After listening to Chen Dao's narration, Shen You stroked his knees with one hand and held his cheek with the other. He rolled his eyelids from time to time and looked at Pang Tong opposite him.

Pang Tong was sent by Sun Ce to assist him in military planning, and he was Sun Ce's confidant. He was very young, but he had been with Sun Ce for the longest time and made his debut almost at the same time as Sun Ce. Only Zhou Yu could compare with his seniority. Shen You was very curious about how this person who had been branded with Sun Ce from the beginning would plan this military battle.

Ling Cao, Yan Baihu and Zhang Yun were also watching from the side. It seemed that there was no communication between them, but they had a similar attitude to Shen You. Only Liu Pi was indifferent and was insidious. Chen Dao saw it and frowned secretly. He smelled the smell of disharmony. After all, Pang Tong was too young and was with Sun Ce for too long. His words and deeds were all stained with the smell of people around Sun Ce. No one paid attention to Sun Ce when he was around Sun Ce, but when he was with ordinary people, he could immediately feel it, just like he couldn't talk to Tian Kai.

Pang Tong kept lowering his head and pondering. After a while, he raised his head and smiled, his eyes swept over the faces of Shen You and others. "Sima Chen fought well in this battle, not only burned Yuan Xi's baggage, but also established power and boosted people's hearts. It was a good start."

Shen You nodded with a smile, but didn't say anything. Zhang Yun and Ling Cao tilted his mouth and said nothing. Yan Baihu laughed: "Yes, Chen Sima has great martial arts skills and his cavalry tactics are deeply rooted in the essence of General Sun, but this armored cavalry is a bit useless."

After the Yan Baihu brothers surrendered to Shen Zhi, they lived a very comfortable life, but they changed their flags, and the people were still the same. They didn't think of changing. Shen Zhi forced and tempted Yan Baihu's men and horses to reorganize Yan Baihu. In the end, only more than 2,000 people were left for Yan Baihu, and the others were sent to the Piling area for military farming. Without the people, Yan Baihu could only cheer up and start a business again. This time Shen's friend went north to fight, and he took the initiative to ask for the conquest.

The thieves in Shichengshan were the hawks raised by the Shen family. Shen Zhi sent him to help Shen You, just to bite him. Shen You wanted to do something but was inconvenient to do, so he left it to him. At this moment, by teasing Chen Dao to refute Pang Tong, he expressed that the unity of the people of Wujun was just a slight effort.

Chen Daoxiao didn't say anything, but was a little worried about Pang Tong. The young man's spirit was confronted by Yan Baihu in person. I wonder if he could control his emotions.

Pang Tong glanced at Yan Baihu and laughed silently. "If the armored cavalry built with a large amount of money is just a basket of supplies, it is indeed a bit useless. However, when the two armies fight, the victory or defeat of the first battle is very important to morale. Chen Sima's amazing excitement not only boosts the morale of our army, but also shocks Yuan Xi's courage, but also affects Jun Yi."

Yan Baihu rolled his eyes and was about to express his disdain. Shen You coughed and interrupted him in time. He heard Pang Tong's implicit words and felt a little embarrassed. Building armored cavalry is not as simple as creating a few pairs of horse armor for Sun Ce. This is a powerful tool used by Sun Ce to restrain the advantages of the northern cavalry. In order to allow these armored cavalry to play to their advantages, Sun Ce also asked Chen Lailai, who had served as the prefect of Danyang, to win the situation in Qingzhou, and he had high hopes for him. If he ruined the big thing because of his momentary anger, he would let Sun Ce trust him.

"The meaning of sacrificing wine is that Yuan Xi will spread the news to Junyi and affect Yuan Shao's judgment?"

Pang Tong was up and raised his three fingers. "The war in Qingzhou has three goals: first, to prevent Yuan Xi from controlling Qingzhou, and then controlling Xuzhou, threatening the right wing of Yuzhou; second, to maintain the passage from Pingyu to Donglai, and maintain its influence on Youzhou; finally, to pose a threat to Jizhou, forcing Yuan Shao to go south with all his might, fight for the Central Plains, and push the front line into Jizhou under appropriate circumstances."

