Chapter 150: Preparations for Westward Expansion
Zhang Liao is only twenty-two this year, which is not small in this era, but he has achieved today's status and power, and his age is very young - in fact, all the people under Lu Bu are also young in this era, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the late Han version of the "Young Guards", the biggest one is Gao Shun, who is already in the age of establishment, and because of his age and seniority, he has the same status as a big brother among these generals in Lu Bu's army, which is different from Lu Bu's lord, But what is the same is that they are all respected.
Of course, like most people in this era, Zhang Liao got married very early, and he already has a five-year-old son, whose single name is a tiger character, which is exactly what responds to the saying that tiger father has no dog.
Zhang Liao named his son "Tiger" originally intended to want him to have the same courage as a tiger, and Zhang Hu, who was only five years old, was already comparable to many seven or eight-year-old children, the most important thing is that he was interested in practicing martial arts since he was a child, it is said that when he was a child, Zhang Liao once used the handle of his big knife to tease him, but he held on to it, so that Zhang Liao's wife smiled at the time and said that he would "inherit his father's business" in the future.
Lu Bu also likes Zhang Hu very much, although he can't fake his love for his daughter Lu Qiling, but whether it is the original traditional concept, or with the life of these days in this era, he has been more or less affected, which makes him pay more attention to the son who continues the incense and family inheritance, and from Zhang Hu's body, he seems to see the future of his son, so he is more and more looking forward to Yan's birth, of course, these are all later words.
Although Zhang Liao is young, he is one of the most mature and stable in Lu Bu's army. It's that Gao Shun looks expressionless, but because of his upright temperament, sometimes he thinks about problems and acts are not as mature as him.
But in his heart, Zhang Liao is disgusted and rejected by the Huns and other aliens, and only when facing problems related to foreign races, he may be as out of shape as when he almost didn't protect Lu Bu, so he naturally raises his hands and feet in favor of Lu Bu to chase and beat the Huns.
Last time, he asked for his own order to go to Shuofang, but he was suppressed by Lu Bu, but now he heard that Lu Bu was going to conquer in person, and he immediately asked for his life again, having already returned to Shangdang County. It's a pity that it was rejected again.
Lu Bu's reason is also very jealous. As one of the only six county guards under his command, and essentially in charge of the troops of the two counties in the southeast, Zhang Liao has a heavy burden on his shoulders, and Lu Bu is not at ease to hand over such a heavy responsibility to others. After all, he still doesn't have many people at his disposal now. There are even fewer that can be trusted and reused.
What's more, this time he went on the expedition. The military generals such as Cao Xing, Wang Cheng, Ji Zhao, Zhao Zhao, and Chen Xi, who have recovered, will follow, and Wenchen is Liangle, Fengji, Lu Cui, etc., and this lineup is enough to deal with the Shuofang Xiongnu. The key is also the play of the generals under him, and this point is that Zhang Liao and Gao Shun are coming, presumably they can't be strengthened too much, it is better to be safe and let them stay everywhere, the two generals are one north and one south, echoing each other from afar, Chen Gong and Jia Xu are sitting in the center, and Lu Bu can leave temporarily with confidence.
Zhang Liao obviously knew that Lu Bu's decision could not be disobeyed, so he could only secretly make up his mind in his heart: no matter whether Wen Hou can succeed this time, no matter what, Zhang Wenyuan will definitely protect and merge the state thoroughly, and not teach the matter of Wuyuan Taishou Mansion to happen again!
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In the second year of the early peace of the Han Dynasty, a sunny day, in the princes of the world, Dong Zhuo'an in Luoyang, the small princes of Guanxi were ready to move, the confrontation between the three heroes of Hebei was becoming a success, Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Zhang of Yizhou were more than enough to defend and lack of precision, and the dispute in Yangzhou was stirred into Cao Mengde of Xuzhou, Yuan Highway of the Fourth Third Prince, Sun Ce of the Three Tigers of Lujiang and Wang Lang, Liu Miao and others, and a new situation in Bingzhou was also about to be staged.
On the ninth day of the ninth month of September, a good Double Ninth Festival, on the occasion of the festival, the soldiers of Bingzhou who have returned to their hometown gathered in the barracks to have a good drink, and Wenhou Lu Bu, who pursued strict military discipline, was rare to open the barracks to ban alcohol, and no one was willing to let go of the opportunity, and after drinking and having fun, they went home to reunite with their relatives, and then they were ready to embark on the journey.
Lu Bu's choice to go on the expedition at this time was naturally not random, but implied with deep meaning.
In fact, some of the considerations that Xun You said that day were very correct, for the soldiers of Bingzhou who urgently needed a certain amount of time to cultivate after successive active or passive battles, Lu Bu's order to go out at this time was not a good news for them, and the same morale would not be very high at the beginning, which would invisibly weaken the combat effectiveness of the army.
But the sudden separation of relatives at the time of reunion seems a little impersonal, but in turn it can stimulate them, once they hate the Huns deeper, and then the battle will be able to exert super morale.
In fact, there is no such stimulus, and the conquest of the Xiongnu should be a place where they will not object, after all, the pain of the Xiongnu is not far away at all for the local soldiers who were born and raised in Bingzhou, and their relatives are also here, which of them has no experience of being hurt by the Xiongnu by those close to them, and even many of them will join the army, the original purpose is to target the Xiongnu, but in the later process, this purpose is gradually lost, but as long as Lu Bu is guided, such a situation will be like a volcanic eruption, Accumulate the momentum of each of them.
However, this kind of momentum is best not to come too early, otherwise the decisive battle with the Xiongnu may be "premature ejaculation", so he will choose to boost morale on the march, after all, it also takes a certain amount of time to accumulate to the peak, so when the two armies start the war, the momentum of the soldiers under his command will climb to the best state.
Although this time Lu Bu hopes to be a quick victory, it is not easy to do this in practice, after all, it is not easy to go to the humble and now the forces are not general, and Lu Bu must be prepared for a protracted war.
Fortunately, this year's climate is good, Ma Jun's water conservancy project is progressing smoothly, and it has been put into operation, and the prosperity of the Hetao Plain in the past is just around the corner, and I believe that it will soon be really seen, and this year's harvest in Bingzhou is already predictable, so Lu Bu can rest assured that most of the grain blackmailed from Yuan Shao will be used as military rations for this westward expansion - at this point, it must be said that Yuan Shao's atmosphere, or also because of his reputation, although in the process of playing some small tricks, But in the end, it still reduced a lot of weight for Lu Bu's originally heavy food burden, so Lu Bu had already decided that the next time he bullied him, he should be more gentle.
In addition to the regular preparations of soldiers and materials, Lu Bu did not dare to relax at all in the military situation, originally let Dian Wei and Ayimu go, it was impossible for them to be the only two of them, at least there must be personnel who communicate with each other as contacts, and there are some members of the spy team who secretly break into it, and this is also the time for them to play a role.
As it turned out, the chess path was correct, and now the harvest season is coming. (To be continued......)