One day in mid-July, Wang Heng went to Wang Heng for some things, and happened to meet a young man with a weak crown, who looked extraordinary, he held some official documents in his hand, saw Wang Heng, and saluted him: "Heng Gongzi!" ”

Wang Heng returned the salute to the young man, who obviously had something to do and left in a hurry.

Wang Heng had never seen this young man, and felt that this person looked like a talent, so he casually asked Wang Heng: "Father, what is this person's surname?" ”

Wang Rong also had some official documents in his hand to review, but he didn't look up, and replied, "This person's name is Xiang Lang." ”

"Xiang Lang?" Wang Heng said.

Wang Heng heard that Wang Heng's voice was different, put down the pen in his hand, raised his head and said: "Exactly, he is a native of Yicheng, Nanjun, a giant character, and he has learned well, but it was Cui Yan who was examined, and now he is Liu Xian's subordinate." Why, have you heard his name? ”

It turns out that Gong Cao Cui Yan has been working for more than a year and has been quite fruitful, he has inspected many young scholars in Jingzhou, and his talents are very good, and Xiang Lang is one of the best, he is now following Cao Liu to do things first, which is a key training object in the state.

Wang Heng's voice also calmed down: "The child heard that the Yicheng Xiang family is a big clan in Nanjun, and there are many talents in the clan, so I think this Xiang Lang must also be a good talent." ”

Wang Rong was relieved, he nodded and said: "Yes, this Xiang Langcai has learned well, and his character is good, and he will become a great weapon in the future." ”

Wang Heng's heart is actually far less calm than the one on his face, of course he has heard of Xiang Lang's name, this is the future Shu Han important minister, civil and military all-rounder, although not as good as Zhuge Liang such a super-first-class talent, but it can be regarded as a rare talent, he is not very clear about his life, I don't know his origin and age, I didn't expect Cui Yan to dig him out.

This is a very good phenomenon, which means that in the future, Jingzhou's talent discovery channels will become wider and wider, not just relying on their own memories to introduce them one by one, maybe they can also discover some talents whose names they have never heard of.

Wang Rong asked, "Shuping, do you have anything to do with me?" ”

Wang Heng saluted and said: "Father, Lin Bin sent someone to send the news that Changsha District Star is preparing to start an incident after this year's autumn harvest, and the time has been roughly set, at the beginning of October this year, there will be people in Lingling and Guiyang counties at the same time. ”

Naturally, Ou Xing also sued Wang Heng a few months ago, this kind of thing is impossible to hide from him, Wang Heng was also ready to make a strong move at first, but was later persuaded by Wang Heng, because the counties where Ou Xing wanted to make an incident are now not under Wang Heng's control, Wang Heng has no way to start if he wants to make a strong start, and if he doesn't get it right, it will make several county officials and the court jealous.

After Wang Heng listened, he was speechless for a long time, with his character, he naturally didn't want to see the chaos happen, but he also understood that what Wang Heng said was very reasonable, with the virtue of the current court and most states and counties, it is very likely that this situation will occur, and his kindness is likely to be treated as a donkey's liver and lungs.

Wang Rong also had to agree to Wang Heng's plan, that is, when the district star rose up and the officials of several counties were unable to quell the chaos, he sent state soldiers to quell the chaos and took the opportunity to control several counties in Jingnan.

Wang Rong had an indescribable sorrow in his heart, this is the Han world that he is bent on protecting, and he has forced loyal ministers like him to use such intrigue to do things.

If you do this yourself, will you be recorded as a traitor in the history books in the future?

Today, Wang Heng listened to the latest developments of the district star that Wang Heng said, and he asked Wang Heng: "We really can't sweep the district star in advance?" ”

Wang Heng said: "Now it's not a question of whether we are willing to sweep the district star in advance, but we don't have the ability at all, and the district star has no obvious traces now, how can we sweep it away?" Notify Changsha County? Ou Xing's relationship with them is very good. We send troops directly? That would only lead to impeachment, and it would provoke the resentment and anger of the barbarians, and the situation would become more and more out of control. ”

In fact, Wang Heng said the truth, Wang Heng didn't understand, he just tried his last effort, he nodded helplessly: "Then according to your plan, when the district star is in trouble, we will send troops." ”

Today, the Jingzhou state soldiers have reached 30,000, of which the infantry has increased to 25,000, the naval army has increased to 5,000, and Wuling County has maintained the scale of 5,000 county soldiers.

