The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

[Written as a biography and invite a monthly pass, the tea cup stopped for a while to hold the jade pot. How to repay the kindness of the king, the book calls it is Chi Wu. 】

Early the next morning, Liu Bei and Wei Chang went out of the city and traveled to various counties within the prefecture.

Both of them are Gong Cao, and the position of Gong Cao in the Prime Minister's House is a little higher than that of Lieutenant Gong Cao. Wei Chang's car is in the front, and Liu Bei's car is behind. The purpose of their trip to the county this time is to inspect the officials of the counties to see if there are any illegal things such as corruption. in its column.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei assisted Xu Zhong and Chen Da in chasing down the chaotic people yesterday, and each took some credit. Today, they also rode from Liu Bei. Gao Su wore armor and rode, and led twenty spears and armoured soldiers to the left and right of Liu Bei's chariot, and Wei Chang's chariot was also accompanied by guards from the Xiangfu.

There were a lot of bikes and riders, and there were about eighty or ninety people of all kinds.

Liu Heng did not come out to see them off, but Xun Zhen personally came out to see Liu Bei off and sent them to Fangzhi outside the county gate.

On the occasion of parting, Xun Zhen held Liu Bei's hand and repeatedly told him to be careful on the road, to keep warm when traveling in windy and snowy weather, and to work hard to add meals. Liu Bei was very moved. Seeing Xun Zhen's "truth revealing", Zhang Fei and Jian Yong were also moved by their emotions, even Guan Yu showed his face slightly. Xun Zhen put Liu Bei in the car, called Gao Su, and said, "This time you are in the county of Gong Cao, so you must obey Gong Cao's orders, and don't do anything nonsense. If you violate the law, you know our military law. , when you return, you will be severely punished."

Gao Su promised.

Wei Chang had a prejudice against Xun Zhen and always thought that he would invade Liu Heng's prime minister's power. In line with the idea of ​​"righteousness and loyalty to the Lord", he had little contact with Xun Zhen at ordinary times. At this time, he also got into the car early. Not answering with Xun Zhen was like "drawing a line".

Xi Zhicai, Handan Rong, Xun You, Xun Cheng, Xuankang, Chen Bao, Wen Pin, Dian Wei and others who followed Xun Zhen were nothing more than the rest, but Handan Rong was extremely dissatisfied. Handan Rong sneered to Xi Zhicai, Xun You, etc. and said, "Wei's family is so big, the lieutenant braved the wind and snow to send them off in person, and he sat high in the car and didn't move."

Handan Rong's voice was not small. Xun Zhen had just put Liu Bei in the car and was watching them ride off. Hearing Handan Rong's words, he remembered a song circulating in Handan County recently. Uncle Ye told me that there was a nursery rhyme in the county, and I don't know which family name it came from. He said: 'Handan Gongzai kills Handan'. In order to borrow food for me, Gongzai offended his county people. It's not light. I offended the surname, and I'm very dissatisfied with Wei Chang, a young celebrity in the county."

In order to revive the family's reputation, Handan Rong can be said to have gone out of his way and completely tied himself to Xun Zhen's chariot. It is his enemy who advances, and anyone who is disrespectful to Xun Zhen is his shame. Therefore, he is ruthless in picking up the surnames in the county. Seeing that Wei Chang is disrespectful to Xun Zhen, he is angry and angry.

Xun Zhen looked back at him and said with a smile: "Wei Gongcao is frail and sickly, and is also afraid of the cold. Why bother."

Handan Rong watched Wei Chang and Liu Bei drive towards Xuenan, snorted, stopped talking about this, changed the subject, and said to Xun Zhen, "Lieutenant, Rong has found the carmine red horse of the Yang family, and it will be decided today. Dedicated to the lieutenant."

"Oh? Where did you find it?"

The night when the Yang family was overrun by the refugees was chaotic. The whereabouts of the red horse of Yang Shen, the head of the Yang family, was unknown, and Xu Zhong and Jiang Qin could not be found among the chaos. Handan Rong sent people to inquire at a nearby townhouse yesterday, and finally got the whereabouts of the horse, and replied: "This horse was first grabbed by a few rioters, and then when they escaped, the rioters who got the horse lost their way and were caught by a nearby one. The pavilion chief of the pavilion surrounded and killed the pavilion people, and the horse fell into the hands of the pavilion chief."

