Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 166
King Lin Hu reacted quickly.

In fact, King Lin Hu was also forced to do nothing. Ever since Lou Fan got those double-edged swords, he has been harassing the pastures of the Lin Hu tribe and plundering the cattle and sheep of the Lin Hu tribe without restraint. King Lin Hu suspects that if It wasn't that the people from the Central Plains were still in Jiuyuan, King Lou Fan might have launched an army to attack the Linhu tribe.

Therefore, the Linhu tribe can't afford to wait, and must trade weapons from the Central Plains people as soon as possible to protect themselves.

In the afternoon of the next day, King Lin Hu drove 300 cavalry for more than 220 miles to Jiuyuan, accompanied by more than [-] horses with a shoulder height of more than eight feet, and [-] horses with a shoulder height of more than seven feet. For this transaction, Lin Hu Wang really spared no expense, and almost all the good horses in the tribe were donated.

Of course, King Linhu thinks this deal is worth the money. For the Linhu tribe, BMWs and good horses are easy to get, but bed crossbows and catapults with amazing lethality are very rare. Sharp weapons, are you afraid that you won't be able to defend the cloud?As long as we keep the Yunzhong Grassland, are we afraid we won't be able to breed more good horses and BMWs?
After the transaction was completed, King Lin Hu transported five hundred bed crossbows and fifty catapults away overnight.

In order to keep it secret, King Lin Hu even rejected Xiang Zhuang's offer of escorting troops, and Hui Yunzhong probably would not go the same way, lest Lou Annoyance would intercept and kill him halfway.

Leaving aside the fact that the Linhu people returned to Yunzhong overnight, let's talk about the Chu army.

The [-] good horses were quickly distributed. This time Xiang Zhuang spoke, and each army got [-] horses.

However, more than 220 BMWs were retained by Xiang Zhuang. Looking at these BMWs with a shoulder height of more than eight feet and a body shape that is almost the same as that of a black horse, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help hesitating. He now has two choices. This batch of BMWs will be distributed to the generals and schools of each army as mounts, and then these BMWs will be used to form a real heavy armored cavalry!

Xiang Zhuang originally planned to use a seven-foot-high horse to form a heavy cavalry, but it proved impossible.

A good horse with a shoulder height of seven feet is enough to bear weight, but after being loaded with heavy armor and cavalrymen holding lances, the speed can't get up at all. What makes heavy cavalry truly formidable is its unstoppable The impact force, once the speed is not up, the heavy cavalry is just a display, any light soldier can easily kill the heavy cavalry armed to the teeth.

However, this batch of BMWs is eight feet high at the shoulder, bigger in size and stronger in strength. Even with a load of five hundred catties, there will never be a situation where they will not be unable to start up, but the number is too small. The number is still too small, and can only be used as a tactical strike force at most, and it is difficult to become a strategic force that can determine the outcome of a battle.

Wei Liao didn't know what Xiang Zhuang was thinking, and immediately asked: "General, what should we do with these BMWs?"

Unlike Xiangzhuang, Wei Liao came here through time travel, so it is impossible to know what heavy cavalry is. You know, even stirrups and Takahashi saddles have just appeared in this era, and horseshoes are far from appearing. At that time, so the cavalry was only an auxiliary unit, so how could there be heavy cavalry?
Xiang Zhuang said: "Military Master, I would like to select more than 200 sharp men with strong stature and excellent riding skills from the army, and let them put on the strongest iron armor, hold the sharpest spears, and then ride on horsemen who are also in heavy armor. What do you think, BMW, as a force designed to crush enemy defensive formations?"

Wei Liao said solemnly: "The lethality of such a cavalry should be astonishing!"

In military affairs, many things are similar, so although Wei Liao had never heard of or seen heavy cavalry, Xiang Zhuang just said that, and he immediately realized the huge lethality of heavy cavalry.

Xiang Zhuang nodded and said, "The lethality is more than amazing? It's almost indestructible!"

"Then why is the general hesitating?" Wei Liao said, "Hurry up and form such a cavalry."

Xiang Zhuang sighed, "But the problem is that there are not enough knights with excellent riding skills in the army."

People like Pang Yu, Gao Chu, Youyuan, Bailimao, Xiao Kai, etc. are all tall and strong, with excellent riding skills, but we can't transfer them all to be heavy cavalry. People led troops.

Wei Liao stroked his long beard, and suddenly said: "General, there is a saying that I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Xiang Zhuang raised his hand and said: "Military Master, if there is anything to worry about between you and me, just speak up if you have something to say."

"The old man can just say it straight." Wei Liao nodded, and said, "It is very difficult to pick out two hundred strong men with strong riding skills from the twenty thousand soldiers in our army, but has the general thought about it?" However, almost all of the [-] soldiers of the Qin army in Jiuyuan City meet the requirements of a general, and almost none of them need to be selected!"

Xiang Zhuang frowned and said, "The problem is, Meng Ji doesn't want to return to Chu."

Wei Liao said in a low voice: "Meng Ji didn't want to return to Chu because he didn't want to abandon Meng's family precepts, and he didn't want to betray Ying's family. If the general marries Princess Yingzhen, then Ying's family and Xiang's family will become a family." If Meng Xi wants to continue to protect the Ying family, he must also protect the Xiang family, so the five thousand Qin cavalry in Jiuyuan City will all belong to the general."

