Chapter 1307 Joint Military Deployment (Part 2)

Looking at the ten thousand cavalry behind Zhao Zilong, Zongheng Tianxia was filled with envy and said: "Brother Zilong, these cavalry are not bad. Originally I thought my five thousand cavalry was not bad, but after seeing my brother's cavalry, I felt that it was really good." It’s a bit too much to handle.”

Zhao Zilong laughed. These 10,000 cavalrymen have gone through nearly three or four months of training before becoming what they are today. Although they are not as good as the elite soldiers under Huang Xu in Yanbei County, they are not far behind. . However, he knew that it would be impossible for these soldiers and horses to compare with Zhang Ji's Xiliang cavalry. After all, the Xiliang cavalry was also a special unit.

Walking in front of Zongheng Tianxia, ​​Zhao Zilong stretched out his hand, held his hands together, and said with a smile: "Next, we have to fight with brother Zongheng again. Although my cavalry seems to be okay, I just want to rely on these ten thousand If the cavalry can carry Zhang Ji’s 20,000 Xiliang cavalry, I’m not sure. I wonder what the regulations are for Brother Zongheng?”

"I have some ideas. Let's discuss them when we go to the city!" Zongheng Tianxia said with a smile;

The group of people soon entered Wuyang County. Within the county government office, several people sat in two rows. Zongheng Tianxia did not sit on the main seat, but sat on each side with Zhao Zilong.

"Before Brother Zilong came, brother, I had been fighting constantly with Zhang Ji, so I have thought of some ways over the years. I have been preparing since last year. If Zilong does not come, I will prepare Use the infantry phalanx to fight against Zhang Ji's cavalry." After everyone was seated, Zongheng Tianxia said to Zhao Zilong;

"Is the infantry forced to carry it?" Zhao Zilong was shocked;

Zongheng Tianxia smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Otherwise, is there any other way?"

"Brothers also know that the best way to deal with cavalry is cavalry, but I only have five counties in total, and I don't have particularly good cavalry generals. If I want to deal with Zhang Ji's 20,000 Xiliang cavalry, it is impossible without 30,000 or 40,000 cavalry. Yes. You know Sun Ce only has less than 10,000 cavalry, how can I afford so many cavalry?"

"How many cavalry does Yingxi have now?"

"Five thousand." Zongheng Tianxia stretched out a hand to gesture and said, "I gritted my teeth and held on to these five thousand."

"Five thousand, plus my ten thousand, it's only fifteen thousand, which is still not enough." Zhao Zilong murmured;

"That's enough," Zongheng Tianxia said with certainty: "Zhang Ji only controls about twenty cities in Nanyang. The 20,000 Xiliang cavalry are his foundation, so each time he sends out troops, he can only send out 10,000 cavalry, and there is another 10,000 cavalry. He must stay in Wancheng with ten thousand cavalry, which is why I think that my five thousand cavalry and infantry can stop him. "

With that said, Zongheng Tianxia carefully explained his thoughts to Zhao Zilong and his party. It turns out that Zongheng Tianxia began to make preparations after reaching a consensus with Huangfu Chaobo. Now he has organized a crossbow unit of 5,000 people. Although the crossbows among them are only more than half of the one-stone big yellow crossbows, But it's useful.

Coupled with Chen Dao's five thousand white soldiers and the five thousand sword and shield soldiers he specially trained to protect the crossbowmen, these soldiers were the trump card he prepared to deal with the Xiliang cavalry.

In more than a year, apart from training his Baihu soldiers, Chen Dao spent the rest of his time training the cooperation of these 10,000 soldiers. Now these soldiers and horses have been basically trained. Without Zhao Zilong's joint proposal, Zongheng Tianxia had already prepared to launch an attack on Duyang in August and September. This time, he planned to occupy Duyang and would not let it go.

Zhao Zilong understood what Zongheng Tianxia meant. He wanted to use these five thousand sword and shield soldiers to exchange for Zhang Ji's Xiliang cavalry. Now that Zhang Ji could lose five to six thousand cavalry, Zhang Ji would be better in the subsequent wars. You have to be much more cautious, and if one thing goes the other way, if Zongheng Tianxia gets Du Yang, his strength will be even higher.

After thinking about it, Zhao Zilong suddenly said: "Since the two families are united, we can't just consume Brother Zongheng's infantry. Let's do this. I don't have much to consume in terms of infantry. I will send Zilonghui. Five thousand players went into battle together with Brother Zongheng’s five thousand sword and shield soldiers.

Although these players are not as powerful as ordinary infantry, they are best used as cannon fodder. "

Hearing this, Zongheng Tianxia was overjoyed. With five thousand players at the front to block a wave of cavalry attacks, the losses for the infantry at the back could be reduced by almost half, and the longer the infantry phalanx could hold off the Xiliang cavalry. , when the cavalry joins the battle later, the advantage will be more obvious.

"Okay, great. With the help of five thousand players, my infantry phalanx can last longer. You know, the crossbowmen can only support it for about ten minutes longer. The number of crossbow arrows fired alone is enough to last tens of thousands." , Hehe, in this way, even if Zhang Ji sends 10,000 cavalry, we are sure to keep most of them. If we operate well, it is not impossible to keep them all. "

"Yes, if we can keep Zhang Ji's 10,000 Xiliang cavalry, we will have a lot more room for activities with the remaining 10,000 Xiliang cavalry."

"Well, okay, let's discuss it carefully and figure out how to arrange it..."

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Just as Zongheng Tianxia and Zhao Zilong were leading their respective subordinates to discuss how to deal with Zhang Ji's Xiliang cavalry, Huangfu Chaobo had also arrived in Fushi City in Shangjun.

After several months of adjustment, several elite cavalry units of the Tang army have been fully replenished. The White Horse Volunteers and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry continued to return to their respective garrisons, the Tu Cavalry returned to Luoyang, and the Huben Cavalry was sent by Huangfu Chaobo to Lu Su to face the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry of Qi. Although there is still some gap between the two, there are only 20,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry in total. Cao Cao cannot possibly not have all of them in Shanyang County, so 10,000 Huben Cavalry and 5,000 ordinary cavalry from Jiyin County should still be able to cope with it.

At this time, Tian Yu of Shang County also sent someone to send back the news that the combat soldiers of the Yingyang Camp had been fully replenished, and Liu Bao's 10,000 Xiongnu cavalry had also been fully recruited. After Huangfu Chaobo discussed with Guo Jia and others, he felt that the time to start the northern part of Shang County was ripe, so Huangfu Chaobo led the Guards to Shang County. This time, in addition to Guo Jia, the accompanying military advisor was Fa Zheng, after all, he had stayed in Shang County for several years, and Pang Tong was left in Luoyang to coordinate.

At this time, the army gathered in the camp outside Fushi City, the seat of Shangjun. In addition to the 25,000 soldiers of the Yingyang Army, Huangfu Chaobo's 42,000 guards also arrived here. According to Huangfu Chaobo's plan, he planned to occupy all areas within the Yellow River bend before winter this year, and next year, he would consider sending troops to Bingzhou.