The banquet ended happily. Lin Chong, Yang Zhi and others were all drunk, and they were helped by the minions to rest.
Cao Cao, Wu Yong, and Lu Zhishen found a clean room to chat.
Cao Cao said: "Wu's original plan was to use Yanggu as the foundation, use Shi'er Mountain to hide troops, communicate with Liangshan, save money and grain, and polish soldiers to wait for the world to change. Later, my senior brother told me that the four states can be used as the base. Ji, Wu did not want to make a big move too early, otherwise the Song Dynasty would attack with all their strength and consume each other, only to benefit the Jin and Liao Dynasties. But after listening to Jianghu Zhongyan, Jiangnan La, Hebei Tianhu, Huaixi Wangqing, each There is something uneasy; secondly, my senior brother is willing to come forward, and my second son is a general. We can fool him for a while by singing a red face. If the imperial army really moves and Liangshan disturbs the way back, it is not a big worry. "
At this point, seeing Lu Zhishen frowning and listening attentively, he smiled and said: "This time I went to Bianjing to move Zongze away. Firstly, I happened to get on Gao Qiu's line by chance. Secondly, I met Song Dynasty." The ability of the monarch and his ministers seems to have been underestimated before. It is better to take advantage of these petitions and teach the brothers to go to the four states to become military generals. Then they will be able to fight and slowly recruit officers and soldiers from the four states. In just a few months, four states can be conquered. The officials who can be used will win over him. The officials who can't be used are senior brothers and generals who are descendants of the Yan Kingdom. The master was killed by the Song Emperor and killed several of his ministers to avenge him. , shouldn’t it be successful?”
When Lu Zhishen heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Officials are colluding with bandits. You are obviously colluding with bandits, but in fact you are colluding with bandits!"
Cao Cao clapped his hands and said: "Senior Brother, just think about it, you Erlongshan and Liangshan, in the name of doing justice for heaven and avenging the Murong family, killing all those unscrupulous big businessmen who prey on the common people will be a huge sum of money. I will give them here again." The civil and military officials of the four states secretly replaced their own people, cleaned up the officials, eliminated diseases and abuses, exempted evil taxes, and opened trade routes. They started with everything, winning people's hearts while saving money and food, bribing the ministers with some property, and raising troops for the rest. Being under the rule of the Song Dynasty is actually equivalent to being a self-contained entity, regardless of whether it is a collusion between officials and bandits, or a collusion between bandits and bandits, isn't it beautiful?"
Lu Zhishen nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "If you can do this, it will be in vain for the family to play the role of a filial son and grandson for the Murong family!"
The three of them chatted until late at night and fell asleep happily.
The next day, they all gathered in the main hall and explained the general idea. All the heroes agreed, and Cao Cao issued an order: "Mu Hong goes to Qingzhou to be the military commander, and let the two brothers Xue Yong and Deng Fei help them. Twenty or thirty capable men served as personal soldiers and were brought to take office; Luan Tingyu went to Mizhou to take office, and asked his two brothers Ma Lin and Tao Zongwang to help him, and took twenty or thirty people to take office; Shi Xiu went to Laizhou and let him take office. Ou Peng and Li Zhong helped each other and brought dozens of people with them."
He was careful in making this assignment, because Xue Yong and Ou Peng were both sons of military families and knew the rules of the army, while Ma Lin was from a small family and was familiar with the ways of the government and was well-versed in people.
Then he said: "Your three teams should bring more money. Don't be stingy after taking office. Wrap up your subordinates first, and then send soldiers here one after another to gather them, and they will all become the backbone of the army. Who can't wait? If you obey, send a letter to Erlong Mountain, and Senior Brother Lu will arrange the food. The rest of the civil servants and wealthy households are also ordinary. Those who can spend money to make friends will be friends with them. Those who have succeeded will ask Brother Erlongshan to send them back to the west."
Then he explained to these nine people in detail how to win over subordinates, how to make friends with wealthy civil servants, and even how to train soldiers.
He turned to Song Jiang and said: "Brother Gong Ming, of course, there is no need to say more. These are all the skills you have in mind! It's just Sun Li, the governor of Dengzhou, and the two hunters call Jie Zhen and Jie Bao, all of them are extraordinary. After you go, you can win over them carefully and promote them, and be sure to use them for your own use. My two brothers, Li Jun and Zhang Shun, are both dragons in the water. I will follow you to Dengzhou. You will have a chance. Then I will find a place for them in the Dengzhou Navy."
Song Jiang cupped his fists and said, "I will definitely not disappoint my brother."
Li Jun and Zhang Shun were also very happy. Zhang Shun smiled and said: "I have lived in this mountain for a long time, and my bones are rusty. Now I go to Dengzhou. The sea is boundless. It depends on my ability."
Cao Cao nodded and said to everyone: "If there are any heroes in the various states who are too extravagant to be included in the army, you can quietly recommend him to Erlong Mountain!"
After saying that, he said to Lu Zhishen: "Senior Brother Lu, you, Yang Zhi, and Cao Zheng are here in Erlong Mountain, and if you leave brothers Lin Chong, Hua Rong, Qin Ming, Hu Yanzhuo, Huang Xin, Xiang Chong, and Li Gun here, it will be enough." Suppress the four states!”