"Since it has fallen into the hands of man, it cannot be taken by force."

"Yes, Rong sent the person to find this pavilion chief, and Rong ordered him to bring the golden loaves, and he would not do anything by force."

Wei Chang and Liu Bei's chariots were already far away, and the wind and snow slammed into their eyes, and they gradually disappeared.

Xun Zhen smiled and said: "The Gong Cao has gone. Zhicai, Gongzai, Gongda, you all go back, I will go to the barracks to see."

Xi Zhicai now manages most of the official affairs of the lieutenant's mansion. Handan Rong supervises the security of the city temporarily, and Xun You is in charge of city defense. They have their own affairs and cannot accompany Xun Zhen to the barracks. go away.

Xun Zhen took Xuan Kang, Chen Bao, Wen Pin, Xu Fu, Dian Wei and others on horseback to the barracks outside the county.

The barracks was not too far from the county, the road was covered with snow, and although the road was difficult, it didn't take long to get there.

Outside the camp gate, Xun Zhen dismounted first, and gave Yuan Zhongqing his mount to lead, and the rest of the people also dismounted and followed Xun Zhen in on foot.

Compared with the time when we first arrived in Handan, the barracks has expanded a lot, and the expansion is mainly for the residence and training of 2,000 newly recruited soldiers.

Xun Zhen was a frequent visitor to the barracks, and when he entered the barracks, he did not notify Xu Zhong, Jiang Qin and the others, and went with them to the barracks where the three hundred iron officials and disciples who accompanied Gao Su and Wen Ping lived. Xun Zhen had already passed down a military order, ordering Wen Ping to be the leader of the three hundred iron officials and apprentices.

Before entering the camp area, the sound of shouting, shouting and killing first came into my ears, but it was the three hundred iron officials and disciples who were doing morning exercises on the playground.

Xun Zhen and the others walked over quietly and watched from the sidelines.

The wind and snow did not stop, it was extremely cold in nature, and the morning wind was even more icy and biting. However, most of the 300 iron officials and disciples who practiced in the morning were shirtless, and some wore only a pair of shorts, almost naked in the cold wind and snow. Work hard. Xun Zhen had a large number of elite soldiers, and it was possible that in the blizzard weather, not only did they not fear the ice sword and frost sword, but only Tieguan disciples took pleasure in it.

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "It's no wonder that later General Qi recruited more miners. The miners can endure hardship more than the peasants, and their organizational discipline is also better than the peasants."

Mining was still a hard and dangerous job in the era when Xun Zhen came back, not to mention now?

The Tieguan apprentices who can survive in the Tieguan are firstly better than ordinary people in terms of physical strength and endurance, and secondly, they are far beyond human beings in terms of enduring hardship and tolerance and adaptability to difficult conditions. The three hundred iron officials brought by Gao Su and Wenpin have certain combat experience. They have followed Xun Zhen and the Yingchuan Yellow Turbans in **** battles, and have received sufficient training. They have been led by Le Jin every day in Yingchuan for more than half a year. With the training of five soldiers and battle formations, the training is continuous. Although there are only 300 people, they can at least be compared to 3,000 Yellow Turban elites on the battlefield.

From these three hundred iron officials, Xun Zhen thought of the iron officials of Zhao County.

Zhao County is famous for its iron wares, and iron smelting is the biggest economic pillar of Zhao County. It is a pity that the Yellow Turbans were in chaos, and the iron officials of Zhao County were abolished. Xun Zhen thought about it: "Zhao County produces good iron, and it was famous for its excellent iron tools as early as the Warring States Period. It would be a pity if it was abandoned. After I defeat Wang Dang in the spring of next year, I have to discuss it with Liu Xiang. I can't run the Iron Officer again."

Suddenly there was a commotion on the training ground.

