Snowflakes falling in Hebei Jizhou, Xindu City

p>In the warm and warm governor's mansion with carved beams and painted beams,

"Sell them..."

Zhang Bangchang, who proclaimed himself as the General of the Shangzhu Kingdom and was recruited by the three roads of Ping Lu Andong in Hebei, also waved his hand vigorously at the civil and military subordinates with some worries.

"As long as the other party is willing to accept it, they will sell everything to them."

“I want more coal and iron…”

"Just be able to survive this winter, Atu..."

"He is a new arrival, and he should be much more difficult than me..."

Although he had a vast territory on the surface, except for the directly controlled territory of several states in central Hebei, he, the Grand Commander and the All-Advisor, were more like the leader of the localized faction that gradually became centrifuged due to the massive invasion of Huma.

And he was able to continue to maintain and expand his influence on local control in the post-war situation.

On the one hand, it is because he has a natural advantage in status and strength. In addition to Jizhou, he also controls Jingzhou, Shenzhou, Hejian Prefecture, etc. The hinterland of Hebei is the richest and most complete, and the most complete lands in several states.

Because before, most of the population and combat power retreated into cities for the "invincible" who entered Hebei, clearing the wilderness and strengthening the walls and shrinking the military power.

At the same time, before Huma invaded, he had already gathered most of his troops, money, grain and wealth in the name of preparing for the enemy. In addition, the dam broke and released water, causing a large area of ​​mud, which almost avoided the detour.

Therefore, more than a month later, when Huma was raging in Hebei, his rule was actually the best protected area, and he even used it to accommodate more exiled refugees who came to defect to him.

He was able to select the young and strong from it, make up for and enrich the severed or disbanded troops, and then gradually eliminated the influence from the Luodu Center when he was re-organized, and the livestock had certain ambitions and longings that should not have.

Why can I only be an agent for the Luodu court, instead of a party who can really make the decision on the town?

Especially when the Luodu court was unable to protect itself and was in danger of being attacked by the Southern Dynasty, he was in danger of leaving a way out for the Zhang clan that could be destroyed at any time.

Then some things start and cannot be recovered or retreated.

He tried step by step, from carefully intercepting materials, money and food from the war zone in the Neijing area to blatantly seizing and stranding military service expeditioned from Hebei, and finally to this point.

But it was discovered that the Luodu court, who was originally surviving like a candle in the wind, was able to recover from the dead by indulging the external move of the Hu outside the Great Wall into the Pass. This is a devastating fact.

So, when the Luodu court began to gradually recover lost territory and gather strength to restore the mountains and rivers little by little, he also began to send people to secretly negotiate and manage, and to pay the money with a humble and honesty.

I hope the other party can accept the reality or temporarily admit this situation; while actively garrisoning troops and accumulate valleys, sweeping the local area to win over local forces in case of any situation.

But obviously the newly promoted regent had no intention and sign of compromise for him, a rebel who was both a close relative of the Zhang family and a garrison official, but was cutting off the fire at the critical moment.

It was difficult to climb and let him guard Andong from a distance, and the minimum requirement for defending the border for the country was not enough. Instead, he vowed to rebel his head and pass it on to the nine borders to serve as a warning.

Then he had to make up his mind and launch without hesitation. The backup plan hidden in the Yellow River Navy intercepted and seized the king-stricken troops from Pinglu An East Yanbian, which was completely broken with Luodu.

Fortunately, the new Regent obviously overestimated his own advantages and influence in Hebei Road.

With the full counterattack of Zhang Bangchang, the transport ambassador sent by Luodu, Zhang Ji, who was once rejected and squeezed, could only hide in a corner of Huaizhou on the north bank of the Yellow River and desperately seek help from the other side.

However, the good times did not last long. With the leadership of another new member of the same clan, Zhang Dekun, took the initiative to launch several wars, annihilated and defeated several peripheral troops from Xingtai, Afuhe, severely punished the local officials and civilians at both ends, and then reorganized and conquered several states along the Yellow River's Western Front.

In the end, due to the lack of money and grain consumption, he fell into a long stalemate and confrontation with Zhang Bangchang's Hebei Xingtai again.

