Chapter 243 first heard of the bearded guest Zhang Zhongjian

"General Chen, if you want to take Hebei with 50,000 foot cavalry, I'm afraid it's not easy, right?" Qu Tutong's gray beard flew up, raised his eyebrows, and said: "You young people have the ambition to swallow thousands of miles, which is not wrong in itself, but Hebei is where Dou Jiande started, and the people at the bottom are grateful to Dou Jiande for treating them well. I don't have much of a blade on hand, and I don't have much food left......"

Chen Yingdao: "There is not enough equipment, not enough grain and grass, I will think of a way!" ”

Li Xiuning said suspiciously: "What can you do?" ”

Chen Yingdao: "Has Her Royal Highness the princess forgotten that my mother was born in the Hongnong Yang family, the sister of the former Sui Sikong and King Ande!" ”

Only then did Li Xiuning remember that Chen Ying's mother was Yang Xiong's sister. Xin'an Cijian is not far from Hongnong Yang's family, with Hongnong Yang's strength, if he is really willing to help Chen Ying, tens of thousands of stones or even hundreds of thousands of stones of grain can still be easily obtained.

Qu Tutong also sighed: "The future life is terrifying! ”

Chen Ying planned Hebei, and even took all aspects into account, obviously not a whim, but a well-thought-out method. Originally, Qu Tutong thought that Hou Mo Chen's family had already fallen, but seeing Chen Ying and Hou Mo Chen Xu, who did not hesitate to risk his life and personally captured Wang Shichong, Qu Tutong already understood at this time that the day of Hou Mo Chen's resurgence was just around the corner.

Of course, the most important thing is that Chen applied practical actions to prove that there is no vanity under the fame.

Chen Ying acted quickly, first of all, he personally wrote a letter to Yang Gongren and Yang Rong, stating to them the current difficulties and wanting Hongnong Yang's support. This letter was sent by Zhou Qing in person, and it also said that Chen should attach great importance to it.

And most importantly, of course, the adjustment of the army. The left and right divisions of the East Palace, the left and right guards rate four rates and eighteen Zhichong Mansions, all of which were supplemented with the captured young and strong, and at the same time, the original hook and sickle lancers were separated and the Tang Xiao Cavalry Army was established, and the Xiao Cavalry Army had a total of twenty-four regiments under the jurisdiction of six Zhichong Mansions. With Luo Shixin as the general of Xiaocai, Zhang Shigui as the deputy.

Chen Ying separated the Modao Army again, and the Modao Army was under the jurisdiction of the Three Prefectures and the Fifteenth Regiment. With Zhang Huaiwei as the general of Modao, Zhang Anshi, Gao Feiyang, and Qin Yong were respectively the commanders of the folded chong.

In addition, Liu Tong and the six or seven thousand displaced people and miners under the Xunxiang Institute were reorganized, and the Beiwei army was under the jurisdiction of two Zhechong Prefectures and 3,000 soldiers and horses.

Since then, Chen Ying has 27 Zhechong Mansions and 54,000 people. It is true that at this time, Chen Ying used the prisoners to expand the army on his own, and it would not be a problem. First of all, there is General Qu Tutong as an endorsement, and at the same time, Li Xiuning has observed the whole process, and at this time, Li Yuan is eager to have as many soldiers as possible, if Chen Yingzhen can raise an army of 100,000, it is very faultless, but meritorious.

Although soldiers could be selected from among the captured or surrendered Zheng soldiers, there was no way to solve the problem with blades and armor. The cavalry of the Xiao cavalry of the twenty-four regiments of the six Zhechong Prefecture, that is, the hook and sickle cavalry, the war horse is enough, but the hook and sickle is two or three thousand pieces of difference, and the hook and sickle gun is not not bad, every time you fight, even if you have a high manganese steel Mo knife or horizontal knife, there will also be a break, under normal circumstances, the Mo knife needs to prepare one of the ten as a backup, and the horizontal knife is about this proportion, as for the hook and sickle gun, due to the use of Tuomu as a rod, the probability of breaking is greater, and it is necessary to prepare three percent of the spare parts.

