The so-called ownerless military horses do not mean that these horses originally had no owners, but that their owners had died in the battle. Zhao Yun ordered the search only for their ownerless military horses. These horses are easy to identify because the saddles are black.
The reins were black and the bridles were black. As for the wounded or dead horses of the Xuzhou Army, these Han soldiers would not care about them.
Liu Xin formulated a regulation in the Han army. The battlefield must be thoroughly cleaned after every battle. The reason for doing this is to keep it secret and not allow the enemy to obtain information about various equipment of the Han army, especially stirrups and horseshoes. Therefore.
, even if the war horse is dead, four hooves must be cut off, because there is no time to slowly remove the horseshoe, it will be more convenient to cut off the four hooves.
Mi Zhu was worried about the situation of the battle here and hurried over. He didn't know the serious relationship here. He heard that only four army horses were lost. He couldn't help but feel that Zhao Yun was making a fuss. He couldn't help but said: "Generals, four army horses count.
No matter what, when we get to Xiangyang, Mi is willing to donate a hundred horses."
Zhao Yun shook his head and said: "My lord has already taken Xiliang, so there is still a shortage of horses. Forget it, the matter has come to this, I regret it so much, so hurry up and leave."
This battle took place at the junction of Xuzhou and Qiaojun. How could it be hidden from Yuan Shu's eyes and ears?
The connection between Liu Xin and Xuzhou must pass through Runan and Qiaojun. However, Liu Xin and Yuan Shu have already reached an agreement. All the troops need to do is give advance notice when passing through here. However, Yuan Shu has been
Very puzzled. Liu Xin first sent someone to inform
He had a team of 15,000 people that needed to go to Xuzhou. A few days later, he sent someone again, saying that more than 20,000 people would return to Xiangyang from Xuzhou. Today, he received news that Liu Xin had a total of five people.
Ten thousand people of cavalry needed to cross the border to pick up the team returning from Xuzhou.
Yuan Shu couldn't figure it out. Does a team of more than 20,000 people need to send special troops to support it? As long as it enters Qiaojun, Yuan Shu will never dare to take advantage of this team. Liu Xin and Tao Qian have always been on good terms, so they still
Is there any danger? Is Liu Xin going to use a false plan to destroy Guo?
Although the two sides had an agreement long ago, Yuan Shu did not dare to be too confident. He quickly ordered the whole territory to strengthen the alert, and sent multiple reconnaissance cavalry to the Runan border to find out the news. Finally, he learned that Liu Xin's army and the Xuzhou Army had an incident at the border.
In a great battle, the more than 30,000 Xuzhou troops were almost wiped out.
Only then did Yuan Shu realize that Liu Xin's army was just passing through the border, not to deal with him. When he was relieved, he laughed out loud: "This Tao Qian really overestimates his capabilities. Even Yuan is now giving Liu Xin three points.
He actually wants to disturb Tai Sui, he is really overestimating his capabilities!"
General Yang, the chief historian, raised his hand and said: "I am reporting to my lord that Tao Qian and Liu Xin are at odds with each other. Your lord can take this opportunity to attack Xuzhou!"
Yuan Shu waved his hand and said: "Xuzhou is a big fat piece of meat. We can't chew it down now with our own strength. We'd better eat Jiujiang first."
Jiujiang is Liu Yao's territory. Because Yuan Shu occupied Lujiang, and Liu Yao was the Yangzhou shepherd appointed by Liu Xie, Lujiang should have been under his jurisdiction, so Liu Yao repeatedly sent people to ask for it, which had long made Yuan Shu upset.
. Yuan Shu only controls three counties in total. If he returns Lujiang to Liu Yao, then why would he bother to do anything about it? Since the matter involves personal interests, the two sides naturally have no need to talk, and the situation has long been tense, and it is very likely to break out.
"One, two, three, four." A child pointed to the field not far away and said, "Dad, look, why are there four horses there?"
This is a manor fifteen miles west of Pengcheng. It is the residence of Zhang Zhao, a famous figure in Pengcheng. It was the golden autumn, and Zhang Zhao took his two sons to stay in the countryside for a while to experience the pastoral scenery. The person who spoke was Zhang Zhao's youngest son.
Zhang Xiu.
Zhang Zhao looked in the direction of his son's finger and saw a few horses grazing there. There were not many horses in Xuzhou, and a wealthy family like Zhang Zhao only kept three or four horses.
But I heard the young man next to Zhang Zhao say: "Dad, that is the war horse of the Jingzhou Army."
Although Liu Xin has always claimed that his army is the orthodox Han army, in Xuzhou, both officials and people are accustomed to calling them the Jingzhou army.
Zhang Zhao couldn't help but wonder: "Cheng'er, how do you know these horses belong to the Jingzhou Army?"
Zhang Cheng said: "Dad, have you forgotten? Cheng'er fell ill last year. It happened that the Jingzhou Army was helping the villagers build roads nearby, so they took Cheng'er on horseback to ask the little miracle doctor for diagnosis and treatment. Cheng'er remembered it clearly and sent Cheng'er off.
The saddle of the knight who went to Xuzhou was of this color."
Zhang Zhao nodded and said: "Although I can't be sure that these horses belong to the Jingzhou Army, there are very few people raising horses nearby. These horses came here strangely, so let's go and take a look."
Those horses were obviously well tame. They did not panic when strangers approached them and just grazed there by themselves. Zhang Zhao took a closer look and saw that the saddles, reins and bridles of these horses were indeed the same.
, and there were still a lot of blood stains on the horses. He couldn't help but be surprised and said: "I heard that the Jingzhou Army set off to return to Xiangyang two days ago. Why are there a few army horses scattered here? Could it be that they encountered something unexpected on the road? Cheng'er, hurry up.
