The transport team leader and the commander of the Su-searched Captain Cao Cao strode into the camp gate. Just as he was about to break into the pillar, a wall suddenly appeared in front of him. Based on the intuition he had cultivated as a gangster on the streets of Luoyang for many years, he subconsciously jumped backward, and at the same time pulled out the Baiqing steel ring-headed knife on his waist, held the knife in both hands, and looked at the outrageously tall blushing man in front of him with vigilance.

Guan Yu looked at Cao Cao calmly, touching the beard under his jaw with one hand, and holding the long thorn borrowed from Hu Benlang's hand with the other hand. He stood there with his nine-foot-high body raised his thick eyebrows and narrowed his phoenix eyes, and he had a little bit of aura of being unhurried and powerful.

"Who?" the two asked at the same time.

Guan Yu smiled arrogantly; "I am the General of the Northern Central Army, who is in charge of the military affairs of the three prefectures of You and Liang, and leads the Bingzhou Governor Liu Xiu, the personal guard in front of the tent, and Guan Yu, Guan Yun, Hedong, from Guanyu, Hedong. Who are you? How dare you trespass the tent?"

When Cao Cao heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, put away his knife and laughed, "I am Cao Cao Mengde, the chief inspector of the Squash, and I brought rice to Lord Liu this time. Wow, you are such a big man, you are a rare general. Liu Deran is really a waste, and he actually asked you to be the guard of the halberd?" He said, and walked forward and stood with Guan Yu in a familiar way, comparing, shook his head in surprise, expressing his injustice to God.

When Guan Yu heard that he was Cao Cao, he did not dare to neglect him. He heard Cao Hong say several times that his cousin Cao Cao and Liu Xiu were good friends. He did not expect Cao Cao to be so short, nor did he expect that such a short Cao Cao had such agile skill and broad mind. He did not think that he was a lowly guard with a halberd, and he praised him as a powerful general.

These actions were like a feather scratching Guan Yu's itchy flesh. Guan Yu fell in love with this little man and quickly reported. Liu Xiu was discussing the trial this year with Jia Xu, Cao Hong, Guo and others. When he heard that Cao Cao was coming, he couldn't help but smiled; "Okay, the food problem has been solved." He stood up and greeted him.

"Thank you for your hard work, Meng De." Liu Xiu laughed, stepped forward and pulled Cao Cao's arm, looked left and right; "Meng De, you are dark, and you are more energetic and energetic. This trip to Jiaozhou seems to be quite smooth."

"I won't go any further." Seeing that Liu Xiu was so polite... Cao Cao was very satisfied. While walking in with Liu Xiu, he said half-jokingly, "I don't want to transport food for you anymore. I want to fight with you. How about letting me be a military marquis or Sima?"

"What a joke? Your dignified Su Duwei is here to be the military marquis, Sima?" Liu Xiu smiled and asked Cao Cao to take his seat. "I think he is at least a lieutenant."

"Captain?" Cao Cao said with a smile without a good look, "That's fine... I'll be a captain under your hands."

"It's not under my hands, but Changshui Camp." Liu Xiu pulled out a newspaper from the next desk and pushed it in front of Cao Cao, and handed it a mysterious look; "Yuan Benchu ​​Changshui Captain will not do it, and will be sent to the prefect of Zhongshan."

Cao Cao's eyes flashed, and he didn't say anything. He picked up the newspaper and looked carefully... After pondering for a moment, he shook his head helplessly; "Yuan Wei was re-appointed as Situ, Yuan Shao was from Changshui to the prefect of Zhongshan, Yuan Feng was promoted to Shaofu, Yuan Shu was appointed as the general of the Tiger Ben, Yuan's family was coming in full force. I went to Jiaozhou for half a year, and so many things happened in Luoyang."

Liu Xiu shook his head helplessly. When Yuan Wei was dismissed, the Yuan family's strength in the court was greatly affected... Many Yuan family's students and former officials were demoted. Now Yuan Wei has made a comeback... They have made a comeback. With their support, Yuan Wei's "political achievements" must be better than others. In addition, Yuan Hui's pillow style... The Yuan family's current strength is even further than before.

