Guo Wei led his army to pursue Cao Rui's ship. The Wei troops following the ship stepped forward to intercept Guo Wei and buy time for Cao Rui to escape. Guo Wei was already red-eyed at this time. How could he give up such an attractive prey? .< /p>
After a series of overturning formations, the Wei troops who blocked Guo Wei were all dispersed by Guo Wei.
However, Cao Rui's ship also arrived at Yekou at this time.
"Your Majesty, hurry up!" As soon as Cao Rui got off the boat, General Zhang He said hurriedly, and then roared at Guo Wei who was about to dock: "Don't be so rampant, traitors!" As he spoke, he slashed at Guo Wei with his sword.
Guo Weina was willing to show weakness and led his soldiers to kill Zhang He.
After Zhang He broke up, Cao Rui led more than a hundred people and hurried eastward.
Besides, Zhang He, who had been cut off at Yekou, was after all a famous general in hundreds of battles. Although Guo Wei led nearly a thousand new Han troops, he could not take advantage of Zhang He, who had only two to three hundred soldiers.
After several fierce battles, Zhang He defeated Guo Wei and then withdrew from the battlefield with his generals.
Cao Rui ran away.
He led Chen Qun and others away.
Unfortunately, there are still nearly 10,000 Wei troops on the Yellow River. They also want to rush out of the battlefield, but the morale of the Han army is strong at this time, which will give them a chance to escape.
After more than an hour of siege and interception, the Wei army on the river knew that they had no way out. Although they launched several attacks on the Han army, they were ultimately defeated and had to surrender to the Han army.
After defeating Cao Rui, Zhuge Liang finally breathed a sigh of relief; all the Han soldiers were extremely excited.
Because of them, they defeated the emperor of Cao Wei.
"Prime Minister!" Yang Yi, who joined the army, said: "Cao Rui and Zhang He have retreated. Our army needs to capture Chang'an as soon as possible to stabilize the situation in Guanzhong."
"Yes!" Zhuge Liang nodded slightly: "What Duke Wei said is absolutely true. I ordered Gao Xiang to lead five thousand soldiers to stay in Pubanjin, and the rest of the generals will immediately follow the original commander to march to Chang'an."
"No!"
Yang Yi accepted the promise and was about to leave, but Zhuge Liang stopped Yang Yi and said: "Send people to Tongguan and ask Liao Hua to lead five thousand soldiers to guard Tongguan. The rest of the soldiers will be led by Wei Yan to protect His Majesty and join us in Chang'an."
"No!"
Yang Yi took the order and left. Zhuge Liang looked at the young general Guo Wei with some curiosity. At this time, he and Guo Wei were the only two people left in the account. He did not know Guo Wei before, but in today's battle, Guo Wei's performance was... He was very satisfied. Even when facing Cao Wei's famous general Zhang He, he didn't show any fear at all.
"Ziyan, sit down and talk."
"Thank you, Prime Minister!"
Ziyan is the name of Guo Wei. Guo Wei saluted Zhuge Liang before sitting down. Zhuge Liang said slowly: "Where is Ziyan?"
"Return to Prime Minister!" Guo Weidao said: "I am from Qianwei County, Yizhou."
He is a native of Qianwei County and Yizhou, but this is not important. Zhuge Liang values Guo Wei's talents more. At least his bravery has been recognized by Zhuge Liang.
But Guo Wei was a little nervous.
After all, the person he was talking to was Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, and he was the actual person in power of the Han Dynasty.
"Zi Yan, there is no need to be cautious." Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "I really like young people, especially outstanding young people like you, Zi Yan. If I, a big man, have more talents like Zi Yan, why should I, a big man, worry about the Han Dynasty not being able to do so?"
Xing?"
"Thank you, Prime Minister."
"Ziyan, there is something unclear about the true identity. I wonder if Ziyan can help clarify the mystery?"
After a brief polite exchange, Zhuge Liang suddenly frowned, as if he had some huge doubts in his heart.
"I don't know what the Prime Minister is asking, but the Prime Minister can say it clearly." Guo Wei bowed again and said, "I must tell you everything I know, and I will tell you everything."
