The grain was followed by the horses. The cavalry of Tong Yuan's department has a considerable scale, hundreds of mounted cavalry, 2,000 heavy cavalry, and 5,000 light cavalry of the Tuntian army and scouts of various departments.

As for the horses, most of them are Xiliang horses that are more than six feet tall. They are tall and long, fast running, and not bad at carrying weights, which is the reason why Xiliang Iron Riding is invincible. In addition, there are more than 1,000 river horses that are nearly seven feet high, and this kind of horse is very strong in speed, strength, and physical strength, and is the best choice for the elite main force.

Xiliang horses are mostly mixed-breed breeds, and a few are comparable to river horses; Hetao and Hedong horses are only more than five feet tall, but they have good endurance, can run long distances, and have thick legs and strong hooves, which are more durable.

There are also a few Dawan horses, the height and body length are stronger than the Xiliang horse, and they can also run long distances, but unfortunately Dawan is not far away, passing through several countries in the Western Regions, there are a few horse dealers who take the risk of selling, are robbed halfway, or lose their lives, which are not easy to come by, but can be met but not sought.

However, these days, there are thousands of horses who have lost weight after running long distances, and many horses have become lame horses because of the feet of the horses or the infection caused by stones and tree stumps, and they can not even walk, and the horses have suffered great losses.

Before the war, so many high-quality horses were retired, and even with high-intensity training, many horses were damaged, so it was very expensive to form a cavalry, and without more than double the spare horses, his cavalry could not be formed.

The horse's hooves are the most susceptible to wear and injury of a war horse, although there are now horseshoes made of leather, but the type of horseshoe has not yet appeared. Protecting the hooves of a war horse is something that every seasoned cavalryman knows, but it still can't stop the high attrition of horses.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, horses were raised on a large scale to support the crusade against the Xiongnu. At that time, the scale of horse breeding reached hundreds of thousands, and many high-quality war horses came from the Western Regions, which to a certain extent surpassed the war horses of the Huns.

However, it is recorded that on one occasion when the battle line was stretched too long, the horses were greatly consumed, and 120,000 horses were lost without a fight, most of which were caused by the horses' hooves not being able to withstand high-intensity and long-term running.

Compared with stirrups and Takahashi saddles, Tong Yuan prioritizes the technique of breaking through the horseshoe. It is a modern man, although he rarely sees horses in the south, he probably knows that they are made of metal, and combined with the little experience he has explored at this time, the matter of nailing the horseshoe can be pushed forward.

In order to keep his patent for a long time, so that the enemy would not quickly master this skill, Tong Yuan divided the horse's shoe into several steps: making iron bars, bending into circles, punching holes, and nailing horses. Each link is made by Juntun in different places, and the finished product is managed in a unified manner.

The nail horseshoe was in charge of a special person, and these people were also "protected" and did not see each other. If someone leaks technology and implements the crime of "joint sitting", he will kill his head and exterminate the clan.

The protection of the horseshoe is implemented in the cavalry battalion, team, division, army, and individual, and it is often inspected and replaced, and the old horse is exchanged for the new, and the old horse's shoe cannot be handed back to the cavalry to commit crimes. On the battlefield, the horse may be retracted if it is killed or seriously wounded, and the cavalry is responsible for the death of the same team, and the whole team is responsible. Of course, the combatants could not be allowed to collect the horses' hooves, and the Tuntian army was responsible.

After three months of hard work, many war horses were finally nailed to the horseshoe, which greatly improved the durability of the war horses and minimized the wear and tear of the war horses. Since then, Tong Yuan really has an iron horse that can maintain combat power for a long time.

After a period of marshalling and rectification, the Xinxi Liang Army was finally about to pounce on its first prey.

After Tong Yuan started production in Juntun and Mintun one after another, it was rare to have a little time to rest and think.

Now that both the army and the tuntian have begun to develop, it will soon be ready for battle. He knew a little bit about history, and he knew that there would be a rebellion of Han Sui and Ma Teng, Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou, and Lu Bu's attack on Yanzhou, but he couldn't figure out whether it would happen next year or when.

I had no choice but to follow Jia Xu's suggestion before and take the Hedong strategy first. The surrounding area is the weakest of the Baibo army, and it can also follow the example of Cao Cao in history to collect a large number of Yellow Turbans and displaced people, take Jinnan, arrange Tuntian, and prepare for the restoration of the entire annexed state.

After preliminary discussions, the time came to September. Tong Yuan convened a meeting of the generals of the new army and the military tun.

The first is to appoint commanders of armies. Tong Yuan officially announced that he himself was appointed as the third guard lieutenant general of the Dreadnought Army.

Zhang Lu served as the deputy general of the Third Guard, Geng Qing served as the general of the Third Guard because of his strategic eloquence, Tong Yuan concurrently served as the auxiliary general of politics and education, and Zhang of the Xuyang County Order served as the deputy general of military service. Xu Rong is Tong Yuan's general, and he is also the actual teacher, serving as the actual teacher and consultant.

There are three subordinate brigades and two separate battalions. Among them, the Third Cavalry Brigade appointed Hu Lang'er as a captain, Xu Jian as a member of the army, and military instructors and quartermasters, with a total of more than 1,200 heavy cavalry who had experienced a hundred battles.

The 13th Brigade was commanded by Captain Huang Yu, and all other positions were filled by capable people in the army. There are more than 1,500 elite soldiers in the department, equipped with 300 crossbows, arm crossbows, 600 compound bows, and a large number of swords, shields, spears, etc.

The 12th Brigade, commanded by Captain Yang Feng, was mostly from Bingzhou and Hedong, and was especially good at mountain raids. There were more than 1,500 men in the department, of which no less than 200 were light cavalry, and the rest were also well-equipped.

Tong Yuan issued the second military order, and now the mobilization of the military cantonment for combat readiness has begun, and the mobilization intensity is to gather logistics and construction troops under the condition of not interfering with production as much as possible.

And 2,000 military cantonments were dispatched, and light cavalry, shields, spears, and archers were assembled according to the establishment. After entering the Hedong region, it is planned to gradually integrate into the Dreadnought Army or military cantonment, rather than waiting for the integration to be completed before marching.

In other words, Tong Yuan's army will initially be more than 5,000 people from the third guard of the Dreadnought Army.

The third military order is to carry out war public opinion propaganda.

The main reason for this war was that the Baibo army took advantage of the chaos to occupy Hedong County and turned its back on the anti-Yuan Shao alliance. In addition, in Xiayang, supplemented by Haoyang, the preparation of ships and logistics was carried out. However, there was no mass mobilization, only the announcement of the preparation of troops after the autumn harvest.

After the three military orders, the generals of the whole army were murderous.

The next thing he had to do was to fight a war in the afterlife, but it was something new for this era.

Tong Yuan invited the generals to gather around the back of the camp tent, where the geography of Xiayang, Heyang and Hedong County was marked with sand and soil, which was an upgraded version of the three-dimensional sand table based on the flat sand table of this era.

Although it is far inferior to the military sand table of later generations, it is finally made by Zhang Ji, Xu Huang and other literate talents who are well versed in the nearby geography and landforms, and then cooperated by the capable people of Shenlong's Unloading Ridge Department.

There is also a delicate silk silk hanging next to it, which is a military map of this era. The military maps of the Han Dynasty have developed quite commonly, and for the Dong family, which is in power and opposition, the military maps at the state and county levels are quite complete.