Chapter 24: Another happy cavalry general

Author: Yang's Good Son

Chapter 24: Another happy cavalry general

After reporting on the affairs of the treasury, Lu Fan went to call out Xian Yulie for Sun Ce.

However, before the hero of Youzhou arrived, a small official in soap clothes came to the commander's tent first.

Sun Ce saw this cautious man who wanted to go forward but was not very brave. After all, his soap suit was quite different from the crimson robes of the soldiers.

Sun Ce asked him: "Who are you and why are you stumbled on here?"

The man in the soap suit trembled and hurriedly stepped forward, bowed his hand to the end, and said in a slow voice: "The villain is Jiang Yuan, the worker under the general."

Sun Ce suddenly realized, no wonder he looked familiar. But why did he look so confident?

"I remember you, you don't carve saddles in the camp, what are you doing here?"

Jiang Yuan immediately replied in a low voice: "The main reason is that the copper ring is insufficient. I want the iron officer to help cast a few pairs of iron melting."

Sun Ce said in confusion: "You are the chief engineer, just instruct the iron official to do it, what are you wandering around here."

Jiang Yuan was a little embarrassed and said, "The army said that only the officials of Gongcao were heard of, and compared with Caocao, he had never heard of any officials of Gongcao. If I hadn't owed a piece of cloth to sew this soap suit, I wouldn't even have the wood carved from the saddle."

Sun Ce couldn't help laughing: "No wonder you are not confident enough. You have never had the official position of Cao Cao before. If you pass the order, you will be in charge of the army from now on. You will provide armor and equipment for the army. How many people are needed? Go and find Liu Yousima to allocate it."

"You are here. I heard that Sima in the army recruited a lot of craftsmen from the city?"

Jiang Yuan nodded in surprise and quickly reported in detail: "There are many craftsmen coming to the back camp, some are forging iron, some are sewing armor, and some are polishing arrows. The scale is about 200."

"Forging molten iron?" Sun Ce asked: "Is there any ore in the army?"

"That's not. The iron officials brought the furnace, then melted and cast the broken ordnance blades into armor."

So that's it, Sun Ce nodded. The amount of cast iron in the Han Dynasty was still very limited in a year, probably only 10,000 tonnes. Now in the troubled times, all industries are ruined. This number may not be one in ten, and iron ore alone is not easy to find, and it is even more convenient to transport across counties.

This is the characteristic of this era. Places with developed smelting are generally close to mines or dense water networks. However, Danyang County, which is about to attack, perfectly meets the above two requirements.

Sun Ce said: "Iron Officials first melt the residual blades, and in a few days, some extra swords and halberds will be melted to maintain the training team of iron officials. Next year, after the iron ore increases, the military equipment will be unified."

Jiang Yuan nodded immediately and said, "I heard from the iron officials that with this efficiency now, it is enough to make a pair of black armor every day."

One pair a day, only more than three hundred pairs a year... The productivity of this troubled time has really been reduced to a pitiful situation.

"Let the officials do their best. You can't go thousands of miles without taking a single step. How is your saddle?"

Speaking of himself, Jiang Yuan's momentum became weaker and said carefully: "I carve myself and I also have to manage the equipment. The speed is really not fast."

Sun Ce calculated the time and said, "Don't worry. Before I cross the river, I can carve the saddles of the Xuan Armored Cavalry, and there are only a dozen sets in total."

Pure hand-made work is not difficult. As long as Jiang Yuan is not lazy, it is enough to meet the needs of Xuanjia cavalry.

"But you said, it's really slower for a person to keep up with the growing cavalry scale. You can take a boy as his disciple in the army and teach him his skills privately. You must evaluate his character. If he defects, I will implicate you!"

Jiang Yuan quickly responded that when he saw that Sun Ce had gained so many benefits, he would never want to be evil and have a relationship with Sun Ce.

After Jiang Yuan left, Sun Ce led his personal guards to inspect the camp again. It has to be said that Sun Ce is now full of talents, with all Simas and generals and schools capable of making many miscellaneous items in the army in an orderly manner.

All aspects of rectifying the ranks, setting up flags, checking bowstrings, maintaining armor, washing war horses, carrying grain, distributing herbs, rushing to build military tents, etc. are being carried out in an orderly manner.

Sun Ce even saw soldiers weaving pillows as mats.

Liang Hongyu, one of the most legendary female heroes in the Central Plains, also weaves catkins as houses when he followed Han Shizhong to guard the withered Chuzhou, and shares the joys and sorrows with his soldiers, and finally restores Chuzhou to its vitality.

