Everything depends on prestige and strength. The Hu people really only look at their strength, and kindness is the foil of strength.

The more fierce the war is, the more cruel the war is. The more people they kill, the more they can get their service. Isn’t that the Wuwan Xianbei people in the Changshui Cavalry Team like this?

Now, I have been serving as the Huwuwan Captain for several months, and the tribes under my jurisdiction have not made any moves and no tribes have taken the initiative to contact me. This is obviously a contempt for me.

For this kind of contempt, we must use a steel knife to make them pay attention to it.

Helian, Helian, proudly underestimated the enemy.

This is good news.

Just so happen, I am so sad that I am so sad that you send me here to die, and I will satisfy you.

In late February, intelligence collectors obtained the news that Xianbei people in northern Selangor were preparing rations to gather knights, and Guo Peng knew that these guys were coming.

He also heard the news and said that He Lian was going to give Guo Peng a warning and give him some color.

So Guo Peng immediately ordered the Wuwan Camp to go out to the frontier to start field exercises, cross the Great Wall and gallop on the grassland to get familiar with the battlefield, and then sent an envoy to inform the clan of the news and request support from the clan.

The clan was very surprised when he learned about it, and immediately dispatched 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantrymen who could quickly assemble to Ning County to support Guo Peng. At the same time, he recruited soldiers from various counties and counties and garrison troops in Youzhou to move closer to Ji County. He also sent people to recruit Wuwan cavalry to prepare for war, and ordered all border counties to enter the state of preparation immediately.

The border counties immediately became nervous and all entered a state of combat readiness. They began to strengthen the city, prepare for weapons to defend the city, and prepare for combat.

Once the Xianbei people broke through the Great Wall and came to the city, they would start defending the city and fighting.

In early March, the news was clear, and there was no need to be doubted. Helian had already led his troops to take Shanggu County directly.

He and the 10,000 cavalrymen from the central Xianbei came to show Guo Peng colors.

After careful preparation, Guo Peng informed the clerk. Then, without waiting for his news, he led two thousand infantry, three thousand cavalry and a large number of chariots to follow the direction of Helian.

Crossing the Great Wall and facing Helian directly, Guo Peng wants to face Helian head-on.

Five thousand to ten thousand, the opponent is all cavalry. Guo Peng not only has no advantage, but also has all disadvantages.

But Guo Peng is not seeking death, he has his own way.

Before taking office, Guo Peng thought of many ways to use his inferior forces to fight against the superior forces of the northern nomadic cavalry.

The Xianbei people, the Huns and the Wuwan people were not infantrymen, they were all cavalrymen. They were different from the Yellow Turban Army. They could fight very well, but they did not have any advantage.

The cavalry he could command would not exceed three thousand in total, and his mobile troops were far inferior to the Xianbei leaders and companies.

However, at this time, the biggest threat to the Han army by the nomadic cavalry was not to charge the formation, but to ride and shoot.

In this era, the formed stirrup saddles had not yet appeared, and the nomadic peoples had not much iron and bronze, so they could not manufacture weapons that could be used for horse war charges and confrontation head-on.

According to archaeological unearthing, in addition to bows and crossbows, nomadic cavalry in this era only had melee weapons such as short swords, short swords, short spears, and symbolic so-called scimitars and other weapons.

Compared with the Han army's spear, spear, ring-headed sword, it has a great disadvantage in length, and its armor is far inferior to the Han army, and it is unable to gain an advantage in head-on confrontation with the Han army.

Therefore, when the Han army was awesome, they could fight against five, which is the so-called Han Dynasty as the Five Barbarians.

The only thing they could threaten the Han army was riding and shooting.

There is no doubt that riding and shooting requires a lot of effort to practice.

Cavalry and shooting are also much more difficult than riding on horses, swinging swords and charging with spears on horses. This is a capability that the Han army is difficult to master but is basically mastered by nomadic cavalry.

At this time, the Han army had the advantage in weapons, the number of cavalry and cavalry skills, so it was helpless to encounter cavalry and cavalry.

If they can't rush over and catch up with others, they can't hit them. However, they turned around and shot them at their side with an arrow but couldn't avoid them at all.

The nomadic cavalry did not confront the Han army head-on, but chose to play cavalry with the Han army.

Its basic tactic is to use cavalry to shoot down the Han army's military formation, and then use the short weapons he possesses to chase and kill the Han army that lost the military formation and fell into chaos.

When the Han army formed an army to fight, the nomadic cavalry did not need to or dared to approach, so they went around in circles to shoot with Han army crossbowmen to see whose arrows were consumed first. This is why Li Ling could use 5,000 infantry to fight against the 80,000 cavalry of the Huns and kill them in large quantities.

The Han army's arrows were exhausted first, and the army collapsed and died miserably.

After the nomadic cavalry had exhausted the arrows, they patted their butts and left. If the Han army had more cavalry and could chase for a while, there would be no way to do anything less.

In most periods, the Han army had relatively few cavalry, so nomadic cavalry was very dominant during this period.

Guo Peng has no system and no superpowers.

All he has is his understanding of future generations and his knowledge beyond thousands of years. This is his only advantage over his opponents, and no other way can he form a crushing state.

So he had to find a way to deal with the nomadic cavalry from his own advantages.

Recruiting cavalry to train troops is not a good method. It takes several years to train troops to train troops. The Eastern Han government did not have the ability to mobilize resources to form cavalry during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han. The war would come at no time, and it was too late.

Then there is only one way to take shortcuts.

Is there any trick?

A few months ago, a few days after arriving in Ning County, Guo Pengsi thought about it and suddenly came up with a good idea.

"Charcoal and sulfur? What is this for?"

Guo Peng talked about this matter with Cheng Li. Cheng Li felt it was strange and asked Guo Peng what he was going to do.

"Zhongde doesn't ask what to do, can he get these things?"

"Of course, it can be. Stone and sulfur are both medicinal materials, so charcoal is not difficult. If Youzhou does not have it, Jizhou will definitely have it, but what can these things be used for?"

Guo Peng still didn't say that, and with a mysterious look on his face, Cheng Li mobilized the 100 whistle-striking knights under him to various places to buy and collect enough stone removal and sulfur.

On the other hand, Ning County has a large number of blacksmiths responsible for making weapons.

Guo Peng recruited more than a dozen old blacksmiths and asked them to create thin iron boxes similar to bamboo joints for themselves. There is no need to be very standardized. Make a batch first and try it.

The thin iron box was made here, and the sulphur and charcoal were in place. Guo Peng personally took his confidant soldiers to the secret base of the city to make gunpowder proportioning.

According to the mass ratio of 10% sulfur, 15% charcoal and 75% scavenging stone, Guo Peng led his men to make a batch of rough primitive gunpowder, made a pile, and ignited it with fire. Looking at the violently burning gunpowder, Guo Peng nodded with satisfaction.

There is no need for extra things. He didn't plan to make any artillery or something. That's not realistic. He doesn't need lethal gunpowder weapons. He doesn't want anything. As long as he can make a loud noise, it's enough. Nothing else matters.
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