Return to the Song Dynasty

Another year of autumn, Zhao Man stood on the top of the city, looked up and saw that Roulang Mountain was withered and yellow, not as lush as it used to be.On the other side of the mountain is Xixia. At the end of autumn, it is the time when the party members are about to move.In Zhao Man's original understanding, Dangxiang was just a minority, a meteor in the long history of China's 5000 years.But now, standing on the city wall on the border of the Song Dynasty, the party members have become endless enemies!The culprit who committed all kinds of crimes by burning, killing and looting!

"Huh, it's really cold." Zhao Man exhaled, the temperature in the northwest fell sharply in late autumn, as if it had entered early winter.Looking at the guards at the head of the city who were standing upright with only one layer of armor on the outside of the unlined clothes, and then looking at myself who was shivering in three or four layers of clothes, I pinched myself and insisted on exercising for a year. Looking at the fleshy slender arms and the biceps that can lift up the armor, Zhao Man really felt the deep malice from this world.

"Hey~Xiao Man~ come down quickly, come down quickly! Zhang Xianggong is here! I told you to come over." Before Zhao Man finished sighing, Yao Gu's shout came from under the city wall.

"Here we come, here we come. Why did Zhang Xianggong come in person? And has the cotton coat we ordered last time arrived?" Zhao Man ran down the tower and asked Yao Gu as they walked back.

"Here we are, here we are. Zhang Xianggong came with these warm clothes."

"Yeah, it's good to be here. The temperature has dropped again these days. I guess we will have to wear cotton clothes in a few days. By the way, the leather we picked up last time can just be brought back to them, so we don't have to send it ourselves. Uh , and can save a lot of cost." The profiteer Zhao Man's small plan was crackling.

"No, what a coincidence, we just got a batch of good-quality leather, and they came here, which saves trouble. I heard that fur is very popular now. As soon as our leather arrives, it will be snatched up. There are quite a few reservations." Yao Gu immediately became excited when he mentioned the matter of selling leather.

To say that Xiaoman is still smart, Yao Gu kept sighing in his heart.We rough men, who have guarded the border for many years, only know that we are waiting for the little equipment and food paid by the court. Why don't we know that we can start our own businesses? ("Self-employment" is of course a new concept popularized by Zhao Man, a young money-making expert.) Ever since Zhao Man discovered that there are often wolves in and out of the nearby city, these wolves...then, these wolves would have no future, if not for Zhao Man Also pay attention to some sustainable development, it is estimated that the wolves will be extinct.Of course, other animals are not spared either. Those who can eat meat eat meat, those who can make jerky make jerky, and those who can sell leather sell leather. In short, every resource is fully utilized.

This guy Zhao Man still thinks that Huizhou is poor and remote, and good things can't be sold at a high price.Every time, a batch of high-quality fur is selected and tanned, and some jerky with various flavors are specially made. The packaging is exquisite and the flavor is unique. It is specially sold to officials and wealthy businessmen in the Mainland.

Anyway, the economy of the Song Dynasty was developed, and officials and wealthy businessmen were all well-off and rich. The rarer the item, the higher the price, the better the quality, and the more popular it was.Zhao Man also often engages in hunger marketing, which makes everyone feel proud of having a piece of fur produced in the Northwest. The top fur in the Northwest once became a status symbol of the upper class.Huizhou-produced game jerky has also become a new trend that everyone is vying to respect, and it has become the object of imitation by restaurants all over the place.

Now Huizhou Daying has generated income, and it has also driven the economic development of the entire Erjingyuan Road.With money, it is easy to do things. With the old fox style of Mr. Zhang Yuzhang, he can get along like a fish in water. Even the military pay and supplies this time are sent to them first, and the quality and quantity are absolutely guaranteed. There is nothing to say, and there is even a surplus.

"My subordinate Zhao Man, I have met Zhang Xianggong." As soon as Zhao Man entered the door, he politely greeted Zhang Yu, the boss of the Pian'er District.