Lu Zhishen said: "Brothers Lin Chong are all powerful generals on horseback. If you want to train the horse army, this place is indeed more suitable than Liangshanbo! Well, with these brothers like big insects, the Sa family doesn't have to fill up the horse army. I think Xiang and Li The two brothers are really extravagant poker players, they only rely on the power of throwing knives and javelins. If they are close to each other in close combat, but it is disadvantageous and they still lack an invincible infantry, I will train for my brother!"
Cao Cao said happily: "Senior brother is so skilled in martial arts. He can do both horse and foot. This is the best! I still have some small quarrels, and we just happened to discuss them together. For example, when I went home with Li Kui to pick up his mother, we killed a couple on the way. Tiger, the male tiger is extremely huge, it must be some kind of exotic species. I got a pair of tiger cubs and kept them at my house in Yanggu. They are about half a year old. I brought them back and trained them with the war horses. In the future, I will use the chariot to carry the tigers. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to go into battle!”
Lin Chong and others were overjoyed when they heard this. Qin Ming laughed and said, "It's natural for horses to be afraid of tigers! The horses here are familiar with the smell of tigers, so naturally they are not afraid. When the tiger roars, the enemy's horses will be soft." If you lose your legs and feet, how can you compete with me?"
Cao Cao nodded. After defeating Hu Yanzhuo, he got a lot of iron armor and horse armor. Now he used Lin Chong and Hu Yanzhuo as generals to train an armored horse army. Lin Chong said with a smile: "These horses will not be afraid of tigers in the future. They are real tiger riders." !”
Cao Cao was moved in his heart and said with a smile: "Tiger cavalry is a wonderful army! Well, since there are tiger cavalry, how can we not have leopard cavalry? Although heavy cavalry is good at rushing into formations, they cannot fight for a long time. To pursue an attack far away, light cavalry is needed. Help! Brothers Qin Ming and Huang Xin can train a cavalry to break out of the formation and pursue the enemy. They call it leopard cavalry, which is light and fierce. Brothers Hua Rong and Yang Zhi are both good at shooting, so they can also train A team of horse archers is called Feiqi! If there are not enough horses, I will write to Chai Daguan and Lu Yuanwai and instruct them to help me purchase good horses from the North."
Zhou Tong suddenly shouted: "If my brother wants to buy a horse, I know a nearby place, but it is in Zengtou City in Lingzhou. There are more than three thousand families there, and the leader of them is the Zeng Family Mansion. I heard that it is A Jurchen family specializes in selling and raising horses. Isn't it much better than buying horses from the Liao Dynasty?"
Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "Wouldn't it be great if the timing were like this! Brother, stop working hard and take a few companions with you to discuss business there!"
Zhou Tong said happily: "Brother, don't worry, with my mouth, I can definitely negotiate the price!"
Cao Cao called Xiang Chong and Li Gong again and said: "In the day and night battle with Zongze, your two card players were very useful. Only one card was missing."
Xiang Chong and Li Gun looked at each other, clasped their fists together and said, "Please give me some advice, brother!"
Cao Cao said: "With your two martial arts skills, heavy armor, and holding barbarian cards, you may be able to run very fast. How can those soldiers be so capable? If you want to block arrows, having barbarian cards is enough, but wearing iron armor is useless. Footsteps. I think your team of card players should be agile and tough. You can wear leather armor or paper armor to expand the army to a thousand and five. The barbarian cards can be made larger and have hooks on them. There is no need to separate the javelin soldiers. , Throwing knife soldiers, all sergeants must practice. When facing battle, you must run fast, hold up your shield and face the rain of arrows. When you are thirty steps away, throw the javelin first, and within fifteen steps, throw the throwing knife. This way, the lethality can be doubled. ! When the spears and knives are fired, the top card knocks away the enemy's formation, and uses the hook on the card to seize the enemy's weapon! Then the heavy armored infantry rushes in. The player retreats behind, and then attacks with javelins and flying knives!"
The two of them thought about it for a while, and both thought it was wonderful. They nodded in unison: "I am willing to listen to my brother's arrangements!"
Cao Cao said: "Replace the iron armor, and the iron armor made in the future, you can train a heavy infantry, armed with broadswords and heavy axes, all commanded by Senior Brother Lu."
Lu Zhishen smiled and said, "That's exactly what Sajia means."
After the general arrangements were completed, Cao Cao said: "In that case, let's have another day of drinking. Those who take office tomorrow and those who train troops should get busy."
Just as they were about to host a banquet, a minion suddenly rushed to report: "There is a woman at the foot of the mountain, working alone, and she keeps asking Brother Wu Mengde to go out and see her!"
Cao Cao laughed and said, "That's weird! Who is this? Well, since you want to see me, why not let me meet you?"
Wu Song stood up and said, "Brother, I'll accompany you."
There are different teachings: tigers and leopards gallop with iron hooves, flying armies plow with arrows raining indiscriminately. The barbaric cards are rolling and flying knives are fierce, and the armor is clanging with battle axes.
I wanted to say something, but I couldn't remember it for a while...
Today is wood.
(End of chapter)
