"General, have more than 30 million people really died in the past twenty years?"

In the barracks, Li asked with big eyes.

"Naturally, it's true, it's because there are too many deaths, every time he fights, the general will capture more prisoners, kill less, and leave some blood for our Han people."

Cao Xin is serious and authentic.

"General Gao Yi, when we captured prisoners for money, I thought the general was greedy for money, but I didn't expect the general to think like this, and the general admired it very much!"

Li Dayan bowed.

"The general is high-minded, and the last general is also deeply admired!"

Yu Poison exclaimed.

Cao Xin nodded, and was about to be modest, when he heard someone say,

"Definitely! Definitely! ”

Two scribes walked up from the side, and Zhong Xuan, who had three long beards, smiled at him,

"As the generals of the imperial court, when the six generals charge ahead and eliminate the rebellious army, how can they tolerate and nurture traitors? The mercy of the six generals is the kindness of a woman, and it is not advisable to steal it. ”

Cao Xin smiled lightly, hugged his fists at the two, and called Zhong Yu 'Zhong Shangshu' and Xun Yu 'Brother Gongda'.

"Zhong Shangshu is right."

"Uh~"

Zhong Yu was stunned, what is this called, Xun You laughed.

"The six generals approve of what I said? Also think that you are not suitable to lead troops to war? Not a qualified general? ”

Zhong Xuan asked with a calm face.

Cao Xin shook his head slightly, "Zhong Shangshu's opinion is very reasonable, but what I said is also right. The world is big, there are countless generals, some people are tyrannical and easy to kill, and some people are benevolent, but as long as they can protect the territory and the people, and are loyal to their duties, they are all qualified generals, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior. ”

"Ziyu is right."

Xun You bowed slightly, and winked at Zhong Xuan again, quickly refuting him, refuting him fiercely.

Zhong Xuan frowned, brushing his three long beards,

It is rumored that on the battlefield of Xinye, the six generals captured Deng Xian, a partial general of Jingzhou, and more than 2,000 Jingzhou soldiers, and then sold them to Jingzhou for 120,000 yuan.

The general's approach is tantamount to returning to the mountain with a tiger, and it is also a waste of the lives of the soldiers, and he does not dare to agree. ”

"Zhong Shangshu is fallacious, Shangshu reads a lot, and he should know the truth of eating the enemy for one bell and being my twenty bells.

I exchanged Jingzhou soldiers for Jingzhou's goods, grain and grass, and strategically, greatly weakened the enemy's logistical supply and also strengthened our army's logistical supply.

In addition, the Jingzhou soldiers knew that they would not kill prisoners, and if they met me on the battlefield in the future, as long as the war did not go well, they would take the initiative to surrender and surrender habitually.

As for the partial general Deng Xian that Shang Shu said, since I can arrest him once, I can arrest him twice, if I kill him, Jingzhou sends a more powerful general, wouldn't I be very troubled? ”

Cao Xin spread his hands.

"Send a more powerful one.... Puff~"

Xun You propped up his waist and laughed.

Zhong Xuan pulled his long face and glared at Xun You, this person is not forgiving at all, and he said that he doesn't like empty talk?

"Sixth General, how can you..."

"Zhong Shangshu!"

Seeing that Zhong Xuan still wanted to refute, Cao Xin arched his hand and said,

Zhong Shangshu's words are not unreasonable, as the old saying goes, mercy is not in charge of soldiers, righteousness is not wealth, love is not a thing, and goodness is not an official.

Zhong Shangshu is a good person at first glance, and he is not suitable to be an official, just like I am too benevolent to be a general.

But this is a troubled time, the sky will descend on the people, sometimes even if we don't want to do it, but the big responsibility is ahead, we have to stand up and do what we can. This is a person in the rivers and lakes, and he can't help himself. ”

Cao Xin arched his hand at the two people who were in a daze, and quickly left with Li Dayan Yu Poison.

