Liu Chen needed the iron ore not only to give the commoners the curved shaft plow, but also to make the horseshoes, stirrups, and saddles for the warhorses.
Cavalrymen nowadays did not have horseshoes and stirrups. Horseshoes were not popularized until the later Song Dynasty, and stirrupes only appeared in the Western Jin Dynasty.
Now, only the saddle had a prototype, but it was not very convenient.
Liu Chen wanted to completely transform these. By then, the overall strength of the cavalry would be greatly improved. Even ordinary soldiers could ride horses and fight with a little training.
These blueprints could be purchased at the Research Institute, but Liu Chen felt that he could save 100,000 points by designing a little.
After the group left the farmland, they returned to the military camp to make arrangements for the next expedition.
In the following week, the people were still immersed in the joy of the bumper harvest of food and the shock of the birth of the Quyuan Li.
Even the county governors around the Chang Shan Kingdom had heard the news. However, most people didn't believe it and thought it was just a rumor.
Liu Chen didn't pay any attention to these discussions. Today, after he gathered his troops, the two armies marched out of the city.
Zhang He and Gao Lan led 20,000 troops to collect taxes from the surrounding Yellow Turban Army. Jizhou used to be the headquarters of the Yellow Turban Army. Although they had collected taxes many times, there were still remnants who rebelled.
However, with Liu Chen's many expeditions, the Yellow Turban Army seemed to be very scattered. Most of them were concentrated in Qingzhou and Runan.
In the future, Cao Cao would recruit 300,000 Yellow Turban soldiers in Qingzhou, and his strength would increase greatly.
As for Liu Chen, he led Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and the 50,000-strong army towards the Black Mountain Army.
The reason why he set out today was because he had received news that Zhang Yan had led an army of 500,000 to cause trouble in Zhao County.
Chang Shan, Zhongshan, Zhao County, and other places were the areas of activity of the Black Mountain Army. Back then, the people of Chang Shan Country had been thrown into chaos and were in dire straits.
The Black Mountain Army was a local bandit uprising, so they knew their surroundings very well. The Taihang Mountains were right next to them, so if they couldn't defeat them, they would hide in the mountains. The government couldn't wipe them out at all.
If it wasn't for Liu Chen recruiting Zhao Yun and giving up on collecting them, the Chang Shan people would still have to endure the chaos of war and suffer.
"Cuckoo-"
Information from the scout pigeons came. These pigeons were much more useful than scouts. They needed a beast tamer to translate with the army.
Of course, Liu Chen could understand the pigeon's beast language.
The scout pigeons sent the information of the Black Mountain Army over. At the same time, they also sent the detailed location of the scouts of the Black Mountain Army.
Liu Chen immediately ordered the elite cavalrymen to pull out the scouts of the Black Mountain Army to avoid being discovered.
Then, the entire army rushed to Zhao County.
This time, they did not plan to stay for long. Their rations and supplies were all light and simple, and they were bound to end the battle quickly.
Just as they crossed the border of Chang Shan Country and entered Zhao County, they finally encountered the Black Mountain Army in Zhongqiu County of Zhao County.
This Black Mountain Army had about 100,000 people and was led by one of the leaders of the Black Mountain Army, Yu Du. Just as they were looting wantonly.
Liu Chen, Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou each led 10,000 troops and blocked their way.
“艹!”
Yu Du felt the encirclement from all directions. He looked at Liu Chen's banner, the powerful formation, and the fully armed elite soldiers.
Looking at the tattered soldiers behind him, his face turned pale.""Do all scouts eat shit? She was surrounded by them at the door of her house, and she still didn't know?”
"Leader, they don't have many people, but we have an army of 100,000!”
"You know nothing! That Zhao Yun under the King of Chang Shan is a fierce general who can fight ten thousand men. Back then, under the Chief's two hundred thousand men army, he went in and out three times and killed our Black Mountain Army. Is that f * cking human?”
Many of the soldiers who had been killed by Zhao Yun were still in fear. They looked at Zhao Yun with pale faces. Every time they heard the words " I am Zhao Zilong of Chang Mountain ", they were terrified!
They had all retreated from the Chang Shan Country and changed places to loot. They did not expect Liu Chen to still be unforgiving towards them.
"Then, then what should we do? Leader."
Yu Du spat and said,
"Break out of the encirclement! There was no need to look at the King of Chang Shan and Zhao Yun. Who were the two leading soldiers? It was a little unfamiliar. He would just randomly find a place to break out of the encirclement!
We'll talk about it when we meet up with the Chief. I don't believe that they only have 30,000 to 40,000 people. After we gather 500,000 troops, they will still dare to be arrogant!”
At this moment, Liu Chen gave the order. The messenger waved his flag and attacked the Black Mountain Army from all directions.
Yu Du was scared out of his wits. Even with double the number of people, he did not dare to fight. He immediately led his subordinates to break out of the encirclement from Yan Liang's direction.
They still thought that Yan Liang was easy to bully. But after the two armies clashed, Yan Liang brandishing his long hilted saber like a god of death made them completely aghast!
"Ten thousand men against a fierce general!"
Yu Du's eyes shrank. Above the super first-class generals, each of them was a fierce general that could fight ten thousand people. They were not people that a motley crew like them could fight against.
Even if there were no more than ten thousand people behind Yan Liang, he was not in the mood to fight and directly led a hundred thousand subordinates to forcefully break out of the encirclement.
While they were running, Liu Chen and the other formation's arrows rained down. Yan Liang's side attacked even more aggressively, leaving behind twenty to thirty thousand of them before they could escape in a sorry state.
Defeat a 106,000-man army and obtain 106,000 war points!
General Yu Du is a third-rate general and a third-rate commander. He has received 200 war points!
The deputy general is a third-rate general, an unranked commander, and has obtained 110 war points!
Leading the army…
He had obtained a total of 107,000 war points from this battle!
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