Go back to the farm and call some people to drive these horses back to the farm and raise them for the time being."
Outside Xiangyang City, Cai Yong was bidding farewell to Xun Yu and Xun Chen. In the past few days, Cai Yong was particularly happy to meet his old friends again. He specially asked for two days off and accompanied the Xun Yu brothers to visit Xiangyang City and visited the four places.
Menchengfang took them to the water village of Jiangxia. Liu Xin, citing busy official duties, simply handed over the task of receiving the two envoys to Cai Yong. Even when they left today, they did not come out to see them off.
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Xun Yu vaguely felt that Liu Xin seemed to have some opinions about him, probably because he asked Hua Tuo to go to Puyang to treat Cao Cao. In fact, in the eyes of Xun Yu and others, treating diseases and injuries were just trivial skills, no matter how powerful the miracle doctor was.
There was no need to pay so much attention to it, not to mention that he didn't believe that Cao Cao would harm a medical practitioner.
Although Xun Yu thought so in his heart, the initiative was in Liu Xin's hands and he had no choice. However, although the schedule of these two days was more compact, Xun Yu gained a lot.
Although the scale of Xiangyang City is not as large as Luoyang, its prosperity is definitely no less than that of the capital city back then. There is an endless stream of merchants traveling from north to south in the market, and the faces of the people are filled with happy smiles. In these troubled times, you can
It is said to be a rare paradise.
Although Liu Xin did not accompany him in person, he was very generous to the two brothers. He almost gave them a clear view of the Xiangyang city defense and navy stronghold that he had promised. The Xiangyang city wall was high and deep, and extremely strong. No wonder Cao Cao's last raid failed to work.
Xun Yu had already made some calculations in his heart. If he wanted to capture Xiangyang City, he would need at least 300,000 troops, and he would need to cooperate internally and externally. As for the navy stronghold, Xun Yu was even more amazed. Those tall buildings and ships
, is simply a moving castle on the Yangtze River. It is almost invincible to the northern soldiers who are not familiar with water warfare.
All the way north from Xiangyang, Xun Yu and Xun Chen were silent, each thinking their own thoughts. What they saw and heard in the past two days was so shocking to them. They all understood that neither Cao Cao nor Yuan Shao were currently powerful.
It is impossible to be Liu Xin's opponent, unless the two of them join forces, but is this possible?
At dusk the next day, the two brothers arrived at their hometown Yingchuan. Hanxi had already received the news that the Xun brothers were coming, and brought a group of civil and military officials and teachers and students from Yingchuan Academy to wait outside the gate of the academy. Yingchuan Academy
This is the property of the Xun family, and Korean opera and Xun Yu were classmates in the academy. Naturally, the first stop for the Xun brothers when they returned home was the academy.
The academy is now temporarily in charge of Han Opera. He originally wanted to demolish the academy and rebuild it, but Liu Xin did not agree. Liu Xin comes from a later generation and has been "stealing" for many years. Antique cultural relics are also one of his targets, and he has done some research.
For Yingchuan Academy, a "national cultural relic protection unit" that has "produced" many famous counselors, Liu Xin certainly did not want it to be destroyed by her own hands. So, after getting a Korean drama about the reconstruction of Yingchuan Academy
After writing the "project feasibility report", Liu Xin completely rejected it with a stroke of his pen.
In the end, according to Liu Xin's instructions, the old site of Yingchuan Academy was renovated based on the principle of "repairing it as it was before", and an additional 100 acres of land was allocated behind the old site of Yingchuan Academy for the construction of a new academy.
Unlike Xiangyang City, where land is at a premium, Yingchuan Academy is located on the outskirts of the city. The land here is relatively cheaper, so Liu Xin can generously allocate such a large piece of land. With land, other things will be much easier to handle, not only
Bricks, stones, timber, and even the engineering team were all readily available, and soon a brand-new Yingchuan Academy was erected here.
Brothers Xun Yu and Xun Chen had just visited Xiangyang Academy, and now they saw the Yingchuan Academy where they had studied since childhood. They had mixed feelings in their hearts. Needless to say, the old academy was "renovated as it was before", the low couch, the
Several cases all bring back memories of childhood. Compared with the academy, the new academy is even more magnificent, with dormitories, study rooms, and libraries.
Seeing this, Xun Chen couldn't help but ask: "Master Han, Mr. Xun heard from Master Liu that he wanted to return Yingchuan Academy to the Xun family. However, Master Liu built this new Yingchuan Academy, so
Even if he returns the old Yingchuan Academy to the Xun family, what's the use?"
Han Xi smiled and said: "Master Xun, where did you want to go? Of course, both the old and new academies were returned to the Xun family."
Xun Yu was surprised and said: "How is this possible?"
Indeed, this new Yingchuan Academy, both in terms of land area and building scale, is far larger than Xiangyang Academy. It will cost a lot of money. How can Liu Xin give it to the Xun family for nothing?
Han Xi laughed loudly and said: "Wen Ruo, you still don't understand my lord. My lord is true to his word. He promised to return the academy to the Xun family in the future, and he will definitely return it to the Xun family. My lord also said
In the future, let Xiangyang Academy become a model of government-run academies, and let Yingchuan Academy become a model of private academies!"
That night, the Korean Opera held a banquet in the old Yingchuan Academy to entertain Xun Yu and the Xun Chen brothers. If Liu Xin knew that the Korean Opera held a banquet in the "national cultural relics protection unit" that he valued very much, he would probably have to
He scolded Korean dramas to the point of utter disgrace.