Winter goes and spring comes, and when the spring breeze blows all over the land of Guanzhong, the copying work in the Jinkui Stone Room finally comes to an end.

Among the people who were mobilized to copy books this time, a large part of them were Confucian scholars from Qi and Lu.

They were left here to copy books and did not go to Xianyang City to make trouble for Zulong.

In addition, Zulong was busy dealing with state affairs and cultivating immortals. Instead, these Confucian scholars escaped the disaster.

During these days, Wang Xiao, who was busy at two o'clock, finally came to the Golden Chamber Stone Room again.

"Watching the pages with you is better than the dead bamboo slips." Wang Xiao, who got the permission from Zulong, lay leisurely in the stone chamber of the golden cave, and looked through these precious books as vast as a sea of ​​smoke through candlelight.

Books like the famous "Zhou Yi", as well as "Lianshan Yi" and "Guizang Yi", are almost true books. In later generations, only legends are left.

In fact, even if there are versions passed down, most of them are just fakes by later generations.

These three Yi combined are the famous Yi Scriptures.

The Book of Changes is the origin of various schools of thought. It is a masterpiece of philosophy and natural science.

The content can be every word that is gems. It is vast and subtle, and it is the source of Chinese civilization.

Being able to see such an original work is definitely a great spiritual enjoyment for Wang Xiao, who likes to read.

Wang Xiao wanted to break through the innate from the acquired nature, and the Book of Changes gave him great inspiration.

Wang Xiao, who was addicted to the joy of reading, even almost missed the agreement with the girls.

Never underestimate women.

Wang Xiao ran back and forth like this all day, and the sensitive women noticed it early that he had a good relationship outside.

Whether it is the Lu sisters or Yu Shu and Yu Ji, they all implicitly hinted that Wang Xiao could take the person over.

But Wang Xiao couldn't take over this matter. He couldn't expose everything.

"There are too many small trumpets, which is also a problem." Wang Xiao now understood Lu Xiaobu's pain.

When I hurried to the Mongolian Mansion, Meng Tian, ​​who had gone to the army some time ago, came back.

"The Donghu people on the grassland have a ceasefire with the Yuezhi people." Meng Tian found Wang Xiao and directly expressed his plans. "It is obvious that they are already joining forces to fight against my Daqin. Your Majesty ordered me to fight, and you will go with me this time."

The Qin Dynasty established a country with military merits. If it wants to make a name for itself, military merits are essential.

I have to say that Meng Tian is still very attentive to this fake brother.

"By the way, you told me last time to go to the man named Cui Wenzi. I heard that he has been in the Dongjun area recently. I have sent someone to look for him."

"Thank you, brother."

I didn't look for Cui Wenzi on the way to Xianyang City before, because I was going to avoid danger.

But Cui Wenzi is a key figure in making the elixir of immortality. After coming to Xianyang, Wang Xiao never stopped looking for him.

After Meng Tian took the initiative to recognize his relatives, Wang Xiao also used his strength to use the power of the Meng family to find Cui Wenzi's whereabouts.

With such force, the two sides immediately showed differences after comparing them.

Wang Xiao searched for so long before, but he didn't see a single hair.

But as soon as the Meng family took action, there was rough news in just a few months. It turns out that the powerful Meng family is more powerful than the rich Wang Xiao.

After having dinner with Meng Tian, ​​Wang Xiao brought back some things for him to show when he went out.

"Is this iron armor?" Meng Tian hammered it with his hand a few times. "It's indeed iron armor."

Afterwards, he picked up various weapons and shields to try them out, and finally expressed his satisfaction, "They are all high-quality iron tools and good things."

The price of iron is not low these days, and iron weapons and armor are expensive, even in Meng Tian's eyes, it is not easy to get good things.

"I got a way to smel iron on a large scale."

The bronze smelting and forging technology of Daqin has reached its peak, and it can even gain the upper hand when chopping against iron weapons.

The powerful Qin craftsmen even plated their weapons with chrome!

This is something that later generations can’t even understand if they want to break their heads. This is chrome plated!

Bronze weapons are indeed good, but the problem is that the copper output cannot meet the expanding number of troops.

In fact, most of the Qin army were wearing leather armor. Even those light soldiers were wearing cloth clothes and dared to go into battle to kill the enemy.

The copper output of Daqin is not high, or the copper output of China has never been high.

These coppers are also used to make various utensils, make various sacrificial supplies and bring them to the ground, make coins like Qin Banliang, etc.

The contradiction between supply and demand largely limited the combat effectiveness of the Qin army.

After all, there is only so much copper output, and every aspect is clamoring to grab it. The large-scale demand for iron tools has stimulated the improvement of technology.

"Massive?" Meng Tian thought for a while, "How big is it?"

Wang Xiao was stunned for a moment. It was really hard to say.

"Let's find a government workshop, and you'll know after the renovation."

