Although the "red" Qingxu Army company generals and soldiers are only 13,000 people, which is just a drop in the bucket for the sparse Zhenbei Army, Zhao Xing does not see it that way.

According to Tian Ji's theory of horse racing, although these 13,000 people will not appear on the frontal battlefield against the army of Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song, they can replace 20,000 Huang Xuan and Southern Huns who are not good at guarding the city, and these 20,000 people are not inferior to Dong Zhuo's Xiliang cavalry when they fight on horseback. If these 20,000 people are used well, they can play a very critical and even decisive role in success or failure.

In fact, many years after the end of the Bingzhou War, when people summarized and reviewed the turning point of this battle, they found that it was Zhao Xing who used 13,000 volunteer soldiers to replace 20,000 Huang Xuan and the cavalry of the Southern Xiongnu to go south and merge the state, and then it was thrillingly realized.

Of course, that's all for later. Let's take a look at how Zhao Xing deployed and placed 13,000 Qingxu volunteers.

As the head of the Crouching Tiger City Recruit Training Corps and part-time "garrison commander" of Crouching Tiger City, Gao Shun has been out of people's field of vision, doing his part in a down-to-earth manner, and training the regular army of the Zhenbei Army over and over again, year after year. When he came back, he found that Gao Shun, who had no soldiers to train, actually trained the 50,000 reservists scattered throughout the state in rotation.

Gao Shun didn't worry too much about the task of garrisoning Crouching Tiger City, with Li Jinsi and Jia Mu, two treacherous young people busy, even if it was a sparrow flying in from outside Crouching Tiger City, it would be carefully checked whether it was male or female.

Just when Gao Shun felt that his days were boring, he suddenly received a secret letter from Zhao Xing, and he suddenly swept away his lazy atmosphere and came to his spirit. Why? It was only because Zhao Xing gave Gao Shun a new task, and asked him to be responsible for conducting a secret half-month intensive training for the "Qingxu Volunteer Army" that was about to go north. The ultimate requirement of the training is that these "Qingxu Volunteers" must be able to skillfully use all kinds of large-scale defensive equipment, including hot weapons such as thunderstorms. A soldier with a basic knowledge of archery must also be able to use the English longbow for defense.

As for how to train soldiers, Gao Shun, who has already understood the essence of Zhao Xing's five-character training formula, naturally has his own unique side, so he doesn't care about the way the soldiers who enter the training regiment come from. The Taiyuan soldiers, who had serious ruffian habits back then, the Yellow Turban soldiers who were scattered in the sand, and the Southern Hun cavalry who did not obey the management in the Blue Wolf Army, were all packed up by Gao Shun and obeyed, and when they came out of the training regiment, they all became the elite of the howling. Although it was only 13,000 Qingxu guest troops, Gao Shun was still confident that he could improve the combat ability of these soldiers in a short period of time, and because these soldiers had a certain foundation, they might be able to bring some surprises to Zhao Xing.

The increasingly tense base camp on the Western Front, Gao Shun knows the desire for troops. Therefore, as soon as he received Zhao Xing's secret letter, he immediately went to Luxian County to visit Tai Shici and conveyed Zhao Xing's meaning to the generals including Wu Anguo, Cao Bao and Sun Guan.

When several people heard that Gao Shun was going to help train the Qingxu soldiers, they naturally welcomed them and expressed their willingness to fully cooperate with Gao Shun's work. After some deliberation, Sun Guan, Chen Deng, and Mi Zhu were responsible for staying behind and guarding the 7,000 stragglers who were unwilling to join the Volunteer Army; Wu Anguo and Cao Bao led 13,000 Qingxu Volunteers to immediately enter the Crouching Tiger Training Regiment and participate in the 15-day intensive training; as for Tai Shici, he received an even more important task, he had to go to Jiguan to replace Xu Huang!

There were still some people in the base camp who objected to the personnel appointment of Zhao Xing's temporary motion, because the task of defending Keiguan was too important to allow for the slightest negligence or mistake. Several military advisors expressed doubts about Tai Shi Ci's ability and loyalty, which is understandable, after all, Tai Shi Ci has just joined the state and has not yet shown outstanding ability.

But Zhao Xing still tried his best to resist public opinion and insisted on his opinion. Others don't know Tai Shici's ability and value, but as far as Zhao Xing, who is a traverser, is concerned, Tai Shici, who died young at the age of forty, left behind the sentence "The eldest husband was born in troubled times, and he should bring a three-foot sword to make immortal achievements; He firmly believed that letting Tai Shici garrison Jiguan would definitely be competent.

There is also a reason that Zhao Xing can't say clearly, or he is worried. Although there were only a few Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, and Liu Yan left in front of the coalition army in Jiguan, adding up to only 70,000 or 80,000 people, there was an unnoticeable but definitely ruthless guy in this group of soldiers, the marksman Huang Zhong! Since Murong Ping almost overshadowed Zhao Yun, it was difficult to guarantee that there were people in the middle route army who would learn from Gongsun Zan to calculate Xu Huang. Xu Huang doesn't have Zhao Yun's good archery skills, if the person who sneaked up on him was replaced by Huang Zhong, the result was really unimaginable.

It was out of confidence in Tai Shi Ci and out of protection for Xu Huang that Zhao Xing decisively sent secret letters to Tai Shi Ci and Xu Huang and other generals, putting the heavy responsibility of garrisoning Jiguan on Tai Shi Ci's shoulders.

Tai Shici, who received Zhao Xing's appointment, felt a stirring in his heart. The weight of this letter of appointment is definitely not something that ordinary people can bear. Let him take over the post of commander of the Crouching Tiger Army, which is the first in the establishment sequence of the Zhenbei Army, which not only reflects Zhao Xing's importance and trust in him, but also hints at how important the task of garrisoning Jiguan is. Although after joining the state, Tai Shici has not made great contributions, at most, he helped Hua Weiguo capture Wu Anguo, which is nothing. But this time, Tai Shici has the determination and confidence to make great achievements to prove his ability.

Riding a good horse specially sent by Zhao Xing, Tai Shici rode alone in less than two days, and quickly rushed from Lu County to Jiguan.

After verifying his identity, Tai Shici followed the guards to the top of the Kei Pass and met Xu Huang, the general guarding the pass.

"Donglai Tai Shi Ci has seen Commander Xu!" Tai Shi Ci took the first step and saluted Xu Huang, who was a few years older than him.

"General Taishi doesn't need to be polite, it can be regarded as a coincidence to be able to meet on the Keiguan today, in the future, you and I will serve under General Zhenbei together, and we need to carry each other!"

After the two met, they didn't talk too much, and immediately handed over in front of Chen Gong, Zang Ba and other deputy generals, and Xu Huang then went to the base camp of the Western Front to report immediately under the escort of the guards.

Tai Shici, who took office as a new official, did not have any pride and arrogance, but humbly and cautiously consulted the military advisor and several lieutenant generals, and immediately entered the role, familiar with the specific defensive deployment of Qiji Pass and the situation of the imperial court coalition forces under the pass. In this way, the relationship between Tai Shici and everyone became familiar smoothly, which was very beneficial to fighting side by side in the future.

Although generals such as Chen Gong and Zang Ba could not fully understand Zhao Xing's temporary appointment, it did not prevent them from resolutely implementing this decision. Everyone has studied and trained in the Crouching Tiger Martial Arts Hall, and they know the importance of unimpeded military orders and one person, so for the new Jiguan chief general Tai Shici, everyone can still do their best to assist and avoid constraints and infighting.

At the moment of the army, if anyone still calculates their own selfish interests at this juncture, they really don't know the priorities.