"Commander."

Just as Meng Zhong was watching the process of Meng Hu and the others training cavalry in the distance, the military Sima Dou Xing walked up to him and said in a low voice: "Master Marshal, please take a step to speak." ”

Meng Zhong glanced at Dou Xing, but didn't say anything, so he walked out of the crowd with Dou Xing, and immediately asked the latter: "I don't know what Dou Sima wants to say to Zaixia?" ”

"That's right, Commander." Dou Xing hugged his fists, and said: "I have also heard of the cavalry of the Zhao State, and I know that it comes and goes without a trace, and I am good at tracking the whereabouts of the enemy army, but the cavalry is too fragile, and I think that it is probably not the best to contain the Qin army...... Tactics. ”

As he spoke, he saw that Meng Zhong did not mean to interrupt, so he took the opportunity to put forward his suggestion: "In the next suggestion, it is better to divide the troops, so that the Sima of each army alone leads the army to track the traces of the Wei army, and once the traces of the Qin army are found on the way, they will immediately tail the rank, and while biting the enemy army, they will report to the rest of the Sima, so that the army can reunite ......"

At this time, Meng Zhong was still pondering Dou Xing's sentence "The cavalry is too fragile", and he didn't react for a while.

It must be admitted that today's cavalry is indeed fragile, because it lacks too many things, but even so, it is not something that other arms can knead at will.

But it is obvious that Dou Xing and other military Simas lack confidence in the cavalry.

To be honest, this is to blame Zhao Guo, and it is strange that Zhao State deployed its most elite cavalry along the northern border to fight against Hu people, Lou Fu and other alien races.

Of course, this is just a joke, and the real reason lies in the fact that the war on the steppe is different from the war in the Central Plains.

There is no such thing as a "city" in the war on the steppe, because the nomads often move in the steppe, and from one steppe to another, the fixed and immovable city is meaningless to them.

Because neither side has a city to protect, the war on the steppe is dominated by movement warfare, and whoever can find the other's "tribal camp" and take the lead in giving a sneak attack will have the upper hand.

Because of this, the Hu cavalry's combat style tended to be a mobile war, frequently dispatching with many small forces of a dozen or dozens of people, hunting and killing the opposing warriors in the vast grasslands until the enemy's tribal camp was discovered, and then gathered to launch a fierce attack.

But the Central Plains is different, the Central Plains city, there is a garrison in the city, once it is known that the enemy is coming, the defender closes the city gate, and the attack of a small army basically does not have any threat, only the forced siege of a large army - even if there is a field duel of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops, it is also the main purpose of capturing the city.

Because of this, the Central Plains tended to be a war in which large forces were concentrated.

Speaking of the cavalry of Zhao State, Zhao State has not tried to use cavalry in the Central Plains battlefield, in fact, they have already tried, but the effect is not good, the key reason is that the current cavalry does not have the ability to strike tactically - the strongest tactical class of troops in the Central Plains is the chariot, what does the cavalry use to fight the chariot?

The same four horses, one chariot here, three soldiers, and four cavalry on that side, when charging each other, one of the three soldiers on this side drove a car, and the other two either poked the approaching cavalry with a half-foot long ge, or shot with a crossbow, while the four cavalry on the other side continued to lie on the back of the horse, so as to prevent being thrown off the horse by the galloping war horse - what else is this fighting? There's no chance to make a move, okay?

Or do you use a bow and a short blade like the steppe horseman?

Fang just said that the cavalry who can shoot a bow on horseback is at least an old cavalry of more than ten years, and these people are all warriors on the grassland, which can be trained in a short time? As for using the short blade, the short blade has the fundamental opportunity to be used as a surprise weapon on the battlefield of the Central Plains, and the surprise weapon of the Central Plains is a long and a half zhang long, which stabs you under the horse at a distance of a horse, how can you fight with a short blade?

Therefore, it is not surprising that Zhao's cavalry ran into a wall on the battlefield of the Central Plains, and even left the impression that the soldiers of the Central Plains were "weak in cavalry".

The reason for this is that the Zhao side has not yet sorted out the question of "how to use cavalry in the civil war in the Central Plains", and once they figure it out, Meng Zhong believes that Zhao's cavalry will definitely become famous all over the world.

After all, if the words are nice, the cavalry is the king of the flat land; If it is said ugly, the cavalry is a scoundrel on the flat ground: if you retreat he advances, if you advance he retreats, if you garrison he harasses, when you march he sneaks attack, and what is even more annoying is that even if you send a convoy, you will not be able to catch up.

