Zheng Lang waved his hand, rubbed his head again, and said to these ministers, big and small, "Everyone, wait a minute. ”

Then he rushed to the shopkeeper Yan, who was preparing the banquet not far away, and said, "You can't prepare either." ”

Somehow, I saw that the raw rice was going to be cooked.

After speaking, he ran into the courtyard and said to Cui Xian and the little lady of the Fan family: "I'm going to the northwest, right?" ”

"yes."

"I'm going to Jingyuan Road, right?"

"yes."

"Do you know how many soldiers have died in Haoshuichuan, I will immediately go to be their parent official, I didn't go, I will take a concubine first, and let the people of Jingyuan Road hear about it, what will they think?"

"What does it matter?" The little lady of the Fan family asked rhetorically regardless of her shyness.

The reason is too reluctant.

Zheng Lang wants to scratch his head again, now that his parents are in order, the words of the matchmaker are the mainstream, is it impossible to promote the ideology of free love to them, he has married four wives and concubines, what qualifications do he have to say free love. had to say rudely: "That's it, even if you accept it, you can wait for me to return to the capital." Otherwise, I don't agree. ”

"What's the difference?" The little lady of the Fan family was very disappointed.

"Yes, did you want to come to the Zheng family?"

"Yes......" snorted like a mosquito.

Don't pretend, Zheng Lang was very speechless in his heart, and said: "Then you should know who I am and how I treat the people, you also know." ”

After all, she is a little girl, and she is easier to deceive.

"But ......"

"You go back first, and I'll go back to Beijing again. will inevitably make some contributions and let you enter the Zheng family. ”

The little lady of the Fan family didn't know what to do, Cui Xian whispered a few words in her ear, and the little girl said, "Okay." ”

Zheng Lang sent someone to send her back, and then said to the ministers: "I have agreed with the Fan family, and I will accept it again when I return to the capital, you don't need to congratulate you." ”

But Zheng Lang neglected today's occasion. This is not officialdom, you have to be serious, he is not an old master, he is old, and no one dares to joke with him.

In particular, Ouyang Xiu, Fu Bi and other officials who were not very old had already set him up and said: "Accept early or late, eat happy wine, eat happy wine." ”

The shopkeeper Yan also let everyone rush and prepare to set up a banquet again.

Zheng Lang was speechless, I was by a strong girl! Or was forcibly by more than 100 officials.

Even Zhao Zhen didn't let go, he didn't come himself, but he sent two small yellow doors to send a generous gift.

Cui Xian said in a low voice: "Official, we didn't have such a lively story when we got married. ”

The excitement doesn't end.

After the emperor sent a congratulatory gift, Empress Cao sent someone to send a congratulatory gift, not on behalf of Zhao Zhen, but on behalf of the queen herself, the Cao family has nothing to do with Zheng Lang, but Zheng Lang tried her best to protect her seventh uncle as the governor of Shaanxi, and Empress Cao still had some gratitude in her heart.

Then Miao Guifei also sent someone to send congratulatory gifts.

Zheng Lang was even more dizzy.

Anyway, let's come together to force the girl to him, so come on.

The banquet was opened, and he was dragged to the banquet by Fu Bi, and persuaded him to drink one by one, Zheng Lang borrowed wine to drown his sorrows, and everyone persuaded him again, and drank more than a dozen wines in a while.

Then Zheng Lang looked at everyone, and the more he looked, the more he looked, hundreds of people became thousands, tens of thousands, and finally blurred into a ball and fell under the table with a bang.

Hahaha, everyone laughed together.

It was rare to see Zheng Lang's gaffe, and finally saw him drunk, Fu Bi was so happy. After glancing at it, he happened to catch a glimpse of General Shilang Yan Wengui, and shouted: "Yan Shilang, draw down Zheng Xingzhi's appearance at this time." ”

Yan Wengui was very embarrassed.

Yan Shu said: "Let you draw, you will draw." ”

This pair of Weng son-in-law requested, how dare Yan Wengui refuse, so he had to paint.

Lu Yijian also smiled and watched Yan Wengui draw a picture of Zheng Lang drunk.

In fact, it was the defeat of Haoshuichuan, which put too much pressure on the officials in the capital and needed to vent, and it happened that Zheng Lang gave them a chance to take the daughter of the Fan family this time, so he made a fuss like this.

The Fan family began to see their daughter come back, and they were a little unhappy, but what to do? People are the pillars of the imperial court, the youngest prime minister, he is just a rich businessman, what is it? But after hearing the truth of the matter after a while, the Fan family was overjoyed.

