The footsteps sounded, but it was Ma Chao who entered the cabin where Lu Ren was under the leadership of Minchan, and Lu Ren in the cabin also put down what he was busy with, and after signaling Minchan to withdraw, he smiled at Ma Chao and said: "Meng is up, it's hard all the way!" ”

Ma Chao hurriedly replied: "It's not hard, it's just that this sea ship is really a little unaccustomed to sitting, and I didn't take less seasickness medicine along the way." ”

Lu Ren laughed. Speaking of which, Ma Chao is indeed not good at taking boats, after all, Ma Chao was born in the northwest grassland, and he has never seen what the ocean is like for most of his life, and even when he came to Yangon, he came from the Sichuan-Myanmar passage by land. Or it should be said that if Ma Chao hadn't been rectified by Lu Ren, he would not even be able to touch the edge of the ocean for the rest of his life. Such a person let him take a boat, and he also took a sea boat, so it's strange that he can get used to it! If it weren't for his good physical fitness, the vomiting of seasickness would make him vomit like a waste.

casually handed the drink at hand to Ma Chao, and after Ma Chao thanked him, he asked: "Lu Nanhai is so anxious to summon here, but I don't know what the important thing is?" ”

Lu Ren poured a sip of juice and said with a smile: "If you say a big thing, it's actually not a big deal. Meng Qi, your current territory is not small, and in my opinion, you are expanding a little fast, and my personnel here are a little unable to keep up with your pace, which will also make it difficult for your territory to be in place in terms of internal affairs, and then make your foundation unstable. So I mean I want you to pause, consolidate a little bit more on the domestic side of developments, and hold your feet a little bit stronger. ”

After hearing this, Ma Chao thought about it first, and then nodded to Lu Ren and said yes. What Lu Ren said is the truth, Ma Chao has grabbed a lot of territory now, but in general, the level of productivity is relatively backward. To put it mildly, it may be a little higher than the level of slash-and-burn farming. Although Ma Chao has some nomadic tribal temperament, he also knows the importance of establishing a country through farming, so he knows that if he doesn't do a good job in internal affairs, then his newly laid territory may not last long.

Looking at Lu Ren again, he continued: "Your current territory can be regarded as standing on a footing with the northern and southern Guishan, whether you should be biased towards the southern Guishan or the northern Guishan, I believe I don't need to say more." But Meng Qi, I still want to remind you that if you meet someone from Beiguishuang who promises you any benefits, you must hold on. Be sure to distinguish who is your enemy and who is your friend, and who is just trying to take advantage of you temporarily. ”

Ma Chao was awe-inspiring when he heard this, and knew that Lu Ren was actually knocking on himself. In fact, since Ma Chao grabbed the territory, he basically intervened between the north and the south Guishuang, because the South Guishuang side knew that Ma Chao was Lu Ren's person, so he didn't say anything, but the North Guishuang side sent people over many times to try to win over Ma Chao, and at the same time gave Ma Chao a lot of gifts and promised a lot of benefits. This is fortunate that Ma Chao knows Lu Ren's strength, and the current Ma Chao has suffered a lot of losses in the early years of greedy for immediate profits, and people have grown a lot because of this, otherwise, if Ma Chao is young, he will really be a little bit of a bad move.

So Ma Chao hurriedly got up and left his seat, and saluted Lu Ren very solemnly: "Please rest assured that Lu Nanhai will never ...... in the future."

Lu Ren waved his hand to interrupt Ma Chao's words, and then responded with a smile: "Needless to say, I believe in Meng Qi's personality." In fact, I am just afraid that you will be confused and make a big mistake. You are a good person, everything is good, but sometimes your ears are a little soft, and it is easy to be misled by villains with ulterior motives, so I can only remind you as much as possible. ”

These words actually gave Ma Chao face, and at the same time gave Ma Chao a step to go down. Ma Chao didn't make a mistake, so he naturally hurriedly thanked Lu Ren before sitting down again. At this time, Lu Ren took out a few gadgets from the drawer and handed them to Ma Chao, who was surprised when he saw them: "These seem to be things from Rome, right?" ”

Lu Ren smiled and nodded: "The gift brought by the Roman envoy this time." Meng Qi, you have been in the Western Regions for a long time, and I believe you have seen some things from Rome, but these are all fine products taken out by the Roman emperor, which should be much better than the ones you saw back then. If you want to see it, take it all. ”

