"Brother Wu, how are the cavalry trained?" Tang Zheng asked Wu Yifan beside him.

"How can the training of cavalry be so fast, now it is just teaching them how not to fall off the horse when they run, as for fighting on horseback, we Han people estimate that it will take at least three years of uninterrupted training." Wu Yifan replied.

"We Han people are not like those nomads, they grew up on horseback from a young age, and when they reached adulthood, they were the best knights. I don't want our cavalry to fight the nomads now, and now is not the time for me to go on a campaign. Tang Zheng said to Wu Yifan,

"I characterize this cavalry trained now as light cavalry, I don't need how high their combat power can be now, as long as they can run on horseback without falling, I just want to use this cavalry to make up for the lack of mobility of the Modao battalion. If it is a foot soldier Modao Battalion, it may be able to win completely, but in a duel with the cavalry, the Modao Battalion is not afraid of anything on the front, once the cavalry is defeated and pursued, it is not the strength of the Modao Battalion, at this time I need to have a cavalry to expand the results. Wu Yifan said: "Brother Tang, I know that in the battle between the infantry and the cavalry, even if the infantry wins, there are often not many enemies, so it is still the cavalry that can deal with the cavalry." ”

"I know why these nomads like Xianbei and Wuhuan raid Youzhou every year, because they know that they can't beat and run, and we can't catch up anyway, but this is a fact." Tang Zheng said,

"Our next focus is to focus on the construction of cavalry, I heard that Gongsun Zan of Zhuo County has a large number of cavalry called Baima Yi Army, these years of fighting Xianbei bow down to the ministers and dare not offend."

"I know this, Gongsun Chan is quite talented, at first he was just a small official, but now he is in charge of the cavalry." Wu Yifan said.

"Yes, all of the people who have always been able to rise from the small officials to the small officials are all people with outstanding intelligence, such as Emperor Gaozu of my Han Dynasty, who was originally just a small pavilion chief. However, it has settled the Han Dynasty. Tang Zheng said with emotion, he sincerely admired those reckless heroes, without the help of external forces, but with his unremitting efforts, he finally succeeded.

"Brother Tang is not bad, not to mention the Xiongcheng such as Rinshan City established by Brother Tang, even now the entire Tuyuan has also benefited a lot from Brother Tang, you see that other places are now full of bandits and robbers, which place is as calm as the mound, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, and now there may be people in Tuyin who don't know the name of the county order, but your Tang brother Tang County Lieutenant is famous in Tuyan." Wu Yifan laughed and said: "Others say that Gongsun Chan relied on women to become the top position, and Gongsun Chan was originally from a family, but your Tang brother fought it out by himself." ”

"You can't talk nonsense about Brother Wu, but Sun Zhan, the grandson of the family, also has real skills, otherwise how would Zhuojun Taishou marry his daughter to him." Tang Zheng admonished Wu Yifan: "Brother Wu, if your words reach Gongsun Zhan's ears, you two will become enemies of life and death." ”

"I'm afraid of what he will do, not to mention that he is far away in Zhuo County, just his little people? I'd like to see how he fights and bows down. Wu Yifan said a little unconvinced.

Tang Zheng glanced at Wu Yifan a little strangely and did not speak. Suddenly, Wu Yifan circled around Tang Zheng twice, Tang Zheng was terrified when he saw it, thinking that he had some bad thoughts, although Tang Zheng did not reject male style, but everything was based on what happened to others, if he was disgusting, Tang Zheng quickly diverted his thoughts and was about to speak, when Wu Yifan spoke first: "I said Brother Tang, you have good facial features, and you are good-looking, why are you not tempted by women?" Anyway, you are eighteen this year, and it is time to talk about marriage conclusions. Why never saw you interested in that woman. Why don't we inquire and see if any of the thorns have a girl out of the cabinet. In terms of Brother Tang's talent, he is much stronger than that Gongsun Zhan, I think the Miss who has to assassinate Shifu at least is worthy of Brother Tang. Maybe it can make the county lord of that subject country look at it or something. Why don't Brother Tang be the eldest brother and inquire about you? Or do Brother Tang have any special hobbies? Tang Zheng's eyes widened angrily, looking at Wu Yifan, weren't they talking about the cavalry just now, why did they talk about his life at once, this bend is too sharp, it can be called a 360-degree roundabout, Tang Zheng didn't react for a while.

Wu Yifan looked at Tang Zheng and looked at him, thinking that Tang Zheng was annoyed and angry when he was told something in his heart, so he said again: "Although Brother Tang, there is nothing wrong with that, and that is popular now." But you still have to marry, and you only know what it feels like when you marry. Brother, I had two children when you were so old. Don't talk about it, I'm going to talk to Cheng Gong about your marriage, I can't delay it any longer. After saying that, Wu Yifan ran away.

