Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Zhang Mo actually didn't know much about the longbowmen's formation. She could only use the Battle of Agincourt between England and France to summarize some theories.

For example, all archers in the army had to carry a six-foot-long wooden stake with sharpened ends. If the enemy cavalry tried to approach, the archers would stand in their own positions in the staggered formation, insert one end of the stake into the soil, and the other end above waist height, diagonally facing the enemy in front to prevent cavalry charges.

The second factor was the weather and terrain in this battle: the rain turned the wheat fields into mud, which to some extent slowed down the speed of the French cavalry and gave the archers more time.

The British soldiers chose to deploy their troops in a trumpet-shaped terrain with trees on both sides. Firstly, this could prevent the French cavalry from outflanking from the left and right. Secondly, the trumpet-shaped terrain allowed the French cavalry to rush closer and closer, making the formation denser and the longbow's hit rate higher.

By drawing inferences from one instance and combining it with what Lu Bu had told her about the cavalry combat methods, Zhang Mo was able to barely come up with a theoretical plan.

If the number of Hu people encountered is small, it will be basically no problem for the three hundred archers to use wooden stakes as support and shoot them head-on and then the cavalry will kill them. The reason for considering so much is because we are afraid of encountering a large group of Hu people.

There are also scouts to be arranged for exploration on the road. If they encounter a large group of Hu people, they should avoid them if possible. If they cannot avoid them, they will have time to deploy their own troops in advance. The cavalry also needs to be equipped with armor. Fortunately, a batch of troops from Qu Yi's troops were captured last time, and with the existing ones in the village, they can barely gather about 100 sets.

Having never fought in a serious war before, Zhang Mo had to be extremely cautious and consider all possible problems that might arise on the road and during the battle in advance.

After everyone finished discussing the battle plan, Zhang Mo said, "Besides these, there is another most important issue."

"What's the matter?"

"Border troops! These people may be a greater threat than the Hu people."

We are now the Black Mountain bandits!

In recent years, the Bingzhou governor has formed many cavalry units, and Zhang Yan has been wary of them. If his few men run into them, they will definitely be killed.

Li Gui said, "How difficult is that? Your family is a wealthy family in Jinyang. We can go to the government and get a business permit. Then we can pretend to be a horse caravan."

Du Fei smiled and said, "This method works!"

He looked at Zhang Mo, "The master of the family doesn't object to you doing business anyway. Just say you want to send someone to the north to buy war horses, and ask him to help you get a certificate from the prefectural governor's office. It would be best if you could get him an official businessman identity. That way, everything would be foolproof."

Zhang Mo's brows relaxed upon hearing this. "It turns out that three worthless generals can be as good as one Zhuge Liang!"

Because Wang Yun disliked businessmen, Zhang Mo always subconsciously avoided topics related to business in front of him. But if she told him that she wanted to exchange them for war horses to equip her troops, he would surely not object!

Even if he objects, you have to pester him to agree. If that doesn't work, go ask your eldest brother for help.

After discussion among the few people, Zhang Mo returned to Jinyang that day to look for information and evidence, while Xu Chu and others stayed in the village to intensify the training of longbowmen and cavalry.

More than two months later, the weather gradually warmed up and all preparations were completed. Led by Xu Chu and assisted by Du Fei, they led 700 Golden Eagle Guards and 200 auxiliary soldiers to Yunzhong County.

There were not enough mounts, so two people had to share one horse, and some people had to walk. Zhang Mo transferred some horses from the earth building to transport the supplies.

Xu Chu and others had been gone for more than half a month when the second batch of smuggled pig iron arrived. In addition to forging sabers and arrowheads, Zhang Mo also asked Master Guo to make some stirrups and horseshoes, and found a carpenter to make a high-bridge saddle. As long as the war horses returned, the soldiers could practice riding.

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Qingzhou, on the coast of Huang County, Donglai County.

The salted egg yolk-like sunset hung heavily over the western sea. Under the afterglow, dozens of men hurried along the coastline towards the pier.

"Look, there are fishing boats coming ashore." The person walking in front pointed at the pier in the distance and shouted excitedly.

"There's fish to eat now, I can finally eat meat..."

Without waiting for the leader to say anything, this group of skinny, pale and ragged people rushed forward.

"Moth thief? Oh my god, the moth thief is here again!"

A fisherman who was unloading fish onto the shore noticed the crowd rushing towards him and his face turned pale with fear.

