The situation in Chencang is indeed not optimistic. Gao Fei still needs to make some positive responses to the upcoming Liangzhou rebellion. He does not want to hang around in this poor place. He wants to use his mastery of historical knowledge to succeed.
Stop this rebellion in Liangzhou, and then rely on your true strength to get a prefect or state pastor. He will no longer trust such a greedy villain.
On the second day after taking office, Gao Fei took Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan out of the city and walked west. He first inspected the terrain and then came up with a proactive way to deal with it. In his impression, among the Three Kingdoms, there were
A man named Hao Zhao used 3,000 Wei troops to defend Chencang and resisted an army of hundreds of thousands led by Zhuge Liang. He believed that he could do it, and he could do it even better than Hao Zhao. After all, he was
Modern people have far more knowledge than ancient people.
The large Chencang City was built on the mountain, sandwiched between two mountains. The area of the city was also dug out, so it cannot be compared with the city on the ground. This is why it is so small. After leaving the west gate,
Gao Fei and others ran west along the mountain road for two miles, and then turned back to look at the west gate of Chencang City. They saw that the west gate was like a checkpoint stuck between the passage of two mountains, and there were cliffs on both the north and south sides of the city.
It is absolutely impossible to climb up and peek into Chencang, which is also his uniqueness.
Gao Fei looked around again. The mountain road was not wide. Six horses could walk side by side, which restricted the siege of the army to a certain extent. It is no wonder that Zhuge Liang's hundreds of thousands of horses could not attack Chencang, which was guarded by 3,000 people.
, although there are many people, they cannot display it.
After carefully looking at the advantageous geographical location of Chencang City, Gao Fei finally felt confident. He smiled and said to Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan: "Let's go and look forward."
Gao Fei took Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan westward along the mountain road. The road became wider and wider. Only when they got near Chencang City did the road suddenly become narrower. The more he looked at it, the more confident he felt in his heart. He thought if he could
With two thousand soldiers, even if hundreds of thousands of Liangzhou rebels came to attack, he could still defend Chencang City.
Along the way, there were several small villages where people gathered and lived. The big ones were a hundred households and the small ones were more than ten households. When I thought that the people on the west side of Chencang might become victims, I decided to move these people to the east of Chencang first.
Side living.
At noon, Gao Fei, accompanied by Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan, returned to Chencang City. As soon as he entered the county government office, Gao Fei saw Ma Jiu and a strong man standing together.
When Ma Jiu and the strong man saw Gao Fei coming, they hurriedly said, "See you, Lord Marquis!"
Gao Fei took a look at the strong man. He was tall and thick, with a Chinese character face and a few strands of green beard on his chin. He was twenty-three or four years old. The official uniform he wore seemed a bit narrow on him, and it seemed that it couldn't cover his broadness.
On his chest, there were some dark chest hairs sprouting from the collar. He was about 1.85 meters tall. Standing there, one could tell that he was an athletic man. After Gao Fei looked at him, he asked
: "Are you a county captain?"
The strong man nodded and said: "Little man Hua Xiong, please see the Marquis!"
"Hua Xiong?" Gao Fei was a little surprised. He didn't expect that he would meet Hua Xiong as soon as he arrived in Guanzhong. Moreover, he was legitimately his subordinate. He was also a famous figure after all. If it weren't for him, how could Guan Yu do it?
It was an instant hit.
"Yes, Mr. Hou, I had something to do at home yesterday, so I didn't come to greet Mr. Hou. Please forgive me!" Hua Xiong was quite polite and respectful to Gao Fei.
Gao Fei took a step forward, walked into the hall, and said to Hua Xiong and Ma Jiu: "Come in, I have something to tell you to do."
Entering the hall, Gao Fei sat on it and said loudly: "Hua Xiong, Ma Jiu, I have something to ask you to do. If you do it well, you will be rewarded heavily."
Hua Xiong and Ma Jiu were overjoyed, and immediately said, "No matter what you say, Lord Marquis, I will not give up even if I die!"
Gao Fei cleared his throat and said loudly: "Within ten days, you two are going to move all the people west of Chencang City to the east of the city and recruit two thousand village warriors. Is there any problem?"
Hua Xiong and Ma Jiu looked at each other with embarrassment on their faces, but they did not dare to disobey, they just stood there blankly, neither answering nor not answering.
"If you have any problems, just tell me and I will find a way to solve it!"
Hua Xiong said: "Let me tell you, Lord, there is no big problem in relocating the people. The people here don't like to live there in the first place. They are eager to move to the east of the city. It's just...it's just recruiting two thousand village warriors.
But it’s very tricky…”
"What kind of tricky method?"
Hua Xiong said: "Master Hou, there are only a thousand households in Chencang, and there are only more than 4,000 people. Most of them are old and weak women and children. Even those who are strong may not be willing to join the Xiangyong... Master Hou, of
I dare to ask, but I wonder why the two thousand village warriors recruited by the Marquis are used?"
"This place is very close to Liangzhou. Once the Qiang and Hu rebels become powerful, they will attack the Third Assistant, and Chencang will be the first to bear the brunt. I have to be prepared, recruit local braves, train them into soldiers, and also defend Chencang." Gao
Fei Langlang and authentically.
