On the third day of Chen Hao's appearance, it coincided with Chen An's return from Gaonu, and he hurriedly came to meet Pei Gai.

Since Pei Gai invited many marquis titles from the Luoyang Imperial Court, the generals under his command wanted to raise their families and squeezed into the circle of scholars. But if they want to study seriously, they are lazy, just their daily attire, they often change their high-crowned and broad belts, and the words in their mouths are often mixed with some half-understood idioms...... Among the generals, there are probably only two outliers who are still pretentious and unwilling to be in the company of scholars, except for Zhen Sui, that is, Chen An.

However, Pei Gai also had some suspicions, Chen An would not deliberately want to emulate Zhen Sui......

Chen An is very famous in Longshang, and more importantly, he has colluded with many departments and Qiang, which makes Pei Ying have to be deeply vigilant. Therefore, he deliberately summoned Chen An to Chang'an, ordered him to assist Guo Mo, and served in the cardinal, intending to gradually strip Chen An of his connection with the original party and army. However, Chen An is only a general who charges into battle after all, not a commander who strategizes, Guo Sidao is like a fish in water in the cardinal, but Chen An has nothing to do all day long - in fact, he doesn't understand what he should do and what he can do.

Therefore, the day before yesterday, Lu Ping was ordered to serve as the commander of Gaonu County, and Pei Gai finally released Chen An on an errand, and ordered him to lead half a battalion of soldiers to escort Lu Ping to the north, and help him improve the defense of Gaonu City, as well as the surrounding military and civilian affairs - although it was not a serious battle, Chen An could barely afford it.

After the incident, Chen An returned to Chang'an to resume his life, and informed Pei Gai of an important news.

"The last general heard the rumors that he knew where Liu Heng, Liu Yao and others were running, so he ordered his subordinates to go to find out the authenticity; The last general will return first and report to the governor. ”

When Pei Gai heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he hurriedly asked, "Where did they flee?" ”

Chen Andao: "When it is thousands of miles north of Gaonu, west of the big river, and south of Tuoba Xianbei......"

Pei Cai hurriedly took the map to check, pointed to the high slave in his hand, and searched all the way to the north...... Heck, this map without a scale is really difficult to use, how long is it a thousand miles?

After thinking about it for a long time, he suddenly remembered a place name, and couldn't help laughing: "Mostly!" "It is estimated that if Liu Heng and Liu Yao run in this direction, there is only one place where they are most likely to go to settle - Meiji!

The Yellow River has a big bend in the shape of a few zigzags, and Meiji County is on the inside of the bend in the upper right corner. During the Jianwu period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Southern Xiongnu attached to the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu lived here, and the Xiongnu Zhonglang will be guarded by him. Later, Xianbei rose, the northern frontier of the Han Dynasty gradually shrank southward, and then Cao Cao divided the Southern Xiongnu into five parts, and moved to the southeast of Meiji in the territory of Bingzhou, and Meiji County was abolished.

Today's Tuoba Xianbei, the territory is vast, across the desert, but its territory is basically in the north and east of the Yellow River, only before Tuoba Yulu crusaded against the Tiefu Department in the Luchuan, only to officially cross the Yellow River to the west. However, after Yu Lu got the land, he moved half of Tiefu to the east, and ordered Liu Hu to live in the former site from his younger brother Liu Lu. Therefore, the inner side of the bend in the upper right corner of the word "several" can be said to be sandwiched between the three major forces of the Tuoba Department, Shizhao and the Jin Dynasty, five or six hundred miles from east to west, and two or three hundred miles from north to south.

Meiji is the hometown of the Southern Xiongnu king, and I believe that many of the nearby nomadic tribes still retain a certain awe for the Hu people handed down by their ancestors, plus there is a distance from the above three major forces, so Liu Heng and Liu Yao escaped there, it is very possible!

Therefore, Pei Caicai said: "Most likely." Then he told Chen An a rough story about the history of Meiji. Chen An immediately surrendered his hand and asked for an order: "The last general is willing to lead a battalion of soldiers, go north to Meiji, and take all the heads of Liu to dedicate to the governor of Dadu!" ”

Pei Cai waved his hand and smiled, saying that there was no need - after all, it was beyond the reach of the whip. From Gaonu to the north, many nomadic tribes are still under the leadership of the Void Elimination Canal, and they suddenly cross the territory of the Void Division, which will inevitably lead to disputes. Besides, with an expedition of thousands of miles, unfamiliar roads and unfavorable terrain, even if you can really reach Meiji, can you defeat Liu Yao with only one battalion of soldiers? And if more troops are sent, it will be a great problem to transport grain and materials on the road.

"Why should you care? And when the state is recovered in the future, I will either cross the river to the west, or borrow troops from Tuoba, and Liu Yao will only be tied. "That kind of place where birds don't, even if I leave it alone, give Liu Yao five or even ten years, can he develop? And if I can't defeat Shi Zhao in five or ten years, and I can't take the state, I can just buy a piece of tofu and kill me, and I can still have the spare energy to pay attention to Liu Yao?

