Chapter 278: Shadow of the North

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In the dog days of June, the sun is poisonous like fire, sweating is like pulp, such weather, it is not suitable to use swords, only suitable for smelting and traveling.

At this time, the princes of the world and the forces of the Quartet were also secretly accumulating strength, and once again redrew the territory of the Han Dynasty and raised troops for the time when the autumn was high and the horses were fat.

There is nothing to do in the world, and Ma Han also stole half a day of leisure, and took his wife and beautiful relatives to the north of Luoyang to travel to the mountains to escape the summer.

There was originally a royal garden in the north palace of Luoyang, the dragon garden, the scenery is beautiful, like a fairy scene (princess language). However, this is already yesterday's yellow flower, and the current Maolong Garden has to add a "wild" word. The sight is overgrown with weeds, pikas are infested, the pavilions are half collapsed, the flower beds are all ruined, and the blue pond has become a stinky pond.

Liu Xie and Princess Wannian only came to see it once, and they never appeared here again, so as not to touch the scene and add sentimentality.

The original name of Pishan is Taibaiyuan, it is the barrier of the north of Luoyang, it is bordered by the Yellow River, the mountains and rivers are gorgeous, the scenery is pleasant, and there is the scenery of "the evening view of Pishan" in later generations. Although the mountain stretches for nearly 400 miles, the altitude is not high, and the highest peak Cuiyun Peak is only 300 meters, and it will not be too tiring to climb and climb, so it can be called the first choice for Luoyang residents to travel.

Ma Han and the princess, the three Zhen sisters, the Gan family, the Yuan family, Nian Nu, Mi Zhen, plus Ma Yunluo, Zhao Yingzi and a group of male and female guards, appeared in the mountain, enjoying the cool summer, and it was very happy.

In front of a waterfall and clear pond with deep ancient trees. The female soldiers formed a veil with green yarn to cut off the ten zhang range of Qingtan, and the princess, the three Zhen sisters, the Gan family, the Yuan family, Nian Nu, Mi Zhen and other women, one after another, untied their clothes, entered the water and played, enjoying this rare summer coolness.

And Ma Yunluo, Zhao Yingzi and the two teams of female soldiers formed a circle of sanitation and did their duty. Three hundred paces away, was the newly formed General Guard. Responsible for perimeter vigilance. This guard has a tentative number of 212 people, and Chen has arrived as the commander, and the rank is equivalent to that of a military commander. All members are selected from the original White Wolf Warriors, loyalty, bravery, good fighting, and seniority are indispensable. Among the two hundred generals' guards, they are divided into infantry teams and cavalry teams, including all the current arms of the dragon and wolf army: heavy cavalry, light cavalry, archers, heavy infantry, light infantry, crossbowmen, etc., which can be described as fully functional.

Ma Han, Xu Huang, and Chen Zhi have all personally tested the combat power of this mixed guard and unanimously agreed. Taking the Xiliang Army as a reference, this general guard can win a thousand-man cavalry army, if it is used as a defense, it can be relied on with strong armor and sharp weapons. Brave and fearless, it can withstand the attack of the Xiliang army eight to ten times.

Although the Xiliang Army at this time could no longer be compared with Dong Zhuo's era, Yu Yong was still there, and he was able to defeat such a strong enemy several times. It is no exaggeration to say that it is the first-rate army in the world. It's a pity that there are only more than 200 qualified team members, even if more troops are transferred from Liaodong in the future to replenish them. It won't be too much, three or five hundred to the top.

In addition, there is also an Eagle Eye team of about thirty people, which is responsible for collecting, sorting, and delivering all kinds of intelligence for the General's Mansion, which belongs to the hidden power of the General's Mansion.

It is precisely because of such a powerful general guard that Ma Han dared to take his female dependents out of the country for a hundred miles.

Ma Han leisurely half lay under a towering ancient tree in the shade of the sun, half-squinting, as if sleeping but not sleeping. He said that he wanted to be the shopkeeper and ignore things today, but as soon as people were idle, there were no women around him, and his thinking naturally returned to the military and political affairs of the court.

In terms of military affairs, the first task was to transfer troops from Liaodong and increase the number of troops in Luoyang. At present, with the troops at hand, he can only barely control Zhanyang and the entire Henan Yin, once there is something in the surrounding area, it is overstretched to transfer an army to the battle. He needs at least 5,000 dragon and wolf troops, 2,000 to guard Luoyang, and 3,000 to maneuver, so that it can be used.

