"Uncle Sangou, let's draw a line. The people in the rear find ways to build some forts. The people in the front have only one way. When the real army comes, they can only retreat immediately. Even if the forts are built, do you think Xixia can defend it if they want to attack? Moreover, every time they invade, they use plunder as a supply. These people do not evacuate, leaving a large amount of food and livestock for them to provide for them." Wang Ju said.

"This is also a solution."

“This has to wait.”

"I know," Li Sangou thought he was waiting for money.

In fact, Wang Ju is waiting for Sun Mian, and the biggest mountain in front of him is Sun Mian!

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The weather is getting colder.

Wang Ju and the craftsman both stared at the huge monster at the moment.

Nowadays, ordinary casting armor uses a sledgehammer to remove impurities and a small hammer to shape it. In fact, the process of removing impurities by a sledgehammer is also a process of making the steel structure more dense. Therefore, the more times you make, the better the quality of the steel, and of course the greater the loss.

The cold forged armor in Xixia uses cold deformation to improve the hardness and toughness of metals and strengthen the metal. The wart armor in Qingtang Qiang of Tubo can also be regarded as cold forged armor.

However, it has many limitations. First, it has strict requirements on materials, not too many impurities, not too much sulfur content, second, it has high costs, and third, it is because it is forged at room temperature, which has high labor costs and low efficiency.

So later, Shen Kuo recorded this craft in "Mengxi Bitan" and was not promoted in the Song Dynasty.

This is even more true in Xixia. How could I use cold forging armor to equip soldiers? I don’t have the financial resources to sell Li Liangzuo.

Therefore, Wang Ju adopted a compromise method and had some foundations, including the quenching process. Under Wang Ju's leadership, Wang Jiazhai successively launched some original normalization, tempering, quenching and annealing processes. In fact, the quenching process is very complicated, but it was not possible for the Song Dynasty technology and foundation.

In addition, the simple carbonized steel technology has also been improved.

And after debugging, Wang Ju also determined which mines had low iron and sulfur content, which was the basis.

The cold forging that has never been touched is this.

It was not until now that Wang Ju began to come into contact with this cold forging.

It’s not like the Xixia people, who use a big hammer to hit it slowly.

After many debugging, he invented a primitive hydraulic press.

Huachi Water has many river sections with rapid flow and many reefs, which is not conducive to shipping, but it is rich in water resources.

Wang Ju installed the stamping machine in a turbulent place in the Huachi Water downstream of Huachi Town.

This original stamping machine alone costs more than a thousand stagnant of money from research and development to finished products.

The huge water wheel pulled the noose, and the noose struck a square hammer of nearly a thousand pounds to a high place. Wang Ju shouted: "Let it go."

A craftsman loosened the machine and the huge hammer fell down suddenly. The iron block on the large iron plate below immediately smashed into a flat persimmon.

Wang Ju hit his palm: "It's done."

As long as these technologies are combined, a batch of high-quality steel will be obtained, and cold forging and thick weapons can be used.

Moreover, it enables uniform steel composition, refined grains and more tough.

Now it's just a test. The effect is still waiting for the finished product to come out. And this technology needs to be continuously improved. Wang Ju carefully explained the precautions to the craftsmen and rode back to Huachi Town. The next day, Yao Yi escorted a group of bandits to Huachi Town.

This is the second group of bandit suppression.

However, this group of bandits did not do many evil things like Yang Si and the others, so they only killed more than a dozen people during the battle, and all the rest were captured.

"Minister Wang is so poor."

"What's so poor?"

"This group of bandits is so poor. If we take into account the loss of weapons, we will lose money this time."

"Haha, inspector Yao, how much money can anyone make for bandit suppression? Yang Si and the others are exceptions. We cannot consider it from the perspective of money and wipe out bandits. Ziwu Mountain will be quiet, no one dares to make business ideas, and they have also trained soldiers. But you are here just in time, let's discuss them again, and I plan to pull all the plans."

The first plan is to buy a horse.

If possible, the Xinfan cavalry's horses will also arm the horses of the Liyuan Fort camp. The cavalry is still the strongest military branch of this era.

The remaining horses will be handed over to other cavalry troops in Qingzhou.

But everyone has no idea how many horses they can get. Just because Huachi County has a small gap, more than a thousand horses can satisfy it. However, the number of gaps in the entire Qingzhou horse is too large, and no matter how you do it, it cannot be satisfied.

This fee seems to be the most expensive place, but the actual subsidy is not large. If you exchange wine for horses, you can still make a slight surplus. If you exchange barter for horses, then a horse will lose several cents of money. In general, it will be safe.

The second plan is to strengthen the body, that is, the food subsidy, which is a hard subsidy, but the cost can be afforded, and it will only cost 10,000 yuan to be paid by the end of next year.

The third plan is subsidies. If the Xinfanqin wants to recruit more soldiers, it is not tempting to rely solely on the court's salary. There must be additional subsidies to attract more strong foreigners to sign up and finally select a powerful foreigner.

The other eighth battalion soldiers will also have subsidies, but not subsidies to individuals. All of the money will be handed over to their families in the end. This alone will be expected to cost 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. However, when the family members in the rear are safe, their morale will increase.

In addition, this subsidy is not an even levy, but is distributed in levels through training performance and progress, so that soldiers can train enthusiastically.

After practicing like this for more than a year, the war next year may not necessarily become an iron army, but it will become a strong army.

