Wei Yan didn't understand why Liu Qi sent him to find Taishi Ci.

Could it be that when Taishi Ci came, he could find a way to deal with Gongsun Yue's cavalry?

Taishi Ci came to Jiangxia County alone to ask for a rescue force for Liu Yao. He still needed help from his own side to save people. What could he do to Gongsun Yue?

However, since it was Mr. Liu Fu who spoke, Wei Yan naturally had to obey, and he immediately took the order to summon Tai Shi Ci.

Liu Qi, on the other hand, was lying on the desk, carefully staring at the counties on the map.

He glanced back and forth at the geographical location of each county, and used his fingers to compare the horizontal lines between An County and Pei County where he was located, as if he was calculating something.

When he was young, Taishi Ci was brought to Liu Qi by Wei Yan.

"The last official, Tai Shici, has met the prince."

Liu Qi slowly raised his head from the map, looked at Taishi Ci in front of him, smiled and waved to him, saying: "Ziyi, come and sit down."

Taishi Ci was somewhat hesitant when he was greeted by Liu Qi.

Liu Qi, as a county guard and a high-ranking official with two thousand shi, actually allowed himself to sit with him on the same case... This really made Tai Shici feel a little flattered.

He is not a reckless man and always thinks twice before doing something.

In the current situation, could it be that Liu Fujun was being polite to him on purpose?

If you don't know what's good and what's wrong, it would be a great discourtesy for you to sit down...

"Why are you still standing there? Come and sit down quickly!" Liu Qi greeted him vigorously: "Can't you let a certain director bow to you?"

This greeting was categorical, and there was a hint of urgency in his tone. Taishi Ci understood it all at once.

Not trying to be polite!

"Wei!" Taishi Ci was overjoyed and responded hurriedly without being pretentious.

Liu Qi turned to look at Zhang Ren and Wei Yan and said, "You guys should sit together too. We are all our own people. You don't have to be so polite when discussing business matters."

Wei Yan and Zhang Ren knew Liu Qi very well. They knew that Liu Qi had no airs when dealing with others and was very easy-going.

The two of them were not restrained and sat on one side of the table, one on the left and the other on the right.

In this way, four people surrounded the long table with the map.

These four people surround a picture in the middle, like playing mahjong.

Seeing that the three of them had already sat down, Liu Qi turned to look at Zhang Ren and said, "Tell Ziyi what Qiao Rui said just now. Don't hide anything."

"promise."

After Zhang Ren received the order, he briefly described to Tai Shi Ci what had happened when Gongsun Yue stopped in Xuzhou and was about to enter Yuzhou.

After hearing this, Taishi Ci frowned deeply and looked slightly solemn.

But soon, his expression relaxed again.

After Zhang Ren finished telling him, Taishi Ci then raised his hands to Liu Qi and said, "The Lord of the Prefecture summoned Ci here, but he wanted to ask the junior officials how to defeat the Youzhou cavalry?"

Liu Qi just asked: "I heard that Ziyi stayed in Liaodong for four years to avoid disaster?"

"yes."

"I wonder what Ziyi does for a living in Liaodong?"

Taishi Ci did not hesitate at all, saying: "I will not hide it from the prince, but there are many battles in the border counties, and Xianbei often knocks on the border. Ci is in Liaodong, and as a private person, he is driven by the local big family."

Taishi Ci said this very skillfully. Although he frankly admitted that when he was avoiding trouble in Liaodong, he was indeed working as a private general for a local prominent family, but Taishi Ci did not specify which wealthy family he was working for.

Liu Qi did not ask further questions about this matter, but added: "Since Ziyi was driven by a large family in Liaodong when he took refuge, did he ever see the fine cavalry under Gongsun Zan when he was in the border county?"

Taishi Ci replied: "I have seen it too many times. There are many battles in border counties. Ci, as a private general of a local prominent family, often fights on the border. And the cavalry under Gongsun Bogui often kill foreign soldiers and civilians at the border and think of their merits."

, after four years, I even made friends with several Youzhou cavalrymen because of the border battle, and I became quite familiar with them."

Liu Qi drew a circle on the map with his hand: "Since Ziyi is quite familiar with the Youzhou cavalry, according to your opinion, if our Nanman battalion sergeants confront the Youzhou cavalry, what are the chances of winning?"

Taishi Ci pondered for a moment, then raised his hands and said: "As you return home, if the soldiers of the Nanman camp confront Gongsun Yue on the plains, they have no chance of winning. This has nothing to do with the number of people. In fact, the Youzhou cavalry is really brave.

, a plain battle, if they are allowed to rush into our military formation, the formation of the infantry will be chaotic in an instant, and the Youzhou war horses are so tall and majestic that ordinary people's flesh and blood cannot stop them. Once the Nanman camp is divided head and tail by the enemy's cavalry,

, Just like the fish on the table, failure is inevitable."

Liu Qi took a long breath and said: "According to Ziyi's opinion, if our southern army's soldiers and horses want to fight the northern cavalry, what kind of fighting method should be used to have a chance of winning?"

Taishi Ci said: "There are few war horses in the south, and the size and endurance of the horses are also very different from those of the northern horses. This is a natural disadvantage and cannot be done by manpower. If the southerners want to use cavalry to fight against the northern cavalry...

