Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 502
With Wu Yong, Shi Bao understood that Chai Lin didn't want to destroy Song State. After all, as a minister of Song, he could not destroy Song State himself, and the task of destroying Song State could only be handed over to Jin State.Moreover, the destruction of the Northern Song Dynasty by the Jin Dynasty is also inevitable in the development of history, and Chai Lin does not want to change this history.

Since this is the result, it is not suitable to take the initiative to attack, to develop silently, to wait for work at leisure, and to stop with silence.

If you can't take the initiative to attack, you will be passive. After all, you have to expand the army, from the original battalion system to the current military system.

The tone has been set, with three armies of heavy cavalry, the number of heavy cavalry expanded to 2000, assisted by 2000 light cavalry, and 1000 miscellaneous soldiers.Equivalent to the configuration of 5000 people.It can be said to be the most important thing.Heavy cavalry general Lin Chong of the first army, heavy cavalry general Sun An of the second army.Heavy cavalry General Qin Ming of the Three Armies.Moreover, the deputy generals of the heavy cavalry army are almost all fierce generals.

The two veteran light cavalry have also expanded. The first is the first light cavalry army, which now guards Liangzhou. It has developed from a single light cavalry to a combined army of heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and infantry. Liangzhou is surrounded by enemies, and there are not tens of thousands of people who can't hold on to Ben.

The Second Qingqi Army, General Shi Jin, expanded to 8000 people.The light cavalry uses prairie horses, which are rough and thick-skinned, resistant to roughage, and strong in endurance. They are a good choice for long-distance attacks now.

In the Qingqi army, Shi Bao is the chief general, and Deng Yuanjue is the deputy general.Originally, Chai Lin planned to arrange for Deng Yuanjue to go to the infantry, but he didn't want to go.The strength of the Qingqi army is relatively small, [-] light cavalry, and it will be increased in the future.

The Fourth Army of Qingqi, led by Yuan Lang, had [-] Qingqi soldiers.

A new infantry army was formed, named Tomahawk Army, led by Mi Sheng, with [-] infantry troops.

The original veteran infantry has undergone large-scale expansion, and the Hengdao Army led by Wu Song has expanded to 1 people.In addition to crossbows and steel arm crossbows, most of them are equipped with cart crossbows, small artillery, and firecrackers.

The Ruda sword and shield army has also expanded to 1 people, equipped with more small shields, short spears and hand crossbows.

The Bianxiang Mountain Army has 1 people. Although it is an infantry army, it is equipped with very advanced equipment, mainly short firecrackers, artillery, and bows and arrows.

Xie Bao and Qiao Daoqing formed a cavalry force of 5000 men, but it was located on Dead Leaf Island and was not made public.

Of course, Chailin's pro-army has also expanded, from 6000 to the current 1.Among them, there are 8000 firecrackers, 1000 Qingqi sentries, and 1000 artillery soldiers.

The army has increased, and everyone is very happy.

But Chai Lin, Wu Yong, and Zhu Wu were not happy.

Wu Yong said: "Generals, I want to pour cold water on you first. It doesn't mean that the combat effectiveness will increase when there are more soldiers. If the command is improper and the application is not good, it will become a burden. Learn about war in war and accumulate experience in war. Everyone should be good at learning. Work harder, there will be more soldiers, more people, and more horses. The logistics pressure will be too heavy, and the logistics pressure will also be greatly increased.

Not counting engineering soldiers now, our first-class soldiers have reached 12.Of course, tens of thousands of recruits were not assigned.Coupled with the engineering corps, it is already a team of 10,000+, and the monthly military salary expenditure is astronomical. "

All the generals nodded one after another. It is not a good thing to have too many soldiers. One is scheduling, and the other is consumption.

Chai Lin is very clear about the abilities of his own generals. Except for Lin Chong and Qin Ming who have experience in large-scale formations, the others are novices.Even Shi Bao and Deng Yuanjue are the same.Don't look at the tens of thousands of soldiers in Fangla's army, they are all nonsense, just tens of thousands of farmers with weapons.

So the most important thing now is to practice the formation of troops and march and set up camp.From veteran to recruit is not simply a few months of training, but at least a year or so of training.

Everyone dispersed, leaving only Chai Lin and the two military advisers.

Wu Yong pointed to Zengtou City and said: "When will this move? Now that the Kingdom of Jin has risen, it's time."

"If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move. If the enemy moves, we will move again. Let's keep it for now. What if the city of Zengtou is destroyed now, and the Kingdom of Jin doesn't go south?"

Chai Lin has long known that Zengtou City is an insider of the Jin Army, and when the Kingdom of Jin just started, Chaijiazhuang and the Kingdom of Jin traded through Zengtou City, and the two sides have a close relationship.

The entire army on Jingdong Road is in action. Even the engineering soldiers who have been working on engineering have conducted shutdown training. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that this is going to be a war, but as for who and when to fight, they don’t know. .

The veterans who participated in the battle received a lot of money and a lot of land deeds.The recruits only have [-] Wen a month, and each of them is looking forward to fighting, and they can also receive more rewards.

During this period of time, Cangzhou's government affairs were also very busy.

Now there are many workshops in Cangzhou, two large spinning mills and two large weaving factories.In addition, there are silk factories invested by businessmen from Suzhou and Hangzhou.

In the Cangzhou Weaving Factory alone, the cotton cloth woven by more than 1 female workers can be used by more than half of the people of the Song Dynasty.

Commercial and industrial tax revenues are ten times higher than before.

At the same time, the development of agriculture has exploded exponentially. The entire Cangzhou folk has more than 7 large livestock, mainly donkeys and cattle, and a small number of horses and mules.Grain production has doubled directly, and it has doubled without increasing the land area.

The main reason is the construction of canals, waterwheels, wells, etc., which facilitate water conservancy and increase the area of ​​land that can be irrigated.The promotion of new crops not only increased grain production, but also enabled the rapid development of poultry and livestock breeding industries.

The stock of pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks has more than tripled.

Almost [-]% of the rural households raise pigs and sheep, and even chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry.

The breeding firm has specialized in teaching the technology of fermenting and processing farmyard manure, and it took only three years to realize the sound development of breeding and planting.

In dozens of villages near Chaijiazhuang alone, as many as 50 pigs and sheep are slaughtered every year.

The Cangzhou Army has maintained the fine tradition of hard work, and insisted on growing vegetables, raising pigs, and raising sheep by themselves after training.Now you can not only eat rice, but also meat.

Almost all the warehouses of state capitals and county governments on Jingdong Road have burst.There are mountains of wheat, corn, soybeans, sorghum and other grains.

In the short term, there is no need to worry about food anymore.

The government issued a grain storage notice, and each rural family must store more than [-] catties of grain.

Everyone figured out their own way and started their brains.

Some are packed in sacks, some are packed in grain tanks, and some families have too much grain, and bundles of corn are hung under the eaves.Potatoes are piled in the woodshed, sweet potatoes are stored in the cellar, and the oil tank is full of cooking oil. The harvest scene is beyond imagination, and it can be said to be a prosperous age.

The number of births increases greatly every year, and each county has a Salesian Bureau for the adoption of orphans.

(End of this chapter)