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After leaving the imperial tent and arranging relevant affairs, Zhuge Liang found Zhuge Jin and conveyed the relevant news.

Knowing that Chen Deng was killed in battle, Zhuge Jin was very depressed and didn't speak for a long time.

Although he is no longer Chen Deng's staff, he still has some feelings for Chen Deng.Hearing that Chen Deng died just like that, I was really upset.

He asked Zhuge Liang again, do you really think the third brother is suitable for joining the army?

Zhuge Liang said that if he, like Chen Deng, couldn't let go of his scholar-official habits, and couldn't recognize from the bottom of his heart that all people are all scholars, let alone join the army, he wouldn't be able to do anything.

After Zhuge Jin heard this, her face became hot.

How can Chen Deng be the only one who admits that all people are soldiers, but still unconsciously despises ordinary soldiers in his heart.

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Zhang He killed Chen Deng in front of the battle, and the morale of the Jizhou army soared. While the trial was excited, it was also a little indescribably depressed.

Chen Deng is Chen Qiu's grandson.It stands to reason that he has the obligation to take care of Chen Deng.However, Chen Deng was defeated by Zhang Xi twice, and this time he even lost his life.

See you again in the future, how can he have the face to see Chen Qiu again?

After death, it can be said that the current troubles are even more troublesome.

After Chen Qun received the news, he said to the judge in front of many people that this act violated the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, and the judge should apologize to the Xiapi Chen family and give Chen Deng a rich burial.

The judge also felt that Tian Feng did not do this properly, and should discuss it with him in advance.But it's okay to apologize to Xiapi Chen.

When the two armies are at war, casualties are inevitable.Besides, Chen Deng led his troops to attack. If we don't fight back, are we bound with our hands tied?

It is indeed a pity that Chen Deng was killed in battle, but it was an accident, not intentional.

Chen Qun was very dissatisfied with the attitude of the trial and assignment, and announced that he would thank the guests behind closed doors and would not associate with the unjust.

Shen Pei was furious, wishing to lock Chen Qun up and let him be with those Ruying people.

Tian Feng persuaded him.

Tian Feng said that Chen Qun is just a scholar and can't accomplish much.However, he is the grandson of Chen Shi and the son of Chen Ji. He enjoys the shadow of his father and grandfather, and is quite prestigious among scholar-bureaucrats and rangers.If you lock him up, it will only resent those scholar-bureaucrats and rangers who were already suspicious, and cause troubles.

That's all for scholar-bureaucrats, rangers have a great influence in the army, so it's not appropriate to mess up at this time.

The judge had no choice but to endure it.

But he didn't want to see Chen Qun again.In private, he told his sons Shenying and Shenjun that although the emperor had various faults, it was reasonable for him not to see scholar-bureaucrats.Especially those self-righteous scholars, we can't treat them as human beings.

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When there was a lot of discussion in Yecheng, Liu Bei, Fazheng and Huang Yi rushed to Xingzai, reported the battle to Liu Xie face to face, and asked the emperor to punish him.

He took all the responsibilities and thanked Huang Yi for his reminder.

Huang Yi not only helped them build ordnance, but also reminded Zhang Fei in time.If Huang Yi hadn't stopped him, perhaps the loss would have been even greater.

As for Fazheng, according to the circumstances at the time, Fazheng's suggestion was reasonable.Chen Deng's death in battle and the defeat of his subordinates were things that no one expected, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Liu Xie is very satisfied with Liu Bei's responsibility.

Fazheng was very grateful.

Liu Bei has shouldered the main responsibility, even if the emperor wants to hold him accountable, he has to consider Liu Bei's face, and it will not expand infinitely.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Liu Xie immediately asked about the battle.

Liu Bei had a written report before, and when he said it again in person, he added some content that was inconvenient to write on paper.

Such as cavalry.

Liu Bei has always been short of cavalry.The thousand miscellaneous Hu cavalry brought to the Central Plains ten years ago have gone through many years of fighting, and there are not many left. They can only be used as personal guard cavalry, and there is no independent cavalry establishment.

