Liang Xiao came to Batu’s big tent early in the morning.↑,

Before Batu got up, his face was pale after the hangover, even whiter than the powder, and seemed to be breathing more than the dead. He kept covering his mouth with his hands and apologizing to Liang Xiao again and again. I have to say that this kid is still very considerate, at least Liang Xiao can't tell him what he is wrong.

"I'm really sorry to disturb the prince so early."

"No... it's okay." Batu yawned long, and tears were almost coming out. He waved his hand awkwardly, and finally recovered. "I have any advice for you to come so early?"

"It's still the same thing yesterday."

“What’s the matter?”

“That thing about the princess.”

Batu was stunned for a while, and suddenly became energetic. He leaned over to Liang Xiao and said impatiently: "What, what are you good ideas?"

"Prince, do you still remember the customs of Dayuan that I told you yesterday?"

Batu thought about it and nodded repeatedly. "Remember, remember, I remember clearly."

"Prince, have you ever thought of a question?" Liang Xiao dragged his voice and said slowly: "If you can't conquer those three maids..."

Batu was stunned for a moment, and then realized the problem. He was the prince of Yuezhi and wanted to propose marriage to Princess Dayuan. This is a big deal. Regardless of whether it was finally successful or not, it would alarm the powerful and powerful countries in both countries. If he succeeded in the end and brought the beauty back, of course, it would be a good match for both worlds. But if he failed and the reason for his failure was that his health was not good, it would become a scandal. If this was passed back to Yuezhi, wouldn't he be a laughing stock?

If a man on the grassland cannot conquer a woman, he is just like he cannot ride a horse, can draw a bow and shoot arrows. He is famous for his weakness in martial arts. If he cannot conquer even a woman, wouldn’t he be nothing?

What qualifications do such a person have to compete for the throne with Aliuu?

"Then...what do?" Batu hurriedly took Liang Xiao's hand and asked anxiously.

"According to a certain plan, I'll wait for the matter of proposing to the princess for the time being. You might as well try it privately first to see if you are sure to pass the test. If you are sure, it's not too late to mention it."

"It makes sense. It makes sense." Batu nodded repeatedly, slapped Liang Xiao's hand hard, and suddenly laughed again. "You have four beautiful maids around you. Are you practicing every day?"

"Oh" Liang Xiao looked ashamed. "Prince, keep it confidential."

Seeing Liang Xiao like this, Batu laughed. "Tell me quickly, is this Dayuan woman different from others, and it is difficult for such a warrior to resist?"

Liang Xiao attached himself to Batu's ear and muttered a few words. In order to dispel Batu's covetousness towards Luo Xuli, he had to make lies against his conscience, and talked Alpha and others like Rakshasa, just like they were vampires. He knew that Batu was lustful and had ideas about Alpha and the other four, so it was hard to guarantee that he would make a false request one day. He took this opportunity to scare him and block his mouth.

Sure enough, after listening to Liang Xiao’s description, Batu blinked in fear, his already white face without a trace of blood. "So cruel?"

"Yes, there is nothing I can do about this. I have to use the excuse to practice arrows and avoid their entanglement as much as possible. If it weren't for this, I would have collapsed long ago."

Batu was sweating coldly and was very grateful. "Thank you for your reminder. I almost insulted myself."

"Oh, who made us allies?" Liang Xiao patted Batu on the shoulder. "Prince, think twice before acting, and do not act rashly, so as not to cause disaster and become a bad reputation."

Batu nodded repeatedly.

Wu Wie, the King of Dayuan, soon received a letter of victory from Mei Cai. He learned that Mei Cai commanded Old Andrew and others ambushed the Wusun people at the mountain pass and won the first victory. Wu Wie was very happy, and was also a little worried. He had always been worried about the arrival of Wusun people, hoping that this was just a false alarm. Now that the Wusun people are really coming, he is very nervous and restless in bed and food.

Wu Wu asked Liang Xiao and Batu and Ashana to enter the palace to discuss.

The result of the discussion was very simple. Liang Xiao and others led five thousand Yuezhi cavalry to rescue Meicai and jointly defeated the Wusun people. Before that, Meicai had already recruited 10,000 troops, including more than three thousand cavalry. In addition to the five thousand Yuezhi cavalry and the advantage of the terrain, they had a chance to block the Wusun people.

In addition, Liang Xiao suggested that Wu Wu ordered Zhucheng to strengthen the walls and clear the fields and prepare for defending the city. Although Dayuan had good horses, the cavalry was very average, but the tactics of defending the city were well mastered. Considering that it was already winter and heavy snow could cover the earth at any time, the Wusun people had limited time to attack the city, so defending the city became the safest tactic.

Don't agree repeatedly.

After the farewell, Liang Xiao and others immediately set off for the mountain pass.

The Yuezhi people were all cavalrymen, with one man, two to three horses. Compared with the Dayuan people, these Yuezhi people were more hardworking and endured. They marched extremely fast, traveling two or three hundred miles a day, and even eating on the horse's back, even Asha Na was no exception.

