Chapter 255: Weapons, Artillery
If Liangshan wants to truly develop and grow into a force that can fight against the Chaoqiu, there will be too many things to do. Although Liangshan has gathered more than 30 wealthy spots, can it be compared with the Song Dynasty, which is rich in land, materials and talents? At this time, Liangshan is just a hungry baby, which takes time and nourishment to grow!
At this time, in the Juyi Hall, Ximen Qing, Song Jiang, Chao Gai, Wu Yong and Tao Qian were discussing together to see how to build Liangshan more comprehensively, so that Liangshan would be built more perfectly and comprehensively in the future. [..com]
Wu Yong looked around everyone and then said, "We have more than 9,500 horses in Liangshan, and now they have been clearly assigned. However, the cavalry and shield players have not been built yet, the logistics department has lacked personnel, and weapons and war horses are even scarce!" Tao Qian nodded and added, "Yes, there are more than 1,400 war horses on Liangshan, of which nearly 700 war horses are of extremely poor quality and can only be used to carry goods! And other horses can be used as war horses, and they are also low-level war horses, which are far from comparable to real cavalry troops!"
Chao Gai sighed, nodded, and said, "The base of Liangshan is thin, so it cannot be compared with the imperial court. Moreover, there are plains around it, there are no grasslands, and there are no horse farms. It is good to have these thousand four hundred horses. If I can leave the customs in the future, I will go to the Liao army to grab thousands of good horses and come back!" "Haha" everyone laughed.
At this time, Ximen Qing said, "Let's let go of the cavalry matters first, we will have a chance in the future. The most urgent task is to take infantry and navy as the main goal. After all, this army is to protect the safety of our Liangshan. By the way, scholars and Zhiwen, how many people are now seeking refuge in Liangshan every day?"
Tao Qian said, "Now there are almost a dozen people coming up the mountain to invest every day. There are twenty or thirty people at most. Although not many, over time, they can accumulate a considerable strength. However, these people are forced people, they have no martial arts and require a lot of training to truly become soldiers!" Ximen Qing nodded and then said, "Then please bother Brother Chao to worry more, train them well, let them transform quickly and become soldiers who can fight!"
Chao Gai smiled and patted his mouth, saying, "Leave the military training matters to me! Although I, Chao Gai, are a rough man and don't know what kind of military training methods, can also train them into bloodthirsty people who are not afraid of death! Haha"
Ximen Qing was stunned, and a thought suddenly popped up in his heart. He then looked at Wu Yong and asked, "Scholars, are there any prisoners on our Liangshan?"
Wu Yong was stunned, then nodded and said, "Yes! There are more than a hundred people locked in the back mountain. Does Emperor Yi have any ideas?"
Ximen Qing laughed and pointed at Chao Gai and said, "Don't Brother Chao want to train a bloodthirsty man? Then give the captives to Brother Chao and train them to a group of dead soldiers!" At this point, a sneer appeared on Ximen Qing's face and said, "What's the matter? Many things need to be done by the desperate people who are not afraid of death!"
Wu Yong nodded and looked at Tao Qian, and the two of them were naturally clear.
When he heard that he was going to train the dead soldiers, Chao Gaiji moved and then shouted, "Okay, let me leave it!" Ximen Qing nodded and then said, "This matter is decided. Let's talk about the weapons in Liangshan now. If there is no weapon, it's okay for Liangshan to lack anything. There can be three things. One is food, but people, and the third is weapons.
The food is still good now, and there is no shortage. The farming plan is still in progress. Although there are not many people, they are growing rapidly, so there is no need to worry. So, what we are most worried about now is weapons. Scholars, Zhiwen, how many weapons are there in Liangshan now?" Tao Qian opened the account book in his hand and then slowly said: "There are eight buckets of bows, nine buckets of bows, two hundred bows, and one stone bow on Liangshan. There are fewer bows of bows above one stone. As for arrow feathers, there are thousands of feathers, and they are still being made in large quantities. The long spears, more than one thousand two hundred, horizontal knives, more than one thousand three hundred handles, and 1 small shield, more than one thousand nine hundred, medium shield, half a man tall, more than seven hundred.
As for the big shields, there are only more than 200 shields. There are more than 500 crossbows, but only 200 crossbows. There are more than 1,500 javelins. By the way, there are also very few armor in Liangshan. There are only one thousand pairs, of which half of the chain mail and half-body armor each account for half."
With Tao Qian's slow remarks, everyone's faces became more and more solemn. There were more than 9,000 people in Liangshan, but there were very few weapons. The simplest spear and horizontal sword could not be used as a single hand.
Nowadays, many soldiers are just holding a long sword. Compared with spears and horizontal swords, the power of a short waist knife is much weaker.
In addition, there are too few armors, only a thousand pairs, not even half of the men. This is called how soldiers fight, are they wearing cloth clothes?
Before Tao Qian could finish speaking, he was stopped by Ximen Qing.
Ximen Qing frowned and said, "Stop thinking, I don't know if I don't ask, I'm shocked when I ask. Such a small amount of equipment is not enough to even plug the teeth."
Wu Yong nodded and said, "Yes. Hey, the bottom of Liangshan is too thin, we can only build step by step. Emperor Yi, you also said that the most lacking thing in Liangshan is weapons now, so I want to cast a large number of weapons. What do you think?"
