It is said that in the Battle of Xuzhou, after Cao Chun attacked the street, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, which had just been planned at that time, was stillborn. Even if Cao Xiu returned from his injuries and was able to revive the plan, without the founder, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was still alive.
Life and death cannot be on the right track.
Therefore, Cao Cao's plan to develop elite troops has always been half-baked. Until last year, a group of Gaulish barbarians did not do well in Europe, and after the Celts attacked the streets, Rome looked for someone who was closer to the Celts.
Barbarian stubble means.
Originally, the blood relationship between Gauls and Celts was relatively far away, but the Gauls were so close to Rome that they were naturally targeted. So a group of Gaulish barbarians couldn't survive and ran to Parthia.
They came to join the Seventh Loyalist, but unfortunately Ma Chao didn't want to recruit new people, so this group of people became bandits.
After that, a group of people came to Cao Cao for unknown reasons. Cao Cao was a very strange person. He didn't have much ill will towards the barbarians, except of course the Northern Huns. Cao Cao was not the first to immigrate to the barbarians in history.
The barbarians moved south of the Great Wall, but Cao Cao was the first to move the barbarians in without improving social habits.
That is to say, the Xianbei and Wuwan people who were moved in by Cao Cao were still nomadic and maintained their wild nature. From this point of view, Cao Cao treated everyone equally in this aspect.
Therefore, after the Gaulish barbarians came over, Cao Cao had no intention of attacking. If you want to be a soldier, you can be a soldier. If you are willing to work, you can work. I don’t have time to suppress you guys, but paying taxes is a must. Although Cao Cao is not as good as Li
Those three guys in Jue are so shameless that they use the army to collect taxes, but you dare not pay the taxes on Cao Sikong's territory. It's strange that Liu Ba doesn't let the Ministry of Internal Affairs teach him how to behave.
However, Cao Cao's taxes were not heavy, and the Gauls thought it was okay to live here, so many Gauls wanted to be Cao Cao's lackeys, because the Gauls were a race with a very strange style of painting.
, if they want to be strong, they have high requirements for the boss.
Cao Cao meets most of the explicit conditions, and the invisible conditions, that is, courage, decisive temperament, etc., Cao Cao is also okay.
Therefore, the Gauls think that Cao Cao has the appearance of an overlord. Although the overlords painted in the Gaul style are rather strange, you have to admit that there are Caesars before and after Joan of Arc and Napoleon. Shortness is not a problem, and foreigners are not a problem either. Gender
None of it is a problem.
From this aspect, Cao Cao perfectly fits the ideal overlord in the Gaul painting style. Although Cao Cao himself does not know it, the Gauls believe in this set of destiny deep down. If anything, many destiny looks like it.
It sounds silly, but it doesn't work.
Cao Cao didn't understand what the Gauls wanted to do, but a warrior from Gaul came over and said that he wanted to work for Cao Cao for free. As long as they took care of the food, they could form their own legion. If they provided weapons, they could help Cao Cao solve some powerful problems.
of enemies.
Although after seeing the group of Gauls, Cao Cao wondered what kind of powerful enemy this group of rookies could help him defeat? However, since they didn’t need any money, they only had to take care of the food, and they could carry bricks for construction, Cao Cao nodded.
Agreed, there is enough food anyway.
After all, the Lelang Wang family, the Shuzhong Li family, and the Luoyang Sang family are all families engaged in water conservancy. Even if the Helmand River diversion plan has not yet been implemented to create millions of acres of fertile farmland outside Kandahar,
But at least the construction of water conservancy projects in the lower reaches of the Helmand River improved the Sistan Basin area into a famous irrigated agricultural area in the 14th century.
Although the Sistan Basin is not big, after the construction of water conservancy, it has barely reached the level of the Hetao Plain. However, the Hetao Plain can also support a large number of people. In addition, these water conservancy guys have spread out the canals and increased the size of the rivers.
Due to evaporation, Sistan was finally transformed into an agricultural area.
Of course, from a historical perspective, this place itself once became a highly developed irrigated agricultural area, and then was destroyed by the war, so that it still has not recovered in the 21st century, but fundamentally speaking, this place has indeed become a
potential of agricultural areas.
But the improvement was so fast, it was beyond Cao Cao's expectation. As for the Kushan people, they were stunned. Can they farm in this place? It can grow close to one million acres. The remaining surplus can be planted with grass and engaged in animal husbandry. Why don't I
Know.
It took the world's strongest farming nation a year to finally slap the Kushan people in the face with reality. Precisely because of the success of farming, Cao Cao finally gained a foothold. Since ancient times, for the Central Plains people, wherever they can farm, as long as
I've got it, you can never drive me away.
