"I remember Wang Zhujun said that when he was in Yan State, he once formed a legion and almost became a military soul legion?" Zhao Kuo suddenly thought.
"Yes, because at that time Yan State already had strong troops from Liaodong for close combat, so the general established a long-range attack crossbow corps. The original plan was to destroy Qi State, swallow up Qi State's national destiny, and achieve the soul of the army. As a result,
In the end, the success fell short." Le Yi was a little disappointed.
With the support of King Yan Zhao, he spent five years conquering more than 70 cities in Qi. In the end, only two cities were left, but they were removed. Not only did he fail to achieve the military spirit, he also destroyed all the cities.
All the cities were returned to Qi.
"This king wants to re-establish it." Zhao Kuo said.
Le Yi's eyes lit up and he bowed solemnly: "General, I would like to thank you, Your Majesty."
"Let's call it Shesheng Camp, with a total strength of ten thousand." Zhao Kuo said.
He didn't know the name of Le Yi's previous legion, and he didn't plan to use the previous name. Those things were in the past, and they would naturally use the new name when they arrived in Zhao Kingdom.
And the name Shesheng Camp sounds better too.
"No." Le Yi said loudly, feeling full of strength.
When he was in the Yan Kingdom, the full strength of the army was only five thousand, and Zhao Kuo trusted him more than King Zhao of Yan.
Zhao Kuo looked at Lian Po again: "I plan to use Lord Duwu as my general and select adult men from Zhao who are eight feet tall or taller to form a black armor army. They will all be equipped with large shields, heavy armor, and wield sabers. The total number will be six thousand.
What do you think, Mr. Duwu?"
The Xuanjia Army is the heavy infantry formed by Zhao Kuo by copying the Qin State's Black Armor Army.
There is a saying that it is better for me to copy the people of the world than to let the people of the world copy me.
Just use the good things, just like the management system of the Qin State's workshop. Zhao Kuo didn't mind picking off people's wisdom at all, and Qin State couldn't do anything to him anyway.
When Qin saw Zhao's identical Xuanjia army, his eyes lit up and his kidneys ached with nausea.
It is said that Zhao Kuo originally wanted to form a heavy cavalry. After all, the impact of that thing was the best in ancient times. It was like a tank on the battlefield and no one could stop it.
But Zhao State really does not have that many good horses.
Zhao's war horses are Mongolian horses from later generations. Their advantages are fast speed, strong endurance, and can be used in harsh environments.
The disadvantages are its petite size and low load capacity.
The total weight of a heavy cavalryman's vest is about one hundred kilograms, plus the weight of the cavalry and the weight of the cavalry's armor and weapons.
The total weight is at least three hundred kilograms.
Such a huge weight can only be endured by the best and even the most powerful horses.
Moreover, one person needs two horses or one person has three horses. In other words, a heavy cavalry of 6,000 people requires at least 12,000 top-quality war horses.
The whole country of Zhao is a horse breeding land, and there is no shortage of war horses. It is still possible to gather so many of the best war horses.
But these war horses must be given priority to Zhao Feiqi!
No matter how important the heavy cavalry is, it is not as important as Zhao Feiqi.
In other words, even if they were more important than Zhao Feiqi, they would not be able to give them Zhao Feiqi's war horse, and Zhao Feiqi was not willing to do so either.
Therefore, Zhao Kuo could only form heavy infantry.
As for the heavy cavalry, let’s talk about it later.
"No." Lian Po said excitedly.
During the Shangdang War, he had dreamed of leading an army like the Black Armored Army to rampage on the battlefield. Unexpectedly, it actually came true today.
Although the number was only 6,000, which seemed to be 4,000 less than Le Yi's Shesheng Battalion, Lian Po did not have any grudges in his heart, because the cost of heavy infantry was much higher than that of the Shesheng Battalion.
A heavy armor plus weapons, if other weapons were made, would be enough to arm 20,000 to 30,000 people. However, in the heavy infantry, there was only enough for 6,000 people, and tall and strong men had to be selected.