After a long time, Zhong Xuan gradually came back to his senses,

"Compassion is not in charge of the army, righteousness is not wealthy, love is not a thing, and goodness is not an official, these four sentences do not make much sense at first glance, but carefully tasted the products, but every sentence is reasonable, pointing directly to human nature. It's just an old saying? Why haven't I heard of it, Gongda, have you heard of it, Gongda? What are you doing? ”

Zhong Xuan frowned and looked at his friend, and saw Xun Yu Xun Gongda take out a brush and dip it on the tip of his tongue, and wrote eight words in the inside of the robe, 'People can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes'.

"This sentence suits me too much, I used to just want to go to Shu to live in seclusion and not ask about the world, but the fourth uncle wants me to go out and do something I don't like. Alas~ Waiting for the next party, I stood on the smoke and rain building, looked at the deep night outside the window, and sighed softly, people are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves, this sentence will definitely shock the four. ”

Xun You exclaimed.

Zhong Xuan's jaw trembled, he looked up at the sky, and let out a long sigh.

A few years ago, he was in Chang'an, serving Liu Xie, the son of heaven, and dealing with brutal bandits such as Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji all day long.

Last year, he finally escaped from Chang'an and came to Yingchuan Xudu, where he met Xun You, Xun Yu, Guo Jia, these heroes, the pride of the sky, he was so happy that he thought he had found the organization.

But in less than a year, he found out that he was wrong, very wrong, under Prime Minister Cao Cheng, no matter whether it was a strategist or a general, there was no good person.

Xun Yu is stubbornly conservative; Cheng Yu is rigid and arrogant; Guo Jia is lazy and greedy; Cao Hong is domineering, Xiahou Yuan is a white general, and Xiahou is violent and reckless.

There is also this old and unserious Xun Gongda, the arrogant and lascivious Cao Ziyu, and Cao Mengde, who likes to slaughter cities, dig graves, kill friends, and be lustful.

This group of people had problems from top to bottom, and he had to hang out with these people.

Sometimes thinking about it, Zhong Miao really feels that the future is bleak.

"Yuan Chang, let's go, drink flower wine, there is a new singer in the pavilion."

Xun You put away the brush and said.

"I'm not going, I'm not going, don't pull me!"

Zhong Xuan reluctantly followed and left the training ground.

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"General, you are so powerful, even Zhong Shangshu's eloquent person is speechless by you."

Equestrian training ground, Li Dayan exclaimed.

Cao Xin shook his head, displeased, "We are samurai, what is it to be powerful, but it is really powerful to treat the enemy, how many people have Langya cavalry recruited?" ”

"There were only 82 people. At the beginning, Prime Minister Cao Cheng said that he could pick random people in the army, but when we went to choose people, Cao Hongxiahou forbade a few generals and refused to let them, saying that the prime minister was also going to form a team of armored cavalry, and the people in the barracks should be kept to form a new cavalry battalion, and they could not be given to us.

We selected 82 qualified candidates in the farm guard, and together with the old cavalry, we barely managed to make up 200 men. ”

Li said with a shrug.

Cao Xin frowned slightly, after seeing the bravery of the Langya cavalry, Cao Cao and the generals hoped to train some armored cavalry.

They all think that he Cao Ziyu can defeat Zhang Xiu's 5,000 Xiliang elites with 100 cavalry, why can't they do it, as long as there are armored cavalry, they can also do 100 to 5000, or even tens of thousands.

For those who have such thoughts, Cao Xin is noncommittal.

If you want to build an armored cavalry, you must first have money, a hundred irons, and a northland war horse.

The most important of the three is iron smelting, which cannot be bought with money.

In the late Han Dynasty, there was a saddle in the accessories of the war horse, and Cao Cao's guards often held the saddle to block his arrows, and there were also stirrups, mostly leather ropes, wood, and bones, which were not too strong, and they broke when they stepped on it a few times, and it was not too difficult on the exciting battlefield.

The iron stirrup used by Langya riding is a hundred refined iron smelted by blast furnace and coal, which is stronger and more durable than the iron commonly used at this stage.