What's wrong with the emperor? Don't he know the threat from the Yuan family? Liu Xiu couldn't figure it out and was very depressed. However, he could not show these emotions in front of others... he could only bet all his spirits until October to try.

The Han Dynasty originally had a system of municipal trials, which was to conduct exercises in various counties in October. However, Emperor Guangwu was worried that others would do the same because of the municipal trials. In addition, in order to save military expenses, the system of municipal trials was abolished. Now Liu Xiu is in charge of Bingzhou. If he wants to fight against the Xianbei people, he must have enough troops, but his economic strength does not allow him to have so many troops. In order to reduce the pressure on military expenses, he only has 10,000 permanent troops, and 20,000 people are distributed in various counties and provided by each county town. These people are usually trained by county magistrates of each county, and Liu Xiu cannot run from one county to another. He can only concentrate all the 20,000 county soldiers to conduct an exercise in October to test their combat effectiveness.

Two or three thousand people conducted the exercise and needed a lot of materials, especially grain. Thirty thousand people would eat nearly 60,000 stones of grain in a month. In addition, war horses would not be able to solve the problem without 200,000 stones. The most shortage of Bingzhou was grain. After a year of consumption of the one million stones given by the emperor last year, there were only about 300,000 stones left. Liu Xiu did not dare to use up all of these 300,000 stones at once, otherwise he would not have sufficient grain reserves once there was a war.

Cao Cao arrived with Jiaozhou rice, which just solved Liu Xiu's urgent need.

Liu Xiu immediately wrote to each county that the soldiers of each county must arrive at the Du Liao general's camp in mid-October and report to the Du Liao chief Zhao Yun. The leaders of each Xiongnu led the headquarters guards and reported to the Xiongnu general Tian Yan to participate in the one-month capital test.

For a moment, smoke and dust in Bingzhou rolled, and a group of infantry and knights rushed towards Manber along the official road. Within ten days, Manber gathered 15,000 infantry and 5,000 knights, and Meiji gathered 20,000 Hun knights.

The exercise was then carried out between Manber and Meiji. The first thing was to carry out the exercises of the infantry and cavalry. After the basic formation exercise, it was simulated offensive and defensive battles. For infantry, they mainly practiced the battle to defend a city. How to defend a city is the subject they practice the most, because their main task in the future is to rely on the dangerous terrain of Bingzhou, defend various obstacles, and ensure the absolute safety of the southern part of Bingzhou.

The people who participated in the military farm also participated in the exercise. They practiced how to retreat to the nearest city as quickly as possible after receiving the alarm from the Xianbei invasion and participated in defense. It was cold in Bingzhou and could only plant one season of wheat every year. After planting the wheat in the field in August and September, most of them returned to the city to prepare for winter until they came out to harvest wheat in April and May of the following year. When the Xianbei invaded, except for those who were grazing, there were some outside, and most of them were in the city. At this time, their tasks were only two... One was to engage in various handicrafts, and the other was to train. Not only men participated, but also women and children also participated. When the Xianbei people were tying up, they would not be ruthless to women and children.

Liu Xiu was very busy. He first watched the offensive and defense exercises of the county soldiers and cities, and then watched the infantry and cavalry confrontation and infantry joint exercises... Finally, he had to deploy a long-distance cavalry raid exercise, and also checked the defenses of dozens of border guards along the border. The schedule was tightly arranged in mid-November, and the exercises of the county soldiers and the Xiongnu divisions were completed. Before each of them returned to their own counties, Liu Xiu invited them to drink and celebrate the merits. In front of the commanders of each county and the representatives of the soldiers who performed outstandingly, Liu Xiu spoke passionately, praising them for their hard training... His skills suddenly praised the leaders of the Xiongnu divisions, saying that they were very wise and thanked them for their strong support for him.

The Huns disagreed with it, and many people laughed very hard. They are now deprived of their military power, with only a thousand subordinates... a guard of at least one or two hundred... They are no different from ordinary Han County Captains. However, in name, they are also hereditary leaders of various divisions and can receive some rewards from the Han court every year. However, because of their sharp decline in strength, the rewards from the court have also been greatly reduced.

The leaders who were originally strong had the greatest opinions on this.

Liu Xiu knew that they were dissatisfied, so he asked him to see a show.

