The dark clouds of war suddenly descended, causing the people of Luoyang, who had just lived a good life for less than a year, to panic.
But now that things have come to this, what can they do?
In this troubled year, people from the Pei family in Hedong quietly arrived in Yiyang.
"The millet is growing well." Pei Kang got off the carriage, stepped across a shallow ditch, stood on the ridge of the field, looked at the dock workers who were working hard to harvest grain, and said.
"The land in Yiyang is naturally excellent." Shao Xun stood behind the old man and explained softly: "These acres of land were not wasteland before sowing, but no one cultivated it. After two or three years of lying fallow, it became even more fertile.
After the fort farmers cleared the weeds, they planted a crop of millet. After the autumn harvest is completed, they will plant wheat again."
"You are a warrior who kills warriors, but you talk about farming all the time." Pei Kang's face showed no signs of good or bad, and he asked in a very calm tone: "When the war is over, you can just go and plunder, why bother taking care of the manor?"
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"Pei Gong is joking." Shao Xun said: "Zhang Fang's people are cruel and cruel to the people, and they will be despised by the world. How can I do this?"
"Although Zhang Fang is cruel, he is good at fighting and has many victories. Did you know that the King of Hejian has been arranging his troops and horses, and Zhang Fang led a vanguard of five thousand horses to Tongguan?" Pei Kang said: "If he attacks Hongnong directly,
, can wipe out all the property you bought, how can you still laugh?"
"Five thousand riders?" Shao Xun frowned.
"Is it strange to have five thousand cavalry? In last year's Battle of Dangyin, Zhang Fang had more than ten thousand cavalry." Pei Kang said: "Qinzhou Huangfu was defeated and died, and Guanzhong no longer has any worries. Sima Yong may have been hesitant before, but now we meet
When there is smoke everywhere, will I still be afraid of you?"
"Come on, come on." Shao Xun muttered, "I killed six hundred of his horses inside the city gate. If he comes back, what if I kill him again?"
Liu Anzhi, who was following Pei Kang, couldn't help but glance at Shao Xun, as if to confirm whether he was truly confident or just lying.
Sima Yong was in Guanzhong, so it was easy to recruit cavalry. Fighting was very troublesome, and it was not as simple as just talking.
However, Liu Anzhi discussed with Pei Kang on the road and did not think that Sima Yong had the courage to go eastward.
He increased his troops to Tongguan, but in the final analysis he still had the idea of ​​​​waiting and seeing.
If Sima Yue was too worried and unable to calm the situation, he might send troops eastward.
After all, just a few months ago, he repeatedly asked the court to give Sima Yue an official position, which shows how panicked he was.
The power of Sima Yue's family still has an overwhelming advantage so far.
"Relying on those soldiers?" Pei Kang asked, pointing to the sergeants who were practicing on the south bank of Luoshui not far away.
"Mr. Pei, please take a look -" Shao Xun clapped his hands, and soon a messenger came to deliver the order.
After a while, the six hundred silver spear soldiers who had assembled temporarily put their spears at their feet and quickly cocked their rifles.
"Woo——" the trumpet sounded, and six hundred people all drew their bows and raised them diagonally upwards. As soon as their hands were released, hundreds of arrows shot through the air and scattered on the large group of straw men seventy or eighty steps away.
"Dong dong dong -" the drums sounded, and the sergeants quickly hung up their rifles, picked up their spears, and marched forward in a row.
Before Pei Kang could see the trick, Liu Anzhi's expression had already changed.
All members are armored and shooting on foot!
Judging from the bow, the drawing power should be pretty good. If you shoot from eighty paces away, even if it is thrown or scattered, it will be enough to cause a certain amount of trouble. If you encounter an unsteady enemy, there will probably be a noise.
Even though they didn't kill or injure many people in this round of projectiles.
Looking at their queue while marching, it is even more surprising.
The corps commander and the commander constantly used hand gestures to remind the soldiers to maintain their formation, and they were very active and proactive.
There is a small flag on the back of the team leader with animals painted on it, which is very conspicuous. When they see this flag, everyone knows to align themselves with him as the center. He orders to move forward, and everyone moves forward. He orders to stop.
, everyone stopped, he ordered a rapid attack, and everyone ran in line.
