"Commander Yu Poison Baifeng, how is the recruitment situation of your battalions?"

In the hall of the Xinye County Ya, Cao Xin summoned the congregation to eat barbecue in the hall, talking about work on the one hand, and celebrating the victory on the other.

"The general is very smooth, the Langya infantry battalion has recruited more than 400 wrestlers who can hold 300 catties of stones, and there are currently more than 1,100 people in the infantry battalion."

Bai Feng was the first to say.

"General, my Shanzi battalion has recruited two thousand people, and there are currently more than four thousand eight hundred, close to five thousand."

Yu Poison said while eating barbecue.

"General!"

Wei Yan clenched his fists and said, "The last general only needs Nanyang soldiers, and has recruited a thousand people, and the bloody clothing battalion is full." ”

Cao Xin nodded, "Wen Chang, if you can recruit more, you will recruit another three thousand, and in the future, Nanyang County will rely on Nanyang people to guard." ”

"Yes, General!"

Wei Yan clenched his fists and took the order.

Cao Xin looked at Boss Cao Liaohua, "How many people have been recruited by the city defense battalion?" ”

"General, recruit two thousand, and the city defense battalion has four thousand people."

Liao Hua said.

Cao Xin nodded, these days of continuous fighting, the battalions have suffered large losses, Li Yanyi proposed to recruit troops from the surrender of troops, surrendered soldiers, and wounded soldiers, these people have been on the battlefield, they can dance knives and guns, and it is better than recruiting farmers.

"Zhengfang, is there enough food and grass?"

Cao Xin asked.

"There is enough grain and grass, enough for 10,000 people for half a year."

Li Yan said with a relaxed expression.

This time the battle was a big victory, and the Cao army successively looted more than 700,000 stone grain and grass from the Jingzhou army and Caiyang Zaoyang, and 10,000 people ate horses and chewed, which was enough for half a year.

"Haha, that's good, don't panic when you have food in your hand."

Cao Xin smiled and nodded, and looked at Yi again, "Uncle Ji, how many prisoners do we still have?" ”

"General, there are more than 8,000 people, most of them wounded soldiers."

Yi Yi wiped the grease stains on his mouth and said.

"Try to treat them as much as possible, we are not short of medicine, and don't raise those who are lightly injured, and tell them to repair the city wall. Then he sent a letter to Liu Biao in Jingzhou, reprimanded him fiercely, why did he want to invade Nanyang with riots, and asked him if he wanted Jingzhou to surrender troops, each of which surrendered 30 yuan, and then sold Caiyang County to him, we didn't want much, 600,000 yuan of goods. ”

Cao Xin said with a slap.

Caiyang County is in the south of Nanyang County, very close to Xiangyang, the base camp of Jingzhou, just like Wancheng is to Xudu, if he occupies Caiyang, Liu Biao will not be able to sleep and eat, and he must always think of sending troops to attack him.

And he currently has more than 10,000 people in his hands, most of whom are recruits, and he is not Jingzhou's opponent.

As for asking Cao Boss for reinforcements, Cao Boss only had 150,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses, stationed in all directions, and no soldiers and horses came over.

Sell it to make money, and it's obviously more cost-effective to use it to build elite soldiers.

And the price he paid was not high, 600,000 guan was almost 600,000 stone japonica rice, last year Yuan Shu in order to ally with Lu Bu, directly sent 300,000 stone grain and grass, but the messenger was sent by Lu Bu to Xu Du to behead.

Jingzhou is so rich that it is not a problem to come up with 600,000 yuan.

"Yes, General!"

Yi nationality gave up his orders, he made a wide range of friends, he had acquaintances in Xiangyang, and Liu Biao could be contacted through acquaintances, and it was not difficult for the two sides to communicate.

Cao Xin ate a piece of barbecue, "The only remaining problem is the city, the city is high and deep, Zhang Xiu has seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses in his hands, and it is not easy to take it down." ”

"General, now Jingzhou's 50,000 soldiers and horses have been defeated by the general, Nanyang County is in the hands of our army, Zhang Xiu is isolated in Yucheng, except for withdrawing from Nanyang, there is only one way to surrender."

Li Yan proposed.

"Makes sense!"

Cao Xin nodded, and swept all the civil and military bodies under his subordinates, originally wanting to find someone who could speak well and go to Yucheng to persuade Zhang Xiu to surrender, but after sweeping it, it seems that there is no such talent.

