The first year of Guanghe (178), April.

Time is like a white horse, fleeting.

The earth is fresh green, the warm sun is like a mother's embrace, and the weeds and trees are scrambling to sprout and throw themselves into the arms!

Today's Governor's Mansion is already very busy, and Zhang Zhen first goes to the 'Drunken Guest House' after his daily morning exercises. Then the army dared to go to the school field non-stop, and after four months, some experience in the previous life made the soldiers' combat power improve by leaps and bounds. What weight-bearing running, frog jumping, push-ups, climbing, water training and so on.

The method of military training, don't train your heart first. When the hearts of the people are united, there are millions of people, that is, the body of one person. The general knows the soldiers, the soldiers know the generals, such as the sons of the fathers and brothers, the brothers and sisters defend the leader, and the teachers who always win.

He has been supervising the manufacture of weapons for four months, and now he should have completed the task. During this period, Zhang Zhenlai made a series of improvements to the weapons, although they were not as good as Mo knives, pear flower guns, and iron tire bows, but in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, these weapons were already considered superior. Then there is the production of horseshoes and mackay, which must be prepared in advance.

Tian Feng has been busy arranging the construction of an iron-making plant since three months ago, located in South Baitou Mountain, Xuanfu County, employing 5,000 migrant workers, and iron ore mining is in full swing. After Zhang Zhen's improvement and the use of steel filling method, the quality of iron has been greatly improved.

Zhang Zhen attaches the most importance to the armor, and the trial and supervision of each armor are strictly implemented, and the production of leather armor, light armor, and commonly used armor is carried out slowly. After a series of improvements, five kinds of armor, including black light armor, bright light armor, Liangdang armor, ring lock armor and horse armor, were completed successively, and then Zhang Zhen handed over the saddle drawings to the review and asked him to make them with all his might.

"General, Yuan Hao, Gonghe, and Zhengnan have returned," a soldier outside the council hall came in to report.

"Please let them in," Zhang Zhen said happily, putting down the income and expenditure accounts of several months in his hand.

"Lord", the three of them came in and bowed to Zhang Zhen and said. Zhang Zhen looked at them with satisfaction, nodded constantly, and his joy was beyond words.

"Come, Yuanhao, Zhengnan, Gonghe will have a sip of tea first, and then it's not too late to talk." Zhang Zhen said to the three of them with a smile.

"Thank you, Lord." Zhang Zhen waved his hand.

"Seeing that you are here with confidence, you must have done a good job." After they finished drinking the tea, Zhang Zhen looked at them and asked with a smile.

After listening to Zhang Zhen's words, Tian Feng got up and replied: "Now that the iron ore refining is on the right track, it has been done according to the lord's instructions, and I don't need to ask again in a short time." ”

Zhang Zhen nodded after listening to Tian Feng's words, and then said in frustration: "Lord, to this day, there are 3,450 swords, 4,236 spears, 3,482 longbows, 2,714 sabers, 3,412 iron shields, horseshoes, and horseshoes are beginning to be made less than 100.

"Hmmm! In the future, the number of horseshoes will be increased, and the number of other weapons will be halved. ”

"No."

The judge then spoke: "My lord, you now have 417 pairs of Heiguang Kai, 674 pairs of Mingguang armor, 451 pairs of Liangdang armor, 467 pairs of Lianhuan Kai, and less than 100 pairs of Ma Kai. 6,142 pairs of leather armor and 5,741 pairs of light armor, these two types of armor have been equipped with the whole army.

"Hmmm! Not bad! Don't lag behind the five kinds of armor and continue to make it, leather armor, light armor is currently saturated, and it can be made in small quantities. ”

"Yes!"

Looking at the somewhat tired faces of the three of them, Zhang Zhen was a little unbearable, and his brows were tightly locked.

"Did the lord recruit me to wait for my return to start the southern expedition?" As if he understood something, he stood up and asked.

