Riding a horse is not a pleasure. It feels so bumpy and your thighs are bald.

The Xuzhou Army’s post station is really good. Although they cannot cook for the army that is coming and going, they can provide firewood, forage, and some vegetables.

Lunch was good, and a hot dish and canned fish were served.

As for horses, they eat not badly, including corn, bean cakes, and peanut seedlings. Moreover, the proportion of ingredients is relatively high. If the horse does not bring people to march, they can only eat grass, but if they want to march, they must eat food. Without food, the horse is insufficient physical strength and energy.

After dinner, the army set out and flags flickered.

Feng Xiong inspected the team: "I have marched a hundred miles in the morning and I have to be eighty in the afternoon. If we can arrive smoothly, it means we have succeeded."

"yes."

The troops replaced the iron-hoofed horses and asked the Xiliang horse to carry some baggage.

Although the iron-hoofed horse is short, it weighs a lot. It is calculated by Hanjin, which is about 1,400 kilograms, which is only about 200 kilograms lighter than Xiliang horse.

The pony is not big, it is very powerful to run, with four hooves running fast, and they are running rushing.

Horses cannot run when marching long distances, but they rely on walking. The iron-hoofed horses can rush back with four short legs.

The official road was dusty, very choking, and the speed of the march was also very fast. After walking for nearly fifty miles in one hour, the speed was almost the same as that of an ordinary bicycle riding.

Feng Xiong looked at the iron hoofed horse and was not tired yet, but he should take care of the horse's strength. He should not let the horse work too hard, nor should he rest too long. Rest too long is not conducive to marching.

"Stay on the spot for a quarter of an hour."

The military order was passed, and the cavalry dismounted, took out a kettle and drank a few sips by themselves, and then moistened the horse with a small scoop of water. The horse could not drink a lot of water just after running, but the horse was relatively dry, and a little water was good for the recovery of the horse's strength.

"On the horse, no one is allowed to fall behind in the last thirty miles."

When we arrived outside the west gate of Xiapi City, Wei Xu and his men were waiting there.

"Deputy General Feng, I have worked hard all the way. The food has been prepared, so you don't have to cook it."

Feng Xiong turned over and dismounted: "Thank you, the governor of Wei County, but the cavalry is a hard life. We must settle the horse first."

There was another busy period, and I took off my saddle and let the horse rest and roll, and then the cavalry could have a meal.

A cavalry loves horses more than a self.

Feng Xiong arranged for the heads of each town to inspect the horses and reported them one after another, without any injuries.

Feng Xiong's heart was relieved. The cavalry was far from as fast as people imagined. Normal cavalry marched, 120 to thirty miles a day was the limit. For cavalry like today, 180 miles a day was a life-threatening thing. People need to adapt, and horses also need to adapt.

So Lu Bu decided to rotate the two horses, one hundred and fifty miles a day, and the progress was quite OK.

The best marching in the Xuzhou army was Cao Xing's army. They trained the earliest, with two Hun horses each, so the marching speed was very fast.

Wei Xu accompanied Feng Xiong to the canteen in the military camp, and as a general, they had separate meals.

"Old Feng, I have prepared some delicious food for you today, which is really delicious."

Feng Xiong hurriedly asked, "What are you doing? Don't harm me. The day before yesterday, a soldier didn't know what the wind was smoking. He threw two of the steamed buns into the slurry tank. He was discovered by the military judge and whipped twenty more. The lord told the whole army that life is good now, but we can't waste it."

Wei Xu smiled and said, "How can I do it? I won't harm you. It's just an ordinary dish."

Put a pot of stewed potatoes on the table, which looks like chicken, but it tastes much more fragrant than chicken.

"This is pheasant meat, what kind of treasure should I be."

"In the autumn harvest, some of the pheasants hunted by hunters were handed over to the yamen. I was not willing to eat them, and you still don't appreciate them."

"I appreciate it, I appreciate it. When will you go to Xuzhou, I will invite you to a restaurant."

Wei Xu was a little moved. He thought that he could glorify his ancestors by being a county magistrate. Now he has a little experience in his three years of official career. The dilapidated Xia Pi City is now prosperous.

"I haven't fought for a few years, and the flesh on my thighs has become soft. Now I miss the days when I used to fight."

"This is not easy. Tell me to your lord and let him transfer your position. Come back and lead troops to fight, if there is a war."

Wei Xu thought for a while and said, "Forget it, my ability to fight is just that. I can't compare to Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others. Instead of being a deputy general, I am better to be a county magistrate. I, the county magistrate, also brings thousands of soldiers, and can train it regularly and enjoy it."

Feng Xiong trained for two days, and the light cavalry rushed for a long distance of 180 miles, and he could also drink some hot soup noodles for lunch and dinner.

The training results were reported to Lu Bu. After reading them, Lu Bu handed them to Zhuge Liang and Lu Su.

"Marching for 180 miles for two consecutive days, and there is still plenty of energy. It seems that one man and two horses can indeed greatly increase the speed of the march. However, when marching in other places, you can bring your own essence and materials, and it is more troublesome to use them."

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and shook his feather fan: "It is a bad habit to love the people too much. The princes would rush to marches wherever they go, and they would all become scorched earth wherever they pass. Our Xuzhou army does not kill or set fires, and it is not an exaggeration to collect some grass from the people."

Lu Su suggested: "No need to collect. The army will find a large family and stop outside the village and they will come to offer the forage immediately."

Lu Bu suddenly realized that as a modern person who traveled through time, he was a little too kind. This was the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Many people were displaced and many people left their hometowns.

"What you two said is that if the food and grass cannot be solved on the spot, the logistics and the original will not be able to support the transportation of supplies. However, the reputation of our Xuzhou army that is not robbed or seized has been established, and it cannot be ruined. In this way, when marching, you must make a white note in the enemy's territory, and then return it when the world is unified."

Zhuge Liang praised him with a thumbs up: "My lord is a good method."

If the world is truly unified, which big family is so stupid that they can find the government to ask for the money and food they supported at the time?

After a while, Chen Gong, Zhao Zhubo, and Wang Heng also came. There were six people in total, and a secret meeting was held in Lu Bu’s study.

The simple cowhide map was hung up, and Lu Bu pointed to the map: "Let's see, who will hit first, and who will hit later."

Chen Gong is the oldest, so he said first when he coughs: "It may not be easy to beat Cao Cao first, because once Xudu is taken down, how to resettle Emperor Xian is the biggest problem. What should we do then? The soldiers have not yet thought about these problems, and when fighting Cao Cao, the Cao thief will ask all places to help in the name of the emperor. So I suggest that you attack Yuan Shao, Jizhou, Jinan County will cross the Yellow River and go west, and go straight to Jizhou without any worries along the way. Use elite troops to directly capture Yuan Shao's elite troops, so that other places will descend in a hurry."
Chapter completed!