The fourth plan is the armor.

Many armors in the military camp were made of shoddy weapons and were seriously unqualified, and many soldiers even wore paper armor to fight against leather armor.

Wang Ju plans to gradually eliminate these armor and replace them with new armor and weapons.

But this is put in the last place. The Song army is not weak, but the weapons are not good. If that happens, wouldn’t it be even worse in the Xixia side?

The workshop on the Huachi Shuiban was successfully tested. The first batch of manufactures were not armor weapons, but the kind of stone cannons.

The cost is borne by the court, and the remaining cost will continue to be produced by donating the method of producing a batch of weapons and armor. The armor will be the kind of armor taken out by Wang Ju, weighing only more than 30 kilograms. But this cost is too high. From armor to weapons and bows, a set of equipment will cost at least 60 or 70 jin. The officers and soldiers of the Eighth Battalion and the Xinfan Cavalry may reach more than 4,000 officers and soldiers. If Wang Ju is killed, he will not be able to make so much money.

So you can only do what you can.

What we start now has nothing to do with the armor, but the third step plan, the training subsidy.

"What should I do with these bandits?"

“Build a road.”

"Only thirty people can build roads?"

"Are there still a few bandits in the mountains?"

"I'm afraid there will be no large number of people. As long as they continue to suppress the enemy twice, they will probably escape to other places together."

"If the number of people is not enough, draw soldiers to build the road in moderation."

"There are only one battalion soldiers."

"It's not the wing soldiers. It's very hard for the battalion soldiers to carry food and grass. How to get them to build roads? I mean the wing soldiers, the Poches, and the foreign cavalry."

"This is not very good."

"If you spend so much money, can you still complain about building a road? Inspection Commissioner Yao, if you continue to improve the training intensity, most soldiers will beg you to ask them to build the road."

"Haha," Yao Yi laughed.

"I will issue another document of Lubu. Those who do not come back to farm within half a year will be given all their farmlands to others. Then, they will go to the mountains to catch fugitives in the spring next year and force them to build roads."

"Will there be any controversy?"

"If there is any dispute, we have to do this. Many people in Huachi County have escaped, resulting in a large amount of arable land being deserted, and the wine consumes grain. If it is serious, the court may have to transport a large amount of grain from the rear. It would be fine if the grain from the rear is not transported. Once the grain from the rear is transported, the cost is astronomical. At that time, the controversy would be even greater. Road construction is a key, not only for the convenience of private business, but once the Xixia officially invades Qingzhou, many troops will come. If Fengchuan to Fuzhou, Huachi to Pingrong, and Fuzheng are built, the Fuyan Road will be able to send a large amount of materials and troops to Qingzhou."

The three main areas of Jintang City, Xinjiang Fuzhai and Baibao City were occupied by the Xixia people. Otherwise, Yanzhou, the Security Army, Yuanzhou, and Qingzhou would be able to form a front line. At that time, the enemy could not be effectively attacked, but could be effectively defended.

However, Wang Ju looked at Dongfang and thought to himself: I have to thank the heavy rain in the capital.

"Build the Tabai Team." Wang Ju said again.

With Sun Mian here, it is impossible to form a Tabai camp, but it can form three or four brigades.

In this backward era, they are just the eyes of the army. If they have bad eyes, can they still fight?

"I think it's time to go. Autumn is coming and the crops are beginning to be harvested. Maybe the people of Xixia will come to plunder again."

Before Yao Yi finished speaking, a soldier who stayed in Liyuan Fort hurriedly rode his horse, came to the two of them, turned over and dismounted, and said breathlessly: "Report to inspect Yao, Magistrate Wang, and the Xixia army is here to plunder again."

"Send the order, set off." Yao Yi opened his eyes wide and shouted loudly.

Yao Yi felt very stubborn when Xixia was so arrogant.

With the order, he turned over and prepared to take the army to fight.

"Inspector Yao, you can't be in a hurry," Wang Ju grabbed him.

Yao Yi was anxious and asked, "Why did Magistrate Wang stop me?"

Wang Ju thought a lot more than him, not only tactics, but also strategy. For example, there are a group of crazy wolves on the other side of the mountain. Once they suffer a great loss, will they send troops to retaliate? It is not that they are afraid of wolves in front and tigers in the back, but they really have to think about it like this. If the battle in Dashun City is provoked in advance, Sun Mian is in charge of Qingzhou and Huachi is not ready for anything, then he will end up miserably.

However, I immediately rejected it in my mind. Xixia wanted to gather a large army and had to prepare. If there were fewer troops, I would strengthen my walls and clear the fields and insist on forts. I was not afraid at all. I would come too much. Did Xixia have any plans to officially turn against the Song Dynasty? First of all, the first thing is that the trade and the year-end gifts are wanted.

But you can't fight blindly.

Wang Ju asked repeatedly: "Inspector Yao, how many enemies have come, where are they located, and how can we fight?"

Yao Yi was holding back his heart. The army in his hands was gradually becoming stronger and he wanted to fight, but he also had to consider how to fight.

When Yao Yi was asked, calmed down and immediately changed his order: "Send the order to the scout, go to the front to inquire immediately, and then come back to report."

"That's right. Let's send Liyuan Fort to prepare for defense. But the main army will not leave Huachi Town for the time being, and will be ready to act at any time." Wang Ju added.r1152
Chapter completed!