Chapter 1518: The Battle of Xuzhou (115)

People have to die than people, goods have to be thrown, Zhang Liao has not seen how Huang Fu Song's Northern Army usually trains, although Dong Zhuo adopted them at that time, but there is no Huang Fu Song, a key person, just from the soldiers' mouths to know is just some skin, but although he has not seen the training of the Northern Army, but he has seen the training of the wolf cavalry and the Xiliang iron cavalry, and even he is one of the generals.

But after seeing the training of the dragoons, he felt that his training methods over the years were no different from some robbers, anyway, they were special amateurs, and the cavalry he trained like that was actually more like copying the training methods of the Hu people, but after communicating with Zhao Yun, he quite agreed with his training methods.

First of all, the cavalry of Donghu, they all live in the grassland, riding horses and archery This is the most basic skill, regardless of men and women, young and old, almost everyone can become an excellent cavalry, but even if the Central Plains region no matter how to train, it will not reach their ability, just like the simplest action on the horse, it takes half a year to train before and after, in order to master, the rest of the second team, if you want to get on the horse, you still have to use foreign objects, but for the Donghu cavalry, it is very simple, a support for the horse's back and a neck, and directly turn over on the horse.

Therefore, in Xiliang there was a unilateral stirrup in Youzhou, although such a unilateral stirrup was not popular in the Central Plains, but it was the most common thing in the dragoon army, not only the cavalry was more convenient to get on and off the horse, but also more stable when fighting, so that when fighting, it would be able to sit on horseback and fight like the Hu people.

It is conceivable that the dragoon army, which made up for this innate advantage through stirrups, did not dare to attack the Hu people in Liaodong for many years, and it was even more difficult for them to meet opponents in the Central Plains battlefield, and they were invincible.

After that, the wolf cavalry of Bingzhou began to install unilateral stirrups in his organization, of course, in many aspects they still have a huge gap with the dragoons, such as equipment and food and even Yulu, but he also understands that the dragoons are Liu Lan's troops, and they almost enjoy the resources that all the soldiers in Xuzhou do not enjoy, whether it is new equipment or high Yulu, they all start with them.

No matter who this is, you must first learn to accept it, even Guan Yu, his mountain camp is powerful enough, but he has no opinion at all, after all, the composition of the dragoon army is different, these people are at least a hundred generals in Liaodong, and some people even ride the capital, but they have become a pawn when they enter the dragoon.

No one wants this to happen to anyone, so although they are just an ordinary rider, their salary is issued according to their original position, and if they are promoted in the dragoon, then their salary will also be promoted to one level, of course, this is capped, if they reach the position of captain, then these people will often go to other armies as generals.

This kind of selection of materials and employment, is to Zhang Liao's eyes, although when the wolf rode in Bingzhou, Ding Yuan also tried a similar selection system, of course, it is not the same, when there are some similarities, but with his death, some reforms of the wolf riding in Bingzhou have completely stagnated, and under the command of Lu Bu, it has maintained the tradition for many years, but such a selection system, just like the conquest system of the Han Dynasty today, has long been corrupted, and cronyism can be seen everywhere in the wolf riding in Bingzhou, Therefore, in the end, it is not surprising that the Wolf Cavalry Army of Bingzhou has changed from one of the three major cavalry in the world to a combatless force.

As a result, something that Zhang Liao never dreamed of appeared, that is, after seeing the dragoon army, he gave him the idea of reorganizing the wolf cavalry and making them famous in the world again, although this process is difficult, and most of the wolf cavalry in the state are confused, after all, the cavalry that followed them from the state has already gone through so many years of conquest, and most of them are recruited in Yanzhou, but the more so, the more he has to set up a cavalry unit that does not lose the dragoon.

Maybe it will be difficult, after all, it is also a light cavalry, Liu Lan is still necessary under the premise of having a dragoon army and a Liaodong army, so what he can do is actually very difficult, but he feels that even if it is impossible to make the Bingzhou wolf cavalry like a dragoon army become an independent branch of the army overnight, at least it can be like the cavalry in Zhang Fei's army, subordinate to his own cavalry unit, and all resources will be allocated to the generals by the general's mansion, and then he will assign it to the wolf cavalry of Bingzhou.

