The so-called ownerless military horses do not mean that these horses did not have owners in the first place, but that their owners have died in battle. Zhao Yun ordered the search for only the ownerless military horses that belonged to them, and these horses were easy to identify, because the saddle was black, the reins were black, and the halter was also black. As for the casualties or dead horses of the Xuzhou army, these Han soldiers will not care about them.

Liu Xin made a rule in the Han army that the battlefield should be thoroughly cleaned after each battle. The reason why this was done was to keep it secret and not allow the enemy to obtain information about the various equipment of the Han army, especially the stirrups and horseshoe. Therefore, even if the war horse has died, it is necessary to cut off the four hooves, because there is no time to slowly remove the horse's hoof, and it will be more convenient to cut off the four hooves.

Mi Zhu was not worried about the battle situation here, and hurried over, he didn't know the powerful relationship here, he heard that he just lost four military horses, he couldn't help but feel that Zhao Yun was making a little fuss, and couldn't help but say: "Generals, four military horses are nothing, and when you arrive in Xiangyang, Mi is willing to dedicate a hundred military horses." ”

Zhao Yun shook his head and said, "My lord has already taken Xiliang, where will there be any shortage of horses." Forget it, it's come to this, there's no regret, let's go quickly. ”

This big battle took place at the junction of Xuzhou and Qian County, how could he hide it from Yuan Shu's ears and eyes.

The connection between Liu Xin and Xuzhou must pass through Runan and Qianjun, but an agreement has long been reached between Liu Xin and Yuan Shu, and the army only needs to be notified in advance when it passes through here. However, Yuan Shu has been very puzzled these days. Liu Xin first sent someone to inform him that a team of 15,000 people needed to go to Xuzhou. A few days later, another person was sent, saying that more than 20,000 people would return to Xiangyang from Xuzhou. Today, I received news that Liu Xin had a full 50,000 cavalry that needed to cross the border to meet the team returning from Xuzhou.

Yuan Shu couldn't figure it out, did a team of more than 20,000 people still need to send troops to respond? As long as he enters the territory of Qian County, he Yuan Shu will never dare to fight the idea of this team, and Liu Xin and Tao Qian have always been friends, what danger will there be? Could it be that Liu Xin wants to make a false way to destroy the strategy?

Although the two sides had already reached an agreement, Yuan Shu did not dare to be too big, and hurriedly ordered the whole territory to strengthen the guard, and sent multiple scouts to the Runan border to inquire about the news, and finally learned that Liu Xin's army and the Xuzhou army had a big battle at the border, and more than 30,000 Xuzhou troops were almost wiped out. Yuan Shu knew that Liu Xin's army was really just transiting, not to deal with himself, and while relieving himself, he couldn't help laughing: "This Tao Qian is really overwhelmed, even Yuan Mou now wants to let Liu Xin score three points, he actually wants to break ground on Tai Sui's head, it's really self-conscious!" ”

General Yang of Changshi arched his hand and said: "Lord Qi, Tao Qian and Liu Xin are at odds, and the Lord Justice can take this opportunity to attack Xuzhou!" ”

Yuan Shu waved his hand and said: "Xuzhou is a big piece of fat meat, we can't gnaw it with our strength now, let's eat Jiujiang first." ”

Jiujiang is Liu Xuan's territory. Because Yuan Shu occupied Lujiang, and Liu Miao was the Yangzhou pastor appointed by Liu Xie, Lujiang should have been under his jurisdiction, so Liu Shu sent people to ask for it again and again, which had already annoyed Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu only controls three counties in total, if Lujiang is returned to Liu Xuan, then what else will he do? The matter is concerned about personal interests, and the two sides naturally have no need to talk about it, and they have long been tense, and there is a tendency to break out.

"One, two, three, four." A child pointed to a field not far away and said, "Look, Father, there are four horses there?" ”

This is a manor fifteen miles west of Pengcheng, and it is the other residence of Zhang Zhao, a famous man in Pengcheng. It was the golden autumn, Zhang Zhao took his two sons to live in the countryside and feel the idyllic scenery. It was Zhang Zhao's youngest son Zhang Xiu who spoke.

Zhang Zhao looked in the direction of his son's finger and saw that there were several horses grazing there. There are not many horses in Xuzhou, and a wealthy family like Zhang Zhao only has three or four horses.

But I heard the young man next to Zhang Zhao say: "Dad, that's the war horse of the Jingzhou Army." ”

Although Liu Xin had always preached that his army was an orthodox Han army, in Xuzhou, both officials and ordinary people were accustomed to calling them Jingzhou Army.

Zhang Zhao couldn't help but wonder: "Cheng'er, how do you know that these horses belong to the Jingzhou Army?" ”

Zhang Cheng said: "Dad, have you forgotten? Last year, Cheng'er was sick, and it happened that the Jingzhou army was helping the villagers to repair the road near here, so they took Cheng'er with a horse to ask the little god doctor for treatment. Cheng'er remembers clearly that the saddle of the knight who sent Cheng'er to Xuzhou was this color. ”

Zhang Zhao nodded and said: "Although I can't be sure that these horses belong to the Jingzhou army, but there are very few people in the left near who raise horses. ”

The horses were obviously tame, and they did not panic when they saw the living approaching, and grazed there on their own. Zhang Zhao took a closer look, the saddles, bridles, and halters of these horses were really the same, and there were still many blood stains on the horses, so he couldn't help but be surprised: "I heard that the Jingzhou army set off to return to Xiangyang two days ago, how could there be a few military horses scattered here, could it be that they encountered something on the road?" Cheng'er, you go back to the village and call some people, drive these horses back to the village first, and raise them for the time being. ”

Outside Xiangyang City, Cai Yong was bidding farewell to Xun and Xun Chen. In the past few days, the old friends reunited, Cai Yong was extremely happy, and specially took two days off, accompanied the Xun brothers to visit Xiangyang City, visited the Simen City Defense, and took them to Jiangxia Water Village. And Liu Xin simply handed over the task of receiving the two envoys to Cai Yong on the grounds that he was busy with official business, and even when they left today, they did not come out to see each other.

