After Guan Ping entered Fangling, there was an expansion of troops. Ordered the generals to recruit strong men in Jiuxian, and then ordered Li Fei and Zhou Xiong to annex the Shen brothers.

A battalion of five hundred and fifty people.

In addition to Li Fei and Zhou Xiong, who led the nine battalions, the remaining seven Simas from other departments led four battalions respectively, totaling about 2,200 people.

This time, Li Fei and Zhou Xiong did not move, and the remaining seven Simas from other departments increased their troops to eight battalions, that is, more than 4,400 people.

That is, there are more than 15,000 strong men recruited by Fangling this time. Although the population of Fangling County has increased to more than 300,000 after Guan Ping's governance.

However, last year's recruitment of strong men and this year's recruitment of strong men has put the strong labor force of the people of Fangling in a very dangerous state.

Guan Ping needs to be careful when using troops. Because if the army is defeated once, it will be difficult to raise so many soldiers and horses.

This time, the recruitment of soldiers in Fangling County was the cooperation between Changshi and Gong Cao, who was responsible for sending small officials to recruit soldiers, and after gathering the number of soldiers, they were sent to the barracks of the leading generals, and then the leading generals could collect people.

Because they are all children of Fangling, Guan Ping is popular in the county, so he can be absorbed with confidence. It's not like when Guan Ping was in Xinye, he didn't dare to accept Xiahoudun's men.

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There are nine Simas under Guan Ping, Zhou Xiong and Li Fei are the left and right Simas, and they command more than 4,000 parts of Guan Ping's army. The rest have seven other divisions.

Six of these seven other Sima are famous and surnamed existences in history, Ding Feng, the general of Eastern Wu, his younger brother Ding Feng, Zhang Bao, Zhao Tong, Mi Wei, Liao Hua, the worst Zhao Tong in history, Mi Wei is also after the famous house.

But at present, it seems that the most promising Sima of Guan Ping's other department is Li Zheng.

This Guan Ping's recruitment in Xinye, the leading general who was slowly promoted, was loyal, brave, strict and ambitious.

At present, Li Zhengzheng led 2,200 people to garrison Zhuxiang County, which is also a county seat deep in the mountains, but the scale is much smaller than that of Fangling, Shangyong, and the geographical location is not important.

Li Zheng is just training here.

After the first expansion of the army a year ago, more than 70 percent of Li Zheng's men and horses were new recruits. Li Zheng has been training recruits for more than a year with the old man as an officer.

The army is a big dye vat, no matter who came before, under Li Zheng's training, all of them have become capable and energetic soldiers.

Li Zheng's big camp stands outside the county seat of Zhuxiang County, divided into four small camps, and there is a banner with the word "Li" at the gate of the camp. Li Zheng is very diligent in military training every day, and he has been in the barracks for a long time, almost staying at home.

On this day, Li Zheng knew that the recruits were about to arrive, so he led his cronies out to greet him. The teenager who originally joined the army has grown into a young man, and he has grown a soft beard on his chin, tall and strong, and very imposing.

Li Zhenggui is a general who leads the army, and he is very diligent in raising his soldiers, and he gives all good things to his soldiers. He himself lived a very hard life. He was wearing old clothes, which he could wear for another year.

Li Zhengji won the hearts of the military.

Li Zheng led his cronies to stand at the camp gate for a while, and then saw that the team was late. The first person rode a horse, Li Zheng didn't recognize it, it should be the Cao officials in the county.

This little official rode his horse to Li Zheng, turned over and dismounted, bowed and saluted: "Down is Jiang Chong, who is an assistant under Sun Gongcao, and was ordered to lead more than 2,200 soldiers and hand over to Li Sima." ”

Jiang Chong didn't recognize Li Zheng either, but Li Zheng was standing at the front, so he expected that this person was the main master. While saluting, he also looked at Li Zheng.

sighed, it really deserved its name.

Beautiful jade shines on its own. When Guan Ping entered Fangling, Li Zheng was a military candidate under Guan Ping and was ordered to guard the pontoon bridge. Later, he was ordered to guard Zhuxiang County and exterminated a group of bandits nearby.

He is a man who does not love money and is extremely poor. He is also loyal, brave and strict, very good to the soldiers, and very popular with the army. At present, the top and bottom of Fang Ling are extremely convinced of Li Zhengqi and his people.

Jiang Chong saw that Li Zheng was wearing patched clothes at this moment, so he was impressed.

"Mr. Jiang has worked hard all the way, please follow me to the camp for a drink." Li Zheng has become more and more serious since he became the Sima of other departments, and said with a smile.

"It's better to be respectful than to obey." Jiang Chong responded, and led his men and horses into the camp with Li Zheng. Li Zheng waved his hand to let his cronies accept the people, and entered the big tent with Jiang Chong for a drink.

After three rounds of drinking, Jiang Chong remembered something, put down the wine bowl and said, "I almost forgot something." Lord Taishou has a life, and in this pawn, there are quite a few Ba people, Yi people. Those who can join the army are the children of Fang Ling, and Li Sima must not favor one over the other. ”

"No." Li Zheng solemnly promised.

After resting for a while, Jiang Chong said goodbye to Li Zheng and returned to Fangling with his entourage. Li Zheng ordered the account to be raised, and ordered four soldiers under his command and a few small officials to come in.

