Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 533 Divide troops to transport money and food?
Xu Shu moved quickly, and the light cavalry quickly dispersed, and returned with information three days later.

"I didn't expect that it was actually sending money and food to divide the troops. Those aristocratic families are really rich!"

Yuan Tan held the silk cloth in his hand and sighed unconsciously.

There are only Xu Shu and Deng Ai in the main hall. Although Ju Shou has already taken refuge in him, this matter involves the family after all.

After reading the information, Xu Shu kept a careful eye on it and specifically told Yuan Tan that it was best not to let Ju Suo come over.

Yuan Tan didn't quite understand it at first, but after reading the information, he was convinced.

If Jushou is here, it is estimated that he will be in trouble.

After all, with so many aristocratic families in Hebei, it is hard to guarantee that some of them will not be related by marriage to the four major families. This is a very common thing in this day and age.

At that time, it is not good for Jushou to plead guilty, nor is it good not to plead guilty, it is better to hide it like this.

Yuan Tan shook his head and calmed down. Deng Ai said with some emotion below: "At first, I thought that the teacher's implementation of the land equalization order was too harsh on the aristocratic family. Now it seems that it is too harsh? It's better to implement It's too late!"

Although the Deng family from which Deng Ai was born is not in Hebei, it is considered a rich family in Nanyang, Jingzhou.

But when Deng Ai was born, the Deng family had already declined. In the three generations of ancestors, there were no high-ranking officials with two thousand stones, and only one high-ranking official with thousand stones.

It can be traced back to the time of Deng Ai's grandfather. The Deng family can only be regarded as having some money and food now, but it is definitely not rich.

It all depends on the family reputation passed down from the ancestors to gain a foothold in Jingzhou.

Therefore, Deng Ai has no clear understanding of the so-called riches of the aristocratic family, and even has some sympathy for the aristocratic family.

But now, Deng Ai's sympathy has long been thrown aside.

"It's even more than enough to supply [-] cavalry for three months. These aristocratic families really deserve to be killed!" Xu Shu's cognition was much clearer than Deng Ai's, and he said directly and coldly.

Normally, a large family can support more than a hundred people, and two to 300 people will be enough.

Ordinary middle-class gentry, there may be more than a hundred people including domestic slaves.

A family of more than a hundred people can provide tens of thousands of shi in money and food, and dozens of middle-class noble families with more than a hundred people can easily provide money and food that can feed an army of [-] for three months.

Even more than enough.

With a little bit of brainstorming, one can imagine that the money and food could never have been produced by their own farming.

It's pretty obvious where the money comes from.

It's nothing more than exploiting the local people!

Deng Ai shook his head when he heard the words, and said with some sighs: "It's just that we can't divide the troops now, otherwise we must send troops to intercept and kill this grain transport army."

Ta Dun attached great importance to this food transportation team, and even directly ordered Su Puyan to play his own banner of the king's account.

It is to deter the Han army so that they dare not come to intercept and kill.

However, when Deng Ai's words fell into Yuan Tan's ears, Yuan Tan cheered up, raised his head and said with a smile, "How did Shi Zai say this? Why can't we intercept and kill him?"

Hearing Yuan Tan's words, Xu Shu was worried that Yuan Tan was overwhelmed by Qian Liang, and said quickly: "Teacher, don't forget that the Jizhen army has not yet fully rested. If you rush to send troops, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win. My personal guards You still need to stay in Ji Town to defend the Wuhuan Pioneer Nanlou Division!"

Yuan Tan laughed when he heard the words, nodded to Xu Shu and said, "Yuan Zhi, did you forget the bow and arrow I brought with me, Futu Tiewei?"

Xu Shu was taken aback.

Yuan Tan said lightly: "I have handed over the longbow to the soldiers of Ji Town, and selected [-] soldiers with strong arms to practice the longbow day and night. It is not enough to defeat the enemy, but it is more than enough to defend Ji Town."

Xu Shu was a little moved when he heard the words.

