Three Kingdoms: Everything Can Be Gamified

Chapter 262
Cao Cao has no cavalry under his command, which is probably the biggest drawback of the princes of the Central Plains.

The horses collected from everywhere barely made up [-] cavalry.

Others can only go through Yuan Shao's way and find a way to purchase from Youzhou.

Bingzhou and Liangzhou were originally important places for horse trading, but the horse trade was controlled by Zhang He. High-quality war horses were given priority to Liu Bei, and only second-level horses and poor horses could be sold in the Central Plains.

Of course, the sale of mares is prohibited, and stallions must be castrated.

It is not shabby to make money, but it is wrong to invest in enemies.

The princes have the ability to find ways to smuggle. Even if Zhang He monopolizes the horse trade, someone will always have a way to smuggle things out.

This situation sounds unbelievable, but it cannot be avoided in all dynasties.

Otherwise, the problem of private salt would not have caused headaches for the royal families of all dynasties.

In troubled times, the profits of these horses are too high, especially mares and uncastrated stallions. There are always people willing to pay a lot of money to buy them.

Attacking Xuzhou, Cao Cao took away [-] cavalry and left [-] to help defend.

Together with the soldiers of Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao's troops, as well as the soldiers of Cao Ren's side, there were barely [-] soldiers.

There are relatively few on Liu Bei's side, mainly because he has just transferred four thousand to Yingchuan.

Guan Yu originally had two thousand cavalry under his command, leaving one thousand under Zhang Liao to guard Yanmen County. Fortunately, there were still two thousand cavalry under Zhao Yun's command.

Zhao Yun's deputy general was none other than Yang Bo, recruited from Hanzhong.

Yang Ang, Yang Bai and Yang Ren are three people, Yang Ren is the best, and they are arranged under Tian Yu's command.

Yang Bai is Yang Song's younger brother. Unlike his elder brother, he works hard to study literature and martial arts.

In terms of numbers, Liu Bei is at a disadvantage. This is not a problem. Liu Bei is used to winning more with less.

I didn't fight with all my strength before, Xuzhou was too far away, and there was no way to go around Yanzhou.

At the same time, Ju Shou, who was with the army, and Tian Feng before he came out also analyzed that if Yanzhou is defeated, the front line will be dragged on for a long time.

So Liu Bei used the last ounce of rationality to suppress the country with his army, except for the county towns that voluntarily surrendered, he never took the initiative to attack anyone.

In this way, they went all the way to Chen Liu's side, trying to force Cao Cao to return to aid by besieging the city with a large army.

But now Cao Cao not only did not come back, but also took Xuzhou regardless, which made him very angry.

No matter how Zhang He and Zhang Fei fought, at least he wanted to beat Chen Liu.

"Go to bed with crossbows, trebuchets!" Liu Bei shouted. During this period of time, the army was overwhelming, and it wasn't like doing nothing at all.

At least the siege equipment has been prepared, Zhang He's structural diagram, the Academy of Sciences has specially organized a carpentry night school, and anyone who is interested in learning carpentry can come and listen.

This idea came from Zhang He's Mengxue night school. More and more people completed their enlightenment through the night school. This discovery made Liu Bei feel that this educational method has great potential.

It turns out that education does not necessarily start with children, and it is more or less useful for young people to complete their enlightenment.

At least one enlightened adult, the next generation will pay more attention to education.

At the same time, with culture, I can adapt to more positions. If I can learn by myself, it is enough to be a petty official.

Many are gifted, but because of family environment problems, they have not been able to get an education.

Now that the enlightenment is completed, follow-up self-study can also become a talent. It doesn't need too many people, one thousand, or even one in 1 people, can gather a dozen or twenty talents.

A large number of carpenters who have completed the training make the parts of the siege equipment like an assembly line.

Next, you only need to take it to the front line and complete the assembly. It is said that the reform of standardized operations existed in the pre-Qin Dynasty. Why did it disappear in the Han Dynasty?
Liu Bei didn't quite understand until Ju Shou told him that the technology could be monopolized by a certain family.

As a result of assembly line and standardization, craftsmen become workers, which is inconvenient for cultivating high-end technical talents.

At that time, Liu Bei wrote to ask Zhang He, and the latter replied directly: Examination for grades!

Closer to home, only more than 20 crossbow carts and more than 50 catapults appeared on the battlefield, not to mention Zhang Miao, even Cao Ren was stunned.

So many siege equipment, how many craftsmen have to work together to make it?How much will it cost? !
Feelings of emotion, Cao Ren knew better that if the other party took the initiative to call, he would be passive on his side.