To say that there are really some things in Rome that are rare goods in China, and they are naturally worth a lot of money. And among the things that Lu Ren took out now, there were a few things that Ma Chao saw and liked very much. Now that he suddenly heard that Lu Ren was going to give it to him, he was naturally very happy in his heart, but he still couldn't help but say a few polite words. Lu Ren just smiled at this, and casually pushed these things that could be worth a lot of money in Huaxia in front of Ma Chao: "What are you polite to me?" Besides, you are the person I borrowed from Uncle Liu Huang to help, and you are not my subordinate staff, so the relationship between you and me is a friend. I'm sending something to my friend, it's not a big deal, is it? ”

Ma Chao smiled embarrassedly and accepted the things sent by Lu Ren. Next, the two of them chatted a few words, and Lu Ren saw that it was almost there, so he asked, "Meng Qi, there are some things I really want to ask you." ”

Ma Chao knew that Lu Ren's true intention to call him over next, so he immediately gathered his heart and said: "Lu Nanhai said bluntly, he should know everything and say everything. ”

Lu Ren said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's not a very important matter, and I won't ask anything that is too sensitive, so as not to embarrass you." Oh, that's right, I remember that when Uncle Liu Huang led the crowd to attack Tianshui and was wounded, Meng Qi, you were also in the army, right? ”

Ma Chao nodded. At that time, Liu Bei considered that Ma Chao was familiar with the Liangzhou area, so he made Ma Chao a pioneer officer. In fact, the battle at that time was originally very smooth, if it wasn't for Liu Bei who was accidentally seriously injured and had to return to Hanzhong, it is likely that Liu Bei would have taken Tianshui down at that time, and it would not have been delayed for so long and so many things happened.

Lu Ren here sorted out his thoughts and asked, "What I want to ask now is...... At that time, how was Uncle Liu's heavy infantry battle formation broken through by the Parthian heavy cavalry? To be honest, the heavy infantry battle array used by Uncle Liu shouldn't have been broken by the cavalry so easily, even if the other party used the most elite heavy armored cavalry of the Persian family. ”

Ma Chao carefully recalled the battle situation at that time, and after telling Lu Ren in detail, he made a summary here: "In my opinion, there are two key reasons why the battle formation was broken through at that time, the first is that a series of battles were fought too smoothly at that time, so the soldiers under the command of the lord had the intention of underestimating the enemy, and those who underestimated the enemy were easy to lose; Second, I didn't expect that the Western Regions Alliance, which has always been dominated by light cavalry, would have such elite heavy armored cavalry, and what I didn't expect was that they still had that kind of flammable thing to set fire. ”

After hearing this, Lu Ren nodded, and then imagined and deduced some scenes in his heart, and then asked Ma Chao: "Meng Qi, if you are asked to lead a cavalry to attack such an infantry battle formation, what are the chances of victory in your heart?" ”

Regarding the question raised by Lu Ren now, Ma Chao, as a military general of the cavalry department, has long imagined how to deal with this kind of infantry battle formation when he leads the cavalry. It's just that Ma Chao is now old and doesn't have the arrogance he had when he was young, so he didn't want to act like he was talking without thinking in front of Lu Ren, so he responded after bowing his head and thinking about it for a long time:

"It depends on the shape of the battlefield. If it was in a hilly area, the cavalry basically had to fight; But if it is in an open area, even if the cavalry is only half the strength of the infantry, it will have a great chance of winning, at least it can make the infantry helpless, and then use the fast horse to make the infantry tired. As long as you give some time, it will be easy to drag these infantry to death. ”

After hearing this, Lu Ren said in his heart that your Ma Chao is really a guy with a cavalry S-level and a "riding god" stunt, and later the Northern Huns were able to mix well in Europe, and didn't they use this method when facing the Roman heavy infantry phalanx? To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than to give full play to the mobility of the cavalry, and the vast plains of northern Europe are just right for the cavalry.

