Jincheng County, the ruler.

This is not a county town in Jincheng County, but the terrain is flat and there are few mountains, which is suitable for training cavalry. At the same time, the land is relatively fertile. The Yellow River surrounds this place, which is also an important path to the Silk Road.

In addition, to the west is Xiping County. Although it belongs to the Han area, it is a place where the Qiang people gather. Lin Qiang and Fa Qiang are all in this area, but there are not many Han people here.

Zhao Yun elected the Lingzhi as his place to station troops, and he also had the intention of intimidating the Qiang people and establishing his prestige in the northwest region as soon as possible.

After all, many people in the court opposed him as General Pingxi this time, because whether it was his experience in the Qiang war or his prestige in the Xiliang area, Ma Chao was undoubtedly more suitable than Zhao Yun. Although Ma Chao is now a general of the Guard and has a higher status, in fact, the military power is in the hands of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Although Ma Chao has a high official title, he does not have much real power in his hands.

Many people think that Liu Bei arranged for Zhao Yun to be the General of Pingxi this time, which was suspected of deposing the public because of personal destruction. Although Zhao Yun was born in the north and joined the army with Gongsun Zan's white horse Yi, it was also an old Huangsheng. Moreover, Zhao Yun was just an ordinary young general in Gongsun Zan's white horse Yi, and was like a team leader. If Liu Bei had not been keen on his wise eyes, Zhao Yun would not have had his current status.

And even so, although Zhao Yun followed Liu Bei to fight in the south and north over the years, he actually did not have the record of being able to make a name for himself like Liu Yi, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Chen Dao. Therefore, the military power of Xiliang should be left to Ma Chao instead of Zhao Yun.

Although Zhao Yun was not in the court, he could hear these public opinions. After all, he had been under Liu Bei's command for so many years, and Zhao Yun was also loyal and honest, so he naturally had his own connections in the court.

But Zhao Yun could not defend anything, because these are all facts. Whether it is prestige or experience, Zhao Yun was in a dark way in this Qiang land, so Zhao Yun wanted to make some achievements as soon as possible to shut up those people.

"General!" Ma Su walked out of the door and smiled at Zhao Yun and said, "The letters sent from Chang'an are private messages."

Ma Su volunteered to come to Xiliang. In the previous battle of Guanzhong, Ma Su was responsible for giving advice or helping Zhuge Liang handle the government affairs in the rear, but he was not satisfied. He also hoped to make achievements. However, Guanzhong has already been abandoned and there is no chance in the short term, so he asked to transfer himself to Zhao Yun's army to help Zhao Yun succeed as a military officer.

This decision was not blind. Ma Su had been with Zhao Yun. He knew Zhao Yun's character and his ability. Although Zhao Yun was not as famous as Ma Chao, in terms of ability, he might not be much worse than Ma Chao. This time, Zhao Yun came to Xiliang to garrison the army, so he might not be unable to make any achievements, let alone helping him.

"At this time, I think someone has questioned it in the court again." Zhao Yun shook his head and smiled.

"It was a letter sent by Sikong." Ma Su looked at it and smiled at Zhao Yun.

"Oh?" Zhao Yun took the letter after hearing this. He and Liu Yi had not seen each other for a long time. I wonder why Liu Yi sent the letter this time?

The bamboo slips were removed and the lacquer was unfolded.

Smack ~

A wooden carving fell from the unfolded bamboo slips. Zhao Yun quickly saw his eyes. He copied the wooden carving in his hand. When he looked closely, it was a wooden carving with a young man. His appearance was somewhat similar to Liu Yi, but he was younger. He looked fourteen or fifteen years old and his expression was indifferent, as if nothing in the world could make him feel turbulent.

Liu Yi's wood carvings are lifelike, just like a reduced version of a real person.

"Huh?" Ma Su looked at the wood carving and exclaimed lightly.

"I know this person at a young age?" Zhao Yun looked at Ma Su and asked with a smile.

"Of course, this is Liu Cheng, the son of Sikong. He should be twelve years old this year." Ma Su nodded. He was quite familiar with the Liu family in Nanzhong. Although he had been separated for several years, he could still recognize the Liu Cheng who was like a little adult.

"Twelve?" Zhao Yun was stunned. No matter how he looked, he looked like a 14 or 15-year-old boy. And why did Liu Yi send his son's statue?

His eyes fell on the bamboo slips. The contents of the bamboo slips were not much. First, he reminisces about his son, and then he talked about his son, so that Zhao Yun could pay attention to the recent recruits. If he found out about Liu Cheng, don’t tell him or recognize each other. Just look at him. Don’t worry about training on weekdays, but if there is really a war, please take care of Zhao Yun.

If Liu Chengzhen comes here, I hope Zhao Yun can reply, so that Liu Yi can feel at ease.

"How is the recruitment of new recruits recently?" Zhao Yun did not show Ma Su the letter. After all, the letter is private and not easy to show to outsiders.

