Time flies.

In the fourth year of Zhongping, spring.

Yang Zhao has been in Liangxiang for almost two years.

This small border county was well governed by him, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, there was no trouble of bandits, and there was no exploitation by the powerful, Yang Zhao realized that he also had the potential to be an official, not just to charge and fight.

One day.

Yang Zhao is dealing with government affairs, and it has been almost two years, and he has become accustomed to these, and he happened to look at an official document that was recently sent from the county.

"Changsha District Star has rebelled!"

He saw it and thought back to the events that would happen this year.

At the beginning of the year, Ou Xing rebelled, and at the end of the year, it was Zhang Chun and others' turn.

"I still have time to prepare and deal with Zhang Chun and others."

Yang Zhao put away the official documents, brought Tian Chou over, and asked him to continue to recruit soldiers: "Now the number of households in our county exceeds 10,000 households, and we can recruit more than 800 people, and let people prepare enough weapons, especially arrows." ”

Tian Chou asked curiously, "Why did the county magistrate do this?" ”

Yang Zhao explained: "I just got the official document, Changsha District Star rebelled, and I am worried that there will be turmoil in the north, so you can arrange it." ”

"Yes!"

Tian Chou thought for a while, but still did as ordered, and didn't ask too much.

Now Liangxiang is no longer short of money and population, although he doesn't know very well, what is the basis for the county magistrate to say that there will be chaos in the north, but it is not a bad thing to prepare more soldiers and weapons.

After instructing Tian Chou, Yang Zhao found Liu Bei again.

"Senior brother now has money and food, and he is very successful in business and tuntian, so he doesn't plan to recruit any more troops and expand his army?"

Yang Zhao asked inducingly.

Liu Bei shook his head slightly and said, "I don't need too many soldiers and horses for the time being, but why does my junior brother ask this?" ”

Yang Zhao said: "Will Senior Brother listen to my suggestion?" ”

"Of course it will, we all know the ability of the junior brother, and I will definitely listen to any suggestions."

Liu Bei nodded affirmatively, recognized Yang Zhao's ability from the bottom of his heart, and said, "What suggestions do you have for junior brother?" ”

Yang Zhao said: "Senior brother, it's best to go to the army now, and increase the strength to about two thousand as much as possible, it will definitely be of great use in the future, believe me!" ”

"So many!"

Liu Bei is now able to lead more than 900 parts, and he is already very satisfied.

He had never thought that he would have a force of 2,000 troops, so he continued to ask: "What did the junior brother ask me to collect so many troops?" In the vicinity of Liangxiang, there are no more people to collect. ”

Yang Zhao said solemnly: "Senior brother, if you believe me, don't ask too much for the time being, recruit soldiers first, good township is not good, you can go back to Zhuo County, mobilize your connections to recruit fellow villagers as much as possible, in the second half of this year, it will definitely be used, if you don't believe me, forget it." ”

His more than 2,000 parts are almost enough, and if there are more, with his current background, it is difficult to coordinate in management, and he does not plan to recruit again.

The number of troops is not as good as possible, and it needs to be determined within a certain number according to one's own actual situation.

Therefore, he fooled Liu Bei to recruit troops and expand the troop.

It can be regarded as a gift to the senior brother, an upcoming credit.

"I believe in junior brother!"

Liu Bei hesitated to the end, agreed to come down, and immediately went down to do a good job of recruiting the troops.

"Senior brother has 2,000 people, and I also have more than 2,000 people, if Liangxiang can raise about 800 troops, he can have 5,000 soldiers."

Yang Zhao thought in his heart.

Five thousand soldiers, in ancient wars, in front of hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn, are not worth mentioning.

However, in a small county of more than 10,000 households like Liangxiang, the enemy can be caught off guard.

His plan is not only to defend the good township, so there is no way to make meritorious contributions, killing the rebellious Zhang Chun and others, as well as Qiu Liju of Wuhuan, is the most important thing.

Conscription, training.

Preparing defensive measures and expanding armaments were officially launched under Yang Zhao's arrangement.

A few more months passed.

Yang Zhao got the news that Ou Xing's rebellion was put down by Sun Jian, the Taishou of Changsha.

It was in this battle that Sun Jian was promoted and became a taishou.

After calculating the time, the disaster of Zhang Chun and others is almost close, Yang Zhao inspected the city tower to ensure that there was no problem in defending the city, and Liu Bei's troops were also recruited, a total of 2,000 people.

Everything is ready to go.

"Senior brother, I followed your advice and almost did it."

Liu Bei walked into the government office and asked curiously: "It's already the second half of the year, why hasn't it come in handy yet?" ”

"Wait a little longer and it will be useful!"

Yang Zhao said: "Senior brother, if you still want to do big things, just listen to my arrangement, and you must be calm." ”

Liu Bei thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll listen to my junior brother again." ”

He felt that it made sense, and continued to toss.

More than a month passed.

"County magistrate, a group of refugees suddenly came from the north."

Tian Chou ran back and said.

To the north of Liangxiang are Shanggu and Daijun, and those places are basically mixed with Hu and Han, with Wuhuan and Han people.

In ancient times, the news was blocked.

A lot of times, when something happens, the official news may be slow, but the private news is sometimes faster than the official one, such as the refugees who are now coming south from the north.

Hearing that a refugee was heading south, Yang Zhao immediately stood up: "Go out and have a look." ”

As soon as the refugees arrived outside the city, they were stopped by the soldiers defending the city.

After Yang Zhao and the others left the city, they saw the procession of refugees, and they saw more than 3,000 people, including men and women, as well as old and young women and children, and they walked in a hurry.

Knowing that there were refugees going south, Lian Liu Bei went out of the city to take a look.

"Now there are no droughts and floods, and I haven't heard of anything special in the north, so how can there be refugees going south?"

Jian Yong said curiously.

Yang Zhao said: "There are no natural disasters, but people flee south, so there is only one possibility, that is, war." ”

In other words, Wuhuan in the north, together with Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, began to make trouble.

"War?"

Liu Bei suddenly thought of Yang Zhao asking him to recruit the tribe.

The junior brother will not be so magical, and even the wars that will occur in the future can be accurately predicted, right?

Tian Chou was surprised: "Could it be that Wuhuan invaded?" They haven't been appeased by the imperial court, how could they invade Youzhou. ”

Wu Huan's existence for the Han is equivalent to a mercenary.

In the past, the imperial court gave Qian Wuhuan and let him be responsible for containing Xianbei in the north, as well as the Southern Xiongnu and other places, and let them send troops if necessary, which was regarded as using money to support these mercenaries so that they would not mess around in the north.

According to common sense, Wuhuan will not invade Youzhou.

Yang Zhao said: "It is also possible that there are people in Youzhou who rebelled and united with the Wuhuan invasion, although they were appeased by the imperial court, but you may not know, the imperial court has been for several years, and there is no money to appease the Wuhuan people in the north, they can't get benefits, and if someone instigates it, can they not invade?" ”

Now the big man, the financial problems are getting worse and worse.

In order to be able to jump for himself, Liu Hong is now officially selling his official position, and the money he has to play is not enough, how can he give money to support these mercenaries again?

The Wuhuan people have always been supported by the imperial court's food and salary, and suddenly one day it is gone, they will be angry, feel that they have been deceived by the Han, and then want to rebel.