"How's the recruitment going?"

"It's okay in the Shuo area, but in other places, to be honest, everyone's enthusiasm to join the army is not high."

"This is also a helpless thing, after all, even in the four counties of Hexi, where we have penetrated deeply, we still have considerable suspicions, and although there are a lot of people there, most of them are Qianghu, unruly and unruly, and because they have been oppressed by officials for decades, they always have a suspicious attitude towards the Han people, and if they want to eliminate it once, it can only be a dream."

"It's just that recently, the generals Cheng Yin, Ma Play and others seem to be secretly recruiting troops, which makes people feel a little uneasy."

"There was only Han Siam before, and now Cheng Yin has come out again, and there are always some people who can't see the shape clearly."

"Actually, the lord doesn't have to worry, it's not entirely a bad thing to have such a person."

"What do you mean by Wen He......"

"There's nothing wrong with that. Maybe these people are not enough to attract too much attention, but they can still help us to find out some hidden elements with two hearts, first, to stabilize the local situation, and secondly, those in the northwest are powerful and rebellious, and Qianghu is suspicious and afraid, if we can show enough strength and affinity when quelling the rebellion, it will also be beneficial to our future work to start a war. And it also allows those who are secretly blocking the implementation of our policies to think about the consequences of certain practices. ”

"If there is a need to put down the rebellion, I want to send Yun Chang to lead the troops."

"Does the lord think General Guan can already use it?"

Yun Chang is not stupid, but he was blinded by his excessive arrogance before. The previous defeat was enough for him to realize his previous problem, anyway, the state army left him and there was no one available, and if there was a problem again, it was enough to knock and knock. ”

"Then the subordinates will prepare according to the lord's ideas."

"This will probably be a three-point battle and a seven-point war."

The cool winter in the west is always more cold and manic than the merger of states. The cold current from Siberia crossed Wusun and the Western Regions and marched along the Hexi Corridor almost unstoppable, not like the annexed state, unless the border was blocked in the distance, otherwise Luliang Mountain and Taihang Mountain were like two barriers, helping the counties of the annexed state to resist a lot of the power of the cold current.

"Hehe, it's snowing well this year. It looks like next year should be a good year. ”

When I opened the curtain, I immediately felt a biting chill blowing in from the outside, dissipating the heat that had been maintained by the stove in the tent, and the feeling from warm to cold made people can't help but sneeze a few times.

"Come in, come in quickly, I've been burning for more than an hour to gather so much heat, and you're going to run out of steam, or are you bastard going to freeze me to death?" It's so devouring my troops. ”

"Hey, hey, you've been roasting here for a long time, and I've been freezing outside for most of the day, so I'll die first."

"It's all come to this point, why are you still working so hard for that guy, this kind of weather, just patrol or something."

"That's what I said, but I always felt like I thought so. I did the same, and I will have this idea when I do other things in the future. We're all old wars, and we all know the consequences of such an idea. ”

"Okay, you play with a horse, don't you mean that I'm slacking off, and you must punish yourself with three bowls in a while."

"Okay, okay, my bad. It was my fault. ”

"It's a pity that everyone in the world says that Li Xue is good at getting along with people and discovering countless talented people, but I can't see that our General Ma is the real talent, but let me pick up a big bargain, such a good thing will be done later, but we will not get drunk or return."

"Good idea. If you don't get drunk, you can't go home! Let that Li Xue cry! ”

After saying that, regardless of the fact that the two of them were actually in the barracks, they hadn't yet instructed the men in the barracks to do something, picked up the leather bag they were carrying and poured it on their necks, and then put down the leather bag at the same moment and turned it upside down, except for a few drops of residual liquid, the whole skin bag had become empty, and the two big men still had no change in color.

"It's fun, it's fun, it's so happy!"

"That's right, happy! Come on, roast some chickens, ducks, cows and sheep for me, I want to get drunk with General Ma! ”

"General Cheng, please!" "General Ma, please!"

So, this time, two people with the same fate started another drinking journey in Cheng Yin's tent.

Two years have passed, if you want to say who made the most profit in Li Shushi's Guanzhong expedition at the beginning, it is really difficult to say accurately except Li Shushi, after all, there is obviously more than one person who has profited, maybe you have to calculate it very fine to be clear, but then it will be too boring, and everyone will not do that, after all, that approach is really unpleasant.

Sometimes it's good to turn a blind eye to this kind of thing, and it's almost indifferent.

