Da Wei Chun

Chapter 107
Hu Baozong held the knife as if holding his own son.

Aliens...

He wished he could grow a pair of wings and fly to Gaoping Town immediately.

Seeing his overjoyed appearance, Guo Cunxin secretly sneered.

And Meteorite?
Can you really believe it?
But on second thought, this rhetoric seems quite reasonable.

Otherwise, how could this knife be so sharp and tough?
……

After Hu Baozong was sent away, Li Chengzhi was about to leave and return to the camp, so that the old blacksmith father and son could forge their knives faster.When he turned around, he found Guo Cunxin was staring at him with piercing eyes, eyes as deep as water.

"uncle……"

Li Chengzhi yelled, and his eyes rolled around.

Could it be that he was happy to see Lie Xin and wanted one too?
It's just a knife.

Regardless of other things, it is just that Guo Cunxin worked tirelessly to run around for his nephew, which is not something a knife can do.

Thinking of this, Li Chengzhi suddenly burst into a smile, and leaned forward: "This is the first one. The rest of the blacksmiths are forging. I will go back and pick a good one, and send it to my uncle..."

"No, you can keep it for the horse!" Guo Cunxin said quietly, "Just take your 'undamaged iron' one..."

This tone is wrong, is it jealous?

It shouldn't be, how can Guo Cunxin be so stingy?

Li Chengzhi thought about it in his heart, and subconsciously replied: "You said the kind Li Song used? Naturally, some meteorite was also mixed...including this armor, otherwise why is it so hard?"

After he finished speaking, he was still a little proud: he is so clever, such a good excuse, why didn't he think of it before?
If the owner of the Fourteenth Fort knew that the cloth armor was forged with meteoric iron, his saliva would flow down, right?
When Guo Cunxin goes to negotiate again, maybe the conditions can be lowered...

He was complacent and didn't notice Guo Cunxin's stunned expression.

This nephew really... can deceive people to death with just one mouthful!
I still can't tear him apart...

The more Guo Cunxin thought about it, the more depressed he became, and after holding it in for a long time, he burst out a word: "Get lost..."

Li Chengzhi was confused.

Well, why did you turn your face?

Guo Cunxin didn't want to talk to him, so he made a gesture to kick him and kicked Li Chengzhi out.

After leaving the county seat and on the way back to the barracks, Li Chengzhi realized: Guo Cunxin didn't believe that he had meteorites.

He had expected it.

How rigorous can a random excuse be?

The strange thing is that Guo Cunxin didn't even ask: How did you forge this knife without Meteorite?
For ordinary close relatives, even out of worry, fearing that the nephew will have a wrong mind or cause trouble, they will definitely have to ask...

Li Chengzhi is very happy: It seems that the uncle has a tacit understanding...

……

Two days later, the barracks outside the city.

Guo Cunxin stepped on the horoscope with both feet, raised the knife above his head with both hands, and with a sound of "Hey", he slashed down obliquely, and a piece of firewood flew up in response.

"Good knife, not bad..." He praised with a smile on his face, raised the knife again, and slashed down again.

With just four or five blows, he chopped down a horse stake so that it could barely hold the reins.

Li Chengzhi was a little helpless.

Seeing a person who is usually quite stable, why is he so playful?
It seems that no matter what age it is, no matter if it's a teenager or an uncle, there is no one who doesn't like swords and guns...

After all, Guo Cunxin didn't want the Damascus knife, but only asked Li Chengzhi to exchange it for food and horses.

He also said that he doesn't go to the battlefield, he just needs to have a self-defense and put on a front.

After all, it's my uncle, so I can't be too fooled, so Li Chengzhi took a little thought and gave him a medium-carbon steel knife after it was blued.

The whole body of the saber exudes a faint blue light, as if it has been smeared with poison... Not to mention, it looks pretty good.

Looking at it, it can also blow hair and break hair. Its sharpness and toughness seem to be no worse than the one given to Hu Baozong.

He felt that it was Li Shixian's iron knife, that's all...

Guo Cunxin even suspected that Li Chengzhi was really lucky and got something like meteorite, right?
Otherwise, why are the forged weapons not only so bright in color, but also so sharp?

Li Chengzhi ignored him, picked up the urgent report sent by Hu Baozong, and read it again, his face was full of joy.

Afraid of leaking secrets, the words in the letter were relatively cryptic. Hu Baozong didn't mention the process, but only said that Lu Gong had agreed.

It means that it is basically no problem to change ten horses with one knife.

This is tantamount to another way to make money, and Li Chengzhi can't be unhappy.

The only problem is that the war horses in Gaoping Town are not enough for [-] horses, and the nomadic tribes in Rouran and Gaochang have not yet moved south, so the distance is too far and it is not easy to find, so it is not enough for a while.

