Chapter Twenty-Three: The Emperor's Mind

"My lord, a total of one hundred and twenty-eight people participated in the battle, and thirty-six survived in the end. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "On the stage, Xu Rong respectfully said to Lu Budao.

Lu Bu nodded, walked to the center of the platform again, and looked at Han De and the other thirty-five people, each of whom was more or less injured.

A deep voice sounded above the school field: "Wealth is never easy to get, we are all warriors, but also soldiers, since we want to be in a high position, we must have the consciousness of dying in battle, no matter who the opponent is, whether it is the enemy or the robe, from the moment he points the weapon at you, there is only one identity, the enemy!" ”

Looking at the silent crowd, Lu Bu waved his hand: "Carry down these warriors who died in battle, bury them thickly, and if they have family members, allocate food and salary from the treasury for them to settle down." ”

"Whoa!" Xu Rong bowed down and agreed, and asked people to drag down the people who died on the stage.

Lu Bu looked at Han De and the others: "From now on, according to your previous performance, you will get the positions of captain, captain and military marquis, our army does not ask about your background, only speak with military merits, if you can make military merits in the future, you will be promoted, now, go to find your own soldiers, tomorrow morning, go with me!" ”

"Yes!" Although Han De and the other thirty-six people were a little sad in their hearts, the general did not leave the battle and died, just like Lu Bu said, since he wants to compete for official positions, he must have the consciousness of dying in battle, including them, at the moment he came to power, he already had the consciousness of dying in battle, and with Lu Bu rewarding them one by one, the sadness in the hearts of a group of people has also diluted a lot.

"The lord's hand is really clever." Watching everyone leave, Xu Rong couldn't help laughing and said: "Defend the city with our army soldiers, and then promote new generals from the surrendered army, these people are bound to swear allegiance to the lord, so that the lord also completely controls this army, and can continue to fight with this army, not only will the strength of our army not be reduced because of the division of troops, but will fight more and more, and the lord is really a god." ”

"Yuan Bi, you wouldn't have said such things before." Lu Bu turned his head, looked at Xu Rong and smiled.

Xu Rong shook his head and smiled: "What the last general said came from the bottom of his heart, not sycophancy. ”

"Okay, Jincheng County will be handed over to you, I can only leave you 5,000 soldiers and horses, but you must occupy Jincheng County as soon as possible, if you can, Longxi will also be taken, and I will wait for the opportunity to occupy Longxi." Lu Bu patted Xu Rong's shoulder and said.

"Rest assured, the lord will live up to his trust!" Xu Rong said solemnly.

Early the next morning, the 8,000 Jincheng troops appeared outside the city gate in high spirits, and the morale seemed to be a little stronger than the Qiang soldiers brought by Lu Bu, not at all like an army that had just suffered defeat.

"Husband, why don't you fight Wuwei first, and then annex Han Sui's forces step by step?" On horseback, Yang Xi, who was a first-time wife, looked at Lu Bu suspiciously through the cold face armor.

"Han Sui is not an idiot, the news here will reach him in less than three days." Lu Bu shook his head, looked into the distance and said: "If we attack Wuwei first, Han Sui will immediately shrink his forces to the area of Longxi and Hanyang, and wait for us to attack, even if we occupy all the other counties, we must divide our troops and garrison, and it will be difficult to break Han Sui." ”

"In the words of the Han people, the husband can be regarded as both civil and military." Yang Xi looked at Lu Bu's gaze, with a bit of confusion, a strong and intelligent man, for a girl of the Qiang tribe, it was definitely like poison.

"You're also Han, you know?" Lu Bu turned his head and looked at Yang Xi seriously.

"Yes." Yang Xi was stunned by Lu Bu's gaze, and hurriedly nodded and said, this march, naturally it can't be so simple, to fight to raise the war, in addition to surrendering the Xiliang army, it is also to separate these Qiang soldiers under his command, separate Baishui Qiang, led by Xu Rong, and then divide again, and at the same time separate Xu Rong and Beigong, reduce Xu Rong's prestige and influence in the Qiang, and then expand his influence step by step, in the end, these Qiang soldiers will completely become their own army, and no one can snatch them.

This can be regarded as a kind of empty glove white wolf, walking around Xiliang, the troops in his hands have doubled, but it is much faster than staying at home to farm and develop, of course, these words are impossible to say to anyone, this is the art of the emperor, and it is also the emperor's heart technique.

Hanyang, Ji County.

After a few days of repairs, Han Sui once again led his troops to Beidi County and Anding County, this time, Han Sui concentrated his main forces on the side of Beidi County, for Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, Han Sui could use the Qiang people with confidence without worrying about their defection.

"Sir, let me kill Liang Xing's dog thief!" In Linjing City, after Ma Chao learned that the general outside the city was Liang Xing, the murderous aura in his chest churned again, and he found Li Ru here with a fierce momentum, and asked for battle.

Li Ru thought for a while and said: "It's okay, the general can take a group of men and horses out of the city to challenge, but remember, if Liang Xing can't defend it, you must not storm the camp, the Xiliang army has strengthened its vigilance after the last defeat, and Liang Xing's soldiers and horses are twice as large as our army, if it is a strong attack, it will definitely lose the army." ”

"Don't worry, sir, the last general will follow Mr.'s teachings!" Ma Chao said in a deep voice.

"Bo Zhan, Ling Ming, the two generals can go out of the city with General Meng Qi, remember to be cautious!" Li Ru was still a little uneasy, he had heard someone talk about the situation that night, if Ma Chao's temper became violent, he didn't care about the life or death of the troops.

"The last general obeys!" Ma Dai and Pang De naturally knew what Li Ru was worried about, and hurriedly bowed down to receive the order.

The three of them took the order at the same time, Li Ru frowned and thought about it, turned his head to look at Zhang Xiu on the side and said: "General Zhang, General Meng Qi has a strong personality, I am afraid of being provoked by the enemy, you take 5,000 men and horses out of the city from the east gate, if General Meng Qi is provoked by the enemy to attack, when he is defeated and retreats, Liang Xing may pursue, you take the opportunity to kill from the side and cut off his way back." ”

Li Ru didn't know much about Liang Xing, and he wasn't sure if he would pursue, so he could only prepare in advance, if he pursued, he could naturally take the opportunity to reverse the defeat, and even rob the camp again, even if he couldn't, he would have no loss.

"Don't worry, sir, the end will know." Zhang Xiu saluted solemnly and turned away.

Watching everyone leave, Li Ru shook his head and sighed, he used to give advice to Dong Zhuo, and he rarely had to do this kind of thing, but this time he was ordered to take charge of the Ma family's army, and what's worse is that Ma Chao, the master of the Ma family's army, has a violent temper, he really can't control it, and I am afraid that only Lu Bu can control this kind of character.

Thinking of this, he shook his head, he still tried his best to do a good job of backup, and on the day the lord returned, this fierce horse would be tamed by the lord.