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"Hello General."

"You're welcome, sit down. Tell me about the big things lately? Gao Shun asked directly.

"General Hui, after recruiting troops in July and August, there are now a total of three full cavalry tuns, each with 154 people, and Xue Yin's cavalry tun is also 3 teams, but it is not yet formed, with a total of nearly 600 cavalry; I've promoted a few Dubs temporarily, and you'll review them again tomorrow. The infantry has 3 cantonments, all of which are managed by Miyaha. ”

"Yes, the team is growing fast, how is the training?"

Ma Gui said: "It is still implemented in accordance with the training standards set by the general at the beginning, and the cavalry recruited in the future will be of better quality, and there will be veterans with them, and they will be able to go to the battlefield to receive actual combat training in another 2 months." ”

"Hurry tighter, the Xianbei people will go south at any time, and they will be able to fight at any time."

"Yes, General."

"Have you found a few powerful generals?"

"General, a thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find! One, we are not a big family; Second, we do not have an official position in the imperial court; Third, our popularity is only limited to Yanmen County; It's good to be able to recruit soldiers, like Xu Lin, Ge Hu, Cao Xing and others, if they weren't forced by life to have no choice, who would come to us? And the purpose of their original defection to us was just to have enough to eat. ”

Gao Shun recalled Ma Gui's words, and felt very reasonable, it seems that it is still necessary to spend money to buy the seat of the county guard. So he asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

"General, the biggest thing is the trade with the Huns, and they will bring their livestock in a few days; The specific trading conditions are three cows and three horses for every 100 sheep, and the price remains the same; The Huns proposed to trade in two parts, the first transaction time was August 20, and the second transaction time was the fifth day of September month; The number is 20,000 sheep and the corresponding number of horses and cattle at a time; They wanted three-quarters corn and one-quarter soybeans; The place of trading is the three-way fort. "Ma Gui's report was very concise and comprehensive.

Gao Shun said happily: "You talked well, it was better than I expected; But how do they get so many things away? "Soybeans are cheaper, and Gaoshun's profits will be higher; Originally, Gao Shun felt that it was very good to trade two cattle and horses for every hundred sheep, but he didn't expect Ma Gui to talk about three, which also made him very happy; And in this case, at least 1,200 cattle and 1,200 horses will be traded.

Ma Gui said: "General, this is because the Huns are eager to trade with us, and they also proposed that before the Chinese New Year, they will use money to buy some grain, and the price will follow the market, I estimate that they are waiting for the reward of the imperial court, and then buy it when they have money; They set up a camp in the lower reaches of the Zhujiachuan River in the west, transported it to the camp first, and then slowly transported it back. ”

"As long as they are willing to buy, we will sell, for the time being, we can't destroy the Huns, sell them some grain, strengthen their strength, so that they can resist the Xianbei people with all their might."

Ma Gui suggested: "General, I have communicated a lot with the envoys of the other side during this time, and I feel that the life of the Huns is also very difficult, if possible, I suggest that we recruit some Hun cavalry, their cavalry quality is good, as long as the discipline is strengthened, the combat effectiveness is absolutely strong, so that the number of our cavalry will be greatly increased, and the overall strength will be increased a lot." ”

"Do they want to?" Gao Shun asked.

"General, I have consulted their emissaries, in recent years there has been a great drought, there is a shortage of pasture, and many people and livestock freeze to death and starve to death every year, as long as they can be fed and have a certain amount of spare energy to support their families, they are absolutely willing to join our army; Moreover, most of the Huns speak Chinese, so it is more convenient for us to manage. ”

Gao Shun is worried that his heart will be different if he is not of my race, and he is too impressed by Wuhu Chaohua; Therefore, he had no intention of subduing any of the alien races before, and was ready to annihilate them all when his strength became stronger.

Even if he wants to subdue the Xiongnu, now is not the best time, first of all, he is not in power personally; Secondly, now the strength of the Xiongnu is much stronger than him, and the Xiongnu still have a complete management system and a complete army, which cannot be subdued at all.

In order to subdue a nation, it is necessary to completely integrate it, get rid of its management classes such as Shan Yu and the various nobles, and eliminate their armies, otherwise, if the opportunity is right, they will take advantage of the situation and cause a backlash. Such examples abound in history, and he didn't want to do this kind of thing.

However, before turning the other cheek with the Huns, recruit a small number of Huns, disperse them to various teams, or form a mercenary army separately to solve the current problem of insufficient troops, and when the strength is strong in the future, you can deal with them as you want.