But if there is anyone who suffered the most in this war, at least now it seems that it should probably be regarded as the Hongnong Yang family, after all, Yang Biao, who was in the prime of life, had to go to the bitter cold land of Daijun in order to express his deference to Li Shushi, if he sat there in peace for two or three years, even if he did not return to the center, it would be acceptable if he could get a position as a thorn historian.

It's a pity that Yang Biao died, although it was a very good battle death, but for the Guanzhong family, who did not have a close relationship with Li Shushi, they somewhat felt that Yang Biao's death was caused by Li Shushi's step-by-step pressing.

If such a statement is reasonable, it is somewhat far-fetched, but if it is unreasonable, the reputation is a little worse in comparison, but because of the in-law relationship with Li Shushi, he got Henan County, even if it is a mess, but there is not much risk, and it was once a good place in the two capitals, and even if he didn't make much achievements in the past two years, Li Shushi didn't criticize him so much.

Therefore, this thing is afraid of comparison, and when it is compared, the sense of happiness is easy to fall slowly.

However, if the Hongnong Yang family is completely the loser of this change of times, then this conclusion is somewhat premature, because although Yang Biao died, his son Yang Xiu was quite valued by Li Shushi, not only reserved a position for the other party in the staff department, but also allowed him to participate in Su Xiaololi's "training class" every once in a while. Give it a small stove or something.

This is naturally a very glorious thing, not to mention whether Su Xiaololi's knowledge can be recognized by everyone, just say that Su Xiaololi, the people who came out of the "training class" that outsiders don't know the inside story, are all Li Shushi's absolute cronies, such as Tuoba Liwei who was sent to the prairie, and then Sima Yi, who is now having a higher and higher sense of zài by Li Shushi's side.

These two are personal traditions, and the rest such as Jia Kui, Yang Fu, Wang Ling, Wang Chang, Huang Xu and others also belong to the rising political stars within the Bingzhou Army. Basically, it can be classified as Li Shushi's "Son of Heaven Protégé" group.

Of course, others don't know the inside story of Su Xiaololi's "training class", but Sima Yi is very clear, so although he didn't say it to his father and younger brothers, he has already begun to mourn for Yang Xiu in his heart - thinking that he Sima Zhongda was also young and frivolous, it can't be said to be bohemian, but it can be regarded as a contempt for the heroes of the world. As a result, now, anyway, Sima Yi knows that he will not be able to get out of a certain shadow in his heart for the rest of his life. However, if the situation does not change significantly, Sima Yi does not feel that there is any problem with whether he can get out of that shadow.

However, this will definitely not prevent Sima Yi from knowing the pleasure ♂ that Yang Xiu, who is also a genius child, feels physically and mentally after joining this legendary "training class". Sure enough, the greatest happiness is built on the pain of others.

It's just that outsiders can't know the inside story.

And in addition to the Hongnong Yang family, the most frustrated may be the two who are now drinking in the big tent.

The reason why it caused the war that affected the entire Xiliang was that Hou Xuan and Li Kan, who were born in Hedong, were dissatisfied with the rule of Li Guo and Li Kan for the exclusion of these generals who were not from Xiliang, so under Jia Xu's rebellion, they finally decided to fight back when Huang Zhong set foot in the north, and by the way, they also won over Ma Wan and Cheng Yin, and most importantly, Fan Chou, the general of the Xiliang army who was also squeezed out by Li Guo and the others. With the help of these internal responses, the Bingzhou army quickly disintegrated the Xiliang army.

After this battle, although Zhang Ji was the Taishou of Nanyang, he only had half of Nanyang. However, as a front-line general against Liu Biao, his actual status is almost the same as that of the state general of the real two thousand stones. It can be regarded as a low position and very powerful.

Fan Chou, a figure who had a great influence in the original Xiliang Army, took the initiative to take refuge under the mediation of Hou Xuan and Li Kan, and also contributed a lot in the subsequent battles, so he got the position of Taishou of Anding County after the war. Although Fan Chou obviously did not have much research on government affairs, Li Shushi once hinted to him that it was possible for him to lead the Wudang Fei Army as a general of 2,000 stones in the future. And Cao Chun, the commander of the Wudang Flying Army, will have another appointment. Such a result is obviously very appetizing to Fan Chou, a brave general.

Isn't it just a three-year term of office, Fan Chou feels that in fact, it will be over if he endures it, and he can still add glory to the family.

Hou Xuan, Li Kan and Yang Qiu, the three generals who were not of high status in the former Xiliang Army, are also doing quite well now.