Xun Zhen looked up and saw twenty or thirty shirtless iron officials around a black sturdy man in shorts with dimples cheering and cheering.

"What happened?"

"Didn't you see it? That man threw a heavy stone dozens of steps away." Handan Rong was amazed and praised, "A true warrior!"

This sturdy man in shorts with short noses, with black face and beard, is about eight feet long. Because he is not wearing a coat, it can be seen that his arms, chest, back, and legs are all muscular and muscular. Xun Zhen looked at his familiar face, turned to Wenpin, and said, "Zhongye, isn't this Qi Hun?"

"Yes."

"He's here too?"

"Among the soldiers of Yingchuan County, this person is the most brave and brave, so Wen Qian also sent him here, and he is now the head of the colony."

This Qi Hun is very famous among Tieguan disciples.

In the early years, Xun Zhen sent Le Jin to the iron official in Yingchuan. Qi Hun was one of the first group of Tieguan apprentices to join Le Jin, and he was a close associate of Le Jin. In the sixth year of Guanghe, his father died and he had no brothers. Le Jin told Xun Zhen about the situation, and Xun Zhen sent someone to bury his father and gave his family a lot of money. Such a great favor, he cut his liver and gall, devoted himself to death. He made a lot of credit for Le Jin's sudden arrest of Tieguan Cheng Fan Sheng, who believed in the Yellow Turban Dao, and his subsequent killing of all the Taoists who believed in the Yellow Turban Dao. Because of his merits, he initially served as the leader of a team under Le Jin.

"Have you become a colonel now?"

Wen Pin replied: "Yes. Although the Yingchuan Yellow Turban was destroyed by the emperor, after the emperor left Yingchuan with General Huangfu and General Zhu, there were many thieves in the local area. Wen Qian, Zixiu and Ping were divided equally. He led troops to attack him, and Qi Hun made a lot of military exploits, so he was promoted to the commander of the colony."

Xun Zhen nodded, and watched the drills of the iron officials and disciples in the field for a while, and took everyone out of here, and then went to the new soldier's camp.

The new pawn's camp is divided into four blocks, and two thousand new pawns are divided into them.

Xun Zhen and the others were the first to go to the East District, where they met Jiang Qin. Jiang Qin sat on the high platform, learning simple formations and battle formations while supervising the new pawns in the Eastern District. After going to the West District, I met Xu Zhong. Xu Zhong was teaching the new students in the West District to practice swordsmanship and spear techniques. He personally went down to the scene and took the lead in demonstrating. After going to the Southern District, I met Xia Houlan, explaining the military law to the new soldiers in the Southern District. After going to the North District, the North District has the fewest new soldiers, only about 200 people, but they were selected from 2,000 new soldiers. Some of them were led by Su Ze and Gao Bing who were good at bows and crossbows. Some of them are learning riding skills with Xin Ai and others who are good at riding.

After inspecting the four districts, Xun Zhen summoned Wen Pin, Xu Ji, Xu Fu, Du Mai, Xuan Xian, Wang Cheng and other newcomers, and asked with a smile, "Wait, wait and see how my two thousand new recruits are doing. ?"

Xu Fu's eyes lit up, and he said, "With such diligent practice, you can become an army in two months, and you can fight in three months."

"Young Festival, what do you think?"

"Shouyi-Jun has been in Zhao County for a few months, and he has achieved such bravery. Wen-Jun wants to attack the bandits in the coming year, so why not break it?"

"Zhongye, what do you think?"

In the battalion, not only the iron officers and disciples and the new soldiers were practicing and studying, but the more than 2,000 old soldiers also practiced in the morning. In a large battalion, the shouts made during the drills came one after another, and they were covered up despite the heavy wind and snow. Can't stop, a group of soldiers is stern. Wen Ping stood beside Xun Zhen, standing between the wind and snow, looking around the camp near and far, watching the sassy military flag of the Chinese army in the distance, and his pride came to his heart. Where had he seen such a scene when he was in Yingchuan? He shouted loudly: "Wait for the day when you order troops, hire him as a forerunner, and attack and defeat the enemy for you!"

