Zhou Xing originally thought that if he asked Zhang Fei to lead troops to attack Guan Hai with Guan Yu, Guan Hai would definitely not return to Luxiang and would flee to Beihai after knowing this.

Although Guan Hai was the leader of the Yellow Turban bandits, he also robbed the people of food, but he was not so ruthless. Therefore, the food stored in the village was not that much, far less than the food stored in Cong Qian and Wang Ying.

He mainly attacked the city and captured the county, but he got a lot of gold and money.

Zhou Xing captured Wutun and got to know the people in the village, and then he got to know him better.

Because of this, Zhou Xing wanted to temporarily let Guan Hai have a way out and force him to go to Beihai.

When Guan Hai arrived in Beihai, he would definitely still gather people as thieves, and he would also rob the people in order to survive.

If there are no thieves in Donglai, but there are many in Beihai, and Liu Bei treats the people well, then people from Beihai will flock to Donglai, and Liu Bei's reputation for benevolence, virtue, and bravery will spread throughout Qingzhou, and even the whole world.

Another point is that Guan Hai caused chaos in Beihai, and after Liu Bei stabilized Donglai and gained a certain strength, he could march into Beihai in the name of suppressing thieves and actually control Beihai.

Owning Donglai and Beihai counties is equivalent to owning half of Qingzhou, so that we can develop better.

Donglai faces the sea on three sides and has a lot of mountains, but Beihai is mostly plain land. If you want to better farm and store food, of course Beihai is indispensable.

Although these are things for the future, the most important thing now is to pacify Donglai and let Liu Bei build a good reputation. However, Zhou Xing wants to make arrangements in advance. This is what he should do as a military advisor and counselor.

However, these things cannot be spoken out. Considering Liu Bei's personality, he would definitely not agree with his approach of forcing the Yellow Turban thieves to Beihai.

However, Zhou Xing did not expect that Zhang Fei, who had always been reckless and thoughtless, would actually start to use his mind to make a plan and change his route to Beihai to intercept Guan Hai.

"Military advisor, what's wrong with you? You don't seem happy."

Zhang Fei couldn't help but ask when he saw Zhou Xing's serious expression.

Zhou Xing laughed and said: "Haha, how could it be possible? I was just surprised. I didn't expect that Zhang Sima expected that Guan Hai would flee to Beihai, changed his route in advance, intercepted Guan Hai and beheaded him. If the lord knew about this, he would definitely praise Zhang

Sima is both wise and brave!"

Now that the matter has come to this, Zhou Xing can only find another way.

Zhang Fei said with great joy: "Hahaha, how can the yellow turban moth thief fight with me! Brother will never say that I am brave and foolhardy again!"

Guan Yu had been watching with cold eyes, noticing what Zhou Xing had just said, "Guan Hai should have fled to Beihai", and from the expression on Zhou Xing's face, he guessed that the Zhou military advisor must have expected that Guan Hai would escape to Beihai.
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Thinking of this, Guan Yu vaguely guessed Zhou Xing's intention of letting Guan Hai escape to Beihai. Although he was not sure, it would indeed be beneficial to his elder brother if Guan Hai really went to Beihai.

Guan Yu just rubbed his beard and watched without saying a word. He didn't talk much, and he didn't seem to have anything to say to Zhou Xing.

Guan Hai is dead, and there were originally more than 2,000 prisoners in Wutun. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu captured another 2,000 people, and now there are more than 4,000 prisoners in total.

Zhou Xing, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Liu Zheng gathered together to discuss how to deal with these prisoners.

It is impossible to kill!

"There are now more than 4,000 prisoners, many of whom are Yellow Turban soldiers. Now that the bandits in Donglai have not been eliminated, we are at a time when we are employing people. We can select a thousand of them and recruit them as soldiers. What do you think?"

Liu Bei was away, and Zhou Xing wanted to recruit the reduced soldiers as soldiers, but he could not make the decision without authorization. He needed the consent of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

If they are recruited without authorization, are these one thousand soldiers Liu Bei's soldiers or Zhou Xing's soldiers?

Zhou Xing has no intention of competing for the world, but only wants to assist Liu Bei to pacify the world. There are some taboos that should be avoided.

Even if Liu Bei would not doubt him, Zhou Xing did not want to arouse suspicion and criticism from others.

Zhang Fei first agreed: "Of course, big brother often says that with few soldiers, it is difficult to achieve big things. Now that we recruit more people, we will have more soldiers and horses, and big brother can also achieve big things! Hahaha..."