The first two were born in Hedong, and they also took the initiative to secretly contact the Bingzhou Army, and later helped the Bingzhou Army to rebel against many generals in the Xiliang Army. It can be said that he has made outstanding contributions, although his ability is a little worse, but he has also been properly arranged - the candidate was stationed in Wei County and got a rather prosperous place, while Li Kan was sent to Nanyang, which is also a good place, and there is also a chance to make meritorious contributions.

As for Yang Qiu, because his ability was one of the best among the small factions in the Xiliang Army, he was assigned to Gao Shun's subordinates, and he was excellent in the previous battle with the Xianbei people, not only resisting the joint attack of Pu Zhenyuan and Putou, but also finding an opportunity to fight back a few times, which was quite rewarding, and then cooperated with Gao Shun to repel the partial division of the Xianbei Western Route Army.

It can be said that, like Li Yun, he belongs to one of the groups of people who performed more brilliantly in that battle. After that, he went to Jinyang to accept Li Shushi's reward, and in addition to his official position, he received a large number of financial rewards, and even if it was an official position, as long as Yang Qiu would not make any serious mistakes in the future, he should also be promoted in a few years, even if he could not lead an army alone, but it was very likely to enter the most elite central army system of the Bingzhou Army and be directly led by Li Shushi.

Only Cheng Yin and Ma played, and was thrown into a certain remote corner of Liangzhou, as if he was a forgotten child, who could no longer see a bright future, and could only get by in this biting cold wind and snow. No one really cares about them, even if they're drunk.

In fact, Li Shushi really didn't care about these two guys who were thrown in the corners - they couldn't compare to Yang Qiu in terms of ability, they couldn't compare with the candidate and Li Kan in terms of merit, and they couldn't compare with Fan Chou, one of the four heavenly kings under Dong Zhuo, who was cheesy, how did you let Li Shushi pay attention to them?

Don't forget that the subordinates trained by Li Shushi's own system are not only the occasional white-eyed wolves, but those descendants of the army are loyal and loyal, and their abilities are stronger than those two guys. The most important thing is that the demand is still less than those two guys.

If you were the boss of a business, what kind of employee would you choose?

If it weren't for the fact that these two were in the right position after all, and there was a little role model, it is estimated that there would not even be such an arrangement.

It is precisely because they know this very well that these two are now so indignant, and even under the prodding of some people, some different thoughts have risen in their hearts, and they have gradually put those thoughts into action.

"I said, my General Cheng Yincheng, I've heard about it. Those people from Bingzhou wanted to recruit troops from our Xiliang, but they couldn't get any results after recruiting for a long time, but why did it become so easy when it came time for you to recruit troops. Each time, you gather all the young people of a village together and lock them up in a hut, and it doesn't take too long for most of them to join your team. ”

At this time, Ma Yu's face was already flushed with alcohol, and he was a little unclear when he spoke, but Cheng Yin on the side didn't look much better, and these two were also good at the wine table. No one will fall before the other. Because of this, even if the name of the horse play is a little excessive. But Cheng Yin, who was also drunk, didn't care, anyway, the two of them were not too much different, and they had accumulated too much bitterness in their hearts, and now it was actually quite good to have a place to vent.

Perhaps this is the fundamental reason why Cheng Yin must pull the horse to play a rebellion...... Probably.

"Hehe, who am I, I'm a genius! How could my genius Cheng Yin be like that group of people from Bingzhou. At the slightest difficulty, I was overwhelmed. We have a way, and we have a way to deal with those ignorant villagers who are disobedient. ”

"Yo~ It shouldn't be murder. It's not good, it's too dangerous, it's too dangerous. It's okay to say that one or two villages are just scared. Good to handle. But if you use it too much, and you also know the temper of our Xiliang people, it will definitely be a mess! ”

"Hahahaha, so Brother Ma, you are the same as those people from Bingzhou, you are too rigid and don't use your brains, so you naturally can't deal with those people."

"Hehe, what Brother Cheng taught me is that the younger brother didn't ask the eldest brother for advice, and I also want to expand the team a little more."

"It's easy to say, let's be brothers, brothers, do you know, since we are brothers, you should be the guide and guide of your brother in this matter, well, it should be too, and you will definitely be able to listen to it, but if you don't listen, you will never guess."

"Oh oh oh ~ Big brother said it so well, even if it's just this kind of Cheng dù, I'm already confused."

"I haven't said it yet, what are you fooling about."

"Yes, yes, big brother, you see that little brother is so stupid, big brother said something, and the little brother dizzy."

