Outside Lijiabao in Gu'an County, three hundred war horses were lined up, and three hundred warriors in fish-scale black armor stood majestically beside the horses.

Xu Kang was inspecting the only cavalry team in his hands at this time. Because Xu Kang gave Zhao Bahu the greatest conscription power, although the soldiers in this army generally had better physiques, it also made their composition somewhat complex.

There are not only Xu Kang's personal soldiers, but also elite soldiers under Guan, Zang, Gouzi, and even private soldiers originally trained by Li Jiabao.

Complex ingredients are usually the main cause of internal conflicts. However, the army standing in front of Xu Kang is a strong force full of energy and spirit.

Xu Kang nodded with satisfaction and said: "You did a good job. In less than a month, you were able to make these soldiers become a whole. It seems that you really have a way."

Zhao Bahu couldn't stop smiling proudly, but he said humbly: "Thanks to your lord's original suggestion, I just followed your wishes, disrupted and rearranged these soldiers from different places, and then carried out in units of 10 people

Training, whether rewards or punishments, are received by 10 people together, so now these guys can perform as they do today."

"I'm just giving you an idea. The results you have achieved now depend on your own training." Xu Kang said with a smile: "What will happen to the scouts you sent to report back?"

Zhao Bahu reported: "Although the heavy snow has stopped now, due to the dry and cold weather, the snow melts very slowly. It is estimated that it will be at least mid-February before the army can advance."

Xu Kang nodded and said: "We can't wait that long. You can lead everyone to train hard. I want to go back to the city."

Xu Kang first returned to his room, and with the help of Xue Ker, he removed the plate armor from his body piece by piece.

Xue Keer saw the large bruises on Xu Kang's body that were scratched by the plate armor, and couldn't help complaining: "I really don't understand, why do you have to wear these things? You have been injured like this before you even go to the battlefield. If you go to the battlefield, you will be injured like this."

If you are on the battlefield, how can you still have the strength to fight?"

Xu Kang said: "Don't underestimate these plate armors. Its protective power is not comparable to that of fish scale armor. It's just because our craftsmen are not familiar with it. Now I will do the experiments myself, and I will not worry about it when forging plate armors in the future."

These problems arise.”

"Then you don't have to wear it all the time."

"The first thing to look at for a strong army is its military appearance. I am the commander of this camp. If I don't pay attention to what I wear, how can I convince the people below? Okay, hurry up and put these things away. I'll take a moment.

Let's go to Gu'an City together and teach Zhang Blacksmith these things and let him repair them."

In Gu'an City, Xu Kang found Zhang Datie, taught him his plate armor, and told him the areas that needed polishing, and then went to find Feng Dehai.

At this time, Feng Dehai was mainly responsible for the logistics supply in Gu'an City because Mr. Cheng lived in the Chengjiacun camp all year round.

"Greetings, sir." Feng Dehai paid homage first.

Xu Kang also returned the greeting and said: "Master Feng, you're too polite. I don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. I wonder if you have prepared the sleeping bag I mentioned last time."

"My lord personally ordered this matter when I left. How dare you neglect me? Please follow me."

Feng Dehai took Xu Kang to a warehouse, took out an oil bag inside and said: "This is a waterproof and cold-proof sleeping bag made according to the requirements of adults."

Xu Kang took it out and looked through it carefully. These sleeping bags were made of multiple layers of kudzu cloth. The innermost layer was animal skin, and the outer layer was a waterproof canvas soaked in oil. The outer layer was made of two layers to prevent damage.

Gebu. Although it cannot be compared with the sleeping bags of later generations in terms of workmanship and effect. However, under current simple conditions, it is already remarkable that Feng Dehai can make 3,000 such sleeping bags in just half a month.

These sleeping bags were used by Xu Kang to make it easier for his troops to rest while marching in the snow. With these sleeping bags, they did not have to carry heavy tents even in winter, thus eliminating the need for logistics troops. Of course, this is only suitable for small troops.

It is used when marching quickly. If it is a large army, he will not be able to find so many materials to make sleeping bags.

After the business was done, Xu Kang and Feng Dehai were old acquaintances, so they started chatting without anything else. After a while, they talked about military matters.

Feng Dehai said: "I heard that the army will attack Fangcheng first in February." Although Xu Kang and Cheng Yuanzhi had already made a plan to attack Zhuocheng, because it involved military secrets, not many people knew about it, so it was still difficult to announce it to the outside world.

After the snow melts in February, the plan to clear the outer cities of Zhuocheng is Xu Kang's insistence. He wants to paralyze the spies in Gu'an City. Although on the surface everything is calm in Gu'an City, Xu Kang insists on it.

Kang knew that there must be people secretly communicating with the imperial court, and the number would definitely not be small. If he blatantly found out these disloyal people, it would only aggravate the tension in Gu'an City. So Xu Kang deliberately released this false news, just to numb it.

These people also wanted to confuse the public, because even if Liu Yan learned the specific information about Gu'an, he would not be able to shift his attention in the right direction.

