Chapter 682

Cao Xiu disdained: "it is said that after Yuan Shao was defeated in the war and led the defeated generals back to Peiping, he became ill and entrusted the political affairs to Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi. He was afraid that he would not provoke the Liangzhou army."

"Oh, you are wrong."

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Yuan Shao is broad outside, but he is afraid of inside. He will report any revenge. Besides, the two armies are cooperating in the attack. No accident will happen."

"I'm afraid Yuan Shao is jealous that the prime minister didn't try his best to contain Liu Ye."

"Well..." Cao Cao thought for a while and said, "isn't he three sons? Yuan Shang is still a little boy. Marry two women in the clan to Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi."

In this way, the yuan and Cao families became their relatives, and they had to send troops in both love and reason.

"Well, so and so will arrange it."

Cao Cao waved his hand: "OK, Zhongde, go."

After Cheng Yu retreated, Cao Xiu suddenly remembered something, clapped his hands, and the soldier immediately came up with a tray.

Cao Cao doubted, "Wenlie, is this?"

"Prime minister, this is the detailed work of our army in the battle field of Yecheng, which was hard to collect."

Cao Xiu arched the way, then took the wooden tray and presented it to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao fixed his eyes and saw a "U" shaped iron in the tray, as well as several iron thorns.

"Is this?"

"In the battle of Yecheng, the number of Wu Huan and Yuan Shao's troops totaled 100000, while the Liangzhou army was less than half of Yuan Shao's Wuhuan united army, according to intelligence. The reason why Liu Ye was able to win over many with less lies in the use of a new branch of arms. "

Cao Xiu said, "a, a, a, a, a, a, B."

"Armour and riding gear?"

Cao Cao murmured a few words, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

"Is it not the armour and riding gear that the former Emperor used to march in Pingle temple

Cao Xiu solemnly said: "that's exactly the case. Originally, tens of thousands of iron horses galloped out of Wuhuan, but Liu Ye suddenly gave an order and waved the flag. Ma Chao, under his command, led hundreds of armour mounted horses to kill them. It was like a wall, and dozens of people were in a row. When they were defeated, they were just like sharp knives breaking meat pieces. Wu Huan soldiers and Yuan Jun could not be brave."

"Liu Ye's armour and riding equipment are mostly from the relics of the former Emperor of Jinyong City, so they are of a large scale."

Cao Cao sighed: "it's a pity that it's a thousand pairs of hardcover horse armor. It's only with the power of the whole country that the first emperor built it. It's cheap for Liu Ye."

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was a famous absurd monarch. He was addicted to pleasure, so he naturally needed a lot of money. Therefore, he tried to collect money to enrich his internal funds. Even "selling official gruel", the important task of the three magistrates of the imperial court and the local governors directly marked the price, which was really the most important thing in the world.

But even so, there are still many people who even borrow money to buy officials. Why? After they bought the officials, they were able to take office and scrape the land for three feet, and soon they could earn back the money from buying officials. Some of them were similar to the tax package system of the Mamluk Dynasty in Egypt.

The price of local governors is even higher than that of Sangong, which shows that Lingdi is not stupid.

However, with the outbreak of the Yellow turban uprising and the arrest of Ma Yuanyi, the emperor of the spirit was flustered: the Yellow turban thief was at his feet, which was all right? Therefore, when Lu Zhi, Huang Fu Song and Zhu Jun were about to go out to battle, the emperor Lingdi made a lot of money to reward the officers and men. Although the Yellow turban rebellion was calmed down, the Lingdi was still nervous, so he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to build weapons and hoard them in Jinyong city around Luoyang City.

"Well, it's not easy to make horse armor. It costs a lot." Cao Xiu also said with emotion.

After pondering for a while, Cao Cao decided: "it's not easy to make horse armor, but our army must build a cavalry in armor and riding gear, otherwise, how can we fight against Liu Ye's army in the future?"

Cao Xiu excitedly said, "the prime minister said this very well. As the saying goes," be prepared, we should build a armour and riding gear more or less. "

"Well, isn't Zihe in command of a fine horse?"

Cao Cao's eyes turned around and said slowly, "you can order the son and select the officers and men into two parts. One is the one with strong physique, and the other is tiger riding. They should make armour and riding equipment as soon as possible for supply. They temporarily ordered the craftsmen of Qingxu to make 200 pairs of horse armor, and make more in the future. The rest can practice riding and shooting, mainly light and light, and the number is leopard riding."

Cao Xiu's eyes lit up: "the tiger is valiant and powerful, and the tiger roars at the mountain forest; the leopard is light and agile, and can attack from a long distance. The name of prime minister is vivid."

When he heard Cao Xiu's compliment, Cao Cao laughed and didn't care. In fact, he himself had high hopes for the army, so he was a little complacent.

"In this case, this army is named tiger and leopard riding!"

Cao Cao said to Cao Xiu, "Wenlie, thanks to your reminding me that the establishment of armour riding equipment in our army can not be left behind. With its unprecedented impact, armour riding equipment will be popular in the future."

Cao Cao's strategic vision can be said to be far-reaching and unique. In the near future, the different ethnic groups of Wuhu will sweep the north and south of the Yellow River just like a whirlwind with the powerful impact of armour and riding gear.

Cao Xiu arched his hand and said, "the prime minister is flattered, but Xiu has done something within his scope."With a smile, Cao Cao suddenly said, "Wenlie, would you like to be the commander of tiger riding?"

Tiger riding master?

Although the number of tiger riders is not large, it may be only 200 for the time being and less than 1000 for a long time to come. However, this is the unique armour riding equipment in the world. Cao Jun must spare no effort to provide tiger riding, so Cao Xiu was immediately excited.

This is not enough for him to worship

Cao Cao helped him to laugh.

"Wen lie's talent, with a little experience, is enough to lead his own army and be on his own." Cao Cao had profound ideas.

Cao Xiu immediately understood the meaning of Cao Cao's words and said, "please rest assured that the prime minister will study military books day and night. He will always ask the prime minister and his uncle Xiaoxiao, uncle yuanrang and uncle miaocai for advice. He will live up to the prime minister's high expectations."

Cao Cao nodded his head with satisfaction, and then asked, "you see, who is suitable to be the master of leopard riding?"

Cao Xiu thought a little and said, "how about Zidan?"

"Zidan? Well, he's a good man to make, not bad. "

Cao Cao's eyes showed appreciation: the son Dan in Cao Xiu's mouth refers to Cao Cao's adopted son, Cao Zhen, who is proficient in the art of war and is quite brave. Cao Cao has always been optimistic about him, and thinks that Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen will be the pillars of the Cao family in the future.

What's more, the nature of tiger and leopard riding is similar to that of family private soldiers. Cao Chunnai is the younger brother of Cao Cao family, and Cao Xiu, the general of tiger riding, is also a member of the Cao clan. Naturally, the general of tiger riding must be the Cao family.

After that, you'll have to practice with Huzi and leopard

Cao Cao warned: "no accident, there will be a battle between our army and Liu Ye sooner or later. The Liangzhou army has always been brave, and there are many famous generals in the army, which can not be underestimated."