If you dare to think, you must dare to do it. Xue Rengui had just thought about this matter clearly, so he took advantage of the time for everyone to eat and take a lunch break at noon. Hurriedly returned to the kitchen in his general's mansion and began to develop steamed buns. With the help of several top chefs from the Fire Head Army, the buns were quickly made. However, these Huotou soldiers are all loyal to Xue Rengui himself. This matter is a secret of its own, and the enemy army will not specialize in studying its own food anyway, as long as its secrecy mechanism is done well. One would never think that the speed of one's march was due to one's own hands and feet on the grain and grass.

"Okay, the bun has been developed. You guys bring the buns back. Promote it from the whole army, but you are not allowed to leak it out. It can only be used in wartime. ”

"No."

"Alright, it's time for me to go back and train with them."

In the afternoon, inside the barracks.

"This afternoon, your original general will lead you through military skills and tactical training."

"Zilong, Zhou Wu, Zhou Wen. Next, our army will buy horses on a large scale and build our cavalry battalion, and the three of you will become the commanders of our cavalry battalion. Zilong is the main general, Zhou Wen and Zhou Wu are the deputy generals. Do you have the confidence to bring me this cavalry unit of mine? ”

"The lord values it so much, we will definitely live up to the trust of the lord, and we will definitely carry forward the cavalry battalion."

"Okay, I'll hand over all the cavalry in Yanzhou to the three of you, and you can use them to quickly help me train a cavalry unit. Now the soldiers of the barracks are also up to you to choose. The name of the cavalry battalion is called: Jin Ge Iron Horse. Hurry up and get ready! ”

"No."

In the following time, Xue Rengui came to the barracks every morning to help the soldiers train. Every afternoon, sometimes, he and Xun Yu deal with Yanzhou's political affairs. Sometimes, he discussed the art of war with Xu Maogong. Sometimes, I talk to Xi Zhicai about major events in the world. Before you know it, years have passed. During this period of time, Xue Rengui has also gained a lot of talents in recruitment management. Among them is a man named Pang Chao, who is very good at managing finances. After Xue Rengui's observation, this person is indeed very credible. So, he was cultivated as his cronies. Soon, he mastered all of Yanzhou's merchant economy. He became a major assistant to Xue Rengui in the governance and management of Yanzhou. The year came 187 A.D.

Xue Rengui's power at this time also reached an unprecedented strength. In the entire Yanzhou, there are more than 180,000 soldiers in the regular army. There are as many as 300,000 conscripts. However, the conscripts seem to have reached a bottleneck, after all, the tasks of the conscripts are mainly responsible for defending the city, as well as a series of tasks such as tuntian. Therefore, there is no other use for conscripts. There are more than 180,000 regular combat troops, including 20,000 cavalry. It is divided into light cavalry and heavy cavalry, of which 12,000 are light cavalry and 8,000 are heavy cavalry. Gao Shun's trapped camp, because he was limited by the fact that every meal had to be given to the soldiers to eat meat, which was a great test for the economy, so the number of people in the trapped camp is still relatively small, there are 8,500 people, all of whom are elites, and then, these 8,500 people are also divided into armored infantry and light infantry, of which 2,000 are heavy armored infantry, and the remaining 6,500 people are light infantry. Don't underestimate the 2,000-strong heavily armored infantry. They are the natural enemies of the cavalry, and they can take advantage of their own weight advantage. Resist the power of the cavalry's charge, and you can use your own invulnerability to harvest the cavalry's heads. Even if it is not used to deal with cavalry, it is more advantageous to use it in a series of battlefields such as positional warfare and city defense warfare. Except, of course, from siege warfare. After all, they were wearing heavy armor, if you still wanted them to rush to the city. This is beyond their own capabilities. In general, during this period of time, under the leadership of Xue Rengui and his Wenchen generals, Yanzhou was showing a thriving and thriving atmosphere.

Inside the former general's mansion in Yanzhou:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I think that our army is now full of troops. If it continues to be used, the configuration of the original ten battalions. It's a little better now, but I'm afraid it will be messed up in the future. Therefore, I plan to reorganize the deployment of our army in the next year or two. However, the cavalry battalion and the trap camp are not within the scope of the adjustment. What do you think, let's talk about it. ”

"I think that apart from the trapping camp and the cavalry battalion, the rest of the army can be roughly divided into three armies."

"I think it's better to divide into five armies, in addition to trapping camps and cavalry battalions."

"I think that in addition to the trapping camp and the cavalry battalion, our army is still 。。。。。。"

“。。。。。。”

Just like that in the former general, in the general's palace. All the generals and advisers, you and I discussed it word by word.

"Report 。。。。。。" At this time, there was a sudden sound of soldiers' announcements, breaking the previous atmosphere.