One of the main reasons for being attacked by Zhang Yun this time was that Chen Deng did not have enough guard cavalry.The only hundred cavalry lined up to cover the infantry, and faced the opponent's Rangers. There were not many knights around Chen Deng, so Zhang He and his son attacked with cavalry and succeeded in one blow.

The reason why Zhang Fei did not reinforce in time was also because his cavalry was limited.Even if they were forced to send out, they would not be Zhang He's opponent, which would only increase the casualties.

The one capable of fighting Zhang Yun was the personal guard cavalry commanded by Chen Dao, but he was entangled by the cavalry sent by Gao Lan and couldn't get away.

If Zhang Fei has a thousand cavalry and reinforces them in time, it may be another result.

After listening to Liu Xie, he immediately stated that he would allocate a batch of war horses to Liu Bei for Liu Bei to form cavalry.

Liu Bei was very grateful.

Liu Xie immediately asked a question: Although Chen Deng didn't have enough cavalry to fight Zhang He, but he had five or six thousand infantry, and there was Zhangshui with a width of a hundred paces in front of him. How could Zhang He easily rush to the central army?

He is not a cavalry general, he needs to lead the way.

Liu Bei said that he also felt incredible about this issue at first.Later, when I returned to the camp, collected the broken soldiers, and learned about the situation in detail, I knew the whole story.

There are two main reasons: one is that Chen Deng did not expect that Zhang He would personally lead the cavalry raid, and he was not prepared enough.The second is that the last time we attacked Wei County, we lost too much, and the soldiers hadn't slowed down yet, and their combat effectiveness was insufficient.

These two reasons led Chen Deng to line up, but he was not psychologically prepared for the battle. In order to urge the infantry to cross the river, Chen Deng himself placed the Chinese army too far ahead and had already reached the river bank.

When Zhang He's cavalry attacked, the infantry panicked and failed to block effectively with bows and crossbows in time, so that the cavalry easily rushed into the formation.

As Liu Bei said, he drew a schematic diagram based on the information he had learned, marking the positions of the two sides at that time.

After reading the schematic diagram, Liu Xie shook his head.

Chen Deng underestimated the enemy and completely failed to take proper precautions.

In other words, although he was defeated once, he failed to learn his lesson and lost to the cavalry raid tactics again.

But from another point of view, this also illustrates a problem: the biggest difference between Jizhou and the Central Plains may be that it is more suitable for cavalry to gallop here.Whoever can bring out the advantages of the cavalry will have a greater initiative.

Thirty miles is the limit for infantry, but it is the effective killing distance for cavalry.Chen Deng thought that he was safe thirty miles away from Zhang Yun, but for Zhang Yun, this was the most comfortable position, and he felt sorry for himself if he didn't fight.

Liu Xie immediately thought of Sun Ce.

It is not only Chen Deng who lacks cavalry and who has insufficient awareness of the threat of cavalry, but Sun Ce may also be there.

Chapter 902 New Tactics

"Tell me your opinion." Liu Xie waved his hand and looked at Huang Yi.

Huang Yi bowed in greeting.

"I think that although this battle was unexpectedly frustrated, it did not affect the overall situation of the battle. On the contrary, it was a reminder." Huang Yi said unhurriedly: "The army is besieging the city, and its strength is ten times that of the enemy. All armies have the intention of underestimating the enemy. It is easy to get, so everyone strives to be the first. But our army does not actually have such an advantage, or in other words, our advantage does not lie in the disparity in strength."

Liu Bei looked at Huang Yi suspiciously, even Fazheng was a little puzzled.

But Liu Xie understood Huang Yi's implication, and couldn't help showing a slight smile.

A scholar is a scholar, with a flexible mind, a broad mind, and a better understanding than ordinary people.As long as they are willing to work hard, the harvest will far exceed that of ordinary people.

"Although our army has more than [-] troops, nearly half of them are cavalry." Huang Yi explained: "When attacking a city, cavalry can't play much role, so the advantage of troops is not as great as we imagined."

