Han ride

Chapter 22
"How does General He see my cavalry?" Li Xin suddenly thought of something, and pointed to the cavalry behind him.Jiang Yi is also considered a master in the art of war, his origin is unknown, but He Kegang is also good. Although Li Xin doesn't like the Guan Ning cavalry under his command, he has to admit that the Guan Ning cavalry is still a strong soldier.Its training method is still very good.It would be best if He Kegang could give some pointers.

"Not bad." He Kegang looked at it, and then said with a smile.

Seeing that there was no change in his demeanor, Li Xin understood in his heart that this He Kegang obviously didn't like Li Xin's cavalry anymore. It's no wonder that the Guanning cavalry where He Kegang is now is extremely powerful, even if Li Xin used other training methods It can only be said that these cavalry are very capable individually, but as cavalry, these are undoubtedly not enough.

"If the general is fine, why don't you give these guys some advice?" Li Xin rolled his eyes and said suddenly.

"Hehe! You kid!" He Kegang was taken aback when he heard the words, pointed at Li Xin and laughed, and finally shook his head and said, "I don't have time to guide you, but what I want to tell you is that if you train cavalry, The best way is to go hunting. There are a lot of tigers, leopards and wolves in the land of Liaodong. If you want to feed the tens of thousands of laborers, it is possible to buy food yourself, but it will consume a lot of money. But if you hunt at the same time, I can support you one or two, of course, if you can take the opportunity to kill some Dong captives and get silver, that would be even better." He Kegang patted Li Xin on the shoulder, laughed and walked away.

"My lord, this guy is too crazy." Yang Xiong said dissatisfied.

"He has the qualifications to be so rampant." Li Xin said nonchalantly: "Since he gave some pointers, let's follow what he said, and start hunting these few days! Hey! It is also a headache to take care of such a person. The problem! Yang Xiong, you Lu Ziye, go to the city to find Zhang Yifu, and Dr. Xin, if there are no accidents, he must be inside."

"Yes." Yang Xiong was happy when he heard the words, and ran towards the city with a smile.

"Young Master, Zu Dashou didn't make things difficult for you this time?" Gao Meng asked nervously.

"Didn't you hear what General He Kegang said just now?" Li Xin said disdainfully, "Zu Dashou asked me to issue a military order to build Dalinghe City in two months."

"Two months?" Jiang Yi was taken aback, looking at Li Xin with surprised eyes.

"Don't worry, it's good if the construction can be completed in two months. If it can't be completed, we will leave." Li Xin's face was gloomy, with a hint of cunning in his eyes, and he said with a smile: "If the construction is not completed in two months , the only possibility is that Donglu is killed. At that time, it is time for us to escape. Once Donglu is killed, his ancestor Dashou will not have time to take care of us. I am afraid that when the time comes, the Daling River will be closed Dalinghe City, hehe, even if there is enough food and grass, it is not an opponent of Donglu. The most effective way to deal with Donglu is not to defend the city, but to fight with him in the field, using cavalry to fight against him .”

"My lord, aren't Donglu's cavalry very powerful? How can we fight against them?" Gao Meng asked hesitantly.

"Remember, since the advent of cannons, the defenders have become extremely disadvantaged. Changes in cannons can change the entire history of war." Li Xin said with a smile: "One day, the bows, arrows, knives and guns in our hands will all become waste. They use long guns and short cannons."

"I know. Young Master is talking about firecrackers. That thing is heavy and big. After one shot, it is quite troublesome to reload the gunpowder. Why not use a bow and arrow?" Gao Meng said disdainfully.

"What do you know?" Li Xin scolded with a smile: "What you said is not the same as what I said. Now the firecrackers are not as convenient to use as bows and arrows, and they are more powerful. But it will be different in the future. Times It is developing, let’s just talk about the red cannon! What was used to attack the city before? Jiang Yi, tell me.”

"If you come back to the son, you used a trebuchet before." Jiang Yi said without thinking.

"Look, I used to use trebuchets, only 150 steps away. But now the red cannons can shoot far more than trebuchets, not to mention their killing power." Li Xin shook his head and sighed.If there is no red-clothed cannon now, perhaps there is still a considerable advantage in defending against the city.It's a pity that now that there are red cannons, defending against the city is actually not much better than fighting in the field.Even some aspects are not as good as field battles.Jiang Yi on the side stopped talking when he heard the words, but his eyes were deep, as if he was thinking.

"Drive, drive!"

There was a neighing sound of war horses, but one could see Yang Xiong galloping on horseback in the distance, behind him, a carriage followed closely behind, and whoever was sitting in the carriage was Zhang Yifu.

"Haha, Mr. Li, are you looking for me?" Zhang Yifu saw Li Xin, and his fat face was filled with a smile.

"I don't go to the Three Treasures Hall if I have nothing to do, and if I have nothing to do, I won't come to you." Li Xin greeted him with a serious face, and said, "I have issued a military order in front of Zu Dashou, and it will be completed within two months. Daling River City needs your help."