Leaving Tang Zheng alone in a daze. It took a while for Tang Zheng to react, it was Wu Yifan who deliberately diverted the topic just now, he could see that Tang Zheng's mental pressure during this period was too heavy, and he deliberately said so.

Tang Zheng hasn't had a good rest since the Chinese New Year, and his spirit has been tense, which has also brought a lot of pressure to the people around him.

After Wu Yifan's gag just now, Tang Zheng's spirit relaxed a lot. The whole thing doesn't feel like Alexander just now.

When Tang Zheng found Wu Yifan, he was sorting out the new leather armor sent by the weapon workshop, when he heard the sound of footsteps, he looked up and saw that it was Tang Zheng and said: "This is sent by the weapon workshop, you see, there is also this bow and crossbow, as they said, it can fire three in a row, and it can hit one hundred shots within a hundred steps." ”

"Oh, they made it so quickly, and if it was no different from the drawings I gave them, it would be what you said." Tang Zheng said.

"This is the weapon you equipped, and the leather armor, which is a lot lighter, but not much defense." Wu Yifan said.

"Brother Wu, do you know how to understand cavalry? I don't know how you understand the cavalry, my understanding is that the cavalry must also hit the enemy by surprise, so how to hit the enemy by surprise, the first is speed, only fast interspersed can make the enemy not know where you start to attack, when to attack. Only in this way can you give the enemy a fatal blow that surprises you. Although this is not the goal of our current cavalry, as the flank of the Modao battalion, they may not be able to fight head-on, but after the enemy is defeated, they must have enough speed to pursue the enemy and expand the results. Tang Zheng explained to Wu Yifan: "So I plan to equip two of these bows and crossbows at a time, and when the enemy is dense, we will first have a round of fire, and the remaining scattered ones will not pose much threat to us, so as to reduce the casualties of our soldiers." ”

"This tactic is very good, the enemy is already defeated, and the morale must be low. So that's what you said, just ride on the back of a horse and don't fall off. The combat power of the army you intend to compensate for with weapons. ”

"Well, that's the truth, as long as the chances of the soldiers getting close to each other are reduced, the casualties of the soldiers will be much smaller." Tang Zheng said.

After all, Wu Yifan has been on the border for more than ten years, knows the advantages and disadvantages of the nomads, and has fought with them dozens of times.

Therefore, Tang Zheng asked the weapon workshop to make it and sent it directly to Wu Yifan, just to hear Wu Yifan's opinion.

"This weapon is not bad to use against nomadic cavalry wearing leather armor, if it is used against foot soldiers, not to mention a heavy armored battalion like the Modao Battalion, it is difficult to shoot through even ordinary iron armor." Wu Yifan saw the advantages and disadvantages of the bow and crossbow at a glance and said.

"That's right, I didn't think of using this crossbow to deal with foot soldiers, the biggest advantage of this Nu is that it has a fast rate of fire, and it can shoot three times in a row or one by one." Tang Zheng said.

"And Brother Wu, look at this leather armor, first of all, the fatal parts are wrapped in soft steel with cowhide, although it cannot defend against blunt attacks, but it is still difficult for ordinary arrows to penetrate it, and secondly, the joints are also connected by inlays to reduce the exposed parts of the body. Such a set of leather armor weighs less than ten pounds. ”

"Yes, that's good. Although the defense is not as good as the iron armor, considering the combat nature of this cavalry, it is just right to use this kind of leather armor. Wu Yifan commented.

"Then Brother Wu is so qualified, I will arrange for them to start production." After Tang Zheng finished speaking, he turned around and was about to turn around and leave, when Wu Yifan called out to him.

"Don't be busy leaving, I still have something to tell you."

"Brother Wu, what's the matter?" Tang Zheng asked, turning back again.

"That's the case, didn't you say last time that you wanted to form a heavy cavalry, I thought about it for a long time, and I think I should tell you, I knew a person when I fell into the grass, and his horse fighting skills were not weak, better than me, if I am not as good as him if I fight alone, you can pull it over and say, maybe your heavy cavalry can be built as soon as possible."

"I'm curious about who this person Brother Wu is talking about. And Brother Wu, do you know where he is, I will personally invite him. ”

"Now I don't know where he is, I heard that he committed something and is hiding everywhere, and now I don't know where to hide, so I will arrange for someone to go to him, and the only people who know him are a few of my personal soldiers."

"Then it's troublesome Brother Wu, if there's nothing to do, I'll go out first."

"Well, you go get busy first, I'm telling you with news from him."

"Brother Enwu, you are busy first, I'll go to the weapon workshop." After speaking, Tang Zheng turned around and went out and walked towards the weapon workshop.