"Yo, Xiaoman is back. Come on, come on, sit down and have a cup of tea to warm you up." When Zhang Xianggong saw Zhao Man, he was also full of enthusiasm, so he quickly asked him to sit beside him.

Yao Gu, who was ignored, moved aside silently, and found a place to sit down by himself...

"Xiao Man, we made a lot of money this time. Last time I went to the Shuguan's house to apply for the establishment of a military supply factory nearby, and I already got a response." Zhang You smiled like an old fox, and deliberately didn't say anything , tantalizing. (Zhang Wei, who is far away in the northwest, does not know that his smile at this time is exactly the same as that of his cousin Zhang Dun in Bianjing. He looks like a fox who has just stolen a chicken. It makes people feel flustered for no reason.)

"Oh? That's it, then I have some small ideas here, and I drew a few sketches. I wonder if Zhang Xianggong would like to listen to it and take a look?" Zhao Man looked up at Zhang Yi, showing a sweet smile.

"You kid must have another good idea, why don't you tell me about it!" Zhang Wei put the lid on the tea bowl and put his head in front of Zhao Man.The two squinted at the same time, looked at each other and smiled.Seeing that Yao Gu trembled all over, he felt inexplicably cold.I always feel that I saw two foxes who have become spirits, discussing how to eat people (＞﹏＜).

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"What? Zhang Xianggong hasn't said whether the matter of the munitions factory has been completed or not?" Yao Gu turned his head and asked Vice General Yang who had just returned from patrolling.As soon as Vice General Yang entered the room, he saw two foxes, one old and one young, chatting happily. Yao Gu, like the angry little daughter-in-law, looked aggrieved and unable to intervene.

"It must have been done." Vice General Yang hated that iron could not be made into steel, "If it didn't work out, what else would they talk about!" In this room, Vice General Yang could only find confidence in Yao Gu. Two, IQ completely slaps him, so he won't go up and be stupid, just listen quietly. 'Well, I want to be a quiet handsome man! Looking at Yao Gu's confused eyes, Vice General Yang strengthened his belief even more.

So when Yao Xiong came back with a group of people to patrol the border, he saw two foxes, one white and one black, one old and one young, sitting by the table seriously, with their heads next to each other, gesticulating and stroking, Gougou draws pictures, slaps the table, and smiles wickedly.Lieutenant General Yang and Yao Gu, who never liked to study, actually stared at the two foxes with serious expressions, listening attentively, and writing and drawing along with them from time to time, keeping busy.

"Hey, hey, what are you two doing?" Yao Xiong looked at the people in the room with a masked face, and finally decided to harass Vice General Yang and Yao Gu. 'Of course you have to pick the soft persimmons, hehe, this general is not stupid. '

"Ah? Brother, you are back! Xiao Man is discussing with Zhang Xianggong how to deal with the iron kite. Listen!"

"What? To deal with the iron kite?" Yao Xiong rubbed his hands excitedly, eager to try, "Zhang Xianggong plans to do something big?"

"How do we talk? We are not bandits. We are planning to re-draw a long-term combat plan. We want to turn passive into active." Zhang Wei took time out of the heated discussion to educate his subordinates.

"Hehe, yes yes yes, what you said is correct, as long as you can beat those gangster barbarians to the ground, I agree with whatever you say." Yao Xiong turned into a coward in seconds, and scurried towards Zhao Man, Don't forget to say doglegs.

The iron kite is the trump card in the hands of the Xixia emperor. In addition to serving as the emperor's guard, it is also used as the "front army" to charge forward.This cavalry is well-equipped, riding on good horses, heavy armor, impenetrable to stabs, and tied with hooks and ropes, even if they die, they will not fall immediately.In case of battle, the iron cavalry will go out first to rush into the formation, and if the formation is disordered, it will attack it, and the infantry will advance with the cavalry.

