Chapter 253 Zhang Liao's pre-war preparations
There are twenty miles ahead of you. The inn will rest tonight. Cao Ping ordered the team to rest on the spot, people eat food and horses eat food.
Danyang soldiers are easy to support. They pack pancakes and leek flowers in their backpacks. Eat them casually to avoid hunger.
While having dinner, I suddenly heard the sentry on duty shouting: "If there is a situation, be wary."
Cao Ping was sitting there drinking water, and he quickly picked up the bow and arrow when he heard the sound.
"What's the matter?"
"Tiger, there is a tiger attacking the villagers over there."
Tigers are so normal this year. Every county government has a hunting team. The Xuzhou army also stipulates that when the army encounters beasts attacking villagers, it must take action to protect them. If it does not take action, it means fearing war. What does fear war mean and fear war mean? It is very serious military regulations.
Looking a few hundred meters away, a tiger chased the villagers and pounced on them, biting the back of a villager's neck like a chicken.
"The crossbowman follows me, and the others defend on the spot."
Cao Ping took fifty crossbowmen to set off: "The general shot the tiger alone, and we can't lose face if we have dozens of people."
There are many people and strong power. Fifty people screamed and rushed forward, rushed forward, surrounded both sides, and passed through the ridge of the field. The usual cross-country running training is for this, and the speed is whizzing.
The tiger dragged the man to run, and it was not fast. He walked dozens of meters and put it down to rest. When he saw someone catching up, he looked back and bared his bloody fangs and became angry.
No one on the ground can escape with the tiger holding its neck in his mouth. Everyone hugged and slowly shot arrows together neared the distance of about sixty or seventy meters. Fifty crossbow arrows cut through the sky and swished past.
The crossbow has a poor accuracy and the psychological pressure of shooting a tiger is high. Only seven or eight arrows were hit by fifty arrows, and they were all on the back, and they did not hit the head and eyes.
The tiger was annoyed and rushed over with a whistle. The speed was so fast that it was so fast that it took two feet to step out, and the tiger's palm broke all the rice that was about to mature. Cao Ping still had no experience and did not reserve a crossbowman, and now he didn't even have time to launch an arrow. During this crisis, he saw that the ability of the Danyang soldiers was coming, abandoning the crossbow and throwing spears.
The spear was short, less than five feet long, but heavy. When the tiger pounced on him, it was instantly hit by several spears and lay on the ground and rolled.
Cao Ping jumped forward with his spear, and a spear stuck on the tiger's neck, just like killing a pig. The tiger struggled violently for a few times, and then lost its breath.
The crossbow soldiers came up and tied them up carefully with leather ropes and made a lifting rack with wooden sticks. It was amazing. The tiger weighed more than a thousand pounds. Although the Chinese pound was relatively small, the weight was also great.
"It's still a heroic tiger, and it can be sold for a lot of money."
The man bitten by the tiger was already dead, his neck was pierced by sharp teeth, and he had no life.
Everyone packed up the crossbow arrows and weapons, and carried the dead tiger back.
Although the tiger died, it scared the mule pulling the cart so much that it was so comfortable that it calmed down.
Cao Ping felt excited. Although he had fought several times, he had never shown any outstanding performance. This time he was escorting the baggage was a hard work. He could lose weight even if he traveled for more than two thousand miles.
Everyone continued to drink water and eat, and they had to rush forward in a while.
At this time, dozens of people came, and everyone thanked him: "Thank you, General for eliminating the harm for the people, and also invite the general to have wine in the village."
Cao Ping stood up and greeted him: "You don't have to be polite. If you catch up, how can you stand by and watch? You don't need to drink. We have to hurry up and wait for military affairs."
The people brought some chickens and ducks to bring them, but they couldn't help but take ten ducks.
The brigade of troops raised their troops and headed south. Cao Ping happily said to everyone: "Go to the front to find a town shop to sell tiger meat, buy a few pigs and sheep, and the brothers will have extra meals tonight."
"good."
Everyone was very happy. There was a town shop not far ahead, so it was easy to sell this thing. A rich family wanted to pay 50 guan to buy it. Cao Ping wanted to keep the tiger skin, but only sold it for twenty guan. Twenty guan was not bad. After buying five pigs, there was still a lot of money left for everyone to share. The people who sent to hunt tigers gave more, and the people who stayed behind also paid a little less.
Cao Ping was born in a wealthy family and didn't care about this little money. He didn't keep a penny, but only kept the tiger skin. This was for Lu Bu to ask for merit.
After walking all the way, it took half a month to arrive in Guangling. Zhang Liao and Zang Ba had already sent someone to greet him after receiving the news.
These bows and arrows and crossbows are very important, and fighting consumes a lot of money on feather arrows.
There were dozens of carts of bows, feather arrows, and shields, and there were thirty carts of huge wooden boards.
Zhang Liao asked: "Deputy General Cao, these thirty cars are the shield cars on the list? What's the smallest of three hundred shield cars?"
"This is actually a shield. It needs to be used with a shelf cart and a wheelbarrow. It needs to be installed on the shelf cart when used. General Zhang also called the craftsmen and I asked someone to teach them how to install it."
"Okay, Deputy General Cao wait."
Zhang Liao called the craftsmen in the army, and the craftsmen from Xuzhou taught them to install them. It was indeed very simple, and they fixed the shield half a person wide and one person high on the rear of the cart.
"When using it, you can arrange a good archer next to the shield to suppress the defenders on the city wall. The lord said that if the shield is not enough, you can make it yourself."
Zhang Liao and Zang Ba are brothers who settle accounts clearly and send people to count the materials. No one is willing to take less. You must know that the production process of feather arrows is complicated and cannot be made by ordinary craftsmen.
Even if it is an ordinary little round shield, the craftsmen in the army are very rough and cannot compare to the excellent logistics production.
Zhang Liao and Zang Ba are all killing generals, so they naturally understand the importance of shields. Car shields and armor can achieve twice the result with half the effort when siegeing the city.
"Deputy General Cao, you have worked hard all the way. I have arranged the meal. Go and have a meal."
"It's easy to say. When you come here, you must eat fish in Guangling for a few days, hahaha."
When you come to Guangling, you can not only eat fish, but also eat rice. Guangling produces a lot of rice and can eat rice. There is a lot of rice in Xuzhou, and you can only come here.
The soldiers counted the supplies there, and Zhang Liao and Zang Ba found a place where no one discussed military affairs.
"The military order to win Hefei has been issued. How are you practicing?"
"It's okay to practice. The infantry of Yuan Shujun who conquered him for several months had a full meal now is as strong as a cow, and he started to scream. This matter should not be made public. If you wait for another month, prepare supplies and train troops. The hot autumn tiger went down and sent troops to Hefei immediately. We have to think of a way. If we really want to attack Hefei City, there will be huge casualties."
Chapter completed!