Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 474
In the land of Weinan, mobilization meetings in various factories like smelters were held one after another. Sun Xiangfu's voice was already too dumb to speak at night, and the workers in various factories were also under his organization. Divided into infantry with chariots, crossbows, arrows, and standard weapons, and the most ordinary workers, peasants, and soldiers with their own tools as weapons.

Of course, it does not mean that these people will be taken to Chang'an to fight in the battlefield immediately after they are formed into soldiers. Starting tomorrow, they will receive simple formation training. Weapons are still being built, and when everyone starts to serve war equipment, the output is amazing.

Thousands of standard weapons can be produced in one night. As for the crossbows and chariots, many of them have been produced for storage. Now, they are also being produced urgently. There are tens of thousands of spares in stock. Now, we will speed up the production. It is estimated that after three days, there will be at least [-] crossbows. These crossbows are just equipped for the tens of thousands of workers in the crossbow making workshop, and they will all use them.

The production of various chariots has never stopped, because there are more than 2000 spares to be transported to Chang'an or border cities for defense, and there are many produced materials, and hundreds more can be assembled in an emergency.

Moreover, there are thousands of civilian-use carts in stock here, because this thing is very helpful for agricultural production. When it was launched this year, it has been well received by the people. Now, it is needed all over the country, and the production capacity of the factory is also increasing. It was very big. When Sun Xiangfu saw these thousands of scooters, he suddenly had a plan in his heart.

These workers, peasants and soldiers cannot be allowed to confront the Tubo cavalry with their swords. In this way, even if there are a million people, they will be smashed by the 20 Tubo cavalry. They must rely on a tight formation to fight a battle War with minimal losses.

Arrange the three-meter-long carts, load them with firewood and kerosene, and push them in the front row, which seems to be able to block the impact of the Tubo cavalry. After all, war horses are afraid of fire. If a large number of workers, peasants and soldiers are lined up behind these trains , using bows and arrows, or even throwing stones to kill the Tubo people, the effect should be good.

Therefore, ordinary workers, peasants and soldiers in the back row have to carry some fist-sized stones in their arms. When the time comes, people in the front row throw stones, and the people behind can pass them to the front row. The rain of stones can hurt more than the rain of bows and arrows. people.

Sun Xiangfu told all kinds of ideas and ideas to the officials in Weinan and the factory managers, and asked them to pass them on one by one, until he couldn't speak from his own throat, and then he was exhausted in the temporary place fell asleep.

In the early morning of the next day, Fang Xuanling in Chang'an received a report from the Weinan messenger who notified the information. After receiving the report, Fang Xuanling was overjoyed, and he didn't worry about why Sun Xiangfu suddenly returned to Guanzhong. The guards rushed to Weinan, anyway, Du Ruhui was in charge of dispatching the military affairs in Chang'an.

When Fang Xuanling came to Weinan at noon, the open spaces of the major factories, their respective team leaders, workshop directors, and even factory managers were training the workers to walk, turn, line up, and pass stones and firewood. Some adaptation, and soon proficient.

These things are simpler than their usual work. In fact, since they joined this large group atmosphere, they have begun to adapt to various simple behavioral requirements such as queuing and passing. As for the things Sun Xiangfu mentioned, as long as they are not The mentally handicapped can basically complete it.

Seeing these young and strong migrant workers neatly arranged in Weinan, Fang Xuanling suddenly felt that Sun Xiangfu's ideas did not seem crazy at all.

"The Prime Minister is here."

"Your voice, it's better to talk less!"

When Fang Xuanling heard Sun Xiangfu's voice, he could only feel bitterness, because the hoarseness was too thorough, if he was asked to continue speaking, he might be abolished.

Sun Xiangfu also knew that his voice should be rested, so he pushed the concept map drawn after getting up this morning to Fang Xuanling. In fact, all his conceptions of war can be understood at a glance just by looking at the picture.

Fang Xuanling took the blueprint on the table, and after looking at it, he narrowed his eyes.

The entire column of long-handled carts was lined up tightly, and the carts were filled with firewood, and they were divided into three directions, forcing the Turkic cavalry to the foot of Chang'an City. The people pushing the carts were all in armor. , Workers with heavy shields, after these workers are closely arrayed, those long spears and heavy shields stand up like hedgehogs.

Seeing this front-end formation, Fang Xuanling imagined a lot of pictures. With this formation against the enemy, unless the flames on the firewood carts such as the Tubo cavalry were burned out, they would not even be able to charge the formation, raging. The fire itself will burn more than ten feet high, and the long-handled cart is also more than ten feet long. This is a wall of fire that war horses cannot cross.

Behind the wall of fire is the hedgehog formation with long spears and heavy shields. With such two lines of defense, no matter what kind of arms it is, if you want to cross it, you need to ignore casualties.

And behind these two fronts, there are workers with continuous crossbows and longbows, the worst of which are ordinary migrant workers. Although they are equipped with short weapons that may not be used, they are mainly used for combat, but stones. The platoon will continuously pass stones into their hands, and they just need to shake off their arms and throw them on the battlefield.

After reading all the arrangements, Fang Xuanling felt that the 10,000+ Tubo army seemed nothing.

Then, he saw the problem listed below the drawing.