Ximen Qing said: "Of course, is it just that there are blacksmiths in Liangshan?"
Wu Yong smiled and shook his head, saying, "There are many blacksmiths in Liangshan, but there are no blacksmiths.
However, I know a blacksmith expert. His family has made weapons for generations, and the weapons they cast are sharp and strong, and are first-class weapons."
"Oh? Who? Such a capable person must be used by me in Liangshan!" Ximen Qing asked happily.
Song Jiang, who was standing beside him raised his eyebrows and said, "But the money cat Tang Long?" Wu Yong nodded and smiled, "Brother Gongming is indeed awesome. He guessed it all at once. Yes, it's Tang Long! Tang Long's family's skill in casting weapons. If he could get him to Liangshan, then we won't have to worry about the weapons in Liangshan. Is there any way to make him go up the mountain?"
Wu Yong said, "Don't worry, I'll leave it to me now." At this time, Song Jiang, who was beside him, said again, "When scholars talk about Tang Long, they reminded me of another person." "Who?" Ximen Qing, Chao Gai, Wu Yong, and Tao Qian all looked at Song Jiang and asked.
Song Jiang tugged his forehead, picked up a finger, and said, "Boom the sky, Ling Zhen!"
"It's him!" Wu Yong screamed, then a hint of ecstasy appeared on his face, and he said, "Why did I forget him? Fortunately, Brother Gongming mentioned it now..."
Ximen Qing asked curiously: "Botian Lei, Ling Zhen, what is this person's ability?"
Wu Yong took a breath and said, "Emperor Yi, no matter how powerful the flesh and blood body is, it cannot stop the power of the cannon!" Ximen Qing jumped up suddenly.
The cannon is actually a cannon! Ximen Qing knew very well the terribleness of thermal weapons. Although the cannons of the Song Dynasty were not mature and not powerful, firearms were firearms, which could not be fought against by cold weapons. How many people could be killed by a shell?
Keeping up, Ximen Qing subconsciously believed that there were no firearms in the Song Dynasty now. However, the firearms that Ximen Qing believed here were muskets, but they ignored the existence of cannons.
Now that Wu Yong mentioned it, Ximen Qing suddenly woke up.
If a circle of cannons could be set up around Liangshan, wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to attack the court? Although the cannons are not powerful now, they are not far from being fired, and the speed of changing the medicine is slow. However, if there are too many cannons, it would be enough to use quantity to make up for the quality? At that time, the safety of Liangshan will be really safe.
Ximen Qing was moved with great enthusiasm and hurriedly pulled Wu Yong, saying, "Scholar, do you have a way to earn Ling Zhen up the mountain?" Wu Yong laughed dryly, then frowned slightly, and said, "The Ling Zhen family serves the imperial court, and it is difficult to earn him up the mountain! But Emperor Yi is worried. I will go down the mountain myself this time and I will definitely bring him up the mountain! In addition, I also know many heroes, and I will also earn them up the mountain to increase my strength." Ximen Qing nodded and said, "Then I will trouble the pedantics!"
At this time, Tao Qian said, "Emperor Yi, scholar, casting weapons and cannons requires a lot of copper and iron. We are short of that now in Liangshan. Even if we buy it, we can't buy much!" Chao Gai replied, "Yes, Zhiwen is right. Without copper and iron, even if we get Tang Long and Ling Zhen, it won't be useful!"
Ximen Qing and Wu Yong stopped talking.
After a while, Ximen Qing narrowed his eyes and said ruthlessly: "Scholar, King of Heaven, are we sure we have taken Liangshan County now? "Sucking" Chao Gai's air conditioning at this point, although he nodded quickly and said: "I am sure, I am sure! Liangshan County only stationed 6,000 troops, and our Liangshan has 9,000 troops, which is enough to destroy Liangshan County."
Wu Yong shook his head and said, "It's right to be able to win, but you have to worry about it for the long term. Otherwise, there will be heavy losses. After all, Liangshan County has city wall protection, and we don't have a well or a ladder, so we can't force the city to attack. So we can only take it by wisdom!"
After saying that, Wu Yong smiled and said, "It's easy to get ahead of wisdom. But do we just need to take down Liangshan County?"
"Since you have attacked, I will take down Liangshan County! Brother, tell me, right?"
Chao Gai frowned and asked in confusion.
Ximen Qing smiled without saying a word, and looked at Wu Yong and Tao Qian.
Song Jiang, who was beside him, raised his eyebrows and then laughed.
"Why are you laughing at? You are hiding it from me again!" Chao Gai said with an upset and hummed.
Ximen Qing smiled and said, "Brother, although we have captured Liangshan County, we are not trying to take down Liangshan County! Liangshan is still in the limelight now, so we must not do too much."
"Then why do you still attack Liangshan County? Tell me quickly!" Chao Gai asked.
Wu Yong said: "I attacked Liangshan County just to steal the Iron Department of Liangshan County. Isn't there a lot of copper and iron in Liangshan now? He Qiyi Sheath invades the sulfonium and fish it out, and does not occupy the city!" "Oh, pedantic, you are really shameless, you only rob the iron and does not occupy the city."
Chapter completed!