Chapter 685: Army uniform change
Chapter 685: The entire army changes uniforms
Chapter 683: The entire army changes uniforms
Nearly a month has passed since Xiang Yu jumped off the cliff and Qin Hao returned to Wancheng. It is now January of the sixth year of Zhongping (189).
The sixth year of Zhongping was an important time when major events occurred frequently.
If the original history is followed, Liu Hong will die of illness in May this year and will be buried in Wenling with the posthumous title of Emperor Xiaoling.
After Liu Hong's death, his relative He Jin took power and supported his nephew Liu Bian to succeed him as the Young Emperor.
In June, He Jin secretly ordered people to poison Empress Dong and kill her in Hejian Post Courtyard. She carried her coffin back to Beijing and was buried in Wenling.
In July, He Jin believed his sister He Hou's words and entered the palace alone and was executed by the Shichang attendants.
At the same time, Dong Zhuo led 3,000 Xiliang cavalry to Beijing, but falsely claimed that he had 100,000 cavalry.
In September, Dong Zhuo showed his fangs after taking control of the military power in Kyoto, and directly deposed the young emperor Liu Bian as King Hongnong, and established the nine-year-old King Chenliu Liu Xie as emperor, which was to serve as Emperor Xian.
In December, Cao Cao failed in his attempt to assassinate Dong Zhuo, so he fled back to Guandong and issued a false edict, calling on the princes of various towns to join forces to attack Dong Zhuo.
Since then, the vigorous alliance of the eighteen princes and the alliance against Dong officially started.
Of course, the above are events that happened in original history. Now, due to the influence of Qin Hao, the world has long since become completely different from original history.
In the original history, Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, but today's Han capital has already moved to Chang'an.
In the original history, it was Yuan Shao who offered advice to He, which led Dong Zhuo to the capital. But now that Yuan Shao had already become a prince in advance, how could he offer advice to He when he was not in the court?
In addition, Dong Zhuo currently controls the two states of Liangsi and has nearly 300,000 troops under his command. He is recognized as the strongest prince in the world.
Guanzhong has been surrounded by Dong Zhuo from the east and west. No matter how stupid He Jin is, he cannot continue to lure wolves into the house, right?
So, whether Dong Zhuo can enter Shunjing or not is still one thing.
Of course, the most important point is that although Liu Hong's health is getting worse, there are no signs of sudden death. So will he really die of illness in five months?
The 100,000 new troops recruited have been trained, but the equipment has not been in place yet, and Qin Hao has less and less time to prepare for war.
No matter whether the situation will develop in the direction of original history, Qin Hao must be prepared for all responses.
Before the real chaos begins, Qin Hao must at least arm all his 120,000 troops so that he can have the capital to deal with all challenges. You must know that there are many forces coveting Nanyang.
With this thought, Qin Hao no longer cared about the heartache and expenses, and said to Liu Ye with a serious face: "Zi Yang, I order you to expand the factory to 20,000 people."
Although Nanyang is the strongest county, there are also many princes and forces around it.
Nanyang is surrounded by Dong Zhuo in the north, Ding Yuan and Huang Zu in the south, Li Shimin in the west, and Yuan Shu and Cao Cao in the east.
After the beginning of the troubled times, if Qin Hao is besieged from all sides, he will definitely continue to expand his army, but the factory will not be able to build enough weapons due to lack of manpower. This is not what Qin Hao wants to see.
Liu Ye's pupils shrank when he heard this. He also knew that 15,000 craftsmen was not a small number. It should be noted that there were only 30,000 craftsmen in the Yellow Turbans during the decisive battle.
Liu Ye's real purpose this time was actually to expand the factory to 10,000, but he didn't expect that Qin Hao actually gave him an establishment of 20,000.
“Liu Ye will definitely live up to my lord’s trust.” Liu Ye said in a deep voice. The cost of supporting 20,000 craftsmen is not small. The reason why Qin Hao made such a decision is because the real troubled times are about to come. By then, even if the army's supply is saturated, weapons can be stored for backup.
“How many troops can be equipped with the new ordnance that was previously built and stored in the warehouse?” Qin Hao asked.
During the two years since Gongzao was founded, it has never stopped forging equipment, but most of the equipment it forged before was old-fashioned equipment.
The Qin Army only fully understood the forging technology of Tang Dao, Song Crossbow and other new equipment a year ago. In addition, the forging technology of new equipment is more complicated. If the scale of the factory is not expanded, it is not known when. It can realize the uniform change of the whole army.
“Lord, among the new equipment currently stored in the warehouse, there are 30,000 Heng Dao, 5,000 Mo Dao, 8,000 strong crossbows, and 10,000 pairs of armor… enough to equip an army of 30,000 people.”
After listening to Liu Ye’s report, Qin Hao nodded with satisfaction and praised with a smile: “To be able to build so much equipment in such a short period of time, it seems that the factory has not slacked off at all in the past two years.
"My lord, this is just what I should do." Liu Ye responded with a smile.
Qin Hao quickly made a decision in his mind regarding the distribution of equipment in the warehouse.
“These equipments will be given priority to the elites. Let the elite battalions in the camp and other elite camps be the first to change their equipment. After you have the extra equipment, equip the rest of the troops.”
There is no other way around this. The reason why the elite are called elites is that they naturally enjoy the highest treatment and the best equipment, because they are faced with the most dangerous situations.
“The Lord is wise.”
“Zi Yang, your factory has a heavy responsibility. All members of our army must change their equipment in the next year and a half, so you must build all the equipment for me as soon as possible.”
Liu Ye frowned when he heard this. He thought for a moment and then said in a deep voice: "My lord, one and a half years is really too late, but if you work overtime, you can still make it in time."
Qin Hao immediately smiled when he heard this. The entire army of 120,000 soldiers was changing their uniforms. This was a big project, but Liu Ye was confident that he could do it within a year and a half. This not only proved his own ability, but also proved that Qin Hao was very capable. Hao's huge investment in the factory was not in vain.
After the two major spenders of money, the medical camp and the factory, the others who came to Qin Hao could only be regarded as small investments. Nanyang Academy, which invested the most, did not have one-fifth of the funds needed for the factory.
After the military and government expenditures were resolved, the elite battalion commanders all approached Qin Hao tacitly.
There are only so many new types of equipment at the moment. If you go to Liu Ye directly, Liu Ye's personality must be business-oriented, and every general wants to get more benefits for his soldiers, so they all come to Qin Hao privately and come through the back door. .
“General Gao Shun, what are you doing here? I remember that the supply and demand used by the trapped camp are the best in the entire army, right?”
"General Wenyuan, why are you laughing? What's the difference between breaking the military camp and being trapped in it?"
After sending Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Ran Min and other generals away one by one, the last one to find Qin Hao was Li Cunxiao.
As soon as he saw Qin Hao, Li Cunxiao looked aggrieved and said reluctantly:
“My lord, you are too biased. His Gao Shun camp only has 3,000 troops, but you gave them 3,000 new heavy armors, 3,000 swordsmen, and 1,000 powerful crossbows...”
Let’s take a look at our Feihuying camp. It’s like a stepmother. "
(End of this chapter)