"It's not that there are 6,000 soldiers on the pass, why is it so sparse?"

Fang Li walked around the city wall and found that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly sent someone to recruit the deputy general Yan Ti to ask the reason.

Baili Shi first appointed Fang Li as the chief general of Chiyang Pass, but then transferred 4,000 soldiers and horses, and finally let his daughter follow Fang Li's left and right, Yan Ti really couldn't guess what Baili Shi was doing, so he had to report according to the truth: "Just an hour and a half ago, General Lin Yue was ordered by the general to lead 4,000 soldiers to the west to help Jiangguan. ”

"Hmm......"

Fang Li couldn't help but be speechless, and suddenly felt a deep malice, it seemed that Baili was digging a hole for himself, how could he declare his personal vendetta as a general and treat national affairs as child's play?

Baili Susu looked puzzled: "I heard my father say that the standing strength of Jiangguan is 8,000 people, and Chiyang is 6,000 people, this is the basic configuration, why did you take away two-thirds of it at once, how can my master guard the pass?" ”

Yan raised his hands and looked like he had nothing to do with himself: "You have to ask Ling Zun about this, how can I speculate on the decision made by the general." ”

At this point, it was useless to complain, Fang Li cheered up and said: "It's okay, the terrain of Chiyang Pass is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, one man is difficult to open, and two thousand men and horses are enough to block 20,000 enemy troops." Since the general has transferred troops and horses to Jiangguan, he has his own ideas, and we only need to do our best to obey the destiny of heaven. ”

Koji Yi, who has been following beside him, offered advice: "The team is transferred, let's recruit again, I love training the most, although I have never been a general, but I have read the military book!" Give me 1,000 people, and train you an elite army in half a year! ”

"Stop making trouble!"

Yan Ti smiled, and did not take the rugged-looking Koji Yi in his eyes, "Chiyang is at the junction of the four countries, to the west is the land of the Liang Kingdom, to the north is the Jin Kingdom, to the southwest is to enter the Yu Kingdom, and to the southeast is our Yu Kingdom."

There are a lot of people around, there are 100,000 people in Daliang County of Liang Country alone, and there are 60,000 or 70,000 residents in Jin Kingdom, but our Yu Country is sparsely populated, and it would be good to have 10,000 people in Louzhai all the way east. Conscription? If you can recruit it, why have you waited until now? ”

"This ......," Koji smacked his mouth, "there are mountains along the way, and there are robbers around, right?" Let's just take in the robbers! ”

"Humph......"

Yan Ti let out a mocking sneer, "The reason why the robbers fell into the grass is nothing more than because they want to eat and drink spicy food, there are so many choices around, why do they choose the weakest country?" ”

When the words fell, Yan Ti felt that something was wrong, and explained: "Ahem...... My words are not good, but they are true. We will not compare with the Jin Kingdom, there are 1.5 million people in the Kingdom of Qiu, 80,000 soldiers; The Liang State also has a population of 1.3 million and 70,000 soldiers, if the robbers choose the monarch, how can they choose our Yu Kingdom? ”

Fang Li bowed slightly: "General Yan's analysis is extremely true, since we can't recruit soldiers, let's strengthen the city wall, right?" As a barrier to the Yu Kingdom, the city wall of Chiyang Pass is only three zhang, which is too short. If you want to increase your defense capability, you have to increase it to at least about five zhang. ”

"General Fang thinks that I haven't thought about strengthening the city wall?"

Yan Ti smiled bitterly, feeling that Fang Li was purely on paper: "Our Yu country only has a population of more than 600,000, of which 100,000 are women, 100,000 are old and weak, 300,000 are minors, and only 100,000 are strong. Of these 100,000 strong, 30,000 people were transferred to join the army, and the remaining 70,000 people had to plough the fields, build roads and bridges, herd horses and feed sheep, and fish and salt. With the thousands of soldiers in the pass, go to the mountains to quarry and cut trees, and then transport them down, how long will it take for Chiyang Pass to increase to five zhang? ”

Fang Li understood Yan Ti's meaning, in a word, Yu Guo is short of people, there is a serious shortage of people, and he can't do anything!

