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On December 19, Huo Qing and Zhuo Shaoyun returned to Liu Ce's camp with the captured 2,400 Hulans, as well as Sarah and his lieutenants, Ye Yin, Mu Feng, and Mu Kuo, and Liu Ce's army was only less than 40 kilometers away from Shuoyang.

"Lord Military Governor, Huo Qing has not failed in his mission, and together with Commander Zhuo, he burned more than 4,300 carts of grain and grass to destroy Hu Nu, and captured more than 2,400 people, together with their patriarch and deputy general, have been captured alive, and now they are outside the camp, please show me what to do?"

As soon as he entered the main tent camp, Huo Qing boasted to Liu Ce about the results of the battle with an excited face, and Ye Yin, who was watching, couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle, but Zhuo Shaoyun stood quietly to one side and didn't say a word.

After listening to Huo Qing's words, Liu Ce sat in front of the desk and looked at him quietly, and only after a long time did he say coldly: "Huo Qing, you are so bold!" ”

When Huo Qing heard this, he struck a fierce spirit, and hurriedly said to Liu Ce: "Please forgive Huo Qing for being stupid, why did the military governor say this?" ”

Liu Ce said: "This military governor only asks you to burn the enemy's heavy grain and grass, why do you dare to risk half a way to block the enemy who is several times your own, it is clearly greedy for merit!" ”

When Huo Qing heard this, he hurriedly said: "Lord Military Governor, you misunderstood, the enemy army is indeed powerful, but they are all calculated by me to death, and the six thousand pursuing Hu Nu ...... first."

"Dare to quibble!" Liu Ce slapped the table and shouted to stop him from continuing, "Let me ask you, how many people and horses did you lose in the 1,000-person guard battalion this time?" ”

"One hundred and three horsemen killed in the battle, forty-seven wounded, a total of one hundred and fifty horsemen wounded!" Huo Qing proudly stood tall and said proudly.

"The casualty ratio is one and a half, and you still have a smile on your face?" Seeing Huo Qing's excited look, Liu Ce picked up the bookcase on the side and smashed it hard, "A thousand well-equipped and well-trained cavalry fight a group of infantry with low morale and lack of systematic training, there will still be such casualties, I really don't know what else to be complacent about?" Do you know how many bloody battles these 150 horsemen have been experienced? ”

After Huo Qing was scolded by Liu Ce, he could only stand in place and bow his head and mutter: "It's good to annihilate those Hulan people......

"Hehe......" Liu Ce shook his head helplessly and laughed a few times, then ignored him, looked at Zhuo Shaoyun and said, "Shaoyun, how are the casualties of your department?" ”

Zhuo Shaoyun immediately stepped out of the ranks, arched his hand and said: "Back to Lord Military Governor, my department oversees three hundred cavalry, and in the battle with the enemy, twenty-three cavalry were lost, please ......punish the Military Governor."

"Alas......" Liu Ce sighed, "Although the heavy iron cavalry is invincible, but the combat method is single, it is not as flexible as the heavy cavalry or light cavalry, which can only be used as a decisive victory or defeat on the battlefield, you must pay more attention in the future, and don't act rashly until you have to, go and list the dead list......"

"Obey the teachings of the Commander! The last general will retire......" Zhuo Shaoyun respectfully withdrew.

After Zhuo Shaoyun came out of the tent, Liu Ce looked at Mu Feng and Mu Kuo again, and saw Mu Kuo's arm tied with a thick bandage hanging on his chest, kneeling on the ground with a lonely face, and said with concern: "Mu Kuo, you get up, how is the arm injury?" ”

When Mu Kuo heard this, his nose was sour, and he felt even more guilty, and lowered his head and said: "Lord Military Governor, I took the opportunity to attack Hu Nu's ambush with the enemy, resulting in countless losses and countless losses, and almost caused the patriarch to be in desperate danger, please punish Lord Military Governor!" ”

When Mu Feng on the side heard this, he hurriedly said to Liu Ce: "Lord Military Governor, Mu Kuo is guilty, but it is all caused by my poor supervision, if it weren't for my slackness, it would not have caused our army to have such heavy losses, and please let me be guilty of the same crime as Mu Kuo!" ”

"Get up...... Liu Ce sighed and said, "You have indeed had it, just wait for the end of the Northern Expedition and then make a plan together, first retreat to appease the soldiers in your clan, and tell them that the military governor will not treat them badly, and the pensions and rewards that should be given will not be less, so ...... resign."

"Thank you, Lord Governor......" Mu Feng and Mu Kuo felt even more guilty when they heard this, and after thanking each other, they also walked out of the main tent by supporting each other.