"Two months?" Zhang Yifu was stunned, and suddenly yelled, pointing to Dalinghe City in the distance, and said in surprise: "Mr. Li said that he plans to build Dalinghe City in two months? Young Master, don't look at this." Dalinghe City is not as good as Jinzhou, but if you want to build Dalinghe City in two months, you must have [-] civilians. My son, how can you issue such a military order?"

"That's why I need your help." Li Xin said nonchalantly.He had a retreat in his mind, so how could he care about two months? He did this just to do his best. There are tens of thousands of people in Dalinghe City. It would be a pity if they were killed by Donglu.

"My lord, I can't help you with this." Zhang Yifu shook his head and said, "I don't have that many people under my command. My lord, how about, why don't you go to Governor Qiu, maybe you can."

"I don't need people, I need food." Li Xin shook his head and said, "I know you can buy a lot of food. You also know that the food we need to build Dalinghe City is transported from Songshan. However, there is not much food to be transported each time. Some people who work here sometimes drink two meals of porridge a day, and sometimes they eat only one meal a day. How can they have the strength to work?"

"Young Master, what do you mean?" Zhang Yifu frowned and said, "Young Master, are you going to give them dry food?"

"Take care of yourself." Li Xin said without even thinking about it: "I want to feed them, and my guards will hunt around, and I will feed them meat."

"My lord, this?" Zhang Yifu was completely shocked now, this kind of treatment is not to mention the hard labor, even the Guan Ning iron cavalry rarely have such treatment!Now he completely understood Li Xin's approach.There are no people, but if they are fed enough to work, the speed will definitely increase a lot.

"My lord, is it worth doing this? This is not a small number!" Zhang Yifu asked nervously, swallowing his mouth.Now that Li Xin wanted to raise the hundreds of cavalry around him well, it was obviously not enough to rely on Zu Dashou's supplies. God knows if Zu Dashou would withhold his own food and grass?The rest was only Li Xin's own expenses. If the meals of these laborers were added, it would not be less than ten thousand taels of silver per month. Thinking of this figure, even Zhang Yifu felt a pain in his heart.

"If you want a horse to run, you have to eat grass, right?" Li Xin showed a sincere smile on his face, and said, "These laborers are also human beings, so why don't they eat so much and make them do such heavy work?" Can it be done? If this continues, even if the work is completed within two months, I am afraid that many people will die here. God has the virtue of good life. I, Li Xin, do not want to be such a wicked person."

"Young master is really benevolent and righteous!" Zhang Yifu sighed when he heard the words, cupped his hands and said: "Since the young master is so benevolent and righteous, if the villain refuses to agree, it will appear that the villain is extremely unbearable. Don't worry, young master, the villain will arrange food. The villain is here I still know a few big grain merchants in Jinzhou City, please ask them to send grain and grass immediately."

"Okay, here are 3 taels of silver bills. Please, Master Zhang, let them get some lime and some equipment for building the city." Li Xin nodded, and took out the 3 taels of silver bills from his pocket without hesitation. .

"Sir, you are refreshing." Zhang Yifu happily followed the banknote and turned around to leave, obviously helping Li Xin arrange food and grass.

"My lord, since we have already figured out our retreat, why do we need to spend so much energy?" Gao Meng said dissatisfied.Yang Xiong also nodded.

"These labors are also a wealth! They can't be bought with ten thousand taels of silver." Li Xin said without thinking: "Working all day long, the physical strength is extremely strong. If we can collect them, we can at least get thousands of dollars." Elite. I just don’t know how many people can survive the chaos.”

"Young Master, what do you mean?" Yang Xiong asked in surprise.

"If you show kindness, you should repay him with all your strength." Jiang Yi said lightly: "Young Master, if you let them have enough food, they will naturally repay you. When the young master takes the opportunity to escape, these people will follow him, even if most of them won't follow, there will always be a few who will follow him."

"You're right." Li Xin said what he thought without hesitation. No matter what he did, he couldn't do it without anyone around him. Although there are more than 400 people around him now, these 400 people are in the grassland. Can't do anything at all.No one doesn't like having a lot of people on their staff.

"So much money!" Yang Xiong on the side still had a look of regret.

"Be willing to give up, how can you gain if you don't give up?" Li Xin patted Yang Xiong's shoulder with a smile. In the end, it can only be cheaper for others, so the first thing he has to do is not to make contributions, but to save his life.Everything is on the premise of saving lives.