The quality of the lower-level officers is very high!
"Woo——" the trumpet sounded for the second time.
The soldiers all stopped and put their spears at their feet.
"Woo——" the trumpet sounded for the third time.
"Buzz..." An overwhelming barrage of arrows shot forward, scattering on and around the straw man.
"Dong dong dong -" the drums sounded, and everyone hung up their bows skillfully, picked up their spears, lined up in an orderly array, and strode forward.
At thirty paces, the last salvo was fired.
It shot almost straight away, and the powerful arrows knocked down all the straw men, leaving people stunned.
"Dong dong dong..." The rhythm of the drum suddenly became intense.
"Kill!" Everyone yelled as they hit the ground with their spear shafts, then lined up, ran quickly, jumped up, and used all their strength to thrust out the spears.
The last straw man was stabbed to the ground.
When the dust settled, everyone was stunned.
Not only Pei Kang and Liu Anzhi, but also the refugees from Bingzhou who were harvesting grain.
"This..." Liu Anzhi swallowed dryly.
"How?" Pei Kang looked at him and asked in a low voice.
"I'm afraid my family's Bu Qu can't beat them." Liu Anzhi replied in a low voice. After saying that, he seemed to think that such a tone was too weak, and added: "They have too many iron armors, which will be an advantage in fighting."
Although Pei Kang didn't know much about military matters, he understood people's hearts and automatically filtered out Liu Anzhi's emotional supplements and only looked at the facts.
He knew that Shao Xun, the man who seduced his daughter, was indeed quite capable and had trained a good soldier.
I heard that the earliest batch of these 600 people had only been in the army for a year and a half, and they were already at such a level, which shows that Shao Xun had put in a lot of effort.
Pei Kang even suspected that he did not work so hard when training the soldiers and horses of the imperial army led by the general in the palace.
Moreover, this style of play is very weird.
Pei Kang had watched his family play and the dealers practiced. Although he couldn't remember the details clearly, it was definitely not what he saw in front of him.
He turned to look at Shao Xun and said, "Where does Lang Jun's fighting method come from?"
"Create it yourself." Shao Xun replied.
Of course it's not self-invented, but I can't say that this was how Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty practiced martial arts, right?
The era of cold weapons also paid attention to firepower projection.
When all your members can shoot arrows, the shooting density is unmatched by armies since the Qin and Han Dynasties.
If coupled with mounted infantry equipped with war horses, Mo Dao (or heavy swords), and individual crossbows, they can quickly maneuver on the battlefield, dismount and assemble after arriving, shoot with crossbows, and kill people with Mo Dao/Epee swords, and they will become even more unstoppable.
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Tactical play is constantly developing with the times. I "pioneered" this style of play. Roll up all of you, and I will roll you up to death.
"You are only eighteen years old, how could you do this?" Liu Anzhi lost his guard and couldn't help but ask.
Shao Xun smiled and said nothing.
Jin San couldn't help but said: "Master Shao once met a golden-armored god in a dream and taught him all kinds of knowledge, military skills, and martial arts. This is a gift from heaven."
"Zi Buyu has strange power and chaos, Jin San, what are you talking about?" Shao Xun said seductively.
Pei Kang's expression changed.
It’s not his fault, it’s because the theory of ghosts and gods is so popular these days.
Even Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of the Wei Dynasty, and Zhang Hua, the Prime Minister of the Jin Dynasty, liked to write about ghosts, gods, and strange things. When scholars talked about mysteries, they often mentioned this aspect, and many people believed it.
Liu Anzhi's face also turned a little pale.
Yesterday, he personally handed over 500 pieces of Shu brocade to Shao Xun. At that time, looking at Yunzhongwu, which was messy and piled with a large number of wooden boards and rammed earth, he once wondered: Did Mr. Pei see the wrong person?
Now he didn't dare to have such thoughts. He glanced at Pei Kang secretly and felt that he was mature and unpredictable.
Pei Kang calmed down and smoothed his beard, his face expressionless.
I gave him five hundred pieces of Shu brocade to tell him to get out of Hua Nu. Sima Yue was far away in Xuzhou. If his daughter's belly got bigger, he couldn't afford to lose face.
