Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 123 Compensation Issues
Fifty thousand war horses was the maximum amount that Zhang Qingfeng speculated that the Xianbei people could compensate.

In this era, the price of war horses ranged from [-] to [-] yuan.

Of course, one hundred thousand is a high-end BMW, and the price of an ordinary war horse is only around [-] to [-].

Even if the compensation is paid, the Xianbei people will not compensate the top horses, and the price should be around [-] to [-] yuan.

Fifty thousand war horses are worth more than one billion yuan, which is pretty good.

Of course, what Zhang Qingfeng likes the most is the tens of thousands of Liaodong cavalry captured by Ke Bineng. In his opinion, these people are all excellent labor force and can be invested in the construction of Youzhou, because Youzhou is too short of people now. up.

Although the total population of Youzhou has exceeded 300 million, this population is not as large as that of a city in later generations.

Of course, even if the Xianbei people admit their mistakes and pay compensation this time, Zhang Qingfeng will not let the Xianbei people go. In his opinion, the grassland people also have the labor force he needs.

Moreover, Zhang Qingfeng will not allow the nomads to grow. The strong grassland nomads are the biggest threat to farming civilization.

Soon, Youzhou made its own request.

The Xianbei envoy had no way to respond to Youzhou's request, so he could only go back to seek Ke Bineng's opinion.

When Kebi heard Youzhou's request, he almost exploded immediately. Fifty thousand war horses are not a small number.

And Ke Bineng also worried that the people of Youzhou would pose a great threat to him after they got too many war horses.

Therefore, when the Xianbei envoy came to Youzhou again, he brought Ke Bineng's conditions.

First of all, tens of thousands of captured Liaodong soldiers can be sent back to Youzhou.

In addition, he is willing to compensate [-] horses, [-] cattle, and [-] sheep.

Of course, in the end, Ke Bineng asked Cao Cao to negotiate this condition, not Youzhou.

Kebi could understand very well that it was Cao Cao he was afraid of, not Li Bai, the governor of Youzhou.

He believed that negotiating with Youzhou was useless, and it would only count if Cao Cao agreed to his conditions.

After learning of Ke Bineng's thoughts, Li Bai and Zhang Qingfeng were both laughed angrily.

"Since you, Kebi, want to talk to Cao Cao, then you just wait."

On the same day, the Xianbei envoy was driven out of Youzhou.

Just after the Xianbei envoy was kicked out of Youzhou, a news came from Liaodong, which plunged the whole Youzhou into celebration.

It turned out that Cao Pi had already completely occupied Liaodong with soldiers from Youzhou and Yecheng.

Gongsun Gong's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were directly disbanded in place and became farmers, while Gongsun Gong needed to follow Cao Pi to live in Yecheng.

After the news of Liaodong was sent back to Youzhou by the fast horse, Youzhou celebrated.

The news continued to pass down, and when the news came back to Yecheng, it almost shocked all the civil and military officials in Yecheng.

The news continued to spread, and it reached Cao Cao a few days later.

When Cao Cao saw with his own eyes what Cao Pi had written, he couldn't help laughing.

"Hahahahaha, I didn't expect Gongsun Kang to attack Youzhou, but lost Liaodong instead."

"Good, good, good, great."

After hearing the news, Cao Cao couldn't help laughing.

"Everyone, there is news from Youzhou that the 10,000+ army combined by Gongsun Kang and the Xianbei people has been defeated. My son Cao Pi even led the army to capture the entire Liaodong, hahaha." Cao Cao told the news to his civil servants with a smile Generals.

Hearing the news, everyone showed disbelief.

"Prime Minister, isn't there only more than 5000 troops from General Cao Hong in Youzhou? How could it be possible to defeat the combined army of 10,000+ Gongsun Kang and Xianbei people?" Someone asked Cao Cao.

"The letter said that after learning that Gongsun Kang in Liaodong was going to attack Youzhou, Youzhou spontaneously formed a garrison of 10,000+. The specific battle report has not yet been sent, but Gongsun Kang's defeat in Liaodong is certain." Cao Cao laughed. said.

