The establishment of the capital of Luoyang began with the construction of Luoyi by the Duke of Zhou, and then King Ping of Zhou moved east and officially became the capital.

After the Han Dynasty, Guangwu Zhongxing, built the North and South Palaces, and destroyed in Dong Zhuo's rebellion.

After the establishment of Cao Wei, Emperor Wen and Emperor Ming successively built Luoyang, and built Taiji, Zhaoyang and other palaces on the former site.

Sima's dynasty of Wei still takes Luoyang as the capital.

Luoyang is not big.

Seven miles from east to west, nine miles from north to south, since the Han Dynasty, it is almost this specification, and it is not easy to compare with the huge Luoyang City in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

There are 12 city gates on all sides, called Daxia Gate, Xuanyang Gate, Kaiyang Gate, Upper East Gate, Pingchang Gate, etc.

There is Kim Yong City in the northwest corner of Luoyang City, which was built by Cao Wei Shi, divided into three parts, and joined as one, so it is called Kim Yong Three Cities, also known as Yongchang Palace.

The purpose of building Kim Yong Fortress was to "be prepared", and this custom should have originated from the Cao family's construction of Tongque Santai in the northern section of Yecheng's Xiyuan.

Kim Yong Shing's defenses are very well-developed, and together with the 100-foot tower in the northeast corner of Luoyang, it serves as the commanding height of the whole city. But in this meeting, it became a place of detention for the deposed emperor, the deposed queen, and the convicted clan.

Han Wei Dynasty, Western Jin Dynasty Luoyang City, there are many buildings, a large number of people live, even the Gongqing scholars also live here, such as the Taiwei Mansion was located in the south of the city, there are Wu and Shu two main mansions in the east of the city.

As far as the southern area of the city just arrived by Shao Xun and others is concerned, Lingtai, Mingtang, Biyong, Taixue, and Guozixue should be the most conspicuous "landmark buildings".

What they settled in was Piyong.

Biyong is a place where the children of the ministers learn etiquette, elegant music, dance, poetry, riding and archery, etc., which has been discontinued, and it happens to be vacant.

To the north of Biyong is Guozixue, to the south is a private house, and to the west is Mingtang across Kaiyangmen Street (north-south).

This place is not far from Sikong Mansion, and the place is quite spacious, which is suitable for the garrison of large armies.

The guests and servants of Panyuan Zhuang, who arrived in advance, were concentrated here, and they were in a mess.

To be honest, Shao Xun was slightly disappointed. Obviously, Concubine Pei didn't get them into the city.

But it's understandable when you think about it.

Luoyang City is either the imperial palace, the palace, the warehouse, the military camp and other official facilities, or the real giant family, the residence of the king. It's not that there are no ordinary houses, but you must at least be the first batch of residents when Cao Wei built Luoyang City, and if you don't have the dividends of this era, it is a little difficult to live in it - how can the messy mud legs and sergeants enter the city without the holy order? Especially in the tense situation, people are worried that there is not enough food to eat.

I had no choice but to rely on myself.

From the first day of his arrival, Shao Xun began to observe the nearby terrain, buildings, and roads.

Fortunately, he found that if the enemy army came, he could still fight a dozen street battles.

In addition, from a military point of view, they are nailed outside the city, and they can be horns with the garrison in the city, supporting each other, so that the enemy army can't let go of their hands and feet, and even flank the front and back, which is still very good, provided that the garrison in the city really supports them - is it possible? Hard.

"Now there are three things." Shao Xun looked at Li Chong, Huang Biao, Zhou Ying, Zhong Badger, and Wu Qian, who were surrounded by him, and said: "One is to repair the outer wall of Piyong, the second is to hoard military equipment, and the third is to find out the situation of friendly neighboring troops. ”

After speaking, he looked at Wu Qian and said, "You can do the matter of repairing the wall." The required labor is levied nearby. ”

"Uncle Du, there are many ministers in the vicinity, how can you move them?" Wu Qian said bitterly.

"I will discuss this matter with the owner of the building, you can just get ready." Shao Xun said: "It's all this time, if you still put on the score, I have nothing to say." ”

"No." Wu Qian put his mind at ease, as long as someone came forward, he was just a person who was ordered to run errands, it was not difficult.

While the two were talking, a sound of horses' hooves sounded on Kaiyangmen Street.

The crowd searched for prestige, but they saw hundreds of horsemen riding by, like a gallop of lightning.

"This--riding a war horse, could it be that there is an emergency military situation?" Li Chong, who was born in the Su Guard, said with a solemn face.

Generally speaking, without a good reason, it is strictly forbidden to ride a war horse in the army, and if caught, you will be whipped.

