In the second half of the third year of Zhang Wu, Shen Chen summoned the Qiang Shuai, a large tribe in all places, and held a meeting of the Qiang Shuai in Xianqin County, Tianshui County, and made it clear that if he did not participate in the meeting, it would be regarded as a rebellion against the imperial court.

Under the circumstance that such a statement and Shen Chen already had a "small reputation" in the entire Han realm, Qiang and handsome people from all over the country came.

The participants were all large tribes with a population of tens of thousands, and there were as many as twenty or thirty people, such as Tangyi, Kewu, Ohhe, Yaoyi, Vatong, Mozasai, Yao Kehui, Qiangduan, Bihoof, Tangyi, Midang and others, all of whom were Liangzhou Qiang.

At the meeting, Shen Chen implemented a new policy, requiring Qiang Di to pay taxes, join the army, and conscription, and the government would give Qiang the corresponding rights and interests of the Han people, and at the same time, the leaders of these big tribes would be rewarded.

Under the close coercion and temptation, some people were noncommittal, some weighed the pros and cons, and some explicitly opposed, and in the end, only more than ten families were willing to accept Shen Chen's suggestion, divide the tribe to their sons and brothers, and they were cut into several small tribes, and they were awarded official positions.

Afterwards, Shen Chen did not liquidate the opponents, but let them go back. It's not that Shen Chen is benevolent, but when the big problem has been solved, there is no need to worry about the small problem, just let Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi do it.

The Qiang people were still very weak at that time, and once they met a Han official who was better to them, they would often be grateful to Dade, such as the Hanyang Taishou Gaixun and the stable Duwei Fu Xie during the Ling Emperor period.

Gai Xun was too punctual in Hanyang, and treated the Qianghu people and the Huns equally, which was very good.

Later, the Qiang people rebelled, Gai Xun sent troops to fight and was defeated, but the Qiang people did not dare to kill him, the leader of the Qiang people Dian Wu said that he was a sage, and killing him would be punished by heaven, so he sent people to send him back to Hanyang County, and did not dare to harm him.

Fu Xie (xie) was first the commander of the stability of the capital, and then succeeded Gai Xun as the Hanyang Taishou, like Gai Xun, the implementation of the national integration policy, not only taught the Qiang Hu people to farm, Han and Qiang contradictions, has always been who has a mistake to punish, who has a reason to praise, never favoritism, so in the Qiang Hu people and the Huns prestige is very high.

coincided with the Liangzhou rebel leader Kingdom attacking Fu Xie, and there were thousands of Qiang Hun Hun cavalry in Beidi County in the kingdom army, all of whom knew that Fu Xie was upright and in order to repay his kindness, they kowtowed outside the city together, asking Fu Xie to surrender out of the city, and was willing to ensure that Fu Xie returned to his hometown Beidi County safely, which shows his reputation.

Therefore, as long as the government can be fair and just, and there are rewards and punishments, for the Qiang people, it is not that they are unwilling to submit to the court. However, there are many wealthy families and corrupt officials in Liangzhou who oppress the people, and treat Qiang like chickens and dogs, which causes conflicts between Han and Qiang to rebel.

After Shen Chen arrived in Liangzhou, he ordered Deng Zhi Pang Yu and others to rectify the rule of officials, and a large number of officials from Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou and other places who were admitted to the imperial examination went to Liangzhou to serve and promote morality.

Now most of the Qiang Di in the four counties of Longyou are willing to accept Shen Chen's policy, and only the Qiang Di of Beidi County and Anding County are still hesitating. For the diehards, he has his own swords and guns to serve, and he can't continue to worry about these things.

Now he has to solve more problems, one is the problem of new equipment, and the other is the problem of transporting grain.

Hanzhong has produced a large amount of grain, but it is still the same sentence, the road from Hanzhong to Guanzhong is difficult and dangerous, and the road is far away, and the grain cannot be transported, let alone attack Chang'an.

Therefore, after Shen Chen stayed in Liangzhou for a year, visited various places to inspect the people's conditions, had an in-depth understanding of the local situation, and put forward solutions and guiding opinions, he quickly returned to Hanzhong and began to address the problems of grain roads and cavalry training.

