A thousand sets of horseshoes were delivered to Zhou Yafu, and at the same time, dozens of craftsmen who had mastered the skills of nailing horseshoes were also handed over.
Zhou Yafu suddenly bowed and said, "My lord, I have an unkind request. Please agree to it!"
Liu Che quickly helped Zhou Yafu up and said with a smile: "Captain, please speak frankly. You can do anything alone!"
Zhou Yafu bowed and said: "I heard that the minister of the family, the family official Ju Meng, is Luoyang's 'virtuous and promising hero'... Therefore, I have the effrontery to loan this person to my family!"
When Liu Che heard this, he agreed without even thinking about it.
Even if Zhou Yafu didn't mention this matter, Liu Che would find ways to send Ju Meng to the front line.
Of course, Zhou Yafu’s idea of a ‘virtuous hero’ is similar to the ‘vibrant non-governmental organizations’ of later generations.
Zhou Yafu was very happy when he heard this.
With Ju Meng's help, we will have greater confidence in suppressing the rebellion!
the reason is simple.
Whether it is the Han army or the Wu-Chu coalition.
In fact, I don’t know much about the area east of Luoyang.
It may not be clear where there are trails, where there are rivers, and where the water is not deep enough for swimming.
Even if you get to the local area and find someone to act as a guide, you may not know everything.
Only the rangers who wandered around after eating all day and having nothing to do knew it.
Secondly, folk knight-errants have always been active participants in all wars since the late Qin Dynasty.
Rangers can serve as scouts, conduct detailed operations, go deep into enemy-occupied areas, and engage in many tasks such as reconnaissance and sabotage.
As a member of a family of generals, Zhou Yafu naturally understands the importance of knowing yourself and your enemy.
Ju Meng is the general leader of the Luoyang Rangers and has a high reputation in Luoyang.
It is no exaggeration to say that with Jumeng, almost all the rangers east of Luoyang can be controlled, which will bring unexpected convenience to the subsequent military operations.
Therefore, the emperor Liu Qi appointed Ju Meng as the captain of Fengche and accompanied Zhou Yafu on the expedition.
Liu Che was naturally very happy!
Captain Fengche, even in name only, means that for the first time, he can extend his hands into the army and the court in an open and honest manner. In the future, he can use the name of Ju Meng to cultivate talents in the army.
power. He can even conduct some research that he did not dare to conduct in the past for fear of violating taboos.
For example, the improvement of the bed crossbow and the research on armor such as Mingguang armor and fish scale armor.
Because Captain Fengche has such power!
As a trusted military attache around the emperor, this position occupied an important position in the royal military system of the Han Dynasty. You can understand it as the commander of the 8341 unit of the later dynasty. He was generally responsible for the emperor's security work.
For example, after Huo Qubing died and his only son died in infancy, he held the position of Captain of Fengche.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of Ju Meng being appointed as the Captain of Fengche and accompanying the army on the expedition, Liu Che took the opportunity to propose sending his crown prince's guards to the front line.
The reason is naturally under the guise of serving the country.
But in reality, he wanted his guards to exercise and see blood.
Liu Che knew very well that this rebellion by the King of Wu was probably the largest war in the past ten years and represented the most advanced art of warfare in the contemporary era.
After suppressing Liu Bi, the Han Dynasty will enter a period of peaceful farming for more than ten years.
Don't take advantage of this opportunity to let your men see the world and prepare for training a new type of officers in the future.
I'm afraid I won't have this opportunity again in the future.
And for a unit that has not been tested in actual combat, no matter how boastful it is, it is actually just a show.
Emperor Liu Qi was indifferent to Liu Che's request.
The total number of Liu Che's prince guards is only 300. Even if they are all sent to the front line, they will be like a drop of water falling into the sea and disappear in an instant.
Besides, it is impossible to send them all out.
At most, there are about a hundred people.
Therefore, Emperor Liu Qi nodded slightly and agreed to such a trivial matter.
Liu Che was extremely happy.
When sending guards to the front line, Liu Che actually knew that they would not really go into battle and charge, and they would definitely be treated as giant pandas and protected in the Chinese army's tent, as Zhou Yafu's personal guards.
However, this is equivalent to placing a battlefield observation group next to Zhou Yafu.
When they come back, they will summarize what they saw on the battlefield and the gains and losses in the battle between the two armies, and then continue to deduce it.
Given time, it may not be possible to develop a capable staff team.
For Liu Che, this is what he values.
Therefore, he immediately decided to send out all his guys with some military talents and mix them among the more than one hundred and two hundred guards accompanying the army. While observing the changes on the battlefield, he would learn from famous generals like Zhou Yafu.
There are not many such good learning and exercise opportunities!
Well, Yi Zong and his friends, as well as Gongsun He, Gu Zhenrou, etc., who have been idle, can all be sent up!
In the future, perhaps, a group of generals or something can be emerged from these people!
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At this time, Thorny Wall City was in a scene of solemn murder.
The combined Wu and Chu troops, numbering as many as 100,000, surrounded Jibi.