Cooked rice, it can never be turned back into raw rice!

Zheng Lang was drunk and didn't wake up the next morning, but he didn't have to go to the morning court, so Cui Xian sent Shi Congguang to Xifu to ask for a leave.

Yan Shu waved his hand and said, "Give three days off." ”

In the afternoon, Zheng Lang got up, his heart burned badly, and he drank a few large sips of cold water, Cui Xian complained: "You can't drink it, don't be reckless." ”

"Are you satisfied this time?" Zheng Lang endured his headache and recalled what happened yesterday, it was like this, what difference does it make if he sends people back or not?

"The concubine is not for the Zheng family, for you, do you think I want to."

It's unclear if it's reasonable, Zheng Langsuo's surname is not said, let's consider the northwest first.

Ge Huaimin is boastful, and Zheng Lang himself is also boastful, the reason why he said so many things is historical knowledge. If you really want to throw away the insights and historical knowledge that are a thousand years ahead of your mind, you may not do better than Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan.

It is far from enough to have this historical knowledge, and it is necessary to put it into practice. The war is fierce, not like government affairs, in Hangzhou and Taipingzhou, if you make a mistake, you can correct it in time. If a military mistake is made, tens of millions of people will be killed or injured immediately, how can we correct it? Can people still be brought back to life when they die?

But fortunately, Di Qing was in the Jingyuan Army, and the top was in the Zhenrong Army, but it is not easy to say that the Zhenrong Army covered almost all the areas of Guyuan later, or even exceeded. However, the Song Dynasty's control ability was limited, for example, Haoshuichuan had reached the later Longde, although the northern Haiyuan region belonged to the Western Xia control area, and it had to pass through a large area of the Song Dynasty's control territory before reaching Haoshuichuan for ambush.

Part of it was the mistake of Han Qi and the generals and their negligence in reconnaissance, and part of it was also the result that the Song Dynasty could only defend and had limited troops, so that there were a lot of gaps in the frontline areas under its control.

And how to use Ge Huaimin, the second ancestor?

After thinking about it, he came to the barracks to check on this group of soldiers, and asked them to prepare to leave.

When I heard that I was going to the northwest, these Jurchens screamed.

It should be said that they did not fully develop their minds, and even the whole race began to gradually march towards slave society. It is this kind of naivety and ignorance that also causes their barbaric and formidable combat effectiveness.

I am very excited, if I want to enjoy the glory and wealth like those people in the capital, I have to have military achievements, and if I want to have military achievements, I have to fight.

Zheng Lang shouted Wang Zhi aside and asked, "How are the few people sent by Wang Deyong doing?" ”

knew that Wang Deyong was very cold to his brother-in-law, but it didn't mean that Wang Deyong knew people.

"Bachelor, this group of people can be reused," Wang Zhi said cautiously, and added: "Especially those two scribes, it seems that it is not simple. ”

"Oh."

"How do you see these fanzi behaving today?"

Zheng Lang looked at it carefully and said, "It seems to be more neat than yesterday." ”

"It was Liu Xuanrui who forcibly gave me the order, those who did not train neatly, those who did not obey the orders of the army, were beheaded according to military law, and killed a fanzi, these fanzi were afraid, so they became obedient."

"Really killed?"

"He moved out of the military law and moved out of the prince, I don't dare not listen."

There is military law, but almost no one takes military law seriously, Zheng Lang muttered: "Really kill? ”

"Bachelor, I thought of Sun Wu."

You can't judge a person's fate by history alone, and some people bury their lives because they don't have opportunities and don't meet people they appreciate. It's like Di Qing didn't meet Fan Zhongyan, that's it. But reaching the height of Sun Wu is impossible. However, so decisive, about a talent.

He summoned the two of them and said, "I'm about to leave the capital and go to Jingyuan Road." ”

"Bachelor, we all know that."

"And what do you guys think?"

"Bachelor Zheng, Yanyun Road is under the management of Fan Zhongyan, and it is not easy to overcome. The imperial court let Fan Zhongyan go to Huanqing Road, although Fan Zhongyan did not seek merit, but that kind of tactic was the most difficult to attack. Liu Xuanrui said.

"Makes sense, keep talking."

