Zhang Fei has a butcher shop in Zhuozhou, and there is also a peach orchard, (there is no shortage of land in a peach orchard) It is obvious that Zhang Fei is a large landlord. Zhang Fei's financial resources to recruit thousands of people should be capable, but he only recruited 300 people, and later with the support of Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, they expanded to 500 people.
The sponsorship of the two major merchants is also quite generous.
The two guests were overjoyed and were willing to give away fifty good horses; and they also gave 500 taels of gold and silver and 1,000 catties of iron for the use of equipment.
Five hundred taels of gold and silver, this money is actually quite a lot, and they only expanded 200 people, why? In fact, recruiting township heroes does not necessarily need to be paid, and there is food to eat. Why don't they expand more?
The only thing that can be explained is that iron is a hard currency that is not easy to get. In the Han Dynasty, salt and iron were under the control of the imperial court, although the imperial court ordered that the local government recruit its own army to suppress the Yellow Turban, that is also the local government, although private recruitment is not restricted, but it is certainly difficult to get the tilt of the imperial court iron resources. Zhang Fei is not a member of the Shi Clan, and being able to recruit 300 equipped township heroes is also enough to illustrate Zhang Fei's ability.
Later, they got the sponsorship of two big businessmen, and they expanded the enrollment by 200. This number also illustrates the problem. We can do the math.
Guan Yu's weapons are 82 kilograms, and although the specific weight of Zhang Fei and Liu Bei's weapons is unknown, it can be roughly estimated. Counting Guan Yu's weapons, the whole 200 pounds should be about the same, so that the iron donated by the two merchants is 800 pounds. 800÷200=4。 4 pounds of iron the whole gun head should be about the same.
That is to say, the 500 people recruited by Liu, Guan, and Zhang absolutely all have iron weapons and simple armor, which belong to the "quasi-regular" soldiers, don't look at only 500 people, by the three countries first-class fierce generals Zhang Fei and Guan Yu tuning, the combat effectiveness can not be underestimated.
Iron resources are difficult for good people, and even more difficult for the Yellow Turban Army. Moreover, the Yellow Turban Army's operations are disorderly and belong to the nature of a swarm, and even if there are some weapons and equipment, it is difficult to concentrate on the elite route. What's more, zhuozhou's yellow turban is not the main force of the yellow turban, so even if there are many people, the combat effectiveness is definitely not enough to see.
Moreover, Liu, Guan, and Zhang's xiangyong also have an advantage ~ cavalry. The two great merchants sponsored 50 warhorses, and 50 horses could form a small assault team.
Liu, Guan, and Zhang Beiguan had no experience in the military, but they were gifted in fighting. They know how to use their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.
The engagement between the two armies is not a dogfight. They started with the idea of directly killing the opposing general. Zhang Fei claimed to be "taking the head of a general in a million troops like a probe", and Guan Yu could also take the first rank of Yan Liang in the 100,000 troops. Isn't killing a Yellow Turban general a piece of cake?
Cheng Yuanzhi was furious and sent his deputy general Deng Mao into battle. Zhang Fei stood up and stabbed Deng Mao's heart socket, turning over and falling off his horse. Cheng Yuanzhi saw that He had folded Deng Mao, slapped the horse dance knife, and took Zhang Fei directly. Yun Chang danced a large knife and flew to meet him. Cheng Yuanzhi saw it, was taken aback earlier, caught off guard, and was swept into two pieces by the cloud long knife.
According to the book, the beheading operation was not very strenuous at all. In ancient times, this kind of cold weapon combat had a disadvantage, once the main speaker died, the team could easily collapse. Even some trained regular troops could not escape this law, not to mention the hungry people of the Yellow Turban Army. They can't fight against the wind.
To use an inappropriate analogy, Liu, Guan, and Zhang Xiangyong, who are equipped and trained, are like wolves, while the Lack of equipment and training of the Yellow Turban Hungry and Displaced People is like a flock of sheep. Wolves into the flock, who can win this is self-evident.