Guyin horses have very poor physical strength, and they can travel for up to two hours a day, and at other times they either rest or eat horse feed to replenish their strength—ruminants basically have this virtue and eat for a long time.

If you ride a war horse and rush to the road, but suddenly encounter the enemy, when it is, the enemy has enough horsepower, but you can fight repeatedly, but your horse is running out of strength, sweating like pulp, how to fight?

The hundreds of cavalry in front of him obviously had no riding horses for hurrying, only war horses, but they were still galloping forward, and there must be an emergency military situation.

"Not so soon." Shao Xun comforted: "At most, some enemy cavalry acting as the vanguard, this cavalry should be driven out of the city. Or, before the enemy has arrived, they deploy on the periphery. The battle of Luoyang, in fact, the main battle is the periphery. ”

Li Chong nodded silently.

"It's just a ranger, that's fine."

"The ranger is also terrifying, Xianbei or Wuhuan? Or the Huns? ”

"You can't get out of these three. Most of the cavalry soldiers who just left were Xianbei people, but they were forbidden troops. ”

"There should be a lot of cavalry under the command of the king of Chengdu, right? How's that good? ”

"Only fight, desperately count the ball."

Everyone was gossiping and talking.

Shao Xun frowned, he found that these people were very afraid of cavalry, this was not a good sign, after all, they would have to face an overwhelming number of cavalry in the future.

"I ask you, if you are on the march and encounter enemy horsemen in the plains and wilderness, what can you do?" He asked, turning to the crowd.

There was some silence for a while.

"Uncle Du, maybe you can learn from Ma Xiping's old wisdom and use bows and crossbows and chariot formations?" After all, Li Chong was born in the Praetorian Guard and was familiar with military affairs, so he was the first to think of it.

"Why does this work?" Shao Xun asked.

"The car formation is connected from end to end, which can prevent the enemy from riding and charging into formation. There is a baffle on one side of the van, and the archer stands on the car and shoots outward, so that he can calmly kill the enemy. Li replied.

"Did you hear that?" Shao Xun glanced at everyone and said.

"I hear you."

Shao Xun leaned down on the spot and drew a picture on the dirt floor with a dagger to explain.

In fact, the core is to create obstacles to prevent the cavalry from rushing directly. It doesn't have to be a van, in an emergency, a baggage grain cart can be used, and you can even use the antlers that a soldier can carry alone, and throw them on the ground when he is about to fight, which is not unused, and the effect is very good.

Of course, the partial van is definitely the most professional.

There is a baffle on one side to stop the enemy cavalry archers from raining arrows, and there are shooting holes on the baffle that allow your infantry archers to shoot calmly without interference.

Considering that the stability, accuracy, range, rate of fire, and power of mounted archery are not as good as those of the rifle bow, and the target is still very large (there are horses), when shooting at each other, the mounted archer suffers quite a lot and cannot hold on at all.

Covered by a partial van, the infantry can also take turns to rest, and their physical strength and energy can be restored, and they can fight continuously. In the end, I am afraid that the cavalry is more tired than the infantry.

Malone used this trick to create a miracle.

"But this method is also flawed, who is going to say?" After Shao Xun finished drawing the schematic diagram of the car array, he suddenly asked.

"Uncle Du, if the enemy has a brave foot soldier, the chariot formation will be dangerous, right?" Huang Biao thought for a moment and said.

"Not bad." Shao Xun glanced at him approvingly and said, "Huang Biao answered very well, think about it again, what are the flaws?" ”

"Rockets are in danger?" Someone asked.

"No, fire prevention is easy to do, think again." Shao Xun shook his head and said.

"Cut off the grain road, this formation will be self-defeating." Someone said.

"What if you have enough food with you? Malone brought enough supplies with the army for three years. Shao Xun denied it and continued to encourage: "Think again." ”

"Dig up the road."

"It's easy to fill the road, it's not a good idea, it only slows down the traffic, not stops it."

"The most important thing is to select elite foot soldiers, Ma Xiping's 3,500 people back then were all elite soldiers, and all kinds of weapons could be used, and they were by no means a rabble." Li Zhong sighed and said: "Actually, not everyone in the grassland has horses, and war horses are also very valuable. On the other hand, the infantry, with its inferior wooden spears, is very easy to panic when it is about to fight, and once it breaks and flees, it will collapse the morale of the whole army. ”

"Good!" Shao Xun patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "This is to the point. A while ago, I asked everyone to learn archery, and many people still don't think so, but now you know the benefits, right? ”

To put it bluntly, the threshold for infantry is too low, everyone can get up, and under the world military system, the quality of most infantry is worrying, and the training is very inadequate.

