Chapter 468 The Jin Kingdom Iron Horse is as strong as this

After Ma Teng heard Ma Chao say the name Guo Jia. Sitting there and not saying more, perhaps wondering what kind of purpose and motive Guo Jia had when he said this.

After a long time, Ma Teng suddenly raised his head and asked Ma Chao: "Since Wu'er thinks that the Ma family will not be able to stand on its own in this troubled world after all, why are you so concerned about the military exercise?"

Ma Chao replied arrogantly at this time: "Although the Ma family is on the weak side compared to the Jin Kingdom, the Ma family army can't show weakness! The better we behave, the more Zhao Xing will respect us, and he will put us in front when distributing benefits in the future!"

Ma Teng nodded, expressing his agreement with Ma Chao's statement. "After Ma Jianai General Fubo, he was once prosperous and fell for a long time. Fortunately, the mercy of the sky has made the Ma family prosperous again in my hands, and today, it is a strong party. In the future, I must remember that you must take care of your brothers, sisters and clansmen at all times, and never let the Ma family decline again!"

After Ma Chao heard his father's words, he knelt down and kowtowed three times to Ma Teng, and then said, "The child must remember his father's teachings today!"

At the beginning of November, the climate in Liangzhou has become very cold, and the cold northwest wind occasionally rolls up huge pillars of loess dust in the wilderness, which makes the people hiding in the houses feel terrified. In such bad weather, a cavalry confrontation drill that had been prepared for several months was launched outside Zuli City, and the two sides participating in the drill were the 5,000 cavalry of the Blue Wolf Army led by Tai Shici and the 5,000 cavalry of the Ma Family Army led by Ma Chao.

This real confrontation exercise, which is destined to have a far-reaching impact, was spread by well-intentioned people at the beginning, and became an opportunity for all parties to watch the combat power of the Jin cavalry, thus attracting many spectators who are not afraid of the cold.

There are three main considerations for choosing the location of the confrontation drill in Zuli. First, the terrain here is flat and open, which is convenient for the cavalry troops to maneuver at high speed and face each other head-on; second, the terrain of Zuli City is relatively high, and standing at the head of the city, you can just overlook the place where the two teams set off; third, Zuli City was originally occupied by the rebel Qiang people, and now the Han people are holding large-scale exercises here, with the intention of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger.

At the head of Zuli City, Liu Yu accompanied Wang Yun to sit on the main seat, and on both sides were the envoys sent by various states to participate in the sealing ceremony of King Liang. In order to show their enthusiasm and generosity, everyone in the city was presented with a sheepskin coat and a pair of woolen warm boots from the Jin State Sheep Spinning Factory, which warmed up a lot after wearing them on their bodies and feet, and they were no longer afraid of the cold wind howling through the city.

The rules for the joint military exercise were jointly formulated by the two sides participating in the exercise, and the envoys of all parties who came to observe the exercise were notified in advance, as follows:

First, in order to strengthen the good-neighborly and friendly relations between the Jin State and the Liang State, the Blue Wolf Army fought on behalf of the Jin State and the Ma Jiajun fought on behalf of the Liang State.

Second, according to the pre-game agreement, in order to facilitate the distinction between the cavalry of the two countries, the participating troops of the Jin State were on the red side, and the soldiers were uniformly wearing red uniforms, and the troops participating in the exercise of the Liang State were on the blue side, and the soldiers were uniformly wearing indigo military uniforms.

Thirdly, the two contestants entered the waiting area according to the designated time, and after three cannons rang out on the city, the game officially began. The main position of the two sides is under Zuli City, and the criteria for judging victory and defeat are also very clear, that is, after all the personnel of one side are defeated, the other side wins.

In order to increase the interest of this soldier drill, before the official competition, 2,000 non-participating soldiers from each of the two armies performed a cavalry formation change performance under the city.

