Time passed, the days passed day by day, and it seemed that everything was normal in Chang'an.

The people should eat, they should do business, and they should prepare New Year's goods, but the important ministers in the court have begun to feel a different atmosphere.

For example, some time ago, the court discussion was all about the various achievements of this year.

For example, Yongzhou is still a bumper harvest year this year, although the surplus grain is much less than in previous years, but this is because Yongzhou has carried out a lot of assistance to Yanzhou and Yuzhou, in terms of pure output, it is not worse than last year, and even in the case of no increase in fields, it still increases.

The development of animal husbandry in Liangzhou is getting better and better, and the breeding of war horses is also on the right track, and at present, a considerable number of war horses can be provided for the imperial court every year, and this number is still growing, and the quality of war horses is also improving.

For example, many captains in the forbidden army have changed their newly sent war horses, and gave up the original war horses, and these generals in the imperial court did not give up their original war horses because Cao Cao had a stunning shadow, Lu Bu had a red rabbit, and he got a special method from Liu Xuan to feed and improve the quality of the war horses.

However, with the importance and love of these two people for their war horses, it is estimated that even if they no longer ride the original war horses on the battlefield, they will continue to raise them and keep them for them.

As for animal husbandry, looking at the ordinary people in Yongliang and other places who can often buy meat to go home to satisfy their hunger, we can see how good the development of animal husbandry is.

Not only because of the good development of animal husbandry, but also because the imperial court has greatly supported this kind of industry, not only providing technical instruction - up to the church, but also providing free cubs in the early days, and asking local officials to help on the grounds.

With the gradual formation, the people who embarked on the road of breeding have gradually divided the grades.

Needless to say, large farms raise cattle in addition to sheep and pigs, and this cattle are not used for farming, but purely for beef cattle.

At present, there are not many farms that can raise cattle, so beef is still eaten by high-ranking officials and nobles - this has no effect on Liu Xuan, anyway, he is the emperor, and he can naturally eat beef if he wants to. Mo said that now there is a place dedicated to breeding beef cattle, and even if he wanted to eat beef before, the eunuchs and cooks in the palace had to find ways to get it.

Small and medium-sized farms or farmers choose a single type to choose, chickens, ducks and pigs, which are easier to raise, have naturally become the first choice, and because of this, pork and chicken are now widely available on the market, and most of the people choose these types.

When the people ate well, they naturally praised the court, and the princes in the court were also quite proud, but at the moment they didn't have the heart to be happy, because the matter in front of them was not so easy to solve, and even in the eyes of some old ministers, this time it was a major matter related to whether the Han Dynasty could be prosperous.

Cheng, the Han Dynasty Zhongxing is inevitable, they will also get the name of a Zhongxing minister, and they will be able to leave their names in the history books after a hundred years.

No, this Han Dynasty may be able to survive for a few years, but their group of people is estimated to be ridiculed by future generations as a minister of a dead country.

Compared with this group of people, Liu Xuan and his cronies and courtiers behaved very calmly and calmly, and things were prepared step by step.

"How's the preparation of the soldiers and horses?"

Cao Cao was the commander of this expedition, so he naturally replied: "The forbidden army has already drawn out the soldiers and horses to participate in this battle for final preparations, and some troops who have been prepared for a long time are currently setting off to the predetermined area to wait for the final attack." ”...,

In such a big battle, it is absolutely impossible that the two sides have already declared war and that the troops and horses have been mobilized here, in fact, the movement of troops and horses has been going slowly for several months, and it is time for the final battle.

The 100,000 troops to be mobilized by the imperial court may have been deployed all over the front line, and the soldiers and horses when they finally set out on the expedition were only the last part.

And the three elite soldiers and horses also have their own stations!

The Feather Rider had changed into the armor specially prepared for them, with a newly created assault and enough ammo for the quiver, and at the first order, the Feather Rider would set off.

There is also a similar situation with the Tiger and Par Ride, and the station of the Tiger and Par Ride is very intriguing!

Cao Cao did not arrange the tiger and leopard riding in the north of Chang'an, but in the north of Xuzhou.

This kind of arrangement, obviously aimed at Qingzhou, and then inserted from Qingzhou into Jizhou, if you look at the broad point, you will find that the Yulin ride and the tiger and leopard ride are like a big pincer, clamping Jizhou fiercely.

The frontal battlefield must be in Yanzhou, facing Yuan Shao's army across the Yellow River, Cao Cao's first problem is how to capture a ferry that can cross the river with as few casualties as possible.

It's just that this problem is nothing at all now, and Gao Shun of the Tiger Ben Army took the initiative to take over this task.