He had already seen the power of the English longbow when he was in Xuzhou.

Although it was not as good as the five thousand composite bows brought by Futu Iron Guards, it was much stronger than the common war bows of this era.

Especially in city defense battles, when the English longbow shoots from a high position, its lethality will only be even more astonishing.

And the compound bow carried by the Futu iron guards can add a guarantee to the long-distance attack means that the Futu iron guards lacked before.

For a moment, both Xu Shu and Deng Ai became agitated.

After all, the batch of money and grain raised by the Hebei family was too tempting.

Deng Ai was different from Xu Shu. Although he had heard from his elder brother that the English longbow had amazing lethality, there were only 5000 people after all.

There were [-] fine cavalry in the Nanlou Department that came to attack, and he said with some concern: "Teacher, the report that our army spied on also said that the Nanlou attack, in addition to our own troops and horses, Bringing hundreds of Han craftsmen to build various siege equipment, if our army only left five thousand longbowmen to defend the city, wouldn't that be insufficient!"

Yuan Tan shook his head when he heard this and said, "Just rest assured, Shi Zai, it will definitely be enough."

It's not that Yuan Tan is talking big, but that's the truth.

Before firearms appeared, the English longbow has always firmly occupied the seat of one of the major long-range killers on the medieval battlefield.

The longbow itself has extremely long range and strong penetration. More importantly, the English longbow does not need to shoot a separate target.

Instead, they directly aim at a small or even large area and carry out group shooting.

This is where the English longbow truly shows its power.

Just like the light cavalry of the Wuhuan people, the Huns, and the Xianbei people, when starting a battle, they often choose elite light cavalry to go to the front of the enemy's formation first instead of charging.

Instead, first use a bow and arrow to make a round of throwing, which will greatly shock the morale of the enemy army and cause a certain amount of damage at the same time.

The English longbow is several times more powerful than the throwing tactics of the grassland tribes.

In the original history, the war between Britain and France in the Middle Ages was the so-called Hundred Years' War in later generations.

The French heavy cavalry suffered a lot from the group throws of the English longbowmen, even in field battles.

What's more, now they are fighting on the city wall, occupying the city?

Even the French heavy cavalry could not withstand the throw of the English longbow.

Even though the Wuhuan iron cavalry obtained a lot of iron armor in the hands of Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, can it still compare to the heavy armor of the heavy armored cavalry more than 1000 years later?
Moreover, these specific combat examples are not used to illustrate the power of the English longbow.

Just compare the fighting power of the Wuhuan people.

Each of the Jizhen soldiers equipped with English longbows is equivalent to the eagle archers among the Wuhuan people.

It's just that the accuracy is not that high.

Moreover, after Yuan Tan arranged for the Longbow Department, he also specially ordered the remaining soldiers in Jizhen who were maintaining training, to let them have a buffer period before the Wuhuan people attacked.

Familiarize yourself with the skills of bow and arrow shooting.

When the Wuhuan people came to attack.

In the first round, of course, the already trained Pan Gui and other departments would shoot.

In the second round, the archers already in Ji Town will shoot, but they just hand over the longbow.

In the third round, they were replaced by ordinary soldiers from Ji Town.

This three-stage attack method is actually a last resort.

After all, normally speaking, the English longbow can shoot six arrow feathers in one minute, and if five thousand longbowmen are all elite archers trained for many years.

It is absolutely possible to shoot a rain of 1 arrows at the enemy formation within [-] minute, and the regional strikes that cover the sky and the sun can definitely make the Wuhuan people suffer.

It's a pity that even after Pan Gui's troops have been recuperating and training hard these days, a soldier can shoot at most three arrow feathers in one minute. If there are more, it will strain the muscles, which will affect the next battle.

So in the end, Yuan Tan finalized the three-stage attack method to ensure that the power of the longbow can be maximized.

It is precisely because of this preparation.

Yuan Tan dared to lead his five thousand Futu iron guards to attack Su Puyan, who was transporting grain.

(End of this chapter)