Chapter 613

The site selection of several workshops has been completed. In Huangyang Road, there is no situation that the project cannot be constructed because the weather is too cold. Therefore, after the site selection, Wu Yidao sent people to recruit a large number of craftsmen to start construction. Fang Xie wants to build Zhuque mountain camp into a real foundation. The advantage of no shortage of money and food is that any idea can be implemented immediately.

Several workshops under construction are large in scale, mainly providing weapons and armor for the army.

The local ways of Huangyang road to buy iron ore are all in the hands of fangxie. In addition, with the unparalleled commercial strength of goods all over the world, a batch of iron ore has been prepared for use.

The commonly used weapons of the Sui army generally include horizontal sabre, plain sabre, unfamiliar sabre, and long dagger. Unfamiliar Sabre belongs to heavy sabre, so it is generally only used by heavy armor infantry. Ordinary soldiers will be out of strength. The long one is divided into hard one and composite one. The hard one is relatively simple to manufacture and has a shorter cycle, but it is still very complex. The manpower and material resources consumed by making a good composite tablet are absolutely amazing.

Generally speaking, most of the infantry use hard molds, while the cavalry in the Sui Dynasty will use composite molds.

Therefore, Fang Xie gave up the plan of allowing craftsmen to make long pigs on a large scale from the beginning, which is impractical. Instead of making long guns.

The hard rod is long and heavy, so it is not suitable to practice well. Although the cost of the long gun with white wax rod is low, it is very practical. Before the popularization of firearms, the main weapons used by infantry for a long time were long guns. The consumption of iron ore will also be much less than that of Xi.

Fang Xie now has two ways to go. The first is to expand his territory as soon as possible and exercise real control. In this way, the more people under the rule, the wider the source of troops. Now he must increase the number of infantry. In the future, he will move to the southwest, and the main people who attack the city and pull out the stronghold will still be infantry.

Second, it is necessary to improve the logistics facilities for replenishing materials and supplies for the army as soon as possible. The great Sui Dynasty has many workshops with perfect technology and large scale, which have been continuously providing weapons reserves for the imperial court for so many years. You know, a Xiangcheng palace provided Li Yuanshan with weapons enough to equip 200000 people, and there were not many such palaces in the great Sui Dynasty.

When the rebels forced the imperial court to recruit people on a large scale, such strong reserves can begin to play a role. When the main combat power consumption of the imperial court army and the rebels is too large, they have to recruit people, and the imperial court's advantages in this regard will be brought into play. They are also recruits, and the quality of equipment is sometimes the key to success or failure.

Therefore, Fang Xie must also prepare these things for the black flag army. Of course, some people advocate not to waste such huge financial and material resources, and can plunder while fighting. This method has not been used before. When it was on the grassland, it was to raise troops by war.

However, Fang Xie's nature determines that he will pursue everything, try not to have worries at home, and will not aggravate the plunder of the place in order to supplement materials.

Fang Xie stood high and looked at the craftsmen working in full swing. He was a little happy. He did not only regard zhuqueshan camp as a temporary and simple barracks, but built a large base that could support the army in the next few years, decades or even centuries. The manpower and financial resources needed to be invested will naturally be huge, but once it is put into operation, it will provide continuous support for the army in the later stage.

"After these workshops are completed..."

Wu Yidao pointed to the construction site in front of him and said: "If nothing unexpected happens, the army will be provided with weapons and armor that can be equipped with at least 100000 people every year, and will be expanded in succession in the future. During this period, the Yangtze River waterway is not very smooth, and the goods are not very free. Although there are competing naval escorts, the number of warships on the Yangtze River is not enough to ensure the safety of the merchant fleet, so I have less and less traffic Although it seems that the number of fleets will provide less materials, Duan Zheng will not be stretched in strength because the number of ships is small. "

"Wait until you take southwest."

He glanced at Fang Xie and said, "we still need to prepare for the expansion of the Navy. Our goal now is not in the important areas of Jiangbei and Gyeonggi, nor in the south of the Yangtze River with vertical and horizontal waterways, so there is no big disadvantage for the navy to be a little weak. Once we go out of the southwest, it will be difficult to move without the support of a strong navy."

"Well"

Fang Xie nodded: "Wait a little longer. When these workshops are built, we will win the beihui road. Now our human and material resources are basically unable to draw wealth. Although you support us financially, we can be divided into several lines and go hand in hand. It can be imagined that the consumption is huge. So we can only go step by step. Even if the goal is only in the southwest roads, it will not be stable in a year or two Things. "

"The great Sui Dynasty had been preparing for decades to build a stronger Navy than Nanchen. Emperor Taizu Yang Jian's preparation for his whole life brought the Emperor Taizong's temporary glory. We are now short of everything, talents, troops and territory. If we develop blindly, we consume a lot of financial resources and can't get anything."

Wu Yidao nodded: "I know that fat people can't eat in one bite. It's just that these things can't be put down completely. Even if they don't have this plan now, they must be prepared."

"I'm going to build a small shipyard in the lake at the foot of the mountain. I don't want to build a huge ship. I'll first recruit craftsmen who know how to build ships and raise them, and then let them cultivate more craftsmen by building small boats. If we want to start fighting in the south of the Yangtze River in the future, we will also need a large number of centipede fast boats. Such smart and light boats are ready now and can be used in the future."

