Datang: Touching the Corpse Li Yuanba at the Beginning

The birthdays of the two children are both on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, which is quite easy to remember, and in ancient times, few people celebrated birthdays for children.

Spring is coming soon, and spring plowing is about to begin.

Similarly, the Flying Tiger Army on the other side will go all the way north to cross the current Daxing'an Mountains, go north to the ice field and join forces with Ran Min, and after destroying Shiwei, they will go west along the grassland and send a large number of captives to Xue Li. Their Northern Expedition is over.

This is the battle plan Li Wenhao gave them when they dispatched troops.

"Your Highness, Ran Min seems to be in some trouble in the extreme north."

"Oh?"

Li Wenhao took the battle report sent back by Ran Min with some disbelief. Is there anyone among those Shiwei people who can stop Ran Min's begging army?

Regardless of whether others believe it or not, Li Wenhao does not believe it anyway, but the reality is a merciless slap in the face.

"According to Ran Min, they have retreated a hundred miles now?"

"Yes, Your Highness, our war horses are extremely difficult to walk on the ice field. According to the report of the sentry cavalry, thanks to General Ran Min's early discovery and early retreat, we did not cause any losses. Danger of annihilation."

"It's true that I was negligent."

Li Wenhao nodded. Although Datang's war horses were all nailed with horseshoes to protect the horseshoes, they were also subject to some environmental restrictions, one of which was the ice field.

At that time, Li Wenhao didn't think it was possible for them to fight in winter, so he didn't take it seriously. Now it seems that if you want to fight on the ice field, you really need to install an anti-skid chain on the horseshoe.

"Go, come with me to the craftsman's supervisor!"

Li Wenhao brought people to Jiang Zuo's prison, and the master Jiang Zuo was thinking hard about the high-density barrels needed for muskets.

After all, all available power is used now, including the steam engine, but none of them can forge the high-strength steel used in the musket barrel.

In fact, in ancient times, during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, the Yue King Goujian sword was made of alloys, but people at that time did not have the concept of alloys. Coincidentally, although Li Wenhao knew about alloys, he only knew about alloys. As for the ratio, the melting point Ah, he doesn't even know how to refine it.

So he can only watch the craftsman experiment again and again. After all, he only heard of some alloys in his previous life, such as titanium gold and tungsten steel, but now you are talking about titanium gold and tungsten steel with people like Datang. They can only scold you for not knowing anything.

And Li Wenhao really doesn't understand, so he can only let people collect ores, and let these blacksmiths experimentally melt the things extracted from these ores into iron.

After all, the system did not reward him with the periodic table of elements, nor the forging methods of these alloys, so he could only experiment.

But, to put it bluntly, even if this is the case, isn't it thousands of years ahead of time?

"Your Highness, are you here to see the progress of the gun barrel?"

The master craftsman saw Li Wenhao and hurriedly saluted.

"No, the gun barrel is not something that happens overnight. I came to you because I want to ask you to do something else."

Li Wenhao and the master craftsman came to the back hall, and after dismissing the people around him, he told what happened to Ran Min in the extreme northern ice field.

In fact, under Li Wenhao's development, the current Tang Dynasty has been somewhat deformed. After all, since ancient times, the cavalry of the Central Plains Dynasty have been out of weakness when fighting against foreigners.

But after Li Wenhao came, he directly relied on the theory of only cavalry that he believed in, and directly turned all the powerful troops of Datang into cavalry. The fact is also obvious that the cavalry is invincible...

"Your Highness, as you said, we did not think of it when we made the horseshoe before, but if we make the horseshoe like you said, I am afraid that the war horse will be useless."

"Abolished?"

Li Wenhao looked at the master craftsman with some puzzlement.

"Your Highness, please wait a moment, let's find a Master Soma and find out."

"pass!"

Li Wenhao took a sip from the teacup and waited patiently. After a while, Master Xiangma walked in. After seeing the ceremony, Li Wenhao explained his thoughts.

His idea is very simple, that is to build those horseshoes with spikes to increase the grip of the horse on the ice field, so that the horse can walk normally on the ice field. The idea is simple, just like adding an anti-skid chain to the car of later generations But the master craftsman and the master in charge of raising the horses shook their heads at the same time.

"Your Highness, the horseshoes of war horses are just like human nails. Although they need to be trimmed, but also, if they don't reply after a period of time and take off the horseshoes after nailing the horseshoes, there is absolutely no possibility of nailing new horseshoes. Nail a new one, the most likely reason is that this war horse has been abolished.”

"It's like hammering a nail into a plank"

As soon as the horse master from the Yumajian said, Li Wenhao understood that in the final analysis, the horseshoe is a carrier, carrying the horseshoe. Although it can be nailed into the horseshoe, it does not mean that he can nail it infinitely.

In the final analysis, the horseshoe is similar to a human nail, and it serves a protective function. It also needs time to heal. Although the horse did not respond, the damage caused by nailing the horseshoe into him cannot be ignored.

"Then what do you mean?"

Li Wenhao knows that it is better to ask professional personnel for such technical questions.

"Use a new horse, that is, a war horse that has not been shoed..."

"okay, I get it.!"

After hearing this, Li Wenhao went out straight away. It wasn't a question of whether he could think of a way. Now the conditions are here. You can't ignore the health of the horse. After all, the horse is the second life of the knight.

