Chapter 087 When the gun fires, the gold is ten thousand taels!
"Why did you come?"
Li Fang, who was escaping in a panic, looked at Zhang Liao who was slowly coming, and chewed in dissatisfaction: "If your support had not been delayed in time, I, the general, would have snatched King Hongnong back."
"嘁~~"
Li Fang glared and put the responsibility for the defeat on Zhang Liao without hesitation: "If you can't recapture King Hongnong and the prime minister blames him, can you afford it?"
"you......"
Before the people around him could get angry, Zhang Liao waved his hand to interrupt, and responded directly with a light sentence: "How many people are there in that caravan? At most, there are only a hundred people. You are disadvantaged in fighting yourself, how can you blame others?"
"fart!"
Li Fang was indignant about Zhang Liao's information.
Unexpectedly, this guy dared to take the initiative to mention this matter, it was like hitting the muzzle of the gun!
Li Fang's eyes widened angrily and he glared at Zhang Liao fiercely: "That team had at least three hundred people, and they had set up an ambush in front of them and set up a trap. Even so, I, the general, still fought fiercely for a long time. If you hadn't been able to support me in time, I would have waited.
How can we be defeated?"
"Three hundred people?"
That caravan obviously had no more than a hundred people, how could it become three hundred?
Could it be that this guy is lying?
Not quite.
If there were really less than a hundred men, even with the elite rangers, Li Fang would probably not be defeated. But now that more than half of his troops had been lost, with only a dozen or so knights left, it was obvious that he had suffered a catastrophe.
There must be something wrong with this.
Zhang Liao frowned and pondered for a moment: "Today I, Zhang Liao, was ordered to garrison at Shenyuan Pass. Only one caravan passed through the whole day, and it did not exceed a hundred people. I really don't know how the three hundred people that the general mentioned were gathered together."
"I am afraid......"
Zhang Liao's voice was low, but sonorous and powerful: "This matter has nothing to do with our Wolf Cavalry. I can only ask Lieutenant Han. As for the responsibility for your defeat, I think the Prime Minister can judge for himself. It is not your turn yet."
Here you are gesticulating!"
The soldiers, who had long been fed up with Xiliang's heroic behavior, angrily shouted:
"That is, he is really capable of putting the blame on us when he loses the battle."
"More than a hundred cavalrymen were beaten into this state by three hundred infantrymen, and they still have the nerve to yell at us!"
"Xiliang Xiaoqi is really good! He is not good at fighting, but he is really good at shirking responsibility!"
"..."
Li Fang knew that he was wrong.
But since Dong Zhuo entered the capital, the Xiliang knights have become arrogant and arrogant, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil.
Even though Dong Zhuo recruited He Jin, He Miao, and Ding Yuan's soldiers and horses, he respected the Xiliang Xiaoqi and did not take the Luoyang army and Bingzhou Langqi into consideration at all.
If the opponent was Lu Bu, Li Fang might still be wary of him, but it was Zhang Liao who was not even equipped with a war horse. He was obviously a leftover from the Wolf Rider. How dare he yell at him?
Nonsense!
Li Fang didn't take Zhang Liao's argument to heart at all: "Don't talk nonsense here, General. Now King Hongnong is in front. Follow me to attack immediately and snatch King Hongnong back. Otherwise, even Lu Bu can't protect you."
"
Although Zhang Liao's expression remained calm, the anger in his heart had already surged into his chest, churning continuously and impacting his internal organs and meridians, but was forcefully suppressed by him in an instant.
no way!
The embarrassing situation forced him to temper his temper.
After all, he is not alone. The whole battalion of soldiers and horses behind him needs to take care of the food, drink, toilet, and sleep. He has to obey others' control when handling other people's bowls. He has to endure no matter how big the grievance is. Zhang Liao understands this very well.
clear.
"Damn it! You threaten..."
As soon as the rough man beside him opened his mouth, Zhang Liao stopped him on the spot: "Since it is the Prime Minister's military order to recover King Hongnong, the general will naturally go all out. There are only three hundred people, so there is nothing to fear."
"Brothers."
Zhang Liao glanced at the soldiers: "Go forward at full speed, follow me to pursue King Hongnong."
All the soldiers shouted in unison: "Here."
Li Fang reined up his horse and turned around, and whispered: "You! Go back to Sheyuan Pass quickly and inform Li Shilang of the situation here."
Xiliang Xiaoqi: "Here."
"The rest of you are following me."
*****
"This bay horse belongs to labor."
"Why! I grabbed it first."
"The Xiliang soldier riding this horse was killed by labor."
"Hey, according to what you say, I'll kill quite a few of them."
"..."
On a battlefield littered with corpses, two rangers were fighting over a bay-red horse.
In this battle, a total of forty-two horses were captured.
The rest of the horses were either dead or injured.
Some are just skin injuries and can recover after being bandaged.
But some war horses are basically hanging on for dear life, with no possibility of being saved.
In addition, Huanshou swords, horse spears, spears, leather armor, flags and other items were also seized in varying quantities.
For the first time, Liu Bian felt what it means to be "a gunshot, a thousand taels of gold".
According to the price of goods in the late Han Dynasty provided by experts from the Military Advisor Alliance:
Horses, chariots and horses≈8k~20k per horse;
War horse≈20,000~100,000 yuan/horse;
BMW＞10w money/horse;
The captured war horses alone are probably worth millions of dollars.
If you add weapons, armor, flags, etc., millions of dollars will definitely be no problem.
Liu Bian felt suddenly rich, and his eyes were filled with small coins.
"Master Bian, are you still willing to give up?"
The Alliance of Military Advisors issued a soul-level rhetorical question.
"How could it be!"
Liu Bian denied it without hesitation: "It's not burdensome at all. It's just for equipping Deng Zhan's rangers. Those unused horseshoes, flags, etc. are all packed in the carriage. We will need them sooner or later."
"That's right."
The Military Advisor Alliance was very satisfied with Liu Bian's answer: "Experts in the alliance said that war is ultimately about economics and consumption. If you have more food and grass and good equipment, your winning rate will naturally be high."
"Learning to live a life is the first lesson you need to learn, Master Bian. You must deeply understand the truth that what you save is what you earn. Especially now that you have no land, you must learn to budget carefully."
"Deng Zhan brought out three hundred people, but they only had so little food and grass. Whether they can reach Nanyang smoothly is another matter. Don't be too happy too early, kid."
Liu Bianshen nodded in agreement: "Don't worry, I understand that food will be saved as much as possible. Deng Zhan said that the caravan will transport food and grass back from Runan and will wait for us at Fangfangxia Road. I think it should be able to pick it up."
"Um."
The Military Advisor Alliance replied: "Deng Zhan is a general who considers issues more comprehensively. After all, he comes from a noble family, but it is different. Maybe he can focus on training in the future."
"good."
Liu Bian smiled lightly: "I remember."
At this moment, Deng Zhan hurried over, looking slightly panicked: "Your Highness, there is a situation."
Liu Bian frowned and asked urgently: "But reinforcements from the Xiliang thieves are coming?"
Deng Zhan nodded: "Yes, there are probably thousands of soldiers. What should we do?"
"There are indeed reinforcements."
Liu Bian looked in disbelief.
He admires the Alliance of Military Advisors more and more. The experts are worthy of being experts. They can see the details in every detail and they can handle everything to death.
"Don't be afraid!"
Liu Bian took a long breath and said softly: "Although our troops are small, it does not mean that we are not capable of fighting. What's more, now that our army has won a great victory and its morale is strong, we still don't know who will win."
Deng Zhan hurriedly handed over his hand: "It all depends on His Highness's arrangements."