"Qinfeng Road is in the rear, so only Jingyuan Road and Fulin Erzhou in the north are left. These two places will surely become the hardest hit areas of the Xixia attacks in the future. ”

Chang Mingde added: "Jingyuan Road has been broken by Yuan Hao. But if you want to make meritorious contributions, you are still on Jingyuan Road. ”

If there is no war, how can it be meritorious?

It seems to be really good, no wonder he will recommend himself to Wang De with hair. But unlike Di Qing, who has been proven by history, and continues to observe, Zheng Lang said gently: "Very good, I agree with you, you are ready to prepare immediately, otherwise I will leave." ”

"Whoa."

Zheng Lang couldn't help crying and laughing, and the two were even more excited, like two war fanatics.

Sure enough, it's a big world, and there are no surprises.

Then he continued to watch the soldiers practice, and when they arrived in the capital, the shotguns were replaced with cannons, and they were all dressed in the armor of the Song Dynasty.

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, Mingguang armor became the mainstream, and in the Song Dynasty, Shanwen armor replaced Mingguang armor, and the craftsmanship also reached its peak.

Not only is the craftsmanship exquisite, but even the size has strict requirements, such as the method of making armor, the infantry army wants its length, the horse army wants its short, the crossbowman wants its width, and the gunner wants its narrow. For example, the step man is standing upright, the short is exposed, the horse army squats with the knees bent, the long is stumbling, the horse army armor skirt is used only over the knee three inches, the step person is the waist of the armor and the hanging legs are connected into a piece, the name is full of clothes, and it is easy to be draped, and the horse army is hanging legs to make two sections, the name is to pick and hang.

In addition to the armor for the horse infantry army, there are also armor suitable for archers, crossbowmen, spearmen and other troops, and the size of the armor is refined according to each different class.

Especially the infantry armor of the heavy infantry.

Some people say that the ancient armor of Europe is the best, but this is wrong, the best and most comprehensive is the foot armor, which weighs almost thirty kilograms.

Including weapons, soldiers often carry forty to fifty kilograms.

Although it is effective to protect itself, it sacrifices speed.

In fact, the most powerful army is not heavy armor, but flexible and mobile light cavalry, speed beats everything, and any heavy armor is a floating cloud. Zheng Lang knows, but it's useless to know, there is no good war horse, and what speed is also a dream.

The vest was a little lighter and also weighed almost twenty kilograms.

But for these Jurchens, there was no burden at all.

In terms of force, they are certainly not the first in the Song Dynasty, but on the whole, they are definitely better than the Song soldiers in terms of physical strength.

Unfortunately, the northern race is already taller than the southern race, and the meat-eating ethnic group is also more nutritious than the vegetarian people.

However, not every Song soldier can afford to wear this kind of armor, others don't say it, if Zheng Lang is allowed to wear the step armor, let alone walk, he may be crushed alive.

Therefore, there was leather armor and paper armor, paper armor is not a large white paper later, up to three inches thick, if it rains through, the crossbow is difficult to wear. It can be used as armor for some defense, and it is lightweight, and it can also be used as warm clothing.

Comparatively speaking, even in the front, the number of paper armor is better than the number of iron armor.

Paper armor is mostly helpless, many soldiers can not bear the weight of the armor, and the imperial court has no money to let more than one million soldiers fully armed with iron armor, even if they can be armed, the maintenance cost is also very amazing. But the most feared thing is that the paper armor is also shoddy.

A three-inch-thick piece of paper armor can block a bow and arrow, but what if it becomes an inch thick?

This kind of paper armor is still evolving, and after the Ming Dynasty, it was replaced by cotton armor. In previous dynasties, there were also poor armor, such as the net-shaped chain mail, leather armor, and cloth armor in the Tang Dynasty.

Without cavalry, this situation cannot be changed, Zheng Lang meditated for a moment, and began to look at the weapons again, the Song soldiers mainly had one crossbow, two bows and three guns, and a small number of knives, swords, iron whips (iron pestles), and short spears. Most of the horses were equipped with thirteen gunners, and the rest were archers. The infantry army had eight swordsmen, sixteen gunners, and the remaining seventy people were crossbowmen. Crossbowmen also practiced the art of swords and spears to prevent hand-to-hand combat, but they were often unskilled.

This army maintained the tradition of the original Jurchens, and there was not a single person who used a gun, and all of them used knives and bows.

Zheng Lang suddenly had an idea.

In Yanzhou, he has been thinking about setting up the bus, and he is dealing with many government affairs every day, and he has no time to think about anything else, when he suddenly thinks of a problem.

