Horses have been a very important resource for warfare since ancient times.

Generally speaking, the side with more cavalry will always have a greater advantage, at least in terms of mobility, etc., while on the other hand, it will be relatively passive———— or quite passive.

The reason why the early Han Dynasty was always passive in the war against the nomads was that there were not enough war horses. Later, after the hard work of the emperors of the past dynasties, it was finally the feat of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, after the feat, it is the people's livelihood that withers.

From the very beginning, Yan Shao was very aware of the importance of war horses, which is why Yan Shao would try his best not to hurt his subordinates during the Wuhuan Rebellion.

To be reasonable, compared with the grassland, the Central Plains region is indeed not so suitable for the survival of war horses, but it is not to the point where it is impossible to raise horses, and a small number of war horses is still no problem.

And Yan Shao's efforts for several years have also allowed him to build a huge cavalry of thousands of scales. In this era, there can be such a large cavalry corps, in addition to Xiliang, Youzhou and Jizhou, there is only one Qingzhou left, and even Bingzhou does not have such ability.

Of course, this is not to say that the state is not rich in war horses, in fact, the number of war horses in the state is still relatively large, the key is that the state itself is vast and sparsely populated. And the cavalry, it doesn't mean that only war horses are enough, at the very least, you always give someone, right?

Secondly, a series of equipment required by the cavalry also needs to be built with a lot of money, otherwise what is the difference between it and the infantry on horseback? There is also the most important thing, that is, the maintenance of the cavalry, you must know that the belly of the war horse is much larger than the size of the person, and the war horse cannot always rely on grazing to maintain...

Qingzhou can have enough financial resources, and it is completely dependent on Yan Shao's years of operation.

Merely...

In the final analysis, Qingzhou is not a place rich in war horses after all, with Qingzhou's own ability alone, the war horses raised are actually not much, that is, they can barely maintain the current scale, if there are large-scale casualties or losses, then the existing scale of the cavalry corps may also collapse.

Compared with Yan Shao's Qingzhou Army, Yanzhou is even more embarrassing.

Yanzhou has experienced many years of war, and the losses have always been relatively large, and Cao Cao is certainly the male lord for a while, but it is also difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. Tuntian's policy is indeed good, but it will take time to bear fruit.

The reason why he was able to sweep Xuzhou back then was not because Yanzhou had more resources than Xuzhou, but purely because Cao Cao was more powerful than Tao Qian, and the generals under Cao Cao's account were also much stronger than the Wenchen generals under Tao Qian's account———— to be reasonable, except for a Chen Deng and a Mi Zhu under Tao Qian's account, there were basically no people available.

The problem is that Yanzhou itself is not a place to produce horses, and it has not encountered the Wuhuan Rebellion like Yan Shao, and thousands of war horses can be obtained.

And what is more embarrassing is that the tiger and leopard cavalry is not only the elite under Cao Cao, but also the only cavalry unit under him.

In other words, among the soldiers and horses brought by Cao Cao this time, except for those in his hands, almost all of the rest were the purest infantry. Considering the speed of the infantry, if you really take them with you, you will probably be dragged down. After all, no matter how fast they walked, they could not be faster than the cavalry, and there were indeed some bridges along the way, but the Guanzhong area was not a place with many rivers, and the rivers that needed bridges were not very deep, at best, they could submerge the waists of adults, and there was no problem for the cavalry at all.

If you really leave like this, it is very easy to be entangled by the Xiliang Army, so it is better to wait on the spot.

"To be reasonable, I don't think that the soldiers and horses under my account will be inferior to those rabble of the Xiliang Army..."Raising the horsewhip lightly, Yan Shao smiled.

"That's really a coincidence, because I think so too..."Cao Cao also smiled.

The Xiliang Army was certainly brave and good at fighting in the past, but after a few years of tossing, it is no different from the rabble now.

What's more, if you lose, you don't lose, whether it is Yan Shao or Cao Cao, they are people with good faces, and they will never admit that they are afraid in front of the other party no matter what, not to mention that they don't feel that there is anything to be afraid of.

"In that case, let's prepare first, so that we can entertain these bold thieves..."

"It really should be..."

