The sun turned to the west, and after the horses had finished letting go, the Tiger Cavalry Army began to sound the bugle call to return to camp.

Considering that some of the trainee cavalrymen who came from Wu State may be unfamiliar with the place or are not accustomed to the local environment.

Therefore, the Tiger Cavalry Army specially set aside a separate camp for them to stay together so that they could take care of each other.

After everyone returned to the camp, someone walked directly to the camp tent:

"General, Zhu Xiong wants to see you!"

"Come in."

Zhu Xiong is just a young man who is sixteen or seventeen years old. Between his eyebrows, he has the unique energy of a teenager, or a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers.

"I've seen the general..."

Zhu Ju, who was holding the book and looking at it in fascination, didn't even raise his head. He just hummed and then asked:

"What's the matter?"

Seeing Zhu Ju's appearance, Zhu Xiong finally couldn't help raising his voice: "Sir!"

Zhu Xiong is Zhu Ju's eldest son. In this camp with no outsiders, he no longer deceives himself and others to hide this relationship.

Zhu Ju then raised his head, looked at Zhu Xiong, and frowned slightly: "What's the matter?"

Seeing Zhu Ju's majestic gaze, Zhu Xiong was a little embarrassed subconsciously, but thinking about what he had experienced these days, he mustered up his courage:

"Sir, the child has some words that he won't be happy with unless he vomits them out."

Zhu Ju seemed to have expected it: "Is it about military training?"

"Exactly!" Zhu Xiong made up his mind after the words were spoken, "Don't you think there is something wrong with our current training?"

"what is the problem?"

"Those Han people didn't really teach us the art of cavalry at all!"

Zhu Xiong said loudly: "They just think of us as grooms!"

"Shut up!" Zhu Ju shouted, "Have you ever seen any groom in the army who needs to practice every day?"

"Sir, you also know that we need to practice every day. That is what soldiers have to do. The Han people not only regard us as grooms, but also as soldiers!"

"We are not here to be soldiers, we are here to learn how to lead the cavalry into battle and kill the enemy!"

As a son of a wealthy family in Wu County, you are General Zuo, and your aunt is a princess. How could Zhu Xiong despise your status and compare yourself to ordinary soldiers in the army?

What he longed for was a figure like the Governor of Zhou (i.e. Zhou Yu), with his feather fan and silk scarf, his elegance and magnanimity, and the ability to destroy powerful enemies with a snap of his fingers while talking and laughing.

"But here, you can't even compare to ordinary soldiers!"

Zhu Ju interrupted his son's words rudely, "Don't talk about the Tiger Cavalry Army, even if you put it to the Northern and Southern Army, you will still be no match for them!"

The Northern and Southern Army and the Tiger Cavalry Army were both the most important defensive forces in Chang'an, and they were both cavalry armies. As a special envoy, Zhu Ju had been in and out of the military camps of the Northern and Southern Army several times.

He certainly knew that the Han cavalry was far more powerful than the Wu monarchs and ministers imagined.

It was precisely because of this that he was a little angry at his son's ambitious ideas.

"If you want to lead an army to defeat the enemy, you must first know everything in the army. You have been here for so long, do you know how much fodder and beans a horse needs to eat in a day?"

"Do you know how long the halberd used by the cataphract is? Do you know how much the armor weighs? Do you know how far apart the two horses are when the cataphract charges?"

"Do you know how much food each armored cavalryman and his horse need to consume in a month?"

"If you are allowed to lead the army and march with it, how much food and grass will be prepared? How will the horses maintain their strength during the march?"

"Letting you be grooms and soldiers is to let you know the most basic knowledge in the armored cavalry army. If you don't even know these, how can you lead an army?"

The more Zhu Ju talked, the angrier he became. Finally, he threw the book directly on the table, stood up and walked back and forth a few steps.

As the founding emperor of the Wu Kingdom, Sun Quan still had some discernment in recognizing people.

Zhu Ju was described by him as having both civil and military skills, and he could succeed Lü Meng.

Although I don’t know if he can really compare with Lu Meng, his ability is definitely not too bad.

I have been in Han for so long, and for several months I have stayed in the Han army’s camp almost every day.

Therefore, he could be sure that the Han State did not hide any secrets from him when it came to the cavalry.

Not only did they not hide anything, but the Han Dynasty also offered to lend the armored cavalry equipment and weapons.

In this way, Da Wu can build his own cavalry army as quickly as possible.

