Chapter 19: Horseshoe

After the first battle, Lu Bu had 3,000 more good horses, and the happy Lu Bu couldn't keep his mouth shut.

Haiming County

Lu Bu held an iron lump in his hand, and said dissatisfiedly: "It's too thick, it's a little thinner." ”

The blacksmith was instructed, pulled the large oven, and began to work in full swing.

Chen Gong looked at Lu Bu suspiciously and asked, "Lord, can this iron pimple protect the horse's hooves?" ”

Lu Bu said confidently: "Gongtai, don't underestimate this thing, it's called a horseshoe, nailed under the horse's hoof, the mountains and flowing water, like walking on the ground." ”

After the blacksmith re-tied it, he offered the horseshoe, and Lu Bu saw that the size was suitable, turned back to Li Kui and said, "Lead the horse over and nail it on." ”

Li Kui brought a war horse, commanded a few soldiers next to him to trap the horse, and put the horseshoe on with iron nails, Mu Ne smiled and said: "Lord, it's good." ”

Lu Bu took a pair of horses and put them on the horse's back, and said to Li Kui: ", this war horse has been rewarded to you, go and take a look." ”

Li Kui was stunned and said: "Lord, I can ride a horse, I don't need to pedal this thing, this is all used by literati and scholars." ”

As Li Kui said, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, horse pedals have appeared, which are unilateral horse pedals, most of which are for people who can't ride horses, which is convenient for getting on the horse.

Lu Bu glared angrily and said: "Where did you come from, isn't it embarrassing, okay, I won't reward you, then you come here, this horse will reward you, and this coach will have a while." ”

A soldier of the Tiger Fighting Team who was pointed out by Lu Bu ran over, took the horse rope, and looked at Li Kui at a loss.

"Just beat it, if you hurt your life, he has no ability."

Li Kui saw that Lu Bu had come to make a real move, where did he dare to despise the slack, stepped on another horse, and shouted loudly: "Brother, just come." ”

The two of them separated from each other and sprinted at a distance.

"Yikes"

The two horses looked at each other and collided, and Li Kui, who was known for his strength, was slashed to the ground with a knife, blood beads were pouring out of his hands, and the short knife rolled to the side, breaking a gap stiffly.

"This..."

Chen Gong couldn't believe the scene in front of him, although Li Kui's martial arts were not as good as Gao Shun, but he had seen brute strength, and there were few people in the army who could beat him.

Lu Bu looked at Li Kui with a smile and said, ", you don't want this yourself, you can't complain about others, the public stage, this matter will be handed over to you, as many as you want." ”

Lu Bu understands that the horseshoe can make the horse run fast and steady, and the horse's pedal can make the knight more stable on the horse's back, free his hands, and use both hands hard, Li Kui is no wonder if he does not lose.

Chen Gong received the order, and while he was happy, he said worriedly: "Lord, horseshoes are common, once this horsehoe spreads......

Lu Bu replied: "If we can hide it for a while, it will be a while, only if we are armed to the teeth, can we survive on this grassland." ”

The war is always won or lost, and Chen Gong has no full power to do so, so he can only give up, but Lu Bu had the foresight, these craftsmen were brought from Guangling, and the matter of the horseshoe seems to have been planned for a long time.

Lu Bu went to the barracks again, and Zhang Liao Gaoshun was busy training soldiers to ride horses.

There are more than 4,000 war horses, one for each person, and there are still the leftovers, as for the troops that have just been recruited, Lu Bu has no plans to requisition them.

He didn't want to be in the middle of the charge, and suddenly mutinied again, so that the lack should not be indiscriminate, Lu Bu deeply understood that the millions of Yellow Turban Army were wiped out by tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in this way.

In the era of lack of medical care, the cost of death and injury was also very large, Lu Bu brought more than 2,000 people from Guangling, Zang Ba brought 4,000 people, and there are only 4,000 people left, but these 4,000 people have been washed by blood and water, and all of them can be regarded as elite soldiers.

