Han Xiang

Chapter 41 The First Gift of the New Year

Yuan Shu originally wanted to vent his anger on Lu Bu, but finally gave up due to insufficient military preparations.

Before Qin Yilu came to Shouchun to report victory, the warlords Yang Feng and Han Xian were also defeated and came to vote.

Yang Feng and Han Xian originally controlled the emperor Liu Xie, but they were defeated by Cao Cao, and the emperor was ushered to Xudu. They lost their territory and had to go south to rely on Yuan Shu.

So far, Yuan Shu's strength has reached its peak, and his power has involved more than half of Yangzhou, as well as some counties and counties in Yuzhou and Xuzhou. Yuan Shao, who surpassed Jizhou in territory and military strength, ranked first among the princes at that time.

Qin Yilu brought the news of Lu Bu's defeat of Liu Bei, which made Yuan Shu blindly confident in the future, and finally decided to proclaim himself emperor in the first month of the following year.

Although it is cold winter, people are in good spirits on happy occasions.

Yuan Shu often arranged banquets in the palace and drank with Yang Feng, Han Xian and others to keep warm. Qin Yilu, as a representative of Lu Bu's party, had to attend as a companion.

On the other hand, after Tang Xi's careful care, Long Xiang's injury gradually improved, and he was able to go out to the ground for activities.

Winter is often accompanied by frost, wind, rain and snow. Because of the thin clothes, all battalions and departments stopped their daily training, and all hid in the barracks to avoid the wind and the cold.

But Long Xiang did the opposite. He asked his soldiers to keep training in winter, jogging for half an hour before two meals a day.

As a project manager in his previous life, Long Xiang could use salary and performance as means to manage hundreds of workers in a submissive manner.

Now he can only rely on the help of Feng Zhong and Tang Yu, as well as his gradually accumulated prestige.

In the front, there was a single rider who retreated Zhang Fei, and in the back, there was a single leader with a stick to take responsibility.

In the hearts of Longyuan's former troops, Longxiang's prestige has been successfully established, but prestige alone is not enough to run an army, a good general is one who can win battles.

Long Xiang thought he could not compare to famous generals such as Guan Yu and Zhang Liao, so he decisively chose another track, took his own people out of the battlefield safely, and then went to Hefei after Yuan Shu's defeat.

In the first half of the year, I followed Qiao Rui to the campaign, and fighting Liu Bei was a downwind situation. What should I do if I encounter headwinds in the future?This is a question Longchamp has been troubled with.

In the end, I decided to start with physical fitness, starting with the most basic physical training.

Long Xiang asked the soldiers to practice running in the morning and evening, which not only allowed the body to generate heat to resist the cold, but also kept the soldiers in a state of training.

In the future, even if you are fleeing for your life on the battlefield, you should run faster if you practice often.

One evening in winter, Tang Yu led the team back from a late run, and Long Xiang stood outside the camp waiting for the count, when suddenly there was a teasing sound from beside him.

"Long Sima, is the stick injury healed?"

"Long Sima, are you still training soldiers?"

"Look, if you train so hard, you won't be a captain in the future?"

"What's a school captain? He's heading for General Chong."

"What is General Heavy?"

"Don't you understand? The new General Yang is General Yang, and that is General Cheqi."

The deliberate ridicule of the comrades in the foreign camp is that Long Xiang is struggling for performance and feels that winter training is meaningless.

"you."

Tang Yu was so harsh that he couldn't bear it, he raised his fist and was about to argue, but was stopped by Long Xiang holding his wrist.

"Forget it, Uncle Xi, let the brothers wash their hands, dinner will be served soon."

"These bastards, it's been several times." Tang Yu frowned displeased.

Long Xiang said with an open-minded smile: "Why bother so much? So what if it's ugly? Can I lose a piece of meat?"

Tang Xi glared angrily at the officers who were booing not far away. Seeing that Long Xiang did not return his words as usual, they felt bored and went back to wait for dinner.

