Yuan Xi thought in his heart: "The number of 20,000 is not too much, and it is not too much to say less." If they are all recycled, it seems that they will not be able to buy powerful behemoths. Just defeated the Xiongnu, the steppe in the Great Wall, need to build a farm... ”

"Gongda." Yuan Xi suddenly called.

"Yes."

Yuan Xi said: "You should have heard about the grassland outside Youzhou and the construction of a breeding farm, right?" ”

"Yes, I heard about it."

"More than 20,000 animals, you can pick them all and send them there. Send special people to manage, breed, and increase the number of animals. In the future, the extra animals every year will be sent to Yecheng. The rest continue to be farmed, do you understand? ”

"Uh... Chancellor understood. ”

Guo Tu was shocked, this is to mass produce livestock. He said proudly: "The minister is willing to personally supervise this matter and ensure that my breeding industry in Hebei will become the first in the country." ”

"I'm very happy that you're willing to take on this burden." Yuan Xi replied: "Okay, the matter of breeding animals will be left to you." ”

"Thank you, Lord."

He followed Guo Tu to the west of the Ten Thousand Beasts Garden and saw more than 20,000 animals. Cats, dogs, horses, deer, sheep, wolves... Wait, whatever you want, the garden has it all.

The Tyrannosaurus rex was wandering around, as if trying to attack the animals.

The ancient monitor lizard and the titan python were not honest either, and they kept an eye on it all the time.

Yuan Xi walked over and said to them, "If you want to eat, go elsewhere." The beasts here are not your food.... ”

Oh...

The Tyrannosaurus rex roared unwillingly and slowly walked into the distance.

Hiss...

Even the Tyrannosaurus rex is gone, and he doesn't dare to disobey Yuan Xi's orders, how dare the ancient monitor lizard and the titan python mess around? After the Tyrannosaurus rex left, they also crawled towards their respective territories.

"Wait." Yuan Xi stopped the Titan Python: "You better go back to Jingshan." It's not quite for you. Besides, it's cold, aren't you going to hibernate? ”

Hiss...

The Titan Python nodded very humanely, and climbed quickly in the direction of Jingshan.

"These giant beasts really only listen to the lord's words. General Juyi's Praetorian Guards couldn't move them at all. If they are in a hurry or a little disrespectful, they will attack. Guo Tu walked over and said.

"Attack? Are there any casualties? Yuan Xi asked.

"Not really. It's just a lesson for the Praetorian Guards. At most, there were minor injuries. Guo Tu replied.

"Tell Juyi's Praetorian Guards not to approach the giant beast in the future, especially the monitor lizard. The poison on its body can't even bear the giant beast, and ordinary soldiers have to die if they get a little bit of it. Yuan Xi chuckled and said, "I'm not afraid of your jokes, even I'm afraid of it." ”

"Uh... Be. ”

Guo Tu also never dared to approach the giant beast. Every time something happens, it is for the Praetorian Guards to come into contact.

Coming out of the Garden of Ten Thousand Beasts, Yuan Xi separated from Guo Tu and went to the military camp in the North School Field.

Zhang Jaw and Li Dian's troops were stationed here, as well as the 73,000 war horses that had just been transported back to Yecheng, were also in the school yard, and Wen Chou's guards were responsible for supply.

From a distance, I saw Li Dian selecting soldiers.

Yuan Xi walked over: "General Li Dian." ”

"Meet my lord."

"What are you?"

Li Dian replied: "In the last battle, the soldiers of the wolf cavalry army lost more than 40 people, and now they are selected from the guards of General Wen Chou to make up for the dead soldiers in the army. ”

"Wen Chou agreed?" Yuan Xi smiled slightly.

"The Lord is wise. He didn't agree at first, but then he couldn't stand my hard work, so I gave him the strongest wolf, and he agreed, hehe... Li Dian replied with a smile.

"Hmm."

Yuan Xi didn't say much, and motioned for Li Dian to continue.

In the military tent.

Jaw is dealing with the affairs of those war horses.

Yuan Xi came and said: "Those war horses can enhance the combat effectiveness of our army. In the Jizhou Army, only the 250,000 troops of Yan Liang and Gao Ran could form cavalry. I want to send these more than 70,000 war horses to the camp in Hanoi and outside the city, what do you think? ”

Zhang Jaw said: "The last general has just gone to the military and political yamen to discuss with Mr. Fu and prepare to form 5,000 heavy armored iron cavalry and 65,000 light cavalry. Among them, 30,000 light cavalry were sent to General Yan Liang's army. 40,000 horsemen were sent to General Gao Lan's army. What does the lord think? ”

"Good."

Zhang's arrangement is exactly what Yuan Xi wants.

The 250,000 troops of Yan Liang and Gao Ran all belonged to the regular army of Jizhou. If they were to fight abroad, their army would bear the brunt of the battle, and it was the only force that could be mobilized and mobile to fight.

The arrangement of 70,000 iron cavalry there is to strengthen the combat effectiveness of foreign warfare.

"Oh yes..." Zhang Jaw seemed to remember something: "The last general just received the news." Xiaopingjin in the upper reaches of the Luo River, there are nearly 30,000 sailors of Cao Cao, who are currently in intensive training. General Yan Liang wrote to him, could he attack and destroy Cao Cao's army? ”

"When did this news come about?"

"Just now."

Yan Liang handed a letter to Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi looked at it and replied, "Don't worry about him." How can his navy be compared with ours? After a few years, when fighting Cao Cao, the first thing to be eliminated is these tens of thousands of sailors. I believe that our naval army will far surpass Cao Cao's in combat effectiveness. If we attack early, it will expose our strength. ”

"Yes."

Zhang Jaw said: "According to Yan Liang's letter, Cao Cao's army has a large amount of fire oil and equipment. I don't know if the lord has seen it. ”

"See... He's there to deal with our behemoths. Yuan Xi put away the letter and said slowly: "No matter how much oil and equipment there are, without the speed of the warship, it won't be of much use." Why worry? ”

Yuan Xi thought to himself. The speed of a steam engine warship is not much worse than that of a war horse. Cao Cao's warship, driven by manpower oars and sails, was as slow as a snail, and the two were not comparable at all. In this case, the Liyang Navy should have the chance to win.

"But..."

Yuan Xi changed his words and said, "Where did Cao Cao get so much oil? Did he also discover oil fields? No way.... Yuan Xi immediately dismissed the idea. It is not easy to discover oil fields in later generations, how can there be several oil days in just one year in ancient times, which is simply incredible.

"Xu bought it from somewhere else, right?" Zhang Jaw said: "Don't forget, my lord, Cao Cao can occupy several states now." Yan, Xu, Yang, Yu, and Nanyang County in Jingzhou were all under his jurisdiction. If you want to get some oil, it shouldn't be a problem. ”

"Hmm."

Yuan Xi advised: "Pay more attention to Cao Cao, if he really discovers the oil field, I have to find a way to destroy him, and I can't let the oil field be in his hands." This will add countless troubles to our future march into the Central Plains. ”

"Yes."

He replied.