Seeing that Chen Hao misunderstood his meaning, Li Qian hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "The last general has no such intention, but the last general believes that the conquest may be detrimental to our army!"

"The Grand General, the last general also agrees with General Li's view. Although Cui Yu is unfaithful to the court, his troops are numerous under his command and should not be underestimated. Please think twice!" Shi Xiong also agreed with Li Gui's analysis at this moment and advised Chen.

Hao, don't send troops.

After hearing the advice of the two, Chen Hao smiled coldly and said, "The general asked the two generals three questions. If the two generals could answer the general, then the general would no longer insist on sending troops.

What do you think?"

Li Qian and Shi Xiong looked at each other, and then they said in unison: "Please make it clear to the general!"

"First: The two generals think that the newly recruited 60,000 new soldiers can really compete with the elite soldiers of Nanzhao within a few days? As the general seems, it is unlikely that there will be no one-year period, but can we wait for a year?

?” At this point, Chen Hao's tone became cold and said, "It is better to die on the land of my Tang Dynasty than to let them die in a foreign land! For the new recruits, this decision of this general is tantamount to letting them die.

But have you ever thought that this is not a different way to train them? The two generals think that they are unable to compete with the battlefield once a thousand days?”

Chen Hao's words made Li Qian and Shi Xiong speechless. They understood that Chen Hao's words were very ruthless, but it was also a fact. Now it is imperative to conquer Nanzhao, but the imperial court has no more troops to dispatch, only

These 60,000 new recruits are difficult to support the overall situation. Just imagine that even hundreds of thousands of troops were difficult to resist the Nanzhao army, so there is no need to mention these 60,000 new recruits.

Although Choosing Cui Yu as the whetstone for training new recruits is more cruel and ruthless, it is undeniable that it is the best way to quickly train troops. As Chen Hao said, training for a hundred days is worse than fighting on the battlefield.

Seeing that both of them were speechless, Chen Hao immediately continued: "Second, now that the court is in war on three sides, it is difficult to dispatch the imperial soldiers and generals. I can tell the two clearly that the court has fought against the national treasury on three sides.

Not supporting. Although the Nanzhao army was annihilated this time, I seized a lot of food and grass, but I did not want to hoard the army! The so-called taking it from the people and using it for the people, all of the food and grass seized were Nanzhao rebels, in Jiannan Road and Mountain

The people's fat and civil ointment plundered by the South West Road is intended to use it to appease the people, but this will inevitably lead to a shortage of food and grass in our army. What should the two generals think that the general should make a decision?”

Forehead……

Li Qian and Shi Xiong looked even more embarrassed and didn't know what to say when asked by Chen Hao. As Chen Hao said, the large amount of food and grass seized were all the people's fat and ointment plundered by the Nanzhao rebels. Now the two

The land is full of refugees who are starving thousands of miles away. If relief is not provided, it may cause disaster.

But if the food required by the army is used to provide relief to the people, it will inevitably affect the army's future combat plan. Moreover, the court is now in internal and external difficulties and cannot afford the food and grass for fighting on the third line. Even if Chen Hao doesn't say this, Li Qian and Shi Xiong can

think.

"Third, now the elite of Nanzhao have been destroyed, which is a great opportunity for our army to fight against each other. But have you ever thought about it? If our army is trapped in Nanzhao for a year and a half, and the war between Hexi and Hebei cannot end,

At that time, it is difficult to guarantee that some people are disobedient. May I ask the two generals, how should the court resist this internal chaos at that time?"

hiss!

The last question made the two of them gasp. If they said that the previous two questions could still make some comments, but the last question was directly related to the safety of the court and the fundamentals of the country.

.The two of them realized how short-sighted their vision was. When they were still taking too much care of the small things in front of them, their commander had already taken into account the entire situation of the battle.

"It turns out that the commander is the second most in training troops. His main intention is to shock the governors of the court and let them know that those who dare to be disloyal to the court can command troops to destroy them at any time! In this way, even if our army commands the troops to the south, we can command troops to destroy them.

The imperial edict, these governors would be more at ease because they were afraid of the general! Finally, they were short-sighted and far-sighted, and they were really ashamed! They were ashamed!" Li Qian was completely enlightened, but he lowered his shame.

head.

Seeing that the two of them finally understood his intention, Chen Hao nodded and said, "It's good that you can understand the general's intention, but it's not just to shock the governors. Cui Yu didn't threaten the court to not pay military salaries.

, won’t you send troops to fight against the Nanzhao rebels? This time, I simply took the military granary in the east of Shandong! You can also replenish our military food and grass..."

"The general is really impressed by three goals with one strike. It seems that the general is old and always keeps his actions in a scrupulous manner!" In addition to admiring Chen Hao's high sword, Shi Xiong was also ashamed of his own behavior.

Li Qian was unhappy when he heard this, so he turned around and smiled at Shi Xiong, "General Shi, how old is this general? Isn't he even more pedantic..."

"Uh, hahaha!"

The two looked at each other and smiled. In addition to a trace of desolation, the laughter was more of Lao Huai's relief. Both of them were loyal ministers and generals of the court, so naturally they hope that someone could pacify the whole world in this storm. As the saying goes, people have the wisdom to know themselves,

The two of them naturally knew that they did not have that kind of courage, so they were all in line with the rules and regulations to prevent mistakes. It was precisely this mentality that made them short-sighted.

