Zhu Jun was not a local prince, and when Zhongmu fought against Dong Zhuojun, he could only call on the Kwantung princes to give him soldiers and give him money and food. Zhu Jun can find a place to live with [Putting things right], but he has no way to develop the military and government independently like ordinary princes and divide one side.

However, few of the Kwantung princes could be relied upon.

Zhu Jun's life in Zhongmu was very difficult at the beginning, otherwise he would not have taken the opportunity to rescue the dragon leader to abandon Zhongmu counties, and resolutely waved his army into the Hetao.

The forces of the Han Dynasty fully retreated from the Hetao, leaving behind many abandoned famous cities, and it was not difficult for Zhu Jun to find a foothold with the [Rectify the Chaos] skill by virtue of his status as an important minister, but if it was just like this, Zhu Jun's entry into the Hetao would be too much of a loss. Not to mention anything else, the population recovery of the abandoned county town is a long process, there is a cooling period, and before the population is completely restored, the output and income of the county seat where Zhu Jun is based will continue to be affected, if there is no other plan, it is difficult to understand Zhu Jun's decision to enter the Hetao.

Xu Shu believes that [recovering Shangjun] is clearly an opportunity for Zhu Jun to become a prince.

With Zhu Jun's prestige and military strength, there is no problem at all in the reality of separating places, but this is a game, and the game has the rules of the game. An important minister like Zhu Jun, who has never become a prince in history, even if he has a reputation and strength, it must not be so easy to become a separatist force, and there is a high chance that he must complete the corresponding task first.

The "Princes' Promotion Mission" will not be groundless.

In addition, the [Restoration of Shangjun] mission requires the deer to lead the four abandoned county towns, and if you think about it, I am afraid there are some things worth playing.

Why four cities and not other numbers?

Why is it locked in the Upper County area?

The explanation given by Xu Shu is: There are a total of nine counties in Shangjun, and Zhu Jun is a general of chariots and cavalry, and his position is higher than that of ten thousand stones, and he can use the [Rectify Chaos] skill to occupy five counties at most, and no matter how many ownerless cities there are, he can't occupy them. Leave the task of capturing the other four county towns to Zhulu Ling, and the nine counties of Shangjun can be wiped out.

Whether or not a certain county is completely occupied is a hard indicator for judging the identity of the princes!

Zhu Jun occupies five county seats at most, and in the abandoned counties of Hetao, only Dingxiang County is exactly five county seats, and the number of other counties and counties is more than five. However, Dingxiang County is too far away from the Central Plains, and has already arrived in Yinshan, and has gone to the extreme north to be a prince, not to mention whether Zhu Jun can arrive smoothly with the army, even if the hardships have passed and he has fulfilled his wish, it is inconvenient to develop and set foot in the Central Plains in the future, and with Zhu Jun's prestige and status, he is naturally unwilling to go to that place.

Having dealt with Zhu Jun for so long, Yu Buzhi knew very well that this famous general was truly loyal to the Han family.

As an important minister of the central government, he sought to become a local prince, not driven by Zhu Jun's personal ambition, but more because he saw the true face of the Kwantung princes' self-respect. The central government could not go back, and he could not get the support of the Kwantung princes, so Zhu Jun simply divided one side, occupied a base area and slowly developed, becoming an external aid to the Han family. When the time is ripe, raise volunteers to go south to the Qingjun and the king of Qin, which must be something that Zhu Jun wants to accomplish in his dreams.

Since this belief exists, it is pointless to go to the far north to develop.

Shangjun is close to Sili and close to the Central Plains, so it will be easier than those counties in the north to develop production and economy in the future. Moreover, Zhu Jun's situation is actually very embarrassing, the imperial court gave up the Hetao, he wants to restore the governance of the Han Dynasty in the Hetao, it is bound to conflict with Qianghu, and the pressure can be imagined, it is simply unrealistic to expect the help of the Kwantung princes, and the Luling Leader will establish a stronghold in Shangjun, so that Zhu Jun can see the opportunity.