This similar scene made Sun Ce feel a sense of trance that history happened in front of him. He was extremely convinced that if he continued to develop according to this situation, as long as he did not suffer a huge military defeat, Jiangdong would inevitably burst into vitality.

Farming has brought about a bright world and there are already seeds.

Until dusk, Sun Cefang returned to the commander's tent. As soon as he entered the tent, he saw Xian Yulie, a hero of Youzhou who was waiting here.

As a hero in Youzhou, he is more than seven feet and seven inches tall, and his new vermilion military uniform is covered with a set of exquisite black armor.

People rely on clothes, and horses rely on saddles. With his outfit, he looks even more energetic.

When he saw Sun Ce, Xian Yulie immediately bowed and said, "Lie pays homage to the general."

Sun Ce waved his hand with a smile and looked at the fierce general. He was not as young as Xu Kun, and he was in his thirties. He was at the age of a military general. He had a strong face, a sway chin and a twisted beard, and his appearance was very majestic.

Especially the swallow's chin and beard are very consistent with the impression of the heroes of Yan and Zhao.

It is said that even if Zhang Fei has this image, I don’t know how capable this Yan Zhao hero, who is nearly eight feet tall, is Zhang Fei.

So Sun Ce planned to take the school and teach him first.

After the two sides met, Sun Ce said straight to the point: "I plan to let you teach the experience of thunder cavalry among the Xuanjia Cavalry. The thunder cavalry in Youzhou are all thunder cavalry and are under the jurisdiction of Cheng Zi."

Cheng Zi is also a son who is good at fighting Jiangmen immediately. Before entering Liyang, he was always the best young general in the army who is good at double-leaning and shooting left and right.

More importantly, as Cheng Pu's eldest son, he followed Cheng Pu to learn military tactics all year round and learned about marching and setting up camps. He is a very good military commander.

Xian Yulie was still a little resistant to the Youzhou Tuqi, just handing over the Youzhou Tuqi to Cheng Zi. They were all his hometown party and the foundation for his achievements.

Seeing Xian Yulie pondering but not speaking, Sun Ce said, "Have you ever met Lu Bu under Yuan Shu?"

Xian Yulie didn't understand why he suddenly jumped onto Lu Bu, but he replied: "Report to General, I have seen Lu Bu once. At that time, he was standing on Dong Zhuo's head in front of his horse, and took hundreds of cavalry out of Wuguan, and went to Guandong to join General Yuan."

Sun Ce asked: "What is the impression of it?"

Xian Yulie thought for a while and said, "There are extremely brave and there are horses. Everyone at that time praised him and said, "There are Lu Bu among the people and the red rabbit among the horses."

Sun Ce smiled and said, "Indeed, Lu Bu has a Red Rabbit Horse. When he was traveling to Hebei, he rode this horse and attacked Zhang Yan in Changshan with Yuan Shao. At that time, Zhang Yan had more than 10,000 elite soldiers and thousands of horses, and was dominating Heishan. Lu Bu always ruled the Red Rabbit, and with his strong general Cheng Lian, Wei Yue and dozens of other cavalry galloped to the Yan formation. One day, one day, three or four, they all beheaded and out. They fought for more than ten days, and then defeated the Yan army."

Speaking of this, Xian Yulie's eyes lit up and he understood a little.

Sun Ce smiled and said, "There are only more than ten black armored iron cavalry in our army. Don't you want to record a note in history books? Ce and his brave generals Yang Xiao, Xian Yulie and more than ten cavalry broke into the crowd, and were invincible. They killed more than a hundred people in every battle and were out. In this way, six or seven people would be defeated, and then they would defeat the enemy?"

Xian Yulie immediately felt that there was a stir in his heart. If he could do this, he would be famous throughout history!

What excites him even more is that all this seems to be within reach. As long as you follow the general and try your best, you can reach out to see everything that once was high in the sky.

Moreover, following the main general's side to protect the future will be far beyond the team's success in other team Sima camps.

He immediately bowed and said, "Lie is willing to serve the general, and he will do his best to teach all the thunder fighting skills."

Sun Ce nodded with satisfaction and then began to take the exam for his talents.

Of course, when examining the general, it is not only about examining the school's martial arts, but more importantly, it is about understanding his understanding of the cavalry's combat philosophy.

It has to be said that Xian Yulie is a cavalry general who has been through the battlefield for a long time. He concluded: "When it comes to cavalry combat, I think that a large-scale stance should be adjusted, and a cavalry should be divided. Whenever we encounter an enemy formation, we will never gather together and be surrounded by the enemy."

