Chapter 104 Sleigh Flange Machine
When You Dai returned to Tongzhou, he presented more than 600 Jurchen soldiers and more than 1,300 Mongolian soldiers to behead him. Sun Chengzong was happy to see so many gains, but he was a little unbelievable. Hearing You Dai and Yang Guozhu talked about the battle with the Later Jin army like a fire, Sun Chengzong sighed: "Such elite is the most deserving elite cavalry of my Ming Dynasty! It's a pity that he was turned away by the court, it's a pity!"
Li Laoer also got rid of the pursuit of the Mongolian cavalry behind and returned to Tongzhou. The chasing Mongolians saw that the Ming army in front was about to return to Tongzhou, but they did not dare to pursue them again, but returned to the central army camp in the north to report to Huang Taiji.
"Li Shoubei has made great contributions this time!" Sun Chengzong walked up with a smile, "I must help Li Shoubei fight for it. The court cannot keep you from a talent like you! If you can return to the Ming Dynasty, it will be no problem to be promoted to a general with Li Shoubei's contribution."
Li Laoer smiled bitterly: "Thank you for your good intentions in the Supervisor. It's a pity that the officials offended the merchant group. The civil servants in the court wished that I was destroyed by Jiannu. Even if the court agreed to let me go back to Ming, it would be difficult for them to escape their plot."
To be honest, the Ming Dynasty has been completely ruined today. If it weren’t for the fact that the flag-torking rebellion would have been in vain, Li Laoer really wanted to rebel. For the sake of the people of the world, no matter how bad the Ming Dynasty is, it would have to be protected first. The Ming Dynasty should be replaced with a new ship, but Li Laoer was unwilling to watch the broken ship sink like this, because the broken ship carries Chinese civilization and the people of the world, and it is impossible for the Chinese civilization and the people of the world to sink with this broken ship. What Li Laoer had to do was to let the broken ship pass through the dangerous period first, and after getting ashore, he would then take action to demolish the broken ship and build a brand new ship for China.
Seeing that Li Laoer didn't say anything, Yang Guozhu thought he was frustrated, so he stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Little brother, don't be depressed. Even if the court does not allow you to return to the pass, this time the reward is inevitable. There are so many Jiannu heads, you will get tens of thousands of taels of silver, and you can't escape the guerrilla void position."
"Thank you for your care, but even if the court gave me guerrillas, I would have to go back outside the pass to fend for myself."
"But it's different with this guerrilla void position. The little brother can do business in the border area, get a batch of tea and salt, and transport the goods to the Chahar people, and make a lot of money."
Yang Guozhu's words reminded Li Laoer that in fact, Li Laoer was actually doing business himself. Wang Quan, who arranged for his spy in Zhangjiakou, opened a business called Dadewang Tea House. This business bought tea from Shanxi and Shaanxi and transported it to Tumote and Chahar for sale. If he could obtain salt intake, the profit would be even higher.
But that's all the things that happened later. Now Li Lao Er's biggest headache is that the Later Jin and several Mongolian tribes cooperated. The Later Jin female armor was thick and its combat power was extremely strong. The Mongolian light cavalry came and went like the wind. The cooperation between the two was simply a perfect cooperation in this era. With the Jurchen army as the main force, head-on attack and Mongols pursued. It would be difficult for any army to get rid of the harassment and pursuit of the Mongolian light cavalry. If Li Lao Er had not ambushed the Mongolians this time, it would be difficult for Li Lao Er to escape. As long as the Mongolians summoned the Jurchen cavalry, Li Lao Er would not be able to escape.
So how can we run faster than the Mongolians? Li Laoer saw the chariots coming out of the city, and then saw the snow all over the ground. A thought suddenly flashed through his mind: There is one!
Although Sun Chengzong's chariot battalion has strong defense, its mobility is too poor. Not to mention that compared with the Mongolian light cavalry, even if he competes with the Jurchen heavy armored cavalry, he cannot beat the opponent. However, the snow and ice inspires Li Laoer to transform some chariots into sleds.
He led a sled with two war horses, and walked faster on the ice and snow than the Mongolian light cavalry. If a group of sled cars could be transformed, he could bring a sled car soldier to rescue the people.
Moreover, the sled car is not afraid of being pursued. Every time the Ming army is defeated, it is covered by the Jin army from behind. When the Jin army pursues, the losses are almost zero. If you retreat in the sled car, you can shoot arrows and guns behind, causing heavy losses to the Jin army pursuing the Ming army. The Jin army that pursues the Ming army will suffer much more losses than the Ming army that retreats.
The biggest weakness of the sled car is its limitations, which can only be used in ice and snow, and is usually useless. But Li Laoer also knew that since the change of Si, every time the Later Jin invaded and robbed, he set out in the autumn. He robbed the Ming Dynasty throughout the winter, and robbed it for a winter, and then he was about to start spring and exit the outside world.
Why did they go to war after autumn? Because after autumn is the season for grain harvest, the Jin army itself also wrote about the grain and grass entering the pass. Before the Spring Festival comes, it was not that the Ming army defeated the Later Jin army, but that the Later Jin robbed a group of Han people as Baoyi Aha, and they also wanted to go back to plow the spring plow, otherwise why would they use to plunder the population?
So, there is a chariot that can fight in winter, which is enough.
Thinking of this, Li Laoer asked Sun Chengzong for instructions: "The supervisor, the subordinate has an idea to transform a chariot battalion specializing in winter maneuver combat. The speed is faster than that of the Mongolian Tatar light cavalry, just transform some of the chariots."
"Can the che camp be faster than the light cavalry?" Sun Chengzong's eyes lit up. If it weren't for the mountain of heads of the Later Jin army outside, and the gunpowder that Li Laoer had improved by Sun Chengzong before, Sun Chengzong promised that Li Laoer was talking big.
Li Laoer said: "It's actually very simple. The subordinates can change one by themselves and let the supervisor try it out. If it is useful, they can transform a batch on a large scale."
Sun Chengzong nodded: "Then you can just give it a try."
With Sun Chengzong's consent, Li Laoer took several carpenters to start working.
First, the wheels of a Florian chariot were removed, and then the carpenter was asked to plan two thick wooden boards, nail six pillars at the bottom of the car, and then nail the thick wooden boards to the pillars. In order to reduce friction, Li Laoer also asked the carpenter to nail a thin piece of iron on the thick wooden boards.
After the sledge ferry cannon vehicle was built, Sun Chengzong looked at the wheelless car in a daze: "Can this car run without wheels?"
"Not only can you run, but you can run faster than light cavalry." Li Laoer said with a smile.
Next, Li Laoer personally tested the sled. He first carried the sled to the snow, and then asked someone to find two war horses, put them on the car, and boarded the sled himself.
Yang Guozhu and several unbelievable servants rode on horseback and accompanied Li Laoer's sled, wanting to see if this thing is as magical as Li Laoer said.
Chapter completed!