Chapter 73 The stingy Liu Yan
"When can I go to the expedition?" Liu Tao didn't say nonsense and started asking questions directly. It has been five days since the expansion of the army, and the soldiers have begun to get started.
"Do you think you are training troops these days?" Lu Yan sighed, "The main thing is to allocate materials. Most of the food and grass are provided by Zhen. It is not easy for them to transport things out in hidden granaries in Zhongshan County. At least, it will take two to three days to mobilize them, and then we can go to war."
The three armies advanced before they moved their food and grass. For this, he and Jian Yong were almost busy, but they were not as relaxed as Liu Tao.
"It's April!" Liu Tao thought for a while.
"I also want to say that if you can march slowly, it is better to spend a month restoring these counties!" Lu Yan said angrily, "As for why you need this, I believe you know more."
Of course, Liu Tao knew that in May of history, Lu Zhi drove the Yellow Turban thieves to Julu County, forcing the other party to retreat to Guangzong. From another perspective, they began to enter Julu County, which should be in mid-April, or late in the month.
"Two or three days are just two or three days..." Liu Tao breathed a sigh of relief, "I have not made any progress in my spells during this period. Even the army has expanded to 5,000 people, and there has been no change... So I doubt that it will be difficult to go further if I don't go out to fight."
"No wonder my brothers are more anxious about this... but according to the preferences of this god, we will have to fight in the future. How many people will die..." Lu Yan was a little worried. Could the existence who gave Liu Tao's magic be a good person?
"The battle for no reason seems not to be recognized. An enemy who is too weak will not get much benefit. It can be seen that that existence should not be an evil person. I don't want me to kill blood to become stronger." Liu Tao shook his head.
"It's so good." Lu Yan also breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself: It seems that at least it is not Chi You...
Liu Tao becomes stronger every time he fights. Sometimes he is really worried. The immortals who favor him are afraid that they are not good people. Not to mention him, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are a little worried in private, but fortunately now he knows that this is not the case.
After finding Zang Min to report the situation, the latter just nodded to show that he understood. Whether Liu Tao and others sent troops had almost no impact on Lunu County. Even the five thousand people were added to help maintain order, and he was not too late to welcome him.
Now, they came to stay in the camp for the past few days and did not harm the people. They would even help repair the city walls in addition to training... If it weren't for the fact that it was necessary to restore the counties, Zang Min would be reluctant to leave. Of course, there was a prerequisite, that is, he had to find a way to solve the military rations himself! It was not that he was stingy, and the supplies in Lunu County really couldn't afford to support these five thousand soldiers!
At the same time, perhaps Liu Tao did not expect that the first and second batches of battle reports and heads sent to Zhuo County had been sent to Liu Yan after Zou Jing's inventory and verification.
In a few days, things had already arrived on Liu Yan's desk. As well as the past, there were also "Summary of Military Training", stirrups, horseshoes, and even horizontal swords.
"I didn't expect that there were such talents among the Han clan relatives." Liu Yan read the battle report, and Zou Jing sent a battle report earlier. Five thousand people defeated 20,000 thieves, making the thieves dare not go north easily.
It was because of this that Liu Tao was officially appointed as Sima of another department. I felt that this person was a little capable. It was just a credit, and of course, the big part was still on Zou Jing's side.
It was not just because Zou Jing was his direct line. At the same time, in his mind, Zou Jing took the lead in charge at that time, and Liu Tao was only under the militia, so the one who really played a role in that war should be Zou Jing.
However, the two military officers under Liu Tao, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, killed the enemy generals respectively, were also considered highlights. Relatively speaking, Liu Tao, who was almost marching under the cover of his personal guards, really had no sense of existence...
"Let's not talk about Wangdu County, it is remarkable to see that the thief was a fraudulent surrender and then turned defeat into victory. But when he countered the night attack in Puyin County, he was afraid that his two brothers' abilities would be the ability?" After all, Liu Yan felt that Liu Tao was lucky, so he found two outstanding generals and then tied them up with a feud.
But this is also a point of ability. When Taizu raised his army, he just attracted many villagers? Just talk about the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai under Emperor Guangwu. It can be seen that the Liu family is best at knowing talents?
"There are only more than 2,000 heads, and I'm so embarrassed to say there are three thousand thieves... Liu Tao is afraid he is not very honest." Liu Yan frowned, and had a preconceived impression. At this moment, he felt that Liu Tao was a little immature and liked to be very happy with merit.
It is gratifying that there are no elderly, weak, women and children in the head level, otherwise they would have suspected that they would kill good people and make achievements.
"As for horseshoes, it can reduce the loss of cavalry, benefiting the country and the people. Stirrups and saddles... are just improvements, and they don't make much sense. Just talk about this horizontal knife..." Liu Yan picked up the style of a horizontal knife.
The casting process of the horizontal knife must involve smelting. Only after hundreds of years can the iron smelting and metallurgy craft create the powerful power of the Tang Hengdao. Otherwise, there is actually no difference in the shape of the horizontal knife and the ring-headed knife.
However, Liu Tao's hand has a slightly curved curve, a thick ridge, and a blood groove is set up. In Liu Yan's view, this can only be considered an improvement, but not an innovation.
He put down the horizontal knife and then pulled out the ring-headed knife around his waist. This one had a curve. In fact, such a ring-headed knife had appeared in the Han Dynasty, but it was not popularized. After all, the cost is relatively high and the power is not significantly improved.
Compared with this one, the horizontal knife has a thicker spine and more blood grooves. This may be a good improvement, but in Liu Yan's view, Liu Tao has a bit of a sensational meaning, using the improvement as an innovation.
"Fortunately, I sent it to me in advance, otherwise I would have sent it to Luoyang directly, so I would not have been laughed to death by the ministers in the court..." Liu Yan shook his head. He looked at the things on the book case and weighed it...
"The horseshoe is quite valuable and can be sent to Luoyang to report the merit. Stay the stirrup and saddle for a while before confirming the effect. There is no need to report the horizontal knife, and the cost is too high." Liu Yan first evaluated these devices. He was not very happy with this strange trick and thought that Liu Tao was not doing his job properly, so he did not have a high evaluation.
As for the military strategy, it is very basic, but he thinks the content is superficial and needs to be "improved". After all, it is to take advantage of the popularity, add some private goods inside, and then send them over.
As for military achievements, the two wars can be counted, but considering that he is still moving south...
"Let's do it!" Liu Yan soon made a decision and immediately wrote a letter, ordering someone to send it to Liu Tao, saying that the credit was made and the settlement was unified after the war.
After all, on the one hand, it is too troublesome to send the documents to you. Second, the war has not ended yet. There is no need to write a lot of books in the local war. It is impossible to say that the rewards have just been given here, and the rewards have already died in the next battle. Isn’t this a waste?
"Young people need to practice more." Liu Yan dried the ink traces and ordered the person to send them, and stood up and murmured.
Chapter completed!