Simulate the Three Kingdoms, kill Cao Mengde at the beginning

Chapter 34
After the indiscriminate bombardment of TV dramas in later generations, Yuan Xi knew more or less how powerful the heavy cavalry was.

If you add saddles and stirrups, the might of your soldiers and horses in Youzhou will be much stronger.

Xu Huang spoke bluntly, frowning and said: "The soldiers are alright, the armor on the horse, doesn't it mean that it loses its flexibility?"

Everyone present nodded secretly. The biggest advantage of cavalry is flexibility.

Can this kind of heavy cavalry still be flexible?
Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Light cavalry is flexible, and heavy cavalry is used to form formations and charge slightly. In addition, they are equipped with spears, bows and arrows, and javelins. Think about it, everyone, how powerful is it to attack the enemy's formation like this?"

Xu Huang, Xu Chu and the others frowned in thought.

Jia Xu suddenly said: "Although the heavy cavalry looks powerful, isn't the cavalry wearing heavy armor inflexible?"

Zhang Liao nodded, "There is a possibility of falling off the horse."

"Simple, equip them with saddles and stirrups."

Everyone looked at Yuan Xi puzzled as if they were listening to a scripture from heaven.

Yuan Xidao: "The saddle is a device I recently invented. It is specially used to fix the cavalry. The same goes for the stirrup. It can stabilize the cavalry when they charge quickly."

A trace of astonishment swept across Jia Xu's Gujing Wubo's face, and he lost his voice, "My lord still has such a sharp weapon?"

Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao and others also stared wide-eyed.

Yuan Xi didn't answer directly, but only smiled: "Tell me, if what I said can be realized, can this heavy cavalry do it?"

Xu Chu excitedly said, "It's possible."

Xu Huang nodded and said: "Ordinary cavalry equipped with these can also greatly increase their combat power."

Seeing everyone's excited yet skeptical attitude, Yuan Xi was in a good mood, "Xu Chu, go and pick out good men and horses first, and after a while, I'll have someone send over the saddle and stirrups that I've built, and you can have a look at them later. "

Yuan Xi wanted to talk again, but Zhang Nan came with a stack of bamboo slips.

"My lord, you will find what you want at last."

Zhang Nan strode into the lobby and presented the bamboo slips to Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi took it, called Cheng Yu casually, and handed the bamboo slips to him.

Cheng Yu opened it and watched silently.

After a while, Yuan Xi saw him put away the bamboo slips and asked, "Have you finished reading?"

Cheng Yu put down the bamboo slips, nodded and said, "Master, I've read them all."

His expression was calm, but his heart was full of agitation.

When Fang came to Youzhou, Yuan Xi showed him such a confidential document before he had accomplished an inch of merit, which made it difficult for Cheng Yu to calm down his excitement.

"How many soldiers and horses are there in Youzhou?"

"Return to the lord, a total of 320 nine people."

Yuan Xi didn't expect so much, but it's not surprising to think that Youzhou is bordered by foreign tribes such as Xianbei and Xiongnu.

"How many cavalry are there?"

"Two thousand rides."

Yuan Xi looked at Xu Chu, and said, "Xu Chu, I will make you a cavalry captain. You will be in charge of all the cavalry in Youzhou. In addition, you should speed up the construction of the heavy cavalry, and strive to enter the battlefield as soon as possible."

Zhang Nan's complexion changed slightly, and his expression was complicated.

Xu Chu scratched his head and said in a daze, "My lord, are you really going to leave it to the last general?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Why, you don't have confidence?"

Xu Chu raised his head and puffed out his chest, and said loudly, "The general will obey orders."

All the generals congratulated.

Yuan Xi was very happy, he knew that from this moment on, these people should start to serve him sincerely.

Hearing them talking, Yuan Xi lowered his voice and asked Cheng Yu, "How is the military force distributed in Youzhou? Who is in command?"

