Zhao Yu saw that Jia Rong actually went deep into the mountains to find the thieves, and hurriedly persuaded: "Big brother, the thieves are all outlaws, and in the deep mountains, it is difficult for the soldiers to take care of them, so it is better to send a large team of people into the mountains." ”

Jia Rong said with a smile: "When did Yu'er's courage become so small, how can she become a heroine?" ”

Zhao Yu muttered softly: "Aren't people still doing this for you?" Don't even appreciate it? ”

"Yu'er, as a general, it's not as simple as you think, it's just a central command, when necessary, you must go to the battlefield in person to set an example for the soldiers under your command, the main general is willing to use his life, and it will be the biggest boost to morale, understand?"

Zhao Yu nodded as if he didn't understand.

"Forget it, you don't understand this now, when you really become a general in the army with your own efforts, and after you go to the academy and take a military theory class, you will understand a lot of things that you didn't know before, dealing with the enemy, what to do, basic battlefield command." Jia Rong sighed: "War is not a child's house, it is bloodshed, it is sacrifice, the Xiliang Army is the blood of many warriors, without their sacrifice, there would be no Chang'an today, and today's Xiliang Army." ”

"As a commander-in-chief, not only consider how to win, but also think about the loss of soldiers, just like this attack on the cottage of thieves, how to exchange the smallest loss for the greatest result, a team of thousands of people, into the deep mountains and old forests, for the army, is a great burden, a hundred soldiers can complete the task, there is no need for a team of thousands of people, this is called making the best use of things." Jia Rong still patiently explained to Zhao Yu.

After entering the mountain, the lone wolf soldiers are like fish in water, constantly reporting the news ahead, the bandits are hiding no matter how secret, how can they escape the heavy search of the lone wolf.

After a while, Jia Rong saw a shoddy cottage halfway up the mountain, on which soldiers were vigilantly watching around.

There are also some capable people among the bandits, this place is built to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if it takes hard military strength to capture it, it is not worth the loss, the other party is at best some bandits, compared to the death and injury of the soldiers in the army, they are somewhat insignificant.

"Yu'er, look at the cottage of these soldiers, if you are a general, how should you attack it?" Jia Rong set his eyes on Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu pondered for a moment and said: "These are all small bandits, the army rushes up, aren't they all caught?" ”

Looking at Zhao Yu's expression, Jia Rong sighed and took her to experience the battle, sure enough, there is a big difference between soldiers who have been on the battlefield and soldiers who have not been on the battlefield, no matter how high the morale is, as soon as you arrive at the battlefield, when you see the enemy, your legs and feet will be weak when you see blood, can you call it an elite soldier, and if you don't have three or five lives in your hands, you can't be called a hero.

"Yu'er, if you are a general, you must think about the soldiers under your command, aren't their lives precious? You see this cottage, built in the middle of the mountain, although it is simple, but it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, is it worth it to capture such a cottage and spend more than a dozen soldiers? ”

Although Zhao Yu has not been on the battlefield, he still understands this, and shook his head lightly when he heard this, there is not much food, grass and money in the cottage, and he is just to let the people and merchants have a stable way to go, and it is not worth losing a soldier.

"What do you want to do now?" Jia Rong asked patiently.

"I don't know." Zhao Yu still shook his head.

Jia Rong looked at Zhang Xiu, who wanted to laugh, his face suddenly fell, and he pointed at Zhang Xiu and said, "You take Yu'er to attack the cottage, you must let her learn something, otherwise you will be good-looking." ”

Zhang Xiu's neck shrank, and hurriedly agreed, Zhao Yu is Zhao Yun's sister, with Zhao Yun's status in the army is increasing, Zhao Yu is worth paying attention to.

"Miss Yu'er, come with me." Zhang Xiu said softly.

"What Yu'er girl, on the battlefield, there are only soldiers and generals, don't you understand this, it's still the second of the lone wolf." Jia Rong said coldly on the side.

Zhang Xiu secretly said that it was bad, Jia Rong didn't want to be a good person, who made himself a subordinate, he could only obey orders.

From receiving Jia Rong's reprimand to changing his face, it was just a momentary effort" "Zhao Yu listened to the order and went to the cottage with the army, not to alarm any thieves, and to take extraordinary measures if necessary.

"No." Zhao Yu also has the same kind of fist hugging.

"General Zhang, what is an extraordinary measure?" After moving away from Jia Rong, Zhao Yu asked softly.

"The extraordinary means is that there will be a lot of emergencies on the battlefield, such as the patrol soldiers of the cottage have found you, what you have to do is to prevent them from passing on the information, a dead person, will not speak."

Seeing Zhang Xiu's gloomy face, Zhao Yu was slightly surprised in his heart, he was only training in the army before, and there was still a big difference between going to the battlefield to kill people in person.

Jia Rong led the soldiers back to Chang'an to wait, the bandits' cottage is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Zhang Xiu will definitely wait until the night when the bandits have relaxed their vigilance to take a sneak attack.

At noon the next day, Zhao Yuqiao returned to the city with a pale face, and did not return to the barracks, but went back to Zhao's mansion directly.