"Our army now joins the army independently. If we go to Shu, there will naturally be many people willing to join the army, but in this Xiliang place..." Ma Su shook his head at the end. After all, this place was still in Wei territory not long ago, and people would somewhat reject the Han army. Not only Qiang people, but even local Han people did not have a strong sense of belonging to the Han army. This requires the implementation of benevolent politics step by step, and it takes time to slowly let everyone accept the Han army. In this case, the recruitment of new recruits will naturally not go smoothly, let alone joining the army independently.

Zhao Yun thought for a while and said with a smile: "Now that the household registration has not been established, you can pass it on to each county. If you are interested in joining the army, you only need to have the propaganda issued by the three elders to join the army."

"It's not very consistent." Ma Su frowned. The circumcision was equivalent to a certificate of identity, which stated the time, hometown, name and what to do. It requires an official seal at least at the county magistrate level.

"It is not easy to recruit troops. Besides, Xiliang has experienced wars for a long time, and many Han people who were captured by the Huns or Qiang people and became slaves cannot be formally passed down. Since the locals are unwilling to apply for the conscription, they can choose these people." Zhao Yun shook his head and smiled. He only brought eight thousand Cao's army surrendered troops, and Liu Bei's edict to him allowed Zhao Yun to replenish the Xiliang army to 20,000, and the court provided money and food. However, Zhao Yun needed to solve the problem of manpower himself, reducing the conditions required by the conscription and expanding the scope of the conscription.

Ma Su nodded. This was also a way to return the wood carving to Zhao Yun. Although he was curious about why Liu Yi sent his son's wood carving to Zhao Yun, since Zhao Yun didn't say it, he couldn't ask in detail.

New recruits need to receive training. The Han army has developed not only industry but also great progress in agriculture over the years. When Liu Yi was the prefect of Changsha and Yueyang, he found some old farmers to study fertilizers and farm. For this reason, he personally went to the field to experiment. Based on manure, he developed a more perfect ratio. He realized that Jingzhou and Yizhou have benefited greatly in recent years, and the grain supply in the army is also very sufficient. Therefore, the training of new recruits has been shortened from the first half month of training. Now, it is basically a two-day training. During training of new recruits, it is even a two-month training for two consecutive months.

This is also one of the reasons why the Han army was able to suppress the Wei army in this battle on the Guanzhong battlefield. The military equipment was already strong, not to mention that under high-intensity training, even if there was no practical experience, its individual strength was stronger than that of the Wei army, so naturally it formed the previous situation.

However, the conditions in Xiliang are definitely not as good as those in Jingzhou. In Shuzhong, the food and grass have to be transported from Shu, and there are no rail cars. The journey is long and the consumption is huge. It can probably maintain the conditions of training every five days.

When the track is spread to Xiliang and the supplies are sufficient, you can consider strengthening the training density. Zhao Yun has never seen him again after Liu Cheng grew up. However, Zhao Yun has heard of this child prodigy. The girl from the Liu family has been practicing martial arts with Lu Lingqi since she was a child. I believe Liu Cheng will not be too bad. Zhao Yun estimated that if Liu Cheng was really in the army, he would be able to stand out during the training of a recruit. It would be much easier to make arrangements by himself at that time. But how to arrange it without any sensation depends on the kid's future performance.

His son became famous with Liu Yi, and is now in charge of the military affairs in Nanyang. Zhao Yun was naturally grateful to Liu Yi. Now that Liu Yi's son may come to him, Zhao Yun is naturally ready to repay him, but at least he has to see someone first.

No one knows where Liu Cheng will go, so maybe he will go directly to the Lanchi Camp. After all, there are many people joining the army there, so it is easier to get in.

After finalizing the recruitment of new recruits, Zhao Yun's attention returned to the current situation in Xiliang. He had previously been burned and defeated and gathered 100,000 troops to invade Longxi. As a result, he was defeated by Ma Chao and Zhang Ren. He should be safe for a while, but if he wanted to completely suppress them, he would not show Ma Chao's methods without Ma Chao's prestige. Zhao Yun was still confident that he would not do worse than Ma Chao's. Recently, he was actively preparing for the battle and was preparing to find a first to clean up and establish his reputation first.

Based on Zhao Yun's understanding during this period, the Qiang people have certain similarities with the Hu people in the North. They also believe in the concept that the strong are respected, and even the enemies will respect and even be respected.

The biggest problem now is that the problem of Ma Yuan must be solved. Zhao Yun's command claims to have 5,000 cavalry, but in fact, among the eight thousand troops, even 300 horses can be equipped with war horses, let alone 5,000. However, Liu Bei gave sufficient military equipment, including crossbows, strong crossbows, strong bows, spears, swords and shields, and armor, all equipped according to the standard of 20,000 people, and as long as there are people, they can be equipped.

The problem is that no one is there.
Chapter completed!