The soldiers howled and rushed into the lake. From a distance, they looked like a large group of ducks. A large splash of water was stirred up, and the originally calm lake surface completely changed.

With the scorching sun on my head and the whole person is soaked in the cool lake, this is definitely a good enjoyment.

Compared with ordinary soldiers, the lieutenants felt more uncomfortable. As generals in the army, they certainly couldn't jump into the lake naked and scattered wildly; they stood on the lake with a majestic face, wearing heavy armor, and a purple-red sun on their heads. It was really uncomfortable to see their appearance!

The busy people in the vegetable field not far away heard the movement here and looked over. They saw the soldiers of the North Envoy Army churning in the lake, showing knowing smiles. The girls wearing straw hats and holding green vegetables gathered together, looking at Qinghu, and smiling softly, from time to time, there were girls showing shy smiles. A girl chased a girl in front with a blushing face, and the girl in front ran while making a clear laugh.

About a quarter of an hour later, a lieutenant ran into the military camp, and then the drums sounded in the military camp, which meant the gathering.

The soldiers immediately ran to the shore, and the sound of water was clattering. They ran to the shore, dressed neatly, and then walked back to the military camp under the leadership of the captains of various departments, lifting up the dust in the sky, and then the person who was washed tenderly immediately became dusty again.

When the soldiers returned to the military camp, the kitchen had already prepared lunch. After lunch, they gathered in the shade of the green mountains beside the military camp in units. At this moment, ten simple bamboo platforms had been set up in the shade of the forest, which was actually the podium for the gentlemen.

There was still a while before the official talk was held, Guan Yu and Deputy General Yang Xian came here with several personal soldiers. The soldiers all stood up to salute. Guan Yu saw the soldiers' dirty image, and couldn't help but smile and asked a captain next to him: "What's going on, isn't you asking you to go to the lake to wash, but why is it getting dirtier?"

The captain smiled bitterly and reported: "General, the ground is too dry, and the soldiers were stained by the dust when they returned to the camp!"

Guan Yu nodded suddenly, looked up at the sky through the shade of the tree, and the sunlight pierced into his eyes like an arrow, and he couldn't help but murmur: "This sun is really poisonous!"

Yang Xian, who was standing beside him, replied: "Our hotness is like a stove, but Luoyang and Yanzhou are surging water!"

Guan Yu frowned slightly, "If it weren't for this, the main force of my Northern Army could drive here, and it would be destroyed in an instant!" Although there would be 200,000 troops to the Shanggu, Guan Yu was not optimistic about the prospects. These 200,000 troops were basically new troops that had not been on the battlefield and newly surrendered surrendered troops. Such an army's combat effectiveness is probably a big problem.

...

The heavy rain in Luoyang has been going on for more than a week. Although it occasionally stopped, the major trend has not changed at all.

Affected by the heavy rain, various trade and transportation entering and leaving Luoyang have basically stopped, and all industries have been affected to varying degrees.

Due to heavy rain, the water level of the Yellow River rose sharply. The embankment near the north bank of Hedong County is in danger and there is a possibility of burrowing the embankment at any time. There are countless grain fields and a large population in Hedong County. In order to prevent Hedong County from floods, Chen Chu had to order to dig open the embankment on the opposite side of Jia County. When the embankment was opened, the yellow waves were surging, and the land of hundreds of miles became a country in a short time. The broken wooden beams rolled and rose in the yellow waves, which was really shocking. But don’t worry about the people here, because the Northern Expedition Army had already moved all the people to a safe place before digging the embankment.

The second batch of grain transported from Guanzhong to Luoyang was closed in Hangu because the only way to Luoyang, Jiaxian County, had been blocked by floods.

Although the grain transported from Bingzhou and Guanzhong was difficult to transport to Luoyang in a short time due to heavy rain, the grain problem in the entire Sili has been temporarily solved. Under pressure from all aspects, the major gentry in Luoyang had to take out the grain. Chen Chufa...

The ultimatum was issued on June 24th. By June 30th, the great gentry in Luoyang had already taken out a total of 800,000 dan of grain. It is estimated that the number will eventually reach about 1.2 million s. This is a very amazing number. The harvest of the Northern Army this year is only 11 million dan. Apart from the necessary consumption, the actual storage is only about 8 million dan.

Not only was the people's livelihood affected by heavy rain, Gan Ning's bandit suppression troops were also greatly affected. Because of the heavy rain, Gan Ning had to set up camps in Sanyao Mountain and besiege the two treacherous bandits on the mountain. Before this, the bandits with little bad records had basically surrendered; in fact, the two treacherous bandits did not want to compete with the Northern Army. After hearing that the Northern Army's bandit suppression troops had set off, the two treacherous bandits sent envoys to meet Gan Ning, hoping to negotiate the conditions for surrender, but he was forced to

What they did not expect was that the messenger came back with a look of frustration, and brought Gan Ning's murderous declaration, "If ordinary bandits surrender, they will be spared from death, and the rest will be dead!" Gan Ning, who has always been proud, is actually not reckless. He changed Chen Chu's order slightly. Chen Chu's original order was "kill without mercy". Gan Ning changed Chen Chu's order this way, and divided the internal bandits to a certain extent. Of course, the final effect can only be revealed at the last moment.

