The Yellow River is the mother river of China, and the Chinese people have been able to breed so far, thanks to the nurturing of this river, however! The Yellow River has also become a source of headaches for Wang Hou.

The old man of the family who ruled the river one hundred and fifty years ago, how could you come and draw Puyang City to the north bank of the Yellow River with a shake of your hand! This is good, it is only half a day's journey north from here, and it is Hedong Huaxian County, where Hebei general Yan Liang is stationed, with more than 30,000 Hebei elite soldiers!

Imagine that in the later Hong Kong films, Brother Liang of Sesame Oil Street whistled, and more than 30,000 shirtless, tattooed on his body, and carrying a watermelon knife folding stool jumped out of the alley densely.

However, in a society with many brothers and hard waists, Brother Yan also has headaches, such as now!

"Xiaguan Dongjun Taishou Wang Hou visited General Yan, I have heard the name of the general for a long time, and when I saw it today, it really deserves its name! Look at the general's face! The face is like heavy coal, the beard is like a broom, the height is eight feet, the dog carries the pig's waist, he is really a well-known good man, Wang Hou is really admired......"

It is not bad to have this big sword given by Wang Hou on the military case in front of him, the green blade is bright and steely, and it is worth thousands of dollars on the market, but looking at the guy in front of him who bowed and spitted on his face, Yan Liang was confused, the green tendons on his head jumped and didn't listen, the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously to the side, and he listened to his vernacular patiently for a long time, and he listened to the words for the third time, and he raised his hand helplessly and hummed.

"The king is going to be so noisy again! You belong to the traitor Cao Cao, and the general is the general of Yuan Gong, and each of them has nothing to say! If it's all right, please take your leave! ”

"Why did the general say this!"

Unexpectedly, this sentence stabbed the hornet's nest again, a pair of big eyes widened, and Wang Hou bowed with a heavy fist in pain.

"Wang dared to ask the general! General Hanchen no? ”

These words made Yan Liang's nerves tense, although the world fell apart, but everyone still respected Emperor Han Xian as Zhengshuo, especially Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, this title problem is very serious! In case he said the wrong thing, this time he just doesn't respect the emperor, and he may have to cause a storm, his chest is straight, his old face is straight, he is straight and straight: "Of course it's Hanchen!" ”

"The lower official is also Hanchen! Xiaguan here also has the seal ribbon personally granted by His Majesty, Xiaguan herdsman Dongjun, just the general is stationed near the thief and the thief, this Hanchen civil official visited the Hanchen general, and the neighbors walked around each other, how could they be their masters? ”

All right! The set can almost be set to this point, Yan Liang has nothing to say, and the two armies will not fight and fight! Resisting the urge to draw his sword and slash this guy, Yan Liang stood up helplessly, and bent over hysterically and clenched his fists.

"Wang Fujun, Wang Taishou! This will be a rough person, not good at going around in circles, what do you have to say clearly? ”

Yan Liang was mentally prepared, if Wang Hou didn't have anything serious, signed a temporary armistice agreement, and restrained the soldiers from plundering each other, as long as he could be sent away, Yan Liang could agree, but even so, Wang Hou's words still made him stare at the dark goldfish eyes in disbelief, and he was stunned and almost wanted to vomit blood.

"Borrow a horse!"

"Wang Taishou, this general is a military horse, not a horse of arable land! Taishou, please go back! ”

It's really the first time in the world, the princes of the two sides are about to go to war, and one side is too shou to find the other side of the general to borrow war horses to plow the land! Stunned, Yan Liang even thought that Wang Hou was funny, did he let the horse's hooves kick his head!

However, as soon as he heard Yan Liang's refusal, Wang Hou hurriedly and anxiously waved his hands and shook his brain: "Wang's move is also for the good of the general!" ”

was really laughed at by Wang Houqi, and sat back on his knees again, Yan Liang waved his hand with a smile: "For the good of this general, Yan is dull, please ask Wang Taishou to give you some advice!" ”

"General Yan, Puyang is on the north bank of the Yellow River, right! There is a lonely city in Puyang, and most of the city walls have been destroyed in the battle between the prime minister and Lu Bu, and the army is only 8,000 county soldiers! What virtues do the soldiers have, the general knows! Even the general can go to Puyang to inquire, and the lower officials have just laid off 3,000 old people, and there are only 5,000 people left to work! Not to mention the general's 30,000 elites, 5,000 iron cavalry is enough to sweep Puyang! ”

These words involved some military secrets, Yan Liang's brows couldn't help but tighten slightly, and asked solemnly: "What does Wang Taishou mean?" ”

"Since Puyang can't resist the general's army at all, isn't the grain and grass cultivated in Puyang all the general's after it matures in autumn?"

