Chapter 20: Horse Trafficking
"Wentai has something to say, no need to be polite." Lu Bu said with a smile.
"Brother Feng Xian, I look at the elite cavalry in the state army, and I yearn for it, and I want to form a cavalry, but there are few horses in the south, I don't know if Feng Xian can sell some war horses in the next one?" Sun Jian stared at Lu Bu with burning eyes.
Cavalry is a sharp weapon on the battlefield, with cavalry, the army can get the enemy's movements faster and earlier, since the last time he saw the demeanor of the cavalry in the state, he has been preparing, all the war horses in the general are gathered in one, day and night training, but the effect is not ideal, the war horses of the Central Plains and the war horses in Liang and other places are still very far behind.
Even if there is a war horse, there is still a big gap in their riding skills, the formation of a cavalry is not an overnight achievement, the cavalry needs to have good horse control skills, and can complete various actions on the war horse, otherwise it will become an infantry on a horse.
"Wentai, I won't go around in circles, I can ask for war horses, but I need to exchange materials of the same value, grain, grass, iron, and money."
"Feng Xian is really a cheerful person, but the army is on the march, and the food and grass are insufficient, so it is difficult to gather it for a while." Sun Jian's joy also turned into loneliness.
"It's okay, I can subsidize 500 horses for Wentai first, just in terms of price?" There are still surplus war horses in the Bingzhou army, although they are eliminated, they are also good horses for the princes of the Central Plains.
"Thank you." Sun Jian said gratefully.
"You and my brother, a horse, I count you four thousand dollars." Lu Bu patted Sun Jian's shoulder and said.
"Four thousand?" Sun Jian grinned, four thousand is the price of forty stone rice, a family of three can eat for a year, a war horse needs three stone of grain and grass per month, plus others, feeding a war horse is equivalent to raising two soldiers.
"It's a deal." Sun Jian gritted his teeth and agreed, the price of four thousand yuan is not high, I am afraid that some people among the princes are rushing to ask for it, and Lu Bu can sell it to himself is already a great enthusiasm, before he hit a wall in Ma Teng and Gongsun Zhan, the princes of the Central Plains guard the princes of the frontier, and the princes of the frontier are not fools.
"Five hundred war horses, I will send General Cao to Wentai tomorrow at the latest." After making a business, Lu Bu is also a little happy, and there is no shortage of war horses in the state, what is lacking is grain and grass, and the development of a state is not enough with blood, and only with soldiers and food in his hands can he have the right to speak.
"Brother Fengxian, our army lacks war horses, and the cavalry of the soldiers is a little weak, can you send cavalry to teach?" Sun Jian asked expectantly.
"Yes." Lu Bu readily agreed, as long as the stirrup matter was not exposed, and the state cavalry would have a great advantage among the princes.
Leaving the Bingzhou military camp, Sun Jian was also high-spirited, and he seemed to have seen the scene of cavalry sweeping across the battlefield.
Dong Zhuo, who was still not satisfied with the conquest, dug up the mausoleums where the emperors of the past dynasties were buried, loaded carts of gold, silver and jewelry, and burned the century-old capital with a fire before leaving.
At this time, under the "fierce" offensive of the allies, the Tiger Prison guards will surrender after receiving the news that Dong Zhuo abandoned Luoyang and left.
When the allies arrived at the city of Luoyang, the fire was still not extinguished, and the village was uninhabited, so Yuan Shao had to order the army to be stationed in the wasteland.
Sun Jian was the pioneer and went to Luoyang to fight the fire.
Yuan Shao, who felt that he had made great contributions, began to think about it, although Luoyang City was burned by fire, he was still the first person in the world, no one compared, such merit and reputation were enough to glorify the lintel, what happened to the concubine, he wanted to tell the people of the Yuan family with actions that he was the first person in the Yuan family.
"Alliance leader, now that Dong Zhuo is holding the saint to the west, the army can take advantage of the victory to pursue, and the alliance leader will not move, what is the reason?" Cao Cao looked indignant and said anxiously.
The princes in the tent stopped touting each other and set their eyes on Yuan Shao, at this time, as long as Yuan Shao gave an order, the princes had to enter the army to pursue.
"Meng De, the princes' soldiers and horses have been fighting for days, and they are already sleepy and lacking horses, and it is useless to pursue Dong Thief." Yuan Shao reassured.
Cao Cao snorted coldly: "Dong thief burned Luoyang, robbed the Son of Heaven, the world shook, I don't know where to go, when this day dies, a war can determine the world, why hesitate?" ”
"Mengde, the three armies are tired, don't act rashly." Yuan Shu persuaded, and the rest of the princes persuaded one after another.
Cao Cao said angrily: "The erector is not enough and conspiracy. After finishing speaking, he brushed his sleeves away, led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and chased Dong Zhuo in the starry night.
Lu Bu shook his head, then walked out of the princes' tent, ordered the soldiers and horses, and led the men and horses of the headquarters and the wounded in the army to set off to Bingzhou in advance.
The next day, he led the remaining 7,000 soldiers to go with the Cao army, this battle, no matter whether he won or lost, he did not plan to come back, the princes' coalition army was already in name only, Dong Zhuo is now the richest person in the world, as long as he operates properly and Li Su's strategy, rob it, the people will have money, and the development of the state is not an empty word.
And said that Dong Zhuo went to Xingyang, and Xu Rong was too guarded to greet him, Li Ru said: "Xiangguo abandoned Luoyang, in order to prevent the princes from chasing the soldiers, you can teach Xu Rong to ambush the soldiers outside Xingyang City, if there are chasing soldiers, you can let go, wait for me here to defeat the enemy, and then intercept and cover the killing, which will definitely make the princes panic and dare not send troops to pursue." ”
Dong Zhuo listened to Li Ru's suggestion and ordered Hua Xiong to bring 10,000 elite soldiers behind, just waiting for the princes' army to kill.
"The lower officials are willing to stay behind the broken queen." Li Su came out of the ranks.
"Okay, Wei Gong will lead 5,000 elite soldiers to assist General Niu in escorting grain, grass and baggage." Dong Zhuo's trust in Niu Fu is naturally not comparable to Li Su, and he doesn't care about Li Su's invitation to fight.
Cao Cao led the army to chase after him overnight, and the scouts sent out batch after batch, and what they got was basically the news that the people were miserable and the Dong army was atrocity, and he was angry and kept scolding Yuan Shao and others.
"Speed up the march, be sure to catch up with Dong Zhuo's old thief." Cao Cao urged.
"Lord, Dong Zhuo's old thief is all elite, and our army only has 10,000 people, so be cautious." Cao Ren persuaded.
"The Holy One is in trouble, how can I, as courtiers, retreat." Cao Cao said in a firm tone.
Seeing this, the generals of the Cao army could not persuade again, so they could only keep urging the soldiers and horses to advance.
Chasing overnight, Cao's army was sleepy and tired, and suddenly the drums in front were loud, and Huaxiong led the troops to suddenly kill, and Cao Cao's front army could not resist, and there was a defeat.
Hua Xiong laughed and said: "As Lord Li expected, sure enough, there are princes chasing soldiers, and they will be killed with this general!" ”
Cao Cao rode out of the horse and scolded: "Rebels, robbing the Son of Heaven, and wandering the people, if you don't get off the horse, you will be captured, otherwise the army will be wiped out." ”
Hua Xiong scolded back: "No coward, dare to fight with me!" ”
Xiahou Dun jumped on his horse and raised his gun, killing Huaxiong, the two fought in one place, regardless of victory or defeat, suddenly, the left side sounded the earth-shattering drum, Li Dao led an army, from the left to kill.