"Returning to my lord, all the soldiers and horses are roughly divided into three parts, a part in Ji County, a part in the border, and a small part in Lelang County."

Yuan Xi was confused by what he heard, so he simply didn't hide it, "Sir, think of a way to let them command these troops as soon as possible."

Cheng Yu was shocked and said, "My lord, aren't you afraid that your soldiers will be dissatisfied?"

Yuan Xi said with a calm expression: "I can't control that much for the time being. What I want now is to have all the soldiers and horses in Youzhou under my control in a short period of time. Only obey my orders."

Although Cheng Yu was upright, he was not stupid, so he realized it immediately.

He thought about it for a while, and said softly: "No matter what, this matter will cause dissatisfaction among others. If you want to control the soldiers and horses as quickly as possible, the lord only needs to send them there directly."

Yuan Xi was taken aback for a moment, he thought Cheng Yu could have some good ideas.

"Is there no way for people not to offend?"

Cheng Yu smiled and said: "If someone refuses to accept, just challenge the generals. If you can't beat them and still refuse, why should my lord care about their feelings?"

Yuan Xi was silent for a while, then said: "It makes sense, listening to what you have to say is better than reading for a long time."

Cheng Yu frowned slightly, as if he was pondering the meaning of these words.

"Sir, do you understand them?"

Yuan Xi looked at Xu Chu and the others.

"I still understand."

Yuan Xi took charge completely, "You make an announcement, seal them some official posts, and then send them to take over the military power."

"What kind of official position is it?"

Yuan Xi murmured: "What kind of official positions are those people, they used to be whatever officials they used to be."

"What about those people?"

"Officials are demoted to one level. If they refuse to accept it, let them go back to retire or go to Yecheng to file a complaint."

Yuan Xi couldn't care less.

His abilities are limited, and if he wanted to use Cheng Yu's ability to help, it would be better than him meddling casually.

Cheng Yu's complexion changed again and again, and finally he couldn't help but said: "I'm waiting for the new arrival, isn't my lord afraid that I'll have two hearts?"

Yuan Xi laughed out loud.

The laughter startled everyone present.

Yuan Xi glanced at the crowd, lowered his head and said to Cheng Yu, "I trust you sir."

Cheng Yu took two steps back, and said in deep admiration, "Cheng Yu is willing to put his heart on the ground for the Lord!"

Everyone was amazed and didn't know why Cheng Yu did this.

Only Jia Xu stroked his beard and smiled.

Yuan Xi helped him up, and said with a smile, "With all the gentlemen here, I feel at ease."

Cheng Yu raised his head, his eyes were slightly red, and he said sincerely, "My lord, the two generals Zhang Nan and Jiao Touch are not bad, and now they each lead five thousand troops to defend Jixian County. I feel a bit inappropriate to relieve their military power like this. .”

Yuan Xi pondered.

He really didn't like Zhang Nan and Jiao Touch, the two young men.

These two really stabbed him in the back.

If you can't beat them, you can just surrender, but these two surrendered before fighting.

Now that the Yuan family is in power, the two are naturally loyal.

But once the Yuan family loses power, who knows how they will behave.

In the future, if they really fight with Yuan Shao, will they fight themselves for Yuan Shao?

Yuan Xi was very suspicious of this.

But I have to say that Cheng Yu was right to be worried.

These two had just taken great credit with him on the front line.

It's hard not to feel resentment in being demoted in a blink of an eye.

This is a big hidden danger.

Yuan Xi's eyes lit up suddenly, and he said, "Promote everyone to a higher level. I'm now a chariot general. You can handle the seal. Then let Yu Jin's official position stabilize them."

Cheng Yu lowered his eyebrows and said, "Ascending brightly and descending secretly?"

Yuan Xi glanced at Zhang Nan who was eagerly looking at him in the hall, and said softly: "Not bad, he does things for me well, I won't lose him."

(End of this chapter)