After listening to him, Fang Xie said, "it's better for Hou ye to pay more attention to these things. Hou ye can see far and know more. I can only say that I'm a layman in this regard. It's better to leave it to Hou Ye. I'm just a lazy man."

Wu Yi smiled and said, "I don't know anything about military affairs, but I can help you with these things. When it comes to military affairs, how sure is Liang Cheng?"

Fang Xie was silent for a while and shook his head: "don't hit Liang Cheng."

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Fang Xie stood in front of the map and pointed out to Wu Yi: "Liang City, Hui'an and Wu Xing are the three important towns in the northernmost part of beihui road. Zhong Xin has deployed heavy troops in these three cities. It can be said that half of his troops are in these three cities. These three cities can support and cooperate with each other. In addition, the cities are tall and solid, so it is not easy to fight. That's why Zhong Xin has the confidence to talk to us."

"When the Sui Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, the Sui army would not have destroyed a powerful country that lasted for hundreds of years if it had not been for the anger of the Shang court. In addition, the Sui army did not receive too tenacious resistance."

"But now we are different..."

Fang Xie pointed to Liang Cheng and said, "these three cities are connected into a line. Each city is guarded by at least 15000 County soldiers, which is the barrier of the North emblem road. With our current strength, even if we can take down these three cities and open the access to the North emblem Road, the losses will be heavy. If we move south, we will be powerless."

Wu Yi frowned: "do you mean not to fight but to scare?"

Fang Xie shook his head: "Of course we have to fight. If we don't fight, how can those famous families in beihui road be frightened. But now we started our business, we can't fight such a costly battle. I sent troops to Wuxing, Hui'an. The first is to let Zhong Xin and his people see the strength of our black flag army. It's not pretending to be strong. The second is to paralyze Zhong Xin and make them think my goal is to win These three cities. "

After thinking for a while, Wu Yidao finally understood: "this is a serial Bureau."

After finishing his words, he said, "let Sun Kaidao negotiate with Zhong Xin. Even if sun Kaidao doesn't let Zhong Xin think you just want to blackmail money and food, Zhong Xin can't relax their vigilance against these three cities. If you send troops again, Zhong Xin dare not take it lightly. All their attention is on these three cities, but you want to fight elsewhere?"

"Yes"

Fang Xie smiled: "it's difficult to fight these three cities, but it's not difficult to fight some battles with small losses but no small impact."

Fang Xie pointed to the map and said: "There is no danger in the North emblem road. I put my troops outside the three cities, but I just put them there. I have issued a military order to Cui Zhongzhen and Chen Qianshan to move troops against xinkouchang. At that time, the Yong army in Xinyang City and xinkouchang will be on full alert and dare not go to war easily. Chen Qianshan took the flying eagle cavalry around the side of xinkouchang and entered the North emblem road Soldiers can't attack the city, but they can't rob... "

Fang Xie said with a smile, "those big families have manors in beautiful places. I'm going to let Chen Dongshan's Flying Eagle army run in circles on beihui road and invite as many dignitaries as they can. When the old men and women of those families have enough, I'll take them and Zhong Xin to talk."

"Blackmail..."

Fang Xie said, "you have to have some capital to blackmail, otherwise the other party is not afraid of anything. Don't those aristocratic families think they can see clearly and think that my strength is not enough to attack, so I'll let the cavalry go to beihui road to play around. Anyway, they can't keep up. Let their real leaders know that even if I don't beat beihui Road, they won't live in peace."

Wu Yidao squinted at Fang Xie and said with a smile, "although I don't understand the art of war, I can see that this is not a decent tactic."

"Just be useful."

Fang Xie said, "if you lose a lot, why can't you be a rogue?"

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Chang'an City

Tai Chi Palace

East warm Pavilion

The emperor was still shivering with three layers of quilts wrapped around him. In order to make himself live longer, he did not hesitate to use the poison method of he people to continue his life, but he was terminally ill, and the bug was not a golden pill to bring people back to life after all. Outside Chang'an City, after su Buwei died, crown prince Yang Chengqian set up his grave with his bare hands, the emperor returned to Chang'an city. Of course, few people knew about this 。

Yang Chengqian stood under the earthen Kang, hanging his head, and dared not even let the atmosphere out.

The queen pretended to wipe the blood off the corners of her mouth for the emperor, but the sadness in her eyes couldn't be hidden.

"Your Majesty, stop talking and have a rest first."

She advised softly.

"No"

The emperor shook his head: "before I die, all those who should be explained should be explained clearly. Although Chengqian can be alone, after all, he is still young and doesn't think about many things. Especially when it comes to trade-offs, he doesn't understand what I just said that everything can be lost for the sake of the immortality of the Yang family, so I want him to understand more."

He waved to Yang Chengqian with difficulty: "come here, I have one last thing to tell you. You should remember every word I said, because it concerns the life and death of my Yang family. Since you already know the secret, you should know how to do it. But I know you won't have such courage at that time, so I must let you know what can give up everything."

He no longer calls himself me, but me.

Yang Chengqian hurried over. The emperor held him close to his ear and said a few words in a very low voice. The queen didn't hear it, but looked at Yang Chengqian's face and became extremely ugly.

"Remember... This will be the arrangement after I die!"

The emperor grabbed Yang Chengqian's collar and stared into his eyes. There was no doubt!