"It's true, but you have to be tough to be a soldier. The tougher you are, the less you will suffer. These ordinary people just bully the weak and fear the strong."

"Toughness depends on who you are dealing with. If you are arrogant and tough to your own people, but you are weak in front of the enemy, you are still a softie after all."

In the previous life, Long Xiang practiced as a veteran in the workplace, this embarrassment is nothing at all.

"Well, it makes sense."

Not long after returning to the barracks, Tang Xi brought a bowl of hot porridge.

He handed it to Long Xiang and said, "Eat it while it's hot, I'll add more if it's not enough."

Long Xiang asked curiously: "Can we still add more food now? Our ration has increased?"

"The people above eat meat and drink every day. They can't make us hungry. After winter, there are too many battalions shouting cold and hungry, so they issued some more rations, but the amount of additional rations is not too much, so you have to eat quickly. That’s fine, I’ll grab it later.”

Tang Xi pointed to the bowl that Long Xiang was holding.

Long Xiang shook his head lightly: "I don't have enough snacks at my age, so you don't have to help me grab them."

"Where are you young? Soon Yunqi will be seventeen, it's time to grow your body, and you still have injuries on your back"

Long Xiang took a sip from the bowl, and said with a serious face, "After all, we made a mistake, so don't worry about the food. When we get to the south, are we still afraid of going hungry?"

"Since Yun Qi mentioned the south, when can we go?"

Tang Yu looked around and asked in a low voice.

Long Xiang said solemnly: "There is no need to rush this matter. We must transfer all the family members away first. When Yuan Shu proclaims himself emperor next year, it will inevitably lead to attacks from all directions. Our chance will come soon."

"I listen to you."

Tang Yu nodded and asked again: "But Huainan's soldiers are full of fine food, and Yang Feng and Han Xian have come to defect, and they have married and formed an alliance with Lu Bu. The strength can be said to be the leader of the princes. Will Yuan Shu really fail in the end?"

Long Xiang's face was serious: "Don't just look at the surface, did Uncle Xi forget the battle of Kuangting? More troops may not be omnipotent. Didn't Ji Ling come back in desperation? And Lu Bu can't be trusted."

"Kuang Ting. I will never forget it."

Tang Ju frowned, and continued to ask questions: "It is said that Qin Yilu, Lv Bu's emissary, had banquets with General Qiao and others every day, and Lv Bu also knew that Yuan Shu would become emperor. Since he and Yuan Shu became in-laws, they will surely advance and retreat together in the future. How could that be? Unreliable?"

"There are no absolutes in the world. Lu Bu is Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo's adopted son. What will happen in the end?"

"I almost forgot"

"Let's not guess wildly, leave the ending to time, by the way, that Qin Yilu is very familiar, who is this?"

Hearing this, Tang Jue explained with a smile: "Yun Qi has heard of him too? I heard from the Bie Ying brothers that this man is a family-minded and weak person. It is said that he has repeatedly used his wife and children as an excuse to ask Yuan Shu for help. Return to Xiapi, guess what happened?"

"how?"

"Yuan Shu got drunk and got angry on purpose once, and promised him a daughter of the Liu clan. Qin Yilu actually gave in. I don't know if he is really weak, or he wants to climb the high branch of the Liu clan. Yuan Shu has to stand on his own. Proclaimed emperor."

Long Xiang was shocked when he heard it, and immediately thought of who Qin Yilu was.

The man from the Three Kingdoms with the prairie on his head couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this, how could he find a beautiful wife and hold it when his own strength was insufficient?

It was like this in the time of the Three Kingdoms, and it will still be like this in the future world.

During the cold winter months, Long Xiang spent his morning and evening running. By the end of the year, his back injury had healed.

In the first month of the second year of Jian'an (197), Yuan Shu sacrificed to heaven and earth in the outskirts of Shouchun.

It's a pity that Yuan Shu received the first congratulatory gift of the new year, which was a letter from Sun Ce to break up his relationship and stand on his own.

(End of this chapter)