The key is that if you expand and develop outward from Meiji, you must first attack the Void Division in the south, and cross the Yellow River in the north, you will have to clash head-on with Tuoba Xianbei.

Therefore, Chen An's proposal was rejected. Chen An couldn't help but feel depressed, so he had the courage to complain to Pei Gai: "The last general is a rough man, he doesn't understand anything according to the map and planning strategy, if the metropolitan governor doesn't let me lead the troops into battle, but still have to live in the cardinal, I am really idle." If the governor of the capital does not have the strength to destroy Liu Yao for the time being, he can return to his hometown at the end of the day, that is, he will recruit soldiers and raise grain and straw in the Jin Rong, and the Northern Expedition to Meiji ......"

Pei Caixin said that what I'm afraid of is that you do this! After thinking about it for a while, he smiled slightly: "Liu Yao has nothing to worry about, my great enemy today is a thief." Previously, Fang Zhaozhen returned from Pingyang, and was about to send the general to guard Pingyang, looking for an opportunity to ...... to the West River Only then did I have to spread the news that the thieves sent troops to attack Leling, and if they wanted to break Shao Sizu, then I could not do nothing on the Western Front, and I had to try to go forward to contain the soldiers and horses of the thieves and the state. originally wanted to make Liu Yetang go to supervise Pingyang's pawn, but if Qing was appointed as his deputy general, would Qing be willing? ”

Chen An was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed down to receive the order: "I am willing to serve the Metropolitan Governor." ”

Pei Cai said yes, and immediately pointed out the terrain between Pingyang and Xihe on the map, and studied the strategy of the march with Chen An......

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The terrain of Bingzhou is dangerous, the Yellow River in the west and the Taihang in the east, as if it is a fruit wrapped in a solid shell, which can not be easily knocked open - especially from the south. Pei Gai did not plan to attack and merge the state on a large scale this autumn - on the one hand, it was only through the two major battles of Heqiao and Pingyang that he had expanded his land for thousands of miles, and it was urgent to digest it; Second, he must also keep a mobile force in case the war in the Kwantung region is unfavorable, so that he can go to reinforcements.

Therefore, his instructions for the garrison in Pingyang were to attack instead of defending, and to defend and assist, mainly to contain Shi Zhao's military strength in Bingzhou, and not to allow them to reinforce the war on the Eastern Front on a large scale—it would be even better if Shile was forced to send reinforcements to Bingzhou.

In this case, it is not very appropriate to put Zhen Sui, who is accustomed to rushing forward, in Pingyang - even if he is invincible, invincible, and smashes Jinyang, once he runs too fast, the back road may be cut off at any time, and I will have to go into battle to help him wipe his ass at that time...... Besides, now that I haven't fully digested Hedong and Pingyang, if I suddenly swallow a few counties or even a state, I'm afraid I will break my stomach.

As a result, Zhen Sui was summoned to return to Chang'an, and Liu Yang, who had always been cautious in using troops, was replaced. However, Liu Yetang was more than heavy, and his momentum was insufficient, so he should not send brave men and let him be his deputy general...... It happened that Chen An returned to his life, and Pei Gai immediately made a temporary decision and ordered him to join the campaign.

Anyway, he has been detained in Chang'an for a while, and the rebellious spirit on his body can be somewhat reduced, right? Pingyang is nearly a thousand miles away from Longshang, and he is not afraid that Chen Anwei will not be able to lose it. The key is such a brave general, if it is idle for a long time, it will be too pity...... Pei Gai originally wanted to cultivate Chen An and evolve from a general to a handsome talent; It turned out that the cultivation of Guo Mo was so good that it was beyond his expectations, but the cultivation of Chen An was completely useless......

Turning his head, Pei Gai summoned Pei Wei, Tao Kan, and Guo Mo to discuss, and they had no objection to the plan of taking Liu Yetang as the main general, Chen An and Yao Yizhong as the deputies, guarding Pingyang, and looking for an opportunity to attack Xihe. However, when the appointment was made, Zhen Sui was greatly annoyed, and hurriedly ran to see Pei Gai, and asked directly: "Does the metropolitan governor think that someone is not as brave as Chen An?" You can pick a time, I'll fight him again! ”

Pei Cai knew that he had resentment in his heart, and couldn't help but smile and comfort: "It is precisely because you are braver than Chen An that it is not appropriate to stay in Pingyang." ”

Zhen Sui twisted his eyebrows: "What is the truth?" ”

Pei Gai explained: "Now I heard that Shi Le summoned Shi Hu back, and used Shi Sheng to defend Jinyang, his intention was to consolidate the defense of the state, defend without fighting, and do his best on the eastern front. Zeqing is the first brave general under my command, since he should be the enemy Shihu, why bother to attack Shisheng? ”

Zhen Sui interjected and asked, "Who is this Shi Sheng?" Could it be the son of Shiler? ”

Pei Gai shook his head: "Like Shi Hu, they are all his subordinates, but his courage and strategy cannot be compared with Shi Hu." ”

Zhen Sui pouted and said, "Even if it's Shi Hu, I don't take it in my eyes!" But as the saying goes, dogs have meat to eat meat, and no meat to eat, but I don't pick, even if Shi Sheng, what can't be attacked? ”

Pei Caixin said, where did you get this saying? Hometown, right? Of course, Shi Sheng can be compared to, but he pretends to be a dog and eats...... Forget it, I'm a cultural person, and I don't have the same knowledge as you.