Of course, Xu Kang couldn't explain this clearly, so he said: "Who knows? These are decided by the foster father and his generals."

Feng Dehai only asked out of curiosity. Seeing that Xu Kang was unwilling to talk, he did not force himself and changed the topic to another place.

Just after the New Year, Luoyang suddenly became turbulent at the end of January.

The cause was Tang Zhou who had just arrived in Luoyang. Under the hint of the noble family, he reported to Emperor Ling the fact that Zhang Jiao was preparing to rebel, and revealed many of the details. As a result, Ma Yuanyi, who was originally a guest of dignitaries in Luoyang City, quickly

under arrest

Prison. Feng Xu, who was originally an imperial minister and had great power over the whole country, was also implicated and executed. At the same time, thousands of city guards, eunuchs and even the imperial army were arrested and executed. However, due to the secret manipulation of the family, there was no one in the end.

A family with any connection to Taiping Road.

The furious Emperor Ling ordered Yousi Yamen to arrest Zhang Jiao and other culprits as soon as possible. Yousi Yamen then issued the order to local prefectures and counties, but the governors and prefects who received the order could only stare at the order in a daze.

Not to mention Zhang Jiao's own martial arts, which were extremely powerful, but the tens of thousands of Taoist soldiers under his command were not something they dared to offend easily.

But they did not dare to report it to the imperial court, because once the emperor knew why Taiping Road had developed to its current scale, the charge of watching the rebels grow would be easily grasped by the eunuchs who were originally wary. So they had to transfer it privately.

The soldiers dispatched generals and began to besiege Julu County where Zhang Jiao was located.

Zhang Jiao of Julu County was shocked when he learned that Tang Zhou had rebelled and Ma Yuanyi had been killed. He immediately summoned his subordinates and cronies for a discussion, but there was nothing else to discuss at this time. The soldiers and horses of the imperial court had already taken action, and everyone could only come to stop them.

, the water came and the soil covered it up. So after a while of noisy, Zhang Jiao immediately raised the big flag

, officially launched the anti-Han banner of "Heaven is dead, Huang Tian shall stand", and at the same time proclaimed himself "General Tiangong", and named his two younger brothers "General Digong" and "General Renggong" respectively, and sent them everywhere.

Messengers, ask them to report the news to the generals in various places, and order these generals to take action immediately after seeing the letter.

So for a time, the situation in the Central Plains changed. After Zhangjiao in Jizhou, Buji in Yanzhou, Pengtuo in Yuzhou, Bocai, and Zhangmancheng in Jingzhou each gathered tens of thousands of troops and started to attack prefectures and counties one after another. The Han court was frightened and hurried every day.

He ordered the governors of various prefectures to recruit local warriors to put down the rebellion.

History has not changed in any way because of Xu Kang's appearance, and is still moving forward tenaciously according to his inherent laws.

Perhaps the only thing that is inconsistent with history is Youzhou.

It was February 10th when Liu Yan, the prefect of Zhuocheng, received the order from the court.

Liu Yan hurriedly invited Wan Jing to come to meet him, and after announcing the court's order to "capture the leader of Taiping Road and appease the place", the two of them were silent for a while.

Then he frowned and said, "Taipingdao has finally taken action."

Liu Yandao: "I have sent scouts to Gu'an to find out the news. After all, our place is different from the Central Plains. There is heavy snow blocking the roads. I think Cheng Yuanzhi has not received the news yet. I hope that the puppet magistrate of the Li family in Gu'an can be smarter and capture him.

The thief captures the king first. If he can devise a plan to get rid of Cheng Yuanzhi, then our Zhuo County Taiping Road can win without a fight, and our Zhuo County can also restore peace to the entire county."

Wrinkle Jing shook his head and said: "We cannot place our hopes on that puppet magistrate. We must also be prepared for defense ourselves."

"So what do we do?"

"Recruit local braves as bodyguards."

"The imperial court only asked us to capture the leader of Taiping Dao, but did not ask us to recruit soldiers. Recruiting soldiers privately is not a small crime."

"Sir, we currently have only 3,000 county and state soldiers, and they have lacked training for a long time and are not strong in combat. If we don't recruit soldiers, it may be difficult to stop the enemy troops on Taiping Road." Since the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu, in order to centralize power,

After returning the general power to the central government, he first issued an edict to abolish the establishment of captains of prefectures and states.

The military power was transferred to the garrison, and the prime minister later abolished the four standing armies of each county and country: light chariots, knights, material officers, and ship officers. Finally, the annual capital examination system was abolished. The local army of the county and state was abolished.

There are fewer and fewer, and generally they cannot fight independently. Of course, Zou Jing did not dare to say these words clearly.

Liu Yan was a little hesitant and did not dare to agree immediately. He only said that he would consider it later.

Wanjing felt that there was still plenty of time, so he didn't rush it.

The next day, what the two men did not expect was that before their scouts reported back, a secret report had arrived from Gu'an County. As a result, the Li family was massacred, and news of the fall of Gu'an City spread throughout Zhuocheng.
Chapter completed!