"Haha, sixth brother, do you want to find someone to persuade Zhang Xiu to surrender?"

Cao Chun, who started it, said with a smile.

"Zihe, do you want to recommend yourself?"

"I can't, I'll recommend someone, I promise it." Cao Chun squeezed his eyes, "Sixth brother, what do you think of Yang Xiu?" ”

Cao Xinjian raised his eyebrows, Yang Xiu was the companion and team sent by Cao Boss to Cao Ang, these days in Wancheng to urge Cao Ang to study hard, and Cao Ang likes to practice martial arts and fight, the two of them can't pee in a pot, Cao Ang also wrote a letter to complain, if it wasn't for the people sent by Cao Cao, he would have driven away.

"Zihe, Yang Xiu can't speak, what should I do if I am cut by Zhang Xiu?"

Cao Xin asked, touching his chin.

"Haha, sixth brother, wouldn't it be cleaner to be cut down?"

Cao Chun said with a smile.

The crowd burst into laughter.

Cao Xin shook his head and smiled, "Don't say that, Yang Xiu is our envoy, and General Ben still hopes that he can return safely, Zihe, this matter will be handled by you." ”

"Yes, General!"

Cao Chun clenched his fists and took his life.

Within two days, Yang Xiu was invited by Cao Chun from Wancheng and sent to the city to persuade him to surrender, and Cao Xin's condition was that he was promoted to the imperial court as the general of Yangwu and the Marquis of Duting, which was similar to the treatment he received in Wancheng last time.

The requirement is to give up the city, and the remaining Xiliang army must accept the dismissal, so as to prove to the people of Nanyang that they are willing to put down the butcher's knife and abandon the darkness and follow the light, and Cao Xin also gave an explanation to the people of Nanyang.

On the same day, Yang Xiu walked out of the city drunk, saying that Zhang Xiu was willing to surrender, but wanted to talk to Cao Xin personally.

Cao Xin pursed the corners of his mouth, and after making trouble for a long time, he had to go on the field in person, and this gentleman's mouth was like that.

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On the second day, on the bridge of the lower reaches of the Shushui River between Suicheng and Xinye, Cao Xin met Zhang Xiu to negotiate, he took more than 80 Langya horses, and Zhang Xiu took 800 Xiliang horses.

"Zhang Weiyou, how afraid are you of General Ben, and you came out to negotiate with thousands of people."

Cao Xin laughed.

"Hmph, you brought a lot of them."

Zhang Xiu glanced at the Langya rider patrolling the riverbank with a dark face.

"Say, Zhang Weiyou, how can you put down the butcher's knife and abandon the darkness and follow the light?"

"Cao Ziyu, that time you said that my Xiliang Army was a thief army, and I did all kinds of evil, but your special mother was the same, you were a big thief, robbed houses everywhere, and robbed women from good families, your special mother did a lot more bad things than me, and you were embarrassed to tell me to put down the butcher knife?"

Zhang Xiu retorted.

Cao Xin laughed, "We are different, do you know why the Langya army is invincible and has high morale?" ”

"It's nothing more than giving money and good equipment, if I were as rich as you, I could also build a strong army."

Zhang Xiu said disdainfully.

"Haha, wrong, having money, food and good equipment will only raise a corrupt army, this general pays more attention to faith in training, all Langya soldiers must recite military regulations during the recruits, keep in mind the willingness of the Langya Army, do you know what the volunteers of the Langya Army are?"

Without waiting for Zhang Xiu to answer, Cao Xin shouted at Langya on the shore,

"Brothers, why are we soldiers, why are we fighting!"

Eighty Langya rode stunned, immediately stood up straight, and shouted with his head held high,

"Calm the troubled times, the world is peaceful!!"

Even if there were only more than eighty people, their voices were loud, their momentum was high, and their expressions were excited, and they directly compared the eight hundred Xiliang soldiers on the opposite side, and even Zhang Xiu was shocked by the momentum of Langya's ride, and he saw something he had never seen before, something he couldn't say.

Cao Xin smiled lightly, "See? The general's army is a righteous army, the people killed by the general are all the people who should be killed, and the things that the general said are all for these eight words, to calm the troubled times and the world is peaceful. ”

Zhang Xiu shook his head, "I don't believe it, this bullshit slogan is definitely used to deceive people." ”

"Haha, right and wrong are said by people, since General Ben took office as the Taishou of Nanyang, he has opened up more than 50,000 acres of land around Wancheng, built hundreds of villages, and added more than 30,000 households to Nanyang, is this a disguise? You have been stationed in Wancheng for nearly two years, in addition to looting grain and grass and oppressing the people, what have you done to benefit Nanyang? ”

Cao Xin sneered.

