The genus of the general has always been a permanent member of the Chinese dynasties, and may have been changed or renamed, but after all, it has always occupied the position of commander-in-chief of the army. The same is true now in the Yan Kingdom.
In order to make it easier for more generals from different dynasties to feel familiar in the future, Su Chen roped in Zhang Liao, Dong Zhuo, and Guo Jia to first assign civil and military positions in the Han Dynasty under the generals.
Such as Changshi, Zhonglang, Chief Secretary, Duwei, General, Buqujiang...
In the future, when generals from other dynasties appeared, Su Chen would add more. Putting down the pen and ink, Su Chen picked up the tea: "...what Cao Gong said before was to open a general's palace and put the generals in appropriate positions. When there is another improvement, who knows whether it is true or not, but we can give it a try. Distance from the Alliance The Northern Expedition is still a month away, and from now on, the main focus will be on surrendering troops, food, grass, and armor!"
While he was talking, the candlelight on the table swayed, and Su Chen's figure was swaying on the screen behind him. He picked up the pen and ink again, saw the eyes of everyone looking at him, and then wrote on another blank piece of paper. Soon, He picked up what he had written, blew it, and then handed it to Zhang Liao and others to read.
"There aren't many people at the moment, so I'll just write it down like this for the time being."
The document was handed over with the current names and positions written on it. The ink had not yet dried. Guo Jia held it carefully and walked to the light to look at it.
"The chief official: Xun Yu; the chief lieutenant: Guo Jia; the chief clerk: Lü Bu; the captain: Zhang Liao; the general and the five school captains: Dong Zhuo and Le Jin."
The handwriting passed by his eyes one by one, and the room fell into an eerie silence. Zhang Liao saw that the main book above was written by Lu Bu, and suppressed a smile. After a while, Guo Jia put the paper back on the table, smiled and bowed with his sleeves, "Jia, follow the general's wishes!"
Zhang Liao and Dong Zhuo laughed, imitated Guo Jia's actions, and bowed down.
In the following time, Su Chen left all the affairs of the city to Guo Jia and Xun Yu, and Sun Shuwu, the prefect, and Chen Luoping, who was appointed as a county lieutenant, assisted him in farming, buying and selling goods around Ding'an City, and in the Youyan Mountain to the west. An iron mine is in hand.
Before, the place had been guarded by people from the imperial court. Later, Su Chen revolted and captured Ding'an City. The hundreds of garrison troops there had already fled and went to Yunqi County. They were now recovering the ore, digging it, and transporting it to the western suburbs of the city for accumulation twenty miles away.
Xun Yu summoned most of the blacksmiths from several counties to plan a nearby forge covering an area of 25 acres. It would be used as a weapons and armor workshop. He also sent a message to various cities to encourage young people at home who wanted to learn crafts. The government would They were sent to be apprentices for free, and in just a few days, hundreds of people signed up to enter the forge.
Because Yan had a lot of iron armor, the first things they developed were awls and short axes for breaking armor.
For a moment, looking from the top of the city, in the distance, black smoke floated in the sky in the western suburbs all day long. If you walked a few miles closer, you could hear the continuous sound of iron forging.
As one of the founders of the Cao Wei Dynasty, Xun Yu's abilities were not limited to this. Sometimes he would use thunderous means to mobilize government officials and police officers from villages to towns, then to counties, and finally Ding'an City to conduct a population census. , planning acres of land so that people without land can use two or three acres of land. At the same time, he asked relatives of the Su family to go to various counties to buy various vegetable seedling seeds and distribute them to farmers for them to plant on the ridges of the fields, so that one land can be used for multiple purposes.
When Xun Yu was working, he did not forget to drag Guo Jia who was hiding in the house. The latter had no choice but to follow him to the government office every day. As time went by, he also began to pick up his pen and ink, sort out some things, and let the county captain Chen Luoping recruited a group of people from three religions and nine schools to spread rumors in various counties in Yanzhou, or even settled in Yanjing or other counties to conduct detailed information gathering and form one or several effective lines of information.
As the days passed, Su Ting and several young people from the Su family finally organized a caravan. On March 11th, a mighty caravan of more than 100 people was escorted by 20 Jianghu people. Passing south through Zhangzhou to the Wei territory south of the Hun River, they also sent back the news that Lord Hun of Zhangzhou had launched an army.
Su Chen couldn't stop laughing when he saw the news. Counting him and Marquis Yun, there are six marquises who have rebelled against him. It is estimated that the other two families will not be able to sit still at this time.
But at the moment, he has no intention of paying attention to this. His main focus is still on the surrender of troops. In nearly half a month, half of the troops have surrendered to join the Ding'an Army. After all, the world is at war, and everyone is watching whether the emperor's country is stable or not. In my eyes, when I was a soldier, I ate the same food wherever I went.