Liang Xiao and others saw the perseverance of the nomadic peoples. If they had not been chased by King Hun Xie for more than half a month, it would have been difficult for them to persevere. But no one could have imagined that it was Liang Xiao and the others who could not persevere first, but Batu.

Batu was a standard playboy, and his body was weak and could not withstand this high-intensity marching. After walking for two days, his thighs were worn out and he screamed as soon as he touched them. Asha had no choice but to leave Batu in a city he passed along, and he and Liang Xiao led his army to go in a hurry.

As the great fortune of Yuezhi, Asha was equivalent to the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, but not a civil official. In fact, he was the real commander of the five thousand Yuezhi royal cavalry, and Batu was just here to gilt. Along the way, Liang Xiao saw Asha with his own eyes dispatching cavalry and learned a lot of things. However, Asha was reserved and introverted and never took the initiative to communicate with Liang Xiao. Liang Xiao asked him for advice, but he just tried it casually and refused to speak in depth.

Liang Xiao could only see with his eyes and listen with his ears.

When leaving Guishan City, Luo Xuli gave Alpha another ancient book. This time, he probably didn't have time to copy it and gave it directly.

This ancient book talks about the cavalry of Bactricia, which is exactly the problem that Liang Xiao urgently wants to understand.

Liang Xiao was surprised. Bactricia actually had heavy armored cavalry and fought with spears. It was with such armored cavalry that Osidmus, the king of Bactricia, defeated Antioch III of the Seleucid Dynasty and stabilized the dynasty that had just been established.

In Liang Xiao's impression, armored cavalry probably appeared in the Three Kingdoms period, developed during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, reached its peak in the Sui Dynasty, and then fell rapidly. However, he did not know that as early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, there were armored cavalry in Central Asia, which was nearly four hundred years earlier than the time when the Central Plains appeared.

Of course, the armored cavalry in Central Asia did not have stirrups or high bridge saddles. Although they could fight with spears, their impact was not comparable to those of the heavy armored cavalry in later generations. They could only attack the enemy's flanks or rear wings. Once they faced the spear soldiers guarding the formation, they could only retreat, far from the majesty of the heavy armored cavalry in later generations.

Liang Xiao was strangely surprised that since Bactricia had such a strong cavalry, why did he lose to the Yuezhi people? Even without stirrups, such a cavalry should be stronger than the Yuezhi people with only leather armor.

Liang Xiao was shameless and went to ask Ashana for advice.

Ashana looked at Liang Xiao in surprise, holding the reins in one hand and stroking the beard with the other hand, and pondered for a moment. "I can answer the question of the noble envoy. The noble envoy needs to tell me first, how did you know the armored cavalry of Bactrica? As far as I know, not long ago, you seemed to know very little about the cavalry of Bactrica."

Liang Xiao smiled. "Reading."

"Read? What book do you read?"

"Some Greek war history books mention the armored cavalry of Baktria, including their equipment's fighting style."

Azhan was even more surprised. "Can you read Greek classics?"

"A learned it, but he is still very unfamiliar. He can only barely understand the general idea, but he still doesn't understand some words very well."

"That's already very rare." Ashana thoughtfully. "The reason why my Yuezhi cannot be strong is probably related to my Yuezhi's lack of writing." He sighed and said, "In fact, the people who defeated Bactrica were not our Yuezhi people, but the people who fled."

Liang Xiao thought about it and nodded in agreement. The Sai people were nomadic people driven all the way by the Yuezhi people. They turned out to be east of the Pamir Mountains. The Yuezhi people were defeated by the Huns and forced to move westward and crushed them all the way. The Sai people were killed and defeated by them like the Wusun people, and had to escape westward. After crossing the Pamir Mountains, the Sai people were very majestic and killed the Baktrians. The Yuezhi people then went to Central Asia and killed the Central Asians.

This is a survival game where big fish eat small fish and small fish eat shrimps. Unfortunately, Baktria, who has heavy cavalry, is the shrimps.

This made Liang Xiao even more curious.

"Although the cavalry of Bactricia has armor, they do not need to ride and shoot, but like to use spears. Although the spear is long, it is only two meters long. Even the weakest bow and arrow have a range farther than the attack range of the spear. Within ten steps, even if the Bactricia cavalry wears armor, they may not be able to block the archery that is stuffed with people. Even if the man can block it, what about the horse?"

Liang Xiao suddenly realized. It seemed that although the cavalry of Bactricia was armored, they were not as strong as invulnerable to swords and guns.

"With armor, the protection is stronger for people. But for war horses, the burden is heavier, and both speed and endurance are greatly reduced. Facing people and chasing, they cannot catch up or escape, and they can't escape, and they can only be shot at close range by bows and arrows recently. What's the use of such a cavalry?"

Liang Xiao smiled. Isn’t this the reason for the disappearance of heavy armored cavalry during the Sui and Tang Dynasties? I just didn’t expect that there were similar examples before this, but the Central Plains repeated again seven or eight hundred years later.

Not well-informed.

From this we can see how important it is to open your eyes to see the world, and how technical details affect the process of the world. Ignoring technology and worshiping the classics of saints all day long -

(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!