Zhuozhou City is an important defense town on the northeast border of the country of Juan, and it is a pivotal strategic point in the Youzhou defense circle. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Due to the continuous attacks and harassment of the Tuqi in recent years, the alert level in the Youzhou area has been very high, but fortunately, with the gradual completion of the Youzhou defense system, the main direction of the Tuqi has been transferred from Youzhou, and the Youzhou area has been slightly stable compared to the earlier years.

The city of Zhuozhou is not as close to Tuqi as Ulzhou and Youzhou, and if Tuqi is bypassed from the south, there is Dingzhou to cover its gateway, so it is the safest in comparison. Of course, this has also become the best place to recover in Youzhou.

In an inconspicuous tavern at the south gate of Zhuozhou City, there were a few guests sitting in twos and threes, and in the far corner, a guest was pouring himself a drink. This person is about thirty years old, with a strong physique, dark skin, and even if he is wearing civilian clothes, he looks like he was born in the army. There are thousands of troops in Zhuozhou City, and there are naturally many warriors like this, so no one pays attention to this person. If these guests knew that this person was General Anton Gao Dingbian, they would probably be shocked.

To be honest, the high-end side micro-service patrol is actually here to hide from Qingjing. There are too many things to worry about him, which makes him anxious and suffers from no catharsis, so he sneaks out to drink.

Gao Dingbian was appointed by Emperor Liu Yan and became the commander of the Youzhou Ma Army, but his affairs have not been smooth. According to his ideal state, it should be in the Youzhou area to set up a cavalry unit with a certain scale and strong combat effectiveness, as the commander of the Huwei battalion in those years, Gao Dingbian hoped to establish a cavalry force here that is comparable to the Liaodong Huwei battalion and the Taiyuan Jinglufu Huwei battalion. Because from the point of view of Gao Dingbian's own wishes, the Tiger Guard Battalion in Liaodong is still an elite cavalry team after Xue Boren, Wang Hanxin and himself left, and it has been going downhill in terms of operational command, although the Tiger Guard Battalion in Taiyuan Jingluo Mansion was created by the old commander Xue Boren, but unfortunately it has now been under the command of Liu Xian, the king of Zhongyi County, Gao Dingbian from the bottom of his heart does not agree with the title of this army using the Tiger Guard Battalion, he hopes that he will establish a super cavalry team that surpasses the above two troops, Then give this unit the title of Tiger Guard Battalion, so that it deserves its name.

Unfortunately, this matter did not go well from the beginning, and the first thing I encountered was a lack of money and food. It is reasonable to say that Gao Dingbian organized a cavalry team by the emperor's edict, and the imperial court had a special allocation for this, but in terms of subordination, he was still the establishment of Zhu Tianshun, the defense envoy of Youzhou, so the money and grain still had to be allocated from the road of the Youzhou defense envoy. This Zhu Tianshun was originally a general of the Liaodong Metropolitan Protectorate, but he had always been at odds with the fierce general Gai Yanxiao, and was later transferred to Youzhou. And Gao Dingbian's family and Gai Yanxiao are world friends, and the two are commensurate with uncles and nephews, so Zhu Tianshun naturally has some mustard for Gao Dingbian. In addition, in the past few years, Zhu Tianshun has been the defense envoy of Youzhou several times, and he has been defeated and retreated by Tuqi several times, and he can hardly protect Youzhou. Of course, there are some special reasons for this, even Emperor Liu Yan understands that this is not Zhu Tianshun's inability, but that Abicheril is too powerful, and he does not blame him. In addition, Gao Dingbian was appointed as the commander of the Ma Army, and this matter also stimulated Zhu Tianshun, the problem is that Gao Dingbian's position is lower than him, but the rank is the same as the fourth grade, and Liu Yan also gave Gao Dingbian special treatment, which means that Gao Dingbian has the power to arbitrarily control his subordinates, and can directly launch an attack on Tuqi without asking for instructions. This is of course a good thing in terms of operational needs, but it gave Zhu Tianshun an uneasy hint, that is, General Gao Dingbian will take over his position as the defense envoy of Youzhou, and even become an envoy of economic strategy. As a battlefield veteran with military experience almost the same age as Gao Dingbian, and also a gloomy general, it is impossible to say that Zhu Tianshun has no emotions in his heart, so he will always give Gao Dingbian a little resistance in the open and secret, and deducting money and food is one of them.

The lack of money and food leads to the next problem, which is the shortage of personnel. Youzhou originally naturally also had cavalry, and these cavalry were naturally transferred to Gaodingbian, but in the eyes of Gaodingbian, these cavalry could not be regarded as warriors at all, whether it was the quality of the horses or the training of the soldiers, morale, etc., they were not qualified, and it only took time and energy to retrain these troops, but it was not so easy to replace the horses, and Gaodingbian could not buy good horses in the case of insufficient money and food - because Taiyuan Jinglue Mansion and Liaodong Protectorate were also buying war horses, Therefore, the horse merchants naturally preferred to sell to the higher bidder, so Gao Dingbian racked his brains and did not get many horses, and there were only less than 3,000 war horses that could be used in a year, which was still far from his goal.

The third problem is that there is a shortage of commanders, and it is not enough for a cavalry unit to have generals and soldiers, but it is necessary to have middle-level commanders and junior officers with rich combat experience to carry out the general's intentions. Gao Dingbian, who knew this well, naturally hoped to improve this command system as soon as possible, and for this reason, he even did not hesitate to poach his old subordinates from the Liaodong Tiger Guard Battalion. Of course, this incident caused the dissatisfaction of Su Chengdong, the capital of Liaodong, for which Gao Dingbian came to apologize more than once, but even then the amount of commanders he got still could not meet the actual needs, and if his cavalry was full, then the problem would be even more serious.

If these problems can be gradually solved over time, then the news of the death of his uncle Lu Qinghan in battle is a heavy blow to Gao Dingbian.

Gao Dingbian's brain went blank when he received this bad news, and in an instant, the flames of revenge burned his entire chest. He was eager to immediately lead his troops to kill Benlong City, and personally cut off Abichlil's head to honor his uncle. Fortunately, his sanity stopped this unscrupulous impulse in time. At present, the number of cavalry that Gao Dingbian can mobilize is less than 3,000, and there is still a lack of food and baggage necessary for the expedition, even if these 3,000 people can be invincible, it is impossible to get Dragon City, Gao Dingbian has not been impulsive enough to think that he can not eat or drink with the will of revenge alone.

But the thought of revenge was always around him like a demon, which made him feel more and more irritable, especially when he saw that the speed and quality of the army formation were not satisfactory, and because of this frustration, there was nowhere to relieve it, so he came to this unknown little shop to drink.

Just as Gao Ding drank the eighth pot of wine and picked up the ninth pot to pour it, the curtain of this store stirred and a person walked in. As soon as this person walked in, he attracted Gao Dingbian's attention, and even though he was already a little drunk at this time, he still saw at a glance that the person who came was carrying a large gun in his hand. (To be continued.) )