Chapter Ninety-Five: The Storm Strikes

"Childe, don't worry, we will definitely live up to our trust, we will definitely find the black coal and return triumphantly!" Momen Shiyan waved his hand vigorously, and then galloped away with a cavalry team of 100 people!

Due to the appearance of Master Fotucheng, a sense of crisis inevitably appeared in Shi Yan's heart, and he and a dozen people from Momen are now very active in doing everything for Phoenix Castle, trying to show the importance of their Momen!

"Childe, it's time for our two teams to go!" Wei Zhong and Wei Cheng also each led a cavalry team of 100 people and galloped away in different directions.

Everyone stood under the stone castle, waved goodbye to them one by one, silently blessed in their hearts, and prayed that their three teams would have something to gain and be able to find a burning black coal.

During the long winter, Gongzi Wei Xing repeatedly considered the huge amount of work to continue to use bluestone blocks to build the castle, and decided to use bricks and tiles instead.

The main reason is that polishing bluestone blocks is too labor-intensive, and it is impossible for Phoenix Fort to use bluestone blocks to build every castle in the future.

That being the case, he felt that this kind of thing should be done sooner rather than later;

As soon as the ice and snow melted, Gongzi Wei Xing couldn't wait to send three teams out to look for traces of black coal.

As the figure of the cavalry gradually disappeared into the ground level, Gongzi Wei Xing then turned around and ordered: "Uncle Xiahou, in a few days, when the ground is dry, you are also ready to go on the road, Uncle Hu, they should also be in a hurry, and the food should be almost finished!" ”

"Childe, otherwise, I'll clean up as soon as possible and set off with the horse team today!" Xiahou Zhu was also worried about the situation of Ning Zhenhu and the others, so he casually suggested.

Gongzi Wei Xing smiled mysteriously and said, "Don't be too anxious, as long as you increase your horsepower, I guarantee that you can reach Yangguan in five or six days!" ”

"Five or six days? That's impossible! Xiahou Zhu's face looked very surprised, and he didn't believe what Gongzi said just now.

Last time, more than 20 of them went to Liangzhou to rescue Zhou Xin'er, and they were non-stop and dusty along the way, and it took ten days during the period!

Zhang Hua and Meng Ping were also suspicious, and they couldn't believe the wild words that they could run to Yangguan in five or six days.

Tang Zhongwei and Cao Da, who knew a little secret, laughed and didn't say anything!

"Uncle Xiahou, why don't the two of us make a bet?"

"You are now the number one master of our Phoenix Castle, a strong man, you won't be timid, right?" Gongzi Wei Xing said excitedly.

Xiahou Zhu couldn't help muttering in his heart when he saw Gongzi's confident appearance, he knew that Gongzi Wei Xing had been scheming since he was a child, and he rarely did anything to lose money!

However, he still didn't believe in the nonsense that he could fly thousands of miles away in five or six days, so he suddenly gritted his teeth and was stimulated by Gongzi's words: "Who is afraid of whom, Xiahou and I are also a man, just bet!" ”

"Well, he deserves to be the first hero of Phoenix Castle! If you lose, when you learn from Uncle Huyan later, you will quietly lose to him once! Childe Wei Xing said.

After half a winter, Huyan Leopard is almost crazy, he doesn't want to care about anything, he doesn't want to ask, he has been practicing martial arts non-stop, every few days, he looks for Xiahou Zhu to challenge, but he has been defeated and defeated repeatedly, and he has fallen into such a strange circle, which inevitably affects the training task of the auxiliary army!

Xiahou Zhu also felt that Huyan Leopard had some magic obstacles for a while, and said casually: "Yes!" However, Childe, you didn't say what if you lost! ”

When Gongzi Wei Xing heard it, he smiled mysteriously and said confidently: "Uncle Xiahou, I won't lose!" ”

War horses without horseshoes can run less than 200 miles a day at most, and 160 or 70 miles is their limit, and the cavalry on the war horses also need to pay attention to the road conditions from time to time to avoid the war horses getting stuck in the sand or pits, and inadvertently crooked the horse's feet!