Saying this, Yan Shao also looked at the masked man who was still wearing a mask beside him.

Perhaps because Cao Cao was also here, Li Ru hid himself behind the other generals. When he was in Luoyang, he was relatively familiar with Cao Cao, after all, Cao Cao wanted to assassinate Dong Zhuo at that time, and he ran to Luoyang in order to win Dong Zhuo's trust, whether it was with Li Ru or with Lu Bu, he was more familiar with it.

Although the current Li Ru is no different from being disfigured, he has been glued to his face by Hua Tuo with drugs all the year round, and even wears a mask. In addition, hairstyles, even beards, and dresses, and even some behaviors are also deliberately changing———— for people like Li Ru, it is relatively easy to change their behavior.

However, you still need to be careful...

After all, his identity is really sensitive, in case someone finds out his identity...

Even now, Dong Zhuo's atrocities are still hated, and the two biggest minions of Dong Zhuo's atrocities at that time were Lu Bu and Li Ru.

The former can be regarded as Dong Zhuo's greatest guarantee in terms of force, before the Tiger Prison Pass, the princes of the Eighteenth Road who were deterred by Lu Bu alone did not dare to move forward, and after arriving in Chang'an, it was precisely because of the existence of Lu Bu that the ministers in Chang'an City did not dare to act rashly.

As for Li Ru, he is Dong Zhuo's biggest think tank, and I don't know how many bad ideas come from Li Ru. Especially when Dong Zhuo occupied Luoyang, if it weren't for Li Ru's advice, it would not have been possible to deceive everyone in Luoyang at that time.

You know, it really deceived everyone, and definitely not just the mediocre people in the court. At that time, in addition to Yuan Shao, there were heroes like Cao Cao in Luoyang, and even resourceful people like Xun You, but Li Ru deceived them all. You must know that this is not a simple matter, but Li Ru has done it, and this alone cannot underestimate this person.

And officially relying on Li Ru's strategy, Dong Zhuo occupied Luoyang, and also made the hope of the revival of the Han family gone.

But...

Although these two people are regarded as Dong Zhuo's biggest helpers in doing bad things, the anger of the world is almost focused on Li Ru. After all, Lu Bu can be regarded as a hero who eradicated Dong Zhuo, and he can be regarded as a hero in the eyes of the world, even Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu feel that he is kind to the Yuan family.

On the other hand, Li Ru, if the world didn't think that he had died in the Chang'an Rebellion, I am afraid that now everyone in the world will go to find him, except for the Xiliang Army, he will not have any other place to go, and it is even likely that even the Xiliang Army will not be able to tolerate him.

After all, now Li Dao and Guo Yan and others are at ease, in addition to being a little worse than Dong Zhuo, they can also be called the lord of one party, if Li Ru comes, there are still some people in the Xiliang Army who are loyal to Dong Zhuo, it is difficult to say whether these people will choose to be loyal to Li Ru as Dong Zhuo's heir—————— at least for now, only Li Ru can be regarded as Dong Zhuo's heir.

However, it was also on the side of the Western Liang Army, at least none of the Kwantung princes had a good impression of Li Ru. As mentioned earlier, there are many people who are familiar with Li Ru, including Cao Cao, but Yan Shao also brought Li Ru here, if Cao Cao really found out Li Ru's identity, then...

But it's really, quite interesting...

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Yan Shao and Cao Cao did not directly set up a position, they wanted to fight with the Xiliang army on the opposite side, after all, it was impossible for them to pass through Hangu Pass in a short time, and the group first camped in the same place, and in the process of camping, Yan Shao called Li Ru in.

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"Do you have any ideas?" Turning his head to look at the most trusted advisor under his account, Yan Shao asked softly.

In fact, at this time, there are definitely not a few strategists under Yan Shao's account, whether it is Dong Zhao or Cheng Yu, they can definitely be called first-class strategists, even if they are not as good as Zhuge Liang or some other demon-level ones, they are definitely not comparable to ordinary people.

But these two people have their own ambitions, either in merit or in other ways. Only Li Ru has only two words in his heart, and that is revenge. What's more, the current Li Ru is wanted by people all over the world, and there is nowhere to go at all, which means that the only thing he can rely on now is himself.