Nai Dao: "I don't have the intention of taking a big move to merge the state this autumn, so even if I go to attack Shisheng, the battle will not be fierce, and I am afraid it will be difficult to take advantage of your intentions." It's better to live in Chang'an temporarily, once the thieves make a big move on the eastern front, even if General Zu can resist the enemy, the imperial court will be afraid, or will order me to send a brigade to help, and then send your generals to fight Shihu, wouldn't it be good, why be anxious? ”

After a pause, he asked, "And I heard that Ru Xiaoxing is pregnant, I don't know when I will give birth?" ”

Although Zhen Sui didn't understand the word "Xiaoxing", he listened to it and knew that he was referring to his little wife, so his originally rough face softened a little, and he smiled and said: "The last general is not as good as the Dadu Governor, I heard that the second son of the Dadu Governor will be born next month, and the son of the last general will have to wait until next spring." ”

Pei Cai took a sip of him: "They are all conceived in October and given birth in one day, what is so bad about this?" It is estimated that when I send troops to the east, that is, in the spring of next year, you might as well take this opportunity to accompany the concubine first......"

Zhen Sui said: "When a woman gives birth, where can I exert my strength, why should I accompany her?" ”

Pei Gai said with a smile: "Even if you don't accompany the concubine, you must accompany the lady, so as not to 'stuff me as a junior and repay the king with Tao Xuan'." "Wave your hand and say you go down, this matter is settled, don't say more.

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A few days later, Pei Gai led Liu Yang and Chen An, two generals, out of the city, to the southwest near Acheng, and climbed a low mountain beam.

Below the mountain beam, there is a river valley plain, and a clear space is enclosed by bamboo and wood. Liu Yang and Chen An roughly estimated that there were 800 steps from east to west and 500 steps from north to south, which was quite a wide area.

On one side of the open space, there are many arrow targets and wooden stakes, no less than two thousand, neat and neat, dense turns, like a military formation. On the other side of the clearing, a heavily armed cavalry was making pre-battle preparations.

Chen An put up a canopy in his hand, looked at the equipment of these cavalrymen, and couldn't help but gasp, so he asked Pei Gai: "I heard that there are armored cavalry in the army, but the last general has not seen them, is this them?" ”

Liu Yang said with a smile: "This is the armored cavalry created by the Metropolitan Governor, and today I specially summoned the two of us to watch its power." ”

After Pei Gai sat firmly in Guanzhong and confined Liangzhou, the financial resources, military resources, and horse sources increased further, so he continued to expand the armored cavalry, and the total number of troops had reached more than 3,000.

However, not all of these 3,000 people were armored cavalry, most of them were auxiliary personnel, and there were only 800 real heavy cavalry.

Although these heavy cavalry were not covered in iron armor and dressed like canned goods like the knights of Western Europe after the fourteenth century—mainly because the casting process was not up to par, and even if Pei should try to make full-body armor, he could not make it—but they also had the first-class protection of their time.

First of all, wear an iron helmet - you must know that most of the cavalry in this year are still leather bands, or even only wrapped their heads in scarves, only generals can wear iron helmets - secondly, they wear both.

Liangdang armor began at the end of the Han Dynasty, Cao Zhi had "Emperor Superior Armor Table", and Yun Cao Cao once gave it "two armor and one collar". The main feature of this type of armor is that it is covered by two pieces of body armor to cover the chest and back, and the shoulders and ribs are tied with leather strips, and then the shawl is added, which is much more convenient to wear than the body armor that was tied in front of the body or behind the body in the past, completely like a piece of clothing. And since there is no need to bend too much in the shoulders and ribs, it can be inlaid with larger metal blades, the cost is reduced, and the protection becomes higher.

However, Pei's military armor and cavalry were painstakingly improved, first of all, the main body was leather armor - if it was pure iron armor, the cost would be too high - and some of the generals wore rhinoceros armor made of rhinoceros skins traded from Jiangnan and Hanzhong; Secondly, Pei should absorb the characteristics of the Ming Guang armor of the later generations, two pieces on the chest, one vest, and two pieces on the shoulder, and inlaid a disc-shaped convex iron decoration slightly larger than the mouth of the bowl on the armor.

Underneath the armor are two long armor skirts that cover the entire thigh and most of the calves, and below are leather boots.

As for the mounts, they all chose the tall horses of Liangzhou—otherwise they would not have been able to carry such a heavy horse—and covered their bodies with felt and hung down to their bellies—so that the arrows coming from the side could hardly hurt the soft belly of the horses. In addition, the front curtain, chicken neck, and breast are all made of leather and decorated with iron nails.

Most importantly, all the armoured riders are marked with metal shoes.

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