The 40,000 bandit suppression troops led by Ganning were stationed on a high ground on the eastern foot of Gushan Mountain. Fortress camps were laid at the exits of the passageways leading to various places from Gushan Mountain. Each camp had 500 soldiers. With the combat effectiveness of the Northern Expedition Army, even if tens of thousands of bandits attacked together, they would not be able to break the camp before the main force arrived. In other words, these two groups of nearly 30,000 bandits had been surrounded to death.

The heavy rain was still heavy, and many shallow ditches had formed in the camps of the Zhengbei Army. This was because the Zhengbei Army dug a drainage ditch when it was camping. Otherwise, the Zhengbei Army camp would have been soaked in the water at this moment. The heavy rain did not seem to have had much impact on the soldiers of the Zhengbei Army. The patrol soldiers on the post were still looking into the distance. The patrol soldiers around the camp did not decrease compared to usual, but instead doubled. Gan Ning kept saying that he did not take the bandits seriously, but was actually very cautious.

On that day, Gan Ning patrolled outside as usual, and returned to the tent and shook for a while like a lion-haired dog. Sun Jiang and other old generals were used to it and did not feel anything unusual. However, another commander of the division who was temporarily transferred to Gan Ning felt a little strange. He felt that General Gan really did not have the demeanor he should have as a general, but he still admired Gan Ning's fierce martial arts. The commander of the division was slightly lower than that of the army in the Northern Army.

The regiment commander, with about 20,000 soldiers under his command, has a high status and rank. The division temporarily transferred to Gan Ning to command belongs to the Fifth Army and is the Third Division. The 20,000 troops and horses under his command are all elite in the battle. The commander of the division is named Fenghua and a native of Yanzhou. He followed Chen Chu as early as the Yellow Turban Rebellion and was considered an old man in the Northern Army. The 20,000 troops directly under Gan Ning were the troops trained by Gan Ning in the commander of Yuan Shao's army. They do not belong to any legion for the time being, but are considered an independent division.

Gan Ning took off his robe and sat down in the position of commander. At this time, a personal soldier sent a dry towel, and two other personal soldiers sent a dry towel to Sun Jiang and Fenghua respectively.

Gan Ning wiped his face, looked at the heavy rain outside the tent, and cursed: "Damn, I don't know when the heavy rain will stop!" Then he asked the two men in the head, "Which unit is patrolling the foot of Wushan now?"

Sun Jiang reported: "It is the soldiers of Feng Commander's Third Division!"

Gan Ning nodded, looked at Sun Jiang, frowned and asked again: "How come I find that the soldiers under the commander of Feng were patrolling these days?"

Sun Jiang looked embarrassed and replied: "General, our soldiers can't stand the storm, so..."

Gan Ning slapped the table and said, "Fuck! If you can't hold it, you will shrink back. If it's a war, can you be a deserter for me?"

Sun Jiang held his fists and lowered his head, but did not dare to say anything. Fenghua, who was beside him, looked calm.

“From tomorrow, my subordinates...

The troops went to patrol!" Gan Ning ordered without any doubt. Sun Jiang quickly agreed.

Gan Ning's eyes rolled, and he looked at Fenghua and asked, "I'm surprised, why are your soldiers different from those under my hands?"

Fenghua smiled slightly and replied with his fists: "General Gan has just joined our Northern Expedition Army, so he doesn't know much about the many things about our Northern Expedition Army! Our Northern Expedition Army trains according to the training procedures formulated by the point training, which is divided into two aspects: one is military training, and the other is will and faith training. As the name suggests, I won't go into details below! The core of this will and faith training is to educate all soldiers!"

"Education!" Gan Ning looked puzzled, "What does this mean?"

"The soldiers in the past just regarded joining the army as a means of making a living!"

Gan Ning nodded.

Fenghua continued: "But the soldiers who conquer the Northern Army are not like this. The lord once said that soldiers are different from ordinary people. Soldiers are symbols of the nation. Ordinary people can choose to retreat in the face of difficulties and dangers, but soldiers cannot do it. There are only two ways for soldiers. They either win the victory for the nation or die in the battlefield for the nation!"

Gan Ning and Sun Jiang had never heard of such remarks. They couldn't help but be stunned on the spot, their hearts were like waves swelling. Both of them couldn't help but feel a feeling hidden in their hearts for a long time emerged.

"I said the Northern Army would be so fierce!" Gan Ning sighed at last.
Chapter completed!