Xiliang Iron Cavalry

"General, let's go." Gao Lan persuaded, he had seen the current situation clearly, unless a group of troops descended from the sky to stop Cao Jun's pace, then the Jizhou Army could reduce its losses.

Cao's army outside the city has tens of thousands of horses, which is far from comparable to the army in the city.

Ma Chao's first reaction when he got the news was to run away immediately. The two sides are so disparate in strength. The reason for the desperate resistance is that he didn't know. Ma Chao clearly remembered Jia Rong's instructions before he left. It wasn't that Ma Chao was unkind, the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, and if he was not careful, he would end up dead, not to mention that Ma Chao still shouldered the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, so he had a heavy responsibility.

If Wen Chou and Gao Lan were here, the speed at which the Xiliang army gathered would definitely be a surprise. In just a moment, the cavalry and infantry were ready, and the cavalry wrapped the infantry in the middle, in case the situation changed, and could respond at any time , began to retreat in an orderly manner.

It wasn't until he walked out of Pingyuan County that Ma Chao breathed a sigh of relief.

Ma Chao escaped, but the Jizhou army in the city suffered. Cao Jun had 3 soldiers and horses entering the city. The two sides were fighting in the city like a raging fire.

Seeing the constant deaths and injuries of the soldiers under his command, Gao Lan felt the corners of his eyes twitching, grabbed a soldier and said, "Where's the Xiliang Army?"

Ordinarily, in such a short period of time, the Xiliang Army should have heard the news and came to support, so that the Jizhou Army can also withdraw more soldiers from the city. In the current situation, if Ma Chao leads the army to join the battle, there will be no problem. The possibility of the battlefield situation.

"The villain just went to inquire about the barracks of the Xiliang Army, and found that there is no one there." The soldier replied truthfully. [

Gao Lan let go of the soldier's hand, feeling mixed feelings in his heart. The motivation to support himself in the fight may be the reinforcements of the Xiliang Army, but he did not expect that this pillar had fled without any morale.

"Let's withdraw." Gao Lan said to Wen Chou.

"Withdraw." Wen Chou shouted loudly.

There were only more than 5000 Jizhou troops withdrawn from the city, and most of them were injured. Cao Jun's attack at night surprised them, but they didn't have much combat power at all.

After walking for only an hour, Wen Chou met Ma Chao, and was about to step forward to scold him, but was caught by Gao Lan. The current situation is that Xiliang Army and Cao Army are stronger than them. If there is any conflict, Jizhou will be unlucky military.

"General Ma is not in the city, why is he here? General Ma must have known about the changes in the city just now?" Gao Lan said with a smile on his face.

Ma Chao naturally understood the meaning of Gao Lan's words. As a general, he didn't want to be looked down upon by others, but compared with the lives of the soldiers under his command, it was still a bit insignificant. If he didn't join the Xiliang Army, he would never understand. The importance of bottom-level soldiers.

"I have something wrong with the matter in the city, but the chaos in the city, I have no choice but to do so. I hope the two generals can see clearly. I will report the matter to King Liang according to the facts after I go back. Punishment, Ma Chao is willing." Ma Chao clasped his fists.

The sincerity between the words did not make the two of Wen Chou and Gao Lan feel anything. They looked at Ma Chao with a bit of hatred. You are a member of the Xiliang Army. You have not damaged soldiers and horses. You will naturally be rewarded when you go back, and Jizhou The army suffered countless losses. After the two went back, they were not only punished as simple as that. The fall of Pingyuan County meant that the Jizhou Army had completely lost control of Qingzhou. The water is gone.

In the past, the Jizhou army might have been a little unconvinced and competed with Cao's army, but the current situation does not allow Yuan Shao to be presumptuous. Cao Cao will only have more soldiers and horses than Yuan Shao, but not less. 』Occupying more places, it is easier to provide supplements for the army, so how can they be afraid of Yuan Shao's revenge.

After Ma Chao returned to Chang'an, he reported what had happened during the trip one by one, and went back to rest. He ran around the battlefield repeatedly, which made him excited but also a little tired.

Without Ma Chao's report, Jia Rong had already learned about a series of changes in Qingzhou through intelligence. He did not expect Yuan Shao's power in Qingzhou to be completely disintegrated so quickly. After Qingzhou came to Cao Cao's hands, not only Yuan Shao's strength was weakened It's that simple.

Jia Rong rubbed his head, let's talk about the future, the most important thing now is to develop its strength as soon as possible, let Xiliang Bank bloom and bear fruit in the whole land of China, and let the money in the hands of the princes flow to Chang'an move closer.

The expansion of Xiliang Bank was just at the moment when the war among the princes was over. After the war, neither Yuan Shao nor Cao "Cao" wanted to offend the Xiliang Army, but facing the establishment of Xiliang Bank, Cao "Cao" A series of measures were implemented, one of which was to establish a bank belonging to Cao Jun, named Yanzhou Bank, and also opened Xuzhou Bank in Xuzhou, Yuzhou Bank in Yuzhou, and Qingzhou Bank. , rising from the ground.