"It's really worrying. Well, I tell you what is the best way to deal with the disobedient villagers. ”

Another glass of warm wine that was slightly hot went down, and Cheng Yin's drunken face had a little more disdainful smile.

"We Xiliang people, stubborn temper, sometimes you persuade him bitterly, he thinks he is amazing, and always thinks that you are three points shorter than him. But if you provoke him to do it another way, and you make him feel that you are actually dismissive of him, and he will get angry, then you can make a bet with him that makes it difficult for him to make it difficult and not lose. That's what I did, and the idiots lost to me one by one, and as for the few remaining winners, I had already achieved my goal anyway, and the object of their ridicule was destined to be the majority of the losers, so let them go. ”

"Big brother is really powerful, I can't think of so many gambling methods, I can't think of any of them."

"Haha, actually, your eldest brother and I can't think of too many ideas most of the time. But those countrymen are not smart, and I have an army in my hands, so I can deal with everyone with a reasonable idea, and it's a big deal that this village can't be replaced. ”

"What a solution!"

"Simple. I drove all the young men into the largest house in the village, and had them put a fire in it. I said to the countrymen, 'I'll bet that you can't stand the temperature of the ondol, whoever stands up first will follow me, and I won't embarrass those heroes, as long as that half can't stand the slightest bit of heat.'" Then I asked people to add firewood to the kang, not to mention half of it, even if more than half of it was in the end, they would be burned and jump up and scream, obediently admit defeat! ”

"Haha, big brother, you are so powerful, you actually thought of using this method to deal with those barbarians in the countryside, good idea, really a good idea! Relieved, so relieving!! ”

"It's nothing. Even more relieving is yet to come. ”

"Oh oh oh~" I always feel that the horse play now seems to only have this inexplicable burning appearance.

"I don't know if those officials from the state are imitating Li Xue, that hypocrite, everyone is dressed very plainly, where is it like me, a bright armor and cloak, and my washed Zeng Mingwa bright war horse, guess what happened."

"What's going on, it's hard for those people in the state to dare to accuse the eldest brother."

"Humph! It's not his turn to care what clothes I wear, let alone his minions! But it was the most relieving thing for me. It was the reaction of the villagers, who thought that I, a brightly dressed person, should be a big man from the state. And the group of guys who wore ordinary clothes and looked like dusty servants were regarded by those ignorant villagers as strongmen who ran out of nowhere...... Hahahaha, you didn't see the way those two groups of people ate the dog's mouth, it's ridiculous! ”

"Relief, really relief! Dog eats dog, a mouthful of hair. Hahahaha!! ”

"Look, this is the group of self-righteous villagers, all like this, it's ridiculous!"

"That's right, with the ingenuity of the big brother. Those villagers were completely toyed with by the big brother! As long as the eldest brother has an incident, I believe that there will be many villagers who will be fooled and guided by the eldest brother, yes, it is used for us under the guidance! ”

"Hahahaha, come on, come on, do it for our upcoming success!"

"!!"

"So that's the problem we're having in Xiliang now. Lack of understanding of local customs and habits, some officials are rigid in how to deal with problems, while others are a little eager for quick success, so that many villages in Xiliang are now a little chaotic, and there are even many jokes that make people cry and laugh. ”

"For example, the method of conscription on the fire kang?"

"It doesn't stop there. According to our investigation, such a chaotic situation even caused some young men who had a good impression of our army and intended to join our army ended up with Cheng Yin. There was even a brother who joined the army, but because the elder brother went to the thatched house, he asked the two brothers to follow Cheng Yin, and the other joined our army. ”

"I see, that's a very important question. In the past, the Xiliang region was always restless, of course, because the Han Dynasty was not ruthless enough to clean up the alien rebellion, but the pacification work after the purge was also not in place, so that those Xiliang people either got too much unexpected joy, or had to bear the oppression and exploitation of those black-hearted bureaucrats, and the result became today's capriciousness. ”

"It's a pity......" scratched his head, looked at Jia Xu's back, and Li Shushi also sighed heavily, "Even in the era of extremely developed social communications, the national issue is still quite thorny, and corruption is like a leek in the ground. ”

"Since it's a leek in the ground, it's better to cut off the new stubble after cutting it for a while."

"I know that, too, but it's just that I always have to deal with the same work, and I'm a little tired of it."

"Uh-huh~ If this kind of problem is really so easy to solve, it won't be your turn to sit in the current position, right?"

"Yes, for people like me, troubled times are a good time. But Yuzi-chan, can you lend me a pillow on your knee? ”

"Extremely happy~" (to be continued......)