Chapter 162: Doubt

In other words, the Hong army, which was already preparing to set off on the Northern Expedition, was occupied by 50,000 Dongwu Qingzhuang military tents, and the departure date was forcefully delayed. Liu Hou had no choice but to order to step up the production of military tents.

In the anxious waiting, the various units stepped up their training, and on this day, Zhu Bao ran over to report to Liu Hou with a red face. Liu Hou received him in the imperial study of the Jingzhou Palace (formerly the Jingzhou Mansion).

"Your Majesty, the last general has already replenished the troops, may I ask when the last general can be allowed to fight?" After saluting and reporting on some of his recent work, Zhu Bao finally put forward a request, which was actually the main purpose of his trip.

"Oh? Do you want to play too? Liu Hou thought to himself, haven't you always been responsible for guarding the safety of the logistics and transportation lines? Do you still want to go to the front?

Zhu Bao became anxious when he heard this, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, you once promised the last general that you would let the last general participate in the front-line battle after the last general's troops completed this training." ”

"Oh? Did I say that? Liu Hou was stunned for a moment, and thought about it, as if he really said when he would let Zhu Bao go to the front line, but he didn't remember when he said it.

"Yes, Your Majesty, you Chrysostom Yuyan said it yourself, have you forgotten it?"

"Hehe, I haven't forgotten, I haven't forgotten, it's just that your troops were originally short of personnel, and they were replenished so quickly?" Liu Hou vaguely remembered that he did seem to have said such a thing, and hurriedly agreed to him.

"It's been replenished, hasn't Dongwu sent a lot of young people during this time? The last general selected some of them to add to my fourth division. If you want to talk about this Sun Quan, although the person looks a little insidious, but this time he is really generous, and the young and strong people sent over are of high quality, none of them are crooked melons and cracked dates, all of them are good guys in their early twenties.

The last general doesn't have to choose, pick one accurately, just call a few qualified soldiers, and there are many physical elements zhì are very good, and the last general doesn't know how to pick after the selection, pick this, and find that that one is also very good, and if you want this, you are reluctant to throw away that. ”

Hearing this, Liu Hou was a little skeptical, would Sun Quan be so kind? Will you be willing to send all the young people in their twenties? In Liu Hou's expectation, Guo Youzhi's mention this time is tantamount to a lion's big mouth, and it is unlikely that the people of Eastern Wu will agree, and maybe they will be embarrassed and angry and directly turn their faces and start a war.

Even if the people of Dongwu are forced to agree, they will definitely deal with the situation and send some old, weak, sick and disabled people over, instead of the real young and strong. Unexpectedly, not only were the old, weak, sick and disabled sent by Dongwu, but all of them were first-class young and strong, not only were they young people of about twenty, but they all looked very strong, and they were all the kind of people with good physique.

You must know that it is still a troubled time, most of the people in the war are not full, most of the ordinary people are yellow and thin, the face has a vegetable, strong men are rare among the people, most of these people are raised in wealthy families, and there are veterans over the years, in the army can generally eat two full meals a day, raise for two or three years, the body and bones will be strong.

"Your Majesty, why don't you give us more preparation of our Fourth Division, so that the last general can recruit more people among these young and strong people in Eastern Wu." Zhu Bao said cautiously while looking at Liu Hou's face.

No wonder he was so careful, generally speaking, the establishment of the army is fixed, and generals cannot expand it privately, especially in feudal society, without the consent of the monarch, it is suspected of rebellion to expand the army without the consent of the monarch.

Liu Hou didn't answer him, but he was still frowning and still pondering, Zhu Bao was startled when he saw that Liu Hou's face was not good, and he quickly stopped talking and didn't dare to mention the expansion of the army again.

But after a long time, he didn't see Liu Hou make a sound, Zhu Bao was anxious, and hurriedly shouted: "Majesty, majesty." ”

Liu Hou was awakened by him from his contemplation and said, "Ah! What's up? What's up? ”

Zhu Bao didn't dare to mention the expansion of the army again, and hurriedly replied: "It's okay, Your Majesty, do you see if you can bring our Fourth Division with you in the next battle?" ”

"Although your fourth division has completed the shortfall, there are still many new recruits, how can these recruits go to the battlefield immediately? They always have to go through a period of training, so what is the difference between catching some undertrained recruits into battle and sending them to their deaths? How could I bear to treat my own soldiers like this? Liu Houdao.

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Bao was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you may not believe it, the newly selected recruits of the last general are really all geniuses, they only learned the orders in the army in one day, and they can master the queue on the second day, and they are no different from other veterans on the third day." The Admiral thought that there would be absolutely no problem in letting them go into battle. ”

"Oh, and that's it?" Liu Houdao, the question in his heart became even stronger, all the recruits are geniuses, is this possible? If it weren't for Zhu Bao bragging, then there must be something strange about this matter.

Seeing Liu Hou's brows furrowing tighter and tighter, Zhu Bao was stunned and didn't dare to continue to make noise. After another moment, Liu Hou woke up from his contemplation. The first thing he did when he woke up was to order someone to invite Guo Youzhi over to discuss things. After giving the order, he turned his head and found that Zhu Bao was still there, and he was looking at himself blankly, waiting for his decision.

Liu Hou smiled bitterly in his heart, touched his nose and said: "General Zhu has worked hard, so he will make up for the shortage of the troops in such a short period of time and train the recruits well, it can be seen that General Zhu must be very attentive these days." In this case, let's wait for Mr. Guo, and when he comes, I will go to the barracks with you to see your Fourth Division, and see if these new soldiers are really as you said, and they can be comparable to old veterans in a short period of time. ”

When Zhu Bao heard Liu Hou say that he was going to inspect his troops, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and thought to himself, it seems that this expedition is promising. He was very confident in the army he had trained with his own hands, and he believed that he would be satisfied with the emperor. As long as the emperor saw the peak military appearance of the Fourth Division, he was happy, and maybe he agreed to go on his own expedition.

Zhu Bao didn't know that what Liu Hou was thinking had nothing to do with the expedition, and just when he was there to be silly fun, Guo Yuzhi came. After Guo Youzhi's salute, before Liu Hou could explain to him the reason for calling him, he spoke first:

"Your Majesty, Weichen found that there is a problem with the young Zhuang sent by the Dongwu people."

"Oh? Did you find out too? I called you to see it with you. Liu Houdao.

Then, Liu Hou told Guo Youzhi what he heard from Zhu Bao, and also expressed his doubts and speculations.

It was not until this time that Zhu Bao, who was dumbfounded on the side, realized that what the emperor was thinking was so far from what he thought. It turned out that the emperor had been thinking about other things just now, and he didn't think about whether to let himself go on the expedition at all.

Then, Guo Youzhi also expressed his suspicions: "Your Majesty, Weichen found that all of these young and strong people in Dongwu have a strong spirit, everyone is healthy, not like hungry people who have not eaten for a long time, and they usually have straight waists, and their movements are clean and neat, not like ordinary people." The key is that these people are still very disciplined, and what work tasks are assigned to them at ordinary times, their obedience, discipline, and teamwork are very good, and they are not like a plate of scattered people at all. ”

PS. Happy Labor Day to all. Keep doing the 2K Party, May Day, you know.