Jingzhou, Matou.

Huan Chong was dressed in handsome robes and big armor, standing on the arrow tower of the camp, looking at the Qin army camp opposite from a distance, the camp had already been empty, and the sergeants of his own side were happily carrying in the Qin camp too late to withdraw, and the armor and baggage were piled up all over the ground, and all of them had a smile on their faces.

A forty-year-old, black iron tower-like, steel-haired general, is Huan Chong's nephew, known as Huan Shiqian, known as the first fierce general of the Huan family, this warrior who can fight with fierce beasts empty-handed, at this time he looked excited, and said to Huan Chong: "Dashuai, all the Malay reports, more than 200,000 Qin troops in front of us have been evacuated overnight, no, it should be said that they have retreated, hundreds of miles on the road, the Qin army lost their armor, countless soldiers deserted, and followed Fu Hui back to Xiangyang's army, which is less than 100,000 people, according to the news of the spy, He will retreat further north, presumably until Luoyang. ”

Another purple-faced and long-bearded general, who looks seven or eight points similar to Huan Shiqian, is the younger brother of his mother's compatriot Huan Shimin, although not as brave as his brother, but also known for his resourcefulness, known as the wise general in the second generation of the Huan family, he smiled slightly, and said: "On the Jiangling side, Feng Gai also reported that Yao Chang's naval army down the river had retreated from the Yiling area, but this Qiang thief was cunning, and it seemed that he had made up his mind to evacuate early on, so he walked in a neat manner, leaving us little room for pursuit. ”

Huan Chong nodded lightly, turned his head to look at Huan Xuan, who was standing on the side with a gloomy face, and said with a smile: "Lingbao, what do you think?" ”

Huan Xuan let out a long sigh: "This is not the result we wanted. ”

Huan Shiqian and Huan Shimin were stunned at the same time, and said in unison: "Lingbao, what's wrong with you?" Isn't it satisfying that we have won such a great victory, which is a national celebration? ”

Huan Xuan's eyes flashed coldly: "Did we win?" The enemy in front of us retreats without a fight, leaving behind some heavy armor, that is, we have won? Compared with Xie Jiabi, we are out-and-out losers! ”

Huan Shiqian and Huan Shimin's faces changed, they glanced at each other, looked at Huan Chong, Huan Chong nodded: "Lingbao is far-reaching, this time even the old man has looked away, thinking that the Xie family's group of boys can only confront the Qin army at most, I didn't expect that they could actually break the Qin army twice in Luojian and Weishui, all of us underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Beifu army, even the old man and I, who had been out of the town for a few years, didn't think they were so capable of fighting, so powerful." ”

Huan Shi said unconvinced: "Although the old lord (Huan Wen) was very optimistic about the people in Jingkou back then, and said that Jingkou wine can be drunk and soldiers can be used, but no matter how strong they are, they are just people, and they are not like us here in Jingzhou often engage in officer training, why do they have such combat effectiveness?" I still can't figure it out. Lingbao, in your trip to Jiangnan in the past two years, what have you seen coming out? ”

Huan Xuan smiled slightly: "When I came back last time, the younger brother told the two elder brothers that the Beifu Army must not be underestimated, and the elder brother also had such an attitude at that time, thinking that it was just blown out by the Xie family, but now, I think this fact is better than any words." In fact, Jingkou is just a guise for a Beifu soldier, and the real source of soldiers for the Beifu soldier is not from the small town of Jingkou, but the homeless people and bandits in the entire Lianghuai region. ”

Huan Shimin was surprised: "What kind of combat power do you have with just bandits and wanderers?" ”

Huan Xuan shook his head: "They are not ordinary wanderers, bandits, the land of the two Huai, this is the three regardless of the border of Qin and Jin, there are strong Hulu and robbers everywhere, if you want to survive, you can only live like those previous northern dock forts, live in a village, militarized management, it can be said that every day of their life, they have to rely on fighting to survive, their children, five years old to start military training, some early ten years old to go into battle to kill, can it not be powerful?" ”

Huan Chong nodded: "The old man has also heard of this, but what does this have to do with Jingkou?" ”

Huan Xuan sighed: "Since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, after experiencing the rebellion of Wang Dun, Su Jun, and Zu Yue, these homeless marshals or local feudal towns, they strictly ordered the Jiangbei refugees not to cross the river. But Jingkou is an exception, the leader of the homeless people, or the person who has killed the enemy on the battlefield and made meritorious contributions, will be allowed to move into Jingkou, most of these people are inextricably linked with those cottage homeless people who are still in Jiangbei, just like Liu Gaozhi, Zhuge Kan, Sun Wuzhong, these Beifu generals, that is, their own families settled in Jingkou, and their subordinates still stayed in Huaibei, once something happened, they could quickly focus on the troops and become an independent army. These people come when they are called, they are able to fight, they have strong military skills, and then rely on these people with command ability in Jingkou as officers, then they will really be fierce tigers in the mountains and cannot be contained! ”

Huan Shiqian nodded thoughtfully: "So that's the case, it's a pity, we should have started earlier, got Liu Jiaozhi and Sun Wuzhong over, controlled them, and controlled these two Huai refugees." ”

Huan Chong sighed: "How can it be so simple, my brother and I have been in Jingkou for many years, and we can't make these people willingly surrender, after all, our foundation is here in Jingzhou, unless we can get the six counties of Jiangbei, at least the history of Yuzhou and Yanzhou, otherwise, we can't have anything to do with these people." After all, the Xie family controls the government, and these people can be rewarded with official titles and placed on the spot, a condition that we can't compare. ”

Huan Xuan's eyes sparkled: "So, we can't make the same mistake again, uncle and nephew are thinking, in fact, we also have the opportunity to build an organization similar to the Beifu soldiers, which is permanently located in Jingzhou, so that we are not afraid of the lack of these elite soldiers in the future." ”

Huan Chong's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "What's the matter?" Say it. ”

Huan Xuan smiled slightly: "Liu Jiaozhi's fathers and ancestors, they used to be northerners, and when the north was in turmoil, they went south to the Great Jin Dynasty, and arranged in Lianghuai, they mostly went south from Hebei and Zhou, and after crossing the Yellow River, they entered Lianghuai, which is considered to let Yangzhou get the moon first, but there is another place, there will be a better source of soldiers, for our use!" ”

Huan Chong, Huan Shiqian and Huan Shimin said almost in unison: "You mean, Guanzhong? ”

Huan Xuan laughed: "Is there any other place?" From the beginning of the Shang Dynasty reform, the old Qin people in Guanzhong are the people of the king, the grain depot is full of warehouses, and the war is unstoppable. ”