What shocked Liu Yansi the most was the use of horseshoes.

It is said that this was the whimsy of the king of the county.

A semi-circular barbed iron ring is nailed into the horse's hooves, so that the horse's hooves are greatly protected during the long-term march, and the injury rate of the horse's hooves is greatly reduced.

You must know that among the reasons why the war horse was damaged and had to be abandoned, seventy percent was because the horse's hooves were damaged, and the invention of the horseshoe was almost perfect, which greatly improved the utilization rate of the war horse.

Although the horseshoe is quite expensive in terms of iron materials and man-hours, Liu Yansi knows that it is well worth it.

In particular, he felt that in the Xuzhou army, the use of iron was still quite extravagant, and Gayin had Xuzhou, the iron-smelting supervisor.

Whether it is the use of arrowheads, long-headed horses, ring knives or even iron shields, they are quite willing to use iron, but he has also heard that this kind of large-scale and large-scale dressing, especially the use of iron, has only recently begun, which also means that Xuzhou either has strong financial resources, or has an abundant supply of iron, but no matter which point, Liu Yansi is amazed.

Whether it is the iron used for the arrowhead or the horse lance to change the long head, the iron material consumed is not half a star, and the large-scale use of ring knives and iron shields also makes Liu Yansi even feel incredible.

You must know that this is not a problem of one or two armies, but the entire army of the five towns of the Xuzhou Governor's Mansion must be fully redressed, but the Ziqing Army has come to the forefront.

Just the hundred steels of the ring knife and the iron blades on the iron shield, the iron consumed by the first army was more than the iron consumed by the five armies in Pinglu Town.

Think about why Huaiyou dares to come directly to Qingzhou, I'm afraid it is to have this confidence to rely on.

For a warrior, what could be more enjoyable than fighting a war without scruples? There is no need to worry about the lack of arrows, no need to worry about the lack of weapons, and no need to worry about the inability to keep up with the weight of grain and grass.

The use of horseshoes is still a secret, at present, only the cavalry of the Ziqing Army has begun to nail the horseshoe in an all-round way, the Wuning Army and the Tianping Army have just begun, like the Huaiyou Army and the Pinglu Army and even the Ya Army have not yet had time to start.

Of course, this kind of secret will not be hidden for long, but for the Hu people who use cavalry on a large scale in the north, such a huge consumption of iron materials may be another problem.

Even the iron material for the weapon itself is insufficient, and now it has added such a large expense, and the horsehoe is still quite exquisite, especially to ensure that the nail into the horseshoe does not fall off easily, which is not something that ordinary blacksmiths can do, which is also a problem for the Hu people.

It can be said that since entering the Xuzhou military system, all kinds of novel, eccentric, and unexpected things have emerged in endlessly.

As the governor of the first army, he was naturally qualified to know the condition of the infantry siege equipment.

Although he had not experienced the battle of Qingzhou City, he had also heard from the remnants of the Qingzhou City Defenders that these soldiers did not want to recall, such as catapults with extraordinary range, powerful heavy ballistas, and fire dragon cannons that were like fire demons, which were not pure magic weapons, but they were all inseparable from spells, which also made Liu Yansi realize that the gap between the Pinglu Army and the Huaiyou Army in the past was very different.

Only when he really understands all this that Xuzhou Jun is slowly showing, Liu Yansi's inner shock will slowly evolve into self-confidence.

With such a large army, who can't fight in one battle? How can one battle not win?

In contrast, Chai Yong's shock was naturally not as big as Liu Yansi's, but with the increasing strength of the Daozang Material Bureaucracy, which had a greater and greater impact on the entire war, Chai Yong also realized that as this situation continued, the strength of the Xuzhou Army was still growing.

Every battle is fought, even if the loss is not small, but the Xuzhou army will recover at a faster speed, whether it is Caizhou or Nanyang, or the future Shatuo people or Khitans, their recovery speed is definitely not as fast as the Xuzhou army.

Look at the grain fields of Anfeng and Huoqiu, the tea mountains of Shengtang and Huoshan, the porcelain kilns of Shouchun, and then look at the grain fields around Shaobi, the salt fields of Haizhou, the iron smelting yards and craftsman workshops in Xuzhou, and which feudal lord has such strong financial resources to support?

Fighting a war is to fight logistics, that is, to fight money, soldiers and horses go first before moving grain and grass, everyone knows this truth, without the support of money and silver, who can hold on for how long?

Yan Jiu's face was calm and bowed, "General, when will you start?"

"Wait a little longer. There was still a hesitant expression on his face, and Pang Yuan's former fierce and calm expression was no longer visible, replaced by a melancholy and sighing.

To be honest, Pang Yuan also knew that it didn't make much sense for him to lead his army back to Bianliang, and the 20,000 troops would not play much role in the big battle with the Jin army, on the contrary, if he left Songzhou, he was afraid that it would be occupied by Caizhou in the south or Xuzhou in the east in less than ten days.

However, the commanders and envoys of the armies under his command and the officers and soldiers below did not agree.

Their relatives were all in Bianzhou and Huazhou, and when they learned that the Jin army had won successive victories in the west and had approached Guancheng, no one could sit still.

