Chapter 1114 The Eight Great Masters of Shanxi Businessmen
Chapter 1112: Eight Great Masters of Shanxi Merchants
Murong Ke was not interested in captives at all, because no matter how many people were captured, there were not many regular troops of the Jin army, but the weapons seized forced him to care.
Murong Ke took off a long sword from the weapons piled into Sichuan, and then pulled out the scimitar from the guard''s waist. After the two soldiers collided, the Jin army''s long sword was intact, but the Yuan army''s scimitar had an extra hole.
Murong Ke''s face was full of solemn expression and sighed: "Since I, Yuan Meng, obtained the new steelmaking method in the Hanting Court, my equipment has risen several steps overall, but I don''t expect that I am still so much behind the Jin army."
Murong Ke knew that the equipment of the local troops of the Jin army was eliminated by the regular army, and the weapons used by his guards were the most excellent among the Yuan army, but even so, they were not as good as the equipment of the Jin army''s miscellaneous army.
If we follow this logic, wouldn’t it be said that the Jin army’s regular army is so well equipped that it is a few streets higher than the Yuan and Mongolian army?
Although the facts are not so exaggerated, they are not much different.
Since Temujin and Nurhaci obtained various skills from the Han Dynasty, all parties in the Yuan, Mongolian and the Qing Dynasty have made rapid progress. Not only have they not been on the ground for the Central Plains, but they have also made progress in various skills, especially the forging technology of weapons.
The war has undoubtedly promoted technology to be huge. Although Yuan Meng has replaced the cannon with a bird gun, the princes of the Central Plains also replaced the aircraft carriers with warships.
The forging technology of other princes in the Central Plains is improving. Qin and Jin are just the two fastest-progressing companies. Overall, the equipment level of the Han army is still one level higher than that of the Yuan and Meng.
"If we can obtain the Jin army''s steelmaking method and the forging method of weapons, our Yuanmeng Iron Cavalry will have no opponent in the world!"
Murong Ke sighed and put the long sword in his hand back. He did not blindly distribute these exquisite weapons directly to the elite soldiers under his command.
The weapons used by Yuan Meng are different from those used in the Central Plains. Even if the Yuan Meng soldiers change to the Jin army''s more try their best to use them, they will not be used to it in a short period of time, which will instead reduce the combat effectiveness of the Yuan Meng army.
Therefore, if you want to improve the equipment level of the Yuan and Mongolian army, you must innovate the forging technology of the entire Yuan and Mongolian country.
Regarding the innovation of forging technology, Murong Ke does not need to worry about it. The people from Xuanjingsi will go to the table, but the effect is obviously not good at present.
Qin and Jin are not as short-sighted as Hanting, and attach great importance to any technology confidentiality. The improvement of a country''s overall forging technology cannot be achieved by tying a few craftsmen. Yuan Meng still has a long way to go to make up for the gap.
After Murong Shao finished the report with an excited look, Murong Lin immediately reported: "Uncle, Mi Yuan retreated, ordered the burning of many warehouses such as grain warehouses, but was stopped by his nephew in time."
Murong Ke''s eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked, "How much food and grass are there in the city?"
"Although nearly half of the food and grass in the city were transferred to Yinchuan by Miyuan, the amount that was not transferred was still enough for our army to eat for a month."
The 70,000 troops consumed a month''s food and grass. This is not a small amount, but it only accounts for half of the original ones. It can be seen how abundant the grain storage was before it was transferred.
A hint of joy flashed in Murong Ke''s eyes, and he thought to himself: Your Majesty''s decision to win over the eight great masters of Shanxi merchants was indeed correct.
The eight major merchants of Shanxi refer to the eight commercial families: Qiao, Chang, Cao, Hou, Qu, Kang, Fan and Kong. Among them, Qiao and Chang are the families of Bingbei, and are both commercial families supported by the Qin family, while the other six families are all in the Bingnan family.
The six major families in Bingnan almost monopolized the entire commercial area of ??Bingnan. Among the many aristocratic families in Yuanmeng, the six major families in Bingnan sold the most and most fiercely, while the two major families in Bingbei also colluded with Yuanmeng.
Murong Ke led the army this time, without leaving any way out and no supplies, but still dared to pursue speed without bringing too much food and grass to travel lightly. This is undoubtedly an extremely bold decision. After Murong Ke entered Hetao, he was unfamiliar with his life, but the first city he attacked happened to have a medium-sized grain warehouse, which just solved his food crisis.
Of course, there is no such coincidence in this world, and the reason why Murong Ke''s luck is so good is because the information provided by the Qiao family and sent someone to lead the way.
The Yuan and Mongolian army attacked. At such a critical moment, Qu Yuan, as the prefect of Yinchuan, did not stay in the Yinchuan city to guard the capital, but ran to a remote small city. This was unreasonable in itself.
In fact, Qu Yuan came to this city mainly to transfer the food and grass in the city, because there is a medium-sized granary in this city.
The location of the Jin army''s ration depot is hidden, and most of it is a secret depot, even Qu Yuan doesn''t know where it is.
But since there is a dark library, there is also an open library.
Although it is said that ordinary people in the warehouse do not know the location, and they are responsible for raising food and grass for the Jin army. The Qiao family, one of the eight great masters of the Shanxi merchants, naturally knows where it is.
The eight major families of Shanxi merchants have all been secretly bribed by Temujin. This time, it was precisely because of the Qiao family providing information and leading the way that Murong Ke was able to find the Jin army''s ration warehouse so accurately and solve the problem of food and grass in this battle at one time.
"Father, now we have food and grass, and our army will not stay in this city for a long time. Do you want to..."
As he said that, Murong Shao showed a hideous smile and made a move to wipe his neck. His meaning was self-evident, which was to massacre the city directly.
"madness."
Murong Ke glanced at his son dissatisfiedly and said coldly: "Our Yuan Meng sent troops this time to re-occupate Hetao, but now Hetao is no longer the Hetao he used to be. There are nearly 1.3 million people in three counties and thirty cities here."
Qin and Wen governed with mercy and kindness, and as a result, they won the hearts of the people of Hetao. If our army massacred the city, it will definitely arouse the resistance of the people of Hetao.
Killing cannot solve the problem, do you understand? ”
Murong Shao showed shame on his face: "The boy understands."
"In addition, if you pass the order, except for killing the captive Jin army, the rest of the strong men will be released."
Murong Shao widened his eyes and looked disbelief: "Father, it''s okay if he doesn''t kill the people, but these prisoners are all soldiers. If they let them go like this, they will come to fight against us."
After Murong Ke looked at his son in disappointment, he immediately said to Murong Lin: "Lin''er, come and tell Shao''er why I did this."
"yes."
After Murong Lin responded, he said slowly: "These people are just strong men. No matter how many people are, they will not pose a threat to our army, so it is better to let them go and win the hearts of the people."
(This chapter ends)