Especially the trebuchet, when a stone is thrown, the shield is useless at all, no matter how hard the shield is, it needs to be picked up by hand.

In the end, whether the shield became deformed or not, let alone whether it was damaged or not, the person holding the shield must have been smashed to pieces.

"Strong crossbow team, push forward quickly and launch rockets!" Cao Ren shouted, considering the distance between the two sides, it is best to use strong crossbows with rockets.

The flying distance of hundreds of meters, let alone the power, anyway, the size of the siege equipment is relatively large, and random shots can hit it.

I just hope it doesn't rain. The dark clouds have become increasingly dense in the past two days.

"Fighting crossbows?" Liu Bei sneered, "It depends on how many crossbows you can have! Go!"

With an order, thousands of strong crossbowmen under Xu Huang's troops immediately went to battle.

They may not all be strong crossbowmen originally, but Liu Bei gave them a thousand strong crossbows.

Under the teaching of the strong crossbowman, he trained for a period of time, and now it's okay to have a part-time job.

Still the same sentence, as long as there are enough animal tendons, and the parts are made like an assembly line, then there will be as many crossbows as there are.

Coincidentally, Liu Bei also has no shortage of animal tendons under his command, and the annual livestock trade can bring him a large amount of animal tendons.

It can't reach the level of the rhubarb crossbow, but how many rhubarb crossbows can the opponent have?

They are all three or four stone, and at most four or five stone crossbows, which are basically enough. It is better to say that this is the mainstream.

Arrow feathers?

Don’t even ask how many chicken farms and duck farms there are in Liangzhou and Sizhou now, there is no shortage of arrow feathers!
After the industry forms an industrial chain, it is no different from cheating, at least in this era.

"It's better than the crossbow, right?" Liu Bei shouted when the bed crossbow and the catapult were still reloading, but the opponent had already dispatched a team of strong crossbows, "Shoot them all and see who has the most powerful crossbows!"

I am benevolent and righteous, and I don't want to involve too many innocent people because of the war.

Focusing on deterrence, Cao Cao was forced to retreat.

But people don't appreciate it, if they insist on taking the initiative to die, then there is no need for me to be polite.

Somewhat sighing, the tens of thousands of soldiers in front of me, I don't know which family they are, the husband of the wife, the father of the child...

Even if you don't talk about these things, they are all the people of the big man!
But in war, how could people not die?
If there is no way, then try to keep your own people from dying so much!

Thousands of crossbowmen suddenly fired arrows, and the scale was huge.

Before the opponent's crossbowmen could react, the arrows had already fallen into their position.

The power of the arrows thrown from this distance is hard to say, but there must be some.

Maybe it doesn't need much power, anyway, it is essentially restraint, and I don't intend to shoot many people.

Most of them could be blocked by shields, but the crossbowmen who were preparing to shoot arrows in the front army did not fare well and were almost killed by one round of shooting.

"It's still too few, continue!" Liu Bei was not satisfied, and shouted again, and another two thousand soldiers came out with strong crossbows.

They don't need to be strong crossbowmen, they just need how to use strong crossbows.

They don't need to be so accurate, just don't shoot their own people.

Tai Shici specially wrote his experience on the use of strong crossbows, and the whole army learned from them.

Ordinary soldiers who have the conditions are equipped with a strong crossbow, which can be shot at a distance of almost one arrow, and then replaced with melee weapons to continue the war.

As long as there are enough crossbows, there will be no waste.

This not only increases the long-range combat capability of ordinary infantry, but also provides some means when chasing them.

That is to say, the time for the formation of the industrial chain is still short, otherwise Liu Bei would have to equip every soldier with a crossbow.

When the time comes to go into battle, first use the crossbow arrows to shoot well, and then advance the pawns.

Don't ask too much, asking is arrogant!

Speaking of which, the bed crossbow and trebuchet have been reloaded...

　To be honest, in terms of the current industrial chain in Guanzhong, it is really appropriate to develop strong crossbowmen.The strong crossbow is used in conjunction with the continuous crossbow to cover the entire area. Unless the opponent is a heavy infantry, it will definitely be defeated.

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　　It was another day full of plans and plans to go to bed early, but it turned out that the day was finished at seven o'clock...

　　In Chapter 256, Xun Yu took refuge in Cao Cao. I will modify it a little, and assume that he first defected to Cao Cao around 192, and Liu Xiecai died in the end.

　　If it is said that it has been effective, it is impossible for His Majesty to abandon his official position after death...

　　In fact, it is the most reasonable to set Xun Yu to go to Liu Bei's side and Xun You to go to Cao Cao's side at the beginning. I didn't think about it clearly, and I apologize.

　　


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