Xiang Zhuang said: "But in this way, the [-] old and young women and children in Jiuyuan City must be taken away."

Wei Liao stopped talking, this is indeed a very realistic problem, the five thousand Qin cavalry in Jiuyuan City is indeed a coveted military force, but the thirty thousand old and young women and children are indeed a burden, you can't just bring Take five thousand cavalry of the Qin army, but leave their wives and children in Jiuyuan, right?
After a long while, Wei Liao said: "If the general intends to marry Princess Yingzhen, this old man is willing to go and talk about it, and this old man dares to swear his chest and promise that this marriage will be successful."

After hesitating for a moment, Xiang Zhuang shook his head and said, "Let's talk about this later."

Wei Liao sighed, and didn't say anything more, he knew that Xiang Zhuang was a very decisive person, Xiang Zhuang said that, he probably already saw that Princess Yingzhen was a very scheming and ambitious person, so he probably didn't If you are willing to provoke her, it seems that whether this marriage can be accomplished depends on whether Yingzhen can persuade Wei Yue.

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When Xiang Zhuang returned to his big tent after patrolling the supply camp, it was already dark.

On the other side of the main camp, the craftsmen were busy making Takahashi saddles and wooden stirrups, and the father and daughter of Gongshuche were busy tinkering with the crossbow designed by Xiang Zhuang. In two days, the prototype crossbow had been made, and tomorrow the blacksmith polished the iron arrows and put them into the quiver for the first trial shooting.

"Husband, are you back?" Hearing the sound of footsteps, Wei Yue opened the curtain.

Since the hunt that day, the relationship between Xiang Zhuang and Wei Yue has improved significantly.

Xiang Zhuang responded with a smile, he was born by killing (transmigrating), and may die by killing in the future, but this does not mean that he does not like the warmth of home, Xiang Zhuang is bloodthirsty, cruel, cold, and hard-hearted , but this does not mean that he does not like sex between men and women. In fact, Xiang Zhuang also enjoys love between men and women.

Xiang Zhuang took off his armor and took off his boots under Wei Yue's service.

As soon as she sat down at the table, Wei Yue brought another large bowl of mutton soup, and said softly, "Husband, let's eat."

Since coming to Hetao, the Chu army has been eating meat every day, and Xiang Zhuang is a little tired, but this mutton soup is made by Wei Yue, so it is a different matter. He picked up another piece of bread from the side, carefully tore it into small pieces, and then put them into Xiangzhuang's mutton soup one by one.

Xiang Zhuang thought, this is probably the earliest mutton steamed bun, right?

Seeing that Xiang Zhuang was eating a lot, Wei Yue happily said: "Husband, is it delicious?"

"It's delicious, it's delicious." Xiang Zhuang smiled and nodded, but his heart was shedding tears. It's really unpalatable. It's salty and stinky, and several pieces of mutton are still bloodshot, but can you say that?
Wei Yue suddenly thought of Yingzhen, and sighed, "Sister Shiman is so pitiful."

"Sister Shiman?" Xiang Zhuang asked in astonishment, "Who is Shiman? Why do you have a sister?"

Wei Yue said: "It's Princess Yingzhen, and Shiman is the name given to her by Emperor Shi Huang when she was married to Ji."

"Her?" Xiang Zhuang was a little bored, and said calmly, "Okay, why did you mention her all of a sudden?"

"It's nothing, I just feel a little pitiful for her." Wei Yue shook her head and said in a low voice, "When we leave, she will inevitably marry Lou Fanren because of the safety of the old Qin people."

"Lower Annoyance?" Xiang Zhuang said quickly, "How about this, I will kill Lou Annoyance some other day!"

"Ah?!" Wei Yue was taken aback when she heard the words. She never thought that she could decide the life and death of 10,000+ people in the Loufan tribe with a single word. Don't kill anyone because of Yue Niang, okay? Please, husband..."

"Silly girl." Xiang Zhuang thought to himself that this young lady is really pure and kind, so he held Wei Yue's little nose and said with a smile, "Look, I'm just teasing you for my husband's sake."

Wei Yue breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Husband, can we take away the old Qin people from Jiuyuan?"

In Wei Yue's mind, if the Chu army could take away all the old Qin people in Jiuyuan, Ying Zhen would have no worries, and would not have to sacrifice herself to marry a Hu man.

Xiang Zhuang couldn't help taking a look at Wei Yue, but Wei Yue's eyes were still clear, without any flickering because of Xiang Zhuang's gaze, Xiang Zhuang sighed at that moment, and said, "Mother Yue, to tell you the truth. Well, I really want the [-] Great Qin Cavalry in Jiuyuan City, but we really can’t take away the [-] old and young women and children in the city.”

Wei Yue seemed to want to argue, but Xiang Zhuang stretched out a finger to gently cover her small mouth.

Xiang Zhuang is indeed not talking nonsense, from Jiuyuan back to Jiangdong, the journey is more than ten thousand miles?It is simply a fantasy to bring [-] old and young women and children on a long journey back to Jiangdong!This is also one of the reasons why Xiang Zhuang hesitated to marry Ying Zhen, otherwise, would Xiang Zhuang really be afraid of Ying Zhen?No matter how scheming a little girl is, what can she do?
(End of this chapter)