At the same time that Black Pearl's team was sent out, Cao De had already taken Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan to take a general look at the defense facilities of the entire Hanzhong County. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info then returned to Nan Zheng and laid out the characteristics of each level.

And this time. The army selected by the elimination method that Cao De had ordered had already been integrated and trained. Cao De took the terrain of various places recorded along the way and analyzed the layout of the army with Cao Ren.

According to Cao De's division at that time. There were 20,000 regular field troops, 10,000 garrisons at checkpoints, plus about 13,000 after the original garrison eliminated some old, weak, sick and disabled, followed by 7,000 city guards. It can be said that the strongest combat effectiveness is those 20,000 people, followed by 20,000 garrisons in various places.

The whole of Hanzhong County is a large basin surrounded by mountains. In this basin, it is very suitable for the growth of crops. So there is basically no need to worry about military rations. However, because Hanzhong County is a basin, horses are very scarce. Therefore, if Cao De wants to establish cavalry, he must buy horses from outside, and the best way to buy horses is Ma Teng in Liangzhou. However, there is a large mountain between Liangzhou and Hanzhong County, which is not conducive to traffic. Therefore, Cao De has not yet put the establishment of cavalry on the agenda, and besides, the purchase of war horses is a big deal, Cao De's original intention is to personally go to Liangzhou to discuss the purchase of horses with Ma Teng when he has nothing to do in a few days.

Since Hanzhong County is a basin, it is surrounded by mountains. Therefore, the defense system of Hanzhong County is the easiest to establish. Just build a checkpoint between two mountains to withstand the attacks of thousands of troops. Thus, Cao De was in the valley of Luo on the northward side. This is a road that can go directly to Chang'an. Cao De increased the height and width of the original checkpoints on this road, and stationed 2,000 soldiers. Cao De named Luoguguan.

To the west of Hanzhong County, there is a main road leading north to Liangzhou. If you take a detour from the mountain road, you can surprise and directly attack Tianshui, and then Coco will split Liangzhou in half. And on this road, there is an originally tall checkpoint, Yangping Pass. Yangping Pass only needed to be repaired to continue to be used, and Cao De once again stationed two thousand sergeants.

A little south of Yangping Pass, there is a Baishui Pass. If you start from Baishui Pass, you can directly point your sword at Sword Pavilion and threaten Yizhou. The original Baishui Pass, like Yangping Pass, was repaired on the original basis and did not make major modifications. Cao De also stationed two thousand soldiers again.

Next is the east side of Hanzhong County. To the east of Hanzhong County is Jingzhou. And from Fangling in Hanzhong County, you can go directly to Xiangyang in Jingzhou. Similarly, the people and horses of Xiangyang can also easily break through Fangling. Therefore, Fangling is a very important place. The terrain of Fangling is relatively flat, and there is no mountain to build a checkpoint. So Cao De stationed 5,000 garrisons in Fangling. At the same time, Shangyong, as the rear of Fangling, is equally important, because Shangyong can support Fangling at any time. Both offensive and defensive. Fangling is the forefront, and Shangyong is the second line. Therefore, Cao De stationed a garrison of 2,000 troops here.

Since then, the 13,000 garrison has basically been arranged.

Based on the fact that except for these four roads, the rest of the mountain roads were not suitable for large troops to pass, so Cao De did not arrange a large number of soldiers to garrison other mountain roads. Just arranged two or three ten-person teams, and the guards were on guard.

Because Hanzhong County is surrounded by mountains, the defense of Hanzhong County can be easily arranged. In the same way, it is not easy for others to get in, and it is not easy for you to get out.

Therefore, the placement of Cao De's offensive troops became a big problem. Needless to say, the first line of Shangyong Fangling. This is the perfect place for attacking teams. And because Fangling already has a garrison of 5,000 people, and Fangling is not a big city, it can't accommodate more soldiers, so Cao De stationed another 10,000 people in Shangyong. These 10,000 people are the most elite group selected out of more than 40,000 people.

At the same time, the remaining 10,000 people, 5,000 of whom were stationed in the middle of Luoguguan to the north bank of the Han River. And the remaining 5,000 people don't know where they were transferred by Cao De.