And seeing Ma Chao say such a thing at this time, Lu Ren's heart also had a bottom, so he smiled at Ma Chao and said: "Meng Qi, in fact, I specially called you over this time, and specifically said that I would let you bring hundreds of elite cavalry with me, just to let you go and fight with the heavy infantry phalanx on the Roman side." As you may not know, the Roman phalanx of heavy infantry is so famous in Europe that it would not be an exaggeration to say that it swept through Europe. Although I have not really seen it, I believe that the things that can make such a name for themselves will definitely have their own merits. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Ren began to bubble up the water: "This time the Roman envoys came, and they were accompanied by five hundred of Rome's most elite phalanx heavy infantry. I originally wanted to use my infantry here to test their water, but before I opened my mouth, I don't know which talkative guy told me about the fact that Uncle Liu Huang had been wounded by the Parthian cavalry at that time, and they boasted that their heavy infantry phalanx could beat the resting cavalry to the ground, and I muttered in my heart, saying that since you are so strong, why have you fought with Anxi for so many years but it is difficult to distinguish the victory? ”

At this point, Lu Ren straightened his face: "People want faces, trees want bark!" I am a courtier of the Han Dynasty with Uncle Liu, so Uncle Liu's humiliation is equivalent to me being humiliated, so I want to teach these Romans who don't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the world a hard lesson. Originally, I wanted to use infantry, but Meng Qi, you should know that the weapons used by my elite infantry will kill people if they move in earnest, and I have an alliance with Rome, so it will not look good if I really cause a human life. Furthermore, didn't they say that their phalanx of heavy infantry could be invincible against the cavalry? I thought I was going to hit my face harder, so I ......"

Ma Chao immediately understood what Lu Ren meant, and immediately had a posture of gearing up. Seriously, Ma Chao, as a general of the cavalry department, has long wanted to fight with the heavy infantry phalanx for the dignity of his own troops. When he was still under Liu Bei before, although there were infantry who led the cavalry and Liu Bei's main force to conduct drills, it was positioned as a sparring partner at that time, in order to facilitate the infantry group to find out the weaknesses of the cavalry group and then make targeted adjustments. Now that he heard that he was going to fight the Roman infantry, and he was going to slap them in the face, Ma Chao certainly wanted to give it a try.

Lu Ren smiled again: "In my opinion, there is no such thing as perfection in the world, and the battle formation on the battlefield is the same. In short, Meng Qi, you have to fight hard and fight for our big man. Besides, this is just a drill after all, so it's better not to cause trouble if it's not necessary, so I've prepared some things for you. You can use it the same way you would normally fight, but these drill weapons won't kill people. ”

Ma Chao also saw the sinister smile on Lu Ren's face clearly at this time, and couldn't help but mourn secretly for his opponent, that is, the five hundred Roman phalanx infantry......

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A few days later, there was a "battlefield" outside the city of Yangon.

The 500 Roman soldiers had actually been released a few days earlier. And although it was a cell that was locked up for a few days, under Lu Ren's secret instructions, they didn't go hungry, but they didn't eat so well. If it was four dishes and one soup before he was imprisoned, then the prison meal in the past few days is only steamed buns and pickles, but he is full.

But what Lu Ren didn't expect was that even if there were only steamed buns and pickles, these Roman soldiers actually ate with relish. If you ask someone, you will understand that unless it is a Roman nobleman or a wealthy person, the food that people in the middle and lower classes usually eat ...... At that time, European bread was as hard as a stone and had to be soaked in soup to make a paste, which is why European soup had such an important place in the recipe.

Lu Ren didn't miss out on food, and as soon as he heard about this situation, he knew that Europe at that time would be this virtue, and he must not know that flour was the result of fermentation to a certain extent before it could be used. As for the merchants who had not heard of these things from Rome before, or from the nobles sent to Rome, or from Lu Lan......

That's nonsense! Under normal circumstances, how could Lu Ren ask the people in Rome about these things? You won't see you, right? And the people sent to Rome and Lu Lan, who went around Rome, were treated with high standards, and they couldn't touch these things. So these Roman soldiers were very fluffy and tasty for steamed buns...... Okay, don't talk about these things, anyway, it made Lu Ren and Chen Li cry and laugh. According to Chen Li, the most edible meal among the Roman soldiers can eat more than 20 taels of steamed buns, Lu Ren's reaction after listening to it is why he didn't kill him?

Without further ado, Lu Ren had premeditated it, and Palius understood it in his heart, so he quickly reached an agreement to conduct a "friendly military exercise" between the two sides, so the people released it a few days in advance, and then gave them some good food and drink to restore their strength......