There was still no complete solution to the problem of the grain road, but Shen Chen remembered Zhuge Liang's wooden oxen and flowing horses, so he wrote to Zhuge Liang, hoping that he could come to Hanzhong to see if he could solve the difficulties of grain transportation.

Zhuge Liang quickly replied, telling him that he would come over at the beginning of next year and personally visit the land of Bashu to investigate.

In March of the fourth year of Zhang Wu, Zhuge Liang arrived in Hanzhong.

Chenggu County north of the Xuxu Township, it is rumored that this place is the place where Shun lives, because there is a vast plain in the north, was selected by Shen Chen as a place for cavalry trials, established a military camp, set up a military craftsman supervisor, and transferred a large number of craftsmen here to conduct secret experiments.

The experimental site is absolutely secret, a radius of ten miles is designated as a military important place, no one is allowed to approach, the soldiers are in the camp for food, accommodation and training, and the craftsmen cannot leave, and they will not be able to go out until the official Northern Expedition the year after tomorrow.

At this moment, outside the barracks, Zhuge Liang, accompanied by the former general Huang Zhong, Hanzhong Taishou Li Yan and others, arrived at the barracks, and Shen Chen personally came out to greet him.

"Welcome Prime Minister to Hanzhong to guide the work."

Shen Chen took more than ten cavalry generals in the army, including Ma Dai, Li Yue, Lei Ding, Dou Mao, Niu Dan, Yang Qun, Ma Yu, Jiang Yuan, Ren Shen, Yan Zhi, Ding Li, Bai Shou, Liu He, and Deng Tong, to greet him.

Most of these people were born in Yizhou and Liangzhou wealthy families, and some of them were Qiang leaders who returned to Shun in the early days, and now they lead the tribe to become Han people and gradually become generals.

When Zhuge Liang's carriage slowly arrived at the gate of the barracks, Shen Chen was the first to applaud and warmly welcomed Zhuge Liang's arrival.

"Bang bang!"

The applause was enthusiastic.

Zhuge Liang reluctantly got out of the carriage, and Shen Chen went up and hugged him, which made Zhuge Liang want to roll his eyes.

According to the Han etiquette, everyone bowed and bowed their hands.

But Shen Chen always feels that the bow creates distance, so he likes to hug people close to him.

"Let the prime minister tell you a few words."

After hugging, Shen Chen applauded again and engaged in formalism.

Zhuge Liang had no choice but to look around at everyone and said: "The cavalry is the heavy cavalry of the country, and I hope that you can do your best, train hard, and don't disappoint Your Majesty's grace." ”

"Yui."

The riders should be.

Shen Chen said: "Train as usual today, let the prime minister take a look, and go and prepare." ”

"Yes."

So they went back to the camp.

Shen Chen took Zhuge Liang with him, accompanied by Huang Zhong, Li Yan and several other senior civil and military officials.

When you enter the camp, the first thing you see is a huge school field, covering an area of more than 400 acres, with barracks built on the left and right sides, and there is a review stand and a two-story small building where the generals hold meetings in the middle of the school field.

To accommodate tens of thousands of cavalry, 20,000 or 30,000 horses and nearly 20,000 personnel, the space required is very large. This is only the front school field, and the back school field is more than ten times larger than here.

The front battalion is a place for small-scale cavalry to charge into formation, outflank left and right, and queue to ride, while the rear camp is the residence of horses and personnel, and it is also a training ground for large-scale cavalry to dispatch neatly, which is equipped with canteens, teaching, craftsmen's department, barracks, weapons room, stables, fodder yards and other facilities.

Shen Chen took Zhuge Liang to inspect the front camp first, and watched a tactical drill conducted by five hundred cavalry, such as the frontal sheep attack by the cavalry, the outflanking cavalry on the left and right flanks, the attack plan of pincer tactics, and the knights riding and shooting, picking, and rushing.

Especially mounted archery.

With stirrups and Takahashi saddles, cavalrymen could borrow the power of horses to shoot while running, and even shoot bows left and right to shoot arrows backwards while running in a kite style.

In the past, only the top and extremely skilled generals of the Han Dynasty were able to do this.

For example, Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, and Liu Bei are all skilled in archery and horseback recorded in historical records, and they are good at riding and shooting. However, because ordinary cavalry did not have stirrups and Takahashi saddles, it was difficult for them to shoot while running while clamping their legs tightly on the horse's belly to ensure that they did not lose their balance.