However, now that the war horses are inlaid with horseshoes, Gongzi Wei Xing is quite sure in his heart that there is no big problem with them galloping three hundred miles a day!

Xiahou Zhu suddenly remembered the key point, and immediately asked: "Childe, you won't just let me bring a few people over, right?" ”

The fewer people there are, the less involved and cumbersome they will be, and the faster the march will be!

Xiahou Zhu asked this question, if there were only twenty or thirty people and horses, and they met the people of the Zhenhu Dart Bureau hundreds of miles away from Yangguan, it would take five or six days, and there were some possibilities.

The Tiger Dart Bureau asked for help from Phoenix Fort, and after the ice and snow melted, they would naturally take the initiative to move closer to Phoenix Fort.

Gongzi Wei Xing knew very well Uncle Xiahou's thoughts and thoughts, and replied: "Fifty cavalry and two hundred war horses, and the idle war horses are all food!" ”

Hearing this, Xiahou Zhu was immediately relieved, and said loudly: "Childe, if you lose, you can persuade Lu Lao and let him personally give me a weapon to take advantage of, okay?" ”

"I can't lose, but I'm still agreeing to your request!" Gongzi Wei Xing replied casually, and then looked at him like a fool, and seemed to advise kindly: "Uncle Xiahou, if you bet with others in the future, you must use your brains more, and your IQ can't be used for martial arts!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Gongzi Wei Xing turned around and left!

As soon as these words came out, Xiahou Zhu's face was very ugly, and he chased after him angrily and asked, "Childe, what do you mean by this?" ”

No matter whose IQ is insulted, it is this angry posture.

Gongzi Wei Xing didn't look back, and said indifferently: "Uncle Xiahou, you still have to ask Uncle Zhongwei and Uncle Da, and don't forget the lottery of the bet!" ”

Xiahou Zhu immediately turned his gaze to Tang Zhongwei and Cao Da, and asked with a very puzzled gaze.

Tang Zhongwei walked over slowly, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him softly: "Xiahou, you have nothing to lose to the cunning son, there is nothing to be ashamed of, prepare to fulfill your own promise!" ”

Xiahou Zhu felt inexplicably strange in his heart, before he started, everyone was not optimistic about himself like this, and his mind was confused.

"Xiahou, Huyan has some magic obstacles, you finally lost to him once before leaving, so that he can regain some confidence!" When Cao Da walked by him, he didn't forget to say a few words.

After a while, Xiahou Zhu suddenly faced the sky and howled unusually sullenly: "Why, I haven't lost yet!" ”

was lucky enough to lose to Huyan Leopard once, and he didn't care very much in his heart;

However, everyone's inexplicable strange attitude made him very depressed; They all seem to think that there is something wrong with his IQ, and he doesn't need to think about problems, which makes him very angry!

Now, this has made Xiahou Zhu want to win this innocuous bet even more.

Seeing Tang Zhongwei and Cao Da's expressions and actions, although Zhang Hua and Meng Ping didn't know what secrets were hidden in them for the time being, they were also a little optimistic about Xiahou Zhu in their hearts, because Gongzi Wei Xing rarely did something that he was not sure of.

"Don't you two think I can't win, do you?" Xiahou Zhu raised his head and asked.

The more stable Zhang Hua comforted: "It's just a harmless little thing, Xiahou, don't take it too seriously!" ”

"But I have to win, I have to prove that I have a brain!" Xiahou Zhu screamed frantically at the two of them, and then immediately turned around and walked towards the city gate.

