Zhang He felt ashamed and said: "These Wuxi barbarians are not good at riding horses, but they wear colorful makeup and gallop through the mountains and fields, and there are so many of them that it seems that everyone from the elderly to children can fight. And because they are in the mountains and forests Traveling through time, our army couldn't even figure out how many of them there were... It was only after I was defeated that I figured out their origins after thinking hard."
More than ten miles south of Bin County in Guiyang County, in the camp of Cao's army, the generals looked at each other in shock after listening to Zhang He's self-reported 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. There are only foreign tribes outside the Great Wall, but it is different in the south. Not to mention the barbarians in the southwest, even in places like Jingzhou that are not border areas, there are still active Wuxi barbarians.
Li Dian stroked his beard and said: "I heard that General Fu Bo, Ma Gong, died of illness during the expedition against the Wuxi Barbarians. He conquered the Qiang Yi in the west and Fu Jiaozhou in the south, but encountered obstacles from the Wuxi Barbarians. This shows that these barbarians are not easy to get along with. "
The generals nodded and thought of one word, shrouded in horse leather.
The battle of Wuxi Barbarians was a battle in which Ma Yuan, the founding father of the Later Han Dynasty, was shrouded in horse leather. Because of his death, Wuxi Barbarians became a thorn in Wuling County and the biggest unrest factor in the four southern counties.
Cao Wu smiled and said: "Although I don't know how Liu Xuande persuaded the Wuxi barbarians, since these barbarians dare to come, naturally they will never come back."
Of course he has the confidence to say this.
Look at the people in this camp. Zhang He, Li Dian, Yue Jin, Yu Jin, Xu Huang, and Guanqiu Jian, who was still a junior general but later destroyed Goguryeo. The two prime ministers who served as military advisors were independent. Zhuge Liang, Lu Xun. Changsha Governor Han Xuan and others did not even squeeze into the military tent to see Cao Wu.
It is obviously impossible to say that these military veterans are afraid.
Xu Huang laughed loudly and said: "What General Beifu said is that all barbarians can be beaten with a hammer."
The generals laughed, and the unsmiling Yu Jin and the young and mature Guanqiu Jian also chuckled a few times.
To be as steady as being forbidden is to raise the level of attention to another level in your heart and not to be afraid.
Cao Wu pressed his hand down, and the generals immediately stopped smiling.
After experiencing the Battle of Chibi, these generals with military backgrounds, especially Le Jin and Xu Huang, who had experienced the Battle of Chibi, admired Cao Wu very much. With their spread, Cao Wu's status in the army rose sharply. .
This time, Cao Wu took advantage of Zhuge Liang's appointment and came to Jingnan. All the generals followed him and no one objected or looked down upon.
Prestige in the military comes from being able to win battles, and the combination of Cao Wu and Zhuge Liang has proven his strength to the big guys in the military.
This is completely different from before the Battle of Chibi. Before the Battle of Chibi, only Xiahou Dun and others respected Cao Wu, but now the big men in the army respect Cao Wu. gained prestige.
Seeing that all the generals stopped talking, Cao Wu let Zhang He continue to lie down and recuperate, and led everyone to the military tent next to him to discuss matters.
Zhang He insisted on coming even though he was injured, but Cao Wu couldn't resist and had no choice but to let him listen.
The generals sat down, Diao Chan and Lu Xun stood behind Cao Wu with their faces covered, and Zhuge Liang sat on the left side of Cao Wu.
Everyone was quite curious about the two masked people, but after seeing that Diao Chan was a woman, they stopped looking and smiled knowingly, thinking that General Beifu was indeed young.
Cao Wudao: "Although Wuxi Barbarians are nothing to worry about, we still have to make a good strategy before setting off. Further south is Wuling. The mountains are complex. It will be difficult to move without a general who is familiar with the terrain. Do you have any candidates?"