The current composition of the Tiger Ben Army is relatively mixed, and there are 1,000 elite cavalry left by Lu Bu in the original state, which is now called the Tiger Ben Cavalry, which is commanded by Cao Xing, the captain of the Tiger Ben Military Academy.

Then there were 1,000 heavy armored infantry in the Tiger Ben Army, called the Tiger Ben Armor Soldiers, that is, the original Tiger Ben Guards. Now that the Tiger Guard Army has been established, the Guards do not need to be responsible for the Tiger Guards.

These thousand soldiers and horses are personally led by the tiger general Guan Yu, and they are generally in charge of the Chinese army, and if they are dispatched, they will either have to deal with the enemy cavalry, or they will fight to the death, and they will not be used easily.

There are also a thousand trapping camps, led by Gao Shun.

Originally, there were only 800 people in the camp, and they never expanded the number in order to maintain their elite, and the other was that excellent soldiers were not so easy to find, but Liu Xuan had a lot of talents here, so naturally he was not inferior to these two hundred

Gao Shun directly increased the trapping camp to 1,000 people, and he still personally ruled it.

The trap camp belonged to the light infantry, wearing only leather armor to protect the vital points, and using weapons such as ring-headed knives that were conducive to close-quarters chopping.

In addition to these three, the remaining 2,000 men are ordinary soldiers and some loose horsemen, but don't underestimate these soldiers because they are not distinctive, these soldiers are also the elite of the elite, and they can fill the vacancy of any of the three soldiers and horses when necessary.

This time, Gao Shun's trapped camp took over the task of storming the other side of the Yellow River and seizing the ferry, which is what the trapped camp is best at, so naturally there is nothing to say.

What's more, as his own strength becomes stronger and stronger, Gao Shun's lethality on the battlefield is not only that he can bring out a group of good soldiers and that he dares to play with his own life, but now he may be much worse than Guan Yu and others in terms of force, but against Yuan Shao's group of soldiers? That is, the tiger enters the flock, and he can bite as much as he wants.

Speaking of which, after such a period of time, Guan Yu also has an understanding of the two captains under his account, and understands that these two people are real generals, and they are also very confident in the Tiger Ben Army in their hearts, so at the beginning, when Cao Cao proposed to choose a general to attack the other side of the river to seize the ferry, Guan Yu took over the task without saying a word.

What he said made everyone present speechless for a while.

"There is no need to bother others, it is enough for me to let Captain Gao Shun lead the headquarters into the camp!"

Especially when he said this, he squinted his eyes and stroked his long hair, he didn't care that most of the people here were higher than him, and his posture was so that everyone didn't know how to refute it. ..., some people liked this tune, and Cao Cao was overjoyed at the moment: "It's best for Yun Chang to say this, this first formation will be handed over to Yun Chang's Tiger Army!"

"Cao Dudu is waiting for the good news!"

Then he didn't speak, and after thinking about going back, he arranged for the Tiger Ben army to set off for Yanzhou, and then chose a suitable place to cross the river and the area to be attacked-in fact, Cao Cao didn't even decide where to fight, and Guan Yu gave this job to the next.

However, the general area is that area, which has no impact on the overall strategy, so Cao Cao didn't say much, and let Guan Yu decide for himself.

Strategy is like this, set the general direction, and then as long as the goals of each stage are achieved, the final strategy is how to fight, that is what the generals of the implementation have to think about.

In addition, because of the large number of troops involved, and there are several elite soldiers and horses that are not under the command, in order to avoid the generals below not listening to the dispatch, Liu Xuan temporarily named Cao Cao as the governor of Pingbei, so that he can command this battle.

The temporary official title that the governor later came up with in Dongwu appeared in advance, and everyone just thought that this expedient measure was good, but they didn't say anything, as for the so-called Pingbei, it was a title, which had no practical significance, but Huang Yueying privately despised Liu Xuan - this girl is now familiar, and she has to go into the palace every three or five days to walk around.

Now who in Chang'an doesn't know that the emperor, empress and even nobles like this Huang family girl very much, and even let her go in and out of the palace casually, but the Huang family, who had just moved to Chang'an, immediately became famous and became a well-known figure in Chang'an.

In this seemingly tranquil situation, but in fact the war is about to begin, another year has passed.

In 196 AD, the arrival of the spring of the seventh year of Jian'an is not unusual, but the whole world understands that this year will have major events that affect the situation in the world, especially in the imperial court, the mobilization of troops and horses with great fanfare, and even directly announced to the world: Cao Cao is the governor of Pingbei and deals with all things in Hebei!

Everyone knows what this means!