Of course, this kind of consumption is huge, first of all, the war horses used by the heavy cavalry must be excellent war horses, otherwise, it is difficult to bear such a large load, and secondly, the consumption of armor is also a large amount.

When Jinyang resumed business, Cao Cao secretly ordered people to go to Jinyang to buy fine war horses, and he also bought a lot from other places.

Then he ordered Cao Ren to train a heavy cavalry with a number of 3,000, and the tiger and leopard cavalry, which was seriously damaged outside Huguan, was also replenished, and under such a big move, it had a lot to do with the support of the family.

It would be difficult to do this with Yanzhou's current financial resources alone.

Although the consumption of 6,000 cavalry is huge, it is worth it in Cao Cao's opinion, and in the future battlefield, there will definitely be a competition with Lu Bu, if there is a shortcoming in the cavalry, it means that more things will be lost.

At this point, not only Cao Cao, but also other princes also had similar actions, and the battle outside Huguan gave them a profound lesson, and no one wanted to suffer a loss in cavalry when facing Lu Bu on the battlefield in the future.

Of course, this behavior of the princes has brought about a high price of war horses, and the biggest profit is Lu Bu, after controlling the grassland where Xianbei was originally located, Lu Bu's background at this time is not weaker than that of the princes of the Central Plains.

On the grassland, although the army under Lu Bu paid a lot of price, the benefits were obvious.

The princes bought war horses on a large scale, and naturally they did not hide the eyes of Lu Bu, who was secretly hidden, but now that the state needs such a businessman, as for how powerful the princes will be if they have cavalry, Lu Bu is not worried.

As long as Lu Bu is willing, he can have more cavalry under his command and control the Xianbei people, Wuhuan people, and Huns, these ethnic groups active in the grassland, are originally good at riding and archery, if the war is tight, they can mobilize cavalry from these tribes to participate in the war.

Cao's movements, soon spread to Langxie, Zang Ba did not dare to slack off, hurriedly led the soldiers to Xiapi, Xiapi has an important position in Xuzhou, is one of the rich counties in Xuzhou, after occupying Xiapi, it means that the command can get greater development.

Half a month later, 40,000 Cao troops gathered in Xuzhou, and Cao Cao personally led the troops, which shows that Cao Cao attached great importance to the war in Xuzhou, and half of the 40,000 Cao troops were soldiers who had just been recruited into the army.

After Hua Xiong learned the news, his mood was not as relaxed as Chen Deng, the reason why he chose to take refuge in Cao Cao was because he had a large army under his command, and he also had Xiapi as a support, even if Cao Cao led the troops to attack, he also had a certain strength to resist, but after losing Xiapi, it meant that he sank to the bottom and became Cao Cao's subordinate, and there was no room for resistance, unless things took a turn for the better.

If Cao Cao didn't lead the troops to come, he would still be the lord of Xiapi after he broke through Xiapi in the future.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Cao Cao glanced around at the generals in the tent, and said in a deep voice: "Although Zang Ba is said to be the former lieutenant of Xuzhou, he has self-respect for his troops, does not obey orders, and has repeatedly invaded Xuzhou counties and counties. ”

Chen Deng came out and said: "My lord, there are 2,000 cavalry under Zang Ba's command, which is very elite. ”

Then Chen Deng will explore the situation of Zang Ba and tell it eloquently.

After Cao Cao listened, he set his eyes on Hua Xiong, and the reason why he promised to let Hua Xiong lead the troops to garrison after returning to the army was because the Cao army had just experienced defeat at that time and did not have the strength to attack Zang Ba.

It can be seen from Hua Xiong's behavior that he is a person who is unwilling to condescend to others, and now he is temporarily dormant in Xuzhou, because it is profitable, when he sent troops to Huguan, he ordered Hua Xiong to lead the troops to go, but also for the stability of Xuzhou, but what he didn't expect was that Zang Ba took advantage of this opportunity to seize Xiapi.

"I wonder what General Hua thinks about this? Cao Cao asked.

Hua Xiong didn't dare to slack off when he heard this, and said: "Lord, although the soldiers and horses under Zang Ba's command are not weak, there are elite soldiers and fierce generals under the lord's account, and it is naturally a simple matter to break Zang Ba, and his subordinates are willing to be the front." ”

Cao Cao nodded slightly, what he needed was Hua Xiong's attitude at this time, Hua Xiong's martial arts are strong, and he has rich experience in leading cavalry in combat, if he can get Hua Xiong's help, he will have a lot of improvement in the strength of the army.

At this time, Hua Xiong can be regarded as having nowhere to go, taking refuge in Zang Ba, what a high-minded and arrogant person Hua Xiong is.

"Cao Ren, this marquis ordered you to be the vanguard of the army and lead five thousand soldiers and horses to go first." Cao Cao ordered.

Cao Ren clenched his fists and said.

Hua Xiong's expression was a little disappointed, originally thought that Cao Cao suddenly asked him for his opinion at this time, and he would let him lead the troops to fight, but now he only has more than 300 cavalry under his command, and his strength is greatly reduced, and the matter of grain and grass needs to be acted on Chen Deng's face.

"Huaxiong, you assist Cao Ren, and carefully investigate the situation on the battlefield along the way, without the slightest omission." Cao Cao said.

"Whoa." Hua Xiong's face was excited.

Three days later, Cao Ren led 5,000 soldiers and horses in the direction of Xiapi, among the entourage of the army, there are 1,000 heavy cavalry that Cao Ren has just trained, 500 tigers and leopards, the strength of the heavy cavalry, Cao Ren is clear, even if the enemy army has tens of thousands of foot soldiers, 1,000 heavy cavalry can easily defeat the enemy, this is the absolute strength of the crushing.

When Hua Xiong saw the heavy cavalry in the vanguard army, his eyes lit up, and the power of the heavy cavalry could be imagined as long as he saw the outfits of these cavalry, but he didn't expect that Cao Jun had heavy cavalry in less than a year.

"General Hua is in charge of the scouts in the army, be careful of the scouts under Zang Ba, it is said that the scouts under Zang Ba are extremely powerful." Cao Rendao, he didn't have the slightest good impression of Hua Xiong and other figures, Hua Xiong was a general under Dong Zhuo at the beginning, and after betraying Dong Zhuo, he attached himself to Yuan Shu, and then attached to Liu Bei, and finally chose Cao Jun, in his eyes he is a capricious person, even if Hua Xiong is the deputy general of the vanguard army, Cao Ren did not pay enough attention to it.

Hua Xiong clenched his fists and said yes.

Seeing Cao Ren riding his horse away, Hua Xiong's expression did not have the respectful look of Fang Cai, he was the first fierce general under Dong Zhuo back then, but he didn't expect that after taking refuge in Cao Cao, he would have to look at Cao Ren's face to act.

The news of Cao's dispatch made the people in Xiapi City panic, Cao Cao was no better than Chen Deng, Xuzhou was under the offensive of Cao's army, and repeatedly fell into crisis, although Cao's army was more attacking Pengcheng.

(End of chapter)