Hua Xiong said: "Master Hou, please ask that my subordinates are incompetent and cannot help you solve the problem. Two thousand village warriors are too many. We may not be able to recruit them in Youfufeng in two months, let alone ten days. Unless...
…”
"Unless what?" Gao Fei asked hurriedly.
"Unless we recruit within Liangzhou, we may be able to recruit two thousand local warriors." Hua Xiong said slowly, "Many people in Liangzhou live together with Qiang and Hu. The folk customs are fierce and everyone practices martial arts. In the past two years, Liangzhou
The harvest was not good, and many people became swordsmen, guarding the homes and courtyards of the rich men in Wubao. If the Marquis really wanted to recruit two thousand rural warriors, he could recruit them in Liangzhou, and once they were recruited here,
We can go into battle there, which is much better than having the Marquis retrain two thousand ordinary people."
After hearing this, Gao Fei felt that this idea was a good one, a bit like a mercenary. He thought about how he didn't have much money, and he felt angry when he thought that he had spent 60 to 70 million yuan to buy this crappy place.
If he had been smarter at that time and had not spent so much money but kept a little, maybe he would have been able to recruit two thousand mercenaries with that money. Thinking of this, he asked Hua Xiong: "A saber hand
How much is it?”
Hua Xiong replied cheerfully: "Ten thousand yuan per person per month."
"Ten thousand coins?" Gao Fei was very surprised, because he knew that one pound of gold in the Han Dynasty was equal to 10,000 five-baht coins, and 12,000 per person was equivalent to 20 million coins, which is two thousand pounds of gold, and there was a possibility of rebellion.
It will take another two months to arrive. Where can he get another three thousand kilograms of gold? Now all the property combined is less than one thousand kilograms of gold.
Seeing Gao Fei's surprised expression, Hua Xiong smiled and said: "Master Hou, in the past, each person might only have five hundred dollars, but things are different now. Now, in order to fill his stomach, the saber hand of Liangzhou
That’s the price!”
Gao Fei waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, I understand. You go down first and move the people in the west of the city to the east of the city. We will talk about this matter later."
Hua Xiong and Ma Jiu said in unison: "No! Lord Marquis, we will leave!"
Gao Fei said: "Hua Xiong, do your best and follow me from now on. I won't treat you badly."
Hua Xiong nodded happily, then turned and left.
"Why!"
When Zhao Yun heard Gao Fei sigh heavily, he said, "Master Hou, I think I don't need to worry about Xiang Yong's affairs."
Gao Fei said "Oh" and looked at Zhao Yun in surprise. He ignored the tiger general next to him and asked, "Are you paying better attention?"
Zhao Yundao: "Master Hou is from Longxi, Liangzhou, right?"
Gao Fei nodded and agreed: "Yes, does this have anything to do with recruiting Xiang Yong?"
Zhao Yun smiled slightly and said calmly: "It's not that far from Chencang to Longxi. Since Mr. Hou is from Longxi, why not return home in fine clothes? In this way, Mr. Hou can recruit warriors from his hometown.
, and the people raised are all from the same clan of the Marquis, so they won’t ask the Marquis for money, right?”
Gao Fei suddenly understood after being pointed out by Zhao Yun. He patted his thigh with joy, stood up immediately, held Zhao Yun in his arms, and said happily: "Zilong, you helped me.
I was so busy, why didn’t I think of it?”
Zhao Yun said modestly: "The Marquis has given me a reward. Even if my subordinates don't say anything, the Marquis will think of it."
Gao Fei laughed and said to Xia Houlan: "Go and call Liao Hua and Lu Heng!"
Xia Houlan said "Promise" and immediately ran out of the hall. When he came back, Liao Hua and Lu Heng also came in.
"I wonder what the Lord is calling my subordinates for?" Liao Hua and Lu Heng said in unison.
Gao Fei said: "I am preparing to go on a long trip. Everything in Chencang will be temporarily handed over to the two of you. You must do your best. In addition to the important matter of relocating the people, you must also put it in order.
Those government officials and the county lieutenant Hua Xiong are talented people, so please stay close to them."
Liao Hua and Lu Heng both responded: "No!"
Gao Fei said to Xia Houlan: "Go and ask Pei Yuanshao and Bian Xixi to make preparations and return home with me tomorrow."
Xia Houlan asked: "Can I go with Mr. Hou?"
Gao Fei said: "Of course, you and Zilong will go, while Liao Hua, Lu Heng, Zhou Cang, Guan Hai and Fei An will stay in Chencang."
Xia Houlan smiled and said: "I understand, I will give them instructions now."
When Liao Hua and Lu Heng heard Gao Fei mention the word "returning home", they asked together: "Is the Marquis going back to Longxi?"
"Well, let's go home and take a look and recruit some disciples." Gao Fei had his own plan. He took Pei Yuanshao with him to facilitate his food and drink on the road. Who knows that Pei Yuanshao's cooking skills are good? Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan are now his bodyguards.
Of course I have to take him away, but if I take Bian Xi with me, that would have no deep meaning.