While shouting loudly, he picked up a small knife for killing fish, cut the rope tied to the stake, and without caring about the fish that had been unloaded on the shore, he rowed the fishing boat quickly into the sea.

"The moth thief is coming, hurry, run away!"

There was a flurry of activity on the dock, moving fish, untying ropes, and paddling. The fishermen were obviously experienced in being robbed, and they moved very quickly, escaping in a moment.

"Why are you running so fast? We're not robbing people. We have money."

A long-legged man rushed to the dock first and shouted at the fishing boats at sea.

I don’t believe you. The fishermen rowed their boats to a safe distance before stopping.

The people who were mistaken for moth thieves were helpless. One of them, a man with a yellow beard, looked at the few baskets of fish on the dock and said with a bitter face, "That's just a few, not even enough to fill my stomach. I've been craving them for the past three years!"

"That's right. The county official is really stingy. There are plenty of fish in Donglai, but he only feeds us millet bran and vegetables all day long, without any meat at all." Another person echoed.

The leading man stepped forward, looked at the fishermen who were silent in the distance, and said unhappily, "You rushed towards us with such ferocious looks, who wouldn't think we were thieves?"

"Weren't we moth thieves before?" one of them said weakly.

Another person asked, "Commander Qu, do you really not want to go back to your old job?"

The man known as Qu Shuai was none other than Guan Hai, who had come to Qingzhou to look for his old subordinates. Hearing this, he laughed and said, "What? Freshly released from prison, you want to go back to doing hard labor as a salt boiler?"

"How is that possible?" the man said, "Besides, we may not always be so unlucky. Maybe this time we can accomplish something great."

Guan Hai looked at the crowd and said, "With just a few of us? We're hungry and unarmed? Believe it or not, if we rob a fisherman today, we'll be in jail tomorrow. The county can't do anything about the bandits, but it's easy for them to catch us."

"Isn't this because of you..."

"What good can I do alone? If you want to do great things, come with me to Jinyang. She is the one who can do great things."

Although Amo said that raising an army was for self-protection, he always felt that it was not that simple. She clearly did not want to recruit so many people that day, but when she heard that Lu Bu had married someone else, she immediately agreed. She might want to rebel.

"Who?"

Guan Hai said, "My master is also your savior."

"Savior? Weren't you willing to be torn to pieces to save us?"

Guan Hai said angrily: "Then why am I not dead?"

Everyone seemed to remember something and started to cry out in disbelief, "Yeah, why aren't you dead?"

Guan Hai burst out laughing, thinking that these people must have gone stupid from drying salt all day long.

"Back then, I was sentenced to be quartered, and you were exiled to the frontier as military slaves. It was Envoy Wang's daughter who interceded for us. The Envoy took the death row prisoner in my place, and exiled you to Qingzhou instead. The border has long been unstable, with the Xianbei invading repeatedly. If you were a military slave, you would most likely die in battle, even if you didn't die of exhaustion or illness. Now that you're alive, shouldn't we be grateful to her?"

Only then did everyone understand the reason. They originally thought that they were lucky. More than 500 people were either drying salt or building roads and river embankments, which were not fatal jobs. They did not expect that they would receive such a favor.

"Once I have found other brothers, I will return to Jinyang. If you want to follow me, I welcome you. If you want to find a better job, I will also give you some money to cover your expenses. This will be considered as fulfilling our original intention."

"Of course we will follow you!" the yellow-bearded man said immediately.

"That's right, we will definitely follow you!" others also said.

Considering the friendship they had shared through thick and thin together, how could they possibly choose someone else after meeting Guan Hai? Moreover, they also wanted to meet their benefactor!

Although these more than 500 people were all in Qingzhou, they were distributed in different counties and prefectures. Guan Hai spent some time searching before he found these dozens of people.

He fished out a handful of copper coins from his purse and put them down. "Let's go. Let's grill these fish to fill our stomachs first. We'll go into the city to buy food tomorrow. You two can go to different places to look for people and finally meet up in Huang County."

Originally, Guan Hai wanted to look for Taishi Ci first, but he was lucky and found this first group of people as soon as he arrived in Huang County. He also saw that A Mo had prepared a lot of money for him, so he simply let this group of people disperse to various counties to look for him.

"how about you?"

Guan Hai said, "I am going to visit a brave man, so I will stay in Huang County for now."