Li Xingchen really didn't know whether Yu Wenxian was ready.
But just because he doesn't know it doesn't mean that no one else does.
Pei Ju and others wrote many memorials based on what they knew about the situation in Yecheng. These were summarized and placed on Li Xingchen's desk. The summary is that the Northern Zhou Dynasty is also recuperating and working hard to imitate the advanced technology of the Han Dynasty. Muskets and
The imitation of other firearms has not been smooth, because they still have not obtained complete firearm samples. However, such as the Thunderbolt Car, the Northern Zhou Dynasty has been able to produce it independently.
This was already a threat to the Han army.
In addition, Yu Wenxian is also thinking of ways to develop farming and even industry.
Yu Wenxian must be envious of the strength of Dahan Industry and want to own it himself.
But whether this is reliable or not, I am afraid that even Yu Wenxian himself does not know. At least some of the industrial products imitated by the Northern Zhou Dynasty are still not as popular in the north as those produced in the south.
Sometimes there is no need for people to judge, the market's choice can explain a lot of problems.
In addition, after realizing the benefits that the Han Dynasty's academy system could bring to the court, Yu Wenxian also began to establish an academy belonging to the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The academy's deepest impact must be on the interests of aristocratic families, but before that, Yu Wenxian had already started to deal with Jizhou
The aristocratic family. The long-term wars have caused the Jizhou aristocratic family to be scattered and lack a family that can take charge of its own affairs. After being dealt with by Yu Wenxian, they suffered heavy losses. Naturally, they did not dare to conflict with Yu Wenxian on matters such as the academy.
But even so, the establishment of an academy is still inseparable from the support of aristocratic families. Otherwise, no one else in this era would be able to provide so many teachers with sufficient knowledge at once. The aristocratic families have no power to oppose Yu Wenxian's establishment of an academy, but this
It doesn't mean that they will fully support this matter.
Therefore, the establishment of Yecheng Academy has been slow and slow, and there is no clue about it from years ago to now. Especially as Hedong fell into the hands of the Han Dynasty, many Hedong aristocratic families turned to the Han Dynasty, and many Jizhou aristocratic families also sect
People began to go south to contact him, and no one paid any attention to Yu Wenxian.
Naturally, Yu Wenxian couldn't use force in this matter, he could only drag it out like this.
In addition to imitating the Han Dynasty's advanced technology as much as possible, Yu Wenxian did not sit still and wait for death. If he wanted to compete with the Han Dynasty, in addition to the need to change some domestic systems that were already backward and decadent, the military was naturally still the most important link.
In the previous battles with the Han army, the Northern Zhou army almost lost consecutive battles. Even those defeats with small losses can be called victories. But everyone knows that if this continues, the internal relationship between the Northern Zhou army and the Han army will be very serious.
There will be an unavoidable sense of fear. In fact, this sense of fear has already existed, but it mainly exists among the Northern Zhou troops in the Central Plains and other places. These troops have been wiped out by the Han army before.
The Northern Zhou army currently stationed in Jizhou and other places had basically no chance of fighting with the Han army before. They still didn't know enough about the Han army. At most, they only heard about it from hearsay. Therefore, the strength of the Han army would not directly affect the morale of the army.
Yu Wenxian seized this opportunity and carried out a new round of reorganization of the army.
Originally, most of the Northern Zhou troops stationed in Yecheng, Jizhou were the elite old troops of the Northern Zhou Dynasty when they attacked Northern Qi, so the difficulty of reorganizing them was relatively small. Yu Wenxian also learned the Han army's policy of elite troops, removed the old, weak, sick and disabled in the army, and recruited
New soldiers are trained in a way where the old lead the new.
The Northern Zhou army, which originally numbered around 100,000, was reduced to only 70,000 to 80,000 after reorganization, but its combat strength increased significantly.
In addition, Yu Wenxian also worked hard on military equipment.
It is well known that the Xianbei cavalry is very powerful, but the Xianbei cavalry that once swept through the Central Plains was completely defeated by the Han's firearms. In the final analysis, it is because the Xianbei cavalry, which is mainly light cavalry, no matter how fast it runs, cannot defeat the Han army.
The bullets travel faster.
Their commonly used roundabout tactics, etc., were just waiting in line to die in front of the barrage of Han army musketeers. Moreover, they made a special circle to die.
Therefore, Yu Wenxian simply gave up the advantage of the Xianbei cavalry's rapid mobility, and instead focused on building armor, first covering people, and then covering horses. Taking advantage of the numerous iron ore and coal mines in the north, he vigorously developed smelting and armed the Xianbei cavalry to the teeth.
According to Baipao's intelligence and confirmation from Da Xipeng and others, Yu Wenxian should now have at least one heavy armored cavalry with more than a thousand people. In addition, the rest of the Xianbei cavalry are also fully armored. In order to ensure the charging time
Because of their speed, the Xianbei cavalry prefer to go into battle wearing a layer of leather armor. The leather armor will not affect their impact speed, and it can also effectively prevent some arrows that are not sharp.
But the leather armor faced the Han army's muskets, just like a layer of paper facing the arrows.
As long as it is still within range, penetration is inevitable.
It makes sense that Yu Wenxian turned to making iron armor.
Historically, the development of smelting in the north actually started in the Liao Dynasty. The Liao Dynasty was a famous country of iron and steel. They relied on armored cavalry and sharp sabers to go south and were invincible. Later, they were defeated by the more powerful
Conquered by the Jin Kingdom, the Iron Pagoda of the Jin people can be said to be the pinnacle of the development of Chinese heavy armored cavalry.
Now that Yu Wenxian had also begun to develop smelting, Li Xingchen didn't know that during the holiday, the Northern Zhou Dynasty would become a powerful dynasty like the Liao and Jin kingdoms with heavy armored cavalry running rampant.
Li Xingchen also did not intend to wait until this year or next year when the Northern Zhou Dynasty would cease to exist. He did not intend to give Yu Wenxian this opportunity.
Along the way, Li Xingchen has had strong and weak opponents, and Yu Wenxian is definitely the strong one.
If it was Chen Shubao who was standing in Hebei at this time, then Li Xingchen wouldn't even mind taking two more years to recuperate, because Chen Shubao would "live up to his trust" and make the Northern Zhou Dynasty a mess. In the end, the common people and aristocratic families might even join forces to invite Li Xingchen.
, just like in history, the people of Nanchen ate pots of pulp to welcome the Sui Dynasty army.
It would be the same if it were Yu Wenyun.
But Yu Wenxian is different.
This heroic figure who has not sat on the throne in history is definitely an opponent worthy of careful treatment. Such a powerful opponent will move forward on his own, which means that if you stop to take a breath, then he is very likely to catch you.
The opportunity to live this one exceeds yours.
Therefore, Li Xingchen must race against time to nip this opponent who may become stronger at any time in the cradle!
Xiang Yu spared Han Gaozu, but was defeated miserably.
He is not the overlord of Western Shu. Even if Yu Wenxian had the potential to become the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he does not have this opportunity now.
Li Xingchen wiped his hands and walked towards his car.