Chapter 257: Cavalry Adaptation (I)
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Yuan Shu's proclamation as emperor caused a violent reaction in the princes' circles. Among all the princes of the Han Dynasty, except for Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Zhang Lu, Liu Bei, Liu Zhang, Sun Ce, Ma Teng and others all launched fierce denunciations of his behavior of being angry with people and ghosts. However, the call was quite lively, but no one said that they would immediately send troops to attack. As a result, the Han Dynasty fell into a strange atmosphere, all the princes denounced Yuan Shu, but no one made practical actions, everyone should eat wine and eat wine, should eat meat and eat meat, should play with women, still do not delay!
At the end of January, Liu Beijun's generals returned to their original positions, Zhang Liao and Fa Zheng also drove to Langya with 10,000 troops, and the training of recruits in the Xiapi camp was in full swing. Everything seems to have returned to its usual rhythm, no different from before.
In the craftsman camp, Tian Fan gave an order and asked them to study the waterwheel first. Ma Jun had to give up the 100-round crossbow and ballista that could be formed immediately, and began the development of the waterwheel with Fei Wo, Zhao Shan and others. The rest of the people are still busy with their own work.
And Tian Fan has become the busiest of all! Every morning, he went to the craftsman's camp to help the craftsmen come up with ideas and find a way, and in the afternoon he went home to sort out what he had in mind.
As expected, the Han Emperor issued an edict at the end of January, allowing Liu Bei to attack Yuan Shu. Liu Bei prevaricated according to the reasons discussed by everyone, in a word, Xuzhou is too miserable, it will not take half a year to slow down, and it will take a few months to fight Yuan Shu.
Cao Cao knew that Liu Bei was prevaricating, but he didn't have the slightest solution. After discussing with his advisers, he could only bury his head in fighting the drought, which temporarily made Yuan Shu arrogant for a while.
At the beginning of February, the drought was becoming more and more obvious, and Liu Bei and Cao Cao were prepared and immediately launched disaster relief work. And Yuan Shu was obviously defenseless, and was dizzy by this drought for a while, and after becoming the emperor, the swollen excitement in his heart was like being poured with a bucket of cold water, which quickly cooled down! As a result, Yuan Shu and his subordinates also began to get busy. Fortunately, Yuan Shu's location is quite good, the rivers are dense, and compared to Cao Cao, he has a slightly lighter disaster there.
On this day, the spring day is warm and bright, and people are like drinking alcohol.
In the Xiapi camp, tens of thousands of troops were undergoing harsh training under the leadership of the generals. If you are careful enough, you will find that although there are tens of thousands of troops, there is not a single cavalry, all of them are infantry. And most of them are new recruits, they can't even stand in the team, and their standing posture is not standard.
A huge Chinese army tent, Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Pang De, Cheng Lian, Cao Xing and other generals are discussing in the tent. Speaking of which, this is not a matter of discussion, but of teaching. The current teacher is Lu Bu, and the students are the rest.
This big tent is supposed to be Liu Bei's, but Liu Bei is often absent, so when the generals have anything to discuss, they all come here.
There is a sand table in the tent, which is the terrain near Shouchun in Huainan. This sand table is much finer than many sand tables in this era, and every mountain, a forest, and a small river near Shouchun are clearly marked.
“…… We are cavalry, and there are many rivers and mountains near Shouchun, and the terrain is very unfavorable for us. However, this war is not without room for us! After a pause, Lu Bu continued: "When we go to attack Shouchun, our task is very simple, that is, to cut off Shouchun from the rest of the place, and wait for an opportunity to capture the cities around Shouchun!" What do you guys think? ”
Several people looked at Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei pondered for a moment, and said, "What Feng Xian said is reasonable!" It's just that, speaking of which, it's really unwilling, it's easy to have a big battle, but our cavalry can only be an auxiliary! ”…,
Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Yide, there is no way to do this, unless you can scold him Yuan Highway, otherwise we can't ride a horse to the city wall, right?" ”
These people are the main cavalry generals in Xuzhou. Zhang Fei was not a cavalry general before, but he loved the way cavalry fought, and he felt that it was enjoyable and enjoyable. Therefore, after Xuzhou had enough cavalry and a clever cavalry like Lu Bu, Zhang Fei learned a lot from Lu Bu, and later Zhao Yun came to vote, which made him have a lot more opportunities to learn. Therefore, now Zhang Fei's riding level has improved a lot, although it is not as good as Lu Bu and Zhao Yun, but it is more than enough compared to Cheng Lian and Cao Xing.