There are also the same horseshoes on the soles of the horses, and some people have wanted to use cooked copper to beat the horseshoe to slow down the wear and tear of the horse's hooves, but the copper horseshoe is too thick and heavy, thin and not strong, and it will become slag when it runs for dozens of miles, and the cost is more expensive than a horse.

It is best made of 100 smelted iron.

However, forging a piece of refined iron consumes too many materials, and the cost is relatively large.

Only high-ranking generals are qualified to use a hundred smelted iron to craft weapons, such as his big iron spear, Guan Yu's glaive knife, Sun Jian's ancient ingot knife, etc., and it is not cost-effective to use fine iron on stirrups and saddles.

Cao Xin has calculated that the price of a high-quality Northland war horse is about 100 yuan, the price of a pair of armor and horse armor is about 500 yuan, the cost of saddles, stirrups, horseshoes and other accessories is about 500 yuan, the cost of a well-trained cavalry is about 500 yuan, and the armor and weapons on the cavalry cost about 1,000 yuan.

Each Langya cavalry is worth about 2,500 guan, and 100 Langya knights are 250,000 guan.

This is the price after improving the process and saving costs, and if others want to build cavalry equipment, the cost will be even greater.

If Prime Minister Cao Cheng and Cao Hong wanted to build armored cavalry, they would definitely find that the quality of pig iron was not good enough in the future, and he could take the opportunity to sell some fine iron and make a lot of money.

"Big eyes, the training of recruits should be intensified, so that they can adapt to the war horses and armor earlier, and the same is true for the infantry of the old Yu, we will have a tough battle to fight in a while."

"General, hit whom?"

Li Dayan and Yu Poison asked excitedly.

"Why are you so excited?"

Cao Xin said that Yuan Shu would be the emperor, Prime Minister Cao Cheng was about to march south, and Liu Biao might send troops to Wancheng.

"Big eyes, after the wedding, you and Lao Yu and Bai Feng'er will take the recruits back to Wancheng to camp first, and prepare for the upcoming war, which we must win."

"Yes, General!"

The two of them thumped their chests into a military salute, strode to the training ground, and continued to guide the recruits in training.

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Li Dayan and Zhiniang's wedding is coming soon.

Cao Xin took Yu Niang Liniang and the generals of the Langya Army to congratulate.

Although the new daughter-in-law Liu Zhiniang was born in a farmer's household, she is virtuous and virtuous, hardworking and housekeeping, and it is said that she is still a prince of the Western Han Dynasty, and she is more than enough for Li Dayan, a bandit.

Soon after Li Dayan got married, Prime Minister Cao Cheng issued an edict sternly reprimanding Yuan Highway for being shameless, calling on the princes of the world to fight against him, and canonized Sun Ce as a general of the Ming and Han dynasties, Huiji Taishou, and inherited the title of Marquis of Sun Jian Wucheng.

Immediately, Sun Ce broke away from Yuan Shu in Jiangdong and became independent, causing Yuan Shu to lose large areas of land such as Guangling County, Danyang, and east of the Great River.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Cao canonized Lü Bu as the general of the left.

Lu Bu was overjoyed, and under the persuasion of Chen Deng, he gave up his marriage and alliance with Yuan Shu, sent Han Yin, the messenger of Yuan Shu, to Xu Du to behead him, and plundered Huaibei in general.

Yuan Shu was furious and sent Zhang Xunqiao Rui to attack Lü Bu, defeated and returned, Yuan Shu personally led his troops to attack Chen State in Yuzhou, and booby-trapped Liu Chong, the king of Chen, and Luo Jun, the prime minister of Chen State.

Cao Cao issued an edict to scold Yuan Shu, listed the twelve sins of Yuan Shu, and announced that he would raise troops to conscript Yuan Shu.

As the pace of war gradually approached, Li Dayan Yu Poison Baifeng led the three troops back to Wancheng and stationed.

Cao Xin wants to stay for a few more days to see Boss Cao's arrangements so that he can cooperate, or go to Yangzhou to sneak attack and grab more goods and come back.

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