Chapter 83: Production Is Also Combat Effectiveness

"Second brother, why don't you stop father? What's the meaning?"

Zhao Fang was so angry that he was the first to oppose the expansion of the army to the King of Yan in the morning court.

His reason was that this was just a small merit and he could be rewarded with some gold and silver.

He thought that the second prince Zhao Qu would support him, but the second prince never spoke.

"The King of Yan killed 2,000 Beidi soldiers. Such merits are rare in recent years. How can it be called a small merit?" The second prince shook his head.

Da Song rarely took advantage of the confrontation with Beidi.

Not to mention Yanzhou, even in the court, there was a fear of Beidi.

Ten years ago.

The 300,000 imperial guards of Ningjindusi were defeated by Beidi, almost destroying all the elite of the Da Song imperial guards at that time.

It was also from that time that the strength of the Da Song royal family declined sharply, resulting in the breakdown of the balance between the powerful families.

Therefore, he knew very well that the merit of the King of Yan would make his father very happy.

His objection would not have any effect, but would displease his father.

"Second brother, what you said is wrong. My uncle killed 5,000 Beidi soldiers in March this year, and all the heads were sent to the capital. His contribution is much greater than that of the King of Yan, but my father is not so happy. It is clear that my father is worried about my uncle." Zhao Fang retorted.

Zhao Qu sneered, "Okay, although my father likes pleasure, he is not stupid. He has shown special favor to the Yuan family by not pursuing the crime of killing innocent people and taking credit for the merits of Yuanzhou Mu."

"You..." The sixth prince choked, and then swung his sleeves fiercely.

Those 5,000 heads were indeed not the heads of Beidi people, but the heads of the people of Yan County.

On the other side, the third prince Zhao Mu was also watching the sixth prince and the second prince.

Beside him were the fifth prince Zhao She and the seventh prince Zhao Ji.

"Third brother, what do you think of my father granting the King of Yan to expand the army?" Zhao She looked at the top of the city, and his father had already appeared on the tower.

Next to Zhao Heng was Empress Dou.

"What father feared most was the Northern Di, so he sent General Mo Di to Yanguan. It was also because of fear that when Ningjindusi was defeated, father made use of the Yuan family and ordered them to recruit soldiers to guard Yanzhou." Zhao Mu said.

Glancing at the Sixth Prince, he continued, "Who would have thought that the Yuan family is now so strong that they not only do not make an effort to encircle and suppress the Northern Di people who invade Yanzhou every year, but also try to control Yanguan.

Now, the Prince of Yan has established a firm foothold in Yan County. His first achievement is to kill two thousand Northern Di soldiers. How can the emperor not be happy? It is also expected that the Prince of Yan will expand his army. Someone must check and balance the Yuan family."

Zhao She nodded, "So, the emperor intends to reuse the Prince of Yan."

"Needless to say, it is always a good thing to have more chess pieces to curb the Yuan family." The Seventh Prince Zhao Ji yawned, "The third brother is still smart. He sent people to give gifts to the Prince of Yan early."

Zhao Mu smiled proudly when he heard this, "Whether it is useful or not, it is always good to put a chess piece in Yanzhou. The emperor probably thinks so too."

As soon as he finished speaking, the rumbling of drums suddenly sounded, like thunder in the sky.

Then one hundred prisoners of war were escorted to the Meridian Gate.

Seeing the faces of these captives, all the officials and nobles nodded.

The appearance of these captives is obviously different from that of the Dasong people. At first glance, they can be seen as the vassal army of Beidi.

As far as they know, after the Beidi Khan unified the grassland, he fought in the south and the north, expanded his territory to the extreme west and the extreme north, occupied many countries, and even Goryeo, which was originally a vassal of Dasong, now surrendered to Beidi.

These vassal armies came from these countries.

"It seems that the King of Yan's killing of 2,000 Beidi soldiers is not a lie." A minister said.

"No wonder the emperor is so happy."