Xun faintly felt that Liu Xin seemed to have some opinions about himself, and it should be to invite Hua Tuo to go to Puyang to see Cao Cao's doctor. In fact, in the eyes of Xun and them, curing diseases and healing injuries are all small skills, and no matter how powerful the divine doctor is, he doesn't need to pay so much attention to it, not to mention that he doesn't believe that Cao Cao will harm a person who practices medicine at all.

Although Xun thought so in his heart, the initiative was in Liu Xin's hands, and he had no choice. However, although the itinerary of the two days was a little tighter, Xun gained a lot.

Although the scale of Xiangyang City is not as good as Luoyang, but the degree of prosperity is definitely no less than the capital of the year, the merchants from the south to the north in the market are endless, and the faces of the people are filled with happy smiles, in this troubled world, it can be said that it is a rare piece of paradise.

Although Liu Xin did not accompany them personally, he was very generous to the two brothers, and the promised Xiangyang City Defense and Naval Army Dazhai almost gave them a clear view. The walls of Xiangyang are high and deep, and they are extremely strong, so it is no wonder that Cao Cao's surprise attack last time did not work. Xun had already silently calculated in his heart that if he wanted to capture Xiangyang City, he would have at least 300,000 troops, and he would also need to work together inside and outside. As for the naval village, Xun was even more amazed, those tall buildings and ships were simply castles moving on the Yangtze River, and they were almost invincible to the northern soldiers who were not familiar with water warfare.

From Xiangyang all the way to the north, Xun and Xun Chen were silent, each thinking about their thoughts, what they had seen and heard in the past two days was too shocking to them, they all understood that whether it was Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, the current strength could not be Liu Xin's opponent, unless the two of them joined forces, but is this possible?

The next evening, the two brothers came to their hometown of Yingchuan. Han Opera had already received the news that the Xun brothers were coming, and brought a group of civil and military officials and teachers and students of Yingchuan Academy to wait outside the gate of the academy. Yingchuan Academy was originally the industry of the Xun family, and Han Opera and Xun were classmates of the Academy, so the first stop for the Xun brothers to return to their hometowns was naturally to the academy first.

The academy is now temporarily in charge of Han Xi, and he originally wanted to demolish the academy and rebuild it, but Liu Xin did not agree. Liu Xin came from later generations, and has been "stealing" for many years, and antique cultural relics are also one of his targets, and he has a little research. For Yingchuan Academy, a "national cultural relics protection unit" that has "produced" many famous strategists, Liu Xin certainly does not want to be destroyed in his own hands. So, after getting the "project feasibility report" of Korean opera on the reconstruction of Yingchuan Academy, Liu Xin waved his pen and completely rejected it.

In the end, according to Liu Xin's instructions, the old site of Yingchuan Academy was repaired in line with the principle of "repairing the old as the old", and another 100 acres of land was allocated behind the old site of Yingchuan Academy for the construction of a new academy.

Unlike Xiangyang City, where every inch of land is expensive, Yingchuan Academy is on the outskirts of the city, and the land here is relatively cheaper, so Liu Xin can allocate such a large piece of land very generously. With the land, other things were much easier, not only the bricks and stones, but even the engineering team was ready-made, and soon, a brand new Yingchuan Academy was erected here.

The brothers Xun and Xun Chen had just visited Xiangyang Academy, and now they saw Yingchuan Academy, where they had studied since childhood, and they had mixed feelings in their hearts. Needless to say, the old academy that "repairs the old as the old", the low couch and the few cases all evoke childhood memories. Compared with the college, the new academy is even more magnificent, with dormitories, study rooms, and library cabinets.

Seeing this, Xun Chen couldn't help but ask: "Lord Han, Xun heard that Lord Liu said that he wanted to return Yingchuan Academy to the Xun family." However, Lord Liu built this new Yingchuan Academy, so even if he returned the old Yingchuan Academy to the Xun family, what was the use? ”

Han Xi said with a smile: "Where does Lord Xun want to go, of course, the old and new academies have been returned to the Xun family." ”

Xun was surprised: "How is this possible? ”

Indeed, this new Yingchuan Academy, both in terms of land occupation and building scale, far surpasses Xiangyang Academy, which costs a lot of money, how can Liu Xin be willing to hand it over to the Xun family for nothing?

Han Xi laughed and said, "Wen Ruo, you still don't know my father-in-law. The head of my family said that he would return the academy to the Xun family in the future, and he would definitely return it to the Xun family. My father-in-law also said that in the future, Xiangyang Academy will become a model of government-run academies, and Yingchuan Academy will become a model of private academies! ”

That night, Han Opera held a banquet in the old Yingchuan Academy to entertain the Xun and Xun Chen brothers. If Liu Xin knew that Han Opera was actually having a big banquet in the "National Cultural Relics Protection Unit" that he valued very much, I am afraid that he would scold Han Opera for being bloody.