However, after all, his thoughts are only at the stage of thinking, and I don't know how many people are staring at the resource allocation of these troops under Liu Lan's account. Zhao Yun's dragoon army and Liu Lan's guards are the highest priority, and it is impossible for anyone to fight for it, followed by the Setshan battalion, fortunately, Ou Yejian left a fairly complete smelting craftsman in Liaodong, where the resources are also sufficient and can be self-sufficient, otherwise these three families will share the majority, and the materials that can really be distributed to other troops are pitiful.

But now the Guards, the Dragoon Army and the Setshan Battalion are divided into fifty percent, and the remaining fifty percent is distributed by the rest of the troops, Zhang Fei, Zhang Jaw, Tai, Shi Ci, Lu Su, Zhou Tai and even Zang Ba have to get a piece of the pie, and now they have joined him, unless Liu Lan continues to increase military spending, otherwise, that military expenditure is not enough at all.

Xuzhou's military spending has always been high, not only because of the recruitment system they adopted, but also because of the huge cost of money and the comfort of casualties, which are all huge expenses, and it is said that Cao Cao can't make ends meet, and the situation on Liu Lan's side is actually not much better.

In the past, when there was no expansion, Liu Lan was counting on being able to raise one pawn for ten people, but now it is five people to support one, so it can be said that the load has long exceeded Liu Lan's control, and Zhang Zhao has been asking for compendium and disarmament, so that not only the military government but also the government at all levels can have spare money for production and construction.

But it's a pity that Liu Lan didn't accept his suggestion, at least at this stage Liu Lan didn't dare to disarm, in fact, Liu Lan increased his troops in order to be able to have the strength to resist Yuan Shao, if he was disarmed now, although life would be better, but he didn't have the ability to resist Yuan Shao, and even Cao Cao would be overstretched, so he could only save money by himself, and he didn't plan to streamline the expenses of the troops.

The difficulties are only temporary, as long as he survives this war, everything will improve, as long as he survives this time, then even if he completely gains a foothold in Moling, he can develop in Moling on a large scale, and of course control Wu Jun and Huiji, which will become his real rear and the base of money and grain.

Liu Lan hung Zhao Yun for a few days, and it wasn't until five days later that he showed up, Zhao Yun would come to see him almost every day these days, but Liu Lan avoided him, so it was naturally impossible to meet him, but after Liu Lan got up today, he heard the news of Zhao Yun's arrival again, Liu Lan didn't seem to be surprised at all, and called him over directly.

Zhao Yun now only has 500 personal soldiers on hand, and the other troops have been left in Pei County by Liu Lan's order, and they are under the command of Chen Palace, he has completely lost his military power, and this governor of Xuzhou is also in name only, Liu Lan originally wanted to see what he would do in the next five days, or whether he would release some rumors and cruel words, so he planned to pick and choose.

However, Zhao Yun is Zhao Yun after all, and he didn't say some cruel words, which is also in line with his character, it would not be strange if Zhang Fei did anything, and because of this, Liu Lan did not have the need to continue to hang him, and the moment he saw him, he was discharged from the hospital in person to greet him, although Liu Lan sometimes believed in his identity, but at this time, he didn't think about it so much.

And Zhao Yun was a little flattered by Liu Lan's welcome, he didn't have any hope when he came to Liu Lan, and even gave up hope of returning to Peixian, he also understood that there was no progress in the first battle of Peixian, such a shame, naturally he had no face to face the lord, and he had nothing to say about any arrangements made by the lord.

But he didn't want to give up, he still wanted to make the last effort, even if it was just to be a pawn, but how could Liu Lan let him be a soldier, in fact, Chen Gong only had the command of the Setshan battalion, and he didn't have any arrangements for the dragoons, Zhao Yun went back this time, although he was still the governor of Xuzhou, but he could only lead the dragoon army and was under the control of Chen Gong.

As for the future, in fact, after this incident, Chen Gong is unlikely to continue to stay in Xuzhou, the military division general has to be replaced by someone else, and the more suitable person is Chen Deng, who has fewer things to do, and he doesn't have to work so hard, and he will make other arrangements after his condition improves.