Gao Shun was working hard, shouting and saying: "Give me a quick practice, I can't ride a horse when I practice today, and I want to eat." ”

At the beginning, Gao Shun was against the trap camp on horseback, and the trap camp was a heavy armored infantry, a spearhead soldier who attacked the city, and the heavy armor on the horse became a burden, increasing the burden of the war horse, but it could not play a role.

It was Lu Bu's words that made him suddenly enlightened, and Lu Bu said that day: "Trapped in the camp of a hundred battles, no one can stop it on land, if it is on horseback, no one can stop it, it is a real divine soldier." ”

Gao Shun is a soldier, good at training, and the title of the divine soldier promised by Lu Bu made him secretly compete.

Lu Bu walked over, looked at Gao Shun and said: "The training is good, it's already decent, go back to Mr. Gongtai to get the horseshoe, and arm the trapped camp first." ”

Gao complied, but before he could answer, Li Kui quietly leaned over and said in a low voice: "General Gao, leave a pair for the junior brother when the time comes." ”

Lu Bu looked at Li Kui's cheeky face, and said with fake anger: "When the whole army is complete, you will have your share, so that you don't know what to do." ”

Li Kui was aggrieved like a child in his heart, his mouth hurt, and he didn't feel good in his heart, so he didn't talk too much if he knew it.

Gao Shun was even more puzzled in his heart, what the hell is this horseshoe, wait until you go back to Chen Gong and ask.

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun are both good at training, and Lu Bu can't do it himself, so he also wants to be idle, so he can talk to Chen Gong about the situation and strategic development more often.

The conquest of Haiming is just the beginning, this small Saibei city can't support Lu Bu's 4,000 men and horses, take the belt county and control the entire East Asian region, it is bound to win, Lu Bu is waiting, waiting for the next step of the Goguryeo throne palace.

In the prison, Gongsun Hong was beaten with meat sauce and tortured.

Just when Gongsun Hong thought he was going to die, Lu Bu came, and this murderous demon king gave him hope of survival.

"Gongsun Hong, Benhou heard that someone in your family is on an errand in the palace."

Facing Lu Bu's inquiry, Gongsun Hong begged and said, "Yes"

Lu Bu said fiercely: "Okay, you go back and tell the palace and let him send his daughter Ertu to Lelang County obediently, otherwise, I will lead the army to level his nest." ”

Gongsun Hong was stunned, and he didn't come back to his senses for a while, and was kicked by Lu Bu again before he responded in pain.

Lu Bu really let Gongsun Hong out, a lame war horse, a half-life man, and a lonely shadow.

Anyway, his reputation is already stinky, and Lu Bu doesn't care what the world thinks of him, his purpose is to provoke the palace, the tiger in the northeast at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and now that Lu Bu is here, this mountain can't accommodate two tigers.

According to Chen Gong's estimates, although the Goguryeo Throne Palace mastered the area east of Liaodong, it could recruit up to 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses in a short period of time, and it was always on guard against Gongsun Du.

With 4,000 people to Bo 30,000 people, Chen Gong dared to make plans, Lu Bu dared to use troops, and he didn't know which of them gave whom confidence.

Three days later, Chen Gong smiled at Lu Bu with an embarrassed face: "Lord, I'm afraid the horseshoe is going to stop working, and there is no iron!" ”

Lu Bu asked in disbelief: "Gone?" Really gone? ”

"Everything that can be collected has been collected, there are few iron tools in this outer city, and now only a thousand pairs have been beaten, Gao Shun has received eight hundred pairs, and the rest has been taken by General Zhang Liao."

Poor, really poor, these barbarians are used to living a nomadic life, rarely build cities, develop handicrafts, nomadic areas are more scarce resources, wars are fought in strategic reserves, and the road after this is more difficult than imagined.

Lu Bu didn't have time to think about it, and said: "Let's do it for the time being, those craftsmen must be careful, they can hide it for a day, according to the news from Tanma, the palace has already raised troops, and there are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses." ”