"How's the rain?" Jia Rong said.

Zhang Xiu hugged his fists and said: "Like ordinary soldiers, the first time you face a dead person and kill someone with your own hands, you always have to feel uncomfortable for a while. ”

"Do you think Yu'er will become a qualified general?" Jia Rong asked.

"Lord, it's hard to say about this matter, the potential of some generals is discovered in the slow battle, not all people are born to be famous generals who can go to the battlefield, they need to be constantly honed, Zhao Yu girl Bingxue is smart, and her martial arts are strong, if she can survive, there will be one more fierce general in the army, and she is also a surprising female general." Zhang Xiudao.

Jia Rong said: "When do you also learn to pat on the back, don't relax with her because of Zhao Yun's relationship, generals are very important to the army, you know this better than anyone else." ”

Zhang Xiu hugged his fists and promised.

"Lord, this is the map of the Jingzhou Navy Water Village that Zhou Tai ordered to come back, and there are some construction drawings of warships, and one is a building ship." Zhang Xiu handed a wad of paper to Jia Rong's hand and said.

Jia Rong nodded and said: "Zhou Tai is bold and careful, if it weren't for the original incident, maybe our army's navy has become a climate that can compete with the Jiangdong Army and the Jingzhou Army." ”

When it comes to the events of the year, Zhang Xiu will inevitably think of Zhao Fan, and the person who killed Zhao Fan, Zhang Xiu will never forget him, Ma Ju.

"Don't think too much, it's a relief to die." Jia Rong said with relief.

"General Zhang Liao has been guarding Yumen Pass for many years, let him return to Chang'an, the army needs more generals." Jia Rong said.

Zhang Xiu nodded yes, and set off waves in his heart, Zhang Liao was under the command of the Bingzhou Army, and then threw himself into Dong Zhuo's hands, Zuihou came to the Xiliang Army, probably because Jia Rong was afraid that he had some status in the army, and had too much influence on the army's heart, so he was sent to Yumen Pass, which seemed to be to protect the territory of the Xiliang Army, but in fact, there were few wars in Yumen Pass, and it was only there to provide horses for the Xiliang Army, but Zhang Liao was also a person who could endure hardships, and he worked hard and complained, even Zhang Xiu had to admire him.

"How? Is there any news from Gan Ning? Jia Rong asked, thinking of the navy, it is inevitable to think of the original navy general, the Jinfan thief, how famous, put in history, it is also a famous water and land general, who has established great feats for Eastern Wu.

"Gan Ning, he still continues to be his Jiangyang thief on the river, and he has hundreds of sons and daughters, so he is not majestic." Zhang Xiudao.

"Well, let him come back, the formation of the Xiliang Water Army will be this year." Jia Rong said in a deep voice.

Under the rule of the Xiliang Army, there are naturally a lot of places near the sea, but in this era, the sea is still a little strange to the people and merchants, different from the Yangtze River in the mainland, the sea is endless, on it, you may lose your way, do not know the north, south, west and east, and finally starve to death in the vast sea, there have been many businessmen who have tried to cross the vast sea, have not succeeded, and even did not come back, it is the hearts of the people who have a deep awe of the sea.

Jia Rong is different, he comes from later generations, knows the importance of the sea, even if he can't go to sea, he can also form a naval army in the sea, at this time and the Xiliang army is close to Liu Yan of Yizhou and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao of Jizhou, Cao Cao is a behemoth, and there is too little border with the Xiliang army, in a short time, Jia Rong does not want to go to war with it, and the spearhead of the war is pointed at Yuan Shao of Jizhou and Liu Yan of Yizhou.

The terrain of Yizhou is dangerous, Liu Yan has been hiding in it and not coming out, holding the male army and the people's hearts are attached, which is not suitable for attack for the time being, Yuan Shao in Jizhou is different, and Cao Cao has been a small friction, taking advantage of the opportunity of their two armies to fight, attacking Jizhou in one fell swoop, will give Yuan Shao a fatal blow, and at the same time, Jizhou also has Xu You and others secretly responding, after such a period of time, Xu You must have developed a lot of his own cronies.

And get the land of Jizhou, so that the strength of the Xiliang army can rise again, different from the barren and barren places in Youzhou and other places, Jizhou is a famous grain state in the Han Dynasty, with a large population and many fertile fields, after taking Jizhou, it is equivalent to getting a granary, which can provide sufficient grain, grass and materials for the pace of war of the Xiliang army, such a place is a great waste in the hands of Yuan Shao.

But Yuan Shao had 200,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, among which the halberd warriors and the first dead soldiers were very famous, and if he lost too many troops to capture Jizhou, it would lose its meaning.

After the formation of the naval army, it will be easier to attack Jizhou, attracting the attention of the Yuan army with the superior forces in the front, while the naval army will surprise from the rear and lose the base camp, and the Yuan army will be defeated and lost.

The formation of the water army is a bottomless pit, not only for Jizhou but also for the future to dominate the world, the power in the hands is great, and the ambitions are increasing day by day, even characters like Yuan Shu are called emperors, not to mention the elite Xiliang army.