With the power of the Meng family, it is very easy to find a workshop. With the support of many craftsmen, the transformation work is going very quickly.

When Meng Tian saw the iron flowing out of a furnace with his own eyes, he saw the craftsmen scoop out the iron with a crucible and put it into the mold. He immediately turned around and left, got on his horse and headed straight for Afang Palace.

With the support of Zulong, the new iron smelting technology was quickly spread.

Numerous smelting workshops were built, and a large number of iron products were made through the beating of craftsmen and sent to the army.

Compared with leather armor, the defense level of iron armor is at least several levels higher.

Although iron weapons are not as good as the fine bronze weapons of the Qin Dynasty, they are large enough. With iron shields and iron armor, they are basically the best in this era.

News from the north is constantly coming. The Donghu people and the Yuezhi people, the mortal enemies who had previously attacked the dog's brain, are now shaking hands and making peace.

It is obvious that their goal is to bring their tentacles deep into the grasslands of Daqin.

The Donghu people are the overlords on the grasslands now. The Huns who were broken by the Qin army and would grow into giants in the future. At this time, they were just the younger brothers of the Donghu people.

Even later, the tribes that were rampant in the Central Earth, such as the Xianbei and Wuhuan, were only minor generations in the Donghu.

To put it bluntly, whether it is the Xianbei or the Wuhuan, they are actually the names of the mountains.

They gathered near a certain mountain and were called a certain tribe.

As for Yuezhi, it is roughly located to the west of Jiuyuan County, Hetao, close to the countries in the Western Regions.

In history, they first united the Huns to defeat the Donghu, and then the Huns to defeat the Wusuns to defeat the Yuezhi.

The remnants of the Yuezhi people were forced by the Huns to go westward, crossing the Palacio Mountains and entering Central Asia along the Tianshan Mountains. They merged with the locals to become the famous Sogdians.

Let me just say that the reason why the Pamir is called Pamir is not because its terrain looks like a green onion. It is because there are a lot of wild onions growing on its hillside, so it is called Pamir.

In fact, the Pamir Plateau is the Pamir Plateau. In Persian, it means a flat-topped house.

Because of Wang Xiao's invasion and incitement, the Qin army defeated the Huns that had not yet erupted, and went deep into the grassland to occupy Longcheng. From the terrain, the Yuezhi people and the Donghu were cut from the middle.

The power of the Qin Dynasty made both the Yuezhi people and the Donghu people feel a huge threat.

They even stopped hatred between them, which was like a sea of ​​blood, and after contacting each other, they decided to deal with Daqin together.

Of course, the original intention was to drive out Daqin, who had penetrated into the grassland.

It would be even better if we could go into the Qin Dynasty and robbed it.

The tribes on the grassland have no civilization at all, and they don’t even know the words.

For the grassland tribe, grabbing things is everything in their lives.

Faced with the tribe that was constantly gathering and harassing, Daqin was also operating quickly to prepare.

"Okay, I'm worthy of being the man from my Meng family."

Meng Tian looked at Wang Xiao with joy, "I knew you were a good man from the Meng family."

The reason why he was so happy was that Wang Xiao rejected the title given to him by Zulong, saying that he would start from the lowest level of officialdom with his hands and step by step to increase the title, rather than relying on Zulong's appreciation.

So now strictly speaking, Wang Xiao’s title is white and has nothing.

Fortunately, it is not difficult for a sir to be a soldier, and a soldier's head is enough.

"The Donghu people and the Yuezhi people have many cavalrymen, coming and going like the wind." Wang Xiao took out a few iron pieces from the package. "The cavalry of the Qin Dynasty has always been just an auxiliary, and the real main force in the decisive battle was still the Ruishi. The last time the Huns had to fight with the Qin Dynasty head-on in order to defend Longcheng. But this time it was different. The Donghu people and Yuezhi people would definitely use their mobile advantages to fly kites. If the Ruishi can't catch up with them, they will inevitably fail. Therefore, the key factor in victory lies with the cavalry."

The highlight of the Great Qin cavalry was during the Battle of Changping.

Bai Qi sent five thousand cavalry to detour to break Zhao Kuo's food route, which eventually led to the disastrous defeat of the Zhao army in the Battle of Changping.

During this battle, the Qin cavalry was famous all over the world. However, the Zhao cavalry in Hu clothing and cavalry shooting were mediocre.

During the Western Zhou Dynasty, Qin State raised horses for the Zhou Dynasty.

They fought with Rongdi all year round, and Hufu rode and shot very early, with the foundation for large-scale development of cavalry.

What is missing now is a strategic change. Just like the elimination of the chariots, we must shift the focus from the infantry to the cavalry.

The second is to add appropriate cavalry tools.

In fact, the cavalry of Qin State had saddles on the backs of horses, and the horses were wearing collars, ties, and reins on their heads. It was already at the level of combat.

But there are still a few decisive things.
To be continued...