As soon as he said this, Zhang He felt ashamed. When he rode south with 8,000 paces, the guides he hired were also from the army of the four southern counties, but they were not generals who were familiar with battle formations. There were many inconveniences in the communication, and they also failed in the ambush. one of the reasons.
The other generals looked at each other again. These days, they were stationed in four counties respectively. The prefects of the four counties were all Liu Biao's old generals. They were afraid of being liquidated, so they served them cautiously every day. They had a good relationship with the four prefects. This time they sent troops. , in fact, they were all entrusted.
But Cao Wu made it clear that the four governors of the four southern counties were missing, which put them in a bit of a dilemma.
They didn't know that the reason why Cao Wu asked this was because he had long sensed that the generals had the idea of recommending people, so he gave them a step.
Xu Huang had a rugged character. Seeing that no one recommended him, he first tried: "The two captains Chen Ying and Bao Long, the generals of Zhao Prefecture in Guiyang, once shot two tigers and were called Guiyang double walls. Guiyang and Wuling is the closest, and the two of them are familiar with the terrain, General Beifu might as well let them serve as guides."
"Chen Ying, Bao Long..."
Cao Wu read their names and said, "You can join the army, are there any others?"
Yue Jin, who was originally stationed in Wuling County, glanced at Yu Jin and saw that Yu Jin, who had always been upright, did not intend to speak, so he went over his shoulder and recommended the generals of Lingling County on Yu Jin's behalf.
"Liu Xian, the son of the prefect Liu of Lingling, is an elegant scholar in Jingnan. His literary talent and martial arts are all of the highest quality. He can also be a guide."
Cao Wu nodded and said, "I can join the army, is there anything else I can do?"
In fact, he is not interested in this kind of literati. Most of the scholars in this era are noble people. They are only good at talking and have no plans to govern the country and the army. But since Le Jin recommended it, he would just sell it to save face. As for Le Jin, There is no need to think too much about taking away the benefits of Liu Du, the prefect of Lingling.
Le Jin glanced at Yu Jin again and found that Yu Jin was not angry either, but he had no intention of saying it himself, so Le Jin recommended another Lingling County general.
"Xing Daorong, the captain of Lingling, is very brave and is known as the most powerful general in Jingnan. He has a mountain-breaking ax in his hand, which can be used as a forward."
Hearing this name, Cao Wu was in a daze and asked doubtfully: "Who?"
"Lingling Colonel Xing Daorong..."
Le Jin didn't know why and repeated it.
No one understood Cao Wu's attitude. Only Diao Chan secretly pinched Cao Wu's back. She was used to seeing Cao Wu react like this to some people's names, so she knew that he must have made associations with it.
Cao Wu calmed down his emotions and said with a strange expression: "I can join the army, is there anything else I can do?"
Li Dian met Cao Wuzhao when Zhao Yan's Seventh Army was advancing. He also had the entrustment of the Changsha Prefect, but Cao Wu was obviously not satisfied with Xing Daorong. He hesitated and said, "Yang, the captain of the Dian Army under the command of the Changsha Prefect Han, He is the number one general in Changsha County and can accompany the army."
Sure enough, Cao Wu was confused and asked: "The number one general in Changsha?"
"Yes, Colonel Yang is good at both civil and military skills. He is skilled in bow and horse. I have competed with him in the school field. He is a talented person."
Li Dian made the introduction, thought for a while, and then added: "However, the four southern counties are no better than Jiangxia and Xinye. They rarely have battles. After all, the first general has never been in actual combat."
The words "very few battles" reminded Cao Wu. No wonder some people have been buried.
He first nodded to Li Dian, indicating that Yang Ling could also join the army, and then said to Guanqiu Jian: "Zhong Gong, have you found the two Jingnan generals I sent you a few months ago to contact you?"
Before, all the generals spoke while sitting in front of several cases. Only Guanqiu Jian stood up after being called upon.
He cupped his hands 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 no choice but to change his words: "No need to invite them over, I will go directly to your army to meet them."
