In mid-August,

More than a month after the Battle of Shangai County at the end of June, the walls of Gaoyi County and Shangai County have been strengthened and rebuilt under the hard work of 3,000 prisoners.

The more than 10,000 people who were plundered by the Yellow Turban thieves under the county of Gaoyi County also migrated to Dai County of Youzhou County in an orderly manner under the arrangement of Han Ye, the Taishou of Changshan County.

Although Changshan County has a vast area, it really can't be arranged, and the current Changshan County can be said to be overcrowded.

Since Han Cheng suppressed the thieves the year before last, a large number of Jizhou people and small businessmen moved to Changshan County, because the life here is stable, and it is the best place that the people yearn for.

Of course, looking at the world, this Changshan County is also one of the rare good places since Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang.

After the three thousand Yellow Turban captives finished repairing the city wall, they were arranged by Han Cheng to build houses for the people of Gaoyi County, and do some farm work and other sundries to atone for their sins.

By August, all the 3,000 Yellow Turban captives had been scattered and incorporated into the Fenwu Army. The total number of men and horses of the Fenwu army also increased from 25,000 to 28,000.

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On this day, Changshan County, Yuanshi County

Although Han Cheng has more than 20,000 troops, the Han Mansion is not very brilliant and magnificent, but very low-key, and has always adhered to Han Cheng's principle: low-key is the fundamental way to survive in troubled times.

Sitting in the first seat of the living room was Han Cheng, and sitting below were Han Cheng's Changshi Fu and Liu Wei, the head of the Liu family.

The main reason for Liu Wei's personal visit today is that the Liu family can no longer provide horses to the Fenwu Army.

Xianbei, an ethnic minority in the north of Youzhou, no longer sells horses to the Liu family, because Youzhou Xianbei found a bigger buyer, bidding more than the Liu family, and asking for more quantity, so Youzhou Xianbei gave up cooperation after pit the Liu family for a lot of money.

The loss of money is a trivial matter, but it is a major matter not being able to contribute to Han Cheng, so Liu Wei personally came to the Han Mansion to explain.

Although this is not a good thing, Liu Wei's attitude made Han Cheng very satisfied.

Han Cheng was also very depressed in his heart, but he still comforted Liu Wei with kind words, which made Liu Wei quite moved in his heart, and said in his heart that his choice was right, he met the master.

Han Cheng thought to himself: The matter of the horse is not Liu Wei's fault, and there is nothing to blame Liu Wei, so it is better to let him do what he can, such as using Liu Wei's identity as a businessman to inquire about information.

After all, for an army, there are two most important things in war: food and grass and intelligence, and an army without intelligence command is like an eagle without eyes, flying everywhere but not finding prey.

Besides, with Liu Wei's cleverness in business for many years, it is to make the best use of his talents to inquire about information.

Han Cheng said to Liu Wei: "Don't be too sad about the horses, in addition to the horses, there are many places where I need the head of the Liu family." ”

As soon as Liu Wei heard this, he knew that Han Cheng had something to say, and said respectfully: "It was originally the work of the Lord and the Lord. ”

"The Liu family master has traveled south and north for so many years, and the contacts he has accumulated are the greatest wealth of the Liu family master.

I hope that in the days to come, the head of the Liu family will send his capable men to focus on the collection of information around Jizhou and Bingzhou.

As for the news, it can go up to the imperial court policy, the territory of the princes, the status of the troops, etc., to the famous talents and customs of the counties and townships.

Your men can go to wine shops, brothels, teahouses. The inquirers do not care beggars, scoundrels, ruffians, or bandits; As long as I can find out the news, I will make a contribution to the head of the Liu family.

The head of the Liu family is not worried, to contribute to the army, he will naturally act in accordance with the rules of the army, and it is not difficult to be a captain and general when he has made many meritorious contributions. ”

Liu Wei pondered for a moment, "Thank you for your trust." I have two sons, Liu Li and Liu Fu, who have read poetry and books since childhood, and can take on this important responsibility. Old man, I'm old, and I'm afraid of delaying the lord's big business. ”

Han Cheng glanced at Liu Wei and said in his heart: "It's really cunning and cunning, knowing that he is old, it is useless to make too many military achievements, it is better to launch his own son, and make suggestions behind him, so that his son can gain military merits." "The subordinates' careful thinking must be seen through, but they can't be broken.

said: "If you collect any useful information and hand it over directly to Fu Changshi, I only have one request: I don't care what means you use, what I need is to keep it secret and not let other princes know." ”

Liu Wei knelt down and said, "No." ”

Liu Wei then said: "Since I can't go to the north to sell horses, I want the three hundred families in my family to be under the command of the lord.

Inquire about the news, these family members are not good at it, I will arrange for the shopkeeper of my next store, the guy to handle it.

There is a nephew under him - Liu Hu, who the lord has seen, is good at riding and shooting, has strong arms, and is talented, and also wants to join the army, please take him in. ”

Han Cheng thought of Liu Qi's cousin, Liu Hu, who was tall and round-shouldered, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and was indeed talented.

said to Liu Wei: "Your family, I have taken it from the Fenwu Army; As for Liu Hu, he is indeed talented and can be a Dubo directly, but his future promotion will depend on his military merits. ”

Liu Wei saw his own dedication, and the lord saw it in his eyes, and said more respectfully: "Thank you, lord." ”

After Liu Wei left, Han Cheng said to the frustration on the side: "Changshi, the matter of intelligence can't be handed over to this Liu Wei, although Liu Wei is very loyal, but the means of businessmen are too simple, I hope that Changshi will select clever and loyal and reliable soldiers from the army, and establish a battalion alone, called the Intelligence Battalion, which is responsible for intelligence collection."

I was deeply touched by the Yellow Turban Thieves' attack on Gaoyi County this time. If I could have known earlier, there wouldn't have been so many people in my Gaoyi County who were injured in vain. ”

Seeing that Han Cheng was in a low mood, he persuaded him: "Don't be sad, as long as it is a war, there will be casualties; This time we have gained a lot of captives and population, which is more than enough to make up for the loss. As for the establishment of the intelligence battalion, the subordinates will do their best. ”

In less than September, Fu Zhi reported to Han Cheng with the news that came back from the intelligence battalion for the first time, and this time the news was mainly from Liu Wei's subordinates.

This news is that the ethnic minorities and main leaders in the north have inquired clearly, mainly the Xianbei people in the north of Bingzhou, and the leader is called Budu; The Southern Xiongnu tribe in the north of the state, the big leader is called Huchuquan; The Xianbei tribe in the north of Youzhou, the leader is called Kebineng; The Xianbei tribe in the western Liaoning region, the leaders are called Suli and Wuhuan, and the leader is called Tadun.

Among them, Hu Chuquan, the great leader of the Southern Xiongnu, sent tanma and small-scale troops to Shangdang County and Hanoi County in the south of Bingzhou many times to probe them, and there was a faint trend of going south to merge with the state;

The tripartite leaders of the Xianbei tribe are dissatisfied with each other and have deep contradictions. As for Tatun, it is far away in western Liaoning, and there is no news for the time being.

Hearing this news, Han Cheng smiled and said: "This Liu Wei is really fast, is there any other news in Changshi?" ”

Seeing that Han Cheng was in a good mood, he also smiled: "No, the head of the Liu family has expressed his guilt for not being able to contribute to the lord many times; Suddenly, there was a place where I could contribute, and I worked quite hard. There is also news about the party being too flamboyant. ”