Yan Liang, who heard this, was really excited, and you didn't hear the cloud of "The Art of War": Where the law of war is used, thousands of cars, thousands of leather cars, 100,000 armor, and thousands of miles of food, then the internal and external expenses, the use of guests, the materials of glue paint, the dedication of car armor, the daily cost of thousands of gold, and then the 100,000 teachers will be lifted! Transporting grain from within one's own territory, if you can get three stones of grain to the battlefield, there will be one stone left! If you can find cheap food and grass on the battlefield, then it is indeed worth investing in.

And that's not all! Seeing that Yan Liang began to pound, Wang Hou began to sigh and pour bitter water again.

"In fact, the fourth and third princes of Yuan Gong are famous in the world, and they have four states, hundreds of thousands of armor under their command, and their strength is strong! Look at Cao Gong again, nominally Yanyu Xu Si, looking at the scenery, but Xuzhou is the world of Taishan thieves, Guanzhong is in chaos, Yanzhou Yuzhou is in the Yellow Turban thieves and Lu thieves ravaged the people's livelihood withered, behind Liu Biao Zhang Xiu is eyeing the tiger, the people are few and the soldiers are outnumbered, and Xu Du 30,000 people can fight, and Yuan Gong is simply an egg to hit a stone! ”

"Cao Gong also knows it in his heart, but Cao Gong and Yuan Gong are small, young friends, if they don't fight, they really have no face in front of their former friends, how can they hold their heads up!"

"So the matter of the Central Plains, that is, this autumn Yuan Gong went south to toss this anger! The general doesn't need to be so nervous! ”

Originally, Yan Liang still had a joking attitude, but Wang Hou's words made his face gradually become solemn, and after pondering for a long time, Yan Liang finally raised his head and asked in a dull manner.

"Wang Fujun, how many horses do you want to borrow?"

"Of course, the more the merrier, as much as the general can borrow from me, Wang will borrow as much as he wants, if there is any loss, Puyang still has tens of thousands of stone military rations, and Wang can afford to pay it!"

"Okay, that will lend you 2,000 horses, and there are also some beasts in the army to lend to Ru Chungeng!"

"Thank you, General! The general is really the embodiment of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, and a model for our generation! ”

With a happy bow, Wang Hou threw away a lot of sycophancy and didn't want money, but he was not a person in the society, Brother Yan and Brother Lu in the society, and a few spit stars were broken on his face, he served tea early and thanked the guests, and kicked Wang Hou out, so that Wang Hou didn't play his belly, and he was depressed while walking.

Seeing him leave, he picked up the sword sent by Wang Hou with a bang, and tried it with his fingers on the blade, Yan Liang nodded with emotion: "The sword is a good sword!" ”

However, he glanced at Wang Hou's departing figure again, but he drew his sword and stood up with a disdainful hum.

"People are slick and shoot horses, it's better to shrink the head of the turtle Liu Yan! Cao Cao made this kind of person guard Dongjun, and he was really angry! ”

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"I actually borrowed it!"

Looking at the more than 2,000 horses and more than 800 cattle brought back from the direction of Huaxian, not only Zhao Yun's jaw was about to fall, but Cao Hongjie himself was also beautiful and wide-eyed.

Like Yan Liang felt like the Arabian Nights, when he learned that Wang Hou was going to find Yuan Jun on the other side, Cao Hongjie also felt that he had a fever and was confused at the first time, and his little hand kept probing his forehead, even if she saw Wang Hou really humming gongs and drums and going to Huaxian County, she didn't have much hope.

But now, with just one mouth, Wang Hou really fooled the herds of animals from the enemy! It's a big fool bigger than Uncle Benshan! Look at these cows! Horses! The shock to her is simply incredible!

A woman's curiosity can be compared to that of a cat, watching the cattle enter the city, she was shocked for a long time, and then opened her teeth and claws, grabbed Wang Hou's collar, and the little brain melon was quickly rewarded to Wang Hou's face, full of novelty and urgency.

"Tell me, tell me! Why did you fool Yan Liang into a daze! ”

Good guy, I have learned the Northeast dialect in later generations!

In fact, before Yan Liang's idea, Wang Hou was also confident, first of all, Yan Liang is a person! The military advisor of Yuan Shao's camp in the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" commented on him: benign and narrow, although brave can not be alone! It means that Yan Liang is narrow-minded, impatient by nature, unthoughtful, and a brave general, but he is not suitable to lead an army alone!

Regarded as the No. 1 fierce general in Hebei, Yan Liang naturally has his arrogance and extreme arrogance in his heart! So Wang Hou's previous words were all to exalt him and use his self-confidence! Let him feel that taking Puyang grain is like picking up things!

Secondly, Yuan Shao's strength was originally one level higher than Cao Cao's, and Yuan Jun's direction was also arrogant, and Wang Hou, as the Taishou of Dongjun, sent an envoy to Huaxian County in the official name, and he was so groveling, creating an illusion to the other party, Xu Du's lack of confidence in resistance, which further made Yan Liang let down his guard.