What Hu Baozong meant was that if he was in a hurry, he would set off directly from Gaoping Town to Hexi Racecourse. With Lu Gong's seal, he would be able to lend five or six hundred Liangzhou horses, which could basically make up a thousand.

How can you not be in a hurry?
If you equip and train one day earlier, you will have more combat power.

Besides, the Hexi Racecourse is still west of Guzang City, and it takes more than two thousand miles to go back and forth. If it is faster, it will take about [-] days to go back and forth, so the sooner you start, the better.

Li Chengzhi immediately ordered Li Song and Li Feng to go to Gaoping Town with the remaining two thousand catties of colored copper.

At that time, Li Feng will bet on the [-] horses that Lu Gong collected earlier, and Li Song will follow Hu Baozong to Liangzhou, and buy some food on the way back...

Li Chengzhi opened the second envelope.

This is a list brought by Guo Cunxin, which records the number of cavalry, horses and Dingkou that can be lent out of the fourteen forts in Chaona.

The number of people is quite average: each castle has another [-] people, and all of them can be given to Li Chengzhi.

You can also bring horses and bows, but like armor, you have to return them after the battle...

Of course, people are not given away for nothing: one is that Li Chengzhi is required to send out cavalry parades every day to ensure the smooth spring farming of each castle and farm.If bandits harass and besiege Wubao, Li Chengzhi must send troops to rescue.

The second is that Li Chengzhi needs to lend the same amount of Dingkou and young adults to each dock to avoid delays in farming in each dock.

Moreover, if the war is settled, Li Chengzhi will make up for the manpower shortage of these Boding after they leave...

Li Chengzhi laughed dumbfounded.

In wartime, having too many people is of course a burden, but as long as there is no war, it is equal to productivity...

The wishful thinking was good, and after calculation, it seems that these big families have nothing to lose. Li Chengzhi is required to ensure that they will not be harassed and besieged by the rebels, and they must also ensure that they can give birth smoothly this year.

Even those borrowed will be returned in full at that time... It means that Li Chengzhi has paid for the food and money, and has to support these big clans for a year?
But that's not how the account works.

Li Chengzhi didn't feel that he was at a disadvantage, but thought that these things were all things he could easily do.

Sticking to Chaona does not mean just defending this county, but more than 26 people in more than [-] households including the [-] parties.

This is within the scope of what Li Chengzhi thinks he needs to be responsible for.

There is no need for these big clan reminders at all.

The equipped half-brigade cavalry, as well as the well-trained infantry, have begun to ride out of the camp every day, centered on Chaona, and patrolled the surrounding area.

Not only for preventing thieves, the main purpose is for training.

Cavalry Cavalry, how can you ride without training?
As for the loan of Qing Zhuang and Dingkou, and the need to make up for the manpower gap after the war, it is not a big problem for Li Chengzhi.

These big families didn't say it clearly, but both Guo Cunxin and Li Chengzhi knew what they were planning: the more than 1000 monks.

Zhaoxuan Temple has been destroyed, who cares where these rebellious monks go?
When the time came to report to the imperial court, it was natural that Liu Huiwang's bandits would take him away.

The Hu family did not take care of themselves, and there was no time to appease them. If they dared to provoke the local tyrants again, they would naturally not blow themselves up.

Even if a new official takes office after the war, he will only try his best to win over the local rich, even if he knows, he will turn a blind eye...

Li Chengzhi couldn't laugh or cry.

The foundation of the Yuan Wei royal family should have been hollowed out bit by bit by the Han clan and the Xianbei nobles...

He put down the letter paper and pondered again.

Since the normal spring plowing in Chaona County can be guaranteed, can the scope be expanded appropriately?
It doesn't need to be too big, as long as it can keep the [-] mu of monk farmland in Zhaoxuan Temple.

It's all on both sides of the Jing River, full of paddy fields, so you don't need to rely on the sky for food.One stone per mu is worth one stone, and this year there will be one hundred thousand stone...

And it's not too far away, it's only fifty miles away from Chaona, and Tang Qi's daily scouting distance is longer than this, so if the bandits really want to attack, they will come in time for rescue...

Li Chengzhi thought for a while, and asked Li Xian to send an order to call the patriarch of the big clan in the county, Song Lishen and the Song family elders to come to the camp to discuss matters.

……

There are not many people, including Guo Cunxin, there are only eight.

After everyone sat down, Li Chengzhi said straight to the point: "I want to restore the whole territory of Chaona and the monk village of Zhaoxuan Temple!"

The remaining seven people were startled.

Why so suddenly?

Chaona seemed to be stable, but because Li Chengzhi hurt the thief in the first battle, Liu Huiwang couldn't figure out the reality of Chaona for the time being, so he didn't dare to send bandits to plunder westward for a while.

But he might be holding back some ruthless moves, let alone attacking one day...