When Chen Hao saw the two laughing happily, he also smiled and said, "The two generals don't need to have too many concerns. I know that our army is having difficulty fighting Cui Yu, so I have already made a fuss!"

As Chen Hao said that, he pulled out a sketch from his sleeve and handed it over to Li Qian and Shi Xiong to watch. After seeing it, the two looked excited, and when they looked at Chen Hao again, their eyes were full of surprise.

"Master, is this the long-lost Zhuge crossbow!?" Shi Xiong asked Chen Hao with a surprised look.

However, before Chen Hao could speak, Li Qian shook his head and said, "No, General Shi, this is not a Zhuge crossbow. Zhuge crossbow was made by Zhuge Liang of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period. It was called Yuanrong crossbow.

, can fire ten arrows at a time, and the firepower is very strong, but the volume and weight are too large, so it cannot be used by individual soldiers. It is mainly used to defend cities and camps..."

Li Qian spoke very carefully and very seriously. Chen Hao nodded with satisfaction while listening, thinking that Li Qian was indeed quite knowledgeable about military affairs. At this time, Li Qian frowned slightly and continued: "Shi"

General, you see, the design on this drawing is not a large crossbow to defend the city, but a pocket item of a crossbow. Therefore, in Li's opinion, this should be a single company improved by Ma Jun of Wei.

crossbow!"

The Ma Jun mentioned by Li Qian was a small official from the Wei State during the Three Kingdoms and Jin Dynasties. He improved the crossbows to make it a fifty-arrow crossbow with greater power and longer range. Not only that

A crossbow can be carried by a single person. However, because the production is very complicated, the arrows used must be specially made, so they are not produced in large quantities. I thought this was the case, so this weapon has been lost. The crossbows used in the military are just company

Just a semi-finished product of the crossbow.

Chen Hao did not expect that Li Qian knew very well about the history of this crossbow. His drawing was indeed improved based on Ma Jun's design back then. Now, the design drawing of this crossbow can be said to have been through Zhuge Liang, Ma Jun and Chen.

Improvement and design of the three generations of Hao. Chen Hao used to be a person who likes to play with crossbows, which is also a personal hobby of Chen Hao in later generations. But he did not expect that his crossbows that incorporated the crossbow techniques in later generations would be applied to Tang.

Above the military use of the dynasty.

In fact, Chen Hao had thought about the design of this crossbow for a long time ago. This matter dates back to six years ago. Six years ago, he made a bet with Zi Yuan and gave Zi Yuan three chances to assassinate him. One of them was Zi.

Yuan used a crossbow, but the crossbow arrow only fired two arrows in a row at most. Since then, he has planned to develop a crossbow.

To be fair and mechanical inventions, Chen Hao worshiped not Gongshu (Lu Ban), Mo Di was not Zhang Heng, nor Zhuge Kongming, but Ma Jun, who was depressed and unsuccessful, but devoted himself to inventing machinery.

Ma Jun has made many inventions and creations in handicrafts, agriculture, military, etc. He is the best machine manufacturer in the Three Kingdoms era. Even in the thousands of years of ancient China, it is rare. He can be called a generation of mechanical masters. At that time, there was

A writer named Fu Xuan once praised him and said, "Mr. Ma, the name of the world is a clever one!" This is how people are. Talent may not be able to be remembered forever. This is the insight of Chen Hao in the depths of the Tang Dynasty.

Seeing Li Qian and Shi Xiong appearing inquiring eyes at him, Chen Hao chuckled and said, "General Li is right. This is the long-lost crossbow, but General Li is not completely correct. I am here

Inheriting the skills of his ancestors, he also made some improvements to this crossbow. You two knew that if the crossbow was fired too many times, it would lose the accuracy he should have, so I made some of it on it.

Improve!" Chen Hao said, then stood up and came closer, and told the two of them about the improvements he had learned.

"The general is really an ordinary person. First, he had thunderstorms Hebei, but now he has made such a crossbow. The general is really impressed by it!" Shi Xiong was amazed but had a doubt, so he asked, "It's just the last one."

The general is unknown, why the general did not know that the court's Ministry of Works will mass-produce the thunder of the sky. In this way, our army can be invincible with the thunder of the sky alone!"

Shi Xiong's question is very reasonable. As Shi Xiong said, as long as the mass production of the thunder of the sky is produced, the Tang army can be said to be invincible, but Chen Hao now has no time to create the thunder of the sky. At that time, Chen Hao originally planned to use Wu Tian's power.

After elimination, the thunder that Wu Tian had privately hoarded was used on the battlefield.

However, the plan could not keep up with the changes, and the thunder disappeared for no reason. As the war was about to come, I could only put this matter aside. Chen Hao once wanted to hand over the matter to the Ministry of Works of the Court, but after experiencing the Wutian incident, he had to do so.

Chen Hao had a grudge. The thunder was a dangerous thing. If there were any evil people in the court, the consequences would be unthinkable. And he was on the front line, and if the court had chaos again, he would not be able to do so.

Turn the tide...

Wu Tian's power has been strengthened for several years, and it is not easy to clean it up overnight. Therefore, Chen Hao and Li Yan secretly agreed that even if this thunder is beneficial to the war, it can only be produced later. The most important thing at present is the court.
Chapter completed!