Overlord!

Chapter 176 Music and Dance

No matter how hot Mizhu and Mifang are, Jiangdong should be given a share of the supplies seized in this battle.

It just seems that no matter which item of these materials is distributed to Jiangdong, it will greatly weaken Liu Bei's potential to grow.

Faced with such a huge wealth, Sun Ce could not ignore it. If he led his army to leave, continue to fight, and return after more than ten days, all the wealth would remain in Liu Bei's camp, and he might never come back.

So he left the most elite dragon sparrow cavalry in Dongyang to stay in Dongyang. This kind of heavy cavalry in horse gear was indeed not suitable for hunting, so he did not participate in the pursuit.Then Sun Ce appointed Chen Wu to lead more than [-] Xuanjia cavalry to continue marching towards Huainan, cover up and kill the enemy all the way, and take advantage of the instability of the enemy's army to recover the four counties south of the Huaihe River in Xiapi County.

On the other hand, Sun Ce himself entered Liu Bei's camp under the escort of the dragon and sparrow cavalry, and talked to him about the distribution after the war.

Liu Bei is really happy and uplifted today, with a smile on his face!His situation in the past few months can be described as ups and downs. From being raided by Lu Bu and losing Xuzhou, to now defeating Yuan Shu, the situation has turned to prosperity, and he once again swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger.

It can be said that I have experienced several times of joys and sorrows, in response to the saying that the downfall of the past is not enough to exaggerate, and the current debauchery has no boundaries!
Therefore, in Liu Bei's camp, there are singing, dancing, singing and dancing, and the beauty is seductive.Dozens of dancers and singers captured from Jiling camp danced and danced in front of the tent, performing enthusiastically all the time.

This hero at the end of the Han Dynasty knew how to enjoy himself. He loved Chinese clothes since he was a child, and he never refused to beauties.

Hearing that Sun Ce had entered the camp, Liu Bei went out of the tent to greet him excitedly, and invited Sun Ce to sit down.Liu Bei is very clear that he can rely on it to save the situation and turn defeat into victory. It can be said that Jiangdong's support is the best.

Without Marquis Wu giving him money and food, and without Marquis Wu personally leading the army to help in the battle, he would never have turned defeat into victory in a desperate situation and defeated Ji Ling's [-] army.

Therefore, after Liu Bei welcomed Sun Ce into the account, he said loudly to the dancer who stood aside respectfully, "Let's play music, dance, and cheer for General Sun! Today I'm going to host a grand banquet for General Sun, and reward him for his meritorious deeds. Thank you General Sun for helping me when I was in trouble."

Sun Ce couldn't help laughing, this hero at the end of the Han Dynasty really had a kind of open-minded and straightforward heroic generosity, which made people feel fond of him.I don't know, how did later generations become a crying image?

With his informal, open-minded and free-spirited demeanor, who wouldn't want to have a good time with him after seeing him?
Sun Ce raised his glass directly, and said with a big smile to Liu Bei, "I am confident that if I live for 200 years, I will be hit by water for [-] miles! Count the romantic figures, but look at the present. Mr. Liu, let's have a drink together to celebrate today's big victory."

Liu Bei and Zhang Wenwu immediately toasted happily: "Drink this cup with you!"

Victory is always the most inspiring morale and people's hearts, and getting compensation in victory is something that everyone loves to see.

After toasting and drinking, Sun Ce began to socialize at the wine table, and said to Liu Bei: "Heroes in this world, Ce only recognizes Liu Shijun. I have submitted to the imperial court Liu Shijun as the governor of Xuzhou. Now our coalition forces have defeated Yuan Shu and Lu Bu. Seeing this, the imperial court must approve the appointment, and it will not take long before sending envoys to Xuzhou to deliver the imperial edict and seal ribbon."

Liu Bei's face was flushed, but his mind was very clear, and he said: "Bei will live up to the great trust of the court, clear Xuzhou, redefine prefectures and counties, and appease the people. After we bid farewell to General Sun, we will send our army to the Northern Expedition and go up along the Sishui River. , went straight to Xiapi, and defeated Lu Bu."

If Liu Bei can defeat Lu Bu this time and regain Xiapi.With the edict and seal appointed by the imperial court, his prestige and authority will never be the same as before, and Xu Fang will be shocked.

His prestige will not be weaker than that of Lu Bu, and he will be more prominent among the princes.The support of the scholars in Xuzhou will increase significantly, perhaps not weaker than that of Tao Qian.

More importantly, Liu Bei has a solid rear this time.The land of Huainan belongs to Jiangdong.Yuan Shu is being conquered by Jiangdong, and it is difficult to harass Xuzhou.

Liu Bei has no worries, as long as he marches to the northwest with all his strength and expels Lu Bu, he can seize Xuzhou, and then he can attack Yuzhou, expand Pei, Lu and other prefectures, and steadily grow his power.