In just one day of siege, the Thornbi defenders had killed hundreds of people and injured nearly a thousand people. As for the casualties of the people, there has been no statistics yet.
The general who defended Jibi City was Zhang Yu, a close confidant of King Liu Wu of Liang.
At this moment, Zhang Yu stood at the top of Jibi City, looking at the endless Wu Chu camp outside the city, and the muscles on his face were tight.
Five days ago, after hearing the news that King Wu had launched an army to rebel, he was immediately appointed by Liu Wu as the defender of Jibi City. He led three thousand Liang troops to station in Jibi. At the same time, he began to prepare for war, strengthen the city walls, and prepare for the attack.
They used arrows, bricks, stones and firewood to defend the city, and even sent people to set fire to the woods outside the city.
This was to prevent the rebels from obtaining raw materials for siege equipment on the spot.
However, now...
Zhang Yu stared at the dozens of huge nest carts and dozens of ladder trucks outside the city, throwing the carts away, and his heart sank to the bottom of the water little by little.
Obviously, all these siege equipment were transported from other places by the Wu army.
But look at yourself.
Although for more than 20 years, Liang Guo continued to prepare for war.
But there are not many bed crossbows, which are the key to defending the city.
The entire Thornbill City is only equipped with five bed crossbows, two of which are no longer functional due to disrepair.
In other words, now, the defenders on the city can only rely on the three bed crossbows to carry out long-distance attacks on the rebels.
Other Yaksha Lei, Semen Knives, etc. can only be used at close range.
At this time, in the Wu Chu army formation in the distance, a huge cart was pushed out of the position.
Zhang Yu knew very well about siege equipment such as throwing carts.
A throwing cart can throw a flying stone weighing twelve kilograms or even twenty kilograms into a city three hundred steps away. Those who are hit, even houses with solid masonry structures, can be thrown out.
Come to a hole.
If it hits someone, they will be shattered into pieces immediately!
Therefore, if you want to curb car dumping, you can only rely on bed crossbow.
Only the bed crossbow, a strategic weapon that can destroy carts at a distance of 500 or even 800 steps, can contain the enemy's carts.
However, the accuracy of the bed crossbow is a joke.
Usually if three arrows can hit one target, it is the old man's blessing.
Fortunately, the accuracy of the throwing cart on the opposite side is even worse. Even the throwing cart itself does not know where the flying rocks will fly.
Yes. Under normal circumstances, the bed crossbow will have the advantage when shooting against the cart.
Relying on the accuracy that is better than the other party, slowly name and clean up bit by bit.
However, now, there are only three bed crossbows in the entire Spiny Wall, which is not enough to suppress the opponent's throwing carts.
Therefore, Wu Chu had the advantage in this duel.
If it weren't for the fact that Ji Bi's bed crossbows were lucky enough and none of them had been destroyed by throwing the crossbow so far, then Ji Bi should consider whether he should retain his strength and not shoot against Wu Chu.
Bang bang bang!
Dozens of flying stones fell from the sky and landed on the top of Jibi's city or in the city.
Zhang Yu saw with his own eyes that several civilians who were carrying a piece of wood to the top of the city were knocked down on the spot by a flying stone. The strong impact of the flying stone directly knocked the wood down from the top of the city. As for those
The two civilian husbands who had been hit by flying stones were lying on the top of the city with their internal organs spilled all over the ground. As for the rest, they were rolling all over the ground.
After receiving the order, under the control of the soldiers, the winches of the three bed crossbows began to rotate, and then turned to aim at the throwing vehicles in the distance.
Whoosh whoosh!
A huge arrow shot out.
This time, I was very lucky. A huge arrow directly hit one of the rebels' throwing carts, instantly causing the entire wooden equipment to fall apart with a crash.
"Good!" Zhang Yu loudly praised: "Good shot!"
He was about to step forward to encourage the soldier who was controlling the crossbow to accurately hit the enemy's cart, but he only heard another whistling sound in the sky.
As he watched, a huge boulder flew from nowhere and hit the place where the bed crossbow was.
The flying boulders, under the action of strong inertia, instantly turned the place where the cheering Fonzi Crossbow was located into a Shura Field.
Blood, severed limbs and broken parts were scattered all over the ground.
Zhang Yu's eyes widened with anger, but there was nothing he could do.
Because this is war!
He didn't even have time to get angry or sad, so he had to devote all his attention to the city.
Because, the Wu-Chu coalition forces began to move.
Thousands of soldiers, carrying ladders or pushing ladder carts, siege towers, trench bridges and other equipment, rushed over feverishly.
Zhang Yu could even clearly see these people, shirtless and shouting.
He sighed inwardly.
He knew very well that these were just cannon fodder.
Most of them are desperadoes, bandits and ruffians from Wu State.
The only purpose of their coming is to consume the physical strength of the Thorny Wall defenders!
Because Zhang Yu knew that Liu Bi in the camp opposite knew very well that the total number of Jibi's defenders was less than 20,000, and this still included the number of temporarily recruited young men.
There are only more than 10,000 real soldiers.
If you want to hold on to the Thorny Wall, such a small number of people will definitely not be enough!