With a command, Guan Yu stood in front of everyone with a hundred armored soldiers. Everyone was wearing heavy armor... even their faces were covered with facial armor, and they could not see each other. They held a 100-foot-long sword in their hands, like a hundred black towers... standing there silently, the boundless murderous aura spread out, making the originally lively open-air banquet suddenly quiet.

Guan Yu pulled the armor down and stood upright in front of the team.

The whole audience was silent.

With a drum sound, Guan Yu raised his right hand, and the soldiers behind him dispersed one by one, two meters apart, with a slight difference between them. After each of them was in place, Guan Yu shouted loudly and danced the Great Sword with both hands. Suddenly, the cold light flashed and the cold air was shining. Everyone saw only the sword lights and sword shadows in front of him, and only the sound of the Great Sword splitting the cold wind.

With Jia Xu's order, fifty empty-sad war horses galloped in.

Guan Yu danced his sword with both hands, roared down, and slashed the head of a war horse in front with one sword. Then he flipped back and cut open the abdomen of another war horse. Going forward, the sword easily cut the saddle like a paper cutting, and cut the war horse into two pieces.

In a moment, Guan Yu's black armor was stained red by the splashed horse blood.

The heavy armored soldiers danced their swords and killed more than a dozen war horses in an instant. The war horses behind were so scared that they neighed and ran away. Although there was no control of the horses on their backs, the reins were tied together and they could only rush forward together. It was not so easy to retreat. The war horses squeezed into a ball, kicked and bit each other, and the neighing sounds came one after another.

Guan Yu waved his hand, and ten heavy armored soldiers lined up in a row, stepped forward, and the sword flew forward, and chopped the remaining war horses to the ground, cutting melons and vegetables. Until the head of the last war horse was cut off, they stopped the sword, retreated in one go, stood together again, shrank the formation, bowed to Liu Xiu and others, and yelled loudly with the hilt of the sword;

"Use me in the first battle, and I will win!"

The neat roar shocked everyone's heart, but the Han people were excited, while the Huns were trembling. They all knew that these heavy armored soldiers were powerful tools to restrain the knights... For the Huns, who were mainly leather armored bows and arrows, these heavy armored soldiers were the gods of killing.

Cao Cao was so excited that he looked at Guan Yu who was standing in front of the formation that was majestic, and he couldn't help but scream, raising his arms and shouting; "The great man was majestic and excited by the performance of the heavy soldiers. The stunned Han soldiers also came to their senses at this time, raised their arms and shouted loudly; "The great man was majestic!"

"The great man is mighty!"

The soldiers in the distance did not see the shocking scene, but when they heard the roar of the central army, they were not willing to be outdone and shouted together; "The man is mighty!" The roars of 20,000 to 30,000 people split the sky, causing the Huns to break their hearts, their legs tremble, and the dissatisfaction and complaints in their hearts were shaken away.

"Sir... so majestic." Shanyu Qiang Quqiang said with a smile.

"Hahaha..." Liu Xiu was full of energy, holding his wine glass and looking around, and said loudly; "Thanks to the support of Shanyu and the leaders, I was united in the Hungarians, and I was able to stabilize the situation in Bingzhou in just a few months. Thanks to the generous donations of the gentry in Bingzhou, I had the financial resources to form such a weapon. But please don't worry, please don't worry, please don't worry, the leaders, I am rich in the Han people, and have the power to conquer the world... Be kind and righteous first in everything I do. For friends, we never do anything that is sorry for them. Such a weapon is used to deal with the enemy, not to deal with friends. Let you take a look today, just want to tell you that we have enough confidence and strength to ensure the stability of Bingzhou. Anyone who wants to destroy this great situation is just an ugly person who is overestimating his own abilities and will be knocked over by us... and step on one foot, so that he will never turn over forever."

Qiang Qu and others were silent. Even though they knew that Liu Xiu was threatening them, they could not raise the courage to resist.

Cao Cao was excited when he looked at the declining appearance of the Huns; "It's so satisfying."

"It's satisfying, I feel so painful." Cao Hong's face looked very ugly and he was about to cry. "Do you know how much money you spent for this exercise? Not to mention anything else... If these fifty war horses were sent to Luoyang, they would be at least three or four hundred gold. Even if the Bingzhou horse was cheap, they wouldn't be able to get it without fifty gold."

