Stimulated by about 10,000 horses, Emperor Ling of Han, this time with unimaginable efficiency, asked Liu Bei to quickly go to Luoyang to pay tribute.

Even several times, in front of many court ministers, Liu Bei was praised as a loyal and brave minister.

Yes, no matter which general it is, when leading troops to fight, he can only ask the court for money, and there is no reason to pay money to the court, and the emperor can't send hungry soldiers. Only Liu Bei not only did not spend a penny on the imperial court. It was also decided to pay tribute to 10,000 war horses. In addition to saying in the recital, Plains County has experienced war. There are no additional requirements other than the one-year tax exemption.

Such a courtier is not a loyal minister, and who else is a loyal minister.

10,000 horses, even if they are all bad horses. That's tens of thousands of dollars. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty at the top sold dozens of them.

At this time, Emperor Han Ling didn't know that he was about to return to heaven. didn't know that Liu Bei was actually using a blank check to fool him again. didn't know that Liu Bei actually embezzled a lot of his property.

According to the system of the Han Dynasty, except for the land that has been registered in the account books, it is private. Other uncultivated unclaimed lands belong to the property of the emperor or the imperial court, and are called official lands. What qualifications does Liu Bei have to give these lands to the soldiers, it is nothing more than to first become Liu Bei's own land, and then distribute it to the soldiers. Now Liu Bei himself is the minister of the plains, and he can't see any drawbacks, and when Liu Bei runs for a few more years, he will run the plains into an ironclad piece, if the court changes someone to be the minister of the plains in the future, I am afraid that he will immediately find out that if Liu Bei nods, he will not be able to do anything if he does not leave the mansion at that time.

However, Emperor Han Ling did not know this, so Emperor Han Ling issued a holy decree with great speed, asking Liu Bei to send 10,000 horses to Beijing as soon as possible. In order to facilitate the escort of horses, it was even more because he was worried that the robbers on the road had snatched away his horses, and Emperor Han Ling also knew that there were a lot of robbers now. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty allowed Liu Bei to take 5,000 men and horses to escort the horses. After Liu Bei said the holy decree, he immediately brought 5,000 people and prepared to set off, which was regarded as practicing cavalry along the way. One person has three horses, of which there are only 5,000 war horses, and the remaining 10,000 horses are all horses, and inferior horses, even if they have to be handed over to the imperial court, the losses must be minimized.

It's already the beginning of February, and the weather is slowly starting to get warmer. Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping also came, and Liu Bei counted the remaining uncastrated stallions and mares, a total of more than 12,000, as Liu Bei's shares, accounting for sixty percent of the shares, and the two of them each used funds and channels to occupy two layers of shares.

This time he went to Luoyang, Liu Bei decided to take Zhao Yun and Tai Shici and other generals to Luoyang to worship the emperor, and used Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and the newly recruited 23,000 government soldiers. And the deeper reason is that Liu Bei left and didn't want to hand over a large number of troops to others, no matter how Guan Yu and Zhang Fei could be regarded as more reliable of their own people. Although the loyalty of Zhao Yun, Tai Shici and others, according to historical experience, can stand the test, there is no need to take risks.

Liu Bei handed over the army to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to command, and instructed Zhang Fei: "I know that my brother is drunk and angry, whipping Jian'er, and the reinstatement is left and right, and this is the way to get trouble." I didn't want you to stay here, but I thought that I would let you out sooner or later to be on my own, so I will let you lead the army alone today, and I will not be disappointed. ”

Then, Liu Bei said to Guan Yu: "The second brother has always been cautious, with you, I can rest assured." When I'm not there, I have to be careful in everything, and you, as the elder brother, must also take care of the third brother. ”

waited until Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were promised, and Liu Bei set off.

Of course, Dian Wei's bodyguard must be brought, after all, bringing Dian Wei is equivalent to one more life at a critical moment. In addition, Jian Yong also has to bring it, Jian Yong is a good hand in diplomacy.

Liu Bei had already recruited 28,000 government soldiers at this time. Liu Bei dispatched 4,000 veterans who had fought in the war to serve as the fifth chief of the recruits. Those who have made meritorious contributions in combat are middle- and lower-ranking officers. Among the 8,000 veterans, 5,000 were used as cavalry, and the other 3,000 were used as infantry, which could be used as Liu Bei's own personal soldiers in the future. There were 5,000 cavalry and 23,000 infantry.

This time he went to Luoyang, Liu Bei planned to take these five thousand veterans who had fought on the road, in case he encountered Dong Fatzi and went crazy, five thousand people would help to calm Dong Fatman down.

In a word, Liu Bei has done a good job, in case things don't go well, based on the preparation to fight. When the time comes, 5,000 cavalry can fight their way out.

This is the second time Liu Bei has gone to Luoyang in a short period of time, this time is different from the first time, Liu Bei is no longer low-key along the way. After all, there were 5,000 men and 15,000 horses.

There are so many people, even if Liu Bei wants to be low-key, he can't keep a low profile. After all, with so many people on the road, it is not a small number of people to eat and feed the horses along the way. Along the way, there are naturally counties providing grain, grass, and horse feed. It greatly relieved Liu Bei's logistical pressure.

Although Jian Yong thinks. There are 20,000 or 30,000 horses left to raise. But Liu Bei knew that in fact, the plains could no longer raise these horses. Because of the horses distributed to the government soldiers, although Liu Bei no longer used to prepare horse material for these horses. But that doesn't mean that these horses don't eat feed. The food for these horses still had to be obtained from the plains. This means that there is still a shortage of horses in Plains County.

In the Han Dynasty, there was a special tax for feeding livestock, and the tax was levied on a hectare basis. The levy standard is three stone per hectare. Two stones per hectare. Since the grain is mainly used as feed for livestock, the grain paid by the counties must be harvested in the current year, and the old grain left over from previous years is not allowed to be paid to ensure the freshness and nutrition of the feed. Each county is required to make a budget for the amount of land to be used in a year, and after collecting enough of the budget, the rest is converted into money and collected. The conversion standard between the skulls and the money is that one stone is equivalent to fifteen coins, and one stone is equivalent to five coins.

Therefore, in the Han Dynasty, it was not worrying that they could not find enough feed to feed the horses, and only a local tyrant like Liu Bei, who robbed tens of thousands of horses at one time, would have a situation where the horse feed was not enough to eat.

Wuhuan has been fighting for more than a year, and many war horses have not been well cared for, and now, they don't even have to give money, everyone is letting go of their bellies to feed the horses.

Along the way, Liu Bei sent Wuhuan cavalry to teach his cavalry the knowledge of raising horses and taming horses. Fighting on horseback requires training, but raising and training horses is just as important. Along the way, everyone's riding skills have improved a lot. In late March, Liu Bei led his troops to Hanoi County, looking at the cavalry that was gradually taking shape, Liu Bei secretly said to himself, even if he handed over 10,000 horses this time and could train a cavalry, it would be worth the trip.

When Liu Bei arrived in Hanoi, under the banner of paying tribute to the Son of Heaven, he asked the local counties to provide military rations and horse feed. Liu Bei was stationed in Hanoi, while sending people to report to Luoyang.