"Congratulations, Prime Minister. Congratulations, Prime Minister. Not only did you relieve the siege of Youzhou, but you also recovered Liaodong. General Zhonglang has made a huge contribution." Jia Xu congratulated Cao Cao, and by the way, he also mentioned Cao Pi's contribution.

"Hahaha, same joy, same joy." Cao Cao laughed happily.

"Prime Minister, Li Bai, the governor of Youzhou, has sent a battle report."

Suddenly, a voice sounded outside.

"Send it quickly."

After hearing the battle report from Li Bai, the governor of Youzhou, Cao Cao couldn't sit still and urged.

Soon, the battle report from the governor of Youzhou was sent into the hall and handed over to Cao Cao.

It was a letter sealed in an envelope. Cao Cao skillfully tore open the envelope, took out the letter paper inside and read it.

There are a lot of letter papers, almost dozens of them, which record in detail the beginning of the Battle of Leyang in Youzhou, the defeat of Gongsun Kang and his escape, and the end when the army entered Liaodong and recovered Liaodong.

Some of these letters were written by Li Bai, while others were written by Zhang Qingfeng.

After reading the letter, Cao Cao finally knew how Youzhou defeated Gongsun Kang's troops.

In the letter, Cao Cao was very shocked by Zhang Qingfeng's mention of five thousand musketeers against tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry attacks, and one man was not injured and thousands of enemies were wiped out.

At the same time, when he saw the performance of three thousand Youzhou cavalry facing tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry, and even beating tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry, his head couldn't help but buzz and hurt.

Shocking, too shocking, so shocking that people can't believe it.

Through this battle report, Cao Cao finally paid more attention to muskets.

Compared with muskets, although bows and arrows have a long range, their rate of fire is much faster than muskets.But as long as the enemy prepares a wooden shield, the bow and arrow will not have much room to play.

The musket is different, the shield can't resist the musket fire at all.

From this battle report, Cao Cao finally understood the difference between the strength of muskets and crossbows, that is, bows and crossbows can be defended, but musket bullets cannot be defended.

Of course, Zhang Qingfeng mentioned a lot of new gadgets in his letter to Zhonghai, such as flowering cannonballs, landmines, sky-shaking thunders, and so on.

And he also popularized to Cao Cao how to use these new weapons and the power of these weapons.

Seeing the letter written by Zhang Qingfeng, Cao Cao had a vague feeling that the way of war in the future would undergo a huge change.

He didn't know whether this change was good or bad, but the status of Youzhou was more important in his heart.

"Prime Minister, since the siege of Youzhou has been lifted, shall we divert the soldiers and horses supporting Youzhou to support Hefei?" someone said to Cao Cao.

"No." After hearing what the man said, Cao Cao shook his head and raised his hand and said: "Youzhou is located on the border, adjacent to the Xianbei people. I used to pay too little attention to Youzhou, so I allowed Liaodong Gongsun Kang and the Xianbei people to have a relationship. opportunity to attack Youzhou."

Cao Cao said: "In order to prevent the Xianbei people from making a comeback, I am going to station [-] troops in Youzhou to deter the Xianbei people. What do you think?"

Hearing Cao Cao's words, many people looked at each other in blank dismay.

10,000+ Liaodong soldiers and tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry were defeated by Youzhou. Are Youzhou afraid of Xianbei's comeback?
It would be nice if the Xianbei people didn't worry about Youzhou hitting them.

But soon, someone understood what Cao Cao meant, and some people also saw that Cao Cao stationed [-] troops in Youzhou not to deter the Xianbei people, but to completely control Youzhou, so that Youzhou could not do anything Jump out of his palm.

This time Gongsun Kang of Liaodong attacked Youzhou, and Youzhou's combat effectiveness was too terrifying. If Youzhou had a different heart, with Youzhou's strength, even Cao Cao might not be able to defeat him.

Cao Cao stationed [-] soldiers and horses in Youzhou. It is false to deter the Xianbei people, but it is true to deter the people in power in Youzhou.

"The Prime Minister's idea is very good. I think Youzhou must also have an elite army stationed to prevent such a thing from happening again." The smart Jia Xu was the first to stand up and agree with Cao Cao's words.

(End of this chapter)