On the other hand, cavalry, because of the preciousness of horses, is born with a threshold, and those with a low level are not eligible to be selected.

How many horses are there in a country?

At the height of the Tang Dynasty, there were more than 700,000 horses in the government-run ranch and post station.

Liao's horse administration is very good, but there are only more than 100,000 horses in the country.

Raising horses is very uneconomical, and herders do not necessarily love to raise them. And a large part of the herdsmen do not have horses, their status is a herdsman, they have no personal property, usually ride the nobleman's horse, help the nobleman herd cattle, sheep, horses and camels, and that's it.

In the Middle Ages, the personal qualities of cavalry and infantry were naturally unequal, so the myth of cavalry defeating infantry was created many times. However, if you encounter elite infantry with the same personal qualities as the cavalry, although you are still passive, your disadvantage will be greatly improved.

"Archery is too difficult, and I can't practice it in a few years." Li Chong groaned: "In fact, in the country of grassland bows, the shepherds ride sheep when they are young, and they ride horses when they are older, and they also hold collective hunting activities every year. Once you enter the Central Plains, it will become more and more difficult to deal with. ”

This will be the combat effectiveness of the Hu people, in fact, it is just like that, average. But if they enter the Central Plains, the level of equipment will be greatly improved, and they can even rely on the people of the Central Plains to provide for them, so that everyone, at least some of them, will no longer be able to make a living, and can train without distractions, and their combat effectiveness will gradually improve.

They already have a very basic foundation in riding and archery, and once they are fully out of production, the parts that they have mastered can be improved, and the shortcomings that they are not proficient in will be made up, which can be described as a reborn change.

At this time, if the Central Plains Dynasty still used the temporarily conscripted soldiers to deal with the professional steppe cavalry who were all out of production, it would be a joke.

"So......" Shao Xun cleared his throat and said, "I'll sum it up." When encountering enemy cavalry on the march, the first thing to do is to use a cart to stop its charge, and secondly, the chariot soldiers must select elite people who dare to fight. If you are indiscriminate, you must not use it, it will only harm everyone. In wartime, marching with the people is even more taboo, and it is absolutely unacceptable. Do you get it? ”

"Understood." Several people responded in unison.

"After I go back, I will write my experience, and if I don't know how to read, I will find someone to write it for me." Shao Xun added: "There must be my teacher in the threesome, this way is very good, everyone learns together, the impression is more profound, and when you really encounter a situation, you will not be at a loss." ”

"No."

"Also, I'll do another question." Shao Xun said again: "If you don't have time to set up a car formation, or halfway through it, the enemy cavalry is already close in front of you, how to resist the enemy?" Everyone has to hand in a strategy. That's it, let's disperse first. ”

"No."

Everyone dispersed one after another, Li Chong walked at the end, and before leaving, he couldn't help but look at Shao Xun a few more times.

This person doesn't look like a world soldier who doesn't know anything.

On the contrary, he seems to be well-educated and very sophisticated. It's hard to resist riding with steps, but he's just in the chest, as if he's experienced it more than once.

Even, Li Chong deeply doubted that if Du Bolai was allowed to lead the cavalry, he would probably still be a very good cavalry general, proficient in all kinds of tactics of playing dead infantry.

What a strange person, isn't it God?

After everyone left, Shao Xun climbed the outer wall of Biyong, overlooking the entire Kaiyangmen Street.

The buildings are lined up one after another, and the houses are densely packed.

In this environment, neither cavalry nor infantry can be put in position.

Once there is a war, it can only be a chaotic war.

A large number of soldiers does not necessarily work, because the contact surface is very small, and there are only so many people fighting in the front row.

If one side has a large number of soldiers, but not very elite, the front row is killed untenably, and when Queen Cang retreats, it may also disrupt the rear formation, causing a big rout, and then it will be miserable, I don't know how many people will die.

Thinking like this, he suddenly had a little more confidence in holding Luoyang.

The quality of the Praetorian Guards should be stronger than those soldiers in Yecheng and Guanzhong. Although listening to Li Chong's meaning, there are also many goods and fish belly troops in the Praetorian Guard, after all, it is the end of the dynasty, which is understandable. But the whole should be okay, right? As long as the food and materials are sufficient, Luoyang can be defended.

But the question is, are the supplies really sufficient? Once the war becomes prolonged, will it run out of food?

He didn't know.

His level is very low, and he has no access to this kind of core secrets, and even Concubine Pei and the King of the East China Sea may not know it, and the only one who has the truth is probably only Sima Yi, the king of Changsha, and the high-ranking officials of the shogunate, right?

The egg hurts.

Anyway, let's do our own thing first, training soldiers and training soldiers is the only thing he can do.