Ying vaguely remembered that during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Zu Chongzhi (the one who invented pi) developed a wheeled ship called a thousand-mile ship.Although it is a bit exaggerated to travel thousands of miles a day, it should be possible to travel five or six hundred miles a day. This kind of ship drives the wheeled ship forward by stepping on the pedals by manpower. come back.However, thanks to the fact that Chen Ying sent people to repair the ditch before, from Luoyang, Mengjindu can go directly to Qinglinli along the waterway. However, Chen Ying asked Guo Luo to send someone to notify Sun Jingchu.

When Sun Jingchu came to Cijian Tang Army camp, Chen Ying was having dinner with Li Xiuning, Sun Jingchu saluted and said: "Cao Min pays homage to His Highness Princess Pingyang, Your Highness Wanan!"

"No gift to be flattened!"

Li Xiuning smiled slightly.

In fact, Sun Jingchu also walked a single-plank bridge, there is no way out, and there are abyss on the left and right that can smash people to pieces.What he wanted was to take down the official errands for the water transport affairs promulgated by the imperial court and count them in the official transport system.Fortunately, Chen Ying won this battle, otherwise he wouldn't even have a place to cry.

Chen Ying said straight to the point: "Sun Huishou, I'm looking for you today, you want to borrow your water transport to help me transport a batch of supplies!"

Sun Jingchu bowed and said, "Jingchu takes the lead of the general!"

Chen Yingdao: "This is the best way. If this errand is done well, not only can the Heluo water affairs be handed over, but Her Royal Highness Princess Pingyang plans to reward a lord who is a captain of light vehicles!"

When Sun Jingchu heard this, his heart burst into ecstasy.Although the lords of the Tang Dynasty had no positions, no matter what they did, they just added officials.If there is no other authority, the lord can only receive a salary, but if the lord wants to enter an official and participate in politics, he must follow the regulations of family background and background.Although Sun Jingchu didn't have a family name, Hou Mochen should have one. In the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasties, the Hou Mochen family was the second-ranked family. Although the Sui Dynasty declined, the Hou Mochen family is at least the third-ranked. As a member of the Chen family, the highest one can commit himself to be a fifth-rank official.

Chen Yingdao: "The general will report to His Majesty soon. The planned construction of the Tang Dynasty Yellow River Fleet will require a large number of familiar boatmen and sailors. In my opinion, you should not worry about your status. Maybe you can do it. It’s not good enough, at least I’m working towards the goal of being able and meritorious. After President Sun completes the current task, I will entrust specific tasks.”

"Please rest assured, General, Sun Jingchu is willing to do his best for you," Sun Jingchu clasped his fists and saluted.

"You are wrong, you are serving for me, but for the Great Tang, for the imperial court!" Chen Ying corrected Sun Jingchu's phrasing and said with a soft smile: "This general now needs to go to Dongwannian County, Chang'an to clear There is a batch of goods being transported in the forest, this batch of goods is very urgent, and it will take up to two days to ship them back, what can you do??"

"This?" Sun Jingchu said with a wry smile: "Over 1000 miles back and forth in two days? This is too difficult!"

Hearing this, Li Xiuning couldn't help being disappointed.

Chen Ying looked at Sun Jingchu and knew that he must be playing tricks.

Because only when the great difficulties are mentioned, will his credit be highlighted.Chen Yingdao: "Is there a way to do it?"

Sun Jingchu said: "I don't know how much cargo the general needs to transport, and how much does it weigh?"

Chen Ying thought about it. He needed at least three thousand Mo Dao, which was 12 jin. If the weight of the packing box was included, it should be around 35 jin. More than 45 high-manganese steel horizontal knives, [-] catties, plus [-] pairs of high-manganese steel bright armor, a total of more than [-] catties, or about [-] tons.If there are up to two large trucks in later generations.These materials alone weighed [-] shi.If it is transported by horse-drawn carriage, even if it uses a four-wheeled heavy-duty carriage with a load of up to [-] shi, it will require nearly a hundred vehicles.

Chen Yingdao: "It won't be less than five thousand stones!"

Sun Jingchu said: "According to what I know, Zhang Zhongjian in Zhangjiabao, Qingshuiling, Wuzhi County has three [-]-fuel wheel ships!"

The ancient "material" is an ancient unit of measurement, and the ship material is the volume of a ship that can carry people and things.One material is ten cubic feet (Song or Ming feet).The load of a "material" volume depends on the specific gravity of the goods.One material is ten cubic feet (Song or Ming feet).The load of a "material" volume depends on the specific gravity of the goods.The ship material can be obtained by estimating the product of the ship's length, ship's breadth and tank depth.Generally speaking, there is a ratio of 1 material = 1 stone = 92.5 catties.Qianliao is probably a small boat with a load of about [-] tons in later generations.

Zhang Jingchu said: "You can go and ask Zhang Zhongjian to help the general transport the goods. He has three wheel ships and transports five thousand stones."

At this moment, Chen Ying suddenly felt that the name Zhang Zhongjian was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it. At this moment, Chen Ying suddenly realized.

Isn't Zhang Zhongjian one of the three heroes in the novels of later generations, the bearded man?
Chen Yingdao: "Is Zhang Zhongjian notoriously bad-tempered? Will he agree?"

Sun Jingchu said: "This... I really can't guarantee the humbleness, but if the general gives the humble three hundred soldiers, Zhang Zhongjian will definitely borrow a boat for the general to use!"

It is said that novels come from life. Although the bearded man is a character in the novel, but his kung fu is very high. Although there are a lot of three hundred soldiers and horses, he may be able to scare ordinary people, but he may not be able to scare the bearded man Zhang Zhongjian!In the novel, Zhang Zhongjian was originally the son of Zhang Jiling, the richest man in Yangzhou. When he was born, his father thought he was ugly and wanted to kill him.After being rescued, he studied as a slave in Kunlun. After he became successful, he wanted to set up an army to conquer the world. After seeing Li Jing, he felt ashamed. After seeing Li Shimin, he believed that the world would belong to Li Shimin. The guest gave the family property to Li Jing and his wife and left alone.

Every man has a martial arts dream.Of course, Chen Ying was no exception. Now that Chen Ying's army was on the right track, there was no need for Chen Ying to come forward for training, selection of soldiers, and reorganization. Instead, he wanted to meet this legendary bearded man.Of course, whether Zhang Zhongjian from Wuzhi County was the bearded man in the novel, Chen Ying really couldn't be sure.

Chen Ying thought for a while, looked at Li Xiuning with a smile and said, "Third...princess, this place is not too far from Wuling County, why don't we go to Wuzhi County and find Zhang Zhongjian!"

Li Xiuning thought about it, and felt this too.The battle of Datang was really miserable, there were wounded everywhere, and there was a bloody smell that made people want to vomit. To be honest, seeing these wounded soldiers screaming in pain, Li Xiuning didn't like it either.

Li Xiuning said: "That's fine!"

Chen Yingdao: "Go and prepare, we will go to Zhangjiabao, Qingfengling, Wuzhi County immediately!"

(End of this chapter)