bayedsolid Chapter 124
Chapter 124
Chapter 124
"Alas! Never mind! The Scarlet Flame Cavalry have only been out for a day, so they should still be able to be caught up. I will send a messenger to intercept them now and recover the golden dagger!"
"With Tuoba Meng's token, we can paralyze the enemy and seize the initiative. The 100,000 cavalry at Hutou Pass may be able to defeat the 200,000-strong Northern Liang army!"
Emperor Liang sighed and said.
Once a messenger is sent out, he needs to deliver the message at various post stations along the way. Only with the cooperation of different messengers can the Red Flame Cavalry be caught up quickly.
In this way, the matter of the golden dagger will no longer be a secret and will be discovered by the ministers in the court, and he will have to deal with the ministers in the court again!
"Ahem! Father, the Scarlet Flame Cavalry should be five hundred miles away now. They'll reach Hutou Pass in two days at most. Even if you send out messengers now, it'll take at least five days to reach Hutou Pass. They won't be able to catch up."
Qin Yu coughed twice and said.
If it weren't for the need to keep the secret of his surprise attack on the Beiliang camp, he wouldn't have bothered to remind Emperor Liang. You can go and pass the order, you can't catch up anyway!
However, once the messenger is sent out, all the civil and military officials in the court will know about it, which will bring him great trouble!
"You! How dare you give such an order to the Scarlet Flame Iron Cavalry! Without my order, the post stations along the way will not prepare replacement horses. The Scarlet Flame Iron Cavalry will be forced to ride their horses and charge forward. Do you know that by the time we reach Hutou Pass, the horses will be useless!"
"Moreover, charging on a warhorse is extremely harmful to the human body. You are trying to destroy my Red Flame Cavalry for your own selfish desires!"
Emperor Liang became furious.
When he was young, he led troops to fight in a war and once made a thousand-mile raid. Although he won a great victory, the price was also very heavy. The 100,000-strong army was almost completely destroyed after the war!
Most of the soldiers were left with physical disabilities and their horses were lame!
And when he made that thousand-mile raid, he was only traveling 300 miles a day, but Qin Yu was traveling 500 miles a day. His warhorse would be disabled, and all the soldiers of the Red Flame Iron Cavalry would be crippled!
"Your Majesty! If it were in the past, the Red Flame Iron Cavalry would have been completely wiped out if they had rushed down like this. However, I have prepared saddles for them, and the horses have iron shoes nailed to their feet. As long as we feed them fine grain along the way, let alone 400 to 500 miles a day, even if they travel 800 miles a day, at most the horses will just need a few days of rest afterwards. There will be no losses at all!"
Qin Yu said in a deep voice and rolled his eyes at Emperor Liang.
You are the ruler of a country after all. Look at your losses, it's only 5,000 cavalry. Why are you so out of control? Even if you are useless, what can you do?
What Qin Yu didn't know was that in ancient times, it was extremely costly to train elite cavalry like the Red Flame Iron Cavalry. Just these 5,000 people were raised by Emperor Liang with great effort, and many ministers in the court had deep opinions about the fact that the consumption of the Red Flame Iron Cavalry was several times that of ordinary cavalry!
If such an iron cavalry was destroyed, he would never be able to rebuild a new Red Flame Iron Cavalry. How could he not be anxious!
"What? Saddle? Ironclaw?"
Emperor Liang looked confused. He had never heard of these two words in his life.
"Your Majesty, this saddle and iron shoe are my latest inventions. A saddle is a stool made of iron and leather that you place on the horse. With it, you can ride very comfortably without any contact with the horse, and it is much easier to keep your balance!"
"And the Iron Shoe is like putting iron shoes on the horses. This way, the horseshoes won't get injured even if they gallop for thousands of miles. All you need to do is replace the horseshoes regularly. It's very convenient!"
Qin Yu replied truthfully.
"You! Are you telling the truth? Are these saddles and iron shoes expensive?"
Emperor Liang stood up from the dragon throne in shock, looked at Qin Yu in shock, and spoke.
Qin Yu was speechless, his eyes rolling to the sky. What emperor would ask others if they were expensive right away? What's going on? Is the emperor too poor to live?