Cao Cao looked at Cao Hong's stingy look and couldn't help but laugh, "Zi Lian, you still have the capital in Hu... The city rent is worth a few dollars every day, but it is still considered a small amount of money, three or four hundred dollars. For each household, it may be a lot of money, but for a state, it is nothing. You only know that these fifty horses are valuable, do you know how much it will cost for me to transport grain once?"

Cao Hong looked at him and said nothing. It was not that he could not settle the accounts... he was just habitually reluctant to let Liu Xiu spend money like this. Although Liu Xiu successfully convinced the powerful families in Bingzhou... and obtained their support, his income is not enough to spend at all. He is owing debts and showing off his power. According to Cao Hong, these hundred armored soldiers are purely burning money... They just equip one hundred people. Small wars are too wasteful, and the wars are not useful.

But Cao Cao didn't think so. He felt that the money was worth spending. Using this powerful method to crush the strange ambitions in the hearts of the Huns was of great benefit to stabilizing Bingzhou and also beneficial to further exploiting the Huns' oil and water in the future. Liu Xiu was afraid of irritating the Huns too much, so he now only recruited 5,000 permanent knights from the Huns. This was far from the bottom line that the Huns could bear, and there was still a lot of room.

After Meiji's capital test was completed, most of the county soldiers returned to their county, and only five thousand knights from Shangjun and Xihe stayed, and then participated in the cavalry training. Within a month, they had to work with the 5,000 Hun knights and 10,000 standing troops, and according to the hypothetical situation of the full invasion of the Xianbei people, they launched a series of subjects such as long-distance raids, breakthroughs, and cavalry battles.

This was the time for Lu Bu, Zhao Yun and others to perform. They took turns as forwards, refused to do so, and meticulously carried out exercises according to the plan, tempering every soldier on the already withered grassland, turning them into an elite force that could not be urged.

In the late November, Liu Xiu arrived at his last stop at Guanglu City, and brought greetings and New Year's rewards to Xu Huang and his soldiers. Although Guanglu City is not small, a 20,000 army came at once, which was still a little crowded, and it became very lively because of this.

"Gongming, how has this year been?" Liu Xiu walked up to the city tower accompanied by Xu Huang and looked into the north with the bitter cold wind. A few days ago, there was a light snow. The remaining snow on the grass stretched along the edge, forming a gray earth, blending with the gray sky.

"It's okay." Xu Huang said with a smile, "The adults forced the Red Riding Tribe to surrender, and they didn't come again this year. However, I heard that the north is unstable, and the NiuTou Tribe..." He glanced at the wind and snow behind Liu Xiu and did not say anything further.

"In addition to the Red Sun Tribe, the Wild Wolf Tribe and the Kuangsha Tribe all went, and almost all the Xianbei in the West were dispatched." Liu Xiu did not agree with it. Fengxue knew about these situations... there was no need to hide them from them. "And it is said that it was commanded by Helian. The Danhan Mountain move was used well in battle. No matter who wins, Danhan Mountain will only have benefits, and there is no harm. Xu Huang smiled silently. It seems that Liu Xiu has guessed the purpose of Danhan Mountain.

"How are the soldiers? Are you still at ease when you are stationed outside the border?" Liu Xiu asked with concern.

"No problem, most of the family members are in Shuofang. They go back every three months and only take two or three days to reunite with their families for seven or eight days. After autumn, the people of Shuofang all entered the city to live, train during the day and work at night... The days are much better, although they are not rich, but they are not worried about food and clothing. Thanks to the grace of the Lord, the families of the soldiers stationed here can receive an extra reward. They are very grateful to the Lord."

"This is all right." Liu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief; "If you sacrifice your head and shed your blood to defend your country, you are willing to face the empty grassland here every day and cannot live with dignity... Then who would be willing to do this?" Liu Xiu turned around and looked at the soldiers standing straight on the city wall. "Have all the winter clothes in place?"

"It's all here." Xu Huang said with relief; "In Xi'anyang, the people of Shuofang and Guangmu are backing, and there are plenty of furs. They were all in place as early as early October. The soldiers wear them on their bodies and warm them in their hearts."

