Chen You learned about Yu Dayou's combat experience in the unicycle. Although Wei Guangde felt that this thing was effective, the so-called actual combat was not very valuable to be honest.

At best, the two sides were just confrontation, and had some feint attacks, but they did not fight in the end. Under such circumstances, it is difficult to judge the true power of this new weapon in the battlefield environment.

Of course, Wei Guangde also knew that due to the lack of iron materials, the current Mongolian cavalry could only organize light cavalry troops. Even Altan Khan's headquarters did not form heavy cavalry troops for breakthrough.

The current Mongolian cavalry is similar to the kite flying tactics of later generations who play games and fight monsters. They wander around the enemy's military formation and throw archery rain to attack the enemy. They will not take advantage of the situation to break into the enemy formation until the opponent cannot withstand the blow.

As long as they can defend against the launch of the Tartar cavalry and the army will stand firm, the Mongolian cavalry will most likely choose tactical retreat after the confrontation.

During Yu Dayou's battle, it was obvious that the Tartars were troubled by insufficient troops.

Although Yu Dayou's men and horses are close to them, don't forget that there are hundreds of Ming troops in the nearby Niuxin Castle. They are not comparable to those military households in the mainland who do not know what war is. They fight with the Tartars in border towns all year round. They have combat effectiveness.

It's also quite powerful.

Although the Ming army nominally had two teams, they were actually three groups. The thousands of Tartars needed to divide into three forces to defend, and they also had to choose key targets to attack.

The Ming army in Niuxinbao needed to divide a small number of cavalry to monitor, and the 200 cavalry behind the Ming army also needed to divide the corresponding cavalry to respond, so that the remaining cavalry that could attack Ming army infantry would be greatly reduced.

So after discovering that the Ming army had a slightly superior force, the other party used a weapon they had never seen before to fight. After several tests, it was understood that they could not gain any advantage, so it was understandable that they voluntarily gave up this military operation.

The Tartars can also see the role of the wheeled chariot. The baffle is too obvious, which is to defend against their arrows. It is equivalent to the sword and shield hand in front of the Ming army formation in the past, but this thing has a larger defense area.

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After asking the messenger to go down to rest, after having lunch at home, Wei Guangde returned to the Hanlin Academy and was thinking about this matter.

The letter paper on the desk was also laid out, just to consider how to reply to Yu Dayou.

To test the court's view, this is very simple, but Wei Guangde feels that it seems a bit too hasty to do this now.

It is impossible for the court to turn a blind eye to weapons with practical effects. Even if the cost is super high, it will equip the troops in a small amount without leaving them alone. What's more, Yu Dayou created a low-end version of the infantry fighting chariot.

Compared with the chariots equipped by the Ming army before, the cost of the unicycle is much cheaper. If it is proved after actual combat inspection, there is no reason not to be equipped.

Too hurry is that they have not really been put into the battlefield. The wheeled chariot looks so simple, how can it be convincing?

Although the construction cost of a unicycle is low, it does not mean that it can waste national treasury at will. Now the court's finances are in a tight time and it is time to spend thrifty, so the Qingliu are naturally willing to squeeze the soft persimmon Datong.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde picked up his pen and wrote his thoughts on the letter paper.

The cost of wheeled chariots is not high. If Datong is well-funded, he can allocate a sum of silver from the government office to build some, draw troops for related training, and conduct a practical battle when the Tatars attack the surrounding military forts in Datong. The real meaning is

Actual combat on.

After the actual combat results are achieved, apply for the imperial court's military expenditure, and the expenses of the Datong Prefecture Office will be allocated from the military expenditure.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for the court to accept the combat power of the current unicycle chariot, let alone allocate funds for it. Even if it is Yu Dayou's idea to form seven military battalions and only a thousand unicycle chariots, the military expenses required.

But a thousand taels are difficult to accept by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue.

In fact, even if the incident of Datong Governor Li Wenjin's letter at this time would probably only attract the attention of some people in the court, but it was just attention rather than support.

You should know that if the tanks are really effective, it is absolutely impossible to just build such weapons in Datong. Jiubian Jin and Beijing Camp must be equipped.

After the letter was written, Wei Guangde did not put it in the envelope immediately, but planned to go back to talk about it at night, and he still had to consider it.

At this time, Wei Guangde thought of Gao Gong.

Gao Gong is a relatively strong person. He always advocated a strong fight back against the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian Tartars.

On this point, he and Emperor Jiajing were in agreement.

Let Rubu go out and call Zhang Ji, "Get my post to invite Lord Gao Gonggao. I will invite Xifenglou tonight."

Wei Guangde did not call anyone else, including his fellow villagers, to talk to Gao Gong alone about the matter in Datong, and asked him to take care of Yu Dayou who was sent to the exile.

The two have huge differences in official positions. Gao Gong knew about the government affairs in advance, but he was much more informative than Wei Guangde. Sometimes when the topics discussed involve Yu Dayou, Gao Gong can also help make a comeback first.

Time is a little tight, after all, it was already afternoon, and I don’t know if Gao Gong can make an appointment.

"When you see Lord Gao, if he agrees to go to the appointment, you should go back to your house first, and bring me the letter from Datong that was pressed on the desk in my study."