Now Cao De's arrangement has basically been completed. As soon as the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out. Luoyang spoke, and when he independently recruited volunteers to fight. Cao De immediately led 10,000 people in Shangyong to Jingzhou and went straight to Wancheng.

And after the Yellow Turban Rebellion was put down. Dong Zhuo's next move will definitely follow the development of the original history, at this time, the 5,000 people behind Luogu Pass went straight to Chang'an, and the men and horses in Shangyong also raided Luoyang from the south to the north. The two groups of people inserted Dong Zhuo's flesh like thorns. It's going to be incredible.

As for after destroying Dong Zhuo. Cao De didn't dare to guarantee the trend of the whole world. No one knows who the whirlwind caused by Cao De's little butterfly will blow. No one knows if there will be any princes of the Eighteen Roads to crusade against Dong Zhuo. I don't know how many princes will rise from the ground after Dong Zhuo falls.

But the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising was absolutely certain. That's inevitable and doesn't need to be explained. As for Dong Zhuo's chaotic man, Cao De also has a lot of confidence that it will happen.

Because after the Yellow Turban Uprising. In the city of Luoyang, the imperial power once again declined. The rights of relatives and eunuchs were further strengthened. The two sides will definitely make a big move at the same time as Emperor Han Ling's braids. When the time comes, it will definitely be like the original history, the general He Jin recruited Dong Zhuo to Luoyang to kill the eunuchs, and recruited all the way into Luoyang. Anyway, this road is either killing relatives or killing eunuchs. Even if there is no Dong Zhuo, there will definitely be Li Zhuo, Zhang Zhuo, and Liu Zhuo.

Therefore, Cao De is also convinced of this. But Cao De really didn't dare to say what would happen after Dong Zhuo fell. Because there are so many uncertainties.

But regardless of whether the current history is roughly consistent with the history in Cao De's memory. If Cao De wants to fight for hegemony, he must have a solid base and an army that can fight well.

Now Cao De's base area has been established, and the troops for the campaign have also been established. But the only thing Cao De lacks is the king of the army. That's the cavalry. Cavalry is the tank of the wars of the future. Use high mobility and a variety of killing methods to break through, counterattack and other operations. Imagine that 2,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry were surrounded by 10,000 people, and it was needless to think that those 2,000 cavalry had a better chance of breaking through the encirclement. And in a battle, the cavalry is definitely more lethal than the infantry in the reserves.

The significance of cavalry to the age of cold weapons was enormous. Throughout human history, the Mongol Empire, the largest country, conquered almost the entire Eurasian continent with cavalry and scimitars. And most of the various ethnic groups that are famous for their blood-dripping knives are also killed by cavalry. It's like the Huns, the Xianbei people, and so on. And when the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty are mentioned in the world, the first thing that comes to mind is economic prosperity, not a knife dripping with blood.

However, cavalry also had a number of shortcomings.

First and foremost, the quality of the horses is the most important. It is impossible to successfully build a strong cavalry without a good source of horses.

Then there is the maintenance of cavalry. For this, first of all, the supply of cavalry. One cavalryman's supplies are worth three infantrymen. And the cavalry army needs to be equipped with more logistics personnel. Therefore, when there is a major problem with one side, it is difficult to maintain a large-scale cavalry legion.

Exactly. The Huns, Xianbei and other peoples who fought the world on horseback were also able to plunder resources and develop and grow themselves because of cavalry. However, it was precisely because of the cavalry that the once powerful empire of the Huns was quickly crushed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the various ethnic groups that had been bullied by the Huns for a long time also fell into the ground, and the powerful Huns lost their glory in an instant. The same is true for the Xianbei people. But it has to be worth mentioning the two empires. That was the Mongol Empire and the Qing Empire. These two empires were also established by a small number of famous clans, and they also relied on cavalry to conquer the world. But the reason why empires that have lasted for hundreds of years is because the rulers of these two empires realized that they could be strong for a while by plundering alone, but not for a long time. Therefore, they learned the way of survival in the Central Plains, no longer focusing on plunder, but putting production in the first place.

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