Gao Shun thought for a while and said: "I have arranged for Du Bian to go to Luoyang to buy the position of county guard for Sun Cheng, Cao Shan and Zhou Fei, if we can successfully buy it, then we will recruit a part of the Hun cavalry to alleviate the current situation of insufficient cavalry; During this time, you should also think about what kind of treatment we provide, how to manage and control, etc., and then we will negotiate in detail. ”

"Yes, General, I'll think it through."

"If you didn't buy the position of county guard with Meng Wen, you won't blame me, right?"

Ma Gui said embarrassedly: "Look at what you said, then you can blame the general, you will definitely consider it as a whole." In addition, there is not much grain in the warehouse, and some of it needs to be left, and the impact has been expanding in the past few months, and there is a lot of customer demand in Taiyuan; The general should have taken the gold and copper coins away. ”

Gao Shun was very happy and said with a smile: "Haha, I have worked hard for you in the past few months, our business is getting bigger and bigger, and your credit is not small; Tomorrow I will take the money away and leave some more food. ”

Being praised by Gao Shun, Ma Gui was very happy and said with a smile: "Hehe, general, this is what you should do." ”

"Is there anything else you need to report?"

Ma Gui said: "General, there are a lot of things, as long as you are willing to listen, I will report to you slowly." First of all, it was the purchase of horse feed for the winter, which increased some income for the locals, and even some half-grown children were able to earn some food for the family. Of the 650 people who had migrated from Mayi, I did not distribute the grain according to the general's orders, but only 2 stone of grain per person; All of them were either hired to take care of the horses; or go and harvest horse grass in exchange for grain; Either go to the field, and now it's time to plant autumn vegetables, and it's about to harvest crops such as corn and soybeans; Either go to the construction team to build houses, build roads, etc.; Unless you have a disability and cannot take care of yourself or a person over the age of 70 does not work, even if you have a disability and cannot work, you will be assigned to work at the construction site, watch the gate, work night shifts, and clean up. ”

"Haha, Meng Zhen, well done, much better than I expected, as it should be, anyone must fend for themselves. County Magistrate Wang didn't say anything when he came to ask for the war horse? ”

"General, even those inferior horses, County Magistrate Wang was very happy, and even wanted to pay for our horses, but I refused. I estimate that they didn't spend much money on the position of Mayi county magistrate at all. However, I see that the county magistrate Wang attaches great importance to us, the last time Xianbei attacked, he came to inform me, saying that he went to ask for help from the county guard, hoping to send reinforcements to support Mayi County, the county guard refused on the grounds that Mayi County did not ask for help, so he came to inform me again, let me send reinforcements, I feel that a thousand people, the general will definitely be able to deal with it, and Zhou Fei and Cao Shan have already set off, I did not send reinforcements, the general will not blame me. ”

"You did a good job, for the general, you should make a judgment according to the situation, this time it is only a thousand-person team, and you don't need to send reinforcements, if more enemies come, it will be a serious dereliction of duty if you don't send reinforcements."

"Yes, General, I see what you mean. I have one more suggestion. ”

"Say!"

"Yes, General, there are more and more personnel in our army, there is a big difference in the strength of the troops, and the salary and package are very different, I hope to unify them as soon as possible and form a standardized standard; And I suggest that synths should also be paid. ”

Gao Shun felt that this suggestion was very timely, in the future, there will be more and more soldiers, the territory will be bigger and bigger, and the gap in the strength of the troops is very large, it is impossible to only divide it into two grades: infantry and cavalry, which is too general, so he said: "Meng Zhen, your suggestion is too timely, I mean to divide the army into several grades, each grade has its own standard treatment, soldiers can know at a glance, for example, pikemen can be listed as auxiliaries, sword and shield soldiers can be used as regular soldiers, junior infantry can be used as superior soldiers, and there will be higher-level superior infantry in the future. heavy infantry, etc.; There is not much difference in the strength of the cavalry now, and there will be stronger cavalry units in the future, and the treatment will be opened. ”

"Yes, General."

"There is another very important thing you need to do, that is, intelligence, without intelligence, we don't know anything about the outside world, you check as soon as possible whether there are any Daijun, Shanggu County, Changshan Country and the eastern counties of Yanmen County among the cavalry and infantry recruited, if you are more clever, send them to the above places to understand the local situation."

Ma Gui knew that Gao Shun asked Du Bian to buy two Taishou and one prime minister's positions, and felt that it was very necessary to inquire about the local situation, so he said: "Yes, general, I'll do it when I go back." ”

Gao Shun still wanted to hurry back and make food for his mother, so he said to Ma Gui: "Okay, you are also very busy, so I won't delay your time, notify me, I will check it one by one tomorrow morning; The day after tomorrow, I will go to Sancha Fort and keep enough food, and you can negotiate with the Huns. ”

"Yes, General."