Chapter 45
Xiang Yu has a black cone horse, Lu Bu has a red rabbit horse, Qin Qiong has a yellow horse... Heroes can have no beauty, but they cannot have good horses!
An excellent war horse is the second life of a warrior! To put it bluntly, the utility soldier is a private soldier. They go to the battlefield to earn rewards. They always take advantage of it when there is a advantage, and run away without it. The war horse is the standard for the utility soldier. If they cannot run, they should be regarded as a useful soldier.
Wang Ning'an did not have the stupid idea of serving the country with his own troops.
Dad covets a good horse, and he is the same.
You should know that since the loss of Yan Yun and Li Yuanhao rebelled, the Central Plains dynasty also lost two excellent horse-producing bases in Liaodong and northwest.
Relying on trade in the market, more than a thousand war horses were obtained from the Liao Kingdom every year, and they were castrated and could not be used for breeding. After the founding of the Song Dynasty for a hundred years, war horses were increasingly lacking. In addition, the population declined, and it was generally not much higher than donkeys. Some people simply reproduced a large number of mules, but they could only be used for transportation and could not charge.
In today's Song Dynasty, war horses are scarce to an outrageous level.
Take Hebei East Road where Cangzhou is located for example. In the fourth year of Qingli, an order was issued to require the cavalry to fill in five points, and to find out the connection with Shaanxi Road and Hebei West Road, and to fill in four points for the other routes!
What does it mean, it is ten cavalry and five horses!
It was right. As the front line of the fight against the Liao Kingdom, the cavalry of the Song Dynasty actually wanted two people and one horse!
You should know that the cavalry of nomadic peoples has always been one person with two horses, or even one person with three horses!
The pitiful Song Dynasty actually asked two people to ride a horse!
Is it outrageous?
How effective is such a cavalry?
What's even more serious is that five points are just the number on the book, which often includes many slow horses, old horses, soldiers, mules, and even donkeys!
For ten thousand cavalrymen, no more than one thousand cavalry can be pulled out.
The result of not having a war horse was painful. The soldiers of the Song Dynasty could only pile up armor on their bodies. This is how the famous Buren armor came about.
Although he is equipped with unparalleled armor and has the power to fight with the cavalry, he will not fight with you at all. He can rely on his flexible and maneuverable tactics to drag you to exhaustion, relax, and collapse, and give him another fatal blow. The poor soldiers of the Song Dynasty can only be ruthlessly slaughtered.
Even if you win, you will be unable to catch up with the enemy soldiers because of your lack of mobility and will cause heavy damage to your opponent... It will be tears if you say too much.
Wang Ning'an's grandfather, Wang Liangjing's father, sacrificed his life for the country in Xixia a few years ago. If the old man could have an excellent war horse, he would not have fallen into the siege... It is said that grandfather killed more than a dozen Western Xia soldiers with his hand, and was finally surrounded in the valley, shot to death by arrows, and only one jar filled with ashes was sent home...
There are too many cruel lessons, and it is understandable that Wang Liangjing hopes to get a good horse.
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"There are definitely good horses in the Wild Wolf Valley, I saw them with my own eyes." Liang Dagang said confidently.
Uncle Wu thought, "If there is a good horse, it will not fall into our hands. Commander Zhu's eyes are red, and Bao Heizi will not let it go. Now the court is short of horses. If you can offer some good horses, you will be able to be promoted and you will not fall into our hands."
Wang Liangjing was full of passion, but after thinking about it for a long time, he had no idea.
"I'm delusional."
"Don't worry, maybe there's a turnaround." Wang Ning'an thought for a while and asked, "Uncle Liang, are you familiar with the terrain of Wild Wolf Valley?"
"I know." Liang Dagang said without hesitation: "There are mountains on both sides there, and there is only a ditch in the middle, leading to the valley inside, as if the shape of a water bottle, very dangerous and desolate. In the past, there were always wolves, so this is called the Wild Wolf Valley..."
After listening to Liang Dagang's introduction, Wang Ning'an became more and more confident.
"Everyone clean up, we will go to Wild Wolf Valley to help the battle right away!"
More than thirty men, with weapons, led by Wang Liangjing, advanced quickly along the mountain road, and walked rapidly for more than an hour to reach the periphery of the Wild Wolf Valley.
A long distance away, you can see a group of people running wildly, as if someone is chasing behind you.
"It's Cangzhou's men, they have defeated!"
