The next day, when Liu He woke up, it was almost noon, the heavy snow that had been falling for several days finally stopped, looking out through the window, it was all covered in silver, under the eaves, between the branches, the upside-down bright ice picks flashed with a faint light, long or short, thick or thin, and so on, occasionally a gust of wind blew, and the snow powder swept through the air one after another, and in the blink of an eye, it blended into that piece of snow white, and there was no trace of it again.

There were bursts of neat shouts in the distance, it was the sergeants training, and the smoke began to rise, in this era, three meals a day is relatively luxurious, most of them are still two meals a day, at this time, it should be preparing the first meal. Liu He grabbed a handful of snow from the windowsill, pressed it on his face and rubbed it vigorously, so that his head, which still had a headache, was a little more sober, he was a little too indulgent these days, and he blamed himself in his heart, if he let himself be too relaxed, he was really worried that he would slack off, and now the long march of thousands of miles has only taken the first step!

On the flat ground in front of the door, the guards had already swept away the snow, revealing the ground that had just been compacted and frozen to a very hard level, Liu Xiu and Pan Feng and other guards were practicing there, although it was very cold, but this group of men were all taking off and wearing only a pair of calf nose pants, and their bodies were steaming hot, shouting loudly to practice.

For the training of ordinary sergeants, Liu He does not have too high personal requirements, but focuses on battlefield discipline and the spirit of not fearing death and moving forward bravely, but for his own personal guards, it is natural that the higher the personal kung fu, the better.

grabbed his clothes and put them on in twos and threes, thinking about where he should go to see first, whether to go to the newly built school to see the training of recruits, or to go to Liu Bei to see the field work!

Liu He is still quite satisfied with Liu Bei and Jian Yong, to be honest, he was wary of Liu Bei at the beginning, but later found out that Liu Bei was an official fan, a bit like Yang Zhi in "Water Margin". Now Liu Bei is the county commander - the Han system, with a county order in a large county (more than 10,000 households) and a county magistrate in a small county (less than 10,000 households), all of which are the highest magistrates of a county. At present, Baitan is counted as one household of five, with a total of 14,000 households, and it is also a large county in the Central Plains. The county order ranks for 1,000 stones, worthy of the name of "Baili Hou". So Liu Bei is very grateful to Liu He, without Liu He, how could he be where he is today. Coupled with the Han Dynasty's inspection system - Liu He was Liu Bei's master, and Liu Bei was Liu He's former official, Liu Bei was labeled as Liu He's faction, although this faction is now very weak.

In his previous life, Liu Bei was able to achieve hegemony, firstly, he relied on the current situation and encountered the Yellow Turban Uprising, if it was a peaceful and prosperous era, Liu Bei would have no chance to rise at all; The second is that he is related to Zhang and the two follow, the so-called "brothers are concentric, and their benefits are gold", now Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have been subdued by Liu He, Liu Bei's wings have been broken, how can they soar high? !

But then again, Liu Bei is worthy of being a good hand in internal affairs, he put forward an idea and a train of thought, in a short period of time, he and Jian Yong have come up with practical plans and steps, and the team of the county government has been basically enriched, and the existing set of people is basically re-recruited, there are too few readers, many of them are illiterate guys, but they are better than being down-to-earth and hardworking, and there is no fritter sophistication of the previous officials, in comparison, Liu He also prefers the current set of people.

Seeing Liu He come out, all the guards rushed up to salute, Liu He smiled and waved his hand, signaling them to do their own thing, and the guards saw the lord standing on the side, but they worked harder.

Liu Xiu and Pan Feng didn't dare to slack off, so they put on their clothes and stood on Liu He's side.

"My lord is going to go out for a walk?" Liu Xiu asked, "It's better for me to wait for the lord to have dinner before going out!" ”

Liu He said with a smile: "Anyway, it's this time, wait for us to go to the barracks and eat with the sergeants!" ”

Liu Xiu said admiringly: "Lord, you are really sympathetic to the sergeant!" I have been a soldier for so many years, and I have never seen a dignified captain and a soldier often eat together. ”

Liu He said: "What's so strange about this. If you can't share the joys and sorrows with everyone, how can you work together to defend the Han. ”

Pan Feng grinned and said with a smile: "The lord is not those corrupt officials in the past. It's too late for me to meet my lord! I thought I would be a thief for the rest of my life and not live long, but I was lucky enough to meet the lord, not only survived, but also became an official soldier, anyway, from now on I will sell my life to the lord. ”

While gossiping, the three of them walked towards the barracks, and after walking for a while, it suddenly snowed.

"My lord! It's too windy and snowy, so let's go back. Pan Feng said.

"Did any of the brothers sent out by the Han army come back?" Liu He rubbed his hands.

"Nope. Probably because the wind and snow are too big, the weather will improve next month, and it is estimated that there will be good news when it begins to thaw. ”

Liu He nodded: "Last time, he said that the Han people and horse thieves in various parts of the prairie are well-informed, and establishing a good relationship with them will be very beneficial for us to fight with the Xianbei people in the future." I think this plan is good! ”

"Your lord, you are so good! Never before had the wingman been so polite to us horse thieves. You're the first! Pan Feng said.

"Horse thieves are also forced to be horse thieves in desperation, if there is food and drink at home, who wants to be a horse thief."

