Zhang He was ashamed and said: "These Wuxi barbarians are not good at riding horses, but they wear makeup, gallop through the mountains and wilderness, and there are many of them, it seems that everyone from the old man to the child can fight. And because they were walking through the mountains and forests, our army could not even figure out how many of them were...... It was also after the defeat that I pondered and guessed their origins. ”

More than ten miles south of Zhibin County, Guiyang County, in the Cao military camp, the generals looked at each other after listening to Zhang He's self-description of the failure.

Wuxi Man, this name is too unfamiliar to these generals from the north.

The north is densely populated, and the barbarians were extinct as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, only there are foreign tribes outside the Great Wall, while the south is different, not to mention the barbarians in the southwest, even in Jingzhou, which is not a border place, there are still Wuxi barbarians active.

Li Dian stroked his beard and said: "I heard that Ma Gong, the general of Fubo, died of illness during the expedition to Wuximan. It conquered Qiangyi in the west and Jiaozhou in the south, but was blocked by the Wuxi barbarians, which shows that these barbarians are not easy to get along. ”

The generals nodded, and they all thought of one word, the horse leather shroud.

The first battle of Wuximan, which was the battle of Ma Yuan, the founding father of the Later Han Dynasty, was also because of his death, Wuximan became a thorn in Wuling County, and it was the biggest unstable factor in the four southern counties.

Cao Wu said with a smile: "Although I don't know how Liu Xuande said that he moved the Wuxi barbarians, since these barbarians dare to come, they naturally want them to come and go." ”

He said this, of course, he had his confidence.

Look at the people in this camp, Zhang He, Li Dian, Le Jin, Yu Ban, Xu Huang, and Biqiu Jian, who is still a junior general but destroyed Goguryeo, and served as a military advisor, the two prime ministers of Shan Independent Bichuan, Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun. Changsha Taishou Han Xuan and others didn't even squeeze into this military tent to see Cao Wuyi.

To say that these generals in the army are afraid, it is obviously impossible.

Xu Huang laughed and said: "What General Beifu said is that it is just a barbarian, and it is enough to hit it with a hammer." ”

The generals laughed, and Yu Ban, who was not smiling, and Biqiu Jian, who was young and old, also chuckled a few times.

Steady as forbidden, but also in the heart of the attention to another level, not afraid.

Cao Wujiang pressed his hand, and the generals immediately restrained their smiles.

After experiencing the First Battle of Chibi, these generals from the army, especially Le Jin and Xu Huang, who experienced the Battle of Chibi, admired Cao Wu very much, and under their spread, Cao Wu's status in the army rose sharply.

This time, Cao Wu took the opportunity of Zhuge Liang to come to Jingnan, and these generals all looked forward to him, and no one objected to it, and no one despised it.

The prestige in the army is brought by being able to win battles, and Cao Wujia's combination of Zhuge Liang has proved his strength to the bigwigs in the army.

This is completely different from before the Battle of Chibi, before the Battle of Chibi, only Xiahou Cao's general Xiahou Tang and others respected Cao Wu, but now the bigwigs in the army respect Cao Wu, and Cao Wu's words have already gained prestige.

Seeing that all the generals stopped talking, Cao Wu let Zhang He continue to lie down and cultivate, and led everyone to the military tent next to him.

Zhang He insisted on coming with an injury, but Cao Wu couldn't help it, so he could only let him listen.

The generals sat down, Diao Chan and Lu Xun stood behind Cao Wu masked, and Zhuge Liang sat on Cao Wu's left side.

The generals were quite curious about the masked two, but after seeing through Diao Chan is woman, they closed their eyes and stopped looking, and they all showed knowing smiles, thinking that General Beifu was really young.

Cao Wudao: "Although Wuxi is not to worry, we still have to make a plan before we set off." Further south is Wuling, the mountain terrain is complicated, if there is no general who is familiar with the terrain, it is not easy to act, do you have a candidate? ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang He's face was ashamed, when he rode south in 8,000 steps, the guide he invited was also from the army of the four southern counties, but he was not a general who was familiar with the battle formation, and there was a lot of inconvenience when communicating, which was also one of the reasons for the failure of the ambush.