Zhang Zhen nodded, then looked at Fu Yu and said, "What do you think?" ”

Fu Zhu said with a confident smile: "I sent someone to inform us of the deliberations, and I roughly guessed what the Lord meant, it seems that this is the case, and I have been waiting for a long time. ”

Zhang Zhen nodded, very satisfied with Fu Zhu, and then looked at the two of them, "Lord, this battle should be resolved quickly, otherwise it will be delayed until winter, and it will be difficult for carriages and horses to travel at that time, which is not conducive to the siege!" The judge stood up and admonished.

Zhang Zhen nodded, if it is really winter, he will have to quit the army and fight again next year, but the consumption is not a small amount, and it is best to take the whole county in the south this year.

Tian Feng said with a worried look on his face: "Lord, now there is Wofu in the northeast, Buyeo in the north, and Wuhuan in the northwest. I'm afraid that Lord Geng will not be able to stop his footsteps. ”

Zhang Zhen thought for a moment and said: "Wo Fu does not have too many conflicts with us at present, Wuhuan and Fuyu are newly defeated, their spirit has been lost, there is no need to be afraid, and there are Geng Wu and Shan Ping guarding the four gates, Yuan Hao does not have to worry, and Lord Taishou is not an easy person, but Xuansu County is foolproof, not to mention that they will not form an alliance, and I will not fight with them until I sweep the south, and there will be no worries in the future." ”

Tian Feng lowered his head and thought for a while, then admonished: "Lord, Feng thinks that except for Lelang, the southern counties are all barren land, and the lord should not take too long. ”

"Yuan Hao, I don't know, in the land of Sanhan, there are many people who do not practice Han etiquette, and it is very difficult to ambush me, I should personally conquer, both rigid and soft, although there is great talent, but the prestige is insufficient, and it is difficult to convince the public." Zhang Zhen smiled, and continued to say to Tian Feng: "Yuan Hao, what you said is good, when you take the belt and Lelang, you can send Demou, and the country will let each lead an elite soldier back to Xuanfu County, and the northern alien races must not dare to make a mistake." ”

"Hmmm! What the lord said made Feng Mao stop. Tian Feng praised.

"In that case, let's take a look at how this southern expedition should be marched." As soon as the words fell, Zhang Zhen took out a piece of paper, which was a map, which was the distribution of the southern counties. This is a simple map of the taverns he sent south, selling liquor, along the way.

Looking at this map, the frowning brows of the three of them also relaxed, and it seemed that the lord had already made up his mind. At this time, Zhang Zhen said to the three of them: "I want to send Liu Yi, Wang Feng to lead a thousand cavalry into Dongwei County, Bu County, Unbearable County, Silkworm Tai County, Huali County, Evil Head County, and have been rushing to take Lintun County." The population of Lintun County is only 30,000, the number of soldiers is only 3,000, and the number of soldiers in each county is only 500, and the city wall is only two zhang, and many of them are dilapidated. When the counties did not react, the iron hooves of a thousand cavalry took six counties as quickly as possible. And I took the remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses out of Xuansu County with great fanfare to cover for Liu Yi and them, what do the three gentlemen think? ”

After thinking for a while, the three of them glanced at each other and said, "The lord's plan is very clever, it can not only hide people's eyes, but also quickly take Lintun County." Frustrated Tian Feng seconded.

Zhang Zhen saw that the three of them felt that this plan was feasible, and immediately said to the three of them: "Yuanhao, Zhengnan, and Gonghe will go back to rest today, and tomorrow I will gather everyone to the school field to order troops to fight, and the three of them are also among them." The three of them were really tired, and then nodded happily and left.

Looking at the backs of the three of them leaving, Zhang Zhen sighed, it was really painful for them. Then he began to carefully study the map of Obifang County, and this was his first battle.

Following.

Zhang Zhen came to the school early, he couldn't sleep all night, thinking that he had finally embarked on the first step to expand the territory, it was false to say that he was not excited, he had already thought that in the future, the Korean Peninsula would be his capital to dominate the world, as long as he bribed Zhang Rang and others, it could be said that it would be easy to become the Taishou of this barren land. Lelang, the population of the belt is still considerable, with a population of more than 300,000, it can also recruit 30,000 people with armor. Ten years later, the heroes will compete for the deer, and they will be able to fish in troubled waters and protect the people.

The southern expedition is today.