Two hundred and seventieth chapters about in winter
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"I understand what you said, but it's still impossible."p
Shen Kun listened attentively to Lin Yi's words, and then still shook his head, "The number is still too large... The special ordnance you mentioned, whether it is unfamiliar to the Southern Dynasty or the Northern Wei Dynasty, may be able to win by surprise. If the next King Nanhuang no longer troubles me. I can indeed get you some, but only some. Even if it is only the normal battle consumption of three thousand iron troops, this kind of consumption is too much, and these things are not available in Dangxiang and Tuyuhun. It can be obtained by normal means. If this kind of thing appeared in large numbers on the battlefields of the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty, the princes of Dangxiang and Tyuhun would not be able to pretend not to see it. This is not even a matter of money. Those who have the ability to get it from Dangxiang and Tyuhun The rich and powerful who took out these things from special workshops will also consider whether they have the life to make such money. After all, this is a shady business, just like some of the true essence heavy armors in our Southern Dynasties were smuggled to the Northern Wei Dynasty. After all, the quantity is very small."p
"So this idea is still not feasible unless we can directly obtain the approval of Dangxiang or the Tuyuhun royal family." Lin Yi frowned deeply, "To please Dangxiang or the Tuyuhun royal family and gain their acquiescence, there is a way. Is it possible?"p
"Then there are only two possibilities, one is that you offer them benefits that are difficult to refuse, and the other is that you save their lives." Shen Kun laughed hoarsely, "The people in Dangxiang and Tuguhun are more rough and straightforward, but even if All the caravans on the border are under my command, and I can't give them benefits that are hard to refuse, unless they are lucky enough to suddenly be in trouble and I happen to save their lives. So I can only respond to your idea. Being a pure middleman, if such an opportunity arises, I can let you talk to them."p
"These are too far away." Lin Yi took a deep breath and said, "It seems that we can only try to turn the Tie Ce Army into an army that does not have to obey the orders of the superiors." p
"Isn't this difficulty similar to obtaining the support of Dangxiang and the Tuyuhun royal family?"p
Shen Kun couldn't help but laugh, "The emperor's food and salary are not used to support your private army. You can command the army wherever you want and fight whoever you want. There is no such precedent. What's more, the Ministry of War also needs Tie Cejun is an army that helps people wipe their butts.”p
"It's more difficult, but it's not necessarily impossible." Lin Yi didn't seem to think so.p
"Then you can give it a try."p
Shen Kun did not argue with Lin Yi. Things in the court were not his specialty, and he knew that he only needed to provide Lin Yi with some suggestions. He then thought about it seriously and said: "But you think that doesn't count. Difficult, you can try both ways. It is impossible to get large-scale expendable ordnance such as arrows or strange firearms. Then I feel that sometimes combat power does not purely depend on these. Destructive ordnance."p
"What do you mean?" Lin Yi was slightly startled.p
"In the early years of the previous dynasty, there was a group of horse thieves who were composed of refugees from the Northern Wei Dynasty. They specialized in operating in the border mountains and forests. They were once a serious problem for the party. That band of horse thieves was called the Jiama Army. In fact, they were not very good at fighting at all. They only had two specialties. One was that they They can run fast and run away if they can't be beaten. It is difficult for an army to stop them. Another thing is that one of their military advisors is actually a Taoist from the Southern Dynasties. I was born in a small Taoist temple. Before joining the group of horse thieves, I just helped people practice some elixirs to make a living. Later, the group of horse thieves actually exchanged most of the looted money for silver, lead, and mercury. The Taoist people used silver, lead, and mercury. The refined golden soup elixir is actually the heavy mercury elixir that the Northern Wei Dynasty and we all have now. It is estimated that the elixir recipe of the Northern Wei Dynasty and our dynasty has been improved, and it does not use much silver."p
Lin Yi listened very carefully, and he also read a lot of various miscellaneous notes. When he heard this, he was moved in his heart and couldn't help but interject: "So in fact, those horse thieves spent a lot of money on such important things. On the mercury pill, if they are pursued by powerful practitioners, they will use a large amount of this heavy mercury pill, so that the practitioners can't do anything to them."p
"That's right." Shen Kun smiled, "Those horse thieves will run away when they encounter someone they can't defeat. When they encounter powerful practitioners, they will use a large amount of this heavy mercury pill. The powder of the heavy mercury pill can prevent the true energy from flowing. Penetration can consume a lot of the practitioner's true energy. In a place where such pill powder is everywhere, it is difficult for the practitioner to continue fighting. Neither the army nor the practitioners can do anything to them. This group of horse thieves had only been rampant for a few decades, so that Dang Xiang had been having a huge headache until the horse thieves themselves began to divide the spoils unevenly and internally changed. As for the fact that they ran away if they couldn't be beaten, and they ran very fast, it was actually because they all had something called the Shenxing Jiama pressed on their legs. The thing has a mysterious name, but it is actually just an elastic warp made of spring steel, which allows them to run fast and save effort. They are walking in the mountainous areas of Dangxiang, and the cavalry cannot pursue them in the mountainous areas. The ordinary army will naturally pursue them. Can’t catch up.”p
"This thing is not difficult to say. Nowadays, many heavy armors, especially the foot armors of many Zhenyuan heavy armors, should be more sophisticated than their magical armor." Lin Yi muttered: "So what do you mean? , you don’t need to be better than others in any aspect, as long as there are one or two special features, used properly, you may be able to win." p
Shen Kun said with a smile: "It is indeed not difficult to say, but just like now, even if some generals in the Southern Dynasty think that this kind of magical armored horse has merit, you must have a workshop capable of refining it to help you refining it on a large scale. Maybe the workshop is unwilling to do it, and the officials above may not let you do it." p
Lin Yi nodded, "Follow the behavior of those officials in the court, like horse thieves, learn to use horse thieves' methods to defeat horse thieves... Many officials will feel that their prestige has been compromised, and they will feel that the regular frontier army company You can't even deal with such horse thieves. What are you going to do with so much food and salary, and so many well-equipped ordnances, and you have to open a special workshop to learn from horse thieves? Moreover, the ideas of many officials cannot be said to be shallow. They will think that my elite border troops are not specifically designed to deal with those horse thieves. The main enemy is the northern border troops. Those things that have been made with great efforts will be useless against the Northern Wei army. It is not a waste. ?And maybe it will make this frontier army look completely different."p
"You have a thorough understanding of the psychology of these officials, better than I do." Shen Kun cultivated a smile and said seriously: "According to your estimate, if the iron strategy army under your command is transferred to the north, when will it be roughly ?”p
Lin Yi didn't know the true meaning of Shen Kun's words at this time, so he thought about it seriously.p
According to Qi Zhuji, it seems that the Ministry of War has temporarily forgotten the Iron Ce Army, and it is very calm up there. So from this point of view, the letter he wrote to Chen Baoyuan should have played a role.p
That would probably buy you a few months.p
"If there aren't many accidents, it might be winter." He looked at Shen Kun and said.p
Shen Kun said thoughtfully: "Those northern states and counties are much colder than Jiankang and here, and it will snow heavily."p