When encountering cavalry using this tactic, I believe that the calmest people will probably be so angry that their livers hurt, but they are helpless.

It's a pity that although Meng Zhong himself understands these truths, he can't force Dou Xing and the others to believe it.

"Divide the troops...... I think what the Qin army hopes most at the moment is for us to divide our troops. ”

Shaking his head, Meng Zhong explained to Dou Xing: "Dou Sima, you and I both know that the Qin army is not weak, and at this moment, the 50,000 Qin army still has the strength to reverse victory and defeat in front of my 60,000 Wei army, but why does the Qin army repeatedly retreat?" The reason is that we are united, and our army of 60,000 people is firmly clenched into fists. ”

He raised his hands, clenched his fists and gestured a few times, and at the same time said in his mouth: "Fists to fists, the Qin army is afraid of our army, because their fists are not as hard as ours, if they are hard, we can even smash the bones in their hands." But if we divide the troops, it's like our fist is open, and it looks like it can wrap the opponent's fist? Actually, you have to think about whether their fists will hit our fingers directly, and you know what will happen to them. ”

"That's not what I mean under ......"

"Dou Sima, I understand what you mean, you mean to say that when leading an army to act alone, you will try to avoid a war with the Qin army. But Qin Jun won't, if I am the Qin general surnamed Bai opposite, as long as you dare to relax your fist and open your five fingers, I will smash all five of your fingers with my fist one by one. If you break a finger, the force of your fist will be weakened by three points; If you break two fingers, you may not even be able to clench your fists, even if you clench the remaining fingers tightly, the other party will no longer be afraid. ”

“……”

Listening to Meng Zhong tell him about the current battle between the Wei army and the Qin army with such a simple truth, Dou Xing was speechless.

Although he thought that his tactics of dividing his troops were not bad at first, after listening to Meng Zhong's words, he no longer had that confidence - just like Meng Zhong said, if you don't go to the Qin army to fight, but the Qin army will come to you, as long as you break two fingers, they will win, what reason do they have not to come to you?

Seeing that Dou Xing was silent, Meng Zhong continued: "That's right, we still have to clench our fists, as long as we still clench our fists, the Qin army will not dare to come to us, as for the cavalry, they can be regarded as our eyes and ears, they can help us see the position of the Qin army clearly, once we see and hear clearly, we can swing our fists and defeat the other party with one punch." …… Decided by the First World War! ”

Dou Xing pondered Meng Zhong's words carefully, and nodded slowly for a long time.

He was persuaded by Meng Zhong's reasoning and the examples he cited.

At this moment, the guard Rong Worm beside Meng Zhong reminded in a low voice: "Master Shuai, that Mr. Gongzhong is here. ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong turned his head along Rong Yan's line of sight, and just happened to see Gong Zhong Xuan walking towards this side with a few Han soldiers, and he immediately stepped forward with Dou Xing: "Mr. Gong Zhong." ”

"Master Meng." Gong Zhong also returned the salute with a smile, and then said with a smile: "Fang Cai, I received a letter from the Minister of State, and the Minister of State said in the letter that he had prepared a batch of grain and grass to supply to your army, and when the letter was sent, the team transporting grain had also set off. ”

"So fast? …… Thank you, Prime Minister of State, and thank you, Mr. Gongzhong. ”

Meng Zhong hugged his fists and thanked him.

"Where, your army is here to aid our South Korea, and my South Korea should supply grain and grass...... In addition, the minister also said in the letter that if there is anything else that Meng Shishuai needs, he might as well speak directly, and my Korean people will spare no effort to assist your army, after all, the victory or defeat of this battle is closely related to the rise and fall of our Korea......"

When Gong Zhong said this, there were some noises from the Wei pawns who were trying to ride a war horse in the distance, which made this Mr. Gong Zhong couldn't help but glance into the distance, and saw that many Wei pawns were trying to ride a war horse, and a little surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Additional ...... What?'