Wang Ning'an was not disappointed, but cheered and almost jumped up.
Wang Liangjing rushed forward with his men and saw reinforcements. The people from Weiwang Camp were relieved. The people from Wild Wolf Valley were not sure how many people came, so they retreated one after another.
The two sides of the war separated and met again. Wang Ning'an almost laughed. Gongsun Ce's face was covered with black and gray, like a ghost. Wang Chao was bleeding on his shoulders, Ma Han had an arrow inserted on his back, and the arrogant Commander Zhu was also in trouble. An egg-sized bag fell on his forehead, red, swollen and tall, like a cooked egg.
This is the case with others, let alone how embarrassed it is to be.
Commander Zhu had no shame to see people, only Gongsun Ce told them the passage intermittently... There were three village gates at the entrance of the Wild Wolf Valley. They captured two consecutively and tried their best. Commander Zhu personally led the team and wanted to take it down in one fell swoop. But when he approached the third village gate, countless soybeans were suddenly thrown down on the hills on both sides.
The round little thing fell on the stone road and rolled around everywhere. The village gate was only ten feet wide on the left and right. Soybeans fell from the sky. The soldiers on both sides were attacked and fell to the ground.
People from Wild Wolf Valley took the opportunity to shoot arrows, igniting the dead grass on both sides. The chaotic army was in chaos and trampling on each other, and countless casualties were killed and injured. When they arrived, 400 people were there, and now there are only more than 200 left.
Some died in battle, while others ran away.
"What a cunning bandit. I want to report to Lord Bao immediately and ask to mobilize more people to flatten the Wolf Valley." Gongsun Ce yelled. Commander Zhu's face was a little dark. Obviously, his cowhide was blown away, and his face and inner sacrificiality were lost.
Bao Zheng was not only the governor, he also had a seal deployed by the general army. The Xiang army in Cangzhou was under his control. Although the Xiang army was in its own line, he didn't care much about the governor.
But Bao Zheng is famous and selfless. He can definitely make Commander Zhu dizzy and even lose his post and dismiss him.
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"Mr. Gongsun, I have a word, I don't know if I should say it."
Gongsun Ce blinked and suddenly smiled, "Why did I forget? Erlang has written about the Three Kingdoms, and his mind is about strategy. He must be a planner and a victory thousands of miles away. If you have any ideas, tell me quickly!"
"Mr. Gongsun praised it. The boy felt that he was strong and weak. As long as he hit the vital points of the thief in the Wild Wolf Valley, he would not have to worry about not being able to take it down."
"Nonsense!" Commander Zhu said bluntly: "Who knows their vitals?"
"I will know if I'm not here to go." Wang Ning'an smiled and said, "The Cui family's power collapsed. The people in Wild Wolf Valley are like rootless duckweed and need a place to settle down. Wild Wolf Valley is not a place to stay for a long time. You must find a place to go. Mr. Gongsun, think about it, where would they choose?"
Gongsun Ce frowned and pondered for a while, suddenly said in surprise: "It's Liao Kingdom, they will flee to Liao Kingdom!"
Wang Ning'an snapped his fingers and smiled: "Mr. Gongsun is wise. The Wild Wolf Valley is only more than 100 miles away from the Liao Kingdom. It is entirely possible for the Liao soldiers to appear here. As long as we play a play, we will not worry about the people in the Wild Wolf Valley not being deceived."
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The dense forests, night fell, and there was a lot of dew on the leaves. I didn’t go far. Liang Dagang and more than a dozen brothers’ clothes were wet. When the mountain wind blew, it was so cold.
"Gangzi, don't take the wrong path. I see why there are tigers around!"
"There is a tiger? Even if there is a Dragon Prince, I will chop him!" Liang Dagang said with great tantrums: "You all shut up and follow me honestly. If anyone makes a mistake, I will destroy him if I don't need the Fourth Brother to take action!"
Everyone was careful. In the middle of the night, they touched a cliff. Liang Dagang took out the flying chain rope and climbed up the rock with the moonlight. He got on the top and put down the rope. The other brothers followed him and went up the top of the mountain and walked around a ridge. The Wild Wolf Valley suddenly appeared at his feet, lit the torches, and people rushed back and forth, listening to the distance, and there was a vague sound of killing.
Liang Dagang looked up at the sky and prayed silently that the gods and Buddhas in the heavens must be blessed! In any case, he must get the war horse!
Chapter completed!