Don't think that Goguryeo is easy to fight. Although Yang Guang lost all three campaigns in history, the consumption of Goguryeo was unprecedentedly huge, although this sounds like a joke.
In the early Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo had 600,000 standing soldiers. Among them, Yang Guang did not know how many soldiers were sent to him. There were too many soldiers. However, Yang Guang attacked three times and destroyed Goguryeo's economy. The people were frugal in food and clothing. , one meal a day.
During Li Shimin's period, he launched a personal expedition against Goguryeo and returned with a great victory, but he did not destroy them, which shows how difficult this bone is to crack.
Later, the Tang Dynasty changed its strategic policy and focused on frequent raids. It sent troops to attack Goguryeo every now and then. This year, it will attack two cities and next year, it will attack three cities. Anyway, I will not let you take a breath. I will make you jittery and exhausted.
It was accumulated until the period of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, but was destroyed by Li Ji.
From the Sui Dynasty to the Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, it took a total of nearly sixty years and seven attacks before the family was wiped out.
Why, because it is a feudal society with a mature social system, developed agriculture and industry, and complete belief and culture. It can be seen from one thing, it is called: there is marriage, and it is done to please the man and woman. In other words, People have free love, which is better than that of Sui Dynasty.
As we all know, a family formed by free love is very stable. The small family is stable, the large family is stable, and thus the country is stable.
At present, Goguryeo definitely does not have 600,000 standing troops. According to various intelligence reports, it should be between 350,000 and 400,000. Moreover, the main combat unit is armored heavy cavalry, elite cavalry with both men and horses wearing armor. What's so special about it? Hundreds of thousands.
Or say that Goguryeo can conquer Mohe, Shiwei, and Khitan in the north. Xi, Silla and Baekje can't breathe after beating them. The family members are really awesome.
But Goguryeo certainly didn't expect that their armor was now vulnerable in the eyes of the Sui Dynasty.
After the New Year this year, Daye will be six years old, and Yang Ming will be twenty-four years old.
The second, third and fourth batches of ordnance from the refinery have been delivered to Luoyang, completing the tasks assigned by Comrade Yang Guang, 20,000 pieces of armor.
Of course, this was accomplished under the premise of sacrificing the quantity of ordnance. Anyway, my father only said that he would need 20,000 armor at the beginning, and did not say how many weapons he would need, so I will follow your request.
In other words, the four batches of ordnance delivered to the court contained more armor and fewer weapons.
I have no choice but to force people to death, that's all.
As the new year approaches, Yang Ming allocates some money and cloth from the Hedong treasury and gives them to the craftsmen and civilians at the refinery. If you can't go home to celebrate the New Year, let's spend a good year at the refinery.
The scale of Dugu Xin's entertainment resort has begun to take shape, and it has begun to accept guests from the outside. Because this boy has been doing business with the south all year round, he has attracted many southern girls. This is a charm that northern men have never seen.
But the price is a bit high, and ordinary people don't even have the opportunity to feast their eyes on it. Fortunately, there is a temple fair there, and you can join in the fun, twice a month, on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month.
Temple fair, temple fair, where is the temple? Of course it is newly built. Business people are very superstitious. They burn incense and worship Buddha for good luck. If you open a villa here, why don't you worship the local mountain god?
So Dugu Xin funded the construction of a mountain temple.
Legend has it that Shang Tang gathered his troops here to destroy the Xia Dynasty. There was a story about meeting a snake in a dream, so the mountain god of Tangwang Mountain was the snake in Shang Tang's dream.
Yang Ming also went to worship, but it’s not okay if you don’t worship. If you don’t believe in God, the people will think you are a weirdo, or even a monster. Because you work against gods, aren’t you a monster?
There were also heavy cavalry in the Sui Dynasty, which were called armored cavalry, armored cavalry, human armor, and armored cavalry, horse armor. Both men and horses were armored, and they were heavy cavalry.
To deal with heavy cavalry, one can only rely on the terrain and arrange obstacles such as snagging ropes, trenches, parapets, and traps, or use rogue infantry to trade their own heavy casualties for the opponent's formation confusion and small casualties.
In the past, light cavalry archers had no advantage at all against heavy cavalry, but now that they have considerable armor-breaking capabilities, they can almost fight without a hitch.
The light cavalry is fast and the heavy cavalry can't catch up. If they use long-range projectiles, they can really piss off the opponent.
Yang Ming didn't need to ask the court how to arrange the troops. First of all, the nine general managers were all experts, and they already understood. Furthermore, don't you have to use whatever I produce here?
So Yang Ming opened a bow-making field outside the refinery to manufacture long bows and short crossbows in large quantities.
There are seven types of wood used for bows. The best is eucalyptus, followed by linden (linden), mulberry, orange, oak, wattle, and bamboo.
Among them, mulberry and tangerine are high-end products and cannot be equipped with ordinary guards, while mulberry and orange are cash crops and cannot be cut casually, so only the last three are left.
Oak and wattle trees are mostly found in the north, so these two are the main materials for the bow body.
As for the horns, tendons, glue, silk, and lacquer other than the bow body, as long as they can touch the treasury, they are easy to handle.