<>This is not a good sign. Although Zhang Bangchang is good at fighting for power and profit and fighting against differences between the party, it does not mean that he has no long-term vision.

Behind this clan nicknamed "Return of the Land", the northern country represented by the Luodu court is the increasing land and population of liberation, it can be expected that the support and support from the other party will be greater and greater.

In the Hebei Road where Hu horses, rebels and bandits were roaming, his own advantages were gradually worn out as they grew and grew.

This made Zhang Bangchang not anxious.

But his biggest shortcomings and shortcomings are that he really does not have military strategy, nor does he have convincing military achievements or extraordinary military prestige.

Therefore, he had to find ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and desperately exploit and plunder the rule to obtain more wealth to feed the military leaders and martial artists under his command, and to use power control methods to drive him not to fight against Luodu and maintain his advantage and dominance in this alliance.

Even if it is to occupy the group of people in Huaidong and do something that is like a tiger, it is not hesitant to do.

If the southerners in Huaidong want to threaten Hebei, it will be at least a long-term concern in a long time. But if they gain the upper hand from Luodu, they will be an urgent worry that there will be no place to die.

They may be a compromise and temporarily spared the local military leaders who were both indifferent and only gave some symbolic punishments, but as the chief evil and symbol of separatist independence, Zhang Bangchang and his relatives did not escape so easily.

Therefore, whether for his own power or for his life and future, he would be willing to give in and compromise, even if he broke through the lower limit again and again, and did things such as colluding with the enemy and traitoring the country and asking for help from the enemy.

After all, in a sense, the Southern Army in Huaidong, which isolates the dangerous Yellow River and controls the remaining Yellow River naval forces, is not as big as the Luodu court, which is the name of the Northern Kingdom.

On the contrary, as long as they continue to exist and grow stronger, the Luodu court, who is deeply threatened by the armpits, will definitely not be able to pull over to deal with it with all their strength...

In Yidu, Qingzhou, in the cold weather, I was experiencing the snow to check a batch of newly produced military industrial products.

That is, like a fence, some things that are sparsely fixed on the ground are separated from each other, and from a distance they seem to have almost no corresponding obstacles or defense capabilities. However, if you look closer, you will find some metallic luster of gray and thin lines.

The good news for me is that after so long accumulation, as an important supporting method for the era of queuing and shooting, the barbed wire mesh's technology tree was finally pointed out by me.

At least in this era, the metal wire drawing process seems easy, and it can be made by a craftsman of gold and silver. As long as there are enough materials and know how to heat and use molds of size and perforation.

But it is another matter to get wires with sufficient toughness and strength. The failed production and scraps with various colors that are broken are enough to make the best craftsmen in the army turn their heads white.

After all, small qualified products made with this ability and skills are used to make small rings needed for chain mail. In the end, a critical breakthrough was made in the heat treatment of quenching, and an optimal ratio that barely meets the requirements was found.

Therefore, with the preliminary foundation of limited mass production, the craftsman team that participated in R&D and experiments also received corresponding rewards, collective honors and heavy rewards that fell on everyone's head.

Although the finished product that was finally processed by a hydraulic winding machine was just the most primitive double-stranded stranded barbed wire mesh, that is, two rows of wires between two iron-pointed wooden sticks.

But it can be rolled up normally, divided into arrays and placed in specific equipment, carried by cavalry or placed on special vehicles to accompany the army.

When the enemy encounters, two people stretch and extend the front of the battle, and directly knock the wooden stick into the ground as a temporary arrangement for resisting horses and resisting impact.

Compared with the traditional heavy and deadly methods of resisting horses or inserting spears, it is much easier to worry and trouble.

According to the specific strength of the test, the twisted pair of iron wires must at least be used to use a sharp knife and repeatedly cut it repeatedly for several times to cut it off. As for ordinary swords, it is a bit troublesome and laborious in the face of senior extension and toughness.

On the battlefield, as long as there is a little delay, it is enough to be a fatal choice. It can be said to be a home trip, murder and setting fire. No, it should be a good companion and supporting choice when queuing up or even setting up a tent.
Chapter completed!