Repeating crossbows are different from catapults. Repeating crossbows are expensive to make. Even the state of Chu now only has close to one hundred thousand repeating crossbows.
Subtracting the 30,000 units sold to Liu Bei, the number of continuous crossbows owned by Chu State is only nearly 70,000.
But Liu Cong is not at a loss in this transaction. Can't a population of 150,000 be exchanged for a mere 30,000 crossbows? You must know that talents are the first productive force. It only takes one year for these 150,000 people to change the transaction price of Chu State.
All produced.
The repeating crossbows and catapults that Liu Bei obtained will be slowly used up in this war.
Even the strong economic strength of the Chu State could not popularize the continuous crossbows throughout the army, let alone the financially strapped Wei State. Nowadays, most of the repeated crossbows and catapults are manufactured and supplied to the front line to defend the Chu State.
Most of the troops still have to give priority to supplementing Cao Cao's army.
After Cao Cao unified the north, the Wei State ended the chaos in the north. After years of cultivation, although it was not as good as the Han Dynasty in its heyday, it was still the most powerful country. As the Wei State unified the north, it faced
The most important thing is the long national border in the north. Whether it is Chu and Shu in the south, as well as the Hu people in the grasslands and the Qiang people, they are all enemies of Wei.
Whether it was the Battle of Bailang Mountain or the war to quell the Qiang, Wei was the absolute winner against the enemy grassland barbarians. Although the three countries were still competing for hegemony, it was precisely because of the competition between the three countries that the military strength of each country
All are constantly improving, and the Central Plains Dynasty can still crush the nomads and barbarians from all four directions.
Because of the rise of Liu Cong, the threat to the southern border of Wei State was relatively greater. Compared with Chu State, the Hu people could only be regarded as a joke. Because of this, Cao Cao never took the Hu people seriously.
Only then did he dare to mobilize the army on the border to conquer Liu Bei and defend Chu.
There were originally 35,000 garrison troops in Youzhou. Out of the tens of thousands, the Wei State only equipped Youzhou with 500 repeating crossbows. Now only 10,000 troops have been transferred out. Tian Yu is not clear about the actual strength of Chu's army.
Under such circumstances, we simply did not dare to advance rashly.
In just three days, Xizuo came back from Xiangping, and they told Tian Yu everything they saw in Xiangping.
"General, the flag of Chu has been planted in Xiangping, and even all parts of Liaodong have replaced it with Chu flags. We asked the local people and they said that the Chu army crossed the sea and conquered Liaodong a few days ago."
"Do you know how many people there are in the Chu army?"
"I don't know. I just heard that the flag is like a forest. The city was captured in one day, and almost the entire Liaodong was controlled in a few days."
"Go down."
"promise."
After Xizuo retreated, Tian Yu stood up and stood in front of the map, his eyes filled with unprecedented worry. He now understood that the Chu army was not repulsed by Gongsun Gong at all, but withdrew on its own initiative. The commander-in-chief of the Chu army was a general.
The ambitious general made such arrangements to completely destroy the Gongsun family. If the Chu army really destroyed the Gongsun family, then the Wei
Thinking of this, Tian Yu immediately summoned the generals.
"General, do we want to send troops?"
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"Teach the Chu people a lesson and let them see how powerful our Youyan men are!"
Tian Yu raised his hand to interrupt everyone, "I want to go to Yecheng in person to meet the crown prince. Before I come back, no one can easily use troops against the Chu people!"
"Meet the crown prince? It's nearly 1,600 miles from Youzhou to Yecheng. Why did the general leave in person at this time?"
"Why? General?"
Tian Yu stood up directly and said, "Don't ask any more questions. The Chu people will not attack Youzhou. Just train your soldiers and wait for me to come back."
Among Wei's armies, only Xia Houyuan's troops could march more than a hundred miles a day, except for the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. In history, when Sima Yi attacked Mengda, he also marched in a hurry and marched every day.
One hundred and fourteen miles!
Tian Yu planned to rush to Yecheng within 5 days. After meeting Cao Pi, he would rush back immediately if Cao Pi decided to use troops against Liaodong. He did not believe that the Chu army could end the attack on Gongsun Gong in just over a month.
So what if the war is over? The Chu army has been on an expedition to Korea for more than a year. If the Wei State takes advantage of its unstable footing to attack, it may not be able to conquer Liaodong and defeat the Chu army heading north in one fell swoop!
This is Tian Yu's attitude and his thoughts. He himself is more inclined to use troops against the Chu army in Liaodong.
On May 11, Lu Xun led 10,000 troops to Macqushui and successfully joined Gan Ning who was stationed here!
"Herod!"
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"What a good horse. The tall horses in the North are really different from the horses at our Chu Country Racecourse."
As soon as Lu Xun reined in his horse, Gan Ning came up and stroked the horse, "The general is here. If he doesn't come, we will run out of food."
Lu Xun, who was sitting on the horse, laughed bitterly. He sent people to transport food to Gan Ning and Chen Wu, but his 10,000 people were replaced by cavalry and marched rapidly. The team transporting food 5 could not march as fast as himself.
"I have brought a lot of food and fodder with the army. I will let the soldiers have a good meal first."
Gan Ning stroked the horse and grinned, "It's such a fine war horse, and it's also a source of food. How could Liaodong be captured by the general so quickly?"
Lu Xunhehe smiled and nodded, "How is the situation in North Korea? Has Gongsun Gong noticed you?"
"Oh, North Korea is in a miserable state now. Refugees are running to the north every day. According to your civil order, I did not let anyone cross the river. North Korea has become a place where people eat people. The Gongsun family's troops should be there.
We haven’t seen their scout team 5 in the city.”
After listening to Gan Ning's words, Lu Xun raised his head and looked towards the other bank. He could not see clearly the scene on the other side across the Chu army's navy, but the rotten smell in the air and the roaring scavengers made Lu Xun
Guess what it looks like on the other side.
After sighing, Lu Xun's expression gradually became firm, "Replace the general's 6-character handsome flag with the Zhou-character handsome flag!"
"ah?"
Lu Xun laughed and said, "In the Battle of Huainan, Zhongshu ordered Pang Tong to use the name of General Zhou Yu, but he led the army to defeat Cao Wei's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. Today, I will follow his example!"
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"But, what's the use of this?" Gan Ning was a pure martial artist, but he still couldn't understand the intention of Lu Xun's move.
"If you were Gongsun Gong and learned that an army had appeared in the north, what would you do?"
Gan Ning pulled the horse's reins and said, "Of course it goes without saying that we must mobilize the army to march north and send scouts to investigate at the same time."
"You're right, Liaodong is Gongsun Gong's home base. He will definitely attack our army at all costs. He wants to cross the river and return to rescue Liaodong. If I change the flag of Zhou Zishuai and act in the name of General Zhou Yu
, if we pretend to have a large army, Gongsun Gong will not dare to attack so easily."
Gan Ning understood, "Oh! Do you want Gongsun Gong to think that our reinforcements from Chu have arrived and make him really afraid and panic?"
"That's right. That's why I sent you here because you have never shown your face in the previous wars. Gongsun's army will definitely be in chaos when they know that their rear has been captured by our great Chu!"