It was noon, and the sun was scorching the earth like fire.

On the northern outskirts of Jiuyuan City, a three-zhang high point platform has been erected with a wooden shelf, and a thatched shed has been temporarily added to the front of the point platform.

Under the shade of the thatched shed, Xiang Zhuang sat on the ground.

Jin Xiang was fully dressed and stood solemnly behind Xiang Zhuang with a horizontal knife.

Xiang Zhuang is on the left, Wei Yu, Wu She, and Bai Lixian sit on the ground in turn, and on the right are Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Gao Chu, Pang Yu, Tian Heng, Xiao Kai and other generals.

Under the platform, nearly 20,000 Chu troops formed four phalanxes under the scorching sun.

At this time, it was already late September, and more than two months had passed since the Qin army returned to Chu.

And today is the March period set by Xiang Zhuang, the day of the big competition.

Gao Chu, Pang Yu, Tian Heng, and Xiao Kai respectively selected 500 cavalry with the most outstanding riding skills from their respective armies.

Before the time came, Xiang Zhuang was chatting with Wei Yu.

"Strategist, in a few days, we'll be leaving."

"Yes, the Hetao is so good, the old man is reluctant to leave."

"That is, in this loop, there is meat to eat and mutton soup to drink every day, which is really good."

Wu Shi next to him interjected: "No matter how good the Hetao is, it is not our hometown after all." ”

Bai Lixian on the edge just shook the feather fan gently, didn't speak, and went back to Jiangdong, the Chu people returned to their hometown, but they old Qin people left their hometowns, but it doesn't matter, a manly man, in order to gain fame, he should mention a three-foot sword and take the four seas as his home, so why should he fall in love with his homeland?

Xiang Zhuang suddenly asked Baili Xian: "Ziliang, is there any new movement in Guanzhong?" ”

For Guanzhong, Xiang Zhuang has never relaxed his attention, Bai Lixian also through the eyes left in Guanzhong, every other day will report to Xiang Zhuang about the situation in Guanzhong, more than three months, Xiang Zhuang has some information about Liu Bang, for example, Guanzhong's autumn grain harvest this year has become a foregone conclusion.

The failure of the autumn grain harvest in Guanzhong this year means that Liu Bang will have to transfer war preparation grain from Bashu to help the people of Guanzhong, which also means that at least for two years, Liu Bang will not be able to raise troops on a large scale in the eastern part of the country, and if there is a drought and flood locust plague, he is afraid that he will not be able to raise troops in five years.

In addition, Liu Bang is also training cavalry on a large scale.

Obviously, Xiang Zhuang's large-scale training of cavalry in the Hetao had stimulated Liu Bang's nerves.

Due to the lack of grain and grass, it is impossible for the Han army to go north to Hetao to expel the Chu army, but with the vision of Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, and Liu Bang's goodness, it is natural that they will not watch the Han army fall into tactical passivity.

This is not good news for Xiang Zhuang, because although Guanzhong under Liu Bang's rule has been ruined by the Chu army, Bashu is intact, with Bashu's financial and material resources, Liu Bang can easily trade a large number of excellent war horses from the Qiang, Yueshi and other border Hu people.

In addition, Liu Bang also has Li Bi and Luo Jia under the command of the old Qin relics!

Li Bi and Luo Jia may not be as brave and good at fighting as Meng, and it is impossible to have such a high prestige as Mengshi in the Qin army, but in the training of cavalry, the two may not lose to Meng, with these two members, the Qin relics will train cavalry for Liu Bang, and in time, there will be a huge and powerful cavalry under Liu Bang!

However, this is already news from the previous months.

At that moment, Baili Xian turned sideways and said to Xiang Zhuang: "I heard that Zhou Bo, Fu Kuan, and Li Shang have each led 50,000 troops to Beidi, Shangjun, and Longxi Tuntian. ”

"Large-scale tuntian?!" Xiang Zhuang's brows suddenly frowned.

This is really bad news for Xiang Zhuang and Chu Jun.

Tuntian is actually not new, as early as the Qin and Autumn Warring States Period, the Central Plains countries have sent prisoners, Wu pawn to the frontier Tuntian records, mainly through Tuntian to make prisoners, Wu pawn self-reliance, and even in turn to supplement the treasury, Meng Tian led 300,000 troops to attack the Xiongnu in the north, in the Hetao implementation is actually the military tun system. ,

A large-scale military camp is a big killer to solve the dilemma of lack of food and grass!

Historically, after capturing the Hetao, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conscripted 600,000 soldiers to carry out a large-scale military camp in the Hetao, thus supporting the decades-long war against the Huns and finally defeating the Xiongnu.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the heroes rose together, and it was precisely because of the implementation of a more perfect military tuntian system that Cao's army had sufficient military rations, although it was in the place of four wars, it could continue to fight abroad, and finally unified the vast map north of the Yellow River, if there was no perfect tuntian system, it was unthinkable.

Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but glance back at Wei Yu, and then the two sighed at the same time.