The first to appear was the 2,000 cavalry of the Ma Jiajun. I saw that they lined up in a neat square formation, according to the method of an array of 500 people, neatly passed under the city of Zuli; when they came to the side, they suddenly turned around in a very short time, and the rear team turned into the front team, and rushed back with a roar. In the process of charging, the 2,000 soldiers of the Ma Jiajun first lined up a sharp arrow formation, then gradually changed to a wedge formation, and finally changed to two back-to-back arc anti-encirclement formations.

The entire formation evolution process of Ma Jiajun was completed in a high-speed march, which required tacit cooperation between soldiers, clear mental response and correct command of the leading generals. Therefore, after the performance, it immediately attracted a round of applause from the city.

Next came the Wolf Army cavalry warriors. In the distance, the observation group at the head of the city saw a white team slowly approaching the city like a huge woolen blanket, and when this team approached, the people in the city realized that the reason why this cavalry unit was able to cause such a peculiar visual impact just now was entirely because of their clothing and horses.

The two thousand cavalry of the Blue Wolf Army who appeared were all dressed in white horses and white cloaks, dressed in bright plate armor, the armor on their heads was embedded with white feathers, and the horse chopping knife held vertically in their right hand shone with a cold light. This team turned out to be a huge phalanx of fifty horsemen in each row and forty columns in depth, and when they watched a huge carpet under the city walk in a steady rhythm, the people at the head of the city forgot to cheer, but just looked at it in a daze, not knowing what was going on in their hearts.

It can dispatch the forces of 2,000 cavalry at one time, 78 out of 10 in all states in the world; 2,000 cavalry in an orderly and orderly manner like the Ma Jiajun, 23 out of 10 in all states in the world; and can use pure white war horses to form a cavalry phalanx like the Jin Kingdom, which is unique in the world.

On behalf of Yuan Shao to envoy Liangguo is his nephew**, later generations have commented that ** is proficient in literature and military strategy, and has a high reputation in Hebei, he was ordered to rule and state for seven years, with outstanding achievements. In the end, he defended Huguan with a lone army, and fought Cao Cao's army alone for seven or eight months, and was a very outstanding general. Although there is no chance to unify the troops and merge the states in this time and space, he is really ordered to be stationed above Huguan and confront the Crouching Tiger Army across the Tucheng.

**Looking at the Jin cavalry passing under the city, the feelings in my heart are very complicated. There are nearly 10,000 horsemen in Jizhou now, but if it is compared with the Jin Kingdom, it is not at the same level at all. If the Jin State Iron Cavalry came south from Youzhou in the coming day, on the vast Jizhou Plain, how could his uncle resist?

Representing Cao Cao was Cao Chun, the younger brother of Cao Ren, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms, and Lao Cao's cousin. As we all know, the history of the Three Kingdoms omitted a famous general Gao Shun, but the world knows even less about Cao Chun, in fact, his skills are not lower than Gao Shun.

Cao Chun advocated learning and respected the learned Confucian scholars, and entered the imperial court as a squire of the Yellow Gate before he was weak, when he was only seventeen years old. Later, after he served under Cao Cao, he commanded a world-famous army, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. "Book of Wei" said: "The pure superintendent of the tiger and leopard rides, all the world is sharp, or from a hundred people will make up for it." "Its elite can be seen.

In this life, the reason why Zhao Xing attaches so much importance to the training and use of elite cavalry is largely influenced by Lao Cao's "tiger and leopard cavalry". Of course, because Zhao Xing started early, he recruited the super-first-class generals Lu Bu, Zhao Yun and others who were proficient in cavalry warfare to his account, and put the steel into use on a large scale, and got out the stirrups, saddles, horseshoes and other equipment that is conducive to cavalry combat, so it is destined that in this time and space, the Flying Tiger Army and the Blue Wolf Army of the Jin Kingdom are much more powerful than Gongsun Zhan's White Horse Yicong, Lao Cao's future "Tiger and Leopard Cavalry", Dong Zhuo's Qiang cavalry and Ma Teng's Xiliang cavalry.