Therefore, today, after the Wu-Chu coalition forces were thwarted in their first probing attack, they immediately adopted this attrition strategy.
There is no doubt that as long as this situation lasts for three days, after the defenders are exhausted, they will usher in a crazy attack by the Wu army. That kind of siege method called ant attack is a nightmare for all defenders.
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Zhang Yu is not sure how many days he can last.
He just hopes that reinforcements can come soon!
"I don't know where Han Anguo is now?" Zhang Yu thought in his heart: "I don't know if the imperial court's reinforcements have set off!"
Of course Zhang Yu knew very well that there were two key factors that determined Jibi's survival.
One is whether the main force of the Liang Kingdom, commanded by Han Anguo, can break Wu Chu's blockade of Jibi. Food, water and new troops, especially bed crossbows, will be sent into the city.
The second is when the imperial court's reinforcements will join the war.
These two conditions are indispensable.
Otherwise, even if Han Anguo breaks through the blockade, the fall of Jibi will be inevitable sooner or later if the imperial reinforcements do not arrive.
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Just when Zhang Yu was worried.
However, Liu Che prepared a banquet in the prince's palace for the officials who were about to go on an expedition with Zhou Yafu.
Ju Meng, Yizong, Gongsun He, Gu Zhenrou and others all have different expressions on their faces.
But generally speaking, they all have emotions of excitement and excitement.
Liu Che picked up the wine bottle, saluted everyone, and said: "My lords, I am going to follow the Taiwei to fight against the rebellion. I am loyal to the country. I am here alone. I wish you a great success, put an end to the rebellion, and bring peace to the Han Dynasty!"
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After saying that, Liu Che drank it all in one gulp.
Naturally, all the ministers also stood up and worshiped: "My family encourages me, I will remember it carefully and don't dare or forget it!"
After saying these words, Ju Meng, who was the highest-ranking official who led the army and was also the actual commander of the Prince's Guards, bowed and said: "I am waiting here. The mountains are high and the rivers are far away. Please give me advice and set a policy. I will wait for you."
How should this trip be?"
This is naturally the reason why it should be done.
Even if in a small company in the future, people from a certain department go on a business trip under the order of the chairman, at the implementation banquet, as long as they are not stupid employees, they will definitely show their loyalty to the head of their department, pat their chests, and make
He looks like, 'I am where I am today, all because of your cultivation'.
What’s more, in the political arena?
Liu Che pondered for a moment and said: "When you are here, all you need to remember is to report to the king and comfort the common people... Of course..."
Liu Che changed the subject and said: "If everything goes well, after conquering the capital of Wu State, the ministers will pay attention to two things..."
"First, Tongshan in Kuaiji. After the army has occupied it, Ju Meng, take Gu's talisman and blockade Tongshan. Please ask the Taiwei to mobilize troops and protect it. Don't let people loot it, let alone let people indulge..." Kuaiji
Tongshan is undoubtedly the largest Tongshan in terms of reserves in the Han Dynasty. It contains countless precious metals such as gold and silver. What is even more precious is that Liu Bi has been operating it for decades, and the entire Tongshan operation system has become quite large.
Perfect, but in the previous life, this copper mountain was looted by a certain Han army that rushed into the Wu Kingdom. After the looting was completed, in order to cover up the crime, it was simply set on fire...
Then, the Han Dynasty spent ten years and still failed to restore the output of Tongshan during Liu Bi's period.
That's all. A large number of skilled copper smelting craftsmen and coin minting craftsmen were killed. This is what Liu Che feels most distressed about.
According to rumors in his previous life, Liu Bi had thousands of craftsmen of various types in Tongshan in Kuaiji. But after Kuaiji County was classified as a separate county, ahem, the total number of craftsmen in the county was only a thousand!
For Liu Che, such atrocities must be stopped!
This is a crime against the state!
"No!" Ju Meng kowtowed quickly and wrote it down.
Liu Che continued to give instructions: "Secondly, after entering the territory of Wu State, in the name of Gu, Qing and others issued an order to the whole country, all craftsmen, and scholars who have been studying for generations, even if they are guilty, they are not allowed to kill at will! Especially iron, salt and shipbuilding craftsmen!"
In order to emphasize his attitude, Liu Che reiterated again: "Remember, no one is allowed to enter Wu Ni's shipyard and salt field. As soon as they arrived in Wu State, Qing and others immediately passed the order of Gu and sealed them all! And the heads of each workshop
Even craftsmen who are rebellious cannot be arrested, they can only be politely invited to Chang'an!"
King Liu Bi of Wu had been running the Kingdom of Wu for more than 40 years. His greatest wealth was not the mountains of gold and money at all.
Rather, he painstakingly cultivated a large number of craftsmen and various workshops and shipyards.
At this time, Wu's shipbuilding technology and navigation technology, at least in Northeast Asia, were the best in the world!
Later, when Emperor Mi killed the Führer, he even knew how to protect all the Führer's scientists.
There are many lunatics, murderers and Nazis among them.
There are even rumors that Mi Di protected the beasts and bastards from the notorious Japanese Unit 731. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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