"I know, I'll try to solve the quarrying and logging thing." Fang Li's brows furrowed slightly, and he thought about it.

Yan Ti showed a questioning expression: "General Fang won't be joking, right?" When General Du Zheng was in charge before, he had 6,000 elite soldiers in his hands, but he couldn't increase the height of the city wall of Chiyang Pass, and now there are only 2,000 people left, so General Fang has a way to increase the city wall? ”

Fang Li bowed his head and said with great ambition: "There is no joke in the army, if we can't increase the city wall of Chiyang within a month, the position of the main general will be given to General Yan to sit." ”

Yan Ti was a little embarrassed: "Hehe...... General Fang's words are serious, I strictly mention how can He De be the main general? I will report your words to the general and the lord, and they will deal with them fairly. ”

After reporting to Fang Li, Yan Ti was busy with his own affairs, leaving Fang Li with Lu Yi, Baili Susu, and Zhu Rong to continue to patrol on the city wall.

Of course, Fang Li's drunkard didn't mean to drink, the real purpose was to find Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao's identity is now just a military chief, if Fang Li looks for Zhang Liao by name, I'm afraid that even Zhang Liao himself will wonder how Fang Li knows his name?

Fang Li patrolled all the way along the city wall, but whenever he saw an extraordinary-looking and burly soldier, he would come forward to talk, on the surface it seemed to be admonishing and encouraging, but in fact, he was testing whether the other party was Zhang Liao.

"The one in front must be Zhang Wenyuan of the mighty Xiaoyaojin!"

After questioning a few soldiers in a row, Fang Li's eyes lit up, and he intuitively concluded that the pawn standing in front of him was 100% Zhang Liao, a famous general of Cao Wei.

I saw that this person was more than eight feet tall, about twenty-three or four years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a dignified appearance, a tiger's back and ape arms, and a majestic and extraordinary. Standing on the city wall casually, he exudes extraordinary bearing. Among the rows of soldiers, it feels like standing out from the crowd.

"What's your name, where are you?"

Fang Li stopped in front of this person, folded his hands behind his back, and pretended to be chatting.

"The villain is from Yanmen Mayi, surnamed Zhang, Liao, Wenyuan, I was originally from the Jin Kingdom, and I was wanted by the government for violating the law, so I had to go to Yu State to join the army." This person reported his name, and sure enough, it was Zhang Liao who Fang Li was looking for.

Fang Li said tentatively: "Seeing that you are burly and extraordinary, I don't know how martial arts are?" If you have the ability, show a few hands in front of the general, and you will be reused. ”

"In that case, the villain is ugly!"

Zhang Liao was not polite, pulled out his saber and waved it on the city wall.

I saw him flickering and moving, like a swimming dragon, a saber wielding a tiger and a tiger, the cold light flickered, and it made people dazzled and dizzy.

"Good knife technique!"

After Zhang Liao finished his performance, Fang Li took the lead in applauding, and even the arrogant Lu Yi and Zhu Rong applauded happily and sincerely.

Zhang Liao put the knife back into the sheath and saluted Fang Li with a fist: "The villain is ugly, please ask General Fang for more guidance!" ”

Fang Li gave a thumbs up and praised: "Wen Yuan's sword technique is really an eye-opener for this general, how can a skill like you be condescended to the rank of the captain?" The general has now decided to promote you to the rank of military officer, and he will be in charge of two hundred men. ”

Zhang Liao was overjoyed and knelt down on one knee to thank him: "Thank you General Fang for your kindness, the villain is willing to go to the soup for the general, and he will never give up!" ”

Fang Li convened the whole army to assemble at the school and announced the appointment of Zhang Liao, Liyi, and Zhu Rong, each of whom led 200 people, to practice every day and not slack off.

Zhang Liao, Liyi, and Zhu Rongju were all excited, and after the party finished speaking, they each led their subordinates to practice on the school field.

In the evening, Fang Li was about to consult the information and grasp the geographical knowledge and customs near Chiyang, when he saw Zhang Liao push the door and walk in: "General Fang, my subordinates have a word, and I have come to explain it to the general." ”