These 30,000 people are not too much, and the spirit of implementing the soldiers is expensive but not too expensive, and the soldiers are recruited too much, which not only costs money and food, but also affects agricultural production, in a vast and sparsely populated county like Wuling, it is very uneconomical, and it is better to put limited resources on building elite soldiers.

The 25,000 infantry were expanded from the 5,000 elite soldiers originally recruited by Huang Zhong as the backbone, and the recruitment standards were very high, and the veterans with combat experience at the beginning all became junior officers.

After more than a year of training, these troops are now well-trained, well-equipped, and in good spirits, at least in appearance, they already have the appearance of elite soldiers, and what they lack is only the baptism of one vicious battle after another.

Perhaps the Rebellion of the District Star is a baptism on the road to elite soldiers for these armies.

Wang Heng had some expectations for the rebellion in Ouxing, but Wang Heng still had some worries because it was really important, and he repeatedly asked what the details of Ouxing were, and whether these troops in the state were enough to deal with this turmoil.

His worries are not unreasonable, when the time comes, the three counties will be in chaos together, and the momentum will be huge, and the number of rebellious soldiers must be much more than Zhao Ci's rebellion, and the state soldiers have not fought a big battle, and the number of victories and defeats is difficult to say.

Wang Heng said to him that although there were many people who responded to the rebellion in the district, most of them were rabble, among which there was an internal response like Wu Lingman, and his own training level and equipment level were quite high, and there were also generals like Huang Zhong who led it.

For Wang Heng's judgment, Wang Rong still agrees, he knows that his son has always been relatively stable in doing things, since he said that this battle can be won, then there must be no problem.

The two discussed some details of the Star Rebellion in Pingding District before Wang Heng left.

Now, Wang Heng also has some worries about Wang Ei's state, Wang Heng is in a very bad mood now, this should be the reason for the recent unfavorable news for the Han Dynasty one after another, today's Han Dynasty, the smoke is everywhere, the border is restless, and the interior is not quiet, but the emperor Liu Hong is still so unreliable, favoring the traitor, which makes Wang Heng very depressed.

Wang Rong is now dealing with official business day and night, he is using this way to forget the bitterness, he is drinking now is obviously more drunk than before, no one can persuade him, maybe only a little drunkenness can make him forget these troubles, right?

Wang Heng can only ask Zhang Ji to come to check Wang Heng's pulse often, prescribe some supplements, and let his mother stew it for his father to drink, and now, he can only do so much.

It's been almost two years since he crossed over, and Wang Heng has really regarded Wang Heng as his father.

The news that Ou Xing is about to make a mess, not many people know about the entire Jingzhou Group, except for Wang Heng, Wang Heng and his son, there are only Huang Zhong and Xi Zhong, it's not that others are not trustworthy, but the fewer people who know about such things, the better, after all, it is a major military event, and it must not be careless.

Huang Zhong is the number one general in the military, and the main combat tasks of quelling the chaos are undertaken by him, so this matter must be let him know, and he is a particularly stable person, let him keep secrets, he can be completely assured, he can be said to be a person who has collapsed in front of Mount Tai and his color has not changed, and when he heard the news that Ou Xing was about to make a mess, he just said lightly, "I know", which makes people feel that this is also a trivial matter.

For Huang Zhong, this is indeed a trivial matter, the main force of the rebellion is still the barbarians, if the barbarians stay in the mountains to fight, it will be fine, then it can also cause some trouble to Huang Zhong, now the district is stupid enough to attack the county, Huang Zhong believes that with the army he has trained, he will never lose to a group of rabble in a frontal battle.

