MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 945 Prepare for battle

  Chapter 945 Fully Prepare for Battle

  At this time, the soldier in cold-forged armor shouted and started running, "Shoot!" The **** also gave the order to shoot.

  Twenty god-armed crossbows were launched together, and the twenty crossbow arrows shot out of the strings, and they shot powerfully at the soldiers who had rushed eighty steps away.

The black-armored soldier stopped running suddenly, swung his horse-cutting sword and slashed at the oncoming arrows. There was a flash of cold light, and seven arrows were slashed into the air, but thirteen crossbow arrows roared and shot at the armored soldier. On the body, many people couldn't bear to look at it any longer, and turned their heads away.

  The powerful crossbow arrows made the armored soldier take two steps back. A miracle happened at this moment. The arrows fell to the ground one after another, but none of them were nailed to the armor. The black armored soldier shouted and continued to run.

  The crowd suddenly cheered like thunder, and there was a loud applause.

  At this time, the soldier walked up to Li Yanqing, took off his helmet, and it was impressive that he was in charge of Guan Sheng, and many people exclaimed.

Li Yanqing smiled slightly and said: "General Guan is in command of the heavy armored infantry battalion from now on. , How far its military power can be expanded is in the hands of the princes."

  The craftsmen applauded warmly again, Guan Sheng bowed deeply to all the craftsmen, thanking them for the cold forging armor they made.

Leaving Armor Square, Li Yanqing came to the next-door bow and crossbow workshop. The bow and crossbow workshop occupies a larger area, and various large-scale siege equipment is also manufactured here. Li Yanqing does not lack bows and crossbows. The gods in his army There are more than 20,000 arm crossbows, and more than 100,000 ordinary army crossbows.

   What he lacks now are large-scale siege weapons, including large artillery and giant trebuchets. Now the craftsmen are making a super-giant trebuchet. There used to be three in Taiyuan City, but they didn't work.

Since the beginning of last year, Li Yanqing, who was still fighting in Taiyuan City at that time, ordered the craftsmen of Jingzhao Prefecture to start making the throwing rods needed for super giant trebuchets. This kind of throwing rods usually takes two to three years to complete, even with fast drying. It will take at least a year for the method, and the craftsmen have lived up to expectations and made hundreds of super long throwing rods in one year.

   Each throwing rod is eight feet long. The super-giant trebuchet made of this kind of throwing rod can throw a hundred catties of boulders 450 to 500 steps away. It is an absolute weapon for siege.

Li Yanqing requested to complete the production of fifty super-giant trebuchets before the end of February. Walking into the Gongnufang Square, more than a hundred craftsmen were busy installing the super-giant trebuchets. Li Yanqing said: "Currently forty-seven trebuchets have been manufactured. Due to the tight schedule required by the economic strategy, the large artillery can only be suspended. So far, only ten artillery pieces have been produced, and the subsequent thirty pieces have all been stopped."

  Li Yanqing nodded, "Ten cannons are enough, the key is the super giant trebuchet."

  Speaking of this, Li Yanqing pointed to the two super-giant trebuchets that had already been built in the distance and said: "Didn't I say that they should be disassembled and carried? Why do you have to assemble them?"

   "I don't know a little bit about it. The trebuchet must first be completed as a genuine product. After the test is correct, it will be disassembled and wrapped with oiled paper and cloth."

"I see!"

  Li Yanqing finally understood the necessary process for manufacturing trebuchets. He slowly walked in front of the two super giant trebuchets, looking up at the two behemoths, as if looking at two prehistoric dinosaurs, the two long throwing rods seemed to be their tails, and the two trebuchets were at least four feet high. Zhang, the four backbone supports are as thick as legs.

   "Now there are forty-seven, when will the three more be completed?" Li Yanqing asked the foreman in charge of the trebuchet.

  The foreman was an old man, and he replied respectfully: "I would like to report to the envoy, the materials we have prepared can still make eight trebuchets, three trebuchets can be completed within two days, and eight trebuchets can be completed within ten days."

  Li Yanqing nodded and said: "I will only make three, and the rest will be used as accessories. They can be replaced at any time when they are damaged. I suggest preparing more accessories."

   "The villain understands, we will go all out."

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Li Yanqing came to the barracks immediately after leaving the Military Weapons Department. After the military conference in October last year, the Jingzhao Army recruited another 120,000 new troops in Bashu, Shaanxi Road, and Hedong Road, bringing the total strength of the Western Army to 35. There were 10,000 people, of which the Jingzhao Army reached 280,000, becoming the veritable number one army of the Song Dynasty.

The Jingzhao Army has seven camps near Chang'an City, the largest of which is the Northwest Camp, with 50,000 troops stationed there. This camp has the best conditions, and the quality of the troops is also the highest. They are all veterans. veteran.

