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"But Your Majesty, in recent years the imperial court has been in a state of shortage of armaments. Even if you have so much money, it may not be easy for me to buy so many crossbows and arrows at once"
Although Liu Deng¡¯s words sounded encouraging, Li Guang still had to pour cold water on him.
He has also suffered from lack of money in recent years. The world has just been at peace for more than a hundred years, but the imperial court has continued to use force in recent years.
Since the founding of the country by Emperor Gaozu, he first pacified several kings with different surnames, followed by a series of wars with the Xiongnu, and then Empress Lu caused chaos. It was not easy to wait for His Majesty to ascend the throne.
The people of the world had just regained some vitality. Then, one after another, the princes and kings rebelled. Although they were not serious, they were quickly put down.
But the imperial court had a lot of money to spend. As long as there was a little trouble in Mobei, the Huns would immediately mount their horses, pick up their bows and arrows, and go south to harass the border.
If it weren¡¯t for God¡¯s blessing and the Han Dynasty had not suffered any major disasters in these years, I¡¯m afraid it would have been unsustainable by now.
Because of the continuous use of troops, the court's ordnance consumption has been astonishingly fast over the years. The court's own army supplies are relatively timely, but when it comes to these princes and kings, it is far behind.
??Especially the Dai Kingdom, which has successively served as several heads of state. Until now, the Arms Department in the Dai Kingdom is still completely insignificant. The ordnance needed in the Dai Kingdom every year almost completely relies on subsidies from the central court.
This is really embarrassing. Liu Deng really didn¡¯t expect this.
"But for Liu Deng, this doesn't seem to be too difficult. It's not just asking you to build aircraft, cannons, crossbows and arrows.
"I will solve these things. I just want to ask General Li, if I can solve all these things, will the general be sure to give those Huns a head-on blow in this battle?"
"These guys come and go as they please. They clearly regard Dai Country as their back garden, and even worse than this. As long as there is a little trouble there, they will immediately come to harass and rob.
With such a neighbor in the stall, how can a prince like himself sit peacefully?
"If your Majesty can handle this matter, you won't even need these new troops. You just need to select some elites from the old troops and train them intensively for a few days, and you can immediately give back to the Huns, but"
When he said this, Li Guang was still a little hesitant. After all, what he said next was still very demoralizing for Liu Deng.
"Just what? General Li, just say it!"
Liu Deng touched his nose and looked at Li Guang with some confusion.
"But has your Majesty made the calculation? If we calculate the number of 30,000 people participating in the battle, each with a crossbow and a pot of arrows, I am afraid that after this battle, there will not be hundreds of thousands of arrows, and it will not be possible at all. But every year, the Xiongnu The total amount of things that people can steal from Dai Kingdom is only tens of thousands of strings"
Li Guang hesitated for a moment, and then said his thoughts truthfully.
¡°According to Liu Deng¡¯s style of play, even if he wins, he actually loses.
"It would take hundreds of thousands of taels to drive them away, and the debt they owe would only be tens of thousands of taels. Calculating this, Liu Deng's victory would be too expensive even if he got it.
Liu Deng suddenly discovered something. In fact, not only Li Guang, but even Zhang Tu and the others did not consider the injuries of soldiers at all when calculating the victory of the war.
This is fundamentally different from Liu Deng, because due to the influence of later generations, Liu Deng¡¯s first consideration when doing things is always the lives of soldiers.
But Li Guang and others are not like that. What they calculate more is how much money, land, and war horses they have, and do not consider the life and death of soldiers at all.
Can the feeling of winning a battle be the same as that of losing a battle?
However, this cannot be blamed on him. From top to bottom, the entire Han Dynasty's policy towards the Huns was mainly defensive, and there was almost no time to take the initiative to attack.
For the generals of the Han Dynasty, as long as they could be sent out of the country with gifts, it would be a great victory.
As for beheading, it can almost be ignored now. If it were not a large-scale rout, the Huns would hardly leave the corpses of their companions.
So now, after a war, only a few hundred people may be beheaded, but it will be the damage to their own people. Even if there are thousands of people, the generals will not be held responsible.
If human lives are not counted, Liu Deng is indeed at a loss by fighting like this.
 "General, please don't say any more about this matter. Just prepare as I said. I will find a way to deal with the ordnance. I will leave the war to you. If you can't beat these damn bandits to pain, they will I really thought that my big man was their family¡¯s breadbasket!¡±
Liu Deng said, twitching the riding crop in his hand hard.
"No!"
"General Li, start as soon as possible. Let's allocate manpower from all armies. First, we will draw 10,000 people. You will give unified command and training. The equipment will be sent to you as soon as it arrives!"
Since we have made up our minds to fight this battle, we naturally have to hand over the army to the most confident general. History has proven Li Guang's talent in this area.
Although it is said that in the next few decades, the tragedy of Feng Tangyi and Li Guang being difficult to seal was left behind, but in the previous ten years of city defense battles, Li Guang had never been defeated.
"No!"
The current Li Guangcai has just emerged, and even he himself does not understand why the acting king trusts him so much.
However, no matter where this trust comes from, it is crucial to Li Guang now.
If he can't fight the battle in front of him well, I'm afraid everything will be brought back to its original state. If he doesn't have this trust and relies on himself to climb up step by step, if he wants to command tens of thousands of people to fight, I'm afraid there is no one. In ten or eight years, that is something that is unthinkable.
Whether it¡¯s for Liu Deng or himself, Li Guang must show his prestige in this battle.
After talking to Li Guang, Liu Deng felt heavy in his heart. It seemed that this country was really in a mess. He still had a long way to go before he could achieve his ideal of being a free prince!
However, this first step must start with weapons supervision. After all, if a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his weapons. No matter in any era, the quality of weapons can directly affect a battle. The war was victorious.
How can the manufacturing of weapons, the lifeblood of the country, rely solely on the central court?
However, at this time, even if he wants to reorganize the Ordnance Supervision, it is not that easy. He still has to find a way to get a batch of ordnance from the imperial court. The rest will wait for a while. Let's plan slowly. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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