In the Taishou Mansion, Yuan Maizheng gathered his civil and military staff to discuss the plan, clean up the mess after the war, and consolidate the defense line, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past and be attacked again by the Cao army.

The Yellow River stretches for more than 130 miles in Hanoi, and it is far from enough to rely on Xu Sheng to guard the Mengjin ferry, and if you want to prevent the Cao army on the opposite bank from crossing the river again to attack Hanoi, there are at least two more ferries that need to be strictly guarded. One is Chenggao in the central part and the other is Houjia in the east.

After half a year of observation, Yuan Mai felt that Hao Zhao and Wang Shuang's training ability could only be regarded as excellent, and there was still a big gap compared to the training methods of Liyi and Zhang Liao. However, after all, the two of them are young, they are both young people less than twenty years old, Rome was not built in a day, and if you want to achieve the talent of a general, you have to temper it slowly.

Compared with Koji Yi, Hao Zhao's strongest place should be to defend the city. In history, Hao Zhao stuck to Chencang and blocked the strong attack of Zhuge Kongming's 100,000 army with 3,000 men and horses, which was a stroke of genius, and this battle alone was enough to make Hao Zhao among the ranks of defense masters.

It was for this reason that Yuan Mai transferred Hao Zhao to lead 3,000 men and horses to the central Chenggao territory to build a dock fort and build a defensive position. He also ordered Zhao to lead 3,000 men to garrison Houjia, and also repaired the fortifications to prevent Cao's army from attacking the border again.

Seeing that Hao Zhao, Xu Sheng and others were ordered to leave, Lu Yi was afraid that Yuan Mai would forget him, so he immediately stood up and asked Yuan Mai to fulfill his promise: "Childe, before I go to Xiapi, you promised to return my 'first camp' to me, and allocate me a part of the cavalry, you must not break your word!" ”

Yuan Mai sat in the center of the council hall and nodded in response: "General Shutong is relieved. Since I promised you, I will naturally not break my promise. Your 'first camp' was previously commanded by Hao Bodao, and now that he has gone to Chenggao to garrison, you will continue to command the first camp. The cavalry promised to you will also be honored, but because you want to give 1,500 war horses to Qingzhou's brother, you can only give you 1,000 horses. ”

"Giving Yuan Xianfu 1,500 war horses for nothing, it's really distressing!" Koji Yi shook his head, looking distressed as if cutting meat, "Alas...... Forget it, a thousand rides are a thousand rides. Something is better than nothing. ”

Yuan Mai raised his eyebrows. He said to Koji Yi: "In the past, we had more soldiers and fewer generals, but this time we went to Xuzhou and Langya to go around, and after receiving Wen Yuan, Wen Xiang, Fu Hu and others, we became more soldiers and fewer soldiers. General Shutong, your troops now have more than 6,000 people, plus 1,000 people in the 'first camp'. Plus a thousand cavalry. You'll have the most soldiers. You have to allocate 2,000 men to give the commander of the frustrated hu, so that he has some errands to do, and he can't lead the army for nothing! ”

"Uh...... So? Childe's abacus is really good. Thinking about it like this, I didn't get any light on it? This trip to Xuzhou didn't get any benefits at all! Koji pouted and complained.

Seeing the appearance of Lu Yi muttering, Yuan Mai smiled: "Hehe...... If General Shutong is not willing to be replaced, then hand over the 'first camp' to Fu Hu, I believe he will not be afraid of insufficient troops. ”

"Who said I don't want to, change, change, change...... I'll give you two thousand foot soldiers, and you give me back my first camp, and give me another thousand cavalry!" ”

Although Koji Yi was a hundred unwilling in his heart, he also knew that in fact, Yuan Mai was afraid that his strength would be bigger, and he intended to weaken his military power, but it was not easy to refuse, so it would be good to allocate the recruits recruited in the summer to Fu Hu, anyway, if he could go back to his "first camp", even if he could burn high incense.

"I know that General Shutong is a person who takes care of the overall situation, so you will lead the people of your headquarters to Wen County to station, guard the heart hinterland of Hanoi, and if there is a war on the front line, you can rush to the aid of Mengjin and Chenggao at any time!" Yuan Mai looked down at the "topographic map" on the desktop and gave instructions to Ko Yi.

"No!"

Koji Yi gave up his hand, said goodbye to everyone, strode out of the council hall, and went out of the city to order troops.

After settling down in Koyi, Yuan Mai decided to let Fu Hu go to guard Kei Pass, the gateway to the west of Hanoi. According to the spies' report, after the war broke out in the Central Plains, Xiahou Yuan, who had been sitting in Chang'an, and Xiahou Yuan, who had been in charge of the Yong and Liang armies, successively sent nearly 10,000 additional troops to the two counties of Hedong and Binh Duong, which were adjacent to Hanoi, posing a threat to Hanoi. In order to ensure the security of Hanoi, it is now necessary not only to deploy defenses along the Yellow River, but also to strengthen the defense in the west, and guard against the invasion of Cao's army from Hedong and Binh Duong.

"Frustrated, you originally served as the minister of state in Langya State, because you lost your official position and resigned because of my involvement, but I only have one Hanoi County in my hands, and I can't give you equal treatment. I see that you are also quite capable of using troops, so I will give you 2,000 men and horses from the command of General Shutong, and then give you another 1,000 men and horses, and appoint you to temporarily act as Sima of other departments, and go to the west to guard the Jiguan Town, I don't know what you think? ”

Frustrated, Hu came out of the list and said: "The son is talented, the hu admires it, and is willing to serve the dog and horse for the son!" ”

After some arrangement, 18,000 troops have been dispatched, and there is still a 12,000-strong contingent without a commander. Yuan Mai also appointed Zhang Liao as the acting general, and in addition to controlling the troops from Xuzhou, he also handed over the 2,000 recruits he had recently recruited to him for training. It is stationed in the plain area of five miles west of Hanoi Zhisuo Huai County, and is on call at any time.

