The red sun is sinking in the west, and the night is beginning to fall. The western sky was bright red, while the eastern sky was already full of stars. The grassland is not yet completely dark, and Han and Xiongnu herdsmen are riding horses to drive their cattle home. This is Yanmen County, a pasture outside the Great Wall, a beautiful scenery of grassland pastoral songs, and every qiē is so peaceful.

"Little dog, how many times have I told you, don't rush into the herd! How do you always not have a long memory! A middle-aged man in his forties rode a horse, holding a long pole to drive horses, and scolded a teenager in front of him who was riding a horse and rushing into the herd. When the boy heard his father's scolding, he hurried his horse out. This is a father and son, and the two of them have been driving horses like this every day for several years.

The father beckoned his son to drive the scattered horses together, and then the father and son slowly walked to the distant house with the horses in their hands.

Boom, boom, boom......!

The son heard a dull thunderous sound behind him, and couldn't help but look back. It doesn't matter if you look at it, I was startled, but in the dim skylight, a black shadow appeared on the outline of the hill not far away. The son exclaimed, "Daddy, what is that?" ”

The father turned around and saw the scene on the hill, and his face suddenly changed, "Not good! It's Xianbei people! Come on! ”

At this moment, the whining horn suddenly sounded, and the Xianbei cavalry surged all over the mountain, and the strange screams of the Xianbei people and beasts echoed in the heavens and the earth.

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Zhang Lang sat at the top and listened to the debate below, about the survival of the people's army. Those present are all the top strategists under Zhang Lang, Jia Xu is sitting on the left, Huang Yueying is sitting on the right, Chen Gong, Fa Zheng, and Ma Liang are sitting below Jia Xu, and Zhuge Liang, Cai Yong, and Cai Yan are sitting below Huang Yueying. What is arguing at the moment is Chen Gong and Zhuge Liang, both of whom express their own opinions, and they both speak the truth.

Zhang Lang raised his hand, and the two stopped arguing.

Zhang Lang frowned and said, "You don't have to argue, I already know the opinions of the two of you." Glancing at everyone, "Those who agree with the retention of the People's Army, please raise your hand." Jia Xu, Chen Gong, and Fa Zheng raised their hands. Zhang Lang motioned for them to put their hands down and asked the others, "Do the others advocate abolishing it?" Huang Yueying and the other five nodded.

Zhang Lang smiled: "Five to three, so it seems that we should abolish the people's army system?" ”

Chen Gong stood up and clenched his fists and said: "For such a major matter, the lord should be arbitrary!" ”

Zhang Lang lowered his head and groaned, he was also a little uncertain about this matter, he originally expected the eight strategists to be able to discuss and come to a conclusion, but he didn't expect that the views of the two sides were still incompatible, but they both made sense.

Yang Kun hurriedly rushed in, hugged his fists and said, "General, and the state emergency military situation!" ”

Zhang Lang frowned, "And the state? What about people? ”

"Just wait outside the door for the call."

"Let him in."

Yang Kun answered, ran down, and after a while, led a dusty herald to the lobby. When the herald saw Zhang Lang, he hurriedly bowed and said: "General, the Xianbei people suddenly attacked Bingzhou, and our army suffered heavy losses,......

Everyone was shocked, and Zhang Lang asked urgently: "What is the situation now?" How far have the Xianbei people attacked? ”

"Returning to the general, when he came down, the land of Yanmen County north of Yanmen Pass was lost except for the Yin Pavilion of Zhisuo, and Dingxiang County was also lost, Yunzhong County, Wuyuan County, Shuofang County, the situation is unknown, but I heard that there is a 150,000 Xianbei cavalry to the west, and the three counties are afraid that there will be more than auspicious!"

Zhang Lang asked with some annoyance: "Didn't you increase the size of the civilian army to more than 300,000?" Why did you let the enemy drive straight in? ”

"Returning to the general, the people's army is not an opponent of the Xianbei people at all! At the beginning of the incident, the People's Army of the northern part of Yanmen County and the People's Army of Dingxiang County, totaling 890,000 people, gathered east of Dingxiang to prepare to intercept the Xianbei people, but they were crushed by the 10,000 cavalry of the Xianbei people and lost 60,000 or 70,000 in one fell swoop! Subsequently, the remnants of the people's army retreated to Dingxiang and relied on the city walls to resist. However, in the face of 50,000 Xianbei people, it only lasted less than two days, and the city wall was breached! Tens of thousands of people's troops and hundreds of thousands of officials and civilians were killed, and the rest were taken away by the Xianbei people! ”

Zhang Lang frowned, he finally saw the role of the people's army, but this price seemed to be a little too great.

Glancing at the herald, "You continue." ”

The herald said: "After Dingxiang was breached, the Xianbei general Tuoba Guangyao led 200,000 heavy troops to the south, connecting Wuzhou and Mayi, and storming the Yin Pavilion. Fortunately, there are 20,000 soldiers of the Eagle Yang Legion in the Yin Pavilion. The Xianbei army attacked for several days, and when the subordinates left, the Xianbei people still did not make any progress. ”

Zhang Lang frowned and muttered, "I didn't expect the Xianbei people to go south so quickly!" ”

Chen Gong came to the hall and hugged his fists and said: "General, the situation in Bingzhou is critical, and my subordinates ask for orders to return to Bingzhou to preside over military affairs." ”

Zhang Lang stood up and walked in front of Chen Gong, "Bingzhou can't do without the public platform, so the public station should rush to it immediately." ”

"No."

Zhang Lang said: "After this incident, it proves that the role of the people's army is limited. The People's Army organization was immediately dismantled. When Gongtai returns to Bingzhou, he can mobilize and rely on the local people, but he will never let them take charge of it anymore! ”

Chen Gong clenched his fists and left in a hurry.

Zhang Lang returned to the top and sat down, and said to everyone: "I originally wanted to hold on to the New Year's Day and have a good drink with you, but I didn't want to be disturbed by Xianbei people!" This meal has been written down for the time being, and when the Xianbei people are defeated, we will have a good drink! The crowd smiled.

Zhang Lang said: "The Hussar Legion and the Longtao Legion will immediately go north and merge with the state. The government in Luoyang and Guanzhong is ready to accept refugees from the prefecture, and I don't want the refugees to starve to death on the way to escape. Cai Yan"

Cai Yan was stunned for a moment, quickly stood up, hugged his fists and said, "My subordinates are here." ”

"I appoint you to join the army for grain and grass, and prepare grain and grass for the army."

Cai Yan was stunned, came back to her senses, and quickly accepted the order, she was very excited, this is the first time that the eldest brother has reused her!

Cai Yan retreated. Zhang Lang called: "Wenhe." ”

"The subordinates are here."

"I appoint you as a military advisor to follow me." "No."

Zhang Lang glanced at everyone, "The current situation is urgent, everyone should return to their respective posts immediately, although the battle is taking place on the northern front, but the other defense lines must not be taken lightly!" There are two things you need to do, one is to protect the territory and the people, and the other is to prepare food and grass for emergencies. The crowd stood up and clenched their fists in agreement.

Zhang Lang came to the back, several wives and concubines were teasing Zhang Lang's pair of children, enjoying themselves, and several maids and nurses were standing around and smiling. When everyone saw Zhang Lang come in, they bowed down one after another.

Zhang Lang smiled: "No courtesy, no courtesy." The crowd stood up. Several maids and nurses bowed and retreated.

Zhang Lang walked up to Diao Chan, picked up his son Lu Meng, raised it above his head and said with a smile: "My little baby! ”