Although the Zhulu Territory is only a territory, the Zhulu Army is brave and good at fighting, and Zhu Jun regards Yu Buzhi as a loyal and upright person, so he enters Shangjun and helps the Dragon Leader, which is obviously a good choice. Zhu Jun himself can't take a few abandoned county seats, handed over to Yu Buzhi, and the chance of success is also very high!

Five thousand cavalry is not something that ordinary territory can deal with.

ran to Hetao to occupy the abandoned county seat, and Zhu Jun had no choice.

Henan Yin is a somewhat ownerless city, but the princes who can be promoted have to completely occupy a certain county, Henan Yin 21 counties, aside from Luoyang, which was burned by fire, there are 20 counties, who is Zhu Jun looking for to help him fight the other 15 counties? Besides, the county seat west of Yin, Henan is still in Dong Zhuo's hands, and the Xiliang Army will not have the idea of fulfilling Zhu Jun.

Regardless of geographical location, development potential, difficulty of advancing to princes, and external assistance, Shangjun is quite suitable.

This is the fundamental reason why Zhu Jun marched into the Hetao.

Although the above is Xu Shu's analysis, all indications indicate that the speculation should be very close to the facts. Zhu Jun has always been very concerned about the progress of the [Restoration of Shangjun] mission, and when he learned that he had to wait for the reinforcements sent by the Zhulu Leader first, his disappointment was overflowing, which further confirmed Xu Shu's speculation.

Aside from the task rewards, if [Recover Shangjun] can help Zhu Jun become a prince, Yu Buzhi is very happy to do something. From the moment Zhu Jun marched into the Hetao, the momentum of mutual support had been formed.

The Hetao area is the territory of Qianghu.

Now there are rumors on the grassland, the fire of the barbarian cattle department will sooner or later burn to the dragon collar, complete the task as soon as possible, help Zhu Jun complete the transformation of breaking the cocoon into a butterfly, and also help the deer lead himself.

The stronger Zhu Jun is, the safer the dragon collar will be.

Starting to complete the task of [Recovering Shangjun] as soon as possible is obviously also out of the consideration of the dragon leader, and Yu Buzhi has no reason to oppose it, but he has to face up to the problem of the lack of military strength in the Hetao.

"Wang Ping and the Flying Army are still on the way, with our combat strength in Hetao, can we capture the abandoned county seat?"

Xu Shu shook his head: "Even if you are lucky enough to capture a city, you will suffer heavy losses and have no strength to fight again." ”

Yu Buzhi sighed, this answer was expected.

Counting the 3,000 reinforcements of the Assassin Blood Leader and Zhao Yun's Beiying cavalry, the total strength of the Hetao Territory is about 7,000 people, and under the leadership of a few king-level talents, there is indeed a chance to defeat the 5,000 humanoid monsters entrenched in the abandoned county town. But the city is all 60-level troops, only Zhao Yun's more than 400 cavalry in the north camp will not be suppressed by the rank, even if the deer army pours out, there is no way to form a force suppression of the defenders, it is likely to be a field battle, the cavalry has a clear advantage over the infantry in the field, even if it is a city, its own losses will be very scary.

Yu Buzhi said solemnly: "If you want Bai Yu to teleport over, I will raise money." ”

The flying army was on the road, and only Bai Yu could steadily suppress the Qianghu cavalry.

"Bai Yu should stay, Zhulu City needs a strong army to defend it, and the lord will transfer some funds."

Yu Buzhi said: "Is the recruitment a little slow?" Training takes time, and combat power will not be very strong. ”

Xu Shu shook his head: "My subordinates plan to invite mercenaries." ”

Speaking of mercenaries, to a certain extent, Zhulu Ling started with mercenaries in the first place.

Yu Buzhi just entered the master of the deer to lead the soldiers and the small generals, it is with the help of the super mercenaries that he was able to complete the feat of clearing all the cottages in the county with the village-level stronghold, and during the Battle of the Yellow Turban, it was also with the help of the people to turn the corner from danger to safety, and he is no stranger to the use of mercenaries.