Li Zheng first told Jiang Chong what he had just said about the equal treatment of Ba, Yi, and Han. Immediately, he said solemnly: "This time the expansion of troops, our department has increased to eight battalions. As the saying goes, a snake can't have a head. It is necessary to promote the four military candidates as appropriate, all the uncles, and the old man as the chief, and the commander of the army, and must train the new soldiers diligently. ”

"No." Everyone in the account promised.

Soon after, Li Zheng ordered everyone to disperse. He stayed in the account, picked up Wei Wuji's art of war, and planned to study it. But a moment later, Li Zheng heard footsteps, looked up, and saw his subordinate Wang Junhou walking in from outside.

"What?" Li Zheng knew that he would go and return, and something must happen.

Wang Junhou bowed to Li Zheng, then came to his seat and sat down, and said, "Master Sima." Since Lord Taishou entered Fangling, he has expanded his army twice. Now that the crowd has increased to 30,000 or 40,000, there must be some scheme. Who do you think Taishou-sama is going to do it to? ”

Li Zheng himself is an enterprising and ambitious person. Most of the people he promoted were like that. This king is also a person who is eager to make meritorious contributions.

Li Zheng put down the bamboo slip and said with a smile: "I have already thought about this matter. Cao Cao in the north was too strong to compete with him. So all that remains is to attack Xiangyang in the east and Hanzhong in the west. ”

"Master Sima thinks that Lord Taishou will attack the east or the west?" Wang Junhou then asked.

"I don't know. But I know that if Lord Taishou attacks Xiangyang, I will probably be a striker. If Lord Taishou attacks Hanzhong, I will probably stay behind. ”

Li Zheng said.

Li Zheng didn't dare to say too much, but that's what it meant.

"Why is it so different?" Wang Junhou was stunned.

"Zhang Luxin's heart is in Bashu, and Fangling is the place where he gave up. If Lord Taishou attacked Xiangyang, Zhang Lu would definitely not come to fight. And Xiangyang Liu Biao has a grudge against Lord Taishou, and Fangling originally belonged to Jingzhou. If Lord Taishou led his troops to attack Hanzhong, Liu Biao would definitely send people to fight for Fangling. Our soldiers are the most elite. If you play Liu Biao, I am a striker. If I fight Hanzhong, I will guard against Liu Biao for staying behind. Li Zheng said confidently.

"I see, whether it is a pioneer or a stay-at-all, it is a great achievement." Wang Junhou suddenly realized when he heard this, and said happily.

"Let's go down and train the soldiers. Follow Guan Taishou fame and fortune at your fingertips. Li Zheng said with a smile.

"No." Wang Junhou suddenly agreed, hugged his fists and left.

"Who the hell do you want to hit?" After Wang Junhou left, Li Zheng couldn't help but think about it, then laughed, shook his head and picked up Wei Wuji's art of war again, and continued to study and study.

I'm General Fang Ling, so I don't need to use my brain to fight anyone.

All I need is an order from Lord Taishou, and I'll do it.

............

Li Zheng's department was only one of them, and the new soldiers recruited by Fangling County this time were evenly distributed among the leading generals.

In the north of Fangling, the east and west of the cloth market on the south bank of the Han River are stationed in Ding Feng and Liao Hua camps respectively. At the moment, the market is already very lively.

There is an endless stream of ships and merchants. The bazaar formed the size of a small town, and many people lived on the cloth business.

This town also has its own name, called Buxiang.

It was a sunny morning. The Han River in the north is very calm, and this calm is only temporary. In the summer, when the rain increases, the Han water will start to be turbulent.

However, the terrain in this area of Buxiang is very high, and even if there is a big flood, it will not flood this area.

The bazaar is built here and is very safe.

And the two water military camps are the same, which are already very different. At that time, when Guan Ping came here to inspect, the two naval warships were sparse, and there were two or three big cats and small cats. And with the continuous construction of warships in the dock, at this moment, many warships have been lined up on the shore of Hanshui.

Guan Ping can shout loudly, I also have a water army.

Like Li Zheng's side, on this day, the newly recruited troops led by two small officials, totaling more than 4,400 people, were sent to the camps of Ding Feng and Liao Hua respectively.

Ding Feng received the officials who came very thoughtfully, while Liao Hua was a little embarrassed. Liao Hua himself was not there, and a Chen Junhou under Liao Hua came forward to greet the officials.

"Why don't you see Sima Liao?" The little official asked a little strangely.

"Our family Sima has contracted a cold and is currently bedridden." Chen Junhou was a little embarrassed and reluctantly coped.

The little official felt that there was an inside story, but he didn't ask too much, and only handed over more than 2,200 soldiers to Chen Junhou, and explained that the Bayi soldiers should not be taken lightly.

Then he led his entourage and returned to Fangling.

After the little official left, Liao Hua was late, with a smell of fat powder on his body, loose eyelids, and vain steps.

It looks like it's over-drunk.

After Liao Hua entered the barracks, Chen Junhou came to see Liao Hua, bowed and saluted: "Lord Sima, today Lord Taishou sent more than 2,200 new soldiers to ........ ”

Before Chen Junhou finished speaking, Liao Hua waved his hand and said: "When the recruits enter the camp, the training and reorganization are not without regulations, you can do it yourself." As for the promotion of the army, Dubo, and the like, I'll go make up for it first, and I'll talk about it when I wake up. ”

After that, Liao Hua hurriedly went to the account to rest. Chen Junhou sighed, his own Master Sima is really inseparable from women all his life.

It's just that this Lord Sima is just a little better, and everything in the camp is still handled in an orderly manner.

The army was not wasted.