Meng Zhong also glanced at the Wei pawns in the distance, and hesitated for a moment, the latter said cheekily: "Mr. Gongzhong, you are not good at being polite...... Since Mr. Gongzhong asked me to speak, I will not be polite below. …… I have heard that "all the best crossbows in the world come from Han", and now I am preparing to form a cavalry, I want them to use crossbows as a means to fight the Qin army, but our army's crossbows are too damaged, and the crossbow arrows are about to run out, I wonder if your country can supply a batch of crossbows and arrows? ”

"Oh." Gong Zhong stroked his beard and asked, "How much does Master Meng want?" ”

I have to say that Meng Zhong's face is still thin, and he can't help but feel a little embarrassed when he hears the words, and he doesn't know what kind of amount is more appropriate.

As if seeing through Meng Zhong's thoughts, Gong Zhong smiled extravagantly and asked again: "Let's ask this, Master Meng...... Cavalry, how many people are there? ”

"A thousand rides."

"A thousand rides." Gong Zhong stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "No problem, then a thousand strong crossbows, and another 50,000 crossbows for Master Meng, I think it should be able to be used for a while." ”

"Fifty thousand?" A little surprise appeared on Meng Zhong's face, knowing that 50,000 crossbow arrows was not a small number.

Of course, what surprised him the most was Gong Zhongxuan's sentence "temporary", as if no matter how many crossbow arrows his Wei army consumed, Korea could prepare them.

『…… It is worthy of a country that resisted the Qin State with the advantage of a strong crossbow."

Meng Zhong secretly sighed in his heart.

After chatting a few words, Gong Zhong took his leave and went back to his camp to write a letter to inform Xin Zheng of Meng Zhong's request.

At noon the next day, Gong Zhongxuan came to the Wei army's garrison again, and arrived at the same time, as well as the grain and grass escorted from Xinzheng, which greatly alleviated the Wei army's urgent need for grain and grass.

Sima Feihui was responsible for handing over grain and grass to the Korean army, and Meng Zhong invited Gong Zhong to his own handsome place, a shack built by Rong Yi and other guards with branches and thatch.

Looking around at the so-called handsome office with great interest, Gong Zhong smiled and said to Meng Zhong: "I have received the reply of the Prime Minister, and Xinzheng is already preparing for a thousand powerful crossbows and 50,000 crossbow arrows, and it will be transported here to be delivered to Meng Shishuai in three days at most." ”

"Thank you." Meng Zhong clenched his fists and said gratefully.

Seeing this, Gong Zhong waved his hand extravagantly and said with a smile: "What is Master Meng saying, I have to thank you." That's right......"

He paused for a moment, and after considering the words, he said with a smile: "The minister also said in the letter that if Meng Shishuai is free, he hopes that Meng Shishuai can visit Xinzheng, so that the minister can fulfill the friendship of the landlord." ”

"Gong Joong-min wants to see me?"

Meng Zhong was slightly stunned, and then asked, "This...... Now? ”

Seeing this, Gong Zhong hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't misunderstand Master Meng, the Minister of State just hopes to make friends with a young and promising talent like Master Meng...... As long as Meng Shishuai doesn't dislike it, you can go to the appointment whenever you want. ”

"In that case......"

Meng Zhong thought for a moment and suggested, "In that case, why don't you wait and defeat that Qin army first?" ”

"Hahaha, of course."

Gong Zhong smiled and nodded, and then praised again.

I have to say that this time even Rong Yi saw it, so that after Gong Zhong said goodbye and left, Rong Yi smiled and quipped Meng Zhong: "I didn't expect that Shi Shuai would become the guest of honor of Han Xiang in just a short time after he arrived in South Korea......

Meng Zhong smiled and shook his head, and immediately thought of Gong Zhong in his heart.

He guessed that South Korea's Minister Gong Jung Min wanted to see him, and he must have something to do with Gong Zhong extravagance......

For some reason, Gong Zhong was not only very polite to him, but also secretly helped him.

Today, he is not like when he first arrived in Zhao State, 1,000 crossbows, 50,000 crossbow arrows, this is not a small amount, even if he Wei Jun came to aid South Korea this time, but South Korea still has no reason to give him these armaments in vain Wei Jun - look at Gongsun Xi's attitude towards South Korea, you can understand that the relationship between Wei and South Korea has long been far worse than it was at the beginning.

『……』

After thinking about it for a while, he still couldn't guess the purpose of Gong Zhong's deliberate desire to befriend him, and Meng Zhong could only bury this question in his heart for the time being.

After all, according to his observation, Gong Zhongxuan has no ill will towards him, at most he has his own personal purpose - even if he doesn't ask, when the time is right, the other party will take the initiative to expose the matter sooner or later.