In terms of the bank's system, Cao "Cao" also followed suit. He moved out the Xiliang Army's system and printed and issued banknotes. [

But who do the merchants trust more, not to mention the merchants running around the counties of the Han Dynasty, they are the aristocratic families in the city. It seems that under the pressure of Cao Cao, after buying some banknotes, they quietly bought some other money from Xiliang Bank The reason is that some merchants accept Cao Jun’s banknotes under Cao Jun’s policy, but they secretly don’t want them. What came out was banknotes from Xiliang Bank, or cash.

But when the banknotes you took out were from Xiliang Bank, the merchant immediately changed his face. After carefully checking the banknotes in his hand, he accepted them with confidence, and the customer became a gentleman.

This kind of situation quickly spread in various cities, and the establishment of the bank under Cao Cao's rule indirectly provided an opportunity for the development of the Xiliang Army.

Cao Cao repeatedly tried to destroy the Xiliang Bank in the city, but finally endured it. When Xun You went to Chang'an to form an alliance with the Xiliang Army, Jia Rong had a command that Cao Jun could not stop the Xiliang Bank for any reason. If the development is discovered, the covenant will immediately become invalid.

On the Qingzhou battlefield, the appearance of the Xiliang Army once made Cao Cao angry, but in the end the performance of the Xiliang Army allowed Cao Cao's treacherous scheme to succeed, and his anger towards Jia Rong was relieved a lot.

Roughly the same as in history, when Zhang Song came under the rule of Cao Cao, the treatment he received was very different from that in Chang'an. Even when Cao Cao received Zhang Song, many ministers looked at him and pointed. His appearance was amused, and he looked at it completely as a monkey.

Faced with such a situation, Zhang Song was already filled with anger in his heart, no matter how he was also a person who was received by King Liang in Chang'an.

After Cao Cao came forward, Zhang Song didn't take much interest in him, and there were quite a few words of disdain in his words. The ancients valued talent, but they also valued appearance. Like Pang Tong, he was talented, but he was never reused because of him. The appearance is too bad.

Afterwards, Zhang Song reluctantly went to Liu Biao and Yuan Shao's tents, but they were all stared at. After several comparisons, Zhang Song decided to set off for Chang'an again.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, two years have passed. The ninth year of Xingping is destined to be an extraordinary year. Although Liu Biao changed his year name after he became emperor, the princes did not buy it very much. The title given by Liu Biao , is also noncommittal.

After two years of recuperation, the Xiliang Army has achieved unprecedented development. The standing force is still 15, but Chang'an Luoyang has been built more prosperously. The combined population of the two cities now has 60 people. When it was time to open the market, there was a lot of traffic and pedestrians rubbed their shoulders, so it was very lively.

In the past two years, although the feudal lords had some small frictions, their actions were not big, and there was no such thing as tens of thousands of soldiers and horses at every turn, and the common people could be considered to have achieved a short period of peace.

In the craftsman's workshop, Jia Rong stared at the thing in front of him with piercing eyes, unable to move away. After seeing this thing from an artist walking in the rivers and lakes, Jia Rong immediately organized talents to conduct research, adding the advanced knowledge of later generations , researched gunpowder, something that Jia Rong had always forgotten.

However, the explosives produced are somewhat dangerous. A few days ago, a pack of explosives exploded, and the momentum directly overturned a hut where the explosives were studied. The Wangfu came forward and explained a bit before stopping the speech.

After two years of recuperation, the Xiliang army will definitely use force. With the help of gunpowder, it will be easier to seize the city. No matter how strong the city gate is, it can withstand several packs of gunpowder together. Bombing? Jia Rong seems to have seen the princes trembling under the power of gunpowder.

The research on gunpowder began immediately. Jia Rong naturally hoped that the more powerful the gunpowder, the better, and the requirements for stability were also very high. It would be best to study gunpowder that can explode in water.

What Jia Rong said is a bit ahead of the times, anyway, the craftsmen don't understand why gunpowder can still explode in water.

This is also Jia Rong taking care of them, otherwise it would be more difficult for them to research the pistol and grenade.

It is very simple to develop gunpowder, but its power is worth testing. Using the formula of later generations, the power must have increased dramatically, but would the ancients understand this?

This time, Jia Rong aimed at Jizhou. Although Yuan Shao has never made any moves against the Xiliang army, such an enemy is always by his side, making people feel a little uneasy. If Yuan Shao in Jizhou can be removed, and then occupy Jizhou is of great significance to the development of the Xiliang Army. Unlike Liangzhou and other places, which are barren, Jizhou has always been a big food state for the Han Dynasty. There are a lot of merchants, but it is also full of aristocratic families. Fame, just to be able to win over the family, thus easily controlling Jizhou in the hands, benefiting from Yuan Shao's subordinates, the family will naturally not make trouble.

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