Liu Cong hammered the table with his fist, and Zheng Di said loudly, "Pass an imperial edict to exempt and exempt Huainan taxes for two years!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
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Liu Cong sighed, such a big injury, even for the Chu State, can be regarded as breaking the menstrual bone.
After returning, Ma Liang will definitely have a good talk with him again. Recruiting troops is impossible. Chu State is fighting almost every year. Now there is no need for Ma Liang to talk about it. He doesn't dare to recruit any more troops.
"Where are Wei's casualties? Duan Kun, how is your Jin Yiwei's research going?"
Duan Kun cupped his hands and replied, "Your Majesty, according to our army's inspection, the Wei army's casualties were approximately 180,000."
"Cao Zhang could not cross the river with only 20,000 soldiers, but the Wei army crossed the river with 60,000 people. In the battle on the floating bridge on the Huaihe River, 85,000 people were killed and wounded. General Chen also killed and wounded 20,000 Wei army cavalry."
"Total, 180,000. However, among them, there are nearly 50,000 soldiers stationed in the field."
For Cao Cao, the field soldiers were his reserves. After going south, Cao Cao also transferred Qingxu's 60,000 field soldiers.
Liu Cong sighed, "One general can make thousands of bones dry up. In this battle, our country Chu suffered heavy losses, but Wei also suffered."
The two countries suffered a total of 400,000 casualties, which was an extremely heavy loss for Chu and Wei.
Liu Cong suddenly smiled softly, "However, Cao Mengde is even more uncomfortable than Gu!"
He felt uncomfortable, and Cao Cao felt even worse!
Liu Bei wanted to take advantage of the situation, so he even ignored Nanzhong and directly mobilized his army to expedition to Yongliang in the north.
Cao Cao still had to mobilize another army to go to Yongliang to fight Liu Bei. Not only did he not get Huainan, he also made a fuss. Even the firefighting captain was not as tired as Cao Cao.
In a few days, I should be able to receive news that Cao's army in Wancheng has retreated.
Liu Cong chuckled and said, "Zijing, I leave it to you to develop the people's livelihood in Huainan."
"Your Majesty, don't worry."
Holding back his smile, Liu Cong said to Zhou Yu, "Gong Jin, can you still defend Huainan for Gu?"
Zhou Yu replied with a grimace, "Your Majesty, don't worry, Huainan will be here when I am here!"
The reason for his grimace was not because of anything else, but because when he spoke, the civil and military officials in the palace all turned their attention to him.
So embarrassing! So embarrassing!
"Hahaha……"
"Okay, you go and do your work. After a few days, after receiving the news that the Wei army in Wancheng has withdrawn, I will return to Xiangyang."
"promise."
After everyone left, Liu Cong still sat there and pondered. He could finally understand why the north had suppressed the south since ancient times.
Even after the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty occupied the prosperous south, but it was still suppressed by the Liao and Jin Dynasties. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the south was not affected by natural and man-made disasters, but it was still defeated by the slaves of the North.
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Although this is the ultimate result of the ability of the ruling class, there is also the objective factor that the number of war horses and cavalry is far inferior to that in the north.
He really couldn't imagine how Zhu Yuanzhang managed to drive the people on horseback out of the Central Plains after becoming rich in the south.
When the Ming Dynasty was founded, they first bombarded the enemy with artillery, and then the cavalry charged. Yes, you heard it right, at the peak of the Ming Dynasty, the cavalry in the Central Plains actually suppressed the barbarians on the grasslands and beat them!
Moreover, the cavalry charge, which the prairie people were proud of, defeated them from the front!
Unfortunately, by the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the status of warriors had greatly declined, and there were even tragedies such as trapping and killing the Qi family's army. During this period, the military equipment of the Ming Empire was already quite lax.
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Despite this, he was able to beat the arrogant Toyotomi Hideyoshi of Japan's Warring States Period to a bloody pulp.
Fighting from south to north is not as difficult as usual. Cao Cao has at least more than 100,000 cavalry, but he only has more than 20,000 left. The role of the black armored cavalry requires a special battlefield to be demonstrated. If we fight such a large-scale cavalry again,
During the battle, Liu Cong was very worried about the future prospects of the Chu army.
The Wei State had already produced repeated crossbows, and the Chu army's only advantage was the catapult.
In field battles, catapults have too many restrictions and cannot play a big role. They are also easily robbed or damaged by the enemy.
Liu Bei's war horses are too expensive, and Liu Bei is not willing to sell many war horses to himself. Not to mention Cao Cao, who has very strict control.
If you want to suppress the Wei army after marching into the Central Plains, you must find a way from military technology.
Thinking about it, Liu Cong's eyes lit up and he murmured, "Can I purchase war horses from Liaodong?"
At the end of the Han Dynasty, Gongsun Du once controlled parts of Qingzhou through sea routes. Before that, Chu's army also made a northern expedition by sea and land. After Lu Xun went to sea to search for Taiwan, Chu's navigation technology developed rapidly.
At least it's not as blank as before.
With Chu's current shipbuilding technology and the number of warships it has, it can even immigrate 200,000 people. It may not be impossible to go to Liaodong to get some war horses back.
Liu Cong rubbed his chin and continued thinking, "We have to send an envoy there, and we have to send an army. Just ten thousand people!"
Liu Cong had no contact with the Gongsun family in Liaodong since the 13th year of Jian'an. The purpose of sending envoys was to show that Chu State valued them.
As for sending troops, Liu Cong was worried that the Gongsun family had been replaced by new generations.
Although I don't know when Gongsun Kang died, it should be soon.
After Cao Pi founded the country and proclaimed himself emperor, he sent people to reward Gongsun Gong. This shows that Gongsun Gong had already taken control of the Gongsun family before Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor.
These are not the most important things. What is important is that in history, Sun Quan sent people to Liaodong, bringing many gifts and so on, in order to build a good relationship with the Gongsun family. In the end, the people were killed and the gifts were withheld.
The Gongsun family was wavering between Wei and Wu, so Liu Cong sent some troops, firstly just in case, and secondly, so as to take care of the horses for the transaction.
After Gongsun Kang was deceived by Ma Liang, the surrounding tribes and countries should have been fooled by him, right?
We can't send Ma Liang this time. What if the Gongsun family really wants to keep someone here? Who should we send?
After thinking for a long time, Liu Cong decided to send Fei Shi, the Minister of Rites, and give him a capable general.
It is better to ask for help than to ask for yourself, and you cannot place all your hopes on the Gongsun family. In addition to the need for war horses, Liu Cong also had to find ways to come up with something that could restrain the cavalry.
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It's a pity that when he was studying, he liked writing more than theory. Liu Cong almost didn't remember anything about so much physics and chemistry knowledge.
Otherwise, he would have researched all the things that should be studied long ago. He mentioned explosives to Ma Jun and Guanqiu Xing several times before, but they couldn't imagine the power after hearing about it, and they didn't know what these two could do. You can't get this thing out.
"ah!"
After stretching, Liu Cong laughed, "Anyway, the war in Huainan is over. Now it's time to watch the show between Liu Bei and Cao Cao."
It's a pity that Cao Cao fought with him first. If Chu had 50,000 cavalry, even if they hadn't recovered their strength, Liu Cong would have dared to immediately raise his troops for the Northern Expedition when the two of them fought.
"War horses, there is still a shortage of war horses!"