The main general of this barracks is Wang Gui. After Wang Gui returned to normal on Chengdu Fu Road, he handed over the command of the army to Tang Huai. The smooth progress of the sales system is actually to firmly control the three roads of Bashu.

  Bashu 3rd Route is the Northwest Army’s source of military expenditure and food, which is very common. After learning the lesson of Zeng Xiulin’s plan to cut off military expenditure, Li Yanqing decided to send troops to Bashu 3rd Route to ensure that the Northwest Army’s source of military expenditure and supplies would not be cut off.

At this time, Wang Gui led more than a dozen generals to greet him. Li Yanqing got off his horse in front of the barracks, and said with a smile to everyone, "I'm the one in charge of the army, okay? Now it's like I'm a guest, but I still want to come." meet."

  Everyone laughed, and Wang Gui muttered in a low voice: "If you don't come to greet us, the governor will say that we have no boss."

  Among the generals in the army, only Wang Gui dared to say that. Li Yanqing laughed dumbfounded, and punched him in the shoulder, "Let's go! You have the most opinions."

The crowd surrounded Li Yanqing and walked quickly into the barracks. A lively atmosphere rushed over them. On the vast training field, there were at least 20,000 soldiers training. They did not train together, but were divided into five groups. At this time, Li Yanqing was attracted by the training in the southwest corner, where three thousand soldiers were training sword skills in formation.

  Guan Sheng, who came back from Jiajiafang in the morning, was the first to stand, leading the soldiers to practice sword skills.

  At this time, Wang Gui whispered to Li Yanqing, "They are practicing the sword fighting skills of the master."

  Li Yanqing also noticed that it was a saber technique taught to them by their master Zhou Tong. There were only 18 moves, very simple and practical, suitable for fighting on the battlefield.

  Zhou Tong was the Tianzihao coach of the 800,000 forbidden army in Tokyo, and Guan Sheng was also a general of the forbidden army. It is completely normal for him to learn this set of sword skills from Zhou Tong.

Li Yanqing walked forward slowly. This 3,000-man army was formed by him only last October. It is called the Heavy Armored Infantry Battalion. The 3,000 soldiers were selected from the 200,000-strong army. Feet, full of strength, only a burly frame can support the heavy cold-forged armor and the thirty-pound horse-killing sword.

At present, 1,000 soldiers have put on cold-forged armor, becoming the first batch of heavy armored infantry, but the other 2,000 soldiers also have heavy armor. Compared with the cold-forged armor made now, firstly, it is slightly aged, and secondly, its protective effect is also weaker. Of course, compared with ordinary armor, it is still quite powerful, and even a god-arm crossbow cannot penetrate it from a hundred steps away.

  Wang Gui was peeping at Li Yanqing's face, seeing that Li Yanqing was about to speak, he hurriedly said: "Dutong, we have agreed that this heavy armored infantry will be in command of me, you are not allowed to change your mind."

"You kid is greedy, you want the cavalry, you want the **** arm crossbow army, and now the heavy armored infantry battalion also wants to take it, believe it or not, the other lieutenants have all heard what you said, sure I will fight for you."

Wang Gui is General Long Xiangwei of the Jingzhao Army, with 50,000 people under his command, Cao Meng and Gao Chong as his lieutenants, Liu Kai is General Hubenwei, with 50,000 people under his command, and Yang Zaixing and Liu Tie as his lieutenants. There are also Wu Jie's Leopard Guard, Liu Ziyu's Flying Bear Guard, Cao Xing's Ying Yang Guard, Tang Huai's Wu De Guard, and finally Li Yanqing's Tian Ce Guard.

  Cao Xing's Yingyang Guard is the Xinbing Guard, with the largest number of 80,000 soldiers, who are in charge of Jingzhao Mansion, and Tang Huai's Wu Dewei is in Bashu.

  As for the Tiance Guard under Li Yanqing's direct control, it is composed of an intelligence battalion, a women's battalion, and a firearms battalion, with a total of 20,000 people. Now Li Yanqing plans to include the heavy armored infantry battalion in the Tiance Guard.

  Wang Gui also knew that he was a little greedy. The heavy armored infantry is a special army, and it can't be placed in any guard, but can only be placed in Tiance Guard.

  He had no choice but to say in a low voice: "I have no objection to putting it in Tian Cewei, but it won't work in other guards."

   "Of course it's up to Tiance Guard. If you need it, you must submit an application, and I can approve it as appropriate."

  At this time, Wang Gui asked again in a low voice: "Dutong, when is the Northern Expedition?"

  Li Yanqing pondered for a while and said: "In half a month, it will be officially announced to the states tomorrow, and the mobilization of civilians will start in five days. You should also actively prepare for it."

  Wang Gui quickly calculated the time, "That's the Northern Expedition on the second day of March, right!"

   "On the first day of March, the official northern expedition has been approved by the government at this time!"

  (end of this chapter)