Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 472 Armored Cavalry
Don't think that Goguryeo is easy to fight. Although Yang Guang's three campaigns were all defeated in history, the consumption of Goguryeo was unprecedentedly huge, although it sounds like a joke.

In the early Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo had 60 standing soldiers. Among them, Yang Guang didn’t know how much he gave him. There were too many soldiers. However, Yang Guang fought three times and also destroyed Goguryeo’s economy. The people cut down on food and clothing. One meal a day.

During Li Shimin's period, he launched a personal conquest against Goguryeo and returned with a big victory, but he did not destroy them, which shows how difficult this bone is.

Later, the Tang Dynasty changed its strategic policy and focused on frequent raids. They sent troops to attack Goguryeo every now and then, two cities this year and three cities next year.

It has been accumulated until the period of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, and was destroyed by Li Ji.

From the beginning of the Sui Dynasty to the period of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, in a total of nearly 60 years, they were beaten seven times before they were wiped out.

Why, because people are a feudal society with a mature social system, well-developed farming industry, and complete beliefs and cultures. It can be seen from one point, which is called: there is marriage, to please men and women, that is, that is to say, People love freely, which is stronger than Da Sui.

As we all know, a family formed by free love is very stable. The small family is stable, the big family is stable, and thus rises to the stability of the country.

Goguryeo right now certainly does not have 60 standing soldiers. According to the judgment of various ministries, it should be between 35 and 40, and the main combat arms are armored heavy cavalry, elite cavalry with armor for both men and horses. Ten thousand.

Either Goguryeo can conquer Mohe, Shiwei, Khitan, and Xi in the north, and Silla and Baekje can't breathe, and the family is really awesome.

But Goguryeo certainly did not expect that their armor was vulnerable to a single blow in the eyes of Tai Sui.

This year is the new year, and it will be the sixth year of Daye, and Yang Ming will be 24 years old.

The second batch, the third batch, and the fourth batch of ordnance in the refinery have been delivered to Luoyang, and the task assigned by Comrade Yang Guang has also been completed, [-] sets of armor.

Of course, this was done on the premise of sacrificing the number of weapons. Anyway, the old man only said that he would need [-] armors at the beginning, but he didn't say how many weapons he would need, so follow your instructions.

In other words, the four batches of ordnance delivered to the imperial court had more armor but less weapons.

There is no way to force people to death, that is the number.

As the new year was approaching, Yang Ming appropriated some money and cloth from the Hedong treasury and gave them to the craftsmen and peasants in the refinery. If you can't go home for the new year, let's spend a good year in the refinery.

Duguxin's entertainment villa has begun to take shape, and it has already begun to receive customers. Because this boy has been doing business with the south all year round, he has brought in many southern girls. This is a water spirit that northern men have never seen before.

But the price is a bit high, and ordinary folks don't even have the chance to feast their eyes. Fortunately, there are temple fairs there, and they can go to join in the fun, twice a month, on the 15th of the first day.

Temple fair, temple fair, where is the temple?Of course it's newly built, and people who do business pay attention to superstition. They burn incense and pray to Buddha for auspiciousness. If you open a mountain villa here, can't you pay homage to the local mountain god?

So Dugu Xin funded and built a mountain temple.

Legend has it that Shang Tang gathered troops here to destroy Xia. There was a story of encountering a snake in a dream, so the mountain god of Tangwang Mountain is the snake in Shang Tang's dream.

Yang Ming also went to pay homage to him. If you don’t believe in God, the common people will think you are a freak, or even a monster, because if you are against a god, isn’t that a monster?

There were also heavy cavalry in the Sui Dynasty, called armored cavalry, armored cavalry, human armor, armored cavalry, horse armor, both men and horses were armored, and they were called heavy cavalry.

To deal with heavy cavalry, you can only rely on the terrain, arrange obstacles such as tripping ropes, ditches, parapets, and traps, or use wandering infantry to exchange heavy casualties for the opponent's formation chaos and a small number of casualties.

In the past, light cavalry and archers had no advantage over heavy cavalry, but now that they have considerable armor-piercing capabilities, they can almost hang on to fight.

The light cavalry is fast, and the heavy cavalry can't catch up. If it is thrown from a long distance, it can kill the opponent.

Yang Ming didn't need to ask the imperial court how to arrange the troops. Once the chief of the Nine Routes was an expert, he already knew it. Besides, you have to use whatever I produce here?

So Yang Ming opened up a bow-making field outside the training field to make a large number of longbows and short crossbows.

There are seven kinds of wood used in bows, the best being Zhe wood, followed by Sasseria (linden), mulberry, orange, oak, wattle, and bamboo.

Among them, zhe wood and eucalyptus are high-end products, which cannot be equipped by general guards, while mulberry and orange trees are economic crops and cannot be cut casually, so only the latter three are left.

There are mostly oak and wattle in the north, so the main materials of the bow are these two kinds.

As for the horns, tendons, glue, silk, and lacquer other than the bow body, as long as the treasury can be used, it is easy to get.

The crossbow is made of jujube wood, jujube wood, and tangli wood. These three have a long growth cycle and are all economic crops. If they are felled, they must be approved by the court.

