Chapter 50: Is There a Going War?
"Is there going to be a war?" Zhou Cang looked at the information in his hand and muttered to himself.
Zhou Cang looked at this letter of help from Yanmen County.
Every winter, Yanmen will be attacked by the Huns, and the defenders of Yanmen are not very many, so every winter when the Huns enter, Yanmen will ask for help from the counties of Bingzhou. The only difference is that the Xiongnu gathered an army of 200,000 this time, which was the largest gathering in the history of the Han Dynasty.
Zhou Cang's first reaction when he received the letter for help was to close me about the bird, but after a while, Zhou Cangyou changed his mind.
Although the Huns were warlike, they were not very disciplined, and the Huns were located in the steppes with abundant water and grass, and there were many horses, cattle and sheep fat.
Zhou Cang is also a prince who owns two counties at the moment, but there are only 10,000 cavalry under his command, and war horses are the 'heavy weapon' that every prince must fight for in this era, how can the horses purchased from horse dealers meet the needs of an army.
Zhou Cang immediately summoned his generals to come to the meeting.
"His heart will be different if he is not of my race"
"If you offend my heavenly might, you will be punished even if you are far away"
After everyone read the letter asking for help, Zhou Cang only said these sixteen words.
"Willing to serve the Lord's public service dogs and horses......"
"Good"
Zhou Cang discussed a series of plans for the near future.
First of all, Li Tong, the word Wenda, went to Hedong County to replace Xu Huang.
"Wenda, appoint you as the Sima of other armies, command 5,000 troops to garrison Hedong, do not seek to attack the city and plunder the land, and ensure that the city does not lose ......" In addition, Zhou Cang wrote another letter and asked him to hand it to Xu Huang and Cui Yan.
The general content of the letter is: Li Tong took over Xu Huang to guard Hedong County, Xu Huang led the troops north to join Zhou Cang after a month, as for how many soldiers to lead, Zhou Cang did not explain, just said that this time he would crusade against the Xiongnu, and he would not give up until the Xiongnu were destroyed. With Cui Yan and Xu Huang's talents, they naturally know how many troops they need to lead.
Recruitment notices were then posted all over the territory of the Shangdang Territory. Zhou Cang's plan was to have at least 100,000 troops before he had the strength to fight the Xiongnu.
It is impossible to recruit 100,000 soldiers, even if the population of the entire state is only one million, one-tenth of the people join the army, unless it is about the same in the game, it would be good for Zhou Cang to recruit 30,000 soldiers.
In the end, he ordered all the money brought back from Hedong to buy the fine iron needed to make arrows, weapons, and armor.
The two counties of Shangdang and Hedong, which were basically in 'tranquility', suddenly jumped up.
Everyone under Zhou Cang's command has their own duties.
Li Fu was appointed as the county leader, and together with Xue Wenshan, he handled all the big and small government affairs of Shangdang County.
Zhang Ren was appointed as the commander, and Pei Yuanshao was responsible for recruiting soldiers and training.
Xue Baihu and Li Ergou were in charge of the party's security and city defense.
Zhou Laosan is responsible for the manufacture of weapons.
Everyone was busy, but Zhou Cang had nothing to do, either practicing knives in the front yard, or going to the street for a stroll, or asking Cai Yan for 'calligraphy'.
Although Zhou Cang was a CEO in his previous life, his eloquence was not bad, but when he saw girls, especially beauties, he seemed to have lost his memory, and he couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time.
After the crossing, the situation is a little better, but the grasp of a woman's mind is estimated to be similar to Pei Yuanshao.
Pei Yuanshao: What is this called, the soft one is not good, Lao Tzu is hard, the hard one is not good, Lao Tzu is horizontal, what woman is not able to be taken down by Lao Tzu.
Belch...... It seems like the difference is a bit big.
Cai Yan's beauty, needless to say, although it can't be said to be a sinking fish and a goose, a shy flower in the closed moon, it is also the kind of beauty bubbling.
Zhou Cang wanted to give Cai Yan a bow to the overlord countless times at night, and early the next morning, except for finding that his pants were wet, everything else was still the same as usual.
"Brother Zhou heard that you are going to lead a crusade against the Huns in a few days, right?"
Cai Yan's voice is very gentle, as if drinking a cup of tea, natural, comfortable, peaceful and comfortable.
"Well, the Huns gathered an army of 200,000 and intended to plunder the people of our Han Dynasty, which is related to the lives of nearly a million people in Bingzhou, and I can't help but ......"
Zhou Cang said while drinking tea.
Cai Yan heard the sound of the piano gradually subsided, and looked at the rough man in front of him incredulously.
"This is my hero ......"
"Brother Zhou, the little sister has learned an ancient song, play it with the eldest brother and listen to it......" Cai Yan blushed slightly.
"Good"
Zhou Cang looked at Cai Yan, whose face was slightly red, and thought.
"Isn't it just playing the piano? What's the blushing face? I can't hear it even if it's not good, so when I'm done, I'll praise her, huh...... That's it. ”
"There is a beautiful woman, see it and never forget it......"
After a song, without waiting for Zhou Cang to cheer for Cai Yan, Cai Yan had already left with a red face and small steps.
"Cai Mei's bullet is good, if you practice a few more times, you will definitely be able to come out of the blue, come on, I'm optimistic about your ......"
Cai Yan, who was far away, heard Zhou Cang's voice, his face turned even redder, and his pace became faster.
"Lord Qi, Li Fu and Mr. Wenshan ask to see you."
"Let them come over," Zhou Cang continued to take a sip of tea.
The two came to Zhou Cang and bowed to Zhou Cang.
"Congratulations to my lord"
"Huh? Congratulations? Where does the joy come from? Zhou Cang was slightly stunned when he heard this.
"Doesn't the lord still understand Miss Cai's mind?"
"Mind? What mind? ”
Zhou Cang was even more puzzled, isn't it just to listen to the piano?
"Lord, this song is called Phoenix Seeking Phoenix, and it is composed by Sima Xiangru......"
"So what?" Zhou Cang was still puzzled.
"Lord, the thing is like this, the phoenix is Sima Xiangru's admiration for Zhuo Wenjun, and it is often cited here in later generations, and now Miss Cai plays a song of phoenix and phoenix, and the meaning is naturally ......"
Xue Wenshan didn't say any more, of course, Zhou Cang almost understood.
Zhou Cang suddenly felt that Cupid's arrow had hit him, and it was the kind that pierced his heart with an arrow.
"Lord, do we need to prepare ......?"
"Enlighten the lord, Dian Wei asks to see."
Hearing the passage of the guards, Zhou Cang's whole person was immediately shocked.
"Go"
Zhou Cang and the three of them walked towards the front hall, it was only a month after the last letter from Dian Wei, Dian Wei came back, could it be that something happened to Fang Yue?
"The Lord"
Seeing that Zhou Cang was coming, Dian Wei bowed his head and bowed.
"Evil doesn't need to be like this, how is Fang Yue's injury? Is it ......?"
Zhou Cang pulled Dian Wei up and asked eagerly.
"Lord, please rest assured, Brother Fang is fine, he will come to Shangdang in the near future, and a certain horse will rush back to just report the good news for the lord."
"This is indeed a joy, I will fight against the Huns with the army in the near future, and the evil will come back just right."
When Zhou Cang heard that Fang Yue was fine, his hanging heart was put down.
"Today is a double happiness!"
"Yes, double happiness is coming!"
Xue Wenshan and Li Fu looked at each other and smiled.
"Double happiness?" Dian Wei touched his head and didn't understand what Xue Wenshan and the others were talking about.