"Dinner is ready! Dinner is ready!" At noon, the laborers who were working slowly heard a sound of gongs, and saw a group of soldiers guarding buckets of rice.Walking into the construction site, the aroma of the rice instantly spread all over the construction site. The snow-white rice made the laborers' mouths open so much that they didn't even know it was dripping down.At this time, the Ming Dynasty was in a year of famine. Ordinary people don’t say it’s rice, even rice porridge is hard to drink. Is this because there is no rice in the Ming Dynasty?Obviously not. In the south of the Yangtze River, all kinds of fine wines emerge one after another. Where do these fine wines come from? They are not made from rice.In the Ming Dynasty, there was never a shortage of rice.But these rice, you have to spend money to buy.Where can ordinary people afford it, let alone these people who work as slaves.There is no money to buy it.

"Listen, Mr. Li bought these rice from Jinzhou with his own money." At this time, a soldier in armor next to the barrel said loudly: "Do you know why Mr. Li did this? Because Marshal Zu asked You can finish the construction of Dalinghe City within two months, otherwise, you will all be executed. Mr. Li takes pity on you, and cannot bear to have you killed like this. But the command of the commander-in-chief cannot be changed. Mr. Li thought, let you be full To work, you need to work harder, so the speed will be faster. The construction of Dalinghe City will definitely be completed within two months. So Mr. Li pays for the money himself, so that you can have enough food every day, every morning is porridge, chopsticks If you don’t plug it in, there will be big rice and steamed buns at noon and night, which is enough for you. As long as you work hard, Mr. Li will give you broth in the future! Now you can come to eat.”

"Oh! Thank you, Mr. Li, for your kindness. Thank you, Mr. Li for your kindness." After being surprised for a while, the laborers burst into cheers, and they were ready to come to grab food.

"Line up, line up, everyone has it." Seeing this, the soldiers hurriedly waved their weapons and said loudly.Under the sun, the cold light on the long knife was shining, and the laborers who stabbed them did not dare to act rashly, so they had no choice but to line up in a long line.But soon they discovered that what the soldier said just now was not wrong, the rice was indeed enough.

"This Mr. Li is really a good man. How could he not serve him for treating us so well?" Someone in the crowd shouted.

"Yes, yes, dare not serve Mr. Li." Another person in the crowd took the words and said loudly.

Not a moment later, there were bursts of shouts coming from the construction site. There were people burning bricks, people pouring water, etc. The whole construction site was in full swing. Li Xin and the others saw it clearly, with smiles on their faces.

"Young master is really clever. After eating the rice, these people are really refreshed." Jiang Yi couldn't help but said.Originally, he was puzzled by Li Xin's actions, but now he was even more surprised when he saw what happened.

"Maybe then, young master, look, those people." Yang Xiong on the side shook his head, pointing the horsewhip in his hand to count the people in the distance.When everyone looked around, they saw several strong men lying there without making any movements.

"Zhiniang thief, you are really bold. The young master kindly gave them food, and they treat him so slowly, they really deserve to be killed." Seeing this, Gao Meng couldn't help roaring, and was about to rush up and drag him over to beat him to death.

"Go, help him." Seeing that Li Xin didn't stop him, Yang Xiong immediately knew that Li Xin might also want to teach them a lesson.He immediately waved to the soldiers behind him.Seeing this, the soldiers showed excitement on their faces, and followed closely behind Gao Meng, and instantly heard screams and begging for mercy coming from a distance.

"Hehe, my son's food is so delicious." Li Xin shook his head and said: "Jiang Yi, send a few people down, organize these folks into four parts, build four directions respectively, and tell them which part will be built first. After the completion of the work, I will reward each person with one tael of silver. In the future, which part of the people perform best can eat meat, and if the performance is not good, they can drink porridge."

"Then these guys are crazy about money?" Yang Xiong exclaimed.

"Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men, and the so-called clear rewards and punishments are also the same." Li Xin's eyes flickered with gloom, and he said lightly: "If there is no competition, how can there be results? It doesn't matter whether you do it or not. Can it be completed in two months?"

"Young Master Shengming." Jiang Yi said without thinking.

"Those guys are not allowed to eat at night." Li Xin pointed to a few guys with bruised noses and swollen faces in the distance, and snorted coldly: "I have to keep an eye on these guys, and if they don't work hard, I'll beat them up. "

"Young master, don't worry, the subordinates will train them hard." Yang Xiong said proudly.

"That's naturally good." Li Xin glanced at the entire construction site and said, "If so many light and strong people can be formed into an army, they will be a powerful force!"

"My lord wants to recruit them into the army?" Jiang Yi shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this will disappoint you. If such a person joins the army, I'm afraid he won't be able to reach the first-class level."

"Hehe, the ones who can stay in the big waves are naturally the best." Li Xin laughed loudly and said, "In the future, those who can keep up with our rhythm will be good soldiers." Jiang Yi nodded. Believe in the meaning of this sentence.

"Hmph, let's show these straight girls the next time we come here." On the other side, Gao Meng walked over cursing.

"Let's go! Yang Xiong, stay here and watch. Let's go hunting." Li Xin said to Jiang Yi and others.He ignored Yang Xiong's bitter face at all, led Jiang Yi and Gao Meng onto the horse and disappeared in place.

(End of this chapter)