It's like hitting an egg against a stone, and you're going to die on the cusp of death."

"So what?"

"If the southern army wants to defeat the northern cavalry... based on Ci's experience in Liaodong over the years, there is only one possible way."

"what way?"

"The prince must collect a large number of crossbow machines and form an elite crossbow army to compete with the northern cavalry."

What Tai Shici said is correct. In the era of cold weapons, if you want to restrain the almost invincible cavalry that has the impact of a tank... the best way is to have a powerful crossbow army as support.

Compared to archers, crossbowmen have a more obvious restraint on cavalry.

If a person wants to be successful in archery, he must have a certain amount of talent and hard training. After a lot of hard training, he can become a powerful longbow archer.

This takes time to cultivate!

But crossbowmen are different.

If you want to use a crossbow well, you don't need particularly complicated training.

As long as you are not a pure fool, after knowing the methods and tips of using a crossbow, and doing some practical exercises, even if you have no basic knowledge, you can still use the crossbow with ease.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But the prerequisite is that you must have a crossbow, and it must be a good crossbow!

There are many crossbows in this era, but there are very few truly calibrated good crossbows. Those crudely made small crossbows can miss the target at a distance of dozens of steps. They are completely useless on the battlefield and are completely useless.

However, the productivity of this era is backward, and there is no formal streamlined operation for making weapons. The manufacture of good crossbows relies entirely on the hands of skilled craftsmen to perform difficult tasks...

But in this era when even eating to survive is a problem, where can we find so many skilled craftsmen to make so many good crossbows?

Although Tai Shici's suggestion is very good, it is really difficult for Liu Qi to achieve it at present.

To form a strong army, you need at least 1,800 men, right? Now for Liu Qi, 1,800 men is easy to talk about, but the problem is that he has no way to get 1,800 good crossbows!

Saying it means not saying it,

Seeing that Liu Qi didn't answer, Taishi Ci couldn't help but laugh.

"The official understands the difficulties faced by the emperor, and he also knows that building an army of powerful crossbows cannot be achieved overnight. The reason why the official mentioned this matter to the emperor today is to let the emperor know that the emperor will definitely

We must find a way to establish a crossbow camp sooner or later. Without the crossbow camp as a supplement, the Southern Army of Jingzhou may forever be restrained by the iron hooves of the northern war horses and unable to expand."

Liu Qi smiled gratefully and said, "Zi Yi's words are very true, Liu Qi has remembered them."

Wei Yan said from the side: "Although Tai Shijun's words are noble, they do not solve the current problem."

Taishi Ci said: "If we want to block Gongsun Yue's offensive now, it is not difficult. We only need to find a strong city or stronghold in the Huairu land to serve as a barrier. Gongsun Yue's cavalry will naturally not be there."

Useful place."

Liu Qi said: "Ziyi, to be honest, it is not my nature to be blindly defensive. In fact, I have thought of a plan, but I have not found the right person to implement it for me. I am calling Ziyi here now because I want to invite Ziyi."

Yi, please help... I just had a conversation with Ziyi and found out that Ziyi knows a lot about Youzhou’s cavalry, so I think it must be you."

Taishi Ci said seriously: "Fu Jun is a person whom Ci admires. If Fu Jun gives orders, Ci will obey... But I don't know what Fu Jun plans to ask Ci to do?"

Liu Qi asked Tai Shi Ci in a low voice: "Ziyi, if there is a Huns war horse that can be used as a stallion in Yuzhou, I would like to ask Ziyi...who does this horse belong to?"

Taishi Ci was a little confused when he heard this.

What kind of problem is this?

Although he didn't understand why Liu Qi asked such an outrageous question, Taishi Ci thought seriously for a while and said: "Hongnu stallions, not to mention in the south, even in Hebei, are hard to find."

, If you are not telling me that there is a Xiongnu stallion in Yuzhou...then according to Ci, this horse must belong to Gongsun Yue. At present, only he has the ability and opportunity to bring such a divine creature from the north that is not available in the south."

After hearing what Tai Shici said, Liu Qi finally felt relieved.

An extremely bright smile appeared on his face...as bright as he wanted.

But for some reason, Taishi Ci felt a little uncomfortable when he saw his smile.

Why does this smile look a bit...uncomfortable? It's so scary!

Liu Qi suddenly stretched out his hand, pointed at Peidi Qiao County on the map, and said: "Ziyi, do you know that in Huairu land, when it comes to powerful forces, who has the most private people and the most households?

"

Taishi Ci said subconsciously: "Li Tong, who gathered the crowd in Langling County, should be the first."

"Then what? What about the one who comes after Li Tong?"

Taishi Ci was speechless for a moment.

"This...I'm sorry I don't know."

Liu Qi nodded and said: "It's not surprising that you don't know. After all, you are not a native of Yuzhou... Ziyi, in addition to Li Tong of Langling County, there is also a powerful man in Qiao County of Pei County with a crowd of tens of thousands.

"His family name is Xu, and he has thousands of households under his command. He is a local hegemon, and his power is strong enough to compete with the army of the county."

Taishi Ci seemed to have heard something...

He whispered: "If Gongsun Yue wants to reach Runan from Xuzhou, he seems to have a lot of ground to cover. If nothing unexpected happens, his army will have to pass through Qiao County... right?"
Chapter completed!