The imperial court likes tall horses, for which Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty repeatedly conquered the Western Regions, and the dwarf steppe horses were ridiculed as donkeys in the Central Plains, not only not used in the army, but also disliked by the people.

"This, Wen Hou really wants a steppe horse? I heard you right. ”

"Yes, it is to be a grassland horse, the best one is trained, followed by breeding mares, the amount should be large, and a steady stream of them will be sent to Qingzhou. I exchanged spirits, sugar, blankets, toilet water, mosquito nets. ”

In addition to spirits and sugar, other things can also be obtained through other channels, but they are far less cheap than those in Qingzhou. Especially mosquito nets, which are very hard in the grassland, and mosquitoes bite people to death.

"Wenhou, in addition to spirits, cloth, and tea, what the grassland people need most is an iron pot."

"Now the Yellow Turban Army is making trouble, where is there still iron ore. The iron tools used by ourselves are still insufficient, how can there be iron tools to sell to the Hu people, but we can make casseroles and clay pots. Hu people live a very hard life, there are no kinds of daily necessities, I Qingzhou will increase the encouragement of small workshops, and when the time comes, we will provide you with a steady stream of goods. Our cooperation is long-term and stable. I will first issue five business cards to the Mi family. ”

The so-called business brand is the waist card recognized by the government, and the business brand issued by Qingzhou can ensure unimpeded flow within the boundaries of Qingzhou. In these years, it is difficult to move an inch without a business brand, and although the business is profitable, it is not something that ordinary people can do.

Mi Zhu was greatly surprised, it was rumored that Lu Bu had a violent personality, good wine and lust, and it was not like that when I saw it today, I didn't use the words I thought of, and the matter was solved.

Lu Bu asked the commander of the army Bo to handle the business card for Mi Zhu, Lu Bu flipped his hand, and a sharp Damascus short knife appeared in his hand.

"This is a sharp steel knife, for your protection."

Mi Zhu also knows how much martial arts, and he was surprised when he saw this knife, and there are no one or two thousand pieces that can't buy such a treasure knife.

"Thank you Wenhou, Wenhou treats him politely, Mi Zhu is greatly moved, my family has 500 donkeys for grinding noodles, and I will give them to Wenhou, and I will arrange to send them to Qingzhou when I go back."

"Thank you, brother, let's go, go to the camp with Ben to eat."

Mi Zhu followed Lu Bu to the camp, the room was really in a tent, and the ordinary soldiers were eating outside with this rice jar.

Lü Bu and Mi Zhu came to a tent with a table made of simple wooden planks and folded horses.

As the main general, Lu Bu has a good life, a plate of pork, a plate of eggs, a plate of vegetables, and a plate of pickles.

"The army is simple, and I ask Zizhong to bear with me."

Mi Zhu smiled: "Wen Hou is polite, we are both businessmen and sleepers, which is already quite good." ”

Mi Zhu was not idle when he was eating, and he was surprised to see that most of the sergeants who came and went wore iron armor.

In these years, the general soldiers were all coarse cloth uniforms, at most a leather armor, and iron armor was only available at the general level.

This is also why fighting like to fight generals, because ordinary soldiers are barely fed and clothed, and fighting is mostly a formality, and generals need to fight to improve morale in the future.

There is plenty of food in the army, and the faces of the non-commissioned officers are relatively good, not to mention the non-commissioned officers who come and go on patrol, the queue is neat, and it can be seen between the gestures, which is the result of hard training.

Lu Bu proudly pointed to his soldiers: "Zizhong, is our army strong?" ”

"Strong, strong, Wen Hou's army is too strong."

After eating, Lu Bu came to the stable with Mi Zhu, the war horse was squeamish, even if it was a war, it needed a stable, and it ate grass and fodder.

Not to mention the red rabbit horse, which is specially cared for and taken care of day and night.

"Zizhong bothered a little more, get some high-quality mares, don't have too many of them, just a few dozen, and send them to Jinan County."

"Okay, don't worry, Wen Hou, I will definitely do it, but what is Wen Hou's intention?"

"In addition to the red rabbit horse in our army, there are several good horses that are rare in the world, all of them are stallions. Good horses are hard to come by, and if you match them with good mares, won't there be more good horses? ”

"What Wen Hou said is timely, the world's good horses are out of Xiliang, and Xiliang horses are rampant all over the world. I heard that the famous generals of Xiliang, Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Fan Choushu are reorganizing the army in Chang'an, I am afraid that they will come over soon. ”

Lu Bu was shocked, his secret agent only sent the information over yesterday, and a caravan in Mizhu already knew the news.

Mi Zhu took 3,000 bottles of spirits, 3,000 bags of chicken essence, and a lot of cultural relics and jewelry from Lu Bu this time, all of which Li Su stole from the rich family.

Mi Zhu can be said to be full of money, and happily led the caravan away.

That night, Lu Bu invited Xu Rong, Gao Shun, and Guan Hai to the tent to discuss matters.

The less crowded the meeting, the more important it is, and everyone is holding their breath.

Lu Bu pointed to the northwest direction: "Dong Zhuo's main force, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Niu Fu and others have already reorganized the army from Chang'an, and they will come over in a short time." ”

Xu Rong's face was solemn, and Guan Hai was not afraid at all.

"Although Dong Zhuo is violent, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is unparalleled in the world, which is recognized, and even the general's Bingzhou Iron Cavalry does not dare to say that it can surpass them. Moreover, Liangzhou produces horses, and there are far more cavalry than us, and a problem in front of us is how to deal with the Xiliang cavalry. You must know that we have fewer cavalry and more infantry. ”

Guan Hai was the first to express his opinion: "Replace the spears of the infantry battalion with two zhang long, and the big shield is high for one person, and with the archers, you can break the Xiliang Iron Cavalry." ”

Xu Rong couldn't help but shake his head: "General Guan thinks simply, spears and shields are easy to solve, where do bows and arrows come from, even if there are bows and arrows, do you think your soldiers can face the boundless Xiliang Iron Cavalry charge without collapsing?" Once the infantry formation is torn, it becomes the sheep of the cavalry. In my opinion, there is no need for us to meet with the Xiliang Army, the lord came to Luoyang to avenge Dong Zhuo, even if it is not harmonious, there is no need to fight. What's more, the Son of Heaven is a mess here, whoever picks up and who dies. ”

Lu Bu looked at Gao Shun, and Gao Shun frowned.

"It's true that the Xiliang cavalry can fight habitually, but I have an idea to break the Xiliang cavalry, and it can be made simple, not as complicated as making bows and arrows."

"Oh, tell me about it."

"Throwing spears, simple to make, more lethal than bows and arrows, the lord thinks about it."

Lu Bu nodded: "General Xu, General Guan, the two of you make spear shafts and big shields respectively, and I will arrange the ordnance battalion to build spearheads, so be prepared." ”

On the one hand, Lu Bu was nervously preparing for war, pretending that the enemy was not the Luoyang Forbidden Army close in front of him, but the Xiliang soldiers.

On the other hand, He Wang Yun began to loosen.

First of all, Dong Zhuo's clothes and Li Ru's corpse were handed over to Lu Bu.

The three armies of Lu Bu wept bitterly, and buried Dong Zhuo and Li Ru with the gift of a scholar.

The people around Luoyang were all moved, and Lu Wenhou was really righteous.

Tsk, this godson didn't hurt in vain, and he came back from afar to mourn.