Except for Tian Chou, Zhong Changtong, and Tian Yu who knew about the lime mining, only Yu Ban had been training the people he brought from Yecheng to operate the thunderbolt car, and these four people knew that Cao Pi had used a good strategy against the enemy, but the others didn't know very well, so they had a lot of worries like Yan Rou. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Hearing that Tian Yu was going to take the initiative to go out of the city to meet the enemy, Zhang Nan immediately spoke: "What Bing Cao said is very true, this Wuhuan cavalry is powerful, and everyone is skilled in bows and horses, when they charge into battle, they can clash in the formation more than ten times, they are very brave, tigers and leopards are brave, but the number is too guarded, as for the five thousand infantry, they can't stop the Wuhuan people at all." ”

Cao Xiu said proudly: "Only in armor can you clash and decide more than ten times, what is the way?" My tiger and leopard ride heavily armoured, with a spear in one hand, a knife in the other, and a horse with both legs, can still clash and fight more than 20 times! After speaking, he turned to Cao Pi and said: "As long as the governor can make an army earn a round of bows and arrows from the Wuhuan cavalry, and the last general is willing to lead his troops to charge from the flank, even if the enemy army is ten times as large as ours, you can also enter the flock like a tiger and kill them to lose their armor." ”

With Cao Cao to fight the world of tiger and leopard riding have an invincible arrogance, even against the Hu people who are good at riding and shooting, there will be no fear, Cao Pi has always felt that the tiger and leopard riding is a magical type of troops, because if you talk about horse warfare, the Central Plains people fill in first is not as good as the nomads who grew up on horses, but most of the tiger and leopard horses are composed of the children of the Cao family and the Xiahou family and several generals who followed Cao Cao in the early years, most of them are Central Plains people, but the combat power of this army is very strong, even stronger than the Hu people, It seems that those children will naturally become excellent cavalry after entering the tiger and leopard cavalry, Cao Pi doesn't know the reason, and can only attribute him to two words "military soul".

Zhang Nan heard Cao Xiu say this, and then said: "The tiger and leopard cavalry is brave, but if you use the sergeant to earn the local bow and arrow, how many casualties will the infantry have?" At that time, the tiger and leopard cavalry were entangled with the Wuhuan cavalry, and the 15,000 soldiers of the Yuan clan attacked our infantry. Could it be that the state pastor should follow you and wait for the tiger and leopard to ride and kill? ”

This said the difficulty of the battle, no matter how powerful the tiger and leopard cavalry is, it will inevitably take time to attack the crowd with a small number of people, and when the Yuan clan uses superior forces to pounce on Cao Pi's infantry, the situation of Cao Pi sitting in the Chinese army will be very serious, does he want to follow the tiger and leopard cavalry to collide with the Wuhuan cavalry? Although Cao Xiu said that the tiger and leopard rider could win, this was at most a miserable victory, after all, the other party had a large number. Cao Pi is as dangerous as a tiger and a leopard.

Cao Xiu was speechless when asked by Zhang Nanyi, although he was confident that the tiger and leopard cavalry could scatter the Wuhuan cavalry, but he didn't know how many times he would rush and kill and entangle, what if Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi picked the Chinese army at that time? On the face of it, it seems that this big battle is not suitable for fighting someone outside the city.

However, it is not very realistic to attack the city after the 15,000 soldiers of the Yuan clan have made all the siege equipment, and then the opponent's 10,000 cavalry and 15,000 infantry will trap the inferior forces of the Cao army in the city, and it will be even more difficult to fight, and the advantage of the tiger and leopard cavalry is far inferior to that in the wilderness.

The main hall fell into an awkward silence, and Cao Pi suddenly asked, "Tian Zhizhong, how many thunderbolts are there now?" ”

Tian Chou replied: "Thirty have been made. ”

Cao Pi asked Le Jin again: "General Wen Ze, how is the people you brought using thunderbolts after all these years of training?" ”

Yu Ban replied: "Huizhou Mu, these people are all old people who have gone through the battle of Guandu, and they also used thunderbolts back then. Although the clay pot thrown now is light, the range of landing can still be roughly controlled, as long as there is no wind and rain in the weather, it will not be far behind. ”

Cao Pi nodded and asked Zhong Changtong again: "Axiom, can this water and lime be prepared?" ”

Zhong Changtong replied: "The lime has been prepared, and the underwater officer has already asked the people to start loading it before he comes here, and two hundred people can fill the water on the bank of the water, and it can be completed in one day." ”

Cao Pi said with a smile: "In this case, we will discuss the matter of sending troops, this only 10,000 cavalry is not in my eyes, as long as Brother Wenlie has the pride to break the enemy, I will send you and others to a big victory, you don't know that I have a plan to worry about it is a common thing, but as a cavalry commander, if you don't have the heart to move forward and face difficulties, even if I have a plan, in the face of ten times my cavalry, I still don't dare to do it easily, Brother Wenlie, this victory and defeat are all in your body." ”

When Cao Xiu heard this, the pride in his chest was born leisurely, and he got up and arched his hand: "I will live up to the trust of the state pastor!" ”

Cao Pi nodded and said: "I look at this Youzhou land, the more you go east, the less there are galloping roads, is there still a galloping road to Liaoxi in this right Beiping?" ”

Although the gallop road is only a rammed earth road, it is particularly important for the board car that installs the wheels, because the hills or the grass, are very uneven, this kind of road can only be used by horses, but can not let the car pass, in many places in ancient times, the land is fertile but it is not clear from the outside world, and the business travel is extinct, largely because it is not late, can not transport goods to the outside world in large quantities.

The reason why the rich places of the Han Dynasty were basically in the Central Plains was because the terrain of the Central Plains was flat, and there were many gallops, and there were many business contacts in various places. "After all, there are some mountains that can't even be crossed by horses, who has nothing to do and climbs the mountains every day to visit the door?

If there is no gallop road, it is a difficult thing for Cao Pi's army to transport baggage, which is why the northern nomads can gallop, they use horses to transport grain, no cars, no gallops, only the Gobi, grassland, desert and other places where horses can gallop.

Tian Yu opened his mouth and said: "Originally, there were a few gallops through Liaoxi County, but since the rise of the Wuhuan forces in the three counties of the internal relocation, these gallop roads have been destroyed by them, and once the gallop road is broken, the grain and grass of the imperial army will not work well, but the Wuhuan people can gallop through the three counties by relying on cavalry, and gradually these three counties have become the territory of the Wuhuan people, because the Wuhuan tribe of the three counties can not only transport grain and grass materials to assist each other. It can also transport things out of the customs for the local clans and do business with the appointment outside the customs, and before the state pastor came to Beiping, this is also the place controlled by the Wuhuan of the three counties. ”

Cao Pi said with a smile: "No wonder some gallop roads in Youbeiping are seriously damaged, presumably it is also a good thing they do, if it weren't for Yuan Xi's intention to protect Youbeiping, I'm afraid there will be no gallop roads here." ”

Tian Yu said: "Exactly. ”

"So there is no way to gallop from Youbeiping to Liaoxi County?" Cao Pi asked.

"As far as the lower officials know... No. Tian Yu said.

Tian Chou said: "Not necessarily! (To be continued.) )