Returning north with the ship this time, there are also nearly 1,000 Luoyang New Army, who will undergo intensive training for more than half a year in the White Wolf Battalion in Liaodong to adapt to the combat mode of the Dragon Wolf Army, improve their combat skills, and strengthen military formation training. Of course, the most important thing is to accept the re-teaching of the Hango tribesmen. Without the qualified comments signed by the five elders of the Hange Tribe, even if you train to death, you don't want to get out of the White Wolf Camp. Well, it's a bit like the legendary Southern Shaolin, you have to play the eighteen Arhat formation, and the arms are branded with dragon and tiger double shapes before you can officially go out of the mountain gate.

The White Wolf Camp is not so harsh, but in some ways, it is more than it is - at least the White Wolf Camp does not have any so-called "dog holes" that can be drilled out by unqualified people.

Although there were nearly 1,000 troops missing, after defeating the Li Guo coalition army, nearly 2,000 remnants of the army were defeated, which was enough to supplement this part of the shortage. In order to reassure the Son of Heaven and the courtiers, and in order to encircle the Ma family's army, Ma Han assigned more than 1,000 soldiers to Ma Chao and Pang De's other departments, plus more than 200 Ma family troops brought by themselves, the strength of this dragon and wolf other department was enriched at once, and it looked very decent.

In terms of government affairs, Jia Xu is in charge of the outside and Guo Jia is in charge of the inside, which is basically not a problem. However, the Son of Heaven has been a little short-tempered recently, and he has given the ministers including Ma Han a lot of faces, and only the princess can appease him at this time. Ma Han maliciously speculated whether this young son of heaven had reached the period of youth rebellion.

Just as his thoughts diverged and he was making all kinds of calculations, Asu's somewhat mysterious voice sounded in his ears: "General, guess who I saw?" ”

Now this kid has entered the General's Guard as he wished, and has become an ordinary soldier, and according to his merits, he could have been delegated to the new army to take the lead. But as Aso said before, he doesn't care about the rank, he only wants to serve as an ordinary soldier under the general's account.

What else can Ma Han say, only to fulfill him.

Ma Han half-opened his eyelids and said lazily: "I won't see the Son of Heaven." ”

Asu smiled: "Of course not, it's Jia Tent Governor." ”

Jia Tent Governor, that is, Jia Ji, he is also one of the members of the General Guard, in fact, according to his conditions, it is not up to standard, but like Chen Dao, it is a special case. Today, the escort is on a trip, and three of the general's guards are on leave. One of them is Jia Ji.

It is okay to ask for leave if you have something to do, and the General's Guard does not mean that you will serve the General for twelve hours. It's just that if you ask for leave for something, and now you appear in the place where you should be on a mission, this thing is weird, no wonder Aso has such an expression.

Ma Han had a pair of eyes, if it was an ordinary account governor, he wouldn't bother to pay attention to it at all, but Jia Ji's identity was special, so he couldn't pay more attention. Get up at the moment: "Let's go, let's see." ”

Under the guidance of Aso, Ma Han took only four guards and quietly descended the mountain. After walking for a short time, he saw Jia Ji's figure from a distance, he only brought an entourage, drove an ox cart, dressed casually, and was heading towards a village.

Outside the courtyard of a family. A young maid ran out to meet her, and then poked her head on tiptoe to look at the ox cart.

Jia Ji smiled and said, "Don't look at it, it's all this year's new wheat." ”

The maid laughed and said, "The eldest lady must be very happy." ”

Ma Hun has good eyesight and a good memory. When I saw this maid from afar, I felt very familiar. A maid will actually feel familiar, there is only one possibility. Who would it be that he had a considerable intersection with his master?

Ma Han beckoned and pointed to the house. Needless to say. Aso understood what he meant, and immediately unloaded his sword and bow, untied his armor pocket, and looked like an ordinary teenager, pulling his legs and quickly burrowing into the forest beside the road. Before long, he appeared in front of a resident not far from the house. First he knocked on the wood, said something, and after a while, the master came out with a wooden bowl. Aso took it, thanked him and drank water, gesturing and saying something......