Shen You's head was slightly raised, and he couldn't help but sit up straight, and his expression became solemn. He knew that this expedition was an accident caused by Tao Qian's division of Xuzhou. Yuzhou was tired and had to deal with Yuan Shao again, so Sun Ce could only send him to fight. So he knew the first two of the three goals Pang Tong mentioned, but the last one was beyond his expectations. This shows that he only stared at Qingzhou, did not fully understand Sun Ce's strategic intentions, nor did he have a strategic look that looked at the overall situation.

This is still a certain distance from what Sun Ce values ​​him.

"Will the attack of the Armored Cavalry make Yuan Shao prepare and increase the pressure on the general?"

"The technical requirements of armored cavalry are very high, not just because they have money." Pang Tong said slowly: "There are horses in the south, especially strong and high-quality war horses. If the horse armor is too heavy, exceeding the limit that ordinary war horses can bear, armored cavalry cannot be truly used on the battlefield. Since Yuan Shao started his army, there have been only 300 horse armors. Huang Chengyan, a master iron officer in Nanyang, was responsible for it himself, and half of the armored cavalry was transferred. It took three months to create horse armor that could carry the weight of ordinary war horses. Everyone, every piece of armor used by these armored cavalry is full of wisdom and sweat, and it is hard to buy a thousand gold." He glanced at Shen You again and smiled meaningfully. "The first batch of horse armors is only fifty sets, all here."

"Only fifty sets?" Shen You was slightly stunned, and then his face became a little hot, both excited and ashamed.

"There are only fifty sets. Because it is not easy to build horse armor, Nanyang Iron Officer has no similar experience. Although many improvements have been made and many problems have been solved, it is still quite far from perfection. We need to collect experience and improve it in actual combat. There is another key point. Even if they have reduced horse armor as much as possible, it is still not something that ordinary war horses can bear. These more than 100 war horses were carefully selected by General Sun from more than 3,000 war horses, and even General Sun himself cannot come up with more. Therefore, General Sun does not have armor cavalry."

Shen You had guessed this possibility, but it was still surprising that he got the verification from Pang Tong. Sun Ce gave him all the first batch of horse armor he created and equipped him with enough horses. This was not only a valuation of him, but also a hope that he could make contributions and allow the Wuhui faction to stand in line with the Jingzhou faction and the Yuzhou faction, but also a tactical concept about the overall situation.

If he didn't know the inside story, who would believe that Shen You had an armored cavalry, but Sun Ce, as the main general, did not? He had fifty, Sun Ce had at least one hundred. Yuan Shao himself only had three hundred horse armor, and he didn't even give it to others. What would he think when he heard that an armored cavalry appeared in the Qingzhou battlefield? There was no doubt that he would be vigilant and dare not act rashly, and was ready to fight Sun Ce's armored cavalry at any time.

But Sun Ce did not. This was just a false move, which made Yuan Shao tie himself up and could not let go, but could only take steady steps and take action. In this way, the advantage of the cavalry would be greatly reduced, and the war would have to last for a long time, which would be more beneficial to Sun Ce.

Although the Qingzhou battlefield is thousands of miles apart from the Yanzhou battlefield, it is a game of chess in Sun Ce's strategy. As the main general of the Qingzhou battlefield, he should have understood this long ago, but he did not pay enough attention to it, and he still has the intention to test Pang Tong here. Pang Tong was sent by Sun Ce, and he implemented Sun Ce's plan. Can he question it just because Pang Tong was young?

Shen You's face was hot. "Jijiu is right. A big victory in the first battle is a great pleasure, and it is also a good omen for the smooth progress of the war in Qingzhou. What should I do next? Surround Yan Liang, face Yuan Xi, and meet Tian Envoy to break through?"

Pang Tong shook his head. "Three goals, the last one is the long-term goal. No matter for the time being, the first two goals have been basically achieved. We need to stabilize the situation and not be eager to achieve success. As for Tian Kai..." Pang Tong sneered: "It is a desperate situation and still so arrogant that he is seeking death. He is disrespectful to Sima Chen, which means disrespecting us and the general. We follow our plan and don't care about his life or death. From this moment on, Qingzhou has nothing to do with him."
Chapter completed!