Seeing that Zhang Xiu was still about to speak, he waved his hand, "Don't talk about those useless ones, you and the Xiliang army surrendered, what are the requirements, this general can meet as much as possible, if you can't meet it, then go to war." ”

Zhang Xiu's face darkened, and he sighed lightly, "Brother Ziyuxian, when the Xiliang Army surrendered and rebelled in Wancheng, the main reason was that Prime Minister Cao Cheng gave too little money, when the Xiliang Army came out of Liangzhou, most of them were young people in their teens and twenties, and now everyone has become an old man in his thirties and forties, and he doesn't want to fight, and people are thinking about it, but Prime Minister Cao Cheng wants to use the Xiliang Army to continue the war, but the salary is the same as that of ordinary soldiers, how can the Xiliang Army agree, and the fools will not agree." Whether you recruit the Xiliang Army or dismiss the Xiliang Army, the money and food must be sufficient, otherwise there will be complaints in the Xiliang Army, and I will not be able to explain. ”

"Oh, how much food do you want?"

"If you want to recruit the Xiliang Army, 500,000 pieces of goods, the salary of the Xiliang Army must be more than twice that of ordinary soldiers."

Zhang Xiu said tentatively.

"Haha, you're dreaming! There are less than 5,000 people left in your Xiliang army at most, and one less one will die, I will give you two choices, first, I will pay 50,000 guan, and each of you will be disbanded on the spot, and second, accept the recruitment of my battalions, like ordinary soldiers, with a consistent monthly salary, and rewards for victory in battle, so that you don't have to worry about food and clothing, how to choose for yourself. ”

"Fifty thousand?! Do you send beggars? ”

Zhang Xiu clenched his fists and said angrily.

"Five thousand horses, I can make you disappear half of them with a charge with Langya, how much more do you want?"

Cao Xin retorted.

Zhang Xiu gritted his teeth and looked at him, "Two hundred thousand!" ”

"Just 50,000 yuan, if you agree, you will talk, if you don't agree, you will fight, I will give you three days to think about it."

Cao Xin waved his hand and left with Langya.

"Cao Ziyu!"

Zhang Xiu stood on the bridge and shouted, "Calm the war, the world is peaceful, a warlike person like you will really want the world to be peaceful?" ”

Cao Xin sat on the black horse and laughed, "The world is so big, and there is more than one big man, when the Han is too peaceful, I will go to the Western Regions to fight, I heard that there are countless gold and jewelry outside the Western Regions, as well as countless exotic beauties, the general's greatest wish is to be peaceful in the world as soon as possible, and go abroad to burn and loot as soon as possible." ”

Cao Xin laughed and rode away from the riverside with Langya.

"Is this bastard's word true?"

Zhang Xiu shook his head, snorted, and left with Xiliang riding.

Within two days, Zhang Xiu expressed his acceptance of his conditions and business proposals, but asked the imperial court to appoint him as the captain of the Qiang and the Marquis of Duting, stationed in Liangzhou, and held the festival to lead the protection of Xiqiang.

Because of the war, the imperial court had already lost control of Liangzhou, a vacant position, the problem was not big, just waiting for the imperial court and Prime Minister Cao Cheng to issue an edict.

After the matter of the city was resolved, Cao Xin sent the Jade Niang Liniang back to Xudu, he fought hard in Xinye, selected Langya horses, trained the Langya army, and at the same time stared at Hanzhong, Bashu, Jingzhou, who will fight next?

"Uncle Ji, is there a response from Xiangyang?"

One day, Cao Xin looked at the Jingzhou soldiers who were building the Xinye city wall and asked.

"General, this matter is too controversial, and it is still being debated in Xiangyang."

Yi said, shaking his fan.

Cao Xin shook his head, "Go and urge, and if you don't give money, General Ben will take people to Caiyang to train troops." ”

"Yes, General!"

Yi arched his hand and went downstairs to run errands.

Cao Xin took a sip of the cold juice.

"Report !!"

Suddenly, there was a high-pitched shout from downstairs in the city, Cao Xin spit out a mouthful of juice, General Ben has just been free, where is there going to be a war again?

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