Steel Dynasty - Chapter 780

[Chapter 779 Material Restrictions]

Eight thousand men versus more than 20,000 elite cuirassiers.

This war was destined to be a massacre. The intensive charging cuirassiers urged the horses to rush towards the barbarian cavalry in a row.

The moment before the two sides collided, the cuirassiers collectively drew out their crossbows and fired them, and then used the crossbows as weapons to throw at other barbarian soldiers.

The moment they met, the barbarian cavalry fell down one after another, causing chaos in the formation.

Upon seeing this, Qi Guangyi immediately ordered the cavalry to surround the barbarian cavalry from both sides and make dumplings. After an hour of fighting, the barbarian cavalry army was wiped out, leaving only wandering horses on the battlefield.

“Clean the battlefield and collect all the horses.” Qi Guangyi was covered in blood. Aqige didn’t know that he died in the hands of that soldier, but he was too lazy to look for it.

Now he only needs the war horses of the barbarians. As far as he knows, there are a total of 63,000 barbarians entering Bashu this time.

Three thousand of them either died or fell behind after entering Tubo, while only 60,000 entered Bashu.

But even so, the total destruction of 60,000 barbarian cavalry this time was a huge victory.

Because in previous wars, it was mainly the slave soldiers of the barbarians who were eliminated, and very few real barbarian soldiers died.

Therefore, the failure of that war did not have much impact on the Golden Horde at all.

For the barbarians who are now short of food, it doesn’t matter how many slave soldiers die. In their eyes, slaves are not people at all, but goods.

But the barbarians who lost 60,000 cavalry this time will definitely feel pain.

On the contrary, the current Qi Guangyi would probably laugh out of his dreams.

Excluding the loss of these 60,000 cavalry horses, he can at least reorganize 40,000 cavalry. In this way, each army of Dayu can be equipped with a sufficient number of cavalry.

Looking at the horses on the battlefield with a smile, Qi Guangyi suddenly remembered something. He immediately called the soldiers and asked him to convey the good news of Aqigefu’s execution back to Qingzhou.

In this way, the rebellion in Bashu was completely settled.

Five days later, the news arrived in Qingzhou.

Xiao Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief after reading the news sent by Qi Guangyi. What he was most worried about was the continued destruction of Dayu by this group of cavalry.

Now that all these people have been cleared out, the country of Great Chongqing has finally stabilized.

“Your Majesty, you can feel at ease now. No one expected what happened this time.” Qian Dafu said with a smile.

Xiao Ming nodded. The country of Chongqing was very big, so there were so many loopholes to exploit. In the past, he didn’t pay enough attention to Bashu, and his precautions against Tubo were too low.

Now he must be more vigilant and stabilize the territory in the southwest, because in addition to being the land of abundance in Dayu, it is also the area with the highest chromium storage in Dayu, especially the location of Tubo, which is rich in minerals.

And the reason he needs chromium is simple.

Because the development of firearms in Dayu has now reached a bottleneck period, according to the test data provided by Song Changping, these flash cap firing guns have a low probability of exploding the chamber after using smokeless gunpowder.

This phenomenon had never happened before. Xiao Ming had actually expected this problem, so he asked Song Changping to strictly limit the dosage of smokeless gunpowder, produce a small amount of smokeless gunpowder paper shell bullets, and still use black powder on a large scale. Paper bullets.

The reason is very simple, that is, he expected that the quality of the barrel would not be able to withstand the amount of gunpowder explosion. After all, with the emergence of smokeless gunpowder bullets, firearms began to use barrel materials such as chromium-molybdenum steel, and this material is his current Unable to produce.

Therefore, until such an alloy suitable for gun barrels cannot be produced, Dayu’s muskets may have to stop here.

Technically, it can only be developed into the rear chamber, which requires precision parts.

After thinking through these issues, Xiao Ming felt that now was the time to make plans. The southwest of Dayu was also an area rich in various rare metals in modern times. He wanted to firmly control this place in his own hands.

And if he wanted to do this, he had to deal with Tubo, his enemy in the southwest. This time Tubo let the Golden Horde into Bashu, which gave him an excuse for war.

He can use it at any time once he takes time to conquer Tubo.

“Although the Bashu rebellion has been put down, the culprits are still at large. I will deal with them one by one.” Xiao Ming said in a deep voice.

After a pause, he continued: “By the way, Qi Guangyi captured 60,000 barbarian slave soldiers this time. These slave soldiers are the strong laborers needed by the mines. Please tell the Minerals Department and ask them to send someone to Bashu. He and Tubo are searching for chromium ore secretly. “

Qian Dafu is proficient in prospecting and understands this naturally. He said: “Yes, Your Majesty, I will go to the Minerals Department later. These 60,000 people cannot be wasted. Now in Da Chongqing. The country’s slaves are in short supply.”

After deciding on the ore search, Xiao Ming felt that he had to go to Lutong. After the chrome ore was found, it would be related to smelting, which would have to be handled by them.

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In the vast grassland, merchants from Shanhaiguan have arrived in Shengdu. Along the way, they also publicized the method of executing the barbarian generals of the Chongqing Kingdom.

“Khan, these are the bones of Hakata Daiji.” The businessman fell to the ground and howled.

In front of the Golden Horde, Dorgo’s face was as pale as paper, and Bodo’s biological mother, who came after hearing the news, was already crying. At the same time, many nobles of the Golden Horde also began to cry sadly.

This is the first Taiji of the Golden Horde to die in the Great Chongqing since the war with the Great Chongqing.

Wu Shugu, Beishan, Anba and other Taijiju were all present, and they were silent looking at Bodo in the shroud.

Bodo has been dead for a month, and now the body has changed its shape, but they still recognized it as Bodo at first sight.

“Khan, Bodo died for the Khanate. You must avenge Bodo!” Bodo’s mother cried while hugging Dorgo’s leg.

Dorgo has always liked Bodo, so he sent him to Bashu this time. He thought the matter would be easy, but he didn’t expect such a mistake.

At this time, he looked at Beishan, who showed no guilt at all.

He knew that he could not blame him, because this time it was Bodo’s own greed that delayed the evacuation.

Because according to the agreed time, Bodo should have led the army to withdraw from Songzhou City long ago, but the soldiers outside did not see them coming out at the agreed time.

“My son, Father Khan will kill the emperor of Dayu with his own hands to commemorate you.” Dorgo’s nails were embedded in his flesh due to too much force, and strong anger brewed in his heart.

Since he ascended to the throne of Khan, all the humiliations he has suffered were brought about by the emperor of the Great Chongqing Kingdom. Now he will lead his empire to destroy the enemy who killed his son!

PS: Four updates tomorrow

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