"Lord Military Governor, this is the token, and your sword......" Seeing the solemn atmosphere of the main account, Huo Qing took the initiative to take off the eight-sided Han sword and the token of the personal guard battalion hanging from his waist, his face was very reluctant, "Now the original thing is returned, and the subordinates have also retired......

"Huo Qing ......"

"Subordinates in ......"

"Then ......"

Just when Huo Qing was frustrated and wanted to turn away, Liu Ce's voice suddenly came from behind, and the moment he turned around, he saw the eight-faced Han Sword flying towards him, he instinctively reached out to catch it, and was a little stunned for a while.

Liu Ce looked at Huo Qing, who was stunned, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "This guard battalion will be your department in the future, and when this Northern Expedition is over, go to the Huizi camp to lead 5,000 men and horses, and form a new battalion......"

“……”

Liu Ce's words made Huo Qing not react for a while, but he just stood still and didn't know what to do.

When Ye Yin saw it, he stepped forward and patted Huo Qing's shoulder and whispered, "General Huo, congratulations, why don't you thank the military governor?" ”

"At the end, the last general thanked the military governor!"

Huo Qing was very excited, Liu Ce's words were tantamount to agreeing to let himself really lead an army, you must know that whether it was Xu Liao's army used before, or Liu Ce's personal guard battalion, it was not his own relative troops, but this newly trained battalion has completely become his own army, not to mention that there is such an elite personal guard battalion with iron cavalry to help, and he will no longer be afraid of uselessness in the future.

"Let's go down first......" Liu Ce said to Huo Qing with a smile, "In addition, seeing that you and Zhuo Shaoyun cooperate very well, after returning to Yong'an, let him be your deputy general for the time being......"

"Yes!" Huo Qing walked out of the tent with an excited face.

"Wait!"

Liu Ce drank Huo Qing, took the guard camp token on the table that was not taken away by Huo Qing, slowly walked up to him, and after handing the token to him, he said "meaningfully": "Huo Qing, you will cause more trouble for me in the future, ah?" ”

"Don't take it as an example, I guarantee that it won't be an example......" Huo Qing took the token and couldn't help but laugh dryly.

"Roll on......" Liu Ce waved his hand impatiently, "By the way, tell Zhuo Shaoyun that you and his lost men and horses will make up for you when they return to Shuoyang, okay, get out......"

"Thank you, Lord Governor, my subordinates have retired......"

Huo Qing jumped out of the main tent, and Liu Ce and Ye Yin, who were watching, were helpless for a while.

After confirming that there were only two of them left in the account, Liu Ce's face turned cold, and then he sat back in front of the desk, took out a booklet, and used a charcoal pen to record what he didn't know what was recorded on it.

Seeing this, Ye Yin cautiously came to his side and said, "Lord Military Governor, you are afraid that Huo Qing is so young and frivolous that he will become unsightly......

"Since Huo Qing led the troops from Ziluo Town, how many Hu Nu heads have been killed?" Liu Ce didn't reply and said, "His leadership ability is enough to be comparable to any general in the old battalion, and the military governor feels that he has been wronged by only one battalion, and this move is to tell all the soldiers in the army that as long as they can win the battle, Huo Qing is their example, and the military governor will not be stingy with rewards.

By the way, I also remind the soldiers of the old battalion of the Jingwei Battalion, don't think that if you have military merits, no one will eat the old book, a mountain is higher than a mountain, if you want not to be surpassed, you have to constantly whip yourself and improve your ability! ”

"The military governor is clever, don't you admire!" Ye Yin bowed slightly, and said lightly, "Borrow Huo Qing's ability to stimulate the whole army, and treat the herdsmen leniently so that they don't feel cold.

The former can make the officers and men of the old battalion have a sense of crisis and work harder, and it can also let the new sergeants see that the military governor has no factional prejudices and can do his best to perform the exercise, so that he can go to the battlefield as soon as possible to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions.

The latter can let those who belong to the alien race know that the military governor treats the people under his rule equally, and can also serve more dedicatedly, I wonder if what he said is wrong......"

"Sort of...... Liu Ce said, "The former is not wrong with what you said, but you missed a little bit of the latter, the herdsmen made great contributions when the military governor won the southern Hebei region, and the heart is loyal to the Central Plains to the military governor, and the feelings and reason should not be punished too severely, people are not grass and trees, and the military governor has never been so ruthless to his own troops,

In addition, this military governor is cleaning up the aftermath for you, Ye Yin, you have gone too far this time, do you really think that this military governor doesn't know that the blood-stained battlefield of the two thousand herdsmen cavalry was caused by you secretly instigating Mu Kuo......

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