This kind of attitude of the Han Dynasty can be said to be a heart-to-heart attack on Wu.

But the more this happened, the more Zhu Ju felt uneasy.

If the Han state just couldn't wait to destroy the Wei state, then of course there is nothing much to say.

But what happens after the Wei State is destroyed?

Between Han and Wu, the winner will eventually be decided.

Now that Han is sparing no effort to help Wu, are they really not worried about the future at all?

Zhuge Liang was the most intelligent in the world, and Feng Mingwen was far-sighted. If they could not think of this, Zhu Ju would not believe it.

He even believed that the Han Dynasty must still have a backup plan.

Or maybe the Han Dynasty was very confident, and even if Wu learned their cavalry skills, they still couldn't beat them.

It was precisely because of this uneasiness that made Zhu Ju a little anxious. This was also the anxiety of Emperor Wu:

Han Dynasty can no longer be allowed to go on like this.

But the steady retreat of the Wei State over the years is enough to show that they are unable to stop the Han State at all.

The Three Kingdoms stand in a tripartite state. Logically speaking, if Wu wants to stop the Han Kingdom, it should ally with the Wei Kingdom.

The key is... if the Wu-Wei alliance and Da Wu want to pose a threat to Han, then they can only attack Yong'an.

Zhu Ju entered Shu from Jingzhou via Yong'an. After seeing the sharpness of the Han soldiers and the dangers of Yong'an, he understood one thing very well:

Da Wu now has no ability to break through the natural danger of Yong'an. It will only increase the casualties of its soldiers and end up in a situation of hostility with Han.

And even if Wei and Wu allied themselves, it was still a question whether Wei dared to withdraw its troops from the south and devote itself to dealing with Han.

When the time comes, carrying Han and Wei together will only bring a burden to Wu, who will no longer have an excuse to go north and be trapped in the south of the Yangtze River.

There was no way to unite with Wei, and they did not want to be trapped in Jiangnan. At the same time, they also wanted to weaken Han's future relative advantage as much as possible.

The only way now is to participate in the destruction of Wei.

It would be best to take all the prefectures and lands that were allocated to Da Wu when the world was divided into two parts.

In this way, after Wu destroyed Wei, it would not be at a disadvantage in the competition with Han.

Wei is good at riding, and Wu is good at boating.

If he wants to break this balance and go north to annex Jianghuai and even the Central Plains, Wu must have its own cavalry.

Otherwise, the Central Plains of Jianghuai and Huaihe Rivers would all be flat, and the elite cavalry of Wei thieves could move freely as they pleased, coming and going like the wind, cutting off the connections between various places.

And what about Da Wu?

If there is no cavalry, even if the city can be captured, it may not be able to defend it. Even if it can be defended, nine times out of ten, it will be an isolated city.

How can we talk about competing in the Central Plains and then unifying the world?

"You have no idea what the armored cavalry means to Da Wu!"

Zhu Ju stopped and looked at his son with some annoyance:

"His Majesty sent you here to build Wu's cavalry, not just to let you know how to charge into battle blindly!"

"In addition to knowing how to use these cavalry, you also need to know how to maintain these cavalry."

"When Da Wu really has his own cavalry, he can't send another group of people over to learn how to be your grooms!"

The armored cavalry is the most important weapon of the country, and this statement is absolutely correct.

Although it looks like it only has 3,000 cavalry, on the battlefield, it also needs fine cavalry auxiliary wings to cooperate.

It can be said that after learning the tactics of the armored cavalry, I also learned how to use the fine cavalry.

Thinking of this, Zhu Juda hated iron and said coldly:

"If you can't bear this pain, then explain it to me in advance, so that I can report to Your Majesty as soon as possible and ask Your Majesty to send another group of people over, so as not to miss your Majesty's important event."

Zhu Xiong did not expect that his master would have such a big reaction on this matter.

He murmured, but finally did not dare to speak anymore.

Compared with Wu Guo, who was seeking to break through the predicament, Ji Han was in a different situation.

After the great reward of Chang'an in October of the first year of Yanxi, Chang'an, as the capital of the Han Dynasty, began to officially move on the right track.

Jincheng, the central government offices in Hanzhong and Hanzhong, were constantly moved to Chang'an.

Even the Dahan Joint Reserve Bureau and the Royal Academy in Nanxiang were moved together.

In particular, the Royal Academy officially replaced the previous Taixue and became the highest academic institution in Jihan.
To be continued...