But these armors are okay to say, but Mo knives and hook sickles have no way to solve this problem. Chen Ying thought about it and decided to transport a batch from the workshop in Qinglin, Wannian County, Chang'an. After more than four months of production reserves, whether it is a Mo knife or a high manganese steel horizontal knife, there should be a part of the quantity.

However, Qinglinli is also more than 500 miles away from Xin'an, and even if all of them are transported by horse-drawn carriages, it will take at least three days to take a return. However, horse-drawn carriage transportation is too inefficient.

Chen Ying vaguely remembered that during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Zu Chongzhi (the one who invented pi) issued a kind of wheel boat called a thousand miles boat. Although it is a bit exaggerated to travel thousands of miles a day, it should be possible to travel five or six hundred miles a day, this kind of ship uses human pedals to drive the wheel ship forward, if there are people who alternately pedal on the pedals, it is completely possible to return from the clear forest in one day and night. However, thanks to Chen Ying's previous dispatch of people to repair the ditch, from Luoyang, Mengjin can be crossed, and the waterway can go directly to Qinglin, Chen Ying did not see the wheel in Sun Jingchu's fleet, with the attitude of trying it out, Chen Ying still asked Guo Luo to send someone to inform Sun Jingchu.

When Sun Jingchu came to the Tang Army camp in Cijian, Chen Yingzheng had dinner with Li Xiuning, and Sun Jingchu saluted and said: "The grass people meet Her Royal Highness Princess Pingyang, Your Highness Wan'an!" ”

"No rudeness!"

Li Xiuning smiled slightly.

In fact, Sun Jingchu also walked a single-plank bridge, there was no way out, and there were abysses on the left and right that could break people's bones. What he wanted was to take down the official errand of the Cao Yun affairs promulgated by the imperial court, which would be counted in the official luck system. But fortunately, Chen Ying won this game, otherwise he would not even have a place to cry.

Chen Ying said straight to the point: "Sun Huishou, I came to you today, you want to secondment your Cao Yun to help me transport a batch of supplies!" ”

Sun Jingchu bowed down and said: "Jing Chu is looking forward to the general's horse!" ”

Chen Ying said: "This is the best, if this errand is done well, not only can the Heluocao matter be handed over, Her Royal Highness Princess Pingyang intends to reward a lord who is a captain of the light car!" ”

When Sun Jingchu heard this, he felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart. Although the lords of the Tang Dynasty had no position, they didn't care about anything, they were just added to the ranks. If there is no other authority, the lord can only receive a salary, but if the lord wants to participate in politics, it is according to the rules of seniority and origin. Although Sun Jingchu did not have a door, but Hou Mo Chen should have, in the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Hou Mo Chen was the second grade of the upper door, although the Sui Dynasty was decreasing, but now Hou Mo Chen is at least a third-grade high door, with the identity of Hou Mo Chen's family, the highest can be committed to the fifth grade of the official.

Chen Yingdao: "This general will soon go to your majesty, and the proposed construction of the Tang Yellow River Naval Fleet requires a large number of familiar boatmen and sailors, in my eyes, or rather, you should not worry about your identity." Maybe it's not good enough, but at least I'm working towards the goal of being able and meritocracy. After Sun Huishou completes the current errand, he will be entrusted with a specific ministry. ”

"Please rest assured that Sun Jingchu is willing to serve the adults and horses," Sun Jingchu said with his fists in order.

"You are wrong, you are working for me, but for the Tang Dynasty and the imperial court!" Chen Ying corrected Sun Jingchu's speech and said, "General Ben now needs to go to Qinglinli, Wannian County, East Chang'an to transport a batch of goods, this batch of goods is very urgent, it takes two days at most to transport it back, what can you do?" ”

"This?" Sun Jingchu said with a wry smile: "More than a thousand miles back and forth in two days? This one, too, is too difficult! ”

Hearing this, Li Xiuning couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Chen Ying looked at Sun Jingchu with a flash of light, and knew that he must be playing tricks.

