ebookland Chapter 142: Pacificating the Barbarians
Chapter 142: Pacificating the Barbarians
What appeared before Si Chenan were a number of huge chariots.
It is more than three meters long and as tall as one and a half people.
The most amazing thing is that this vehicle does not have the big wheels of traditional tanks, but instead has a row of small wheels wrapped around a circle of steel tracks.
Si Chenan didn't know how this chariot would move, but he knew that with such a thick metal shell, the barbarian cavalry's bows and arrows or scimitars would have no effect on this chariot.
"Come," Jiang Sining said, "Your Majesty, think about how to crack this chariot."
Si Chenan frowned and thought for a while, then said, "I can think of only three ways to crack this chariot."
"Oh, so many?" Jiang Sining was a little surprised.
This was an armored vehicle that she had spent a lot of resources and time to make. However, Si Chenan, an ancient man, was able to come up with three ways to crack it after just a quick look.
"Tell me all about it."
"One is to pour kerosene on it and burn it." Si Chenan said.
"That's one way, what else?"
"The second is to lead it into a swamp, or to dig a hole wide and deep enough so that it can't move and will naturally die."
Jiang Sining smiled slightly. Si Chenan still underestimated the performance of the armored vehicle.
She had people test it and found that ordinary swamp mud pits could not trap these armored vehicles. Deep pits could, but they had to be more than three meters wide and deep.
Just imagine, in such an era, how much manpower and time would be needed to dig such deep pits or trenches?
However, in order to convince Si Chenan, Jiang Sining decided to let him see it with his own eyes later.
"Tell me about the third one."
"The third way is to rely on the speed of the cavalry to run." Si Chenan said, "The grassland is vast, and the cavalry is very fast. I think these chariots should not be able to catch up, right?"
Si Chenan was able to come up with this method because he had never seen the speed of an armored vehicle.
"Let's go to the test site and let His Majesty see for himself how powerful this armored vehicle is."
The two men came to a large testing ground nearby, and several soldiers were ordered to get on the vehicle and start adding coal to the boiler.
As the water in the boiler boiled, a large amount of high-temperature steam entered the steam engine, and the armored vehicle began to gain powerful power.
The first things tested were swamps and deep pits. The huge vehicle slowly drove into the mud and water, and soon all the wheels were stuck in it.
I thought the chariot would be unable to move, but unexpectedly the chariot was not affected at all and was still moving fast in the mud.
"Such a deep quagmire is difficult for even a warhorse to cross," Si Chen An said, "How did such a heavy chariot avoid being sunk?"
Jiang Sining thought to himself, if you knew what pressure and stress were, you would understand everything.
"This is why I insisted on running a university," said Jiang Sining.
Si Chenan deeply agreed with this.
However, what he understood was not the technology that Jiang Sining was talking about. He thought that Jiang Sining was willing to pass on the magic to the mortal world.
This is a great blessing for Daxia and its people.
Next, Jiang Sining asked the soldiers to demonstrate how to cross the trench. They saw that the ten-foot-wide trench was like nothing in front of the armored vehicle. Si Chenan knew that the second method he had thought of was basically useless.
However, when they saw that the maximum speed of the armored vehicle was not much slower than that of the best warhorse, but it could travel tirelessly for a day and a night or even longer, the escape tactic failed.
So to sum up, this type of chariot can definitely crush the barbarian cavalry easily on the grassland.
"How many of these tanks are there?"
"We have a hundred of them now," Jiang Sining said, "and if they are all equipped with crossbows that can fire automatically, that should be enough."
"Okay, then when can we go to war with the barbarians?"
"Let Qiuhe lead the chariot team. After half a month of training, we can set off," Jiang Sining said. "Then let Qiuhe lead the soldiers to travel lightly, and then use space to arrange the chariots. We can easily form an encirclement and defeat the barbarians."
"Okay, I'll let Qiu He select soldiers right away." Si Chen'an said, "In half a month, we will pacify the northern border!"
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Half a month later.