The crossbow is made of jujube wood, jujube wood, and tangli wood. These three types of wood have long growth cycles and are all cash crops. If they are cut down, they must be approved by the court.
Therefore, bows and crossbows have always been equipped with shortcomings. This is because the wood used is either for sericulture or fruit growth and cannot be cut casually.
It’s too late to cultivate a lot of it now.
But it’s not impossible, that is, find wild or artificially cultivated crops. Like acres, they are cash crops assigned by the government to your name. You have to pay taxes, and you have to hand over 60% of the fruits to the state. The rest of the rotten fruit is yours.
However, the wild ones are extremely widely distributed and are not suitable for artificial care. Of course, in fact, they do not need you to take care of them, and they will grow better.
So Yang Ming asked Yuan Shou to take charge of this matter, and called on a large number of people to go into the mountains to find these tree species, and then cut them down to supply the needs of the refinery.
And they will give you money so that you won’t cut it in vain.
A person's character cannot be changed. Although Dugu Bailou has been teaching Feng'er how to serve her husband during this period, she cannot learn it.
This thing has to be taught from an early age. If you don’t learn it as a child, you won’t be able to learn it as an adult.
But she knew how to have sex, but she still didn't take the last step.
That night, Yang Ming was already asleep, but Dugu Feng'er couldn't sleep. She sat on the bed and looked down at Yang Ming's face in the moonlight.
The two of them had slept together for a long time, but only together.
After a while, Dugu Feng'er exhaled cold air, slowly took off her single clothes, and then got into the warm bed.
Winter in Hedong is very cold. Fortunately, there is a heater in the bed, and the room is heated in advance.
Yang Ming, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by a burst of itching coming from his body. When he put his hand under the quilt, he knew what Dugu Feng'er was doing.
So he continued to pretend to sleep and enjoy this wonderful night.
In the early morning, when the sky was slightly bright, Yang Ming woke up. What he saw was Dugu Feng'er's resentful eyes, so he said strangely:
"What's wrong?"
Dugu Feng'er curled her lips: "I've reached my prime these days, but last night you pretended to be asleep on purpose. I, I, I wouldn't have been able to get pregnant anyway."
Yang Ming smiled and took advantage of the most exciting moment in the morning to turn over and give Dugu Feng'er a chance to get pregnant.
Dugu Feng'er was satisfied now.
"Should we try other methods? I heard from Shuyi that Jiancheng and Pei Xi tried it like that," Dugu Feng'er was no longer shy at all. After lying on her back for a long time, she turned over and lay on Yang Ming.
Yang Ming smiled and said: "Let's wait another day."
"Can't you do it tonight?" Dugu Feng'er asked in surprise.
Tonight is just tonight, your day has come anyway, so get pregnant as soon as possible and feel at ease.
Yang Ming nodded.
The skin on Dugu Feng'er's body is very elastic, and because she often rides and cums, her butt is also big and tight, and Yang Ming can't put it down.
Enduring the harassment from Yang Ming's claws, Dugu Feng'er complained angrily:
"Okay, okay, it's time to change clothes. Chen Kui has already announced that there is a man named Cui waiting for you. Don't you see him?"
Yang Ming smiled and said, "It's not a good idea to see me at this time."
The man who came here was called Cui Wei. He was a scholar from the ten subjects. He was the grandson of Cui Fuli, the head of the Cui family in Qinghe. He was Yang Guang's Qianniu guard at first, and later went to Shangdang County and became the county magistrate.
This person came to him, it was definitely not a business matter, it was a private matter.
Dugu Feng'er helped Yang Ming change, then she herself changed into warrior uniform 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. Dugu Huaien and Yiying, a great craftsman from Taifu Temple, were also there.
Cui Wei quickly stood up and saluted: "I take the liberty of asking to see His Highness, and I would also like to ask His Highness Haihan."
Yang Ming nodded, and then began to discuss the training field with Dugu Huaien, Yun Dingxing and others, completely leaving Cui Wei aside.
During this period, Dugu Huaien was surprised to find that there was a black and purple spot on Yang Ming's neck. As a person who had been there, he couldn't help but take a look at his niece.
Dugu Feng'er immediately stared back at him.
Or that this person is straight. Yun Dingxing also saw it, but everything was as usual. Isn't this normal? What are you looking at?
Yang Ming also noticed Dugu Huaien's demeanor and snorted coldly. The latter smiled, put his hands into his sleeves, and giggled.
Dugu Feng'er suddenly became angry, why are you laughing? What's so funny? So she went around the table and kicked Dugu Huai'en from underneath.
This time, Dugu Huaien smiled even more exaggeratedly.
Yang Ming reluctantly closed the file and waved to everyone: "That's it for now. You go down and make arrangements."
Only then did Dugu Huaien leave happily.
After all, Feng'er belongs to their family. Now that the prince favors her, she will become a noble of the East Palace in the future. The downward trend of the Dugu family over the years has finally been stopped.
He was so happy that after leaving the Governor's Mansion, he didn't go to do any business. Instead, he went to find Dugu Xin and informed him of the great event of the day.
So now, Cui Wei was the only one left in the lobby, and Yang Ming said:
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
(End of chapter)