"Hahaha, who did you learn this from? Wang Lie?"

"Mr. Wang just left last month, and he personally escorted the winter clothes... and then lived in the city for half a month to explain the "Book of Filial Piety" to the soldiers, which was very popular with the soldiers."

"Oh? And this is still the case?" Liu Xiu nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that Wang Mingshi was still a little responsible. The "Book of Filial Piety" is the most commonly used textbook in the army. Literacy is one aspect, and the most important thing is to instill the concept of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism in the soldiers... to increase cohesion. Although Liu Xiu opposed empty words and wishful education... he did not oppose Sixiang education. While providing the soldiers with the proper material benefits, he should also have a certain amount of ideological education. Education without material benefits is based on the sand, and education without ideological guidance cannot last long. The recruitment system has proved that profit-oriented cannot build a true elite.

We must not only let them have enough food, but also keep their minds from empty and have some pursuits... This is a qualified education.

After inspecting the city defense, having a conversation with some soldiers, and understanding the thoughts of the soldiers, Liu Xiu returned to the official hall and asked Hao Zhao to spread the map. Xu Huang first introduced the recently collected situation. Then the chief Jia Xu stood up, walked to the map, and drew a circle in the Beihai direction where the Niu Tou tribe is located.

"Everyone... the reason why Bingzhou can be so stable in the second half of this year... the military training can proceed smoothly, although it is inseparable from the adult's planning, there is another important reason, that is, the Niutou tribe restrained the attention of Danhan Mountain... especially the vast majority of the troops in the western Xianbei."

Han Sui and others looked at each other and heard a strange smell from Jia Xu's words.

"The Niu Head Tribe can support it until now, on the one hand, because of the unique terrain of the Beihai, and on the other hand, because Feng Lie is a rare famous general among the Xianbei people. Even when facing an enemy that is three times more than you can, Jia Xu pointed to the Beihai Sea, which is as thin as a crescent moon; "The Beihai is thin and long, and the Niu Head Tribe has lived in the Beihai for a long time and is very familiar with the Beihai. In the summer, they use the water surface to attack the enemy, allowing He Lian and others to have superior forces but cannot concentrate their troops to fight. But now it is different. The Beihai has formed a thick ice, and the Beihai has become land. The Niu Head Tribe has lost the space to move, and their situation is very difficult."

Jia Xu glanced calmly over the faces of the generals and said loudly; "If we still want to continue to have time to gather strength next year... we cannot sit idly by and watch the NiuTou tribe betrayed. The lord has an order. We must take advantage of the main force of the Xianbei in the western region to attack them when they are in the northern border, so as to reduce the pressure on the NiuTou tribe and give them a chance to breathe..."

"That's great." Before Jia Xu finished speaking, Lu Bu jumped up, slapped his thighs hard, and said with a gaze. "You should do this. Go and sweep it at this time... I can have another fat year this year."

Everyone couldn't help laughing. Jia Xu was talking about strategic arrangements. In order to give the NiuTou Tribe a chance to survive, he attacked the Xianbei in the West. However, Lu Bu thought of stealing the Xianbei people and having a good New Year. This seems to be the same, but his realm is much different.

Seeing that the other people's expressions were wrong, Lu Bu felt a little embarrassed and sat down with a embarrassed smile.

Jia Xu waved his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet; "Although Lu Changshi's purpose is not pure, the method is exactly what we want." He smiled slightly; "Please remember that we are not going to fight, we don't need to care about how many enemies we kill. All we want is to attack quickly, kill people when we see people, burn tents when we see them, let the Xianbei people have no food, no living, starve to death, and freeze to death. Don't be dragged by a little cattle and sheep, delay the fighter's action, and don't fight head-on with the Xianbei people and fight head-on. If we encounter the main force of the Xianbei people, then lead them to the frontier and annihilate them with superior forces."

"Lu Fengxian is the best at this kind of thing." Han Sui said seriously.

Everyone laughed.

"You don't understand. This is what the adults call guerrilla tactics." Lu Bu waved his hand and said calmly; "Only by saving yourself can you kill the enemy..."
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