Don't blame the ancients for being simple, after all, this era does not have so many complicated telecommunications frauds in later generations, full of tricks, and Wang Hou still went to the envoy in an official capacity, and many factors were intertwined, and finally completed this conspiracy.

However, Wang Houneng said to Cao Hongjie, your husband and I will go to pretend to be a grandson opposite! Nodding his head and patting his ass made Yan Liang comfortable, did he come in a flash! He hummed proudly with his chin held high, his head facing the sky, and a tall and mighty look.

"What do you mean by flickering! Your lord, I am so handsome! The momentum is dignified, with this face, this momentum moved Yan Liang! When I arrived in Huaxian County, I reasoned with Yan Liangxiao and moved him with affection! Looking at my handsome face, I felt that the official was benevolent and loved the people, and Yan Liang was ashamed of self-harm, so he immediately burst into tears and offered it with both hands, and borrowed the horse! ”

"Cut, you just blow it!"

didn't believe it at all, and let go of Wang Hou's collar, Cao Hongjie rolled his pretty eyes in disdain.

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The livestock that cultivated the land was borrowed, but except for more than 800 cattle, the horses could not be put into the ploughing fields at the first time, after all, in the history of China, it made sense to use cattle to cultivate for thousands of years!

One of the biggest differences, the shoulder blades of the cow are huge, the stick can be stuck directly in front of the shoulder blade, relying on the strength of the shoulder to push and pull forward, so the strength is great, and the horse shoulder blade can not be stuck with the harness, the original Romans used horse ploughing, is to put the holster directly on the horse's neck, the major artery is strangled, not a few steps to breathe, horse ploughing is naturally not as good as ox ploughing.

Another point is that the delicate hooves of early horses are also not adapted to rough fields and are extremely prone to crumble.

But these two points are not a problem in Wang Hou's place!

If the shoulder blades are small, then use cloth and leather goods to make a large soft harness, put it on the horse's chest, and use the horse's chest force as a push, so that the horse's cultivation power will be greatly increased without inhibiting breathing! As for the horseshoe, don't you hear that there is a technique called nail horseshoe!

Last year, he considered horse farming, and Wang Hou was prepared for both of these things.

With the arrival of Yan Liang's horse, the suburbs of Puyang City have suddenly become lively in the past few days, and there is a clanging sound everywhere, and from the luggage brought by Wang Hou, a basket of eye-catching U-shaped horseshoes has been carried out.

Wang Yuan, the blacksmith leader who followed Wang Hou, was also busy like a spinning top, people were forced out, his original good temper was now gone, this gentle man from Bashu is now like a cannon cannon, running back and forth in the shed outside the county, scolding and scolding the Puyang soldiers who were transferred, he was extremely angry, and directly pointed at his nose and scolded.

"Are you a fool? Tell you how many times! The horse's hooves must be rubbed off before the horseshoe is nailed! You've nailed it up again, take it off, nail it again! ”

"Cracked the horse's hooves again! Get out of here! I don't have to eat today! ”

Under his command, a soldier of more than 400 counties was depressed, and he picked up his hammer sadly to put on new shoes for these proud animals.

The horses, who had just been nailed to the horseshoe, were obviously not used to it, and finally put it down from the bolted horse stakes, and one by one they were bold and stumbling back and forth.

However, there was no time for them to get used to it, and the horse, which had just been nailed to the horseshoe, was immediately pulled to the edge of the field.

This time Wang Hou is also rare to be generous, in the past, borrowing livestock from the government to plough the fields, it was necessary to pay money and grain, but this time it was directly exempted, and the people under his command were ploughed for free, which was exchanged for efficiency!

There is no need to turn back and forth, two horses hold a plow, and just plow forward, where the advantages of horse ploughing are revealed compared to ox ploughing.

It's fast!

Thanks to Wang Hou's smelting technology improvement, the previous Han Dynasty plough is a big wood, only the front blade pick search to go up a piece of iron, or pig iron, this thing is dull and heavy, and only the speed of the ox is slow, but the strength of the creature can pull the move, but in the hands of Wang Hou, the entire plough is almost made of fine steel, especially the blade is extremely sharp, only one person needs to step lightly, it is deeply cut into the earth, two horses briskly pull an acre of land, a blink of an eye to plough the end, It's twice as fast as ox ploughing.

In this rush for time, barren for several years, outside the suburbs of Puyang, the wasteland irrigated by the Yellow River water has finally come to a big change, the fertile soil has been turned up, and a deep ditch has appeared on the fertile soil, neatly like a large piece of black noodles.

Watching the peasants under his command continue to sprinkle seeds upwards and stand on the dilapidated city wall, Wang Hou finally let out a long breath.

It's time to catch up with the agricultural season!