Such an arrangement, not because I am afraid that Zhao Yun will hold a grudge, but because I am afraid that Chen Gong will be awkward, compared to Chen Gong, whether he is a commander or a loser in the first battle of Peixian, it is inevitably inappropriate to let him be the general of this military division for Zhao Yu, so this is a result of full consideration in itself.

So when Zhao Yun learned that he had to listen to Chen Gong's moderation when he returned to Pei County, and he had to carry out his orders unconditionally, Zhao Yun didn't have a hot word, in his heart, this was originally earned, since there was still a chance to return to Pei County, let alone let him obey Chen Gong's orders, even if he was a small soldier and obeyed everyone's orders, he didn't want to miss such an opportunity to avenge his wife.

For this day, Zhao Yun waited for half a year, and in this half a year, he didn't want to take revenge all the time, but such an opportunity never appeared, and now that the opportunity is in front of him, can he give it up?

After Zhao Yun left, Liu Lan looked at his back, for this Peixian deployment, his confidence was still satisfied, first of all, Chen Gong's wisdom was definitely able to match Cao Cao's subordinates, and even not lose him at all, and with the addition of Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao, the two generals, he was even more confident.

First of all, these two people have the ability to lead troops alone, and secondly, they are both fierce generals who can go into battle to kill the enemy, with the two of them in charge, as long as Chen Gong can show the ability to play Cao Cao around back then, it is enough to compete with Cao Cao, of course, at the critical moment, Liu Lan is more willing to directly contribute to the Guards, send Xu Chu over, there is such a fierce general to help, and there are five thousand guards heavy cavalry, presumably Chen Gong's chances of victory are more sufficient.

This time, I hope Peixian will not let me down. After sending Zhao Yun away, Liu Lan thought so in his heart. At this moment in Feng County, the news of Liu Lan's large-scale transfer of generals reached Cao Cao's ears at the same time.

At first, when it was not possible to determine who would be the general, Cao Cao just sneered at such an appointment, after all, it was a big taboo to change generals in battle, and Liu Lan would not not understand it, until the accurate news came, Cao Cao finally understood Liu Lan's thoughts.

At that time, when he heard the name of Chen Gong from the scout's mouth, Cao Cao was even stunned for a moment and said, "Chen Gong? For this old friend and old opponent, Cao Cao's eyes soon lost the disdain he had for Liu Lan a few days ago, and after he continued to ask, when he got the generals and Zhang Liao who arrived this time, Cao Cao's heart tightened again, and he hurriedly asked: "What about Gao Shun?" ”

"It seems that he is still in custody in Moling."

Cao Cao was obviously a little nervous when he said Gao Shun's name, a Chen Gong and a Gao Shun, these are old opponents that he remembers vividly, Cao Jun He suffered heavy losses in the hands of these two people, and he was really afraid that these two would join forces again, but fortunately, Gao Shun did not come, but it was just a Chen Palace, which was enough to give him a headache, and then, he really didn't know how to face him, after all, this person never played cards according to common sense, but once the cards were played, it was not surprising what happened next, And the soldiers of Chen Gong before, in fact, the key was because of Lu Bu, but this time, Liu Lan gave him so much autonomy, it can be said that Chen Gong can be regarded as able to complete the contest with him in the real sense this time, and this is what Cao Cao is most worried about.

In the past, Chen Gong was like being tied hand and foot, in such a situation, he could make him suffer a lot, but now he is like a tiger out of the cage, do you think Cao Cao is not worried?

At the first moment, Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia, but he kept bowing his head and saying nothing, he didn't think that his opponent Chen Gong was difficult to deal with, but he was thinking about what Liu Lan wanted to do, such a big personnel transfer, is it that Liu Lan has completely given up Fengxian and started to prepare for another battle with Yuan Shao in Langya?

Even if this situation occurs, it is not unexpected, but soon Guo Jia denied his judgment, after all, Liu Lan did not transfer the main force of the Setshan battalion, so his current focus is still in Feng County, and he actually wants to change with Chen Gong, after all, in Liu Lan's army, if you really want to say that the generals who have fought with them are rich, I am afraid that no one can compare to Chen Gong and Zhang Liao, but in the same way, they also have their own methods for dealing with these two old opponents.

So Liu Lan is gambling this time, maybe he has more confidence than Lu Bu, but they are also confident that since they won him before and drove him out of Yanzhou, then this time, they can also let him gain nothing!