But now, his mood is very complicated, and he doesn't know what to say for a while.
"Pei Gong, if I have enough money and food, I can train tens of thousands of elite soldiers. Is there anything in the world that I can't do?" Shao Xun said softly.
His head was slightly lowered and his attitude was very respectful, which made Pei Kang feel much better.
Pei Kang waved his hand, Liu An was startled, and then stepped away.
"What exactly do you want to do? Do you want to learn from Liu Yuan?" Pei Kang took a few steps closer and asked in a low voice.
Shao Xun was not sure why he asked this, so he tentatively replied: "I am a general of the Yue Mansion, so naturally I am training troops for Sikong."
"This is a private soldier." Pei Kang did not accept this trick.
"It's normal to lead a private army to fight for your lord," Shao Xun said.
"If you say that again, I will leave." Pei Kang said expressionlessly.
Killer!
Shao Xun didn't dare to be cunning anymore and could only say: "The world is in chaos, so building docks and training troops is really to protect ourselves."
"This is somewhat sincere." Pei Kang nodded and said, "But it's not entirely untrue."
Shao Xun was helpless: "Pei Gong, do you think the world can be saved? Liu Yuan and Li Xiong founded the country and proclaimed themselves rulers. However, after the Luoyang Central Army was destroyed, the imperial court was no longer able to protect itself. The ambitions of the officials in various states grew and they recruited strong people one after another.
Rui, it’s really hard to say what will happen in the future if we expand our troops. At this time, if we don’t train some troops, we are simply making fun of the lives of our wives, children, and children.”
Pei Kang initially nodded secretly, but when he heard the last sentence, he glared at Shao Xun.
Where does a man who is waiting for a price get his wife and children?
This person will do whatever it takes to climb up.
But the daughter is stupid, one is willing to hit, the other is willing to suffer, it is a perfect match.
"You Wubao - you're not good enough." After a long time, Pei Kang finally spoke.
Shao Xun was overjoyed: "I was about to ask Mr. Pei for advice."
"How much food is there now?" Pei Kang asked.
"We raised more than 80,000 hu of dendrobium in Hongnong." Shao Xun said: "We have raised many soldiers and more than 1,000 households with refugees in Bingzhou, but we have already consumed 77,888 hu of food. Now we still owe Yiquanwu 20,000 hu of dendrobium for food."
, I planned to pay off the debt after the autumn harvest, but fortunately, I got the 500 pieces of Shu brocade sent by Pei Gong, but I have to be more relaxed."
"How much grain have been harvested this year?"
"The three villages of Yunzhong, Kinmen and Tanshan received a total of more than 60,000 dendrobium of millet."
"You can't make ends meet." Pei Kang commented and said, "If this continues, you will have to borrow food next year. Can you afford it? Have you ever thought of a way?"
"Please give me some advice from Mr. Pei." Shao Xun said honestly.
"Are you still taking in refugees?"
"Yes. There are 400 new Bingzhou households in Jinguyuan and they are about to move to Jinmenwu."
"Ambitious." Pei Kang snorted and asked again: "Does Hua Slave know what you are doing?"
"Know."
"My daughter is so smart, but she keeps messing around with you. What are you going to do to her in the future?"
"I swear by Luo Shui..."
"That's enough! You are shameless, and I want to be shameless." Pei Kang said angrily, "Come with me to Luoyang."
"Okay." Shao Xun responded.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came.
The two went out looking for fame.
Shi Xulang, the gatekeeper of Sikong Mansion, dismounted his horse in a hurry and ran over, saying: "Wang Ying of Chengdu is dead."
"Who killed him?" Before Shao Xun asked, Pei Kang asked in shock.
Xu Lang glanced at him and said vaguely: "The emperor issued an edict, and Huben Zhonglang captured Wang Bing with his troops, and sentenced him to death together with his two sons."
Pei Kang sighed.
It was impossible for the emperor to issue an edict. He didn't even want to kill Sima Ji and Sima Yi, so how could he possibly harm Sima Ying?
Only one person can do this, his son-in-law who is very proud of himself in Xuzhou.
Can killing Sima Ying put an end to the rebellion of the generals in Hebei? I'm afraid it won't be that easy.
This is not necessarily a good thing!
Chapter completed!