In the corner of the small courtyard of Jinmenwu, there are some plum blossoms.

A group of three people sat in the courtyard. The warm sun of early spring fell on me, but it was not so cold.

Le went to the bedroom and looked for the utensils to cook the tea.

The dock fort was just formed, and there were no servants or maids, so they could only do it themselves.

But there was a smile on Le's face, as if her husband's friend had come to visit and she had come forward as a hostess.

The bedroom was relatively rough, and it was the first time she had entered, and she was tripped and stumbled under her feet.

Startled, Le picked up the brick and prepared to put it back in place.

Suddenly, her hand paused, because the reverse side of the brick was engraved with the word "music".

She set it for a long time, put the bricks back as if nothing happened, and then found the tea pot and tea set, and went to make tea.

In the courtyard, Shao Xun talked eloquently: "King Dongyan brought a lot of people from Bingzhou to the east, and Hebei will definitely be in chaos." ”

Lu Zhi was noncommittal.

The people of Bingzhou brought by Dongyan Wang Teng seem to be homeless, but they are not.

This group of people is organized, and most of them are young and strong, and there are even many generals in the state, such as the state generals Tian Zhen, Tian Lan, Ren Zhi, Qi Ji, Li Yun, Bo Sheng, etc., obey the command of the government and are called the "beggar army".

It would be wrong to say that they were an army of outcasts.

Because the orthodox exile army will be suppressed by the official army, not only will the beggar army not be suppressed, but the government will also give money, food, and weapons to subsidize.

To put it bluntly, it was the former Bingzhou Assassin who personally took them to Hebei to beg for food.

Seeing that Lu Zhi didn't speak, Shao Xun didn't bother to say anything, so he only nodded a little and said, "Yu Ze, the king of Chengdu in Hebei, is not infinitely profligate. ”

Lu Zhi also shook his head when he heard him say this.

"If that doesn't work, can you help?" Shao Xun asked.

"What?" Lu Zhi asked.

"Ji Jun is too guarded by Yu Gong, and he has 10,000 male soldiers." Shao Xun said: "He is in the border of Sizhou and has nothing to do with Hebei. If the generals do not enter the territory of Ji County, Yu Gong will naturally not be interested in leaving the country to sweep the enemy. ”

Lu Zhi thought about it for a long time, and finally nodded.

For the "righteous army" in Hebei, what they are most afraid of is being attacked on their backs. If the direction of Jijun does not interfere with the river water with their well water, it is naturally the best. Moreover, I fought Ji County last year, but I didn't fight it. On the contrary, Yangping County was conquered.

The reason is also known. Ji Jun Taishou Yu Chen was more cautious, and did not use the local warriors and strong soldiers in a hurry, but used the 1,000 kingdom army brought over as the backbone to recruit brave and strong people to defend the city. Although it was more embarrassing, it was held in the end.

Now that a year has passed, Yu Chen has slowly opened up the situation in the local area, and some scholars and heroes have offered money and food, so that Yu Chen has raised 3,000 soldiers. This county is really not easy to fight, so there is no need to force it.

Yu Liang heard talking about his father on the side, and suddenly wanted to speak.

Shao Xun clapped his hand and signaled quiet.

Yu Liang was really quiet.

Lu Zhi watched silently, secretly thinking that although Shao Xun was not accepted by the Yuefu scholars, he had not been in vain in the past few years, at least he had received the goodwill of the Mi, Yu, and Xu families, and he had prestige among the younger generation of his children, which was not easy.

"If the generals can't stay in Hebei, you can come to Liang County to find me." Shao Xun said again.

Lu Zhi shook his head when he heard this, and said, "Before the mountains and rivers are exhausted, I'm afraid I won't come." Besides, they don't necessarily listen to what I say, they can only do their best. ”

Shao Xun nodded, just as he expected.

He's just showing a little face now, but do others really know how much money he has? Not necessarily. Even Yu Liang and Mi Huang didn't know how many soldiers and civilians he controlled.

"What are Gong Lu's plans for the future?" Shao Xun asked.

