Chapter Ninety-Five: Holding Each Other into Winter
"Bufan, what do you think of the Xiliang Army?" After Cao Cao listened to Guo Jia's opinion, he wanted to hear Lu Rui's advice.
"Lord, the strength of the Xiliang Army's tactics lies in their cavalry, if you want to break the Xiliang Army, you must first break its cavalry."
"Well, what you say is reasonable, the tactics of the Ma Clan's Xiliang Army are strange, and they are unheard of, do you know its source?"
"This?" Cao Jun's civil and military forces were stunned, no one had ever seen such a strange method of warfare.
"My lord, Rui can solve my doubts for my lord."
"Oh? Extraordinary is coming fast. ”
"Lord, have you ever heard of Chen Gongtang?"
"Chen Gongtang?"
"Extraordinary, but Chen Tang, the captain of the Western Regions Protectorate back then?"
"Teacher Xun is not a scholar, and Chen Gong is indeed Chen Tang, the captain of the Western Regions Protectorate."
"Gongda, who is Chen Tang?"
"Lord, Chen Tang is the captain of the Western Regions during the Yuan Emperor of the Han Dynasty, since my Han Dynasty Xuan Zhongxing, to the Yuan Emperor period, the country is gradually weakening, and the Xiongnu gradually have the intention of invading the south, when Chen Tang led the army to defeat the Xiongnu Shan Yu's conspiracy to go south, and became famous for a while, but this merit was counted as the Western Regions to protect Gan and prolong his life, so the lord may not know this person."
"It turned out to be Ganduhu's subordinate." Although Cao Cao is also familiar with group books, there are some books that are always controlled by the hands of the scholars, and Cao Cao will also have times when the information is incomplete, after all, not everyone can read Hanshu.
"Extraordinary, why do you know so much about Chen Gong's deeds? You also learned about Chen Gong from the remnants of Pangong in the hands of his ancestors. Xun You smiled and glanced at Lu Rui.
In the Han Dynasty, book control was very strict, and historical books such as Hanshu could only be read by people from the royal family. The reason why the scholars were able to control the power of the Han Dynasty was that they relied on the collection of books at home to control culture and education. The so-called famous family refers to the cultural heritage of the family. The collection of books accounts for a large part.
Grandma's. Xun You was also a greedy person, and the exchange of books in the Han Dynasty was a very important means of communication for the ruling class, and any family wanted to copy books from other families that did not have in their own clan to strengthen the power of the family. Xun You is a bookish person, and when he heard the Chen Tang mentioned by Lu Rui, his eyes naturally shone brightly.
"Extraordinary?" Cao Cao also glanced at Lu Rui, Lu Rui had already branched out of the Cao family, and all the books in the Cao family, Lu Rui, had copies. Coupled with the collection of books in the clan of Lu Rui's masters, the Marquis Lu Rui's mansion has basically become a copy warehouse of the Han Library. The Cao family has paid so much, should Lu Rui repay a little?
Cao Cao is also a bookish person, so naturally he will not let go of this opportunity.
"Lord, Rui only got the fragment of Duke Chen's Codex by luck for a while, so he learned about it, if the lord wants a copy of the fragment, after Rui returns to Xudu, he will definitely order someone to present it."
"A fluke?" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, then touched his beard. smiled. He knew what Lu Rui's fragment meant.
"Extraordinary, Gong Chen is my great hero. You have to be careful! As soon as Xun You listened to the conversation between the father and son, he understood that what was a temporary fluke was simply the result of Lu Rui's tomb robbery. Cao Cao didn't go to rob the tomb because of the identity of Lord Sikong, it doesn't mean that Lu Rui can't, it's just a big deal to give Lu Rui a name.
"Yes, Master Xun, Rui knows!" Lu Rui breathed a sigh of relief, where is this fragment, it is simply the memory of Lu Rui's later generations reading Hanshu, of course, this can't be talked to Cao Cao and Xun You, so he can only use tomb robbery as a cover.
"Gongda, don't talk too far, extraordinary, so what does Gong Chen have to do with the cavalry of the Xiliang Army?" Cao Cao relieved the siege of Lu Rui, and it was still imperative to discuss the fight against the Xiliang army.
"Lord, according to the records of Chen Gong, the Xiongnu Shan Yu had an elite foreign team in his hands, and its tactics were quite similar to the Xiliang army, with cavalry holding sharp spears, throwing and killing the enemy, and the combat power was extremely strong."
"Oh?"
"In addition, the cavalry of the tribe came from the country of the far west, and the spear held by the country of Rome was called javelin, so the Western Liang cavalry was also called javelin cavalry."
"Then the strange stake formation of the Xiliang Army also came to this Roman country?"
"Back to the lord, the wooden stake setting in the Xiliang army should come from the country of Rome, called the fence, but the wooden stake array that General Cao fell into is probably not so simple."
"My lord, Jia agrees with the extraordinary statement, according to Gongda's description, the formation of the Xiliang Army may be derived from the formation of the Warring States soldiers."
"Gongda?"
"The subordinates also think that the formation of the Xiliang Army is changed from the formation of the Warring States Period, as for what the formation is, the subordinates have to observe carefully to judge." Because the height of the stake array is half the height of the Western Romans, in the distance, riding a horse, Xun You cannot see the situation in the array.
"The javelin cavalry of the Western Regions Country combined with the formation of my Warring States period, it seems that there are masters in the Western Liang Army." Cao Cao smiled, revealing his eyes eager for talents.
"Extraordinary, in your opinion, how should you deal with the Xiliang Army?"
"Wait!"
"Wait?"
"Yes, lord, the javelin cavalry of the Xiliang Army is so powerful that it takes advantage of the running speed of the Xiliang horses, and in another month it will be winter, and heavy snow will inevitably fall in Guanzhong, and the cavalry of the Xiliang Army will inevitably not be able to exert its speed, so our army can seek fighters to defeat the Xiliang Army."
The reason why the javelins of Xiliang's cavalry are so powerful is that they use the galloping of horses to release the javelins in the rapid running, coupled with the effect of potential energy, they can definitely penetrate the walls of the current Han Dynasty, how can people stop it?
To deal with the Xiliang cavalry, the first thing to do is to break his speed!
"Well, it makes sense, every time the Xiliang cavalry attacks, it must make its horses run faster before releasing the javelins, if it is winter, the horses of the Xiliang army will inevitably fall into heavy snow."
"Good! Ordered the generals to defend Tongguan to the death, and when heavy snow falls in winter, our army will attack again and recapture Chang'an. ”
"Yes, my lord!"
"Lord, I am still worried, the Yellow Turban wrestlers in the formation, our army has not yet figured out its mystery, if our army encounters the Yellow Turban wrestlers again, I am afraid it will damage morale." Cao Chun arched his hand and suggested to Cao Cao that the Yellow Turban Lux had impressed Cao Chun too much, and a wrestler who had already seen his bones could actually kill the elite of Cao Jun. If there were yellow turban wrestlers in the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou, I am afraid there would be no Cao Jun now.
"Zihe's concerns are right, Fengxiao, you have to send someone to find out the mystery of the Yellow Turban Lux, and our army must come up with countermeasures in time, just in case."
"No!"
After the Western Liang army captured Chang'an, it opened the treasury of Chang'an, and the Western Liang army cultivated in Chang'an and did not advance eastward. Cao Cao's army also reorganized its armaments at Tongguan and prepared to recapture Chang'an. At the beginning of October, it snowed heavily in Guanzhong. (To be continued......)
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