Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 514
Lu Yao obviously saw Wang Xiu's surprise, and said with a smile, "Master, this is the masterpiece of Fat Dun and Zheng Yan."

Zheng Yan smiled honestly, but Zhang Ling rolled his eyes and said, "Sir, it was Sixth Brother Zheng's idea. Steel was supposed to be used, but the price was too high. Using willow instead and soaking it in tung oil is comparable to that." Steel."

steel?Wang Xiu was shocked again, these two guys fooled around together, they really came up with a lot of tricks, he couldn't help but said: "Wooden rails are easy to rot, and waste wood, well, it's good to use tung oil, at least it can increase the toughness of wood, and it's also a waste of wood. Prevents rot, but still convenient with steel tracks?"

"My lord, the steel track is easy to rust, and it costs too much to polish it every time. The wood is painted with tung oil, which is enough to replace it." Zheng Yan didn't bother, he knew the current steel, and it could meet the requirements for laying in the open air. But the price is too high.

Wang Xiu nodded. Rust prevention of steel is indeed a big problem, and the current technology is really not up to it. You can't use [-]% steelmaking!Even if you use it richly and powerfully, it will not only be extravagant, but also have the problem of anti-rust. If it is exposed to the wind and sun, even refined steel cannot withstand it!But in any case, Li Guojian gave him hope. As long as he persisted, improvements in railroad tracks, steam devices, clocks and gunpowder were all necessary prerequisites for the industrial revolution, and he couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster.

"Taiwei, the vanguard reported that a captive cavalry was found near Yishui and was watching from afar. Zhang Xian ambushed several times, but there were some small gains. It seems that the fight ahead is quite fierce." Yue Fei rode on the horse and followed the marching Beside Wang Yuan, he reported the front military report in detail, but his face was strangely excited.

He retreated into Zhengzhou to collect defeated soldiers, but reorganized more than ten thousand soldiers and horses. Since Wang Yuan led the army westward, he recruited soldiers and horses from various places along the way.

In view of the weak force, Wang Yuan agreed with him to lead [-] elite troops to join the conscript, and temporarily appointed him as the former military commander.

Wang Yuan was somewhat dissatisfied with Yue Fei's affirmative words, but he still took care of him as a general with tens of thousands of people, and with a little face, he said in a deep voice: "It's quite a harvest, it seems that the captive is right in front of us, have you caught him?" alive?"

"Exactly." Yue Fei was very satisfied with Zhang Xian. It was easy to capture a large army of horsemen, but it was extremely difficult for a small group of rangers to float around without a trace.

Wang Yuan asked casually, but he really didn't expect to catch Tanma, so he immediately stopped and slowed down, and said eagerly: "Quickly bring the questioner."

Yue Fei curled his lips and said unnaturally: "Taiwei, Zhang Xian has already asked the captives."

"Oh, save me asking questions, very good." Wang Yuan didn't pay attention to Yue Fei's expression, he wanted to know the military situation ahead most now.

"Little ranger, what can I ask, it's just the battle in Luoyang." Yue Fei didn't care a bit.

Wang Yuan frowned slightly, and said seriously: "The main force of the captives should not be underestimated, I wonder if Qu Zhengfu can endure it."

Yue Fei is not yet a high-ranking military officer, but as a former military commander, he also got a little excited when he heard the news of the war at Quduan.

"How is the situation in Luoyang?"

"Wandering around, I don't know much, but there must be a fight."

"As I expected, Qu Zhengfu has always been proud and arrogant. He has long regarded Luoyang as something in his pocket, so how can he allow others to get involved." Wang Yuan smiled unnaturally, he knew Qu Duan was a man, From Liu Yanqing, Zhong Shidao, and Zhong Shizhong veterans of the Western Army, Qu Duan is the most capable of the young and strong faction, but he is arrogant and arrogant.

Yue Fei savored Wang Yuan's words carefully, and gradually understood that the tricks between the generals are so tricky!Can't help laughing: "Taiwei Qu is too impatient, how can the guest army focus on the first, our army should advance quickly."

Wang Yuan took it for granted, and said indifferently: "I'm afraid Wang Xianggong will be furious if we start the war without waiting for our army to arrive."

Yue Fei's face was serious, but he didn't take it seriously. He believed in the strong and attacked swiftly. He had a prejudice against Wang Xiu's strategy, thinking that Wang Xiu was too cautious, and he didn't know how he got those victories.But Qu Duan is the governor of the Xuanfu Department, so it is not easy for him to criticize the ruling face to face, so he said flatly: "What the Taiwei said is true."

Wang Yuan sensed that Yue Fei didn't take it seriously, but he wasn't interested. Many generals were dissatisfied with Wang Xiu's conservative strategy, and Yue Fei was no different. What, Yue Fei is not in Wang Xiu's eyes at all, and he is a sensible person with deep knowledge of being an official.

"Taiwei, the battle is urgent, and the last general will lead the troops of the headquarters to rush westward." Yue Fei couldn't wait any longer.

"That's fine, but Bubazi is in too much of a hurry, and he won't be able to join the battle when he gets to the battlefield. Why don't you lead the horse army first."

Yue Fei's face froze. It is true that he had more than ten thousand men, but there were not many cavalry, that is, less than one thousand. This amount of troops was put into the battlefield, not even food, and was quickly exhausted.

"Oh, I will give you another thousand horses to form a cavalry team, and you can bluff."

"Thank you, Lieutenant." Yue Fei couldn't disobey it, and it would be good if he could go to battle. The army of more than two thousand horses is not weak, at least he can disguise the huge scale of nearly ten thousand people.

Noon has passed, more than [-] people are still fighting desperately, Nianhan weighs again and again, and transfers the troops of a Temu on the right wing, directly across the front of the battlefield, and quickly reinforces the left wing.However, the movement of soldiers and horses back and forth wastes precious time.

This elite investment put a lot of pressure on the flanks of the Song Army's front army, and the follow-up generals fell into a hard fight. To protect the entire former army and the main force, we had to do our best to stop the golden cavalry.

The crossbowmen had no time to aim. The first row of arrows retreated, the second row went up, and they didn't aim at all. The third row was still repeating. The opponents attacked in batches intensively, and they didn't need to aim at all.

Bubazi, who are responsible for the cover task, need to be more courageous in the face of the fierce cavalry of the Golden Army, so as to reduce the damage caused by the bow to the crossbowmen.

On the north bank of Luoshui, where the battle was most intense, the defense force formed by the Golden Army Alixi was completely passive and slaughtered in rows. In the end, everyone had to pay attention to their feet so as not to be tripped by the corpses. Not a good thing, it means someone hit you in the air.

Corpses and wounded overlapped on the long and narrow battlefield. The miserable cries, accompanied by heart-piercing shouts, made people tremble, and the wind was full of blood.

Nianhan didn't feel a little anxious, just now when the Rangers came to report that Wang Yuan's vanguard had crossed Yishui, the situation in front of him was quite serious, if Qu Duan was not defeated as soon as possible, once Wang Yuan's army arrived, he would be forced to retreat. A large number of Bubazi and Alixi will also be sacrificed.

(End of this chapter)