"Jizhou Pastoral Guan Yan thanked His Majesty Longen, Weichen must be conscientious, manage civil affairs internally, and guard against thieves and enemies outside, and live up to His Majesty's Longen! Bow down! ”

After Guan Yan read the last sentence, he stretched his waist: "Okay, let's write it like this!" Zhicai, do you think there is anything else that needs to be polished? ”

Xi Zhicai picked up the letter he had just written, blew on the ink that had not dried, looked back at it and said, "The lord's letter is very good, there is no need to revise it!" ”

"Okay, then return to Luoyang like this!"

A.D. 188, March of the fifth year of Zhongping. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty worshiped Guan Yan as the pastor of Jizhou to resist the remnants of the thieves.

Guan Yan issued a state pastoral order in the land of Quanzhou to recruit 7,000 strong men to train soldiers.

Guan Yan also appointed Xi Zhicai as a driver for Jizhou, and led the government affairs of a state; frustrated as the ruler of Jizhou, in charge of the affairs of the house; The rest of the generals all had their own fiefs.

Guan Yan was strong in Jizhou, accepting the homeless, pacifying the rebellion, and being diligent in political affairs, and for a time the weather in Jizhou was new, but in a few months, Jizhou had hidden signs of the head of Kyushu.

There are many reasons why Jizhou can have this prosperity:

The first is to rely on the rich heritage of Jizhou. The territory of Jizhou is the most extensive. Ji, Daya! The so-called between the two rivers refers to the vast area between the Liao River and the Yellow River. The territory is vast and must be abundant, so the vitality of Jizhou is very strong.

The second is to rely on the careful assistance of the two of them. The drama Zhicai and the frustration are all the talents of Wang Zuo, and the decrees issued are all policies to reassure the people, and in this era, there is a population that can develop. Jizhou's decree attracted a large number of displaced people to come here, which brought a fundamental impetus to the development of Jizhou.

Third, Guan Yan is a wise decision-maker. Guan Yan is from a later generation, although he has never been a local governor, but he has never eaten pork and never seen a pig run? Guan Yan has the theoretical knowledge summarized by later generations in his head, and from time to time he puts forward some ideas, which makes Xi Zhicai and Fu Zhu amazed.

With these three points, the prosperity of Jizhou is inevitable.

But Guan Yan's eyes were not here, and now his attention was all on the batch of stirrups sent by the craftsman's workshop in the Luoyang mansion. The role of stirrups is not only to help people get on the horse, but also to support the rider's feet when riding, so as to maximize the advantages of riding a horse and effectively protect the safety of the rider.

The stirrup can make the war horse easier to control, make people and horses connected as one, so that the people on horseback can free their hands, and the cavalry can ride and shoot on the galloping war horse, and can also swing left and right on the horseback to complete the military action of splitting left and right.

It is conceivable that if the stirrup can be widely used, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry will be increased by at least three percent.

In order to experiment with the role of stirrups, Guan Yan specially called the two tiger generals in the army. Ma Chao and Pound.

Ma Chao and Pang De had a fierce fight at the beginning, but they both lost and lost.

Now under the command of Guan Yan, if you want to score high and low, I am afraid there is no chance.

As soon as they heard that Guan Yan actually asked the two of them to compete, Ma Chao and Pang De couldn't help but gear up and were eager to try.

The two came to the martial arts arena, each turned on their mounts, and held their blades opposite each other at a distance of ten zhang.

"Ling Ming! Last time, you and I didn't win or lose, and we need to fight again today! Ma Chao shouted arrogantly.

Pound, who had an honest face, showed a wicked smile: "Good! Meng Qi, let's fight hard today! As he spoke, Pound stepped on the stirrups under his feet.

Guan Yan had already moved his hands and feet on the two war horses in advance, and Ma Chao's mount did not change, but Pang De's mount secretly pressed the stirrup. Guan Yan also secretly communicated with Pang De, in order to test the bonus of the stirrup to combat power.

Ma Chao didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to Pang De with a gentian gun.

"Drive!" Pang De also galloped on his horse, raised the elephant trunk ancient moon knife in his hand, and still slashed Huashan with one move, slashing at Ma Chao.

The strange thing is that Pound's body suddenly stood up from the horse's back, and the big knife in his hand seemed to be infused with strange power, and slashed at an accelerated speed.

"When~~~" Ma is super shocked! He stepped back unsteadily. Ma Chao was busy using a big gun to pestle the ground, and with the reaction force of the spear, Ma Chao barely stabilized his figure.

Looking at Pang De again, he was still sitting on the horse as steady as Mount Tai, and a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth made Ma Chao feel a trace of conspiracy.

"Ling Ming, could it be that you have failed to use some magic magic?"

"Haha~~" Without waiting for Pang De to answer, Guan Yan walked forward with a smile: "Meng Qi, this is not witchcraft, but a powerful weapon to help!" ”

"Suitable for sharp weapons?" Ma Chao turned over and dismounted, walked up to Guan Yan and asked curiously.

Guan Yan walked to Pound's mount, pointed to the stirrup under the horse's belly and said, "This thing is a sharp weapon!" ”

Ma Chao squatted down, looked at the strange iron ring, and asked suspiciously, "What is this?" Is it really effective? ”

Ma Chao always asked, and Pang De was a little annoyed: "Oh, Meng Qi, you will know soon when you go up and try it?" ”

Meng Qi rolled his eyes at Pang De, and then neatly rolled onto his horse.

Ma Chao put his foot in the stirrup and stepped on it twice.

Guan Yan handed the dragon single gun to Ma Chao: "Meng Qi, try your strength!" ”

"Great! Drive! Ma Chao picked up the big gun and rode forward. Ma Chao first stabbed a few shots on the horse's back, and then swept a few times.

After a while, Ma Chao rode back and said with great joy: "Lord, this thing is really a sharp weapon!" With this thing, I can at least make thirty percent more strength on horseback! ”

Guan Yan nodded with satisfaction, and Pang De on the side also laughed loudly.

Hearing Pound's laughter, Ma Chao pursed his lips and squinted: "No wonder Ling Ming is suddenly so brave, if it weren't for the help of this thing, I would have picked him under the horse!" ”

"What?!" As soon as Ma Chao said this, Pang De didn't follow, and picked up the big knife and was about to get on the horse: "Come on, come on, Meng Qi, I'll see if you can pick me off the horse today!" ”

The two were about to fight again, Guan Yan hurriedly played a round and said: "Oh, two generals, you two are the pillars of our army, today's incident is purely an experimental stirrup, you two tigers fight, there will be an injury!" Whoever is hurt, I am not reluctant! Today's matter, don't argue anymore, okay? ”

Guan Yan personally said to stop, and the two could only hold their fists and agree.

Guan Yan grabbed the arms of the two and said, "Actually, there is actually a big deal to recruit two generals today!" ”

"What's the big deal?" The two asked in unison.

Guan Yan didn't answer directly, but said to himself: "There are not many soldiers, but refinement." The importance of this thing today is also felt by the two of you. I often think: if you form an iron horse, equipped with excellent equipment, and equipped with stirrups, then how amazing the combat power of this iron horse is! ”

When Pang De and Ma Chao heard this, they both nodded approvingly.

Guan Yan suddenly looked at the two: "I was just trying to make the two of you form this iron horse!" ”