After allocating 6,000 men and horses to Zhang Liao, the remaining army was left with only 2,500 cavalry and 3,500 foot soldiers. Yuan Mai handed over the infantry to the commander of the county king Ling and stationed them in the city of Huaixian to guard the city. The remaining 2,500 cavalry were used for other purposes.

After some deployment of troops and dispatches, the defense and military affairs of Hanoi were finally dealt with, Yuan Mai breathed a sigh of relief and asked Tian Fengdao, who was sitting beside him: "Mr. Yuan Hao, do you see my dispatch any progress?" ”

Tian Feng smiled, gave Yuan Mai a thumbs up, and praised: "Be confident, strategize, and gradually have the demeanor of a general." In time, the son will become a great weapon! ”

"Haha...... Sir praised falsely, military troubles generals. Political affairs will trouble you and you! Yuan Mai smiled heartily and got up to thank the staff present.

The county prince Ling, the lord Bo Tianchou, and the newly appointed county leader Zhuge Jin swore together: "The son is a great talent, do we dare not serve the prince loyally?" ”

Zhuge Jin's position of "engagement" was a subordinate official of Taishou, and Yuan Mai could let Tian Feng directly canonize him in the name of Taishou. But the military generals are different, Yuan Mai's title is just a miscellaneous "Fenwu General", and the highest military position can only be appointed to the level of the school captain, so Xu Sheng's school captain is actually awarded, and Zhang Liao's partial general, Frustrated Hu's other department Sima is only acting, which is equivalent to the agent of later generations, and it needs to be played to Yuan Shao, approved by the state pastor, and the seal ribbon can be transferred to the actual award.

The military discussion dispersed, and the generals and staff went to their own affairs step by step, Zhang Liao and Wang Shuang were about to leave the Taishou Mansion and were called by Yuan Mai, "The two generals stay, and there is an important task for you to do?" ”

"What's the matter? Please Gongzi even if he orders, Liao will do his best! Zhang Liao readily agreed.

Yuan Mai cleared his throat and said what he meant: "Take advantage of the fact that Liyi is going to receive the first camp now, and I haven't had time to go to the cavalry camp yet." The two of you will first go and select 2,500 good horses, and then select 2,500 knights to form two elite troops, one is called 'Tiger Cavalry', all of which are equipped with heavy armor into heavy cavalry, and trained into elite iron cavalry similar to Cao Cao's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. The other 1,000 men formed the archers, called the 'White Feather Cavalry'. Usually led by the prince, the Tiger Camp is trained by Wen Yuan during training, and the White Feather Ride is taught by me personally! ”

"The last general commands!" Zhang Liao and Wang Shuang hugged their wrists together and promised.

"Wait a minute, there are two more things to discuss with Wen Yuan."

Seeing that the two were about to leave, Yuan Mai called out to Zhang Liao again, and waved his hand to signal Wang Shuang to leave first: "I'll talk to Wen Yuan about some personal matters, Ziquan will go to the cavalry camp to pick people first!" This team has always been under your command, which soldier has excellent riding skills, which horse has excellent foot strength, I think you know better than anyone else, you quickly take advantage of the fact that Koji Yi has not come to pick people, hurry up to choose people, lest Koji Yi take the lead and pick up the best horses and soldiers! ”

"Okay, Childe, just wait for my good news!"

Wang Shuang has a hearty personality and has no complaints about the reduction of his cavalry by half. Saying goodbye, he strode out of the Taishou Mansion, turned on his horse, and went straight to the cavalry camp.

Looking at Wang Shuang's back, Yuan Mai shook his head and smiled, and said to Zhang Liao: "Wenyuan, don't look at this prince all year round, but he has strength and superb martial arts. It's not that I'm boasting, just in terms of martial arts, he's not under you......"

"Oh...... Is this little general's kung fu really so good? Zhang Liao was a little skeptical, looking at Wang Shuang's age, but he was only about twenty, and his martial arts were really so good?

"Huh...... I won't say much, after a few days, Wen Yuan will know Ziquan's ability! After a pause, Yuan Mai said with some regret: "It's a pity, Ziquan's martial arts are more than enough, but his ability to use troops on the spot is insufficient, you need to guide him well in the future!" ”

Zhang Liao nodded and promised: "Son, rest assured, Liao is by no means a stingy person." As long as Zi is all talented, I will definitely give him guidance often. Could it be that this is the private matter that Childe said? ”

Yuan Mai shook his head and said, "Fei Ye, Fei Ye!" First, Hanoi is now stable, and I want to send someone to Mayi to bring my sister-in-law and nephew to Huai County, and your family will be reunited. ”

It has been nearly half a year since he was separated from his wife and children, Zhang Liao also misses them a little, and he is very grateful for Yuan Mai's care, and bows and thanks: "Thank you for your care!" ”

It's just that Zhang Liao didn't know that the reason why Yuan Mai did this was because he was afraid that the story of Xu Shu being in Cao Ying's heart and being in Han would be staged again. In the future, as long as it is a talent who works under his hands, he will move his family to his own territory, so that there will be no more Xu Shu-style tragedy.

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