"Well, Guan Cheng of Changguang has not been wiped out yet, and the soldiers and horses of Liaodong will probably come to attack. It is always a good thing for us to have more soldiers and horses, and the lord will definitely support it." Liu Zheng also agreed.

Guan Yu seemed to be thinking about something and didn't speak.

"Guan Sima, what do you think?" Zhou Xing asked Guan Yu.

Guan Yu glanced at Zhou Xing, then at Zhang Fei and Liu Zheng, and said: "We really need soldiers and horses now, but we have six thousand soldiers and horses now. The Donglai thieves, Wangying Congqian and Guan Hai

It has been destroyed, but there is only one thief left in Guan Cheng. If you want to destroy it, it will be easy. Donglai is poor. There are few people and there is no land. If you raise more soldiers, it will consume money and food, and I am afraid it will be difficult to support them!"

"Furthermore, Zhou's military advisor should know that if we have too many soldiers and horses, it may arouse Yuan's suspicion. From Guan's point of view, it is not appropriate to recruit more soldiers now. It is better to wait until Donglai is stabilized, the people return home, and there are many people. Tian Qing,

The granaries were overflowing, and it would not be difficult to recruit not to mention a thousand, but 51,000 soldiers at that time."

Guan Yu is often by Liu Bei's side, and he is willing to think carefully on weekdays. He naturally understands Liu Bei's ambition and understands Liu Bei's purpose of coming to Donglai.

Now if we raise too many troops, food will be a problem, and it may also attract the attention of Yuan Tan, the governor of Qingzhou. If Yuan leads his troops to attack because of suspicion, the gain will outweigh the loss.

Zhou Xing nodded slightly and agreed with Guan Yu's view, but he also had his own ideas and said: "Guan Sima said the same thing, but we only have 6,000 soldiers and horses now, and many of them are newly recruited soldiers who have not been trained.

It’s not much to say. Now that we have recruited soldiers, we can train them earlier and make them elite soldiers.”

"As for the food problem, we have wiped out Wang Ying and obtained some food from money, which can be enough for a short time. When Guan Cheng is wiped out, Donglai is Anping, and the people return to their hometowns to farm with peace of mind, there will be no need to worry about food. As for Yuan's suspicions, etc.

When we return to Huang County, we can carry out the sergeants' field work, farming during the farming season, and training during the leisure time, leaving only three thousand soldiers and horses to protect the county."

"In addition, we can also place troops in each county. Each county has 500 county troops, so ten counties can have 5,000 troops. When there is no war, these county troops can protect the city and calm the people, and prevent thieves. When there is a war, they can be concentrated

In one place, we have five thousand troops and horses available. With the troops and horses scattered like this, Yuan will not be too suspicious."

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Zhou Xing thought for a while and then said: "Well, there is another point. Now that we recruit a thousand Yellow Turban soldiers as soldiers, the families of these thousand soldiers will stay in Donglai and no longer be thieves. This is a multi-purpose thing.

, why not do it!"

In fact, Zhou Xing understood that time was tight, and there was not much time left for Liu Bei to develop peacefully. He had to take a multi-pronged approach, not only farming, but also training troops.

Nowadays, it is not difficult to recruit soldiers, as long as you have food. However, once you recruit soldiers, you need to train them before they can go into battle to kill the enemy, not just having hands.

The combat capabilities of highly trained soldiers are completely different from those of newly recruited soldiers. Especially when fighting in large army formations, they must not only have good psychological quality, but also have superb enemy-killing skills, as well as knowledge of military orders and discipline and how to form formations.

All must be understood.

Guan Yu was silent for a long time, stroking his long beard, and finally nodded: "Since Military Advisor Zhou said so, Guan agreed to recruit a thousand Yellow Turban soldiers as soldiers."

At this moment, Guan Yu secretly sighed in his heart. He only thought of the problem, but the young military advisor in front of him thought of the solution to the problem.

Zhou Xing and others selected a thousand able-bodied people from the captives and recruited them as soldiers. The rest advised them to return to their hometowns and farm in peace, and released them all. They also gave them a thousand stones of grain to serve as food for the road.

food.

He also demolished the fortress of Wuxun and burned all the houses in Wuxun to prevent anyone from occupying it as thieves.

Now there is only one big bandit left in Donglai County, Guancheng of Changguang County, and Liu Bei has 1,300 soldiers guarding the city, so there should be no need to worry.

But when he heard that Liaodong soldiers and horses were preparing ships and might have to cross the sea to attack, Zhou Xing asked Guan Yu to lead 2,000 soldiers back to Huang County first. Zhou Xing, together with Zhang Fei and Liu Zheng, led 4,000 soldiers and horses to Changguang to prepare to annihilate Guan Cheng.<
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