Lu Zhi glanced at him with a smile and said, "Maybe I'll go to Taifu to get a job." ”

"The affairs of the Taifu shogunate are complicated, and there are no relatives and friends, so it's not interesting to go." Shao Xun glanced at him and said, "It's better to find a job of being too guarded, Xiangcheng and Shunyang are good." ”

At the time when Sima Ying was the most powerful, Lu Zhike was the third rank of the middle book supervisor, and he was in power. Turning his head to Ren Taishou, it is certainly low, but who made him "make mistakes", which is the group of people who were purged?

Lu Zhi didn't answer directly, but asked: "General Xiang Wen has two armies of silver spears and long swords under his account, can you see it?" ”

"Lu Gong came here today, but it was a coincidence." Shao Xun said with a smile: "The Long Sword Army is not here, but most of the Silver Spear Army is gathered here. Let's go, go down the hill and have a look. ”

After speaking, he called Tang Jian and asked him to inform the entire team of the building masters.

After the seventh day of the first lunar month, the Silver Spear Army ushered in a new round of expansion.

The original 392 officers and men in the fourth building were expanded into the fourth and fifth buildings, with a total of more than 1,200 officers.

Of the less than 400 soldiers, most of them were two-year soldiers and a few were one-year soldiers.

Of the more than 1,800 soldiers in the first to third buildings, two-thirds are one-year soldiers, two-percent are two-year soldiers, and three- or four-year soldiers are less than one-percent.

The first building participated in the battle of slaughtering Xianbei, and there were some battle losses, and after replenishing the shortfall, the overall combat effectiveness should be the strongest among the five buildings.

Overall, the first building has the strongest combat effectiveness, followed by the second and third buildings, and the fourth and fifth buildings again.

A sixth building will be built this year, probably in March and April.

More than 10 of the first batch of Donghai students have reached the age of 15, and more than 20 of them have reached the age of 15 in the second phase of Luoyang, and they have been studying for almost three years. Among the children of the third phase of Taiyuan, there will be a group of people who have studied for two years by April, and the age is also appropriate.

Taken together, these people can almost form a full building of 600 people according to the old structure.

The old rule is to recruit newcomers with a blank sheet of paper, and the student soldiers start from the captain, the captain, and the team leader, exercise their abilities, and when the army is expanded in one to two years, they will be promoted to each level to control more soldiers and horses for themselves.

When he returned to Luoyang at the end of last year, Shao Xun also brought back a group of Chang'an people, mainly women and teenagers.

Xianbei killed more than 10,000 people in Chang'an, and many teenagers became orphans.

Many women have lost loved ones, even though they themselves have survived.

These people voluntarily followed Shao Xun to Luoyang, and they were all settled one after another - the big soldiers of the Silver Spear Army were really interested in these women who had suffered misfortunes, thinking that they were much better looking than the women of the Zhuang family, so they were very popular, and many couples had already married.

Damn, everyone is a thief.

A total of 168 Chang'an teenagers were recruited into the fifth batch of student soldiers and officially received education this year.

The first phase of the East China Sea, the second phase of Luoyang, the third phase of Taiyuan, the fourth phase of Liangguo, and the fifth phase of Chang'an have basically formed a complete echelon construction.

The number of people is also relatively large, and Shao Xun has even stopped participating in specific teaching, only making plans and participating in management.

In terms of literature and ink, there are special people to teach, and martial arts are hired martial artists.

Shao Xun's role is more like that of the principal and the director of education, and at the same time responsible for solving the problems of the students' lives.

A steady stream of student soldiers who are familiar with literature and ink and have a preliminary introduction to martial arts, starting from low-level officers, slowly studying, and slowly progressing, have a bit of the taste of an industrialized assembly line.

There is no doubt that the growth and expansion of the Silver Gun Army has been a long process. At this stage, Shao Xun mainly relies on ready-made teams such as the Forbidden Army and the Long Sword Army to fight the world, but he believes that one day the Silver Spear Army will provoke the main beam and become his core force.

At that point in time, maybe it was the most chaotic time in the world.

When Le's came to the courtyard with the boiled tea, Shao, Lu, and Yu had already left.