Zhang Hua and the two looked at each other, and Meng Ping joked with some concern: "If we have one more guy with a magic barrier in Phoenix Castle, we will be even more unbearable!" In the end, it is likely that he did not die on the battlefield, but he died of exhaustion on chores, hahaha、、、、、、"

Since Huyan Leopard practiced martial arts frantically, the training tasks of 5,000 people almost fell on the shoulders of the two of them, making them very busy and tired every day!

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Five days later, the road surface was much better, and Xiahou Zhu hurriedly went on the road with a batch of roasted wolf meat and fish!

When the evening camped out, Xiahou Zhu's face was full of confusion and incomprehension, his eyes stared at the small piece of iron on the horse's hooves, and he quietly fell into contemplation, wanting to find out the mystery of this, so that he could completely understand the reason for his loss, and be more willing!

Horseshoe, also known as horseshoe, is an iron hoof nailed to the hooves of horses, cattle and other livestock; The horse's hooves are composed of two layers, the one that touches the ground is a layer of hard keratin about 2-3 cm thick, and the upper layer is live keratin; The horse's hooves are in contact with the ground, and they will fall off quickly due to the friction of the ground and the corrosion of the water.

The use of horseshoes not only protects the horse's hooves, but also makes the horse's hooves grip the ground more firmly, which is very beneficial for both riding and driving.

Although the horseshoe is only a small piece of iron, its role is very important!

There was a English ballad about Richard III: "A nail is broken, a shoe is lost; dropped a farrier and broke a warhorse; broke a war horse and fell to the death of a general; fell to the death of a general and suffered a defeat; Suffered a defeat and lost a country......"

The British emperor lost the country because of a horseshoe, which shows the importance of the horseshoe to the war horse!

According to the historical records of later generations, horseshoe was first invented by the ancient Romans around the first century BC, and it was not widely used in the Central Plains until the Yuan Dynasty, and it did not appear in the land of the East during the Qin and Han dynasties.

Gongzi Wei Xing is now being built in advance, and the cavalry teams of other forces have opened up a considerable distance in the shadows;

It is a pity that Phoenix Fort is very short of pig iron and cannot be implemented on a large scale for the time being;

After building the iron for all the cavalry, the remaining pig iron can be enough to build 200 horseshoes!

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"Your Excellency William, the road has been dry, tomorrow you will set off to fight the thieves!" His Majesty sat on his throne and commanded very calmly.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Western Governor William bowed slightly, and responded with some unruliness.

Seeing this, the king of Sai was a little displeased in his heart, but he did not reproach him, and patiently did not forget to instruct: "Governor of the West, you must not repeat the mistakes of the past like the chief of Sark and lose the majesty of the kingdom!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is different from the fool of Chief Sark, so you can wait for the good news from the minister!" The blond-haired Governor William replied confidently.

The King of Se on the throne frowned and solemnly warned, "Chief Sark was so confident before leaving! In any case, the kingdom cannot accept to continue to lose to the same local tyrants, the reputation of the kingdom cannot be tarnished again, and Your Excellency must not fail this time! ”

Governor William was naturally well aware of the warning in His Majesty's words, and if he was unfortunately defeated, he would not end well!

However, the tall and majestic William did not take the words of the king to heart at all, and he had absolute confidence in the combat effectiveness of his army;

For a group of hillbillies thousands of miles away, he hadn't seen it yet, the reason why Chief Sark failed was because he was suddenly attacked by a team of horses when he was setting up camp, and he despised Chief Sark's carelessness very much, but he would not make such a low-level mistake!

Then William walked out of the palace and closed his eyes and imagined that soon the people of Little Stone Fort would beg for him, and his heart was extremely proud!

Thousands of miles away, no one in Phoenix Fort would have thought that the storm of the Cypriots' revenge would come so early and so urgently, nor would they have thought that the Xiaowan Kingdom would send so many troops to crusade against them this time!

If they knew the number of enemy troops now, Wei Xing and the others would definitely regret in their hearts that they didn't expand the strength of Phoenix Fort in winter!

(End of chapter)