With the huge number of troops, according to Zhang Liao's previous suggestion, except for the original 10,000 Ding'an Army, which remained unchanged, the rest were dispersed, and 10,000 were allocated to Dong Zhuo to build the Xiliang Army. In those mountains.
Zhang Liao also led 10,000 troops. He originally thought that he would build an army related to Wei, but what he sent to Su Chen was the word "Bingzhou".
However, the position of general was given to Lu Bu, and he was willing to become deputy general. It's just that Lu Bu is nowhere to be seen at the moment, and the formation and training of the Bingzhou Army fall entirely on him alone.
Le Jin, who was far away in Changchuan County, was also supplemented by 5,000 people. The original 7,000 wounded soldiers in the county, excluding those who were seriously injured and disabled, still had 3,000 people under his command, plus Su Chen before leaving. Five thousand were allocated to him, and now he has thirteen thousand soldiers and horses in his hands. Among them, he selected those who are strong and brave enough to die to form an advance army of three thousand people.
Next to Su Chen, Dian Wei led a battalion of a thousand people. They were all strong men from the Ding'an army. Most of them were former Imperial City soldiers. They wore iron armor, had their legs wrapped around their feet, walked on their feet, and carried large weapons. The difference between the shields and the original ones is that these people are holding long halberds and short-handled axes hanging from their waists.
Even the second brother, Su Chen, found some things for him to do, such as preparing food and grass, collecting herbs, grinding them into powder to make hemostatic powder, and wrapping them in small pieces of paper, three packets for each soldier.
Each of these things is being progressed in an orderly manner this month. Some of them are too huge and require more time.
Su Chen looked at the light rain that started falling again. He put away his pen and ink and picked up the two written recruitment documents for the General's Mansion. One was burned in the ancestral hall, and the other he went to the military camp to read out.
Under a thin curtain of rain.
The official holding the document stood on Su Chen's side and read loudly: "Since the uprising of the three armies, all the officers and soldiers of the army have fought bravely to kill the enemy and defeated one hundred thousand people in the imperial court..."
Drops of rain fell on everyone's faces, and the sound continued.
"...Those who have meritorious service will be promoted, such as Xun Yu who became the chief official of the general's palace!"
In the distance, Xun Yu, who was planning to do business in the city in the government office, suddenly stopped with the brush in his hand.
——Central and steady.
He glanced at the document he had just written, then discarded it, took a new piece of paper, and started over again. At this time, he had some new ideas in his mind.
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"For example, Guo Jia joins the general's palace and works as a lieutenant..."
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Under the thin curtain of rain, Guo Jia stood under the high platform, closing his eyes and listening, but what he was thinking about was the situation far away in Yanzhou.
——Plan a strategy!
"Just give Yan Guo a backstab..." he thought.
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"Conquer Lu Bu and become the chief of the general's palace!"
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In the mountain forest at the border of Lingzhou and Rongzhou, Lu Bu, who had been fighting several times in Yanzhou, sat in the forest, watching the raindrops splashing on the leaves drop by drop.
Occasionally there was movement, and he turned his head slightly. The drowsy cavalrymen around him were also awakened. The moment they all stood up, a figure walked out from deep in the forest.
Lu Bu saw the silhouette and appearance of the figure, and the dry food in his hand landed beside his feet.
"Gao Shun..."
The two stood in the forest and looked at each other for a moment, then suddenly raised their hands and slapped each other in the air.
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In the vast military camp, Dong Zhuo, who was standing in front of a group of soldiers and horses, looked towards the camp in the distance. A familiar figure came out. The man was wearing armor and bowed down.
"Dong Gong, long time no see."
"Hahaha! Here comes the commander of my Flying Bear Army!" Dong Zhuo jumped off his horse, ran towards the man, helped him up, and saw his old troops again, his face filled with joy that he had never seen before.
Zhang Liao looked at them stroking their beards and smiling. A strong general approached him and bowed down.
"Niugai pays homage to the general!"
Changchuan County.
Le Jin stood at the top of the city. There was another person beside him, his surname was Li and his name was Dian.
"Mancheng, from now on you will be behind me, so you can go ahead and fight with confidence."
The tall and tall man smiled and raised his hand towards him. The two of them looked into the distance together. The surroundings became familiar. He sighed softly: "We can kill the enemy side by side again."
Time flies to the end of the month, and Su Chen finally understands the improvement he has made. The scribes have gained secret skills, and the military generals have gained subordinates. He is happy to see the results. With a familiar lieutenant, fighting becomes particularly easy.
On the afternoon of the 27th, Su Chen went to Yunqi County to meet Wu Huizhi, and agreed to go to Lingzhou together. He also met Fang Xuejun at Fang's house, and then rushed back to Ding'an and went to the forge as soon as possible. Square.
The first batch of armor-piercing awls and short axes began to be shipped to various armies for equipment.
