Seven days later, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei came to Yecheng.

The day when Guan Yu and Zhang Fei arrived was the seven-day period for Liu Jian to keep Yuan Ji's spirit.

The two brothers also went to the mourning hall, worshiped Yuan Ji, and then came to Liu Jian's study.

In the study, in addition to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, there are still Zhao Yun and Yan Liang.

Liu Jian glanced back and forth at the two of them, and said, "Qingzhou Yellow Turban, how is the arrangement?" ”

Zhang Fei said heartily: "This winter, but it is extremely difficult, nearly two million people, all properly resettled, how can it be so easy, during this period there were several mutinies, were pressed down by me and the fourth brother, but also thanks to Liu Qingzhou is a good ruler, at the end of last month, the matter of placing Qingzhou Yellow Turban is solved, now whether it is Tuntian, or building water conservancy, or planting mulberry trees, raising silkworms, making salt, printing books...... Anyway, as long as there is a shortage of people, I will take these yellow scarves on top, and now I look back like this, hey! It was found that this person was not enough! ”

The fourth brother in Zhang Fei's mouth is Guan Yu, that is, recently, Zhang Fei has to rank these brothers in order of age, Liu Bei is the eldest, Jian Yong is the second, Liu Jian is the third, and Guan Yu is the fourth.

Liu Jian nodded and said: "It's a good thing if there are not enough people, I'm afraid that there are enough people, and if there are many idle people, it will be troublesome for the industry of a state." ”

Guan Yu said to Liu Jian: "According to my brother's instructions, select the strongest ones from the million Yellow Turban Army, implement the military cantonment, and reclaim the wasteland in Jizhou and Qingzhou. ”

Liu Jian nodded with satisfaction: "Your Liaodong vassal country can also adopt such a military method. ”

Guan Yu nodded in agreement.

Guan Yu has never rejected the advanced techniques created by his brother Liu Jian, and everything is based on Liu Jian's example.

"How many Qingzhou soldiers can be mobilized now, if they are war soldiers?"

Zhang Fei said: "If you want to transfer as much as you want, it is enough to draw 100,000 people, but the fourth brother said that if too many Qingzhou soldiers are recruited into battle, the follow-up grain burden will be too heavy, and the consumption of goods and goods in Qingzhou and Jizhou will be too great, and the amount of transportation will be mobilized to ensure logistics ......."

Liu Jian nodded and said: "What Yun Chang said is very true, the battle is not about the number of people, the main thing is to fight with money and food, it is meaningless to raise more troops, it is better to raise more fine." ”

Guan Yu said: "A certain and Yide, for my brother, from the yellow scarf, formed 30,000 of the most elite Qingzhou army for my brother's use. ”

Liu Jian is very satisfied with Guan Yu's way of doing things.

Now the Jizhou soldiers and horses under his direct control are less than 30,000, plus these 30,000 Qingzhou soldiers, the main force of 60,000, is just within the scope of the burden for him, neither exceeding the boundary, nor feeling that the number of soldiers is stretched.

As for the soldiers and horses raised by the princes and kings in various places, they did not involve Liu Jian's local finances, and at the critical moment, Liu Jian could also use Xu Rong as the commander and control their subordinates for his own use.

Now, let the soldiers of the princes and kings replace the county soldiers and carry out the task of defending the security of the county and suppressing thieves in the local area.

Liu Jian looked at Guan Yu and said: "This time to crusade against Dong Zhuo, among the 30,000 Qingzhou soldiers, I will bring 20,000 and practice with actual combat, but in order to better restrain them, more than 1,000 sergeants of Yide's Liyang Battalion, as well as the 3,000 Liaodong elites in Yunchang's hands, and the Bai Yu soldiers commanded by Zilong will all accompany the army, and I will bring another 5,000 to the Jizhou army, so there are about 30,000 people!" ”

"As for Brother Boqi's soldiers and horses, let him bring them back to Youzhou by himself, unite with Huang Zhong, and prevent the Hu people in northern Xinjiang from taking the opportunity to attack."

"Here in Jizhou, I will leave Xu Rong and Xiahou Lan, as well as the fifteen thousand elites of Jizhou, sit in Yecheng and cooperate with Lu Shi, keep an eye on Youzhou, if Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun make a move, they can ask for it as soon as possible!"

Zhang Fei counted his fingers there for a long time, and said strangely: "Then, there are more than 10,000 Qingzhou soldiers and 5,000 Jizhou troops, as well as Gao Shun's 3,000 camps, where does my brother plan to settle down?" ”

"Naturally, it is handed over to Xuande to lead, Qingzhou's industry is thriving, and it may still be our economic center in the future, and there can be no less available soldiers for Xuande! In addition, Cheng Pu and Han will also send them to Qingzhou to assist Xuande, and the stability of Qingzhou is very important to us. ”

Zhang Fei listened to it and said with some regret: "Han Yigong is my deputy......"