This most famous cavalry is a heavy cavalry regiment with 3000 men, divided into ten teams, each with 300 men, each with a captain, who can serve as the captain of the "temporary titans".The selection method is basically hereditary. The father's armor is passed on to the son, and the son's armor is passed on to the grandson. It is passed down from generation to generation, creating the martial arts that flow in the blood.It can be said that this heavy cavalry unit is definitely a nightmare for all party enemies, and the Song Dynasty bears the brunt of it. It has suffered from this for many years.

Song Dynasty originally had few cavalry and many infantry. Once the heavy cavalry came out, they could disperse the camp in three or five strokes, which basically meant that the defeat was already settled.That is to say, relying on the many skilled craftsmen in the Song Dynasty and insisting on building a solid city, can we defend our own city and have a breather.

Moreover, Song Dynasty also has a more cheating system, that is, the system of civilian commanders.That is to say, all wars will be commanded by civilian officials, and all generals will be ordered to run errands, in order to prevent generals from rebelling while holding military power (for typical examples of successful rebellion, please refer to Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao Mutiny).

Isn't this nonsense, generals can't rebel if they don't have military power, but it's also very difficult to win battles!You have to pay attention to a skill and specialize in it.A group of civil servants who are good at fighting with Confucianism, playing with pens, and talking about military affairs on paper talk about national defense and defend the city every day. Can this be defended?

Why not discuss the unification of the world?Stop talking nonsense, how can a group of people unify the world?Is it relying on the collection of classics and history, or piano, chess, calligraphy and painting?Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun, and these literati are basically a concentration camp for softies.Throughout the entire Song Dynasty, it is absolutely always defending and never attacking.People have never considered the matter of offense, okay?

As one of the few civil servants with military talents in the Song Dynasty, Zhang Yi has always been committed to turning the defense into an offense, but he has no choice but to be weak, the weapons and equipment can't keep up, and the horses can't even look at Maoer.In desperation, we can only look at the opportunity, slowly occupy a bit of land bit by bit, and then quickly build fortifications, send troops to guard, push forward a little bit, build fortifications, and continue to guard, and so on. Law slowly eroded the territory of Xixia.In the Song Dynasty where the entire imperial court only paid attention to the development of culture and art, it was not easy for Zhang Xianggong, who was struggling to survive in the cracks, to do this.

I thought that there would be no hope of being a wolf in this life, but unexpectedly, Zhao Man came here when he was more than a few years old.This jumpy young man always has countless novel ideas in his mind.He can always transcend the current situation, jump out of the bottleneck, and solve the deadlock in a completely different and jaw-dropping way.This mysterious young man who sometimes laughs and scolds, climbs houses and climbs trees, and sometimes is elegant, extravagant and personable, brings surprises to Zhang Wei, and even brings long-lost hope.

If you don't have a horse, you can grab it.Zhao Man not only selects disabled veterans who are good at this skill to properly raise the captured war horses, but also actively builds a horse farm to select high-quality horse breeds for continuous breeding.It is also recommended to select soldiers who are good at riding and have good physical condition to form a cavalry team for training.Try to make your own side no longer constrained by the lack of horses and cavalry, unable to exert its strength.

Earn no money.Zhao Man has always been self-reliant. He can keenly spot business opportunities and make a lot of money with small businesses.With the property at his disposal, he began to think about making armor and equipping cavalry again. The sketch he showed Zhang Yi this time was the imitation enhanced iron kite cavalry armor that he had just figured out not long ago.

The providers of the research materials are naturally Yao Xiong, Vice-General Yang and others. Basically, everyone who has seen the iron kite has been interviewed by him. Even Yue Cheng, who has been on missions all year round, was asked to draw simple sketches. I didn't pull my hair out.

Today's drawing is an improved version of the cavalry armor drawn by Zhao Man based on the description and analysis of everyone, combined with his experience in the military camp for more than a year. There are two types.The first one looks almost exactly the same as the iron kite you saw on the battlefield at first glance, but it is obviously much thicker than the kite kite, especially the chest and abdomen have been reinforced, and it is equipped with matching horse armor; One looks very light and flexible, obviously not heavy armor.