"This time when we select soldiers, we must have a good waist and a good job!"
Guan Ping was obviously confused about Liu Mang's selection criteria.
However, he still followed Liu Mang's instructions and started the selection for the conquest of Hexi.
The soldiers were eager to try, but after seeing the selection criteria, they could only sigh that their prince knew how to play.
"Brothers, it is actually very simple to follow the Crown Prince to the land west of Hexi!"
"You just need to go on stage one after another and rely on your waist strength to pull a 36-jun (30 kilograms per jun) crossbow. Only those who can pull the crossbow will be qualified."
"The Crown Prince will select more than 3,000 people to go to Hexi to fight against Xianbei!"
Guan Ping has always been prestigious in the army, and he even used his own actions to directly pull the powerful crossbow!
"I am the first qualified person! There is no one engaging in malpractice for personal gain in the entire army!"
With Guan Ping's words, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, and Tai Shiheng also completed the test one after another.
Liu Mang did this intentionally and tried his best to maintain fairness in the army.
There is no absolute fairness in the world, but it is not easy to achieve relative fairness.
The task of selecting soldiers was given to Guan Ping. As for the three thousand surprise generals, they were not within Liu Mang's choice.
This also made the generals very depressed. They really wanted to follow Liu Mang to the Hexi Corridor.
However, there are still remaining Qiang and Hu cavalry and robbers in the counties and counties that the Han army has just captured, and they need the help of surprise generals to annihilate them.
The new recruits recruited by Wuwei City were all given to Hao Zhao with a wave of Liu Mang's hand.
"Bo Dao, it's a good time to train your troops. I hope your Liangzhou elites can appear on the battlefield to attack Chang'an in the future!"
Hao Zhao was overjoyed, he didn't just know how to defend the city!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Liu Mang ordered the craftsmen of the Ordnance Bureau who accompanied the army to follow his instructions and start making instruments with hammers.
He gave the army fifteen days to rest and then went to Hexi.
Every day that is delayed, no one knows how many people will continue to be trampled by the iron hoofs of the Xianbei people.
"Your Majesty, do you want to fight against the Xianbei people with infantry?"
Zhang Ji was worried and followed Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and others to quell the chaos.
Zhang Ji accompanied Hao Zhao to guard Wuwei.
"De Jong, I know you are wondering why you don't bring cavalry."
"I'm just heading to the land west of Hexi. There are many mountains and ridges, and the roads are long and narrow."
"The enemy is not a fool and will definitely set up an ambush in advance."
Liu Mang smiled calmly, "Even if you use mounted archery, the range is still limited. The enemy can be condescending and shoot our troops."
"Just do the opposite and use men with strong bows and crossbows to break the formation."
"I have already thought about the name of this unit, so I will name it - Wuqian!"
Recover Hexi and move forward courageously!
Zhang Ji understood that these three thousand people represented Liu Mang's determination.
The large number of people is not conducive to the recovery of Hexi.
"De Rong, during my expedition, you must not be idle."
"We big men never raise idlers!"
"Just give me a strategy for governing Liangzhou. I'll take a look when I get back!"
Zhang was so happy that he was afraid that Liu Mang would leave him idle!
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I already know what's going on in Liangzhou!"
“Now that Liangzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and with a lot of waste waiting to be developed, we can imitate Jiaozhou’s agriculture and instill compulsory education into the people!”
"I am confident that within three years, every household will have a surplus of food! Within ten years, Liangzhou will be completely transformed!"
Zhang was full of confidence. He saw Liu Mang's determination to improve Liangzhou.
This is the enterprising spirit that Cao Cao does not have!
Zhang Ji also believes that the person who can truly change Liangzhou is none other than Liu Mang!
Although, Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, and Guo Si appeared in Liangzhou, these people who once reached the pinnacle of power.
But none of them wants to change their hometown!
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Xuchang.
An unexpected guest came to Jia Xu's mansion.
"Zhongde's visit really surprised Jia."
In Cao Cao's camp, there were only a few people that Jia Xu could really take a liking to.
Xun's uncle and nephew came from a famous family, but they didn't know the art of war.
Liu Ye, the Han Dynasty was rebellious and arrogant.
Chen Qun, a member of the Yingchuan gentry, just borrowed his family background.
The only person Jia Xu can take seriously, besides the wily Sima Yi, is Cheng Yu who is as ruthless as himself!
"Does Wen He know that Liu Mang finally led his army into Liangzhou?"
Cheng Yu was not surprised, although he gave the impression that this old man had always been a counselor.
In fact, Cheng Yu's official position has always been military attache.
It's a pity that he is not a noble family in the first place, and he is also not a member of the Cao family.
After repeatedly admonishing Cao Cao during the Battle of Chibi, Cheng Yu was no longer reused.
"Seriously? The people of Liangzhou can be saved!"
"Although Jia is hostile to Liu Mang, he still hopes that someone will go and save the people of Liangzhou!"
"Liu Mang and his father, under the banner of the Han clan, have to be responsible for the people of Liangzhou!"
Jia Xu's words almost made Cheng Yu sick.
"You, Jia Wenhe, are really a cat crying and a mouse pretending to be compassionate!"
"Which of you and me doesn't know who we are?"
"You bewitched Li Jue and Guo Si to dance wildly in Chang'an, killing the people and leaving corpses everywhere!"
"Pretend to be a good person now. Do you think of your folks from your hometown?"
Cheng Yu was merciless, and Jia Xu was equally sarcastic.
"Jia and Zhongde are equally generous!"
"In order to make up for the army's rations, Zhongde rewarded the soldiers with the meat of his hometown elders!"
"Like Zhongde, Jia's heart is still not ruthless enough!"
The two of them are very clever and talkative, and no one wants to think about it.
"Jia Wenhe, I really look down on you!"
Cheng Yu sneered and said: "Although I killed the villagers, I am still loyal to the King of Wei!"
"You and I are not nobles, so we can be reused by King Wei and even be entrusted with important tasks!"
"You shamelessly conspired with the nobles and even abandoned the great cause of King Wei!"
Jia Xu naturally understood what Cheng Yu was talking about.
He was the first person to choose to support Cao Pi.
Jia Xu's wisdom lies in knowing how to protect oneself, and Jia Xu's shrewdness lies in knowing others and himself.
He understood that his foundation was not deep and he was not an old minister of Cao Cao, but he had profound plans. Cao Cao was not a tolerant and forgiving person, but also a vicious and evil person.
For fear that Cao Cao would be suspicious of others, he would not mess with others, call his brothers or brothers indiscriminately, and his children would not marry into high-ranking families.
Appreciating a wise, knowing those out.
Jia Xu knew that wanting to embrace Cao Cao's lap was just a dream, so he took refuge in Cao Pi early.
Cheng Yu scolded him mainly because this guy shamelessly wooed the nobles in order to help Cao Pi ascend to power!
Lao Tzu tried his best to suppress the gentry and let the Cao and Xiahou clans take power to protect their own power.
However, Cao Pi called himself brothers to the nobles, hello, me, hello, everyone, and even created the "Four Friends" of the Crown Prince of Wei!
Sima Yi, Chen Qun, Wu Zhi, Zhu Shuo, which one is Te Niang's good guy?
"You, Jia Xu, are even sacrificing the great cause of King Wei for the sake of the power of future generations! The most despicable and shameless person is none other than you, Jia Wenhe!"
Cheng Yu scolded him vigorously, but Jia Xu remained silent.
