When it was time to leave the city, Huo Quxie thought that he must have an order to transfer the weapons room, so he took Chen Mu to the commander's mansion again.
When I was painting for the prince before, I already had a rough understanding of this great Sima.
Wei Qinghong was born as a slave. Because his sister became the favorite concubine of the current emperor, he gradually reached his current position.
When I saw the real person, it was exactly as the prince described. Although this person was approaching old age, he was still tall and burly. He was sitting quietly in front of the desk, looking extremely oppressive.
At this moment, he was quietly looking at the sand table map on the case, and the sadness on his face was obvious. Even though he had led troops to defend the border and persisted in resisting for many years, he actually had no confidence in his heart.
Successive years of defeats were a huge blow to his great Sima.
This time, he angrily rebuked those civil servants in the court and once again received Yuxi's commander-in-chief seal. However, if they were killed by the Tatars again this year and abandoned their armor, not only would their generals lose the chance to stand up, but the court would no longer support them in the future.
Send out troops to resist the Tatars.
It can be seen that for military generals, using the money and food that should be given to the sergeants to beg the barbarians not to fight with each other, is this not a great shame and humiliation?
But at that moment, Chen Mu noticed that there was a painting hanging behind Wei Qinghong, which was the painting of battlefield achievements that the prince had bought that day.
"Huh? Quxie? Why haven't you gone to the front line yet?"
Wei Qinghong noticed Huo Quxie, raised his head and asked.
Huo Quxie bowed his hands: "Uncle, please give your nephew the transfer order for the general weapons room."
Each of the four armies has an armory to build and repair weapons for frontline sergeants. It is like a machine, and the general will generally not take care of it.
Today, Huo Quxie suddenly asked for a transfer order from the weapons room. Wei Qinghong couldn't help but frowned and said, "Why do you want a transfer order from the weapons room?"
Huo Quxie glanced at Chen Mu beside him, and immediately introduced: "Mr. Chen is an expert I specially invited from Ba County. He may be able to give our Longxia Army an unprecedented victory in this battle.
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Upon hearing this, Wei Qinghong immediately stood up and looked at the young man in front of him.
He knew his nephew very well, he was extremely cautious and aloof by nature, and would never talk big words to try to get in trouble with others.
A great victory in Monan? Wei Qinghong was thinking about it in his dreams.
"Little sir... what kind of means do you have?"
Chen Mu didn't know what to say to the great Sima's sudden expression of respect.
I have said that I have a way to deal with the Tatar cavalry, but when did I say that I have a sure-fire way to win?
The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. Who dares to say that victory is certain?
After thinking for a while, Chen Mu bowed his hands and said, "I... am a blacksmith. My ancestors have many methods of forging weapons, which can make the swords sharper or help the Great Sima."
Chen Muke didn't dare to speak too fully. If he really lost this battle, he would behead himself to vent his anger.
Upon hearing this, Wei Qinghong's face suddenly turned into the same sad look before.
Turns out he was just a blacksmith...
After so many years in the army, Wei Qinghong has seen too many famous swords made by famous craftsmen. But no matter how fast the sword is sharpened, no matter how good the craftsman is, what can he do against the prairie cavalry that looks like a torrent of steel?
What's the use?
At present, what Wei Qinghong needs most is a wise man with great strategy, who can control the overall situation and understand the rapid changes on the battlefield.
Thinking of this, Wei Qinghong ignored Chen Mu and couldn't help but turn around and look at the painting lyrics.
If heaven had not given birth to me, Wei Qinghong, the dawn would be like a long night.
What a beautiful painting and poem. He is so powerful and domineering. If he fails again this year, he will be ashamed to hang the painting here.
But in the end, the transfer order was obtained.
After leaving the commander's residence, Huo Quxie was afraid that Chen Mu would be angry, so he quickly explained: "When the battle was approaching, my uncle was not in a good mood and he was neglecting me."
Chen Mu waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's nothing. I'm here for my family and country. These things are no longer important."
Huo Quxie was in awe after hearing this: "Sir, you are elegant."
It would be good to give up Wei Qinghong's expectations as soon as possible, but we know that the higher the expectations, the higher the disappointment, so just do things well in a high-profile manner.
The probability of weapons being damaged during war is very high. The weapons room is usually located next to the military camp. After the weapons are made and repaired, they can be delivered to the soldiers as quickly as possible.
The military camp of the Shu Army is at the foot of the mountain from Liwanlayer Gorge.
The terrain here is extremely unique. There are towering mountains on both sides, but there is a not-so-wide flat road in the middle. At first glance, it looks like a river that has been dry for many years.
The Shuofang side does not have as much rain as Sichuan and Sichuan. Both sides of the avenue are barren mountains, with steep mountains and strange rocks emerging in endlessly. This is true from the mouth of the canyon to Wujiang City.
This is also the origin of the name Wanlayer Gorge.
According to what Huo Quxie said, the Shu army has suffered heavy casualties these days, with more than 10,000 people left.
In just a short time, more than half of the entire Shu army was dead.
There were only more than 20,000 people from the Tatar side. Even if the steppe cavalry were invincible, with the number of people in the Shu army, they really shouldn't have fought so hard.
At this time, Chen Mu really doubted himself whether he had glorified these Sichuan and Shu troops too much before.
The reason why the battle ended like this was probably because the group of Tatar cavalry became timid. As a result, they forgot to resist and were chased and chopped down by the cavalry.
Soon, the group arrived at the weapons room.
"Meet the general."
When the captain in charge of the weapons room saw the visitor, he hurried forward and saluted.
Huo Quxie was not familiar with these sergeants, but the entire Shu army knew about him.
That day at the mouth of the Ten Thousand Layers Gorge, he alone led 7,000 Shuofang armored warriors in a bloody battle with tens of thousands of prairie barbarians. Even though all 7,000 soldiers were killed in the battle, he himself was almost hacked to death.
But this was the only battle in which Long Xia's army defeated the grassland barbarians.
No matter how the court assessed it, in the hearts of these low-level soldiers, it was extremely inspiring.
"From now on, all matters in the armory will be at the disposal of Mr. Chen, do you understand?"
After saying this, Huo Quxie showed the transfer order in his hand.
Seeing this thing, the captain saluted again: "It's all under Mr. Chen's orders."
After that, Huo Quxie said a few more words to Chen Mu, and then hurried to the direction of the military camp.
As for this captain, although I don’t know who he is, seeing how polite and respectful the generals are, I know he is not an ordinary person.
"I've met Mr. Chen in Xiangping."
Chen Mu helped him up with one hand and said with a smile: "We will be colleagues in the future. You don't need to be so polite. We just came. From now on, we have to rely on the care of the lieutenant."
"It's natural to help adults do things."
"How much pig iron does our arsenal still have? Let the craftsmen and lieutenant tell you."
"There are one hundred craftsmen and ten iron furnaces. As for the pig iron needed... there are still five hundred kilograms of it at present. However, General Huo went to the military supply office to get a lot for our Shu army just after he took office. It should arrive tomorrow morning."
Hearing this, Chen Mu couldn't help but frown: "There are ten thousand troops ahead, how come there are only five hundred kilograms of pig iron?"
It can be seen that apart from food, the second largest consumption in war is iron. Such a large Shu army only has 500 kilograms of iron in the rear. What use is this?
For a moment, Xiangping was speechless.
Seeing that he didn't say anything for a long time, Chen Mu didn't bother to ask: "Let's gather the craftsmen together now."
Then he looked at the people behind him: "Xiahou."