Even Pang Yuan can't compete with such a huge force, and he can't even protect his own family and relatives, so this soldier is not very interesting.

If only some people are like this, they are not afraid, but if the vast majority of people have such an attitude, if Pang Yuan does not comply, then I am afraid he can only become a loner.

Besides, Pang Yuan is also worried about his family, and he also needs to go back to understand the situation and attitude at home.

The controversy between the court and China became more and more intense, and almost every two days an order would come to Songzhou, but almost every order was self-contradictory, so that Pang Yuan was also at a loss, and in the end, he could only choose to accept the order to return to his division.

You can take the waterway from Songzhou back to Bianzhou, but recently there is a scarcity of transport ships on the canal, and even the local ships in Songzhou are also in short supply, some ships go to Bianliang to run business, and there are too many gentry and merchants in Xuzhou and Shouzhou, and the reason is unknown, and even some of the giants and wealthy businessmen in Songzhou have begun to quietly transfer, which makes Pang Yuan also sigh and be speechless.

Once Bianzhou is not guaranteed, how can Songzhou survive alone? This is another reason why Pang Yuan decided to return to his teacher.

"General, there is no need to wait any longer, there is no point in waiting any longer. Yan Jiuqiang suppressed the anxiety in his heart and said quietly.

Someone from Yunzhou informed him through the people in Fuzhong that the Xuzhou army had set off to attack, and now it was quite close to Yucheng.

If the Tianxing Left Army does not set off again, the Xuzhou Army will either continue to advance and be detected by the Tianxing Left Army, or it will have to stop.

But it is also risky to stay in Yucheng, such a huge army cannot be maintained for a long time without being noticed, and the scouts also found that the Caizhou army in the south is also advancing rapidly towards Songzhou, and it is already fast to Gushu, and the speed is not much slower than that of the Xuzhou army.

"What about Junluo?" Pang Yuan held his forehead with one hand and sighed gloomily.

"Xu joined the army and left the house and still did not return. Yan Jiu replied.

Pang Yuan got up, paced back and forth, and sighed, "Okay, okay, recruit the commanders of all armies!"

"General, won't an army remain?" Yan Jiu then asked.

"Don't stay. Pang Yuan gritted his teeth, and then said: "What's the point of leaving one or two armies? Leave them to Caizhou and Xuzhou as gifts? Go!"

Yan Jiu finally breathed a sigh of relief and bowed again, "That subordinate will immediately go and arrange the order." ”

A few people walked out of the flower hall, Yan Jiu made a gesture to a servant hidden in the corner of the ear room, and the other party understood Yan Jiu's gesture when he saw it, and nodded slightly.

When Yan Jiu went to order the summoning of the commanders of the various armies, the servant had already slipped out of the corner gate and entered a mansion not far from the commander's mansion, and soon, the back gate of the mansion galloped out, changed a horse at the city gate, and went out of the city to the east.

An hour later, the commander dispersed the military council in the palace, and the commanders of each army began to give orders back to the army, and the entire Songzhou city began to be agitated.

At this time, the south gate rode out quietly and galloped south.

Faint sweat seeped from his forehead, Yuan Wuxing looked ahead, and exhaled a breath of turbidity.

Gu Shucheng was in front of him, and the travelers on the side of the road had already fled into the field in fright, and anyone who saw such a large army appearing, and it was obviously not the Liang army, should know what was going on.

Gushu is the old county of the Han Dynasty, it is the capital of the Shang Dynasty, it is a strategic place in the Spring and Autumn Period, called the valley hill, the fertile field is a hundred miles, rich in grain and wheat, Lu Huan Gong, Song Yan Gong and Yan Xuanhou have met here, so it is famous.

They set out from Yongcheng, and the scouts from Xuzhou also got the news that the Ziqing army stationed in Xiao County had disappeared two days ago, which made Yuan Wuwei and Yuan Wuxing very nervous, and they were always worried that the Xuzhou army had preemptively marched to Songzhou.

Of course, there are two aspects of worry, one is afraid that the Xuzhou army will take the lead, and the other is that it will stimulate the Tianxing Left Army, which wants to return to the division, and make a dilemma.

If the Ziqing Army was only stationed in Xiao County, Yuan Wuxing would naturally be sure to enter Songzhou before the Ziqing Army, but the Ziqing Army disappeared two days in advance, and most of them had already infiltrated the territory of Songzhou, but they didn't know where the other party was hiding.

Pang Yuan had already messed up his mind, and he had no intention of sending scouts to monitor the dynamics from Xuzhou and Caizhou, and even if he found out, it would be difficult for him to deal with much, so it was difficult to care.

If there is no speculation, the Ziqing army should hide in the Moshan area, there is not much area to hide from Xiao County to Dangshan, except for Moshan, but Moshan is also quite far from Songcheng, Yuan Wuxing calculated, as long as his side hurried up, he should be able to enter the city before the other party.

Xu Junluo's intelligence is still a little slower, if it is a little earlier, it can be more abundant, once he enters the city, he needs to immediately control the east gate and resolutely press the Xuzhou army outside the city.