Cavalry and infantry are at war, and who wins and who loses is a question that almost children know.

But it's not uncommon for infantry to win cavalry, Liu Yu's moon formation, not counted, but there are also Mo sword soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, which cannot be counted, the process can be restored, and there are few Song soldiers who can play the Mo knife of the Tang Dynasty well. There is another case, ordinary infantry is better than cavalry, the Yuejia army!

Han Shizhong and Yue Fei's army was still a heavy infantry army dominated by ironclad spears and crossbows, and repeatedly defeated the cavalry of the Jin Dynasty with a dense lineup. But because of the heaviness, it is often impossible to defeat the enemy completely. So Yue Fei came up with a way in the battle of Yuncheng, equipped with special broadswords and axes, and set up a position from both wings, let's not cut you, but cut your horse's legs, after the horse's legs were cut down, the enemy fell off the horse's back, and then smashed the chest with a big axe and a big knife. The end is insidious and vicious.

But this battle killed the Jin people miserably, if it weren't for Zhao Gou and Qin Hui, the two bastards, the Jin people were ready to pack their luggage, pack up and flee back to Huanglong Mansion, only one battle, it is possible to take back the Central Plains, and send it to the sixteen states of Youyun.

The result is speechless.

Thinking of this, he immediately stood up and ran to Xifu.

Yan Shu saw him and asked with a smile, "Are you awake?" ”

Delighted.

Zheng Lang rolled his eyes, ignored him, but took out a pen and paper, and drew several weapons invented by Yue Fei, knives and axes with long handles, Yue Fei was in a hurry to arrange them, and he didn't have time to make special long handles, so he asked his subordinates to chop wooden sticks as long handles, and then tied the knife and axe to the long handle with a rope. Now that there is more time, you can slowly make a special long handle, which can be directly attached to a long knife or large axe.

"It's ......"

"Chop off the horse's legs."

"Huh."

"Let the supervisor make a batch first, and I'll take it to the northwest and try it out."

"Okay."

Zheng Lang then drew a third weapon, the hook and sickle spear, which evolved from the ancient weapon halberd and became famous in Lü Guang, but the First World War in the Western Regions was mostly ignored by the Central Plains people in ancient times. The Song Dynasty also did not know its power.

When the Song Dynasty was at war with Li Jiqian, it was impossible to break its chain of horses, so some people thought of the halberd, and added a horizontal branch in the form of the halberd, and there was an additional horizontal drag in addition to the jab, which played some role, so the Song Dynasty made nine kinds of guns in the double-hook gun, single-hook gun and ring gun all carried this small hook. Strictly speaking, it's not a hook sickle yet. Yue Fei added another curved sickle to this gun with a horizontal branch, changing the horizontal branch into a real hook.

When engaged, hook off the enemy's armor and cut off the enemy's head with a curved sickle. It was with this kind of hook and sickle that the general Yang Zaixing killed hundreds of golden soldiers alone.

Weapons are not omnipotent, but the appearance of these weapons will undoubtedly expand the results of Yuncheng's victory. Placed in the Northwest Battlefield, it also increases some of the power.

"That's good." Yan Shu said happily.

"Okay, let's start making it."

"I'll order a batch to be made at once for you to take to the northwest."

Zheng Lang returned to the inn at this time, and Cui Xian came out aggrieved. Zheng Lang shook his head, and he didn't get angry anymore, this is not a gap between two generations, but a gap in ideology and concepts for a thousand years. Cui Xian is not an exaggeration according to the practice of this era, on the contrary, this is the generosity of the eldest woman and the virtue of women. said, "Xian'er, I'm leaving soon." ”

"Hmm."

"Go back to Zhengzhou."

"Why?"

"This is not Hangzhou, there is danger in the northwest."

"The concubine will not fly separately from you."

"What is it, it's useless for you to go to the northwest."

"Yes, you don't want that."

“……”

Xing'er Si'er and the others also disagreed, Zheng Lang had to say: "You can go, but you must stay in Weizhou City, you can't go out of the city, as long as it's outside the city, even if it's in Weizhou, there will be danger." ”

"Okay, let's stay in Weizhou City and never leave."

Zheng Lang was still like in Hangzhou, he said he would go, and first took this group of soldiers to leave the capital on horseback, and Cui Xian and the others still set off behind.

If you arrive at Jingyuan Road early, you will be able to prepare.

Spring flowers are brilliant, but Zheng Lang can only see the colorful falling flowers and the faint killing intent in his eyes.