Shu Han of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Hanzhong.

Near Nanzheng City, soldiers and horses gathered.

After a long journey, the 8000 troops of Kou Feng's Northern Expedition to Hanzhong, plus the [-] troops of Pang Tong, the [-] troops of Zhao Yun, and the [-] troops of Yuan Yue's troops.

In addition, during this period of more than a year, Kou Feng used waterways to transport grain from Jingzhou, and used wooden oxen and horses to transport grain from central Shu.

And the baggage carts made by Hanzhong itself, etc.

It can be said that the army is gathered and the food and grass are ready.Just wait for Kou Feng's order, hundreds of thousands of troops can carry millions of stones of grain and go north to compete with Ma Teng and Han Sui.

But Kou Feng didn't do that right away.

One is because the road is difficult to walk, and the other is because the soldiers' physical strength has declined from arriving in Hanzhong from Shuzhong, and it is necessary to rest for a day or two.

Third, Kou Feng wants to know about the current combat power in Hanzhong, among which cavalry is one of them.

This day was the second day after Kou Feng arrived in Nanzheng. He, Kou Shui, Pang Tong, Zhao Yun and others went to inspect the cavalry.

In the north of Nanzheng City, outside Zhao Yun's camp.

Kou Feng, Pang Tong, Zhao Yun, Kou Shui and the other four stood on the improvised general platform and watched the cavalry.

Fifty thousand cavalry are galloping across the plain ahead.From array, to rushing, to rushing.Excellent in every way, every way.

At least among the cavalry that Kou Feng saw, only the Xiliang cavalry and the tiger and leopard cavalry were comparable to Zhao Yun's cavalry.

The only problem now is that the number of cavalry is very small.

Such cavalry is enough to fight against Xiliang cavalry without losing the wind.However, the disadvantage in quantity is still not negligible.According to intelligence, Ma Teng and Han Sui together have 14 cavalry.

Three to one.

"We can only find a way with weapons." When the cavalry training was over, Kou Feng turned his head and said to Pang Tong.

"Liannu, Liannu bed, and rattan armor." Pang Tong said with a smile after counting some of the weapons currently in Chu State's hands.

"Ah."

Kou Feng nodded and smiled slightly.

Liannu has always existed, and it has always been used as a sharp weapon for Kou Feng to fight against cavalry.Dealing with Liu Zhang and Meng Huo in the first battle of entering Shu was just a small test.

As long as there are Liannu, the Chu army can deal with large-scale cavalry.As for rattan armor.

Kou Feng had a helmet in his hand.The sharp blade is hard to hurt and extremely thin.At the beginning, Kou Feng fought with [-] Tengjia soldiers and won a complete victory.Also because of the power of breaking the army, when he slashed and killed, he aimed at the neck.

Therefore, the [-] sets of rattan armor are basically intact.Rattan armor basically has no weaknesses except fire.For Kou Feng, it is a huge fortune.

In the north, there are many plains, and there are often no mountains for thousands of miles.Trapped, there is little chance of being burned.More suitable for rattan armor combat.However, Kou Feng was hesitant to give the rattan armor to the cavalry or to the infantry.

The rattan armor is extremely light, and handing it over to pawns can increase defense without reducing mobility.It is a very good choice, and giving it to the cavalry to wear it only increases the defense power.

However, cavalry combat usually relies on horses. Although the increase in defense is useful, it seems to be not as strong as infantry.But Kou Feng also considered one point, that is, the opponents are all cavalry, and the infantry is not an opponent at all in terms of mobility.

Therefore, in the end Kou Feng decided to hand over [-] sets of rattan armor to the cavalry, that is, Zhao Yun.Now three-fifths of the cavalry below are rattan cavalry wearing rattan armor.

"I hope that the rattan armor, which increases the defense without depriving the cavalry of their mobility, can make up for the lack of our cavalry in terms of numbers."

Kou Feng hoped.

"Actually, the most important thing in this Northern Expedition is not victory, but how to win while preserving strength. Otherwise, even if Ma Teng and Han Sui were defeated, and Yongzhou and Liangzhou were occupied, they would still be defeated." Cao Cao took the opportunity to counterattack, and then competed with us for Yongliang. At that time, it will be a real north-south confrontation. It may also be really protracted." Pang Tong said beside him.

Kou Feng was deeply convinced when he heard the words.

Long ago, this is a word that Kou Feng doesn't like to hear very much.For a long time, it means unfathomable.Now the situation in the world has completely changed. The reason why Kou Feng was able to launch an offensive brazenly under the circumstances that his power was similar to that of the north.

It is because of the advantages of stirrups, saddles, continuous crossbows, continuous crossbow beds and so on.These advantages may also be lost over time.

At that time, Kou Feng will be just an ordinary wise monarch.It is up to Pang Tong and Xu Shu to fight the war.However, Cao Cao also has people like Xun Yu, Xun You, Jia Xu, and Cheng Yu.

Therefore, what Kou Feng has to do is to try his best to overwhelm Cao Cao in terms of strength before these advantages disappear.That is to occupy Yongliang.

Then sit in Chang'an, overlooking the Kanto.Occupy an absolute advantage.

In this way, the situation is just like what Pang Tong said, it is meaningless to just win this war, it must be a big victory, completely defeating Ma Teng and Han Sui while preserving their strength.

The two Northern Expeditions had a total of 20 horse infantry, plus the princes supported by Cao Wei.It was already a very strenuous task, but now there is still a hearty victory.

Kou Feng felt that the burden on his shoulders was much heavier.

However, this is the only way to have a challenge.