After a while, Asu's round face with a smile flashed in the woods, and he ran briskly to report: "That family lives with a Cai girl, because she often strokes the piano and recites books, which attracts many nearby boys to pick up the wall and watch. So he opened a school, which did not charge a penny, but provided food and lodging, and the nearby villagers respectfully called him 'Mr. Woman' instead of name......"

"It turned out to be her!" Ma Han blurted out, what a Cai Yan and Cai Zhaoji, they actually started teaching.

If you want to change a nation, education is definitely the top priority, but it's a pity that Ma Han doesn't have the spare strength to do this now, but if someone tries it first, he will never mind helping and pushing it, just like he did in Liaodong for Guan Ning.

"Let's go, let's also visit this lady and listen to the teachings."

Ma Han spoke modestly, but when several of them, burly soldiers in armor and helmets, with bows and swords on their backs, appeared outside the school, they still frightened the maid so much that they turned around and ran away screaming.

Jia Ji crossed his eyebrows and rushed out with a thick stick in his eyes, and his movements suddenly froze, dumbfounded, as if he had been immobilized.

Ma Han stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "You are very good, very caring, it seems that the position of Governor is not suitable for you, maybe you can be an executive vice principal or something." As he spoke, he entered the courtyard by himself, and the five guards behind him walked in sideways from Jia Ji's side one after another, and Jia Ji was fixed from beginning to end......

In the courtyard, under a big tree, more than ten children sat on the ground in the open air, each with a sand table in front of them, holding a slender branch in their hands, and reading in their mouths: "Tianxingjian, a gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement; The terrain is good, and the gentleman carries things with virtue. As he read it, he wrote this passage in the sand table with a tree branch.

Although the handwriting is crooked and the strokes are not smooth, every immature face is full of seriousness and piety.

Ma Han glanced at it and was surprised to find that there were actually two girls among them - what a precedent.

Cai Yan also saw Ma Han and his entourage early, but remained silent until he finished reading half of "Zhou Yi. After that, he came slowly and bowed slightly to Ma Han: "The hussar general's visit to the cold house is really brilliant. ”

Ma Han looked Cai Yan up and down, but saw that she was tall, with a plain scarf hanging down her waist, and she was dressed in white, which could not hide her slender and tall figure. This unisex outfit not only does not damage her beauty, but also adds a bit of intellectual beauty.

Ma Han paced slowly, and the curious and slightly frightened eyes of the dozen or so Meng Tong turned with this tall figure.

Ma Han nodded: "This school is good, there are men and women, whether poor or poor, which fully reflects what the sages said, 'there is no class in education'." ”

Cai Yan was surprised with a little surprise: "The general also thinks that women can be enrolled?" ”

"Of course." Ma Han responded calmly, with sincerity and no flattery.

Cai Yan clasped his hands together: "Cai Yan heard for the first time that there are people who approve of girls' enrollment in school besides himself, fortunately, this person is a hussar general." ”

Ma Han smiled: "Do you feel like a confidant?" ”

Cai Yanxiu raised his eyebrows slightly, and said abruptly: "The general is cautious." ”

Ma Han snorted, disagreed, swept his eyes around, and said, "Zhao Ji's righteous act is admirable." I will include this school building in the reconstruction project of Luoyang, and all the accommodation, pen and ink of Mongolian children will also be borne by the imperial court. ”

Cai Yan was displeased with Ma Han's words again, and at this time, he could only lead a group of Meng Tong to bow down happily and thank him again and again.

Ma Han said: "I can't teach, but I have some ideas for teaching aids. In fact, you don't have to read so hard, you can use white powder plaster to make a pen and write it on a blackened lacquer board, so black and white, easy to write and easy to erase. Meng Tong can also abandon the sand table and use a small blackboard instead. In addition, we can compile a set of teaching materials suitable for Mongolian children of different ages......"

Cai Yan's clear eyes gradually brightened, and he couldn't help but follow behind Ma Han, listening intently......

Asu glanced at Jia Ji, the third prince had returned to normal, just silently staring at the pair of distant figures, with a complicated expression.

"Uncle Jia, the technique of sending food and goods is too low-level, if you talk about how to make a woman fall in love, you are still far behind." Asu grinned and said, "Our general, but even the princess can take down the lord, learn a little." (To be continued......)