And Jiangdong can also have a solid line of defense on the Huaihe River. There is no need to worry about the north of the Huaihe River. It can attack Huainan with all its strength and open up the Hefei line in the middle of the Northern Expedition.

The southern regime whose influence reaches the Huaihe River in the north and the southern regime whose influence stops at the Yangtze River are completely different in strength and weather.

The Sun-Liu alliance is a favorable strategy for both sides.

Regarding Liu Bei's upcoming northern expedition along the Sishui River, Sun Ce said: "The Huaihe River has already frozen, and the Sishui River, which is hundreds of miles further north, will inevitably be completely frozen and it will be difficult to sail. So you might as well give me Jiangdong and get more carts."

This is the best of both worlds.Although warships, tank boats, and grain boats are no longer useful in the Huaihe River, they can be used in the Yangtze River.

When Jiangdong attacked Huainan, the army must have traveled along the Yangtze River to facilitate the transportation of grain.The partial division attacked the Huaihe River to disperse the enemy's forces.

When attacking Huainan with all its strength, Jiangdong will need a huge number of tank ships.

On the other hand, Jiangdong is also short of water troops. With these dozens of warships, the number of warships in Jiangdong will be around a hundred.

A warship is not a small boat, one can carry dozens or even hundreds of sailors. With a hundred warships, plus walking boats and fighting ships, Jiangdong can also form a navy with a scale of [-] people.

It is now late October, the end of the year.By next year, Sun Ce has also occupied Jiangnan for three years, and it is time to form a sizable navy.

Whether attacking Jingzhou and Huainan, or opening up Jiaozhou and Liaodong, the usefulness of the navy can greatly help.

Liu Bei has seen the strength of the navy in the east of the Yangtze River. There are navy divisions all over the river. On the river, the northern princes have no way to guard against them. They can only watch them come and go freely.Although he intends to form a navy to guard against the future.But right now is not the time after all, he urgently needs to be able to strengthen his power and increase his supplies.

After conquering Xuzhou, it would be too late to build ships with Xuzhou's financial resources a few years later, so Liu Bei replied decisively: "As General Sun said, the ships belong to General Sun, and I will take a thousand more cars. General Sun Do you think it's fair?"

More than [-] tank boats and more than [-] warships were captured in Yuan Jun's water camp.

It is very suitable for Jiangdong to exchange thousands of cars.

After all, to build a warship requires a large number of tall logs, which consumes a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources.

After all, Liu Bei is still a hero whose heroism far surpasses that of his followers, and he will never be like Yuan Shu and Lu Bu, who will be ungrateful and cunning just because they have a little money.

In this way, there are more than [-] zi chariots, Liu Bei takes [-], and Sun Ce takes [-].

Then there are the horses and heavy armor that both parties are concerned about.

Liu Bei said: "The horses and armor captured in this battle, how about we take half of each?"

Sun Ce said firmly: "I think it's better to take what they need. All the horses belong to Jiangdong, and all the armor belongs to the envoy."

More than 800 war horses!
If Jiangdong added these [-] horses, after defeating Lu Bu and Yuan Shu, they would have captured nearly [-] horses in total.

These are all good horses that can charge into battle. Jiang Dong doesn't need to choose any more, and he can directly form a new cavalry unit.

In this way, Jiangdong will be able to form a 3000-strong Xuanjia iron cavalry unit.

If there are three thousand Xuanjia cavalry, ten thousand Koto warriors, and ten thousand navy troops, there is no place in the world where Sun Ce cannot make a breakthrough.

In this way, what the poet said is fully realized, young and young, fighting endlessly in the southeast.

Although there are not enough armors in Jiangdong at present, in the long run, there is absolutely no shortage of them in Jiangdong.

Danyang is rich in copper and iron. It is one of the largest iron ore producing areas today, and it will also be the steel capital of later generations.

As long as Sun Ce moves his government to Jiankang, he will be able to continuously produce a large amount of copper and iron in Danyang, which can not only produce coins, but also forge a large amount of armor.

As long as the production is stable, it won't take long to equip tens of thousands of troops with pocket-shaped black armor and heavy armor.

But war horses are not produced in Jiangdong and Huainan.

Even Yuan Shu and Lu Bu were able to have so many war horses because they took advantage of the great Han Yuhui.

The Han court had at least 10,000+ war horses before, so Gongsun Zan, Dong Zhuo and the like could dispatch tens of thousands of cavalry at a time.

The inheritance of the Han Dynasty has been divided by these princes, and it will be difficult for Jiangnan to obtain so many war horses in the future.

Liu Bei is not the case. His army is marching northward, and when the time comes, it will be connected with Yuan Shao's territory. He can contact Yuan Shao's horses, and even contact the princes of Youzhou to trade horses.

After all, after occupying Xuzhou, Liu Bei voted for Yuan Shao, and he was considered to be in the same camp as Yuan Shao.

But Xuzhou civil and military officials became anxious when they heard Sun Ce's words.