"Forget it, let's concentrate our thoughts first and find a way to defeat the Qin army!"

Meng Zhong secretly told himself that if he wanted to gain a foothold in the Wei State and become the defender of Hedong, he must seize this opportunity and defeat the Qin army on the opposite side beautifully.

In this way, the Wei army was stationed in place for three days, until the fourth day, Xinzheng really sent a thousand crossbows and 50,000 crossbow arrows, and Meng Zhong handed over these armaments to a thousand cavalry of Meng Hu, Huahu, and Mu Wu - in fact, the crossbow arrows allocated to each cavalry were only fifty.

But considering that in a siege battle, the average crossbowman will shoot a dozen or so crossbow arrows at most, and fifty crossbow arrows are enough for them to squander for a while.

Yes, splurge!

Meng Zhong knew that an excellent cavalryman could hunt more than 20 enemy soldiers or more with 50 crossbow arrows, and if he considered the possibility of repeatedly using crossbow arrows, the number of enemies killed would be even more difficult to estimate, but for the 1,000 cavalrymen, he did not require them to do this, it was purely to "feed" these crossbow arrows, so that these cavalrymen could be fed with the feeling of shooting arrows on horseback - practice makes perfect, this is the only and fastest way.

On the third day of the fifth month, the selection of 1,000 cavalrymen had been basically completed, and those who were fortunate enough to become cavalrymen were basically able to gallop without being thrown off their horses.

I have to say that this is all due to Meng Zhong's simple "bilateral stirrups", otherwise it seems like this kind of new pawn, even if these people are all from Wei Wushu, it is difficult to master this most basic riding skill in just a few days.

Perhaps in the eyes of the Zhao cavalry and the Hu cavalry, these Wei cavalry were just live targets, but for this battle, Meng Zhong thought that they could already be dispatched.

He summoned Menghu, Huahu, and Mu Wu to his commander's office, and told them some important things: to monitor the movements of the Qin army as the first priority, then train the cavalry, and hunt the Qin army again.

Meng Hu, Hua Hu, and Mu Wu all swore and made promises.

It is worth mentioning that during this period, Meng Hu made a suggestion: "Our cavalry should be the first cavalry of Wei, right?" I think we should think of a majestic banner. …… Well, let's call it 'Tiger Ride'! I think it's a majestic name. ”

"It's purely named after you, isn't it?"

Meng Zhong rolled his eyes, not bothering to pay attention.

On the side, Hua Hu stopped after hearing this, and said with an unswerving face: "You guy! Why is it called a tiger...... Well, that's actually a pretty good name. ”

It turned out that after talking about it halfway, he remembered that his name was Hu, and naturally he would not refute Meng Hu's proposal.

Before poor Mu Wu could react, Meng Hu and Hua Hu had already reached an agreement to name this new cavalry "Tiger Cavalry".

Two votes for one, Mu Wu was out before he could speak.

What's even more odious is that after Meng Hu and Hua Hu reached an agreement, they also deliberately shook their fists with each other, and turned their heads to look at Mu Wu with malice and sneered, obviously in retaliation for Mu Wu's ridicule of them when he was training cavalry two days ago, so angry that the corners of Mu Wu's mouth twitched.

In the end, Meng Zhong couldn't see it, and scolded angrily: "I don't care whether you call it a tiger cavalry or a martial cavalry, hurry up and lead the cavalry for me to set off!" ”

"Tiger Ride!"

"Tiger Ride!"

"Martial Horse!"

"you!" x2

In the midst of scolding, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, and Mu Wu each gathered their cavalry and left.

As for the remaining soldiers, the 600 or so soldiers who had been brushed down, Meng Zhong placed them under the command of Wu Ying—the eldest brother was so respectful that Meng Zhong considered himself the most reliable among the brothers.

In view of the cavalry tactics of imitating the cavalry of the Zhao State and the Hu cavalry, a small group of cavalry had more advantages, so Menghu, Huahu, and Mu Wu left the Wei army's garrison together and separated in the suburbs shortly after.

Just like in the past, Hua Hu shouted that he would win more Qin army heads than Meng Hu this time, Meng Hu smiled indifferently, while Mu Wu secretly held back his strength, he wanted to kill more soldiers than Meng Hu and Hua Hu this time, and be angry with these two bastards - it is best to change the name of Tiger Cavalry to Wu Cavalry.