Of course, in order to adapt to the upcoming war, Huang Zhong also secretly strengthened the intensity of training, especially the intensity of the exercise, which could make the soldiers feel the atmosphere of war in advance.

Anyway, in the Jingzhou army, the exercises were carried out frequently, and the soldiers did not feel anything unusual from usual.

And Xi Zhong has now been regarded by Wang Heng as the chief military advisor of the Jingzhou Army, although he still lacks experience in commanding large-scale operations, but against an opponent like Shangqu Xing, it would be hilarious if he couldn't win.

It can be said that Ou Xing is the most suitable opponent for Xizhong's first battle, just like playing a game, the difficulty problem is gradual.

Of course, Xi Zhong knew what it meant for Wang Heng to tell him such important news, which meant that Wang Heng had great trust in him, and this kind of trust really moved Xi Zhong very much, he had never received such trust and reuse in his life, although he didn't say it in his mouth, but there was a voice in his heart saying, "You treat me as a countryman, and I will repay me as a countryman."

Although Xi Zhong was moved, his banter character still couldn't be changed, he told Wang Heng that now he can't even drink wine, it is the fire in his belly, he must vent this fire on Ou Xing's body and kick his ass hard.

Of course, Xi Zhong's original words would not be so vulgar, in short, he expressed his determination to resolutely thwart the rebellion of the district star.

Seeing Xi Zhong's relaxed appearance, Wang Heng was also relieved, and he was more confident in pacifying the Star Rebellion in the Dining District.

Since then, Xi Zhong has spent more time watching the sand table every day, and what he sees the most is the sand table of the four counties of Jingnan, for this reason, he also specially asked Wang Heng to call the scholars who made the sand table to enlarge the sand table of the four counties of Jingnan, so that he can see the terrain of the four counties of Jingnan more clearly.

Hanshou City was calm on the surface, but secretly it was preparing for war, waiting for the day when the stars would be in turmoil.

At the end of July, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai returned to Hanshou to report on their work, saying that they were reporting on their work, but in fact, Zhou Tai was a martial idiot, and he heard that there was another master in Hanshou City, and Huang Zhong was up and down, he couldn't help but be a little happy to see the hunt, and took Jiang Qin to Hanshou to report to Wang Heng, and took the opportunity to have a trick with this master.

Jiang Qin calculated that his two brothers had joined the Jingzhou Navy for three months, and it was quite meritorious to exterminate the water bandits every day, and it was time to report to Wang Heng. In the officialdom, it is definitely not a bad thing to be close to the leader, so he said to Cai Mao, and came to Hanshou with Zhou Tai.

In fact, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai should be regarded as Cai Mao's subordinates, and they should not cross Cai Mao if they want to report on their work, but their identities are different, and Wang Heng has taken special care of Cai Mao, so they should be taken care of.

Cai Mao's own mind is not on the navy, he prefers to return to the state and be a civil official, as the saying goes, "a civil official has a mouth, and a military attache breaks his leg", it is just an expedient measure to engage in the navy himself, the Cai family is a famous family, and it is better to be a civil official in the navy.

From the bottom of my heart, it is indeed too hard to train the sailors in this water village, especially in this hot summer, the boat is like a steamer, and he Cai Mao has long been unwilling to do it.

He could see that Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai were both quite talented in water warfare, and sooner or later they would be reused by Wang Heng, but they were still young and lacked military achievements, so Cai Mao was temporarily in charge of the naval army, and one day Wang Heng would hand over the naval army to them.

Cai Mao is also looking forward to the arrival of that day, so he will not suppress Jiang Zhouren at all, on the contrary, he will do everything possible to facilitate the meritorious service of the two, anyway, he is the chief general of the navy, and Jiang Zhou's credit is also his share, so he is waiting for the day when the merit is promoted to the state.

This time, Jiang Qin said that he would go to Hanshou to report to Wang Heng, and Cai Mao naturally would not stop him.