"My lord is right! But I'm afraid I won't be able to do it long even if I am a horse thief these years. Pan Feng suddenly said sadly.

Liu He laughed: "Okay! So I asked the Han army to recruit them to serve as soldiers in the camp. As long as everyone can survive, it is the same wherever they beg for a living. ”

"At the request of the big chief, the Xianbei tribes have stepped up the suppression of horse thieves since last year, or in a year or two, there will probably be no horse thieves near Yinshan, Taihang Mountain, and Yanshan."

"You've been a soldier for almost a month, and you're still angry about the Xianbei people's pursuit of your horse gang? Feel relieved! This revenge will be avenged. The Xianbei people wanted to attack the Great Han, and of course they didn't want the route of the march to be full of spies and eyeliners. Not only are you greedy, but you are also bold! This is a great danger to their logistical supplies, the safety of their food, grass and baggage. If it were me, I would do the same. ”

Pan Feng was stunned and said in disbelief: "No." ”

Liu He smiled confidently: "Look at it!" The horse thieves of the prairie are about to be hunted down like a storm, and there is no time for peace and quiet. Many of your friends will soon be taking refuge on the front lines of the Great Wall. ”

Pan Feng respected Liu He like a god, and immediately believed it, and immediately became worried about his friends.

Then Liu He went to the cavalry school and saw Fu Zhu, Xu Rong, and Huang Zhong training cavalry. He suddenly remembered something, and walked over to the makeshift tent that summoned them to the school grounds to talk about the matter.

"How are the three training cavalrymen doing? What kind of cavalry and infantry are they powerful? Liu He asked

After Liu He finished speaking, the three of them pondered for a long time, glanced at each other, and said in frustration: "There is no strong one, adapt measures to local conditions!" Only a suitable place for combat should be strong! ”

Looking at Liu He frowning, Xu Rong answered: "My lord, the type of army suitable for the place of battle is the strongest, take Xianbei as an example, when you go to the Guannei Plain, they will harass with cavalry, come and go like the wind, knives and knives fall meat, the Han army can only be like cattle and sheep to be slaughtered, if you go to the mountains and forests, the cavalry will become cattle and sheep, not as good as infantry, but into the forest, this needs to be attacked; If the city battle is offensive and defensive, when the archers are profitable, ten thousand arrows are fired like flying locusts, who can dodge, there is a record in the prehistory that the Qin army attacked the city, every city was covered with bows and arrows, so every battle must be won, but the archers have too many shortcomings, such as the cavalry rushing to kill the front, only the part of being slaughtered, and there are not many arrows within one hundred and fifty steps, and the cavalry can not die many people! That's when infantry is needed, but for cavalry, infantry is just a bone, and it's all over if you gnaw it! ”

After listening to Xu Rong's words, Liu He nodded, and then said: "If we take the initiative to recover Yuyang Ancient County, what about Slippery Salt and Yaoyang County?" ”

"Back to the lord, this place can only use cavalry against cavalry, but even so, it is difficult to win, after all, everyone here can hold a bow, straddle a horse, and be a natural cavalry...... If we want to train cavalry, we can't do it for years, so there is no class to restrain it! Huang Zhongdao.

Huang Zhong is right, if there were any troops that could be restrained, Qin Shi Huang would not have used millions of conscripts to build the Great Wall, and exchanged the huge empire for eternal peace!

Liu He was silent for a long time, the cavalry itself has a quick method, with a horseshoe and a saddle, the cavalry can be completed in half a month, and now the horses have captured thousands of horses: "At present, our army has no worries about horses, so I will talk about the cavalry - I have a quick way to cavalry!" ”

A word startles thousands of waves! The three of them were dumbfounded: the person who dared to open his mouth and shut up to say this was either murderous or a madman!

In fact, as long as a general is a quick method, as long as the recruit does not fall off the horse, he will become a soldier in a hundred battles after being pulled to the grassland for more than a month, but this method is piled up with mountains of bones!

Looking at the expressionless faces of several people, Liu He wondered a little, could it be that the horseshoe, Takahashi saddle, and bilateral stirrups have appeared? No way, I have a stable, but I haven't seen a matching saddle and a horseshoe! In this era, unilateral stirrups and primitive saddles appeared.

"What do you mean, gentlemen?" Liu He wondered.

At this time, Fu Zhu spoke: "My lord! This quick fix is too cruel, and it is not an exaggeration to say that there is not one out of ten! ”

Looking at the serious frustration on his face, Liu He pretended to be a question mark for no reason, and it was cruel to put shoes on horses? I don't save one out of ten, and I'm not cutting off a horse's leg!

"Sir, it shouldn't be that serious, right? Nailing a horseshoe seems to nail a few horse's legs at most, so it won't save one out of ten, right? ”

"Horseshoe? What is it? ”

Looking at his eyes full of doubts, Liu He said directly: "The horseshoe is the piece of iron nailed to the horse's paw, just like a person wearing shoes, it should not be one out of ten!" ”

Then Liu He talked about the three treasures of horses - horseshoes, high-bridge saddles, and bilateral stirrups.

"Didn't you save a blacksmith from the Golden Eagle Tribe last time? Come with me to him, and arrange for him to make a pair of farriers and stirrups for each of our horses. If there are leathermakers and carpenters, ask them to trim the saddle for us. I have already drawn the drawings of all kinds of utensils. ”