And the other generals looked at each other again, these days, they are stationed in the four counties, the four counties are all Liu Biao's old generals, afraid of being liquidated, every day trembling for them, they have a good relationship with the four guards, this time, in fact, they have been entrusted.

But Cao Wu made it clear that he didn't see the four southern counties and the four guards, which made them a little embarrassed.

They didn't know that the reason why Cao Wu asked like this was because he had already sensed that the generals had the idea of recommending people, so he gave him a step.

Xu Huang has a rough personality, and when he saw that everyone didn't recommend people, he first tried to say: "Guiyang Zhao Taishou General Chen Ying and Bao Long, two captains, once shot two tigers and were called Guiyang Shuangbi. Guiyang and Wuling are recently, and the two are familiar with the terrain, so General Beifu might as well let them be guides. ”

"Chen Ying, Bao Long......"

Cao Wu read their names and said, "You can follow the army, is there anything else?" ”

Le Jin, who was originally stationed in Wuling County, glanced at Yu Ban, and saw that Yu Ban, who had always been upright, did not plan to speak, so he overstepped his behalf, and recommended the generals of Lingling County on behalf of Yu Ban.

"Liu Xian, the son of Lingling Liu Taishou, is a Jingnan Yashi, and his literary talents and martial arts are all of the highest grade, and he can also be a guide."

Cao Wu nodded and said, "You can follow the army, is there anything else." ”

In fact, he is not interested in this kind of literati, most of the gentlemen in this era are high-minded, only good at talking, and there is no strategy for governing the country and the army, but since Le Jin recommended it, then sell face, as for the benefits of Le Jin's confiscation of Lingling Taishou Liu Du, then there is no need to think too much.

Le Jin glanced at Yu Ban again, and found that Yu Ban was not angry, but he didn't plan to say it himself, so Le Jin recommended another general of Lingling County.

"Lingling Commander Xing Daorong, very brave and resolute, known as the first fierce general in Jingnan, with a big axe in his hand, can be a striker."

Hearing this name, Cao Wu was in a trance for a moment, and wondered: "Who?" ”

"Lingling Captain Xing Daorong ......"

Lejin didn't know why, and repeated.

Everyone didn't understand Cao Wu's attitude, only Diao Chan secretly pinched Cao Wu's back, she was used to seeing Cao Wu have this reaction to some names, and knew that he must have associations.

Cao Wu stabilized his emotions and said with a strange expression: "You can follow the army, is there anything else." ”

Li Dian had met with Cao Wuzhao when Zhao Yan's Seventh Army was marching, and he also had Changsha Taishou's entrustment, but Cao Wu was obviously not very satisfied with Xing Daorong, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "Yang Ling, the military captain under Changsha Han Taishou, is the first general in Changsha County, and he can go forward with the army. ”

Sure enough, Cao Wu was puzzled again: "The first general in Changsha? ”

"Yes, Captain Yang is both civil and military, skilled in archery and horses, I have competed with him in the school field, and he is a talent."

Li Dian introduced, thought about it, and added: "However, the four southern counties are not as good as Jiangxia and Xinye, and there are very few battles, and the name of the first general has never been fought in actual combat after all." ”

The words "rarely have a battle" reminded Cao Wu, no wonder some people have been buried.

He first nodded to Li Dian, indicating that Yang Ling could also accompany the army, and then said to Biqiu Jian: "Zhong Gong, have you found the two Jingnan generals I passed a letter to you a few months ago and asked you to contact you?" ”

Before the generals spoke, they all sat in front of a few cases and said, but Biqiu Jian stood up after being named.

He arched his hand and said: "Fortunately, Huang and Wei are already in our army." ”

Cao Wu was immediately overjoyed, and said to the generals: "Great, let me see the real number one general in Jingnan!" ”

Feeling Diao Chan patting his back again, Cao Wu had to change his words and said, "You don't need to invite them over, I'll go directly to your army to meet them." ”