Zhuge Liang felt very satisfied after reading it, and then Shen Chen took him to the back camp to inspect, they were walking, on the way there, while walking, Zhuge Liang said to Shen Chen: "Your Majesty has not been in good health recently. ”

"Your Majesty is also very old, and in his early years of fighting in the north and south, there were many wounds on his body, could it be that the old disease has recurred?"

Shen Chen frowned.

Liu Bei is not a lucky person like Zhao Yun, and he has never been injured in his life.

In fact, Liu Bei almost died in battle several times, such as in Zhang Chun's rebellion, Liu was recommended by Liu Ziping, a native of the plains, to join the army engaged in the Qingzhou Assassin Shi and fight against Zhang Chunjun.

As a result, in the chaotic battle, Beizhong Chuangyang died, and after the thief went, the deceased was spared by car.

After that, it went through countless wars, and there were countless small injuries on the bumps, and there were too many injuries on the body, which was a glory and a life-saving charm for the generals.

I don't know how many generals died in history because of the recurrence of old wounds, which shows the level of medical care at that time and how much impact the injury had on people.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "The imperial doctor has already seen it, it is indeed because of the old disease, Xiaoqing said that when people get old, their physical functions decline seriously, maybe this is the reason." In addition, His Majesty has always been thinking about the Northern Expedition. ”

"How are things going in the North and South?"

Shen Chen asked.

Zhuge Liang said: "General Guan continued to train soldiers in Yangzhou, and also visited the city of Hefei several times to inspect the enemy's situation, and Zhang Liaomo couldn't stop it. ”

"Yun Changgong is still so brave."

Shen Chen praised it.

In history, Zhang Liao died of illness in the second year of Zhangwu, that is, last year.

But his death had a lot to do with the frequent travel to Luoyang and the rampant plague in the north.

Now taken at Guan Yu's edge, Cao Pi did not dare to transfer Zhang Liao to the rear, nor did he dare to summon him back to Luoyang to report on his work, so he kept him guarding Hefei.

Therefore, Guan Yu and Zhang Liao, two good friends, are currently facing off in Hefei.

Zhuge Liang continued: "The people of Huainan were all relocated, there were no people for thousands of miles, it was not easy to replenish grain and grass, and General Guan could only go north to fight Zhang Liao in Hefei. ”

"Hmm."

Shen Chen said as he walked: "What about Nanyang now?" ”

"Your Majesty ordered General Che Cai to rectify military affairs in Nanyang, but General Che Cai, you also know that these things are basically handled by Xu Yuanzhi, but Nanyang and Xiangyang are close to each other, even if General Che Cai is not good at military affairs, with the help of His Majesty and many other generals, it will not be bad."

Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

Now after the establishment of the empire, Shen Chen has changed from civilian to military, and the four generals at the highest level are the general Guan Yu, the hussar general Shen Chen, the chariot general Zhang Fei, and the Wei general Ma Chao.

Below are the four generals on the left and right, because of the military exploits of the Battle of Jingzhou, Huang Zhong was promoted to the former general. Zhao Yun himself had military merits in the Battle of Jingzhou, and he killed Cao Chun in Dongxingti, so he was promoted to General Zuo. Wei Yan and Pang De broke Wu Ligong and were promoted to right general and rear general respectively.

The rest still have the posts of the four generals, the four towns generals, and the newly established Si'an generals.

Now Liu Bei's account can be described as full of talents, the four expeditions and four towns and Si'an generals include Gan Ning, Huang Jie, Zhang Xiu, Lu Chang, Wen Ping, Wu Yi, Wu Ban, Gao Xiang, Dong Ju, Feng Xi, Zhang Nan, Zhang Ren and others, and the remaining middle and senior generals are dozens of people, such as Meng Da, Kou Feng, Liao Hua, Huang Quan, etc.

It's a pity that Gan Ning.

Although Gan Ning followed Shen Chen to fight in the south and north in his early years, he had always been a general of the Liu Biao Group before, and his seniority in joining Liu Bei's group was relatively shallow, and his later contributions were less, so he was under Wei Yan Pang De and others, otherwise he should be at the level of front and back.

