Then, he looked out the window with a smile on his face.
Ever since Tong Guan gave Cai Jing this idea, Cai Jing's attitude towards Tong Guan has completely changed from before.
At this moment, not only did he stop scolding him, but he also ordered his servants to put a cup of fragrant tea on Tong Guan.
At the same time, Cai Jing's favorite Go game was also moved to the coffee table.
The rising sandalwood scent lingered around the two people sitting in front of the coffee table, playing Go.
The atmosphere inside the house is harmonious and peaceful.
It was as if the scene just now had never happened before.
Finally the day came for the army to set out for battle.
Wu Zhi mobilized two brigades from the Liangshan Zhongyong Army.
They are the 1st Brigade of Liangshan Zhongyong Army and the 3rd Brigade of Liangshan Zhongyong Army.
The commanders of these two armies are Lu Zhishen, the flower monk, and Yang Zhi, the green-faced beast.
Due to the extreme shortage of war horse resources on Shuibo Liang Mountain and other reasons, except for a few officers who were equipped with war horses during this expedition, the rest were all on foot.
And all the Zhuge Liannu that were brought from the Ministry of Works were distributed to these infantrymen.
The total number is 3,600.
The number of crossbow arrows was more than 70,000.
Just enough for each soldier to fill two crossbow loading clips.
Since Wu Zhi arrived in Shuibo Liangshan, the Liangshan loyal and brave army he formed has not taken the initiative to attack other forces.
The last time Song Jiang and others led an army to attack, it was at best a passive defense.
Therefore, Wu Zhi had no idea what kind of results this army could achieve.
The combined troops of the two brigades amounted to five thousand men.
If the Liangshan Zhongyong Army did not encounter a large number of enemies in the following battle, it would not be too difficult to achieve Wu Zhi's purpose of going to the border this time and drive the Jin and Liao people out of the country.
However, the situation on the battlefield is always changing rapidly.
So at this time, Wu Zhi could only take one step at a time.
At the same time, I also hope that the Zhuge Liannu in the hands of the soldiers will play a greater role by then.
In this way, the losses of one's own army will be much smaller.
Ever since Wu Zhi traveled to this world, he had heard from others more than once that the Jin people and Liao people were fierce and good at fighting.
As for Wu Zhi himself, he saw no other Jin or Liao people except the four envoys he saw in the court hall.
Therefore, Wu Zhi at this time did not have a general understanding of the ferocity and cruelty of the soldiers of the two countries.
Since most of them did not have war horses, their marching speed was inevitably much slower.
Everyone traveled for five or six days, but still didn't reach their destination.
This evening.
Wu Zhi and others were camping in the wild again.
Fortunately, the weather is getting warmer now.
Otherwise, this night would have been much easier for Wu Zhi and others.
In the camp, Wu Zhi tossed and turned for a long time.
But I don’t know why, but I just can’t sleep.
So he simply changed his mind and stopped sleeping.
While chewing in his mouth, Pan Jinlian prepared sesame seed cakes for him before leaving.
On the other hand, in his mind, he wasted his brain cells on the maneuverability of the Liangshan army.
You know, in this era, people's means of transportation are extremely primitive and crude.
In addition to horses, there are carriages.
The speed of horses is generally around thirty kilometers per hour.
If you want to keep running, you can run 80 to 90 kilometers at most.
Moreover, horses need to eat grass during the feeding process.
If they are not raised properly, they may get sick.
If I build that bicycle, will it have any advantage over the horses of this era?
Under normal circumstances, if the road is relatively flat, there is no problem at all for a bicycle to run 25 kilometers per hour.
And that thing doesn't need to eat grass or drink water.
In this way, the logistics support of the army will also be much easier.
And that bicycle can be designed in the style of a tricycle.
In this way, one can ride in front, the other rests in the back, and the two people alternately drive the bicycle.
This will allow you to travel around the clock.
Generally speaking, war horses can adapt to more complex terrains and can run relatively fast.
And when the two armies rush to fight, they can also gain a certain advantage.
But its shortcomings are also obvious.
First, horses have poor endurance. If they run continuously for eighty or ninety kilometers, they need to rest for a while.
It is also necessary to prepare a certain amount of water and fodder for the war horses.
What about bicycles?
Although the shortcomings are also obvious, for example, the speed is relatively slow, it cannot be used for sprint battles between two armies, and it has high terrain requirements.
But its advantages are also quite obvious.
That is, there is no need to drink water or eat grass, and more than one person can drive alternately.
If the army needs to travel continuously for a long time, then the advantage of bicycles must be superior to horses.
And with a bicycle, you don’t have to worry about getting sick at all.
All it takes is to train a small group of craftsmen to perform routine maintenance on the bicycles.
When Wu Zhi thought of this, he immediately opened the All Things Construction System.
Then he rummaged through the system for entries about bicycles.
After a while, he found the construction drawings of the bicycle.
Although the mechanical structure of this bicycle is relatively simple.
But it would be really not easy for an ordinary person to create it based on imagination.
Five hundred thousand taels of silver!
This price is definitely not cheap for Wu Zhi.
However, Wu Zhi felt that the money was worth spending.
After he bought the blueprint of the bicycle from the system, he kept hoping in his heart that this battle would be over as soon as possible.
Then he returned to Liangshan and asked Li Jie and Liu Laosan to build the bicycle as soon as possible according to the dimensions of the drawings.
Wu Zhi kept fantasizing in his mind.
He imagined that his army of bicycles would travel across the world and fly to every corner of the Song Dynasty.
Then, without realizing it, he fell asleep.
Two days later.
Wu Zhi and his brothers finally arrived outside Yanmen Pass.
Originally, there was a big city near Yanmen Pass.
However, when Wu Zhi and others arrived, they found that the big city was already in dilapidated condition.
On the ground at the city gate, the color of the blue bricks can no longer be seen.
At this time, only a dark and greasy piece was left.
I can't tell whether it was the grease spread by passers-by, or the blood stains left behind when the Jin people and Liao people fought hard and dried up and solidified on the blue bricks.