Chapter Seventy-Two: Honesty

"Do you really have that ability?"

Ziyu didn't believe what Ning He said, but he still asked again and confirmed it.

The southwest is not without war, and the southeast of Xiling Province is also bordered by the new power of the south, the Rin Dynasty, and there are many geographical borders.

Not to mention, seven years ago, when the Rin Dynasty invaded the north, he followed Li Yan to lead the Yongwang Mansion Guard to the east of Xiling to fight against the Rin Dynasty army.

Today's elite guards and most of the generals and colonels are also veterans who have experienced battlefield battles and survived, not just looks.

I naturally know in my heart what kind of combat ability a real elite rider should have.

It's not that he looks down on the warriors and stragglers who returned to the Western Dynasty, but among the people he came into contact with who returned to the Western Dynasty, there were really few people who were worthy of his attention.

I don't think that if it is really elite, it will be embarrassed to return to the crossing, instead of staying in Wuyuan and continuing to fight.

Ning He bowed his head and nodded with a straight face.

Armored cavalry rarely fights alone, not because they are not strong, but because they have a single function, and they are easy to be pinned down and delayed, resulting in being trapped in the enemy formation and besieged by the enemy.

While all men and horses are heavily armoured, they will also consume more physical strength of humans and horses, and lose their flexibility and durability in speed.

If there is no light cavalry, foot soldiers, etc., to assist, follow-up, or even create a suitable fighter first, with the role of armored cavalry, it will be infinitely weakened.

But its ability to directly trample and crush the enemy's array is the top in the world.

It seems that the military horse barracks in the border armies of Daqin also play the same role in the various armies.

It's just that it's slightly more durable and flexible than its armored cavalry, and everyone is heavily armored and unarmoured, and there is no extreme pursuit of impact when breaking the formation, and it retains the ability to fight for a longer time and be able to break away from the enemy formation and repeatedly rush to kill.

Ge Shuwu and his entourage, in fact, are like this.

In Daqin's words, it is the trapping of the horse army.

The main mode of combat is to tear and divide the enemy's array.

What they are best at is dealing with lightly armored and unarmored foot soldiers, and with spears and knives in their hands, they charge and rush through the battlefield, like scythes.

And the Yongwang Mansion Guard, or the soldiers of the Mansion Guard brought out by Ziyu, are more light horses, most of them are mainly mounted archery, supplemented by charging into battle.

If you just encounter the trapped horse army, there is actually a certain advantage, after all, the action is more brisk, you can pull, fly the opponent's kite, do not collide with it, and repeatedly consume.

But if the other party has a light horse with a comparable speed, involving them on the side, so that they can't raise their speed, and they can rush forward with a considerable number of trapped horse troops, it is basically a cool.

Of course, Ning He admitted that the Yongwang Mansion Guard was very powerful, even if it was placed in the secondary position, it was not inferior to some of the trapped horse troops he knew.

But as far as he felt, if the two were equal in number, in terms of fighting only on horseback, Ge Shuwu and his party were not inferior, or even better.

This is the comparison he made after removing Ziyu and Ge Shuwu.

Ge Shuwu is not three or five months, it is absolutely impossible to have the strength to fight again.

As for Ziyu, he didn't think that the other party would have no one to contain him, so he let Ziyu lead the army to charge into battle, regardless of it.

Of the five hundred light horses, at most, forty percent were the helpers prepared for the remaining hundred or so elite horses of Ge Shuwu, and the rest were prepared by him according to the masters who could involve himself and Ziyu, and even the possible existence of Li by his side.

Then Ning He said again: "Judging from what I overheard, they didn't really come from the defeat of Wu Yuan, but they had some agreements with the Hao Dynasty, and they couldn't be regarded as ordinary warriors. ”

In addition to their personal experience, Ge Shuwu and his entourage, whether it was when they met for the first time in Jingyang Village, or this time, their will not retreat to fight to the death and not break up until the last person did not break up, but gave Ning He's more profound feelings.

Well...... Ge Shuwu, who ordered to run away, does not count.

Zi Yu frowned when he heard this, those overheard conversations, Ning He had also told him about them before, he knew it, and then he was sure, most of it was because of this.

Unlike Ning He, who had to guess everything, he did know a lot of the deployment and preparation of the Yongwang Mansion, and he was more aware of the possible direction of the overall situation.

Because of this, he has a lot of worries.

I only listened to him say slowly: "Whether it is the imperial court or the royal palace, most of them are indifferent to the affairs of Haixi and do not care too much, but now it seems that the eyes of the people of the Hao Dynasty have long been more than just a corner of Guli. ”

"Have you seen the map of the whole southwest of the country?"

Ning He shook his head, only in Daqin, he had seen it roughly, but outside of Daqin, his understanding was extremely limited.

Ziyu beckoned him to his side, and gestured with his fingers on the ground, "Haixi Wuyuan Country, away from Guli Fanzhong County, only two thousand miles of sea and land, the water along the way is gentle, except for a period of time at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, the wind and waves are not big, and it is easy to sail. ”

"The five countries of the Western Dynasties, especially the Wuyuan Kingdom, if they are in the hands of the Hao Dynasty, this sea route is in their hands, and they can directly cross the Canglan Sea with a large army, march from Haixi to Fanzhong, and attack the Guli area from north to south, and encircle the north and south directions."