Guo Cunxin looked at him in astonishment, and said after a long time, "Why don't you stick to Chao there first?"

He was the one to discuss the matter of borrowing soldiers, so Guo Cunxin naturally knew what conditions Shishiwu had proposed.

Because it is too scattered, holding these fourteen Wubaos is equivalent to holding the entire Chaona County. It is not surprising that Li Chengzhi made this decision.

But what happened to Zhaoxuan Temple?

The distance between the two places is nearly [-] miles, and it is impossible for the villagers to go to Kongtong Mountain early and return to Chaona City at night. Therefore, if they want to restore the monk fields, they can only let the households settle at the foot of Kongtong Mountain, and they need to send a lot of troops. Protect.

In this way, it is necessary to divide the troops. Can Li Chengzhi take care of it?
Li Chengzhi thought for a while, and finally told the truth: "The monk's field at the foot of the mountain is more than 12 mu, and the Song's farm thirty miles to the south is more than [-]. Isn't it a pity?
There are enough manpower, but there are more than a thousand households of monks who have no land to cultivate, and as long as Jingzhou is not counterattacked, the soldiers, horses, donkeys and mules in the army will not be needed for the time being, and they can all be lent to them...

Hmm... It's just that there are not enough farm tools, so I took them all to forge armor.However, we can make it quicker and finish planting before Qingming, not only will we have farm equipment, but we can also send more people over..."

Is it a little taken for granted?
Guo Cunxin frowned, and asked worriedly: "I'm talking about soldiers... Can you handle this division of troops?"

Li Chengzhi paused for a while.

How else to deal with it?

Every day I hoped that Liu Huiwang would send some rebel soldiers over to train the new army, but the scouts were almost fifty miles to the east, and there was no sign of a rebel soldier...

Maybe they were scared of being beaten once. The bandits couldn't figure out where this powerful army came out of nowhere, so they didn't dare to attack rashly, so they went to squeeze the persimmons instead.

You know, Jingzhou has six counties and eighteen counties under its jurisdiction, Longdong County is located in the west, and there are five counties and fourteen counties in Pingyuan, Pingliang, Anding, Xinping, Zhaoping, and Pingping to the east. Which one can't be snatched?
It is also possible that, as Guo Cunxin and others guessed, he is holding back his big move... But God knows how long Liu Huiwang will hold back?
You can't just do nothing just to wait for Liu Huiwang?
At least consider, in case of a protracted war, where will the rations of the [-] soldiers and civilians come from for the next six months?

So it's better to hurry up and take advantage of this empty window to complete the spring plowing. By then, the soldiers will be almost trained, and they will be able to free up their hands and consider counterattacking Jingzhou...

"Don't worry about the division of troops, uncle..."

Li Chengzhi pointed out, "Now there are [-] infantry in this barracks, and they can go to battle after a little training. What's more, as soon as the soldiers from the various docks arrive, the cavalry can be equipped with [-] people... It's not my arrogance. , as long as there are no more than [-] bandits, they will definitely be defeated..."

Six hundred cavalry?

Where did it come from?

Guo Cunxin's eyes popped out, and he asked in disbelief, "A well-equipped team?"

Li Chengzhi's eyes fluttered: "The horse is half-armored, the man is full-armored..."

Guo Cunxin didn't even know what to say.

Li Chengzhi told him two days ago that he could only forge a few sets of armor every day. Two days later, he was able to gather the armor of six hundred cavalrymen?

Even if [-] of them were brought by Wubaoding, what about the remaining [-]?
What about horse armor, helmets, and greaves?

He wasn't angry that Li Chengzhi lied to him, but was surprised. Even if it was only a month since he moved to Kongtong Mountain, how did the blacksmiths of the Li family forge them?

It must be the secret method taught by Li Chengzhi...

Back to the old question again, Guo Cunxin didn't want to, and didn't dare to delve into it further!

Even such a miracle can be created, what is impossible?
Guo Cunxin's eyes lit up slightly, suppressing the throbbing in his heart: "You tell me!"

Song Lishen, the two village elders, and the two patriarchs who assisted Guo Cunxin in governing the civil affairs were a little strange. Why did Guo Cunxin agree so quickly?
But when he thought about the concept of six hundred cavalry, he suddenly felt relieved.

For the rebels, even half-armored cavalry only meant slaughter and crushing.

What's more, there are three thousand pawns.

So what if most of the three thousand miles are newcomers?

The half brigade that had destroyed nearly a thousand rebels under the city had only been trained by Li Chengzhi for a few days?

Song Lishen and the two village elders bowed down in admiration: "Please give me your orders..."

Not to mention the two patriarchs.

Li Chengzhi is acting as a bodyguard for the country gentry of the court, so why do they object?
In a few words, this matter became...

(End of this chapter)