Chapter 21 The Huns Headed South
At the end of October, Liu Jiaxiang completed the strangulation of the Huns and began to return to rest.
In this battle, Liu Jiaxiang destroyed more than 2,000 Xiongnu people and rescued nearly 300 Han slaves. There were countless cattle, sheep, and horses, and various treasures were worth tens of thousands of units.
The more and more cavalry troops in Liujiaxiang were fighting, from the initial fifty to 500. The cavalry that originally needed to be trained for three or four years only needed to enter the barracks for three minutes to complete the training. It was really convenient, which surprised Zhang Fei, the leader of this army.
From the promotion of the team's leadership to the Sima of the Army, Zhang Fei's status has been improved by a leap. The 500 elite light cavalry under his command made Liu San and Lu Yi drool.
In order to celebrate this victory, Liu Ming announced that Liu's hometown of Daqing for three days. There are so many cattle and sheep in the territory now, and it may not be possible to finish eating for three days and three nights.
"Cheers for this victory!" Liu Ming raised his wine glass and shouted to everyone at the head.
"Cheers!" Everyone smiled and raised their glasses, then drank them all in one go.
The wine is a treasure of Zhang Fei's family, and it should be said to be a treasure of Zhang Hu. In order to get this jar of wine, Zhang Fei grinds it with Zhang Hu for several hours and finally got it.
"This time I'm really happy. Those arrogant Huns finally know how powerful we Han people are, right?" Zhang Fei drank the wine in his glass and then shouted very roughly.
"Yide, it's very rude to swear in front of the lord." Gao Shun reminded him.
"Oh, hehe! Lord, Lao Zhang can't change his words for the time being, I hope he will forgive me!" When Zhang Fei heard this, he immediately bowed to Liu Ming at the top of the head.
"** Hou is very generous, and those traditional Chinese etiquettes can be avoided. Anyway, those who are present are their own people. Don't be fooled in formal occasions in the future." Liu Ming would not blame Zhang Fei, he knew that Zhang Fei was such a person.
Liu Jiaxiang has slowly gotten on the right track, and Liu Ming's subordinates have also added several real subordinates:
The civil servant sequences include: Liu Ergou, Wang La and Gao Zheng. They serve as Qiangfu, San Lao and You Jiao respectively.
The military officer sequences include: Gao Shun, Zhang Fei, Deng Li, Liu San, Lu Yi, Xu Li, Cao Da and Zhang Da.
The anti-threat army now has a total of 2,000 people, including 500 light cavalry, 400 sword shield soldiers, 300 spear soldiers, 400 crossbow soldiers, and 400 long bow soldiers.
Considering that the current authority of the Han Dynasty is still unquestionable, the recruitment of soldiers has ended here for the time being. However, the villagers are continuing to produce, and the population under Liu Jiaxiang has exceeded 50,000, and they can pull up 5,000 troops at any time.
Liu Ming was waiting, waiting for the emperor to issue an edict. As long as local volunteers were allowed to organize their troops to resist the Yellow Turban thieves, he would try his best to recruit 10,000 soldiers and rush the army south. Before this, he did not want to be verbally quarrel.
"Lord, now the thieves and the Huns around us have been cleared. Should we prepare for the major event that will come tomorrow?" Gao Shun suddenly suggested.
"Indeed, the weather is too cold in the next few months and it is not suitable for going to war. Besides, even if we want to fight, there is no one nearby who can fight us." Liu Ming nodded and agreed.
"But then again, will those guys in Taiping Sect really rebel tomorrow?" Deng Li, who had been a slave, was still very skeptical about this.
But as soon as he finished speaking, he found that everyone around him was looking at him directly, and he felt embarrassed. After all, others had never doubted it at all, but he doubted it, which made him not very sociable.
"The possibility of happening is very high, but we must also be prepared not to happen. To be honest, as a great man, especially the descendants of the Han Dynasty, I don't want the great man to suffer such hardships.
But there is nothing wrong with everyone preparing. If the Taiping Sect does not rebel, we will kill the Huns' hinterland next year and fight hard in their territory." Liu Ming smiled.
In fact, someone has made different opinions, and he is still very welcome. If the ministers below are all followers, that is also a very dangerous thing. No one objected to the decision he made, so naturally there is no way to know whether his decision was right or wrong. If it is right, it would be fine. If it is wrong, it would be a huge loss.
After smiling, Liu Ming raised his glass and said to everyone: "Okay, I will only talk about the romance and not the political affairs tonight! A rare celebration banquet, everyone can eat and drink happily!"
"Oh!" The civil and military officials raised their glasses together to respond.
The next day, Liu Ming still learned martial arts and military techniques under Gao Shun's guidance, and used all his spare time to deal with government affairs. Liu Ergou was mainly responsible for government affairs in Liu's hometown, but as the head of the township, he had to take the helm in a big way.
Let’s not talk about other things, just talking about the acquisition of iron ore is a big problem.
There is no iron ore within the territory, but if you leave the territory, you cannot establish a new branch village. According to the system, the influence of the system is limited to "Liu Ming's sphere of influence". He is now the township chief, and his sphere of influence is only a hundred miles of ground in Liujia Township.
Without iron ore, equipment cannot be manufactured, and research on new equipment will be lagging behind. Zhang Fei brought a batch of iron ore before, but it was just a drop in the bucket for Liu Ming. So the later construction of iron ore for equipment mainly comes from market transactions, which Liu Ming spent a lot of coins.
"Ming'er, it's the most taboo to be distracted during training!" Gao Shun shouted.
"Sorry... I was distracted without realizing it." Liu Ming smiled embarrassedly.
"There is no need to think so much. There must be what you should have. There is no now, but it's just not the time. You are only fourteen years old this year, so don't let too much pressure be on your body." Gao Shun sighed and said to him seriously.
Gao Shun never forgot that Liu Ming is just a 14-year-old boy this year. It is precisely because of this that he couldn't help but sigh that God is really unfair, and he put so many responsibilities and missions on a young boy...
Perhaps God was just trying to mess with Liu Ming. The two of them had just finished the morning training just after noon. They planned to take a break. A scout immediately came to Liu Ming.
"How can you be so in a hurry? Just say it if you have something to do!" Liu Ming said to him with a smile.
"Here! Report to the village chief, a Hun army suddenly moved south a hundred miles away. Conservatively, it is estimated that at least more than 10,000 soldiers went south this time! The Hun army is currently stationed there, and the place where their target is not yet determined!" The scout said in a panic.
"Master, do you think they may go south to our Liujia Village?" Liu Ming looked at Gao Shun.
"This is possible! However, regardless of whether they go south in the end, it is necessary for us to prevent and respond." Gao Shun thought for a while, raised his head and said seriously.
"Call officers at all levels immediately and gather at the village chief's residence to hold an emergency meeting!" Liu Ming immediately gave an order.
"Here!" The scout took the order and immediately left the notice.
"If the war starts head-on, are we sure of winning?" Liu Ming licked his tongue.
"If you are not afraid of sacrifice, there may be one, but I hope to win at the lowest price." Gao Shun shook his head, obviously not very much hoping to fight head-on with the Huns.
"Let's hear what they think first!" Liu Ming smiled bitterly, then looked up and said to Gao Shun.
Chapter completed!