It is impossible to let unhealthy warhorses go to the battlefield, but the current warhorses cannot march on the ice field unless they have pointed horseshoes.

Li Wenhao rubbed his head and returned to his study.

"Lu Wenzhao, order Ran Min to guard the Wangjian River and Sheremza River basins first, and ask him to send troops to Tokur City. Where is he stationed now?"

Li Wenhao gave an order helplessly. After all, his supernatural powers were outnumbered, and the ice field was indeed not suitable for a large army to fight. It was already very difficult for Ran Min to drive the Shiwei people to the ice field.

"Your Highness, in fact, sometimes it is not necessary to use a knife to kill someone."

At some point, the sickly Du Ruhui walked in.

"Oh, Mr. Du, why are you here?"

"I went to the craftsman today"

Du Ru said with a dark smile.

"Hurry up, your body has just improved, who dares to keep you busy?"

Li Wenhao personally poured a cup of tea for Du Ruhui, and for no other reason, relied on his house plan to rule out these four words. Du Ruhui deserves his respect. After all, he is a big brother who is as good as Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen in military affairs and political affairs. , If it is not because of the early death due to illness, it is not certain how to say in the future.

"Mr. Du, what can you do?"

"Ha ha!"

Du Ruhui smiled, after all, he grew up watching Li Wenhao grow up in his former Prince Qin's Mansion, and watched him transform from heir to prince. Du Ruhui and Li Wenhao were not as reserved as others.

"You boy, you really don't see the rabbits and don't scatter the eagles. Why, I don't tell you, why don't you just give me tea?"

"Well, this tea is not bad!"

Du Ru sipped his tea with a dark smile, "Your Highness, sometimes it is not necessary to use a knife to kill, for example, a pot of broth."

"broth?"

"Is it poisoning?"

"No no no!"

Du Ruhui shook his head, "If it's poisonous, I'll bring Song Ci here today."

"Then what do you mean?"

Li Wenhao is still a little confused. After all, the last time he used broth tactics was Boss Cao, who coerced the emperor to command the princes.

"Hehehe!"

Du Ruhui shook his head, "Prince, you said that you are usually too shrewd to die, why didn't you think about it today."

"You think, you let Ran Min guard the enemy's way down to the jungle and blocked the enemy on the ice field. Although Ran Min can't fight on the ice field, the enemy can't go south either."

"Leaving aside the weather, let me ask, is there any animal that can survive on the ice sheet?"

"And what did they keep in captivity?"

"Without food, they can survive for ten days, and can they survive for a month?"

"So, the way to defeat the enemy at that time is very simple, just a few pots of fragrant broth will do."

"Ah this..."

Li Wenhao is a good guy, no matter how he sees Du Ruhui, he doesn't look like an old bastard, but there is a hint of Jia Xu between the lines.

Of course, if it was Jia Xu, he would have suggested adding some condiments to the broth.

"You mean, let's fight a protracted war with them?"

"That's right, Your Highness, anyway, there is no shortage of people in the West Great Wall now, so we don't need the current time to manage the Northeast well."

"Moreover, we can change our strategy for these alien races in the Northeast. First, select some people who are strong and healthy, and have no problem thinking to add to my Datang army, and then let the rest of them build the West as laborers. Great Wall."

"And promise them that as long as they stay for three years, they will become the people of my Tang Dynasty, enjoy the same treatment as ordinary people, get land, livestock, and, for these three years, we will pay them wages."

"At the same time, tell them that a family of four only needs one labor force. In this way, I can not only build the Great Wall, but also bring these alien races home."

"You know, now in Datang, especially in Hebei, foreigners have accounted for 30.00% of the population. If this group of people becomes chaotic, the consequences will not be just killing a few people."

Du Ruhui said.In fact, Li Wenhao also understood this simple and clear truth, but before the great achievement of building the Great Wall, Li Wenhao was really a little anxious.

He looked like he didn't take human life as human life. After what Du Ruhui said today, he realized that he almost made everyone angry.

Among other things, most of his armies in Hebei Province, such as the Infantry Army, are Mohe people, and there are also many strong men of different races in the begging army, flying tiger army, and blood killing army. If you don't pay attention to proportion, it's really easy to make big problems.

"It's good that His Highness is clear, and the old minister will leave."

Du Ruhui stood up with his waist supported, and got into the carriage with Li Wenhao's support.

"Your Highness, let me say something off topic."

Du Ruhui raised the curtain of the carriage and stuck his head out and said.

"Mr. Du, please tell me."

"It's really nothing, I just want to tell you that you are still young, don't be too anxious, sometimes haste makes waste..."

"Everything you do is enough for someone else to do for a lifetime."

"Go! Go home!"

After Du Ruhui finished speaking, he signaled the groom to leave, while Li Wenhao stood there for a long time, unable to calm down for a long time.

Just now Du Ruhui's eyes seemed to shine directly into his heart, as if at that moment he had no secret at all.

After all, from the time he was in charge of the army to the present, it seems that he has never stopped for a day, from east to west, from north to south, he really used a few years to complete the things of other people's lives.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, why are you still here?"

Dong Haichuan stumbled over and shouted loudly.

"what happened?"

"Oh, my ancestors, now Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor, and the Empress are all fighting over the child's name. Go and see!"