"Old Du, what do you think?"

Before coming to Handan, Du Mai also imagined what Xunzhen would look like as a lieutenant, but because of his limited knowledge, he thought about it, nothing more than Zhong Ming Ding food and a group of servants. It has long been different from what it used to be. Compared with the time when he was in Fanyangting, Xixiang, and Yingchuan, Xunzhen has improved not only his status, but also other things. As for what this "other" is, he said no. Qing, only vaguely felt: "This is the spirit of a hero, right?" In the past, he admired Xun Zhen more than fear, but now he is more fearful than envious, watching Xun Zhen in black pressing his sword, arrogantly Standing in a heroic manner surrounded by the crowd, he involuntarily bowed to the ground and said, "Only now do I know who you are!"

Hearing Du Mai's sincere awe when he said "I only know who you are today", Xun Zhen burst out laughing.

After careful calculation, he now has a lot of troops and horses under his command. Zhao Jun has more than 2,000 soldiers, hundreds of descendants, and 2,000 new soldiers, a total of 5,000 cavalry. If something happens, he will stay in Yingchuan's Lejin and Fashion. Xiao Xia, Xiao Xia and others said that they could bring another 2,000 men and horses, plus hundreds of thousands of old soldiers who had been discharged from the army, turned into his guests, and attached to him, with a full 8,000 cavalry. Eight thousand people or not much, but eight thousand people with complete armor and equipment and cavalry are rare. What is especially rare is that most of these 8,000 cavalry have been on the battlefield, and among them there are like clouds of fierce generals. When the world is in turmoil, it is certainly not enough to attack the world with 8,000 men, but it is enough to attack the county and break the country and shake a state.

It was noon when we returned to the lieutenant's mansion in the snow.

The people from Handan Rong's faction bought the rouge red horse of Yang's family from the head of the pavilion.

Looking at this horse in the snow, it is more and more powerful. Looking at it from a distance, it is like a raging fire. When looking at it close up, it is tall and fit, but because it is used by Yang Shen to pull the cart all the year round, it seems that it is not strong enough. Xun Zhen rode up, galloped around the open space of the lieutenant's mansion for a few laps, and came down and said with a smile: "This kind of horse is born for the battlefield, and it is used to compete with the enemy in the sound of arrows and drums~www. wuxiaspot.com~ was used by the parents of the Yang family to pull the cart, and the good horse was succumbed to the narrow cage, just like the general of a thousand troops was embarrassed by the pavilion of the countryside. It's a pity to waste away and lose its vitality, which is a pity!" Ling sent this horse to the stable and raised it with his snow-trotting Wuqi.

The government official took the order and took it to the stable.

Xun Zhen watched him go away, and said to Handan Rong: "Gongzai, it is a pity that a good horse is subjugated within the narrow circle, and it is a pity that it is only a horse. The root of everything is to fight thieves and manage the people. I can't control other places. In Zhao County, no one should be succumbed to the countryside. I ordered the county magistrates of each county to patrol each county. Come to prevent thieves and refugees from rioting, and secondly, if there are any sages in the township, they will show them to me and send them to Fuzhong."

Xun Zhen's order was not given because of the carmine horse, but because of Liu Bei.

Since he decided to let go of his heart, face Liu Bei head-on, and stop "flying with dogs", what Liu Bei gave Xun Zhen was not pressure, but encouragement. Taking Liu Beizhi as a person and dealing with affairs, his trip to the county this time may make him famous. Liu Bei was seizing every opportunity to forge ahead, and Xun Zhen certainly could not stop, so he ordered the county magistrates in each county to recommend talents, not only for the sake of talent, but also for the name.

Handan Rong promised.

In the afternoon, I dealt with some official business in the front hall. In the evening, when the snow became lighter, Xun Zhen went back to the backyard for dinner.

As soon as he entered the hospital, he met the maid Chi.

The maid Chi embroidered a green dress, and was walking around under a tree in the snow with clogs. When she saw Xun Zhen coming in, she took two steps forward to meet her, then paused. Go, seem to have a mind, look strange. (To be continued)