"After the announcement of Dutian's edict, many big clans from Jizhou entered the city, and the number of troops in the city was larger than expected. It is estimated that the total number of troops should be more than [-]. In terms of infantry alone, our army's strength advantage is no more than twice. When attacking the city in the future, if you do not proceed with caution, you will be more likely to suffer setbacks."

Liu Bei was stunned and nodded again and again.

Fazheng smiled and said, "So, our army's setback this time was a blessing in disguise?"

Huang Yi glanced at him, and said indifferently: "If you can attract a lesson, it will be a blessing in disguise. If you can't attract a lesson, but think you have a plan, I'm afraid there will be even greater setbacks waiting."

Fazheng's face froze, and he looked a little embarrassed.

Liu Bei coughed. "Also ask the long history to explain in detail."

Huang Yi walked to the map stand, hung a piece of paper, picked up a pen, and sketched Zhang Fei's position at that time on it, and marked the specific positions and distances of the two sides.

"For our army to cross the river, it would be best if we could mobilize the opponent. If not, forced crossing is inevitable. The biggest difficulty in crossing the river is that the infantry who crossed the river first did not have enough cover. We have to face the impact of the cavalry. Whether we can complete the formation requires higher requirements for the infantry. From the current point of view, it is difficult to be satisfactory, at least the preparation is not sufficient."

Liu Bei rolled his eyes, and asked again: "Dare to ask Chang Shi, what preparations should we make?"

"The first is to formulate corresponding tactics and carry out targeted training, so that the soldiers will know what to expect, so that they will not be flustered when they see the opponent's cavalry assault. Second, we must strengthen the training of crossbowmen so that they can provide effective cover for infantry. .”

As Huang Yi said, he pointed to the small black dot on the map that represented the opponent's cavalry. "The number of rangers is not large, and the speed will not be particularly fast. Concentrating a certain number of bows and crossbows on such a small number of low-speed moving targets can achieve good results..."

Huang Yi briefly explained his countermeasures and the skills of targeted training. After listening to Liu Bei, he felt very satisfied, but at the same time he was a little worried.

Huang Yi's tactics have high requirements on soldiers, which cannot be borne by ordinary soldiers.

For example, in a group of three, one person carries a heavy ax and shield, one person holds a spear, and one person holds a crossbow, protruding forward to form a formation that interferes with the cavalry assault.If it can be carried out properly, even if all three of them are killed, they can still exchange for two or three riders, which is of course a good deal.

But for those soldiers, this kind of task is almost a narrow escape. How many people can face death calmly?

Huang Yi said it was effective, but he himself had no actual combat experience, and all his experience came from training and exercises.It's really on the battlefield, who can say for sure?

Of course, if it can be done, it might not be as difficult as imagined.

Perhaps the emperor should be asked to issue an edict to arrange for Huang Yi to go to the camp to help with training?

When Liu Bei hesitated, Liu Xie was very excited.

He saw the value of innovation from the tactics proposed by Huang Yi, and also saw the potential of the martial arts hall.

This method of warfare is very common in Liangzhou.Qu Yi defeated Gongsun Zan with this method of warfare when he was at Jieqiao, and became famous in the first battle.There are quite a few Liangzhou people in the lecture hall, and many of them are familiar with this kind of warfare, so it is normal to improve it.

The specific improvement is to change the dense formation into a scattered formation, a bit like the three-three system, which is most effective against a small number of rangers.

Used well, the three groups cooperate with each other, which is enough to block a group or even a dozen cavalry.

The only question is, in the face of the galloping cavalry, can the soldiers restrain the fear in their hearts, ensure the hit rate of the crossbow, ensure that the spear can hit the horse, ensure that the large shield is stable enough to withstand the impact of the horse, and protect the shield? later companions.

When the knight falls off the horse, can they attack in time to kill the knight.

For Liu Bei's subordinates, this requirement is not generally high.

But for Han Sui's subordinates, this is not an impossible task.

Huang Yi made such a suggestion at this time, in fact, it was to fight for Han Sui's chance to fight.

