Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

Dingzhou, here is another important city occupied by the Western Army after returning to the Huaxia Kingdom.

What is more important here is the largest official kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty. Su Xia had long read the ancient book "Yuanzhai Biheng" and said: "In this dynasty, Dingzhou white porcelain had awns and was unusable, so he ordered Ruzhou to make green kiln wares. Therefore, Hebei, Tang, Deng, and Yaozhou all have them, and Ru kiln is the leader.

Su Xia came to the official kiln for inspection at this moment. After the National Guard Army occupied Dingzhou, they immediately asked all the craftsmen to start work on the spot, pay as usual, and add ten kilograms of millet per person per month. In this way, these craftsmen who used to work for the Northern Song Dynasty The craftsmen now became workers of the Suxia Huaxia Kingdom and worked hard.

After inspecting the Dingzhou White Porcelain Kiln, it took half a day to walk around. Su Xia couldn't help but sigh inwardly at the prosperity of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Zongze on the side took them to the place where the porcelain was prepared and introduced: "My lord, you see there are white porcelain, green porcelain and celadon here."

Su Xia had long known that the porcelain making technology in the Northern Song Dynasty was relatively developed, but when she saw such novel and outstanding porcelain, she couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Zongze, who was on the sidelines, lost no time in discussing the military affairs: "After the Western Army surrendered to us, in Dingzhou, the largest official kiln site in the Northern Song Dynasty, which was recently recovered, it seems that the emperor of the Zhao family is almost exhausted.

Having said this, Xiong Bin, who had just seen the dazzling array of porcelain, came over. He handed the two large porcelains in his arms to the soldiers on the side and said with a smile: "I have taken a fancy to these two large porcelains." .”

Su Xia smiled and shook her head, and listened to Zong Ze who was on the side and introduced: "In addition, General Lin Chong's injury has improved. He is asking us when we will launch the final campaign against Song Dynasty."

Su Xia nodded and said: "Look at the battle to attack Song Dynasty, who should be the vanguard and which general is better to send. But let me tell you, the Western Army will also be dispatched this time. The Western Army has just surrendered. This time If the Western Army can cooperate with us in fighting, although they are not allowed to be the main force, they must participate in the war to show that the Western Army can be used by me."

"Sir, who among the Western armies is best to send? The forces of Liu Yanqing and his son are now mainly concentrated in the south."

Su Xia denied this opinion: "After the military reorganization, the Western Army that Liu Yanqing, Liu Guangshi and his son had in the past was gone. They were all reorganized into our National Defense Army, and they recruited troops in the south and adjusted the organizational structure of the army. I said The Western Army refers to the Zhong Family Army, and their [-]-strong army will attack in a coordinated manner this time."

A trace of uneasiness flashed across Zongze's face for a moment: "There are more than 6 elite Zhongjia troops in the north. At most, they can only be used as flanks to contain the entire Northern Song Dynasty army, but there is something my subordinates don't know whether to say or not. ."

"It doesn't matter between you and me."

"Sir, you are not afraid of them colluding with Zhao Ji. If that happens, we will be in a dilemma."

"It's not that I haven't considered this. Now I have sent heavy troops in a surrounding situation. Looking at the entire Northern Song Dynasty, there will not be too many forbidden troops. It is good if its combat strength can reach half of the Western Army. 27 domestic troops will be enough. We have split and reformed several times, but we don’t even have enough troops to be 1/4 of the previous strength. Even if the Zhong Family Army and the Song Army stand together again, what can we do to me?"

After Su Xia said this firmly, he calmly commanded: "Issue an order, with Zhong Shilue as the main commander and Zhong Shixiong as the deputy commander, and urgently order the original headquarters of more than 6 people to be reorganized into 31 combat divisions. The numbers are from 36 to [-] respectively. Order them to prepare for war, gradually encroaching from the northwest to the south, contain the main force of the Song Army in the western region and launch a decisive battle with the enemy's main force in a timely manner. In addition, they are distributed to the Western Army for use by our National Defense Army. The military uniforms, clothing, food, grass, and military pay will be provided according to the standards of our national defense army."

"What about firearms?"

"We are currently short of firearms. Tell them that this mission is mainly for containment rather than combat."

Zongze nodded: "I understand."

Su Xia continued to order: "Other soldiers adapted from the official establishment numbers of the National Defense Army. Let them step up their expansion. The number of soldiers in each combat division must reach more than 2000."

"Understood, I'll do it now!"

Western Army. Since signing the agreement with Su Xia, the Zhong family army has become worse day by day.

The two brothers of the Zhong family received Su Xia's order. However, the more Zhong Shixiong looked at it, the more he felt in his heart: "Brother, this is asking us to contain the Song Army. Although we and the Song Imperial Army are not of the same mind, we are still working together. This requires us to rebel and fight with them." .I feel like I can’t do it.”

The eldest brother Zhong Shilue turned around and heated up a glass of wine and handed it to his brother: "Most of our 27 troops have been reorganized and returned to their hometowns and other teams. The troops you and I have are only these 6. More than 6 people. This is the number that Su Xia has set for us. The number of soldiers cannot exceed this number. 1 people is not even a quarter of the previous number. How can we defeat the National Protector Army? Now the National Protector Army has strong soldiers and horses. You Look at the mountains of clothes outside. We were asked to wear the uniforms of the National Protectorate Army, and we were given food and wages. Not sending any supervisory troops was already the greatest tolerance for us."

"What do you mean, brother?"

"Well, they didn't use us as cannon fodder, but asked us to contain the imperial army. We can't be shameless, otherwise his 10,000+ army will turn around and beat us. Now it's not that simple. He sent us food, clothing, and unified military uniform numbers, so that we could contain the Song army, and we have no way out."

After Zhong Shilue said this helplessly, he turned around and walked out of the camp gate, and then looked helplessly at the grain, wages and supplies carriage carried by the messenger sent by Su Xia.

The 6nd Division and 32rd Division will be used as the main force by their 33-strong army. I will follow closely behind the other divisions and move forward together. Attack all areas in the Hexi-Hedong Corridor and Qinling Region.

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In the Dengzhou Mansion, Su Xia, who had rushed back here overnight, drew the multi-barreled gun configuration she hand-drawn based on the principles of the Gatling gun and handed it to Li Gaosheng:

"This is the multi-barreled gun I invented these days and nights. It adopts the revolver-type rotating chamber firing principle. It uses a set of transmission mechanisms to rotate several barrels around a common axis to complete continuous shooting. Take a good look at this principle. If there are any minor problems, you can fix them."

Li Gaosheng felt as if he had found a treasure and quickly asked: "Lord, if this thing is made well, it will be dozens of times more powerful than an ordinary musket, equivalent to a hundred sergeants firing at the same time."

Su Xia nodded: "That's true. I've even thought of a name for it. Let's call it the Vulcan Machine Gun. You must keep this thing strictly confidential and prepare it secretly."

"As ordered!"