Isn't it very majestic that martial arts are different? Mu Wu felt that this name was the best.

"Want to win me? Dreaming, I want to be the number one warrior in the world! ”

Seeing Hua Hu and Mu Wu lead the army away, Meng Hu laughed in front of Cao Chun and belittled his two brothers, seeing Cao Chun secretly shaking his head.

In order to stop this heartless guy from continuing to talk nonsense, Cao Chun cautiously stepped forward and asked, "Brigade Marshal, what should we do next?" ”

Hearing this, Meng Hu smiled and said, "Go to Xingyang!" ”

"Xingyang?" Cao Chun was taken aback, and his expression was a little strange.

Going straight to Xingyang at this time?

As if he had seen through Cao Chun's thoughts, Meng Hu smiled and said: "Qin Jun is in Xingyang, of course we go straight to Xingyang, do you think Huahu and Mu Wu are not the two guys?" ”

"Then what's the point of the three of you separating?" Cao Chun asked with a strange expression.

"You don't understand that." Menghu's rare positive color said: "This cavalry, just like a pack of wolves, sometimes gathers, sometimes disperses, just like a pack of wolves will never be all in front of people, there will definitely be a few wolf cubs to launch a sneak attack from behind you, so that it is more threatening......"

"I see!"

Cao Chun nodded suddenly, and his heart changed slightly towards Meng Hu: This unserious brigade commander actually has times when he is reliable.

He was thinking about it when he suddenly saw the words "wait" burst out of his mouth with a solemn expression.

He was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "What?" ”

I saw Meng Hu raise his hand and touch his empty beard, and muttered with interest: "If you compare it with wolves, then wouldn't I be the wolf king?" Wolf King...... Hey, hey, hey. ”

“……”

Resisting the urge to smash this guy off the horse with a sword scabbard, Cao Chun let out a long breath, pointed in the direction of Xingyang, and said in a deep voice: "The brigade commander has an order, go straight to Xingyang!" ”

"Whoa!"

More than 300 cavalry responded in unison, carefully driving the war horses under their command, and slowly headed towards Xingyang.

However, in fact, Bai Qi was not in Xingyang at this time, but outside the city of "Yangcheng", about 120 miles southwest of Xingyang, and was leading the Qin army to attack the city in front of him.

Although the defenders of Yangcheng were already prepared and were not attacked by the Qin army this time, considering that the number of defenders in South Korea was obviously insufficient, Yangcheng was in danger under the onslaught of the Qin army at this moment.

"Bai Shuai, look at this situation, probably before dusk, we will be able to attack this city."

Ji Hong, a senior general in the army, said to Bai Qi with a smile.

"Hmm."

Bai Qi nodded with a little smile, and then said solemnly: "But don't be careless." …… The guy surnamed Meng, most of the Wei army under his command is already in Xingyang at this time, within two days, he will inevitably lead the army here, our army must cross the "Yingshui" before this, well, let's go to the "single fox" next......"

Ji Hong said with a smile when he heard this: "Thinking about it, Wei Jun is already angry at the moment......

"That's for the best." Bai Qi narrowed his eyes, lowered his voice and said, "That has a chance to make it ...... Defeated in one fell swoop! ”

As he was talking, suddenly a few soldiers in the distance hurriedly rushed over and whispered a few words to Bai Qi.

"What?" Bai Qiyan's complexion changed slightly.

Seeing this, Ji Hong was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong, Bai Shuai?" ”

I saw Bai Qi staring at the city in front of him, frowning and saying: "The fine work left in the Xingyang area has sent a message that the main force of the Wei army has not been to Xingyang for a long time......"

Ji Hong was stunned, and then chuckled and said, "It seems that Wei Jun also saw it...... But what can they do if they are seen? Bai Shuai? ”

"Something is wrong, something is wrong......"

Ignoring Ji Hong, Bai Qi frowned and muttered: "That guy surnamed Meng is by no means that simple, since he has seen through my intentions, he will never wait for a few days without doing anything...... It's coming, there's something coming......"

"Huh?" Ji Hong's face was puzzled.

It may be that Bai Qi can't explain the premonition in his heart, he shook his head slowly, and said in a deep voice: "Quick! Tell the soldiers to speed up the siege again! ”

"Whoa!"

The heralds around him hugged their fists and went to the heralds.

At this time, Bai Qi turned to look behind him.

Halfway, he licked his lips, and there was a faint excitement in his eyes.