I have to say that Zhang Fei is very smart, and what he wants to learn seriously can't help him! He is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, especially calligraphy and painting, and is the most powerful among the generals in Xuzhou. He is also very proficient in infantry tactics and is not afraid of anyone, and now he is also familiar with cavalry tactics.
These cavalry generals are here to make a deduction for the capture of Shouchun. The result was very frustrating for their group of militants, and the conclusion of the deduction was that Yuan Shu would not leave the city even if he died, and their cavalry could only be used as an auxiliary for the infantry.
Pound listened to Zhao Yun's words, and his eyes lit up, and he said to himself: "Cavalry on the city wall? This is not impossible! ”
Cao Xuan was beside him, and when he heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Ling Ming, what did you say?" ”
When everyone heard Cao Xing's words, they couldn't help but look at Pound, Pound blushed a little, hesitated for a while, opened his mouth and was about to speak, but the curtain of the big tent was lifted!
A few people couldn't help but look at the door of the big tent, only to see a small school striding in, seeing so many people, he was obviously stunned, and after seeing a few people, he couldn't help but look happy again. He clenched his fists and said, "Wen Hou, the lord is invited!" After a pause, he looked at the rest of the people and said, "Generals, the lord invites you all to come over!" ”
When these people heard this, they couldn't help but be a little stunned. For no reason, how can you call all these generals over?
Lu Bu asked, "Who else did the lord gather?" ”
Xiao Xiao hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, "Qi Qi Wenhou, the lord only found a few of you!" ”
Lu Bu bowed his head slightly and asked, "Did you say anything?" ”
Xiao Xiao said: "The lord didn't say it. ”
Lu Bu nodded, glanced at a few people, and said, "Since that's the case, let's go, right?" ”
After a while, the generals rode to Xiapi, and after entering the main hall of the General's Mansion, they saw that there were only four people in the hall, Liu Bei, Tian Fan, Xu Chu, and Xu Ding.
Next to them, there was a large chest with the lid open, and inside was several pieces of armor and a few swords. The sword was fine, but the armor was of a strange shape, and I had never seen it.
After seeing the salute, Liu Bei smiled and said, "Hehe, please take a seat!" After they sat down, Liu Bei continued: "Everyone, I came to you today to discuss the matter of cavalry. Boguang has come up with something and wants to communicate with you, if it's good, we'll do it! ”
As he spoke, he looked at Tian Fan and said, "Boguang, tell me about it!" ”
Tian Fan reluctantly pulled the corners of his mouth, smiled, and said, "A few people, I came here to ...... everyone."
Zhang Fei suddenly said: "Boguang, you are ......" The guy shook his head again and again, his mouth was full of emotion, and he said with emotion: "Why do you have such an expression?" Did your daughter-in-law make you angry? ”
This sentence touched Tian Fan's sore feet, his face sank, his eyes widened, he looked at Zhang Fei, and said angrily: "Shut up for me, Lao Tzu is angry with his daughter-in-law, but you wait, wait for you to become a parent, you will suffer!" ”
Zhang Fei was glared at by him, and he shrank his neck in fright, and thought in his heart, why did Tian Fan stare at him and his face sank, so scary? He smiled wryly, and was about to say a few words of apology, but heard Tian Fan say: "Yide, don't be angry with me, I'm really angry today!" ”…,
When Zhang Fei heard this, he laughed and said, "Boguang, you and my brother, why do you say that?" What is Brother? Brother is when you have gas, you can find a punching bag, and you don't have to worry about any bad consequences. ”
Tian Fan was stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it, he felt that what Zhang Fei said was very reasonable, and the little anger in his heart was also sent out after this reprimand. He smiled and said, "Yide is right, hehe, when you are angry with your daughter-in-law, just ask me to spread fire." ”
Liu Bei had already found out that Tian Fan was not in a good mood today, but he didn't ask, and seeing that his anger had disappeared at this time, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Boguang, what's going on?" ”
Tian Fan looked at a few people, and found that these guys were staring at him one by two, looking at him with curiosity on their faces, and he couldn't help laughing. Shaking his head, he said, "My lord, everyone, in fact, there is no big deal, just ......"
As soon as he said this, everyone immediately cried and laughed! Tian Fan is a very generous person, why is he so stingy today?
The cause of this incident is Cai Yan.
Two days ago, Mr. Zheng Xuan went to Liu Hong's house to be a matchmaker for Tian Fan. After discussing with the two old masters, they decided to set the ceremony for June.