Qiu He carefully selected two hundred loyal soldiers from the chariot team. Jiang Sining gave them temporary space authority and appointed them as captain and deputy captain.
The two tank commanders on the tank are not only responsible for controlling the tank, but also for receiving the supplies provided to them by Jiang Sining.
Coal, clean water, crossbows, food, etc., or when a chariot breaks down, give some replacement parts, or even use the space to take the chariot back to the capital for repairs.
After making preparations, Qiu He led the chariot team and headed to the northern border with light equipment.
With the temporary space, the chariots can obtain the movements of the barbarians in a timely manner and achieve perfect coordination with each other.
Jiang Sining and Si Chenan stayed in the palace and watched the war the whole time. In fact, there was nothing to worry about. In the face of technology, the barbarian cavalry was simply vulnerable.
Just the first wave of encirclement was enough to defeat the main force of the barbarian cavalry.
The ensuing pursuit made the barbarian soldiers even more terrified.
The speed of that steel chariot emitting black smoke was not inferior to their best war horses, and it had almost endless endurance.
So all that is left for the barbarians is despair.
Just when the barbarians were forced into a corner and were ready to fight to the death, the envoy sent by Si Chenan arrived at the barbarian camp.
When the barbarian leader heard that Daxia was willing to share the grassland and let the barbarians live together with the Daxia people, he was moved.
What followed were various negotiations. After Jiang Sining put forward a few bottom lines, he asked special officials to negotiate with the barbarians. Anyway, time was on Daxia's side.
Her focus was on agriculture. She taught the people of Daxia to grow various crops in scientific ways, encouraged everyone to raise poultry and livestock, and improved the physical fitness of the population.
Autumn is in the blink of an eye.
The negotiations with the barbarians have basically been concluded. Daxia will allocate the northern grasslands to the barbarians for self-governance, but will also send a large number of Daxia people to graze there.
At the same time, barbarians were also allowed to enter the interior and settle down. Everyone who came could be allocated a certain amount of land and enjoy the same treatment as the people of Daxia.
Jiang Sining believed that within a few years, the barbarians would be completely assimilated by Daxia.
When the autumn harvest season came, Jiang Sining and Si Chenan went to various places to check on the harvest of crops. Looking at the rice grains, each more than ten centimeters long and very plump, the people's faces were filled with happy smiles.
"Queen, I thank you on behalf of the people of the world." Si Chenan knew, "All of this is brought by the Queen. From now on, the people of Daxia will live a prosperous life for generations to come."
"No, no, no, this is just the beginning." Jiang Sining said, "It will get better in the future."
“Can it get better?”
Si Chenan seemed a little bit unbelievable.
Everything before his eyes was something he had never imagined before, so what would be a better scenario?
"For example..." Jiang Sining thought for a moment and said, "We can use machines to take people up into the sky and fly thousands of miles a day. Or, we can just live on the moon."
Si Chen'an's heart suddenly surged with emotion. Isn't that a power that only gods have?
It seems that his queen is really a god who has descended to earth.
"Queen, I will never slack off."
"No, you should relax when you need to." Jiang Sining said, "The world is huge, so huge that you can't even imagine it. If you want to become a wise ruler, you must go out and see what the world is like."
"Go and see?"
"Yes, Daxia is basically stable now, and officials at all levels are doing a good job. Qingyu is helping you control the government, Dongling is watching over the university, and Qiuhe is in charge of the army, so there is no need to worry about the safety of the border." Jiang Sining said, "Such a good opportunity, if you don't go out and take a look, what else are you going to wait for?"
As an emperor, he cannot leave the palace easily.
But that was before.
Now that Jiang Sining has told him to go, how could Si Chenan not listen?
"Okay, let's go!"
"Besides," Jiang Sining said softly, "we have been married for more than three years, but there is one thing we have never had the chance to do."
"What...what happened?"
"Of course it's a honeymoon," Jiang Sining said, "but we shouldn't call it a honeymoon, it's more like a honeymoon year. In two or three years, we should be able to visit all the important places in the world."