"It's much better than the Yuan family. It is said that the soldiers of the Yuan family are tigers when they meet the people, but they become rats when they meet the Beidi people."

"The King of Yan is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. The Beidi people will retaliate if they show their teeth. If he wins this time, he may lose his life."

"..."

As everyone was whispering, Zhao Heng's voice rang out on the top of the city.

Everyone immediately bowed and listened quietly.

"The northern barbarians are like animals. In recent years, they have repeatedly invaded our borders and offended our Dasong... We have captured hundreds of prisoners. Now we will behead them at the Meridian Gate to serve as a warning to others!" Zhao Heng finished reading, drew the sword from his waist and pointed it at the northern barbarians.

The axemen who had been waiting for a long time swung their swords and hundreds of heads fell to the ground.

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." Ministers and nobles shouted.

The people who were watching the ceremony outside the Meridian Gate also knelt down and shouted long live the emperor.

On the city wall, Zhao Heng showed a satisfied smile, and even felt satisfied in his heart.

"Your Majesty, I heard that you want to let Prince Chun go to Yan County. Gang'er is also idle, so it's better to let him go." Empress Dou looked straight ahead and maintained a polite smile on her face, which was for the ministers to see.

"It's still Prince Chun who is suitable, lest he can't control himself when he goes to Yan County, which will be counterproductive." Zhao Heng said lazily.

Let Prince Chun go, one is for the military supplies of Yanguan, and the other is that he doesn't want the prince to quarrel with him about this matter again.

Empress Dou's smile froze for a moment, and she stopped talking.

...

"Xu Lie, come, cut me!"

Yancheng, Beidaying.

Lü Chang was wearing a new set of armor. Unlike scale armor, this set of armor was like a complete piece of clothing, and all parts of his body were covered with metal.

This was the plate armor that the Armory had recently sent.

Zhao Xu was also there, sitting on a chair and watching the effect of the two fighting.

Since Yuan Li left, Yan County has become peaceful and harmonious again.

However, under the peaceful appearance, none of the institutions under the royal palace were idle, and they were all actively preparing for war to deal with the upcoming Northern Di Autumn Hunt.

Among them, the Armor Department also delivered a thousand sets of plate armor for the first time.

Seeing this strange armor, the generals of the North Camp were attracted.

In order to let the soldiers have an intuitive feeling of the plate armor, he ordered Lu Chang and Xu Lie to put on the armor to fight.

"Ding, Dong..."

The two started fighting, and everyone saw each other's swords slashing at each other, constantly making the sound of iron barrels being knocked.

However, except for being beaten back or falling down by their own strength, the two were still full of energy.

The slashing of the swords could not hurt them at all, which made them feel like they were playing a game.

At the end of the fight, both of them were tired, and Lu Chang threw his sword directly, rushed over, and pressed Xu Lie to the ground with brute force.

"Hahaha..." The soldiers laughed when they saw this.

While laughing, they also realized that wearing this thing was like putting themselves in an iron barrel, and no part of the body was afraid of swords.

Chang Wei's eyes lit up, and he said to Zhao Xu: "Your Highness, this armor is amazing, but it's a bit heavy."

"So, this armor is for heavy infantry and heavy cavalry." Zhao Xu smiled.

In the era of cold weapons, heavy cavalry and heavy infantry were the backbone of the war.

For cavalry, heavy infantry phalanx is a nightmare.

Attacking heavy infantry is almost like hitting a wall.

And for infantry, heavy cavalry is also a nightmare.

The charging heavy cavalry hitting them is like a one-ton stone flying over.

However, because heavy armor is difficult to manufacture and the cost is high, these two arms in any army can only maintain a small part.

And his Arms Department now has hydraulic forging hammer technology, which can mass-produce this kind of armor.

For him, this is the most important thing.

Because, it means that as long as the training is proper, he can easily mass-produce elites.

It can be said that production is also combat effectiveness.