The first one is that there are not enough carts, and the formation of carts cannot be formed. If you want to surround the Tubo people under the city of Chang'an from three directions, you need at least tens of thousands of carts to line up. After all, a cart , only more than one meter wide, 10,000+ Tubo cavalry, 50 million horses, the area occupied is at least a few miles long and wide, and in one direction, it takes about seven or eight thousand, or even over ten thousand carts, while Weinan There are only about 1 carts here, even if all the workshops are used for work, and there is still a half of the gap.

The second is that there is not enough iron armor. There are tens of thousands of carts, and two people push each cart, and it takes 6 to [-] people. The iron armor in Weinan is only enough for these carts. In order to prevent the Tubo people from throwing their bows and arrows, The front row of heavy shield spearmen should also be equipped with iron armor. In a tight formation, the gap will be large.

The third is that there is not enough manpower. If you want to use such a tight formation to surround more than 20 Tubo cavalry, except for the Chang'an city wall, each of the other three sides must have a tight formation of at least seven or eight miles. Sun Xiangfu tried it out For one mile of land, there are about 1 people. In other words, there are 80 million people for one side alone, and more than 200 million people for three sides. In Weinan, even including female workers, there are only about 130 million people. , the gap is also nearly half short, and a certain number of manpower is needed on the city wall, which is a big problem.

The last point is how to get the Tubo cavalry to gather under the city of Chang'an. If they attack the city gates in all directions, then such a crowd tactics can at most encircle and kill the enemies on one wall, and such a large number of people are exposed to the battlefield, and then casualties The number of people is likely to be very large.

Although the idea is good, it is even more difficult to realize it. Fang Xuanling stared at the difficulties raised by Sun Xiangfu for a long time. However, from his eyes, what Sun Xiangfu saw was Thinking, that is to say, Fang Xuanling believes that these conditions are actually possible to achieve.

After a long time, Fang Xuanling's eyes showed a hint of determination, "The carts are actually enough. The people in more than a dozen counties around Chang'an have more than tens of thousands of farmers who bought carts this year. They will spend a few days All of them took refuge in Chang'an City, and the imperial court can requisition their carts, and return them new carts after the war is over."

Hearing what Fang Xuanling said, Sun Xiangfu's eyes lit up immediately. If the car formation can be formed, then at least [-]% of the problem will be solved. It will take at least one or two hours for a car of wood to burn out. Enough to decide the outcome of this war.

"Even if the iron armor is not enough, the difference is not too much. The arsenal in Chang'an City, plus the ones worn by the imperial army, there are at least 5 pairs of iron armor, and there are tens of thousands of sets of cotton armor that have been replaced before, plus the Weinan warehouse. There are tens of thousands of them, which are enough for the soldiers in the first two rows. As for the armor in the back row, the iron armor is actually useless at all, because it is impossible for us to let the Tubo people break through the formation of vehicles and gun shields, we only need to let them hold high Wooden boards can prevent casualties by blocking the arrows thrown by the Tubo cavalry, and, with those hard hats from your factory, it can also greatly prevent fatal injuries."

Fang Xuanling is worthy of being Fang Xuanling, his mind is really good, he pulled out all the armors of the defenders in the city, and gave them to the people who lined up outside the city. It can be used. When there was no iron armor in the Tang Dynasty, didn’t they still fight many wars? Moreover, the walls of Chang’an City were more than five feet high. It needs to be equipped with enough wooden shields to be able to defend, so the replacement arrangement has little effect.

"As for manpower, what we need most in Guanzhong is manpower. In Weinan, there are more than 130 million young men and women, including Chang'an. Residents in the city can at least mobilize hundreds of thousands, and there are 20 people in the surrounding area. People who have come to seek refuge in multiple counties can at least mobilize hundreds of thousands, more than 200 million people, which is enough."

The resident population of Chang'an City has already exceeded 150 million, and there are at least 100 million adults. Among them, there are more than 70 million young and middle-aged adults. As long as about half of these adults are mobilized, there are hundreds of thousands.

There are even more people living in more than 3 surrounding counties. Due to the large-scale relocation policy implemented this year, the population allocation in all counties in Guanzhong is very sufficient. There are at least 70 or 200 households in a county, and more than [-] counties , [-] million households, the number of adults is only a lot more than that in Chang'an, and the number of young and middle-aged people exceeds one million. If they are also mobilized, this is more than [-] million people.

What these people have to do is actually to pass stones and firewood to the people in the front row, to ensure the flames on the chariot formation, and to ensure that the people in the front row can attack the Tibetans. The basic condition is to have courage.

On this point, Sun Xiangfu feels that as long as he encourages it, it is actually not difficult, because the people in Guanzhong have a very strong sense of belonging to this country under Li Shimin's continuous popular offensive, and they don't want their good days to just begin. , is destroyed by others.

In the end, it was how to get the Tubo cavalry to gather under the city of Chang'an.

"If the old man, as the prime minister of the country, pretends to represent the Tang Dynasty, negotiates with Tubo, and invites the Tubo army to hold a grand covenant signing ceremony outside the Yanping Gate, do you think the Tubo army will gather in Yanping because of this? outside the door?"

"Ah, this..."

Even Sun Xiangfu's voice was hoarse, and when he heard Fang Xuanling's proposal, he couldn't help but let out an exclamation. Although this was a good strategy, it was Fang Xuanling himself who had to pay to implement it. Of course, the history books are written by the victors, and it can also be whitewashed as Fang Xuanling's strategy.

(End of this chapter)