"This time our Zhao State will recruit a total of 50,000 troops. After excluding the Shesheng Battalion and the Xuanjia Army, the remaining 34,000 soldiers will be handed over to General Pang Nuan for training." Zhao Kuo looked at Pang Nuan.
Tian Dan and Wei Qi are still responsible for the household registration of the people. It is impossible to handle it this year, so the matter of military training can only be left to Pang Nuan.
"No." Pang Nuan said, cupping his fists.
"Your Majesty, as for the equipment..." Lian Po said eagerly, and Le Yi also looked at Zhao Kuo.
Both the Shesheng Battalion and the Xuanjia Army need equipment. Without equipment, let alone fighting, the training effect will be much worse. Lian Po and Le Yi want to get the equipment as soon as possible.
"It's being built, why don't the three generals and me go to the workshop and have a look? If you have any requests, you can directly ask the workshop." Zhao Kuo said.
"The general has this intention," Le Yi said.
…
Zhao Kuo now has a total of four teams of craftsmen, one is the Mohist team headed by Mo Feng, who is also practicing Mohist thought while studying technology.
The second one is the descendants of Lu Ban, who defected from Chu to Zhao not long ago. Their technology is not inferior to that of the Mohists, but they do not learn Mohist ideas, they just study technology purely, and they were despised by the Mohists for a long time.
The third inner palace workshop has now been moved to the Zhangshui River outside the city, and its scale has expanded nearly ten times. There are thousands of craftsmen alone, and with some handymen, there are more than 10,000 people.
Last month, a craftsman named Xu Da improved the blast furnace, which further increased the temperature in the furnace and made the ironware harder.
Zhao Kuo immediately ordered that Xu Daxia be given the title of doctor and a reward of 300 acres of farmland to encourage craftsmen to invent and create.
The last team of craftsmen were craftsmen from Wuyang City, who were craftsmen from Yan State. Although they were also under the jurisdiction of the inner government, Zhao Kuo did not let them move to Handan.
On the one hand, Wuyang City has complete industrial facilities, so there is no need to relocate. On the other hand, it is also to compete with Handan workshops.
Even if it is state-owned, it is not a good thing for one company to dominate.
"Your Majesty, I hope you, Lord Du Wu, and General Pang Nuan, why are you here?" Zhao Zhu, the person in charge of the workshop, got the news and quickly led a few people out to greet him, saying in surprise.
"I will come here with three generals to take a look." Zhao Kuo said with a smile and walked directly inside, quite like leading a surprise inspection.
Zhao Zhu did not stop him, but followed Zhao Kuo closely, fearing that something would go wrong.
As soon as he entered the workshop, Zhao Kuo felt an overwhelming wave of heat, hitting his face like a flame, and his cheeks were burning with pain.
Zhao Kuo saw a craftsman near the gate wielding a sledgehammer and striking iron sheets, presumably making scales on the armor.
Because his back was to the door, the craftsman did not see Zhao Kuo and others, but they continued to forge. The muscles of their arms bulged high, they were extremely powerful and skillful, and every strike was with the same intensity.
The Warring States Period was in the transitional stage from bronze to iron. Although various countries were able to smelt steel, due to imperfect technological processes, the performance of the iron weapons could not completely surpass that of bronze weapons.
On the other hand, copper smelting technology has reached its peak after thousands of years of advancement, and is much less difficult than iron weapons.
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It takes enough time to make one iron weapon to make two bronze weapons, and the price/performance ratio is not as good as bronze weapons.
Therefore, even if countries can make iron weapons, they still mainly use bronze weapons.
For example, in Zhao State, most of the weapons were copper weapons, and only a few were iron weapons.
However, Zhao Kuo knew that iron weapons would definitely become mainstream in the future, and it would not be long, because the current iron smelting technology is already very mature, but not perfect enough.
So Zhao Kuo ordered that instead of making new bronze weapons, he would make iron weapons instead.
Since the process flow is not perfect enough, then build more, practice makes perfect, and it will naturally become perfect over time.
The craftsmen don't have any objections. Anyway, you give me the money and I'll do the work. Just take it if you have the money.