With the continuous improvement of the scale of the deer leader, there are more and more troops, the situation of the shortage of major generals has improved significantly, and the dependence on mercenaries is getting lower and lower. The establishment and growth of the White Tiger Yicong, as well as the fact that the Qinggu tribe has become a vassal force, has made it possible to mobilize a lot of supernumerary combat forces, and in the past two years, the main base has rarely invited mercenaries from outside.

Over time, Yu Buzhi even had the idea of "you can ask for a mercenary if you have something" gradually faded.

"The Red Shu tribe has arrived at Wulong Mountain?"

Xu Shu mentioned inviting mercenaries, and Yu Buzhi's first reaction was that the migration of the Hongshu tribe was completed.

"That's not true," Xu Shu said with a smile: "Our Zhulu Ling is a first-class capital, and we can hire up to two thousand mercenaries, and even if the Hongshu tribe reaches that point, it is far from enough, but we can invite Qianghu." ”

"Qianghu is willing to be a mercenary?"

"My lord, Qiang Hu has a long tradition of being a mercenary......

Huaxia is an agricultural civilization, but the combat effectiveness of the ancient Han army is quite strong, although the nomadic cavalry has the advantage of riding and shooting, but most of the time the elite border army of the Han Dynasty is hanged and beaten. During the Qin and Han dynasties, the Huns were once the overlords of the grassland, invincible, defeated by Wei Qing and Huo Quai, and have since declined. When Xianbei became the overlord of the grassland, and the war with the Han Dynasty, he also couldn't take advantage. The Han army had the advantages of the art of war, military formations, equipment, resources, and technology, and it was difficult for the nomads to gain the upper hand.

Chen Tang shouted "Those who commit crimes against strong men will be punished even if they are far away", which by no means represents an attitude.

There is also the confidence accumulated by the soldiers of the Han army and the nomads in bloody battles again and again!

The Han infantry against the nomadic cavalry is by no means a special case.

Most of the time, the nomads had no choice but to starve, or to take advantage of the extreme weakness of the central power in China, so that they could go south to take advantage of the small advantages. Don't look at the nomadic cavalry to the civilians, in fact, they are quite afraid of the Han army, especially those border troops. Let's just say that the Hetao was also snatched by the Han army from the nomads back then, otherwise the Hu people would give up the rich pasture.

The abandonment of the Hetao by the Eastern Han Dynasty was not due to military defeat and unsustainable, but due to the decline of national strength.

The Three Kingdoms was a turbulent period in Chinese history, decades of civil war, the withering of all industries and a sharp decline in population, the total population of the country was less than 10 million when the Jin Dynasty was established, less than 20% of the country's population of 56 million during the period of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, and the pain was extreme, but even then, the nomads did not dare to attack the Central Plains on a large scale. It was not until later that the Jin Dynasty experienced the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings", and the Han people exhausted the remaining bit of vitality, and finally entered the period of Wuhu Chaohua.

Talking so much, the main thing is to explain one point: the Han army was very good at that time, all kinds of might.

It was precisely because of the strength of the Han army that so many nomads joined the imperial court.

With the decline of national strength, the size of the Han army was reduced, and natural and man-made disasters and internal conflicts led to frequent rebellions, and when local rebellions occurred, the central government often hired nomadic cavalry to accompany the army to quell the rebellion. The Huns, Xianbei, Wuhuan and Qiang people all have the tradition of being hired to earn money, otherwise where would there be so many righteous followers?

Due to the ongoing conflict between the dragon leader and Qianghu, Yu Buzhi didn't even think that he might be able to hire Qianghu.

It is estimated that it will be difficult to directly hire Qianghu to fight Qianghu, but the abandoned county town is full of humanoid monsters, and it has nothing to do with the Qianghu tribe. Moreover, there is still a famine in the Loop, and as long as the price is right, I believe that there will always be people willing to earn commissions.