Yan Shao didn't have to worry about him betraying himself at all, because if he betrayed himself, he wouldn't have anywhere else to go.

Cao Cao? To be reasonable, Cao Cao is still a loyal minister at the moment, if he really discovers Li Ru, the first person to solve him is probably Cao Cao.

Before coming, Li Ru had thought about what Yan Shao would ask him, so when he heard Yan Shao's words, Li Ru didn't seem very surprised, but asked rhetorically after pondering for a while. "Have you heard of Jia Xu Jia Wen and this person?"

"Jia Xu?"

Hearing this name, Yan Shao immediately shook his head.

Of course, he had heard of this name, but he didn't know why Li Ru mentioned this person?

Yan Shao's expression was regarded as unclear by Li Ru. However, Li Ru didn't think that Yan Shao would know Jia Xu, after all, even within the Xiliang Army, there were only a few people who knew Jia Xu, and few people knew that in addition to Li Ru, there was another resourceful person in the Xiliang Army.

No, I'm afraid that resourcefulness can't describe Jia Xu, in Li Ru's opinion, Jia Xu's resourcefulness is definitely not comparable to ordinary people, and even he is probably inferior.

"This person is from Xiliang, and he is a rare talent in Xiliang, but because he is too low-key, there are very few people who know this person. But as long as you know this person, you will never deny this person's talent..."

"And how does this man compare to you?" Seeing that Li Ru felt that he didn't know Jia Xu's origin, Yan Shao was also happy, after all, if he really explained, Yan Shao would have to waste some time explaining why he knew Jia Xu.

You must know that Jia Xu is different from others, such as Zhuge Liang, who already had the title of Wolong before he came out of the mountain. and the name of Pang Tong Feng Yan is also like thunder, even Cao Cao, who was already on the Yangtze River at that time, will be moved by the name of Feng Yan, and put down enough scenes to meet this person, which is the prince who valued Pang Tong the most at that time, this even Liu Bei and Sun Quan are not comparable to 0 1111 Unfortunately, the worst thing in Pang Tong Pit is precisely this person who values himself the most.

In addition to these two, some other strategists also have their own reputations, and basically all of them have become famous. For example, Guo Jia has the title of ghost talent, as well as Xun Yu and Xun You, although they are slightly less famous. But their parents and uncles are quite famous.

With the foundation created by the previous generation, they are enough to make people look at it differently.

In addition to them, there is also Cheng Yu, who is also very famous, and in comparison, the drama is more grassroots at that time.

Only Jia Xu, who really has no reputation at all, basically if people don't know him, it is hard to imagine that such a person who is not good-looking is actually a resourceful and resourceful person.

But it just so happens that Li Ru is one of them.

"This person has the talent of heaven and earth, a hundred times stronger than me, if the lord can get this person's loyalty, he will definitely be able to achieve hegemony..."

Usually when introducing someone, he will compare himself, of course Li Ru is the same, and he doesn't know a habit or tradition from time to time, basically when he elaborates, he will also say that so-and-so's talent is a hundred times stronger than his own, which is almost a convention.

And Yan Shao also asked quite cooperatively. "Then I don't know where this talent is now?"

"This person is now in the Xiliang Army!"

"Ahh Yan Shao pretended to be surprised and screamed. "Such a talent, actually in the army of rebels?"

"Exactly—" Li Ru nodded, but quickly explained. However, this person has always cherished the Han family, and I believe that Li Dao and Guo Yan are also forced to do so in their army, if the lord can contact this person, then..."

In fact, this is also a reason why Li Ru did not introduce his father-in-law at the beginning, Jia Xu's resourcefulness is really good, but unfortunately he has the Han family in his heart, even if he works for his father-in-law, he must be secretly helping the Han family.

Such a person with a ghost in his heart, to be honest, Li Ru doesn't trust him very much, if he and other ministers are all mediocre people, it would be fine.

It's just that his cunning is that Li Ru is also afraid, which is very troublesome.

However, if there is this person to help, then it will be easy to solve the people on the other side, Li Dao and Guo Yan.

More importantly, it will also be of great help to Yan Shao's hegemony.