It is also Cai Mao's attitude of cooperation that made him win the favor of Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, which is also one of Cai Mao's purposes, the navy was established by him, and the successor commander of the navy will be able to maintain a good relationship with him, which is still very good.

said that it was a debriefing, but it was actually an informal, after all, Wang Heng was just a son of the assassin, and there was no specific position in Jingzhou, but the habits of Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai had not changed for the time being, and only Wang Heng was the master.

Naturally, Wang Heng would not receive them on a very formal occasion, so he met Jiang Erren in his backyard.

Wang Heng sat on a stone bench under the shade of a big tree in the backyard, he asked Jiang Erren to sit on the other two stone benches, and said to the two with a smile: "Gongyi, Youping, I heard that in recent months, the water bandits in Jingzhou have been almost wiped out by you, and the rest have all fled?" ”

Jiang Qin respectfully saluted and said, "Thanks to Gongzi Huwei!" ”

Wang Heng laughed and said, "How did I not know that I had such a great reputation? Gongyi, you don't have to push the credit on me. ”

After all, Jiang Qin was still young at this time, and his skin was not thick enough to a certain level, after listening to Wang Heng's words, his face couldn't help but blush slightly, he coughed, and officially told Wang Heng about the results of their three months of clearing out the water bandits.

Although Jiang Qin is a little sleek, but that is just a matter of character, he is from a poor family, and he is a martial artist, he always can't help but have some inferiority complex in front of the scholars, and he is somewhat not tough enough in words, this is not a problem of his character and ability, in fact, he is very capable, especially in training the water army.

In the past three months, he relied on his original team, plus the hundreds of water troops allocated to them by Cai Mao, and constantly cleared the water bandits in Jingzhou, and became stronger and stronger, from less than 1,000 people at the beginning, now it has developed into a water army of more than 2,000 people, and has cleared nearly 20 water bandits of all sizes in Jingzhou, so that the water surface of Jingzhou is clear.

Among the nearly 20 water bandits, there are small bandits of less than 100 people, and there are also large bandits of more than 500 people like Shen Yu'er, some are fierce and some are cunning, but no matter what kind of enemy, Jiang Zhouren and the two people hit it every time, everything is broken, under the command of Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai's bravery, there is no major damage in each battle, which is the key to the continuous development and growth of Jiang Zhou's water army.

Wang Heng listened and nodded constantly, and he was still very satisfied with the results of Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai during this time.

Speaking of this, Jiang Qin said happily: "Childe, the first-aid kit sent by Doctor Cao is very useful, and many brothers' lives have been saved with this." ”

This first-aid kit was developed by Zhang Ji at the behest of Wang Heng, which contains bandages sterilized with boiling water, a small bottle of high alcohol, and a package of Jinchuang medicine.

The use of this first-aid kit is also simple, if a soldier is injured, tear his first-aid kit open, clean and disinfect the wound with alcohol, then apply the gold creation medicine, and finally wrap it tightly with a bandage.

This first-aid kit is small and easy to carry, easy to use, but very effective, greatly reducing the mortality rate of injured soldiers.

In the war of the cold weapon era, the proportion of dead soldiers killed on the spot was not high, and most of the deaths were due to excessive blood loss and infection after injury, and this first aid kit just solved these two problems, and now most of the lives of injured soldiers can be saved.

Because the navy has been suppressing bandits and fighting, they are also honored to be the first batch of troops to try the first aid kit, and the effect of the trial also shows that the first aid kit is indeed very useful.

The cost of this first aid kit is about 30 yuan per first-aid kit today, and with the increasing number of skilled people who can make first aid kits in the future, the first aid kits can be mass-produced, and the cost will be further reduced.

No matter how high the cost is, it is very cost-effective for Wang Heng, because it has a great chance of saving a life!

Wang Heng was very happy to hear that the first-aid kit was useful, and he asked some questions about the specific use of the first-aid kit.

Jiang Qin raised a question, that is, some soldiers would drink the bottle of high-concentration alcohol mixed with water, they had never drunk any good wine, and after this high-concentration alcohol was mixed with water, the concentration was still much higher than the wine they could afford, for them, it was a peerless wine, and many people could not resist such a temptation.