Of course, Wei Guangde would not let Gao Gong see the letter Yu Dayou wrote to him. He just wanted to use the picture of the wheel chariot painted by Yu Dayou.

Unfortunately, Ruble soon returned to the Hanlin Academy.

"Master, Mr. Gao has an appointment tonight, but I made an appointment with him to go to the banquet at Xifeng Tower tomorrow night."

Hearing the words of the ruble, Wei Guangde nodded.

Because it was not a big deal, there was no reason why Gao Gong had to come. In fact, when he explained to Zhang Ji at the beginning, he explained that Gao Gong agreed to go home to pick up the things.

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Wei Guangde nodded and agreed.

There was no arrangement that night, and Wei Guangde did not go home directly after the payment, but went out with his colleagues to drink and listen to music. He played until he was almost banned at night before saying goodbye to his farewell and returning home.

However, after entering the door, Wei Guangde was a little confused, and the front yard lobby was brightly lit.

The Wei family is rich, but not as good as using lamp oil candles at will.

At this time of night, except for the rooms where the on-duty staff stayed, other rooms usually turn off the lights early. As for places like the lobby, it must have been pitch black.

There were lights inside, and it seemed that there were quite a few candles lit. Wei Guangde knew that only if there were distinguished guests, this would happen.

"Who is here?"

Wei Guangde asked the concierge, who was closing the door and had not had time to report the situation at home to Wei Guangde.

At this time, when he heard Wei Guangde's question, he hurriedly paused his friend, came beside Wei Guangde and whispered: "Master, it's Eunuch Chen from the palace that has come. The wife has asked someone to prepare refreshments to serve him."

Upon hearing this, Wei Guangde frowned slightly and said, "Why no one notified me?"

The family knew where Wei Guangde was going.

When a guest came to the door, the wife did not arrange for someone to send her a letter, asking him to go back early, and let the guests wait for a long time. This is a very rude behavior.

"Eunuch Chen didn't let us deliver the letter. He came here secretly. No one else knew about the people around me and my wife."

The man hurriedly came to Wei Guangde's ear and whispered, "Madam, I gave up. It's not that I didn't come to report to the master, it's that Eunuch Chen and his wife refused to let him go."

Before he could go back to change his clothes, Wei Guangde walked directly to the living room.

When I entered the door, I saw that it was Chen Ju sitting in the room, drinking tea while flipping through the books in my hand. No wonder so many candles were lit in the room, and it was so bright.

Of course, Wei Guangde would not be reluctant to leave those candles, just a matter of a few cents. He was just a little curious about what he came to his house today.

Wei Guangde clearly remembered that Chen Ju told him that day on the boat that day that he would reduce the meeting between the two if there was no major problem in the future.

"Brother Chen, what wind has blown you."

Wei Guangde happily clasped his fists and said, "I said to Chen Ju when he entered the house."

Chen Ju looked up at Wei Guangde, then put down the book in his hand, nodded from Wei Guangde with a smile, and then looked at the door, with the meaning self-evident.

Wei Guangde whispered a few words to Zhang Ji who was following him, and then Zhang Ji turned around and left.

Wei Guangde walked to Chen Ju with a smile, sat down, without saying a word, but just looked at him curiously.

After waiting for a while, Chen Ju estimated that Zhang Ji had already cleaned the outside, so he reached out and picked up the teacup on the coffee table and sipped it a few sips before putting it down.

After looking at Wei Guangde, there was no impatient expression on his face, and then he smiled. However, Wei Guangde relaxed and knew that he was not having any adverse news for him. When he wanted to inform him in advance, he was in his eyes.

Chen Ju's face suddenly changed, and he had a serious and solemn expression.

Seeing this, Wei Guangde felt a sudden heart for no reason.

He was sure that something big happened to Chen Ju, otherwise he would not have broken the rules they agreed on before.

"I'm here this time, mainly to remind you, be careful in food and accommodation in the future."

After Chen Ju finished speaking, Wei Guangde opened his eyes wide and stared at him in shock.

After a while, Wei Guangdecai asked carefully: "What does this mean by brother?"

"Haha. Look."

As he said that, Chen Ju raised his right hand and showed it to Wei Guangde. Wei Guangde finally realized that he had clamped one between his two fingers, which should be something of a silver needle.

"Brother means someone wants me to be harmed?"

When Wei Guangde saw this, he still didn't understand what Chen Ju said, but his understanding was still a little bit wrong.

"Haha. Who would want to harm you? Could it be that you would do too many things to lose your mind?"

Chen Ju just made a joke.

"What the big brother means."

Wei Guangde heard that Chen Ju did not say that someone wanted to harm him, but he still couldn't let it go.

He knew that Chen Ju would not be aimless. Since he came here tonight, he must have his own intentions.

"The godfather heard a news about Governor Lu."

At this time, Chen Ju spoke, but said something shocking.

"Governor Lu? Lu Bing?"

Wei Guangde heard the beginning and spoke in surprise, then covered his mouth with one hand.

Because at this time, Chen Ju raised his right hand and swayed left and right with his index finger up, indicating that Wei Guangde was silent.
To be continued...