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Seeing that Xu Kang had sworn a poisonous oath, Zhu? Y didn't say anything more, just said a few words to Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi and left.

After he left, Lu Zhi sighed helplessly at Xu Kang.

"Alas, the old man believes that you can borrow the wind from Yide, but the oath you swore just now was too ...... I don't even know what to say about you! ”

"Hey, hey, hey, it's okay!"

Looking at Lu Zhi's worried look, Xu Kang suddenly smiled and waved his hand at him.

"I know this matter in my heart, Uncle Shi doesn't need to worry, let's continue the topic just now, I want to establish a heavy cavalry as a killer weapon to fight the Yellow Turbans, and now I want a lot of iron, can Uncle Shi think of a way for me?"

"How much?" Lu Zhi asked, "There seem to be some in the treasury!" ”

"It can't be less than 100,000 catties!" Xu Kang replied: "But more is naturally better, money is not a problem!" ”

As soon as he said this, Lu Zhi immediately frowned, and then shook his head again.

"It's not a matter of money, it's that Changshe doesn't have so much iron at all, unless Zhang Bang collects farm tools from the people to make them, but in this way, when the agricultural time comes, the people may not have the tools to work."

"Haha, it won't!"

Hearing Lu Zhi's concern, Xu Kang immediately smiled and waved his hand.

"This will not happen, the Yellow Turban Thieves are a group of peasants, and when we defeat them, there will naturally be a large number of prisoners and farm tools."

"Hmm...... That's just as well! ”

Lu Zhi Xu Kang was convinced, and immediately nodded, and then looked at Huangfu Song next to him, "What do you really think?" ”

"I also think what Ide said is right!" Huangfu Song nodded and said, "Let's do it!" ”

Seeing that both of them agreed, Xu Kang immediately thanked them, and then directly took a pen to draft a notice for the acquisition of iron.

In the notice, he first explained that he collected iron to fight the Yellow Turban thieves and protect Changshe County, and then wrote the price of buying iron at 20 wen per catty, so that Lu Zhi could confirm that there was no problem after looking at it, and then stamped his official seal of Changshe County.

He wrote four copies of such notices, and the next morning they were posted at the gates of the city in all directions, openly buying pig iron or iron tools from the people of the city.

In order to facilitate and save trouble, he also asked the blacksmiths to set up an open-air blacksmith shop directly at the gate of the city, and smelt the pig iron or iron tools received on the spot. "

Make every effort to build a armor and ride outfit!

The blacksmiths were busy, and the barracks were not idle.

When they heard that Xu Kang was going to form an elite cavalry unit, and that a single set of armored cavalry equipment would cost at least 10,000 yuan, the cavalry immediately boiled.

You must know that in this era, whether it is an ordinary soldier or a general, there are only three things that are most cherished - weapons, mounts and armor.

Because these three things can be said to be the foundation of their lives.

Now that Xu Kang is going to form a heavy cavalry, as well as the armor and cavalry equipment that is being built, it can be said that these three things are included, which makes the cavalry not excited?

Even Zhao Hong and Zhang Chengdu specifically pleaded with Xu Kang, hoping to become a member of the heavy cavalry.

It's just that Xu Kang didn't agree, but explained to them.

"Zhao Hong, Zhang Cheng, I know your loyalty, but if you join the heavy cavalry, then who will lead the ordinary cavalry? Victory in a battle is not something that can be achieved by a single class, understand? ”

"Yes, sir!" Seeing that Xu Kang had said this, the two could only agree.

Seeing that their mood was not high, in order to motivate them, Xu Kang could only tell them again, saying that when the conditions were ripe in the future, a heavy cavalry brigade with a number of 5,000 would be formed.

At that time, who will be the brigade commander will depend on which of them performs well.

After hearing his words, Zhao Hong and Zhang Cheng regained their spirits, and then happily returned to the barracks to choose the heavy cavalry candidate for Xu Kang this time.

Due to the limitation of time and productivity, Xu Kang only needed 500 heavy cavalry this time, and his total cavalry was more than 3,000 people, which was equivalent to one out of six people.

As for the selection criteria, Xu Kang's requirements have two points - short height and light weight.

The reason for these two requirements is mainly to minimize the burden on the war horse.

You must know that the weight of the human armor in the armor is more than 30 catties, and the horse armor is more than 60 catties, and the weight of the person is more than 200 catties.

And the weight of human armor and horse armor cannot be reduced, so you can only find a way on people.

In addition to people, war horses are also the key, and the requirements of war horses are just the opposite, Xu Kang's two requirements are - tall and heavy.

War horses can be said to be armor and riding equipment! The essence and core of the outfit, how much power the heavy cavalry can have, a large part depends on the war horse, and its significance is equivalent to the engine and main gun of a tank!

Therefore, after selecting the knights and war horses of the heavy cavalry, Xu Kang directly placed a "heavy capital"-

Two magic loaves a day for cavalry and ten magic loaves a day for war horses, that's enough!

Xu Kang had already discovered that magic bread was even better than the protein powder of later generations, and eating it every day could not only strengthen the body, but also enhance strength.

When he first crossed over, he couldn't even drag a money box, but now, he was able to hold a more than 100-pound Flame Demon Hammer in one hand, and the changes in it could be said that the magic bread was indispensable.

Not only did Xu Kang find out, but basically all the generals and soldiers who had eaten the magic bread found out, so they all affectionately called it "fairy food".

Unfortunately, because of the problem of "production capacity", Xu Kang could not meet the requirements of all soldiers, and could only be distributed according to the level of the position.

Zhao Hong, Zhang Cheng and Niu Sheng are the first level, ten magic breads a day; The tun chiefs are the second level, with five magic loaves of bread a day; The squad leader is the third level, one magic loaf per day, and as for ordinary soldiers, one magic loaf every three days.

But now the reserve soldiers who have been selected as heavy cavalry can enjoy the treatment of two magic loaves of bread a day, which can be described as the envy of others.

And this feeling of envy reached its peak when the first batch of forged armor and riding equipment was delivered to the barracks!

Looking at the iron armor in the cold light, and the former colleagues who even wrapped their men and horses in the iron armor, the other soldiers were so envious that they were about to separate.

Not only the soldiers to whom Xu Kang belonged, but even the cavalry under Huangfu Song came to ask if they could join the heavy cavalry, but Xu Kang refused.

After all, the cavalry who had not experienced the run-in of the artillery regiment would not be able to complete the operational requirements of Xu Kang's side at all.

The cavalry, whose request was denied, left disappointed, and the knights, who had become heavy cavalry, trained hard, adapted to their new equipment, and tried to make the most of it.

In this way, time passed day by day, and the time of a month can be described as fleeting, and midsummer also arrived.

Although midsummer came, there was no sign of the wind coming, so Xu Kang began to panic.

He really wanted to find Zhu? Y asked the last sentence - can you deny the poisonous oath you have made? Great Celebrities of the Three Kingdoms

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