It seems that Han Sui was not idle last year.Taking advantage of the convenience of his subordinates coming from the martial arts hall, he immediately put into practice the new tactics researched by the martial arts hall.

Liu Xie then thought that perhaps Sun Ce would be ahead of Han Sui and use this tactic in actual combat.

It is impossible for Yu Fan to assist Sun Ce in fighting without mentioning this method of warfare.Sun Ce, who also lacks war horses, will definitely be interested in this method of warfare, and will select suitable people for targeted training.

Maybe it won't be long before he hears the good news from Sun Ce.

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"Buzz!" The arrow left the string.

The knight on horseback lowered his head in response, and narrowly dodged the crossbow arrow, his helmet was shot off, revealing his head.

"Pfft!" With a muffled sound, the one-foot-five-foot long spear pierced the horse's neck.The horse was pushed up to stand up, neighing sharply and kicking with its front hooves.The knight couldn't sit still on his horse, turned over and fell down.

"Kill!" Dong Xi, who was eight feet tall, jumped out of the small formation, raised his knife and dropped it, beheading the knight in the air, and then cut off the two hind legs of the horse with a single knife.

The horse fell to the ground with a bang, blood splattered everywhere.

Dong Xi stepped forward, bent his knees to hold down the struggling horse, and inserted the saber into the horse's neck.

The war horse twitched twice, then stopped moving, blood gushing out.

Seeing this, several rangers watching from a distance gave up their attack and quickly retreated.

Dong Xi pulled out the spear that was almost bent into a bow, checked the shaft of the spear, and said with some regret: "The shaft of this spear is still too brittle to withstand the pressure. I need to bring an extra spear as a spare in the future."

The spearman was excited. "Sima, in fact, it doesn't take a few times. As long as you can hit him in one blow, and there are dead horses in front of the formation, the cavalry can't come so fast again."

"Be prepared." Dong Xi grinned, shook off the blood on the long knife, and put the knife back into its sheath. "Yu Jijiu is indeed a genius. He can devise such a strategy. We don't have to worry about encountering rangers in the future. As long as we are bold and careful, pawns can defeat cavalry."

The crossbowman also said: "Yu Jijiu is an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, even if he is in the court, he is still a hero. It is ridiculous that those Central Plains scholar-bureaucrats have no eyes, and always think that we only have arrow bamboo in Kuaiji."

"What are you talking about them for? It's bad luck." Dong Xi dismissed it, seeing that the rangers in the distance had already retreated, he raised his hand to give an order. "Withdraw, return to the camp!"

Chapter 903

Sun Ce and Yu Fan sat across from each other, and looked at the casualty statistics reported by Dong Xigang, smiling all over their faces.

"Sir, it's great for you to come. With the new tactics you taught, we don't have to worry about encountering rangers again. You don't know, we have thought of many ways to deal with these rangers before, but they have little effect." micro."

Yu Fan smiled. "This is not my result, it is the research result of the martial arts hall. More than [-]% of the students in the martial arts hall are from Liangzhou, and they are the most clear about the pros and cons of infantry and cavalry."

Sun Ce's eyes flickered slightly, and he was silent for a moment. "Sir, do I have to send Zhongmou as a hostage?"

The smile on Yu Fan's face also faded. "General, what are you worried about? The emperor entrusted you with various responsibilities and allowed you to segregate overseas. Shouldn't you send your children as hostages? Or is your purpose not overseas, but still in the Central Plains?"

Sun Ce was taken aback, and quickly waved his hands and said, "Sir, why did you say that? My late father accepted the state's favor and regarded me as a lord. I have been entrusted by His Majesty with responsibility. How can I have the heart of disobedience?"

"Then why do you keep pushing and giving quality?"

"I don't worry about Zhongmou. He is too young, and he doesn't want to be under others. When he is in the industry, he will inevitably be bullied. If he can't help it and conflicts with others, wouldn't it be..." Sun Ce said with a wry smile: " How about another person? For example, Shu Bi, he is seventeen, so he can be a boy boy. Didn’t you say that Biaozi Liu Cong became a boy boy?”