And at this time, there was already the sound of neat footsteps at the foot of the mountain.

She hurriedly put down the tea, rushed into the bedroom, removed a wooden board from the wall, and looked down through the diamond-shaped window.

A full 3,000 soldiers were marching in a clearing.

They were dressed in iron armor, with bows, quivers, and swords around their waists, and a small round shield tied to their arms.

After a while, the slightly chaotic formation was lined up.

Le's leaned on the window, looking around, and finally found the man.

He was dressed in a bright red robe, dressed in gold armor, holding the reins of his horse in his left hand and holding his right hand high.

Everywhere he went, someone took the lead in chanting.

The sound of "Wansheng" came and went, never stopping, shaking the birds and beasts on the mountain a little commotion, and shaking the chariots and horses on the post road in the distance subconsciously quickened their pace.

Leshi looked at it for a long time before quietly sealing the wooden board, and then stood on a somewhat loose floor tile in the bedroom, embroidering and stepping on it, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Lu Zhi under the mountain was a little surprised.

Yu Liang opened his mouth wide, as if he was in a state of distraction.

Three thousand armor soldiers?!

After several years of war, he is not ignorant of soldiers. At least, he knew that there was no need for everyone to wear iron armor in a military formation, and many times as long as the front rows of people were available, they could barely go into battle.

Three thousand armorers wearing iron armor, with 10,000 lightly armored and unarmored soldiers, are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses when they are pulled out, which is still quite regular.

No wonder, no wonder......

He suddenly felt a little envious, backed by the Luoyang Imperial Court, and himself a general of the forbidden army, this start is really fast.

However, he also knew that Xiao Langjun had not been easy along the way, and there were already five or six scars on his body.

These family businesses are all fought for their lives.

In this world, people who are willing to fight for their lives are becoming more and more friendly.

If the family still wants to rely on the accumulation of family generations to fight with them, they may not be able to fight it.

The amount of grain produced and the amount of wealth increased by the family each year are basically constant.

But these warriors are different, sometimes they suddenly get rich overnight, such as robbing the Xuchang arsenal, and then pulling up a terrifying number of soldiers and horses.

"General Shao, you ......" Lu Zhi was stunned for a long time, suddenly shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "Even in Hebei, it is also famous." Before the defeat of the Gongshi Domain, he didn't have this family background. ”

Shao Xun glanced at him.

Lu Zhi really broke off the connection with the Hebei rebel general, and even knew how many families in the Gongshi clan were.

"It's not good to compare with the generals of Hebei, but I, a silver-speared soldier, can't get rid of heavy labor, and can only be regarded as half-time. If one day you can temper your skills without distractions, you will be a strong army. Shao Xun said with a smile: "What I said before is still valid, if the generals of Hebei are willing to come to Liang County to have a look, they are welcome." ”

Lu Zhi sighed, not knowing what he was thinking.

He is a smart man who is good at seeing the essence through phenomena.

Where is the strength of the family? Connections and power aside, their most important advantage is that they have many valuable talents.

Big families with hundreds or more than 1,000 people can always find some suitable talents by picking and choosing.

Among the generations that have followed the family, there will also be some talents.

After that, they can use these talents as a basis to manage the area and expand their armaments.

Shao Xun took another path, cultivating talents in batches by himself, using the teacher-student relationship as a link and maintaining kindness. Although the overall quality may not be as good as that of some big families, at least it is.

It's a bit like the Hu tribe.

They were in much the same situation, using the nobles and servants of their tribe as the backbone, expanding their troops and fighting everywhere.

The quality of their talents is also indescribable, similar to Shao Xun, or even worse.

But if you can fight, you can do it.

After you can fight, there will always be people who will come to take refuge.

If Shao Xun's fame is greater, the troops are stronger, and he catches up with the good times, he may not be able to jump up and become a warlord with a surname in the north.

I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it.

Lu Zhi was preoccupied, and his heart was even more turbulent.

Shao Xun has the intention of showing him his family background today, which means that he no longer needs to keep his strength secret.

This person is not very ambitious.

However, for him Lu Zhi, it may not be a bad thing.