Ma Teng, Han Sui, Ma Chao, and Pound.Kou Feng looked up to the north, his eyes flashed away.

"Let's go to see the lonely crossbow bed."

Kou Feng said.

"Promise." Kou Shui promised, and walked down first.

"The day after tomorrow, Zilong, including [-] soldiers, will take this opportunity to rest and recharge their batteries. The more preparations we do, the better our chances of winning." After ordering to look at Kou Shui, Kou Feng turned his head to face Zhao Yun exhorted.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. During these two days, the soldiers will be arranged to relax completely." Zhao Yun replied seriously after hearing the words.

"Ah."

Kou Feng nodded, then started to walk down the platform.Pang Tong and Zhao Yun, one on the left and the other on the right, followed Kou Feng down.

Pointing to the audience, Kou Shui has already prepared the Luanjia and Pang Tong's chariot.After getting off the general platform, Kou Feng and Pang Tong got into the car respectively and left Zhao Yun's camp.

Zhao Yun has been standing under the Dianjiang stage, watching Kou Feng's Luanjia leave.

"Northern Expedition, to unify the Central Plains?"

Zhao Yun clenched his fists, his eyes burst out with excitement.Before this, Chu State fought defense or aggression wars, never had such an obvious goal like this time, to attack Qin, Liang, and Wei to the north and unify the Central Plains.

At this moment, even as calm as Zhao Yun, what he thinks of is the glory of the founding of the country.

………… After Kou Feng and Pang Tong left Zhao Yun’s camp, they returned directly to Nanzheng.The so-called know yourself and know the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.Kou Feng needs to fully understand how powerful he is now and how many trump cards he holds.

Eight thousand broken troops, ten thousand crossbowmen, fifty thousand cavalry and thirty thousand sets of rattan armor.Kou Feng has already understood it in detail, and finally it is the Liannu bed.

Soon, Kou Feng returned to Nanzheng City, outside a treasury, in a Luanjia.

The treasury is huge and heavily guarded. Normally, there are five hundred guards guarding it day and night.The crossbow bed here is really important.

It is also a flammable item. If it is breached by the enemy's gap, the loss will be great.Therefore, five hundred guards are not an exaggeration.

Kou Feng got off the Luanjia and stood in front of the treasury, and Pang Tong followed and stood by Kou Feng's side.

"The last form said that there are already [-] Liannu beds. How many are there now?" Kou Feng asked instead of rushing in.

"There are already three thousand."

Pang Tong said that sitting in Hanzhong, he naturally knew Hanzhong well.

"Three thousand." Kou Feng nodded upon hearing this, quite satisfied.The so-called continuous crossbow bed is the enlarging process after Kou Feng and Huang Yueying invented the continuous crossbow together.

The crossbow bed has existed since ancient times, but the continuous crossbow bed probably never existed.He inherited the characteristic of Liannu being able to fire continuously, and it is ten times larger in size and ten times more powerful than Liannu.

Think about the Liannu, the penetrating power is strong enough.The power of the continuous ballista is ten times that of his, what kind of lethality is that?

Three thousand pieces, if Ma Teng, Han Sui and others didn't know the existence of this thing, and rashly brought the cavalry over, I'm afraid these three thousand crossbow beds would kill [-] to [-] cavalrymen.

Just as Kou Feng was talking to Pang Tong, the soldiers guarding the gate came up to him.Looking at the clothes of the leader, he is a Dubo.

When Du Bo came to Kou Feng, he saluted and said, "I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

"Well, go and tell the officials to take out the crossbow bed, just to see how powerful the crossbow bed is." Kou Feng nodded and said.

Regarding the power of the crossbow bed, Kou Feng had never seen it before.I just saw Jiang Wan praise it in the expression, the power is ten times that of the Liannu.

"promise."

Du Bo promised, turned and walked in.

Kou Feng and Pang Tong walked in and stood in the front yard.There is a large open space in the front yard, and there are about ten targets in the open space.It is estimated that it is used to debug the Liannu.

Kou Feng stopped here for a while, and the officials in charge of the treasury officials came over.Several soldiers followed behind them, and the soldiers held a crossbow bed in their hands.

"Greetings, Your Majesty, General." The official saluted.

"Excuse me. Set up the crossbow bed and let Gu see how powerful it is." Kou Feng raised his hand slightly and said.

"Promise." The official promised, and immediately directed the soldiers to put the crossbow bed on the ground, and then adjusted it.

"Your Majesty." When the debugging was completed, the official turned his head and bowed to Kou Feng.

"shoot."

Kou Feng ordered.

"Promise." The official promised, and immediately walked to the side of the crossbow bed, and ordered the soldiers: "Let's start."

"Promise." The soldiers promised, and four of them were separated, two of them half-kneeled in the middle, responsible for firing, and the other two half-kneeled at the sides, responsible for fixing the crossbow bed.

The power of the crossbow bed is extremely powerful, and because of this, it is very difficult to pull the trigger, requiring the joint efforts of two people.Also because of the huge power, the recoil is very large.

In addition to the recoil, the crossbow bed is not fixed, but can be adjusted at will, just like a machine gun. Just adjust it and you can hit the other side.

Although this invention greatly increased the shooting range of the repeating ballista, it was also too flexible, and it was easy to miss when firing.

Therefore, two other soldiers are needed to assist.

It's so powerful that it doesn't feel like just listening to others say it.You still have to experience it yourself to understand.Only then can a battle plan be made for this.

Kou Feng is looking forward to the scene to be analyzed, how powerful it is.

(To be continued)