In a short period of time, there is no need to worry too much, the really terrible thing about the tuntian system is the ability to continue to produce military rations, because once Guanzhong and Bashu have built large-scale tuntian bases, they can continuously deliver military rations to the Han army, so that as long as they survive these few years, the Han army will no longer have the dilemma of lack of military rations in the future.

In this way, it is difficult to say whether the strategy of frying millet is good or bad.

The strategy of frying millet made the autumn grain harvest in the land of Guanzhong a foregone conclusion, although it could make the Han army unable to raise troops in a short period of time, but it also forced Xiao He to be anxious for change, and imitated the first emperor to sacrifice the great killing weapon of Tuntian, once the effect of Tuntian appeared, the Han army could continue to use troops externally in the future, which is a good thing to turn into a bad thing.

This time, Xiang Zhuang was ruined because of the good mood of the cavalry training.

At that moment, Xiang Zhuang turned around and instructed Jin Xiang: "Jin Xiang, hurry up and start." ”

"Whoa!" Jin Xiang suddenly agreed, strode backstage and waved his hand below, and the hundreds of trumpeters who were guarding the audience under the scorching sun raised their horns one after another.

The next moment, the majestic and loud sound of the horn was already rushing into the sky.

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Seven or eight miles away, in a sparse poplar forest.

The captain of the high school's own soldiers, Pojun, was leaning against a big tree to nap, although it was noon now, and the sun was blazing, but the forest was cool and breezy, and there was no feeling of heat at all.

Beside the broken army, there are groups of pro-army soldiers resting on the spot.

Suddenly, a low and majestic trumpet sound came from outside the forest.

The broken army immediately turned over and sat up, and a pro-soldier had already led his war horse over, and the broken army turned over and got on the horse, and then pulled out the horizontal knife and raised it high, and suddenly, the pro-army soldiers who were originally lying on the ground to rest got up one after another, and turned over on the horse as fast as possible, and then they all shot out the double-edged sword of Leng Sensen.

A faint aura of slaughter suddenly spread in the poplar forest.

Suddenly, the broken army gently urged the war horse under the crotch, and then led the horizontal knife in his hand forward, and the five hundred elite horsemen urged the war horse under the crotch one after another, followed behind the broken army, and slowly came out of the poplar forest.

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On the platform, Xiang Zhuang, Wei Yi and others raised their heads in unison and looked at the poplar forest a few miles away on the left.

Suddenly, a sturdy knight in full armor emerged from the poplar forest, followed by the second, third, fourth, and fifth riders......

The cavalry behind the armored knight gathered more and more.

The horses' heads were stirring, the iron hooves were churning, and the five hundred cavalry began to charge.

There were still a thousand steps to go from the point platform, and the armored knight raised his sword again, and the cavalry following behind him suddenly changed formation.

The cavalry in front slowed down slightly, but the cavalry in the rear accelerated forward, and the entire cavalry formation began to spread rapidly towards the two wings.

"Whoa......"

Seeing the 500 cavalry so powerful, the 4,500 pro-army soldiers standing in line under the counting platform suddenly cheered like a tsunami, and on the ordering platform, Gao Chu's face couldn't help but show a smile, these 500 cavalry are the most outstanding in the entire pro-army, but the performance has just begun, and the good show is still to come.

Kankan approached the platform, and the armored knight raised his sword again.

The next moment, the five thousand cavalry returned their swords to the sheath, and the bow stood upright from the horse's back with the bow in hand, and then opened the horn bow on the opposite side of the point platform, and the horizontal sword in the hand of the armored knight fell, and the five hundred cavalry released the bowstring at the same time. ,

Although it has not yet been counted, almost no arrows have missed.

"Whoa......" The next moment, the armored knight raised his sword again and roared.

The five hundred cavalry quickly recoiled their bows and unsheathed them, and drew out Leng Sensen's double-edged heavy sword.

Between the lightning and the fire, the entire cavalry array has rushed into the middle of the towering straw men in front of them, and the next moment, the high heavy swords have been cut down, and the cold light flickered, the rows of towering straw men fell to the ground, and the cavalry rumbled past, and when Xiang Zhuang and the others looked at it again, the five hundred straw men had all been stopped and beheaded!

Under the stage, the 4,500 pro-army officers and men immediately cheered more and more feverishly.

"Gao Chu, good job!"

"I finally didn't embarrass our Da Chu, haha!"

Huan Chu and Ji Bu also turned back to congratulate Gao Chu.

Xiang Zhuang also bowed his head slightly, although these five hundred cavalry are all elites in ten miles, and they do not represent the cavalry and archery level of the entire pro-army, but at least it can be seen that the Chu army's three-month cavalry training is still fruitful, and next, should we consider adding some actual combat experience to the soldiers?

Thinking of this, Xiang Zhuang's eyes narrowed.

In this Hetao, the Chu army has no shortage of actual combat training objects, whether it is the Linhu people in the clouds, or the Hutu people who can't leave the Gaoque Pass, they are the most suitable targets for the Chu army's actual combat training...... ）