In the Qingzhou Army Camp.

Lin Zhao was wearing white casual clothes and carrying his hands on his back, walking in the military camp. Pei Jian, wearing iron armor, followed him and accompanied him to patrol the military camp.

At this time, the Qingzhou Army had already made great changes compared to when it was just formed. Most people were able to wear armor and weapons were also able to complete sets.

The reason why the Qingzhou Army was able to be armed to this point was that the Qingzhou Army was not large, with only more than 1,000 people. Although it was difficult to make more than 1,000 sets of armor, with the support of Datong Business, coupled with Lin Zhao's urging, the Qingzhou Army has now been mostly armed.

This is a rare achievement.

You know, even among the border troops, it is impossible for everyone to wear iron armor. At most, everyone wears leather armor. Except for the Imperial Guards in Chang'an City, almost no army can wear iron armor.

However, the iron armor of the Qingzhou Army was not the kind of scale armor or bright light armor, but relatively simple iron armor. Only high-level officials such as Pei Jian were seriously equipped with scale armor.

However, even so, this iron armor is stronger than most leather armor. In terms of equipment, this Qingzhou army has surpassed the vast majority of the troops in the Great Zhou territory.

In addition to the equipment problem being solved, the mental outlook of these soldiers is also very different from before. In the past few months, they have been taken by Pei Jian in turn and run away all over Qingzhou. There are four or five hundred Qingzhou bandits who died at their hands.

In other words, nearly 30% of these 1,500 people have their lives contaminated with them.

The soldiers who have seen blood and those who have never seen blood can be said to be very different. After passing this level, these people dare not say that they will immediately become an elite force, at least...

At least they won’t dare to go to anyone if they really want to fight.

After Lin Zhao walked around the military camp, he turned to look at Pei Jian with a smile on his face: "Uncle Pei is worthy of being the General of the Caval Cavalry Guard. His ability to train troops is indeed amazing. In just a few months, the Qingzhou Army has been quite good."

Pei Jian smiled hoarsely and said, "What's this? The young master has never seen the appearance of the cavalry guards thirty years ago. At that time, the cavalry guards under my command would dare to break in with a sea of ​​swords and fires, which is a pity..."

Speaking of this, the veteran general looked a little lonely.

"It's a pity that the cavalry guard was implicated by me and later disbanded. The current imperial guard..."

Pei Jian groaned with disdain: "After Duke Zheng left, the imperial court became worse day by day. The current imperial guards in the capital are probably not much better than those in the imperial guards of Emperor Ling."

Instead of taking it, Lin Zhao stopped and spoke to Pei Jian: "Uncle Pei, can this Qingzhou army fight now?"

"That depends on who to beat."

Pei Jian said slowly: "It is naturally no problem to go to suppress the bandits, but compared with the regular army, it is somewhat less interesting."

Speaking of this, he looked at Lin Zhao and his expression gradually became a little excited: "But if the young master wants the Qingzhou army to quickly form an army, I have a way."

Lin Zhao was eager to improve the combat effectiveness of the Qingzhou Army at this moment, and immediately spoke up after hearing this.

"Uncle Pei, but it's okay."

"If you want them to go to the battlefield, you must let them go to the battlefield. If you want to form an army, you cannot be afraid of death."

General Pei's eyes were emitting light.

"I heard that Fan Yang's army has already reached Luoyang. As long as the young master does not feel sorry for the lives of the soldiers, his subordinates can take them to the battlefield and meet those Fan Yang's army..."

"Are you crazy?"

Lin Zhaoda frowned and whispered: "Kang Dongping has raised an army from Fan Yang and has now attacked Luoyang City. How can we touch such a military force? Now when we provoke them, they will send one or two thousand people to destroy Qingzhou."

Qingzhou is temporarily safe now because Fan Yang's army has no time to deal with Qingzhou. Once Fan Yang's army really wants to clear Qingzhou city, let alone the Qingzhou army that barely formed an army, even if there are 1,500 elite imperial guards here, it will probably be difficult for Fan Yang's army to stop the military attack.

At that time, if these rebels are ruthless, the people of Qingzhou will face a catastrophe!

Pei Jian didn't say anything, but led Lin Zhao to his tent, then took out a map from his arms and spread it on the table. He pointed to the north of Qingzhou and asked, "Do you know where this is?"

Before Lin Zhao came to Qingzhou to work, he did a lot of work. Naturally, he knew the prefectures and counties near Qingzhou. He replied without hesitation: "Dizhou."

Pei Jian's rough fingers moved a little more at night and asked, "Where are you going north?"

Governor Lin seemed to understand something, and his voice was deep: "Cangzhou..."

Cangzhou is not an ordinary prefecture, but one of the nine prefectures where the Fanyang Jiedushi built farms. In other words, it was originally the base camp of Kang Dongping and the rear of Fanyang's army.

Pei Jian grinned and said, "My subordinates have seen the battle report of Fan Yang's army along the way. They can advance to Henan Prefecture so quickly, at least 80% or even more than 90% of their family background. The remaining troops in Fan Yang will not be too many, let alone elite troops."

"In other words, there should be no powerful Fan Yangjun in Cangzhou now."

Pei Jian lowered his voice and said, "There are not many bandits in Qingzhou, and they are basically useless. If you want to train these people, you can only try to bite the tough ones."

“Cangzhou is this very good place.”

General Pei grinned and showed his unclean teeth.

"Also, Fanyang Jiuzhou should be the only place in the east that has not been affected by war. At this time, when we go to fight against the thieves, we will definitely make a big profit from there."

"Just five hundred people."

Pei Jian was quite confident: "I am sure to conquer any county in Cangzhou."

Governor Lin frowned and thought for a moment, but shook his head: "I'm afraid it will cause trouble for the people of Qingzhou. Once Kang Dongping is annoyed, he will free up his hands and send some people here casually, so Qingzhou City will not be able to resist..."

"Young Master is so honest."

Pei Jian said with a smile: "We never get tired of deceitful soldiers. There is no need to say that we are the Qingzhou army. If you remember correctly, the Bohai Sea in Dizhou and Ande in Dezhou have all the Zhechong Mansions of the imperial court. We can attack Cangzhou under the name of Zhechong Mansion."

"After we have captured the city, we don't have to occupy it. We will leave after taking the things. Cangzhou is only four or five hundred miles away from Qingzhou. As long as there are horses, we can come back in two days. Let's talk about it..."

Pei Jian whispered: "Most of Kang Dongping's main players are on the front line. At this time, he probably doesn't have the energy to take care of the rear, and may not be able to do anything to us."

When Lin Zhao heard this, he was actually a little moved.

He sat opposite Pei Jian, looked down at the map in front of him, and pondered for a long time.

Finally, he asked the last question.

"Uncle Pei, these Qingzhou soldiers may be able to defend Qingzhou, but if they are allowed to fight in other places, I'm afraid..."

"This young man can rest assured."

Pei Jian patted his chest and said, "No one will be a coward in the soldiers I brought out, but I have to make a request to the young master."

Lin Zhao said calmly: "Let's listen."

Pei Jian said with a smile: "First of all those crossbows, I want to take them out."

Speaking of this, he paused and continued, "There is only half of the things we have obtained in Cangzhou to the young master, and I will assign the others to my brothers."
Chapter completed!