Because it is only necessary to name the great difficulties that will highlight his merits. Chen Yingdao: "Is there a way to do it?" ”

Sun Jingchu said: "I don't know how many goods the general needs to transport, and how much does it weigh?" ”

Chen Ying thought about it, he needed at least 3,000 Mo knives is 105,000 catties, if you count the weight of the packing box, it should be about 120,000 catties, 5,000 hook and sickle guns 55,000 catties, and more than 6,000 high manganese steel horizontal knives, 54,000 catties, plus 3,000 pairs of high manganese steel Mingguang armor, a total of more than 350,000 catties, about more than 100 tons. If in the afterlife a maximum of two large trucks. These supplies alone weighed 3,500 stones. If it was transported by horse-drawn carriages, even four-wheeled heavy carriages with a load of up to 45 stones, it would require nearly 100 vehicles.

Chen Yingdao: "It won't be less than five thousand stones!" ”

Sun Jingchu said: "As far as your majesty knows, Zhang Zhongjian of Zhangjiabao in Qingshuiling, Wuzhi County, has three 2,000-material wheels!" ”

The ancient "material" is the ancient unit of measurement, and the ship material is the volume of people and things that a ship can carry. One material is ten cubic feet (Song or Ming ruler). The load of a "material" volume depends on the proportion of the goods. One material is ten cubic feet (Song or Ming ruler). The load of a "material" volume depends on the proportion of the goods. Ship feed can be estimated by multiplying the product of length, width and depth. Generally speaking, there is a ratio of 1 material = 1 stone = 92.5 catties. Qianliu is about a small boat with a load of about 100 tons in later generations.

Zhang Jingchu said: "You can go and ask Zhang Zhongjian to come forward to help the general transport goods, he has three wheels and ships, transporting 5,000 stone goods,"

At this moment, Chen Ying suddenly felt that the name Zhang Zhongjian was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it, and at this moment, Chen Ying suddenly realized.

Isn't Zhang Zhongjian a bearded guest who is one of the three heroes of wind and dust in later generations?

Chen Yingdao: "Is Zhang Zhongjian notoriously bad-tempered? Will he agree? ”

Sun Jingchu said: "This ...... I really can't guarantee it, but if the general gives him three hundred soldiers and horses, Zhang Zhongjian will definitely borrow a boat for the general to use! ”

It is said that it comes from life, although the bearded guest is a character in it, but his kung fu is very high, although there are a lot of three hundred soldiers and horses, he may be able to bluff ordinary people, but not necessarily Zhang Zhongjian! In the middle, Zhang Zhongjian was originally the son of Zhang Jiling, the richest man in Yangzhou, and his father was ugly and wanted to kill him when he was born. Rescued from the Kunlun slave, after becoming a soldier to map the world, after seeing Li Jing, he was ashamed, after seeing Li Shimin, he decided that the world would belong to Li Shimin, and he intended to be in the red whisk, and after learning that the red whisk married Li Jing, the three of them became brothers and sisters, and the bearded guest left alone after giving the family property to Li Jing and his wife.

Every man has a martial arts dream. Of course, Chen Ying is no exception, now that Chen Ying's army is on the right track, training, selection, and joint training, there is no need for Chen Ying to come forward, but he intends to meet this legendary bearded guest. Of course, whether Zhang Zhongjian of Wuzhi County is a bearded guest or not, Chen Ying really can't be sure.

Chen Ying thought about it, looked at Li Xiuning with a smile and said, "Three...... Princess, this place is not far from Wuling County, let's go to Wuzhi County and explore this Zhang Zhongjian! ”

Li Xiuning thought about it and felt that this was also the case. The battle of Datang was really miserable, there were wounded everywhere, and there was a bloody smell everywhere that made people want to vomit, to be honest, looking at the painful screams of these wounded soldiers, Li Xiuning was not a taste.

Li Xiuning said: "That's fine! ”

Chen Yingdao: "You go and prepare, let's go to Zhangjiabao in Qingfeng Ridge, Wuzhi County immediately!" ”