In other words, from June onwards, until the two got married, Tian Fan could no longer see Cai Yan. Unfortunately, Tian Fan is thinking about what he has been sorting out in the past few days, some measures for the reform of the army in Xuzhou. He knew that Liu Bei would definitely agree to these measures, and once he agreed, he would naturally implement them immediately, and from then on, Tian Fan would be so busy that he would never have time to see Cai Yan again.
Therefore, Tian Fan wanted to meet Cai Yan today. Liu Hong is a very amiable elder, but at the same time, he is also a hateful old man! Every time Tian Fan went to see Cai Yan, he had to say hello to the old man, but the old man was not ashamed, and always pulled him to ask questions and discuss mathematical problems with him. It's late every time, Tian Fan can't say a few words to Cai Yan, so he has to leave...... The two are not married, you can't live in Liu's house, right?
This time, in order to talk to Cai Yan for a while, Tian Fan prepared something early in the morning - multiplication vertical and division vertical! Although Arabic numerals have only been circulated among a small number of people of insight since Tian Fan invented them, Liu Hong is the one who likes this thing the most. Because, these few simple numbers are of great help to his calculations. The vertical multiplication and division vertical are extremely convenient and fast things produced by the combination of Arabic numerals and multiplication and division operations. He believed that Liu Hong would be happy to study these two things.
Everything went well, Liu Hong was really happy to study these two vertical styles, Tian Fan was happy in his heart, and wanted to go to meet Cai Yan for a while. But...... The dream is very plump, but the reality is too skinny!
Cai Yan ignored him at all, let alone talk, and didn't even let him in!
Tian Fan is very depressed, damn! After asking Cai Yan's maid, Tian Fan almost didn't slap himself in the mouth. Why am I so cheap?
It turned out that the last time he saw Cai Yan, Tian Fan occasionally mentioned the ancient books collected by Cai Yong, and gave Cai Yan a suggestion to sort out what she remembered. Cai Yong once had more than 4,000 ancient books, many of which were unique and posthumous, which were very precious. However, after the war, it is gone.
In history, when Cai Yan's third husband Dong Ci committed a capital crime, Cai Yan went to intercede, and Cao Cao asked her to sort out the books she remembered. Cai Yan had already experienced many things at that time, Wei Zhongdao died, he was widowed for a few years after returning home, dealing with firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea all day long, and was later taken away by the Huns, married King Zuoxian of the Southern Huns, gave birth to two sons, and returned to China after 12 years! After all this, she could only remember the contents of 400 volumes, and she managed to write them. …,
At that time, Tian Fan thought that she had experienced so many misfortunes, but she could remember four hundred volumes, so how much would she remember if she lived such a nourishing life now? Cai Yan's answer startled him, he remembered it all! During the days when she returned home and was widowed, especially when Cai Yong was alive for nearly two years, she read those books when she was fine, yes, she remembered them all!
So, Tian Fan was tragic!
As soon as Cai Yan was reminded by him, he immediately found a new pursuit in life, and began to write those books day and night...... This time Tian Fan went to see her, but he was also turned away!
Tian Fan rolled his eyes angrily, damn, why do you owe it so much? What do I say? Yes, even if you marry this woman home, she is probably a workaholic! Four thousand volumes, even if each volume is 500 words, that's two million words, how long the hell will it take to finish? At that time, I used a brush, and I wrote it in ancient characters, and the calligraphy and painting were cumbersome and abnormal, so I had to wait until my grandson would call my grandfather?
But Cai Yan can't be blamed for this, she values her father very much, and writing these books can be regarded as a commemoration of her father, so as not to waste all her father's countless efforts. She is filial to her father and should be encouraged. On the other hand, Tian Fan also hopes that his woman will have a little work to do, and a little pursuit, so that she will be idle all day long, and one or two will fight for favor and engage in infighting!
Therefore, this anger in his heart, he can only vent it to himself. Who makes himself so indebted?
Speaking of which, it's not a big deal, but it's just a little uncomfortable.
After everyone listened, one or two didn't know what to say, they thought that Tian Fan was angry with Cai Yan.
Pang De shook his head with palpitations, and said: "Boguang, hearing you say this, I think it's really troublesome to marry a talented girl and go home!" Well, I've decided, I won't marry a talented girl if I die! ”
Zhang Fei is related, I damn it, isn't the one I'm chasing a talented girl? She wouldn't have gone crazy and write something and ignore me, would she?
ps: I'm sorry, I have something to do today, that's it for this chapter, and I'll make it up tomorrow.