It is precisely because of this foundation that Cao Cao does not have to be careful about food. What's more, once this year is over, the three water conservancy families who have explored the outskirts of Kandahar will implement the Helmand River diversion plan. As long as the plan is successful, they can
About two million acres of fertile farmland were created outside Kandahar. By then, Cao Cao would no longer have to worry about food and grass problems.
In fact, the latter issue of diversion has been discussed many times by Afghan officials in the 20th century and even the 21st century, because this approach can greatly improve the planting industry outside Kandahar and expand the number of acres. However, if they want to change this
River, the first thing to do is to fight with Iran. The two sides have had fierce conflicts over the distribution of water from the Helmand River for a long time.
Finally, an agreement was reluctantly reached. Under this premise, even if this diversion is beneficial to the country and the people, it is absolutely impossible for the two parties to reach an agreement.
It is precisely because of so much good news that Cao Cao dared to freely absorb people from all over the world. Whether they were local people or foreign barbarians, as long as they were willing to obey Cao Cao's instructions, Cao Cao was willing to accept them as his subjects.
Although there are some hidden regulations, it seems that there is generally no problem. It is precisely because of this open attitude that the Gauls who came over were quite willing to serve as Cao Cao's subordinates, and Cao Cao himself did not feel it.
Whatever you have given, it would be nice to have more people.
Therefore, under the circumstances of your will and my will, a Gallic Knights naturally expanded under Cao Cao's command. Although Cao Cao himself did not know how this Knights grew up, after all, when he met those Gauls more than a year ago,
They were all dry and extremely thin, but when they signed up this year to fight for Cao Sikong, they actually became an army.
Cao Cao himself was very surprised. I neither paid the soldiers nor sent them to train. How could a Gallic Knights grow out of the soil?
But don’t give up the things you picked up for free. First, say a few words to mark this group of people with their own labels, and then put on the discarded equipment for this group of people. As for weapons, of course you need new ones. What, you need hammers, okay.
Well, a hammer is a hammer, as long as you can use it. Anyway, things like hammers never need mass, as long as they are heavy enough and big enough.
So the Gallic knights successfully changed their costumes and joined Cao Cao's command. As for combat effectiveness, Cao Cao didn't know much about it and didn't care much. It didn't matter whether he was strong or not. It didn't cost any money anyway. It just needed to be used as cannon fodder. It didn't cost much anyway.
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It was precisely because of thinking of these people that after joining Cao Cao's command, these people received the first order personally issued by Cao Cao - to cooperate with Xu Huang on patrols.
"This is an order personally issued by Cao Sikong. It is also your first mission in history. Do it well." Cao Xiu patted the tall Gallic warrior on the shoulder.
Although the sponsor of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is dead, Cao Xiu at least still has this plan. Cao Chun is dead, but Cao Xiu feels that he should at least let Cao Chun leave some traces in the world. Unfortunately, the Cao family's resources have been a little tight before.
, Cao Cao, who lacks the lower level, cannot allocate part of his resources to gamble on a legion where no one knows the outcome.
Therefore, even if Cao Xiu had an idea, he couldn't realize it. However, the appearance of the Gauls gave Cao Xiu an opportunity. Regardless of whether he succeeded or not, he used it to practice first.
Although Cao Xiu later discovered that the Gauls' understanding of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and his understanding of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were completely different. The understanding between the two sides had gone too far, so that Cao Xiu could not bear the final product.
Stared straight.
"Oh!" the leading warrior cheered loudly, while Cao Xiu looked fooled. Now he really suspected that this group of people were of mixed Slavic origin.
On the other side, Xu Huang also received orders from Cao Cao. Ever since the Great Court Meeting, Xu Huang had always kept a low profile. He would not stand out if he could. He silently trained his subordinates, strengthened his own strength, and kept a low profile.
When fighting, never be greedy for success.
After keeping a low profile for so many years, Xu Huang has almost no friends. His social activities are close to zero, and he does his own things in silence every day.
"General Xu, Cao Sikong has ordered you to patrol in place of the front camp in the morning. Remember to be careful of Kushan attacks." The ordering soldier saluted Xu Huang and said respectfully.
Xu Huang nodded when he heard this, and expressed his receipt with a calm expression. Then he took out a rag and wiped his ax blade a few times, then picked up the giant ax with one hand and carried it behind his back.
"Father, what happened?" Xu Gai cautiously walked in after the messenger left, and said a little strangely.
"Probably the front army was attacked at night last night." Xu Huang said calmly, "It seems that there is no need for a battle today. Let the soldiers eat first, bring dry food and water, and then go on patrol."
"Since we don't have to fight today, why do we bring dry food and water?" Xu Gai said somewhat incomprehensibly.
"Because no one can guarantee what will happen next." Xu Huang said calmly. Xu Huang has become much calmer in the past few years. Compared with the past, he looks at many problems more intuitively.
"I'll make arrangements right away." After hearing this, Xu Gai ran to make arrangements, while Xu Huang sighed, he had to do something and prove something.