However, compared with the general heavy generals, Gan Ning was not only the head of the four expeditions, four towns and four generals, but also gave the titles and honors of the township marquis and the upper protection army, which can be regarded as an affirmation of his exploits in following Shen Chen in his early years.

The rest of the generals were not so lucky, and the honorable officers were generally to place those who had high status and seniority but did not have the ability to hold real power, such as Xu Jing, Mi Zhu, Huang Zhu and other Yuan Cong.

Even Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang were not awarded the honor, and the title was only a township, so Liu Bei was still very good to Gan Ning in terms of honor.

Shen Chen continued: "Nanyang is the main force of our army, and Cao Wei will inevitably put a large number of troops in Henan to fight with us in Nanyang, Huainan and other places, just to cover my attack from Guanzhong. Now I have ordered Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi to pacify Xiliang, and once the foundation of the rear is stable, it will be foolproof, and only the problem of grain and grass transportation remains. ”

"Hmm."

Zhuge Liang said: "I will help you take a look at this matter and find a way to solve it." In addition, when I came to Hanzhong this time, in addition to walking the four roads of Hanzhong and observing the grain transportation, I also had to go to Nanzhong. ”

"Nanchu?"

Shen Chen wondered, "Is there another rebellion in Nanzhong?" ”

Nanzhong is the south of Yizhou, this year Yizhou north and south of the new two states, one for Yizhou, the other for Ningzhou, take the meaning of the word Ning of Jianning County.

It's just that Ningzhou is the official name, and because of habitual problems, everyone still calls the southern part of Yizhou Nanzhong.

Now the seven counties in the south are Ke County, Yuewang County, Zhuti County, Jianning County, Yongchang County, Yunnan County, Xinggu County, of which Yunnan County is in the area of Dali in the later generations, and Jianning County is in the area of Kunming in the later generations.

Liu Bei set up the governor of Ningzhou and the governor of Yu, who was in charge of civil and military affairs, and implemented the policy of southern Fu and Yue formulated by Zhuge Liang.

The previous governor of the capital and Zhu Ti Taishou, and the general of Anyuan, Deng Fang, were light and resolute, and had deep prestige, and the local Yi people were very convinced of him, so Nanzhong was still very stable in recent years, and there was no rebellion.

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "Deng Fang died of illness this year, His Majesty plans to make Li Hui the new governor of the capital, but before he has set off, there are Hao clans and barbarians in the south who have set off a rebellion. ”

Shen Chen said with a smile: "My suggestion is that it is not okay for my brother to go and see, it is best to personally lead the troops to fight and pacify them." The elder brother is also talented, but he has been commanding the rear for so many years, but he has rarely touched the military, isn't it overkill? It's time to bring a soldier. ”

"Hmm......"

Zhuge Liang thought for a while, nodded and said: "Well, Xiaoqing's words are reasonable, I will stay in Hanzhong for a while, and when Li Hui arrives, I will gather the soldiers and horses, and I will go south." ”

While the two were talking, they had already arrived at the back camp.

The rear camp was vast and vast, with huge pastures and slopes, as well as various hills, mountains, and forests for the training of cavalry in various environments.

It was the spring of March, and the group walked slowly on the tree-lined path on the right side of the school field and came to the south corner of Houying.

I saw the vast thousands of iron horsemen in the distance, rolling with the momentum of wind and thunder, rushing towards the distance, among which there were even heavy cavalry with horse harness and armor, rushing into the enemy camp made of straw, invincible, if the flood swept the earth, the scarecrow formation collapsed instantly, and after rushing over, the place was in shambles.

When Zhuge Liang saw this scene, his heart was immediately surging, and he smiled happily: "Hahahaha, Your Majesty has this iron horse, why worry that the towering Yanhan can't be Sanxing!" My ambition is to restore the country of the Han people for Your Majesty and for the people of all people, and it is enough to see this! It's a comfort! ”

Shen Chen saw his happy appearance, and also said with a smile: "The iron cavalry of the Great Han should not only gallop on the battlefield of Cao Wei, but also gallop in the reckless grasslands of the north and the vast desert of the Western Regions in the future, so that the great Han Tianwei can be displayed!" ”

With stirrups, saddles, and horseshoes, the mobility of the cavalry will once again be greatly improved, and the horse's galloping range and endurance will also run farther.

The Han people are finally going to roar again in this world!

It's also like the Han Wu Tang Sect!