Therefore, bows and crossbows have always been short boards for equipment, because the wood used is either silkworm or fruit-growing, and cannot be chopped casually.

It is too late to cultivate in large quantities at the moment.

But it is not impossible, that is to find wild ones, artificially bred ones, just like fields, they are all economic crops that the government has placed in your name, you have to pay taxes, and you have to hand over [-]% of the fruits that grow to the state. The rest of the rotten fruit is yours.

But the wild ones are widely distributed, and they are not suitable for human care. Of course, they don’t need you to take care of them, and they will grow better.

So Yang Ming asked Yuan Shou to take charge of this matter, calling on a large number of people to go into the mountains to find these tree species, and then cut them down to supply the refinery.

And will give money, not let you cut for nothing.

A person's character cannot be changed, although Dugu Bailou has been teaching Feng'er how to serve her husband during this time, but she can't learn it.

This stuff has to be taught from a young age, if you don't learn it when you are young, you can't learn it when you are older.

But how to have sex, she knows how, but she hasn't taken that last step for a long time.

That night, Yang Ming was already sound asleep, but Dugu Feng'er couldn't fall asleep, so she sat on the bed and looked down at Yang Ming's face by the moonlight.

They had slept together long ago, but only together.

After a while, Dugu Feng'er exhaled cold air, slowly took off the single clothes on her body, and then got into the warm blanket.

Winter in Hedong is very cold. Fortunately, there is a heater in the bed, and the room has been heated in advance.

Yang Ming, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by a burst of itching from his body. He reached into the bed and knew what Dugu Feng'er was doing.

So he continued to pretend to be asleep and enjoy this wonderful night.

In the early morning, when the sky was slightly bright, Yang Ming woke up, and what he saw was Dugu Feng'er's resentful eyes, so he said strangely:

"what happened?"

Dugu Feng'er curled her lips: "I'm up for a few days, but last night you deliberately pretended to be asleep, I. I. Anyway, I wouldn't be able to conceive that way."

Yang Ming smiled, taking advantage of the moment when he was most lifted up in the morning, he turned over and gave Dugu Feng'er a chance to get pregnant.

Dugu Feng'er is satisfied now.

"Should we try other methods? I heard from Shuyi that Jian Jiancheng and Pei Xi tried that way," Dugu Feng'er was no longer shy, and after lying on her back for a long time, she rolled over and lay on Yang Ming's body.

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Another day."

"Can't it be tonight?" Dugu Feng'er asked in surprise.

Tonight is just tonight, anyway your days are coming, get pregnant sooner and feel at ease sooner.

Yang Ming nodded.

The skin on Dugu Feng'er's body is full of elasticity, and because she often rides and shoots, her buttocks are also big and firm, and Yang Ming can't put it down.

Enduring the harassment from Yang Ming's demonic claws, Dugu Feng'er complained:

"Okay, okay, it's time to change clothes. Chen Kui has already notified that there is a person surnamed Cui waiting for you. Are you missing?"

Yang Ming smiled and said, "It's not a good thing to see me at this time."

The person who came was called Cui Wei, who was a scholar from ten subjects. He was the grandson of Cui Fuli, the head of the Cui family in Qinghe.

This person came to him, definitely not on business, it was a private matter.

Dugu Feng'er waited on Yang Ming to change clothes, and then she changed into a warrior outfit herself, and went to the lobby with Yang Ming.

She is now Yang Ming's personal bodyguard.

In the lobby of the Governor's Mansion, Yang Ming saw Cui Wei, who was in his early thirties, and Dugu Huai'en and a master craftsman from Taifu Temple were also there.

Cui Wei hurriedly got up and saluted: "You take the liberty to ask to see Your Highness, and please Your Highness Haihan."

Yang Ming nodded, and then began to discuss with Dugu Huai'en, Yun Dingxing and others about the practice field, completely leaving that Cui Wei aside.

During this period, Dugu Huai'en was surprised to find that there was a black and purple spot on Yang Ming's neck. As someone who had been there, he couldn't help but look at his niece.

Dugu Feng'er immediately glared back at him.

Either you say that this person is straight, Yun Dingxing has also seen it, but everything is as usual, isn't this normal, what are you looking at?

Yang Ming also noticed Dugu Huai'en's expression, and snorted coldly. The latter smiled coyly, put his hands into his sleeves, and giggled silly.

Dugu Feng'er was suddenly sullen, what are you laughing at?What's so funny?So she went around the table and kicked Dugu Wynn under it.

Now it's all right, Dugu Wynn's smile is even more exaggerated.

Yang Ming closed the file helplessly, and beckoned to everyone, "Let's do this for now, you guys go down and make arrangements."

Dugu Wynn left happily.

After all, Feng'er belongs to their family. Now that he is favored by the crown prince, he will be a nobleman of the East Palace in the future. The downward trend of the Dugu family for so many years has finally been curbed.

He was really happy, so after leaving Dudu's Mansion, instead of doing business, he went to find Dugu Xin and told him about the happy event of the day.

So right now, Cui Wei is the only one left in the lobby, Yang Ming said:

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

(End of this chapter)