Chapter 163: When We Have Food, We Will Expand Our Army

Liu Ye's big happy event naturally requires Liu Bei, and Liu Bei will naturally invite Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Then everyone who stayed in Fenggao came, including Zhao Yun who had just returned from Licheng, and Qu Hanmou.

Although Qu Hanmou has a strange personality, he really attaches great importance to agriculture. He heard that Zhao Yun has traveled all over Taishan to collect all the methods that can improve food production, so he did not stay in Fenggao and went to Licheng the next day, He needs to understand all the methods, and then make the best way to farm.

The way Qu Hanmou thinks is very simple. It is the simplest and most practical way. His thinking is that if everyone is full, they will naturally have time to sit down and study etiquette. Therefore, Qu Hanmou needs high-quality farming methods and high-quality seeds.

As for the things that Qu Hanmou used to read in the book, Qu Hanmou thinks it's nothing but air (empty promises). Others don't have enough to eat, do you still want others to know how to read the book and honor them? What a joke, this is not realistic at all! Be realistic. It's more realistic to sit down and talk about how to make people full.

It took about five days for Qu Hanmou to absorb all that could be absorbed from Zhao Yun. Then Chen Xi ordered Zhao Yun to come back to prepare for summer planting, and the north was handed over to Zang Ba and Taishi Ci for protection.

As for why Zhao Yun came back, the reason is very simple. Zhao Yun has prestige. After summer planting of last year, the people of Taishan recognized Zhao Yun. As long as Zhao Yun said how to plant, they would definitely approve it. If it is someone else, don't think that the people would approve it. This concerns their survival/food. Last year, Zhao Yun became familiar with everyone and did a good enough job to brush his face and eat all over Taishan.

Therefore, those unreasonable farming techniques of Qu Hanmou all fell on Zhao Yun. Only Zhao Yun can promote it. Relying on Qu Hanmou's own words, no one will believe him. After all, the farming determines next year's food. So if they don't really recognize, the people of the Han Dynasty would rather seek stability than try new ways that may or may not increase production. They would at least still have food to eat. Who would dare to gamble with their own lives?

Qu Hanmou was also a little helpless about this. There was a kind of helplessness that "I was going to be the bright moon. But the bright moon can't illuminate the ditch", but he didn't say anything. Instead, he expressed his gratitude to Zhao Yun. It can be seen that this guy is not the kind of guy who is arrogant and looks down on others, although he is a little young and frivolous.

Not long after the banquet, Fa Zheng walked in with messy hair, grabbed something casually, and ate it. These ten days are considered exhausting for Fa Zheng. Every day he have to think about what Cao Cao in Yanzhou wants to do. It is almost a foregone conclusion to fight Yuan Shu, but how to fight and how to start. Because of this, Fa Zheng's head is in a mess.

Neither Guo Jia nor Jia Xu helped Fa Zheng. Jia Xu felt very hot when he got in the intelligence department. On the first day, the intelligence was not handled by himself but by Liu Bei and Chen Xi to avoid suspicion.

Jia Xu knew very well that he was an ownerless person. But on the first day he got here, Liu Bei gave him an important position, and it made him feel pressure. Even with Guo Jia's checks and balances in his spare time, Jia Xu didn't want to leave a bad impression.

Therefore, Jia Xu did not directly take over, but only became the highest officer. After confirming with Guo Jia, the power was delegated to Fa Zheng. It was considered to be training Fa Zheng while familiarizing himself with the current situation under Liu Bei.

Guo Jia hoped to see Fa Zheng figure out this incident. As long as he passed this test, and could see through the hands of Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Xi Zhicai, etc., then that would explain that Fa Zheng is really promising.

As for whether to make arrangements or not, the results of Jia Xu and Guo Jia ventilation is to regard it as not having seen. Whether it is Cao Cao swallowing Lu Guo and provoking Yuan Shu, or provoking Xuzhou, it is good for Taishan. Xuzhou, a grain-producing area, is a must necessary area to deeply integrate with Taishan, which is the unified idea of ​​all the advisors of Taishan.

Guo Jia is very clear that Fa Zheng's focus is definitely on Yingchuan, not only because Yingchuan is the hometown of Cao Cao's main literary minister, but also because if Yingchuan was conquered and Jingzhou regained Nanyang county, the two sides would be able to make an alliance. It will be very difficult to seize any county, but with the food of Jingzhou, the biggest problem can be solved instantly and Cao Cao can take off.

However, Guo Jia is very clear that according to Cao Cao's temperament, when the preparation for the summer harvest is approaching, he will never stare at the closely guarded Yingchuan!

The reason is very simple, Cao Cao does not have enough troops to take down Yingchuan. The accurate statement is that he does not have so many veterans!

Originally, when Cao Cao was chasing Dong Zhuo, all his veterans were killed. Liu Dai died in battle, and he took Yanzhou veterans with him. This led to Cao Cao taking over Yanzhou. Although there was a large group of fierce recruits, they could only hit the wind. In battle, recruits can't fight hard battles. Even if there is a capable commander-in-chief, it is difficult to rewrite the situation of collapse at a touch. It is also possible to fight together with the generals, but if the recruits are placed in front, the veterans behind may be scattered!

In short, without training for a year and a half, without going through several major battles, the recruits can only be used as a facade, which is why Cao Cao is in a difficult position now.

As for Taishan, it is much better. There are many veterans, and when Chen Xi was preparing, one veteran who had killed someone and saw blood would bring at most two recruits. This is why Chen Xi had more than 10,000 veterans when he came to Taishan, but now there is a little less than 40,000 regular troops who can really take action.

However, after this wave of veterans is trained, it will be much easier to expand, and it will be almost the same for each veteran corps.

After all, now that there is a Qingzhou, the 40,000 regular army is not enough to even defend the pass, so it must be expanded. As for the field army, Chen Xi has never counted them. They are to catch the prisoners and guard the rear or something. If they really fight, they can only pretend.

Everyone has a feeling about these things. Zang Ba, Taishi Ci, Sun Guan, and the lieutenants who have not yet become regulars are waiting for the summer harvest. After the summer harvest, if they have enough food and grass, they can also become the main general and lead their own troops and horses. They must train the recruit hard and officially launch their own banner. As for the horses needed by the various units, Zang Ba and others have already liquidated them. The Xiliang war horses robbed Hua Xiong and the horses given by Gongsun Zan are more than enough.

However, Taishi Ci and Zang Ba have absolutely no confidence that they can train well in the advanced arms of cavalry. Only Zhao Yun and Hua Xiong can practice this kind of arms in Taishan. It is obvious that Zhao Yun, who will be recruited as a civil official during the summer planting and summer harvest, is unreliable. They can only rely on Hua Xiong for the cavalry. Thinking about how the cavalry that takes two to three years to form, Zang Ba's face is green. He has a thousand cavalry from Hua Xiong. Then let's give his cavalry to Hua Xong and let Hua Xiong practice it himself. It can be treated as a gift from his former lieutenant general.