"Okay, okay."
Zhuge Liang was very satisfied. He smiled and said: "Actually, it's not that important. I just heard that you were ordered by His Majesty to recruit and train new troops. How did you do it? Let the world not know you."
The existence of waiting?"
As soon as Zhuge Liang spoke, Guo Wei was instantly relieved.
I thought to myself, Your Majesty is really wise.
Guo Wei smiled lightly and said: "Returning to the Prime Minister, the new troops are all from remote villages. Most of them are hiding in the wild mountains and mountains to avoid the war, so they have not been registered."
"Oh?" Zhuge Liang frowned again: "Then how can we make them willing to join the army?"
In the past few decades, the world has been raging with war. It is common for many civilians to live in seclusion in the mountains to avoid the war. However, Zhuge Liang is still a little curious. How can these people be willing to join the army and fight when they originally want to avoid the war?
"Return to Prime Minister!" Guo Wei said again: "Your Majesty once said that there will be brave men under heavy rewards."
"His Majesty once said that although the villagers in the mountains are afraid of war, if they are given enough money and food, there is still a way to be promoted;" Guo Wei smiled and said: "It is easy to get them to go to the battlefield."
"Oh?" Zhuge Liang asked doubtfully, "Zi Yan can tell you in detail."
"Promise!" Guo Wei responded and said: "Your Majesty promises that anyone who is willing to join the new army will receive five hundred dollars per month. If he kills the enemy on the battlefield and makes meritorious service, there will be additional rewards; if he kills an enemy, he will receive five hundred dollars.
For one hundred coins, there is no upper limit. If you kill ten enemies, you will be promoted to captain of ten men. If you kill one hundred enemies, you will be promoted to captain of hundreds. If you kill one thousand enemies, you will be promoted to captain of ten thousand households."
Guo Wei first told Zhuge Liang what Liu Chan had said to them without reservation, because Liu Chan had told them that if the prime minister asked him about it in the future, there was no need to hide it, just tell the truth.
When he was ordered to go to the mountain villages to recruit new troops, he also followed Liu Chan's method. The results were not ideal at first, because many villagers did not believe him, and they all knew that fighting would lead to death.
But——
He must complete the task.
Because Liu Chan also made a promise to them.
As long as the recruitment and training of the new army are completed, Liu Chan will make them school captains, and all the soldiers recruited and trained will be commanded by them.
These people were originally just ordinary soldiers of the Imperial Guard. If Liu Chan hadn't found them, they might have just been ordinary Imperial Guard soldiers in this life.
As the saying goes, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier.
After some brainwashing by Liu Chan, they also had a vision of becoming a general.
Liu Chan - gave them this opportunity.
As for Liu Chan's promise that their salary will be delivered to them on time every month, His Majesty is true to his word, so how can they not do their best?
After all, this is an opportunity to change their destiny.
As for those villagers.
It may be difficult to convince older people.
But young people are all young and passionate. As long as they are given enough temptations, they can get paid by joining the army, kill the enemy and perform meritorious service, and have the opportunity to become a general. When these temptations are placed in front of them, some people will naturally want to try it.
Ichiban.
After listening to Guo Wei's explanation, Zhuge Liang's doubts disappeared.
He had been a little puzzled before.
Your Majesty, where did you get these more than 10,000 new troops?
Later in Tongguan, Liu Chan told him that more than 40 soldiers were selected from the imperial guard camp. After training, they were sent out to recruit soldiers, and then they were taken to the mountains for secret training.
Yizhou is surrounded by mountains, and there are so many high mountains and ridges that it is easy to hide.
However, it would be a bit difficult to recruit more than 10,000 people at once without letting people discover it.
Only now did Zhuge Liang know.
It turns out that the new troops they recruited were not recruited from ordinary villages, but from hidden villages that were hiding from the war.
Liu Chan recruited more than 10,000 new troops in this way, and also avoided everyone's eyes and ears. His image in Zhuge Liang's mind suddenly changed a lot.
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This chapter has been completed!