"Enlighten the lord, the small one has something important to report."

"What's the matter?"

"Outside, there is Gong Jing, the guard of Qingzhou County, and a messenger sent by Kong Rong, the Taishou of Beihai, saying that there are 100,000 urgent matters. Meet your lord. ”

"In that case, then you should bring them up quickly."

"No."

"Tai Shi Ci pays a visit to General Xue."

"Liao Hua meets General Xue."

"Oh, Liao Hua and Tai Shici. How did the two of them get together? Xue Rengui said silently in his heart.

Zhengse said: "I don't know the two strong men, who is the messenger sent by the Qingzhou Thorn History?" Who is the envoy sent by the Taishou of the North Sea? ”

"Tai Shi Ci was ordered by Beihai Taishou: Lord Kong Rong to ask General Xue for help."

"Liao Hua was ordered by Lord Gong Jing to ask General Xue for help."

"Oh, what's going on? It's worth all of you to come and ask me for reinforcements. ”

"General Qiqi Xue, who rebelled before, the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, are now resurrecting and making a comeback. is attacking our Qingzhou with a thunderous momentum, and at this moment one-third of the cities in Qingzhou have fallen. At this moment, if you report to the capital again, and wait until the imperial court brings rescue troops, I am afraid that Qingzhou has already fallen. Therefore, my lord specially sent two messengers to explain the situation to the imperial court. The other way, that is, me. Come and ask General Xue for help. ”

"I, Beihai, am also surrounded by yellow turban thieves. Lord Kong Rong, I didn't agree with me leading the county soldiers to attack, so I had to come to General Xue for help. ”

"How many Yellow Turbans are there?"

"Beihai was also surrounded by the Yellow Turban Army, with about 100,000 soldiers and horses. Among them, the young and middle-aged are only twenty or thirty thousand, and the rest are generally the old and weak, women and children. ”

"All the Yellow Turban troops in Qingzhou are about one million. The proportion of young adults is almost the same as that in Beihai. There are probably more than 300,000 young and middle-aged troops who can really participate in the war. ”

"Well, I already know about your situation. I would also like to ask the two envoys to go down and rest for a while, and I will now consult with my generals and advisers about sending troops. ”

"Thank you, General Xue."

"Hey, Liaohua. I remember, weren't you under Qingzhou Qushuai: Zhang Niujiao's subordinates before? Why has he become the messenger of Qingzhou now? Guan Hai seemed to suddenly remember something, and asked the person named Liao Hua.

"It turned out to be General Guan Hai, and I heard that you had taken refuge in General Xue before. Now it seems that it was. In fact, I am almost like this, a few years ago, the imperial army surrounded and suppressed our Yellow Turban Army, and I was captured in the battle. Thanks to Lord Thorn Shi's favor, I was accepted by Lord Thorn Shi as a military general under his command. Now that Qingzhou was besieged, several other generals couldn't get out and came to ask for help, and Lord Gong Jing saw that I still had some force, so he sent me. At the beginning, when he was still in the Yellow Turban Army, the general was the first fierce general of our army. Now, General Guan Hai is here, and it must be effortless to break the siege of Qingzhou. ”

"What the first fierce general, it's just that his eyes are above the top at that time. I don't know that there are people outside the world, and there are heavens outside the sky. Now, as far as the generals in Yanzhou are concerned, I am only in the middle and lower reaches. ”

"This 。。。。。。" Obviously, Liao Hua didn't quite believe what Guan Hai said. showed a very suspicious expression.

"Alright, here's coming. Take the two messengers down and rest. ”

"Everyone, the princes of the two roads have come to ask for help, I don't know what you think?"

Wen Ruo believes that it must be saved. However, before sending troops, a letter must be sent to the imperial court. Explain what we sent troops. ”

"Didn't the envoys sent by Qingzhou say that they also sent people to the capital? Won't you explain this matter to the emperor? Do we need to go through it again? ”

"Yide's words are wrong. Even the Qingzhou Thorn Shi also sent people to the imperial court. We also have to send someone to the capital to explain this matter, after all, we are now privately transferring troops. If it's just within your own borders, forget it. But this time we are going to Qingzhou. If you don't explain this matter to the emperor. He will think that we are difficult to control, and I am afraid that our life will not be easy. ”

"Mao Gong is right. But depending on what you mean, you all support sending troops. So what should we do next? ”

"Zhicai believes that our army should not excessively expose its strength now. You only need to send a part of the men, and that's it. Mainly cooperated with the history of Qingzhou and kept Qingzhou. I believe that the imperial court will also send reinforcements soon. ”

"Then how much do you think it is more appropriate for our army to send troops this time? Generals, how much is it more appropriate to lead? Let's all speak freely. ”