"And Fan Zhong is the closest place to Xiling Mansion, in fact, it is only more than a hundred miles, but from Fan Zhong directly to the east, it is a muddy Ze country, the miasma is extremely heavy, and it is not easy to go straight into the territory of Xiling Mansion."

"But its coastal north, thousands of miles away, you can get Xiling from the coastal Lize North County by land, and then thousands of miles to the north, you can directly get Xinyi County on the water."

"Although Xinyi County is the location of the First Army of Anxi and the Naval Division, normally speaking, if the other party is a few elites, the Anxi Army is not afraid. If a large army is coming, the Anxi army is not unable to detect it early. But if the Anxi army pulls back, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Ning He said: "So they are waiting for an opportunity, and even want to provoke and create an opportunity?" Intent to embezzle Daqin? ”

Zi Yu nodded, "It's not impossible. If Ge Shuwu and the others are indeed as you describe, then with what promise can they give up their foundation in Haixi and return to the country? How could it be that they were just here to match? And it will definitely not be only Ge Shuwu and them, especially under the premise that Ge Shuwu and others are not very effective. ”

"It's not necessarily going to be bad." The corners of Ning He's mouth twitched, he was not afraid of anything else, he was afraid that Xiao Qingyuan and the soldiers who deliberately went to Haixi and the Li Dynasty actually went to the hands of the people controlled by the Hao Dynasty.

That's it.

But he couldn't say this to Ziyu clearly, and sold Xiao Qingyuan, but said: "At least through these people who returned to the Western Dynasty, they can understand the situation of Daqin more simply and profoundly." The court is a part, and the atmosphere of various places and the situation of the people are actually part of it. ”

"Hmm." Ziyu also agrees with these words.

Ning He said again: "Moreover, Ge Shuwu and others used the wolf to send swordsmen to cover and provoke a fight between swordsmen, in fact, the impact on the martial arts of the southwest rivers and lakes and on the people everywhere is not small. ”

Ziyu nodded.

Although the He Lan family and others are not scholars, they are indeed the wang clan of Yongnan, although they are scattered all over the country, but they also cover more counties and counties.

Moreover, the wolf swordsmen have wandered around the country and avoided their edge, which also brought a lot of disasters and brought a lot of trouble to the local government, and even more, the trade route from Yonghe Mansion to Haixi was also disturbed by piggybacking, which had a great impact on the merchants and travelers.

"But fortunately, the rebellion of the Western Dynasty is not so quick to stop, and if you want to take down the five countries of the Western Dynasty, it will not be achieved overnight, no matter whether they really intend to plan for Daqin or not, we have time to deal with it calmly."

In general, Ziyu is still optimistic, and this is true for this matter, and the same is true for possible attacks.

And after talking about a long circle, he still didn't mention how to deal with the things in front of him at all, which also made De Ninghe interested and didn't want to talk to him anymore.

Ziyu also saw the change in Ning He's expression, and said apologetically: "I can assure you that before you arrive at Lingnan Pass, what you are worried about will not happen, and after you arrive at Lingnan Pass, you can also stay at will." I won't talk to you in detail, I just don't want you to get too involved, and if you know something, it means that you can't get out of it. ”

"I understand." Ning He nodded, the truth is such a truth, but you should feel bored or bored.

Not for Ziyu, but for this situation.

According to his thoughts, he clearly holds the cane and directly does things that can be solved at once, why do you have to go around and around like this, calculating and coming and going.

Although he also knows that individuals have personal involvement and interests, and his ideas are not realistic, he just doesn't like it.

"After I returned to Ying'an, I wanted to resign, I wanted to go to Guli first, but now I want to go straight to Haixi and do me a favor."

But don't talk about it, if you can get Ziyu's guarantee, he is a lot lighter.

At the moment, he also took the initiative to pull away from the topic, talk about his thoughts, and ask Ziyu for help.

"It's either that I need your help when I go to Haixi, or I'm afraid that the official resignation will be unfavorable."

Zi Yu bowed his head, "This is simple, but your idea is beyond my expectations." ”

Ning He shrugged, "Although the situation in Haixi is chaotic, there are just a lot less constraints and scruples, so you can immediately take it and let it go." ”

"It's not bad, maybe you can be a country master." Ziyu joked.

Ning He smiled and shook his head, he didn't have this idea, he just wanted to get an unrestrained iron army in his hands, he could do something, and it would be more convenient to do what he wanted.

Ziyu also smiled, stopped joking, and asked instead: "By the way, you should be missing now that you still have a lot of acupoints alive and can't change to a new path, right?" If you are given enough medicine and food, you can enter the inner space for about a short time. ”

He actually regretted it a little, and brought Ning He to accompany him, and wanted to give Ning He some compensation at the moment, and also hoped that Ning He would break through the situation as soon as possible and feel more secure.

Ning He shook his head, since the conditions had been negotiated a long time ago, he didn't want to go back on his word, or take the opportunity to raise the price again.

He didn't want these medicines and food, he just wanted to be honest.