"And when fighting a cavalry, we cannot stick to the normal state, gather or disperse, come or disappear, come like falling from the sky, and leave like thunder."

When Sun Ce heard this, he was filled with surprise and even overjoyed!

"Come like falling from the sky, go like thunder!" This summary really made Sun Ce feel a sudden illumination in front of his eyes.

This is the ace army that determines the outcome of the cold weapon battlefield, is fierce and good at fighting, is mobile and victorious, and determines the outcome of the war!

Sun Ce continued to discuss with him: "Cabinets have always been very cautious in attacking the infantry formation. In the battle of Jieqiao, Ji Hou rode his horse directly and attacked the infantry formation directly, and then he failed. According to your experience, when can he attack? When should he avoid the battle?"

Xian Yulie thought for a long time before he said slowly: "I have fought in the north and south of the Central Plains for nearly ten years, fought with heavy square formations like Hebei's elliptical soldiers, and also fought with the chaotic crowds of grass-roots bandits. In my opinion, when encountering the enemy's formation, it is most taboo to go without temptation and go to the iron cavalry and pigs. What I said may be disrespectful to the Marquis of Ji, but we all think that the battle at Jieqiao is blamed on the Marquis of Ji!"

"Waring on the plains, Ji Hou had not yet investigated the enemy's situation. As soon as he encountered the enemy's formation, he had 10,000 iron cavalry to attack the enemy's dignified formation. How could he be defeated if he was so frivolous?"

Sun Ce nodded in approval. Gongsun Zan was indeed too careless in the Battle of Jieqiao. How could tens of thousands of infantry soldiers send out tens of thousands of light cavalry to attack first before they even fought. Didn’t that hit the iron wall?

"What do you think?"

Xian Yulie said: "When a cavalry breaks through the enemy, you should first climb high and look into the distance, first examine the terrain, and then observe the false situation of the enemy."

Xian Yulie also had some insights into the terrain.

"Even the plains are not flat, there must be potholes and hills. They only need to be several feet high to understand the geographical situation. This is a specialty that is far beyond the reach of the disciples."

After analyzing the terrain, he calmly described the method of thunder cavalry combat.

"When the cavalry is trapped in the formation, they must be dedicated to taking advantage of the chaos. Therefore, when the battle begins, the cavalry team will lightly break through the enemy's formation and move as soon as they rush. No matter how many people are, they will drive straight in. Even if the enemy is 100,000, they cannot support it."

Sun Ce was very excited, laughed and stroking his palms, and said, "Good! Very good! Cavalry fighting, specializing in taking advantage of chaos. He lightly attacked the enemy's formation and moved as soon as he rushed, and the whole army rushed forward. Even though the enemy was 100,000, it collapsed and the whole army collapsed. This statement was deeply loved by me!"

This is Sun Ce’s ideal cavalry tactics.

Cavalry warfare should not pursue killing like infantry. It should only adhere to one combat concept, that is, to take advantage of the enemy's chaos and disrupt the enemy's army. Once the enemy's chaos occurs, the iron cavalry breaks in, even a hundred thousand troops will collapse.

If the enemy's formation is rigorous and unconfused in the face of the tentative cavalry, then the main force must not attack rashly.

Sun Ce asked: "How should the enemy formation be cracked if the thunder cavalry fails to attack?"

Xian Yulie said: "If you don't move, the front team will cross, and the second team will rush again. If you can't enter again, the back team will be like that."

This is the most common method of intimidation for cavalry and is not uncommon. Xian Yulie continued to explain.

"This is to delay the opportunity and to deploy troops to the left and right front and back. Once the troops are in full swing, a sound of sound will be heard, and all directions will respond together, and all the collisions will be carried out."

"But this is the lower plan, and the upper plan is to take off the horse and shoot. In one step, the sides will collapse, and the collapse will lead to chaos and enter from chaos."

Upon hearing this, Sun Ce saw that Xian Yu Lie's eyes were full of appreciation, and he actually became happy to win another cavalry general today!

He is definitely a hero with extremely profound insights into cavalry combat. What is even more commendable is that he has many years of military service, has great experience in the battlefield, and has a deep understanding of the enemy's wartime response during large-scale operations.

The top cavalry is always to get on the horse and look for opportunities, dismount and shoot!

When he was on the horse and looking for opportunities, Xian Yulie had already said that he had a very clear image, which was to take advantage of the opportunity to attack the enemy and then cause large-scale chaos in the enemy.
To be continued...