Although Cao Chun had not really commanded a cavalry team at this time, when he looked at the Jin cavalry under the city, his eyes showed undisguised enthusiasm and envy. Cao Chun secretly sighed in his heart, if he could command a powerful cavalry to gallop across the country in this life, he would be regarded as having no regrets in life and no regrets in death.

The hors d'oeuvres before the official game were over, and three cannons rang out above Zu Licheng's head. The next moment, everyone vaguely saw that there were billowing dust on the left and right sides of the field of vision rushing into the sky, and then gradually a low roar came from the distance, and the official duel was about to be staged!

The people watching the ceremony at the head of the city looked to the left side, and saw a young general wearing a silver helmet, wearing silver armor, and holding a tiger's head and a gilded gun, riding a snow-white horse, and his posture was vigorous and handsome.

"Look, that's Ma Teng's eldest son, known as Xiliang Jinma Chao!" I don't know who shouted in the crowd at the head of the city, and suddenly a tsk sounded.

The voices of the people in this side of the car did not stop, and someone shouted: "Everyone, look at the right side, the leading general is also so powerful!" People suddenly turned their heads to look to the right, and sure enough, they saw a general wearing masking armor, wearing a red battle robe, and riding a high-headed horse with a red red horse, who was coming in the direction of Ma Chao with murderous spirit.

"Oh my God, all the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom are riding dark jujube red war horses, and there is not a single miscellaneous hair!" suddenly a sharp-eyed voice in the crowd shouted.

**Hearing this in the crowd, the corners of his eyes and mouth couldn't help twitching a few times, but his heart was inexplicably shocked. Those who are familiar with war horses know what the solid color horse represents. Whether it is pure black, pure white, pure jujube red, pure yellowish brown, as long as it is a pure color war horse, it means that the horse's bloodline is pure, not a hybrid mixed horse. The Jin Kingdom can provide five thousand pure jujube red war horses, which means that there are at least more than 100,000 war horses available in the horse farm of the Jin Kingdom, which is the reason why ** is terrified.

The blue wolf army of the Jin Kingdom, wearing a scarlet cloak, finally collided with the Xiliang Ma Teng army, and the next moment, the people watching from the city found that their eyes were no longer enough. The jaw-dropping and dazzling cavalry attack under the city brought about a shocking effect that is really difficult to describe in words.

Ma Chao and Tai Shici, two generals with strong martial arts, naturally fought together, and there was an open space around them with a radius of dozens of zhang, which was the place where the cavalry on both sides spontaneously reserved for the main general. Although everyone only held wooden knives, wooden guns, and wooden lances in their hands, the fierceness of the fight was no less than a real fight.

On both sides, people were constantly being picked off, swept down, or cut off from their horses, and the shouts of the soldiers were mixed with the neighing of the horses, raising the whole situation of the melee under the city to a suffocating level of tension.

Ma Chao's kung fu is breathtaking, but Tai Shici has not fallen behind. Ma Chao is good at riding, but Tai Shici is archery, a short halberd and a long spear, and the three weapons are all good. After the two were entangled together, they fought each other for hundreds of rounds, and the fight was very enjoyable, and it was difficult to tell the winner.

Gradually, the shouts of killing under the city began to become weaker, and in the end, all the Ma family troops in blue cloaks fell off their horses, leaving only the main general Ma Chao still fighting against Tai Shici. Although the Jin cavalry in red cloaks won, less than two-fifths of the cavalry were still on horseback.

Ma Chao saw that his side had been defeated, and finally put away the golden gun, bowed to Tai Shi Ci, and said: "The blue wolf army is really the best cavalry in the world, and our Xiliang cavalry admits defeat in this competition!"

Tai Shi Ci lifted the armor that covered his face, hugged his fists and saluted back, and then said: "Meng Qi has already learned the key points of the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom, and in time, he will be able to train a team as strong as the blue wolf army!"

Ma Chao then laughed loudly: "Haha, Brother Taishi, who knows me, don't pass it for the time being, let's meet again in the future!"

The two said goodbye, ignoring the people who were already stunned at the head of the city, and each led the team to drift away......