Today, they witnessed with their own eyes the invincible Jiangdong cavalry on the battlefield.They also all dreamed of forming a sudden cavalry with a scale of thousands of people like Jiangdong.

Especially Guan Yu, who was born in Kansai and is the world's top Kansai fierce general. Naturally, he also hopes to form a team of sudden cavalry and martial cavalry with his own hands.

If there are these [-] war horses, the cavalry in the Xuzhou army will rapidly grow to be comparable to the thousands of cavalry in Jiangdong.

Therefore, Guan Yu said anxiously: "My lord, the important thing for the country lies in the army, and the important thing for the army lies in the horse. I, Xuzhou, are also in short supply of war horses. If I can command a thousand cavalry, I will be able to conquer everything!"

Liu Bei looked serious, put down his wine glass, thought for a moment, and said, "Then follow what Marquis Wu said, and we will take what we need."

"My lord!" Xuzhou civil and military officials cried out anxiously, wanting to persuade them again.

Liu Bei, on the other hand, had a dignified demeanor and a firm attitude: "I have made up my mind, so don't say too much!"

Liu Bei knows better than anyone else the combat power of cavalry.After all, Zhao Yun and Tian Yu served as cavalry supervisors under his account before.Command Wuhuan Huqi for him.

When he and Tian Kai fought together in Qingzhou, they saw thousands of cavalry charge several times.Gongsun Yue even led Qianqi to assist Yuan Shu in the battle.

A thousand elite Youzhou Tuqi can't beat Jiangdong Cavalry's powerful and invincible martial arts.

Liu Bei also thought about the reason, why the Jiangdong cavalry was more violent than the Youzhou cavalry offensive.

In addition to thinking, Liu Bei thought that apart from the reason of Marquis Wu, the commander, the difference should lie in the armor of the knights.

As for the inconspicuous difference on the saddle, Liu Bei didn't have a God's perspective. He just thought it was Jiangdong's special style and didn't pay attention.

There is one more stirrup, and ordinary people can't imagine how much difference it will make.

Even Zhang Fei, who personally stayed in the Jiangdong barracks, just scolded Jiangdong for being extravagant and capricious.He thought that the two stirrups were so that the knight could step on the horse from both left and right sides.

It can be said that everyone's attention to the Jiangdong iron cavalry is on their excellent black armor and heavy armor. After all, the golden iron horse and armor shining in the sun are really shocking.Who will pay attention to the fact that there is an extra stirrup under the knight's feet?
Who would have thought that Jiangdong cavalry would have such an earth-shaking difference in combat power just because they had one more stirrup on their right foot compared to other cavalry?

Therefore, when Liu Bei wanted to form the Xuanjia cavalry, he first focused on the Xuanjia. Even if he wanted to imitate, he had to imitate a general idea first, and it was difficult to pay attention to the details directly.

And even if there are no horses for the time being, these iron armors can be worn on the disciples, first forming a heavy-armored elite unit similar to the trapped camp.

Liu Bei had already thought up the draft for forming a new army, so he took the white tree as his feather and created the white tree army, with Chen Dao, a strong and brave general, as the governor.

Guan Yu was the general in command of the three armies, and Chen Dao was the commander-in-chief. He led the white scorpion soldiers to smash the front for the army and smash the enemy's sharpness.

After the cavalry becomes larger in the future, Yide or Zilong will serve as cavalry supervisors.

Chen Dao happened to be from Runan, the Huaisi elite soldiers between Cai and Ru may not be weaker than the elite Danyang soldiers.If one of them is selected to be young and strong, as a full-time martial artist, he will serve as a white scorpion tooth soldier, and his combat power will be the best in the world.Even Gao Shun's camp may not be able to compete with it.

According to Liu Bei's plan, regardless of cavalry or pawns, what Xuzhou currently lacks is heavy armor.

This time, Ji Ling's [-]-strong army was defeated, and more than [-] sets of heavy armor were obtained. After picking up the abandoned parts of the enemy's armor and armor, and reassembling them, they might be able to make up [-] sets of heavy armor.

To be able to cut three thousand heads is already a big victory that can decide the situation of one side.

Liu Bei believed that if he could accumulate [-] sets of heavy armor, he would be able to compete with Lu Bu and Cao Cao.

Even if Marquis Wu owns the five counties in Jiangdong, the number of armor he owns may not be much more than Ji Ling's [-] army.Four to five thousand sets at most.

In this comparison, the combat power of Xuzhou's army is not much weaker than that of Jiangdong, the difference is only in logistics supplies and soldiers' salaries.

Sun Ce praised Liu Bei's decisiveness, and said: "Liu Shijun clearly judged that Xuzhou is currently short of supplies, and it is already stretched to raise [-] soldiers. Raising nearly a thousand horses will only make it difficult to supply. It is better to change to heavy armor. more secure."

When it came to supplies, Liu Bei continued to speak, saying: "General Sun thinks it is okay to exchange more than [-] stone grains for more than [-] captives, [-] pack horses, and [-] cattle and sheep?"

(End of this chapter)