Liu Jian said angrily: "What deputy, can people keep messing with you in the future?" Yigong is also what I want to focus on cultivating, and I will use him to take charge in the future! ”

Zhang Fei sighed regretfully.

"By the way, Wu Cen, the supervisor of the Liyang Camp, Yide will find a time to talk to him about it, let him resign from the position of the prison camp and go back to his hometown to retire.

The Liyang camp has always been controlled by the supervisor and the lieutenant, but if the pattern has changed today, Dong Zhuo, who represents the central government of Luoyang, has a fierce conflict with the local government, similar to the supervisor in the Liyang camp, who used to belong to the eunuch forces, but the Liyang camp has now become Liu Jian's private soldier through Zhang Fei, so Wu Cen has no role in the Liyang camp.

If you continue to stay, you will die sooner or later.

Zhang Fei sneered: "This kind of eunuch has received a lot of goods from us!" And let him retire? It's better to kill and relieve anger! ”

Zhang Fei has always been a scholar and a doctor and despises the low-level soldiers, but since he was guided by Liu Jian's education, he has changed a lot, but for the people of the eunuch family, although he does not provoke on the surface, he is still disgusted in his heart, and he hates to kill him quickly.

"Hey!"

Liu Jian stretched out his hand and blocked Zhang Fei's words: "Don't be like this, let's be a man and do things, we must pay attention to integrity, we took the initiative to cooperate with the eunuchs to control the Liyang Camp together, although the other party accepted our goods, but did not deny it, then Wu Cen has been relying on you for all the things in the Liyang Camp over the years, and there is no place to be sorry for us, if you go to kill him now, then what is the difference between our brothers and the robber Caokou?" ”

Guan Yu stroked his beard and did not say a word.

Zhang Fei was stunned, and then said, "I'm joking with my brother!" Don't worry, just go back and persuade him! ”

Liu Jian looked back and forth at a few humanitarians: "The four of you will go out with me, and I will transfer Zhang He and Gao Ran to go together, this time to fight Dong Zhuo, the six of you are the main force." ”

Zhang Fei said: "It's not that we didn't fight with the Xiliang Army last time, and they are not as powerful as rumored!" ”

Zhao Yun said very calmly: "Yide can't be careless, the Xiliang Army is the strongest army in the world, and it is also the 100,000 people under Dong Zhuo, looking at the world, whether it is the number of soldiers and horses or the elite degree of the soldiers, they are all the top of the Han Dynasty, the last time I fought with him, neither of us had the heart to fight to the death, and most of the other party was partial divisions. ”

Guan Yu stroked his beard and stopped.

He suddenly opened his Danfeng eyes, and said proudly: "I have heard for a long time that in the Xiliang army, there are few generals who can fight habitually, and it is a blessing to have the opportunity to compete with them this time." ”

Liu Jian looked at Yan Liang again.

As a frugal fan, Yan Liang is also fighting at the moment, and he is eager to establish his position in Jizhou with this war.

After all, the previous big battle in Qingzhou did not give Yan Liang a full chance to play.

"Lord, Yan Liang is willing to be a pioneer!"

Seeing that everyone was full of fighting spirit, Liu Jian's heart was very comforted.

Although the Xiliang Army is very strong, as long as its morale does not fall, it will not be without a fight.

And if you want to keep your morale down, the key is to rely on these generals who command the troops.

They are the courage of the three armies, and they are the soul of the three armies.

"Okay, since all the brothers are not afraid of the Xiliang Army, then this battle, I, as a brother, have a number in my heart!"

"At the beginning of next month, on the auspicious day of the zodiac, our army will set out for the expedition, and then go to Luoyang! At that time, it will be up to you! ”

"No, I will fight to the death and live up to the lord!"

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In the third year of the early peace of the Han Dynasty, in July, in the middle of summer, Jizhou Mu Liu Jian waved 30,000 troops, with Guan Yu and Zhao Yun as the vanguard, Gao Ran as the rear army, supervising the grain road, with six fierce generals as the core team, marching to Luoyang.

The people who accompanied him this time were frustrated and judged.

On the Yecheng side, he handed it over to Tian Feng, but he also deliberately left Xun Yu to assist Tian Feng in governing Yecheng together.

At that time, Han Fu, the assassin of Youzhou, also took the soldiers and horses of the Youzhou Assassin History Department to Luoyang, and he sent people to inquire about Liu Jian, hoping to join forces with Liu Jian, but was severely rejected by Liu Jian.

Liu Jian did not embarrass Han Fu, but he made it clear that he would not be in the same league as Yuan Shao.

He sent troops for only one purpose, that is, to avenge Yuan Ji!

Liu Jian's soldiers and horses were all dressed in white clothes and white armor, holding high the white flag of "revenge", and more than 30,000 mourning soldiers marched towards the south bank of the Yellow River!